On the sequelae of suspended animation + voice

Chapter 18: Assembly

Even if Zong Nian had the upper hand, the other party was obviously not a cheap lamp.The man didn't know what kind of weird technique he used, the foot held by Zong Nian seemed to be shrinking, and he got away in an instant.In the dark night where they couldn't see their fingers, the two fought only by listening to their voices.

In the beginning, Zong Nian had a slight advantage based on his familiarity with the room, but he soon discovered that the opponent had deep internal strength, and he would sooner or later be defeated by his own skills in those years.He shouted loudly while fighting with each other.

"Who are you?!"

As expected, the other party didn't say a word, and he didn't know whether he could see that Zong Nian wanted to use the question to distract him, or he felt that there was no need to answer this question at all.

A sharp palm wind suddenly hit Zong Nian's front, forcing Zong Nian to back up continuously until a hard object was attached to his back.With no way out, he had no choice but to lean back and barely avoided it, but at the same time he also showed a flaw, allowing the man in black to slap his abdomen heavily, and the menacing and strong internal force could not help but hit him.The power of this palm could not be said to be Zong Nian's personal experience, and even the table behind Zong Nian turned into a pile of rotten wood in an instant.

Even though the pain in his abdomen was unbearable, and a trace of blood was spilling from his mouth, Zong Nian immediately bounced off the pile of wood debris, and continued to deal with that person through the darkness.

This person didn't want his own life, otherwise, with his internal strength, he would have beaten him to pieces and died immediately.Maybe he wanted to capture him alive... Having seen how powerful the opponent is, Zong Nian didn't dare to fight the opponent lightly, but secretly moved around to hide his aura, so that the opponent couldn't figure out his position for a while, and looked for opportunities to escape.

Tonight, the moon is covered by dark clouds, and there is no light in the house, so it is convenient for him to hide his figure.

The killer couldn't hear Zong Nian's movement for a while, so he stopped impatiently and looked around.But he didn't have the ability of night vision, so he didn't know where Zong Nian went at all.Suddenly he heard a soft sound from behind, it was the window suddenly opened, the killer immediately turned a few steps to the window to check, but saw the dark and quiet street, and there was no sign of Zong Nian at all.

Could it be that he really escaped without anyone noticing? !The killer was terrified in his heart, not sure if the person he wanted to catch really flew out of this small room.

He stood still, wondering if he was thinking, and after a while he also jumped out of the window.

Zong Nian, who had been hiding on the beam just now, was overjoyed that the other party really fell into his plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain!It can be regarded as escaped, so I have to leave this inn quickly, no, I have to inform my brother first...

He thought about it, and suddenly realized that his limbs were a little weak, and his eyelids were gradually unable to open. In the end, he fell heavily from the beam and passed out in a coma.

And the killer who he thought had left slipped in from the window again.He looked at Zong Nian who fell unconscious on the ground and snorted coldly, then without saying a word, he put him on his shoulder and left.

He carried the man on his back and stepped on the eaves of the house for a few jumps in the dark. It seemed that he didn't have to use any effort, and he was extremely relaxed. He disappeared into the thick night all at once.

The Treasure Appreciation Conference came as scheduled, and because the conference was held on the same day as the Qiqiao Festival, the whole Yangzhou was twice as lively as usual.Many ordinary people got the news a few days ago that there will be a Qiqiao Festival market in the east of the city, where new gadgets will be displayed from morning to night, so on this day, they all put on the new clothes they bought and came to the market Let's join in the fun.

Sure enough, there are so many new items in the market that people can't see them all. Even the monkey playing the monkey show is much smarter than the ones on the ordinary street. Immediately, a circle of common people gathered to applaud and applaud, let the craftsman Earning a lot of money, he let the little monkey make a cute appearance of bowing his hands and thanking him from ear to ear.

Ordinary people celebrate the festival happily here, but the people of Jianghu are not so happy.

Two streets to the east of the Qiqiao Festival Market is a villa of the Lin family.At this time, a large group of Jianghu people had already gathered bustlingly at the gate of Biezhuang, waiting for the majestic mahogany gate to open so that they could enter to participate in the treasure gathering meeting.

Although the Lin family did not host the Treasure Gathering Conference this year, nor did they provide auction items, they still lent their villa to allow this year's Treasure Gathering Conference to be held.Since there were a lot of conflicts between the sects before the conference, a group of people gathered at the door and crowded, and some disputes were unavoidable.

By the time the servant opened the door and invited everyone to come in, some sects were already arguing red-faced, so rude.

Among them are Meng Fan and Geng Yifei who had been friends with Zong Nian's senior brother before.The two have become mortal enemies now, and I don't know what Geng Yifei said, but Meng Fan's eyes were red, and he was about to strike with the big sword on his back. After persuading him, he reluctantly withdrew his hands and walked towards the door angrily.

Geng Yifei couldn't help sighing in his heart, but he didn't show any emotion on his face.After Meng Fan and the disciples of the Tianxiao Sect went in, they took the greeting cards and entered the Lin family villa.

Although it is a different villa, this villa is quite spacious. The rockery gardens are all exquisite and complete, and the rooms are as numerous as eggs.Although the Lin family is now in decline, it cannot cover up the fact that it was once a century-old family.

Geng Yifei sighed in his heart.There was an attendant in front of him leading the way, leading him and two other disciples to another room to rest first.Each sect has its own separate room, and there are dozens of sects participating in the conference every year, which is enough to show the size of this villa.

"Geng Xiashi, we're here." The attendant said respectfully.

Geng Yifei nodded.There is still a sign of the Taichu School hanging on this other room.He raised his eyes, only to find that there were still three words hanging in the room next door that he least wanted to see at the moment—Tianxiao School.

If Geng Yifei hadn't been a suspicious person, he would have thought it was done on purpose!He entered the door distraught, thinking about how to avoid the conflict with Meng Fan, completely forgetting the purpose of the treasure gathering meeting in the future.

Before Geng Yifei could come up with any good ideas, there was a knock on the door of the other room.He wondered if it was Meng Fan who came to the door to find fault, but immediately denied it—that reckless guy would not knock on the door, so he opened the door with confidence.

To his surprise, the person standing at the door was Yue Xiao with an anxious face.

"Brother Yue, is this...?" Geng Yifei asked suspiciously.

"May I ask Brother Geng if he has seen my junior brother Zong Nian?" Yue Xiao asked hastily.

"No. What happened?"

His answer made Yue Xiao's anxiety a little more serious. "I woke up this morning and went to his room to look for him, but I didn't expect that there was no one there! It seemed that someone had fought in the room, and I suspected that my junior brother had been kidnapped." Yue Xiao frowned and blamed himself.In the past few days, he was busy investigating the affairs between those sects, and he ignored his own junior.If his negligence caused his junior to be in danger, he would never forgive himself in his life.

"Abducted? Could it be the enemy?" Geng Yifei hurriedly asked, seeing Yue Xiao's blank expression, and suddenly added, "Could this be one of the methods of alienation?"

He actually didn't know much about Zhanfengmen, but thinking of the friction between the sects in the past few days, he also felt that Zhanfengmen had also encountered the same experience.

"But...Zhanfengmen has never had close contacts with any sect, so why talk about alienation?" Yue Xiao shook his head.It's not like he didn't think about it, but Zhanfengmen is indeed alone, with neither enemies nor allies.

He didn't hear any news from Geng Yifei, and Yue Xiao didn't want to disturb him anymore, so he left directly.

After discovering that Zong Nian was missing, he immediately searched everywhere for news but found nothing.Regarding the person who kidnapped Zong Nian, Yue Xiao already had some thoughts in his heart, but he was not sure.

The only thing that is certain is that the man must have taken him away because of his junior's background.Even though those sects have been wiped out, the black hands behind the scenes are still making waves.

Hey...his miserable junior!

At this time, Yue Xiao suddenly thought of Mr. Lu who had been with his junior brother all the time.Although the man had a weird temper, the good temperament revealed in his conversation was enough to make people admire him.Zong Nian is alone, and only this friend is by his side. If he can be contacted, things will turn around.

It's just that Mr. Lu has been away for a few days, and he has no choice but to find someone.

Yue Xiao thought about it, but he didn't even come up with a decent idea.But time didn't wait for him, Biezhuang's attendants had already knocked on the door.

"Hero Yue, the treasure appraising conference has begun, please follow me."

It's time!

Yue Xiao regained his energy, and hurriedly went out to follow the attendant, and let him lead him to go deeper into the Biezhuang.

As early as when he entered the door, he saw a three-story chic small building in the depths of the villa from a distance.At this time, looking at the direction of the followers, he really wanted to lead him there.Along the way, Yue Xiao also met many people from other sects, and they also had their own entourage to lead them.

Yue Xiao was not surprised, he thought this villa looked clean, but he didn't expect so many people to hide there.

After walking for about half a stick of incense, I finally saw the appearance of this small building up close.From a distance, this small building looks like a boudoir furnished by a wealthy family for a young lady, but when you take a closer look, you find otherwise, this building is comparable to some big inns outside.Entering the lobby, I feel that the layout of this building is very special.There is a long table covered with dark brocade cloth at the far end of the lobby, and a white jade base is placed on the table, but it is empty and nothing is placed on it.On both sides of the long table is a Hundred Treasures Pavilion, filled with a variety of treasures.

Entering from the main entrance, there is a road on the left and right.The entourage led Yue Xiao in from the left, only to find that there were many small cubicles with curtains along the way, the entourage led him to the nearest one, raised the curtain and asked him to go in and sit down.

There is only a low table in the cubicle, but there are soft cushions under the table, and the guests can sit down at will.Sitting on the mat, you can see the hall clearly from the front of the cubicle.

There were three neatly arranged signs on the low table, and Yue Xiao reckoned that these were the signs that would be auctioned later.There are only three items, which means that one person can only buy three items.

This compartment is quite interesting, Yue Xiao couldn't help pondering.

The field of view outside the compartment is very narrow and you can't see left or right.But looking outside, in addition to the long table in the lobby, you can see that there are also such cubicles on the second and third floors, but they are much larger than the one he stayed in, and there is a layer of gauze curtains to block them, so that those who want to pry Unclear figures could be seen.

The higher the floor, the larger the cubicle.There should be a large number of people staying there.

Yue Xiao looked at it for a while but didn't see what sects were there, so he had to put his mind to it and patiently waited for the auction to start.

He didn't wait long, and after a while, a middle-aged man in a white robe and a square scarf walked out of the lobby.

The author has something to say:

Lu Shao: (Smiling sinisterly) Who dares to take my Ji Zhi away?Don't want to live?

Zong Nian: As if someone never kidnapped me

Lu Shao: Can I compare with those thieves? !Ji Zhimo wants to make such a joke, otherwise I will get sick...

In order to prevent this person from getting sick, the author promises to let people out to show their affection in the next chapter (doge face)