Chapter 19: The First Battle with Xiao Daoren

After He Xiu met the old man Zhu, his sad mood eased a lot, especially during the time when he returned to the Hidden Mountain to run, which made him forget his hatred for a while, and only wanted to catch up with Xiao Daoren as soon as possible in terms of metaphysics.

He Xiu carried the tombstone on his back and carried the old man bamboo on the mountainside until the sun set, and the old man Zhu was also quite satisfied with He Xiu's results.

He Xiu never took money seriously from beginning to end, he felt that as long as he was still panting, he would definitely not starve to death, so he sent three pots of spirits to the old man Zhu from the wine shop in Qiman Town, and the money on his body was only six copper plates.

The two sat around the firewood, He Xiu turned over the pheasant that came from the net, and the old man Zhu drank the liquor and quipped, "Hey, shake your head silly boy, what do you think of me?"

He Xiu sneered, "Not good!"

The old man bamboo brushed the thick wood of his arm in two and said, "Yo he, do you kid feel that Lao Tzu has not abused you enough?"

"Well, so-so," He Xiu tore off a chicken leg and handed it to Old Man Zhu and said, "Old Man Zhu, what do you think of me?"

"Hey, silly boy. The old man Zhu didn't take the chicken leg handed over by He Xiu, but picked up the other whole chicken and gnawed it; "It's either chicken or rabbit meat every day, I'm tired of eating it, so I'll change it for me tomorrow." ”

He Xiu was speechless, "Where can I find fresh food for you in this cold winter, and some of them are good to eat." ”

"Have you ever eaten the Twin Spirit Leopards?" said the old man Bamboo, looking up at the night sky and chewing on the chicken, "That's delicious." ”

He Xiu refused without hesitation; "Ah, I'm scared when I look at that thing, I want to eat it and catch it yourself!"

Old Man Zhu continued to look up at the night sky, "Who is going to say that you broke through the second stage of the Xuan Sect?" and then looked at He Xiu, "Is it you?"

He Xiu took a sip of the liquor and stuck out his tongue, "I said old man bamboo, you really know how to choose the time, I am now a mortal, how can I catch you to become a mysterious spirit beast?"

"Lao Tzu doesn't talk nonsense with you, just say whether to go or not?" the old man spit out the chicken in his mouth; "It's okay if you don't go, Lao Tzu will disappear now." ”

He Xiu was completely out of options, "Don't don't, I'll go, I'm not going to work, do you want to bring back the one who caught a mother for you?"

"Wowhaha, you kid has a bit of fun," said the old man in a low voice, "Lao Tzu wants the cubs of the leader of the twin spirit leopards. ”

He Xiu was about to be forced to cry, "You are an immortal, what kind of delicious food has not been eaten, why do you have to get along with it." ”

The old man raised his eyebrows and said provocatively, "Hehe, shake your head silly boy, aren't you scared?" ”

"No... "If I catch you back, you have to teach me skills, and you can't let me run every day." ”

The old man picked up the wine jug and drank the remaining half of the pot of spirits; "Happy!" and then leaned his face to He Xiu's side; "What if you kid can't catch it?"

He Xiu took a breath of courage and surged into his heart, "I stripped naked and used you as a mount!"

"Wowhaha, wowhaha, it's a word. ”

The two talked and laughed until the firewood was extinguished, and the old man drank two full pots of spirits, and he had already fallen asleep.

He Xiu was thinking about what method he should use to capture the Twin Spirit Leopard when he encountered him tomorrow, he knew that the Twin Spirit Leopard was a social animal, and it was also a beast that belonged to the Xuan Spirit, and these two points were enough for a headache.

What's more, it is even more difficult to capture their leader, but there is one thing not to worry, with the bell on your body, your life can be saved.

He Xiu eliminated three coping methods in his mind, only adopted a more adventurous method, and after making up his mind, he fell asleep peacefully.

Early the next morning, He Xiu put the dagger in his waist and hung the bell around his neck, and strode towards the woods.

As soon as he went about a hundred meters deep into the woods, He Xiu saw a large amount of double spirit leopard feces falling on the ground, and he guessed that it was not far from the old nest of the double spirit leopard, so he took out his dagger and began to bow down and grope forward.

About a moment or so, He Xiu walked out of the woods, he saw another mountain, there were hundreds of holes on the mountainside of this mountain, and he knew that there was a mountain connected to the hidden mountain, and this mountain was the habitat of the double spirit leopard, and it was obvious that the hundreds of holes were their nests.

He Xiu squatted in a haystack and hidden, opened his mouth to learn the roar of the leader of the double spirit leopard who was slapped to death by the old man bamboo, and shouted three times, and in an instant, many birds in the mountain fled when they heard the sound, and it was dense and not spectacular.

After all the birds fled, He Xiu roared three more times, staring carefully at each black hole, and not a single one went out.

He Xiu muttered privately, "Could it be that they have all migrated...... No, most of the beasts are hibernating this season, so maybe they are hibernating, and it would be even better, I could sneak in and take the cubs away without me knowing. ”

With a decision in his heart, He Xiu put the dagger back on his waist and ran lightly under the hole, but then he was dumbfounded, so many holes, where are the cubs in that hole? This step must be right, if you act rashly, you will definitely be eaten by them.

He Xiu thought about the formation they had besieged the three big men that night, and the ambush circle that they had fallen into when they escaped, their combat thinking was completely the same as that of humans, so from these two points, he guessed that the cub must have roosted in the middle hole, because it was the leader of this group of spirit beasts, and in order to highlight its identity, it must have roosted in the most honorable position.

He Xiu walked steadily to the hole cave in the middle, learned the roar just now, and roared towards the entrance of the cave, he was still not sure in his heart, every time he screamed, he stayed for half a moment, and roared into the cave for a total of five times, two and a half times passed, there was still no movement in it, and he said firmly in his heart; "They must have entered the hibernation period, and now is a good time to start, fortunately, the old man bamboo brought it up at this time, if it is another season, I will only be eaten." ”

He Xiu held the bell in his left hand and the dagger in his right hand, and sneaked forward steadily against the wall of the cave, slowly darkening his vision.

He Xiu was in a dilemma at this time, there were two holes in the middle position, and he carefully calculated in his heart that which hole was the habitat of the cubs.

Suddenly thinking of their dung, He Xiu blew up another fire fold, his vision widened a lot, he bent over, and started to look for it from the first hole on the left, and soon saw a large amount of dung, so He Xiu eliminated the first hole and began to look for the second hole, and also found that the amount of feces was about the same as the first hole.

He Xiu's heart tightened, and he began to check the third hole hole, and after careful identification, it was exactly as he thought, there were only a few feces that fell outside the third hole, and he concluded that the cub was inside.

But for the sake of insurance, He Xiu still carefully identified the feces that fell from outside the fourth and fifth holes, and finally it must be in the third hole.

At this time, He Xiu's heart tightened, he looked at the hole in front of him, knowing that there was no turning back when he opened the bow, gritted his teeth, and groped in, at this moment, in addition to the sound of him swallowing saliva, it was the sound of dripping water on the ground from the top of the cave, and the silence was a little terrifying.

He Xiu cautiously warned himself in his heart, he must not make a mistake at this time, he is in someone's lair, and if he is not careful, he will be eaten by the concubine, so he must be cautious and cautious.

After the first lit fire fold was all burned out, a bay of shallow water reflected He Xiu in it, and according to his inference, the cub should be curled up and sleeping at this time, obediently waiting for him to take it away.

What's going on, is his inference wrong? He Xiu didn't have time to think about it, since he came, he couldn't go home empty-handed, he took off his clothes, bit the dagger in his mouth, and groped into the water.

He Xiu felt that although it was winter, the temperature inside was at room temperature, causing the temperature of the water to be at room temperature, so he took a breath and poked his head in.

I don't know how deep he dived, He Xiu only felt that his chest and lungs were about to crack, and he had no choice but to return to the water, when he felt that his hand was about to touch the water level, he heard the sound of footsteps, and from the rhythm, He Xiu judged that it was not a spirit animal, but the same kind as himself, and the sound was getting closer and closer, it seemed that they were walking in, something had changed, He Xiu quickly poked his head out for ventilation.

He Xiu was thinking, now that more than one person appeared here, if he made a big noise and woke up all these spirit beasts, at that time, he would really be finished, and after weighing back and forth, he decided to choose another time to come again.

He Xiu climbed onto the water's edge, groped for his clothes and put them on, blew on the fire, leaned against the cave wall and began to return, just after walking about twenty meters back, he heard the wheezing sound of some animal, and cold sweat instantly covered his body, but he didn't know where the sound came from, so he could only stay where he was and distinguish the direction.

He Xiu put away the fire fold and quietly leaned against the cave wall, a frightened heart also mentioned his throat, he heard the panting sound getting closer and closer, and he could hear that the footsteps outside were getting closer and closer.

The unknown is often the most terrifying, he decided to blow out the fire fold to see what it was, as the light of the fire fold became brighter and brighter, He Xiu saw that the three people were retreating towards him step by step, and the wheezing sound was closer.

As the three of them retreated, the light of the fire fold shone on the head of a double-puffed spirit leopard until the light of the fire illuminated its entire body.

"You're a boy?" said a familiar voice, "I'm looking for you so hard, take your life." ”

He Xiu saw an unrecognizable man, and the long sword in his hand was stabbing at his throat, "Xiao Daoren, I saved your life that day, but you secretly hurt me, and now you want to take my life, are you still human?"

He Xiusa said as he ran, Xiao Daoren was already extremely angry, "You kid made me suffer from the burning fire, and caused me to be unrecognizable, no one is a ghost or a ghost, today I will kill you to relieve the hatred in my heart." ”

Xiao Daoren held a long sword in his hand, and flew to He Xiu with his feet on the cave wall.

Seeing this, He Xiu had to turn around and run again, Xiao Daoren laughed, "Look where you run." ”

He Xiu had already run in front of the other two; "Guo Zhenxing?"

"He Xiu?"

The two of them raised question marks almost at the same time, and the two spirit leopards were still moving forward, and the three of them were forced to step backwards by the double spirit leopards.

Seeing Guo Zhenxing and another person, holding a sword in his hand, He Xiu also held the dagger in his hand, "Guo Zhengxing, you and I can't escape death today, it's better to write off the past grievances." ”

Guo Zhenxing looked at the Shuangxuan Spirit Leopard and did not answer He Xiu's words, and said as he retreated, "Mr. Sha, this is what I mentioned to you about He Xiu. ”

"Young man, I have wanted to visit you for a long time, but I didn't expect to meet here today, and I am glad to meet you. The person who was called Mr. Sha by Guo Zhenxing said.

He Xiu complained in his heart, a Xiao Daoren is not finished yet, and now there is another Mr. Sha; "Mr. Sha has won the award, as long as I He Xiu can get out alive, I will definitely visit in person, think about what to do now." ”

At this time, the double spirit leopard let out a deafening roar, and sticky saliva flowed out of the bloody mouth, looking extremely disgusting.

Xiao Daoren stabbed at He Xiu's heart with a long sword in his hand at this time, He Xiu was very anxious, he couldn't retreat, he couldn't fight and couldn't fight, Guo Zhenxing would definitely not come to the rescue, and now he could only rely on himself, so he took the lead and killed Xiao Daoren, who was currently the biggest threat.

He Xiu knew that he couldn't fight hard with Xiao Daoren, he could only outwit him, and seeing that his long sword was about to hit his chest with a sword flower, at this critical moment, He Xiu lowered his waist to dodge, the tip of the sword slashed the bridge of his nose and flashed, He Xiu escaped the first sword.

Xiao Daoren was so angry that he turned around and swung his long sword, kicked the cave wall, and flew to kill him, He Xiu immediately ran when he saw this, and when he looked back, he saw the sword blade coming horizontally, and he twisted his body and held the dagger with both hands.

"Boom. ”

The dagger and the long sword collided together, sparks erupted, Xiao Daoren kicked the dagger, and after flipping his body in the air for a week, he struck out the long sword and pointed it at He Xiu's throat.

He Xiu knew that this sword was full of strength, so he didn't dare to block it, but sat on the ground with his legs split back and forth, and the long sword hit the air again, and Xiao Daoren fell behind He Xiu's back; ”

He Xiu didn't dare to be careless, and twisted his body when the long sword hit the air, and the dagger was blocked in front of his chest, preventing Xiao Daoren from assassinating him for the third time; "All of this is thanks to you, speaking of which, I have to thank you very much." ”