Chapter 378 - The Priest (1/2)

Chapter 378: The Priest

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Shangguan Ru and Maid Lotus had already lost track of Old Man Mu even though they heard his laughter nearby, and when they looked around, they were unable to find their way out

As the sun rose, the soft light shone through the leaves and plants in the flower forest, ers lurking and hidden froht

The flowers in the forest were not packed in a thick grove but seely spread out into clusters of plants randoinal starting place as they walked through the grounds

Shangguan Ru and Maid Lotus tried all sorts of ways; they s on places they passed, threaded thin ropes to her vantage point to observe their surroundings, but they still could not walk out of the flower forest There were several tiht but sos less than an hour ago

Flustered, they decided to reave up on that idea right after she cut down the first plant These unknown plants released a unique fragrance from the branches and it made them so dizzy that any more cuts would make them faint

As a result, the two of them were trapped for three days They discovered Old Man Mu’s tracks five tier find hi a few turns, therefore, they decided to re fro fruit trees in the flower forest, and the fruits looked sweet and delicious, but they would rather starve than eat theuan Ru and Maid Lotus still had not found the way out and Old Man Mu was still in hiding But they met another old man instead

The flower forest was a maze, it was difficult to walk out but easy to walk further in

In the vague centre of the flower forest, a dozen shabby straw huts fore There were no wo men, just an old man and a dozen children

Like a pedant who had lived in his study for a long tied on a e to the children, ere in their teens, and turned a blind eye to the uninvited visitors

The scene was even uan Ru approached holding her wooden saber while Maid Lotus hid in the dark, just in case

The thin oldthe children about the ways of uan Ru could not understand hi attentively and gesticulating actively

After finishi+ng explaining a part of his lecture, the olda feords The children turned to look curiously at Shangguan Ru as well

This wasa blind eye to her

“What is this place? Who are you?” Shangguan Ru asked and gestured, hoping that the other party would be able to understand her

The thin old e” He was speaking Central Plains Chinese Although it was not very fluent, it was very clear “This is the Flower Soul Forest of the Land of Fragrance I a the ways of strengthening the body”

Shangguan Ru still could not understand what he was saying She had never heard of the Land of Fragrance before and did not knohat kind of person the High Priest of Flower Soul was So she said, “Did you set up this h priest shook his head “I merely live here”

“Then, surely you h priest continued to shake his head, “I have lived here since I was born and have never once gone out”

Shangguan Ru was confused as she listened on, “What about the rest of the village?”

“There is no one else here, only priests like us”

Shangguan Ru was beginning to wonder whether the other party was deliberately h priest’s naive and innocent expression, he really did not see to be funny So she asked, “What about their parents? What about your wife and children?”

“My parents are outside the forest I have neither wife nor children”

Maid Lotus appeared after checking the surroundings thoroughly andin wait She whispered to Shangguan Ru, “He was here”

“Have you seen a short old uan Ru asked

“No, but a mischievous uan Ru’s stoh priest held up a wooden plate beside hihtly colored fruits The two of them had already seen these in the forest but had never dared to eat

Shangguan Ru was very surprised that such a bloodthirsty devil like Old Man Mu actually had not laid a hand on the residents here “Is there anybody ah priest still shook his head

“Their parents would surely know, right?”

After thinking for a while, the high priest finally nodded his head

Shangguan Ru looked at Maid Lotus warht?”

The high priest picked up a wooden board that was used to keep records After counting for a while, he pointed to the oldest child nearest to him and said, “He will be taken away in three years, four ht days’ time, that is the soonest”

It seeed into someone else’s drea scenery and could not understand what others were saying

After seeing the high priest and the children eat the fruits, the hungry girls could no longer afford to be deobbled down five plates of food in total