Demolition

Lu Chen didn't quite believe his eyes, and Shen Jichuan's expression of "that's for sure, why are you so surprised" made him even more upset.

"Aren't you surprised that a village appeared in such a deep mountain and old forest?"

"Young master, the road we walked just now was obviously built by someone. What's the use of building a road if no one lives in it? The road is only built to the mouth of the valley, which means that the people inside are used to living in isolation, so naturally they want to live in the mountains. Old Lin's."

What he said made sense, and Lu Chen reluctantly accepted it.

"It's just that where have all the people in this village gone?" Lu Chen was curious

"Someone."

"what?"

"There are people living in the village, and some roofs have traces of smoke. Look here, it's spring water drawn from the mountain."

"That……"

"They're hiding."

"Because of the crow?"

Shen Jichuan shook his head and walked into the village, not knowing whether it was 'no' or 'don't know', Lu Chen followed.The village is very small, and we reached the end in a short while, without seeing a single person.Lu Chen wanted to turn around, but Shen Jichuan suddenly pulled him, and an arrow flew past his shoulder.

"Who?" Lu Chen drew out his sword and asked sharply, but no one answered him.Shen Jichuan put his hands on his back, signaling him to be calm.

Dozens of figures appeared from the gap between the houses, they should be the villagers here, but at this time the night has not faded, the morning light has not yet dawned, their faces are indistinct under the gray-blue sky, their clothes are torn, Like ghosts, they seem to be holding agricultural tools in their hands for defense.

Lu Chen didn't know what to do. If it was a group of crows who wanted to kill or cut him, he would not hesitate, but this is a group of ordinary people, how could he do it?He was hesitating, but Shen Jichuan stepped forward and said loudly:

"Brothers, my young master and I accidentally got lost here, and we don't intend to offend you. Please hold us up and let us go."

After hearing this, Lu Chen felt that this was the best explanation. The group of crows could wait to go out and sneak in to investigate without hurting the innocent, so he put away his sword to show that he had no malicious intentions.

The villagers were indifferent, and moved slowly towards them. Lu Chen frowned, and Shen Jichuan spoke again.

"If you need money, my son will not be stingy, and I hope you will leave a way for us to survive."

In the morning, the sky dawned very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it became clearer than the last moment. The sun was about to pop out from behind the clouds, and those people were closer. Lu Chen could already see their appearance clearly at this moment. I felt a little weird, before I had time to think, I heard Shen Jichuan's voice change

"not good!"

The body preceded the action, and Lu Chen immediately ran back holding the man in his arms. The first ray of morning light pierced his eyes, making him unable to see what happened. He just felt that Shen Jichuan shook his arm vigorously, and he saw it in the next second. Flocks of crows pressed towards him.Some of them fell to the ground. Lu Chen didn't have time to draw his sword, so he shook his shoulders. A few charms flew out from his chest and flew towards the crows. The crows really struggled a bit when they saw something flying towards them. Lu Chen seized the time and ran towards the forest with Shen Jichuan.

Before running a few steps, those crows actually chased after them.

"How is it possible?" Lu Chen was shocked, and he quickly drew his sword to meet him. With a swipe of the sword, the fastest flying ones were knocked down. Lu Chen wanted to protect Shen Jichuan behind him, but who knows where this fellow came from? Pulling out two daggers, he quickly threw them out, stabbed the target and flew back.

There were more and more crows, and Lu Chen had no time to question, so he could only fight side by side with him.Lu Chen's sword is extremely fast, and his movements are not fancy. Only one wrist-scissor dances vigorously, creating barriers on both sides of his body, and it is difficult for the crow to get close. Light, the crow screamed and fell when it touched it.And Shen Jichuan on the other side didn't show any timidity, he walked swiftly, slid forward, picked up with double blades, wound his neck and pierced his throat, raised the knife with his hand and dropped it, several crows separated their corpses.The two cooperated tacitly, and corpses gradually piled up under their feet.

Lu Chen focused on the front, but heard whizzing past his ears. A few flat-haired beasts sneaked up behind him and were hit by Shen Jichuan's double-rotating dagger. Lu Chen turned his head and glanced. However, he seized the opportunity, stepped back gradually, jumped with his back, stepped on the tree trunk behind him, and flew into the air with the help of his feet. With a loud shout, the halo of light continuously expanded from the tip of the sword, leaving no feathers behind.Seeing this, Shen Jichuan hurriedly hid forward, and the crows coming up from behind retreated one after another when they saw the situation was not good.

The two fought against more than a hundred crows with their meager strength. At this time, they were exhausted and did not want to fight, and ran to the depths of the dense forest.It wasn't until they climbed to a water pool halfway up the mountain and confirmed that there were no crows chasing after them, that the two of them collapsed by the water pool and let out a long breath.

Lu Chen was exhausted physically and mentally, and his mind was in a mess. Compared with Shen Jichuan's pair of daggers, he was more doubtful that his spells were useless.Those spells are not ordinary gadgets provided by the Wei Wei Department, but the Lu family's family name, called the crow binding rope. Once touched, the crows will be as if they are tied by the rope and can no longer move, but the crows just now are not affected.

"These are no ordinary crows."

Shen Jichuan seemed to see his doubts, and lazily said beside him

"how?"

"They feel it."

"I feel? How is it possible? Only..."

"Only humans can become enlightened." Shen Jichuan looked at him meaningfully, and Lu Chen suddenly realized

"You mean, those crows are, people?"

"It used to be human." Shen Jichuan corrected.

"Jue" is not a ghost or a monster, but a kind of Qi. After death, if a person has a strong wish that has not been fulfilled, this obsession will turn into "Jue" and stay in the world. .Lu Chen recalled the strange feeling when he first saw those villagers. They were indeed not alive, but

"But why is Jue in the form of a crow?"

"It may be that the 'jue' lives on these crows, or it may be that the 'jue' of these people is the crow." Shen Jichuan replied speciously.

"'Jue' is a crow?" Lu Chen thought about this sentence, "Is it because they turned into crows before they were alive? They were also poisoned?"

Lu Chen said it subconsciously, and immediately reacted, looking at Shen Jichuan, who seemed to be unaware of it with his usual expression.Lu Chen reacted and began to settle accounts

"Brother Shen is the son of a merchant, but his pair of daggers are so amazing that Lu admires him."

"Young master, you praise me. I'm just playing tricks. The last move of the young master is really 'shattering the sky, shaking the birds and flying, and rolling on the ground without dust', which really impressed me."

"Who are you!" It was like a bolt from the blue.

Shen Jichuan's tone was playful, but Lu Chen was shocked. He turned over and stood up, took a few steps back, and held the blade in front of him. Shen Jichuan was lying on his side lazily on the ground, and added a sentence with a half-smile

"Young master really has the true teaching of Taiyi Xuanmen."

Lu Chen glared at him at first, but now he is full of suspicion. He sized Shen Jichuan up and down without letting go of his hair, but he couldn't see any flaws.Taiyi Xuanmen is a sect that has been lost. It is said that it was founded by the oldest crow demolition man. His swordsmanship and Heart Sutra are almost invincible against crows. However, due to temple disputes, the sect has been lost for hundreds of years. The Lu family is just a collateral descendant, in order not to cause trouble to the upper body, they have never been treated by outsiders. Even Emperor Ying doesn't know about it, and they rarely use it unless it is absolutely necessary.Few people in this sect even remember it, let alone recognize swordplay.

"Yes... did my father tell you?" Lu Chen didn't know why, but asked such a question by accident, which made Shen Jichuan laugh out loud.

"Young master, this is a sect of sects. Why is your benefactor telling me this if you have nothing to do?"

"You..." Although Shen Jichuan looked dishonest, Lu Chen felt that he had added a point of trust to him, knowing that people from the Taiyi Taoist sect would show mercy even if they were enemies.Shen Jichuan didn't know that he had already risen a level in Lu Chen's heart, so he got up with all four limbs and said

"Let's go, now we can only go around this mountain, it's a pity for the two horses in the inn."

Lu Chen was even more confused

"who are you?"

"Shen Jichuan."

"real name!"

Shen Jichuan paused and said, "Jichuan."

Lu Chen was about to scold him, but Shen Jichuan went on to say

"My real name is Ji Chuan. I've called it for many years. I won't lie to you."

"Then what's your last name?"

"No last name."

"what?"

"Without parents, one naturally has a name but no surname."

Lu Chen softened his heart and stopped asking this question again.

"What is my father to you?"

"Your father saved me." Shen Jichuan gave him a strange look, "Why does the young master always ask questions that he already knows."

"Then, where did you learn martial arts?"

"My mother hired me as a master."

"You have martial arts, why are you being bullied by your uncle?"

"Little son, I'm not you who learned the lost secrets since childhood. You can defeat a hundred with one. I just know how to be a three-legged cat. My uncle is so rich that he can crush me to death with one finger. How can I beat him?" past him?"

"You have no uncle."

Shen Jichuan laughed, "Young master, everything I say is true."

Lu Chen sensitively captured the deep meaning in his words

"Then you are admitting that you have hidden something from me?"

Shen Jichuan stopped right now, and looked at him with that 'are you really stupid' eyes, Lu Chen felt guilty from being stared at

"doing what?"

"I'll tell you everything at this moment, will you believe me?"

"I, I won't, but you said, I can judge for myself."

"If I tell you the truth completely, you and I will fight each other in the next moment. I keep it from you to make you trust me more, not to lie to you."

Lu Chen wanted to refute, but Shen Jichuan interrupted him

"Actually, you also believed me, right? You already knew my true identity, but you didn't kill me."

"Your..." Lu Chen was tongue-tied, unable to believe it, "You, you, you..."

Seeing his bewildered face, Shen Jichuan was really funny, so he put his arms around his shoulders and said

"Young master has promised to protect me well, but you can't go back on your word just because I'm a crow."

Lu Chen was already in a mess, he was a crow, yet he just admitted that he was a crow.

"Why, why don't you quibble?"

"You have already tested my blood with paint powder. No matter how much I quibble, the evidence is solid. It's better to be frank and lenient."

Lu Chen was speechless, this man's candid attitude caught him off guard.

"how do you know……"

"There are not many weapons in this world that can hurt me. I didn't see it clearly that night. It must be Linjia or Tengma."

Shen Jichuan strained his arms and asked

"Which one is it? See if I guess right."

Lu Chen didn't answer him. At this moment, it didn't seem strange for him to say what he knew. He just murmured

"Then why did you come here?" He must know that those 3000 people are vicious, what is there for him to sacrifice so much for?

"For you."

"What?" Lu Chen was helpless.

"Benefactor has the grace of saving my life and rebuilding me. I will protect his descendants to repay the grace. Is there anything wrong?"

"You protect me?"

"Young master," hearing the disbelief in Lu Chen's tone, Shen Jichuan protested, "People have to be reasonable. Didn't I just help you solve those crows that were attacking me?"

"Then why didn't you come to protect me sooner?"

Shen Jichuan looked at himself meaningfully, "You were safe before, you didn't need me."

"I'm in danger now?"

"It's hard to guard against a villain."

"Who is the villain?"

"Young master, do you think there are no villains around?" Shen Jichuan asked back.

"You came to me, besides your so-called protection of me, there must be a conspiracy." Lu Chen insisted.

Shen Jichuan suddenly pulled his shoulders, looked straight into his eyes and said

"I do need you to do me a favor, but it doesn't matter whether you can help me or not. I'm here for you."

Lu Chen was completely taken aback by his embrace, and felt confused. First, Shen Jichuan recognized the Taiyi Xuanmen Sword, and then he took the initiative to admit his identity. Everything happened too quickly, and he felt like he was being led by the other party. The nose is gone, and I don't know anything about it.