Star Trace Gate

Chapter 740: Secret Escort, Stormy Weather

Ren always felt something was a little unusual in the Guitian Yayuan, the home of Long Yuqing's father. After all, the Divine Child had once felt a strong Yin and Ming aura here. However, this matter was Long Yuqing's family affair, and he also knew that there was Yin and Ming aura here, so the Little Bad King didn't say much.

After the two sides finished communicating, Long Yuqing solemnly bid him farewell and left first, leaving behind a communication method that only the two of them knew.

Ren Ye stood alone outside Yayuan and waited for about a quarter of an hour before he heard hurried footsteps in the distance.

He looked up and saw that it was Butler Bao who came with Chunniang's family and Mingquan's family, and there were no extra entourage around him.

"Sir, the young master has explained everything to me. I will take you away from here."

Butler Bao clasped his fists slightly towards Ren Ye and spoke softly.

"Good work."

Ren Ye had a very good impression of this butler. He was a man of few words, had no airs, and was willing to work hard without complaint. He served Long Yuqing as if he were his own father.

The most important thing is that he was sent by Empress Long to send everyone away, which meant he took the risk of having his entire family executed, so Ren also secretly prepared 500,000 star sources, ready to give them to the other party personally when they separated.

Long Yuqing must have been kind to him, but Little Bad King’s feelings were his own, and the two did not conflict.

After Butler Bao said something, he took out the key, unlocked the door of "Guitian Yayuan", and everyone walked forward quickly.

After midnight, the eerie and terrifying atmosphere here became even stronger, frightening the Xing family's Furong sisters and the three children of the Mingquan family. They all stood in Yayuan with their heads shrunk, looking around with pale faces.

The young boy Xing Wu, on the other hand, seemed to have no feelings about gods and ghosts. He just stood beside his mother and kept comforting her. He was also carrying the little one who had been having some minor problems in recent days.

The little one had a fever again, and he lay on his eldest brother's back, sleeping like a dead pig, even snoring slightly.

Mingquan and his wife brought their three children, a total of five people; Chunniang brought her five children, plus Ren Ye and five others, a total of sixteen people in the group, which can be said to be the best interpretation of the old, weak, sick and disabled.

At this moment, Ren felt very guilty. He felt that he had accidentally violated the taboo of Xingshan, which caused the two families to suffer along with him.

So, when he saw Madam Mingquan, who looked a little panicked, and Chunniang, who had been carefully looking around, he took the initiative to say, "I had never thought that accidentally entering Xingshan to look for Lao Liu would implicate everyone. I'm really sorry..."

Upon hearing this, Mingquan immediately said with a straight face: "Damn it, we are all brothers, what are you talking about?! In the secret realm of Gutan Sect, without your help, none of us brothers would be able to get out, and we would all die there. If you regard me, Mingquan, as a friend, don't mention these words again. Although my magical powers are not as good as yours, I also know how to behave."

Next to him, his wife looked a little bit savage and unreasonable on weekdays, but when faced with a big event, her mind was still very clear: "Brother Zigui, you and my Mingquan are friends for life. As brothers, isn't it that you help me and I help you? If you have complaints, what kind of brothers are you?"

Upon hearing this, Chunniang also briefly interjected, "If we talk about the cause of this incident, it was the Taoist priests of Xianlan Sect who wanted to force my son to become enlightened. If you hadn't taken action that day, one of Ah Wu and Xiaobudian would have been taken to Xianlan Sect and used as livestock. You have helped me many times, and Chunniang is grateful to you. Please don't mention these things again."

The interactions between people are relative and mutual. If only one party gives, the relationship will not last long.

If Mingquan is a narrow-minded person who is good at calculating and only considers the pros and cons of everything, and Chunniang does not know the overall situation, then there is no need for Ren to take them away at this moment. It would be better for him to just slip away by himself, which would be safer and less troublesome.

Similarly, if Ren Ye and the others were of bad character, Ming Quan would not have followed him around. He would have directly reported them. Not only could he have obtained the reward from the Xianlan Sect, he might even have changed his own life.

As the saying goes, a friend in need is a friend indeed. The word "friend" does not mean you can just hug each other at the dinner table and be happy with each other, but it means you have to go through some things together.

No one mentioned that Ren Ye had previously saved Mingquan and others' lives, or returned Hongge's belongings. They only said that Prime Minister Turtle came to Daze Township that day. If Ren Ye and others had not taken action, the little guy would have been captured and forced to become a boy to gain enlightenment. Once he entered the Xianlan Sect, it would have been difficult to change his fate.

It is precisely because both parties are not the kind of people who care about things and are also the kind of people who remember feelings, that at this moment, there is no complaint in this small courtyard.

Mingquan looked at Ren Ye and changed the subject smoothly: "A few years ago, I met a female Taoist friend. I traveled to two or three secret realms with her and had a great time. If it weren't for the fact that Big Brother's team is all men and it's inconvenient for her to come alone, then this person must be a member of the team. After we leave Chaolong City, we can go to Xizhou to find her and stay with her for a while."

"How good is it? Tell me in detail!" Yinhu was a little curious.

"Well, you bastard, I'm as tired as a mule at home every day, but you're looking for a female Taoist friend outside?!" Mrs. Mingquan was jealous and pinched his ear and said, "I'm not as good as that vixen?!"

"Let go, let go!" Mingquan said with a flushed face, "You are strong and powerful, and you can eat four bowls of rice in one meal! How can she catch up with you? We are just fellow gold diggers..."

When Chunniang saw that the two were about to fight in front of everyone, she immediately pulled Mingquan aside and patiently comforted them.

Not long after.

Butler Bao opened the secret passage at the bottom of the well, turned around and said, "Master, we can leave now."

"Okay, thank you for leading the way." Ren Ye nodded slightly.

"Walk."

Steward Bao jumped into the well under the cover of night, and after groping in the secret passage below for a while, he found a ladder for the women and children to use.

Ren was the second person to enter the well. After he came down, he found that there was a tall and wide tunnel in front, which was wide enough for three carriages to pass side by side; and on the left and right sides there were stone halls for storing some sundries.

There was an untied carriage in the hall, as well as a lot of camouflage clothing, food, and so on.

From this we can see that although the Long family had been the lord of Chaolong City for several generations, they were still very fearful in their hearts under the constant implementation of the tyranny of the Xianlan Sect and the plundering of the people. They were afraid that one day the regime would be unstable and the family would be destroyed, so they prepared this secret passage so carefully.

When Steward Bao saw everyone coming down from the well, he explained softly, "This happened suddenly, and there is no way to send horses down. This place is quite far from the border of the Five Cities of Xianlan, so just follow me. Also, the secret passages here are complicated, so don't wander around randomly, otherwise once you get separated, it will be very difficult to find them."

"it is good."

Ren also exchanged a few words with him, and then led everyone into the depths of the tunnel.

He had previously guessed that the scale of the Long family's "last retreat" must be quite large, because Long Yuqing said that it could lead directly to the border of the five cities of Xianlan, and it was a grand project such as a direct underground and underwater tunnel.

But he didn't expect that the vastness of this place was far beyond his imagination.

Let's just say that they walked for about an hour and didn't see any exit. They only saw more than 20 tunnel branches and passed two places similar to resting stations, where there were horse pens, fodder, food and other supplies.

Arranging a post station in a tunnel is an operation that is simply unimaginable in a civilized society. Only in this ancient feudal land could such a horrific project be built.

After all, mobilizing manpower here does not require any reason or excuse, all it takes is an idea in the city lord's mind.

……

There was no conversation along the way, and around the end of the Yin hour, everyone finally reached the end of the tunnel.

At this moment, except for the one with supernatural powers and A Wu who had a perverted physique, everyone else was so tired that their legs were weak and their faces were pale.

Everyone stood at the entrance of the tunnel, and after a brief rest, Butler Bao opened the exit mechanism.

A stone door rose up with a rumble, and everyone looked up from the mist of dust, only to see dawn in the east and the sky becoming slightly brighter.

"Oh my god, it's already daybreak." Chun Niang let out a long breath, reached out and touched the little one's head, and said with a smile: "The fever is finally gone."

"Everyone, please come with me."

Butler Bao dusted himself off and turned back to greet them.

Everyone followed him closely, and after they stepped out of the stone gate, they found themselves at the foot of a high mountain. There was no road at the entrance of the cave, only lush weeds blocking the way, and fresh air was floating everywhere around them.

Butler Bao pushed away the weeds and led everyone out of the foot of the mountain until they arrived at a main road.

He looked at the vast and beautiful scenery in the distance, let out a long breath, then turned back and said with a smile: "Sir, go forward...!"

"drive!"

Before he could finish his words, the sound of urging horses suddenly came from the fork in the road on the north side.

Immediately afterwards, smoke and dust billowed on the ground and the sound of horses' hooves was heard.

Ren Ye and the others instantly tensed up and unconsciously activated the power of the star source, ready to take action.

"Tap tap...!"

Suddenly, a group of burly men in rustic clothes, riding tall horses, appeared in front of everyone.

There were probably more than thirty of them, all men, and each of them was strong and wielding strange cold weapons.

Behind him, there were three ordinary-looking carriages, and on each carriage there was a coachman with a fierce look and a stern face, all of whom were looking at Ren Ye and the others.

"Damn it, there's an ambush!"

Xu Bangzi immediately sent a message to everyone, and his aura became very restrained.

After being stunned for a moment, Butler Bao immediately took small steps forward and bowed and asked, "Hey, General Wang, why are you here?!"

On horseback, a sturdy man with thick eyebrows and big eyes led the group, looking majestic and awe-inspiring. "The general ordered us to personally escort Zhu Zigui and his group to leave Xianlan Five Cities in secret."

"Oh, that's it."

Butler Bao was slightly stunned, then he immediately walked up to the general, turned his back to Ren Ye and others, and started talking to him in a low voice.

Ren Ye had excellent eyesight and an extraordinary memory. He recognized General Wang at a glance. He was the general who returned with old man Yang Ganglie at the ancestral hall. He should be a fourth-rank supernatural being with good combat ability. He protected many civil servants and people from the Yang family during the chaos.

When Xu Bangzi saw that Butler Bao knew the general, he heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Xiaolong is a really good person. He looks cautious and weak on the outside, but he is brave and righteous at the critical moment. He is also thoughtful and even sent people to chase after him and send him off."

Ren Ye frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking about.

In front, after talking with the general for a while, Steward Bao immediately turned around and shouted with a smile: "Young Master is still thoughtful. I didn't know how to guide you, so he ordered the general to send someone to escort you. Young Master Zigui, this place is the border of the five cities of Xianlan, and the forces are extremely complicated. With this general leading the way, you can enter other areas of Yongzhou at noon."

"Oh, thank you for your help, generals."

Ren also stepped forward and clasped his fists in response.

General Wang, sitting on his horse, nodded slightly and said, "The Xianlan Sect has already ordered 3,000 disciples to leave the mountain. We should not stay here for long. Please get on the carriage quickly. I will personally escort you away."