The four young people with complicated identities walked on the steep and smooth stone walls. Their injuries gradually recovered after a few days, but they had run out of food and became weak again because of hunger.
Ning Que did not expect that the passage dug by the previous powerhouses of the Devil's Doctrine would be so long. It seemed that they had almost crossed the entire Tianqi Mountains, but they still could not find the exit. He could not help but feel anxious.
He was the most afraid of hunger. Thinking that the three women had eaten most of the food he had hidden, he felt even angrier. He stared at Tang Xiaotang and said, "We will all starve to death if we don't get out soon. How many more days will it take?"
Tang Xiaotang lowered her head and looked at the beast's tail on her neck. She said in a low voice with some uncertainty, "It should be soon."
Ning Que gasped and looked at her incredulously. He said, "The three of us have been following you for so many days. Don't tell me that you didn't go through when we run out of food."
Tang Xiaotang looked up at him and said pitifully, "The Front Gate was sealed decades ago. Of course I didn't go through it."
"That makes some sense. If you think about it carefully, when my Youngest Martial Uncle was killing you with this sword, you were still in your mother's womb. You were not even born. How could you possibly know these things?"
Ning Que's tone was obviously unfriendly. He changed the topic and roared, "Why didn't you tell me at the beginning?"
The reason why he dared to treat Tang Xiaotang so fiercely was because he was starving. Under the dual effects of anxiety and hunger, he did not have the time to think that this girl from the Devil Doctrine was the strongest among the four of them.
Moreover, when they walked in the mountains these days, this girl from the Devil's Doctrine did not have any fierce aura of the Devil's Doctrine. Instead, she was innocent, cute, and even honest. He gradually forgot her identity.
As expected, Tang Xiaotang did not get angry. Instead, she lowered her head in shame and walked to the front.
"If we are in the Knowing destiny State, how can this passage stop us?" Ye Hongyu's face was a little pale. She looked at the smooth and steep stone wall beside her and said indifferently, "In the end, it is a matter of strength."
Ning Que sneered and said, "You don't have to make fun of my low state and poor strength. You were beaten back after taking a few glances at the Knowing Destiny State. If you were still in the Knowing Destiny State, would you be so hungry?"
Ye Hongyu was silent. Her beautiful face seemed to be covered by a layer of frost.
Mo Shanshan said weakly, "We've run out of food. How can you still have the strength to bicker?"
Ye Hongyu said expressionlessly, "I will not quarrel with him after I leave the mountain. I will kill him directly."
Ning Que ignored the Tao Addict's threat. Since he escaped from Chang 'an City when he was a child, he had experienced many life-and-death situations. How could he be afraid of this kind of threat? He was not even afraid of death. However, he did have an innate fear of hunger because of his childhood experience.
After a moment of silence, he once again found Tang Xiaotang, who was ashamed and speechless, because of this fear and the anger brought by this fear. He mocked, "Probably only people from your Devil's Doctrine would be stupid enough to split the mountain to make a path, thus turning the escape route of people into a dead end."
Tang Xiaotang raised her head and looked at him with a solemn expression. She said solemnly, "Both the Holy Land and this passage represent the will of our Enlightenment Doctrine to change the world. Please show some respect."
Ning Que did not want to respond to her, especially after he had heard too many stories from Master Lotus about changing the world and creating a new world. However, he could not fully understand the obsession of the Devil's Doctrine.
Tang Xiaotang frowned and said, "Can you not be like this? If you think that our Enlightenment Doctrine is useless and a bunch of stupid people, then why did you come to our Holy Land? "
Ning Que replied angrily, "If not for the appearance of the" Ming "Handscroll of the Tomes of Arcane, I would not have come even if the Headmaster begged me."
Tang Xiaotang's eyes lit up when she heard the words "Ming" Handscroll of the Tomes of Arcane. She thought about how she and her brother had found nothing in the Holy Land. Her gaze naturally fell on the iron box tied with a cloth belt in front of Ning Que. She asked, "Have you found it?"
Ning Que said, "Don't look at me like that. The ashes of an old ghost are in this box … Speaking of which, why do I have to carry it with me? Shouldn't I just find a random place to throw it away? "
It was strange that after walking through the passage for a few days, the four of them talked about their childhood, cultivation, and their favorite snacks. However, Ning Que, Mo Shanshan, and Ye Hongyu did not mention to Tang Xiaotang about their encounter at the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine, nor did they mention the old monk named Lotus 32.
This had nothing to do with Tang Xiaotang's identity as a member of the Devil's Doctrine. It had nothing to do with the conflict between the Orthodox and the Devil. It was not even because the experience was so painful and disgusting that the three of them did not want to recall it. On the contrary, it was because the three of them treated their encounter with Master Lotus as the most precious experience in their cultivation lives and were unwilling to share it with others.
Ning Que suddenly raised his eyebrows and looked at Tang Xiaotang. He asked, "You did not find the Tomes of Arcane either? That is your territory. You should be familiar with the way back to your hometown. Did you not find anything? "
Tang Xiaotang shook her head dejectedly and said, "There is nothing in the Holy Land."
Ning Que thought to himself that there was a pile of white bones and ghosts, and an old guy who was scarier than ghosts.
All the major cultivation sects in the world had gathered in the Wilderness. The West-Hill Divine Palace had put in a lot of effort to find the legendary "Ming" Handscroll of the Tomes of Arcane when the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine opened. However, they had found nothing. The whereabouts of the legendary Tomes of Arcane had naturally become the biggest mystery in everyone's hearts.
Ye Hongyu said, "The Great Divine Priest of Revelation said that the" Ming "Handscroll would appear here, so it will definitely appear."
Ning Que shook his head and said, "It seems that the Great Divine Priest of Revelation was wrong."
Ye Hongyu frowned slightly and said without hesitation, "How could the Great Divine Priest of Divine Hall make a mistake?"
Ning Que looked at her and said mockingly, "If the Divine Priest of Light did not make a mistake a thousand years ago, how could the Devil's Doctrine appear in this world? Or is it that the West-Hill has always thought that the Devil's Doctrine is the right product? "
Ye Hongyu pursed her lips tightly and did not speak to him.
Mo Shanshan sighed weakly and said with a smile, "Are you not going to argue with him anymore?"
Ye Hongyu nodded and said, "I did make a mistake earlier."
Ning Que felt slightly proud and thought that no one in this world could beat him in verbal skills except Sangsang.
Ye Hongyu said immediately, "Since I said that I would kill him after we get out, why should I be angry with him?"
Ning Que said bitterly, "It was just a few jokes. Don't take it seriously."
Tang Xiaotang, who was walking at the front, suddenly said in surprise, "It's true. It's true."
Ning Que was startled and asked, "What is true?"
Tang Xiaotang turned around and pointed at the thin mist in front of the passage. Her clear eyes were full of joy and she said, "That is really the exit. We are out."
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Looking at the faint light in the mist at the end of the passage, they vaguely guessed that it was the exit. After going through so many hardships and running out of food, they should be jumping for joy. They should even be holding hands, shoulder to shoulder, wearing ribbons and youthful smiles on their faces.
However, they stopped and fell into silence. Even Tang Xiaotang was no exception.
In the long passage, they were isolated from the rest of the world. That was why they could forget about each other's sect background and temporarily forget about the so-called good and evil, as well as the complicated hatred that could not be washed away by blood. However, once they walked out of this mountain abandoned by Haotian and returned to the real world, all these factors would return.
The four of them looked at each other and remained silent for a long time.
Ye Hongyu suddenly said indifferently, "I am not used to pretending to be sad. After we get out, I will need to recuperate for a period of time. So it should be a long time before I kill you and the siren from the Devil's Doctrine."
Tang Xiaotang looked at her proudly and said, "You are still injured now. I will hit you when you recover."
Mo Shanshan gently tidied her cotton dress and said with a smile, "Anyway, it has nothing to do with me."
Ye Hongyu sneered and said, "If I want to kill Ning Que, will it really have nothing to do with you?"
Ning Que waved his hand to stop the meaningless conversation and said, "Let's talk outside. Xiaotang, you go first."
Tang Xiaotang looked into his eyes and said seriously, "I know what you mean. You are worried that there is something strange outside the fog, so you let me go first. I am a disciple of the Enlightenment Doctrine. How can I escape if the people outside are all from the Central Plains? Besides, you are a man. Just like what she said, you are a disgrace to the Academy. "
Ning Que's expression did not change. He said seriously, "Why did you suddenly become so smart?"
Tang Xiaotang said, "I am just kind-hearted. I am not really stupid."
Hearing this, Ning Que naturally thought of Sangsang. Sangsang was just a little stupid, but not really stupid. He suddenly had a strong desire to return to Chang 'an.
He looked at the exit in the fog and said, "I will go first. The most powerful young disciples of Taoism, Devil and Talisman are all here. Together with me, the World Wayfarer of the Academy, I don't believe that anyone would not kneel down and kowtow when they see our super combination, let alone ambush us!"
These words were obviously used to boost his courage, just like how he had been bickering and joking with the Tao Addict and the girls from the Devil's Doctrine these days. The reason why he did this was to ease the heavy feeling in his chest.
No one knew that he, the core disciple of the Headmaster of the Academy, had joined the Devil. Even Ye Hongyu only vaguely guessed that he had inherited the mantle of Youngest Uncle and was about to return to the human world. He did not know what the cold and real world outside the valley would do to welcome him if the truth of his joining the Devil was discovered.
After a moment of silence, Ning Que walked into the fog. He reached his right hand behind him and slowly held the handle of the big black umbrella.
The big black umbrella was his biggest support in this world. It was the warmest and quietest existence in the world, like a wild cat's dark house. When he faced Lotus at the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine, he did not have time to take it out and almost died. At this time, he was about to return to the human world from the isolated mountain. The strange feeling and vigilance made him ready to take out the big black umbrella at any time.
The world outside the fog was not under the attack of thousands of people.
There was no sneak attack.
Ning Que was greeted with a fist.
A fist bigger than the cheap Tuhai bowl that Sangsang bought.
The fist was open and aboveboard, full of the aura of gold and stone.
It broke the wind and arrived without any sense of evil.
It was not a sneak attack.
It was a kill.
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