[Sword III] Seeking Wings

Chi Xiao was sewing his backpack, when he heard Tang Xiaoyi's voice, he turned to look at her.

As early as last night, when they met for the first time, he felt that she was special.

In fact, even if her life-chasing move in the air is astonishingly powerful, it is still impossible to damage such a magical weapon as Chixiao Honglian.

It will be completely shattered, because the moment the arrow arrived, its owner suddenly dropped all defenses and fighting spirit.

It was not a rational, or even an emotional decision, but as if in the dark, after feeling a certain unique aura from the person who sent the arrow wrapped in that arrow, the subconscious suddenly withdrew all defenses.

——He is a person who cultivates the Tao, and he often looks at his heart, so he can clearly distinguish the difference between the surface and the inside of consciousness.

——Similarly, with his cultivation base, even if he has not yet reached the realm of complete rationality, he will not let such impulsive and unreasonable intuition control him.

So, why did this completely unfamiliar Tangmen woman from the opposing faction suddenly make his subconscious mind surpass his powerful rationality, so that at the critical moment of confrontation, Chixiao Honglian possessed spirituality and was connected to his mind? Made the wrong reaction?

...Is it because she has an old relationship with him?There is a karma to be repaid to her?

As early as yesterday, Chi Xiao had such a strong, almost certain guess.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously reached out and brushed the silver hairpin that was broken in the battle last night.

According to the teaching practice of the teacher's school, he should have finished his training now and returned to Chunyang to retreat and practice.He still stayed in Maple Valley for the last month of his tenure, just to complete a ten-year-old agreement.

——I want to see that clumsy man again, with extremely poor lightness skills, and almost no mechanical skills, but he has struggled to climb the experimental wing of Fenghua Valley's highest peak for several years, just because he wants to fly freely in the sky and touch the white clouds with his own hands The Tangmen girl with the starry sky.

It was she who led him into the Tao, gave him the opportunity, and allowed him to have the best memory in his life so far.He didn't know if she was a benefactor, a friend, a confidant, or a closer bond in the future——

But he can confirm without hesitation that if there are people in the world whose karma with him is so deep that it goes beyond reason, she must be one of the most important ones.

The cause and effect I want to settle...in the end...could it be you?

In a daze, Chi Xiao looked at Tang Xiaoyi's hair again.

The girl from Tangmen back then gave him a hairpin as a token of the ten-year agreement, and he also gave her a blue hairpin.At that time, the two agreed to wear them from time to time after they parted, until they returned to Fenghua Valley ten years later to meet each other.

But Tang Xiaoyi in front of him casually tied up a big ponytail full of hidden weapons with a red rope, obviously never wearing any hairpins.

not you.he thinks.

His little sister from the Tang Sect is well-dressed, with a quiet posture, a humble and polite conversation, and a tough and peaceful heart.

But the villain in front of her was wearing scantily clad clothes, behaved rudely, spoke fluent vulgar language, and was sensitive and irritable in her heart.

... No matter how perverted Evilman Valley is, it is absolutely impossible to torture a good girl who can be called a natural Daoist into such a virtue.

Even though their eyebrows and eyes are so similar——

The Tang Sect was originally a family, and the high-level disciples were closer in blood. He had never seen a Tang Sect who looked different.

——And the most convincing evidence that Tang Xiaoyi is not the person agreed upon happened in the second battle just now.

In fact, Chi Xiao didn't care much about the banner of the grain truck, he had his own way to make it belong to the Haoqi League in the end.He would relentlessly fight with Tang Xiaoyi, and even provoke her deliberately, just to test Chixiao Honglian's reaction again.

The situation has indeed changed dramatically.

This time, when he faced her, his subconscious still inexplicably gained the upper hand, but it was no longer a loss of fighting spirit for no reason—instead, it was a strong hostility for no reason.

So much so that his rationality knew that Tang Xiaoyi had no intention of killing, Chixiao Honglian still formed the most prepared attack posture when she approached.

——It seems that his subconscious mind has realized that the reaction of the night before was not natural, but more like being influenced by negative external forces from the opponent, so in today's battle, he showed far more precaution and vigilance than necessary.

——This is the most likely answer to this series of anomalies.

Chi Xiao lowered his eyes to look at Xuan Jing in his hand.

On the surface of the golden crystal, there is a faint dark mark, although it has almost disappeared, it is still visible to the naked eye.

Xuanjing is a treasure born in response to the righteousness of the world. It can not only be used as a magic weapon, but also absorb and eliminate the evil spirits in the world.

The dark mark on its surface, which represents the evil spirit of Feng Shui, was just created when Modin approached it directly to persuade him to fight.

Its properties are almost exactly the same as the reaction of the gas released from the broken glass bottle on the mysterious crystal in the post station a year ago.

Chi Xiao was disguised to replace his junior brother to carry out the scramble mission. He didn't know what the bottle was for, and with his Taoist cultivation, he couldn't experience the effects of inhaling the substance in the bottle.

But now, based on the two battles and the reaction of another person, Modin, who was present at the time, it should be some kind of hallucinogen with sinister attributes.

——To be precise, it is a super weapon that allows the owner to influence or even manipulate others with illusions.

It is precisely because of this that Modin had that hallucination after touching Tang Xiaoyi - it was actually that she might have a special physique, and after being contaminated with the substance in the bottle on Modin's body, she unintentionally used this substance to truly the power of.

This substance is useless to ordinary people, but it can be so powerful when combined with a specific person.

——Only absorbing a small amount of ingredients from Modin, Tang Xiaoyi's hallucinogenic ability has actually been able to affect the subconscious mind of a monk, and successfully made the situation strangely deflected in the final blow of the two sides duel with all their strength last night in the direction that is best for her.

—Of course, she herself didn't seem to know about it.

Chi Xiao put Xuan Jing back into the backpack that had been mended, and only stared at the battle-level token on Tang Xiaoyi's head representing the extreme demon.

It is very possible that Tang Xiaoyi is one of the humanoid weapons arranged by the villain to use the substance in the glass bottle.

Similarly, there should be such a candidate in the Haoqi League - such as his junior brother who went crazy.

They are so powerful and crucial that neither side of the camp will allow them to make any mistakes—

Among the ingredients of the glass bottle, apart from this illusory substance that is difficult to detect by conventional means and has a sinister nature like evil spirits, there are also real hallucinogens that are very common in the world and can be classified as poisons/drugs.

When Chi Xiao checked Modin's pulse last night, he noticed that this kind of medicine had been lost, leaving only ineffective remnants.

The purpose of this medicine is to make the poisoned person have a specific hallucination. Combined with the "bale energy", it can make the humanoid weapons use the hallucination content planned by the camp strategy to manipulate the enemy on the opposite side to do what they want.

When Modin came into contact with Tang Xiaoyi, the poison/drug was likely to be passed to her along with the evil spirit, so the figure Modin saw at that time may be what the villain wanted his opponent to see.

The three figures are Jun Niang - the leader of the faction stronghold, Miss Xiu - the loser of the battle to seize the bottle, one of the possible humanoid weapons, and the young self in the maple forest holding a mysterious crystal.

Chi Xiao had already vaguely thought of some kind of key, and if the prediction was correct, it should be enough to influence the outcome of the battle between the camps here.

But with the amount of information currently known, it is far from being able to draw any conclusions.

Now the answer is very clear, only one thing.

He closed his eyes slightly.

——Cang Father and Jun Niang, two gentlemen, why did they plan such despicable methods by coincidence?

Although the potency of hallucinogens will not cause any real damage to martial arts practitioners, they are still inferior poisons/drugs.

Even if the humanoid weapons knew about it and had made up their minds, poisoning the soldiers of their own camp would be an unethical and evil deed that could never be excused.

As for extracting evil spirits from places with strange geomantic omens, and then making them into medicines and bringing them into normal areas, it even violated public morality.

If it's just for the camp, Father Cang and Mrs. Jun can't do such a thing.

There is only one kind of enemy that can make people do everything they can.

——The national thief.

Three years ago, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and the time to carry out the task of seizing the bottle was at a critical moment for Fenghua Valley and even the whole country.

Now that I think about it, why did that mission have to be carried out at the post station; why last month, the two camps almost spared no expense to push the Spike Army front in the Xiaoguo Camp back to the north, even though this move has no strategic significance in the overall situation of Fenghua Valley ;Why did the camp just rob Modin's wolf tooth grain truck yesterday; why did the three of them transport grain to Fengyeze, and they had to go through a section of official road guarded by Shence Army——

The information has gradually become a thread, pointing to a larger plan that has begun to surface.

Even, why is Father Cang and Jun Niang so tacit, so that almost every camp conflict led by them is a tug-of-war with equal combat power, resulting in the consumption of many personnel, and the stronghold has never expanded...

Obviously, it is also an important part of this plan.

——In today’s war, although both camps are defending their home and country under the coordination of the imperial court, even in some areas, they can be said to be saved from fire and water, but they have strongholds and fortifications all over the country, which are enough to guard or destroy the heavy equipment of entire towns , and there are tens of thousands of martial arts fighters whose combat power is comparable to that of the most elite soldiers...

No emperor would take this lightly.

Chi Xiao understood Cang's father and Jun's mother's arrangement very well.

——Because, in addition to being the leaders of the faction, they are also soldiers of Datang.

On top of the sincerity of being responsible for the faction, there is also the loyalty to the Li Tang Dynasty and the whole country.

Even if you have to sacrifice many martial arts comrades for this, and even commit lifelong crimes...

Also...must...?

... Just like myself now, obviously there is a way to use Xuan Jing to completely eliminate the evil spirit of illusion carried by Modin, or transfer all the evil energy to Tang Xiaoyi, so that Modin has nothing to do with this matter, but he does not do that.

——The former is for the country, and the latter is for the camp.

Even if this is involving an innocent and weak citizen in a chess game, knowing that the journey in the second half of the trip is by no means a hardship he can bear... also...

Thinking silently, Chi Xiao tried to hold his fingers——

But I only felt an unprecedented sense of heaviness and powerlessness, which was rapidly spreading throughout my body.

***

At the same time, Tang Xiaoyi was also watching Chi Xiao who suddenly started to be in a daze.

Seeing him stretch his hand to the hairpin behind his head, she almost subconsciously wanted to do the same, but she didn't.

——As early as a year ago, the blue hairpin that her little brother Chunyang gave her was lost.Now, she's used to living without it.

A year ago, Tang Xiaoyi lost his best friend Miss Xiu in the battle between the two camps for the glass bottle.Soon, she found her murderer, that Chunyang from Haoqi League.

She recognizes him.

——He is Miss Xiu's lover.

Miss Xiu once secretly brought him to the stronghold of the Valley of the Wicked, and introduced him to herself as if offering a treasure, and then the two showed their affection on the highest roof of the stronghold all night, until she couldn't stand it anymore, and used the excuse that she was on behalf of them Watch out, and run as far as you can.

Therefore, Tang Xiaoyi never expected that the little Taoist leader who seemed to be very affectionate would kill his lover with his own hands for the mission of the camp.

She was outraged, and when she caught the opportunity of him being alone, she directly assassinated him without leaving any room.

His martial arts are very high, logically speaking, he should be able to find her.

But he didn't.

Instead, he died without any resistance.

Accidentally saved a fierce battle, and successfully avenged his friend. Tang Xiaoyi was so excited that he cried on the spot. When he left the scene, he didn't see the way clearly, and hit his head on the door frame.

When she found out that the blue hairpin on her head was missing, and hurried back to look for it, the members of the Haoqi League had already found the body and gathered a crowd to guard against it. She had no chance to get the hairpin back.

Carefully kept it for nine full years, but fell short in the last year.

"...Actually, it doesn't matter." After frowning for a moment, Tang Xiaoyi raised his hand and flicked his long hair at the sideburns, and quickly calmed down.

"Although we have grown up and changed our appearance, and it is difficult to recognize each other without a token, if you ask me, I will definitely find it."

If the other party is still carrying a token, she can recognize him immediately.

If the other party's token is also lost, she can also wait at the agreed place, and keep looking for him——

Until I met the person who was also waiting and looking for her.

There are still ten days until the appointed day.

After completing this task of transporting food, she will change back into dignified clothes, review the long-standing lady manners, and then put aside all affairs to complete the most beautiful reunion that has spanned ten years.

... Ha, just thinking about it makes me a little excited.

Tang Xiaoyi held his chin in hope, and involuntarily raised the corners of his mouth.

"...My little brother Chunyang, what will he look like when he grows up?" She thought carefully while looking at the Taoist priest in front of her.

The author has something to say: 1. Dao Chang and Jian have the same name, they are both called Chi Xiao==, on the one hand, it is because I don’t like naming names, on the other hand, it also has a little meaning in the plot

2. The evil spirit mentioned in this chapter can be regarded as some kind of special chemical.

This article seems to be unable to approach science, but it can still approach black technology as much as possible

3. I think it is amazing that Cang Yun Tiance, as an officer and soldier, can join the camp that looks like a warlord

There is no responsibility in the article to make up for the possible reasons

But don't worry, this line will not be blackened, this article will be all-round HE~