Chapter 16: Ninety-Six, Eight-Fold
"Li Qing is back!"
Li Tieshan finally reacted, protected his wife and children behind him, and said to the swordsman: "I don't know if any of you are telling the truth, but I hope you leave! There are dozens of good hands in our village, and you can't escape here!"
Li Tieshan didn't tell the people in the village what happened to him, but he might as well move the village out, he didn't know how strong the swordsman was, if he knew, maybe he wouldn't say that.
"Hehe, it seems that you have misunderstood me!But it's okay, I won't hurt you, you can rest assured!" Changxi threw his sword aside, just like Lu Yifan did when he came the second time, as a gesture of friendliness.
"But I have something to ask you, and I'll leave after I finish asking, and I won't delay you for long!"
Under Changxi's friendly performance, Li Tieshan finally explained Lu Yifan's two visits, he didn't know who was good and who was bad, as long as it didn't affect his family, he was very satisfied.
Changxi nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that he is fine, and he is doing well! Do you know where he went? There may be some misunderstanding between me and him that needs to be explained!"
"I won't tell you, Brother Yifan is a good man, and he also taught me swordsmanship! "Little Li Qing looks like a little adult.
"That's it?" Changxi smiled, threw out a piece of broken silver, and said, "This is the money to pay you for the door! Since you don't know where he went, I'll leave first." ”
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The Snow Girl cast a spell and took Lu Yifan forward for an hour before stopping, and came to a place called Beiwan, at this time the night began to fall slowly, but it was not too dark, Lu Yifan could barely see the distant scenery with the help of the last afterglow of the sun.
The name of the North Bay is what Snow Maiden hears from people who pass by, and every year in June, when the snow melts, ships come from the other side of the ocean, and sometimes fishing boats from the shore go to sea from here.
However, it is only February, and the fresh water flowing down from the upstream rivers and lakes to the sea has been flowing, and there is thick ice floe in many places, and what is worse is that there may be ice reefs underwater, and boats cannot pass, although people can walk on the ice, but they can't go far.
The port is in the process of being abandoned, and there are not even other humans left around, only a few simple buildings remain, which are left behind by the big ships that have sailed for many years.
"This place ......"
Lu Yifan stood at the mouth of the big river, since he came here, Lu Yifan felt that the mana in his body was a little restless, there should be something on the other side of the river that was the same source as his mana, but he thought about it for a while, but there was no result, so he no longer paid attention to this matter, but appreciated the scenery here.
The rock walls on both sides of the river are 100 meters high, but instead form a peaceful zone of peace for hundreds of miles, which should be a good port if you sail around the delta at the mouth of the sea, but there are too many ice fles to be navigable for half of the year.
The Snow Girl stepped on a piece of ice floe, only to see that the ice floe was floating in the estuary, but she was always imprisoned in one place, the Snow Girl's sleeves waved, the biting cold current rushed straight to the water, and a fat yellow fat fish was frozen near the ice floe.
Lu Yifan found some dry firewood in the house of the port, picked up the disemboweled fish with a long sword, used his mana, stretched out his finger and gently pointed at the dry firewood, and a wisp of spark fell into the firewood, and the bright flame lit up at the port.
While the flames were bright, the Snow Maiden had already run far away, she hated the heat, the scorching heat would melt her body, and the cold zone would increase her mana.
The Snow Maiden floated boredom on the docks, sometimes jumping on the ice floes, sometimes hiding under the snow, the bright flames shining golden from the house, even from a long distance, she did not want to be illuminated by the fire.
On the delta at night, two people were looking at the port from the edge.
"There is a fire on the other side, and now that the North Bay is deserted and the weather is extremely cold, who else will come here?" spoke a chubby middle-aged man with a wide-backed long knife on his back, named Zhang Jiuliu, with a pair of small eyes squinting in the direction of the port.
There is also a person named Xu Chongba, a little old man in good spirits, with a smile on his face, I just heard him say: "Let's go over and see, this desolate place is already sparsely populated, and no one should come here!"
The two of them performed light skills, stepping on the ice floe and moving at high speed on the sea, and soon approached the land of the snow country, but they did not know that on a piece of ice floe behind them, there was a pair of dark blue lights floating on the ice, almost merging with the sea, and the moonlight shone with the same shining.
When the two of them stepped on the land, the dark blue light also stepped on the land, always keeping a certain distance from them, following them from a distance, if they turned back, they would definitely find the abnormality, but who would have expected that there would be 'people' following in this desolate place?
The two of them trampled on the snow, barely moving, except for the thunderclap of firewood burning from the port house.
"It tastes good, I thought it was a marine fish, but I didn't expect it to be a freshwater fish!"
Lu Yifan sat in front of the fire, leaning his back against a pillar, spearing the fish with a long sword like a string, eating natural grilled fish with a little satisfaction, a fish weighing five or six pounds weighed nearly four pounds after removing the offal, and was soon eaten by Lu Yifan, and some of the remaining fish meat may not be fully cooked, Lu Yifan flipped it twice, and put it on the fire and roasted it.
Zhang Jiuliu and Xu Chongba hid behind a high platform outside the room, and looked carefully towards the house, the first thing they saw was the scene of Lu Yifan eating fish with his back to them, but when Lu Yifan roasted the fish on the fire again, their eyes were even more wide like copper bells, and their ears were set up like antennas.
"Eighth Master, look at that long sword, is it a little familiar?" Zhang Jiuliu looked at the silver-white long sword, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, the fat on his body actually trembled, just like every time he swung the butcher knife to face the opponent, the whole chest and abdomen were vibrating, excited and exciting!
Xu Chongba's obscene old body shrank back to prevent his voice from being heard by the people in the room, and only listened to him: "Eighth master, I saw it! If it's that sword, we'll send it, Xiao Jiu, can you confirm it?"
"Wait a while, wait a while!" Zhang Jiuliu carefully identified the long sword and said, "Let's not get close first, wait for him to take the grilled fish off the sword, if the sword body has no scorch marks, there will be no mistakes." ”
In the eyes of the two, Lu Yifan finally grilled the last bit of fish, finished eating the fish, and flicked the long sword lightly, and the grease and bone spurs on it were easily bounced away!
The two were silent and just watched, but when Lu Yifan finished the last action and was ready to sleep beautifully, the two moved!
Zhang Jiuliu pulled out the wide-backed combat knife behind his back, Xu Chongba held the long sword, and the two finally left the stone platform and walked calmly towards Lu Yifan, a child is not enough to make them afraid, even if the scene is a little unusual.
Lu Yifan finally saw that a little old man and a middle-aged fat man came from the darkness with a weapon in hand, and before that, there was almost no movement.
Lu Yifan looked at the two of them vigilantly, they could come here silently, they must not be too weak, and if they visited suddenly, nothing good would happen.
"Boy, relax, take out the Wind Yin Secret Sword!" Xu Chongba stood outside the door and did not come in.
"Who are you?Wind Yin Secret Sword?What are you talking about?" Lu Yifan raised the long sword in his hand and shook it, the fire shone on the blade of the secret sword, reflecting a dazzling light, just shining on the two of them.
At the same time as the light was reflected, Lu Yifan held the sword in his right hand, stretched out two fingers in his left hand and clamped it on the blade, gently touching the hilt of the sword, and with a slight pull of his right hand, the sword arc visible to the naked eye swept towards the two.
Zhang Jiuliu lifted the wide-backed long knife and hurriedly resisted, the strong sword gang collided with the sword arc, making a piercing sound, Xu Chongba retreated to the side, and the thin sword in his hand stabbed Lu Yifan in the ribs like a snake.
At the same time, a pair of dim blue in the darkness suddenly brightened, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into a girl in a white dress, her sleeves swinging slightly, and with a slight float, she approached Xu Chongba!