Xinghe brought a bucket of hot water from the kitchen to the backyard of the tavern, Aunt Ye bathed Lan Yue in the bathroom of the tavern, and Hedong made a pot of mashed potatoes and some black bread in the kitchen.

The sky was shrouded in heavy dark clouds as always, an unknown tree was planted in the yard, it was as thick as a bowl, a breeze blew, the leaves on the tree rustled, everything looked sparse and ordinary, Xinghe lowered his head and scooped a scoop of water from the bucket and poured it on his head, looking down and inadvertently saw the water in the bucket rippling in circles, Xinghe didn't think much about it, and threw the wooden scoop back into the bucket. I started to put soap on my body, but when I looked up, I found that the tree in the yard was shaking slightly, and soon, not only the tree, but also the fence in the backyard, the house, and the whole world began to shake.

The shaking only lasted for a short time before it stopped, Xinghe was stunned for a while, and before he could react to what was happening, he felt a more violent shaking coming from under his feet, and he couldn't stand for a while, and when he was about to fall, Hedong rushed out from behind, still with the smell of burnt mashed potatoes, he picked up Xinghe and rushed to the open place in the courtyard, through Jose's arm, Xinghe saw the world being torn, spiderweb-like cracks crawled all over the walls of the tavern, and the ground was torn apart by a huge force.

A green light flashed in the yard, Aunt Ye fell out of the green light with Lan Yue in her arms, fell to the ground and rolled twice and hit the tree in the courtyard, and then stood up with the trunk of the tree, Lan Yue was protected by Aunt Ye in her arms, and it didn't seem to be injured, Aunt Ye's forehead was scratched with a little skin, but it didn't look like a big deal, the two of them were only wrapped in bath towels, and their hair was still wet.

The earthquake lasted for a while and then stopped, He Dong rushed to the tree and took off his coat and put it on the mother and daughter, Ye Duyu sniffed the dried mashed potatoes on the coat, and asked, "Burnt again?"

He Dong looked away and coughed dryly, "It's okay." His gaze rested on Nightfall's forehead

"It's fine, just a skin wound. Ye Duyu wiped the wound on his forehead casually, with a smile on his face.

Taking advantage of the time between their conversations, Xinghe put on the clothes that he threw against the wall, and although the walls of the tavern were full of cracks, the whole thing was still intact and looked fine.

Under the tree in the courtyard, Aunt Ye put the coat on her body to Lan Yue, and then walked barefoot to an open place, stretched out her right hand, green light emanated from her fingertips, and gradually formed a circle, a black and slimy piece in the middle of the ring, connecting the unknown place, Aunt Ye frowned and put her hand into the black and slimy area, after a while, she withdrew her hand, and the expression on her face became a little ugly, "This place is 'forbidden to the sky', and it covers a large area." ”

He Dong's expression also became serious, "They caught up?"

Aunt Ye nodded solemnly.

"Pack up, we'll leave at once. ”

"But the senior brother hasn't come back yet. Ye Duyu frowned and reminded, "Without Senior Brother, we can't enter the Ancient City of Guchuan." ”

Hedong pondered for a while, "I'll go find Walit, you take the children first, and we'll catch up." With that, Hedong turned and walked out of the tavern.

"Hedong. ”

"Huh?" He Dong looked back at Ye Duyu.

"Be careful. She smiled at him.

He Dong was stunned for a moment, "You too." With that, Hedong rushed out of the tavern and disappeared from everyone's eyes.

Xinghe can know from their conversation that their current situation is not good, this is not the first time they have been caught up, but the first few times, they have relied on Aunt Ye's teleportation to avoid the pursuers, but this time because of the "forbidden sky", Aunt Ye can't take them to teleport away.

They didn't bring too many things, Aunt Ye found a small bag, simply packed some things and put them on, and hurriedly left the tavern with him and Lan Yue.

When he left the gate of the tavern, Xinghe found that the earthquake was bigger than he had imagined, and there were collapsed houses everywhere, thick black smoke rising between the ruins, and noisy voices wafting between the collapsed houses, and anxious-looking townspeople shuttling between the ruins, busy fighting fires and digging.

Xinghe glanced at the tavern behind him, the old house was much stronger than it really looked, standing quietly among the ruins, the tavern sign at the door that read "Walnut" swaying back and forth in the breeze.

Aunt Ye squatted down and put her hand on his and Lan Yue's shoulders, with a reassuring smile on her face, although Xinghe had always called her Aunt Ye, he had to admit that there was a magic in her gaze that could make people feel very reassured, "Take care of my sister and follow me." ”

Xinghe snorted, Lan Yue nodded very obediently, holding the corner of Xinghe's clothes, Aunt Ye touched the heads of the two of them with satisfaction, Xinghe was startled by this sudden intimate move, turned her head slightly, her face was slightly red, which made Aunt Ye and Lan Yue laugh.

The three of them walked along the way they had come towards the outside of the town, and the townspeople were busy with the disaster, and no one paid attention to their strange faces along the way, and it seemed that it would not be difficult to escape outside.

As soon as Xinghe thought like this, he heard a strange movement in front of him, although the cries of panicked townspeople could be heard everywhere along the way, but the movement in front was a little too big, Xinghe saw many people gathered in a clearing from a distance, but Aunt Ye had no intention of going to see what was happening, and took him and Lan Yue to quietly intersperse with the outside of the crowd.

Through the gap in the crowd of onlookers, Xinghe faintly saw that there was a Moro people standing in the crowd, and the surrounding townspeople were respectfully surrounding him, and a male human in front of him was bent over, just enough to reach his height, Xinghe noticed that there were many Moro people in this town in addition to humans, outside the Iron Curtain, it is relatively rare to live in this kind of small place at the village and town level, and the Moro people are a more populous race in the empire, Xinghe remembers that according to the census of 800, there are 60 million Moro people in the empire, most of them live outside the Iron Curtain, and the Moro people are short, usually only as tall as an adult's waistTheir most striking feature is their large heads, which are proportionate to their bodies, and correspondingly to their high intelligence, which is recognized by other races.

The man bent over supported his legs, panting heavily, his whole body was trembling, but because it was a little far away, Xinghe couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, "Town... Mayor...... No... Oh no. He didn't keep his voice down, so Xinghe could still hear what he was saying.

The mayor of Moro couldn't tell how old he was, in Xinghe's eyes, these little men almost looked the same, he seemed to be directing the townspeople to dig up the survivors, he said something to the man, but Xinghe didn't hear clearly, he only heard the man shout in panic next, "Dongzhen... There are a lot of fierce gods and evil demons in Dongzhen, they are looking for a few outsiders, Mark can't tell where those outsiders are, as a result... As a result, the whole family was killed. ”

The people around looked shocked when they heard this, and began to talk about it, and the mayor of the town shouted, "Quiet!" The people around him quieted down, but Xinghe didn't hear what he said next.

Xinghe was also shocked by what he heard just now, Lan Yue still pulled the corner of his clothes and followed him closely, I don't know if I didn't hear or didn't understand the meaning of that speech, but Aunt Ye should have heard it, her face was obviously much paler, she looked back at the townspeople, and there was a complicated expression that Xinghe couldn't understand between her eyebrows.

However, she didn't stay too long, but walked away with the two of them in a different direction.

There were noticeably fewer people in this direction, but the surrounding buildings were more damaged, with only a handful of equally miserable houses standing alone among the rubble as far as the eye could see.

In the distance, a sloping bell tower was silent, as if it was going to collapse at any moment, probably because there were no people around.

As he was walking, Aunt Ye suddenly stopped not far in front of the bell tower, Xinghe followed behind and didn't pay attention to it for a while, he looked at Aunt Ye with some puzzlement, she pulled Xinghe and Lanyue to hide behind a broken wall, and then signaled them to be quiet.

Her expression was very serious, Xinghe nodded, indicating that he understood, Lan Yue even covered her small mouth with her hand, and then Aunt Ye measured her body from behind the broken wall, and following her line of sight, Xinghe saw a man in a gray windbreaker walking towards the bell tower from a distance, and then stopped in front of the bell tower, and then stopped in front of the outer wall of the bell tower, but because of the angle, Xinghe couldn't see what was on the wall, he turned his head to look at Aunt Ye, her reaction was very strange, frowning for a while, looking cold and angry for a while, and even for a while, Xinghe seemed to see a smile on her face。

The man took out a black book, and then used a pen to write something on it, Aunt Ye retracted her body, then pressed the shoulders of the two of them, looked at Xinghe and said, "Stay here, don't come out." ”

Then she put her bag on the ground, pulled out a dagger from it, and at the same time picked up a stone on the ground, and threw it out, and the stone disappeared as soon as she got out of her hand, and then she picked up a stone, and as soon as she got rid of it, she didn't know where it went, and at the same time, Xinghe saw a bright light flashing on the wall of the bell tower, and then the man took the black book back into his arms, and he stood there for a while, and then took out a small test tube from his arms.

At this time, Xinghe caught a glimpse of a green light flashing, and Aunt Ye suddenly appeared behind the man and put the dagger on the man's neck, this was the first time Xinghe saw Aunt Ye make a move, he didn't expect Aunt Ye to subdue that man so quickly.

"Jose, long time no see. Aunt Ye held the dagger in one hand, and at the same time took off the test tube in the man's hand with the other.

Is it Aunt Ye's acquaintance? Xinghe's mind was full of questions.

Jose didn't resist, and Aunt Ye took off the test tube in her hand, "Long time no see, Ye Duyu." With that, he turned around.

"Don't move. Aunt Ye held the dagger tightly against his throat, but he still turned his body around, facing Aunt Ye, letting the dagger cut a bloody mark on his neck, and he raised his hands above his head, indicating that he had no intention of resisting.

Only then did Xinghe notice his inky lens, he was a demon spirit! one of the men who pursued them.

"You're also here to hunt us down?" asked Aunt Ye with a dagger against his throat.

"I've been tasked with taking you back to the capital. ”

"Did my brother-in-law make any deal with them?"

"I'm only responsible for taking you back to the capital. José paused for a moment, "This is the Grand Elder's order. ”

"What about my husband and my children?" asked Aunt Yip.

"If they don't resist, they'll be taken back to the capital for trial. ”

"What if they resist?"

"The pursuit team received a kill order from His Highness Ya Guwa, whose son died on the night of the accident. José didn't have any expression on his face and replied geographically.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to go with you. Aunt Ye said as she pressed her left hand to Jose's forehead.

"Why?"

Aunt Ye suddenly smiled, "Jose, you still haven't changed at all, like a wooden man." At the same time, there was a faint light on the left hand that pressed Jose's forehead.

At this time, Xinghe suddenly noticed that there was a person standing on the sloping wall of the bell tower, he was half-squatting on the wall, hanging above the heads of Aunt Ye and Jose, if it weren't for the dark red cloak hanging from his body, Xinghe would even mistake him for squatting on the flat ground, he had a knife pinned to his right waist, the blade was slender, he put his left hand on the hilt, looked down, and made a jumping posture.

Xinghe realized that it was not good, rushed out from behind the broken wall, and yelled, "Be careful from above. ”

The person hanging upside down on the bell tower jumped down from the bell tower and landed between Aunt Ye and Jose, the long knife on his waist had been pulled out and held in his left hand, Xinghe didn't even see him pull out the knife, because of Xinghe's reminder, Jose and Aunt Ye avoided his surprise attack, he stood where the two of them were standing just now, with a regretful expression, this is a thin demon spirit, not big, but it looks very powerful, he glared at Xinghe viciously, but Aunt Ye quickly retreated and blocked in front of Xinghe, Xinghe noticed that Aunt Ye did not completely avoid the knife, and the sleeve of her right hand was cut, there was blood left along the arm.

"Aunt Ye, your hands!" Xinghe reminded with some concern, and Lan Yue, who was hiding behind the wall, also looked at her mother worriedly.

Aunt Ye lowered her head and touched his head with her left hand, smiled and said, "I'm fine." Then he tore a strip of cloth from her torn sleeve, which wrapped itself around her injured right arm like a snake, and tied a knot on it.

The demon spirit with the long knife spat on the ground and glanced back at Jose, "Yo, Mr. Heya, it's great that you're okay." Without looking at José, he walked straight forward, stomping on a spot and grinding back and forth, a crackling sound coming from under his feet.

Aunt Ye's face changed suddenly, only to see that the demon spirit withdrew her feet, carried the long knife to her shoulder, and looked at the three of them from a distance, where he was crushed just now, there was a small light blue light spot slowly rising, and when it stretched out to about a meter above the ground, she paused, and then suddenly rushed into the sky, and a dazzling pillar of light suddenly appeared, piercing the clouds in the sky, connecting heaven and earth, and it took two or three seconds to dissipate. PS: Today's chapter is a bit urgent, there may be problems, I'll send it first, and I'll change it tomorrow.