There were five people who walked around the main hall and met Mingming and others. Those five people were very cautious. They were not as interested in chatting as the tall and strong men. They were always observing the situation around them.
When Mingming emerged from the corner and attacked with a long stick, the five of them reacted in time with their acumen, and then turned from defense to offense and fought hard with them.
Mingming has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and even at the age of knowing his fate, his skills are still strong; Xie Changxiao and Wen Qizhou have practiced Sanda together for many years, and they have no problem fighting one against two; Wen Yaxian and Yan Shuo are far inferior to them, but in the past two years With his hard work, he also developed tricky killing moves and escape skills.
It’s just─
The thick darkness hindered their vision, and in the melee, some people would inevitably be injured.
Xie Changxiao smelled the smell of blood and couldn't tell who was injured. He anxiously took out his pistol, unwilling to get too entangled with the opponent, and hit the person who sneaked up on him with a "bang".
The man fell backward and hit the string on the edge of the wall, causing the bell to ring again.
He turned around and aimed at the person pestering Wen Yaxian, pulled the trigger, and then worked with Yan Shuo to kill the last remaining person.
"Yaxian, are you injured?" Yan Shuo heard a slight groan just now and looked at Wen Yaxian anxiously.
"Yes." Wen Yaxian covered her left arm, her fingertips covered with blood that quietly penetrated her sleeve: "The arm was slashed."
"Is it serious? Let me take a look."
"fine."
Chi Yue, who was walking towards them, happened to hear the conversation. He took a concerned look at Wen Yaxian's wounds, and then turned on the flashlight to let the light fall on each of them.
Realizing that the back of Mingming's hand was also bleeding, she quickly took out two rolls of gauze from her pocket and told them to wrap it around the wound before returning to the main hall for disinfection.
"Master!" Xun Song came out of the basement and stared at the back of his scratched hand: "Are you bleeding...does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt."
"Liar!" Xunsong's eyes were red, as if he didn't believe what he said. He grabbed Yunqi, who was looking serious, and couldn't hold back Jin Doudou: "Brother, please apply medicine to the master quickly."
"Yeah." Yunqi turned around to get the medical kit.
He asked Mingzhang and Wen Yaxian to sit down and carefully looked at their injuries by candlelight. Seeing that the wounds were not deep, he felt relieved and disinfected and bandaged them one after another.
To avoid infection, he gave the two of them an anti-inflammatory pill: "How many people are coming to the Taoist temple tonight?"
"nine."
"Everything... resolved?"
He nodded obviously.
After hearing that Qizhou and the others came back after disposing of the body, he put down the tea cup and called everyone back to the main hall to put up three pillars of incense.
After burning the incense, he walked into the main hall alone, straightened his back and knelt on the futon in front of the statue, lowered his head and recited the incantation.
"Should we kneel?" Xie Changxiao glanced at Yun Qi beside him. Although he didn't understand, he had the awe he deserved.
Yun Qi: "You can kneel or you can't."
After that, he led Xunsong, who had a sullen face, into the main hall, knelt behind Mingming and listened to him reciting the incantation.
Chi Yue followed without hesitation.
She used to not believe in Buddhism or Taoism, but since she had a storage space and came back from the dead, her mentality has also changed, and she is very devout no matter whether she worships Buddha or asks questions.
And Wen Qizhou, who knew all her secrets, did the same, kneeling in front of the statue with absolute piety.
Looking at their backs, Xie Changxiao and others stepped forward to enter the main hall one after another for peace of mind and shelter.
Only Chi Anying remained motionless.
She smelled the faint fragrance of sandalwood, leaned against the incense burner as if she were boneless, and looked at the kneeling people in the main hall indifferently.
After Mingzhang finished reciting the drowsy spell and led everyone across the threshold, she put down her hands around her chest and moved away from the incense burner filled with smoke.
She walked straight to the west wing. Chi Yunyan hesitated, holding the peace charm that Xun Song asked him to hand over and the four packs of cigarettes he had left, and knocked on the candlelight bedroom.
"Sister." He handed the yellow talisman paper folded into a triangle to Chi Anying: "This is the peace talisman Xunsong drew for you."
"Um."
"I don't have anything else for you." He took out four more packs of cigarettes and said, "Just hold the cigarettes and you can get some points."
Since moving into the Taoist temple, all the prey he usually hunts have been handed over to Mingming, and there really is nothing good for her.
Chi Anying also knows.
She took the two things and put them into the compartment of her backpack. She turned to him and asked, "Do you have anything else?"
"……fine."
Chi Yunyan pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled.
He didn't disturb Chi Anying's rest anymore, and put them in the off-road vehicle when they went down the mountain early the next morning.
They looked at each other through the car window. Chi Anying said "You have a good life" and never looked at him again.
She ran towards a new life wholeheartedly, and the reluctance in Chi Yunyan's heart turned into a silent blessing under her indifferent attitude.
He retracted his gaze from the back of the car, walked step by step toward the Taoist temple that gave him peace and joy, and never looked back.
*
Yuanyun Mountain is not far from Yuancheng. Wen Qizhou first sent Chi Anying to the entrance of the base, and then drove to Qingyang City.
After arriving in Qingyang, Chi Yue, who didn't want to see Uncle Ge's family, stood downstairs and called the names of the Ge brothers and sisters.
When they went downstairs, she introduced Xie Changxiao to the brothers and sisters, and then asked about the situation of the Ge family: "Is Auntie's health better? Is the family still giving you troubles?"
"She's still the same." Ge Qinyao's eyes dimmed for a moment, and when she mentioned her uncle's family, her expression turned sarcastic again.
Yin and Yang said angrily: "They are busy taking care of pregnant women recently, so how can they have time to talk to us."
"Pregnant woman? Who?"
"Ge Hui's girlfriend." Ge Hui is the uncle's son and her cousin: "That woman has moved here now."
"Where are her parents?"
"No more."
"What's Auntie's attitude?" Chi Yue fed her a piece of chocolate: "Let you raise her? Or give her to your uncle?"
"Don't mention it." Ge Huai lit a cigarette and frowned: "All she can think about is those bullshit relatives, and she doesn't care about our feelings at all. She can't say anything, and she will take action when she gets anxious. I, he Are you convinced?"
Along the way from Yucheng to Qingyang, his mother's favoritism and excessive care for relatives consumed his inner respect and love. Now it is more like a heavy mountain, pressing on his shoulders, making him even more breathless. Don't be angry.
He persuaded and resisted.
But in the end, I was still bound by the word "filial piety" and had to swallow my anger and give up everything I had.
Until now, he didn't even have a bed for him to rest on, and he was really frustrated.
"What does she think?" Chi Yue unscrewed the lid of the thermos cup and took two sips of water: "Have you talked to her about it?"
"We talked about it." Ge Qinyao sighed: "She believes that capable people should bear the responsibility of the entire family."
