Chapter 340: Chapter 336: Somewhat Strange

Chapter 340: Chapter 336: Somewhat Strange

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“Daoist Yao, you go ahead and arrange the matters of the battlefield on the City Wall. We still have some people hiding outside the city. When they are all gathered, please open the city gate and let us in,” said Shen Luo.

“Rest assured, Friend Shen. You have come all the way from Jianye City and have done us a good turn. Naturally, the gate of Jianmen Pass will be opened for you,” Yao Feng said with a solemn expression, clasping his fist in reply.

“Thank you very much then,” Shen Luo returned the gesture with a bow.

Having said that, he leaped off the city wall, strolled diagonally on it for several steps, and then landed next to everyone.

“How are things on the city wall?” Bai Xiaoyun asked as he came over.

“There are no issues now. That Master Yao Feng…” Shen Luo briefly described the situation on the city wall to everyone.

Just as he finished speaking, Shen Luo remembered his conversation with Yao Feng just now, and something felt off, but he couldn’t pinpoint what the problem was.

At this moment, a series of orders came from the city wall, seeming like Yao Feng was commanding his subordinates to tidy up the battlefield.

“Bai Bi, bring the people waiting outside into the city,” Bai Xiaoyun glanced up at the city wall and then turned around to give the order.

“Yes.” Bai Bi responded immediately and ran off.

“I’m going to help, too, and tell everyone to hurry up,” Shen Yu spoke up.

“Alright, let everyone get into the city as soon as possible to prevent the monsters from launching another assault.” Shen Luo nodded approvingly.

“Didn’t you see those guys were beaten back? How dare they attack again?” There came a snort of derision from one side, filled with contempt.

Shen Yu was about to leave when she heard this. She turned her head and found that it was Lu Yong who had spoken.

She slightly furrowed her brows, and a tinge of loathing rose in her eyes. Not because this man had been sarcastic, but because he didn’t make any move during the battle earlier. Now he suddenly emerged.

“Since you’re not one of these monsters, how do you know they wouldn’t dare?” Shen Luo retorted emotionlessly.

“What did you say…?” Lu Yong flew into a rage at his words.

“Well, …of course, I’m not one of those beasts, but I know the beasts can’t be trusted. If we really had listened to some people’s words and took the detour suggested by the Raging Bull Demon, it would have ended badly for Jianmen Pass…” He was about to throw a fit when he noticed that Bai Xiaoyun was watching, so he changed his tone, grumbling.

“Fortunately we didn’t believe it, that guy definitely had bad intentions.” A man behind Lu Yong chimed in.

“Disloyalty is expected from monsters. Next time we should just kill them quickly.” Someone else yelled out.

“That’s enough. Even though the monster greatly exaggerated, not everything it said was false. At the very least, we were informed of the attack on Jianmen Pass and prepared ahead of time ,” Bai Xiaoyun suppressed the discussions, saying.

Everyone kept quiet after hearing this.

About half a moment later, Bai Bi and others arrived, leading all citizens and carriage team, stopping outside the city gate.

The piles of corpses that had accumulated at the entrance of the city gate had been cleared away, but the piles of bodies stacked on both sides of the street were still quite shocking.

Accompanied by a series of heavy sounds, the two thick city gates slowly opened outward.

Looking through the gate, Shen Luo saw men and women, old and young, standing at both sides, tens of people. They all appeared to be practitioners from their demeanour and injuries.

Behind these people, hundreds more were tightly standing together, stretching into the city,

Shen Luo examined them and found that the monks standing in front were in good condition, their eyes still sparkling. But those ordinary citizens standing behind were utterly exhausted, with numb expressions. They seemed to have suffered a lot from the monsters’ attacks.

“Fellow Daoists, you have waited a long time. We are grateful for your help earlier. Please, come in,” Yao Feng, wearing a Qing-colored Daoist robe, came to the front, bowing to everyone, and said.

“We are just passing through and will not bother you too much, thank you,” Bai Xiaoyun responded with a vertical palm salute gesture.

“No problem, no problem at all. It would be great if you could stay for a while longer,” Yao Feng said with a thick smile on his face.

Shen Luo looked again into the gate, then quietly moved back to Shen Yu’s side and whispered a few words in her ear.

She then moved inconspicuously to Shen Huayuan and communicated with him.

With everyone’s attention on the gate, no one noticed the Shen family’s odd behaviour.

“Please come in, everyone. Although we can’t offer a banquet in the city, we have prepared some food and hope you don’t mind,” Yao Feng waved his hand and suggested, making an inviting gesture.

Bai Xiaoyun immediately gestured to everyone to enter the city. He was the first one to walk into the gate and head towards the city.

The people in the city saw this and stepped aside.

Right after him, Lu Yong and others also walked in with pomp.

Instead of rushing in, Shen Luo stood by the gate, guiding the citizens driving the carriages into the city.

The Shen family, on receiving the instruction from Shen Luo, stood still waiting. Only when everyone else had entered did they take the place of the people of the Bai family and ended up at the tail of the team.

Everything was orderly and went without a hitch.

“It seems like I was overthinking…” Shen Luo muttered to himself, sighing with relief in his heart, and then followed the squad.

The team in front had exited the gate and reached a square within the city. The ground near the wall was still piled up with wine jars filled with fire oil and neatly stacked bundles of arrows.

On the other side, a bit further away, you could still see a temporarily set up stove. It seemed that the supply during the war was solved in this square.

As Shen Luo glanced over, he noticed there was no fire under the stove, not even a trace of warmth. It looked like it hadn’t been used for a long time, which puzzled him.

According to previously what Yao Feng had said on the city wall, the monsters had been besieging the city for some days, and this stove shouldn’t be out of fire.

At this moment, he carefully recalled the earlier words of Yao Feng. His eyes suddenly flickered, finally remembering what had been bothering him.

He had never mentioned Jianye City to Yao Feng before, nor had he spoken of his origins. However, Yao Feng had directly stated that they had come all the way from Jianye City.

How… did he know about this?

Moreover, Jianye City had only recently been breached. Under normal circumstances, the news could not have spread widely. While Jianmen Pass was not too far away, in its current closed-off state, how could they have received the news?

“Daoist Yao, before us, has anyone else come here to help?” Shen Luo asked, just to be safe.