The white peacock lay on the bed, tossing and she was fast asleep, she was still dreaming, constantly recalling that extremely scary and dangerous night. In the dream, the Thousand Buddha Temple had been completely engulfed in flames. The ancient temple, the giant Buddha, flammable and non-flammable objects were all swallowed up by the flames and became part of the endless sea of fire. The bodies and heads of Bodhisattvas and Buddhas in various shapes and sizes occasionally appeared in the flames, and then were swallowed up by the heat waves brought by the wind. After making crackling sounds like wailing, they fell down with a loud bang and turned into ashes. It turns out that Buddha and Bodhisattva, no matter how majestic their appearance and how powerful their supernatural powers are, can still feel pain and howl in agony, the white peacock thought. The firelight illuminated the night sky red, and also cast a red glow on the face of the white-haired witch Ma Xiaoyu. Bai Kongque hesitated whether to move forward, because she was not sure whether Ma Xiaoyu was still the same person. Had she lost control, gone mad, and fallen into the evil path because of extreme anger and sadness? As if sensing the presence of the white peacock, Ma Xiaoyu turned around. Her face was as cold as ice, and the lotus between her eyebrows was holy, noble, and could not be defiled. However, the golden pupils gradually faded after flashing for a moment, the snow-white long hair also returned to its original color, and the nails shrank back and faded from scarlet. In the blink of an eye, the White-haired Witch disappeared and Ma Xiaoyu reappeared.
Immediately afterwards, Ma Xiaoyu's body went limp. The White Peacock immediately stepped forward, hugged her body as she was about to fall, and was immediately infected by the sadness and anger emanating from her graceful figure. It was hot, as if burning in fire. Even through the clothes, White Peacock could feel that Ma Xiaoyu's body was getting hot. After the heat was gradually shared with the white peacock, Ma Xiaoyu's breathing finally calmed down and she fell into a deep sleep. "It's okay, it's okay." The white peacock gently stroked Ma Xiaoyu's back, with tears in her eyes. Then, in a blur, she saw Ren Qi who had fainted against the wall. The door creaked open, and A Ke, with tears on her face, lifted up a squirming package and said in a hoarse voice, "Dad, Dad has found the Insect King. He has fulfilled his promise." "Where's your father?" Although Bai Kongque had never seen A Ke, he still asked her subconsciously. However, A Ke did not say anything, but finally loosened her hands weakly, letting the package fall to the ground. In the light of the fire, White Peacock saw that the package was covered with blood. call…… The white peacock was gently awakened by Ma Xiaoyu and finally escaped from that night in which everyone suffered heavy losses. She looked at Ma Xiaoyu first. Ma Xiaoyu looked at her as usual, her face was calm, without the murderous look and coldness, she blinked and looked at her. "What's wrong?" "it's okay no problem." The white peacock breathed a sigh of relief, confirming that he had returned to the human world from hell.
She looked to the other side and saw A Ke taking care of the seriously injured Ren Qi, gently wiping his wounds with a towel dipped in medicine. Even though her father Sang Jiu was dead, the Miao people took death lightly. Plus, with the white peacock, who was also a Miao, talking to her, A Ke's mood had recovered a lot in the past few days. She just focused on taking care of everyone. They had been staying near the Thousand Buddha Temple for three days, but had not seen Yin Xiu. "Miss." White Peacock hesitated a little, "Brother, I mean, is it really possible that brother is still alive?" "Why, do you wish he would die?" Ma Xiaoyu asked back. "What is this nonsense?" Bai Kongque became serious. "How could I possibly wish for him to die? I wish he would live a hundred years, but what I want to say is that your paper figurine has been burned to ashes, and the expert said that he was knocked off a cliff. Even the expert himself is only half dead. I'm afraid that brother..." As she spoke, she sobbed again, "We have to hold a ceremony for him, so that he won't become a wandering ghost. Oh, my brother, why are you..." "What the hell are you talking about?" Ma Xiaoyu glared at her, but seeing how pitiful she looked, she could not bear to blame her, so she lowered her voice and patiently explained, "Yin Xiu has the three-color dragon emperor's son on him. If Emperor Zhongluo really kills him, his body will definitely be stained with the dragon emperor's son's aura. But when I fought him, I confirmed that it was not the case, so I said Yin Xiu was not dead. " The white peacock stopped crying and said in surprise: "So you were still yourself at that time?" "What do you mean? Do you think I'm asking for help from a spirit?" Ma Xiaoyu asked back. "more or less." White Peacock nodded blankly, "I thought you had become a different person by then." "It's not that exaggerated." Ma Xiaoyu pushed a strand of hair behind her ears. "I was very conscious, it was me at that time, not someone else." "But why are the hair white, the eyes golden, and the nails red?" The White Peacock was still very curious. "It's probably a state of burning out mana." Ma Xiaoyu looked at her fingers and couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Even she herself found it difficult to associate that image with her usual self, but those two people were both Ma Xiaoyu. When her aunt inherited the position of Heavenly Master, she only said that the women of the Ma family who performed exorcisms all possessed a magical power and spirit, but she did not explain it to her in detail. Could it be that this was Ma Xiaoyu's own ability? It had nothing to do with magic or anything like that? "Now is not the time to focus on this. Maybe it's just a flash in the pan?" Ma Xiaoyu turned the topic back and suddenly asked Bai Kongque. "Where's the White Phoenix? Didn't you find her?"
"No." White Peacock sighed, "We originally agreed to meet at the Thousand Buddha Temple. She was neither kidnapped by bandits nor controlled by puppet bugs. In this case, I really don't know where she went." "What did you do after you met at the Thousand Buddha Temple? Where did you go?" Ma Xiaoyu asked her again. "Sister, this is confidential." "confidential?" Ma Xiaoyu looked at her indifferently, which made Bai Kongque feel cold all over. "I just used the Plum Blossom Divination to calculate a hexagram. The hexagram shows that if there is to be a turnaround in the search for someone, we have to go east. What is there in the east?" "East……" Although she didn't want to say it, she remembered what happened to Bai Fenghuang before, and she herself had experienced Ma Xiaoyu's methods, so she could only give up resistance and whispered: "Yufeng Temple." "What?" Ma Xiaoyu didn't hear clearly. "Go to Yufeng Temple, regardless of whether we can find that Miao person or not..." The white peacock glanced at A Ke and whispered, "That is Sang Jiu. No matter whether we can find him or not, we have to go to Yufeng Temple in the end to meet up with the leader and the others." "Is that so? Then let's go to Yufeng Temple." "But we are not sure that brother went there. After all, he doesn't know." "What does that matter?" Ma Xiaoyu didn't care. "That's what the hexagram shows, so we should go that way. Let's pack up and set off to Yufeng Temple." As she finished speaking, a package rolled out from the corner and squirmed a few times on the ground. It was the Insect King that was packed in the package. At this time, Ma Xiaoyu had pasted talisman paper on the outside of the package, sealing the Insect King inside so that it could not escape. When it was shaken, it emitted a conspicuous golden light. "Qian Kun bag." Ma Xiaoyu glanced over there and said, "I pasted talisman paper to turn the bag into a Qiankun bag. It won't be easy for the beast inside to get out." Bai Kongque naturally believed in Ma Xiaoyu's magic and abilities, but when he thought of the people who died tragically in the Thousand Buddha Temple and that A Ke's father also died in order to find the Insect King, he couldn't help but get angry. She walked forward, avoided the talisman paper, and stomped hard on the package a few times. Only when the white peacock heard the hissing scream of the insect king inside did it stop and breathe a sigh of relief. "Why don't we just kill this insect king and burn it to ashes?" "The Emperor Chongluo came for it." Ma Xiaoyu said firmly: "It is only for the Insect King that Emperor Chongluo will appear in this remote Thousand Buddha Temple." "Is the emperor re-Luo because of this bug?" The white peacock was amazed. "What does he want this bug for? To make soldiers? But he can create many zombie kings with just a bite." "He can't bite."
Ma Xiaoyu corrected her: "Emperor Zhongluo seems to be covered in armor all over his body and cannot bite people." "what?" Bai Kongque had never seen what Emperor Zhongluo looked like, and had only heard the descriptions of Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu. Therefore, after hearing that the strongest zombie could not bite people, he couldn't help but feel it was a bit absurd, but not funny. Because the opponent is the strongest drought demon, he should not be underestimated. "But this doesn't stop him from creating an army of zombies," said Ma Xiaoyu. "So what on earth does he want this bug for?" White Peacock was confused for a moment, "It's impossible that this insect king is his pet and the Thousand Buddha Temple is his base, so when the fire started, Emperor Zhongluo sensed it and rushed to rescue him?" "Perhaps your inference is correct." Ren Qi didn't know when he had sat up. His original injuries were extremely horrific. If it were someone else, they would have died several times over. However, under A Ke's care, he recovered very quickly, almost at a lightning speed. “Our coming to the Thousand Buddha Temple may have achieved what the military books said: attack the enemy and rescue them, and lured the emperor Chongluo here. The last time I met him, I was climbing halfway up the mountain with Liu Banxian. Maybe he is guarding something here, or he is using this place as a base." Having said that, Ren Qi's face turned gloomy again. "Unfortunately, the difference between the two sides was too big. He beat us up badly and left us like dead dogs on the roadside." "Don't get angry yet." A Ke gently took the towel and pressed the wound on Ren Qi's shoulder that was about to split. "Whether you win or lose, at least you survived. You saved your life, right?" A Ke whispered, "My father once said that you Han people have a saying, 'As long as you have green mountains, you will never have to worry about having firewood.' If we can't win this time, maybe we can win next time, right?" "What do you know?" Ren Qi turned away coldly, leaving A Ke with only a faint smile. He stopped talking and continued to help him treat his wounds. "You are so rude." A Ke was fine, but White Peacock frowned, "If A Ke hadn't saved you, you would have died twice." "Who said you have to thank others when you are rescued?" Ren Qi said coldly, "Originally, this world only has two things to say: self-preservation and killing. Why are you talking about so much nonsense? I have only heard that if you don't help someone in need, you will go to hell, but I have never heard that if you don't repay a favor, you will be punished." "you!" The white peacock became more and more annoyed as he listened, but Ma Xiaoyu was already used to it. She knew that Ren Qi was a tough guy with tougher words than anyone else. Even if he didn't mean it, a casual word from him would inevitably lead to a conflict with others. Perhaps his status as the number one wanted criminal was not earned through fighting, but because all his former colleagues had been offended by him, so such a high reward was given to him.
Knowing his temper, Ma Xiaoyu did not argue with him, but just asked him: "I have to go to the east, Yin Xiu might be there, what do you think, stay here to recuperate, or go find Liu Banxian?" "If I knew where Liu Banxian was, I would have set out already." Ren Qi said calmly, "I will go east with you too. Didn't you say that the hexagram says so? As for whether we can find Liu Banxian or Yin Xiu, it all depends on fate." "Then I'll go too." A Ke said. "what are you going to do?" Ren Qi was the first to react, and snorted, "Are you looking for death? You think you're going on a trip? You're just a burden if you follow us." "But……" A Ke's eyes turned red, "After Dad died, I had nowhere to go." Ren Qi was originally full of anger, but now he fell silent. He didn't know what to say, so he just turned his face away. "fine." Bai Kongque hugged her into his arms and glared at Ren Qi again. "Where are you going? It's not up to this stinky man to make the decision. Girl, we'll go wherever you want to go. When this is over, you can go back to the Miao village with us." "Going back to the Miao village?" A Ke glanced at Ren Qi, and seeing that he didn't react, she just whispered, "I'll think about it." After Bai Kongque comforted A Ke, he glared at Ren Qi and said, "Hey, have you heard of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?" "I have read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so what?" Ren Qi looked at her coldly. Bai Kongque blinked his eyes and said seriously: "Since you have seen it, you should know the story of Guan Yu escorting his two sisters-in-law through five passes and killing six generals, right?" Ren Qi was stunned for a moment, "What does this have to do with it?" "Of course it is related. Guan Shengdijun escorts my two sisters-in-law and calls them uncle and sister-in-law. On weekdays, he must pay his respects to them in the morning and evening and ask for instructions before taking any action. When his sister-in-law went to bed, he would stand guard outside, holding a Guandao, reading military books by the light of the fire. The uncle and his sister-in-law were clearly separated and never offended each other. This is a true loyal and courageous man! " The white peacock became more and more excited as he spoke, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up. At the same time, she also believed that Ren Qi had understood the hints and warnings in her words, and would behave himself and fulfill his duties along the way. However, Ren Qi just glanced at her and snorted coldly: "Nervous!" "..." Ma Xiaoyu also pretended not to hear, walked to the side, packed her luggage, and prepared to leave. (End of this chapter)