Chapter 12: Shot

The only way out of the bamboo hut was through the bamboo forest in front of it.

Beyond that, there are mountains, and there are no roads… Even if you climb up the rocky, overgrown mountain wall, it is very easy to get lost in the mountains.

From this point of view, the location of the Bamboo Grove is very fortunate.

However, I only thought about these things after the fact. At the time, my blood was already rushing to my head because the person shouting outside the bamboo forest was my father, and there is a special connection between blood relatives.

From the moment my father called out Master Jiang, I, who was tidying up my yellow cloth bag (the ritual implements in Shengcun had already been taken back), could not help but tremble all over, because from the moment I heard that, I felt that my father was trying to calm down, and that my father was actually very scared.

This strong feeling made me drop the ritual tools in my hand the first time, and I rushed out of the house without thinking. The master who was next to me hesitated for a moment, and when I dropped the ritual tools, he whispered, “Why is Old Chen back again?”

But after I ran out of the house, my father shouted at Master Jiang, “You guys, run!” and the master followed me out of the house.

I didn’t think about what to do. At that moment, my instinct was to rush to my father. I have always been at peace with my loved ones because I know that there is an unwritten rule in the circle of cultivators, which is that you cannot harm your loved ones in the secular world. I never thought that one day my loved ones would be implicated… So I didn’t know what to do, and I could only rely on my instincts and felt that I had to be close to my father.

“Chengyi!” I ran very fast, and Master didn’t catch up with me, but it was Wu Liyu outside who grabbed me.

He and I were not that close, so his call of Chengyi was a bit awkward, but he held my hand very tightly, indicating a certain attitude.

I swear I wasn’t impulsive, but my relatives are just ordinary people. In this situation, which is obviously under duress, no one can stay calm. I didn’t care that Wu Liyu was an elder, suppressed my anger, and said bluntly, “Let go.”

“Chengyi, listen…” Wu Liyu obviously understood the situation outside, and he obviously wanted to persuade me, but I couldn’t hear it. My hand had already grabbed Wu Liyu’s hand, and my face was cold. I began to use all my strength to break Wu Liyu’s fingers one by one.

In this extremely anxious situation, my strength seemed to have exploded. Wu Liyu was forcibly pulled apart by me. He still wanted to reach out with the other hand to grab me. His face was so uneasy. Maybe I couldn’t suppress my desire to go crazy at that time.

I didn’t speculate on what would have happened if Wu Liyu had really grabbed me at that moment, because at that time my master had already caught up with me and said, “Old Wu, let him go. I’ll go with him.”

“Lao Jiang, this is probably not appropriate. They wouldn’t dare to break this taboo, even if they had the guts. They’re just using this to threaten Chengyi.” Seeing my master come, Wu Liyu was obviously much more at ease, and I was pulled behind my master by the arm. He gave me a reassuring look.

The meaning of this look was that he would accompany me through the mountains of swords and the sea of flames, and now he wanted me to calm down.

I couldn’t help but tremble slightly, but I began to breathe deeply. At this time, unfamiliar shouts came from outside the bamboo forest: “Chen Chengyi, are you a coward? Your mother and sister are still in the village for dinner. Do you want us to bring your father in?”

The master grabbed my arm, a little too hard, forcing me to calm down.

The bamboo forest, ordinary maze is certainly not able to trap the cultivator, people outside the bamboo forest are doing this on purpose, not being able to see is more psychological pressure, they deliberately do not come in, just to stimulate me to be more anxious.

They don’t need to care about all of us. If just one person in our Li family is controlled, it’s the same as controlling all of us. It’s impossible for us to give up anyone, and this is perhaps the most ridiculous and exploitable point among the cultivators Yang Sheng sent to kill us.

Since Yang Sheng has officially begun the operation to kill us, how can he not let his subordinates “do their homework”?

“Old Wu, it seems that you have the wrong information.” Master Wu Liyu didn’t explain too much to Wu Liyu, just shook his head and sighed, then grabbed me and walked towards the bamboo forest.

Wu Liyu shouted behind my master: “Lao Jiang, aren’t you being a little impulsive? You really don’t consider what I say.”

“Yang Sheng is probably already a madman, and he is now self-inflated to the limit… Besides, what do you think a paranoid person would care about rules when he wants to do something?” My master did not turn around. At this point, he had already led me into the bamboo forest, which was also an explanation for Wu Liyu, but it made me even more worried.

“Don’t worry.” But to me, my master didn’t explain much, the only thing he said was “don’t worry.”

But those two words made me feel exceptionally at ease.

At this time, behind us, we heard footsteps coming from all directions. Everyone heard the noise and came out, but Master said, “Go back. I and Chengyi will be enough. Li Pu, there is an ‘underground passage’ in the Bamboo Grove. You are familiar with the Xiangzi meridian. Take everyone with you.”

“But Master, where will we meet up?” At this time, everyone knew that this was not the time to act impulsively. Everyone’s footsteps hesitated for a moment and then stopped, but Xiao Chengqian couldn’t help but ask again.

“Listen to Wu’s arrangements,” the master said, and there was no further explanation. Everyone’s footsteps began to retreat rapidly towards the Bamboo Forest Villa. What was needed at this time was to leave as soon as possible.

Although I am anxious now, I am not stupid. My master didn’t say much, just that I could tell from the wrong news about Wu Liyu that Yang Sheng’s people had already started their operation, rather than leaving us time to leave calmly… Otherwise, my relatives would not have been controlled as soon as they left the Bamboo Grove.

It seems that the person who helped us delay things couldn’t do much… I originally believed that Master must have made preparations for a leisurely departure, but I didn’t expect the net to suddenly tighten.

I don’t know if Master was thinking the same thing as I was, but he suddenly sighed and said, “There is definitely a problem.”

But what was wrong? Master didn’t explain in detail, and I didn’t have time to ask anything, because at this time, we were already about to walk out of the bamboo forest. The shadows of the people surrounding the bamboo forest could be clearly seen, and there were probably a dozen people.

“Master Jiang, Chengyi, you go back, they…” I heard my father’s voice so anxious, but I couldn’t see where he was, but the voice was obviously breaking free of something, forcibly shouting out, but before he could finish, he felt like he was being controlled again.

At this moment, I felt not the blood rushing to my head, but rather the blood in my body turning cold and freezing.

My parents are both kind and gentle people who are almost uninvolved in worldly affairs. Why do they have to be treated like this? How could Yang Sheng have done such a thing? I could not believe he had made such a decision! At that moment, I deeply realized what it felt like to hate someone.

This hatred made me dizzy, and I couldn’t help but quicken my pace. However, my master stopped me and deliberately slowed down his pace, saying to me, “Everything is up to me.”

I trusted my master from the bottom of my heart. Although his slow pace made me anxious and my teeth itched, I had no choice but to obey him. He deliberately walked in a zigzag pattern, taking one step to the left and one to the right. I didn’t know why.

In fact, at that time I was already in a panic. The more I thought about my loved ones, the more I was worried. How could I notice the deliberate details of the master?

No matter how deliberately Master delayed, we still finished the rest of the journey. We had just stepped out of the lush bamboo forest and stood in an area with no more cover. Before I could even take a look at where my father was, Master suddenly pulled me down and I fell to the ground.

Bang, bang, bang, at the moment of impact, I heard a series of gunshots… Before I could react, the nearest bullet had already exploded next to me, sending the earth and soil flying… Although there was no cover where we were, it was a depression, and the people probably didn’t expect us to fall so quickly. The bullets were almost fired horizontally, so we were lucky to escape at such close range.

If I had reacted more slowly, I have no doubt that the dozen or so continuous gunshots would have turned me and my master into “sieve”.

My forehead was covered with fine sweat, but before I could say anything, I felt a strong chill coming from all directions, bringing with it a fierce wind. Wherever the wind blew, I felt my bones freezing.

In an instant, I heard a chaotic shouting sound ringing in my ears, and then I heard my father’s cry: “Chengyi, Master Jiang, are you okay? Oh my God…”

It all happened so quickly, just a few seconds, and I was completely dazed, but the master pulled me up.

He said, “You’re safe for now!”