C375 A Small Moral View
After saying that, no matter how the crowd reacted, Du Qi walked out of the darkness and swaggered towards the door of the "Small Dao Virtue Temple."
Zong Qing, Pu Cong, Huang Jinhua, and the others saw that no one was moving, but Du Qi had already started moving. They thought that Du Qi was deliberately mystifying, but looking at how the temple looked like it had not been repaired for a long time. They knew that no one had lived here for a long time, and when they saw this, everyone couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief in their hearts. Their nervous hearts instantly eased up, and they followed Du Qi as if they had returned home. They were in chaos as they followed Du Qi to the door of the "Daoist Temple of Virtue."
Just as they arrived in front of the door, Du Qi suddenly turned around, and put his right index finger in front of his mouth to make a silent movement. Everyone's hearts that had just relaxed suddenly withdrew, and they became nervous again.
Du Qi did not care what everyone else felt. After doing that movement, he turned around and pushed the gate lightly. The gate, which seemed to be tightly shut, opened without making a sound.
Just as the door opened, Jiaojiao jumped up from the ground and slowly floated towards Ma Yuxiao's shoulder.
When they saw a small black snake pouncing towards Ma Yuxiao, the people beside her couldn't help but be shocked. Zong Qing and Pu Cong's reaction was the fastest. When Jiaojiao just jumped up from the ground, the two of them didn't avoid arousing suspicion. Almost at the same time, they pulled Ma Yuxiao back. Immediately, they stood in front of Ma Yuxiao and protected her. Their hands turned into claws. Suddenly, they clawed at Jiaojiao.
Seeing that someone wanted to stop her from returning to Ma Yuxiao's shoulder, Jiaojiao twisted her body in the air and suddenly increased her speed by a hundred times. She suddenly passed between Zong Qing and Pu Cong and landed safely on Ma Yuxiao's shoulder.
Caught off guard, Ma Yuxiao was also startled. She only let go when she understood that Jiaojiao had returned, but her heart was still madly beating. When they saw that Zong Qing and Pu Cong wanted to stop Jiaojiao's move from missing, they did not stop and rotated their claws. Without stopping, they grabbed at Jiaojiao again. Their momentum was even fiercer and fiercer than before.
Ma Yuxiao wasn't worried that they would catch Jiaojiao. On the contrary, she was worried that Jiaojiao might hurt them at any time. At that time, it would be even more difficult to speak. Therefore, she imitated Du Qi's actions just now. She hurriedly raised her right index finger and placed it in front of her lips and said in a soft voice. "No, she is mine!"
Hearing this, Zong Qing and Pu Cong hurriedly withdrew their attacks and retreated. They could only bitterly smile at each other.
This series of actions happened in the blink of an eye. If one did not pay attention, one would not notice at all. After Zong Qing and Pu Cong withdrew their attacks, Du Qi had just lifted his leg and started moving.
Upon entering the gate, there was a courtyard filled with weeds and weeds. The main hall and the room were all pitch black and silent. Du Qi started to circulate the Profound Arts. In the darkness, he could see things as bright as day. He carefully moved forward step by step. Wen Wenya followed closely behind him, stepping on his footprints without missing a beat. The people behind him followed suit. Walking in this place filled with withered branches and rotten leaves actually did not make any sound.
Du Qi led everyone along the wall. It took him a lot of effort to go around to the back of the wall. They saw that this was another courtyard, and it was filled with towering trees. The path was deep and the forest was clean and flat. There were no extra weeds or withered branches. Apparently, someone had just cleaned it up.
Through the gaps between the trees, Du Qi could see the lights in front of him swaying. Du Qi used the trees as cover and slid towards the lights without hesitation.
As he was no longer worried about making any noise when he stepped on the withered branches and rotten leaves, Du Qi moved forward at an extremely fast speed. In a few moments, he had arrived at the edge of the forest. There was no need for special instructions. Everyone followed Du Qi's example and walked with their waists bent and light steps. At this moment, they hid behind the trees and looked forward, only to see that outside the forest, there was a courtyard dam between two courtyards. The walls of the row of houses in front of the left had collapsed. It seemed that no one was visiting. It was the back wall of the hall that they saw when they entered the door. The house on the right side was still a courtyard, but it was the second courtyard of the Daoist Sect. It looked perfectly intact, which was in stark contrast to the decline of the front yard.
The light only flickered in the hall in the middle of the second courtyard. The rest of the houses were pitch black and quiet. It was unknown if there were people hiding inside. Although the lights were not very bright in the courtyard, in the eyes of everyone, it was no different from daytime. As a result, they could only hide behind the trees and not dare to act rashly.
Everyone gathered their ears and faintly heard a person in the hall say in a low and muffled voice, "How's the situation?"
As soon as this person finished speaking, another person respectfully said, "Reporting to the hall master, everything has been arranged."
The hall master said again, "Yes, instruct the brothers to return to their original positions and wait for orders. Be careful not to expose your identity. This matter must not be lost. Otherwise, not only will he not know how he died, but he will also implicate the other brothers!"
That person repeatedly said, "Thank you for your trouble, hall master. This matter has already been arranged as the hall master wishes!"
The Hall Master seemed to be somewhat happy as he said, "That's good!" Then, he sighed, as if he was thinking about something. After a long while, he said, what about Lu Hai? Call him over to tell us what happened."
That person answered: "Yes!" As he spoke, everyone felt their vision darken slightly. A tall figure flashed out from the main hall of the second courtyard and wobbled towards the opposite side of the room. He gently pushed open the door at the very edge of the room and immediately there was a rustling sound in the room. It was obvious that there were quite a number of people in the room. Seeing this, they guessed that the other rooms would not be empty. Hence, they were even more careful, afraid that if they made a sound, the people in the room would discover Xingzang and cause trouble.
That person pushed open the door and shouted inside, "Lu Hai, Hall Master invites you in!"
Only to hear a person mumble and squeeze out from the side of that person into the courtyard. Everyone looked closely and realized that the person was the old azure haired Lu that Du Qi had released earlier. He looked around for a while, then followed the person who had come to call him and walked straight to the main hall.
Lu Hai had just arrived at the entrance of the hall when he heard the hall master say, "Is that Lu? Quickly come in and sit! Serve tea!" Hearing the voice, the hall master seemed to welcome him as he spoke. Clearly, he was very respectful towards Lu Hai.
Lu Hai said gratefully, "Thank you, hall master!" As he spoke, everyone felt the light in the courtyard dike darken. Lu Hai and that person had already entered the hall, and the hall immediately became noisy. It was likely that the Hall Master was not the only one in the hall, but there were quite a few people. After seeing Lu Hai, they greeted each other.
After Lu Hai sat down, Lu, you are an old man in the association. You have been hiding by Lu Bing's side for more than ten years without giving yourself away. We all know that you are stronger than anyone, but what is going on today? You actually got tricked by a brat who is still wet behind the ears? "
Lu Hai said, "Hall Master, we have been expecting this to happen. I admit that I did not make any mistakes, but who knew that brat would not fall for it. Instead, he used a trick to restrain me. If it wasn't for the two self-righteous little monks that appeared out of nowhere... I might not have been able to escape at all. "