Volume 5: Return to Donghua Chapter 1: Ruins
It was as if passing through a thin film.
By the time he reacted, Qi Ji was already on a wide platform, and the guiding door behind him slowly returned from the blue light state to become an ordinary stone door.
This place is the welcoming square on the hillside of Jiange. As for the main hall of Jiange, one needs to go up the mountain along the wide bluestone stairs not far away to reach it.
Qi Ji took a deep breath and sighed, "It feels like a lifetime ago."
Bai Tianhe glanced at him and said calmly, "You are the only one who feels as if you were a lifetime ago. In fact, you were only away for two months."
You kid, you are the number one at ruining the atmosphere!
Bai Tianhe looked around and continued, "Strange, Pei Xingjian and I agreed to come here today, why didn't he come to pick us up?"
"Maybe he's busy. Wait for us up there. We're familiar with the place and there's no need to answer it." Qi Ji said calmly.
"That's right." Bai Tianhe nodded.
"Okay, let's go up quickly." Qi Ji took the lead. A beautiful figure that he hadn't seen for a long time appeared in his mind. He was a little impatient.
Without further ado, the two men immediately walked along the winding bluestone steps on the mountain road towards the Jiange Hall.
Three minutes later, the mountain road that would normally take ten minutes to walk slowly was quickly passed by the two people who accelerated at full speed.
Then, they came to Jiange Square with grim faces.
All I saw was broken pieces everywhere, collapsed houses , and devastation everywhere.
The entire main building complex of Jiange has turned into ruins!
Qi Ji's eyes were about to burst, and he immediately turned to look at Bai Tianhe: "What's going on!?"
Bai Tianhe looked confused and could not answer Qi Ji's question. He muttered to himself, "Yeah, what on earth is this..."
Seeing Bai Tianhe's appearance, Qi Ji immediately knew that this guy knew not much more about the current situation than he did.
But at least what is certain is that Jiange will definitely not be destroyed.
As long as the Pavilion Master Yuxujiang, who has the strength of a fifth-level demigod, and his group of fourth-level elders are here, the foundation of the Sword Pavilion is still there. However, if someone said that all the masters of the Sword Pavilion, including Yuxujiang, were wiped out in one fell swoop, Qi Ji would never believe it.
Then, the current situation is clearer. Perhaps it is because Yu Xujiang is not here and there is a lack of experts stationed in Jiange, so the house was taken away by someone else!
Regardless of whether it was stealing the house or something else, Qi Ji actually didn’t have any special feelings.
He only cares about one thing.
"You said before... Zi Jin has been in seclusion in Jiange and has not left?" Qi Ji looked at Bai Tianhe, his voice trembling slightly.
Bai Tianhe lowered his head, unable to bear looking at the man in front of him, and replied in a low voice: "I have been back before. During the critical period of her breakthrough to the extraordinary, she basically stayed in the retreat room of Jiange all day. It is indeed unlikely that she would leave Jiange at this time, but if there are other reasons that caused her not to be in Jiange these two days...it should be possible."
Qi Ji pursed his lips and shook his head. Looking at Bai Tianhe's expression, he was afraid that even he himself did not believe this guess.
Qi Ji forced himself to calm down, carefully looked around the entire Jiange Palace Square, and suddenly said, "There is no body."
Bai Tianhe also watched it with Qi Ji. When he heard Qi Ji's words, he was slightly stunned, and then his expression warmed up a little: "You mean?"
Qi Ji nodded, with a little hope in his eyes: "Normally there are a lot of people in the entire Sword Pavilion, and this hall square is where the disciples practice swords and rest. Now the entire Sword Pavilion is almost razed to the ground, but there are no bodies. This means that the attackers don't want to kill people, or they kill very few people."
Bai Tianhe immediately continued: "So, it is very likely that all the people in Jiange were abducted?"
Qi Ji nodded.
The two men were quick thinkers and intelligent, and they were able to get the results almost right simply by speculating based on the existing situation.
"Then let's set out immediately to look for people. This incident must have happened within one or two days. If the enemy really kidnapped all the members of Jiange Sect, they may not have gone far with such a large group of people." Bai Tianhe said quickly.
Qi Ji smiled bitterly: "The question is, which direction should we go, and who should we look for?"
Bai Tianhe was speechless for a moment, looking a little helpless.
Yes, he is just like Qi Ji. To put it bluntly, he has just come into contact with the world of Donghua Continent. His understanding of the world is still very superficial. In fact, a large part of it depends on Jiange to slowly lead him to familiarity.
As a result, Jiange is gone now. They have no relatives here. Who can they turn to for help?
Just as the two of them were standing in Jiange Square, looking at everything around them, confused, not knowing what to do.
A strange and frantic laugh suddenly came from the ruins of the main hall of Jiange.
"Anyone?"
Qi Ji and Bai Tianhe looked at each other and were about to go in immediately.
However, the other party was more anxious than the two of them. Before they entered, they saw a huge figure flashing quickly behind a dilapidated wall of the ruins of Jiange.
The figure was ugly, wearing armor, with purple-black skin, evil eyes, and purple aura emanating from his body. He had almost no human form, but more like the furious demon or other foreign demons.
It's just like a monster.
"Hehe, just as the Ghost-Faced Gentleman said, there will be an endless stream of larvae returning here!"
His voice was evil and hoarse, like the friction of sandpaper, which made people sick to hear.
Qi Ji inadvertently stopped Bai Tianhe from speaking with his hand, and he also showed a frightened expression. He looked at the demon in front of him in horror: "Who are you? Where are all my fellow disciples?"
Bai Tianhe saw Qi Ji's actor-like acting skills and wanted to say something but stopped himself. He simply lowered his head silently so as not to let the demon see his helpless expression.
Obviously, he immediately knew that Qi Ji was trying to extort information from the other party.
The demon was quite satisfied with the two people's expressions of fear. He continued to laugh sinisterly and said proudly: "You mean those insects? Of course, they were taken back to the Western Region by the Xuan family yesterday for experiments."
Qi Ji's pupils shrank, but he remained calm, maintaining a frightened expression and said in a trembling voice: "Xuan... What is the Xuan family? You, who are you? You dare to provoke our Jiange. Aren't you afraid that we will uproot you!"
The demon slowly pulled out the two swords behind him, stretched out his thin and disgusting tongue to lick them, and said: "Xuan family, which other Xuan family can there be in Donghua Continent? It is naturally the Western Region Xuan family. As for me, I am just an ordinary 'guest'. I will work under the Ghost-faced Gentleman for the time being."
He asked Qi Ji with great interest: "Do you know why I am called 'Foodie'?"
Qi Ji's frightened expression had disappeared without him noticing, leaving only an indifferent expression. He straightened up and said coldly, "How would I know where you got this crappy name from?"
Monster... The guest was immediately furious when he saw Qi Ji suddenly change his fear for no apparent reason. He sneered and drooled, saying greedily, "Of course it's because I like eating disciples of famous and upright sects . Meat nourished by "Qi" is so delicious!"
"Oh? Which part do you like to eat the most?" Qi Ji responded expressionlessly.
The diners laughed wickedly: "Thighs! Thigh meat is so elastic and soft, especially women's thighs, shaha!"
As he spoke, he took another sip of saliva, as if he was savoring the delicious taste.
"Okay, then I'll give you a thigh, so you can taste it."
This time, Qi Ji's cold voice rang in the diners' ears.
So close.
