Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

The snow falls and my body feels sick, I stand before the Buddha without a word and my heart feels ashen.

It is difficult to distinguish between good and evil, or between Buddha and the devil among people in this world.

Mu Wanqian, the only descendant of the Xuantian Dao, the princess of the Youzhou Murong clan's Demon Shadow Guard, and Murong Ruoxi's personal shadow guard, was undoubtedly a member of the demon sect. But at this moment, she was kneeling in front of a Buddha statue, praying with her eyes closed!

This is an abandoned temple. There is a person and a bonfire inside the temple, and snowflakes are floating outside the temple.

After the battle of Guixing Town, Mu Wanqian was seriously injured and unconscious. She didn’t even know that she was rescued, and her lady also left her!

Mu Wanqian was seriously injured this time, because not only was she injured, but also the Dark Night Flower in her body. The reason why she was in a coma for a long time was because the two energies in the Dark Night Flower were unbalanced. This scared the hunchbacked old man who rescued her. The Demon Shadow Guard has been lingering for five hundred years, and there is a glimmer of hope for their plan soon. If their young lady has an accident, it will be a disaster!

The hunchbacked old man kept inputting true energy into Mu Wanqian all the way, but it was completely useless. Fortunately, Mu Wanqian did not seem to be in any worse condition, and apart from being in a coma, she had no other symptoms.

The hunchbacked old man was hurrying with Mu Wanqian. He had no choice but to wait! Mu Wanqian's injury could only be healed after they returned to the Ghostly Demon Palace!

When Mu Wanqian woke up, she was in a carriage. She had already come from the north of Yingzhou to the south of Yingzhou and was about to enter the territory of the Gongsun family.

The first words Mu Wanqian said when she woke up were:

"Miss, go quickly!"

The second sentence is:

"Where am I? Where's the lady?"

The carriage stopped, and the hunchbacked old man lifted the curtain and exclaimed:

"Miss, you finally woke up!"

Mu Wanqian looked at the man in the carriage who was looking at her anxiously. She knew this man. He was the old servant beside the master of the house. She and her young lady had always called him Uncle Cheng!

"Cheng Bo, why are you here?"

"Miss, please take your time, I will explain it to you in detail!"

The hunchbacked Cheng Bo helped Mu Wanqian sit up and fed her some water.

Mu Wanqian only drank a sip of water and then asked:

"Uncle Cheng, where is the young lady?"

Hunchback Cheng Bo knelt down in the carriage and replied:

"Miss, you are our lady!"

Mu Wanqian was stunned when she heard this, but she quickly understood that in Youzhou, the only people who called her Miss so respectfully were the people from the Demon Shadow Guard!

"Cheng Bo, are you from the Shadow Guard?"

Hunchback Chengbo looked up and nodded!

Mu Wanqian's brain was working rapidly. Of course, she didn't know. In her memory, Cheng Bo had been the old servant of the head of the Murong family for twenty years. How could he be a member of the Demon Shadow Guard?

"You should get up first. Where are we? Why am I here? Where is the lady?"

The hunchbacked Cheng Bo sat next to them. He glanced at Mu Wanqian. Of course he knew the relationship between Mu Wanqian and Murong Ruoxi, so he decided not to tell the truth!

"I don't know. When I arrived, Miss Murong had been rescued. I ran away with you in my arms while you were unconscious!"

Mu Wanqian could only believe it because she didn't remember anything. After fighting with the black-faced judge, she fell into a coma.

"Do you know who rescued the young lady? Do you know where she was taken?"

"Miss, I really don't know!"

"You don't know, why don't you go find the lady? What do you care about me!"

Mu Wanqian got angry, her tone was sharp but her voice was not loud!

"cough…"

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and Mu Wanqian fell directly on the carriage. She fainted again!

The hunchbacked Cheng Bo hurriedly picked up Mu Wanqian and checked her body. It was just a false alarm and she was not seriously injured!

Hunchback Chengbo's forehead was covered with sweat due to nervousness!

When Mu Wanqian woke up again, she was beside the campfire in the dilapidated temple. Her body was still very weak. This time she was not excited, but drank a bowl of hot fish soup. Although she was wearing a cotton robe, she was still a little cold.

The hunchback Chengbo takes care of the people around him.

"Uncle Cheng, where are we? How many days have I been unconscious?"

Mu Wanqian's condition has improved a little this time.

"Miss, we are almost entering the territory of the Gongsun family. You have been unconscious for nearly ten days!"

Mu Wanqian was shocked when she heard this!

"Where's Miss? Miss and I have been separated for ten days?"

Hunchback Chengbo nodded!

"No news about the young lady? Did the master ask you to pick her up?"

Mu Wanqian had already guessed that this person probably came just for her!

"Miss, something happened in Youzhou. The head of the family, Murong Yanbo, has disappeared since entering Yingzhou. I came here to pick you up!"

"What? Well, what about the young lady?"

Mu Wanqian was still excited and vomited blood again, but she did not fall into a coma this time. She had checked her body and found that she could not gather true energy at all, and the Tomb-Stem Flower in her body did not react either!

"Miss, don't worry! Miss Murong will definitely turn danger into safety and be safe!"

The hunchbacked Cheng Bo served Mu Wanqian in an orderly manner until the two of them sat comfortably by the campfire again.

"Uncle Cheng, you are a member of the Shadow Guard, how come I don't know? Did Grandpa Heng arrange for you to be by the master's side?"

"Miss, I am the right protector of the Demon Shadow Guard. I infiltrated Murong Yanbo's side decades ago!"

Mu Wanqian looked at the campfire and fell into deep thought. Without Cheng Bo telling her, she knew the cause and effect of the matter. Although she had never admitted it and dared not to think about it, things still developed in the direction she least wanted to see. The Demon Shadow Guard would eventually rebel against the Youzhou Murong family!

Mu Wanqian's Grandpa Heng once said something hesitantly. Although he didn't say it, she could feel that the Demon Shadow Guard led by Grandpa Heng and the Youzhou Murong family had always been at odds with each other. How much she didn't want to choose. She loved her young lady and she swore to protect her young lady for the rest of her life, because she only regarded her as Murong Ruoxi's personal shadow guard! Alas, it was a pity that she had another identity the moment she was born - the eldest daughter of the Demon Shadow Guard!

"Did Grandpa Heng arrange for you to rescue me?"

Hearing this, the hunchback Cheng Bo's heart sank. He couldn't say it! Mu Wanqian's body couldn't bear the tragic news at this time.

Hunchback Cheng Bo swallowed his saliva and responded:

"Yes, Elder Heng is waiting for you at the Demon Shadow Guard headquarters!"

"Why doesn't Grandpa Heng come to rescue the young lady?"

Mu Wanqian was very uneasy, she didn't want to hear the news of the Demon Shadow Guard's rebellion!

"Miss, Youzhou may be in chaos. We took you back to discuss how to rescue the mistress. Murong Rongbo is not in Youzhou at the moment. This may be our last chance. Only you know the address of the mistress. We don't know it!"

Mu Wanqian is also a smart person!

"Where's Grandpa Heng? Did something happen to him? He also knows where my mother is!"

Hunchback Chengbo was shocked when he heard this. He had said something wrong, but he still couldn't tell the truth.

"Miss, Elder Heng was seriously injured and has been in a coma!"

Hunchback Cheng Bo also made Mu Wanqian feel overwhelmed, because Elder Heng had died a long time ago. Elder Heng returned to Youzhou with his last breath. The last words he said when he saw him were:

"Protect the lady!"

Traveling thousands of miles just for five words!

The hunchback Cheng Bo was the last person Elder Heng saw before his death, and he was also the one who dealt with the corpse. He knew what he felt at that time. Mu Wanqian could not bear it at this moment!

"What? When did this happen?"

"It was already like that when I came out to look for you!"

"Do you know who did it? It couldn't be..."

Mu Wanqian was referring to Murong Lunbo.

"I don't know. Elder Heng didn't say. Miss, you should return to Youzhou as soon as possible!"

The hunchback Chengbo knew that Elder Heng died under the Holy Emperor Technique, but he didn't understand how the Ji family in Zhongzhou knew about the existence of Elder Heng. He had been investigating this matter, and his suspect was Murong Rongbo!

Mu Wanqian fell into deep thought. She knew her grandfather Heng’s cultivation level. He should not be much weaker than the old beggar. Who could have beaten him into coma?

In the dilapidated temple, beside the campfire, Mu Wanqian was in a dilemma, because she was still thinking about her young lady, but her Grandpa Heng was like this!

Hunchback Cheng Bo guessed what Mu Wanqian was thinking and said:

"Miss, with your current health, even if he finds Miss Murong, you will still be a burden to him. Come back to Youzhou with me first! We must seize this opportunity to rescue the mistress!"

Mu Wanqian looked up outside. It was already white without her knowing when. Her heart was really confused. She had never left her mistress. Was her mistress eating well in this snowy day? Was she dressed warmly? Without her care, what would her mistress be like?

The image of a female beggar emerged in Mu Wanqian’s mind!

But Cheng Bo was right, he was a burden now. Even before she was injured in Guixing Town, she was already a burden. Just as Xiao Yingxu said, her cultivation was no longer able to protect her lady!

Mu Wanqian did not respond to the hunchbacked Chengbo, but stood up and walked to the Buddha statue and knelt in front of the wooden Buddha statue in the temple. Perhaps all she could do now was to pray in front of the Buddha!

As for what Mu Wanqian prayed for? There were too many things, but all of them were for one person only, and that was her mistress Murong Ruoxi!