Seven Strings in Dreams

Chapter 179 The snipe and the clam fight

As long as they come out of the mountains, even if they don't have much spiritual power fluctuations, people outside will be more or less taboo. After all, no one knows what the consequences will be if they offend those ancient tribes.

Except for some small tribes living at the foot of the mountain who would choose to rely on some larger tribes, the tribes hiding in the deep mountains were the most difficult to deal with.

You have to know that there are all kinds of poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts in the mountains. Many places are extremely dangerous. For ordinary people, going in is like committing suicide.

How could a tribe that could survive in such a place be easy to deal with! Moreover, they had many good things, and people would come down the mountain to trade every year. Many people were looking forward to their coming down the mountain. If they didn't come down the mountain, those treasures in the deep mountains would not be seen.

It is not easy for people at the foot of the mountain to climb up, and it is equally difficult for people on the mountain to go down.

Therefore, it would be safer for Wu Na and the others to pretend to be people in the mountains.

The guardian Zhuji prepared some newly collected herbs for the two of them. Those herbs were not difficult to collect, but they were of good age. They could also be exchanged for some silver at a critical moment.

In addition to medicinal herbs, the two of them also carried a few wild rabbits, pheasants, and wild vegetables and fruits.

Even the clothes they were wearing were exchanged from farmers in the mountains.

There was no need for them to deal with things like changing clothes, as Protector Linlang had already arranged it in advance.

The two of them set out from the land route and took a detour. Several other groups of people who were covering for them also set out one after another.

Elder Gele and Elder Jiayu have also set off.

The original plan was to let them leave by water and hide on a remote island nearby for a while.

But Wu Na's two brothers found something unusual. Recently, many strangers appeared at the seaside ferry. After they came, they tried to find out information. It was obvious that they had a purpose.

Although the temple had no substantial evidence to prove that Elder Gele and Elder Jiayu had betrayed the temple, they were now mixed up with the priests, and it was impossible to explain.

The saint is suspicious by nature, and Elder Jiayu and Monk used to be friends who had risked their lives for each other.

No matter what, the temple would not accept them again. If they went back obediently, they would die. They might be transformed into the most obedient puppets by the saint.

They would not accept their fate unless it was absolutely necessary. Fortunately, there was still hope and someone was willing to help them.

Wu Na's brother told the guardian Linlang about his discovery. Fortunately, the guardian Linlang was prepared. Elder Jiayu and the other two also trusted the guardian Linlang. Everything was decided by the guardian Linlang.

The people on the Holy Mountain were too familiar with the two of them. Elder Jiayu was suffering from illness and had lost a lot of weight. He no longer had the radiance he once had.

In order to avoid being recognized, Elder Geluo ate a lot and gained a lot of weight. But the two of them together were still too conspicuous.

So we separated first, but reunited soon.

Elder Jiayu was seriously injured, so Linlang Dharma Protector could only send people to escort him. Those people were the ones who secretly protected the high priest and never showed up in public. No one knew their origins or their relationship with the high priest.

Even if they were caught, they would not leak any information.

Linlang sent more than one group of people to protect Elder Jiayu. On the surface, there were not many people, but there were waves of people hiding.

Linlang was afraid that something might go wrong. Elder Jiayu was not only the high priest's friend, but also helped them in times of crisis. Elder Jiayu was their benefactor.

Linlang also arranged people for Elder Gele, but the number was smaller. Anyway, the two groups would come together, and both of them would be well protected by then.

Elder Gelu first disguised himself as a hunter, and then entered a escort agency. Someone in the escort agency met him, and he secretly mixed in with the escort team.

The escorted items were just a cover, and Elder Jiayu was mixed in. But he was not part of the escort team, he was the cargo. The box he was in was specially made. He was in a sophisticated interlayer. Even if someone found something unusual, they couldn't open the interlayer. And Elder Jiayu could open it from the inside.

Elder Gele and Elder Jiayu met at the escort agency. In order to conceal their presence, the two did not come into close contact.

The escort agency that was escorting the goods had no connection with the sacrificial lineage. The escorts of the escort agency did not know what was being escorted. They took the money to do the job and did not ask anything else.

The escort team was very spectacular, with a total of twelve carriages moving forward in a mighty manner. It attracted a lot of onlookers. There were huge wooden boxes placed on each carriage.

This looks a bit ostentatious. But even if someone suspects, they won't notice the existence of Jiayu Protector. I just don't know if it will aggravate his injuries.

Fortunately, the journey was not long, and they would reach their destination in three to five days at the shortest, or seven to eight days at the longest. By then, someone would naturally pick them up.

Elder Jiayu and Elder Gele will quietly leave the team, and the escort agency will continue to the destination.

By then, no one would know about it, and as long as nothing unexpected happened, the two of them would be able to temporarily escape the siege of the Holy Mountain disciples.

Those disciples were fine, they were just outnumbered. They were easy to trick. As long as they didn't run into other elders of the temple, they would have escaped. As for the follow-up, they just had to take good care of their injuries.

In addition, some people had already disguised themselves as the two of them and went to other places. Those people would attract some of the pursuers, and as for what would happen if they were discovered in the end, Elder Jiayu and the others didn't need to worry about it.

What they need to think about now is how to survive. They have to survive, and they have reasons to survive.

As long as the two of them can escape successfully, it will definitely shake some people on the Holy Mountain.

After all, not everyone on the Holy Mountain is a true follower of the Saint.

It's not that no one has tried to escape from the Holy Mountain over the years. But those people all died tragically in the end. Anyone who tried to escape or betray was killed by the Saint.

Even if someone really manages to escape, they will always be on the Holy Mountain's hunting and tracking list.

For those people, death may be a relief.

The temple usually blocks the news, and only the saint and a few core elders know the real news.

Even when they publish the hunting list, they will not tell the Holy Mountain disciples the true identities of these people.

It’s just that the rewards for those tasks were too tempting, so those disciples didn’t even ask why.

To them, those they hunt are the most heinous people.

But reality is often cruel. Those who died at their hands were just poor people.

Some of them had never entered the Holy Mountain, but began to flee when they learned that they were chosen by the Saint. When those disciples were carrying out their missions, they would only kill without listening to anyone's explanation, and sometimes they would even kill everyone, even the family members of those people.

As long as such a family-annihilation tragedy is attributed to a feud, no one will continue to investigate. After all, there are not many people willing to seek revenge for the dead. Even if there are a few, they are just moths flying into the flame and destroying themselves.

In recent years, the disciples of the Holy Mountain have been domineering outside, but they are still sought after by many people. Maybe in their eyes, being strong is the absolute strength, and as long as they have the ability, they can do whatever they want!

The Saint is an ambitious person. She never cares about the outside world's evaluation of her. She has means and can bribe people. She kills decisively and clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments.

A woman like her has both distinct advantages and disadvantages.

Some elders worship her as a deity, without any other thoughts. Some elders are respectful to her on the surface, but secretly despise her behavior.

There are also a few people like Jiayu and Gele who have their own difficulties.

But not everyone is like them, refusing to go along with the crowd and being ostracized everywhere.

Some people were forced to enter the Holy Mountain by the Saint. But after they came, they gradually adapted to everything in the Holy Mountain. After all, the resources provided by the Holy Mountain to the disciples were quite good. Not to mention the elders. Besides, as long as they completed the tasks, they could get more resources they wanted. This was very tempting to some people.

Some of them were gradually assimilated, and a small number of them were very good at hiding. They did not show their dissatisfaction with the saint, and did not even reveal their own secrets.

The elders of the temple all had some real abilities. Some of them had other ideas long ago.

For example, someone supported a little girl to come to power and become a manipulator behind the scenes. For example, someone wanted to replace the saint. In short, the temple, which seemed harmonious on the outside, was not unbreakable.

In the short term, if Jiayu and Gelu don't go back, it won't have much impact. But in the long term, it will still have a big impact.

The elders of the temple defected, and the prestige of the Saint was destroyed. If the Saint could not turn the tide, her future would be even more difficult.

The Saint was not a good person, which was not a pity. But how many people could keep their original aspirations in her position?

The temple looks good on the outside, but it is rotten in nature. It will take a major overhaul to completely change its appearance.

Now, simply changing a saint can no longer change anything. Moreover, the saint's foundation is solid and it is not so easy to collapse.

Elders Jiayu and Gelu have been in the temple for quite some time. It is impossible to easily erase the past of the two.

But I believe the Saint will not sit still and wait for death. She will definitely find a solution when the time comes, so as to avoid causing panic among the people.

Those disciples naturally wouldn't think too much about it. Even if they talked about it after dinner, it was just nonsense. As for those temple elders, they were all very troublesome. If the Saint Girl could stabilize the situation, they would continue to be fence-sitters.

If Geluo and Jiayu can make the matter bigger, they will benefit from it.