I didn't breathe a sigh of relief until I saw that Amanci disappear, and then I sat down on the ground with a thud, my whole body drenched in sweat. Now that I think about it carefully, I still feel a bit scared, that monster was too terrifying, and this is still its heavily injured state? If it were in its prime, what would happen?

  "Are you okay?"

  Zhao Shenyu's evil aura had disappeared, and he walked over to sit down beside me.

  "I say, what's the point of Miao Shamanism raising so many monsters?" Li Mingyao complained with a pale face.

  "Our Miao Wu Sect is not inferior to your Mao Shan's big sect, with such a strong foundation, we are not afraid of any monsters and ghosts attacking Mao Shan." Zhao San Yu said with a smile.

  Li Mingyao said proudly: "That's right, our Maoshan's golden gourd is not just for show, come as many monsters as you want and collect as many as you can."

  "But our Miao Wu Sect is different, we don't have a good foundation. That Amanzi just now initially had conflicts with our Miao Wu Sect and killed its way to our headquarters, causing a big commotion. Later it was subdued by our people, and when we were about to kill it, it voluntarily offered to become an evil god for our Miao Wu Sect." Zhao Shanyu said: "That's why our Miao Wu Sect invited three more great demons to be our four major evil gods."

  "This is so boring." Li Mingyao shrugged and then said to me, "Fengzi, hurry up and help me back to Old Man Hong's house to take a nap. I'm exhausted, can't take it anymore. I feel like tomorrow I'll have to be hospitalized just lying down."

  I nodded, there's nothing good to collect in this righteous village either. I picked up the Lie Tian Sword from the ground and helped Li Mingyao clean up the Dao Altar outside, then supported him as we walked towards Old Man Hong's house.

  We walked to the door and knocked, and Old Man Hong finally opened it. At this time, his face was also tense, and he asked us: "Three of you, have you caught the monster?"

  The snake in the temple just now made a lot of noise, I reckon everyone in the village heard the commotion.

  "Hmm, that monster has already been reduced to ashes by our three talismans, no need to worry."

  Now I can only say this, after all, Old Man Hong has an expectant look on his face, and we can't tell him that the three of us almost couldn't beat that snake demon, and in the end, the snake demon patted its butt and escaped easily.

  "Good." Old Man Hong's face was very excited, he said: "I'll go tell the villagers right away, let them know this good news."

  "No need, it's too late, and Old Li is injured, let him go in and rest quietly. I'm a liar after all, although my face is thick, but I don't want to let Old Man Hong publicize it loudly."

  Old Hong said: "Alright, I've tidied up the room, you three hurry in."

  The three of us stayed overnight at Old Man Hong's house.

  Old Man Hong did arrange a room for me and Zhao Shenyu, but I slept on the floor without any hesitation.

  That night, I slept very well and didn't think too much about it. Although Ah Manzi was a heretical god of the Miao Shamanism, Zhao Shenyu was still the daughter of the leader of the Miao Shamanism. As the saying goes, "a tiger does not eat its own son", I thought that my father-in-law would not harm Zhao Shenyu.

  And I also plan to wait for two years, after Zhao Shenyu and I get married, we will visit my father-in-law. Although Zhao Shenyu has been quite happy on the surface during this time, sometimes he still looks unhappy, as if there is always something on his mind.

  I understand, she still has some knot in her heart, after all, he is her biological father.

  However, my father-in-law may have some misunderstandings about me now. After I marry Zhao Shenyu and we have a child, he will see his grandchild and won't be angry with me anymore, right?

  Anyway, I'm still feeling pretty good in my heart.

  The next day when I got up, my whole body was still a bit sore, especially the left shoulder, which still hurt badly.

  I got up and looked at the time, it was only 10 o'clock in the morning. However, I heard Zhao Shenyu and Li Mingyao's voices coming from outside the door. I rubbed my eyes and walked out to take a look. At this moment, Zhao Shenyu and Li Mingyao had already packed up their things and were saying goodbye to Old Man Hong.

  Li Mingyao's condition was even worse at this time, his face was pale and he was a bit shaky when standing.

  As I walked out, Old Man Hong said: "This time we really thank you, otherwise our village would have suffered even more."

  "It's all right, Uncle Hong, don't be polite."

  I exchanged a glance with Li Mingyao and dryly laughed.

  Then because Li Mingyao's body was getting more and more uncomfortable, we said goodbye. When I led him away, I saw Li Mingyao quietly put an envelope on Old Man Hong's table. The envelope was bulging, and it was obvious that it contained money.

  Cough cough, of course, Li Mingyao didn't throw money, could it be a love letter?

  When we left the village, many people in the village had gone to work in the fields. Only Old Man Hong saw us off. After waving goodbye, we walked along that winding mountain path outward.

  Later, Li Mingyao's body was too weak, so I carried him on my back and walked.

  On the road, I asked Li Mingyao what he left on the table. Li Mingyao laughed and said: "Nothing much, just 10,000 yuan. This year's harvest in that village was not good, hoping this money can let people in the village buy more grain and stuff."

  "Hey, I didn't expect you'd be so generous all of a sudden, giving away 10,000 yuan just like that." I teased Li Mingyao with my back to him.

  Li Mingyao suddenly said seriously: "Actually, no matter how much money you make, it's just an illusion. Money and wealth are external things, as long as we have enough to spend, that's enough. Our Buddhist temple usually donates the remaining funds after expenses and personal use to poor mountainous areas. I hope that with my humble power, I can help some people live a better life. Greed is the source of evil, and money is the source of greed, so we must not overemphasize it."

  "Don't be so serious, big brother. I'm getting a bit fed up with your tolerant attitude." I said: "Besides, behind your back, I'm just a poor man. Otherwise, give me those external things of yours and I'll take them to hell for you. Who needs to go to hell for such sinful and evil things like money? Let me be the bad guy instead."

  "Cut." Li Mingyao made a cutting motion.

  All the way chatting and nonsense, it's not too boring, but Zhao Shenyu didn't say anything all the way, just walking behind us with his head down, his face always looked worried, as if he had some troubles.

  At 5 pm that day, we finally arrived in Chengdu, and as soon as we got off the car, we felt the atmosphere of the New Year.

  The streets are decorated with lanterns and red lights, it's late afternoon, occasionally you can still see children playing with firecrackers on the side of the street.