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In the rain forest.

The people who were originally running in the same direction in the darkness suddenly stopped.

Under the dim moonlight, you can vaguely see everyone's face with a look of surprise.

Among them, some people showed timidity on their faces, and some were in a hurry. Only two people looked calm, but the seriousness on their faces still invisibly showed their caution.

Under the gaze, there were as many as dozens of people, but at the moment, their eyes were all looking in the same direction and silent. After a brief tranquility, someone finally broke the dullness: "...just, what was the sound just now?"

The man's tone was trembling, and he was obviously extremely nervous inside.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone continued: "It seems...it seems to be from the direction we are chasing..."

The voice was a little guilty. As he spoke, he looked carefully at the only thin man in the crowd without light armor, as if he was asking him.

As he looked at the thin man, the rest of the people also looked at the thin man one after another. Almost for a moment, everyone's eyes focused on the thin man, waiting for him to make a decision nervously.

This thin man was one of the two calm people before, but in addition to the seriousness on his face, his frowning eyebrows and flickering eyes also showed him thinking quickly.

The rest of the people looked at him with breath and focused, and secretly exchanged glances with their companions. Many people opened their mouths, but they didn't dare to say anything.

This inconspicuous move invisibly highlighted the status of the thin man. It was obvious that he was the leader of this group of people.

After he was silent for a moment, he suddenly took out a long stick-shaped item from his arms. As soon as the item was taken out, the faces of the people he saw around him changed instantly. Then, as if he knew something, the original expectation in his eyes disappeared, and replaced by numbness seemed to be left.

But the thin man seemed to not see everyone's eyes. After taking out the items, he did not stop. He gently pressed the top of the long stick. When he heard a "wake up" sound, the thin man quickly raised the long stick over his head.

"puff--"

With a light sound coming from the stick, everyone present raised their heads at the same time and saw a thin line of golden light ejecting from the stick, easily passing through the dense trees above their heads. After flashing in the air for two seconds, it gradually faded.

The thin man then lowered his head, kept the long stick aside, slowly looked around everyone, and said slowly: "You have also seen that I have used up the 'golden line arrow' that I gave me. Its visual range is enough to cover half of the rainforest. My purpose of using it now is not to ask for help, but to gather all the people scattered in the rainforest!!"

Everyone was speechless.

The thin man seemed to be very satisfied with everyone's performance. He glanced a few more times before continuing: "I don't know what happened just now, but this time, the adults ordered that Zhuang Biyun be killed at all costs. So, from the beginning, including me, all of us had no way out! Now... To be cautious, everyone rested in the spot for half a quarter of an hour. After half a quarter of an hour, Ning Youqian stayed here and waited for the other people scattered in the rainforest to meet up, and the rest continued with me!"

After the words came, the thin man ignored everyone and sat down cross-legged, but his eyes were still staring tightly at the direction where the explosion had just come. In addition to the caution he had just now, there was another resentful look in his eyes!

After hearing the sound, everyone saw a deep sense of powerlessness in the other person's eyes. However, after exchanging glances, everyone sighed, and then sat cross-legged as a thin man.

However, whether intentionally or unintentionally, almost everyone subconsciously left the thin man far away, as if they were very afraid of him.

But there was only one exception. This person was the other person who was just as calm as the thin man. He glanced at the others and saw that most of them were sitting there, closing their eyes to adjust their breathing. After hesitating for a moment, he walked to the thin man's side, then squatted down and whispered in his ear: "...You have used up the golden thread arrow now, are you some..."

"What? Hum!" The thin man glanced at him and said sternly: "Is it a little 'reckless'?!"

"I dare not, Fang Tong dare not." This person is no other person, Fang Tong, but Fang Tong lowered his head when he was slapped by the thin man, but after biting his lower lip, he still expressed his concerns: "I just think that if you use the golden thread arrow now, even if we capture Zhuang Biyun alive, it will be difficult for us to walk out of the rain forest again..."

"Hmph." The thin man looked at Fang Tong and sneered twice, but unexpectedly was not angry, and just said lightly: "Fang Tong...Don't you know that ordinary 'line arrows' can only be seen by people in a radius of one mile at most?"

Fang Tong was already ready for the scolding, but he didn't expect that the thin man was not angry. He couldn't help but feel much more relaxed. He immediately gritted his teeth and said everything in his heart: "I just think that if we don't even have the hope of walking out of the rain forest alive, then killing Zhuang Biyun would have no meaning."

As soon as he said this, the other people sitting cross-legged were shocked. Although they did not open their eyes, their ears had already risen. Some people even began to open their eyes and look at Fang Tong and the thin man.

Obviously, most of the people present were much more concerned about being able to walk out of the rain forest alive than killing Zhuang Biyun! However, no one dared to say what he said, for fear of angering the thin man. When Fang Tong, the first bird, said what he said in his heart, he immediately cheered up and waited for the thin man to answer.

Fang Tong began to regret it after saying this. He has never been the kind of person who likes to show off. He suddenly became a leader because of the influence of Fa Keyu not long ago. However, he did not want to get the same fate as Fa Keyu.

Fortunately, the thin man's temper was not as cruel as Fang Tong imagined. He stared at Fang Tong carefully for a while before slowly saying: "If I weren't unaware of what was going on ahead, I would kill you now."

His meaning is very obvious: I don’t know what happened before now. One person is better than one person less. I won’t kill you now, but I will remember you first.

But when Fang Tong heard this, he felt relieved, but he thought that he had offended the thin man now. Even if he walked out of the rain forest safely in the future, he would not have any good endings. He simply said directly: "I know, the reason why you killed the Dharma is to shock us, but do you know? All we want is to 'live'."

Fang Tong's words were really a shattering of the thin man. Although the rest of them thought so, at this time, no one dared to stand up and agree with Fang Tong's point of view, for fear of causing trouble.

The thin man was still not angry, and looked at Fang Tong calmly, but changed the topic: "Fang Tong, I remember at the beginning, you had a different view from Fa Keyu?"

"No, you misunderstood." Fang Tong shook his head slightly: "I respect every order given by the boss, but it does not mean that I don't want to continue living. Since I serve the boss, I will do my best to do everything for him. The boss's last order before his death was to kill Zhuang Biyun. I will naturally choose to survive or wait for rescue after completing it. I will not simply violate the orders like the Dharmakayao... "

"Stop talking!!" The thin man suddenly became furious and interrupted, but after a moment of silence, he seemed to calm down again and asked calmly: "If I didn't appear suddenly, would you be sure to survive from the powerful hidden weapon next to Zhuang Biyun?"

Fang Tong was frightened by the thin man, but then saw him calm down, he sorted out his thoughts and tried to keep calm and said: "This is different. Even if I die at the hands of that powerful hidden weapon, I will have no regrets. After all, if I can kill Zhuang Biyun by chance, there is still hope of waiting for you to rescue, but now..."

Speaking of this, Fang Tong can no longer talk.

The thin man did not pause at all and immediately followed his words: "But now... I went deep into the rainforest alone, and used the 'golden line arrow' that should have been used to locate and ask for help to gather my people scattered in the rainforest and outside the rainforest. Do you think that without the support, we will definitely die in this rainforest?"

Fang Tong did not answer and silently agreed.

When the thin man saw his appearance, he snorted coldly: "Hmph! Do you think I don't want to walk out of the rain forest alive?! Remember... no one wants to die!!"

When Fang Tong heard this, his heart suddenly jumped. Then he realized that the thin man had been not answering his questions directly and was just testing him. He couldn't help but say in surprise: "You, do you have any other ways?"

"You might as well tell you..." The thin man said this and deliberately raised his voice to everyone present: "Pingshan happened to meet the 'Changde' on his way back. After hearing this, Deacon Chang immediately took Pingshan back and told me to go back alone after what time. With Deacon Chang's strength, he would be able to return before dawn. Do you think that with Deacon Chang, we will still be trapped in the rain forest?"

Although he said this to Fang Tong, he deliberately raised his tone, obviously saying it to everyone.

When the people who were sitting in the same place and silently heard this, everyone's body was shocked, and their faces showed a look of excitement.

But Fang Tong's face turned pale in an instant, and he could no longer say a word.

The thin man ignored Fang Tong, took this opportunity to stand up and shouted to everyone: "Your leader is dead. As long as you complete this task successfully, I will pay you the same reward. Moreover, according to the regulations, although you will be under my jurisdiction in the future, if anyone wants to leave, I will never stop you!"

After saying this, he glanced at Fang Tong slightly, then turned his eyes to everyone again: "Okay, except Ning Youqian, everyone else will get up for me, let's continue moving forward!"

As he said that, seeing everyone getting up one after another and seeing the excitement on everyone's faces, the thin man looked at Fang Tong and whispered in his ear: "Although my Lao Chong is not as cruel as my younger brother, I am a little like him. I also like obedient people, and don't like people who are smart and careless about me."

Fang Tong's face became more ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You kill me."

"No, you still have any use." The thin man Lao raised a finger and placed it in front of Fang Tong's eyes and shook it: "When this matter is over, I will pay you a double reward, but I don't like you... Do you understand?"

After saying that, Lao Chong finally stared at Fang Tong, then turned around and left, quickly ran towards the canyon, shouting: "Follow up!"

Except for Ning Youqian who stayed there, everyone else looked at Fang Tong with sympathy, and then they chased him in the direction where Lao rushed away with all their might.

Ning Youqian walked to Fang Tong with sympathy, patted his shoulder to express comfort, but did not say anything.

"Thank you." Fang Tong responded softly, his voice a little astringent. Then he stopped talking and followed the steps of others toward the canyon.

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Chapter completed!