Chapter 2219

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　　After hearing Xu Taiping’s words, Zhong Ling’s gaze also looked towards that small mountain, and then, as if remembering something, she nodded and said：
　　I remember this place.
　　She immediately added another sentence and said：
　　Decades ago, there was indeed a temple here. There were several clay bodhisattvas enshrined in the temple, and there were two monks, an old one and a young one.
　　“At that time, because there was a large town not far away, there was still some incense in the temple. Many common people would go to the temple to seek peace during festivals.”
　　“However, just over ten years ago, a Jiuyuan Demon Emperor passed by here and was burned by the incense in the temple, and was very unhappy. So he disguised himself and entered the temple at night to pretend to seek accommodation, and tortured the two monks, the old and the young, until the next morning before going down the mountain.”
　　“In the end, one old and one young, one died and one went crazy.”
　　“When that Demon Emperor went down the mountain, he even cut off the only mountain road with a single knife.”
　　When saying this, Zhong Ling pointed at the steep cliff and then said with a frown：
　　“That cliff was chopped out by that Demon Emperor with a single knife.”
Xu Taiping didn’t expect that this seemingly the unassuming dilapidated temple actually had such a tragic fate.
　　Zhong Ling sighed and said：
　　“This kind of thing happens almost every day in this world. Even compared to this degree of casualties, it doesn’t even reach the point of being reported to the city lords of each city.”
　　Xu Taiping nodded, and then his gaze once again looked at the two teenagers and girls who were still struggling to climb up, and asked：
　　“Is there still anyone in that temple now？”
　　“Yes.” Zhong Ling nodded. “After that road was cut off, in the first few years, there were still quite a number of villagers who climbed up to the temple to offer incense bit by bit by relying on the nails nailed on the cliff wall and the hemp ropes hanging down from the mountain.”
　　“But this road is really too difficult to climb. Over time, fewer and fewer people went up the mountain to offer incense, and the incense in the temple became increasingly withered.”
　　“Later, because the Jiuyuan Demon Army was pressing on the border, the largest town nearby was occupied by the Demon Army, and most of the villagers fled to this side of the mountain.”
　　“So the incense on this mountain was almost cut off.”
　　“Only occasionally, the villagers in the nearby mountains, pitying the hard life of the crazy monk on the mountain who had his legs cut off, would send some rice and grain up the mountain from time to time.”
　　When saying this, Zhong Ling’s gaze also looked at the pair of teenagers and girls who were still struggling to climb up, and then continued：
　　“It’s just that the scene of letting such a little doll go up the mountain to deliver food is still seen for the first time.”
　　“It seems that there are not many farmers in the vicinity either.”
When saying this, a trace of murderous intent could not be suppressed in Zhong Ling’s gaze.
　　Xu Taiping looked at the pair of young men and women without blinking and said：
　　“Can we get closer？”
　　Zhong Ling nodded, “Of course.”
　　As soon as the words fell, the figures of Xu Taiping and Zhong Ling beside him stood beside the cliff wall at the same time, and there was only a distance of less than ten feet from the young man and woman who were climbing up.
　　“Brother, my hand was cut by the rope！”
　　Just at this time, the girl shouted upwards to the boy with a hint of crying in her voice.
　　The dark-faced boy looked back at the girl and then frowned and said：
　　“Sister, you go down the mountain along this rope and wait for me. After I deliver these food to the mountain, I will come down to find you！”
　　The girl looked at the boy and shook her head vigorously and said：
　　“I don’t want to！”
　　As she spoke, regardless of the pain in her palm, she gritted her teeth and climbed up desperately, as if she was afraid that the older brother above would leave her behind.
　　The boy looked at the younger sister below with some distress, but immediately he turned his head and continued to climb up without stopping.
　　Finally, the brother and sister climbed to the top of the mountain one after the other.
　　The boy smiled and said to the girl beside him：
　　“Sister, the road above is narrow. I will climb up first and then come to pull you！”
　　The girl nodded vigorously and said：
　　“Okay, brother！”
　　So the youth took a deep breath, reached out and grabbed the edge of the cliff, exerted force with both arms together, pulled his body up little by little, and then stretched his foot to hook the edge of the cliff, ready to use his hands and feet together and roll onto the open space on the cliff.
　　“Bang！”
　　But just as the youth was about to roll onto that open space, the piece of cliff wall that his hands were grasping suddenly cracked completely, and together with the thick iron nail tied to the horse, it all fell down.
　　“Brother！”
However, at this critical moment, the girl was pulling the hemp rope with one hand and holding the girl’s wrist with the other.
　　After being rescued, the youth’s eyes briefly showed a look of horror, and then he immediately shook his head at the girl and said：
　　“Sister, let go, you can’t pull me, don’t worry about me, you climb up by yourself！”
The girl, upon hearing this, was somewhat angry and said in a crying tone:
　　“Brother, you’re going to leave me alone again！”
Then she, while struggling to pull the girl up, gritted her teeth and said:
　　“Brother, it’s okay, you, you are very light, lighter than me…”
　　“I, you know, I have had great strength since I was a child…”
　　“So, I, definitely, definitely can pull you up！”
　　Immediately, the girl shouted “ah” and actually, relying on her slender arms, threw the youth onto that open space.
　　After the youth stood on the open ground, he immediately reached out and pulled the girl up.
　　After the two looked at each other, they then hugged and cried.
　　Xu Taiping, who was watching from a distance, couldn’t help but heave a long sigh of relief in his heart andSecret passage：
　　“Fortunately, this girl has great strength.”
　　Although he didn’t know these two people at all, this short moment made him have a wonderful feeling of experiencing life and death with these two people.
　　Zhong Ling, who also let out a sigh of relief, asked Xu Taiping at this time：
　　“Do you still want to watch？”
　　Xu Taiping nodded and said：
　　“Anyway, it won’t delay much time. Let’s see what they plan to do？”
　　Zhong Ling nodded and said：
　　“Okay.”
　　And just as the two were talking, the brother and sister had already held hands and rushed towards the dilapidated temple in front.
　　After following the brother and sister into the temple, Xu Taiping saw the one-eyed crazy monk who had no legs, was wearing a tattered monk’s robe, and was sitting on the threshold of the broken temple giggling.
　　Xu Taiping asked curiously：
　　“Is this the little monk who survived back then？”
　　Zhong Ling nodded and said：
　　“That’s him.”
　　The skinny crazy monk, upon hearing the footsteps of the two siblings, immediately said cheerfully： “Xiaoqing, Xiaobai, you, you’re here！”
　　The youth immediately nodded and said：
　　“Little master, you haven’t come for such a long time. Have you finished all the things sent last time？”
　　The crazy monk shook his head with a smile and said：
　　“No, no. Look, I still have, I still have a lot.”
　　As he spoke, the crazy monk picked up a handful of soil from the ground and held it in front of the brother and sister.
　　The girl pouted her lips and her eyes were a little red as she said：
　　“Little master, when we didn’t come, you ate these？”