#517 - Chapter 517 Red Shadow in the Desert
"Oh, you must be Little Lei? What map?"
Looking at that face full of trust, the Great Elder felt a bit guilty.
This young man has been in the sect for so long, and he doesn't even know his name.
It was as if the map had something attractive about it, drawing him in to investigate.
The Great Elder grabbed the map with both hands, his eyes greedily scanning every inch of it.
That scorching gaze seemed capable of burning a hole right through the map.
"Where did you find this map?"
After examining the map bit by bit, the Great Elder grabbed Weile and asked.
"I found this map in the water."
Weile asked, puzzled.
"But the map is dry." The Great Elder pressed on, staring intently into Weile's eyes, as if to see if Weile was lying.
"Great Elder, you're hurting me."
Without realizing it, the Great Elder had grabbed Weile's shoulder. Weile felt as if his shoulder blade was about to be torn off, and said with some fear.
"Oh, Weile, I'm sorry, I hurt you. Think about it, where did you really find it?"
Weile thought for a moment and said, "Great Elder, I did find it in the water, but there was a box when I found it, and the box is with Fatty."
Hearing this, the Great Elder quickly abandoned Weile and walked towards Fatty.
He saw Fatty looking at a box, turning it over and over.
The Great Elder's eyes lit up, and without caring about anything else, he snatched the box away.
Fatty was startled, but seeing that it was the Great Elder, he didn't dare to say anything.
He just whispered, "Great Elder, I found this, and we said whoever finds it gets to keep it~".
The Great Elder couldn't hear anything being said outside at this moment, his eyes and heart were completely focused on this one box.
Grabbing the box, the Great Elder looked at it from all angles.
He saw nine dragons on the front of the box and nine phoenixes on the back, all baring their fangs and claws at him, as if mocking his ignorance and stupidity.
"No, no, this isn't right, I'm asking you, the box, where's the box?"
The Great Elder threw the box far away and grabbed Fatty, pulling him up.
He lifted Fatty off the ground with one hand, his eyes bloodshot.
Fatty was stunned by the Great Elder's actions, thinking that the Great Elder was going to kill him.
He was so frightened that he wet himself, trembling all over as he said, "Great Elder, the box, the box is on the ground."
Fatty didn't dare to say that the box had just been thrown away by the Great Elder himself, so he had to say it in a roundabout way.
Hearing this, the Great Elder couldn't care less about Fatty, throwing him aside.
Ignoring the urine stains on his hands, he frantically searched the ground with his eyes.
After a while, he finally found a box that had been thrown aside and was now covered in dust.
Seeing this, the Great Elder was immediately moved to tears.
He almost crawled over to the box, hugging it in his arms, crying and laughing.
This was an ordinary box, made of ordinary wood, but in the Great Elder's eyes, it was important.
This box concerned his secret, a secret that concerned his life and death.
He had been looking for it for many years, but he never expected to find it by accident in the ancient ruins.
At this moment, the Great Elder's heart was at peace.
Now that he had found this box, that person was getting closer, and given time, he would definitely be able to find her.
Her, his life.
The Great Elder squatted on the ground and shed tears for a while before standing up firmly.
In less than a quarter of an hour, he seemed to have become a different person inside and out.
Before, he was gentle, but now, he seemed to have more cold-blooded things in his bones. Or perhaps, that cold-bloodedness was already in his bones.
"Get up, let's go!"
The Great Elder slowly walked to the front of the crowd, speaking in an unquestionable tone.
"Okay, okay, we'll all listen to the Great Elder."
The crowd no longer had the laziness and disdain they had before, and they hurriedly got up, respectful.
They had all just seen the Great Elder's treatment of Fatty.
Fatty was someone the Great Elder had personally taught kung fu, but just now, it was clearly the attitude of treating an enemy.
The crowd wasn't stupid, and they were all afraid that the Great Elder's anger would burn them.
"Okay, let's go."
The Great Elder didn't say another word, walking straight to the front, not caring whether the younger generation behind him could keep up.
The crowd was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed the Great Elder's pace.
Along the way, the Great Elder kept speeding up, which exhausted those disciples who usually loafed around.
But no one dared to complain.
On the one hand, they were worried that the Great Elder would suddenly change his face, and on the other hand, they were even more afraid that the Great Elder would leave them in this desolate place.
With their strength, if the Great Elder abandoned them, they would only be doomed.
Moreover, they also noticed that as the sun set, the unease in their hearts became stronger and stronger.
It seemed that in the dark, there was always a pair of eyes staring at them.
This feeling accompanied everyone, causing them to be covered in sweat and panting after walking for less than an hour.
"What's wrong with you guys?"
"You can't take it after walking for so little time? I told you to exercise more before, did you take my words as fart?"
Obviously, the Great Elder also noticed the abnormality of the crowd, and scolded them angrily.
However, his pace had obviously slowed down.
The crowd was almost moved to tears by the Great Elder's scolding.
The Great Elder is still good, how could I have been so ignorant before.
The Great Elder is obviously so angry, but he is still accommodating us.
......
The crowd was thinking about the Great Elder's goodness, and didn't even notice that the surrounding environment had changed.
"Great Elder, where is this?"
The first to react was Skinny, he was always vigilant and didn't trust anyone.
Not to mention the Great Elder's abnormality before.
Skinny held one hand behind his back, ready to use a deadly move if the Elder didn't answer or if there was an abnormal situation.
"Shhh, don't make a sound."
The Great Elder didn't answer Skinny's question, his sharp hawk-like eyes vigilantly looking into the distance.
The crowd wisely closed their mouths and looked into the distance following the Great Elder's gaze.
In the distance, a red shadow seemed to flash by.
After a long time, seeing that there was no more movement.
The Great Elder said with exhaustion, "I see a house ahead, let's go in."
After thinking about it, he added, "Everyone be careful at night, don't sleep too soundly."
The rest of the words, the Great Elder swallowed back into his stomach.
What the Great Elder didn't say was: He had seen it in the ancient secret book before.
It is said that the aura in the ruins is very strange, everything is normal during the day, and ominous aura emanates at night.
No one who is targeted by them can escape.
The Great Elder originally thought this was just a legend, but when he saw the box and the red shadow he had just seen, he understood that it was real.
The moment the crowd stepped into the house, the sky completely darkened.
