seek benevolence

11.

After all, it was an old fritter who had been in the rivers and lakes for decades, Hall Master Liu swiftly dodged to avoid another attack from behind, and his subordinates who had no time to manage the chaos, kicked off their horses and used lightness kung fu to rush towards the woods.The mountain wind on both sides was wrapped in the pine leaves and snowflakes that flew by, cutting his face like a knife. The man was still not in a hurry, and he chased after him at an extremely fast speed. The sound of the other party stepping on a dead branch, and the intimidating laughter that was instilled with inner strength: "After so many years, Hall Master Liu is finally willing to show up to see me once."

As the words fell, a tall and towering pine tree beside Hall Master Liu broke apart with a bang, and before he could hide, the air flow from the strong internal force engulfed him in it, and a burst of force knocked him over.

Hall Master Liu suffered such misfortune, he hit the ground heavily, his chest constricted and he vomited out a lump of blood.The fallen pine tree lay on the ground, and even the snow that had originally covered the tree fell down.The chasing man finally stopped, and a light movement landed in front of him.

There are a few strands of star white on the temples, a green shirt, and two swords on the waist.It was Xiao Huan.

Hall Master Liu was in a bad mood, he never expected Xiao Huan to stay in the White Deer Palace - he was afraid that there was something wrong with the reporter, but he didn't show any panic on his face.He was overturned to the ground, so he simply changed into a less embarrassing posture, glanced at the sword on Xiao Huan's waist out of the corner of his eye, and laughed out leisurely: "Master Xiao is really a nostalgic person." , the old man admires it."

The two swords on Xiao Huan's waist were firmly connected, one was his usual one, and the other was "Gui Ze".He was not annoyed when he heard Sectional Master Liu's sarcasm, he just took Gui Ze's sword and scabbard off his waist, stroked the scabbard lightly and said calmly, "I'm not going to lie to Sectional Master Liu, In the past 20 years, I have missed you every single day. It is a pity that Mr. Liu is too busy. I have delivered letters to Guibang several times, but I have never seen any of you."

His ending sound was faint, but his movements were extremely quick. When he raised his hand, a sword light swept over him. If the sword energy had any substance, it rolled up a layer of fallen leaves on the ground, and swept towards Hall Master Liu like layers of arrowheads.

Hall Master Liu took the time to talk to Xiao Huan just now to adjust his breath a little bit, at this time he slapped the ground, and a circle of pine leaves and snow particles around him rose into the sky, wrapping him tightly in it, unexpectedly Like an unbreakable shield, it cut off Xiao Huan's sword energy.Xiao Huan lightly stepped on the ground, and leaped into the air with his strength. At the same time, several blades as small as needles flew out from the shield wall formed by grass leaves, and brushed past his soles.

When Xiao Huan landed on the ground, the wall that wrapped Section Master Liu like a cocoon had collapsed, scattered leaves and snow fluttered in the air, and the figure of the other party disappeared in a flash, leaving only a few wisps of chilly wind.

Xiao Huan let out a snort, and chased after him again.The dense forest of Baishou Mountain is full of tall pines and cypresses, soaring into the clouds, making the sky look like an endless gray curtain.He was chasing after him quickly in the forest, and Hall Master Liu also quickly shuttled from tree to tree, often throwing a few hidden weapons behind him without looking back, trying to stop Xiao Huan's steps.

The small knife that flew out of his sleeve directly hit Xiao Huan's face, Xiao Huan had no choice but to retreat a little, and his steps slowed down half a minute involuntarily.From the front came Hall Master Liu's shout mixed with wind and snow: "Since Palace Master Xiao doesn't welcome you, I'll come to visit another day, so there's no need to send him away!"

After saying that, several dark needles came through the air with a whoosh.Xiao Huan lost his patience, and with a movement in his palm, the wide robe sleeves hanging on both sides of his body swayed as if mustering all his strength, knocking down the fine needles that had been swept to the ground like a solid wall.He breathed a sigh of relief and sped up his speed to catch up. The sharp sound made by the friction between the branches and the wind scratched his eardrums, like a night ghost howling.

Hall Master Liu was calm and composed on the surface, but in his heart it was far from the same thing.Xiao Huan had just won the first place in the sword test meeting a few days ago, so he was unwilling to provoke this person anyway.Although his face has been torn apart long ago, he has been avoiding it for many years, and he would not face Xiao Huan face-to-face unless it was a last resort—when he killed Xie Mingqiu that day, who would have expected Huan has such a deep relationship?

Xiao Huan's voice came from behind him, the distance seemed to be getting closer and closer, and in the next second it seemed to hit his ear, and he broke out in cold sweat: "Teacher Liu still owes me a life, so how can I just let it go?" ?”

His tone of voice no longer had the relaxed and leisurely tone just now, but instead seemed to have been quenched with a few drops of poison, like a cold snake wrapped around Hall Master Liu's body.There was no sense of playfulness in the movements of his hands, and an extremely fierce white light flashed past, but it didn't disturb the wind and snow.

Half of Hall Master Liu's body went numb for a moment, and before he could react, a sharp pain ran through his whole body accompanied by a strong smell of blood—the right arm he used to use was cut off at the root and torn apart from his body Come, the red splashed all over the ground, against the white snow, is scorchingly bright.

Hall Master Liu immediately screamed out, his voice disturbing people's mind like a torn thread.The breath in his body was chaotic in an instant, originally he was exercising lightness kung fu, but at this moment he stepped on the ground and was kicked down by Xiao Huan, and his whole body was kicked over in the snow.

Xiao Huan walked over step by step on the snow and pine leaves, the sword in his hand was still dripping blood.He crossed the Gui Ze sword, slowly wiped the blade with his two fingers, and the warm and fishy liquid stuck to his hands.

Hall Master Liu endured the excruciating pain, knowing that his death was imminent, he still couldn't help but struggle a few times.He spat on the ground half dead, and sprayed the saliva mixed with blood on the side of Xiao Huan's shoe.

Xiao Huan looked at him expressionlessly, and the tip of the sword was already pressed against the opponent's throat.They chased and fled all the way, and at this time they had reached the place near the back mountain. Deep in the woods was a pond, which connected with several springs in the deep mountain.Hall Master Liu moved his ears, and he keenly heard the faint sound of water flowing in the wind and snow.

He immediately laughed out of nowhere: "I have no intention of being an enemy of Palace Master Xiao. Your son Xie killed my beloved apprentice 20 years ago. I killed him only for one life. Now you have broken one of my arms." , it’s time to get over this enmity..." He listened to the small sound of running water, and thought about it very quickly, "If I knew that Mr. Xie and Palace Master Xiao had this kind of friendship, I wouldn't As for the disciple who only cared about protecting me..." Before he finished speaking, he was choked by the blood in his throat and coughed violently.

Xiao Huan saw him coughing heart-piercingly, but remained expressionless.He pushed the tip of his sword forward again, piercing the skin of Hall Master Liu's throat: "Leader Liu protects his disciples, I can understand that naturally," he paused, then suddenly withdrew his hand again, She smiled, "It's just that I have my own people to protect."

After saying that, he quickly dodged back, just avoiding the silver needle thrown by Hall Master Liu.Taking advantage of the fact that his movements were stopped, Hall Master Liu charged up and jumped out, ran straight to the direction of the water and jumped in.

Almost at the same time as the clattering sound of heavy objects falling into the water, there was a sudden violent and rapid shock from the pond, and a swift and violent current rushed straight out of the mountain, dragging Hallmaster Liu into it.He was secretly happy in his heart, and planned to wash himself away with the current, but his body was suddenly grabbed. Someone in the water strangled his neck tightly, and a lift lifted him out of the water.

At the same time, Xiao Huan stood by the water bank and heard Yu Su angrily calling his name in the water.

"Xiao Huan, you bastard, have you locked me in for a few days?!"