Chapter 21: The Fire at Shahe Temple

  "Musu! Musu!" Ge Yufeng didn't search around randomly, but instead stayed in the room and shouted. Since he had come into contact with her, everything that had happened was hard to believe, although she had disappeared, he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, so she should still be inside this room!

  Ge Yufeng was so anxious for the first time that he couldn't control himself. He didn't dare to think about what would happen if Mu Shu had an accident or encountered danger. At that moment of panic, he finally saw the familiar figure and rushed over to tightly hug her without thinking.

  "It's good that you're okay."

  As soon as Qi Xue came out, she saw him, but didn't expect him to be so bold, directly hugging her tightly. Listening to his gentle whispers in her ear, her body relaxed and her heart felt at ease. Apart from Yue Chen and Zhou Xiao, she hadn't expected anyone else to care about her this much. Having friends was truly wonderful. If it weren't for Jiu Xi and the others back then, she wouldn't have been so happy now... Ge Yu Feng, can I be your friend? She had grown quite fond of this warmth.

  "Can you let go?" Qī Xuě asked calmly.

  Kazuki let her go and said with a guilty conscience: "Sorry, I promised to protect you but... what happened? How did it end up like this?"

  Qī Xuě looked at the classical house and said, "Let's go out first."

  "Amitabha Buddha, why don't the two donors stay overnight in this humble temple today?"

  "Ah, thank you."

  "Can it be said now?" This room is not bad, and it's also very clean.

  Qī Xuě turned into Mù Shū Qiāng when she went out and told him everything she saw.

  "In other words, that book took you to that unknown space and another book is floating in front of you?"

  "It's not a book, look at it, it's this." He took out something that looked like a book and placed it on the table.

  Kong Yu Feng flipped it open and took a look, this is...

  "Could it be that the picture on top is just a key and lock? And there's also a possibility of a tribe being passed down." Ge Yufeng flipped through until the last page, and surprisingly, it was countless rhombuses, as if putting the blue jade gemstone crystal fragments inside would do.

  "Then this book should be powerful, ordinary people can't open it, unless they have the power to grasp six keys and locks. However, it's too troublesome to let others try one by one, and in modern times, there are too many capable people, not to mention the existence of the ruin organization."

  As soon as Mu Shu's words were finished, Ge Yu Feng suddenly became alert and said: "Six? Isn't it five?"

  "Hmm, I originally thought it was five too, but unexpectedly it's six. The sixth key is the Golden Sword Feather."

  "That's right, as long as all the fragments and keys are gathered." Ge Yu Feng looked at her calmly, she was still hiding something.

  Mushu leaned on one hand, drawing out his tone, "Ahh... but I still have to find someone compatible."

  "Alright, it's late today too, you rest," said Ge Yu Feng as he let out a sigh. After Ge Yu Feng left, Mu Shu Ke walked to the bed and lay down, closing his eyes and muttering to himself, "That thing... since I've forgotten, it's better not to know." The extremely tired Mu Shu Ke soon fell asleep.

  "Ah! It's on fire! Quick, put out the fire! The temple is on fire!" Ge Yufeng hastily opened his eyes and quickly got dressed to go outside. What was going on? Mu Shuqin woke up and also hurriedly put on her outer clothes to run outside. As soon as she opened the door, the pungent smell of thick smoke choked her, making her cough violently, her throat hurt, and tears came out. What to do? Mu Shuqin returned to the room, everything outside was on fire.

  "Cough, cough..." Mu Shu covered her mouth and nose, but it was no use! "Cough, cough..." Mu Shu's head spun dizzily, breathing was extremely difficult, and she lost consciousness, falling to the ground. At this time, Qi Xue also couldn't come out, was she going to die here? Don't joke around! I've never been one to accept my fate!!

  Ge Yu Feng, why haven't you come yet... "Bang!" The smoke and mist swirled, Mu Shu's dazed eyes rolled around, was that Ge Yu Feng?

  "Musu!" It was this familiar voice again, and it seemed like he often saved her.

  Ge Yufeng put the outer garment that had been wet with water on Mushu Ke's body, picked her up and rushed out. Mushu Ke breathed in the air and felt much better, but she still had no strength, and her throat was still burning with pain. What was going on?

  Mushu leaned against Ge Yufeng's body, looking at the temple that was burning fiercely. How could it suddenly catch fire? Was it today?

  Kerui Feng asked someone nearby: "Do you know what's going on?"

  A villager nearby shook his head, "I don't know! It was already on fire when we found it!"

  "Musu suddenly widened his eyes, 'Yun Er - Master!' A hoarse voice asked, 'Master Yun Er hasn't come out yet!'"

  Mu Shu furrowed his brow as he watched the villagers fetch bucket after bucket of water to put out the fire. The place was very dry and the water source was originally scarce, with only a few wells around. In this way, even if they could extinguish it, it's likely that...

  Ah, the sun is rising, and the fire has almost been extinguished. It's a blessing if it rains four times a year in Shahe River. The temple was almost burned down, and the villagers went in to move out a black lacquered coffin. This is Master Yun'er. If it weren't for them, he might not have met with disaster.

  Mu Shu walked up to Yun Er with a heavy heart, sincerely praying: "May you not be bound by fate in your next life and have a free life."

  Mushu gazed at the ruins, the organization would never do anything meaningless, what was their purpose in making such a big commotion. Walking to the backyard, it's strange, no matter how big the fire was, it shouldn't have burned those trees to nothing, even the waterfall had vanished without a trace. Whether the villagers knew what this backyard looked like was no longer important, that world no longer existed here.

  Ge Yu Feng looked at her lonely expression, just about to say something, when he suddenly caught sight of something shining in the corner of his eye. He glanced around and saw that the large Buddha here hadn't been completely incinerated, and what was flashing on and off seemed to be coming from its eyes!

  Ge Yufeng touched Mu Shu's bell and said: "Take a look at the eyes of that Buddha statue, isn't something shining?"

  Mushu Zhen only then noticed, carefully looked again, indeed, the Buddha's left eye seemed to be reflecting light, was that their goal? Then why not take it away early if they knew? "No matter what, take it down first!"

  Mu Shu stood in front of the Buddha statue, tiptoed, and exclaimed, "Ah, not tall enough!" Ge Yu's face twitched slightly. Was she joking? Even men couldn't reach it, how could she? She borrowed a ladder from a villager, Mu Shu held it steady, and Ge Yu climbed up. The Buddha's eyes, although black from afar, revealed a faint light blue color up close. With a gentle twist of her hand, a crisp "click" sound was heard, confirming that they were indeed lapis lazuli gemstones. However, the right eye seemed to be missing. After successfully removing it, she handed it to Mu Shu, who asked seriously, "Why was it so easy?"

  Ge Yu Feng thought for a moment and hesitated, "Maybe they don't know there's a fragment here either, they just want to harm us." Mu Shu Ke frowned tightly, Xu Fan and Yue Xin also didn't know what to do, could it be that the organization really wants to eliminate us?

  "No! This can't be. We still have use to the organization, so it can't be an order from higher leadership, there must be another reason, or... someone else wants to stop us."

  Mushu Ke put the fragments into the fragment pattern on the last page of the book, and then it automatically embedded itself. Mushu Ke tried to take it down, but it didn't move at all. Ge Yufeng also tried and got the same result.

  "Now that we've found the fragments, let's go." Mushu said as he opened the voice control. "Yuexin? Can you hear me?" Ge Yufeng and she exchanged a glance, it seemed like the situation was bad. Mushu opened the intercom with Leng Hao and Zhou Xiao, "Zhou Xiao, Leng Hao can you hear me?"

  "Hmm." It was Leng Xiao's voice, "How is it going on your side?"

  "Coldly and calmly said one word, 'Difficult!'"

  Zhou Xiao hastily reported the situation: "We arrived at Kui Mountain yesterday, but we can't get in. This tribe seems to be very barbaric and unreasonable, they directly started fighting without even talking. We still haven't gotten in today!"

  "Leng Hao, what about your connections?"

  "I don't know, lost contact." Listening to his serious tone, Mu Shu also sensed that something was off and comforted him, "Leng Hao, Zhou Xiao, I think the organization has already taken action, and the target is still you two and Yue Xin's group. Yue Xin's group is now missing, although we don't know the specific situation, but Zhou Xiao, with your current abilities, shouldn't you be able to sense them? Even if you don't know their exact location, can't you feel that they are showing signs of life?"

  "Right, Snow sister, Moon sister and others are still alive, I don't know the specifics. What should we do now?"

  Mushen gave Ge Yufeng a hint, and Ge Yufeng slowly said: "Since the Kui Mountain tribe is so difficult to enter, you must think of all ways to get in. This way, even if the organization wants to harm you, it will be very difficult. The things on our side are already done, and we will find Xu Fan and the others as soon as possible to rush to your side."

  "Stay in touch anytime!"

  Ge Yufeng raised an eyebrow and gazed at Mu Shuqin with a ambiguous expression, which was exactly what Mu Shuqin disliked the most. She said in a bad tone, "What's with that look?"

  "Do you trust me now?"

  Mu Shu gave him a white eye, really stupid, "Aren't we friends?" After finishing, he got on the plane. Ge Yu Feng was stunned, turned around and smiled, seeing her get on the plane worriedly: "Don't you worry that they've tampered with it?"

  "They're not after me, but the people around me. If something happens to you guys, I'll be the only one left, what can I do? This is also a kind of psychological tactic, they might guess that when you guys are gone, I'll become very vulnerable, and they'll have an opportunity to take me back to the organization's base!"

  Ge Yufeng asked in confusion: "I've always wanted to ask, why didn't you just take me away directly?"

  Mushen slowly opened his eyes, half-closing them again, and said in a low voice: "It's not that they don't want to take me back, but they can't take me back. We made an agreement, within three years, they won't be able to move me!"