Embrace the blade

Early the next morning, the four of them entered the valley.

A boulder hidden in the grass was engraved with the bright red word 'Xugu', which looked quite intimidating, but once you stepped past this boundary marker, although the forest remained the same, the atmosphere suddenly changed, it seemed that even the wind could faintly There is a crisis lurking.

Qi Zhaoxi and Ji Xiuming exchanged glances, and then the four of them slowed down at the same time, observing the surroundings carefully.

When the first slight rustle sounded, Jiang Li grabbed Qi Zhaoxi's sleeve and motioned him to look deep into the grass next to him.Qi Zhaoxi waited for a while, but he didn't see anything unusual, so he still stared at the grass, deliberately stepped forward and walked forward. As soon as he moved, he saw the grass fall to the sides, revealing a pair of shimmering fierce lights. vertical pupil.

"Snake, there is a snake! Brother Ji, what a big snake!"

Jiang Lanze's scream came first from behind, Qi Zhaoxi turned his head hastily, and saw a black boa constrictor flying out of the woods on the other side, as thick as a house pillar, it opened its bloody mouth and rushed towards Jiang Lanze. Ji Xiuming quickly carried him to the tree, and the boa constrictor moved quickly, coiled itself around the tree trunk and climbed up.

There was a sharp sound of a long sword being unsheathed beside him, Qi Zhaoxi turned his gaze and saw Jiang Li's horizontal sword in front of him, right in front of them, another black boa constrictor that was exactly the same crawled out from the bushes, with its erect snake body As tall as a man, he was spitting out a slender letter, staring straight at the two of them.

Qi Zhaoxi put his hand on the hilt of his sword and coughed lowly. Jiang Li nodded knowingly. The next moment, they jumped up to both sides of the boa constrictor at the same time. With a strong momentum, Jiang Li slashed at the back of the python's neck with his sword, and Qi Zhaoxi accurately slashed seven inches of the python's neck.

However, there was only a little spark, and the python's scales were black and hard, even their swords couldn't penetrate it.The boa constrictor was obviously irritated by the attack, turned around and threw the two away, hissing hissing sound from its wide-open mouth, and its long tail followed.

Qi Zhaoxi leaned up to dodge the tail of the snake, and stepped back a few steps to avoid it.Jiang Li was extremely courageous, so Ling Kong saw the exact direction and landed directly on the back of the boa constrictor.But the snake scales were cold and slippery, and he couldn't stabilize his figure at all. Jiang Li held the Qingshuang Sword with both hands, concentrated his internal energy on the sword, and stabbed down suddenly. hurt the root.

But the boa constrictor trembled as if in severe pain, and it didn't hesitate to throw itself to the ground and roll, forcefully throwing Jiang Li off.

Jiang Li supported himself as soon as he landed on the ground, and the python twisted its triangular head like lightning, and opened its mouth to bite fiercely.

"Jiang Li, come here!" Qi Zhaoxi rushed forward.

Jiang Li's eyes were only on the boa constrictor. He did not retreat but advanced. In an instant, he almost stepped into the snake's mouth. The green frost sword light burst out, and the long sword pierced the soft flesh wall. In an instant, it pierced through the snake's head, and blood Blast!

The boa constrictor stopped moving.Jiang Li drew his sword and retreated, the python fell heavily at his feet, but his arm was also cut open by the sharp snake's teeth, bleeding out.

Qi Zhaoxi grabbed Jiang Li's arm and pulled him over. Before he could speak, Jiang Li said, "It's not poisonous."

Qi Zhaoxi almost laughed angrily at his reaction speed, and after carefully confirming that the color of the blood flowing out of the wound was normal, he heaved a sigh of relief before rubbing his head hard: "The little thing scared me to death, wait I'll settle the bill with you when I go back."

There was a clattering sound in the woods, the two of them turned around and looked, it turned out that Ji Xiuming was protecting Jiang Lanze and couldn't do anything, so he had to use his lightness skills to dodge among the forest leaves, and the black shadow of another python was always following They gnawed tightly behind them, and their long tails swept up countless fallen leaves.

Qi Zhaoxi said: "You stand here and wait, I will go."

Jiang Li knew that he couldn't make him angry anymore, so he stopped and stayed where he was.

Seeing that the boa constrictor was getting closer and closer behind him, Ji Xiuming was burning with anxiety, turned his head and saw Qi Zhaoxi coming this way, he breathed out sharply, and immediately floated a few feet away.He landed hastily and handed Jiang Lanze to Qi Zhaoxi, then turned around and drew his sword, slashing head-on at the python that followed.

A little spark splashed away, and seeing that the python was unharmed, Ji Xiuming led it to go in the opposite direction.

Unexpectedly, the boa constrictor shook its head, completely ignored him, opened its mouth wide and still rushed towards Jiang Lanze.

Qi Zhaoxi hurriedly jumped onto the branch with Jiang Lanze's collar in hand.After dodging for a while, Jiang Lanze's legs were almost weak, and finally couldn't help but shouted: "Why is this snake chasing me!"

"Maybe it can see that your skin and tender meat are the best among the four of us." Seeing that the python was about to climb up the tree again, Qi Zhaoxi patted Jiang Lanze on the shoulder and said, "See your Senior Brother Ji on the opposite side? ?”

Jiang Lanze raised his head and looked: "I saw it, why—ah!"

"Master Ji, catch it!" Qi Zhaoxi suddenly threw Jiang Lanze away, Ji Xiuming was shocked and flew to catch it, but the python also stood up and turned its head after Jiang Lanze.

Qi Zhaoxi arrived in an instant, taking advantage of the momentary gap, he swiftly drew out his sword, hitting the boa constrictor's eyeball and piercing the snake's head.

The boa constrictor fell to the ground with a muffled sound, and he fell with him, and Jiang Lanze fell into Ji Xiuming's arms impartially.The young man was terribly frightened, but he had a good temper. After being thrown like a bag of dough, not only did he not lose his temper, but he also nodded to Qi Zhaoxi out of breath: "Hero Qi, you... you are really amazing!" !"

Qi Zhaoxi also nodded to him: "You are better than me."

The forest became quiet again, and there was no more abnormal movement. Jiang Lanze pulled Ji Xiuming to sit on the spot and rested for a while. Qi Zhaoxi pressed Jiang Li to bandage the wound on his arm. After resting, the four of them set out on the road again.

Walking along this road was extremely peaceful, but the trees grew taller and denser, and the branches and leaves intertwined above the head, almost covering the sky, half-buried animal bones gradually appeared on both sides of the road, and there were a few more after walking too far The dense human bones appear to be gloomy and terrifying.

Jiang Lanze followed Ji Xiuming closely and looked around in fear. Suddenly, he pointed forward in surprise: "Look! We are almost there, we have found the old man Xugu!"

A corner of the courtyard with blue bricks and white walls was exposed in the forest ahead.

Jiang Lanze was so excited that he even forgot his fear, walked to the front quickly, and waved at them again and again: "Hurry up!"

Looking at that corner of the courtyard wall, Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help frowning.

He followed Jiang Lanze to quicken his pace and walked for half an hour, but when he looked up again, the courtyard wall was still not far away, and the woods were also in the same shape. At first glance, it seemed that they were standing still.

Qi Zhaoxi was slightly startled, realized something, stretched out his hand to grab Jiang Li, and stopped Jiang Lanze who was still moving forward, "Stop first, shut up and listen carefully."

Ji Xiuming also stopped, listened intently, and shook his head in confusion.

Jiang Lanze was even more at a loss: "I didn't hear anything."

"It's not right if there's no sound." Qi Zhaoxi said.

Jiang Li immediately understood what he meant. Looking around, he didn't see any birds or beasts, and he couldn't hear insects or birds singing. At some point, the forest became dead silent.

Ji Xiuming also reacted, and said vigilantly: "Is this a trap?"

Qi Zhaoxi drew out his sword and made a mark on the tree beside him, saying, "Go on."

So they continued to move forward, and it didn't take long before they saw the marked tree standing far ahead.

Qi Zhaoxi held Jiang Li's hand tightly, and said, "Don't move, step back slowly."

Jiang Lanze and Ji Xiuming looked at each other nervously, and stepped back as promised.

However, within a few hundred steps, the tree stood quietly behind them again.

"Are we caught in a formation?" Ji Xiuming saw something.

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the Taihua Sect's Shougu formation. In order to break the formation when the Seven Kills attacked the Taihua Sect, it took 300 people to line up and find the formation. Now this The formation is definitely not as big as the Taihua School, but with the four of us alone, it is still difficult to break the formation." After a pause, Qi Zhaoxi laughed, "But the good news is that this old man Xugu is indeed A remaining disciple of the Taihua Sect."

He was still in the mood to laugh, but Ji Xiuming couldn't laugh, so he hurriedly asked: "Then what should we do next?"

Qi Zhaoxi shook his head: "There is no other way, it depends on luck, try slowly."

As he spoke, he planned to make another mark, but with just a few words, a faint mist filled the forest, and he didn't feel anything when he inhaled it. He took two steps, and suddenly his chest seemed to be pressed by a huge stone. It was so painful that it was hard to breathe.

Qi Zhaoxi finally changed his face, and turned his head abruptly: "It's a poisonous miasma, hold your breath!"

But the miasma was getting thicker and thicker, covering the forest in a vast expanse of whiteness, holding their breath was only a delay, they had to pant after all.It took a long time to find the eyes, and the breathing of the four became difficult, and when they opened their mouths, they were panting as if they were drowning.

Ji Xiuming said: "Those corpses on the road... Could it be that... they were trapped to death like this?"

Qi Zhaoxi didn't say anything, just nodded, in order to save energy, he and Jiang Li were gesticulating to find the formation.

Ji Xiuming could only sigh resignedly, and search slowly.

Among the four, Jiang Lanze's internal strength is the weakest, and it is the most difficult to resist the poisonous miasma at this time. He shuffled along, his face flushed from holding back, but seeing the marks of his actions appearing in front of him time and time again, the corner of the courtyard wall remained the same. Neither far nor near is ahead, and it seems that there will never be a step closer.

Jiang Lanze couldn't take it anymore, without warning, he knelt down towards the courtyard wall, took a deep breath and shouted: "Senior! I'm here for medical treatment, please see me! "

"Lan Ze!" Ji Xiuming reminded with a suppressed voice, "Stop shouting, it's useless, you will only inhale more miasma."

"I can't control that much anymore, anyway, I'm going to die sooner or later if I'm stuck here, Brother Ji, just let me try!" Jiang Lanze's chest heaved violently, and he gasped even harder, "Senior, please meet me! My father He is very ill. He has been ill for almost two years. For the past six months, he can only lie in bed and suffer. I have consulted all the famous doctors in the world. I beg you, I really have no other choice!"

Ji Xiuming stepped forward to stop Jiang Lanze's desperate approach, the ground under his feet trembled slowly, he looked back in surprise, and saw the woods behind them parted, and a path leading to the outside.

"It seems that we are going to spare our lives." Ji Xiuming turned around and pulled Jiang Lanze back, "Senior's attitude has been made clear, Lanze, uncle is right, the old man Xugu has lived in seclusion for many years, we can't see him whenever we want Here we go, let's go!"

"Don't go, I won't go!" Jiang Lanze desperately broke away from Ji Xiuming's hand. He had inhaled too much poisonous miasma, his face was covered with dead black air, his eyes lit up instead, and he turned towards the courtyard wall again. I kowtowed a few times, "Senior, you can hear me, right? Please, as long as I can save my father, I will do whatever you want!"

There was no response from the courtyard wall.

Jiang Lanze could hardly breathe, and couldn't help coughing, tears came out of his eyes: "Senior brother Ji, you go first. If you don't talk to senior until I die, then you can take senior back to the villa to give me a hand. Father's treatment." He couldn't help choking up his sobs as he spoke, and wiped away the tears he shed, "When the time comes, when father's illness is cured, you can tell father again and say that he didn't raise my son in vain."

Ji Xiuming was speechless for a while.

Jiang Li, who was silently watching from the side, couldn't help but soften his eyes. He walked over, and his figure couldn't help shaking, but fortunately, Qi Zhaoxi supported him in time.Qi Zhaoxi cast a worried look, Jiang Li shook his head, borrowed strength to stabilize his footsteps, and slowly walked to Jiang Lanze's side, and knelt down beside him.

Jiang Li raised his hands in front of him, making up his mind, so he bowed solemnly to the courtyard wall, took a deep breath and said, "Jiang Yunruo, the eldest grandson of Jiang Luming in Guiyun Villa, Jiang Jingming's son, Jiang Yunruo, and his younger brother Jiang Lanze came to pray Doctor, please meet Senior Zhong!"

Jiang Lanze turned to stare at him in shock.

Jiang Li looked at the courtyard wall without blinking. Just as he finished speaking, an old voice sounded from the forest: "You said...you are Jiang Jingming's son?"

"Yes, my father mentioned my senior many times before his death. Although there are letters, I still regret that I can't see you again in this life."

The old voice laughed lowly, the ground trembled, the miasma dissipated, and the trees in front of them disappeared, and the courtyard with blue bricks and white walls was not far ahead.

Jiang Li stood up, while Jiang Lanze was still kneeling in a daze.

People who were more shocked than him were behind, and Ji Xiuming couldn't believe what he heard. At this moment, Jiang Li turned his face away, and his whole body trembled, as if a flash of lightning flashed across, waking up the face that had long been forgotten in the depths of memory. , Gradually coincide with the person in front of you.

"Yunruo..." Ji Xiuming seemed to be strangled by someone, he could hardly make a sound, his sanity collapsed in an instant, he turned around and fled wildly.

Affected by the miasma in his body, his figure staggered on the path, as if he was being chased and bitten by an invisible ghost. Qi Zhaoxi frowned as he watched his figure disappear, then turned around and saw Jiang Li's expressionless face .

The author has something to say:

Regarding the age issue.

Qi Zhaoxi is 28 years old, Jiang Li is 18 in appearance and 23 in actual age.

As for why he doesn't feel like 23, it's because Baby Jiangli grew up in the valley and has never seen the world~