"Fire and theft prevention, long and peaceful night!"
"Bang — Bang! Bang! Bang! "
When the sound reached their ears, they heaved a sigh of relief.
It turned out to be the night watchman!
The sound was slow and fast, which meant that it was already the fourth night watch.
For the night watchman.
One slow and one fast, three times in a row meant the end of the night watch, which meant the beginning of the night.
One sound followed by another, and like this many times, it was the second watch.
The third night watch meant one slow and two fast, the fourth night watch meant one slow and three fast, and the fifth night watch meant one slow and four fast.
Therefore, they only needed to listen to the sound of the night watchman hitting the bamboo clapper to know the time.
They didn't know what they had done in the Withered Yard, but they had unknowingly spent so much time there.
But on second thought, they became nervous again.
The Withered Yard had been abandoned for many years, and there was no one nearby. Why would the night watchman come here?
The three of them had high cultivation and were not timid, so they weren't afraid of ghosts and monsters.
However, after experiencing Jiang Wang's strange encounter, they were inevitably a little vigilant.
They looked at each other.
Fourteen, who was wearing the Heavy Mountain Armor, walked in front silently.
Jiang Wang's hand was on his sword, and he and Chung Geng Sheng followed on his left and right. They naturally formed a small formation, which was a tacit understanding from the battlefield.
As mentioned earlier, there was a pool of stagnant water outside the ruins of the Withered Yard. It was said to be a big pit left after the mountain was pulled out and melted into the Buddha, and it was filled with rainwater.
After the three of them walked out of the ruins, they saw a slightly stooped person standing beside the pool of stagnant water with his back facing them. He was wearing a shabby leather hat and a tattered coat, and he was holding a lantern made of white paper, which was hanging above the pool.
Fourteen was wearing heavy armor, and he didn't deliberately control himself when he was ready, so when he walked, it was inevitable that the sound of armor rubbing against each other could be heard.
"Who is it?"
The person beside the pool turned his head sharply. The pale light shone on an old face, and his eyes were wide open, but there was no trace of life — he was blind!
Stagnant water, blind man, white lantern …
His hands didn't stop, and he was still hitting the bamboo clapper.
"Bang — Bang! Bang! Bang! "
The fourth night watch!
"A passerby," Chung Geng Sheng said in a low voice.
The stooped blind man stopped banging the clapper and said, "Don't bully this old man for being blind, this old man's heart is clear!"
He couldn't sense any cultivation from him.
But as soon as he said this, the three of them felt an invisible pressure.
Jiang Yan's voice suddenly came from the Netherworld Candle in Tongtian Palace. "If I were you, I would immediately flee this place and ignore everything else!"
Jiang Yan's voice was very cautious.
With the explosive speed of Flame Meteor, he might be able to escape faster than Chung Geng Sheng and Fourteen.
But Jiang Wang just clenched the hilt of his sword and ignored Jiang Yan's suggestion. "We don't dare to deceive you. We're going back now."
The night watchman was motionless, and the white lantern seemed to be frozen in the air.
He asked slowly, "Do you know where this is?"
Jiang Wang was indeed more sincere and trustworthy. Therefore, Chung Geng Sheng remained silent and allowed Jiang Wang to negotiate.
Jiang Wang thought for a moment, then replied, "It's an abandoned temple."
"Do you see anything?"
"What I see is broken walls and ruins. What I see is just a mental obstacle! "
The night watchman asked again, "Do you know the way back?"
"I remember it clearly!"
What Jiang Wang said was indeed not the least bit false.
The night watchman paused for a moment, then said, "Be careful of the road, don't disturb the neighbors."
Saying this, he pulled the white lantern to the side, as if to guide the way for the three of them.
"Thank you, old man." Jiang Wang said and was about to pass by.
Chung Geng Sheng suddenly asked, "Old man, why are you holding the white lantern? It seems like you're offering a sacrifice to something? "
The night watchman said, "Maybe the paint is off. I'm blind and can't see."
Chung Geng Sheng said, "Where does old man live? I'll send someone to fix the paint for you. "
The night watchman raised the white lantern to his eyes, as if his blind eyes could vaguely perceive some of the colors of the world.
However, the light of the white lantern shone on his wrinkled face, making him look particularly strange.
He said slowly, "If you're sincere, why don't you come home with me? I'll fix it now."
Chung Geng Sheng shrank back, "No need, old man is more important."
Without saying anything else, the three of them left the place seemingly casually but vigilantly.
…
After walking for a long distance, when they turned back, they could no longer see the light of the white lantern.
Chung Geng Sheng said solemnly, "There's indeed something strange in the Withered Yard. Otherwise, there's no need to specially arrange an unfathomable night watchman here."
Night watchmen were a very common profession, but they were paid by the government after all. In a sense, they were also part of the government.
Night watchmen were also divided into different levels.
As everyone knew, night watchmen, other than telling the time and reminding people to guard against fire and theft, had another function — exorcism.
When it came to supernatural beings, ordinary night watchmen certainly couldn't do this.
The night watchman outside the ruins of the Withered Yard should be the most terrifying one.
With the current strength of Jiang Wang and the others, they couldn't see through him at all.
What kind of secret led to such a powerful night watchman patrolling the Withered Yard so many years after it was razed to the ground?
And why could it trigger the change of the swastika and interrogate the Taoist Heart?
Jiang Wang certainly knew why Chung Geng Sheng attached so much importance to this question.
The "strangeness" of the Withered Yard was probably related to his father's change back then.
Jiang Wang asked in the Tongtian Palace, "Do you know anything about the night watchman just now?"
Jiang Yan reminded him to run away just now, so he must have some judgment.
However …
Mingzhu didn't move at all, and Jiang Yan didn't say a word.
Heh, he's quite bad-tempered.
"We can only put it aside for the time being," Jiang Wang said seriously.
Without enough strength, it was useless to think about anything.
Chung Geng Sheng also nodded, "I know."
He asked, "I didn't have time to ask, what did you gain in the Withered Yard? I feel that your aura is more agile and your momentum is more stable. "
"Life and death, Withered Glory, life and death are like a turn. The Withered Yard must have been an extraordinary place back then, "Jiang Wang said," My Taoist Heart is more stable now, and I've also noticed some problems in my body. "
He had a realization in his heart, "My lifespan is not full enough. This will be a barrier that will prevent me from advancing further in my cultivation. "
After asking his own conscience, he had a clear conscience.
While he was strengthening his Taoist Heart, he also noticed his own regrets.
Back in Maplewood City, when he used the White Bone Escape Method, he had consumed a Life-Raising Pill and a Longevity Fruit, but he still couldn't make up for it completely.
Maybe this was one of the reasons why he couldn't reach the limit of the Reaching Heaven State back then.
This was still the disadvantage of lacking the guidance of a famous teacher. Many problems could only be discovered after bumping into a wall, or even after bumping into a wall and bleeding head. When Chung Geng Sheng gave him the Longevity Fruit, he thought it helped him make up for his regrets, but in fact, it was still not enough.
Chung Geng Sheng said with a nod, "If you can discover the problem, you can solve it. If you need anything, just tell me at any time. "
The fourteen men in heavy armor trod soundlessly on the long street.
…
The three of them quickly blended into the night of Linzi.
And in the boundless darkness behind them, a white lantern flashed past.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! "
It was five o 'clock in the morning.
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