Zhou Tan looked at Su Fanghao, nodded and said, "Old Su take care, thank you for always taking care of our father and son, please accept Zhou Tan's worship." As he spoke, he bowed deeply, and then rushed out of the teahouse.

Seeing Zhou Tan walking away, Su Fanghao sighed and said: "Creation makes people, I don't know if we will meet again." With that, he walked towards the back hall.

In the prison of Ningxian County, since Zhou Tan and Su Fanghao left, it has become deserted again.

Li Yun was resting, and Zhou Bo quietly cultivated the "Nine Changes of the Dragon Pole of the Diamond Sutra" passed on by Li Yun. Recently, he felt that Li Yun's vitality was getting weaker and weaker, and his body was about to die. Thinking of this, there is an indescribable sadness in my heart.

Zhou Bo also tried to infuse his Seven Emotions Qi into Li Yun's body, but he didn't succeed. No matter how much he tried, he couldn't get his vitality to leave his body, as if he was cut off from the outside world.

In the past two days, under the guidance of Li Yun, Zhou Bo has already practiced 'body refining and self-cultivation' to the Hinayana realm. This kind of cultivation made this old man on the battlefield of a hundred battles stunned and sighed, and it took him a long time to wake up, and he secretly said in his heart: "When I practiced 'body cultivation and self-cultivation' to Hinayana back then, it took me more than a year, and this is still a lot of fighting between life and death to have such a quick effect. I didn't expect ...... Alas, people are really angry compared to people. "I felt a sigh of relief in my heart.

In fact, he didn't know that Zhou Bo had such achievements today, and he got them back through his continuous efforts. The extreme cultivation in the past few years has already laid a solid foundation for his physique, and all he needs is systematic guidance. Moreover, before he cultivated the "Diamond Sutra: Dragon Pole Nine Changes", his body's recovery ability and strength were much stronger than that of 'forging muscles and refining bones' to Mahayana, so cultivating "Diamond Sutra: Dragon Pole Nine Changes" was naturally a matter of course.

It's just that the starting point of entry is higher, and the cultivation will be more difficult in the future, and if you want to improve, you need to use several times the effort. Although it is very difficult to improve each time, it can bring even greater gains after improving enough, which is far from being comparable to the peak period of Liyun.

After Zhou Bo practiced the Hinayana of 'Body Cultivation and Self-cultivation', he could clearly feel that his skin was tighter than before, and his muscles became harder and harder, but it did not affect the flexibility of his body, but his strength was qualitatively improved. Feeling that he had become a little stronger again, Zhou Bo felt a burst of joy in his heart, and seemed to have more confidence in the future.

……

After Li Yun woke up, he moved to Zhou Bo's side, straightened his body and asked him, "Xiaobo, have you ever killed someone?"

Zhou Bo was stunned when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Not now." ”

"Do you dare to let you kill a heinous person?"

“…… I don't know. ”

Li Yun sighed and said, "You really have the heart of a child! I think when I was a scholar, although I also practiced martial arts to strengthen my body, I never formally fought, and I never even killed an animal, let alone killed someone...... But since I joined the army, my hands have been stained with blood, and there have been 8,000 people who have died at my hands, if not 10,000. But I never felt guilty or regretful in my heart, including the first time I killed someone, as if I had accomplished a trivial thing at first sight, and I felt unspeakably happy......"

“…… Not because I am a murderer, but because all the people I kill have a reason to die. How can I not kill those Japanese who burn, kill, loot, and deceive our Chinese Shenzhou, and how can I not kill those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who disturb the government and the common people. These are the people who deserve to be killed......

, what's wrong with me killing them. Later, his tone became more and more solemn.

Zhou Bo said quietly: "Although they all deserve to die, none of this has anything to do with me. In my heart, I only have my relatives and friends, and if anyone wants to hurt them, I will fight to the death, even if I am the enemy of the world, I will not hesitate to do so. ”

"Haha......" Li Yun laughed: "Good! good! good! is indeed a good man." But I ask you, if you are really an enemy of the world, are you an enemy of the people of the world?"

Zhou Bo was stunned for a moment, thinking of the impermanence he encountered a few years ago and the last time he met Ying Qi, he frowned and said, "I can't now." ”

Li Yun's face turned pale, and he said solemnly: "The man is strong, the sky collapses to carry it, right and wrong only ask his heart, and he is crazy." Even if you don't have the strength to face the world, at least you have to have the courage to face the world. There was a thick murderous aura in his words, as if he had returned to the battlefield.

Zhou Bo couldn't help but nodded.

Li Yun's tone changed, and he said with emotion: "At the beginning, I also had ideals and revenge, hoping to serve the country loyally and become famous in the world, but in the end it ended up in such a dismal end, do you say that my choice is right or wrong! If I choose again, I will also follow your example, and protect the people around me well and prevent them from being hurt at all." “

"Xiaobo, you are different from me, I have been bound by the world since I was a child, and I can't break free. At that time, it was not difficult to escape with my kung fu, but I did not resist, thinking that justice was in the hearts of the people, but now I have not been able to wash away my grievances, leaving a lifetime of regrets. And although you also have the strength to resist, you chose to bear it in order to protect your loved ones, which is what I appreciate the most. ”

……

After being silent for a while, Li Yun said again: "I think you have also heard of the rivers and lakes." ”

Zhou Bo shook his head.

"Jianghu is an independent system, he is self-contained and not controlled by the imperial court, do you know why?"

Zhou Bo shook his head again.

"That's because the power of the rivers and lakes is so great that they have the strength to compete with the imperial court, so the imperial court has no way to restrain them. Although I have not devoted myself to the rivers and lakes, I know a lot about the rivers and lakes.

In my opinion, the rivers and lakes, like officialdom, use laws and feelings to bind people, but who can really be just. In the face of power, the law and the truth are always empty words, and when your strength is enough to compete with these forces, then all this cannot bind you. ”

"One force drop will be ......"

Li Yun's words kept repeating in Zhou Bo's ears, his eyes flashed, and he remembered his father's words again: "In the face of absolute power, any conspiracy and trickery are vulnerable. "Strong, that's what he's after.

"I am telling you this today to let you know that you may face greater difficulties and challenges in the future, but don't give up no matter what the outcome is. As long as you think it is right, you must persevere to the end, do not regret it, and have no regrets in your heart to be worthy of heaven and earth. His hands are full of blood and he has no regrets, and he has washed away his reincarnation debts......" Li Yun was very tired, and his eyes closed as he spoke.

In fact, when the old man killed for the first time, it was not as simple and easy as he said, although it was a widow who was killed, but it was also a life, and after the killing, his heart was full of horror, after all, he was only a scholar before, and he had never even seen blood, let alone killing, if it wasn't for his firm will, he might have gone crazy. It's just that when I think about it now, it really seemed too immature at the time. In order to prevent Zhou Bo from having the same situation as him in the future, he decided to tell Zhou Bo these things, which shows that he cares for Zhou Bo out of sincerity.

Seeing that the old man was asleep, Zhou Bo closed his eyes and sat quietly, thinking carefully about the old man's words.

……

After a while, Zhou Bo opened his eyes, and there was not much change from the past, but the temperament on his body had undergone subtle changes, and he seemed more stable.

At this moment, his soul has matured, and he is no longer confused about the future, but has a different firmness.

In the middle of the night, snow fell all over the sky.

Zhou Tan finally rushed to Liushui Village, so he hurried to the thatched house at the end of the village.

Mr. Wan was researching a new prescription at this time, so much so that he did not sleep late at night. "Bump!", and the door was suddenly slammed open, startling him. Seeing that it was Zhou Tan, he relieved himself, and hurriedly greeted him and said, "Look at your look, is something wrong?" He knew that Zhou Tan had always been steady and calm, and if he was usually so reckless, he was secretly worried in his heart.

Zhou Tanchang took a breath and said solemnly: "If something happens to Xiaobo, we will all be in danger of our lives, so we must take you away now, and we will talk about other situations later." "The language is simple and straightforward, and now all he needs is time.

Seeing that the situation was so urgent, Mr. Wan knew that something must have happened, so he didn't ask any more questions, and immediately turned back to the house, woke up Xiao Ya'er and quickly packed up his things. After a while, he walked out, stuffed Xiao Ya'er into Zhou Tan's arms and said, "It's all done, let's go." After speaking, the three of them hurried to Daling Mountain.

……

"Grandpa, where are we going so late?" On the mountain road, Xiao Ya'er in Zhou Tan's arms asked with a pout.

"If something happens at home, I'll talk about it when I get to a safe place. ”

……

Behind Daling Mountain is an even more inhospitable mountainous area. But it's a rocky place, and it's definitely a great place to hide. Zhou Tan took them to a mountain col, where there was a small cave, which Zhou Tan had appeared when he was hunting a long time ago, and he thought that he would not have the opportunity to use it, but he did not expect that there would be such a day. The entrance to the cave is very small, adults must squat down to enter, and the weeds growing everywhere next to it form a natural shield, covering the entrance of the cave very secretly, except for him and Zhou Bo, no one else knew about this place before.

The cave was narrow and a little damp, and the strong smell of earth filled the whole cave, and the front was pitch black, as if it could swallow all the light, and it was barely able to see the way under the light of the fire fold, and it took a while to reach the bottom of the cave. Xiao Ya'er closed her eyes and dragged Mr. Wan tightly.

"The environment here is a bit poor, but it's okay to hold on for two or three days, and when I rescue Xiaobo, we'll leave together. After a pause, Zhou Tan said again: "If we don't come back within two days, you can leave by yourself and live a good life in a place where no one knows." There was deep sadness in his tone. He knew that this time was extremely dangerous, and even his own insurmountability was too much to protect, let alone save Zhou Bo. However, he didn't regret his decision in the slightest, but he just felt a little guilty about Mr. Wan and others.

After Mr. Wan pondered for a while, he took out a few vials from his baggage, handed them to Zhou Tan and said: "Here are a few bottles of medicine that I practiced, the red one is poison, and it is extremely poisonous, the middle one will die immediately, the white healing is also a miracle effect, there are ways to use it, I hope it can help you." This time, I don't know if I went to the bad luck...... Alas......"

After taking the medicine bottle, Zhou Tan was very excited, full of gratitude, but more of family affection. Nodding at Mr. Wan and turning to leave, just two steps away, he suddenly turned to Mr. Wan and said, "In my heart and Xiaobo's hearts, you have always been like our relatives ....... Can I know the name of the gentleman?"

Mr. Wan's body was shocked, and then he smiled and said, "Wan Liuhuai, I have long regarded you as my relatives." ”

Zhou Tan silently recited the name in his heart a few times, and then walked out.

……

In the thatched hut on the hillside, Zhou Tan was preparing. He dragged out an old gray box from under the kang bed, stroked it gently, and muttered, "Old man, we are going to fight together again." Saying that, he opened the box, and there was a swarthy longbow lying quietly inside, very simple, this is the longbow used by the Zhou family for hunting for generations, the bow is five feet long, weighs more than sixty catties, and I don't know what ore is cast, far more than the weight of the general longbow, which can be described as 'huge'.

After picking up the longbow quickly, pinning it on his shoulder, he put all the arrows he had prepared before in the quiver behind his back, several daggers were all inserted into his waist, and finally took the rope and walked out, at this time Zhou Tan was like a real hunter.

As soon as Zhou Tan went out, he saw the fire in Liushui Village, and when he got closer, Liushui Village was already a sea of fire, as if the snow in the sky had melted, and bursts of black smoke floated in, and the thick smell of blood could be smelled here.

"***, these people are really brutes. Zhou Tan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, now he was extremely angry. Although these people have a bad relationship with him, after all, they have known each other for decades, and they are all innocent people, and now they are actually murdered because of him, how can this make him not feel guilty and angry. But Zhou Tan knew that he had to calm down now, otherwise he would not have any chance of success.

After a cold glance at the Flowing Water Village in the sea of fire, Zhou Tan ran towards the Red Leaf Forest. Not long after leaving, the thatched hut where he had lived for more than ten years became a pile of ashes.

The red-leaved forest is full of grass and trees, but it is a good place for hunters to set traps to hunt their prey. It's just that the trap that Zhou Tan is laying now is used to hunt the enemy.

Outside Liushui Village, a group of people in black gathered together to say to the man: "Is there a living mouth?"

One person came out and replied respectfully: "According to the intelligence, there are a total of 236 people in the whole village, and 231 people have been wiped out, Wang Chong of the Yellow River Gang left Ningxian City three days ago, and Zhou Bo is in the iron prison, only Zhou Tan and the two grandchildren at the end of the village do not know where to go." ”

The leader waved his hand and said coldly, "I'll go back and tell my son first, you continue to search, don't hit any of them." ”

"Honor!" said the men in black respectfully.

The figure flickered, and the leader disappeared into the darkness, and the other men in black scattered.

In a small house in Ningxian County, Wang Song leisurely held a wine glass and said, "How are things going?"

The leader said: "The prince sent Zhou Tan and the other three, and the others have all been extinguished." Now the search is underway, and I think it won't be long before there will be news, after all, they are all ordinary people. It's just that the subordinates don't understand why the Shadow Team should be sent to complete the mission for this trivial matter. ”

Wang Song said with a wise face: "I just want some people to know my strength, so that they don't have objections." ”

"Childe is really resourceful, I believe that it won't be long before the world will be under Childe's control. The leader said respectfully.

Wang Songman......

Yi smiled, nodded and said, "You go first, and you will inform me if there is news." ”

"Yes. The leader bowed down.

In the Red Leaf Forest, killing machines were lurking, Zhou Tan restrained his breath and hid in a big tree, coldly observing the black-clothed man sneaking around, shook the longbow in his hand, and said secretly: "The real battle is about to begin." ”

Zhou Tan has never killed anyone, but the current situation makes him have to kill people, and at his age, he is naturally much more determined and mature. Anyway, what he killed was a damned person, and there was nothing to feel guilty about. So there was no longer the slightest hesitation in my heart.

……

"Ahh