A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 129 Ruined Temple
At the hour of Mao the next day, the sky was still dark and there was no one in the town. However, torches had been lit at the door of the inn. The porters Tang Dejin and Ren Tiewa had already mounted the escort cart and led it out!

Everyone mounted their horses one by one, and the sound of horse hooves rang out in the dull night.

Sun Huang and his team had already walked this route countless times, and the bases for them to stay during the journey were also planned very clearly. After leaving Chang'an Town, the escort team would follow the official road into the territory of Ruyang Prefecture.

After entering Ruyang Prefecture, the first county town you can settle down is Sheqi County.

However, Sheqi County is more than a hundred miles away from here, and it would take two days for the escort team to arrive there at their speed.

During this time, they had to rest for one night in a dilapidated temple, so they had to set off early.

The escort team hurried and finally saw a dilapidated temple not far from the official road in the dusk.

The dilapidated temple was not small, but one corner had collapsed.

In the deep twilight, an owl was standing on the eaves of the temple roof. Suddenly, the owl shot out like an arrow, flying in the air, biting a bat catching insects at low altitude, and then fluttering its wings, holding the big bat, and flew to the wild forest not far away...

Sun Huang called the escorts and led the escort cart into the temple. Then he untied the horses and tied them to a big tree outside the temple gate. It was the turn of spring and summer here, and the weeds were lush, which was just right for the horses to eat their fill...

After finishing all these, Tang Dejin squatted at the temple gate, watching over the horses grazing.

The other escorts were all inside the temple, each finding a place to sit and rest...

Lu Feng and Ren Tiewa took out cooking utensils, water bags, and dried meat from an upside-down net bag under an escort vehicle, and prepared to cook.

Lu Feng glanced at Duan Rong, but he hesitated and still didn't call Duan Rong.

Although Duan Rong is also a trainee escort, he has already reached the second level of Inner Breath Realm. Escorts are all brave men who make a living by fighting. Duan Rong's second level of Inner Breath Realm is not weak even among escorts.

Moreover, Duan Rong’s master is Xiao Yu.

But when Duan Rong saw Lu Feng and Ren Tiewa busy in the open space in the middle of the ruined temple, he stood up and walked over, without saying anything, and took the initiative to help.

Duan Rong worked in the workplace in his previous life. To survive in this field, one must know how to behave.

Duan Rong, Lu Feng, and Ren Tiewa were cooking when suddenly a voice said, "Boss, there's a person lying in the shadows!"

The person who spoke was Yao Liangrong, who was Lu Feng's master when he first joined the escort team.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards Yao Liangrong. Yao Liangrong raised his hand and pointed to the dark corner of the dilapidated temple behind him.

In the light of the torch, it could be seen that there was indeed a person lying there. His clothes were tattered, his face was covered with dirt, and his hair was stuck into clumps by mud. The person was lying on a broken mat, motionless, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive.

Sun Huang glanced at the man and said, "He might be a refugee... When the meal is ready, see if he is still breathing. If he is, give him a bowl as well."

Cooking in the wild was not a big deal. Just add some dried meat, dry biscuits, and some seasonings to make a pot of thick soup. The fire was burning and the aroma of rice soon filled the air. The escort had been traveling all day and was already hungry. When he smelled the aroma of rice, his mouth was watering.

After the meal was ready, Lu Feng and Ren Tiewa served first, while Sun Huang, Liu Ao and Xiao Yu each took a bowl. The other escorts each took a bowl and gathered around the big iron pot. Duan Rong took a big iron spoon and began to serve rice to everyone.

After the escorts got their meal, they took their bowls, found a place, and started to eat, either squatting or sitting.

The last person to come and serve the food was Li Yuliang. Unlike the escorts who all had martial arts skills, he was fine on the first day, but on the second day he could not eat anymore. He felt as if all the bones in his body were falling apart and his face looked listless.

Duan Rong had just filled a bowl of rice and was about to hand it to Li Yuliang when suddenly a dark shadow jumped out from the darkness in a corner of the ruined temple, like a bat in the dark night. In mid-air, a cold light flashed in its hand, and it grasped a dagger and stabbed at Li Yuliang's throat.

That shadow was the refugee who had been lying on the broken mat in a corner of the temple, not knowing whether to live or die...

At this time, the escorts were all holding their bowls and eating, and had no time to react. Li Yuliang had no martial arts skills, and he saw the dagger in the man's hand was about to cut Li Yuliang's throat.

Duan Rong's heart trembled, and he suddenly splashed the thick soup in his hand. The hot and sticky soup splashed all over and sprinkled on the man in the air.

While pouring the soup, Duan Rong raised his right leg and kicked Li Yuliang in the abdomen.

Duan Rong infused his internal energy into his toes and kicked Li Yuliang backwards. The man in mid-air suddenly felt his eyes blurred and his vision was blocked by the soup in the air. By the time the dagger in his hand pierced through the soup and stabbed Li Yuliang's throat, Li Yuliang had already flown backwards and narrowly avoided this fatal blow!
The man also reacted quickly. Before his body hit the ground, he threw the dagger in his hand out in mid-air. With a whoosh sound, the dagger shot towards Li Yuliang's face in mid-air!

Li Yuliang was in mid-air, and he saw the dagger flying towards him. At that moment, he felt that the world had stopped, and only the dagger flying towards him was moving...

"Am I going to die?" A thought flashed through Li Yuliang's mind.

At this moment, a figure flashed by, and then a crisp "ding" sound was heard. Xiao Yu drew his sword and struck, knocking away the dagger that was shot at Li Yuliang!
"Mastery level of Cloud Snake Step! So fast!" Duan Rong was surprised. Just now he only felt a black shadow flash before his eyes, and Xiao Yu knocked the dagger away.

The man saw that his two attacks had failed and the bodyguards had already reacted. He had no chance to kill Li Yuliang, so he retreated violently, kicked over Tang Dejin who was guarding the temple gate, and rushed into the night outside the gate.

Sun Huang suddenly leaped up and chased to the temple gate, but it was dark outside the temple gate and the assassin had great martial arts skills, so he had already disappeared.

Sun Huang stood at the entrance of the temple and turned around. Only then did he hear a bang. Li Yuliang fell heavily to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

The man who had just assassinated that person and Xiao Yu both had mastered the art of lightness, and their figures flashed and moved at an incredible speed. Although Sun Huang did not know the art of lightness, he had already reached the fourth level of Inner Breath Realm. The speed was brought about by pure strength, and he leapt to the temple gate in one leap. The movements of several people were completed in a breath!
Li Yuliang fell to the ground, vomiting violently, his face pale. Duan Rong's kick had infused his internal energy. Although he controlled the power, it was still too much for Li Yuliang, who had never practiced martial arts, to bear. At that moment, his internal organs were shaking violently...

But Li Yuliang also knew that if Duan Rong hadn't kicked him at the critical moment, his throat would have been cut open by the dagger...

Sun Huang took a look at Li Yuliang who was vomiting violently on the ground, and knew that although he was vomiting violently, he was obviously not injured.

Sun Huang's gaze swept across Duan Rong and Xiao Yu's faces. If it weren't for this pair of master and disciple, the man would have been dead at that moment!

(End of this chapter)