Chapter 247 New Question (1/2)

As for if Tang Zixian came from the Tang family, Ning Tao really didn’t have an answer in his heart. He was just speculating and Yin Molan hadn’t offered enough evidence to support his guess. Therefore, in such a case, he couldn’t let her die. Furthermore, Tang Zixian and Tu Wenjin had risked their lives to cover him while he was trying to save others.

Even if Tang Zixian really was from the Tang family and would become his opponent in the future, he would rather face her in broad daylight and defeat her in one blow. It shouldn’t be like this. To watch her die would be like burning the bridge after crossing it, and he was never that type of person.

“Grab the rope and follow me.” Ning Tao’s voice rang out from the dark.

Tang Zixian and Tu Wenjin picked themselves up from the ground, grabbed the rope, and walked into the dark.

“Doctor Ning, where are you?” Tu Wenjin asked nervously. It was dark in the cave and he couldn’t see Ning Tao at all. Just now, when the rope dragged him along, he got grazed trailing on the ground. He felt burning pain and blood was even oozing out from some of his abrasions. Nonetheless, his fear of death and the dark overwhelmed him, distracting him from the pain.

Ning Tao didn’t answer him.

Tang Zixian was also dragged into the cave, but only her clothes were grazed and she hadn’t gotten any obvious injuries. In the same situation, she appeared quite calm, not nervous at all.

The two were moving, and so as Ning Tao.

Before they walked long, the sound of gunshots rang at the cave entrance. Bullets shot into the cave like pouring rains. In the dark, the dull sound of gunshots echoed, as if the shooting had come from all directions. Some bullets made sparks as it bit into the wall, but weren’t able to light up the dark cave.

Ning Tao walked for another while and stopped.

He was away from the entrance and had cave walls as natural shelters. Even when those armed men launched grenades, they couldn’t hurt those hiding behind the walls. Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen were lying in the corner and were both in a coma. Nonetheless, Ning Tao had stopped their bleeding with Sacred Needles, and also injected special spiritual power to sustain their lives. They wouldn’t die so soon.

Ning Tao looked at Tu Wenjin, who was in terror, and Tang Zixian, who looked calm. He had aroused his state of looking, and Tu Wenjin and Tang Zixian looked like two glowing human lanterns in his eyes; he could even read the emotion in their eyes.

“Now what to do?” Tang Zixian asked.

Ning Tao said, “This is a large cave. Those soldiers don’t dare to barge in. If I were the commander, I would leave two people to watch the entrance and bring the rest down below the cliff to trace the Feminine-moon people.”

While saying this, Ning Tao fixed his eyes on Tang Zixian’s face, observing her reaction.

Tang Zixian didn’t change her face and sounded composed as well. “But we can’t get out either. We don’t have guns, and we’ll die if we want to rush out. And, don’t forget those primitives are still in this cave. Without food and water, we’ll still die if we stay in here.”

“What to do? What should we do?” Hearing Tang Zixian, Tu Wenjin got nervous again.

Tang Zixian sounded a little angry. “Quiet, you!”

Tu Wenjin then shut his mouth.

Then, Ning Tao faintly said, “I didn’t say we’d rush out or stay here. Those primitives hadn’t gone out since entering here, so there must be another way out. We’ll leave here when we find the way.”

Tang Zixian said, “Can you find it?”

Ning Tao said, “Sure I can, but I don’t want to leave with someone who might stab me in the back. Miss Tang, I have a question for you. If you answer me, I’ll bring you and Mr. Tu out of here.”

“What question?” Tang Zixian sounded a little alert.

Ning Tao said, “What’s your role in the Tang family?”

In the dark, Tang Zixian’s eyes flashed with a strange light. She paused and then said, “My surname is Tang, and of course I’m Tang family’s daughter. You’ve asked a weird question.”

“I don’t mean any normal Tang family, but Tang Sect with history of hundreds of years and specializes in hidden weapons and poison.” Ning Tao stared Tang Zixian in the eye.

Tang Zixian was slightly startled and then she sneered. “Doctor Ning, do you mean Tang Sect in the Wuxia novel?”

Ning Tao said, “Indeed, I’m talking about the Tang Sect in the Wuxia novel.”

Tang Zixian said, “If I were really from that Tang Sect you talked about, then wouldn’t I be a swordswoman who can fly, uses hidden weapons, and practices kung fu? Stop it, Doctor Ning. I don’t know any Tang Sect you mentioned, and I don’t believe such a kung fu Tang Sect even exists. But, even if it does exist, it doesn’t have anything to do with me.”

“You’re telling the truth?” Ning Tao said.

Tang Zixian frowned. “You don’t want me to swear, do you?”