“…!”

Zhu Xin immediately reached out to take it, but saw Feng En snuck his hand and took the jade back.

"What are you doing? Give it to me!"

"You're sure that's what you want-"

"I can't read it wrong!" She stared at him, "How could that piece of jade be in your hands!"

Ah, it seems that she didn't hear the conversation with Qiyu last night...

Thinking of this, Feng En spoke:

"I got it by chance."

"What a coincidence? Tell me clearly!"

Seeing that she refused to give up, Feng En was not upset. He held the jade pendant and reached in front of her again:

"Tell me what this thing is first and what it is for."

“Um…”

Zhu Xinhu's teeth bit her lip, and her dark eyes showed doubts:

"I'll give it back to me after I said it?"

Whoosh.

The jade pendant was suddenly thrown forward by Feng En, and Zhu Xin was stunned and immediately caught it.

"Can you say it now?"

Zhu Xin, who was full of surprise, hesitated for a while, took a deep breath, and finally spoke:

"This piece of jade is a token passed down since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. At first, there were 64 pieces, but after two dark tides, only one piece left, which is the piece you gave me. It should have been placed in this yellow library and taken care of."

Speaking of this, she raised her jade pendant and pointed it at the stone lamp; the clear yellow light shone on the white jade, and the dragon patterns on it slowly began to flash and gradually became brighter.

"You know the dream poison, and you should also know how terrible the Black Tide is. But even it has devoured nearly one-fifth of the Ming Dynasty's territory, it has its nemesis - the spirit of the jade, [continuously], which can completely resist the erosion of the Black Tide and even destroy it."

"So that's it, it can cure your dream poison."

He nodded.

No wonder, no wonder Wang Cheng told him not to leave this thing on his body - even the Black Tide can resist it. Just thinking about it, you can know how powerful the spirit inside is, and it is natural for the reason why the Holy Spirit Sect covet it.

It's also a blessing. If I hadn't met Zhu Xin, I would have been chased by the Holy Spirit Cult... But if it weren't for the lack of clones after meeting her, this piece of jade would have been lying in a barren mountain and ridge long ago.

Thinking of this, Zhu Xin had already put away the jade and was staring at him:

"Do you want me to help you with something? I mean... you also know my identity. As long as it is not too much demand, what I can do will definitely help you. Just treat it as a reward for you to repay me as a piece of jade."

Seeing that he was silent, Zhu Xin hurriedly continued:

"Whether the Holy Spirit Church or the girl you want to save, I can find a way to solve these problems for you-"

“No need.”

Feng En shrugged and replied with a smile:

"That piece of jade is not my thing, I just return it to the original owner."

Zhu Xin bit his lower lip lightly and wanted to speak but stopped. Finally, he silently reached out and pressed the lid at the top of the stone tower and took out the iron plate from the ground.

Following the path when I came back all the way to the outdoors, it was still dark and covered with dark clouds. Looking at the stars and moons that happened among the clouds, Feng En suddenly shuddered and felt the cold wind piercing into his bone marrow in an instant.

He noticed the cold wind from the east, and he looked at the frozen lake and his eyes slowly rose:

In the east, the night sky behind Zhongshan is without stars or moon, too deep... and too quiet!

"Miss--"

He immediately called Zhu Xin, who was standing by the lake, but saw that her expression also changed: the cold wind blowing from the east became more and more bitter, and even if she had been used to the cold because of her own mind and spirit, she would not be unable to feel it now.

"The Kuroshio is coming, and he has already reached the other side of the mountain!"

Seeing her anxious appearance, Feng En immediately pulled her:

"Let's go to Xuanwu Gate."

"But--"

"I know, you told me that there are many guards there, and you will definitely be checked when you enter the door; but being checked is better than staying here."

“…”

Seeing Zhu Xin's tacit approval, Feng En pulled her and rushed to the frozen lake. At this moment, there was no one patrolling around. It was undoubtedly a more convenient and quick choice than hiding underwater.

Xisheng made Feng En no longer have to worry about stepping on the fragile part of the ice surface. The iron locks on the water did not constitute any obstacles than the aquatic plants under the water; but he still asked Xisheng to pick up Zhu Xin halfway, because the cold wind blowing behind him was no longer interrupted.

When he got ashore, the city gate was conveniently placed in front of him; he ignored Zhu Xin's call behind him, and ran forward with the sound of hugging her; his back was already numb from the cold, and his legs and feet gradually became out of control-

In an instant, Feng En suddenly remembered that he was like this when he saved Qiyu on the snow field before, running desperately.

After a moment of distracting, he suddenly noticed that although the main gate in front of him was closed, a closed small door next to the right door was not locked, just a false cover; there was no guarding him next to the door, and no sound came from anyone.

It's like I'm ready to wait for them...

Before I could think too much, Feng En, who felt that the back of his body was almost unconscious, simply closed his eyes and let himself concentrate on running. His only goal was the half-closed door with the sound of air flowing-

Dong!

When he opened his eyes and closed the door, he heard that there was no sound outside the door as if silence was dead. The metal door handle was frozen in an instant. He was about to escape when he saw the stone bricks that had built the door holes showing golden light, covering the walls, and then pouring into the door panel.

"These inspiration is actually [continuous]."

Zhu Xin explained:

"The walls of the two capitals in the north and south, as well as many major cities in the eastern part of the Ming Dynasty, have been poured into [never rest] in the past decade. Although the purity is not as good as that piece of jade, it is enough to defend against the black tide on a large scale."

"That's how..."

"So how long do you have to hug me? It's not that I can't walk!"

When she yelled, Feng En hurriedly asked Xisheng to put her down and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"It's not that I'll hold you, Miss."

"Hmph, you have to do whatever I ask you to do. This is my appointment with you."

Although I don't remember having such an agreement, Feng En nodded:

"Okay. If you say yes, that's it, don't make any arguments."

Now the two of them are finally out of danger, and there is nothing wrong with joking. After last night, he also understood the reason why the little girl in front of him was willful, so she left it.

But when the matter came to an end, another thing immediately occupied his mind.

"Miss, let's go back to the inn first."

He said, taking Zhu Xin slowly out of the door - there were no defenders outside the cave, but were crowded with refugees. It was obvious that they had just escaped from the outer city or even further away from the early morning. Under the light, many people were still scared when they looked at it.

However, the fear and breathing panic on their faces were quickly disappearing with time. Although the crowd was still a little noisy and chaotic, most of them had their eyes moved from the sky back to the surroundings and moved towards the city walls at the same time.

"Can they see it?"

Crushing out of the crowd, Feng En suddenly asked, and Zhu Xin glanced at him:

"What did you see?"

"The Spirit on the Wall."

He observed the crowd under the lamp, but saw Zhu Xin curling his lips:

"If it is a spirit controler, it will definitely be visible; as for the rest, I guess they are just following others, wanting to see what others have seen or wanting to act like others."

Zhu Xin said, his eyes swept across the crowd and finally moved to the city tower.

"Strange, there are many defenders on the city gate. Why didn't there be anyone in the gate just now..."

"Probably because there are so many refugees in need of resettlement."

Speaking of this, Feng En looked at a team of soldiers - they were constantly moving carbon barrels for refugees to keep warm.

"you're right."

Zhu Xin nodded thoughtfully.

After stopping for a while, the two turned north and walked towards the inn. As they moved away from the city gate, the surrounding situation gradually became no different from that of ordinary times: the streets were quiet, and only a few taverns that were open were brightly lit, and there were sounds coming from time to time.

When he walked to the entrance of the inn, Feng En suddenly spoke:

"It's only a moment and a half to reach the city gate here."

"Yes, it's quite close."

Zhu Xin walked into the door, and Feng En followed silently.

When she returned to the room, she began to search for her luggage until she carried out a pile of bottles and wooden boxes from it.

"Come on, reach out." Zhu Xin looked at him, "Although the wound on your hand is just a skin injury, you have to deal with it again."

"Didn't you use [White Dew as Cream] to stop the bleeding for me before you leave the Yellow Book Library."
To be continued...