Time Travel: The Survival of Li Zhi

Chapter 190 Leaving the Deserted Temple

As soon as Pei Xiucai returned to the deserted temple, he didn't pay any attention to Wang Yang who greeted him, and just lay down and fell asleep.

Wang Yang was stunned for a moment, and opened his mouth to ask something. But Pei Xiucai had already closed his eyes and started snoring. Wang Yang looked helpless and could only watch.

Fortunately, Li Zhi came back just as Pei Xiucai arrived.

Wang Yang's eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly asked in a low voice: "What's going on? This Pei Xiucai just ignored me? I think he is not right!"

Li Zhi frowned tightly and said uncertainly, "There is something strange. This Pei Xiucai either has amnesia or has been blinded by some evil spirit. I am not sure."

"Are you not sure either?" Wang Yang asked in surprise.

Li Zhi shook his head helplessly. He said in a deep voice, "I didn't detect any evil aura. No matter what it is, when Pei Xiucai wakes up tomorrow, we will leave here directly. This place...can't stay any longer."

As a disciple of Mount Shu, Wang Yang naturally knew that practitioners had ways to detect evil spirits. And evil spirits that could avoid detection were usually not easy to deal with.

This made Wang Yang feel a little tricky, so he strongly agreed with Li Zhi's suggestion to leave directly tomorrow.

Because if there really is some evil spirit or other danger, the longer they stay here, the more likely they are to be in danger. If they don't leave in time, if something unexpected happens later, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape.

Therefore, Wang Yang and Li Zhi decided to take a rest and make plans tomorrow morning. Although they were a little worried, they still hoped to find a solution to the problem as soon as possible to ensure the safety of themselves and Pei Xiucai.

When the first ray of sunlight in the early morning shone into the deserted temple through the shabby window, Xu Zhen and Erniu woke up from their sleep one after another.

Li Zhi and Wang Yang also slowly opened their eyes from their doze at almost the same time, with a hint of vigilance still in their eyes.

Xu Zhen stretched comfortably, gave Li Zhi and the others a brilliant smile, and said, "Good morning, brothers!"

However, his smile soon froze on his face, because Li Zhi said solemnly: "Hurry up and pack up and get ready to leave."

Xu Zhen was startled when he heard this, and asked in confusion, "What's going on? You just woke up, and you're leaving so soon?"

Wang Yang then said, "Something is wrong here. We shouldn't stay here any longer."

After hearing the two main players in the team speak, Xu Zhen realized that something was wrong and didn't dare to continue talking nonsense. He immediately put away the relaxed look on his face and went to clean up immediately.

Li Zhi looked at Pei Xiucai who was still sleeping soundly, his brows slightly furrowed, and his eyes showed worry. Li Zhi gently pushed Pei Xiucai and called out, "Pei Xiucai, wake up, we are leaving."

Pei Xiucai was still sleeping like a dead pig, motionless and without any response.

Even though Li Zhi's movements and strength were getting stronger and stronger, Pei Xiucai still didn't react. Even Xu Zhen and Erniu, who had come back after packing up, noticed something was wrong.

They gathered around and looked at the sleeping Pei Xiucai, full of confusion.

Wang Yang told them what happened last night at the right time. After Wang Yang's explanation, Xu Zhen suddenly felt a chill in his heart. His face turned a little pale, and he quickly said: "Why don't we carry Pei Xiucai on the horse and leave first. I feel it's chilly here even in broad daylight."

Erniu also nodded repeatedly.

Wang Yang looked at Li Zhi, as if asking for his opinion.

Li Zhi pondered for a moment, weighing the pros and cons in his mind, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's leave here first!"

After everyone reached a consensus, they stopped delaying and took action quickly. Erniu and Xu Zhen carried Pei Xiucai onto the horse, and Li Zhi and Wang Yang also took the other things they had packed.

Then several people left here in a hurry.

As Li Zhi and his companions left, the noisy temple fell into silence again. A gust of cold wind blew, sweeping up the ashes that had already been burned.

 …

Along the way, Li Zhi remained highly alert and vigilant of the surrounding environment. He assigned all his mosquito demons to monitor the surrounding plants and trees for him.

However, nothing unusual happened along the way.

Even while they were still on the way, Pei Xing, who had been sleeping like a pig and couldn't be woken up even by shouting, suddenly woke up.

He blinked his eyes and looked around in confusion, as if he was at a loss about the situation he was in. He didn't know why he suddenly appeared here, and he asked Li Zhi and the others in confusion.

But Li Zhi and his friends didn't dare to tell him the truth, so they just made up an excuse to fool him. And after Li Zhi and his friends' probing, they found that Pei Xiucai was normal except that he had forgotten what happened last night.

This made Li Zhi and the others feel a little relieved. Wang Yang even whispered to Li Zhi: "Maybe he is far away from that deserted temple..."

Li Zhi also thought it made sense, so he didn't say anything more. The few people continued on their way. After what happened last night, everyone had some shadows on staying in the wild.

At this moment, everyone hopes to find a town as soon as possible so that they don’t have to sleep in the wild anymore.

The group traveled quickly and finally arrived at Linjiang City at dusk. When they saw the city wall, everyone was relieved and smiled with satisfaction.

Seeing them like this, Pei Xiucai was a little confused.

"Let's go, let's find a place to eat first. I'm so hungry. I was so busy getting on the road that I didn't eat much!" Xu Zhen shouted.

The others also raised their hands in agreement, so they found a place to eat and started eating.

Li Zhi ate, glanced at Pei Xiucai, and then said to Wang Yang: "Old Wang, I heard that you have been a hero and saved a beautiful girl before!"

Wang Yang was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Zhi say this, but he immediately understood Li Zhi's thoughts. He nodded and replied, "Don't say it, it's not a hero saving a beauty, it's clearly a hero saving a ghost!"

Pei Xiucai seemed to be interested when he heard it, and said, "What do you mean? Tell me in detail."

Erniu and Xu Zhen also ate their meal while listening attentively.

Wang Yang glanced at Pei Xiucai without leaving any trace, and said: "That night, I was traveling overnight. Who knew that I would see a few hooligans molesting a young lady on the road. I naturally couldn't stand this kind of thing. So I rescued the young lady..."

As Wang Yang was talking, he was paying attention to Pei Xiucai's expression, but he found that his face did not change at all. He urged with interest: "Then what? Tell me quickly..."

Wang Yang could only continue: "Then she begged me to take her home, and I thought I might as well do it, so I took her home... But do you know where her so-called home is?"

Pei Xiucai widened his eyes and shook his head, saying he didn't know. Even Erniu and Xu Zhen were attracted by Wang Yang's story and shook their heads.

Wang Yang narrowed his eyes, and his voice seemed to be deliberately lowered. He slowly said: "In...the mass grave!"

"call--"

Pei Xiucai and his companions were all shocked.

Xu Zhen complained with a pale face: "Why are you so scary when you're talking..."

Only Li Zhi and Wang Yang looked at each other without saying anything.