Chapter 40: A Stop
Two days passed quickly, and the Lion Camel Mountains, which were covered in a sea of green, did not seem to change in the slightest.
The mountains are still long, and the trees are still lush.
The short period of two days seemed to be just a snap of a finger for this mountain range, and it passed in the blink of an eye.
However, this is not the case for another group of people.
At the foot of Peck Peak, a group of disciples were ready to go, all beaming, and followed Mu Yan on the journey back to Luojiazhuang.
It was a great relief for them to be able to leave this ghost place a day early!
In these last two days, they really experienced what it means to live like a year: apart from being able to sleep peacefully every night, they are in a completely tense mental state almost all the time during the day! The surging number of youkai around them and the unfamiliar environment have put a lot of pressure on them, and the slightest disturbance can keep them on guard for a long time.
But fortunately, I finally have to go back!
All the disciples had smiles on their faces, and they all looked radiant, as if every time they were a little farther away from the mountain behind them, the smiles on their faces would increase by one point.
Mu Yan still ran at the front, his black robe and hood covering his entire figure, and the burden on his back looked bulging and seemed to be stuffed with things.
Feeling the cheerful atmosphere coming from behind him, he couldn't help but smile.
He was actually very happy to be able to leave a day earlier, after all, how could he not be happy to go back early and start researching.
This must be attributed to the weasel spirit that is about to lie down on the test bench.
After the next day's treatment, the weasel spirit had recovered faster than Mu Yan had expected, and after he put the messy internal organs back where they were supposed to be and repaired some of the blood vessels, the broken body showed a slow ability to repair itself.
Although the speed of this repair is very slow, so slow that Mu Yan can't find it at all without careful observation with mental power, it is indeed repairing!
This means that some of the weasel essence's bodily functions have begun to recover! A strong physique began to support it to recover its body little by little!
The injury finally began to stabilize, and as long as there were no accidents, Lord Yama would never be again, En...... At least there was no chance of taking its life during this time.
Therefore, even if Mu Yan stops treating it now, as long as it is provided with sufficient nutrition, one day it will be able to wake up with its own strength!
So Mu Yan stopped treating it......
Kindness...... Of course, this is not because Mu Yan is stingy (although he has more or less inherited some stingy traditions since entering the amusement park), but because considering that he lacks the means to control the big demon, it is impossible for him to stay in this wilderness forever, and returning to Luojiazhuang at this time is the best choice.
After all, he has a fixed laboratory in that place, and there are a lot of fairly complete experimental equipment, and there is no shortage of materials, so it is convenient to make something that restricts the big demon.
And this big demon can also withstand the toss now, so it's the right way to transfer it back to study it quickly!
Of course, it is indeed a waste of materials to treat and restrict a big demon in this barren mountain range......
Back to the topic, in short, after determining that even if he hit the road now, the big demon would not die immediately, and at most he would be half dead, he immediately gathered the Dumen team and immediately embarked on the way home regardless of whether it was late or not.
The reason for using it was that I found the kind of herb I was looking for, so I could go back.
As for the matter of the Great Demon, he didn't plan to tell the disciples, even if these disciples had been hinted at by him.
After all, acting is completely personal, even if they promise to pretend that they don't know anything and don't see anything, what if they go back and don't pay attention to being seen by others?
Bringing back a badly injured youkai can't be explained!
So instead of spending more time staring at these disciples every day, it is better to keep them in the dark now, not only them, but everyone else alike, this matter can only be known to him alone!
"If only I could use amnestics now!"
Mu Yan tightened the burden on his shoulders and sighed in his heart.
In order to hide from the world, he used the transformation charm of the seriously injured weasel spirit directly into a piece of clothing, and then put it in the baggage.
The weasel spirit, who had no trace of demonic power and was unconscious, had no ability to resist at all, and Mu Yan successfully completed the spell casting.
The only fly in the ointment is that the weasel spirit that turned into clothes still maintains its original weight, which tortures Mu Yan along the way.
Fortunately, the night after leaving, the group finally arrived at Luojiazhuang.
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"Chief catechumen! It's the catechumen! Catechumens, they're back, Linde go and report! A man on the not-so-tall stone wall shouted excitedly while waving a torch.
An eleven or twelve-year-old boy behind him heard this, and immediately ran away, turning a few corners and then disappearing.
More than ten minutes later, when Mu Yan and his party walked down the hill and had not yet approached the unrepaired ruins on the north wall, some people had already poured out of the village with torches.
"You're back, chief of catechumen!" A man who looked to be forty or fifty years old, dressed in a black practice uniform, with his hair loose to his shoulders and a resolute face, walked up to him and said in a rough voice.
Mu Yan bowed his hand slightly at him: "Elder Lao Hong is worried!" ”
Elder Hong returned the salute, then laughed and said, "I'm not the only one worried! The old guys in the meeting have to ask every other day, and I'm almost annoyed by them! ”
As he spoke, he led Mu Yan through the ruins and walked in.
Since there is no gate on the north side of Luojiazhuang, in order to take a shortcut, they can only enter through this opening that the monster broke through a few days ago.
"The catechumens have been gone long enough this time! But what trouble did you encounter? Elder Hong asked as he walked.
"I can't say it's troublesome." Mu Yan chatted with him casually, "There are a lot of monsters in the area that is being explored, so if you want not to alarm them, you have to slow down and act carefully." ”
"Lots of monsters? Isn't it about to approach the monster's lair? ”
"Very likely, by the way, does Elder Hong know when Daoist Qingmu will come back?"
"Kiyoki Michicho? Well, wait until I think about it...... It seems that there are rumors that it has been these two days. ”
"The wind? Where did the wind come from? ”
"I'm a little puzzled by this, this thing ......"
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The two chatted as they walked through the alleys to the nearest door with the word "Qian".
When he walked through an alley, Mu Yan suddenly stopped, took the torch handed by the disciple behind him under the puzzled eyes of everyone, and approached it close to the wall.
"What is this?" He asked Elder Hong.
In the firelight, five neatly cut rice papers were lined up on the wall, and on the paper were the portraits of Rahman and the five people.
"Oh, this!" Elder Hong walked next to him, glanced at the rice paper on the wall, and suddenly said: "This is a wanted warrant, a wanted warrant issued by the Zhuang Lord's Mansion, there is nothing strange about it, now this thing has been posted all over the streets and alleys!" ”
"En" Mu Yan nodded, and then asked hesitantly: "How many people ...... What did you do? ”
"Committing a crime must have been committed!" Elder Hong said nonchalantly on the side, "What did you do, although the Zhuang Lord's Mansion didn't say it!" But it's definitely a big deal! ”
Mu Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, a trace of imperceptible coldness flashed in his eyes, and after looking at it twice, he made a gesture of invitation and continued to walk forward with a torch, as if he stopped to look at these wanted notices really just because he hadn't seen them before, and he was just curious.
"Elder is too rusty to call me, if Elder Hong doesn't dislike my young age, how about calling me Brother Mu?" His eyes regained softenness and continued to "make small talk" with Elder Hong.
"Haha, that's exactly what I mean! Brother Mu also calls me Brother Hong! Elder Hong laughed twice in response.
"Brother Hong!" Mu Yan arched his hand jokingly at him, and he immediately stopped pretending to be serious: "Brother Mu! ”
The two looked at each other and laughed.
"Brother Hong, I'm afraid I'm not having a good time these days!" Mu Yan continued to walk forward.
"How?" Elder Hong followed.
"The thieves in this Zhuangzi are in turmoil, I'm afraid it will turn the world upside down! I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep peacefully! Mu Yan joked.
"Hey! Don't look at the wanted notices are plastered all over Luojiazhuang, in fact, the thunder is loud and the rain is small, and there is nothing at all! Elder Hong gave the news that Mu Yan wanted very smoothly, "These days, there are also people in our Demon Punishment Association who are staring at it, but they can't find it!" It's like these five people didn't appear in Luojiazhuang at all! ”
Mu Yan raised his eyebrows: "There are also people staring at the Demon Punishment Society?" What did those people do wrong? Also, Brother Hong, what you just said must be a big deal......"
"Brother Hong, do you know something? Tell me about it! He looked at Elder Hong with a smile, as if he had decided that he had some gossip here.
"Hey! Don't look at my brother like this, I didn't mean to hide it from you! Elder Hong smiled bitterly, "It's a big deal, that's what the entire Luojiazhuang knows!" ”
"You weren't there that night, you didn't see it, those guards were crazy, and they basically turned the whole Locke's Village over! I almost dug three feet into the ground to find it! ”
Listening to Elder Hong's description, Mu Yan couldn't help frowning: "This posture seems to be indeed a big deal!" ”
But then he doubted: "What does that have to do with our Demon Punishment Society?" Why should we send someone to keep an eye on it? ”
Hearing this question, Elder Hong looked left and right, his lips moved slightly, and a pure internal force transmission was transmitted to Mu Yan's ears: "There is a rumor that those people are the spies of the monsters!" ”
"Spies!" Mu Yan looked at him with wide eyes.
Elder Hong frowned and nodded.
Mu Yan's two eyebrows were tightly locked together.