The black air slowly dissipated.
The streets of Wuling City were in ruins.
The black armored men who were just like gods and demons all fell to the ground. Most of their armors were broken, but the exposed skin was covered with black lines like poisonous snakes.
The pedestrians around looked horrified. They looked at the young man standing in the field blankly, trembling all over and pale in face.
The young man turned around slowly at this moment.
With just one glance, the people didn't even have time to see the expression on his face clearly.
"monster!"
"He's a monster!"
"He killed someone! The demon killed someone!"
Screams came from their mouths, and then the crowd that was still crowded just now was pushing and escaping in all directions...
Wang Che finally came to his senses.
He looked at Chu Qingxiao. At this moment, Chu Qingxiao had returned to his normal appearance, but his clothes were torn and exposed in the ice and snow.
He looked confused.
It doesn't seem to figure out what happened.
Wang Che recalled Chu Qingxiao's appearance just now in his mind. He was a little timid, but he still had the courage to step forward.
"Qingxiao..."
He tentatively called the other party's name.
Chu Qingxiao was stunned for a moment, then looked back at him, his eyes full of confusion: "What just happened?"
He asked like this, as if he didn't even remember that everything in front of him was created by him.
Wang Che almost subconsciously wanted to tell the whole story, but when the words came to his lips, he seemed to have some concerns.
While hesitating, there was a sudden rush of footsteps from the other side of the alley.
The nervous two people looked back and saw that in the alley they had just escaped from, a group of government servants in official uniforms were rushing towards here, and the leader was clearly Cao Shugong!
After experiencing what happened just now, Chu Qingxiao and Wang Che naturally no longer dared to have any illusions about these government officials.
"Let's go first! If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it later!" Chu Qingxiao, who had come back to his senses, said loudly to Wang Che.
He quickly stepped forward to Chu Zhaozhao's side and carried the unconscious girl on his back.
Just as he was about to take a step, he suddenly realized that his injured ankle had healed at some point.
Although this thing was strange, the footsteps of the government officials behind him gave him no time to think about it, and he quickly ran out towards the alley ahead with Chu Zhaozhao on his back.
…
As the head catcher of Wuling City, Cao Shugong was somewhat miserable.
In the past few months, the county magistrate, who had always been dissatisfied with his rigid behavior, suddenly changed his direction.
What used to be a cold frown has now turned into a smiling face.
His government service expenses, which have been reduced several times, have also increased significantly, allowing him to recruit more manpower.
Several major cases that had been backlogged for a long time also came to light, and they were solved one by one surprisingly smoothly.
His official career is about to be smooth sailing and he will rise to the top.
But early this morning, he received such a case - the son of his good friend and former colleague was involved in a murder case.
Also involved were a foreign girl and the son of Wang Dagui, the richest man in the city.
This case is very strange.
He knew what Chu Qingxiao was like. The child had always been kind and had a very good reputation in Wuling City before he got sick.
Cao Shugong might be able to believe that he was sick and hurt people, but he couldn't believe it if he killed people.
As for Wang Dagui's son, Wang Che, he was the leading noble son in Wuling City. Although he was very happy with his achievements and was a bit public about himself, he had never done anything harmful to the world.
Furthermore, with his family affairs and nothing, how could he do things like stealing and killing people?
His original intention was to ask about the case, but the county magistrate was extremely resolute and ordered him to arrest Chu Qingxiao and bring him to justice immediately.
In desperation, he could only do it.
He originally wanted to find Chu Qingxiao and others first and then find out the truth of the matter, but Chu Qingxiao and others were extremely resistant. In addition, the accompanying girl was very skilled, so he accidentally let her escape.
Things became more and more difficult, and he didn't know how to explain it to his old buddy for a while.
We could only quickly search the city with people. When we came to Wuyi Lane, we suddenly heard the sound of fighting.
He did not dare to delay and rushed to the county seat with his troops as soon as possible.
But when I walked to the scene, I saw no trace of Chu Qingxiao and others. Instead, there were several black armors lying on the ground, which made Cao Shugong look strange.
"Sir, it seems to be the nursing home of the Zhu family."
A government officer next to him stepped forward to check and recognized the identity of the other party from Heijia's clothes.
Then several more people came forward to lift the black armors up and explore their injuries.
"Dead?" Cao Shugong also stepped forward and asked.
One of the yamen servants nodded and responded somewhat dullly: "Dead..."
Cao Shugong was silent, but his eyes fell on a black iron mask on the ground not far away. He stepped forward to pick it up, staring at the mask closely, and his brows gradually furrowed.
"Is there any problem? Sir." A yamen servant came forward and asked.
Cao Shugong shook his head and was about to say something when he turned to look at the black armor on the other side who was turned over by the Yamen servant.
The breastplate in front of the black armor was broken, exposing the skin underneath, and there were strange black lines on the skin.
That thing seemed to have some kind of magic power. Cao Shugong's eyes were attracted by that thing, and he could no longer look away.
"This is..." He walked forward and stared at the black lines on the black armor, with a strange expression on his face.
"Sir, what's wrong?" The officer on the side noticed something strange about him and stepped forward and asked.
Cao Shugong was silent for a while, then murmured: "Don't you think these lines look familiar?"
The surrounding government officials came over after hearing this. Some shook their heads and expressed that they had no impression, but others fell into silence like Cao Shugong, with their brows furrowed.
At this time, several more government servants came closer and said to Uncle Cao: "Sir, I asked some people around, and many of them said that they saw Chu Qingxiao kill these Zhu family nurses with their own eyes. This street was also destroyed by Chu Qingxiao."
Upon hearing this, Cao Shugong raised his head and looked at the street in front of him.
Several houses on both sides collapsed, and large swaths of bluestone were thrown off the ground and fell all over the street, leaving a mess everywhere.
"Chu Qingxiao has this ability?" He frowned and muttered.
From hearing the sound of fighting to arriving here, it took less than a hundred breaths.
For Chu Qingxiao to be able to destroy the streets like this in such a short period of time, he must have at least a fifth or even sixth realm of cultivation.
If I remember correctly, he is only eighteen years old this year.
If he had such a level of cultivation, it should not have been Zhao Nianshuang but Chu Qingxiao who was taken to Tianxuan Mountain.
Cao Shugong was filled with doubts as he thought about this, but his forehead also hurt badly.
The weirdness of the matter has exceeded his cognition. In decades of experience in catching heads, he has never encountered anything like this.
"Sir! This man seems to be still alive!" Just when he secretly felt a headache, a government official suddenly pointed at a Zhu family nurse in front of him and shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, Cao Shugong hurried forward, stretched out his hand and gently touched the tip of the other person's nose, and indeed felt some weak breathing.
"Take them back and have them healed. Take these corpses back too!" He immediately ordered.
The surrounding government officials moved upon hearing the sound, and two people quickly stepped forward and carefully lifted the still-breathing nurse.
At this time, Cao Shugong seemed to have thought of something again. He grabbed one of them and whispered: "Don't let the news about him alive spread out, especially to the county magistrate."
“Find someone to heal in secret.”
…
Chu Qingxiao panted and ran in the dark alley.
On his back, the girl seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, her eyes tightly closed.
But in the hanging arms, blood was dripping down the cuffs.
She suffered so many injuries that Chu Qingxiao could not confirm where the blood came from.
He ran far away, and after making sure no one was chasing him, he finally stopped. He placed Chu Zhaozhao in the corner and looked down at her injuries.
Her breathing was very weak, and there were countless large and small wounds on her body, which were still oozing blood.
"If this continues, she will die. We have to find a doctor." Chu Qingxiao said with a frown.
After saying this, he turned his head and looked at Wang Che beside him.
But he found that Wang Che was standing there in a daze, without any reaction to what he said.
Wang Che has always been like this since entering the Zhu family compound.
"Brother Wang? Brother Wang!" Chu Qingxiao called.
After hearing this, Wang Che seemed to be waking up from a dream, and he looked at Chu Qingxiao in a daze.
"What's wrong with you?" Chu Qingxiao asked.
"No...nothing..." Wang Che said.
"We have to find a doctor. If this continues, Miss Chu may be in danger of her life." Chu Qingxiao knew that Wang Che didn't listen to what he said before, so he repeated it again.
Wang Che smiled bitterly when he heard this: "You have also seen what happened just now. Now the whole Wuling City regards us as street rats and murderers. They are looking for the doctor. It is estimated that we will be arrested and taken to the government before we can be rescued. "
"Then we have to look for it!" Chu Qingxiao said, with an extremely determined look and attitude. After saying this, he lifted Chu Zhaozhao up from the ground again, put it on his back, and made a move to take a step forward.
Seeing this, Wang Che suddenly called Chu Qingxiao: "Qingxiao..."
"What's wrong?" Chu Qingxiao couldn't help asking when he saw that he was hesitant to speak.
"I'm thinking……"
"Maybe..." Wang Che hesitated. He was silent for a while, and then gritted his teeth and said, "We can ignore these things..."
"Just like those people, just pretend we don't know anything. Look at them, aren't they living a good life?"
Chu Qingxiao was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Wang Che: "But we know the truth."
"So...so what?"
"Those black armors are just puppets, but with just a few of them, we almost died. They must have more powerful guys. We can't change anything at all..." Wang Che retorted, his face turned red at this time. , but I don’t know if it’s because of shame or anger.
Chu Qingxiao saw that Wang Che's words were not spurred on, he stopped and looked at him: "Brother Wang, you have never seen the scene in my memory!"
"These candles are extremely cruel. They imprison us here and strip us of our memories. They must have a more evil purpose!"
"Sitting and waiting will only make things worse."
"We want to unlock this secret, not only for the people of Wuling City, but also for ourselves!"
"But..." Wang Che looked sick, "But if the secret is solved, can we be saved and everything will become better?"
"Of course! Do you want to be trapped in Wuling City forever?"
"Have you forgotten Nian Shuang? Don't you want to go to Tianxuan Mountain to find her? Then, let's go together!"
"Don't think too much, we will definitely find a way." Chu Qingxiao said with relief.
Wang Che was obviously hesitant to speak after hearing this, but Chu Zhaozhao's situation was not optimistic, and Chu Qingxiao did not dare to delay.
"I thought there might be someone who might be willing to help us. Brother Wang, can we wait until we ensure Miss Chu's safety first?" Chu Qingxiao said again.
Speaking of which, Wang Che couldn't say anything more.
He nodded silently.
After receiving Wang Che's response, Chu Qingxiao smiled, reached out and patted his shoulder, then turned around and walked quickly towards the other end of the alley.
Wang Che stood there, watching Chu Qingxiao's leaving figure, and the scene in the Zhu family courtyard emerged in his mind.
At that time, he was holding a stone in his hand and rushed towards Heijia. Heijia turned back and the fierce light in his eyes shot into his eyes.
Certain memories broke through the shackles at that moment and flashed into his mind.
He saw the battlefield where Yin beasts were surging.
Along with many others, he rushed ahead of the beast tide.
They are united.
They are brave and fearless.
But it's no use.
In front of the powerful Yin beast, they are just clay figures that can be broken at the touch of a touch.
He watched helplessly as his companions were torn to pieces by the Yin Beast one after another.
Liu Yu, Cui Quan, Long Baiqu, Xu Anyuan...
Then, it was his turn.
He was on his way to rescue the trapped Long Baiqu.
His left arm was bitten off by a Yin beast that suddenly appeared.
The severe pain made him wail, and he raised his sword to strike.
But then another Yin beast came out from the right and bit his right arm.
Then more Yin beasts came and he struggled hard.
But there were too many Yin Beasts, and they surrounded him and submerged him.
They bit off his feet, tore open his chest, and gnawed at his entrails.
It was all so real.
It was as real as if it had just happened.
He was very sure that this was not a weird fantasy, nor was it a crazy fantasy.
He felt that that was what really happened to him.
But if these are true.
Who else...
After being able to have his limbs bitten off, his chest torn open, and his internal organs eaten away...
Are you still alive and well?
