Two famous powerhouses who had been in the Knowing Destiny State for many years could not do anything to a young man who had just entered the Knowing Destiny State. They could not even make him stay for a while. This fact was really shocking.
Luo Kedi sat on the ground. His face was pale and his body was covered in blood. He was extremely weak and did not fall down by leaning against a tree trunk. Beside him, the imperial physician of the Yuelun Kingdom and a priest from the West-Hill Divine Palace were nervously treating him.
His throat bone was broken and he had lost too much blood. His vision was a little blurred. When he saw Ning Que jump up the broken wall to escape, he felt as if he saw another person.
The Great Divine Priest of Judgment, Ye Hongyu.
Before last spring, Luo Kedi's cultivation state had always been above Ye Hongyu's. However, during those years, he had never dared to do anything to Ye Hongyu even though he had lusted after her and even wanted to humiliate and torture her. He did not even dare to challenge her face to face. Because he knew that even though his state was higher than Ye Hongyu's, if he really fought with her, he would definitely be the one to die.
Luo Kedi had always thought that there was only one person like Ye Hongyu who was so strong that she could surpass the state and was so scary that he could not understand why. Until today, when he fought with Ning Que, he realized that Ning Que and Ye Hongyu were the same kind of people. The Hierarch Lord thought that Ning Que was invincible in the same state, and it was very reasonable.
Looking at the dark eaves that were long gone, Luo Kedi coughed painfully. The flesh on his neck burst open again, and even some white bone fragments splashed out. The imperial physician of the Yuelun Kingdom and the priest from the West-Hill Divine Palace were so scared that their faces were paler than his. They quickly continued to treat him.
Luo Kedi thought bitterly, even if Ning Que was invincible in the same state, he would still die if he met someone at the peak of the Knowing Destiny State. Moreover, the Great Divine Priest of Judgment was in the Wilderness. How could he escape with the Daughter of Yama?
Master Qi Mei stood on the roof of the small temple across the street and looked around. He only saw the quiet Chaoyang City under the clouds. He could not see Ning Que and the Daughter of Yama.
There was no expression on his face. The flesh on his cheeks that had been cut open by the Jing Fu looked extremely ferocious. However, there was a strange sense of solemnity and compassion.
Master Qi Mei raised his head and looked at the thick dark clouds in the sky. He confirmed that the clouds had not moved, and knew that Ning Que and the Daughter of Yama were still in the city.
"I can't stop you by myself. What if hundreds of thousands of people in the city come together to stop you?"
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The bell in the White Tower Temple rang and then spread to Chaoyang City. Compared to the usual peaceful and distant bell, the bell today seemed especially urgent. It rang non-stop as if it was urging something.
In Chaoyang City, all the Buddhist temples, big or small, began to ring the bells when they heard the bell. The little monk in the robe pushed the bell hammer with difficulty. The thin old monk panted and hit the gong in his hand hard. Then, the drums in the government offices of the Yuelun Kingdom sounded. Then, the anti-theft gongs in the streets and the night watchmen sounded the bamboo bangs in their hands.
Bells, drums, gongs, and clappers sounded all kinds of sounds in the streets and alleys of Chaoyang City. The people in the city came to the streets and talked about it. Then, they learned the reason from the villagers or the monks. Their faces suddenly became extremely shocked, and then they were at a loss.
Ning Que ran quickly in the remote alley with Sangsang on his back. He had no time to wipe the sweat on his forehead and the blood stains on the corners of his lips. The clear and deep sounds of the bell and drum were like notes of death, constantly drilling into his ears and making his footsteps a little heavy. But he did not stop at all.
Running in broad daylight with Sangsang on his back was extremely eye-catching. Many people had seen him, but he didn't find a secluded place to hide again, because there were too many eyes on the street and he couldn't find any chance. Besides, some bigwigs were about to enter Chaoyang City, so it was not a good choice to hide in the city.
The most important thing was that the residents in the city had not reacted yet. They just watched him run in panic. No one came to stop him. He had to seize this very short time to escape from the city cloud.
He had hidden in the city for the whole winter. He had made sufficient investigation and careful planning. He was very familiar with these remote streets and had already chosen an escape route.
Although the Xuankong Temple monk called Qi Mei was powerful and fast, he could not catch up with him if he did not want to become the target of the Primordial Thirteen Arrows. Once he got rid of the monk, escaped from Chaoyang City, and met with the Big Black Horse, it would be difficult to find anyone in the world who could catch up with him and Sangsang.
Carrying Sangsang on his back, he lowered his head and ran desperately. His feet kept stepping on the bluestone pavement of the street, making heavy crashing sounds. Because he was running so fast, he left a trail of dust under his feet. His black uniform fluttered in the wind like a flag. Sweat kept dripping from his face, brushing against his cheeks as they drifted backward.
The Big Black Horse and the carriage were hidden in the Great Green Mountain in the north of Chaoyang City. In his plan to leave the city, he chose the west gate instead of the north gate. As he ran wildly, he was getting closer and closer to the west gate. He could even see the buildings there. His face finally showed a relaxed expression.
However, at this moment, his expression suddenly froze. He vaguely sensed an extremely powerful aura outside the west gate. At this moment, a powerful aura meant terror to him and Sangsang.
Ning Que stamped his right foot heavily. His leather boots were already cracked and several cracks appeared on the bluestone pavement. He forced himself to stop running forward and felt a numbness in his right leg. Behind him, Sangsang was shocked and her face turned pale.
They were about to escape from Chaoyang City, but suddenly faced with a new and more serious situation. Most people would feel indignant and sad, and Ning Que was no exception.
However, it might take a while for others to choose to take the risk of leaving the west gate or choose another way. He did not even think about it. Without hesitation, he turned around and ran to the north of the city with Sangsang on his back.
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Chaoyang City was a city without city walls. Therefore, there was no real city gate. It was just some non-temporary buildings of the tax office, which were called city gates.
Today, the bells and drums in the city were so loud that the tax office was closed. The beggars and common people who were sunbathing outside the city were all driven into the city by the soldiers with weapons like sheep.
At this moment, there were no other people on the field outside Chaoyang City except for dozens of ascetic monks. If someone wanted to leave the city, it would be very conspicuous.
The dozens of ascetic monks from the Xuankong Temple had been waiting outside Chaoyang City for a long time. They did not see Ning Que and the Daughter of Yama, but they saw a horse carriage.
The horse carriage was very strange. It was not big, but like Ning Que's black horse carriage, it was made of stainless steel from the carriage to the wheels. There were many Buddhist mantras written on it. There were sixteen horses in front of the carriage. Looking at the exhausted horses and the depth of the wheels in the gravel ground, one could imagine how heavy the horse carriage was.
Looking at the slowly approaching horse carriage from afar, the ascetic monks came from the east, west, and the west gates to welcome it. They knelt before the horse carriage and touched their foreheads to the ground, looking very respectful and pious.
An old monk wearing a bamboo hat walked out of the carriage with some difficulty. The monk held a monk's staff in his hand lightly fell to the ground, and the head of the staff made a clear sound of metal clashing.
The old monk's staff seemed very soft when it fell to the ground, but the sixteen exhausted horses in front of the carriage felt an invisible tremor. One of the horses' limbs went limp and it collapsed.
Just as the old monk's feet left the carriage with difficulty, the wheels that were originally deeply embedded in the gravel ground bounced up. Most of the weight of the horse carriage actually came from the old monk himself!
Hoofbeats sounded from the direction of Chaoyang City. A general from the Military Ministry of Yuelun Kingdom personally drove dozens of prepared warhorses over. Seeing the old monk standing in front of the horse carriage, the general hurriedly jumped off the horse and knelt on the ground. He kissed the ground in front of the old monk, and his cheeks and lips were soon covered with grass and soil.
The officials from the Military Ministry of Yuelun Kingdom who came with the general untied the ropes in front of the horse carriage as fast as they could and replaced the sixteen horses. Then, they bowed to the old monk and retreated. Everyone's hands were trembling when they did this. It was unknown whether it was because of excitement or fear.
The old monk ignored the general from the Yuelun Kingdom and the officials from the Yuelun Kingdom. He slowly raised his head and looked at the dark clouds above Chaoyang City in the east.
The bamboo hat was slightly lifted, and the light shone on the old monk's aged face. The calmness was annihilated in the deep wrinkles, like a clear stream that flowed to the dry yellow soil slope and was instantly sucked dry.
The old monk looked at the clouds above Chaoyang City and said calmly, "Along the way, 317 horses died of exhaustion, and countless believers were recruited to build the road. Buddha is merciful, but your disciple has committed so many sins."
After saying this, he slowly lifted the monk's staff in his hand and boarded the horse carriage again. When his right foot landed on the carriage, the wheels sank deep into the gravel ground again, and the sixteen horses subconsciously neighed.
No matter how many sins he had committed and how many commandments he had broken, no one in Buddhism could punish this old monk. Because Buddha had passed away, and because he was the Chief Preaching Monk of Xuankong Temple, he was the Buddha in the human world.
The old monk always believed that as a disciple of Buddhism, he should be in awe of Buddha's wisdom and Haotian's fate. That was why he came to the human world, to Chaoyang City, even though he had sacrificed so many lives, been stained with so much blood, violated so many commandments, and committed so many sins.
Because Yama's daughter was in Chaoyang City.
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Sangsang was in Chaoyang City, on Ning Que's back.
Ning Que was still running very fast, and she was a little shaken. Even though her waist and thighs were tightly connected to Ning Que's body with ropes, she still felt a little uncomfortable.
She did not hug Ning Que's neck to make her body more stable. Instead, she grabbed Ning Que's shoulders with both hands and paid attention to her strength. Only in this way would she not affect Ning Que's running and fighting.
Many years ago, when Ning Que carried her on his back to hunt and escape in Min Mountain, he had tied her on his back with ropes. They were very familiar with this process, so they knew very well what to do.
However, Sangsang was already sixteen years old, no longer a little girl. She could still use the same method now, but it was always a little different from before.
The sound of bells, drums, and gongs were still ringing in the streets of Chaoyang City. More and more residents came out of their homes and poured into the streets. People who had already known the current situation gradually recovered from the previous shock and began to try to find the Daughter of Yama under the organization of officials and gentry.
Ning Que and Sangsang were suddenly in the most dangerous situation.
No matter where they ran, they would always be seen. When they ran through the alleys, a woman on the second floor who opened the window to dry clothes would see their backs and then scream loudly. When they ran over the eaves, there would always be idlers and beggars who had nothing to do. They would scream and then be attacked by arrows that he was most afraid of.
When he broke into a house and tried to find a place to hide for a while, an old woman who was kneeling in front of a Buddha shrine and murmuring prayers with a frightened expression almost fainted. It would be good if she fainted, but the problem was that the old woman had gained strength from the Buddha statue in the Buddha shrine or from the Buddhist scriptures. She held an incense burner and threw it at Sangsang, who was behind Ning Que. Her face was twisted like a madwoman.
Since the West-Hill Divine Palace issued the edict, the Buddhism Sect no longer tried to cover up the news of the Daughter of Yama. Instead, they began to publicize it. After nearly half a year of propaganda, people in the world had long been afraid of the demoness and hated her to the core. What they most wanted to do was to burn Sangsang alive.
Ning Que carried Sangsang back to the street again. Unknowingly, the black crows that had stayed in the small courtyard flew over and kept cawing above their heads.
It didn't take long for the cultivators and people in Chaoyang City to discover this fact. Countless people looked at the black crows in the sky and listened to their unpleasant cawing. They shouted and chased after them.
Ning Que could no longer hide his whereabouts. Even a short rest time had left him. He could only run on the street with Sangsang on his back and kept running in the crowd.
There were countless screams of horror on the street. Gradually, some people gathered their courage and tried to stop him. Thus, countless bricks, stones, vegetables, eggs, and even rolling pins were picked up and thrown at the street. In the blink of an eye, the street was rained down.
Ning Que avoided the hard objects that were thrown at Sangsang, but he couldn't avoid the vegetables and eggs that fell like raindrops. His body suddenly became a mess. The corner of his eye was hit by an inkstone. Although it didn't bleed … it was very painful.
Sangsang lowered her head and leaned on his shoulder with her eyes tightly closed. Her pale face and thin body were covered with egg yolk and white. Although she didn't bleed … she still felt very uncomfortable.
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