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Qi Zhong followed the black shadow all the way to a remote attic. The man in the black cloak stopped suddenly, as if he had sensed Qi Zhong's movement, and turned around quickly.

This sudden behavior was too shocking, but fortunately, Qi Zhong reacted faster, hugged Tao Zi, and hid under the eaves of the corner, not daring to look back for the time being.

Xi Derivative was suspicious and did not let down his vigilance. In order to confirm the truth, he put on his hood, lowered his voice step by step, and went to check around the corner.

Qi Zhong was on high alert at the moment, and felt a faint sound of footsteps echoing in the eerie silence.He was inexplicably timid, and always felt that he had discovered some ulterior secrets by mistake, and was about to be murdered to silence him.

After thinking about it, he comforted himself again: "It's just a thief, what are you afraid of?"

Qi Zhong originally went out for a walk without a sword in his hand, but suddenly wanted to catch a thief with his bare hands, he couldn't help being nervous, and his palms were slightly sweaty.

And Xi Yan, who came slowly, had a sharp knife in his hand, and his eyes under the hood were extremely cold, obviously he would not easily let go of anyone who pryed into the secret.

Just when the two were about to meet each other, Xi Yan Daoguang took the lead, and as soon as he hit Qi Zhong's eyes, suddenly a pair of hands appeared behind him, covering his mouth and nose, and the phantom of the two disappeared.

"No, no, no..."

The deadly knife flew into the air for a moment.

Xi Yan couldn't even notice the rapid change. He turned the corner vigilantly, only to see the empty corridor and the scattered peaches.

Remembering Luo Qingchen's instructions, he didn't go any further, snorted coldly, turned and left.

"Pfft——" being dragged all the way with someone covering his mouth and nose, and finally getting fresh air, Qi Zhong's face was blushing, he took two sharp breaths, and asked strangely, "Why does it smell like medicine?"

Feng Mei, who was standing by her side, was a little dissatisfied when she heard him complain about her life-saving grace, clapped her hands in disgust, and stared at Qi Zhong indifferently.

"Hey, it's you, Patriarch Tang Er."

Seeing Tang Xun's figure in a blink of an eye, Qi Zhong was a little stunned.

"Hmph." Feng Mei proudly glanced at him.

"By the way, did you see a thief just under that attic. I wanted to catch him, but you suddenly ran out and dragged me away."

Qi Zhong patted the peach hair on his body and complained.

Feng Mei snorted coldly: "Isn't the thief you mentioned a peach thief?"

"Ah, I...haha, it's just one or two peaches. Brother Luo won't blame me."

Qi finally scratched his head and laughed dryly.

"Hey, why are you here?"

Qi finally realized that it was very strange for Tang Xun to meet him here in the middle of the night.

"I... I'm hungry, can't I come to the kitchen?"

Feng Mei prevaricates him casually.The real purpose in his heart was to deal with Luo Qingchen. He knew that Fang Yanxiao would not want to kill him recklessly if he was not stimulated. Started to investigate Luo Qingchen's details.

In a few hours, he has learned that most of the secrets of Huayue Villa are hidden in this mysterious attic.So I came to find out in person, but happened to bump into the scene where Qi Zhong was about to be persecuted, so I rescued him.

"Oh. It turned out to be like this. Who told you not to eat in a fit of anger at night? By the way, didn't my elder sister send you a separate dinner later? You didn't eat..."

Qi Zhong, who didn't know anything, believed his words, cared and greeted him warmly.

As soon as Feng Mei heard him mention Fang Yanxiao, she felt furious in her heart, and said coldly: "Okay. Don't talk about what you have and what you don't have."

"Oh. So what?"

"Didn't you just see a thief? Let's catch the thief now."

Qi Zhong hesitated: "Where are you going to catch it?"

Feng Mei pondered for a while, then waved: "Come here with your ears, that's..."

……

In the outskirts of Hualin, the battle is drawing to a close.

In the last three moves, the two sides refused to give in to each other.Luo Qingchen made a fast attack with hard punches, while Mu Yun's palms were like water, and he deftly unleashed his killing energy.

Countless flower branches swayed endlessly with the continuous wind of palms and fists, and the falling petals of tung flowers, on the silhouettes of the two shuttled back and forth, stuck to their hair and sleeves, leaving a lingering fragrance everywhere.

It was getting late and the moon was getting hazy.

The two fought back to the open space, their hands and feet stopped for a while, but the battle was not over, their cold faces were already a precursor to the comparison of extreme moves.

Suddenly, Luo Qingchen let out a cold shout, condensed his strength and gathered his energy, and slapped him fiercely, striking him suddenly.

Mu Yun took it seriously, and the soul-stirring final move rendezvous aroused thousands of falling flowers around him like waves.

When the flowers fall to the ground, the outcome is determined.

Under the silent moonlight, a drop of sweat slipped quietly from Luo Qingchen's forehead.He swallowed his throat, and looked down, Mu Yun's two fingers were one step ahead of him, and they were already stuck in the lifeblood of his throat, and there was still a slight distance between his palm and the opponent's heart.

This distance is enough to become an opportunity for Mu Yun to survive and kill himself.

Although Luo Qingchen was not reconciled, he said: "I lost."

Mu Yun withdrew his hand and bowed respectfully: "I have accepted."

Luo Qingchen was in a daze for a moment, realizing that most of his respect for him was due to Mu Xi, and his tone was a little more polite: "Mu Xi is right, you really like to keep things secret. This is a humble character, and it is also It is a means of overcoming the enemy. I have learned it today."

Not fond of compliments, Mu Yun shook his head and said, "Vendor Luo is being polite. This time, thanks to the mercy of the owner, Mu Yun picked up the opportunity and won by luck."

Luo Qingchen was in a good mood, laughed twice, and said again: "You are too modest. You are a qualified opponent, but maybe we are not against each other, are we?"

Mu Yun's eyes sank: "..."

Luo Qingchen stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, pressed down hard, and hummed: "Your cousin likes the scenery of Huayue Mountain Villa very much, and wants to stay for a few more days. As a younger brother, you probably won't spoil his interest. Bar?"

The threatening words made Mu Yun slightly sullen, his fingers in his sleeves curled up slightly, and he remained indifferent and dumb on the spot.

Luo Qingchen let go of his hand, his face darkened, and he waved his fan away, feeling a little more afraid of Mu Yun in his heart.

……

In the attic secret room, the two groped forward in the dark.

Qi Zhong turned around and complained: "Patriarch Tang Er, where did you take me? This secret passage is dark and damp, can we still go out?"

"Noisy. Hurry up, you're young, don't talk any more." Feng Mei couldn't bear to urge her, and he didn't expect that there would be a secret passage under the attic. It was such a coincidence that they were mistaken by the two Bumped in.

After walking for a while, a faint light shone in front of the secret passage.Qi Zhong said happily: "Hey, there is an exit, there is an exit."

"Keep your voice down, go first." Feng Mei stared at him, then lowered her voice and shouted.

The two carefully pushed open the secret door that showed a slit of light, and immediately saw a magnificent secret room, where countless famous utensils, swords, and rare treasures were all hidden.

Qi Zhong kept his eyes fixed, and shouted: "Wow. So many treasures! It can be a lot of money, enough for my master to drink good wine for several lifetimes!"

Fengmei is not interested in common things, she sees through these tricks to divert people's attention at a glance, pushes Qi Zhong, and continues to move forward: "Don't look, it's not yours if you look again. There are more treasures inside, go first and see them .”

Qi Zhong was fooled by him, and quickly followed Feng Mei into the second secret door.

There is no richer decoration inside the door, only the faint firelight on the wall, illuminating several bookshelves in the darkness.

Some books were too old and gave off a strong musty smell, Qi finally covered his nose and read them.

Fengmei had no time to take care of him, and searched everywhere for Su Nu's stolen medical books. He looked through the rows of bookshelves carefully, but there was no trace of medical books.

Qi Zhong was not interested in the scrolls, he glanced at them idly with his hands behind his back, feeling bored.At this time, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly saw an ancient book on the top shelf of the bookshelf, which looked familiar.

When he took it off with his hand, he was stunned for a moment, and wondered in his heart: Isn't this an ancient book in Mu Yun's library?It's still the second volume of Spiritual Illusion. I didn't expect to find it for a long time, but I found it here.

Qi Zhong was a little skeptical. He had heard from Mu Yun before that after the library was burned, only one ancient book was left behind. Everyone searched in Fufeng for a long time but did not find the remains, and this matter was forgotten.Picking up this book now, Qi Zhong felt a lot of emotion in his heart, thinking of the blue shadow who escaped on the day the library was burned, maybe it happened that he stole the book, but does it mean that the book appeared in Huayue Villa? Luo Qingchen's biggest suspect?

He shook his head and dismissed the thought. After all, Mu Xi and Senior Brother Luo are close friends, how could such a thing happen?Maybe there is something else hidden.

Qi Zhong put the book back into his clothes, and when he was about to go out, he asked Luo Qingchen about it.Unexpectedly, I turned around.But Feng Mei disappeared, he called twice but no one responded.

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Returning to the attic, Luo Qingchen was a little absent-minded, he repeatedly considered the advantages and disadvantages, and always felt that Mu Yun and Feng Mei were already serious problems for his confidants, and they were objects that could not be abolished.But thinking of Mu Xi, he hesitated again.

Xi Yan, who had been waiting in the dark building for a long time, quickly poured a cup of tea to relieve fatigue and handed it to Luo Qingchen.

He took a sip, feeling a little astringent, and frowned slightly: "Why didn't you put osmanthus?"

"Forget, forget." Xi Yan replied in a low voice, resentful in her heart, that was obviously Mu Xi's favorite way of making tea, and Luo Qingchen had forgotten it again.He doesn't care whether his tea is good or not.

"Master, go out tonight and fight against that person. You must have a decision in your heart."

Xi Yan's sudden question made Luo Qingchen slightly dissatisfied. He sighed: "I'm defeated. I heard Fang Yanxiao say that Mu Yun's swordsmanship is superb, but I didn't expect his other cultivation bases to be so powerful. A casual opponent."

"Then master wants to take advantage of this time to attack them?"

"..." Luo Qingchen was a little embarrassed, he pondered, and said lightly: "No rush. Let me think about it again."

"However, the speed of the soldiers is precious, and the master still has Mu Xi as a pawn in his hand, which can contain them. If you don't make good use of this pawn, it will be even more difficult to get rid of troubles in the future."

Luo Qingchen's eyes turned cold, and he asked coldly: "Who told you that Mu Xi is a pawn in my hand?"

"...I made a slip of the tongue, please forgive me, master." Xi Yan was stunned for a moment, and then apologized unwillingly.

Luo Qingchen didn't blame him too much, just said: "Muxi is a guest, if he wants, he can even be the host. You'd better watch your words, don't make me unhappy."

"Yes." Gritting her teeth inwardly, Xi Yan's hatred for Mu Xi increased a bit.

After a moment of silence, the two continued the topic and continued to discuss plans for Mu Yun and others.