Wanbao Lady

Chapter 286 Shadow

Qianhua Gate is located on a high pavilion on the main peak.

Facing the mountain breeze, after hearing Wu Jiang's words, Ge Wunian just nodded lightly, "I already know about this matter. Since the Lord of Yudu can bring her alchemy apprentice here openly, I think her alchemy apprentice is not dangerous. As for the unknown strange fire, the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things. Since that person is unwilling to take the initiative to express it, perhaps there is something unspeakable! We don't need to delve into it."

He then said: "Okay, that's it, you can go down!"

Wu Jiang bowed respectfully, "Yes!"

Of course, there are deeper reasons...

How could a being that possesses the Golden Wheel of Merit be an evil being?

As for what the strange fire is, no one knows it better than that existence.

Just turn a blind eye and that's all.

-

A small courtyard on the cliff.

late at night.

Banyu, who had transformed into his original form and was resting on the bed, shook his ears slightly.

There was no other reason, because she heard a very faint sound of a door closing.

Although the sound was almost inaudible and the person who closed the door must have been deliberately gentle, she still heard it with her powerful hearing.

He immediately jumped lightly, got out of bed, walked straight through the door, looked left and right, and then walked out of the courtyard.

At first glance, under the moonlight, a figure was sitting quietly under a peach tree on the edge of the cliff.

If it’s not Qu Chong, then who else could it be?

Banyu walked over step by step with the gait of a tiger, and its paw pads landed silently on the ground.

"What are you thinking about?"

Qu Chong was startled when he suddenly heard a voice behind him.

He looked back and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw who was coming.

"Senior, it's you!"

I saw Banyu slowly walk to his side, and then sit down upright, with its tail gently falling at its feet.

"But what's on your mind?"

Ban Yu asked calmly.

Her voice is deep, steady, and yet gentle, like fallen leaves in late autumn, gently falling on the surface of a calm lake.

Qu Chong couldn't help but tighten his palms, squeezing the clothes that fell on his knees into some wrinkles.

There was silence.

Banyu was not in a hurry either. He just looked at the sky quietly and admired the moon.

After a long while, a mosquito-like voice came from the side: "I just...suddenly remembered something from the past."

Ban Yu turned to look at the other person, "Can you tell me about it?"

Qu Chong looked over and saw the tiger's ears trembling, with a human-like tenderness and tolerance in its eyes.

Like...mother...

Although he had never seen what his mother looked like, if his mother were still alive, she would definitely be as gentle and tolerant as this!

He blinked away the moisture in his eyes, and then slowly recounted his childhood memories.

-

Ever since he could remember, he had been traveling around with his master.

I never stayed in one place for too long, usually no longer than three months.

Therefore, he has few friends.

When I feel lonely, I occasionally feed some stray animals to comfort myself.

Gradually, he treated the animals as his friends.

When he was eleven years old, he stayed in a small town with his master.

The master told him that he had to go to this city to find a master who might have a technique that could suppress his blood defect, and he might have to stay there for three months.

He was so happy that he finally didn't have to move in a hurry!

While happily exploring the area around his residence, he accidentally discovered an abandoned house.

People said that the place was haunted in the past, so no one wanted to go in, and he didn't want to go in either.

But that didn't scare him.

Because the master is a monk! Moreover, he has learned a few tricks under the master's guidance, so naturally there is nothing to be afraid of.

I put my ear close to the wall and could clearly hear many cats meowing inside.

When I climbed over the hole in the corner of the wall, I saw that, as expected, this place had become a paradise for stray cats because there had been no humans disturbing it for many years!

From then on, he would secretly bring some food in. Gradually, he became friends with the stray cats inside.

Watching the little cats rubbing against his feet, his young heart was filled with pure joy.

until that day.

Because he frequently went to the abandoned house, he naturally attracted the attention of some interested people on the street.

While he was playing and interacting with the cats in the yard, three people suddenly jumped down from the high wall, two of them holding nets and one holding a bag.

"What are you going to do!" he immediately asked alertly.

"What?"

One of the pockmarked faces smiled and said, "Of course we have to catch the cat!"

Another man with a pointed face and monkey cheeks also said: "You little brat have come here so many times without any problems. There are obviously no ghosts here! You made us brothers waste a great opportunity to make money!"

"Stop talking nonsense to this kid and catch the cat!"

Having said that, the three of them looked at each other without any hesitation.

Two people were catching a cat, and one of them held a bag and put the captured cat in it.

"Hey, there are so many cats here. We can make a lot of money by selling them to butchers or restaurants!"

Seeing this scene, the little child was so angry that he trembled all over.

He immediately went up to stop it, but was pushed to the ground.

"Don't mess around, little brat!"

Looking at the greedy eyes of the three people and the screams of the cats, he had to disobey his master's orders and use magic without permission.

He added the power of magic to himself, and then pushed the man forward with one palm, knocking him to the butt.

"Hiss—this kid is quite strong!"

Just as he was about to stop others, he suddenly felt a pain at the back of his head, and then fell to the ground in a daze.

Although my mind was dizzy, my eyes were not completely closed yet.

Vaguely, they saw a few bold stray cats showing their sharp claws in anger and scratching the three people, but they were strangled by the back of their necks and then slammed hard against the wall next to them.

Blood slid down the wall.

"You damned beast! How dare you scratch me! This is outrageous!"

After a while, several big cats that dared to resist were thrown to the ground with bloody heads, and their lives or deaths were unknown.

No! No! Stop it!!!

Seeing this scene, anger and hatred filled my heart, and the string of reason in my mind completely broke!

A current of heat burst out from his body.

......

He didn't know how long it had been, but when he finally woke up, he found himself lying in the small courtyard rented by his master, and his master was standing by his bed with concern.

Thinking of what happened before he lost consciousness, he hurriedly asked.

"Master, what happened after I fainted? Did the cats escape?"

But he saw that his master was hesitant.

His heart skipped a beat and he opened the door, walked out of the yard, and ran away regardless of anyone trying to stop him.

When I ran to the abandoned house, I found that it had already been burned into ruins, and a group of people were gathered around it, pointing and talking.

In front of the ruins, there were government officials blocking the crowd to allow their colleagues to conduct the investigation smoothly.

"Have you heard? Three people were burned to death in this haunted house this morning!"

"It seems to be Zhang Laosan and his three gangsters? Someone said they saw them climbing over the wall. Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a miserable death!"

"It must be that the three of them sneaked in and angered the evil spirit, so it burned them to death in anger! I told you long ago, don't go there if you don't have anything to do."

"I don't know how this fire went out on its own... It's really strange!"

"I heard that not only did people die in there, but a bunch of wild cats were also burned to death. It's so tragic!"