Chapter 23: "The Visitor"
Time flies.
For half a month, Yue Qing took Ji Fan around hunting spirit beasts, which can be regarded as officially opening the road of training for him, and with the iron-blooded killing engraved into his instinctive consciousness, there was a little more imperceptible firmness and ruthlessness in his bright eyes that were a little hesitant.
On this day, Ji Fan was meditating and cultivating, and was suddenly awakened by a slight sound of footsteps in the forest, and when he opened his eyes, he found Yue Qing standing there, calmly looking at a direction.
"Finally I found it. ”
The footsteps gradually approached, and finally a somewhat thin young figure came out of it, his complexion was yellowish, he held a long sword, and a pair of eagle eyes stared at the two of them sharply, and in those pupils, there was a faint fiery color.
"Stepping into the place where we are cultivating, what is the matter with you?" Yue Qing crossed his arms, without the slightest panic or vigilance on his face, and asked nonchalantly.
"Two Daoist brothers, please forgive me for taking the liberty of disturbing you. That person didn't care about Yue Qing's indifferent attitude, he arched his hand freely, giving people a feeling of being quite kind, Ji Fan also looked relaxed, he had been practicing outside for a few days, it was rare for a young man like this to be gentle.
It's just that he didn't see a trace of ruthlessness that flashed imperceptibly in the man's eyes, which seemed to show that this person was actually inconsistent with what he was looking for.
"If it's okay, please leave, don't disturb us and wait for Qingxiu. Yue Qing's eyes were cold, and his face was expressionless.
The man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, and said politely: "Brother Dao is really sorry, I have something important to talk about next, and I ask Brother Dao to give me more time." ”
"Well, say. ”
Yue Qing bowed slightly, looking at him indifferently, Ji Fan glanced at him strangely, he didn't understand why Yue Qing was so indifferent when the other party was so gentle and polite.
The man sat down, his long sword on his lap, and asked with a smile, "I just want to ask, when you entered the mountain, did you loot a group of bandits?"
As soon as the words came out, Ji Fan suddenly became vigilant, and the dagger in his wide robe was held in his hand, which was an instinctive reaction. He secretly glanced at Yue Qing, who was standing there frowning, and said in his heart that he really shouldn't have let go of that wave of bandits at that time, he was really angry.
The man noticed that the atmosphere was suddenly tense, and hurriedly explained: "Brother Dao, don't misunderstand, I didn't mean to stand up for them here, but I want to thank Brother Dao for taking action at that time, this gang of bandits, the behavior is extremely shameful, not long ago, the strange treasure of the Xia family accidentally fell into the hands of this gang of bandits, but a few days ago I found that gang of bandits, but I accidentally learned that I was taken by two Dao brothers, I don't know if my brother can cut his love, and he is willing to compensate with other things?"
An urgent but polite explanation made Ji Fan's expression ease again, and at the same time he was curious, I don't know what items they got that day were the treasures of the young man's family, looking at the anxious appearance of the person in front of him, I am afraid that this thing is extremely important, if possible, he still hopes to return it to this person, maybe he can make a friend from this, looking at this person, it seems that he is quite a good person.
He looked like Yue Qing, but saw him groping in his arms for a while, and for a moment he took out a round bead with an extremely simple style, threw it casually, and said lightly: "The thing you said is this bead, right?"
Ji Fan was stunned, and after looking at it for a long time, he remembered the origin of this bead, this bead is the most precious thing in the hands of the gangsters, according to Yue Qing at that time, this bead is a map, but because it is incomplete, so he will soon forget it.
Now Yue Qing took it out, it seemed that he wanted to return it to the young man in front of him, Ji Fan didn't care, just return it, anyway, this thing is useless to leave in their hands, it is better to use it to make friends.
The man was a little dazed by Yue Qing's sudden movements, but when he saw the bead, his expression suddenly became ecstatic, and he realized that he was a little out of shape, he coughed lightly, and hugged his fist very gratefully and said: "Thank you, Brother Dao, it's this thing, I really don't know what to say, I ...... it."
He was incoherent with excitement, and Ji Fan had a smile on his face, but just when he thought that Yue Qing was going to return the bead to the young man in front of him, he saw Yue Qing suddenly grasp the bead, shook his head and refused: "I won't return this bead." ”
The man's excited expression froze, and then his face showed bitterness, and he said humbly: "Brother Dao, there are other things below as compensation......
"I don't need to. Yue Qing said coldly.
Ji Fan, who watched this scene, frowned, how could these four senior brothers be so unkind? Immediately, he was about to speak, but Yue Qing immediately glared at him.
"You go, I won't return this bead. Yue Qing gave an order to evict the guest.
"Brother Dao, is there no room for relaxation?" the man looked pleading.
"Nope. "Yue Qing has a tough attitude.
"Brother Dao......" The man lowered his head in pain, as if he couldn't accept such a result, Ji Fan looked at Yue Qing reproachfully, but in the next second, a sound of "Qiang" resounded through the forest, and the man suddenly grabbed the hilt of the sword and drew the sword and slashed forward, Ji Fan's mind turned white for a moment, and then he saw a cold light with a chilling killing intent enveloping him.
It was too late for him to retreat, but fortunately, Yue Qing grabbed his shoulder at this time, and suddenly pulled back to dodge the sword of this stalk!
"Hehe, the response is very good. After missing a move, the man glanced at Yue Qing in surprise, and then became careless again.
At this time, his face was no longer that sunny and warm, and it was replaced by a long-standing indifferent and ruthless, with a hypocritical sneer outlined at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes looked at the two of them playfully.
"Hmph, I can't pretend anymore, are you going to start robbing it openly?" Yue Qing sneered, his hand twitched his waist, and a long face with a cold light fell into his hand.
"You ..." Ji Fan was also extremely ashamed, this was caused by the other party's fake posture, but he still thought that the other party was a good person.
"I'm sorry, I didn't want to do anything to you, but you didn't cooperate. ”
The man danced the sword flower, and without much explanation, the palm holding the hilt of the sword shook, and suddenly the golden aura was all over the blade.
Ji Fan's pupils shrank, this person's strength was already eight levels of aura, and he felt thrilling when he thought about the scene just now. But fortunately, there were two of them, even if his strength was not good, it could be regarded as a combat power, and he immediately rushed over and stabbed straight at the man's waist, but the man directly ignored it, and dodged with a spin, directly approaching Yue Qing.
Ji Fan stabbed into the air, and when he turned around, he saw that the person had already approached Yue Qing.
"It's such a fast speed, this person's strength is estimated to be on par with that of senior brother. ”
He rushed up again, at this moment the ice blue and golden were already intertwined, and an invisible qi suddenly swept away, Ji Fan, who wanted to get close, was shocked back, he stepped back a few steps before stabilizing his body, and watched in astonishment as the battle between the two did not rush forward again.
The aura realm is divided into nine sections, and every third stage is divided into a small step, and between each small step, the aura power released is very different, with his strength, he can't participate in this kind of battle at all, and going up is just a drag.
"Ding, ding, ding!"
There was a sound of gold and iron in the forest, the two of them were helpless after several fights, and it was another confrontation, and a trace of cunning suddenly flashed in the eyes of the person who was near, and the very tricky flipping long sword was changed from a thorn, and the sharp cold blade with golden light waved an illusory arc of light in the air, slashing at Yue Qing's head and neck as fast as lightning, and Ji Fan on the side suddenly had a heart in his throat.
"Whew!"
Yue Qing sneered in his heart, his body leaned back to avoid this tricky blow, and then he took advantage of the gap between the man and the sword before he could return the sword, he quickly took a big step, narrowed the distance between him and the man, and the dagger in his hand slashed sharply at the man's neck.
Before the blade arrived, the man felt a chill in his neck, he didn't expect that this young man who didn't look very old had such rich combat experience, and directly attacked his weakness, but he was not a vegetarian, and the other straight hand immediately slapped Yue Qing's arm to slow down his swinging speed, and then took the opportunity to jump back to distance him, but unfortunately the speed of jumping out was a little slower, and he was finally cut by his arm.
"That's good. The man looked at the bright red on his arm and gradually seeped out, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Slightly stronger than you. Yue Qing sneered again and again, and just a few words smashed into the man's heart like a heavy hammer, and the man's face sank suddenly.
"Don't be too complacent, it's still unknown who killed the deer. The man's face sank into the water, and he said slowly, word by word.
Yue Qing was too lazy to fight with him, and stood indifferently, as if waiting for the man to make a move.
The air was quiet again, and the illusory light of one blue and one gold surged up from the two of them again, and Ji Fan, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was a little worried, but in a battle like this that he couldn't get close to at all, he had nothing to do except be entangled as a spectator.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, the soles of the man's feet slashed the ground, and he suddenly launched an impact, and the surrounding grass blades were scattered by this step, Yue Qing was not to be outdone, his aura opened to the maximum without reservation, and he stepped forward with his sword.
"Ding ding!" The gold and iron intersected, the two figures staggered, and the ground was rubbed by the soles of the two people's feet to form a mud belt several meters long, and then the two of them quickly turned around at the same time, and rushed towards each other with little by little.
After dozens of rounds, the image of the two of them was a little messy, and they both had the marks left by each other, and they looked very embarrassed, but none of us gave up first, and the blue and gold light was still waving in the forest, at this time, Ji Fan, who had been observing the battle circle, suddenly found that the two of them had messy breaths, and their power was much weaker when attacking, and he suddenly became a little nervous, maybe now he can join the battle?
In the end, he still didn't hold back the itching of his hands, and rushed forward with red eyes.
"Fuck you!"
The man was engrossed in receiving Yue Qing's next move, Ji Fan's sudden attack, which suddenly made him confused, he burst out of a foul mouth, and hurriedly raised his sword to block Ji Fan's sudden blow, but at the same time, Yue Qing's attack was also approaching, he shouted angrily and waved his long sword to shake Ji Fan back, and hurriedly went to block Yue Qing's other move.
"Pedal ......"
Under the influence of Ji Fan, the man suffered a small loss when he received Yue Qing's blow, and he took a few steps backwards in a chaotic manner, staring at Ji Fan with bloodshot eyes.
"Bastard, do you still know what shamelessness is?" The man's chest rose and fell, and he didn't know whether he was beaten by Yue Qing or angry by Ji Fan, his eyebrows were raised, and his eyes could almost spew fire when he stared at Ji Fan.
"You have to be shameless when dealing with a faceless person like you. Ji Fan's eyes were full of vigilance, he glanced at Yue Qing, who was panting slightly, and said lightly, the so-called one who is close to Zhu is red and the one who is close to ink is black, he has been walking with Yue Qing for a few days, and his mouth has become a little slippery.
"Two against one, it's not fair. Glancing at Yue Qing, who was recovering his strength, the man squinted his eyes and said quietly.
"Wait until you go to hell and tell Lord Hades. Feeling that the man seemed to be recovering his strength, Ji Fan attacked decisively, raised the tip of the dagger, and stabbed straight at him.
"Lao Tzu killed you first!" The man saw that Ji Fan would fight as soon as he said it, and he couldn't pretend to be any longer, he wanted to delay for a while to recover some of his strength as soon as possible, but who knew that Ji Fan didn't give him a chance at all, he scolded angrily, and swung it towards him with a golden sword arc.
"Dingding!"
Although Ji Fan's strength and experience are not as good as Yue Qing's, but in the face of this person who is not as good as before, he can pass a few tricks, he looked at Yue Qing rushing with a dagger at the same time, and felt that the victory was in his hands, while calmly following the man's tricks while waving the dagger to counterattack, the experience accumulated in the past few days of fighting was vividly exerted by him at this moment.
And when that person saw that Ji Fan was so arrogant in front of him, a mere fourth stage of spiritual energy suddenly rose in his heart, and the golden light on the long sword suddenly blazing, and the air was a little whirring when he waved it.
"Whew!"
The golden blade waved down, Ji Fan raised his breath with all his strength, trying to take this move, at this time the ice blue flashed, Yue Qing arrived at the battle circle, the sword blade that the person swung down hurriedly changed the attack into defense, resisted Yue Qing's blow, Ji Fan cooperated and took the opportunity to attack his lower plate, and the man hurriedly dodged.
"You guys are so shameless!" the man dodged Ji Fan's blow again, and suddenly scolded a little angrily.
"There's also time to curse. Yue Qing sneered, made eye contact with Ji Fan, and attacked left and right.
"Dingding!"
Yue Qing stuck to his right side, and even the crazy attack with stabbing and slashing, the long sword in the hand of the person who hit kept trembling, and Ji Fan made up for the lack of attack loopholes, taking advantage of his unpreparedness to attack its vital point, and that person could only continue to dodge in embarrassment, but after fighting for so long, his energy was already a little lacking, and at a certain moment, two wounds appeared on his left arm and waist and abdomen, and blood flowed out.
"Hiss......"
The person who was stimulated by the pain was a spirit, his long sword suddenly waved the two of them back, his left hand trembled slightly and touched the wound on his body, looked at Ji Fan and the two with some resentment, wiped the sweat on his forehead, he already understood that today's defeat was decided, and he glanced at the mountains and forests behind him without a trace, and he suddenly stepped on the ground with the soles of his feet, and actually fled without a fight.
"The mountains don't turn around, and I will look for you again one day and wait for the two of them to avenge this revenge. The man put down his cruel words and tried to flee.
"Stop!" Ji Fan was immediately anxious when he saw it, if he let him escape, the consequences would be unimaginable, and he suffered a loss in the hands of that group of bandits, and he must not eat it a second time.
However, as soon as he took a step, he felt a cold wind blowing out next to him, and he was stunned for a moment, only to see that Yue Qing's body was bubbling with ice blue, and the grass blades were condensed with a layer of frost everywhere he passed, and his husband chased him out, and in an instant, he disappeared, and he quickly chased after him.