Chapter 743 - Chapter 743: Chapter 743: Hiding Ones Tracks (1/2)
Chapter 743: Chapter 743: Hiding One’s Tracks
“No, I need to do something about this…” The elder Daoist muttered to himself.
He got up from the pumpon, pinched three incense sticks, and walked over to the statue of God of Heaven Destiny and carefully bowed three times before inserting the incense into the incense burner.
He approached slowly, placing both hands on the statue of God of Heaven Destiny before gently turning it.
As a “click-clack” sound of gears turning came, the statue of God of Heaven Destiny began to rotate, revealing a dark hole beneath it.
The elder Daoist didn’t hesitate and jumped into the hole, disappearing instantly.
Di Yelei and the others left the Taoist temple and headed straight for the wharf.
“Although the journey to the wharf isn’t long, we have to pass through a small town on the way. I’m afraid the enemy might set an ambush in the town waiting for us.”*
“Why don’t we just take a detour around the small town?”
Eunuch Xiao spoke up, a rare occurrence.
While they were in the temple, everyone was worried about revealing their whereabouts, so they didn’t let Eunuch Xiao speak.
“The wharf here is quite small, and it is located close to Peach Blossom Village, so we’re used to calling it Peach Blossom Village Wharf.”
Di Yelei surveyed the surrounding terrain: “The place I mentioned earlier where we might encounter an ambush is Peach Blossom Village. To take the water route, we have to go to the wharf, and the closest wharf nearby is only at the Peach Blossom Village. If we encounter the enemy, I’m afraid we can only fight to the death!”
“Since there’s no way back, we can only move forward. Even if it’s a battle to the death, we have to carve out a path to survive!” Zhao Yuanlang said decisively.
Although he appeared calm, inwardly he was extremely anxious. If not for years of discipline that taught him to hide his emotions, he would have likely cursed and cried out long ago!
What he didn’t tell Di Yelei was that when he went to attend the Hundred-Day Feast, he had already made a series of preparations for such an emergency.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiong played his cards differently than anticipated; he didn’t besiege the Di Residence directly but waited outside Macheng County. At the moment, his troops were probably still wandering around like headless flies!
Di Yelei was not worried about the deadly battle, but rather whether the reinforcements that Zhao Yuanlang mentioned could arrive in time.
“Father-in-law, I’m afraid you may have misunderstood my point.”
Di Yelei shook his head: “Our current difficulty is not how to reach Peach Blossom Village but how to hide our tracks and wait for reinforcements.”
That’s right!
The journey to Peach Blossom Village wasn’t far; once they reached the small town, they’d be able to get to the wharf in just a few steps.
Everyone was covered in wounds and bloodstains. As soon as they appeared in the small town, they would likely attract attention immediately, not to mention concealing their tracks and waiting for reinforcements.
Once they realized this, everyone felt troubled.
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Having sent Di Xuan and the others away again, Liu Sisi hurried to check on Elderly Mr. Di’s condition.
Elderly Mr. Di and Ms. Zhao were both injured, but mostly with superficial wounds. Both of the elderly people were visibly shaken, and at the moment, they had already taken the soup medicine and changed their clothes.
Ms. Zhao had already fallen asleep, but Elderly Mr. Di was holding his chest and slanting in the chair, refusing to rest.
“Father, what happened? How were you captured by the Li Sect people?”
“Sisi, it’s you. Sit down.”
Elderly Mr. Di’s breathing was very unstable: “Ah, we returned home and lay down. Not long after, Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua started barking wildly. We weren’t alert and scolded the dogs instead. Little did we know…”