Mortal Bones

"Are you sure?"

Lu Rushuang couldn't help but want to confirm.

"Well, I will take Miss Dongfang to Yunyin Temple. Abbot Faxian there has a way to remove the curse for him."

In order to reassure Lu Rushuang, Xu Taiping lied to Su Qingtan and her daughter.

"Then I will go with you."

Lu Rushuang suddenly made a request.

"Little Sister, you should have heard of the Seven Tribulations Curse. The more people help to face the tribulations, the more risky and unpredictable the tribulations curse will be."

Xu Taiping shook his head.

"Taiping, why do you have to help the Dongfang family even though you know it is so dangerous? Is it really just for the reward?"

Lu Rushuang suddenly asked with a face full of questions.

"Little Sister, if our Qingxuan encounters this isolated and helpless situation like the Dongfang family one day, you must also hope that someone will stand up and help us, right?"

Xu Taiping looked at Lu Rushuang seriously and asked.

Lu Rushuang was shocked when she heard this, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Put yourself in other people's shoes. Since I can help today and have reasons to help, I naturally cannot back down."

"Otherwise, this world is too cruel."

After saying this, Xu Taiping turned around and left with a knife in his hand.

...

The capital.

At the entrance of Jieyun Inn.

The luggage of the Dongfang family was thrown onto the street by the innkeeper.

"Ancestor of the Qi family, you are taking advantage of others' misfortunes. Do you really not take my Dongfang family seriously?"

Su Qingtan, whose face was ashen with anger, glared at an old man in a black robe standing at the entrance of the inn.

"Master Su, please don't embarrass our Qi family. Don't you know who your Dongfang family has offended?"

The ancestor of the Qi family smiled coldly.

"You..."

"Mother, that's all."

Su Qingtan was about to refute, but was stopped by Dongfang Yuecan.

"Madam, Miss, I have asked all the other inns, and they all said that the rooms are full and they are unwilling to accommodate us."

At this time, a young man from the Dongfang family came to the two of them quickly and said breathlessly.

"A bunch of snobs!"

Hearing this, Su Qingtan stamped his feet in anger.

"Hey, hey, hey, you guys should pack your luggage quickly, don't block our business."

"Yes, move out quickly."

"Don't stay in the capital, leave quickly, the Seven Killing Curse will implicate innocent people."

The shopkeepers around, as well as the drinkers in the restaurants and teahouses, all looked at the Dongfang family with disgust.

The so-called wall falls, everyone pushes it. Now the Dongfang family, even a random restaurant on the roadside dares to kick over their luggage.

With the cultivation strength of the Dongfang family, they are naturally not afraid of these shop assistants.

But with a big enemy in front of them, how dare they make new enemies?

"Hey, we haven't finished loading yet, why did you take the carriage away!"

At this time, a Dongfang family member who was loading luggage stepped forward and grabbed a carriage driver.

"Our store owner said that the carriage cannot be rented to your Dongfang family, otherwise it will bring trouble."

The driver shook off the disciple's hand and drove the carriage away.

"It seems that this curse will indeed bring bad luck to those who approach them. Stay away from them."

"That's right, that's right, don't get involved."

With a burst of whispering, the crowd who were originally watching on the street dispersed.

"Bang!"

At this time, the door of the Jieyun Inn was also closed.

For a while, only Su Qingtan, Dongfang Yuejian and more than a dozen Dongfang family members were left alone on the empty street.

"Mother, why don't you take them to stay in the city and let the child go out of the city alone? I can't implicate everyone because of the child."

Dongfang Yuejian looked at Su Qingtan and smiled bitterly.

"How can I leave you alone?"

Su Qingtan grabbed Dongfang Yuejian's hand.

She turned to look at the remaining Dongfang family members and said:

"Go to Youyun Mansion, the Lord will take you in, and someone from the Dongfang family will come to pick you up after this matter is over."

"But you and the young lady..."

"If you still want to recognize me as your mistress, pack up your things and go to Youyun Mansion!"

The few people were still hesitating, but Su Qingtan scolded them loudly, and then they packed up and left.

Not long after, only the mother and daughter were left on the street.

"Jian'er, looking at the situation today, Mr. Xu should not come."

Seeing Dongfang Yuejian looking back at the other end of the street from time to time, Su Qingtan reached out and patted Dongfang Yuejian on the shoulder.

"I understand."

Dongfang Yuejian smiled bitterly and nodded.

After the news spread this morning, she didn't have much hope that Xu Taiping would come.

"Jian'er, there is only one way for us now, that is to go to the teleportation array connected to Chenglongtian immediately after leaving the city, although the Seven Tribulations Curse will still not be resolved."

"But your father will be there to pick you up in Chenglongtian, so there is a chance of survival."

Su Qingtan looked at Dongfang Yuejian beside her with a serious face.

Although she said so, she knew very well in her heart that the teleportation array leading to Chenglongtian was thousands of miles away, and Dongfang Yuejian, who was under the Tribulations Curse, could not reach there smoothly.

This was also the reason why she was reluctant to take Dongfang Yuejian back to Chenglongtian.

"Yeah!"

Although she also knew that there were many dangers, Dongfang Yuejian still smiled and nodded vigorously to Su Qingtan.

This is the last hope for the mother and daughter.

So, under the gazes of the restaurants and shops on both sides of the street, the lonely mother and daughter of the Dongfang family walked towards the city gate with a little loneliness.

Against the gloomy sky, this scene gave people an inexplicable sense of tragedy.

"Pah."

In a restaurant very close to the city gate, a man with drooping eyelids and stubble on his face slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table.

"Brother Tianze, do you want to intervene?"

An old man with white hair and beard opposite the man asked with a loud voice.

These two people are none other than the old martial god Zhu Huai and the general of Zhenhai Tower Zhang Tianze.

"I want to, but I dare not."

Zhang Tianze leaned back on the chair, squinting at the lonely mother and daughter on the street, and continued after a while:

"My life is no longer mine, and I can no longer be as willful as I was when I was young."

Hearing this, Zhu Huai sighed leisurely.

But at this moment, the sound of horse hooves broke the tranquility of the street.

The two turned their heads and saw a young man with a knife on his waist, driving a heavy bronze carriage.

Then, a hearty voice sounded in the empty street-

"Master Su, Miss Dongfang, please stay!"

"I will go with you two!"

Hearing this voice, Zhang Tianze was startled at first, and after carefully confirming the appearance of the young man, he suddenly raised his head and laughed, grabbed a wine jar on the table with one hand and said:

"Mr. Zhu, I will drink first as a sign of respect!"