Chapter Twenty-Four Departure Again

  We had no idea why Old Guo reacted so strongly, but the four of us still followed the principle of respecting the elderly and loving the young, and honestly went to clean up. After we were all ready, Zhao Feiyu drove towards Huai Shu Village.

  All the way, the three people in the back seat were sleeping like pigs. Fortunately, Zhao Feiyu is very spirited now, and I don't have to worry about walking at night anymore. I don't know what's wrong with Zhao Feiyu, he suddenly stopped the car halfway through driving.

  I turned around and looked at him with great puzzlement, not knowing what he was going to do. Zhao Feiyu took out a pack of cigarettes and said to me: Let's go down and take a break.

  Although I didn't understand Zhao Feiyu's approach, I still followed him off the bus. Zhao Feiyu crouched by the side of the road, puffing away at his cigarette as if he hadn't had one in hundreds of years. I kicked him with a look of disgust, hinting that he should pay attention to his image.

  Zhao Feiyu looked at me with a resentful gaze, patted his pants and asked: What makes you bully me like this!

  "Because you're a fatty!" I shot Zhao Fei a glance and said in an ill-tempered tone.

  Zhao Feiyu gave me a glance, too lazy to talk to me, and continued squatting to smoke. After he finished smoking one cigarette, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground, raised his head and looked at me, saying: Xiao Lin, you've changed.

  When I heard Zhao Feiyu say this, I thought his next sentence would be: Xiaolin, you don't love me anymore.

  How did I come up with this weird plot. I patted my head, thinking to make myself more serious! I also looked at Zhao Feiyu seriously, half-smiling and said: You'd better say it, what's changed about me? I know I've become a lot more handsome recently, don't be too jealous of me, okay. Honestly, why did you call me out in the first place?

  Zhao Feiyu smiled and stood up, saying with a smile: I'm telling you, you've really changed. Do you know that the last time we went on a mission together, I was so angry that I wanted to kill you? But now it seems that after Mu Shu talked to you, you've changed a lot. Your heart knot has been untied, and you won't think like before anymore.

  "What happened to me before?" I looked at Zhao Feiyu, waiting for him to speak.

  Zhao Feiyu pretended to be profound, taking a deep drag on his cigarette, exhaling a ring of smoke, and said with an air of pretentiousness: You think you were as cold as ice in the past, but actually, I know you were just pretending. You say you're a living dead person, only because your heart is dead, but you're still alive. Xiao Lin, when I saw you again for the first time, I was really excited, but at that time, you were really not very likable! What's with the attitude? Do I owe you hundreds of thousands or something?

  Zhao Feiyu now looked like he was drunk. I stared at him speechlessly, tossing the cigarette butt to the ground and asked: "Go on."

  "I don't know what Mu Rong said to you back then, but now you've really changed a lot. Although, you still like to bully me, compared to before, you're much better now. Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you about this. In short, if you pretend to be cool in front of me again, I'll hit you!"

  Zhao Feiyu's words left me speechless, I nodded, it was as if I understood. The car was too cold underneath, just as I was about to get in, I saw Kong Yiyi also opening the door and getting out.

  Kong Yat saw me and Zhao Feiyu standing by the road, walked over with a smile and asked: What's going on, are you two still discussing life here? And what was your conclusion in the end?

  Sometimes I really can't stand the nonsense of Kong Yixing and Zhao Feiyu, the two of them together can definitely have a crosstalk show. I don't know when it started, but the concept of Kong Yixing being a quiet monk has already disappeared from my memory. Zhao Feiyu is a talker, this point has always existed.

  I chatted with them for a bit, but most of the time they were talking and I was just smoking on the side. After a while, Zhao Feiyu glanced at Guo Lao Tou and Dong Qing Zi who were still fast asleep in the car, then he pulled me and Kong Yi aside.

  I and Kong Yī looked at them in confusion, Zhao Fei Yu cleared his throat, lowered his voice and said to me and Kong Yī: I think something is wrong, when was my master so nervous. I always feel that Master has something hidden from us.

  I was speechless at what I said to Zhao Feiyu. Old Man Guo obviously had something hidden from us, but whether Zhao Feiyu really couldn't see it or pretended not to know is unknown. I took a look at Kong Yiren, and his expression also betrayed his thoughts. He too had seen through Old Man Guo's deceit.

  "Feiyu, I'm asking you. Has your master always been wandering around outside? In all these years, how many times has he looked for you?"

  Zhao Feiyu thought for a moment and said seriously: Since we set out, that is, after Heizhugou, he began to become more and more elusive. At first it was okay, but later the time he disappeared became longer and longer. Calculating... since Heizhugou, I have seen him very rarely.

  Kong Yiyi seemed to have noticed this as well. He looked at me and said softly, "Is it related to the Black Bamboo Trench again? It's been five years already, why bring it up again..."

  I shook my head, I wasn't very clear about it myself. But I could feel that Old Man Guo's sudden appearance was a bit off. And Dai Suoyan seemed to have known he would appear all along. A normal person seeing someone they haven't seen in a long time would react like Zhao Feiyu, wasn't Dai Suoyan a bit too calm? Anyway, Dai Suoyan, Old Man Guo and my dad were all former comrades-in-arms.

  Heizigou...

  We brought up this name again, I slammed my mouth shut, and my mood was a bit strange. It was also after returning from Heizhugou that Mu Rong Xing began to become mysterious. And it was also after returning from Heizhugou that our team was formed. Dai Suoyang said that we could let the three of us train together, but I knew the level of the three of us at that time.

  If it's really something big that requires the three of us to handle, I'm afraid none of us will make it back alive. In these few years, wasn't there a mission where we barely escaped with our lives? Thinking about this, I subconsciously touched my cigarette case again.

  "I've always felt that this matter is connected to Heizhugou. If it's possible, can one of you bring Dong Qingzi back for me?" I thought of the inconsistency and looked up at the two people, asking seriously.

  Kong Yizi furrowed his brow and looked at me, saying: "Xiao Lin, don't underestimate Qianzi's abilities. She is very formidable..."

  "What's so fierce about her?" I interrupted his words before he could finish.

  As for Dong Qie Zi, I now only have one concept of her. That is, her spiritual awareness is very strong, and apart from this point, everything else has disappeared. Of course, I don't know even more what aspect her strength lies in.

  Kong Yi glanced at Zhao Feiyu, and Zhao Feiyu waved his hand and said magnanimously: You can tell Xiao Lin about that matter, anyway he will know sooner or later.

  He slightly nodded his head and looked at me with a serious expression, asking: Even if it were you, could you make the ghost beside you listen to you obediently without using any tools?

  Kong Yat's words left me stunned. There is a saying that goes "yin and yang are separated", which makes sense. Even for people in our circle, if we want to find a yin soul to help us, we would naturally need many offerings or rituals. But now Kong Yat says this, it's as if he's trying to shatter my three views.

  "It's impossible." I said calmly, uttering these three words.

  Kong Yiji continued to say to me after hearing my answer: Do you still remember when Zhao Kuo beat you half to death? At that time, Mu Rong Xue appeared.

  Kong Yiji was talking about what happened in the tomb of Fu Ao during the Battle of Changping. I vaguely remembered this matter, at that time I was thrown against the wall by Zhao Kuo and almost suffocated. At that moment, Mu Rong appeared. He communicated with Zhao Kuo using ghost script...

  I can only vaguely remember these things, and I told Kong Yi all the details that I could recall. Kong Yi furrowed his brow and said to me very seriously: You really think it was Uncle Mu who saved you? Wrong! It was Dong Qizi!

  When I heard this answer, my smoking action stopped. The one who saved me... was Dong Qizong?

  Seeing the disbelieving look in my eyes, he let out a long sigh and said with utmost seriousness: I didn't deceive you at all. The one who saved you back then was indeed Qingzi. At that time, you were on the verge of death. Although I couldn't understand what Mu Shu and Zhao Kuo said, I could tell that Mu Shu was also helpless, and Zhao Kuo's killing intent was too strong. Just as you were about to be killed, Qingzi stood in front of you. She just stood there, staring at Zhao Kuo. Not a single word did she say... But... Zhao Kuo retreated!

  When I heard this, I simply didn't dare to believe what Kong Yi said. It was as if I had heard a fairy tale! Zhao Kuo, who even Mu Rong Xian couldn't stabilize, was stabilized so easily by Dong Qi Zi?!

  Zhao Feiyu saw my expression and added: I didn't believe it at the time, but the fact is right in front of us. Later, after Zhao Kuo left, I asked Dong Qingzi what she had done. Dong Qingzi told me that she just wanted to let Zhao Kuo spare Xiaolin, and that was all.

  Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiren made me understand one thing. Dong Qinger surprisingly has the ability to communicate with ghosts! What's more, the ghost will even listen to her! If it were me trying to communicate with a ghost, I would definitely try to use every means possible to torment it and make it submit to me. But Dong Qinger was able to get Zhao Feiyu to listen to her just by talking?

  At this time, the cigarette between my fingers had already burned out. I threw the butt to the ground and trampled on it restlessly. Perhaps what Kong Yizi and Zhao Feiyu were thinking of was Dong Qizong's ability. What I was thinking of, however, was that I owed Dong Qizong a life.

  If it weren't for her, I might really be dead now.

  The three of us chatted casually for a few more sentences before we returned to the car. I was afraid that Zhao Feiyu would fall asleep, so I said I'd drive, and Zhao Feiyu agreed. When we got back, Old Guo was still sleeping, but Dong Qingzi had woken up.

  "Where did you go?" Dong Qiz asked, rubbing her eyes and looking at us.

  "Let's pull over and get some fresh air." I said, adjusting the rearview mirror.

  As I slightly adjusted the rearview mirror, my eyes collided with Old Man Guo's!