ninety thousand miles

Chapter 469 Number of people
"Is it that demon catcher who led away the people I sent to follow you?" asked Zou Jingping.

Yang Shan smiled sheepishly and said, "Yes."

"What's the name of that demon catcher?" Tang Su asked.

This was the first time Tang Su spoke after Yang Shan woke up.

Yang Shan said, "His name is Qiu Hu, I call him Master Hu." He saw Tang Su's thoughtful expression and asked, "Why, is there something wrong with him?"

Tang Su shook his head and said, "No, please continue."

"Okay," Yang Shan sorted out his thoughts and said, "After I entered the secret passage, I found that it was very different from the last time. Some strange patterns appeared on the ground from time to time. I wanted to retreat at that time. When I was walking back, a vine tripped me."

"I'm pretty sure there were no vines on the ground when I walked over here. I immediately rolled to the other side, stood up, and ran desperately towards the exit, but as I ran, I found that I was lost. I ran to a very strange place. I mustered up the courage to look back, and there were no vines chasing me."

"That place was very damp and pulsating, like a living thing. I had no choice but to muster up the courage to move forward. I don't know how long I had walked before I heard a rustling sound behind me. I looked back a few times, but there was nothing. I thought I was too nervous. I walked a few steps forward, and then the devil made me look back again. I saw a vine hanging from above. I was scared, and then I ran forward desperately."

"The rustling sound behind me was getting louder and louder, and the road under my feet was getting stranger and stranger. I knew I couldn't go any further, so I paid attention to the sound behind me. When I felt the vines approaching, I turned around, grabbed the vines with both hands, pressed my body on them, and chopped them with a hatchet."

"It can be cut. And I found it a little bit stupid. As long as you don't move, it can't actually find you. I relied on this point and moved back while cutting it."

"Then..." Yang Shan paused and said, "I had finished chopping the vines, and I didn't know where the axe fell. The scene around me changed again, and I saw a tower with a blue light flickering on the top. I don't know how I walked over, walked in, and walked into the light. When I woke up again, I heard many people shouting, 'He's awake, he's awake.'"

"I tried to open my eyes and saw seven or eight maids surrounding me. Some were running out. I recognized one of the maids as the one I rescued when I rescued my sister. So I quickly asked her where my sister was and where this place was."

"The maid told me not to worry, saying my sister would be here soon. Then she asked me to drink some water and eat some snacks. I didn't dare to eat and just waited. After a while, my sister really came. We hugged each other and cried. When I was about to ask her what was going on, the maids outside started shouting, as if someone was coming."

"My sister hid me in a box and told me not to make any noise, then she ran out. I waited in the box for an unknown amount of time until my body became numb, and then my sister came back."

"Then she told me what happened to her after we parted. She said that she was in the nunnery, chanting scriptures and doing homework every day, and working in the vegetable garden at the back. After a while, someone came to the nunnery. The abbess talked to the person for a while and told them that there was a way to completely cure her illness."

"They were all very happy, and they became more pious when they recited the scriptures every day. Not long after, they were brought here, and they found that the maids and servants who had been kidnapped before were all here, and had lived here for a while. People from the surrounding villages also came here, and the abbot told them that without Prince Su, the world would be in chaos, and they would live here in the future and leave when the world was peaceful." "My sister said that life here is very happy, and their illnesses have all been cured. I asked my sister why they ran away just now. My sister said that the man just came, and that man didn't like outsiders coming here, so she let me hide first, and after a few days, she reported to the abbot first, and asked the abbot to plead with that man to let me stay here too."

Yang Shan lowered his voice, "After I agreed to stay, my sister was very happy. A few days later, she took me to see the host, and the host agreed to her request. I vaguely sensed that something was wrong at that time, but I couldn't refuse all this."

"What happened next? What happened next?" Li Chuan asked.

If Yang Shan was completely immersed in the illusion, he would not have seen such a strange scene when he peeled off the Devouring Sutra for him. He must have experienced something else.

"Later..." Yang Shan was a little absent-minded. After a moment, he said, "After meeting the abbot, I had to recite scriptures and do chores every day. These two tasks were not difficult, and I had plenty of free time every day. One day, I suddenly discovered that a villager was missing. I had traded game for millet with him a few days ago. I told my sister about this, but she didn't remember such a person at all."

"This incident alerted me, and I counted the number of people living here. There were a total of 168 people. I counted every few days until one day, a woman gave birth. On the day of the birth, my sister also went to help. Ten days later, I counted the number of people, but there were still 168 people. I could no longer remember who the missing person was."

"I knew then that this was not a place to stay for long, and I wanted to take my sister away. So one night, when my sister and I were alone, I told her that I went to the nunnery again and saw that the entire nunnery and the surrounding villages had been massacred."

"After hearing what I said, my sister was terrified, but she still agreed to go with me, and she said she would take others with her as well. She persuaded some people. The next night, we went to the place where we chanted scriptures every day. I found a passage in the same place. I knew that passage led to the outside world, so we walked in."

"After the last person walked in, the host suddenly appeared. My sister persuaded her to go with us, but she refused, but she didn't stop us. We walked in the corridor for a long time, and I saw those strange patterns again, and then..."

Yang Shan rubbed his head and said, "Then, I heard someone say there was a fire. The fire started all of a sudden. We ran forward desperately, but soon we couldn't breathe. They fainted one by one, and finally I fainted too. Later, I opened my eyes and saw you."

"How long do you think you stayed in there?" Wen Guying asked.

"At least half a year." Yang Shan answered, recalling the past. Then he asked, "How long did I stay there?"

"About twenty days." Wen Guying said.

(End of this chapter)