Chapter 464: Mortal Wisdom
After the shopkeeper left the drunken dream house, he took advantage of the moonlight and ran quickly towards the top of the mountain. Dian Xiaoer was different from Ling and the others, Ling and the others were cultivators who were looked up to by ordinary people, and they were able to fly in the sky as fast as lightning. But Dian Xiaoer is just an ordinary person, he doesn't know how to practice, let alone cultivate, the only thing that can be around is the ingenuity of reading countless people. However, although Dian Xiaoer was vulnerable in the eyes of cultivators and was an ant-like existence, he knew what to do and what not to do, and his intuition told him that Ling and the others were in danger, and he had to report this matter to the seniors of Fenglin Academy. He didn't know what the identity of the people who were eating in the restaurant just now, he just felt that since the other party was interacting with him as an equal, it meant that the other party was at least not a vicious bad person.
Although the shopkeeper did not cultivate, because of the urgency of the matter, his speed was still not slow. Although it is now close to the summer solstice, the higher you go, the colder the temperature becomes. Ignoring his shivering body, he tightened his clothes and continued to run towards the top of the mountain.
Fenglin Academy leads to the bottom of the mountain is a wide bluestone road, with layers of stone stairs going up. The shopkeeper ran for about two quarters of an hour, and his speed began to slow down, even though he had the consciousness of saving people, but because he was climbing the mountain, he was inevitably a little physically exhausted. But even so, the shopkeeper still didn't dare to stop and rest for a while. I saw that the shopkeeper raised his sleeves, wiped the sweat on his face, and continued to climb towards the top of the mountain. However, just as he was approaching halfway up the mountain, thirty sturdy cultivators suddenly burst out from the bushes on both sides. These people seemed to have been ambushed here for a long time, and when they saw a stranger climbing the mountain, they blocked the way of the shopkeeper. They were the second wave of ambushes set up by the burly man, and they wanted to use these people to stop Ling and the others, but they never thought that Ling did not choose to forcibly climb the mountain.
"Stop, who are you? What is going on in the mountain at night?" The little boss who was ambushed here wanted to take down the shopkeeper directly, but when he sensed that the other party had no cultivation, the little boss rolled his eyes, counted his heart, and asked in a cold voice.
They were ordered to ambush Ling here, but unexpectedly, they didn't wait for Ling and the others, but broke into a strange ordinary person. Although this little boss looks vicious, he is not stupid. This place is very close to Fenglin Academy, and if there is a fight here, the sound of the two sides fighting is likely to alarm the cultivators on the mountain. That's why he lit ** incense around here in advance, this kind of psyche has a characteristic, the higher the cultivation of the person inhales the incense, the more obvious the signs of poisoning, but the shopkeeper did not cultivate, so that the incense did not work on him. Since he couldn't kill this strange man quietly, the little boss pushed the boat along the way, disguised himself as a cultivator patrolling the mountains of Fenglin Academy, and questioned the shopkeeper. He felt that in this way, he would not startle the snake, nor arouse the suspicion of the other party, and he could also find out the other party's purpose.
"I, I'm the second shopkeeper in the restaurant under the mountain, just now there were more than ten cultivators eating in our restaurant under the mountain, and they had a conflict halfway through, and a fight broke out in the restaurant. These men destroyed the tables and chairs in our restaurant, and our boss, in a fit of rage, seized them in the restaurant and ordered me to go up the hill to their house to collect some silver taels for compensation. The shopkeeper looked at the thirty cultivators around him, and said in a trembling voice. The little boss thinks he's very smart, but the shopkeeper is not stupid. Before chasing Ling
The cultivators of the crowd were all looked at by him, and the clothes they were wearing were the same as the clothes of the cultivators around them, so the shopkeeper instantly guessed that they were in the same group as those who were ambushed at the foot of the mountain. Therefore, the shopkeeper turned his mind and came up with this statement. Seeing the moves, this is the wisdom of mortals.
"I see, okay, then you can go, remember, now that martial law is on the top of the mountain, we saw that it is not easy for you to run a restaurant, so we let you go up the mountain." But you must avoid the elders of the academy, or we will not be able to protect you. The little leader pondered for a moment and said in a cold voice.
"Thank you to this brother, I will go down the mountain immediately after taking the silver taels, and I will never alarm the cultivators in the academy. In the future, if you want to eat, go to our restaurant, and I will invite you to drink. Seeing that the other party let him go, the shopkeeper thanked him again and again, nodded and said.
It wasn't until the figure of the shopkeeper gradually disappeared from everyone's sight that a black-clothed cultivator said to the little leader: "Boss, why didn't we leave this shopkeeper behind just now! If we let him out rashly, will it ruin the good deeds of Ding Xin's predecessors?"
"No, this shopkeeper is just a mortal and insignificant. And he was trembling when he was talking to us just now, and he knew at a glance that he was a soft bone, and he didn't dare to deceive us. The most important thing is that our target this time is Ling, if we kill this shopkeeper here, his cry will probably attract the attention of the Huaxia cultivators on the mountain, and then it will really be a big loss!" The little leader looked at the back of the shopkeeper with disdain, sneered, and said disdainfully.
The shopkeeper was afraid that he would be spotted by those ambush soldiers, so he used all his strength and ran towards the top of the mountain. As he approached the top of the mountain, he slowed down. Shopkeeper turned his head to look down the mountain, and when he was sure that the group of people were not chasing him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the palms and back of the shopkeeper were already covered with sweat, and his clothes were soaked with sweat. As the leader said, he was just an ordinary person, and for him to lie in front of this group of cultivators, it was simply a thrilling gamble for him, but fortunately, he won.
Dian Xiaoer took a deep breath, and finally reached the top of the mountain under the double pressure of fear and anxiety. After coming to the top of the mountain, the shopkeeper ran straight towards the main hall in the center, although he had never been to Fenglin Academy, but looking at the shape of the building, he also knew that the central hall was very important. As an ordinary person's consciousness, the grander the building, the more important people should be hidden in it. Thinking of this, the shopkeeper no longer hesitated, he gritted his teeth and rushed towards the palace gate.
"Stop, this place is the meeting place of the seniors of the Fenglin Academy, and no one is allowed to enter without the consent of the academy elders. Just as the shopkeeper's hands were about to clasp on the door of the temple, he was suddenly blocked by the four cultivators who walked out on both sides and stopped him in a loud voice.
"Help, help, I want to see Dean Ye, my life is at stake, please let me go in to see Dean Ye!" The shopkeeper saw the four cultivators with serious expressions, but they were all righteous, as if he had seen a savior, he grabbed each other's hands tightly and shouted excitedly.
"Lu Qing, what's the matter?" At this moment, a majestic inquiry suddenly came from the main hall, and the person who asked was Ye Ruyu. Ye Ruyu received the distinguished guests of Shenwu and Fenglei today, and she was able to live in peace at this moment
She wanted to rest for a while, but she heard a commotion outside.
"Back to the ancestor, there was a drunken dream house under the mountain outside the palace, he said that he had something to ask to see you, and said that the matter was urgent, and his life was at stake. When Lu Qing heard Ye Ruyu's words, he hurriedly bowed to the palace door and replied truthfully.
"Oh, there's such a thing, let him in. Ye Ruyu was slightly stunned when she heard Lu Qing's words, and then spoke. The grand meeting of the five-year covenant is about to be held, and Ye Ruyu does not allow any accidents to happen at this juncture, so all the little things must not be sloppy.
Hearing Ye Ruyu's words, Lu Qing stepped forward, opened the door of the hall, and raised his hand to the shopkeeper. Seeing that Ye Ruyu agreed with him, the shopkeeper hurriedly nodded to Lu Qing and thanked him. Then he took a big stride into the hall.
"You are the guy from the Drunken Dream House? If I'm not mistaken, you should be called Zhang Hua, right? What is the purpose of coming to Fenglin Academy so late?" Ye Ruyu saw the shopkeeper's sincere and frightened look, a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, and said kindly.
"Dean Ye, help! Fifteen cultivators were having dinner in my restaurant today, and when they left the Drunken Dream Residence, they were suddenly forced away by a group of cultivators who were lying in ambush nearby. Moreover, this group of people also set up a card halfway up the mountain, apparently to intercept the fifteen cultivators. It's just that those fifteen cultivators didn't return to Fenglin Academy, but ran into the distance, so those people are still ambushing on the mountainside!" Zhang Hua took two steps, knelt down in front of Ye Ruyu, and said urgently.
"What?!You said that there was an ambush at the foot of the mountain of my Fenglin Academy? Who are those fifteen people? What are their names? Can you deny it?" Hearing Zhang Hua's words, Ye Ruyu stood up with a "soaring" voice, her face was solemn, and she asked coldly.
"Back to my predecessors, I don't know those fifteen people, but listening to the content of their conversation, the person at the head seems to be called Xiao, by the way, he is a disciple of the Shenwu Academy. There is another person who should be a disciple of Fenglin Academy, and I heard that her surname is Bai. Zhang Hua didn't dare to hide it and replied truthfully.
"Small, Shenwu Academy, is it ...... And that cultivator surnamed Bai should be Luo Han! Zhang Hua, what the hell is going on, you tell me one by one!" Although Ye Ruyu didn't know Ling, he had also heard rumors about him, and knew that he was a junior that Jing Yi valued very much, if it was really him who had an accident at the foot of the mountain of Fenglin Academy, they Fenglin Academy would be unable to escape the blame, and with Ling's status in Shenwu Academy, I am afraid that Ye Ruyu would not be able to explain to Jing Yi.
Feeling Ye Ruyu's urgency, Zhang Hua didn't dare to slack off, he entered the restaurant with a few people, was frightened away by the group of cultivators after leaving, and then deceived the cultivators who were ambushed halfway, until he reached the top of the mountain, and said it to Ye Ruyu word for word.
After listening to Zhang Hua's story, Ye Yuru's face was solemn, and she was almost sure that the cultivator who was ambushed must be Ling Jiren. It was only then that she finally realized the gravity of the situation. Thinking of this, Ye Ruyu shouted an order to the hall gate: "Lu Qing, you go to the Shenwu Academy now and invite Dean Jing Yi to come over, just say that Ye Ruyu has something important to discuss." ”
When Lu Qing took the order to leave, Ye Ruyu looked at the reckless mountains and forests under his feet, and sighed softly: "You boys must not have anything to do!"