Chapter 114

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“What are you thinking about?” Someone said .

Mu Yi was meditating . The question pulled him back into reality . The only person who talked to him in the convoy was Mo Ruyan .

“Don’t you think that it’s strange that the carriage broke apart?” said Mu Yi .

“Oh, so what?” said Mo Ruyan . “The journey was boring, now something is happening, don’t you think it’s good?”

She had noticed but didn’t seem to care . Mu Yi turned and stared at her . She was startled by his gaze and a little frightened . She couldn’t help but take two steps back .

“What are you doing?” he asked .

Mo Ruyan didn’t know why she reacted like that . Her face turned red . In her eyes, Mu Yi was very ill . He was just a weak and young Taoist priest . She was still frightened by him and had to take two steps back . It was shameful .

“You’ve become a famous armed escort with such a temperament, that’s surprising…extremely surprising,” said Mu Yi shaking his head .

His opinion of her had changed since he had started traveling with her .

“What is extremely surprising? Strength is important when you travel the world . I’m strong, that’s why I’m a young leader . These men only listen to me . That’s why I’m famous . People ask me for help constantly,” said Mo Ruyan . “If I were weak, I would just be a girl from a wealthy family . Do you think people would respect me?”

Mu Yi didn’t reply . He didn’t know what to say . He agreed with her though strength was the most important thing .

If someone wasn’t strong enough, becoming an emperor was impossible . When someone became an emperor, everybody listened to them and respected them . What they said was always final .

“You’re right . Strength is the most important thing,” said Mu Yi nodding .

He stopped looking at her . He had only said something insignificant but she seemed to care a lot . Mu Yi didn’t care though . He didn’t need to .

Besides, she hadn’t escorted people only once or twice . She was famous because she did her job well . Mu Yi couldn’t do as good as her in that aspect .

“You’re not very stubborn, little Taoist priest,” she said .

Mu Yi ignored her . She was going to let him off just because he did . She looked amused and continued talking, trying to get a reaction out of him .

Mu Yi naturally understood she was doing all of this on purpose . She had just lost face and she wasn’t happy about it . The first time he had seen her, he had seen an indifferent woman . He didn’t imagine she’d be like this at all .

She was an armed escort and she was a woman . She couldn’t spend too much time with them . She had to look unapproachable to be respected . That was the only way nobody would want to get close to her . She was used to that .

She was very curious about Mu Yi ever since she had met hem . She kept talking to him . Besides, even though he was young, she found him quite attractive . The most important thing was that he was just a little Taoist priest . He was also really ill so he didn’t pose a threat to her at all .

She stopped pretending to be someone she wasn’t when she was with Mu Yi . She also wasn’t married .

Mu Yi didn’t stay and listen to her talk nonsense . He went back to the carriage . They could sleep in the wrecked Taoist temple but Mu Yi preferred staying in the carriage . He didn’t want to sleep with all those men anyway .

“Little Taoist priest, if you hear anything, hide and don’t come out . Let’s hope Big Slave can protect you if you do,” said Mo Ruyan .

Mu Yi was climbing into the carriage . He paused for a moment but said nothing before he entered the carriage . When Mo Ruyan saw Mu Yi enter the carriage, she sighed . However, when she turned around, her expression was cold and deadly again .

The temperature had increased over the past few days but it was still very cold at night . Except for the people patrolling there was nobody left outside . All the armed escorts had gathered inside of the wrecked Taoist temple .

Mu Yi was doing the sacrificial ritual for the Bamboo Tree of Life . He also made sure to leave focus some mind strength outside . If anything happened, he’d sense it .

He couldn’t stop the sacrificial ritual but it wasn’t too restricting . If anything happened, he’d be able to go out and help .

“Ah!”

Someone screamed in pain in the middle of the night . It woke everyone up and disturbed Mu Yi while he was doing the sacrificial ritual .

When he heard it, he didn’t stop . He just focused some more mind strength on the outside . He didn’t know what was going on out there .

“Who’s that?” someone said .

“What happened?” someone asked .

The escorts and people reacted quickly . Some were already outside in front of the wrecked Taoist temple with broadswords in their hands . Some even jumped onto their horses to inspect the area .

“Torches!” someone shouted .

In a few seconds, the surroundings were well lit by the torches .

At the entrance of the Taoist temple, the different carriages of the convoy which contained goods made a circle . It was their means of defense, especially in the evening . Even if someone wanted to attack by surprise, the convoy was like a fortress .

They found no enemy even though their torches illuminated area . Who had screamed so horribly?

“Who shouted?” someone asked .

“Where’s the person?” someone else said .

The armed escorts were well-trained . Some were also hiding in the darkness . Mu Yi heard arrows being shot .

“Feng II has disappeared!” shouted someone .

“Feng II, are you dead? If not, reply to us quickly!” someone else shouted .

Those people were shouting to draw attention to themselves . Mu Yi listened to everything . His heart was pounding . As expected, there was a reason for everything . The Far Ink Professional Organization was famous for a reason .

“There!” shouted someone after a few seconds .

Some of them rushed over to the spot . A lot of the others stayed where they were positioned .

“What’s going on?” someone asked .

At that moment, a shadow flickered .