The reason for my such a large and quick reaction was exceedingly simple.
On High Heavenly Mountain, inside the tomb, the phone wouldn't connect! Once it does connect, that means we've gotten out!
Before Lao Chu arrived in Guanyao City, he had visited the Zeng family and met Tang Quan. Although he quickly boarded the high-speed train afterward, he must have remembered the way to the Zeng family.
At this moment, he and Yang Gui Jin are in the hands of Gao Tian Temple, and they understand what it means to deal with a tiger for skin. In order to escape and save themselves, they will definitely drag us along!
Yang Gui Jin, with the Twin Monk and the people from Gao Tian Temple, will inevitably walk through the interior of Gao Tian Guan. Likewise, the story of what happened there will inevitably be told to others.
That Gao Tian Temple is causing us trouble is nine out of ten times the case!
They are monks, after all, and naturally they understand the saying that "you can run away from the monk but not from the temple"!
Over time, my compatibility with Zeng Yun has become very high. She pulls out her phone to make a call, and her forehead is sweating with tension.
Lao Chu's call ended, and Zeng Yun answers, calling out Dad.
We exchanged a glance, and I was about to say something, but she was so tense that she held the phone tightly, and said directly, "Now, immediately gather all the clan members and leave the Zeng family. Yes, go to the Zhou family to find Fan Jie. I'll give you his contact information. Find a place that is sufficiently safe and don't tell anyone outside."
"Tell Tang Shu that he can't accept any calls related to Qin Yang, especially the ones between Lao Chu and Yang Gui Jin before."
"And even if Yang Shi finds him, it's not okay!"
"…"
"Um... Specifics can be told later, but for now, you need to handle this matter first."
"We are fine, I and Xian Shen are very safe."
"Understood, okay."
The phone hung up, and Zeng Yun's gaze shifted from me to the phone on the desk.
The phone was still ringing, with Lao Chu on the line. After this time of hanging up, I added Lao Chu to the blacklist.
I gently rubbed my temples to calm my tense mood.
"What are we going to do?" Zeng Yun asked, exhaling softly.
I didn't answer immediately.
After pondering for a while, my gaze moved from the four rules mirror to the copper mace placed beside the bookcase.
In Gao Tian Guan, we narrowly escaped death, and learned quite a bit.
Although it's hard to evaluate the gains and losses on the surface from the ritual implements, in essence, my understanding of many things has deepened, and at least my ability to respond to situations spontaneously with Taoist magic has improved.
However, this strength is still not enough to return to the Village of Red Ghosts, nor is it enough to go to the Four-Regulations Mountain.
"Do you know the distribution of various forces in Lang Jiang City?" I looked up and exchanged a gaze with Zeng Yun.
"I don't know... it's too far across provinces; I still have a few acquaintances in Guanyao City." Zeng Yun answered truthfully.
I lowered my head to ponder again.
A few minutes later, I told Zeng Yun that I planned to leave Lang Jiang City. After all, it's too close to Gao Tian Mountain, and the probability of encountering people from Gao Tian Temple is too high. However, I also don't have a particularly suitable place here. It's up to her to decide and find a place that has an understanding of the distribution of forces and preferably has trustworthy acquaintances.
We can settle in a new place for a long time, and I want to investigate some things.
Zeng Yun thought for a moment before naming a city, Jiang Huang City.
She told me that the ghost shrine organization in that place was slightly weaker, and there were no nine schools organizations similar to the Hualing Sir, with all the under-nine-flows operating independently.
There are many Taoist temples, and their strength is considerable, making it the safest option.
Most importantly, because of the dominance of the Taoist sects and the scattered nature of the nine schools, the ghost shops in that place have developed significantly. They are even stronger than those in Guanyao's Pan Market and Pan Street, as well as Jin Yang's Ghost Shop. In fact, looking across the entire Southwest Province, it's hard to find another ghost shop of that scale.
She knows a sister who can be fully trusted.
I nodded and agreed.
Zeng Yun's exhaustion was evident, so I let her rest first.
After that, Zeng Yun went to the bathroom for a quick wash, and upon coming out, she stopped by the bed on the inside and gave me a blush-cheeked glance. She turned her side to me and lay down with her back to me.
I was actually tired as well, with my head experiencing sudden throbbing pain.
The level of exhaustion is beyond simple meditation or sitting in meditation, and I need to have a good rest.
I stared blankly at the Four-Regulations Mirror, its lightning-struck wood dissolving and breaking into two pieces. My heart felt increasingly bitter.
In the end, I put the Four-Regulations Mirror into the bag on my back. The copper rod was not very long, about the length of an arm, and it fit in the bag just as well.
However, its weight was too heavy, and I worried it would damage the bag. After all, there were many important things inside, so I had to put it down first.
After a quick wash, I pulled down the curtains to block out the light and lay down on the bed by the window.
Almost as soon as I closed my eyes, I fell into a deep sleep.
This sleep was deep and deathlike.
After I woke up again, the room was completely dark, and I couldn't see anything even with my hands.
I was getting used to the darkness, and by then, it was dark outside. The only sliver of light coming through the curtains was very weak.
I got up and went to pull back the curtains.
I turned back and saw that Zeng Yun was still soundly asleep. She wasn't facing the inside anymore; her hand was pressed under her cheek, and she looked very sweetly asleep.
I quietly watched Zeng Yun for a few minutes, and the emotions that arose in my heart were a rare sense of peace and warmth.
Zeng Yun's eyelashes twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes. She had just woken up, and her eyes were still a bit blurred as she met my gaze.
"I'm awake," I said with a smile on my face.
"Um... why have you been looking at me?" Zeng Yun blushed even more.
"Oh, little miss doesn't take care of things!" Lao Gong appeared on the bedside table at some point. He looked at me again and sighed: "The old gentleman also doesn't take care of things."
"An emperor is not anxious, but a eunuch dies in a hurry." Lao Gong's head hit the cabinet with a bang.
"Beating!" Zeng Yun's face turned a deeper shade of red, sat up, and hit Lao Gong's head with a pillow.
Of course, Lao Gong wouldn't be injured, and even the pillow passed straight through his head.
"I'll take a look at the tickets to Jiang Huang City." Zeng Yun seemed to have come to a realization, quickly reaching for her phone.
"Jiang Huang City?" Lao Gong was stunned, frozen in place, with a thoughtful gaze in his eyes.
I maintained my expression and gave Lao Gong an extra glance.
He... no, it's Wu Zhongkuan who has been to Jiang Huang City?
After a few minutes, Zeng Yun told me that it was about nine o'clock now, and in an hour, there was another high-speed train. We should go now or wait until tomorrow morning?
I immediately replied that we should go now. Staying in Lang Jiang City will only lead to more trouble.
Zeng Yun bought the tickets, and we left the hotel to head to the high-speed train station.
During this time, there was a small incident. We asked the front desk of the hotel for an umbrella cover, and we put the copper rod inside. At a glance, holding the copper rod in hand makes it look like a folding umbrella.
By the time we arrived in Jiang Huang City, it was already early in the morning of the next day.
Actually, there was another reason why I dared to have Zeng Yun contact her friend.
The Duwu Taoist Temple in Guanyao City doesn't know much about me. It's either because the Jin Yang side deliberately sealed it off, or because they truly think it's unimportant; they believe that I and the Plague Ghost, and the earth's qi, have no connection to each other, and their attention is not focused on me.
Therefore, the only one who will be watching me closely is the Ghost Canon. They will believe that my involvement with the Ghost Canon is significant, and with Sun Zhuo's affairs, my resentment towards the Ghost Canon is even deeper.
When we left the high-speed train station, a car came to pick us up, of course the one who contacted us in advance.
She wore colorful ethnic clothing and had many accessories on her head.
Especially when she saw me, she was even more surprised, looking at Zeng Yun with a strange expression on her face.
Her eyes were very special, with distinct black and white, clean and pure to an extreme.
Zeng Yun hasn't introduced herself yet. She suddenly extended her hand as if to shake mine.
"I'm Liang Yu," she said, her voice sweet and pleasant, her eyes narrowing into crescent moons.
But for some reason, even though she was smiling, I felt a trace of hostility.
