Chapter 404

Now, the biggest embarrassment facing Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin is that he does not know the depth of the opponent's strength.

If Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge were here, he would certainly be able to see the clues and make a judgment; furthermore, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge being here would mean the whole team is here, so for the sake of caution, one could send Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You up to make some tentative contact.

After weighing the options, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin felt it was better to wait and see; once Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Luo Gong appeared, he would then reveal himself to cover their departure.

Thanks to Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's meticulous requirements and planning for everyone, the team members' "concealment abilities" are excellent; from the perspective of this masked man, he is just an ordinary person.

Moreover, this guy actually quite likes smoking, and he is even smoking secondhand smoke.

That is no problem; if you love to smoke, I will smoke too.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin frowned from time to time and sighed occasionally, displaying a melancholy filled with worries, and these cigarettes, naturally, were one after another.

The masked man's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face remained very close to Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's, his nose twitching as he took in all the smoke.

But it seemed that upon reaching a certain threshold, the masked man lost interest in this brand of cigarette, or perhaps, as Fan Shulin said, the "time" was approaching and Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and the others were about to arrive; the masked man straightened his body and looked toward the gate.

That won't do; the more it is this moment, the more you must be distracted for me.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin reached his hand into his pocket.

There was an interlayer in his pocket containing a small bundle of fine incense and a thick stick of incense.

Both were rations Liu Yi had specially made for Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng.

For convenience, every time Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin prepared equipment, he would ask Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng directly for supplements.

Of course, he was not using them to smoke, but as tools; especially this thick incense, which looked no different from a cigar, could burn for a long time when offerings or altars needed to be set up, and after the ritual ended, the head could be pinched off, with the remainder not affecting its next use.

He held the "cigar" in his mouth and lit it with a lighter.

The taste was so intense that even without inhaling, just a puff in the mouth could make one's eyes roll back in an instant.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin tried his best to keep his expression normal and exhaled the fragrant mist.

At first, the masked man did not care, but after his nose twitched, he immediately turned his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face and inhaled fiercely.

In an instant, a gust of yin wind swirled up in this area.

The fragrant mist Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had just exhaled was not wasted in the slightest, all of it being drawn into the masked man's nasal cavity.

Immediately, the masked man returned to his previous posture, bringing his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face close to Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's again.

Beneath the mask, his eyes were already turning red, revealing a murderous intent.

He had originally smoked just out of whim, but now, because the incense was so good, he wanted to kill and seize the cigar.

The second puff of fragrant mist was exhaled by Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin in time; after the masked man inhaled it, the red in his eyes faded slightly.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin frowned, his Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face showing confusion as if the cigar's taste was problematic, and then he began to puff quickly and exhale quickly.

Under the masked man's high-frequency absorption, the red in his eyes gradually faded, replaced by intoxication and enjoyment.

It was, after all, incense from the Long Wang gate.

The materials might not be considered precious, but since it was handmade by Liu Yi, the craftsmanship was naturally top-tier.

Just as Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin's cheeks were starting to ache from puffing, his peripheral vision caught sight of two people appearing at the gate.

One was Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, and the other was Luo Gong.

Luo Gong had one arm draped over Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang's shoulder, and Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang was supporting him.

Just after stepping into the gate, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang looked up at Fan Shulin's office on the second floor diagonally opposite.

He saw Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin standing there at a glance.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin also looked at him.

Immediately, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin took a powerful puff and exhaled the smoke in a dispersed manner from his mouth and nose.

The masked man opened his mouth, forming a vortex of yin wind again to absorb the scattered fragrant mist.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang confirmed that Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had seen him, but Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin remained unmoved, continuing to stand there smoking the cigar.

"Teacher, let's go first."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang supported Luo Gong as they turned around and left the hospital gate.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin could not help but sigh inwardly: no wonder Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge and Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang became good friends.

The masked man had not completely forgotten his mission; he would also look back toward the gate in the intervals of inhaling secondhand smoke.

But when he looked this time, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and the others were no longer there.

Next, what Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin had to do was to take the opportunity to slip away.

Once Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang saw that he had returned to Jin Ling, he would certainly take the initiative to find a way to meet up at a different place.

The school store? The dormitory? Old Sichuan?

It was just those few places where everyone used to meet and interact often.

However, there seemed to be some kind of problem here; if things were really that simple, why didn't Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang call?

"Sigh, I've been tricked, I've been tricked; this cigar is fake."

Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's "cigar" had gone through many version iterations, and after he had worked hard to smoke for so long, he had only smoked less than one-fifth.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin looked left and right, acting like a very ill-mannered person, and secretly inserted the cigar into the potted plant on the operating room windowsill.

There you go, you can lean in and smoke it yourself.

The masked man indeed took the initiative to lean over; because the windowsill was low, he had to bend his waist, and while inhaling, he had to turn his head to glance at the gate, looking extremely suspicious.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin tidied his clothes and pushed open the door to Fan Shulin's office.

Fan Shulin was still there, weighing every word of his love letter, with a knight standing behind him.

"Divine Physician Fan, I just saw a Cloud-Piercing Arrow; the boss has summoned us to fight for territory, see you later!"

After saying this, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin closed the door and left.

Fan Shulin wanted to say something, but he was not given the chance.

He just scratched his head and continued to study the rhetoric of the next sentence: "In my heart, you are like that snow lotus on the plateau..."

That group—no, that group of ghosts—was targeting Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang; they had no intention of attacking ordinary people here, so Fan Shulin and Lu Yi were very safe.

After Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin left the hospital, he returned to school.

He entered his dormitory and stood by the windowsill.

His and Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's dormitory was at the end of the hall, and from this angle, he could clearly see the entrance to the store.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin waited patiently for Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang to come find him.

After waiting for a while, Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang still did not come over.

"Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and the others' current situation must be problematic, so they can't come here?"

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin did not continue waiting and left the dormitory.

At every stage, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin would use his mobile phone to call Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You to report progress and save the state.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You said that Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge was going to perform a ritual after dinner.

A Li was sitting on the rattan chair at the door, acting as a protector.

Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's affairs were certainly the most important; without resolving the trouble on his body, Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge could not leave the house normally.

And bypassing Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge temporarily to call Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You or Xiang Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng over would easily turn into a piecemeal reinforcement tactic.

Furthermore, even if they set off immediately, it would take a long time to get from Nantong to the capital of Anhui Province.

However, the necessary information reporting could not be skipped; with this communication capability, not reporting in time would be foolish. In case he had an accident or "lost contact" like Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, it would at least save Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge from having to play the "puzzle-solving game" again.

In the hospital.

The cigar in the potted plant had completely turned into a puddle of ash.

The masked man straightened his waist, his breath becoming long.

He looked up at the moon in the sky.

Having failed to ambush the prey, he intended to leave the scene.

With a wave of his hand, the two knights rode out from the operating room and the office respectively.

In the ward, Lu Yi's fever had broken.

He opened his eyes in a daze, confirming the environment he was in.

Outside the ward window, a masked man walked in front, followed by two knights, like fierce ghosts from the underworld, just walking past.

Lu Yi rolled his eyes and fainted again, his high fever returning.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, who had left the school, arrived at Old Sichuan.

It was very late, but business here was still quite good.

Many student couples were sitting together eating grilled fish; if they ate for a little longer, they would regret neglecting the time, find the dormitory closed, and have no choice but to helplessly go to a hotel outside the school to open a room.

From far away, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin noticed Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Luo Gong sitting at the edge of the outdoor seating area.

But when he got closer, he could not see them anymore, as if they had vanished into thin air.

Human eyes can be deceived, but snake eyes cannot.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was certain that Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang intended to meet up with him here.

This scene reminded Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin of the wave at Big Fish; the town where Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang's hometown was located had been forcibly divided into several places due to the layout of a formation.

But that was only a small town, while this was a densely populated university area.

Who would come here to set up such a formation?

Moreover, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin did not think this was a formation; he suspected it had something to do with those three spirits, or perhaps with Luo Gong.

In his ears, he faintly heard the sound of horse hooves again.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin immediately left the place.

Finding a quiet corner, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin hid his figure and watched Old Sichuan.

Those three spirits also appeared here.

The masked man held a bell in his hand, shaking it from time to time.

Those young couples in the midst of their affectionate flirting had absolutely no idea what kind of things were passing right in front of them.

"Brother Liang is consciously leading Luo Gong to avoid them."

He himself, it seemed, had no way to make direct contact with Brother Liang and the others right now; the fact that Brother Liang could still enter that hospital might also be related to the deliberate arrangement of the spirits.

His thoughts were a bit chaotic, and Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin was temporarily unable to sort out the principles behind it.

As it stood, the simplest method was to first catch a spirit and interrogate it carefully.

This was a bit risky.

The next best option was to follow these three spirits himself and lock onto their field of vision.

In this way, he could provide backup for Brother Liang and the others, and also provide guidance for Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan and the others.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin took out his mobile phone, synchronized the latest progress, and followed them.

"Teacher, you must hold on, you must hold on."

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang encouraged Luo Gong.

Luo Gong's Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Human Face was pale, his consciousness blurred, and he could no longer speak; on his back, a crossbow bolt remained embedded in his body, yet to be removed.

Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang cast his gaze around the surroundings.

It was clearly a university area, which should have been roads, buildings, and traffic, but what he saw instead were farmland, thatched cottages, and against this retro backdrop, a piece of modern architecture would occasionally appear like a mirage.

……

"Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, this is Brother Bin's report from last night."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You handed over a notebook.

The record was very brief, but the logic of the report was very clear.

The mobile phone rang, and Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You handed it to Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

"A-You, tell Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan……"

"Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Binbin."

"Brother Marquis Xiao Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan, I feel like I'm about to sink in; just now I saw a retro carriage drive past me and then disappear."

"Continue to follow, ensure safety, keep in contact, we are coming."

"Understood."

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had just put down the phone when he saw a taxi with Jin Ling license plates drive onto the dam.

The driver was Liu Liu Changping.

Since he first met Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, he had experienced meeting his partner, the betrothal gifts, marriage, his wife's pregnancy…… from a bachelor brother, he had quickly become a man with a happy and fulfilling family.

He felt that getting along with Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan and the others was very pleasant, especially since Li Sanjiang gave him local specialties; Liu Liu Changping basically treated Master Li's home like a relative's home in Nantong.

Whenever he received a long-distance order to Nantong or near Nantong, he would bring some things over to visit.

Today, he had come again.

Moreover, he had arrived extremely "punctually."

The small yellow pickup truck usually parked at home had been driven away by Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin, and the other cars were all parked at the Bai Family Town parking lot by the river;

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan was just about to ask A-You to find a car, and the car had come on its own.

Although the river water would actively push some things toward you, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan did not believe the river water would be so thoughtful to this extent.

This was, after all, the "door-to-door pickup and drop-off" treatment that only Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Chen Xiyuan could enjoy.

However, considering who the two people he was going to rescue this time were, enjoying this kind of treatment was quite reasonable.

Zhai Lao, who was of the same rank as Luo Gong, was an existence that even the Emperor of Emperor Emperor Fengdu had to turn into his shadow, which could be said to be maintaining sufficient respect.

Plus Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang; one must know that when Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang returned to Nantong that time, it could be counted as him cooperating with the Great-Grandfather to pull him back from the edge of the cliff.

"Good people have their own heaven-sent luck" is a comforting phrase used for ordinary people, but for people like Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang and Luo Gong, it is the most plain and simple adjective.

People like them, now and in the future, bear different responsibilities; it is not to say that they are immune to ghosts and gods—in fact, they are just ordinary people, and any fierce ghost or dead-walker could take their lives, but they also have various protections that can help them turn bad luck into good.

In the past period of time, Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan had been Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang's protector; without asking for anything in return, while saving Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang, he had also saved Brother Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Xue Liangliang's parents.

Actually, what the youth could not figure out most was that no matter how mysterious the Ji'an Goguryeo tombs were, if you took action on your own territory, that would be one thing, but why would it reach its hand out so far, and against such people—no, against these two people—take action directly?

Was it ignorance being fearless, was it having nothing to fear, or was it as described in the scene presented to him by the Emperor's shadow, that the armor at the banquet truly believed it was acting in accordance with the will of heaven?

Liu Liu Changping had just parked the car and hadn't had time to turn off the engine when the passenger door was opened, and Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan sat in.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You took the gifts out of the trunk, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng put the three people's mountaineering bags inside, and then one on the left and one on the right, they got in and sat down.

Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan: "Back to Jin Ling, in a hurry."

Liu Liu Changping: "Okay."

This was the most efficient visit Liu Liu Changping had made since he could remember.

But he actually had a slight sense of awe toward this youth, mainly coming from the special attitude the people around the youth had toward him.

At present, the group most skilled at rushing for time was taxi drivers.

Liu Liu Changping drove with intense concentration; at this moment, it was as if the figures of his peers in the mountain city appeared on him.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng began to sleep.

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You held the mobile phone, continuing Brother Bin's call.

Brother Bin was seeing more and more strange and bizarre things now.

There were waterwheels, children wearing ancient clothes, and a pretty widow standing in her own fenced yard, pointing at an invisible place and cursing loudly.

Moreover, the signal quality of Brother Bin's calls was getting worse and worse; at first, there was just a little noise in the voice, but later it turned into a little voice in the noise.