In the Blade

Du Chengfeng is always rigorous and meticulous when he really wants to do something.

He spared the old man during the day, not because he suddenly became kind-hearted, but mainly because even if he killed him, it would only benefit He Bo who was hiding in the dark. But now it is different. He Bo has been killed by him, and no one will take advantage of him. Those who deserve to die will die.

And the facts have proved that He Bo's arrangement is indeed reasonable. In such a place where disasters have occurred year after year, this old man can actually afford a mansion and beautiful maids, which is enough to show that this old man is far from being as honest as he behaves during the day.

In the final analysis, the way of sacrifice given by He Bo is both a solution and a way to death. If this old man can really control his hands for decades, he can still survive, but it is obvious that He Bo has seen the greed in the old man's heart when he selected people.

But Du Chengfeng is not doing it for this reason.

Du Chengfeng went to the old man's house not only his family, but also the few people who were familiar with the old man. Some of them were indeed quite brave, but they were not good enough for Du Chengfeng.

After killing all these people, Du Chengfeng found the shrines dedicated to He Bo in their homes.

On the shrines were not statues of gods, but a water jar. The turbid dirty water in the jar looked familiar.

"How could you know?"

"How did you find it?"

"You can find this too?"

Every time Du Chengfeng broke a water jar, a He Bo's head emerged from the dirty water - but Du Chengfeng would not give the dirty water a chance to escape. With a wave of the steel fork in his hand, the He Bo's heads were nailed to the ground.

"Don't! Please! Don't kill me!"

Until the last water jar was broken, the dirty water in the jar did not turn into a head, but directly transformed into a less than one-foot-tall image of He Bo, who kept kowtowing in the direction of Du Chengfeng.

"Don't kill me! Please..."

"I said, don't beg for mercy."

Du Chengfeng sighed and skewered the villain on the steel fork.

"Be tough and die standing up, so that I can at least respect you as a man... I am embarrassed by your current state, and there is no sense of accomplishment even if I beat you to death."

"You..."

He Bo, who was skewered on the steel fork, vomited a mouthful of dirty water, and his expression suddenly became depressed.

It was at this moment that He Bo confirmed that he might really die here because of this thought difference.

"So how did you find me?"

This was He Bo's last grudge, and it was also the thing he was most puzzled about. He had done it so secretly, and no one should know his last way to save his life. So how did the tin man who had just arrived know it? Why were all the water jars he had arranged broken one by one?

"Do you really want to know?"

Du Chengfeng sighed.

"Well, then I'll tell you kindly."

"Say..."

Using his last bit of strength, He Bo uttered this word.

At the end of his life, he just wanted to know where he lost, otherwise he would die with his eyes wide open.

"Actually, the reason is very simple."

Du Chengfeng smiled kindly.

"Why don't you guess it first?"

"You..."

Realizing that he had been fooled, He Bo cursed angrily, but he never said the last two words "dog breed".

He Bo finally died with his eyes wide open, and the hatred and resentment also entangled the steel fork.

Du Chengfeng still remembered that He Bo said that he would use his body as a knife and then imprint his soul on it - so since the result of the duel was that He Bo was beaten to death, it was naturally He Bo's turn to take on such a set of procedures.

As for how he discovered He Bo's secret tricks to avoid death...

"Because you did it too obviously."

Du Chengfeng patted the steel fork in his hand.

In fact, he didn't notice this at the beginning. At that time, he didn't know the weight of He Bo, so he was not sure what level He Bo was - until he really fought, he really realized that He Bo was definitely a top master who was no less than the previous Three Mountain God.

In fact, if the opponent he met for the first time was not the Three Mountain God, but He Bo, he might not have survived at that time.

So, the problem lies here.

Would a top master of this level really leave such obvious loopholes for himself?

The mountain god of Sanshan Town hid his whereabouts to prevent himself from being dragged into the battle. In other words, Du Chengfeng's perception was too sharp, and the mountain god was discovered first. He had no choice but to take action himself. In other words, if Du Chengfeng was not too sharp, the mountain god could continue to lurk without leaving any trace.

But He Bo did the opposite and directly put his identity in the open. Indeed, most of the heroes in the world would only think that the sacrifice of Jishui was purely a man-made disaster, but if someone with a discerning eye saw that it was the so-called He Bo who secretly controlled it, wouldn't He Bo be just looking for death?

There was no need for He Bo to do this. He could hide behind the scenes like the mountain god of Sanshan Town, without revealing any traces. This would not affect the harvest at all, and at the same time ensure his own safety.

But He Bo did not do this.

Is it just because of inexperience? Or because he doesn't want to?

"It's because he doesn't want to."

Du Chengfeng sighed.

The River God didn't want to hide his tracks on purpose, because although such behavior is risky, the rewards are also greater - just like the strategy of the cunning rabbit having three burrows, of course, now it should be said to be thirteen burrows. Du Chengfeng washed thirteen households in a row that night, and every household had a water jar for the River God.

With these thirteen water jars, the River God is equivalent to having thirteen more lives. In addition, when the River God has his back against the river, he is almost immortal. Such a battle is indeed much stronger than the Three Mountain Gods who were killed at the first encounter.

"It's a pity that I'm here."

Du Chengfeng has already tasted this kind of infinitely resurrected enemy.

Especially this kind of enemy who obviously wants to leave a reputation deliberately, there are some problems no matter how you look at it.

Of course, the above things are just his guesses, and they are the corresponding judgments he made based on the current situation when facing the enemy - this relatively speculative thing is not necessarily accurate, nor may it be true.

So, Du Chengfeng decided to look at the answer again.

"You should have used this steel fork for a long time, right?"

As he said this, Du Chengfeng took out a piece of leather from his arms and began to wipe the steel fork in his hand.

As he wiped it, the origin of this steel fork gradually came into his mind.

Just as he thought, this steel fork was really used by He Bo in the past. At that time, He Bo was not like this now. He was just a hunter in the mountains. He was holding a double-pronged tiger-killing steel fork and was considered a local figure.

When Du Chengfeng first arrived, he also saw a hunter. However, compared with the hunter with a yellow face and skinny body and only a stick in his hand, this hunter was much stronger. He was strong and powerful. When he waved a steel fork, a dozen people could not get close to him.

Such a strong man can naturally be called a local bully. You should know that the tiger-killing steel fork is not just a simple title. This hunter has really killed tigers and even killed several people.

Under the blessing of evil spirit, this hunter has become more and more violent.

It is precisely because of this that this hunter has offended many people, but those ordinary people cannot beat this hunter on land, and they have no money to invite real masters to deal with him. Even if those cheap masters are invited, they will only be beaten to death by this hunter.

The cheap masters were beaten to death, which made the hunter more fierce. In this way, it seems that they took the initiative to spend money to make this hunter stronger.

So the enemies of the hunters thought of a way.

So, on a dark and windy night, under the pretext of a first drink, those people invited the hunter to a boat on the Jishui River. At first, it was fine. They were humble and the hunter didn't notice anything wrong. But after three rounds of wine and five dishes, the wooden boat suddenly started to leak.

The boat was leaking and was about to sink. Of course, everyone fled like birds and beasts. Everyone jumped into the water, including the hunter. Fortunately, another small boat happened to pass by here, and everyone swam all the way and climbed onto the small boat.

It was true that everyone else climbed up, but when the hunter was about to climb onto the boat, he was greeted by a boat oar that chopped him on the head.

"Get out of here!"

Everyone swung the things at hand and hit the hunter. The two cheap masters hiding on the boat also walked out of the cabin, slashed down with swords in their hands, and immediately knocked the hunter into the water again.

The hunter carried a steel fork on his back and tried his best to swim to the boat, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch up with the speed of the boat. In addition, the people on the boat attacked him head on, and soon he was exhausted.

So, using up his last bit of strength, the hunter threw the steel fork in his hand and smashed through the bottom of the boat.

It should be said that the hunter was also a bit lucky. This last desperate attack actually overturned the boat. The most fortunate thing was that the people on the boat also exhausted their strength due to the continuous smashing, and the speed of sinking to the bottom was even faster than the hunter.

It was precisely because of this that the hunter ran into a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity like the three mountain gods.

"Since the steel fork can kill people, what about the river water that drowns people?"

There are ideas, opportunities, and also the absolute will that transcends life and death when dying-under the addition of these multiple factors, the former hunter tamed the river water, and the flooding river water slaughtered all his enemies.

That is when the hunter disappeared from the world, and only the River God of Jishui remained.

Just as Du Chengfeng thought, the River God of Jishui was actually a very smart person, especially knowing that he could learn from his mistakes. Perhaps it was because of the experience of falling into the water that the River God of Jishui realized the limitations of his physical body, so soon after becoming the River God, the River God of Jishui decisively abandoned his physical body.

Using the Jishui River itself to shape his body was undoubtedly a bold feat. Fortunately, this dangerous attempt was successful after all, which also gave the River God of Jishui an unparalleled and tyrannical strength.

From this point, it can be seen that when the River God was still a hunter, he might have taken the initiative to cause trouble. He was waiting for those masters to come to him and be killed, so that he could still have a reputation of self-defense. The only thing he missed was that those enemies were too unethical and actually used their lives as bait to trick him into boarding the boat.

Unlike the mountain god of Sanshan Town, this Jishui River Lord has never been a law-abiding person. His desire to expand outward is almost visible to the naked eye.

But this Jishui River Lord was unable to expand out after all, only because the mountain god of Liuhua Mountain next to him was stronger - in the memory of this steel fork, Du Chengfeng saw that battle. The owner of Liuhua Mountain did not even show up, and the huge rocks fell directly from the sky and broke the Jishui water vein on the spot.

Then, the heavy knife light came in an instant.

"This technique... is rough, it didn't seal it."

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but sigh.

Facts have proved that Du Chengfeng's judgment was correct. It was precisely because there was no blocking at both ends that this Jishui River Lord took the opportunity to escape, but even so, this Jishui River Lord was still chopped off half of his life by a knife.

"Intentional, is this a warning?"

Du Chengfeng probably understood.

But it was obvious that this warning was too dangerous, so that the Jishui River God was terrified in the next few years - just turning his body into river water was still not the safest way, he had better come up with some other way to save his life.

So, the river god stirred the river water to make the floods, and then used rough means to carry out physical dreams to spread his reputation among the people.

"When I cut off their incense and vows and achieve the Dharma body... I will kill you!"

Whenever he looked in the direction of Liuhua Mountain, the Jishui River God would grit his teeth.

And what happened next was just as the river god planned, everything seemed so smooth, and the Jishui River God even thought that as long as he continued to do this, everything would be fine.

Until Du Chengfeng saw his big face made of steel and iron in this memory.

"...Or don't pinch your face next time."

Du Chengfeng, who came back to his senses, suddenly had the urge to wipe off the appearance on his face, mainly because he looked at his big face, and this feeling was too inconsistent.

However, compared to this little thing, Du Chengfeng, who had seen the answer, was more concerned about another question.

That is, the answer seemed to be different from his judgment.

"Incense and vows? What new thing is this?"

Du Chengfeng frowned.

Obviously, the Jishui River Lord himself had not used this thing yet, otherwise he should have used it to fight him before, but the Jishui River Lord was quite confident in this power, as if he could solve all problems as long as he got it.

"Don't worry, why is there a new job?"

Du Chengfeng slapped his forehead.

He thought that he had studied this world deeply enough, and even things like mental power had been discovered by him, but now it seems that there are still tricks he has never seen?

"This is simply... Wait a minute?"

Du Chengfeng suddenly held his breath and concentrated.

He seemed to suddenly know what this so-called incense and vows was.

It was just because he had already felt that a lot of mental power with fragrance had floated from a distance and entangled with him.

The scent itself was of low quality, and you could tell it was cheap just by smelling it, but the energy mixed in this cheap scent was so pure.

Du Chengfeng could feel that energy was cheering him on, encouraging him, worrying about his safety, and worrying about his life and death.

But the most obvious thing was gratitude.

"Thank you for saving our children, thank you for killing our enemies."

The will in the energy was so clear at this moment.

"Please come back safely, kill that He Bo, kill that monster, and avenge those children!"