CHAPTER 683: CHAPTER 278: TURNING AGAINST AND SURROUNDING TO KILL

On the other side, Old Yang was exchanging pleasantries with a few young men.

Then, Li Guoxiang continued to lead Yang Mei and two others towards Yunquan Temple.

Yang Er Ya and the others watched their departing figures.

One young man chuckled, "Haha, didn’t expect gifts to come our way."

Another said, "Tsk tsk, Yang Mei, I fantasized about her a lot when I was a kid."

"Heh heh, don’t just talk about when we were kids, I dreamt about her just recently. When she married Li Zhiqiang, I was so envious of that wimp. Never thought she’d come back."

"Haha, tonight’s gonna be fun."

"I recall many people in the village had a crush on her, right?"

"Damn, those breasts of hers are huge, I couldn’t take my eyes off them just now."

"Er Ya, come with me."

One of them suddenly turned his head, grabbed Yang Er Ya’s arm, and pulled her toward the forest.

Yang Er Ya’s mouth twitched but she didn’t dare resist, allowing herself to be dragged into the woods.

Another person watching from the outside touched his crotch and shouted, "Brother Ze, hurry up, I can’t hold it anymore."

"Screw you, I awakened a Strength Superpower, not your Speed Type, I can’t hurry."

"Hahaha, then let me go first?"

...

Filthy words spilled from their mouths, utterly unrestrained.

Liang Yuan and the other two followed Li Guoxiang, walking forward as they soon passed through the woods, seeing the tall yellow walls of the temple.

On the high walls, vines crawled all over, moss was everywhere.

Though there were signs of trimming, the vines grew rapidly.

"We’ve arrived!" Li Guoxiang said with a mysterious expression, smiling.

Old Yang looked at the familiar temple, feeling a sense of closeness, "Didn’t expect Yunquan Temple to become so desolate. You folks, don’t you know Dali?"

"How can you let these vines grow so wildly and press down on the courtyard walls?"

He then turned to Liang Yuan, "Mr. Liang, this temple is quite large, it can accommodate hundreds of people."

"Only here in Tree Mountain do we have such conditions."

"I’ll take you around the temple later." he said, sounding like a host as he walked along the courtyard wall, heading towards the front gate.

Li Guoxiang and the others smirked but did not stop him.

They silently followed Old Yang leading Liang Yuan and Yang Mei forward.

Soon they turned a corner and saw the gate plaza.

The plaza had quite a few people and many shacks.

The place originally for incense burners had been replaced by rows of shacks.

Outside the shacks, some women were washing clothes, and steps away, there were terraced fields being worked on by elders and strong youths.

On the surrounding vacant land, there were patrol teams.

These people didn’t seem to be guarding against the outside forest but were instead watching those working in the fields.

Old Yang saw many familiar faces, becoming excited, wanting to rush over to chat.

However, Li Guoxiang quickly grabbed Old Yang’s arm, smiling, "Uncle Lin, let’s meet the village chief first."

Old Yang replied, "The village chief? Oh, Li Kuirong, right? Let’s go, I need to ask him about the situation here."

Li Guoxiang glanced at Yang Mei and Liang Yuan, saying, "You should come along too."

Yang Mei asked, "Where are my parents?"

Li Guoxiang smiled, "I’ll have Yang Yi inform them. Yang Yi, go find them."

He signaled to Yang Yi.

Yang Yi understood, nodded, and immediately ran towards Yunquan Temple.

Li Guoxiang then led Liang Yuan and the others, walking leisurely towards the temple.

As they passed the plaza, Old Yang saw acquaintances and quickly waved, "Hey, you folks from the Wealth family, are you alright?"

The middle-aged woman washing clothes was stunned seeing Old Yang, her expression changed slightly, she wanted to say something but at that moment, a rugged man came over to her, pressing her shoulder down.

The middle-aged woman trembled, pursed her lips, and didn’t dare to speak.

The rugged man called out with a smile, "Hey, Uncle Lin, when did you come back?"

Old Yang looked closely and laughed, "Oh, is that Guodong?"

The rugged man smiled and walked closer.

Yang Mei said to Liang Yuan, "That’s Yang Guodong, he used to live near us."

Liang Yuan saw the young man named Yang Guodong approach, quickly noticing Yang Mei, his eyes lit up as he came forward smiling, "Sister Yang Mei, you’ve come back too? Weren’t you living in the city? How did you return?"

Yang Mei didn’t want to answer, forcing a smile, "Guodong, have you seen my parents?"

Yang Guodong’s eyes flashed as he looked at Li Guoxiang.

Li Guoxiang smiled, "I already sent Yang Yi to find Uncle Youwei."

Yang Guodong laughed, "Then Uncle Youwei should be here soon. Don’t stay here, it’s raining. Let’s go inside."

"Yes, yes, inside." Li Guoxiang also smiled.

Leading the way, Liang Yuan stayed calm, following them into the temple with Yang Mei.

Yunquan Temple, having aged, originally held many statues of Buddha, now most were removed to make rooms.

At least the hall remained, appearing quite spacious.

Inside the hall stood a dozen people, the leader was rotund, obese, with a receding hairline.

The few behind him resembled him slightly, two were also fat and stocky, the others were slim and muscular.