Lin Zhao glanced behind him, "Then shall we walk slowly and wait for him?"

"Let's find Ye Yang first! I keep feeling like there's something in what the dwarf said that I can't figure out." I quickened my pace to catch up with Ye Yang.

Although we wasted a lot of time with Old Yan Dai, the people in the tour group were all ordinary people, and their pace wasn't fast.

Before long, we found Ye Yang near a small earth temple halfway up the mountain.

When I saw Ye Yang, he was leaning against a tree, staring at the distant earth temple. "What's happening on your side?"

"A complete mystery!" I said, also looking towards the earth temple.

The tour group, except for Xu Yulong and his group, were all kneeling outside the earth temple. Some were constantly kowtowing, while others had spread paper on the ground, protecting it with their bodies as they wrote something.

I saw that after someone finished writing, they would crumple the paper into a ball and throw it into the temple.

Lin Zhao asked in a low voice, "What are they doing?"

Ye Yang shook the travel brochure and said, "It says here that when you see the Mountain God Temple, you have to kowtow a hundred times at the entrance, then write what you're asking for on a piece of paper and throw it into the temple, and wait for the divine monk from Taiqu Mountain to come."

"Didn't you see they all brought tents? They'll all have to stay here tonight."

I took a deep breath and said, "Tonight, I'm afraid things won't be peaceful."

The people from the tour group threw their paper notes in one after another, then silently pitched their tents and went inside.

Those people had never discussed anything with anyone, but it was as if they had already agreed upon it. Once they entered their tents, they didn't come out again.

As we retreated to the edge of the campsite, the Xu siblings walked up. Xu Yulong spoke first, "Hall Master Li, if you didn't bring a tent, we have extra tents here. If you don't mind, I can get one for you."

I waved my hand and said, "No need. We are术士 (Shu Shi, Taoist sorcerers); we're used to living in the open. Even if we were in an icy and snowy place, we wouldn't need those things."

True Jianghu (martial world) people generally don't use tents. None of us could say for sure when we would have to go through a night battle. Tents would only get in the way.

Even people with slightly weaker cultivation would at most lay something on the ground to block the dampness.

With our level of cultivation, as long as we didn't encounter miasma, nothing could prevent us from resting in the open.

Xu Yulong said awkwardly, "Then I won't disturb Hall Master."

Xu An'an suddenly took a step forward, "I have something to say!"

Xu Yulong panicked, "An'an, what are you doing? Can you say less?"

I looked at Xu Yulong with a half-smile, "Have I reached the point where I don't allow people to speak? If someone has something to say, you have to let them say it, right?"

Xu An'an took a deep breath and said, "Li Po, Ye Yang, I know you don't like me. You think I'm a圣母婊 (sheng mu biao, 'holy mother b*tch'), don't you?"

"I'm not asking for your opinion of me; I want to say what I want to say so I can feel better."

I made a gesture to invite Xu An'an to continue, and she said, "I heard from my brother that you are both top experts in the Jianghu, and the Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) is immensely popular in the Northeast."

"That means you have the ability to roam the Jianghu and slay demons. Why are you unwilling to save the people here?"

"They are all ordinary people manipulated by fate!"

"Although they all have their own purposes, that's only human nature! More of them are sacrificing themselves for their companions!"

"I heard that the Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) is known for its righteousness. Hall Master Li and Head Ye are known as the Black and White Wolf Kings, and in every battle, they will definitely follow each other to the death, even fighting to be the first to die. What are you doing this for? Isn't it for the sake of righteousness and friendship between you?"

"The people in the tents, they don't have your abilities, but they have the same hearts as you. They can also sacrifice themselves for the people they cherish!"

"I don't know if the dead will have regrets, but the living will definitely live in pain because everything they have was exchanged for with the lives of those who loved them the most."

"You also saw how heartbroken the girl who left this morning was, right?"

"Why aren't you willing to help them? Why can't you use your abilities to prevent this kind of regret from happening?"

As Xu An'an said this, her voice softened, "If you're afraid of being tainted by karma, I can hire you. How much money do you want? As long as I can come up with it, I won't hesitate."

When Xu An'an looked at us expectantly, Lin Zhao couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Lin Zhao's eye-rolling was a true inheritance of Ye Yang's skill! Even if all you see are the whites of her eyes, you can still feel her disdain.

Xu An'an was the first to notice Lin Zhao, "I know that you are the Third Young Master of the Guiguan Men (Coffin Sect), so you wouldn't care about my money. But, I also ask you to think about it, can everything in this world be measured by money?"

Lin Zhao sneered, "According to you, should our Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) only charge a dollar and then rush up to fight for our lives to be considered righteous?"

Xu An'an was about to speak when Xu Yulong stopped her, "An'an, that's enough, stop talking. You don't understand anything!"

"I understand everything!" Xu An'an shook off the other party and said, "I'm waiting for Li Po's reply, not for you to pull me away!"