Volume 8: The Bug House Chapter 2 Warm Wind
Immortal Zhang asked, "How sure are you?"
"It's hard to say." Jiang You said.
Immortal Zhang thought for a moment, then handed the compass to Jiang You and said, "Please be careful."
Jiang You nodded, "I will."
“Master Zhang, let’s go take a look at the original location,” Zhuang Zekun also spoke up. He said, “They may still be there, or at least we can find some clues. If the location of the accident is very close to the teleportation point, I think whoever did it will not stay there for too long.”
After a brief thought, Zhang Xianren agreed to Zhuang Zekun's proposal. Then he said to Guan Nuo, "Now try to cast a hexagram to see if they are still there."
Guan Nuo said, "Okay."
His eyes were still on Tang Butian and Jiang You.
"Let's go." Jiang You said to Tang Butian.
"Okay." Tang Butian said.
Her wrist was grasped by a warm and soft hand, and layers of darkness spread out in front of her.
She walked forward.
The light path slowly dissipated, and cold spots of light floated around them.
Guan Nuo watched Tang Butian and Jiang Yourong disappear into the darkness. He withdrew his gaze, raised his hands, and copper coins flew out of his pocket, swirling around his body.
…
Facing Su Wangshu's questioning, Ren Qingning remained calm and said, "You are too suspicious. I just haven't been back to the mountains for many years and I am afraid of being home."
He sighed softly, "But since you look at me like this, let's stay here and wait for rescue. However," his eyes swept from Zhong Yan and Wang Jin's faces, and finally stopped at Lin Shunan's face, "We are still able to protect ourselves, but Dr. Lin may not be able to hold on for too long."
Hearing this, Su Wangshu, Zhong Yan and Wang Jin all looked towards Lin Shunan.
Lin Shunan frowned and his body swayed slightly, obviously enduring great pain. He tried to open his mouth to speak, but his teeth chattered and he couldn't make a sound.
"One more thing."
He heard Ren Qingning speak again.
Ren Qingning said, "If my goal is to know the current location of the mountain... Haha, this is not a difficult thing for me." He looked at Wang Jin, "right?"
Lin Shunan tried hard to turn his head towards Wang Jin.
Wang Jin hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, I, I didn't tell Uncle Ren before that I knew the current location of the mountain."
Lin Shunan heard Zhong Yan also speak.
Zhong Yan said: "Dr. Lin's health is indeed..."
Lin Shunan couldn’t hear the words that followed, and he couldn’t see clearly either. There was light, lots of light, with layers of spots of light swaying in front of his eyes…
A pair of pale, thin, bony hands reached through the light and grasped—
The carriage was shaking, and a cold air seeped in from the cracks in the walls.
"Dr. Lin!"
Who is calling him?
After a brief moment of clarity, the hands grabbed his neck and pulled him down, falling continuously.
The black dead branches surged upward, twisting into a cage.
Wang Jin struggled to chop a dead branch with her sword. She said, "If we don't leave now, it will be too late..."
At this moment, a gust of warm wind blew across her face.
The wind blows on the dead branches.
The dead branches broke into pieces.
Wang Jin turned her head and saw Zhong Yan holding a paper fan in his hand. Zhong Yan gently fanned the fan, and the cold air was gradually dispelled by the warm wind.
Wang Jin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master Zhong gave this to you?"
Zhong Yan nodded and said, "Let's wait here for another quarter of an hour." He looked at Lin Shunan, "Dr. Lin, please hold on a little longer."
Lin Shunan closed his eyes and stood there motionless.
"Dr. Lin?" Zhong Yan noticed something was wrong.
At this time, Ren Qingning looked out of the car window, and then Lin Shunan opened his eyes. There were black bloodshot on the whites of his eyes, as if dead branches had grown into his body.
Zhong Yan subconsciously took a step back, but Su Wangshu took a step forward and grabbed the chain on the box.
"Ah!" Su Wangshu screamed in pain.
The chain that sealed the box had turned into a black dead branch. The dead branch wrapped around Su Wangshu's hand and pierced into his flesh...
Just as Zhong Yan was about to wave the fan again, Ren Qingning grasped the hilt of the sword and sword energy shot out. Zhong Yan, Wang Jin and Su Wangshu were all caught in the sword energy and broke through the car wall and flew out.
——
Immortal Zhang took Zhuang Zekun and Guan Nuo through the layers of black fog.
The six-conflict hexagram indicates dispersion.
The ferocious beast emerged from its dormant state.
Guan Nuo held the coin tightly, guarding against the danger lurking in the darkness.
Suddenly, Immortal Zhang stopped.
"Are we there yet?" Guan Nuo asked while looking around vigilantly.
Zhang Xianren frowned, lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying, "I feel a familiar power, follow me!"
After saying this, Zhang Xianren waved his sleeves and took them to fly in another direction. After a few breaths, he stopped again.
Seems to be one person?
Curled up, the body was covered with a faint light.
"Wind?" Guan Nuo stretched out his hand in confusion.
It's the wind.
A warm wind.
Immortal Zhang walked forward a few steps, bent down and took a fan from the man's hand.
With the dim light, Guan Nuo saw the man's face clearly.
"Zhong Yan!" Guan Nuo called out his name.
Immortal Zhang knocked on Zhong Yan's body several times. After a while, Zhong Yan's eyelids trembled a few times, and then his body began to struggle violently.
Immortal Zhang said in a deep voice: "Zhong Yan, it's me!"
After hearing Immortal Zhang's voice, Zhong Yan relaxed a little and finally opened his eyes, "Immortal Zhang?"
Then he saw Zhuang Zekun and Guan Nuo again.
“Hurry, hurry and save them!” He tensed up again, speaking incoherently, “Dr. Lin, the body, he…”
Immortal Zhang said, "Zhong Yan, calm down."
"Where are the others?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
"It's Uncle Ren." Zhong Yan's thoughts gradually became clear.
"Qingning?" asked Immortal Zhang.
"Yes, he should have an assistant. When he started transmitting, he deliberately told us about the disaster that happened more than 30 years ago to attract our attention. At the same time, his assistant took action, causing the transmission to fail. Then he tried to get Wang Jin to tell him the location of the mountain. It was Mr. Su who saw through his intention. At this time, his assistant took action again, targeting the 'body'. Maybe, maybe Dr. Lin is also his target."
Zhong Yan briefly recounted what had happened to Zhang Xianren and the other two in a few words.
"Where are Wangshu and Wang Jin now?" Zhuang Zekun asked.
"They should be nearby," Zhong Yan replied, "but..." He glanced at the fan in Zhang Xianren's hand, "their situation may not be good. We must find them immediately."
"I have found them." said Zhang Xianren.
After saying this, Zhang Xianren opened his fan.
It's windy.
What a strong wind!
The wind blew away the black fog, whistling forward.
