New and dark light years

Chapter 205 Idlers Retreat

Ji Feng changed his clothes and returned to the inn.

There weren't many people in the hall at the moment, only a few martial arts practitioners, who were waiting for news.

Ji Feng went upstairs to his guest room, knocked on the door with a short and a long knock, and then said softly, "It's me, open the door."

The door opened, and there was his wife.

The middle-aged woman's expression immediately turned serious when she saw her husband's face. She pulled him inside and then slowly closed the door.

Then she took her husband's arm and led him to a chair in the inner room.

Only then did Ji Feng's expression turn pained.

He unbuttoned his clothes and looked at his left chest, where there was a bloody wound, and he could vaguely see a beating heart.

"How did you get injured like this?" The middle-aged woman's expression turned horrified upon seeing the wound: "Who did this?!"

With injuries like these, even the slightest bit more force would be fatal.

"The other party launched a sneak attack. I didn't see anyone, but I think it must be that young hero Li."

The middle-aged woman took out a white porcelain bottle from her clothes, uncorked it, poured yellow powder onto the wound, and asked, "Was he using a gun?"

“Yes!” Ji Feng nodded.

"How did you get hurt?" The middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the wound medicine take effect. She said, "Although our Qingcheng Sect's swordsmanship doesn't emphasize offense, few can compare with our sect in terms of defense. Logically speaking, even if you were injured, you shouldn't be like this."

Ji Feng smiled bitterly, "When I got to that courtyard, I didn't find anything unusual, so I went up to the roof and squatted down to lift the tiles to see what was going on inside. Just as I bent down, the spear thrust out. If I hadn't dodged quickly, I probably would have been shot through the heart. Even now, I don't understand how he 'saw' me."

"Could it be that this Mr. Li has exceptional hearing?"

"That's also possible."

The middle-aged woman sighed, "It seems this stuff won't be easy to snatch. Not to mention that this young hero Li, who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, has such strength. And even if we manage to snatch it, we might not be able to escape. Almost every sect in Jiangnan has sent people here now. In that case, we'll be enemies with the whole world."

Ji Feng thought for a moment and said, "How about... we form an alliance with them?"

"Ally with whom?" The middle-aged woman asked with a mocking expression. "In this world, besides family, who can you trust!"

Ji Feng thought for a moment and said, "Tianyi Sect also sent people over. I saw An Xin during the day!"

"Tianyi Sect... has a good reputation and also has connections with our Qingcheng Sect, so it's not bad."

Ji Feng smiled and said, "I will go to see them tomorrow."

"But there's only one exquisite jade box. How will it be divided afterward?"

"Once you get your hands on it, cut it in two and divide it equally!"

The middle-aged woman sighed: "But I always felt things wouldn't go so smoothly."

Ji Feng smiled and said, "You have to try everything."

As he smiled, he felt a slight pain in his chest and instinctively covered it.

"Then I'll do as you say."

……

Li Lin put the Southern Barbarian God Bone back into the box.

At this moment, the spiritual energy within his body had almost fully recovered.

It only took about an hour.

He then continued making paper figures.

The paper figures were made one by one and then placed aside.

At the same time, paper effigies such as sedan chairs and horses were also made, much faster than before.

Zhou Qingqing watched from the side, and finally she couldn't help but ask, "Can we escape Yue County with these paper figures?"

"Yes!"

"The paper figures are scary, but they can't scare so many people in the martial arts world."

"You'll know then."

Zhou Qingqing nodded and went to continue working.

She knew that since she couldn't be of much help with important matters, she would do odd jobs to lighten Li Lin's burden. Time quickly passed and evening arrived.

Li Lin finished making the second soul-guiding paper figure and then drew it in the shape of the Tree Fairy Goddess.

He counted the number of paper figures again and nodded in satisfaction.

The paper figures don't take up much space, because even though there are hundreds of them, there's still room for them.

Li Lin waved and said, "Prepare your food for tonight, get some rest, and we'll set off tomorrow morning."

“Okay!” Zhou Qingqing looked at the room full of paper figures. Although she seemed a little scared, she also felt at ease.

"By the way, when do the city gates of Yuecheng open in the early morning?"

"At dawn."

"That's perfect." Li Lin nodded. "Go to sleep early."

After Li Ba, Li Lin took out the Five-Colored Divine Bone from the box, returned to his room, and sat down to cultivate.

Zhou Qingqing then began to tidy up her things.

She gathered some food and dried meat, along with some banknotes and a few sets of clothes, and then went to sleep fully clothed.

At this moment, she was both nervous and expectant.

I felt a thrill, like I was trying to escape from a cage.

She lay there with her eyes open, lost in thought for a long time, before finally falling asleep.

As dawn broke and the roosters crowed outside, she woke up.

She immediately got up, shook her son Xiaohua awake, picked up her bundle, and led her son to the living room.

Li Lin was already standing there at this moment.

He turned around and saw that Zhou Qingqing was dressed very modestly, so he said, "You still have gorgeous clothes, the more magnificent the better."

Zhou Qingqing thought for a while, then immediately returned to her room. Not long after, she came out dressed in a gorgeous gown, with three gold hairpins dangling from her hair, giving her the look of a noblewoman.

Li Lin nodded, then took out a yellow talisman and lit it.

Blue smoke filled the entire house, and the paper figures around it came into contact with the blue smoke and immediately came to life.

They transformed from paper figures into 'living people,' looking no different from ordinary people. There were constables holding up signs, yamen runners acting as guards, and several maids. In total, there were more than a hundred people, who walked outside the room.

Then they lifted the sedan chair and led the horse out with these paper figures.

Zhou Qingqing stared blankly at everything around her, unable to recover for a long time.

The little boy, however, was quite excited and not afraid at all. He followed the paper figure, looking left and right, laughing heartily, and waving his arms and legs.

Li Lin watched the talisman burn out and said, "Alright, go out now."

"Are you an immortal?" Zhou Qingqing asked, looking at Li Lin.

"He's just an ordinary man."

Looking at Li Lin's handsome face, Zhou Qingqing sighed, "I guess immortals should look like this."

After saying that, she dared not look at Li Lin's face again, for fear that if she looked at him a few more times, she would fall for him.

As she stepped outside, she saw a procession of a hundred people appear outside the courtyard.

The maid came over and vaguely heard 'them' say, 'Master, Madam, Young Master, please get into the sedan chair.'

Zhou Qingqing hesitated for a moment. At this moment, Li Lin walked over first, stepped onto the eight-bearer sedan chair, and then waved in this direction.

She bit her pink lips, then led her son into the sedan chair.

She knew it was a paper sedan chair, but once she sat in it, it felt as if it were real.

Then, the paper sedan chair bearers lifted the sedan chair.

Then the gong player struck the gong.

Dang Dang Dang!
When important people travel, ordinary people should give way!

The sound echoed throughout the entire street.

(End of this chapter)