The Ascension of Ghosts

There is an order in the barracks, the whole army is tied up, and they are not allowed to leave the camp at will.

The handsome young man in front of him was Guo Qian. As a recruit, he was supposed to work hard and stay in the camp. If there was an urgent emergency, he would have to ask for a warrant from Lu Sheng before he could leave the camp.But now he was caught by Lu Sheng. At least he was tortured severely, and at worst... he might be decapitated to show the public.

No wonder Guo Qian turned pale when he saw Lu Sheng at the first sight, but after only a few breaths of panic, Guo Qian calmed down, unloaded the firewood from his shoulders, knelt on the ground as if resigned to his fate, and said in a respectful voice, "I have seen Lu Sheng!" Sima."

Ling Dang stopped, looked left and right, then hurriedly lifted up the hem of her skirt, followed Guo Qian to kneel on the ground, her posture was regular, Xu Shi felt that her uncle's expression was strange, and her shoulders trembled uncontrollably, and she felt a premonition that disaster was imminent. The gardenias in the burst also trembled slightly.

Lu Sheng was only slightly startled, and then he showed a soft smile and said, "There is no need to be polite, this strong man, you are in good health, and it is a pity that you only do some labor with the army. Why don't you come to the Liaoxi Camp to join the army? I can receive a share of the military salary and support my family."

Guo Qian raised his head in astonishment, stared blankly at Lu Sheng, and was speechless for a while.

Xie Rong frowned again, just watched from the side with a sullen face and said nothing.

Lu Sheng still smiled and said, "Of course there will be exams for joining the army, but then you won't be merciful at all. You have to do your best."

Guo Qian immediately leaned down and said gratefully, "Thank Sima Lu for giving the grassroots a chance!"

Ling Dang naturally followed suit, and kowtowed: "Thank you... Lu..." She didn't understand the position in the army, so she blurted out the last sentence.

Lu Sheng gave a few more words of encouragement, entrusted the bell to Guo Qian, then turned around and walked towards Xie Rong, looking at the man's half-smiling eyes, but he was anxious, so he could only gently hold Xie Rong's arm, and said in a low voice: " ...Let's go back to the mansion first and talk about it later."

Xie Rong said: "That person is the military household you mentioned?"

Lu Sheng took a deep breath and said without answering, "Ah Rong..."

In the depths of the narrow alley, a cry suddenly exploded: "Killed——"

In the dark night, this exclamation was extremely piercing.

Lu Sheng's eyes froze, and he immediately turned around and ran towards the place where the call came from. Xie Rong just raised his hand, but then looked in the direction where the screams sounded, raised his brows, and immediately changed his mind. Shan, also rushed into the depths of the messy and dilapidated alley.

Guo Qian hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly picked up the bell, sent his niece home first, and then rushed to the place where the exclamation sounded.

Lu Sheng arrived first. The Erzi Alley is narrow and rugged, and it is even more intertwined in the depths, like a cobweb labyrinth. The houses are dilapidated, and some of the houses are ventilated, and there are no people living there, so it is dark and unclear. He only smelled a strong smell of blood coming towards his face, and vaguely saw in the unoccupied small courtyard covered by half a broken door, dark traces were splashed all over the ground like thick ink and heavy colors, and more than ten figures were motionless, scattered and prostrate on the ground.

Another person was scrambling and running away from the small courtyard, but he was too frightened, his hands and feet were weak and trembling, he got up several times and fell down again, kicking on the ground in vain.

Lu Sheng pulled him up and asked, "What happened?"

But the young man was only struggling in fear, and unknowingly, a small object fell from his arms on the ground and rolled into the weeds and gravel, neither of them noticed.

Lu Sheng only felt that the arm he was holding was extremely thin and weak. It turned out to be a thin and yellow-faced young man, who was shaking the world, crying so much, and was so stunned that he couldn't speak.He couldn't find out the cause and effect, so he simply lifted the boy under the wall across the street, took out a torch and lit it, and took a look inside the courtyard gate.Looking at the courtyard at first glance, it seems that the ground is covered with red carpets, dripping with blood, winding along the dilapidated stone steps, winding like a stream, and going down the steps, one by one blood beads are like coral beads dripping on the steps. On the cattail grass that thrives in the crevices.

An unusually cold aura suddenly struck. Lu Sheng drew his sword, blocked, and counterattacked without hesitation. In order to avoid the edge of the hanging pot, the black shadow had to step back a dozen steps and stepped on the thin boy's leg. The young man screamed miserably again, but only half a sound came out. The flames that fell on the ground reflected his wide-eyed eyes, and his frightened expression gradually dissipated. The glaring blood ran across his forehead from the top of his head, and flowed down his cheeks.

The monk in white pulled out the vajra from the top of the dead body and let it fall to the ground. He stretched out his tongue and licked the blood on the tip of the vajra. His cold eyes fell on the blade in Lu Sheng's hand. He suddenly looked ferocious and asked: " Who the hell are you, that you can sneak into the important place of my Jingye sect and steal the hanging pot without anyone noticing?"

As he shouted and asked, he kicked his feet hard, bullying him up, waving the Vajra Pestle into a net of light flashing with golden light, forcing Lu Sheng to block from left to right, with only the strength to parry, he said in embarrassment: "Ghost leaf! You You have so much courage to sneak into my Western Region Protector's Mansion and kill people!"

That monk was Gui Ye. He turned a deaf ear to Lu Sheng's scolding, but his attack was extremely fierce. Lu Sheng tried his best to block it. Fortunately, he felt that Gui Ye had some scruples and did not dare to hold the vajra pestle with the hanging pot. Head-to-head confrontation, every time the sword passes by, the vajra has to avoid a little bit, and change its tactics to attack the next place, while smiling: "But a few low-spirited thieves are worthy of the military master's words, the little monk is on behalf of you!" The government eradicated the criminals, but they didn’t even accept the reward.”

Lu Shengcai took advantage of this opportunity to evade, and made three moves with Gui Ye in one breath, and then noticed that the monk in front of him seemed to be moving a little faster. In the darkness, he could not keep up with the speed of the other party.

At this moment, a black sword stabbed silently, as if melting into the night. Fortunately, Guiye saw the opportunity quickly and stopped the attack immediately. It hit the sharp edge of Sen Leng, and immediately the two bounced away as if struck by lightning.Gui Ye staggered two steps before standing still, and then looked at the enemy, frowned with slender eyebrows, sneered as if Shura was alive, and the demon god descended, "Who, taking advantage of people's unpreparedness and killing them, is not a gentleman's action."

Xie Rong's long sleeves were hanging down, only the tip of the sword was exposed outside the cloak, but she stood elegantly, calmly and leisurely, as if she had just evened out the ink with a pen, wrote a few words, and said with a smile: "A guest came from afar, and we have to meet in a hurry. Welcome, the hospitality is not good, please forgive me.”

Gui Ye snorted and said, "You people from the Central Plains, all of you are hypocritical and fake, disgusting, but you can't kill them cleanly, which makes people worry."

Lu Sheng was numb and trembling from his wrists to his arms, and he could barely hold the hanging pot, but now that he had a helping hand, his confidence soared, he took half a step forward, and said in a deep voice, "Ghost leaf, you are so good at it over and over again." Crossing the border, is it true that I am a great Jin without anyone? I will definitely keep you today."

Only then did Guiye turn his gaze to Lu Sheng, looked him up and down, and then smiled sinisterly, "I don't see you in Yueyu, you little thing has made great progress, and you can block my three tricks. Although you are old It's a bit tough, but it's a good talent. Why don't you come back to the Jingye Sect with me, and let my brother and I carefully train you for a few years, so that you will never encounter an opponent. You can kill whoever you want, and you can keep whoever you want. .”

Before Lu Sheng could speak, there was a gust of wind blowing beside him, and Xie Rong threw the indigo cloak casually, like a night owl flying into the air and falling to the ground.Xie Rong was silent and swift as lightning. The black blade in his hand was like a black lightning, and he picked up towards Guiye's chest and abdomen. The sharp edge of Sen Leng Jianqi was about to cut a huge wound on the target.

Immediately there was a huge cracking sound, the vajra pestle and the black-edged sword collided, and with the loud noise and flames, it was like the impact of a hurricane hitting in all directions, hitting several broken walls and falling to the ground. The house suddenly collapsed into a pile of rubble.

Lu Sheng couldn't find a support to stabilize his figure for a while, and was rushed back a few steps, and his back went straight into someone's arms.The man hugged Lu Sheng subconsciously, and asked in confusion, "Lu, Sima Lu?"

But Guo Qian also hurried over.

Lu Sheng hurriedly stood up straight, grabbed Guo Qian's arm with his backhand, and said angrily, "What are you doing here!"

Guo Qian said, "I'll help."

Lu Sheng frowned and said: "Don't make trouble, you don't need to interfere in this matter, as for going out privately...I will settle accounts with you when I return to the camp tomorrow."

Guo Qian heard that although his tone was harsh, there was a warm current in his heart. If Lu Sheng really wanted to be severely punished, he would not have covered it up for him before, so he could only respond: "Yes, Lu Sima must be careful."

The two of them just spoke a few words, Xie Rong and Guiye have already gone through dozens of moves, the moves are deadly, fast like ghosts, dazzling people, only the phantom is hazy, but they can't catch up with the moves at all.Although Guo Qian came from a lowly background, he was taught by his father since he was a child, and his skills are among the top among his fellow villagers. Now that he sees those two people, he realizes that there are people outside the mountains and mountains outside the Central Plains.For a moment, his heart was surging, and he couldn't help but took two steps forward. Lu Sheng hurriedly shouted: "Guo Qian!"

Just now Guo Qian came back to his senses, only to feel a cold and biting murderous aura rushing towards his face, he immediately fell to the ground, a huge wound was cut on the palm of his hand, and some unknown thing burrowed into the palm of his hand along the wound.Guo Qian yelled in horror, and shook his hands again and again. It took a long while before he realized that Lu Sheng was squatting in front of him with a strange look on his face. Then he realized that he had lost his composure. There are no monsters burrowing in.

Lu Sheng used the light of Huozhezi to apply medicine to him hastily. There was already a faint light of fire in the distance, and there were even shouts from the guards. Lu Sheng said, "Go quickly, if you are recognized, I can't protect you."

Guo Qian naturally knew how powerful he was, he nodded hurriedly, turned around and ran into the darkness.

Because his younger sister Guo Xue lived in Erzi Alley with his niece, Guo Qian would sneak out of the barracks every now and then to visit the two of them and do some laborious work of chopping firewood and carrying water.Therefore, he was very familiar with the complicated and weird alleys extending in all directions. Guo Qian made many detours and went far away from the center of the commotion without meeting anyone.

However, he stumbled and broke into a dilapidated house, holding his painful left arm tightly, his face twisted ferociously.I don't know whether it was poisoning or the epidemic, the previous wound was now as painful as a fire, and from the wound to the arm seemed to be broken, the pain was so painful that this tough man could hardly hold back his screams.

Never... die here.

Guo Qian could only bite his arm to hold back, his whole body was sweating profusely, but he had no strength to even move. The faces of his parents and younger siblings appeared in front of his eyes like a revolving lantern, and finally turned into the young marching Sima, fair and handsome His face was burned red by the scorching sun, but only a pair of eyes were clear and resolute, showing a gentle smile, pouring magnificent dreams and ambitions into his heart: "Is there any kind of king and general Xiangning? Guo Qian, a hero outstanding in troubled times, How can you be willing to be a low-ranking military officer for the rest of your life, doing nothing and ignoring all sentient beings?"

As for whether the last few words were spoken by Lu Sheng or his long-suppressed reluctance, Guo Qian couldn't tell the difference before he fell into a coma.

Before the city guards arrived, Xie Rong and Gui Ye had already stopped fighting. They had fought fiercely before, but now they were standing on a wall facing each other.

Gui Ye bit the end of the vajra, chuckled and said, "Yes, yes, you are really powerful. If there is a chance, I would like to fight with you for ten days and ten nights."

Xie Rong slowly put away his black dagger that was neither gold nor stone, and said in a deep voice: "The victory will be determined on the seventh day, after the seventh day, there is no need to waste time."

Gui Ye said: "You are really stingy. You just don't want to give me the talent you can make, and you won't practice boxing and kicking with me for a few more days."

Xie Rong didn't want to pester him, and only asked: "Do you still want to fight?"

Gui Ye shook his head again and again, put the vajra pestle back into his waist, folded his palms together towards Xie Rong Lu Sheng, and said solemnly: "No more beating, that thing has already escaped, and beating is useless. My little monk bids farewell."

Lu Sheng said, "Stop—"

Gui Ye only sneered at him, and said: "Brother, I like you. You have to practice harder, and try a few tricks with me next time. If you don't practice well, I will arrest you and return to the Jingye Sect. Baked and sacrificed."

Then he turned around and fled away, the snow-white monk's robe flew up and down quickly, and it was like walking on the ground on the roof of the house, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Xie Rong also jumped down from the wall and said in a deep voice, "If you can't stop him, let him go."

If even Xie Rong can't stop her, no one in the world can stop her.

Lu Sheng was dejected, his face was as hard as ice, but there was the clanging of swords and swords, and a man shouted loudly, "Murderer, where...where can you run away!"