Just when Xue Wuding was about to kill the enemy with his sword, Qin Tian reached out to stop him.
"Brother Qin, why are you stopping me?" Xue Wuding was puzzled.
"I know this person." Qin Tian replied.
Ao Bing, who was standing nearby, quickly recognized this person.
"Are you the innkeeper in Deng Shatuo?"
After Ao Bing's reminder, Xue Wuding also recalled it.
Outside Shanhai School, the shopkeeper even spoke to Qin Tian.
Xue Wuding did not put away the Five Dragon Golden Sword in his hand, but looked at him with doubt, "Why are you with those who are chasing us?"
Liu Zhaocai was so frightened that his face was still pale. He swallowed his saliva and explained, "I did this for a reason. Mr. Zhang, you have to believe me. I am not in the same group as them. You have saved our Deng Jiang before."
Tuo, how could I possibly harm you?"
Xue Wuding grabbed Qin Tian to dissuade him.
"Brother Qin, don't believe him. In today's world, some people still have power and can do all kinds of crazy things for the sake of money. Being ungrateful is nothing. We'd better kill him and silence him."
When Liu Zhaocai heard this, his face instantly turned pale with fright. He waved his hands and explained, "If I were really on the same team with them, I wouldn't have let anyone deliberately lure them away just now. Mr. Zhang, you believe me!"
"The person who just said that we fled to Tongfu Inn was arranged by you?"
"Yes, if you look carefully, that person just now is a resident of Dengjiangtuo." Liu Zhaocai jumped anxiously.
After Liu Zhaocai said this, Qin Tian recalled that that person was indeed a resident of Dengjiangtuo.
"Besides, I said before when you entered the palace that no matter what your status is, we will support you. Have you forgotten?" Liu Zhaocai continued anxiously, "Mr. Xu said it, if you don't believe me
If so, I will tell him his name and you will believe me."
"Mr. Xu? Did Mr. Xu call you here?" Qin Tian said in surprise.
Liu Zhaocai nodded.
Qin Tian and Xue Wuding looked at each other and finally chose to believe him.
Xue Wuding put away the Five Dragons Golden Sword and asked coldly, "Are you not following anyone else behind you?"
"No, no! Mr. Zhang, don't worry. I only dared to come in after confirming that no one is following me." Liu Zhaocai assured him.
Qin Tian looked outside the door and found that there was indeed no one outside, so he pulled him into the ruined temple.
"Shopkeeper Liu, please sit down first." Qin Tian pointed casually.
Liu Zhaocai nodded, found a haystack and sat down, caressing his chest to calm his little heart that almost jumped out just now.
"Shopkeeper Liu, what is going on? How do you know Mr. Xu?" Qin Tian asked curiously.
Liu Zhaocai first breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "Actually, what happened is this. Last night, my fellow villagers and I were drinking in a tavern. Suddenly, an old Taoist priest and a woman who looked like a fairy ran over to us."
Upon hearing Liu Zhaocai's description, Qin Tian knew it was Mr. Xu and Xi'er without even thinking.
"What happened next?"
Liu Zhaocai said in a panic, "Then he took out a Shark King Token and placed it in front of us. We were so frightened that we almost fell off our stools. We are just ordinary residents with low cultivation levels. We have never seen such a scene."
, I knelt down for him at that time.”
After sighing, he continued, "Then Mr. Xu took us to talk about something, gave us a task, and also gave me a tips bag."
"Mission? What tasks have been assigned to you?" Qin Tian asked curiously.
Liu Zhaocai replied, "Mr. Xu said, I can't tell you this for the time being."
Qin Tian smacked his lips, "Okay, then how did you find this place?"
Liu Zhaocai: "Actually, I wasn't the one who found this place. It was Mr. Xu who gave me the tips and instructions to come here."
"Mr. Xu told me before he left that after you leave the palace, let me open this bag of tips, saying that this bag of tips can find you."
"Then I followed Mr. Xu's instructions and opened the brocade bag, and a few words flew out of it, saying 'the ruined temple in the south of the city', and then I came over."
After listening to Liu Zhaocai's words, Qin Tian was slightly shocked.
Mr. Xu handed the tips bag to Shopkeeper Liu last night, so that means that he already knew what would happen today as early as last night.
Mr. Xu is indeed not simple one.
Xue Wuding asked aloud, "Since you came here according to the instructions of the brocade bag, how did you get together with that group of people?"
Liu Zhaocai replied, "On the way here, I found that a group of immortal cultivators who were chasing you were also preparing to come here, so I joined their ranks."
"Later, I learned through chatting with them that they didn't know you were here. They just came to check with a try attitude. I was worried that you were really here. Then I sent a spiritual message to my fellow villagers to let them
Lead people away."
"So that's it." Qin Tian nodded in realization, then changed the topic and asked, "Then why did Mr. Xu ask you to come to me?"
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot to talk about the business." Liu Zhaocai then remembered the purpose of coming here. "Mr. Xu said that you will definitely be impulsive after escaping from the palace, so let me stop you."
"..."
Qin Tian's mouth twitched in embarrassment.
Looking at Qin Tian's expression, Liu Zhaocai knew that Mr. Xu was right.
In fact, before Liu Zhaocai came, Qin Tian really planned to find a way to enter the palace again later.
But before he could implement his idea, Liu Zhaocai came.
Liu Zhaocai pointed to the center of the ruined temple.
"Mr. Xu asked Mr. Zhang to practice your cultivation quickly during this period. He drew a small world behind the Buddha statue for you to hide in."
Looking in the direction Liu Zhaocai pointed, there was indeed a damaged Buddha statue there.
Walking behind the Buddha statue, there is indeed a small black hole.
"I didn't expect Mr. Xu to think of this step." Qin Tian looked at the small world behind the Buddha statue and couldn't help but sigh.
Liu Zhaocai stood up, raised his hands to Qin Tian and said, "Mr. Zhang, please hide here for the time being. Don't go out. There are people chasing you everywhere outside. I will come over every once in a while to tell you what is going on in the outside world."
thing."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Shopkeeper Liu."
"It's not hard. If nothing happens, I'll leave first."
After speaking, Liu Zhaocai turned and left.
After Liu Zhaocai left, Qin Tian and the others also entered the small world.
…
"Ouch, it hurts me so much!"
"It hurts... Can anyone help me? It hurts too much..."
Several hours had passed since Qin Tian escaped from the palace. The palace was full of wounded people, lying on the ground groaning in pain.
The officials in the hall, the eighteen captains, the eight generals, and the guards all suffered varying degrees of serious injuries.
They were all injured by Qin Tian alone.
By this time, Zong Yi had finished practicing his exercises to heal his injuries. He stood up and looked at the wounded with a frown on his face.
He thought hard for a moment, then circulated the Dantian in his body, and a stream of true energy condensed in the palm of his hand.
He pushed his palm outward, and the condensed energy in his palm turned into countless thin lines and entered the bodies of the wounded.
The moment the Qi entered their bodies, their moans stopped, and the painful expressions on their faces gradually faded away.
One of the captains touched his chest and said in shock, "Zong...Zong Guoshi, are you healing our wounds?"
"Master Zong, you don't have to be like this. It takes a lot of energy for you to heal so many of us."
"Shut up, don't talk!" Zong Yi said coldly with a cold look on his face.
"Master Zong has been so kind to us, and there is nothing we can do to repay him in this life!"
Zong Yi ignored them and continued to inject Qi into them to help them heal their injuries.
After about a stick of incense, Zong Yi was already sweating profusely. In any case, treating hundreds of wounded people at the same time not only consumes his energy, but also consumes his physical strength.
But Zong Yi doesn't care, because to him, these people are his fighting strength, and it would be a waste if they just die like this.
Soon, the scars on those people's bodies dissipated, and their internal injuries were almost healed.
The eighteen captains stood up slowly and came to Zong Yi uniformly.
Swish swish——
They all knelt on one knee in front of Zong Yi.
"Zong Guoshi's kindness will never be forgotten. The Eighteen Colonels will swear allegiance to the Lord of the Land and Zong Guoshi for the rest of their lives!"
Zong Yi glanced at Pu Xiu, who was sitting on the throne with dull eyes and looked like a puppet, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"As long as you are loyal to me, forget about being the Lord of the Land!"