Chapter Twenty-Nine: Into the Mountains and Forests at Night

The last touch of afterglow in the setting sun stretched the figures of the two very long, and Qing'er, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, saw that they were walking here, so she shouted to the courtyard: "They are back", and then hurriedly ran towards them.

Lei Wuchen knew what Qing'er's purpose was when she came, so she handed it to her directly and said, "It's just a little sugar man, and there's nothing else."

"I don't believe it, you must have stolen it on the road"

"I assure you, we definitely didn't steal food", Lei Wuchen replied with an innocent face, he knew that today's incident must not be told to Qing'er, if she knew that it was so dangerous in the morning, she would definitely not let herself go out next time, if she didn't go out to learn more about the night monkey beast, then before she left, this problem might not be solved.

"Mother, we're back", Ding Xiao put down the medicine basket and shouted.

"Got it, you guys sit in the courtyard for a while, and the meal will be ready immediately."

Lei Wuchen entered the courtyard, looked around, and didn't find Li Qing's figure, he looked up at the sun that was about to set, and asked Qing'er, "Where is the senior brother?"

"I haven't seen my brother since lunch."

Just when Lei Wuchen was puzzled, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, he saw Li Qing walking towards the courtyard with three fish strung together in his hand.

"Senior brother, you won't go to the river to catch fish in the afternoon, will you?" Seeing Li Qing coming back, Qing'er immediately stood up from the stool and asked in surprise.

"No, I just walked around the stockade", Li Qing handed the fish to Ding Xiao, washed his hands in the basin, and responded. Instead, he asked Lei Wuchen, "Have you encountered any situation on the road?"

"We took the usual route of Ding Xiao, and nothing unexpected happened", Lei Wuchen smiled awkwardly and replied.

"It's okay, how are your injuries now?"

"Even if it hurts occasionally when you move your muscles and bones, it's not a big deal," Lei Wuchen replied.

"The dish is ready, you can eat it first, and the fish will be ready immediately", the middle-aged woman came from the kitchen with a steaming bowl, and before she could put it on the table, Qing'er couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks.

The aroma of food wafted in the courtyard, and Lei Wuchen was about to sit down at the stone table, but he saw Li Qing's expression cold, and the sword placed next to him was also clenched in his hand at this time. Lei Wuchen didn't move in place, although he didn't have any cultivation now and couldn't detect the breath, but from Li Qing's eyes, he could feel that the person who was staring at them was definitely not an ordinary guy.

After a long time, Li Qing put down the sword in his hand, walked to the stone table and sat down, his expression gradually returning to calm.

"Is that him?", Lei Wuchen asked softly.

"No, it's another person"

Lei Wuchen turned his head to look at the place just now, it was the mountain forest not far away, and now that the sun had set, it looked a little dim.

"What are you talking about?", Qing'er asked suspiciously, looking at the two with solemn expressions.

Ding Xiao walked over, and could see the change in the expressions of the two, so he changed the topic and said: "Let's eat first, the fish is stewed on the fire, and it will be fine immediately."

"Your mother's cooking is so delicious, I want to eat another bowl", Qing'er didn't care, and praised.

"Eat slowly, I'm sure you'll be full," said the middle-aged woman, who put the food in her hand on the table, also sat down, and said with a smile.

The night is getting dark, the dishes on the stone table have been eaten, the moonlight shines on the quiet courtyard, and the occasional breeze blows, blowing the leaves "whoosh".

After cleaning up, everyone went back to the house to rest, after a busy day, everyone was also very tired, just when Lei Wuchen wanted to enter the house, he saw Li Qing standing alone in the courtyard.

"Senior brother, have you ever heard of the Night Spirit Gate?", Lei Wuchen walked behind Li Qing and asked softly:

Li Qing looked back at Lei Wuchen, he didn't know what he meant by asking, and replied: "There are hundreds of Heavenly Domain sects, large and small, if they are regular sects, they will leave a sign in the Lei family, and the Night Spirit Sect has never heard of it."

"I've seen this sect in the town today, and it's nothing if it's an ordinary small sect, but what makes me wonder is that their style of doing things doesn't look like the style of a small sect."

Lei Wuchen continued: "They have guards at the entrances and exits of the town gate, which is generally to swear the sovereignty of the sect in this place, but they never recruit disciples, and the heavenly domain also has regulations for the sect, the town gate sect, the disciples must be more than three hundred, they can be qualified to set up guards, and this night spirit gate is far from reaching this scale."

After listening to Lei Wuchen's words, Li Qing's expression changed slightly, and he said: "This place is relatively remote, if some small sect masters set up guards privately in order to satisfy their own face, it would not be surprising."

"I thought so at first, but this Night Spirit Sect has been in the town for more than ten years and has never recruited disciples, so I don't think this matter is so simple," Lei Wuchen replied in a low voice.

"It's deep in the mountains, the roads are rugged, and if these small sects don't make a mistake, no one will care about them."

Lei Wuchen lowered his head and thought about it for a long time before he said: "This sect was founded in the town more than ten years ago, and Ding Xiao's father was also attacked and killed in those years, I always feel that all this seems to be related."

"In the afternoon, I looked around the village, and I didn't find anything abnormal, judging from the time you spent going back and forth to the town, this place is far away from the town, and the people in this village have no cultivation qi source, they can't cultivate, and this night spirit gate should have nothing to do with it," Li Qing analyzed.

"Senior brother, I still remember Wu Chang'an, the whole incident started because of this person, if you want to understand all this, you must start with Wu Chang'an"

Li Qing didn't answer, he knew what Lei Wuchen meant, and then turned to look at the mountains and forests in the distance, the whole mountain was pitch black under the moonlight, as if ink had been splashed.

Lei Wuchen could see Li Qing's hesitant expression, so he said: "Senior brother, don't worry, the person hidden in the dark, we will be careful."

After listening to Lei Wuchen's words, he saw Li Qing's figure move slightly, and a ray of light flew straight towards the mountains and forests, like a meteor piercing the sky, and disappeared into the darkness in a blink of an eye.

After Li Qing left, Lei Wuchen looked back at the house that had turned off the lights, and then walked out of the courtyard, he learned from Ding Xiao during the day that Wu Changan's home was in the southwest corner of the village, sitting in the north and facing south, and the courtyard was much larger than ordinary people's homes. According to this information, Lei Wuchen soon came to the door of Wu Chang'an's house.

The wind whistled through the forest, the moon also hid into the clouds, lost the moonlight, the surroundings were pitch black, Lei Wuchen held his breath, hid behind a tree not far away and looked into the courtyard, only to see that the house was still lit up, Wu Changan went up the mountain, the person in the family should be his wife, due to the distance, Lei Wuchen could not see the situation in the house.

"Looks like we have to get closer," Lei Wuchen thought to himself, and just as he was about to move forward, the door suddenly opened, and he saw the woman walking towards the next house with a bowl.

The woman opened the locked door. Push the door in, and then the lights come on, and then the door is slammed shut.

Seeing this scene, Lei Wuchen secretly thought to himself: "Is there anyone else in their family?", he looked behind the tree for a long time, but still did not see the woman come out, which aroused Lei Wuchen's vigilance.

Just as he wanted to go over and find out, he only heard a sound of footsteps in the distance, and then a black shadow came into Lei Wuchen's eyes, he hid his body behind the tree, and looked sideways at the black shadow, under the faint moonlight, the figure of the person gradually became clear.

"Could it be that he ......", Lei Wuchen couldn't help but say.