626 Fight Against the Entire World (2/2)

The ascetic monks came from the Xuankong Temple and had been waiting here for a long time. They didn't find Ning Que and the Daughter of Yama, but they found a carriage.

The carriage looked very strange. It was not big, but same as Ning Que's, the body and wheels were all made of steel, decorated with many real words of Buddha. There were 16 tired horses in front of the carriage. Considering the depth the wheels stuck into the ground, the carriage was very heavy.

Looking at the carriage coming slowly from a distance, the ascetic monks coming from the other three directions all gathered together and knelt down. They kowtowed with their forehead on the ground and looked extremely respectful and devout.

An old monk wearing a bamboo hat totteringly got off the carriage, landing his monk's staff on the ground with a crisp metallic crash.

The monk's staff seemed very light when it touched the ground, while the 16 horses in front of the carriage felt an invisible quake so that one of them tumbled.

When the old monk's rear foot left the carriage, the deeply stuck wheels into the ground bounced up. Most of the carriage's weight came from the old monk!

Some hoofbeats sounded in the direction of Chaoyang City. A general of the Yuelun Kingdom drove forward with dozens of fine horses. Looking at the old monk, he got down from the horse and knelt down in a hurry, kissing the ground which messed up his face with mud.

A military officer, who came following the general, loosened the halters and tied down the fresh horses that they brought as fast as he could. Then he knelt to the old monk as well and moved backward, his hands quivering because of excitement or fear.

The old monk didn't say anything to the general or to the officer. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the dark cloud above Chaoyang City.

His bamboo hat was lifted. The sun shined on his face and disappeared in his deep wrinkles as if clear streaming water was absorbed by parched land.

Looking at the cloud, the old monk calmly said, ”137 horses ran to death and countless believers were drafted to repair the roads. I am sinful.”

Then he lifted up his staff and got on the carriage. When his right foot landed on the carriage, the wheels stuck into the ground once again, and the 16 horses subconsciously hissed.

No matter how sinful he was, none of the Buddhists was able to punish him since the Buddha passed away. He was the Buddha in the human world because he was the Chief Preaching Monk of the Xuankong Temple.

The old monk always believed that, as the Buddhist disciples, they should stand in awe of both the Buddha's wisdom and the shifts of Haotian's fortune. Even if it would cost so many lives, break so many rules, and incurr in so many sins, he still insisted on coming to the world, to Chaoyang City.

That was all because of the Daughter of Yama.

Sangsang was indeed in the city. She was on Ning Que's back.

As Ning Que was running so fast, Sangsang felt badly bumped. Even though her waist and legs were fastened on Ning Que's body without any gap, she still felt uncomfortable.

She didn't hold on to Ning Que's neck for stabilization. Instead, she tightly grasped Ning Que's shoulders which would not affect his running and fighting.

Many years ago, Ning Que used to carry her on his back, hunting and running in Min Mountain just like this. They were so familiar with the process and knew what was the right thing to do.

Even though Sangsang was 16 years old and no longer the little girl, the old ways still worked. They only had to adjust some details.

The bells and drums still sounded and more and more people came out. They were told about the situation and began to search for the Daughter of Yama under the officers' organization.

All of sudden, Ning Que and Sangsang were stuck in the biggest trouble that they had ever had.

Wherever they went, they could be seen. A lady saw them and began to scream when she was drying clothes. An idle beggar found them and began to shout when they were flying over the eaves. As long as they were found, they would be shot.

When they broke into a house, trying to hide for a little while, they nearly terrified an old woman, who was praying in front of the Buddha figure, to death. Maybe it was better if the lady died, so she would not throw the censer to Sangsang like a crazy woman.

Since the West-Hill Divine Palace promulgated the decree, they no longer covered the news of the Daughter of Yama. Instead, they informed everyone in the world. People had been afraid and hated Sangsang for a long time and what they wanted to do most was to burn her alive.

When Ning Que returned to the street, the black crows who rested in the yard began to hover over their heads, cawing.

No long after that, the cultivators and people in Chaoyang City heard the crows. Listening to them, they began to chase Ning Que and Sangsang.

Ning Que could not hide from people in the city even for a short time, so he had to keep running in the streets among the crowd.

Countless shouts of horror sounded in the street. Some of them gradually gathered courage and tried to stop them. They threw stones, vegetables, eggs and even rolling pins which by their hands. In a trice, the street was covered with all kinds of things.

Ning Que could avoid the hard objects that were thrown to Sangsang, but he could not avoid the vegetables and eggs. He was hit with an egg on his eye; it didn't make him bleed but it hurt.

Sangsang lowered her head on his shoulder and tightly closed her eyes. Her pale face and thin body were covered with eggs; not bleeding either, but felt just as uncomfortable.