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  I think there must be many things happening outside, and I need to go out urgently. But once I'm out, I'll feel like many things are happening inside, and I need to rush back into the city. Xi Le said: Let's just wait and see.

  In the waiting time, I heard many rumors. The first is that a duel will start in the city, and each faction will push out an alliance leader. The second is that Hui Jing Shifu of Tong Guang Temple, who was injured last time, was assassinated. There are also rumors that Wudang's behavior has offended heaven, and Ao Sha has been buried in the wind and sand. And so on, there are many strange ones. I heard someone has started hoarding food. Jile and I decided it's better to leave the city.

  Fortunately, the city's curfew ended at noon. I and Xile walked out of the west gate, and found two roads, one leading to Zhuo City and the other to Xuebang. Xuebang is a famous city hundreds of miles north of Chang'an, because it is close to the national border, many large and small factions are stationed here, and it is said that Wudang has also moved there recently. It's probably already a place where demons dance wildly. Next to Xuebang is Awai Camp, which originally did not belong to our country, but later for some reason, without even fighting a battle, it was given over, and now it is a place where the imperial court of Chang'an stations heavy troops. This is a place I've never been to before, while Zhuo City seems to have nothing going on.

  Then what to do there? I always feel that my mission is to avenge the destruction of Shaolin, but it seems that the revenge has already been avenged. It may not be so simple. In short, I think some things are not enough and need to be done.

  The little donkey has made great progress in speed and durability after a period of social practice, and has even learned to try to communicate with people. It blinks its eyes at you, looking like it's about to be bullied, which delights me to no end. I think the incident where I killed over 40 people during the sandstorm must not have been thoroughly investigated or the imperial court had other things on their mind, otherwise this conspicuous trio of a donkey, a man, and a woman would have been executed ten thousand times by now. I recall that strange double-edged sword from that time when we were eating, which also injured someone else, but its origin is still unknown to this day, and it seems the imperial guards didn't even investigate. It's as if the imperial court has been busy with other things lately, which is a frightening thought.