Shen Muzhi looked at him, extremely vigilant in his heart. As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be demons. This man should be the old man's man. He appeared out of nowhere, but he didn't intend to do anything to them, or even let them go. No matter how you look at it, there is a problem with this.

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Muzhi suddenly used force under his feet, and suddenly bullied forward, raised his knife and swept it, and the blade swept towards this person's chest.

This person really didn't seem to be good at using his hands, and when he saw the knife light coming, his expression suddenly changed, and there was a hint of panic, and when he hurriedly retreated, he shook his hand and spilled a puff of white powder.

A strange fragrance came immediately, Shen Muzhi knew that the Gu poison was powerful, of course he didn't dare to despise it, hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and retreated.

After Yan Bai forced Shen Mu back, he ran away without looking back.

When Shen Muzhi saw this scene, his heart suddenly had no bottom.

It was very strange that this person suddenly appeared and then suddenly retreated. Is it really possible for them to go to the front door and leave from there?

The powder in the air gradually dissipated, Shen Wei walked forward with Shen Muping on his back, looked at the front that was already empty, and shouted Mu Zhi softly, pulling Shen Muzhi's mind back.

"Are you leaving?" asked Shen Wei.

Shen Muzhi gritted his teeth and nodded, "Let's go." ”

The two quickly arrived in the front yard. The golden-bodied statue of the City God in the main hall was still standing on the throne of the god, without moving.

Shen Muzhi walked in front, Shen Wei walked behind Shen Muping on his back, and soon approached the gate. The previous Yan Bai has disappeared, I don't know if he has gone out, or if he is hiding somewhere in this temple.

Shen Muzhi motioned for Shen Wei to wait first, and then he approached the gate alone, and after listening for a while, he reached out to pull the door.

Unexpectedly, no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't open this door, Rao was his face flushed, and the door still didn't move.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Why don't I drive it for you?" the voice was somewhat familiar.

Shen Muzhi turned his head sharply and saw Yan Bai, dressed in white, standing at the door of the main hall. Looking over the top of his head, he could see most of the golden body of the city god, only his head was covered by the eaves and he couldn't see it.

Shen Mu's heart suddenly understood that they had moved on this door. No wonder Yan Bai took the initiative to give way just now, it turned out that he was not worried that he would be able to walk out of this front door at all.

The front door is not allowed to go, but the back door is unguarded, what kind of trick are they playing?

Shen Muzhi thought of Xuan Cheng again, but he didn't know if he had found Qingguo.

Shen Muzhi, who was anxious in his heart, ignored Yan Bai who was standing at the door of the main hall, and after signaling to Shen Wei, he pulled out his legs and walked to the backyard again.

Yan Bai didn't stop him, and watched them go around the main hall and go to the backyard with a smile.

Until he couldn't see their figures, Yan Bai turned to look at the statue of the City God in the main hall, staring at the City God's indifferent eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

When Shen Muzhi and the three of them arrived in the backyard, Shen Wei asked in a low voice behind him, "Is it the back door now?"

Shen Mu's heart hesitated.

The other party obviously forced them to go through the back door, which shows that there must be something outside the back door that he can't see. If they did go to the back door, they would have followed their wishes.

But if you don't go to the back door, just wait in this City God Temple, what if it's not Xuancheng and Qingguo who are waiting for you, but the enemy?

Shen Mu couldn't make up his mind in his heart, and Shen Wei also saw it. After he was silent for a while, he said to Shen Muzhi, "In this way, I will go through the back door first, their main target is me, as soon as I go out, if they have any ambush, they will definitely appear, and then I will find a way to lure them away, you wait until it is safe, and then leave with your eldest brother." ”

Shen Muzhi didn't agree.

"It's not a way to do this here all the time and wait!" Shen Wei saw that Shen Muzhi refused to nod, and was a little anxious.

Shen Muzhi thought for a while and comforted him, "Let's wait, maybe Daoist Xuancheng will come later." ”

Hearing Shen Muzhi mention Xuan Cheng, Shen Wei's mood was slightly settled, but his frowning brows still couldn't be loosened.

Little by little, time passed.

Soon, the sun was overhead.

Shen Wei waited with no hope in sight, and the more he waited, the more anxious he became.

Shen Muzhi couldn't hold his breath anymore.

Just when Shen Wei was about to break through the back door despite Shen Muzhi's objections, suddenly the silence in the City God Temple was broken by a faint noise from the surroundings.

This kind of noise has never been transmitted to the City God Temple before.

And Shen Mu's mind had been tense before, and he didn't even notice it. After noticing it at this moment, after thinking about it carefully, I realized that this kind of noise was there when they first entered the temple. Later, it seems that when Xuan Cheng left the City God Temple, he suddenly disappeared.

So what does it mean to reappear now?

Although Shen Muzhi didn't know much about this mountain Dao method, he also realized something.

He glanced at Shen Wei and was about to speak, when there was a sudden movement in the front yard.

"It's Xuancheng Daoist. Shen Muzhi said to Shen Wei, and rushed to the front yard with his legs. Shen Wei picked up Shen Muping and hurriedly followed.

The two of them walked halfway, and they saw a little bird flying from the front, and when they saw Shen Muzhi, they immediately swirled, and the golden light flashed, turning into a delicate girl and appearing in front of the two.

Shen Wei was stunned.

Although he knew something about the monks on the mountain, this monster was the first time he had seen it.

"Brother Makino. Qingguo shouted and flew into Shen Muzhi's arms.

"How are you?" Shen Muzhi pushed her away slightly, looked up and down, and breathed a sigh of relief after not seeing any obvious injuries. Qingguo also replied, "I'm fine, brother, are you okay?"

"I'm fine. After Shen Muzhi answered, he asked Xuan Cheng about the situation.

As soon as the words fell, Xuan Cheng arrived.

As soon as the two met, they greeted each other, and after confirming that everything was right, Xuan Cheng said, "Go to the main hall first." ”

Shen Muzhi didn't ask why, and immediately followed Xuan Cheng to the main hall.

After settling Shen Muping in front of the divine throne, Shen Muzhi and Xuan Cheng walked aside.

Shen Muzhi probably told Xuan Cheng what happened before. After finishing speaking, he frowned and muttered, "I always feel that there is a lot of something wrong with today's incident. We've been in town for so many days, and they haven't done anything. I thought they were afraid of the crowds in the city, so they didn't do it. Unexpectedly, they chose to do it in the City God Temple today. If you want to talk about this, maybe they are in a hurry, so it makes sense to take the risk of doing it. But since they chose to do it in the City God Temple today, why don't they just trap us here? But they didn't do that, and even left a back door for us, as if they were afraid that we wouldn't be able to escape! There is also a man in white named Yan Bai who appeared here before, who is also full of weirdness. ”

"What is the name of this man in white you are talking about?" Xuan Cheng asked with a sudden frown.

Shen Muzhi was a little surprised by Xuan Cheng's sudden reaction, and after glancing at him curiously, he replied, "Yan Bai." ”

The look on Xuan Cheng's face suddenly became strange.

Shen Muzhi saw that something was wrong, and asked hesitantly, "Does the Dao Chief know this Yan Bai?"

Xuan Cheng came back to his senses and replied vaguely, "I don't know." But this person did something with you?"

Shen Muzhi shook his head, "I want to fight with him, but he doesn't want to fight with me." ”

Xuan Cheng seemed relieved to hear that the two didn't move. Immediately afterwards, he immediately changed the topic and said, "You stay here for the time being, and don't leave this City God Temple no matter what." I'll go to the back door and have a look. ”

When Shen Muzhi heard this, he nodded and admonished, "Then you be careful." ”

Xuan Cheng nodded, and then turned around and prepared to leave.

Shen Muzhi suddenly remembered something, stopped him, and asked, "When the Taoist came in just now, did you run into that Yan Bai?"

Xuan Cheng was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and replied, "No." ”

Shen Muzhi just remembered, asked casually, and saw that Xuan Cheng said no, so he didn't ask more.

After Xuan Cheng left, Shen Muzhi returned to the hall, looked at the situation of his eldest brother, and asked his father how his injuries were. Qingguo sat quietly on the side, his eyes were foggy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Shen Muzhi walked over and sat down beside her.

Qingguo came back to his senses, looked at him, suddenly pouted, and said with a crying voice, "Wang Qi is dead." ”

Shen Muzhi was stunned for a moment.

He didn't ask Qingguo Wang how he died, he reached out and hugged Qingguo into his arms, and gently patted her back with his palm, soothing her emotions.

It took a long time for her to calm down.

At this time, the eldest brother finally woke up.

Shen Muzhi hurriedly went over and asked about the eldest brother's situation, and after confirming that there was nothing to do, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Shen Wei saw Shen Muping wake up and looked for water in the main hall. Unexpectedly, when I went around behind the statue, I saw an 'acquaintance'.

He called Shen Muzhi over.

Shen Muzhi looked at the white-clothed Yan Bai who was lying softly next to the wooden shelf under the divine seat, his brows furrowed, and his heart was full of doubts.

Yan Bai didn't die, and there were no injuries on his body, but his pulse was weak, I don't know what the situation was, in short, it was unlikely that he would wake up in a short time.

It's just that if Xuan Cheng hadn't met Yan Bai, then why would this Yan Bai be in a coma here?

After thinking about it, he went back to the front, called Qingguo aside, and asked her in a low voice, "When you came in with Daoist Xuancheng just now, did you meet anyone?"

Qingguo thought about it carefully and replied, "When I was outside the door, I met a few people, and they were all injured by the Taoist. When I came in, I didn't run into anyone. ”

When Shen Muzhi heard this, his doubts became even heavier.

Xuan Cheng didn't lie to him, so what's going on with this Yan Bai?

After Shen Muzhi thought for a while, he went to the back of the statue and searched for Yan Bai. Yan Bai has a lot of things on him, but there are not many useful ones.

Among them, a wooden plaque carved with osmanthus flowers on one side and numbers engraved on the other attracted Shen Muzhi's attention.

The osmanthus of the wooden plaque reminded Shen Muzhi of the big osmanthus tree in the yard at the end of the osmanthus alley. What does the osmanthus on this wooden plaque represent?

Why is this Yan Bai in a coma here?