flapping wings

Qi Ping was hanging on Mu Xiaoque's arm, and his heart hit hard on his chest.

Now they are hiding on the jujube tree of the house next door. Across the wind and snow, he looked at the two black shadows on the roof and restrained his breath, but he couldn't control the vibration in his heart.

I don't know what kind of painstaking efforts the No Surname Sect has spent in the past 20 years to cultivate such a keen disciple.

Descending from the tree, the two chased after the two black figures in front of them from a long distance, their toes stepped on the snow, leaving only a shallow pit.

Qi Ping didn't dare to be careless. At this moment, he finally realized how powerful the enemy he was going to face was. If he made a wrong step, their efforts would be completely ruined.

Mu Xiaoque held his hand all the time, and her warm palms pressed tightly together, which drove away the tension and uneasiness surging in Qi Ping's heart.

The two people in front stopped suddenly, and Mu Xiaoque dragged Qi Ping to hide behind an old tree on the side of the road, and turned her head slightly to look forward.

I saw the two people observing around, until they were completely sure that they were safe, then they walked to the abandoned earth temple on the side of the road, bent down and pushed through the weeds to get in.

Qi Ping clasped the bark restlessly with his fingers, and couldn't help sighing: "This family without surname is really cautious enough."

"The city of Yunhe is so noisy that the one-armed old man didn't even show up," Mu Xiaoque sighed following his words, "It shows how deep his thoughts are."

Qi Ping rubbed the sawdust on his hands, looked at Mu Xiaoque and asked, "Come in? If it's later, the two of them probably won't be able to catch up."

Mu Xiaoque looked at Qi Ping, their eyes met, and the two stared at each other for a while, during which time various expressions of unknown meaning intertwined.

In the end, Mu Xiaoque raised her hand and patted Qi Ping's shoulder, pulled him into her arms, buried her face on the side of his neck, sniffed deeply the smell that belonged to Qi Ping in her hair, and said: "If the situation is not good, ..."

"Then let's face it together," Qi Ping cut him off and promised, "Don't be afraid, I will protect us both."

Mu Xiaoque patted his head and nodded, leading him to the Earth Temple.

On the snow in front of the Earth Temple, the footprints had been wiped clean, Mu Xiaoque squatted on the ground, pushed aside the dry grass half a person's height, and pressed his palm on the brick floor of the temple with luck.

The bluestone slab moved down, revealing a stone step that can only be walked by one person. Mu Xiaoque stretched out his feet first and walked down, turned around and whispered: "Be careful."

"Don't worry," Qi Ping turned around to erase the footprints at the door, and followed Mu Xiaoque to the ground.

The stone steps are not long. After reaching the flat ground, there is a spacious road in front of you, and an oil lamp is lit on the stone wall on the left.

The flickering candlelight illuminated a small area of ​​the world, but where the light could not reach, it was darker and darker.

The two of them didn't dare to say much, they walked along the road, while advancing, they were alert to the movement around them.

Stepping into the darkness one step at a time, the coldness seemed to envelop him instantly, and Qi Ping couldn't help shivering.

"Que'er, where is Ye Mingzhu?" Qi Ping turned his head to look at the dark place around him, and stretched out his hand, but the first thing he encountered was a cold and thick stone wall.

He was startled suddenly, turned around and ran back, with a bang, his forehead hit the wall again, and he knelt down covering his head, "Que'er?"

"Xiaoqi? Don't be afraid!"

When a distant echo came, Qi Ping pressed his ear against the wall, and Mu Xiaoque was on the other side, and he didn't know how far away he was.

"Xiaoqi? Be careful!"

Qi Ping got up and ran forward following Mu Xiaoque's voice, but unexpectedly, there was another wall in the place that was empty just now.

He groaned in some pain, and slammed hard against the wall in front of him. The stone wall trembled and made creaking noises.

Before he could recover from the pain, a dagger suddenly appeared from the side and slashed at his head.

Qi Ping threw his head back, stretched his legs and shoveled over, then bent his waist, and bumped into the attacker in the dark.

The ribs were broken, and there was a muffled groan. Qi Ping touched the slender neck with his hands, exerted a little force, and with a click, he got up and kicked the person out.

boom!

Unsurprisingly, there was another thick stone wall on the side. He reached into Huai Tao and held the dagger in front of his chest. He felt the wall, discerned the direction and continued to move forward.

"Xiao Qi?" After a while, Mu Xiaoque's voice finally rang out again, probably because of a sneak attack.

"Que'er! I'm fine!" During the words, Qi Ping immediately withdrew his legs, and grabbed them diagonally downward with his fingers like hooks.

The sticky and cold touch is a snake. Qi Ping cut off the snake's seven inches with his dagger. He threw the snake's head aside, wiped the sweat from his face, and continued to respond: "Que'er, there are poisonous insects here. Be careful!"

"Well, I know! Protect yourself!"

Qi Ping nodded towards the air, and walked cautiously along the wall, when suddenly the upper of his shoe got wet, he was startled, his foot was slowly sinking down.

Qi Ping didn't dare to move again, he circulated his true energy and stabbed into the wall with the dagger, the dagger didn't penetrate deeply, it was probably only enough for him to borrow strength once.

Qi Ping climbed up with the handle of the knife in his hand, and the moment the dagger was separated from the stone wall, he raised his foot to step on the other wall, and his whole body spun around in the air and rolled forward.

Lightly kicking his foot against the wall again, Qi Ping straightened his other leg and kicked towards the wall on the left hand side, barely supporting his whole body in a straight line and standing in the air.

However, before he could maintain his balance, he suddenly sank to the right, raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat off his face, and Qi Ping quickly kicked the wall to move forward.

The wall slowly descended, Qi Ping got closer and closer to the swamp, his feet slipped, he couldn't hold on anymore, and fell back again.

The long sword in his hand stabbed fiercely into the stone wall on the left, and the blade bent downward with his weight. The moment his leg touched the mud, Qi Ping slapped his palm on the swamp lightly, and then his whole body Was swung back by the sword.

He exhaled slowly, tapped his toes on the stone wall, grabbed the wall and jumped out, landed and rolled several times, until he hit another stone wall, and barely stopped.

Qi Ping swallowed his saliva, squatted on the ground and exhaled fiercely, he raised his arm and brushed his sweaty bangs, got up tiredly and walked slowly.

"Little Seven?"

Qi Ping took a deep breath, and replied with a normal tone: "Queer, how are you?"

"Fortunately, cover your mouth and nose, it's a bit weird here."

Qi Ping tightened his hand on the stone wall, no wonder he felt so tired now, even struggling to lift his legs to walk, he fanned the wind, tore off a piece of fabric from the hem of his clothes, and wrapped it around his face.

Stepping heavily on the ground, Qi Ping let out a bellows-like breathing sound as he walked forward with his waist bent.

However, if you look closely, you can see his bright eyes hidden under the bangs.

Tapping the hilt of the sword lightly with his fingers, he turned his eyes to look around. In the thick darkness, he could feel the slightly different wind direction mixed in the air.

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Qi Ping calculated the position correctly, and the dagger at his fingertips flew out to the southwest in an instant. At the same time, he turned slightly, and the long sword in his hand plunged into the neck of another person.

Blood dripped down, and the sound of running footsteps resounded in the aisle. Qi Ping's short body rolled around on the ground without making a sound.

The long sword in his hand stabbed behind him, and then slashed down hard. Regardless of the blood splashed on the back of his neck, he bent his waist and lay directly on the ground.

He tossed the copper coin that had been wrapped around his fingertips obliquely, and then he turned over slightly, and there was a plop in his ear, and the entire passage returned to silence.

Qi Ping brushed away the long hair scattered on his face, crawled over the corpse and rummaged for a while, took out the sword and dagger, and searched for some hidden weapons before finishing.

He took out a few candied fruits from his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth. He squinted his eyes with soreness, but he finally regained some energy.

Qi Ping shouted angrily: "Que'er, are you hungry? Take out the money bag in your pocket, and I stuffed some snacks in it."

After shouting, his waist slumped down again, and he exhaled a few breaths of hot air. The sweat on his forehead dripped all the way down, and was blocked halfway by the mask again.

"Xiao Qi, why are you hiding food everywhere?"

Qi Ping smiled delightedly when he heard the reply, and ate a few more candied fruits. He shouted: "I'm afraid you're hungry! Que'er, why do you like to call me Xiaoqi so much?"

After waiting for quite a while, I heard Mu Xiaoque's breathless voice, "Because Xiao Qi's surname is Mu, from my family."

Qi Ping covered his mouth and laughed, he could imagine how embarrassed his Queer would be when he yelled this shameful sentence, he couldn't help but sighed to himself: "The tips of his ears must be red again."

"Que'er belongs to my family too!" Qi Ping roared, and shouted again: "No one can take it away! No one can take it away! Even if the king of heaven comes!"

"Only you are stupid!"

"Not stupid!" Qi Ping took a few breaths, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then continued to shout: "I'm very smart!"

After shouting, he stood up against the wall, then tore off another strip from the hem of his robe, and tied it in his hair.

The rattling sound of running suddenly came from the front, and then gradually disappeared without a trace. Qi Ping touched the stone wall, and his steps slowed down slightly.

Holding the sword hanging by his side, he walked forward for a certain distance, and his hand suddenly touched the air. He didn't dare to delay at all, so he raised his arm and slashed at it.

However, he was still a step too slow, a hard object like iron hit his ribs directly, and the huge impact instantly sent Qi Pingding flying.

His back hit the side wall of the stone wall hard, and the pain made him not recover for a long time.

The sound of da da da sounded again, Qi Ping clenched his teeth and rolled sideways, standing up on the ground.

At this time, the stench was already close to the end of his nose, and he quickly pressed his palm against the head that hit him, and the thing shook its head restlessly from side to side, trying to shake off his hand.

Qi Ping gathered his fingers together and grasped the hollow of its head directly, and the unknown juice stuck to his fingers, and the head of the thing moved more and more violently, hitting him so that he kept backing away.

When his heels touched the stone wall, Qi Ping kicked his feet on it and quickly walked up a few steps. With a sudden force on his waist, he rolled over and sat on the back of the thing.

His legs gripped the soft belly, and the dagger in his hand stabbed hard at the spine.

"Ah!" A shrill scream like a slaughtered pig penetrated into every crack in this underground world in an instant.

Qi Ping's whole body was turned upside down, his body was entangled, he didn't dare to relax at all, and at the same time, his hands kept piercing into the soft part of the thing again and again.

The belly was stabbed to pieces, and a section of the intestines were thrown out. The waist of the thing suddenly arched, but it couldn't fall again, and it fell down carrying the exhausted Qi Ping.