A Clash of Gods

The rain was pouring down from the heaven, then all of a sudden, a sharp lightning pierced through the sky, which was like a huge chain caught on fire and then vanished. Right in a second, an earsplitting thunder came from the sky, roaring and shaking the vast land.

After figuring out what was happening before him, Yang Ning made his choice that he was going to take the lash.

If things could be worked out by fist, then why bothered the brain?

It really pissed him off to see that a bunch of young adults were taking their rages on a ragged man, who was only able to shrink into himself so as to withstand those fierce punches and kicks.

Yang Ning was never against fights, as a matter of fact, he enjoyed punching out his rivals, however, he'd never enjoyed bullying the weak with the strong. And he would never stop thinking about what he could do to take care of those who had pissed him off.

"Stop it!" Yang Ning let out a roar, trying to make a preemptive strike and scare them off.

Yet, the roar was somewhat faint and feeble instead of loud and strong.

Fortunately, that roar of disapproval - not that earth-shattering though, did stop the crowd and draw their attention back to him.

It wasn't until then did Yang Ning find out that these bullies were in no better shape than the guy who got bullied. They all looked messy and shabby like beggars.

"Er... Ermine!" A mop-headed young lad recognized Yang Ning and rose staggering to his feet, with an unexpected look on his face.

Yang Ning felt a little bit piece of unease crossing his body, yet he was too focused on the current situation to worry about that. He then said in a cold voice, "A man should always fight one-on-one. What's the point of winning an unequal fight?"

The mop-head walked slowly towards Yang Ning while sizing him up, then he let out a quirky smile, saying, "You're still alive?" He stopped in front of Yang Ning, reached out his hand and trying to pat him on the shoulder.

Yang Ning saw that the other party reached a hand out, he subconsciously protruded a hand and grabbed his wrist. Before he realized, Yang Ning moved and tied his hand behind his back. Then he pressed his arm, and there was a sound of crack. The scream of that mop-head man instantly sounded.

He was the best at this kind of empty-handed fighting. It really took no effort to remove one arm of the other party.

The mop-head man screamed, with his arm down, and he pressed against his shoulder with the other hand. He sweat a lot on his forehead, and his face became pale.

Several other guys looked at each other, and the two beggars were holding a stick respectively and approached Yang Ning.

Yang Ning smiled slightly and glanced down on the ground. There was really a wooden stick next to his feet, so he picked it up and held it in his hand.

With a loud roar, the two men waved the sticks and struck Yang Ning from the two sides.

Yang Ning sneered, and struck with the wooden stick in his hand like lightning. In his years of special training in the military, one of the subjects was to use everything as a weapon. The momentum of these two men was fierce, but in Yang Ning's eyes, it was nothing. If he were not somewhat exhausted, he could beat them easily with bare hands.

At this moment, he had a wooden stick in his hand. Therefore, of course there was no reason for him to be in the disadvantage.

With two clicks, the wooden stick swayed, and Yang Ning stepped sideways. He punched on the face of a person with his right fist, and kicked back like a scorpion between the other man's legs. The two men both screamed in pain. One locked his legs and fell down, while the other man dropped off his stick and raised his hand to cover his bleeding nose.

Yang Ning shook his head. His opponents were really not challenging, which made him feel almost no sense of achievement.

Yang Ning looked up to the front, and there was still a man holding a wooden stick, looking at him dumbly.

Yang Ning raised his arm and pointed at him with the stick, he said to the last man, "Come on, it's your turn!"

His body used to be stiffened and exhausted, but after some exercise, he was actually more comfortable.

The man looked at his companions, shaking the hand that was holding the stick. He suddenly dropped the stick on the ground, barely smiling, "Ermine, I... I won't fight with you..."

"Ermine?" Yang Ning was surprised, since it was the second time that he had heard this name, "What Ermine?" And he couldn't help but move forward with the wooden stick.

The man was shocked and saw that Yang Ning was still pointing at him, he immediately said with pity, "Ermine, this... this is not my idea. I... I am forced..." Then he raised his hand and pointed to the mop-head man whose arm was broken by Yang Ning before, "It's... It's Monkey. It's Monkey's idea..."

Yang Ning glanced at the mop-head man, he frowned and realized something. He lowered his head and glanced at himself. His face suddenly changed.

He felt strange before when he saw these people's clothes were rotten, but at this moment he found that his clothes were even worse than theirs. He was in rags and his dirty and stained skin was exposed.

He looked around. It was a very dim place surrounded by mottled walls, and there was a bonfire on the side. A crackling sound came from above his head. Yang Ning looked up and saw that the roof was covered with thatch and there were a lot of cracks. Many places were leaking raindrops.

Oh my god!

Yang Ning was sure that he was dreaming, but this dream seemed too real.

"Ermine, you... you are alive again?" A surprise voice sounded. The guy who was besieged by those people looked up, and his swollen face could not conceal his surprise.

Seeing that face, Yang Ning suddenly felt dizzy. At this moment, there were many scenes in his head. The pictures were interlaced, and the face in front of him was actually so clear.

What happened? Where was this place?

The man in front of him seemed to be forty to fifty years old. His figure was slim and his shirt was open, his shriveled chest exposed. He was so boney that his ribs were clearly visible.

The environment around him was extremely unfamiliar. Yang Ning looked at his hands, and the wooden stick fell off.

The hands...were obviously not his own hands. Although the hands were also callous, just like his own hands, there were obviously much smaller than his own hands.

Shocked, Yang Ning touched his face with his hands. He was very familiar with the shape of his face, but this was obviously not his own face. This face was much thinner than his, and the edge of his face was not clear, which was completely different from his original shaped and even clean-cut face.

Yang Ning couldn't help but soften his legs and sat down on the ground all of a sudden, and his head was dazed.

The elder who was beaten saw Yang Ning acting in this way, he was so worried, "Ermine, you... What's wrong with you?"

Yang Ning suddenly raised his head and waved his hand at the man he didn't beat up. The man hesitated for a while, but finally approached to him uneasily.

"My name is Ermine?" Yang Ning asked, staring at the man.

The man nodded immediately.

"Where is this place?" Yang Ning asked the second question.

The man hurriedly said, "This is the Earth Temple in the west of the city."

"The Earth Temple?" Yang Ning couldn't help glancing around, thinking that the Master of Earth was really aggrieved, "Why am I here? You said the west of the city... Which city is this?"

"Huize county seat!" The man immediately said, "The Huaishui River is more than 100 li to the north. Er... Ermine, don't... don't you remember? You came to the city half a year ago, but later Boss Fang recruited you into the Beggar Sect. Now you are also a disciple of the Beggar Sect."

"Wait a minute!" Yang Ning said, "Beggar Sect? What do you mean?" After looking at the clothes of several people, his heart was depressed, "You mean, are you all beggars?"

"You too." The man kindly reminded him, "We are all disciples of the Beggar Sect." He asked with courage and a trace of sympathy in his eyes, "Ermine, do you... do you forget it all because of the illness?"

"The Beggar Sect? Ermine? Huize county seat?" Yang Ning raised his hand and pinched his arm, feeling very painful, then he looked even more dignified. He understood something, "Damn it. Did I... Did I travel through time and space?"

"Travel through time and space?" The man asked humbly, "What does it mean?"

Yang Ning said angrily, "Don't mind what it means. I ask you, that...!" He pointed at the guy who pressed against his shoulder and hummed, saying, "Is that Monkey? What idea did he come up with?"

"Well...!" The man glanced at Monkey, and thought about the strength of both sides secretly in his heart, and then said, "Monkey thought that you were about to die and he forced Old Bark to get out of the Earth Temple. Ermine... This, I didn't agree with this. But if I hadn't promised him, he would have got me out of here."

"Old Bark?" Yang Ning looked at the old beggar. Many scenes appeared again in his mind, among which there was the picture of the old beggar feeding him. He got up and held up the scarred Old Bark, and his voice was much gentler, "Are... are you Old Bark? Have you been taking care of me?"

The eyes of Old Bark were full of joy, and he reached out to touch Yang Ning. Yang Ning was very uncomfortable with an old beggar touching his body. But he knew that this was the concern of the other party, so he couldn't refuse. He only felt that the hands of Old Bark were shaking and his tone was full of concern, "Ermine, everything will be fine, as long as you wake up. There is divine justice after all!"

Yang Ning didn't care whether there was divine justice or not, but only cared what kind of living environment he was in.

"You all thought that I was going to die, so you drove this poor old man out of this shelter when there were lightnings, thunder, wind and rain?" Yang Ning thought that he was right about attacking. Seeing Old Bark with his swollen face, his voice was cold, "You all come here and apologize to Old Bark. If he forgives you, I will let this thing go. Otherwise..."

"They don't have to. Just... forget it..." Old Bark said hurriedly.

Yang Ning ignored him and pointed at Monkey whose arm was broken by him, "You, come here..."

Monkey's arm was broken and it was unbearably painful. At this time, he saw Yang Ning staring at him coldly and he didn't dare to resist. He moved to the front of Old Bark, lowering his head, "Old Bark, I... I was wrong. You..."

"What?" Yang Ning said coldly, "What are you saying? I can't hear it clearly."

"Old Bark, it was me who was being ungrateful. It was... It was my fault. You are so... You are so generous. Please forgive me this time..." After these words, Monkey had already sweat on his forehead.

Monkey had opened his mouth, and the others no longer hesitated and came over one after another, "Old Bark, we... we were stupid before, so please don't mind it. In the future... In the future, we will never dare to treat you like this again..."

Old Bark was used to being bullied by others. At this time, when he saw so many people kneeling down and apologizing to him, he was at a loss for a moment, and he could only say, "Get up. It... It doesn't matter..."

Yang Ning could tell that Old Bark was a tolerant person. He was beaten by others like this, but he could let it go once they had apologized. Since the party didn't mind it, there was no necessity for him to stick with it.

He walked a few steps to the front of Monkey. Monkey saw Yang Ning approaching, and his face changed dramatically, and he endured the pain and shouted, "I... I have already apologized. You have to... You have to keep your words..."

He was really a coward.

When he hit people, he was so powerful. But when his arm was just broken, all his arrogance went away. Yang Ning didn't talk nonsense. He reached the broken arm of Monkey and without any movements, Monkey screamed like a pig.

"Ermine..." Old Bark exclaimed, and several other beggars made a decisive move and were about to run away.

"Don't howl." Yang Ning was mad and cold, "I will fix your arm. If you scream again, I will make this arm useless."

He was not in a good mood at this moment, so he was very annoyed when he heard Monkey screaming. During the special training before, it was usual for him to break his arm, and he didn't feel that it was the end of the world.

After all, Monkey was obedient. As Yang Ning said so, he instantly stopped howling. Yang Ning pulled it up and down twice. Monkey sweat on his forehead and looked miserable. There was a painful sound in his throat. And at this time, Yang Ning had taken back his hands.

"Try it yourself, whether it can move or not." Yang Ning had turned around and sat on the pile of hay at the corner of the house.

Monkey was doubtful, but still slightly turned his arm. Although it still hurt a little bit, his arm was able to move freely.

Seeing this, those beggars who had planned to run away all came back. They saw Monkey kneel down at the foot of Yang Ning, and his voice became very excited, "Ermine, in the future... in the future you will be our leader. We will all listen to you. If you ask us to go east, we definitely won't go west!"

Yang Ning was a little stunned. Monkey's attitude changed so fast, which made him uncomfortable.

To his surprise, when several other beggars saw Monkey do this, they all ran forward and knelt in front of Yang Ning, saying together, "Ermine, in the future, you will be the boss of the Earth Temple. We will all listen to you."

Yang Ning raised his hand and said, "Wait a moment. Let me sort it out." He took a deep breath, and asked, "This is Huize county seat. You are all disciples of the Beggar Sect..."

"You too!" Monkey firmly asked Yang Ning to be in the same class with them.

Yang Ning glared at Monkey. He didn't like others interrupting him easily, "What dynasty is it now? And who is the Emperor?"

Those people looked at each other. Apparently, they didn't expect Yang Ning to ask such high-level questions when he began to talk.

"The dynasty? This... Huize county seat is a county of Chu Country, then it should be... it should be Chu Dynasty." Monkey said carefully, "Who is the Emperor? We... We don't know."

Sweat dropped from Yang Ning's forehead, but after he thought about it, he felt relieved. If this was really in ancient time, then the methods of communication would be extremely backward. And the Emperor always kept mysterious. It was impossible for him to often make a TV speech, so normal people probably really had no idea who the Emperor was.

He asked several questions again. In the barely passable narrations, he knew a little about it at least.

His name was Ermine - at least it was such a weird name in this era. At this moment, he was in a small county which was not really peaceful in the northern part of Huainan Prefecture of Chu Country.

The reason why this small county was not peaceful was that the Huaishui River was just about 100 li to the north. And the reason why the Huaishui River was not peaceful was that there had been battles on both sides of the Huaishui River for many years.

Chu Country occupied a large area of land south of the Huaishui River, but the north of the Huaishui River was dominated by Han Country. The two countries were opponent and waged tit-for-tat struggles against each other.

According to the information provided by these unreliable guys, although Chu Country located south of the Huaishui River, it had always controlled the land of the two counties in the north of the Huaishui River, threatening the north of Han Country like a sharp knife. Such a threat absolutely made Han Country anxious, so three years ago, Han Country sent the army of 200,000 to the south.

The two countries had been fighting against each other for more than two years. There were ruins and smoke on both sides of the Huaishui River, and every place was broken. The people living on the both sides escaped their hometowns to find shelters, and their families were broken.

Huize county seat, which was only about 100 li away from the Huaishui River, absolutely became one of the places where refugees found shelters. It was good that although those from Han Country once invaded the south area of the Huaishui River, they were forced to retreat before they arrived Huize county seat, so it avoided the war.

However, just a few months ago, the two countries called a truce, and the battle of Huaishui River which lasted for nearly three years finally came to an end.

Although the war had come to an end, the refugees in Huize county seat didn't leave. At present, a small county was overcrowded, which became a disaster.

Yang Ning never thought that he would travel through time and space one day, let alone become a glorious disciple of the Beggar Sect.

Born in an ordinary family, he had worked hard to become an armed policeman and went through rigorous training. After leaving the army, he chose to be a businessman. Starting from scratch, he struggled little by little and it could be said that he finally made an achievement.

Just when he went through a lot and it was finally the time for him to enjoy his life, he woke up from a hangover and changed into a beggar from a businessman owning the possession of ten million.

The trouble was he didn't have much impression of the past of Ermine. Although there were some fragmented pictures in his mind, he couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Ermine, with your skills, you will surely make some great achievements in the Beggar Sect." After seeing Ermine's skills, Monkey squeezed a smile, "With your skills, you can be regarded as a top master!"

Yang Ning only wanted to ask Monkey whether he was really so shameless. Yang Ning didn't deny that he had some skills, but when he could be regarded as a top master since he had beaten some useless people, he really had no idea how Monkey defined himself. If I, Yang Ning, were the top master, then would these useless guys like you be first-rate masters?

"Can I make a great achievement in the Beggar Sect?" Yang Ning was still very unfamiliar with everything at the moment, so he lowered his dignity and asked, "What will it be?"

"It's still a beggar!" Monkey's answer almost made Yang Ning beat him again, "But maybe you will become the boss of Huize county seat!"

Yang Ning tried his best to restrain his temper and asked, "Since this is the Beggar Sect, do we also have some branches? By the way, won't the last name of the leader be Qiao?"

Monkey hadn't spoken yet, when someone aside hurriedly said, "We belong to Winged Fire Snake, which is one of the 28 branches!" This person ignored the angry eyes of Monkey, only hoping to leave a good impression on Yang Ning, "The leader's last name is not Qiao. It seems... It seems to be Xiang!"

"Then do you know Hitting Dog Stick?" Yang Ning showed a little interest, "Should you hear of Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms?"

Several beggars looked at each other and all shook their heads, apparently they were puzzled by what Yang Ning had said.

"Isn't Hitting Dog Stick the treasure of the Beggar Sect?" Yang Ning said, "Haven't you seen the Hitting Dog Stick in the hand of Leader Xiang?"

"The Leader Xiang?" Monkey hurriedly said, "We are just a branch in the small county, which belongs to Winged Fire Snake. We haven't even seen the master of this branch. How can we meet Leader Xiang? And I heard that Leader Xiang was as mysterious as the Long. We don't have the chance to meet him."

Yang Ning was even unhappier. It was poor enough for him to become a disciple of the Beggar Sect. However, according to this situation, he seemed to be the lowest grassroots in the Beggar Sect.

Beggars belonged to the bottom of the society. It was even worse when he was at the bottom of the bottom level.

Old Bark, who had been silent on the side, finally came close at this time, and there was a small bag in his hand. He handed it to Yang Ning, "Ermine, this is the money... exchanged from the jade pendant. It has mostly been used to see the doctor and buy the medicine. Here's the money left, and you shall put it away."

Other people didn't dare to neglect Old Bark at this time, and they all made him a way.

Yang Ning said in surprise, "The jade pendant?"

Apparently, Old Bark knew that Yang Ning's mind was a little fuzzy at this time and explained, "When you passed out, Xiaodie came to visit you. She saw you were so sick, so she left a jade pendant. I found that jade pendant seemed to be important to her. But in order to save you, she still gave it out. I had no other good ideas, so that I could only take it first."

"Xiaodie?" He didn't know the reason, but when he heard this name, Yang Ning felt familiar. There was a pain in the back of his head. A vague impression appeared in his head, which was a pretty girl at some ten years old. He felt that his brain swelled, and he raised his hands to hold the temples on both sides.

He was not stupid. With this strange reaction, Yang Ning soon realized one possibility. Although he occupied the body of this man called Ermine, Ermine's memories were not completely devoured by his own consciousness. Once others mentioned some people and things to stimulate him, Ermine's subconsciousness would emerge in his brain.

Old Bark noticed Yang Ning's strange behavior. He couldn't help but frown and sigh, "Ermine, you just recovered from a serious illness. How about... How about your taking more rest? You can forget anyone but Xiaodie. If it hadn't been for her, you couldn't have been alive now."

Yang Ning was even more puzzled. According to Old Bark, the girl named Xiaodie seemed to have saved his life.

Wind was howling and rains were pouring outside, but Yang Ning felt cold at this moment. He asked Monkey, "Is there any water? Get me some water to wash my face."

He needed to wash his face with cold water to wake himself up.

Monkey was astonished, but after he saw Yang Ning frowning, he hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, I'll get it..." And then he said to other people, "Come help together!"

After those people went out, Yang Ning asked Old Bark, "I had a serious illness?"

"You have been sick for some ten days." Old Bark sighed, "We didn't have money to heal you, so we could only watch you and do nothing. It seemed that you were not able to make it. A few days ago, Xiaodie came here in the midnight and cried for half of the night. Then she took out the jade pendant and asked me to exchange it into money to cure you. Ermine, if it weren't for that jade pendant, you might have died."

"Xiaodie... Xiaodie cried for half of the night?" Yang Ning smiled embarrassedly, "She can't bear me to die? But... But who is she exactly? Why... Why can't I remember her clearly?"

Old Bark couldn't help but raise his hand and wave in front of Yang Ning's eyes.

Yang Ning could only remind him euphemistically, "Old Bark, I do forget some things, but I'm not blind. My eyes can still see things... Could you please remind me of some things?"

Old Bark smiled helplessly, "Half a year ago, you brought Xiaodie here as refugees. You told me that you two met together while seeking asylum. She was bullied and you saved her once. Since then, you two have been depending on each other like brother and sister."

"I came to Huize county seat half a year ago?" Yang Ning narrowed his eyes. It was strange that when Old Bark mentioned it, there were actually some fragmented pictures in his brain. They were vague, but there appeared the outline of a little girl and her looking was quite clear.

"Then do you still remember what happened after you came to Huize county seat?" Old Bark couldn't help worrying when he saw Yang Ning so confused.

Yang Ning wanted to think about it, but he didn't know whether it was because he had just recovered from a serious illness that as soon as he used his brain, he would feel that the back of his head swelled and a sense of drowsiness hit him.

"Where is Xiaodie now?" Yang Ning learned from the words of Old Bark that it was because of Xiaodie that he was able to became alive. And the owner of this body obviously had a deep relationship with Xiaodie.

Old Bark sighed, but said helplessly, "You really can't remember. She has always been in the place of Madam Hua. In the past six months, you visited her. You told all those things about her to me."

"Madam Hua?" Yang Ning said in surprise, "Who is this Madam Hua?"

Before Old Bark answered, the voice of Monkey sounded from behind, "Madam Hua is the widow of County Deputy Governor Hua. Ha-ha. In this city, few people dare to provoke her."

At this time, Monkey came in. A beggar behind him carried a broken wooden barrel with water in it and placed it next to Yang Ning.

Yang Ning rolled up his sleeves and felt a little itchy on his body. He approached to the barrel and was about to reach out to wash his face. But he hadn't reached his hands yet, when he was stunned.

Although he was already mentally prepared, he was still a little surprised to see the face in the water.

It was a stained face which was not cleaner than other people's, but he could still tell that this face was pretty and he was just fifteen or sixteen years old. His face was gaunt, but his eyebrows were like swords and raised up, showing a heroic spirit.

He used to think that the hair style of the mop-head man was very personal. At this time, he found that he himself was also mop-head and disheveled. At least from his appearance, he was really a beggar.

Yang Ning was astonished, then he shook his head, smiling bitterly. Then he washed his face. With cold water touching his face, he was somewhat soberer, then he asked, "The widow of County Deputy Governor Hua? Does Xiaodie serve in the house of County Deputy Governor Hua?"

Old Bark looked worried and said, "When Xiaodie left that night, she said that she would come over to see you as long as she had the chance. But it has been many days, and there is no news from Xiaodie. She sneaked out of the Hua Mansion that night, and we didn't know whether she was found when she went back. It really makes me worry."

"Xiaodie saved my life. Of course, I should thank her." Yang Ning clearly defined his grace and grievance. Although his impression on Xiaodie was not deep, she saved him and he was grateful, "By the way, where is the house of County Deputy Governor Hua? When the rain stops, I need to meet Xiaodie."

Monkey was a little surprised, "Don't you remember where the Hua Mansion is? You used to go there often."

Yang Ning shook his head and asked, "Do you know?"

Monkey said hurriedly, "Madam Hua lives in the Death Lane, which is a bit far from here. When the rain stops, I'll lead you there. But... But we can't go during the day. We can only sneak in at night if we want to go."

"The Death Lane?" Yang Ning thought that this name was somewhat gloom. Wouldn't it be the lane where the business of the death was run, such as coffins and hell money?

"Actually the lane has no name, but the Hua Mansion is there, and no one dares to go there." Monkey looked knowledgeable, "Loach from the east city bet with others last year. He broke into that lane during the day and was thrown out by someone. Moreover, he was bruised all over the body and several ribs were broken. So far, he hasn't recovered." There was a hint of annoyance in his eyes, "Since then, we have called this lane the Death Lane."

Yang Ning sneered, "Was it done by the people in the Hua Mansion?"

"County Deputy Governor Hua used to be a great person in Huize county seat." Monkey said, "In the Death Lane, there is only his house. Who else could it be?" Monkey said angrily, "But Madam Hua manages the temporary marriage, so she has to be sneaky when doing things, and of course no one can easily approach to the house."

"Temporary marriage?" Yang Ning felt it very strange and asked, "What is this temporary marriage?"

"It's not a stuff, but a shameless business." Monkey smiled strangely, "If the concubines of the noble have courage, they will accept this work. Or those widows who bring daughters and servants alone will take this job occasionally when it's hard for them to survive... This is temporary marriage."

Yang Ning was astonished, "What do you mean by taking this job? Is it..." But he understood in his heart.

"As the saying goes, a wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than cheating. Those dissolute all agree that it is the best when playing with the families of those noble officials." When it came to this topic, Monkey was so excited that his foam flew and his expression became vivid. He said with smile, "Those women are all taught by the noble. No matter in appearance or temperament, they are better than ordinary women in the brothel. They know about the emotions and understand humor, and there is no disadvantage. In addition, those who choose temporary marriage are not women in the brothel, so their embarrassment and shyness tickle men's hearts." Speaking of this, Monkey's eyes were also glowing.

Yang Ning sighed. He didn't expect that there was such business in it.

Monkey said again, "County Deputy Governor Hua had a serious illness at a young age and died two years ago. When he lived, there were tens of servants and subordinates in this family. When he died, there was no income in this family, so they couldn't support it. Then Madam Hua took the servant to secretly start temporary marriage..." With a wretched smile, "This county is not big. No matter how secret Madam Hua behaves, there should be gossips spreading out. Everyone knew the truth and called her Madam Hua behind her back. That woman is more than thirty years old, I have heard that she asks the servants to take the jobs..."

When Yang Ning heard this, he was suddenly upset, thinking that if Xiaodie was in such a family, wouldn't she be in danger?

In the middle of the night, there was no sign showing that the wind and rain would stop outside. Yang Ning already felt a little tired. Knowing he couldn't go out in such weather, no matter how much he was worried about Xiaodie.

Everything could only be dealt with after the rain stopped.

After being busy for half of the night, other people were also quite tired. Yang Ning asked them to go to rest first. There was a main hall and a side room in the Earth Temple. Yang Ning was in the side room at this moment. Only Yang Ning and Old Bark stayed in the side room, while others all went to the outside room to have a rest.

After Yang Ning lay down, he was thinking about the way out in the future.

Yang Ning felt inappropriate for the glorious career of the disciple of the Beggar Sect. Since it had been the fact that he had come to this world and it couldn't be changed, all he could do was to adapt to the life in this world.

What made him helpless was that this era was not any historical era in his memory. Otherwise, he could predict what would happen and take advantage of being a prophet to make a great achievement.

He had run a business before, and he felt that with his accumulated business experience, he might be able to make a big difference in this era. But at this moment, he had no money. Even though he wanted to do business, he didn't have the start-up capital. Moreover, he knew nothing about the current market situation, so he wouldn't embark on the road of business in a short time.

It took him a long time to fall asleep. Maybe it was because he had just recovered from a serious sickness that he had a good sleep at night.

The next day, he was woken up by Old Bark. Then did he realize that it was noon already and the wind and rain stopped. Yang Ning got up and went outside. There was a smell of mud and grass in the air. It broke into his nose, but it was refreshing. Yang Ning took several deep breaths greedily and he felt much comfortable.

He looked around and found that this Earth Temple was remote and there were not many houses around, but there was a pond not far.

There were several old willow trees slanting by the pond, and the willow branches protruded towards the water, and thousands of willows drooped above the water. The breeze was blowing and the shadow of the branches was whirling, swaying like a slim beauty dancing.

"Where did those guys go?" Yang Ning couldn't help but ask Old Bark beside him, when he found that Monkey and the others disappeared from the Earth Temple.

Old Bark said, "They went out earlier and said that you had recovered from a serious illness, so they had to ask for something to celebrate when they came back."

Yang Ning laughed, "They still have such kindness?"

Old Bark thought that Yang Ning understood the thoughts and plans of those people and said, "Ermine, it's good what they are up to. They regarded you as the Leader of the Earth Temple, it could be told that they were up to no good."

Yang Ning said it casually, but he didn't expect that Old Bark would say so. He felt that there was something wrong with it, and asked, "Old Bark, do they really have bad thoughts?"

"Bad thoughts?" Old Bark shook his head, "They didn't have bad thoughts, but there were no good intentions. There were hundreds of disciples of the Beggar Sect. Although they all belong to the Beggar Sect, it is quite normal to made alliance and fought against each other secretly."

"Hundreds of people?" Yang Ning did not expect that the Beggar Sect in Huize county seat was so powerful.

Old Bark sighed, "Monkey is not a quiet or obedient person. Before, when you kept hiding, he liked to provoke troubles outside. Now he knows you are so strong, so he regards you to be the boss. In that way, he could use you to be a shelter to make it easier when fighting with the brothers from the Beggar Sect. Ermine, please listen to me. However strong you are, there is always someone stronger. No matter how capable you are, don't be dragged down by Monkey or the others. It's better that you should just stay quiet."

He used a concerned tone. Apparently, he reminded him in good faith because he cared about Yang Ning.