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    Xie Ren coldly said, “Get out of the way.”

    The ghostly fire didn’t move a muscle. Xie Ren said, “Why are you guys stopping me?”

    The ghost fire did not answer. The other little ghost flames were still repeating “don’t go there”. Xie Ren didn’t want to get entangled with these things and waved his hand to disperse them.

    It wasn’t a blow to the soul, this palm, just dispersed the ghostly flames that had formed a blocking formation, as if dispersing a group of fireflies or small goldfish.

    Xie Ren quickly passed through, stepping on the withered leaves on the ground with a soft sound, however, when she looked back, the ghost flames also quickly followed, looking like they were going to form a formation again. Xie Ren warned, “Don’t follow me.”

    The brightest and hottest ghost fire flew in the front and turned a deaf ear, Xie Ren raised her hand as if she wanted to fight, and said fiercely, “If you follow me again, I’ll beat your souls into oblivion!”

    So intimidated, many ghost flames were scared, fluttering and cowering backward. And the leader of the ghost fire in the air stagnation for a moment, still followed behind him less than five paces, so that Xie Ren felt, it is as if it is saying “soul flying away also does not matter”, or is, it knows, Xie Ren will not really hit it.

    Xie Ren suddenly felt a burst of unexplained anger. Once upon a time, when he drank, which little ghost dared to pester? They would have scattered with their tails between their legs. Now, not only do people dare to trample on him, even this little ball of ghost fire do not listen to him, do not take his threat seriously, angry his eyes red, murmured: “…… Even you such a small ghosts are also like this …… all of them! This …… is not one that is not like this!”

    It was a bit funny to be so angry over such a trivial matter, but Xie Ren was really full of indignation at the moment. Unexpectedly, after he muttered these words, the ghost fire seemed to understand that he was angry and sad, and fixed itself in the air, no longer advancing, and slowly retreated backward with hundreds of small ghost fires. In a short while, they all disappeared into the night.

    Xie Ren exhaled a breath and turned around to continue on his way.

    After seven or eight hundred steps, a few corners of the eaves appeared faintly in the mist ahead, seeming to be an ancient view of a deep mountain. Xie Ren walked closer and fixed his eyes on it, his eyes widened slightly.

    This is actually …… a princely temple.

    Naturally, it was the dilapidated Prince’s Temple. It had long since suffered the ransacking of the mob, and the plaque fell to the ground and broke in half. Xie Ren paused for a moment at the entrance of the temple, lifting his foot to step over the broken plaque and enter the temple. The statue of the god in the temple has long disappeared, I do not know whether it was smashed or burned, or sunk into the sea, the god on the stage is empty, only a charred black base remains. Both sides of the “body in the infernal, the heart in the peach origin” was scratched twenty-seven or eighty-eight cuts, as if a good beauty was scratched with a knife face, no longer beautiful, eerie and hideous.

    Xie Ren composed himself, went to the temple and sat down on the spot, waiting for Bai Wu Xiang to appear. An incense stick later, a figure did appear in the mist outside the temple.

    However, the figure’s figure was not right, not as leisurely as Bai Wuxiang’s; the footsteps were also not right, more hurried, and not as silent as Bai Wuxiang’s. Therefore, the person coming was definitely not Bai Wuxiang, nor was it anyone he recognized.

    So, who could it be?

    Xie Ren was on the alert, and it was only when the person rushed to the front of the Prince’s Temple that he got a good look at the other party. However, unfortunately, the person didn’t match all of his guesses – he was just a passerby, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t see any clues.

    But Xie Ren still didn’t let her guard down, who knew if it could be a disguise for Bai Wu Xiang?

    Deserted mountains, dilapidated Taoist temple, suddenly encountered a person, Xie Ren was wary of the other party, and the other party was also wary of Xie Ren. Only after a long time, he tentatively asked, “This …… Taoist master? Do you know what place this is?”

    Xie Ren frowned slightly and looked up, “You don’t know what this place is? Then how did you get here?”

    The man said, “I’m lost! I’ve been turning around for half a day and I can’t get out.”

    Xie Ren knew in his heart that he was definitely not lost, if this person was not Bai Wu Xiang in disguise, then he was more than likely abducted in by something.

    He said, “Don’t turn around, you won’t get out of here.”

    “What? What did you say?”

    Xie Ren, however, stopped answering and continued to meditate. If it was Bai Wuxiang who abducted him, then it was useless to be anxious, if he didn’t let everyone go, he wouldn’t want to leave, so he might as well wait quietly to see what he really wanted to do.

    That person is also tired of running, sitting aside to rest their feet, the two of them in peace. After a short while, the mist appeared in the figure of another person, traveling to the front of the temple, is also a nagging passer-by, see the temple there are people, and hastened to meet up, “Two buddies! May I ask, what kind of place is this?”

    Those two passersby climbed up, and Xie Ren had a premonition.

    It’s not over. There will be others.

    Sure enough, in less than an hour, dozens of people came to this Prince Temple one after another. Men, women, young and old, or alone, or in twos and threes, or dragging their families along, most of them were lost, but lost in a thousand different ways, some of them even managed to get lost here by walking on the street, very unbelievable. Inside, Xie Ren also saw the seller who had to compete with him for the chest breaking boulder before, he didn’t look too good, it seems that the last competition really made him hurt a lot, the two people hit the face, didn’t speak, nodded.

    Obviously, these were all ordinary people, and all of them were deliberately brought to this deep forest by Bai Wuxiang!

    Xie Ren’s heart alarm bells are getting louder and louder, but he did not move, pulling out a cold steamed bun from his sleeve and gnawing hard, chewing hard and then swallowing hard. He wants to save his strength as much as possible to cope with the big battle that may come later.

    Two hours later, this Prince Temple inside and outside was “lost” to the crowd crowded, Xie Ren secretly counted, about a hundred people. None of them could get out of this forest.

    As soon as there were more people, the scene became rowdy, with the crowd talking, “You’re here somehow, too? This is really evil!”

    Someone suggested, “Why don’t we look again?”

    Immediately, someone was in favor: “Go, go, go, go, I don’t believe it, so many people and not a single one of them can walk out!”

    Xie Ren, who was sitting in the corner, however, coldly raised her head and said, “It’s useless how you guys walk. You can’t get out.”

    The crowd looked at him, “Why?”

    Xie Ren coldly said, “Because you were all lured here by a monster. You are all his toys, would he let you go so cheaply?”

    “……”

    Some of the crowd felt that he was alarmist, some felt that he was godly, and some felt that he was not to be underestimated. One man stood up and said, “Who are you? What gives you the right to say that?”

    “He seems to be one of the first to come. He was sitting here when I came.”

    “Weird ……”

    “Yeah, and masked.”

    “Do you have any credentials yet?”

    Xie Ren said in a faint voice, “There is no proof. Whether you guys believe it or not, that monster lured you here definitely won’t be to treat you to dinner, so be careful there’s no need for me to say more.”

    As soon as the words fell, and no one had yet responded, a rush of wild footsteps came from the distance. The crowd’s spirits immediately lifted as they said, “Someone is coming again!”

    At that moment, some people wanted to welcome out to see, but they all just stepped out of the temple door and hurriedly chatted and slipped back. Because, accompanied by the sound of running, there is a burst of crazy shouting!

    This scream simply did not sound like a human being could make, the crowd’s faces changed greatly, and they all retreated toward the temple, saying, “My mother, what kind of person is this? Can’t be some kind of beast right?!”

    And as the silhouette in the mist ran closer and closer, Xie Ren narrowed his eyes and said, “No, that is indeed a person!”

    Only, that person is running this way, while howling loudly, and hands cover the face. Seeing that he was about to run into the Crown Prince Temple, Xie Ren squeezed out of the crowd and stood on the outer level to see what was going on, but it was as if the man had no eyes, and he went straight to a tree at the entrance of the Crown Prince Temple and crashed into it, with a “Bang!” With a bang, he was bounced away from the tree, and fell to the ground and fainted.

    The crowd was startled, huddled in the temple and stretched out their necks in anxiety, “What’s the matter with …… this …… man?”

    Including that seller, there were a few bold ones who wanted to inspect, but Xie Ren immediately said, “Don’t get close!”

    A few people were again startled by his stern tone and said, “What then? Just let him lie there?”

    Xie Ren said, “I’ll just go and watch.”

    The crowd said, “Be careful then?”

    Xie Ren nodded and slowly approached the tree, squatting down, and was about to move the man’s face-covering hand away when the man suddenly leapt up and let out two screams.

    Yes, it was two screams. And, two sounds at the same time. One came from the man’s mouth, and the other, from his face – the man’s face, with a face!

    Sphinx Epidemic!

    Xie Ren had goosebumps, his pupils shrunk, and the people in the temple were stunned by this horrible scene. After that person popped up, open hands will be rushing towards the crowded place, thanks to Xie Ren’s quick eyes and hands, a palm shot out, that human face epidemic patients were instantly sent flying to several feet away by him. Xie Ren quickly back a few steps to stop in front of the temple door, behind him the crowd was terrified and said: “This disease is not only in the Imperial City side only? So many people died in the Imperial City, isn’t this disease already extinct?!”

    “Fake it isn’t real is it? Is that really a human face on his face?!”

    Even more frighteningly, the next moment, more screams came from all directions, and a dozen or so figures staggered and gathered towards this side of the Prince’s Temple.

    I don’t need to see it to know that they are all sphinx patients!

    Someone shouted, “Everyone run! Spread out! Don’t let them get close!!!”

    Xie Ren, however, droned, “Don’t spread out! There’s no telling how many more in the forest! It’ll be over if there are more out there!”

    “What then?!” “We can’t wait for them to come and catch them in a jar!” “Isn’t this waiting to die?!”

    The branch that was folded on the road before had been on Xie Ren’s waist, and he pulled it out, holding it diagonally like a sword, saying, “Don’t worry, they can’t come over here. Whether or not they can come near here is of course up to me!”

    This is his territory, the Prince’s Palace!

    “You ……”

    Not waiting for the crowd to ask again, Xie Ren flew out, “brush brush brush” a few branches, instantly will be those face epidemic patients point down to the ground, this is not at all difficult for Xie Ren, said to do, these strange people really did not come close to one. All the people inside the temple were gasping for breath, watching in fear, seeing him overcome, they shouted and thanked God loudly. And the night sky of the forest did not know when to swim a lot of ghost fire, dancing in the air, I do not know whether it is helping to drive away those human face epidemic patients, anyway, Xie Ren felt that they did not get in his way. After sweeping the circle, he habitually wanted to take his sword back into the sheath, only to realize that he was holding a branch instead of a sword, embarrassed for a moment, in the next instant, he saw a white figure not far away beckoning to him. Xie Ren had just fought a round of battle and was in the middle of his blood boiling, he immediately chased after it, “Don’t try to escape!”

    Bai Wuxiang naturally wasn’t trying to run away, walking neither too fast nor too slow, very calmly, but always seven or eight steps ahead of him. Xie Ren chased after him for a few steps, his heart lit up and he immediately turned back. Seeing that he was not chasing after him, Bai Wu Xiang instead stopped walking and said, “Why don’t you follow me?”

    Xie Ren turned around and said, “You’re just trying to lure me away to spread the Human Face Epidemic once more, why should I follow you there and let you have your way?”

    Bai Wu Xiang, however, smiled, “No, you’re wrong. My purpose is not to ‘lure you away’, my purpose, is you.”

    Although he could not see his expression at all with his sad and happy face on, for some reason, Xie Ren could just feel that he was smiling.

    It doesn’t make sense, if Bai Wuxiang wants to spread the human face epidemic again, he can spread it all over the world, Xie Ren can’t stop him at all, why does he have to spread it in this deep mountain?

    Xie Ren stopped in his tracks and said, “Then what exactly do you want to do?!”

    He had asked this question countless times and was already losing patience. Bai Wu Xiang said, “I said that I want you to come to my side.”

    Xie Ren pulled out a tree branch and pointed it at him, although this wasn’t much of a deterrent at all and seemed a bit funny, it was the only weapon he had in his hand at the moment. Luckily, there was an extraordinarily bright ghostly flame that landed on the front of that branch, still adding a bit of pizzazz to him. Xie Ren snapped, “What do you want me to do on your side? To take your life?”

    Bai Wuxiang laughed lowly a few times and said in a warm voice, “Your Highness the Crown Prince, you are a beautiful jade, let me teach you.”

    “……”

    Xie Ren was both comical and angry, and couldn’t help but spit, “Who do you think you are to teach me? My master is the Immortal Music Kingdom Master, what are you! Where are you a monster from!”

    Bai Wuxiang stretched out a finger and shook it, saying, “You are wrong again. Your Highness, I should say that in this world, only I am worthy of teaching you. Your master? Immortal Music Kingdom Master?”

    His tone rose arrogantly for no reason, saying, “In front of me, such things are not worth mentioning at all. On the contrary, what I taught you, you learned well.”

    Xie Ren said angrily, “What did you teach me? What are you talking about? I don’t understand a word of it!”

    Bai Wu Xiang grunted and laughed, “The first thing I’ll teach you is: there are many things in the world that you can’t do anything about.”

    Upon hearing this, many disorganized voices and images flashed through Xie Ren’s mind. In the end, he gritted his teeth and stabbed out with a “sword”, which Bai Wu Xiang easily flashed through, saying, “The second thing–“

    As he grabbed Xie Ren, yanking him so hard that he stumbled and nearly fell, he felt a hand touch the top of his head and said, ”Do you want to save the Cang Sheng? The living beings don’t need to be saved by you at all. They don’t deserve it.”

    Xie Ren’s movements lagged for a moment, slapped away that hand backhand and stabbed again. With a “pop” sound, Bai Wuxiang broke the branch in his hand and flashed behind him, his two cold fingers already placed on the fatal point behind his head!

    Xie Ren was held against the back of his head, feeling that at any moment, he would go through his head and freeze. A voice came from behind her, “If you don’t come to me, you’ll never be able to win against me, and will only ever be defeated by me.”

    Xie Ren gasped for a few breaths and said in a deep voice, “…… Feel free to come!”

    After a pause, he said word for word, “You can’t win, just for now. You can defeat me countless times, but you can’t kill me. And as long as you can’t kill me, one day, I will definitely defeat you!”

    That ghost fire heard his words and burned even more fiercely, as if it wanted to light up the entire night sky. Bai Wu Xiang was silent behind him for a moment and asked, “I can’t kill you?”

    Xie Ren held his breath.

    In fact, he didn’t know just how strong the immortal body Jun Wu had secured for him could be. What if Bai Wuxiang really dug through his brain in a fit of rage? Would he be alive again?

    At this time, Bai Wu Xiang said in a faint voice, “It’s true that I can’t kill you. Nor will I kill you.

    “But don’t get too confident now. Afterward, it’s good not to regret this.”

    Regret? Why regret?

    Xie Ren hadn’t thought about it, a hand knife slashed at his neck, and his eyes were plunged into darkness.

    In the darkness, there seemed to be light and heat coming from far ahead. Xie Ren went by the light, awakening little by little.

    Opening his eyes slightly, the first thing that caught his eye was a ghostly flame above him. It seemed that the light and heat felt in the coma was it.

    Seeing him wake up, the ghost fire instantly pasted over, and as if it felt that it was bad to be too close to people, it slightly retreated a bit. Xie Ren always felt that this group of ghost fire seems to be particularly unusual, if I remember correctly, just now on the road to form a formation to block their own is it. He wanted to reach out and explore it, but unexpectedly, his hand couldn’t reach out at all.

    Xie Ren was stunned and came to his senses in a flash. Looking down, he realized that the reason he couldn’t reach out was that his hands and feet were bound.

    He was actually tied tightly to the god platform, and underneath him was the crumbling base. Many people were huddled under the god platform and were gazing at him with round eyes after round eyes.

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