Happy Days: Since the Beginning of the Night

Chapter 72
On the other side of the cliff, there is boundless darkness and death.

A biting cold wind blows from the dark sky, freezing frost wherever it passes.

"Teacher, is it my illusion? Why do I feel that the speed of Yongye's spread is much faster?" Li slowly frowned and looked towards the abyss-like world opposite.

"Pluto, is it still here after all?" The master twirled his long beard, his white robe fluttering in the cold wind.

In the dark clouds and mist in the distance, thunder snakes were faintly flying and roaring.

At the bottom of the cliff, countless desolate people escaped from the darkness like locusts, heading south all the way.

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"Sangsang! Look, we are going to the Tang Kingdom!"

Ning Que's excited voice sounded from outside the carriage, followed by the opening of the curtain, and the spring light came in.

"Sansang?"

Ning Que stuck his head into the carriage, and saw Sangsang sitting on the seat with his eyes closed in the dimly lit carriage, expressionless.

"What's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?" Ning Que asked.

Seeing that Sangsang still didn't answer, Ning Que bent over and was about to get into the carriage.

"You're very noisy." Sangsang slowly opened her eyes, her indifferent voice made Ning Que feel chills all over, and the movement of entering the carriage froze in mid-air.

"I want to rest for a while." At this moment, Sangsang's small body was like a dark cloud in the sky, putting great pressure on Ning Que. Hearing this, Ning Que nodded stiffly, and returned to being an emotionless groom.

Sangsang in the carriage looked to one side, the curtains of the carriage were lifted without wind, and she looked to the north, as if there was something she cared about there.

In the wind and snow, Master's body shook violently, his expression when looking at Yong Ye gradually changed from worry to sullenness, he turned around slowly, frowning and looked towards the south.

"It, just glanced at me in the world?"

The mountain behind the academy.

Jun Mo and Chen Pipi stood leisurely by the lake, throwing bread crumbs at the white goose.

"Second senior brother, where did you find so many baby geese?" Chen Pipi counted the fat geese in the lake, one, two, three...a total of twelve.

"I don't know how they fell into the sewer in Nancheng. Their mothers were already on the table when I arrived."

"···"

The water beside Baby Goose was rippling with a layer of small waves, and a middle-aged man holding a scroll suddenly appeared, floating in the center of the lake.

"Big Brother!"

"Pippi has met the big brother!"

Li slowly smiled and nodded towards the two of them.

"The teacher said that the second floor will be opened for climbing in three days."

Jun Mo and Chen Pippi were stunned.

"In such a hurry?"

Li slowly walked lightly from the water to the shore.

"The situation in the wasteland has changed a bit beyond our expectations. The two of you have come over by ear. This time, there is one person who must be present when climbing the second floor."

Tiance Mansion.

Lin Lingzheng and Lin Yi hugged each other, tears wet their shoulders, and the small courtyard resounded with the girl's heart-piercing cries.

"Let Xiahou come in." Hearing Han Ye's order, the servants rushed out of the courtyard.

The crying stopped suddenly.

"General Han!" The Xiahou people came first before they arrived.

"Xiahou is here, thank you, General Han, for saving your life!" Xiahou in armor knelt down on one knee as he entered the door, and clasped his fists at Han Ye, his rough voice echoed over Tiance Mansion.

Han Ye stepped forward and helped Xiahou up.

"Looking at your aboveboard appearance, you have figured it out. Welcome home."

Xiahou nodded respectfully, with a smile on his face. In the past 14 years, his body and mind have never been so relaxed as now.

"Lin Ling? Why are you here!" Out of the corner of his eyes, Xiahou saw his lieutenant standing in Han Ye's small courtyard.

"I..." Lin Ling pulled Lin Yi behind him.

"Everyone sit down first, let me talk." Han Ye signaled everyone to be safe and calm, and led Xiahou to sit down at the stone table.

"Give you a chance to get to know each other again."

"Xiahou, formerly the elder of Xiling's part-time guest minister, is now the Great General of Tang Guozhen." Han Ye said to Lin Ling.

"Lin Ling, Xiling is a full-time undercover agent." Xiahou's expression darkened immediately upon hearing this.

"This incident started when Wei Guangming saw a shadow of night falling into Chang'an 14 years ago."

"He thought it was the son of Pluto, and wanted to kill him, but he couldn't enter Chang'an because of the master's power."

"Lin Ling told Wei Guangming about you and the empress, and revealed a plan to intercept and kill the son of Hades in Chang'an City by threatening to win you over."

As soon as Han Ye finished speaking, the stone table shattered, and an extremely strong gust of wind hit Lin Ling.

As soon as Gang Feng arrived in front of Lin Ling and Lin Yi, it dissipated.

"So it's you!!!" Xiahou's face was flushed, he gritted his teeth and said a few words, but he couldn't move, and Han Ye's thoughts suppressed him like Tianwei.

"Listen to me, and remember to pay for the table later."

Xiahou was pushed back on the stone bench by Han Ye's thoughts and sat down again.

"Lin Ling has only one purpose in doing this, and that is to hope that Wei Guangming can rescue his hostage daughter from the head teacher Xiong Chumo of Xiling."

Xiahou turned his head to look at the scared girl behind Lin Ling, as if thinking of something, his face gradually calmed down.

"Are you familiar? General Xiahou, this is the reason." Han Ye stared at Xiahou, who sighed.

"You and Lin Ling are the same kind of people, you can do anything utterly unconscionable for the important people around you." Xiahou slightly lowered his head in thought.

"Don't blame yourself, there will always be a dilemma in life."

"Everyone knows what happened afterwards. You, Xiahou, slaughtered General Lin Guangyuan's mansion, and Wei Guangming was imprisoned in You Pavilion."

"Until recently, he broke out of the secluded pavilion and came to the Tang country. Before he died, he passed on his life's insights to me."

"The great priest is dead!?" Lin Ling exclaimed in surprise.

"If you want to go to worship, I will give you a place later."

"After Wei Guangming's death, the Guangming Temple was slaughtered by the head teacher of Xiling. Although your daughter is enshrined in a relatively safe temple, she still couldn't escape the clutches of the head teacher."

Lin Ling grabbed her daughter's hand in horror and checked her body worriedly.

"Father, don't worry, it was General Han who ordered someone to rescue me in time and sent me to the Tang Kingdom."

Lin Ling was silent for a moment, then stood up and knelt down towards Han Ye.

"I have no eyes. I ran into the general before. The general ignored the past and saved me and my daughter. This kind of favor is hard to repay in this life. Lin Ling wishes to follow General Han for the rest of his life and never betray him!"

"Do you mind if I poach someone?"

Xia Hou looked at Lin Ling's sincere face and nodded. This may be Lin Ling's real appearance.

"Lin Ling, we are all redeemed because of General Han, and I won't bother with you about what happened before, so you can follow General Han well from now on!"

Lin Ling bowed his head three times to Han Ye upon hearing this.

'嚖嘒! '

The sharp chirping of cicadas suddenly sounded from the sky above the small courtyard.

A transparent flying cicada transformed from the vitality of heaven and earth fell into Han Ye's hands.

Seeing this, Xiahou's pupils shrank.

"Master Sovereign!?"

Han Ye put the flying cicada to his ear.

"The second floor will open in three days. Examiner Han, are you ready for the second exam?"

(End of this chapter)