blueteamnovel Chapter 178 The old man's time is running out
Chapter 178 The old man's time is running out
Chapter 178 The old man's time is running out (4000 words)
Lu Yuan's voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a nail driven into wood.
Lu Yuan stared at Hu Huhu, at his round face reddened by the firelight from the stove, and at his squinting, expressionless eyes.
Lu Yuan is a little nervous now.
Very few people knew that the old man was going to cause trouble for the Ghost-Controlling Liu family.
Besides himself, Gu Qingwan, and the Goddess of Beauty, the only other person outside was Crane Patrol Celestial Venerable.
Of these people, who would talk about it outside?
Absolutely no one will say that.
Even the people inside the Zhenlong Temple were unaware of this matter.
No outsiders knew what the old man had gone to do or how long he would be gone.
How did Hu Huhu know that the old man would be gone for several months?
Why would Hu Hu Hu think that way?!
Therefore, there is only one reason.
That means the Ghost-Controlling Liu family knew the old man was looking for them.
This makes sense, after all, the old man killed the fake Tanjiji back then.
Furthermore, in the process of finding the Ghost-Controlling Liu family, they also asked the Tianlong Temple for help!
Ask the people of Tianlong Temple to help find the whereabouts of the Ghost-Controlling Liu family.
This whole thing caused quite a stir, so the Ghost-Controlling Liu family naturally knew that they had been targeted by the old man.
Therefore—
The Ghost-Controlling Liu family may have already planned this, just waiting for the old man to arrive, to trap him like a turtle in a jar!
The Xu Denghu family, also one of the ten families outside the pass, should know the secret.
Regardless of whether the two companies have any private connections.
It is said that Xu Denghu's family is very close to the "gods" outside the pass.
Perhaps those "gods" discovered something and told Hu Huhu.
It's like, Lu Yuan's affairs in Heishui Ridge—Lu Yuan had just arrived and hadn't said a word, yet Hu Huhu already knew everything!
so----
Old man —
At this moment, Hu Huhu did not look at Lu Yuan.
Hu Huhu was still sitting on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), his neck hunched, watching the fire in the stove.
He neither added firewood nor spoke.
Lu Yuan looked at the hand, which was short and thick with prominent knuckles and black dirt embedded in the fingernails.
The owner of those hands just said, "What if your master doesn't come back?"
He didn't even lift his eyelids when he said that.
"Fuck your mother!!"
Lu Yuan kicked over the small table in front of him.
The copper lamp on the table flew off and crashed into the stove with a loud bang. The lamp dented, rolled twice on the ground, and came to rest beside the stove.
The bowl of water flew away, smashed against the wall, and shattered, splashing water all over the wall.
Hu Huhu didn't move.
Shrinking his neck, he watched the fire in the stove.
The fire was stirred by the wind, swayed for a moment, and then stabilized.
"say!"
Lu Yuan strode to the front of the kang (a heated brick bed) and reached out to grab Hu Huhu's cotton-padded jacket collar.
The gray cotton-padded jacket had worn-out cuffs and a patch of blue cloth on the elbow, with crooked stitches.
He pulled the man up from the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), causing Hu Huhu to lean forward slightly before sitting back down.
I didn't struggle, I didn't dodge.
She just sat there, her collar being grabbed, her neck hunched, looking at Lu Yuan.
The firelight from the stove shone on Lu Yuan's face and onto his reddened eyes.
Lu Yuan's hands were trembling, especially the hand gripping his collar.
It wasn't fear, it was that I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart anymore.
If it were just now, Lu Yuan could have tolerated Hu Huhu's dawdling.
After all, that matter is ultimately Tiger Rabbit's business, and it's about your own daughter, Tiger Hu Hu.
Although Lu Yuan was a little anxious and angry that his own daughter acted that way, he could still tolerate it.
But now—
I absolutely cannot tolerate this!!
That's an old man!
It can be said that this is the closest person to Lu Yuan in this world!
"Say something, you fucking thing!"
"What happened to my master?!"
"What do you know!"
Hu Huhu remained silent.
Lu Yuan grabbed his collar and lifted him halfway off the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed).
His gray cotton-padded coat was stretched tight, the collar pressing against his neck, leaving a red mark on the part of his neck that he was hunched over.
He didn't struggle or dodge, his eyelids drooping as he looked at Lu Yuan's hand, at the hand with its knuckles clenched until they turned white.
The fire in the stove popped with a "pop," and a small piece of ash flew out, landing on the edge of the stove and slowly dimming.
"Are you fucking deaf?!"
Lu Yuan's voice cracked, echoing through the low-ceilinged room.
"I'm asking you! What happened to my master?!"
"What do you know! You..."
Hu Huhu made a move.
He didn't pull his collar off, but simply lifted his drooping eyelids and looked at Lu Yuan.
The firelight from the stove reflected in his eyes, making his pupils appear yellow and cloudy, like oil lamps that had been burning for too long.
He stared at Lu Yuan for a long while.
Then he shook his head.
It was very slow; the collar was too tight around my neck, making it difficult to shake. But the shaking was very clear.
"I can't say."
The sound wasn't loud, but it was muffled and deep, like it had been fished out of a jar.
Lu Yuan gritted his teeth until his cheeks bulged out. Here comes another one of these times?!
"The matter of the ten families outside the pass."
Hu Huhu shifted his gaze away and returned it to the fire in the stove.
"Ten families have sworn an oath."
He paused.
Lu Yuan felt his hand gripping the collar was sweating, his palm was sticky, and the rough fabric of his cotton-padded jacket clung to his fingertips.
"I will never betray you."
When Hu Huhu said those four words, his lips moved slightly, and his voice lowered, as if he were talking to himself.
"None of these ten matters can be revealed to outsiders."
"I said it—"
Hu Hu looked at the fire, his face flickering in and out of the light, the wrinkles on his round face like cracked riverbeds.
"May they die a horrible death."
He finally uttered those four words, his tone flat.
Lu Yuan's hand, which was gripping his collar, froze.
Hu Hu Hu didn't look at him, nor did he struggle; he was just held in his grasp.
He hunched his neck and huddled on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed), looking like a tree stump stuck on the ground.
He raised a hand, short and thick, with black dirt embedded in his fingernails, and gently patted the back of Lu Yuan's hand that was gripping his collar.
"not to mention----"
"Even if I told you, what difference would it make?"
Hu Hu Hu didn't look at him; his gaze returned to the fire in the stove.
"So what if you find out?"
"Can you storm the Liu family, or can you get your master out of there?"
Hu Huhu said, raising his eyelids to glance at Lu Yuan, then lowering them again.
"Moreover, time is running out."
Time is running out?
Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan stared blankly at Hu Huhu.
If that's the case—
The old man is already in danger?!
"What do you mean?"
Lu Yuan asked, his voice still hoarse, as if it had been hit by sandpaper.
"What do you mean by 'not much time left'?"
Hu Hu Hu did not answer.
He squatted in front of the stove, added another piece of firewood, and watched the fire slowly swallow the piece of firewood.
Watching the flames push up from the firewood, licking and biting, burning the moisture into white smoke that drifted out of the stove.
The white smoke drifted up to Lu Yuan, making him squint.
"Before your master left,"
Hu Huhu spoke, his voice muffled, as if it had been dried out by the fire in the stove.
"What did I tell you?"
Lu Yuan did not answer.
He stared at the back of Hu Huhu's head, at the hunched neck, and at the crease he had made on the collar of the gray cotton-padded jacket.
"What I'm asking you is, is my master still alive?"
Hu Huhu said, "Living."
The two words came out quickly, as if they had slipped out of my mouth, without any hesitation or stumbling.
Lu Yuan's chest heaved violently, like a drowning person suddenly being pulled out of the water.
He choked on a mouthful of air, so much so that his Adam's apple bobbed up and down twice.
His lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but Hu Huhu's next words followed.
"He's still alive."
Lu Yuan understood; the word "still" felt like a needle pricking his chest, which had just begun to relax.
"But time is running out."
Hu Huhu repeated it again.
He squatted in front of the stove, his back to Lu Yuan, his gray cotton-padded jacket wrinkled at the shoulder blades.
Hu Huhu turned his head and looked at Lu Yuan.
"Your master's entry was a path paved by the Liu family long ago."
Hu Huhu continued, "Ever since your master killed that fake Tan Jiji, the Liu family has been in the business."
"The Tianlong Temple made a big commotion in helping to find people, and the Liu family saw it all clearly."
"They're not in a hurry; they're waiting for your master to come to them."
The room fell silent.
The fire in the stove was burning, and the firewood was crackling.
Tiger and Rabbit's breathing on the kang was soft and rising and falling, like the wind brushing across the paper.
"Now you know."
Hu Huhu said he didn't turn back.
"So what if you know?"
Hu Huhu stood up.
My knees got stiff from squatting for so long that I swayed a bit when I stood up and had to hold onto the stove to steady myself.
His hand rested on the edge of the stove, covered in ash, but he didn't wipe it off. He just held on like that, turned around, and faced Lu Yuan.
He was short and stocky, wearing a wrinkled gray cotton-padded jacket with worn-out cuffs and a crooked blue cloth patch on his elbow.
He looked up at Lu Yuan, having to crane his neck to see him, as Lu Yuan was almost a head taller than him.
Those yellowish, cloudy eyes met mine, but there was no expression on them.
"You want to go to the Liu family?"
"You want to rescue your master."
"You?!"
He shook his head.
Very slowly, the wrinkles on her round face moved, like a cracked riverbed being scraped by the wind.
"Master Lu, please listen to me."
His voice suddenly changed.
It wasn't the same muffled, guttural sound as before, like it had been pulled out of a jar.
Instead, it sank lower and lower, like a piece of wood sinking to the bottom of the water, reaching the very bottom and hitting the mud.
"Who is your master?"
"You know best in your heart that even someone as capable as you failed there, so what use would you be?"
Hu Huhu paused.
"you tell me."
He took a step forward.
"What makes you think you could do a better job than your master if you went?"
"Are you more skilled than your master?"
Hu Huhu took another step forward.
"Or do you know more than him?"
"Or do you possess something I don't know about that allows you to single-handedly overthrow the Ghost-Controlling Liu family?"
Hu Huhu stood in front of Lu Yuan.
He was short and stocky, looking up at Lu Yuan.
The firelight from the stove shone from behind him, casting his shadow on Lu Yuan, a dark mass spread across Lu Yuan's chest.
"Stop fooling around, stay for a meal, rest a bit, and then head back to Zhenlong Temple."
"What a pity, Li Xiuye longed for the Heavenly Venerable's Robe his whole life, but he never got to wear it before he died—"
After saying this, Hu Huhu shook his head, turned around, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the door.
It seems they want to invite Tiger and Sheep in for dinner.
However, just as Hu Huhu turned around, the next second, Lu Yuan grabbed his shoulder.
"Enough with the nonsense."
Tell me, where is my master now?
The force Lu Yuan exerted was so great that Hu Huhu, whose face had been expressionless until now, showed a hint of pain and surprise.
When Hu Huhu turned around in surprise, he saw Lu Yuan with a blank expression.
And the hand gripping his shoulder was crackling with the light of orthodox Taoist thunder magic.
this??!
This is??!
A two-star Celestial Master?!
This is a lightning technique that only a two-star Celestial Master could unleash!
The lightning flashed with a hint of gold; this was definitely a skill only a second-star Celestial Master could possess!
This kid?!
For a moment, Hu Huhu's mind went blank.
Hu Huhu knows best about Lu Yuan's situation.
It goes without saying that Xu Denghu's family has the ability to know this. Just look at the people outside the pass these days. Who doesn't know Lu Yuan?
The youngest Celestial Master in the entire area outside the Great Wall!
Furthermore, with the abilities of a one-star Celestial Master, he drove Shen Jizhou, the strongest Celestial Master outside the Great Wall, to the brink of despair!
Of course, everyone knows how Lu Yuan put Shen Jizhou in such a desperate situation during the Heavenly Venerable Ceremony.
But that no longer matters.
The important thing is————
Lu Yuan is indeed a one-star Celestial Master!
this??
It's only been a few days?!
How could Lu Yuan—
How could it be only 2-2 stars?!
Two-star Celestial Master?!
This kid—what on earth did he do? What did he eat?!
How did he become a two-star Celestial Master?!
At this moment, Hu Huhu was completely dumbfounded as he looked at Lu Yuan.
I have absolutely no idea why.
At this moment, Lu Yuan, imbued with the power of orthodox Celestial Master Thunder Magic, had no time to waste with Hu Hu Hu. Instead, he raised his head and said directly, "Enough with the nonsense!"
"Tell me now, where is my master!"
"and----"
At this point, Lu Yuan stared expressionlessly at Hu Huhu and said, "You take me there yourself!"
"You must know the key to it too. Tell me the key on the way!"
Hu Huhu was actually amused by Lu Yuan's words.
no----
How come Lu Yuan didn't hear a thing after I talked for so long?!
Putting aside the question of whether Lu Yuan, even with the strength of a two-star Celestial Master, would be of any use going there.
As Hu Huhu just clearly stated.
The ten families must not betray each other, or they will suffer a terrible death.
Hu Huhu not only didn't personally take Lu Yuan there, but he also told Lu Yuan the key points along the way.
Even if Hu Huhu were to mention the location of the Ghost-Controlling Liu family, it wouldn't be acceptable.
Now you want me to take him?!
Isn't this just plain mentally unstable?!
Seeing Lu Yuan's expression, Hu Huhu's face also darkened.
A two-star Celestial Master, very powerful.
Especially for a two-star Celestial Master like Lu Yuan at his current age.
but----
If you think that a two-star celestial master can make me, the head of the Xudenghu family, one of the ten families outside the pass, submit, then you are mistaken.
That's absolutely ridiculous!
As Hu Huhu just mentioned, he's also very anxious!
I have to take Tiger and Rabbit with me tonight.
Therefore, Hu Huhu decided not to waste any more time with Lu Yuan.
Just as Hu Huhu was circulating his true qi within his body...
Lu Yuan stared blankly at Hu Huhu in front of him and said, "If you help me with this..."
"Then I can bring your wife's soul back!"
"I can bring your wife's soul back right now!!!"
Hu Huhu: "??????"
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