More than half a month.
Time is pa*sing quite quickly when travelling through the wilderness.
The four had arrived at a county town on the outskirts of the 100,000 Great Mountains, where they needed to replenish their supplies for the journey into the mountains.
After booking two suites at a hotel in the county town, Qin Hai Hai took Xiao Hai out to go.
Zhang Ren and Mao Hare stayed in the hotel.
Mao Hare still kept her mouth shut as usual, her originally cute face already had too much sadness on it, and she sat in front of the window, looking at the distant sky, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Zhang Ren at this time has changed into a city casual clothes, with a gla*s of red wine sitting on the sofa, said: “If the life is too tired, go to Penghai to find Youji, why torture yourself?”
Hearing this, Mao Hare’s face became more and more gloomy as she said, “Brother Zhang Ren, don’t you think that fate sometimes likes to play tricks on people? Before he died, Brother Chen Long instructed me to follow his side, but many times I can’t do it, I really can’t.”
Zhang Shinobu sighed.
Mao Hare was absolutely miserable, the twelve sisters of the Chinese zodiac were as close as a family, only nine died directly at the hands of Qin Hai, the remaining one, Cinnabar Dragon, was still calculated to die by Qin Hai, Mao Hare’s feelings he could understand, only this hurdle, could only go there by himself, no one else could help.
Zhang Ren said, “If you can’t do it, don’t do it, Qin Hai is not going to explain anything, don’t blame him for being indifferent, from his debut, children’s love is a luxury for him.”
“But!” Mao Hare wanted to say something, but shook her head and said, “Forget it, let’s not talk about it. Brother Zhang Ren, don’t you regret defecting from Kunlun? After all, there are people there that you respect the most.”
Zhang Ren laughed lightly and drained his red wine as he said, “There are always things to be done, and I believe Master will understand what I did, even if we will meet in arms next time we meet.”
Just as he finished speaking, he suddenly frowned and bellowed in a cold voice, “Get out!”
Mao Hare was instantly startled, and was busy getting up and alerting himself to the surroundings.
And at that moment, a man suddenly appeared above the balcony, wearing a blue and white Taoist robe, with white hair at the temples, but with a gloomy face and an uncomfortable aura filling his brow.
A glint of gravity flashed across Zhang Ren’s eyes as he said, “Qi Ting, I never thought that Master would send you here.”
“Is this the way you entertain your senior brother?” Qi Ting asked with a cold laugh.
Zhang Ren was silent for a while and said, “I’ve been sentenced out of Kunlun.”
Qi Ting smiled conspiratorially and kept clapping his hands for what Zhang Ren had done, which made Zhang Ren and Mao Hare’s hearts even more uncomfortable, and they wondered what this fellow was up to.
“Zhang Shinobu, my little senior brother.” Qi Ting laughed, “Do you know? When I heard that you had been sentenced out of Kunlun, I was so happy because then no one would be able to compete with me for the position of Lord of Kunlun.”
Zhang Ren said, “I had no desire for the position of Lord of Kunlun.”
Qi Ting’s eyes instantly chilled as he said, “Heartless? But countless people are hoping that you will take that seat! Do you know how depressing it has been for me all these years!”
Zhang Ren said in a cold voice, “You didn’t come here to talk to me about this, did you?”
“Of course not!” Qi Ting smiled conspiratorially and said, “When I heard that you were sentenced to Kunlun, his old master was very distressed, so he sent me to bring you back, and although I was very reluctant to do so, I could not fail his commission.”
Zhang Ren gave a light laugh and said, “You are no match for me.”
Qi Ting laughed heatedly and said, “Yes, I admit that you are strong, having reached Demigod at a young age, and without Qin Hai’s presentation, you would be the youngest Demigod, I truly do not understand, having suppressed your honour, why do you still want to follow Qin Hai’s a*s? Don’t you think it’s a shame?”
Zhang Ren said softly, “Everyone has everyone’s attitude towards survival, if you were like you, wouldn’t it be too tiring?”
“Tired! Very tired indeed!” Qi Ting said morosely, “Well, without further ado, Senior Brother, Master has ordered you to accept a task.”
Zhang Ren frowned.
Qi Ting continued, “Since you have chosen to stay by Qin Hai’s side, you will continue to stay, but find a way to extract the secret of the Dragon Seeking Lineage, and when you succeed, I will naturally receive you, and you can redeem yourself and return to Kunlun.”
“This must be an idea from the Elders’ Group, right?” Zhang Ren asked.
Qi Ting said in a cold voice, “Master has already promised.”
“Then please pa*s it on, I can’t do it.” Zhang Ren said indifferently, “It has nothing to do with Qin Hai, I cannot betray my original heart!”
“Heart?” Qi Ting said with a sneer, “You think you still have a heart? Master raised you and taught you your skills, but how did you repay your master? Betrayal!”
Zhang Ren said, “I will naturally return the kindness of my master’s upbringing.”
“What will you take to repay it?” Qi Ting snickered, “I’m afraid that you who have followed Qin Hai’s a*s and know most of Kunlun’s secrets have already told us all you know?”
“No!” Mao Hare defended at this point, “Brother Zhang Ren didn’t say anything!”
“You shut up!” Qi Ting glared at him, then looked coldly at Zhang Shinobu.
Zhang Ren did not panic and said, “Qi Ting, this is not a line you can say, just say what you want, why are you pretending in front of me?”
Qi Ting heatedly laughed and said, “My purpose? It’s actually very simple, haven’t I already said it once just now?”
“Sorry, I can’t do that.” Zhang Ren said in a cold voice.
Qi Ting hummed and said, “You have to believe in yourself, you can do it.”
With that, he took out a pale blue stone on his body, which was no more than the size of a fist and emitted a faint ethereal blue luminescence that looked eerie, and Zhang Ren’s face, whose gaze fell on the blue stone, instantly changed as he felt the eerie consciousness that had previously lain dormant revived once again!
“What is this?”
He took a few steps back in shock, his eyes filled with a struggle.
Qi Ting laughed heatedly and wryly, “Since Master is so partial to you, of course I have to find a good way out for myself… Zhang Ren, you wouldn’t have thought of it, but I had already moved on you when you were thirteen.”
Zhang Ren bit the tip of his tongue, constantly resisting the consciousness that was about to invade his mind, and again said in a cold voice, “So you did it!”
“It was me.” Qi Ting grunted, and then with a grim smile, he said, “What you would not expect is that Master also knows about this, and although he stopped me, he finally acquiesced.”
Zhang Ren could no longer speak at this point, he had to resist the inner realisation with all his might.
And Mao Hare hurried to Zhang Ren, looking at Qi Ting again in an unkind manner, and said, “Don’t you dare!”
Qi Ting sneered, “Don’t worry, Mao Hare, I have no intention of letting you off the hook!”
