Chapter 67: Those who follow the Dao receive much help; those who oppose it receive little

If one were to ask, who had the easiest time in tonight's thrilling battle against the Wood Puppet Ghost?

It was definitely not Yang Ning and Li Hu, who had the strongest strength.

It was Xia Chuan, who had been guarding outside the valley entrance the whole time.

The commotion coming from inside the valley was so great, especially those last few times when the ground was shaking; let alone outside the passage, even from several hundred meters away, it could probably be heard clearly.

Xia Chuan heard these commotions in his ears and felt anxious in his heart.

He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan outside, worried about Xia Hong and the safety of everyone in the Great Xia camp. Countless times he wanted to rush in to help; at the very beginning, he had even walked into the passage several times.

It was also a coincidence of fate that once, when he was preparing to go in to see the situation, a large pile of rubble happened to fall from above, blocking the inner entrance of the passage, so he hadn't been able to get in.

Later, when the passage opened, Xia Chuan hesitated when he wanted to go in again.

Remembering the words Xia Hong had given him before going in, he ultimately gave up.

Whether it was Xia Hong, Luo Ming, or Yang Ning and Li Hu, these people's strength was all stronger than his own. With so many Woodcutting Realm combatants from Luo Ge and the other four camps, they didn't lack him.

Even if he went in, he definitely wouldn't be able to help much.

It would be better to follow Big Brother's words and continue to guard the cave entrance.

In case he rushed in and disrupted any of Xia Hong's deployments, it would be counterproductive.

With this thought, even when the commotion from the valley became smaller later, Xia Chuan no longer had the idea of going in and chose to continue guarding outside the cave.

Until just now, sensing that someone was coming out from inside the passage, Xia Chuan immediately perked up, approached the entrance, and quickly became vigilant.

After approaching the entrance, he could also hear Xia Hong's voice inside.

Hearing his older brother tell people not to walk outside, and the three voices following behind also meaning the same thing, he immediately realized where his responsibility lay.

Sure enough, seeing everyone in the cave retreat back to the valley, with only one person sneaking toward the entrance, Xia Chuan immediately stood ready.

It was just a pity that when that person walked to the exit, before he could be happy, his soles inexplicably caught fire.

The instant it caught fire, Xia Chuan, who was hiding on one side, didn't hesitate at all and rushed out directly, using the stone axe in his hand to hack fiercely at that person's skull.

Following Xia Hong's orders earlier, he had coated a layer of Condensing Fire Oil at the exit in advance; the person caught fire the moment he stepped on it, so his identity was self-evident.

"You little bastard, stop for me right now!"

Before the stone axe reached him, Xia Chuan heard Li Hu's furious roar again.

But Xia Hong had instructed earlier that no matter who came out, he should greet them directly; furthermore, he could be certain that the one coming out was the Wood Puppet Ghost.

Plus, he had never liked Li Hu to begin with.

With various factors superimposed, how could Xia Chuan stop?

The stone axe hacked into that person's forehead, and thick black energy instantly surged out from the wound. Before Xia Chuan could withdraw, three golden lights shot out from the black energy, flying straight into his forehead, hitting it, and disappearing directly.

With the three golden lights reflecting into his mind, Xia Chuan immediately felt a splitting headache, clutching his head and subconsciously wanting to call for his older brother, Xia Hong.

But before he could make a sound, a fierce kick landed on his chest.

Bang...

Xia Chuan's body flew backward like a cannonball for five or six meters.

Already suffering from a splitting headache, and then receiving such a kick, Xia Chuan immediately couldn't hold on and fell into a coma, collapsing on the ground, unconscious.

"Stop, you dog thing!"

Xia Hong, who had just rushed out of the entrance, saw Xia Chuan kicked flying five or six meters by Li Hu, and his heart was instantly filled with towering rage.

Xia Hong cursed angrily, threw the great blade in his hand fiercely at Li Hu, and then rushed directly to Xia Chuan's side, picking him up. Reaching out to check, he found that Xia Chuan still had breath, just unconscious, and immediately let out a sigh of relief.

Li Hu casually swatted away the great blade Xia Hong had thrown; his face remained furious, and he even looked at Xia Hong and Xia Chuan with a hint of killing intent in his eyes.

Not just him, even Yang Ning beside him was staring fixedly at Xia Chuan at this moment, with cold light flickering incessantly.

Whoosh...

Xia Hong let out a light breath, looked up directly at the two, and said with a hint of mockery:

"Two sirs, it seems that the things on it have no fate with you."

Although he was still very angry in his heart about Li Hu's kick just now, it had to be said that at this moment, he was almost bursting with joy.

Who could have imagined that Xia Chuan, who hadn't contributed a single bit of effort from beginning to end and had always been guarding the entrance, would pick up this bargain for nothing.

Judging from the reactions of the two, Yang and Li, those three golden lights were absolutely precious beyond imagination. After all, these two came from Beishuo Town, which had a population of over one hundred thousand, and they must have seen many good things.

Even they were drooling with greed, wishing they could gamble their lives for it.

Xia Chuan, this time, was afraid he had picked up a massive bargain.

"No fate? Just by relying on you few stinking fish and rotten shrimp, can you block me?"

Of course, he still had to pass the hurdle in front of him!

Probably angered by Xia Hong's mocking tone, Li Hu looked at Xia Hong and the four people—Yuan Cheng and the others—behind him with coldness. Although his eyes were full of contempt and disdain, his tone was extremely grim.

He even took a step forward.

It seemed he wanted to take action directly.

But Yang Ning, standing beside him, reached out and stopped him at this moment.

Yang Ning looked at the unconscious Xia Chuan, his eyes flickering uncertainly for a few times, as if he had made some decision in his heart. He took a deep breath, first pointed at Xia Chuan, and then said to Xia Hong in an indisputable tone:

"Hand him over to me, I want to take him back to Beishuo Town!"

"Impossible!"

Xia Hong refused without even thinking, making Yang Ning's face lose some face; after all, he had just given an order, not a negotiation.

Yang Ning stared at Xia Hong and said in a deep voice: "If you don't let me take him away, then I can only kill him."

"Let me kill him, older brother, these idiots simply don't deserve to possess such precious things. If they stay on them, sooner or later they will be snatched away by other ghosts."

Li Hu walked forward two more steps at this time. He had long since disliked Xia Hong. Back at Red Wood Ridge, Xia Chuan, Yuan Cheng, and the others had spoken up to refute him, which he had also remembered, and he had long been wishing he could take action against them.

A cold light flashed in Yang Ning's eyes, and he quietly withdrew the hand that had originally blocked Li Hu, as if he didn't intend to stop him anymore.

A ferocious grin appeared on Li Hu's face, and he was about to step forward.

"For this ghost elimination, thanks to the help of the two sirs, Luo is extremely grateful. Since that treasure already has an owner, why must the two sirs force it?"

Luo Ming, who hadn't opened his mouth since coming out of the entrance, spoke at this moment.

Li Hu and Yang Ning heard his words, turned to look at Luo Ming, and found that he had walked to Xia Hong's group with Shang Ping and the others. Their expressions changed slightly.

And Xia Hong touched the wound on his shoulder, his expression softening slightly.

Only now did he finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Luo Ming, you want to help them?"

Li Hu's question, calling him by his name directly and full of anger, made Luo Ming's originally calm expression immediately become stiff.

He looked up at the two, Yang and Li, his expression gradually turning cold:

"If it weren't for Leader Xia today, whether we could have defeated this Wood Puppet Ghost is still a question. Luo also keeps the help you two gave in mind. If you have any requests, as long as I have it, please feel free to speak.

Before the Wood Puppet Ghost self-destructed, you two took the treasure a step ahead of others, and neither Luo nor Leader Xia said anything. But since this treasure has no fate with you two and belongs to someone else, you two should also accept it.

If you rely on your strength to bully people, and even have the intention to kill and seize the treasure, please forgive Luo, I absolutely cannot agree."

After hearing Luo Ming's words, Li Hu's anger grew even stronger. He seemed unwilling to talk nonsense with Luo Ming and actually took another step forward, looking like he intended to take action against them directly.

But just at this moment, Huang Yong, the leader of the Huang Zhao camp, and Hong Gang, the leader of the Da Chuan camp, also walked to Xia Hong's side and looked up directly at Li Hu:

"Leader Xia just saved our lives, we also cannot agree!"

"My Da Chuan camp has received such great kindness from Leader Xia, we also absolutely will not agree!"

The leaders of the other two camps, Lu He and Chen Ying, as well as the hundred-plus ordinary people from the Luo Ge camp who had just been rescued in the wooden house, all walked to Xia Hong's side, some even directly blocking in front of him.

"If you don't have the ability yourself and let the treasure slip from your hands, who can you blame? If you want to bully Leader Xia, we absolutely will not agree."

"We also won't sit by and watch Leader Xia be bullied by you."

"We also don't agree."

"Just now in the wooden house, it was Leader Xia who saved me, I also absolutely don't agree."

Looking at Li Hu, who had stopped his steps, and Yang Ning, who had an ugly expression behind him, Xia Hong shook his head slightly in his heart, and eight characters popped into his mind.

Those who follow the Dao receive much help; those who oppose it receive little.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 68 =====