Incredible

Without Shen Yao, you should have become a monk long ago.No wonder you told me not to commit any more crimes... Don't worry, the crimes I committed will not be punished by you.You are born with a compassionate heart, you don't touch human life with your hands, and you can see blood and hatred. You may be able to practice the "Infinite Divine Art" to the ninth stage. "

Yuntang got up slowly, her clothes were blown by the wind, a thin gauze skirt made her look slim and her back was slender.

She walked out, but Wei Lingfeng didn't stop her.She was still asking: "Why didn't you recognize me when I first went to the Danyi School? You clearly know your identity."

Wei Lingfeng said: "I'm already tired of the disputes between Jianghu and Jianghu."

Yuntang stepped over the threshold: "You are not tired. You are just timid."

"Maybe," Wei Lingfeng answered, "but I have nothing to lose."

Yuntang immediately reminded him: "Don't you still have a junior brother?" She supported the door frame and teased: "Next time we meet, I'll call him sister-in-law?"

Wei Lingfeng didn't hold the medicine bowl firmly in his hand, and spilled it on the ground with a "snap", the soup soaked the Jinxiu cushion, but Yuntang in the other room spoke lightly: "Don't panic, I'll let someone fry it for you again A bowl of medicine."

After Yuntang left, Cheng Xueluo stood in the room for a while.

Both Cheng Xueluo and Wei Lingfeng are people who don't talk much.The two of them chatted occasionally, and they stopped talking. Today was different from usual, Cheng Xueluo seemed to have a lot to say.He sat on a wooden chair, took off his saber, and before he could speak, Wei Lingfeng asked him first: "Is the injury on your arm healed?"

"It's already healed," Cheng Xueluo said, "It's a small injury, nothing to worry about."

Wei Lingfeng asked again: "Has Yuntang ever been ill in recent days?"

Cheng Xueluo avoided answering: "Why didn't you ask her, but you came to ask me."

Wei Lingfeng raised one hand, pushed hard on the side of the bed, and landed on one foot.He stood up tremblingly, and laughed at himself: "I have practiced "Infinite Divine Art" since I was a child. My youthful self."

Cheng Xueluo also stood up: "You once said that she was injured in a tendon, and she could be cured with medicine."

Wei Lingfeng said: "Heart disease is difficult to cure, and still needs to be reconciled and resolved."

Cheng Xueluo took a step forward, glanced at Wei Lingfeng's arm hanging from his sleeve, and asked, "What method did you use to escape from Medicine King Valley? Why did they use you to test poison?"

It wasn't until recently that Cheng Xueluo knew that more than ten years ago, he and Wei Lingfeng were bargaining chips in the hands of his parents.The difference is that he was carefully cultivated by a group of martial arts masters and grew up without incident.However, Wei Lingfeng escaped death and experienced a period of life that was not as good as a pig or a dog.Cheng Xueluo had heard about the tactics of the valley owner of Yaowang Valley.It is said that those who can escape from the hands of the valley owner will either die or be disabled.

Either dead or disabled.

Wei Lingfeng is an exception.

Talking about his experience back then, Wei Lingfeng was as calm as he was recounting a piece of hearsay: "People who practice martial arts from various sects are mostly mediocre. They went to the Valley of the Medicine King to obtain various panaceas for washing their marrow. Bone refinement. The owner of the valley took me to test poison, cut my flesh, and bled me, not against me, but because of my destiny."

When he was speaking, he took a step forward, his footprints were vain, Cheng Xueluo didn't reach out to support him.

The distance between Cheng Xueluo and Wei Lingfeng was less than half a foot.At that time, the sun was just rising, and the sunlight penetrated through the window screens, making Wei Lingfeng's face pale.Cheng Xueluo stood on the sidelines, like an indifferent spectator: "Yaowanggu cut your flesh and bled you, is it because of your fate?"

Wei Lingfeng changed the topic: "Can you pour me a glass of water?"

Cheng Xueluo remained silent.He felt that Wei Lingfeng hadn't told him the truth.Even so, he went to the table, picked up the teacup, and poured Wei Lingfeng a glass of water.

When Wei Lingfeng was drinking water, Cheng Xueluo asked him: "Your parents were killed, your master died, your younger brother was humiliated, you were infamous, and your arms and legs were ruined. Is it all due to calamity?"

Wei Lingfeng drank the water in the glass in one gulp before saying, "Exactly." He thought Cheng Xueluo would leave in a huff.

However, Cheng Xueluo stood on the spot, stared at him for a long time, and suddenly commented: "Your Excellency's city is extremely deep."

Wei Lingfeng put down his cup and replied, "Thank you."

When Cheng Xueluo walked out of this room, he happened to meet Liu Qingqing face to face.

Liu Qingqing asked him: "Is the leader not here?"

Cheng Xueluo replied: "Not here." But he didn't tell her where the leader went.

Liu Qingqing's status was far lower than Cheng Xueluo's.She didn't dare to ask more, so she could only bow her head and say yes.She walked around in front of Wei Lingfeng's door twice, and through a door, she called inside: "Doctor Wei, Doctor Wei? Can you hear me? I just came back from outside. I heard that Duan Wu Hen took Shen Yao and the others out of the city, so you don't have to worry about them. Also, this morning, Qian Xingzhi hired a carriage and sent the old man out of the city."

"Thank you," Wei Lingfeng replied, "Is your foot getting better?"

On that day, Liu Qingqing was dragged into the dungeon of the official residence, told that every day should not be done, and that the ground would not work.Of course she can't beat the guards of the Duan family by herself, so she can only be slaughtered by others.The housekeeper of that official house is a geek.What a special middle-aged man, when Liu Qingqing was executed, he specially chose a pair of iron clamps, clamped Liu Qingqing's feet, and forced her to scream loudly.

Liu Qingqing killed Duan family warriors.Tat for tat, life for life, she thought that even if they beheaded her with a sword, she would not be wronged.A scholar can be killed but not humiliated.The strong sense of humiliation brought to her by the housekeeper reminded her of being rounded on the mountain by some wild men.The day of rape.

It's a pity that when Yuntang brought someone to rescue her, the housekeeper was already gone.In order not to scare the snake away, Yun Tang and the others quickly cut through the mess, and had no time to search for the housekeeper.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingqing said: "Do not worry, Doctor Wei, I am not seriously injured. People who practice martial arts have rough skin and thick flesh. I have applied medicine, and it will be almost fine."

Wei Lingfeng told her: "It's not suitable to walk around today, you need to rest for a day."

Liu Qingqing agreed.When she turned her head and looked towards the corridor, Cheng Xueluo was nowhere to be seen.

Logically speaking, it should be a happy thing for the former leader's son to return to the church.But according to Liu Qingqing's observation, the faces of the people around Yuntang were rarely happy.Referring to the religious code, the position of leader must be inherited by the eldest son. Before that, everyone thought that Wei Lingfeng's body was gone, so it was Yuntang's turn to take that position.Now that Wei Lingfeng is back, no one knows what he thinks.

His injuries are not fully healed.

The shade of the tree was dense, before falling on the steps, Liu Qingqing jumped to step on it, and heard a rustling sound from the woods.As she walked forward, she happened to see Yuntang sitting on a rock beside the rockery, half of her brocade dress was wet.The brocade gauze was snow-white, with yellowish stains. Yuntang bowed her head and lowered her eyebrows, and slowly lifted her skirt, revealing a calf that looked like a piece of white jade.The clear sunlight shrouded her like smoke and dust, washing away the ruthlessness, and only made her look like a young girl who didn't know much about the world.

Liu Qingqing's heart was beating wildly, and her cheeks were also hot. She wanted to look, but didn't dare to look too much.He wanted to walk towards her, but dared not open his mouth.After several times of entanglement, fear, and loss in my heart, I finally lost to Yuntang and said: "Why are you standing there without moving?"

Liu Qingqing collected her expression, held a knife in both hands, and replied respectfully: "Subordinate...subordinate..."

Yuntang smiled: "When you talk to me recently, you always stutter. Why? Are you afraid of me?"

Liu Qingqing couldn't argue with anything.Yun Tang waved to her, and she sat next to Yun Tang, their arms were next to each other, their skirts folded together.The fabric of the skirt is as soft as water, and it flows on the hard rock. Yuntang said to herself: "Just now I accidentally spilled a bowl of medicine and it spilled on the clothes."

Liu Qingqing hurriedly said: "Master, the master is sick, why don't you go to Dr. Wei and see a doctor?"

Yun Tang was thoughtful: "His surname is not Wei. His surname is Yun, just like mine."

Liu Qingqing answered: "Your name is Yun Lingfeng?"

Yuntang shook her head: "My mother named him Yunzhen. This is how the word "玱" is written..." Her fingers were crystal clear like jade, and she wrote on Liu Qingqing's palm.Every stroke, every painting, alternately raises a deep itch.

Liu Qingqing held her breath and said, "Yunzhen?"

Yuntang said: "Yes, this is his real name. My mother specially read "Shuowen Jiezi", and it was the sound of jade and stone striking each other. Have you ever heard a poem? Heart', which means that a sage has a virtuous sound, just like gold and jade. Parents call him Yunzhen, hoping that he will become a man who is indomitable and has both ability and virtue."

Liu Qingqing sighed sincerely: "The leader and him are both auspicious people with their own appearance."

"Really?" Yun Tang looked up at the sky, "but he was poisoned when he was a child, and the poison has not been resolved, but he was suppressed forcibly. Tan Baiqing's destruction of his hands and feet and damage to his heart can be regarded as an introduction, just like breaking a dam. Come flood."

Liu Qingqing narrowed her pupils: "Is he going to die?"

"I don't know," Yun Tang actually replied, "My doctors are all useless, none of them can cure him. What's the use of raising those quack doctors? They could just kill them all and bury them in the soil to make flower mud. "

The hem of the skirt slipped, and Liu Qingqing fell to the ground.She knelt down in front of Yuntang, fearful and sincere: "The leader calms down."

Yuntang turned her head and stopped looking at her: "I was just joking, I scared you. You go first, the front yard is short of people."

Liu Qingqing took the order to resign.Before leaving, she deliberated and begged Yuntang to take good care of her body.Yuntang looked at her in surprise and nodded.

There was silence in the woods again, without a single noise, the wind stopped, and the light and shadow slanted.Yuntang sat quietly for a while, then strolled away, passed by a corner of the corridor, and bumped into Cheng Xueluo.Her face suddenly turned pale, because she couldn't tell how long Cheng Xueluo had been here.In other words, the exhaustion of the past few days has made her condition worse, her skills have regressed a lot, and she is inferior to Cheng Xueluo.

Cheng Xueluo asked her: "Are you purposely talking to someone in front of Wei Lingfeng's room, and telling him?"

Yuntang turned around, walked around him, and walked in front: "Of course it was on purpose. I am scheming, promiscuous, and full of evil. Did you know me on the first day?"

Cheng Xueluo called to her: "Master."

She suddenly said: "I am eager to find Wei Lingfeng, not because of brotherhood, but because I don't know how long I can last. Once I lose all my skills, there will be chaos in the sect. If Wei Lingfeng is not here, the family members will be in chaos." There is no one to repay the hatred, and no one can protect the inheritance of the ancestors."

Cheng Xueluo said, "He won't listen to your arrangement."

Yuntang turned back and stood in front of him.Under the eaves, he looked down at her and saw that she was wearing a simple silver hairpin in her hair.Zhao Lu Weixi turned into mist in her eyes, and she softly motioned him to lower his head.

Cheng Xueluo did as he did.Yuntang approached, leaned into his ear and said, "Who can always listen to my arrangement? Wei Lingfeng won't, and neither will you. If you had listened, Duan Wuhen would have been a corpse long ago, and his mother would have gone mad long ago." You are so soft-hearted, Brother Gu Nian, you really call me..." She breathed out like blue, and put her wrist on his neck.

Cheng Xueluo clearly heard the sound of a cane being pushed to the ground in the distance.But Yuntang's capriciousness did affect him.Cheng Xueluo clasped her waist with her left hand, and asked her, "How much is your current skill compared to before?"

Yun Tang said: "About [-]%. Just now, I didn't even know you were around. I can't hide it for long. Those restless dogs are about to move."

The two of them were talking so intimately.Wei Lingfeng leaned on a cane and stood not far away.Wei Lingfeng was still thinking at first, but fortunately Tan Baiqing chose his left hand and right leg when he broke his hand and leg.When he was on crutches, he was able to maintain a standing posture.But he can't control the lightness kung fu like before, let alone come and go without a trace.

When he ran into someone else's tryst, he couldn't avoid it for a while.When he was in the alchemy school in the past, his fellow disciples nicknamed him "Wooden Pile", mocking him for sitting still all day long.It's ridiculous that he is really a wooden stake now, and he can only walk slowly at a step of three inches.

After a while, Wei Lingfeng and Cheng Xueluo's eyes met.Wei Lingfeng also said, "Excuse me."

Cheng Xueluo asked him: "Can you get out of bed?"

Wei Lingfeng nodded: "Just walk around."

Yuntang handed Wei Lingfeng a token: "Although you are my elder brother, but you haven't returned all year round, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. You should keep this token first, it may be useful."

Wei Lingfeng stopped walking, leaned his back against the wall, put away his crutches, and then reached out to pick up the token.This token is exquisitely carved, it is topaz inlaid with gold, engraved with complex patterns, and there is a circle of weird and complicated words.

Wei Lingfeng knew what he was talking about: "The order to recruit ghosts?"

"Ghost summoning order" is another name for this token.Earlier, when the ancestors of the Yun family founded the sect, it happened in troubled times.The ancestor of the Yun family was a wealthy local family who took the lead in opening a warehouse to provide food, and he did not hesitate to confront the government.After the disaster, a group of refugees were resettled.At that time, there were a lot of people and it was very easy to turmoil, and people from other places came to join them by begging all the way. Everyone in the Yun family used the name of "establishing a religion" and agreed on many rules. Formed a strict sect.

In the generation of Grandpa Wei Lingfeng, there are many masters in the sect, who have hidden many secret books.

Grandpa has been in power for decades, and at first he insisted on being "virtuous and benevolent", but after the age of 50, he acted more recklessly and often regarded himself as a "God and Buddha".He killed people without blinking an eye, and could not tolerate anyone's disobedience, so he gradually became accused of being the "lord of the demon sect" and has been insulted by people in the world to this day.

Before the grandfather died, he felt a little regretful, so he ordered someone to carve out a token.According to the regulations, those who hold this token in the church can refrain from killing, disrespecting the gods, and disobeying the orders of the leader, and no one in the church can hurt him.

Yun Tang added: "Anyone who hurts you will be imprisoned for ten years according to religious rules."

Wei Lingfeng returned the token to her: "I don't need it, you keep it."

"Do you think..." Yuntang hid behind Cheng Xueluo, "I need to use it to protect myself?"

Wei Lingfeng repeated what she said just now: "Who is that dog who is about to move?"

Yun Tang leaned on Cheng Xueluo, and replied softly: "Brother, follow me back, and you will know. Your "Infinite Divine Art" has been practiced to the sixth level, and you can go up further. There is a whole set of mental methods hidden in the family. Don't you want to watch it? I can still find Shen Yao and all your juniors, bring them all back, and let them serve you one by one, day and night, don't you like it?"

Wei Lingfeng's face turned cold: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Yuntang rolled up his sleeves and smiled: "I understand, you only like Shen Yao. Then we will only arrest him."

Wei Lingfeng didn't refute her again.

Since he left Yingtian Mansion, Shen Yao has been running around on horseback.This time, he and Duan Wuhen rode on the same horse.Duan Wuhen obviously doesn't know how weak a man who doesn't know martial arts is.Everyone rode their horses and galloped all the way for the whole day. Shen Yao looked around feebly, and saw a group of swordsmen in high spirits, only himself dying.

Shen Yao was helpless: "Stop for a while, I can't do it anymore. If you keep running, you will collect my body."

Duan Wuhen pulled the reins tightly, and everyone stopped their horses one after another.

The sun was setting and the road was rough.There are also several abrupt wild graves in the col, and the tombstones are all made of branches.

In the distance, cooking smoke curls up and crows quarrel.Changfeng ushered in and sent them away, blowing a huge banner with the word "Guesthouse" written on it.Zhao Bangjie hurriedly said: "Young master, horses need to eat grass and people need to eat. Brother Di and Dr. Shen are still wounded."

Duan Wuhen helped Shen Yao up by the collar, and asked in a low voice, "Are you tired?"

Shen Yao was a little annoyed: "Can you not be tired?"

Duan Wuhen said to him: "You are riding a horse without moving a muscle."

Shen Yao lay on the horse's neck, buried his face in the mane: "Brother! I'm not like you, I don't have martial arts body protection. After tossing around like this, I'm already useless. Can we take a break and eat?" Have some food and some water?"

While the two were talking, the horses were walking slowly on the road.When they came to the door of the guest house, Shen Yao heard a burst of laughter.

There were so many guests in the store that there were only two empty tables and eight benches left.

Here, Zhao Bangjie, Di An and others are still waiting for the waiter honestly. Shen Yao has already got off his horse quickly, ran into the shop, occupied an empty table, put the burden on another bench, and shouted: "Boss lady? Come, come, I'm so hungry, can you serve us some good food?"

The proprietress is over forty years old, and her charm still exists.She was wearing a thorn hairpin cloth dress, with smiles on the corners of her eyes and brows, exuding a charm that is far inferior to that of vulgar pink.I think when she was young, there must have been many tough men who fell for her.Moreover, her martial arts and physical skills are all excellent, and she came to Shen Yao in a flash, and greeted him: "Young master, do you want wine or meat?"

Shen Yao said: "I don't drink." He waved to Duan Wuhen: "Hey, do you want wine?"

Without any hesitation, Duan Wuhen raised his sword and crossed the threshold.As soon as he entered the door, everyone turned their eyes to him.He is really eye-catching, whether it is his appearance, figure, jade pendant and long sword around his waist, or his footwork that does not touch the ground, it all shows his extraordinary identity and realm.When he sat beside Shen Yao, the accompanying swordsmen also followed.The group of them sat quietly around the table, sitting upright, not making any noise—except for Shen Yao.

Shen Yao said casually: "Sister, please cut a few plates of beef, vegetables and radishes, put some rice, and then serve tea, and the horses we tied in the shed need to drink water and feed grass..."

The proprietress put her left hand on her hip: "Yo, I'm old enough to be your own mother, and you still call me sister?"

Shen Yao smiled at her: "I see you are still young, so call me sister to respect you."

The proprietress supported the square table with her right hand, gathered some internal strength, and quietly tested Shen Yao.

She found that Shen Yao didn't have a trace of martial arts.

Then look at Shen Yao's very handsome face, his eyes with awe-inspiring light, they are particularly pleasing and beautiful, and they are more pleasing to her than Duan Wuhen.She simply said: "I will give you a steamed duck made with wine. No money will be charged. Guest officials, eat and drink well."

The proprietress picked up a jug of wine, and the graceful figure disappeared through the side door of the accountant's room.

The smell of food came from the back kitchen, the waiter came to the table, bent down to pour tea for Shen Yao and others, and asked them: "Guest officers, where are you from? The guest officers speak official dialect, are you from the city?"

Zhao Bangjie was about to answer when Shen Yao said, "Come over from Qinling."

The waiter in the shop nodded yes, and said: "Yingtianfu is going to hold a martial arts conference, and more than a dozen roads around it are closed, and the imperial court sent troops to guard it. If you want to go to Yingtianfu or Qizhou, you have to take a long detour instead of copying it." Short cut."

Shen Yao took out a bunch of copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to the waiter.The waiter hurriedly collected the money, bent his back even lower, and asked more politely: "What do you want me to do, guest officer?"

Shen Yao asked: "The nearby roads are closed, why is your road still there?"

Xiao Er threw a piece of coarse cloth over his shoulder, and said with a smile: "Our place is far away. Usually there are not many customers, but there are a little more in spring and summer, and they all go to Yingtianfu. Those who want to go to Qizhou , usually they don’t come around to us.”

Shen Yao looked at him: "Thank you. Please take care of those horses outside."

Xiaoer clasped his fists again and again: "Guest officer, you are too polite. What we do is serve people, so why don't you bother me?"

Shen Yao pursed his lips, picked up the teacup, took a sip to moisten his throat.

The doors and windows of the guest house are wide open, and the afterglow of the setting sun is gone, and the proprietress comes to light the lamps in person.Four lanterns were hung on the beams, the wicks were dim, and they burned with a faint light.The light and shadow fell on the cup, the tea leaves floated away from ups and downs, Shen Yao shook the cup, always feeling that someone was watching him.He couldn't help turning his head, just looking at a corner of the wall.

A group of middle-aged men sitting in the corner laughed.

They were all dressed up as warriors, with bows and arrows on their backs, machetes in their hands, and their eyes glanced at Shen Yao from time to time.Someone among them asked in a low voice: "That kid has no martial arts, is he a rabbit master?"

Another person replied: "Isn't it? He's pretty handsome, and he's whiter than a woman. He doesn't have a sword or knife in his hand. What should I use to hold him?"

A swordsman in a long coat at the next table called out: "It's a night of fierce fighting, and the bed is really moving!"

Several strong men were laughing, and some people mentioned the rumor that "Tan Baiqing is a manly man", saying that the head of the Liuguang Sect in Yingtian Mansion also raised many ignorant young men.

Shen Yao's face flushed red.He is so thick-skinned that he is tired of being talked about.He began to reflect on himself, no one had ever talked about him behind his back before, why did he attract so many people today?

Could it be because the swordsmen of the Duan family were full of masculinity, sitting next to him, making his broken sleeve... out of place?

The lights are dim, and the night wind blows through the hall.

Duan Wuhen picked up a pair of chopsticks and tossed them backwards, causing a lot of sounds of drawing knives.

Shen Yao turned his head to look again, only to see that the swordsman was nailed to the wall by two chopsticks just now.The chopsticks slipped through the fur of his waist protector and did not hurt him.But he was scared out of his wits, unable to speak: "You, you..."

Duan Wuhen never looked back at him.

He didn't even see Duan Wuhen's face.

Duan Wuhen took a sip of tea before saying, "Don't make noise."

Everyone put their knives back into their sheaths and sat down one after another, no one chewed their tongues.Even if it is full of people, it is more peaceful than the wilderness.

Not long after, the proprietress and waiter came over with some dishes.Shen Yao first pricked the beef with chopsticks, tasted it again, and said: "Wow, we really have a good taste. There are also two cents of hawthorn, two cents of wolfberry, and one cent of astragalus in the stewed beef."

The proprietress's face was slightly condensed: "You can eat this?"

Shen Yao raised his sleeve and wiped his mouth: "This beef has been simmered for an hour, and it is very tasty. At first I was afraid of running into a black shop in this remote place, and I was afraid that the duck and beef were poisonous. Now it's okay, I don't worry. gone."

The proprietress covered her lips with a handkerchief, and said with a delicate smile, "Be careful when you go out, that's what you should."

Shen Yao raised his chopsticks, thrust them hard, and poked into the beef: "These pieces of meat are so thickly sliced ​​that they taste and smell different." He raised his head, stared at the proprietress, and smiled at her again: "Tell me, I Is it a pair of chopsticks, or a plate of meat?"

The proprietress took the plate of beef with her backhand and stepped back a foot away.Under the panicked light, there was annoyance on her face: "Today, there are too many people, and the wrong dish was served to you. Wait a minute, I'll let them change it."

She walked in such a hurry this time that she even tripped.

It was getting darker outside the window, and there was no sound of cars and horses nearby.

The waiter stood at the door for a moment, then closed the front door tightly behind him.He buckled the double-ring latch, patted the brass lock with his palm, and kicked the door heavily with the toe of his shoe.

Zhao Bangjie looked sideways for a long time, and couldn't help but doubt: "Young master, this store is weird." He held the chopsticks and asked Shen Yao: "Doctor Shen, is the food okay?"

"There was something wrong with that plate of beef just now." Shen Yao picked up vegetables while grilling rice, "It's strange, half of that plate of beef was poisonous, and the other half was not poisonous... Speaking of which, do you know where we are now? Is it the villages and towns around Yingtian Mansion? It’s so desolate! There is only this inn within a radius of ten miles.”

A swordsman sitting next to Shen Yao remained silent.At this moment, he suddenly said: "The martial arts conference will be held soon. According to the past practice, the surrounding villages and towns must be closed. When we are on our way today, we will go straight to the southeast..."

Duan Wuhen picked up the teacup unhurriedly, as if everything was within his plan and control, Shen Yao's admiration for him increased a bit.

Shen Yao never expected that Duan Wuhen revealed: "We may have lost our way."

Shen Yao stepped on the bench and asked him: "Is there any mistake? Master, you will get lost?"

Duan Wuhen turned the tea cup: "I'm not familiar with the five elements and eight trigrams formation."

Shen Yao thought for a while, and guessed: "The road around Yingtian Mansion is closed, which is just convenient for a group of masters...to arrange the five elements and eight trigrams array? So, we may be led to this road by the array, instead of taking the path we should take ?”

Zhao Bangjie immediately grabbed the hilt of the sword: "This is a black shop!"

Di An put his arms around Zhao Bangjie's shoulders: "Be safe and don't be impatient."

"Yeah, don't be impatient," Shen Yao was the only person at the table who was still eating, "Eat and drink well, this is the top priority! People are iron rice and steel. No matter what you want to do, You have to fill your stomach first and gain strength before you can go out and fight! Brothers."

Shen Yao took a bite of the radish, then turned his head to look at Duan Wuhen: "Master, I remember your mother... I mean, I remember that Lingtang is very good at Yin-Yang, Five Elements, Book of Changes and Gossip. Why, you didn't study hard? You are talented and intelligent, and you have a high level of comprehension, so it would be a pity if you don't learn more!"

Duan Wuhen didn't respond.

Di An replied instead of Duan Wuhen: "The young master prefers martial arts."

Shen Yao nodded in praise and said, "What a martial idiot."

Several people chatted here without saying a word.The lady boss appeared again.Holding two plates of freshly cooked beef, she arched her back, carefully arranged the plates, and said, "Young master, the upstairs room is also ready. Tonight, there will be a little more people staying in the hotel, so we have more All the four upper rooms will be shared with you. Look, is that okay?"

Shen Yao was puzzled, and thought to himself: Strange, why does this proprietress only talk to me?He keeps claiming to call me a "little son", and even discuss things like staying in a hotel and looking at a house with me?Couldn't she see that Duan Wuhen is a serious leader?

Two plates of beef were placed on the table, and no one moved chopsticks around.Shen Yao hooked the plate with one hand, took out a silver needle from the silk handkerchief, tested the poison twice, and finally said: "It's time to work, we can't stay overnight, our young master has the final say."

The proprietress still stared at Shen Yao, and said to Shen Yao: "Young master, you don't know something. Our place is not peaceful. There is a gang of bandits who set up camp a dozen miles away, and they often come out at night to rob."

Shen Yao tugged Duan Wuhen's sleeve: "Hey, are you staying here tonight?"

Duan Wuhen said: "Stop."

Shen Yao was surprised: "Really?"

Duan Wuhen took a mouthful of rice: "Yeah." In such a dilapidated inn, if he moved his chopsticks a little, it seemed like he was condescending.

It's not that Shen Yao is picky, it's just that this inn is shabby everywhere.There was a hole on the side of the staircase made of logs, the tables, chairs and benches were all different sizes, and the table legs were all wrapped in rags, looking even poorer than their Danyi school.

After the meal, the waiter took the group of them upstairs.

Shen Yao paused every step and walked very slowly, the wooden steps creaked under his feet.Zhao Bangjie walked in front of him, and stepped into the guest room before him. He saw Zhao Bangjie's back froze invisibly from a distance, and the dim candlelight illuminated intertwined figures.

Zhao Bangjie called softly: "Young master."

Shen Yao hurried over.The door of the guest room was wide open, and the night wind blew past the window. Shen Yao stretched out his hand to block it, and something sticky stuck to his palm.He took a closer look and found that it was a few strands of spider silk.

The situation in the room was similar to Shen Yao's imagination.The tables and chairs were covered with dust, the corners of the walls were tangled with cobwebs, and there were leftover clothes on the bed. He took a step forward and immediately sneezed.

Shen Yao couldn't help laughing and said: "My lord, you love cleanliness the most and pay attention to tidiness, how can you live in such a place?"

Duan Wuhen said, "Rest early tonight. Tomorrow at midnight, continue on your way."

Shen Yao grabbed him: "Hey, wait..."

Duan Wuhen drew out the sword at his waist, waved his hand to sweep a burst of fierce sword energy, and the cobwebs and dust were blown out of the window - this was originally something to be happy about.But his sword energy was so strong that it shattered the incense burners and vases in the house.Earth-brown ceramic shards were scattered on the ground, and the sharp edges and corners scratched a foot-square piece of the floor.

The waiter looked terrified, and Shen Yao hurriedly said, "It's okay, we will lose money."

Xiao Er bowed to him, and left in embarrassment.

Shen Yao stepped over the threshold, took off his clothes, and spread them on the table: "I will sleep on the table, and you will sleep on the bed." He thought Duan Wuhen would readily agree, but saw that Duan Wuhen tore a coat and tore it into cloth. Bars, tied to two beams.Afterwards, Duan Wuhen jumped over the beam and lay down on the strip of cloth.

Shen Yao looked up at him: "If you fall in the middle of the night, I can't cure you."

Duan Wuhen said: "Dropped?"

Shen Yao described: "You fell asleep, half dreamed and half awake, confused, didn't know where you were, tilted your body, hit the ground, and you are half disabled if you don't die. I advise you not to rely on your own martial arts, just try it." Such a dangerous sleeping position."

In a trance, he seemed to hear Duan Wuhen chuckle.

The laughter was very shallow and pleasant to hear. Although it was a bit contemptuous, Duan Wuhen responded honestly: "Whether it's a dream or waking up, life or death, I shouldn't forget the exercises."

Shen Yao sat cross-legged on the table and asked: "You martial arts masters, why do you value martial arts more than life? Don't you have life before you have martial arts? If you don't have life, why do you need martial arts? With martial arts , lost his life, so what?"

Maybe Duan Wuhen was too lazy to explain to him.Duan Wuhen only said to him: "Go to sleep."

Shen Yao lay on his side.That night, he had a dream.In the dream, he returned to the Alchemy School and walked through a rough mountain road full of thorns.When he pushed open the door of the alchemy school, he saw the master at first sight.Master was wearing a long robe, with a kind and gentle expression on his face, with his hands in his sleeves, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.The brothers gathered around one after another and asked Shen Yao: "Little brother, why don't you go home?"Have you suffered outside?

Shen Yao replied in his dream: "I'm fine, senior brother..." At this point, he suddenly realized that the senior brother's body had collapsed, and the master was no longer alive.

He opened his eyes at once, sat up in shock, panting heavily, his back was covered in cold sweat, and his robe was already soaked in sweat.The pain in his chest was extremely tight, and the past flooded into his mind like a torrent, choking him like he was drowning.

He had to say to himself: "Master, master... I swear to the sky, I will take revenge."

The room was silent.

Shen Yao raised his head, only to find that there was no one on the beam.

Immediately he stood still and lit a candle.By the dim light of the candle, he could see the empty room clearly.Duan Wuhen disappeared, and so did Zhao Bangjie and Di An.

In the middle of the night, the night outside the window was thicker, and the moon was covered by dark clouds, leaving a few lonely stars, emitting a bleak and weak white light.

Shen Yao blew out the candles, opened the door, and walked out slowly.

There wasn't a single lantern in the lobby, it was just pitch black, making it impossible to see.

Shen Yao walked down the steps lightly, and came to the main entrance of the inn in the dark.He found that the door was tightly locked, and there were two latches and three copper rods blocking the door, as if some fierce ghost would come to barge in in the middle of the night.

He took a dagger out of his pocket, held it in his hand, and walked around to the side of the window.This window is made of bamboo strips. The hard green bamboo is cut into long strips, densely intertwined, and combined into four layers, it is almost an airtight window.

Shen Yao slashed at the corners with one knife, cutting hard along the grain of the bamboo.Suddenly, with a flick of his fingers, he let go of the dagger.

The surrounding area was still eerily silent.

In the huge inn, not a single human voice could be heard.

Duan Wuhen, the swordsmen, the proprietress, the waiter, and the gang of warriors all seemed to disappear overnight.

What was even more frightening was that Shen Yao felt that when he split the bamboo window with a dagger just now, he seemed to have stabbed a body.

He was so familiar with bones and textures that he could even guess that he drilled through the man's Tanzhong acupoint.However, he didn't hear the man cry out in pain.

He took a deep breath, clenched the dagger again, and with all his strength, pierced a corner of the bamboo window from top to bottom. The bamboo strips that exploded suddenly cut his fingers, and blood spilled on the window sill... He could see clearly The face of the man outside the window.

This man is dead.

It was a warrior who was talking loudly in the lobby in the evening.

Shen Yao and Wu Fu are about the same height.Not long after the martial artist died, his pupils were dilated, his face was blue and his body was still warm.His abdomen was leaning against the outer wall, his face was against the bamboo window, very close to Shen Yao.And because he did not rest in peace, he and Shen Yao faced each other face to face, eye to eye, Shen Yao could see the black bloodshot eyes in his pale eye sockets, and the stench of the dead body blowing towards his face, lingering.