Heaven's Formula

"I understand." Xia Fan nodded.

"You don't blame me?"

"I understand you. If I hadn't seen something else, I probably would have made the same choice as you."

Shangguan Cai's pupils suddenly shrank, "The other things... what are they?"

"You said before that the world is like this, but the so-called world is just created by people themselves. Everyone—including you and me."

After speaking, Xia Fan looked at Wei Wushuang, "No matter what you choose, I have no objection. You have helped me a lot, thank you."

"Brother Xia..."

Without waiting for the other party's answer, he turned and walked towards the county seat.

"Hey," Shangguan Cai frowned, "You don't really want to be on the Privy Council's wanted list, do you? Once you step into the magistrate's mansion, there is no turning back!"

Xia Fan waved his hand and quickly left the sight of the two.

And beside a big tree beside the road, he saw a familiar figure.

"Did you hear it all?"

"Yeah." Li Zheng straightened his bamboo hat and followed, "I reminded you."

"Yes, you knew it earlier than me."

"But I didn't expect you to actually find out the results."

"Without your help, it would not have been so smooth."

"It's good to know."

Xia Fan hesitated, "Are you going with me?"

"Otherwise," Li asked back.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to stay in the Privy Council."

"You don't want to study alchemy anymore?"

"No."

"Is that to help the people of Gaoshan County?"

"Not all... partly for myself."

"yourself?"

"Well, to put it in a more clichéd way, it means that the thoughts are not clear, which hinders the practice."

"I've never heard such a saying," Li said bluntly, "Even when you are angry, you can still entice yourself."

"Ahem... Actually, I can't pass my own level." Xia Fan decided to tell the truth, "I can't take the elimination of evil spirits as a meritorious service to climb up, and the main source of funds, especially after knowing the origin of these evil spirits. Finally. So... sorry, secretly helping you inquire about Master's whereabouts in the Privy Council—"

Li interrupted, "If you can't become an alchemist, will you continue to assist me in rescuing Master?"

"of course."

"Then there is no need to apologize, because the basis of our cooperation from the beginning is that you are willing to help me, not because you are an alchemist." At this point, the fox paused for a while, "Also, I have to confess one thing. "

"what's up?"

"Although I didn't want you to pursue it at the beginning, but now that the situation has become like this, I don't feel too much annoyed—or, on the contrary, I feel a little relieved."

Xia Fan was taken aback for a moment, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at the fox demon. What caught his eyes was her golden eyes and the natural smile on the corner of her mouth.

"By the way, my injury is healed."

This sentence is quite a "beef, I ate" posture.

"So?" Xia Fan didn't react for a moment.

"So we can run faster." After saying that, Li grabbed Xia Fan, clamped him directly around his waist, ran two steps and jumped up!

He felt himself fly in an instant——

In the case of carrying a person, the fox demon has raised the speed to a higher level with only their legs, and they are no longer advancing along the road, but jumping on the roof of the room; are pointing the way.

Is this the real power of the fox demon?

Xia Fan simply let go of his hands and let her run fast with him in his arms.

Although his posture was not very elegant, since no one would see it, he decided to help the other party.For some reason, he felt that Li, who was running with all his strength, seemed a little different from before.

"If you fail, have you figured out where to go?" Li's voice echoed in the wind.

"Not yet." Xia Fan also replied loudly, "But the world is so big, there are always places they can't find!"

"I think so." She hugged Xia Fan tightly, "Get ready, we're here!"

With the help of a long run-up, the two stepped on the end of the main ridge of the last house, jumped high, directly crossed the street and the courtyard wall, and fell into the magistrate's mansion from midair.

Chapter 73 Tricks and Magic

Compared with Zhou's or Tian's houses, the magistrate's mansion is much more luxurious.

There is a vestibule, a stone hill in the courtyard, a main hall in the middle, and three two-story houses behind it. These buildings form a mouth.According to living customs, the main hall is generally used to entertain guests, and the side room is for relatives and children. The bedroom of the magistrate should be directly behind the main hall.

Although there are guards in the mansion to watch the night, it is no different from a fixed roadblock to the fox demon who can see at night.Quietly avoiding the eyes of the night watchman, the two easily climbed up to the second floor along the foot of the house, until they reached the magistrate's residence.

But the facts proved that they did not guess the wrong location—even at this point, there was still a large room in the building that was lit by candlelight, and if you put your ears on it, you could vaguely hear Hu Zhixian's anxious voice.

"Those two idiots... why haven't they come back yet?"

"If they are caught by me, I will definitely pull out their skins!"

Are those two idiots referring to the Du Brothers?

Xia Fan was slightly taken aback. Could it be that Hu Zhixian himself was the one who poisoned them to silence them?

But now is not the time to hesitate.

The key person in the whole incident is in the room at this moment. If they can win the other party, the balance of the seemingly swinging situation will tilt towards them!

Thinking of this, he winked at Li, then slammed his shoulders.

The door slammed open.

In the spacious bedroom, there is only one person from Huzhi County—this is undoubtedly the most ideal situation among various scenarios.

Hu Huairen also turned around, with a look of surprise on his face.

But soon, his surprise dissipated.

"You guys are really... lingering ghosts."

This reaction was completely unexpected by Xia Fan.

He originally thought that the other party would be frightened out of his wits, or immediately shouted for help, but he only needed to step forward and knock him out with a sword, and the next step was to find a place for careful interrogation.

This unexpected development also made Xia Fan full of doubts, and he didn't get close to him immediately.

"Did the Privy Council ask you to come here?" Hu Huairen sat back at the desk, leaning back on the bench and said, "The Du Brothers were also killed by you, right?"

"That's right." Xia Fan simply followed his words, "You should know what kind of crime you have committed. Maliciously murdering the people and using evil spirits for your own benefit, it is not too much to punish the clan!"

"I admit it."

"Since you have pleaded guilty, you should now explain the whole story in detail, including the origins of the victims and who gave them away behind the scenes, so that you may be able to save your family's lives—"

"Hahahaha," Hu Huairen suddenly laughed, "I thought it was the Privy Council's attitude that had changed, but it doesn't seem to be the case!"

Xia Fan frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Although I have never actively dealt with those people, I also know their behavior style - at least in this matter, the Privy Council will never ask the reason, let alone save my family's life. If you just now Just do it, maybe I really believe it." Hu Huairen's voice became colder, "Of course, even if the Privy Council wanted my life, I would not give it with both hands. As the saying goes, a dog will jump over the wall in a hurry. !"

At the same time his words fell to the ground, Xia Fan suddenly felt a chill hit his face!

"Be careful!" Li said in surprise.

Everything happened too fast, and a figure rushed down from the roof and landed in front of Xia Fan.

There is also a fleeting knife light that appears.

It cut off against Xia Fan's shoulder, from his chest to his flank!

Bleeding!

Xia Fan fell backwards, and then rolled several times on the ground, the spilled blood immediately became a red line.

And the opponent didn't give any chance to breathe, and chased after him, as if planning to make up for another fatal blow, but at this time Li had already blocked Xia Fan.

After receiving the opponent's straight stab with one palm, the fox demon forced the opponent to release the weapon with a horizontal shot with the other hand, and opened the distance with two back flips.

Li didn't care about his left hand that was cut by the dagger, and lifted Xia Fan up, trying to check his wound, but he stretched out his hand to hold him down.

"Don't worry, I'm fine..."

Xia Fan resisted the piercing pain and took a deep breath.

The straight slash just now came so suddenly that he didn't have time to make any defenses.It was Li's special training these days that saved his life—at the moment when the chill appeared, Xia Fan vaguely noticed a change in the air above his head. Instinctively, he fell backwards, which made the originally fatal knife only torn a cut nearly a palm long on his body.

"I didn't expect an ordinary alchemist to escape this blow. It's beyond my expectation." The other party slowly stood up straight, allowing Xia Fan to see her whole picture clearly. "I remember that you are not good at skills."

It was a beautiful woman.

She was wearing a slit short gown with a rather low neckline, so that half of her protruding chest could be seen.The thighs are completely exposed from the side, and the white socks are not put on until the feet.This outfit is fine for Xia Fan, but it is definitely extremely bold in this era.

"I've seen her before." Li reminded in a low voice, "Be careful, she can use Kanjutsu, and her technique is very different from that of alchemists."

"Well," Xia Fan pulled out a piece of first-aid gauze from the inner pocket of his robe, and tied his shoulders and chest tightly, while being surprised in his heart.Could it be that this person is the beautiful woman that Du Mingjin mentioned, who was sent here?The problem is that it is easy to find those with extraordinary looks, but those who are good at magic skills are a bit rare.What is the origin of it over there, that people who feel angry can give it away at will?

In addition, when this person was hiding on the roof, not only did he not notice her existence, but even Li also failed to discover her existence. It can only be said that either she is extremely good at concealment, or her strength is above the sixth-grade Taoism!

"Qingzi, you will protect me, right?" Hu Huairen said ferociously, "Kill these two thieves!"

The woman called Qingzi smiled charmingly, "Of course, this is the mission of a concubine."

While talking, she took out two strangely shaped daggers from her bosom, threw them at Xia Fan and Li, then fell down on the ground and rushed towards them.

The wooden sword might be good for dealing with evil spirits, but it was immediately at a disadvantage when facing gold and iron objects. Even though the parrying blow bounced off the dagger, it also snapped the sword.

Li took the lead to approach the woman, his hands turned into sharp claws, and supplemented by illusion to frighten her!In an instant, the magistrate's bedroom seemed to be a terrifying place filled with blood, and even Xia Fan felt his feet sink into the sticky flesh, making it impossible to move even an inch.Qingzi was the first to bear the brunt, with a frightened look on his face and stiff hands and feet, as if he had lost the ability to resist.

Li's hands pierced through the opponent mercilessly.

But the next moment, the enemy's figure turned into a cloud of smoke and dust.

What kind of technique is this?

While Xia Fan was still surprised, Qingzi who had reappeared had already rushed in front of him!

Sure enough, the opponent had judged that the fox demon was a difficult opponent, and decided to deal with the weaker self first.However, he was already prepared to throw forward the copper wire pendant that he had held in his hand in advance—after several actual battles, he had already figured out the characteristics of the thunder of the shock technique: after this technique is activated, if there is an introduction, it will be With the introduction as the center, a thunderbolt capable of tearing the air fell down.In other words, he doesn't need to wait for the enemy to get close before casting spells, as long as the copper wire falls under his gaze, he can trigger thunder from the air.

The power of the double technique is deadly enough!

However, the opponent did not pounce to the end, but stopped abruptly, his hands quickly crossed, and combined into a series of weird gestures.

That posture actually made Xia Fan feel a sense of deja vu.

There was no medicine, and no talisman. After the woman gestured a few times like this, a scorching flame spurted out from her mouth!

Chapter 74 Deathmatch

The moment Xia Fan saw the fire, he knew that something was going to go wrong.

He had no choice but to give up performing the spell, and threw himself towards a pillar beside him, the flames flew past his cheeks, the scalding heat wave made his skin ache, and the flying sparks ignited his collar and cuffs.

Relying on the wooden pillars to block the flames from the pursuit, Xia Fan hurriedly took off the burning alchemist robe.

If he had been a little later, or had used Thunder forcibly, he might have turned into a Burning Man by now.

What was that just now!

In Xia Fan's impression, there is only one way of casting spells that is close to him.

——That is "ninjutsu".

The woman turned her head and used the flames to push back Li who was chasing him, then took out a dagger from her arms, and stared at Xia Fan who was behind the pillar.

"Xia Fan!"

Seeing that the reinforcements were too late, Li threw the dagger he had snatched from the other party towards the pillar.

Xia Fan took advantage of the opportunity to pull out the dagger, and put his hands horizontally, barely blocking the downward thrust of the woman who raised her head high - this close-range fight also made him realize how strong the opponent is.If he is not an alchemist, or if he has less time to practice entraining qi for a few years, the enemy will be able to insert the tip of the dagger into his forehead with just his hand strength.

And within this distance, he also saw clearly where the strangeness of the dagger was - it had double-sided blades, a sharp rhombus shape, and a short and straight handle, resembling a kunai!