On the empty mountain, Xuan Cheng had already walked halfway up the mountain.

If he goes any further, he will have to be extremely careful, and if he takes a wrong step, he will probably never be able to get out.

Xuan Cheng stopped beside a boulder, rested for a while, and was about to continue up, when suddenly his expression changed slightly, and he turned his head to look in the direction of Baishui Temple at the bottom of the mountain.

Faintly, it seemed that a sword light could be seen flashing in the White Water Temple.

An ominous premonition suddenly came to his heart, and Xuan Cheng's face turned white at once. Almost without hesitation, he pulled his legs and ran down the mountain.

But before he could reach the foot of the mountain, he heard movement coming towards the back mountain.

Xuan Cheng's footsteps towards the mountain stopped abruptly, the expression on his face changed again and again, and after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and turned back to walk up the mountain.

Soon, he was back to the boulder, and plunged headlong into the dense forest ahead.

The reason why this empty mountain is evil is because there is more than one large array above the mountainside. The largest of these is the Ecstasy Circle, which covers the entire area above the halfway up the mountain. Among them, there are more than a dozen killing formations, large and small, and once they are touched, it is basically difficult to survive.

Fortunately, Xuan Cheng has been walking on this mountain a lot over the years, and he has long been familiar with the road in this ecstasy array, as long as he is a little careful, he will not stray into those killing arrays.

However, he knew how to walk, but the two men who were chasing him up the hill did not.

Not long after these two people entered the Ecstasy Array, they lost their way, and after breaking through a chaotic way, they unfortunately touched one of the killing arrays. I saw that between the dense branches above my head, there was suddenly a strange sound, and as soon as I looked up, countless sharp things came overwhelmingly. Although both of them have skills, and their skills are not bad, but the formation here is not an ordinary thing, and it didn't take long for the short knife man who was slightly inferior to his skills to be pierced through his chest by a black sharp object and nailed to the ground. After a few convulsions, the man with the short knife tilted his head and lost his breath.

As soon as the short-knife man died, the black sharp thing suddenly turned into a puff of smoke and dispersed.

The other man with the sword was a little lucky, and by mistake, he found a way to survive and left the killing array. However, although he is away from the killing array, he is still in this ecstasy array. In addition, there are many injuries on the body, and the physical strength is exhausted, so it is difficult to say whether he can get out alive.

There was a lot of movement here, and Xuan Cheng, who was already close to the top of the mountain, didn't hear it at all.

With his head down, he quickly ran on the route that could not take a wrong step, and soon, he reached the top of the mountain.

At the top of the mountain, there is a platform. On the platform, there is a thatched house, which looks a little dilapidated, and I don't know how many years it has existed.

Xuan Cheng walked straight into the thatched hut, which was simply furnished, except for a set of tables and chairs, only a narrow wooden bed. On the bed lay a thin boy covered in strips of white cloth, with a pale face and closed eyes.

Xuan Cheng was slightly relieved to see that he hadn't woken up yet. However, when I remembered the movement I had seen halfway up the mountain, my heart immediately became extremely heavy.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of humbling on the bed, and Xuan Cheng hurriedly put away his thoughts and went over to check on the person's situation.

Sure enough, the old Taoist priest expected it well, and soon, the man woke up.

......

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a very delicate young man's face, with slightly wrinkled eyebrows, and there was a hidden worry in my heart.

Shen Muzhi suddenly became nervous, and raised his hand to pat this person's chest. However, as soon as the hand was raised, it was held down.

"Don't move! After the handsome young man held him down, he pinched his wrist and checked the pulse, and then said, "You are fine now." However, the veins of your feet have been cut before, and although they have been connected to you now, if you want to move freely, you have to take care of them for a while! During this time, don't move if you can, lest the veins that you just connected turn around and break again!" As he spoke, the handsome young man reached out again to check the wound on his leg.

Shen Muzhi was lying there, a little confused in his mind, and it took a long time before he finally figured out his situation at the moment.

After the handsome young man checked all the wounds on his feet, Shen Muzhi looked at him and said softly: "Thank you!"

The young man glanced at him, with a somewhat complicated expression in his eyes, and then suddenly turned his face, turned around and walked over to the table.

"Are you hungry? The handsome young man said as he reached out and took the package on the table and opened it.

When he opened it, he was stunned.

The package did contain food and clothing, but there were two more things in addition to that.

A bronze dagger and a book with the word 'Empty Mountain' written on the cover.

The handsome young man looked at these two things, and suddenly his eyes turned red.

"You liar!" the handsome young man suddenly roared, and then took the bronze dagger and rushed out of the thatched house.

Shen Muzhi was lying on the bed, and when he saw this scene, he was a little overwhelmed.

The beautiful young man went and didn't come back for a long time. Shen Muzhi, who was lying on the bed, hadn't eaten for several days, and he didn't feel it when he was in a coma before, but when he woke up at the moment, all parts of his body also woke up, and this hunger suddenly became obvious.

There were some steamed bread and other coarse grains on the table, Shen Muzhi looked more and more hungry, waiting left and right to see the handsome young man come back, he couldn't help it, he reluctantly got up, endured the pain and moved to the side of the bed, reaching out to reach the food on the table.

At this moment, suddenly there was the sound of footsteps outside the door.

When Shen Muyi heard this, he couldn't help but feel relieved. So he withdrew his hand and waited for the handsome young man to enter the door.

Unexpectedly, when he entered the door, he was a strange man, wearing a navy blue robe that was torn in many places, stained with blood, and carrying a long sword in his right hand.

Shen Muzhi was stunned.

The strange man who entered the door was also stunned.

After the two stared at each other for a moment, the strange man suddenly laughed.

Shen Muzhi, who was recalled by his laughter, suddenly became nervous, and reached out to touch his chest. But the jade cube he had hidden before he fell unconscious was missing from his clothes!

After the strange man laughed a few times, his face suddenly sank, and he walked towards Shen Muzhi with his sword.

Shen Muzhi's gaze quickly swept around, but as far as his eyes could see, there was nothing that could give him self-defense. Moreover, he is the way he is now, and he can't even escape.

He could only step back.

It's just that this bed is so big, where can he retreat.

"Who are you?" Shen Muzhi leaned against the wall, staring at the strange man, and asked.

The strange man didn't say a word, just carried his sword and approached him step by step. Soon, he arrived at the bed, looked at Shen Muzhi in the corner, and his eyes suddenly became fierce.

Shen Muzhi suddenly stood on end, and almost without hesitation, he grabbed the pillow next to him and threw it towards the man, and at the same time threw himself to the side.

The long sword swept overhead, the sharp blade cutting through a few long hairs that fluttered.

Shen Muzhi's back was cold, and at this time, he couldn't care about the advice of the handsome young man before, so he got out of bed with his hands and feet, and forced himself to run outside.

But his feet were inconvenient, but the strange man was unimpeded. A dodge blocked the doorway. Looking at Shen Muzhi, whose face was pale, the man snorted coldly: "You can't escape! If you are interested, don't do these useless struggles, I will promise you a happy death! If you are not interested, you have to struggle again, then it doesn't matter, I have a lot of time to play with you." It's just ......" Speaking of this, the man paused, looked at Shen Muzhi's eyes, narrowed slightly, and his gaze became more and more fierce and violent: "You will definitely die a much more painful death!"

Shen Muzhi propped up the table, trying his best to stand so that he would not sit on the ground. Behind the back, the strips of white cloth wrapped in wounds were already revealing red at this moment. Under his feet, there was already blood that had penetrated the thick strip of cloth and flowed to the ground.

He looked at the strange man in front of him and was silent for a moment, then reached out and pulled the stool on the side, sat down slowly, and then asked, "You're right, I really can't escape." I won't run away! But before I die, I have a little request, and I wonder if your Excellency will grant it to me. ”

When the strange man saw him sit down, his fierce expression just now was slightly retracted, and after looking left and right, he lifted his clothes and sat down on the threshold, and his long sword went across the street, saying, "Say it!"

Shen Muzhi looked at him, and his mind was swirling with all the things that happened that day, including the fact that he was rescued from his home late at night and then left the city......

"Help me bring a message to the eldest lady, I didn't harm the eldest brother!" he said seriously.

When the strange man heard this, he looked at him and suddenly became playful. After looking at it for a while, the man suddenly said, "You're going to die anyway, or not, given your young age, let you be a ghost." I wasn't sent by the Great Lady!"

Not the Grand Lady?

Shen Muzhi's eyes suddenly widened, he looked at the man in surprise, and hurriedly asked, "Who is that?"

The strange man shook his head and said, "I don't know who it is, but it's a man, not the eldest lady of your general's mansion!"

Is it a man?

Shen Muzhi was stunned again. He thought of the masked man who had rescued him from his home that night?

Could it be him?

It makes sense that he sent men to hunt him down. The man who drove the car must have known about the fact that he was killed after the attack, and it was normal to continue to send people to chase and kill.

It's just that who will this person be?

That night, he took himself around the General's Mansion, and his familiar appearance was obviously very familiar with the General's Mansion. In this way, it should not be an outsider.

Moreover, looking at that person's skills, at least not lower than himself, but in the general's mansion, there are only a handful of men who have such strength and are familiar with both the inner and outer courtyards.

Two of them are my father's cronies, and I often go to the backyard, so it's normal to be familiar with them. However, when my father went to the frontier, they followed, and they were not in the city at the time.

Uncle Lian has this skill, but his figure is not as tall as that person, and Uncle Lian has always loved him, so he shouldn't do such a thing.

In addition, a few people can be found with good skills, but these people almost never enter the inner courtyard, and it is impossible for them to be so familiar with the inner courtyard.

And there are many people who are familiar with the inner courtyard. However, these people are basically very average.

For example, the second brother Shen Muye.

Although he is extremely familiar with the inner courtyard, he has been fond of literature and martial arts since he was a child, and he has always been slack in martial arts. Three years ago, he couldn't beat himself.

Moreover, he can also hear the voice of the second brother Shen Muye.

The man's voice that night, he sounded very unfamiliar, it should be someone he had never been in contact with on weekdays.

So, who will this man be?

Who was so persistent in wanting him to die?

Shen Muyi thought about this while glancing out the door.

That handsome boy, will he appear?