Chapter 60: The Rainstorm
Yao Liukai hurriedly turned behind him, and found that what appeared behind him and Xiyue at this moment was a monk wearing a hat and a raincoat holding a rosary, the monk lowered his head, and the hat covered his face very skillfully, so that he couldn't see his appearance clearly, and he couldn't judge his age.
Xiyue grabbed Yao Liukai's arm a little nervously, and her body was tightly pressed against his body, looking at the monk with an uneasy gaze. Whispered in Yao Liukai's ear and asked, "He, Liukai, did you see him just now?" Yao Liukai did not directly answer Xiyue's words, but shook his head silently.
Indeed, as Xiyue said, Yao Liukai also had this big question in his heart, and the monk behind him suddenly appeared quietly, even making them unable to feel his existence at all, which really made Yao Liukai shudder. Seeing him standing there quietly, he didn't want to talk to the two, it seemed that he just came in to take shelter from the rain.
The monk pressed his hat and walked towards a wall beside the two of them, Yao Liukai was still puzzled by his sudden discovery. He kept asking his inner self when the monk who appeared inexplicably appeared behind the two of them.
Yao Liukai thought silently, and his uneasiness was transmitted to Xiyue who was hiding behind him, and Xiyue's eyes followed the monk's figure, as if he was monitoring his movements, and as if he was afraid that he would suddenly do something to the two of them. In this small temple, the atmosphere became tense.
The thunder roared, and through the cracks in the old temple gate, you could see the scene of wind and rain, and the rain beat vigorously against the dilapidated wooden door, as if it was about to rush in. Cold wind also poured in through the cracks in the door and in the space under the door, mixed with raindrops and wet the ground inside the temple.
Yao Liukai suddenly subconsciously sighed, Xiyue turned his head to look at him in confusion, he also looked at Xiyue tacitly, stretched out his hand and pulled him to the corner behind him, and the two sat down quietly. In this small space, the three of them leaned against a wall and silently watched each other's movements.
Regarding the sudden appearance of the monk, Yao Liukai felt that these two answers were more reasonable than the others. He and Xiyue didn't notice that the monk followed the two into the temple, perhaps because the sound of the thunderstorm had obscured his steps, or because the two had let their guard down because of the exhaustion of the long journey. But in Yao Liukai's view, this answer is no longer important, what is more important is that Yao Liukai clearly felt that the monk sitting quietly on the edge of the wall was so strange, and so familiar, this extremely contradictory feeling, yes, it was like the feeling he felt when he first met the sunset, and it was also the same empty taste.
"The wheel of fortune spins and the lost curse. The last hope is transformed into a miracle, purified of sin, reduced to emptiness, and ushered in salvation. ”
The monk seemed to have returned from the rain, but he had just been sitting against the wall, when he suddenly stood up and walked towards the inner hall of the temple. Yao Liukai, who noticed him getting up, also stood up and turned sideways to see his face clearly, but the monk's low hat, coupled with the gloomy environment, could only allow Yao Liukai to see half of his blurred facial outline.
At this time, Xiyue also hesitated to stand up, but still instinctively pulled Yao Liukai's arm, and secretly hid behind him to aim in the direction of the monk. The thunder suddenly roared, and the monk, who was about to turn behind the screen, also turned his face sideways to look at the sunset moon that was staring at him, and in an instant, a bright lightning bolt shone into the temple from the window, and the whole temple turned pale under the reflection of thunder and lightning.
The monk's cloudy eyes under the hat made Yao Liukai and Xiyue both gasp. In particular, Xiyue grabbed Liukai's arm tightly after looking at the monk, while Yao Liukai stared at the monk with a hat vigilantly, with a serious and indifferent expression on his face.
"Don't run away anymore, accept your fate!" The monk dropped these words, turned around and disappeared into the darkness. Only Yao Liukai and Xiyue were left standing there quietly, their bodies stunned as if by magic, unable to move.
And at this moment, neither of them realized that danger was slowly approaching the two of them. Yao Liukai, who came back to his senses first, shook the dull-eyed Xiyue and asked, "It's okay, right??" ”
"Oh" was shaken a few times by Yao Liukai, and the moon who slowly came to her senses replied vaguely: No, it's okay" The tone was evasive, and he let go of the hand holding Yao Liukai as he spoke.
"Damn, what the hell is going on, what kind of person is that monk, what's the matter with saying that kind of thing!" Yao Liukai muttered to himself, and at the same time felt puzzled by the words left by the monk. But at the moment, he was only thinking about this, but he didn't notice the strange complicated look in Xiyue's eyes.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from outside the door, mixed with the sound of a thunderstorm through the cracks, echoing through the empty temple. It was a thick and loud male voice, and he was shouting to Yao Liukai and Xiyue: "The two people in the temple, hurry up and surrender!" ”
"Liukai, this ......" Xiyue was very nervous when she heard the men's threat, and the hand she had just let go grabbed Yao Liukai again, Yao Liukai patted her on the head, pulled her to the dilapidated temple gate, and observed the situation outside through the crack in the door.
Yao Liukai's eyes were pressed into the crack of the door, watching the crowd densely surround the small temple in a blurred rain curtain. It's like a fully formed army, so large in number that it looks as if it's going to deal with the number sent by a small country.
Xiyue also saw such a situation from the gap, and her hand clenched Yao Liukai tightly, she didn't need to calculate to know the result of the Dao, especially since only the two of them had to fight against such an overwhelming force, the result could be imagined. Faced with such a situation, Yao Liukai was obviously very unwilling, and his clenched teeth made a sound of friction and collision.
And Xiyue, who was still uneasy and scared just now, didn't seem to care about this disparity in proportion at all at this time, let go of Yao Liukai's arm, and moved forward slowly.
"Wait, Xiyue, where are you going?"
"Of course, it's to clear the enemy!"
"Wait, how can so many people be able to fight?"
“…… Didn't you say don't give up on anything? ”
“…… Of course it is, but it's up to me to ......."
"It's up to you to settle everything, am I just protected by you? But now, I'm tired of being protected by you! ”
"What's wrong with you, Moon? It's not like you! ”
"I've always been like this, and you didn't notice it, because you're a complete idiot!"