Chapter 1134: Chapter 771: Cannibal Buddha
"Did you also have a nightmare?" Yang Xiao was startled. The odds of two people waking up from a nightmare at the same time were incredibly low.
Moreover, Yang Xiao’s nightmares were different. His dreams were influenced by the Opera Robe Ghost, and some were even premonitions.
He dreamed that Tai Wenqin was murdered, his head severed and hung at his waist, and the killer was still chasing him.
In the dream, he didn’t see Professor Cui or the others. Linking it to Tai Wenqin’s tragic state, these people were probably killed too.
And someone who could kill Tai Wenqin was at least a Ghost-level Apostle, and a top-notch one at that. Facing such a high-level pursuit, Yang Xiao thought he might not escape either.
"Uncle, I dreamed of..."
Yang Xiao didn’t expect that as soon as he spoke, Professor Cui raised his hand to interrupt, "Little Yang, don’t speak it out loud. It’s just a dream, and if you don’t say it, it’ll always remain just a dream."
It was evident that Professor Cui also wanted to seek some good luck. This mission was too important for them to be scared back by just two coincidental dreams, otherwise there would be no way to report back.
The Provincial Office had invested heavily to make this deal happen, as evidenced by hiring a master like Tai Wenqin.
"Uncle, I will stand guard. You can sleep a bit more." Yang Xiao got out of bed; he couldn’t sleep any longer.
"Very well." Professor Cui did not refuse Yang Xiao’s goodwill. After drinking the tea in his cup, he returned to the bed, thought for a moment, and lay down directly without even taking off his clothes.
Yang Xiao sat down at the desk where Professor Cui was, recalling the details of the dream while sipping hot tea to warm up.
It wasn’t long before there was a commotion downstairs, as if someone had broken in, and the sounds of things being smashed were heard.
Professor Cui immediately got up and went outside with Yang Xiao. At this moment, someone was running up the stairs.
It was one of their own people.
"What’s going on?"
"Professor... Boss Zhou, someone broke in and started fighting with Captain Zhao!" the man urgently spoke.
"You stay here and guard the boss and the goods!" Earlier, Yang Xiao worried about a diversion. After all, in his eyes, Professor Cui and this batch of goods were the top priority.
Seeing that people in the nearby rooms were all awakened, Yang Xiao told them to stay. He would handle the trouble below by himself.
After all, should a fight break out, this group of people would be of no use; their presence would only hinder him.
Rushing down the stairs, he saw chaos downstairs. There were ten people, and the leader had already injured Captain Zhao, blood staining half of his body.
This person, dressed in white, had bizarre attack methods. Captain Zhao was, aside from Yang Xiao, the strongest in the group, a Fierce Level Apostle, yet he was being overpowered.
Yang Xiao slammed the Ghost Bamboo Stick onto the man in white, knocking him back. This person wasn’t as strong as Yang Xiao, probably around the Upper Level of Severe grade.
With the Ghost Lantern in hand, he had also figured out the opponent’s attack methods. Under the green light, a ghostly figure wielding a dagger was exposed.
Seeing this, the man in white immediately changed his target to Yang Xiao. He had a thin stick, and as he aimed it at Yang Xiao, the strangely dressed ghost lunged at him.
The man in white’s accomplices were now rushing upstairs with weapons.
Initially, Yang Xiao did not intend to kill, but now this group had completely enraged him. One of his companions lay in a blood pool, clearly on the verge of death.
"You asked for this!!"
Yang Xiao no longer held back. After repelling the ghost with the Ghost Lantern, he drew the Ghost Bamboo Stick and charged at the man in white.
As the Ghost Bamboo Stick came crashing down, the man in white turned green with fear. He hadn’t expected Yang Xiao to be so strong and dare to go all out on him.
He tried to struggle again, but the next second was momentarily blinded by the sudden explosion of the Ghost Lantern.
Seeing him about to be pinned against the wall by Yang Xiao, at a critical moment, a strange force struck, hitting Yang Xiao and forcing him back.
"Stop!" a voice shouted sternly.
Yang Xiao wasn’t hurt; he steadied himself after a few steps back and raised his head to see Tai Wenqin’s face.
Tai Wenqin helped the fallen man in white up, took out a portable Medicine Gourd, and poured some liquid to wash the man’s eyes.
About half a minute later, the man in white’s swollen eyes barely managed to see.
Tai Wenqin communicated with the man in white in Myanmar and Thai language, and Yang Xiao couldn’t understand, but it was presumably an explanation.
After a brief exchange, the team that stormed the West Courtyard returned, holding a young girl.
Yang Xiao had seen this girl before; she had elderly parents, and Yang Xiao had even thought of helping them before.
"Alright, it was a misunderstanding. They weren’t coming for you," Tai Wenqin turned to Yang Xiao and explained, "This matter ends here."
"A misunderstanding?" One of the Patrol Defense Office members, cradling a comrade’s corpse, stood up, tear-stained and furious, "They killed our people! How can you call this a misunderstanding?!"
"It’s a misunderstanding, thanks for your help, Mr. Tai." At this point, Professor Cui also came downstairs with a few others, his face unusually calm.
Tai Wenqin clasped hands in front of Professor Cui out of respect, then took out a white badge from his pocket. Upon seeing it, the man in white, who still harbored resentment, covered his severely injured left eye, cast a fierce glare at Yang Xiao with his right eye, then left with his people.
The young girl was taken away too; it seemed they were after her and ended up fighting with Captain Zhao who was guarding downstairs due to the sudden events.
Yang Xiao’s side suffered significant losses: one person dead, three injured, and one seriously injured with a deep gash in the abdomen, revealing writhing intestines from the wound.
