Chapter 274: Hope for Fulfillment
"Your uncle!"
The beast-skin sword suddenly unsheathed, turned into a streamer and flew out, and in an instant it passed over the skylark. The poor finch split in half and fell from the sky with a trail of blood.
Returning the sword into the sheath, Li Chu ran after Li Sinian without looking back.
The single lark is generally weak, and in Li Chuyi's words, it is like a quail. The one he killed with anger was even weaker, and at most it was equivalent to the strength of the later stage of the foundation building of the human race. But weak is weak, and this lark has played the greatest role in its life.
As many sour texts say, history is often changed by small people. This finch did not change any major history, but it changed the fate of Li Chuyi, a small person.
There's no way, that little of fate has such a bad personality, and she can't see them get out so easily, so she got such a little guy to stir up the situation.
Alerted by this bird's voice, there were already several responses in the distant sky, and there were more and more responses. Li Chuyi couldn't wait to kill back and chop that damn stupid bird into meat sauce, just because it screamed, they had to run away with their heads dead.
"Are we going in the right direction, how far are we from getting out of the swamp?" asked Li Chuyi.
"I don't know!"
Li Sinian's unhesitating answer made his eyes widen directly, and he pointed to his nose as he ran, his hands trembling with anger.
"You don't know? You know you so well here, you don't know?"
Waving his hand away, Li Sinian said angrily: "Familiar fart, do you think this is my bathhouse? I've been wandering around in the fog all night like you, look here, except for the rotten grass and the lake, there is not even a landmark, how do I know where we are?!"
Li Chuyi was a little confused for a moment.
"So what are we going to do?
"What else can you do? You don't know how to tell fortunes, or do you have another hexagram?"
Li Chuyi was speechless for a moment.
He had read some fortune-telling books and Taoist priests had taught him, but his family knew his own business, and he knew very well that he was a genius and had no choice but to have nothing to do with this way. The previous hexagram was purely a joke, to put it bluntly, it was to find a reason to strengthen his determination to enter the swamp, and then let him start a hexagram to calculate where the road was, it would be better to run in one direction like now.
Li Sinian naturally knew that his words were pure ridicule. Seeing Li Chuyi's stinky face, he said helplessly: "Just run, run in a straight line, if you're lucky, you can always run out." I hope that the direction we are running in is not far from the shore, or we will really have to stay here with the ghosts to scare people. β
There was no way, and the two of them were in no mood to speak, so they ran forward with their heads down, silently praying that they would be blessed and the shore was not far ahead.
I don't know if their prayers worked, but after running for a long time, there was real movement ahead. It wasn't the edge of the swamp that arrived, but a few figures appeared.
Someone!
The two glanced at each other and rushed over without hesitation. The figure in the distance seemed to have spotted the two of them, and they turned around to greet them.
The two sides approached quickly, and it didn't take long for them to be able to see clearly.
There were three people on the other side, two men and one woman, and one of the older ones asked before they got closer: "Qingshan Cuibai, the two Taoist friends don't know where they came from, where are they going?"
"Vulgar and light, the two of us have traveled here from Siquji, and are preparing to go back. β
Li Sinian responded with a smile that was neither humble nor arrogant, but secretly transmitted the voice of Li Chuyi.
"Three righteous guys, I don't know which family they belong to. β
Needless to say, as soon as the words "green mountains and cypresses" came out, Li Chuyi knew that their identities and origins must be the right way.
It has not been long since he was in Mobei, and with Li Sinian by his side, Li Chuyi already has some understanding of some of the behaviors and habits of the Mobei monks.
The three forces in Mobei, or the three and a half forces, if they want to talk when people they don't know meet, they often add a mantra before talking to indicate their identity, and different forces have their own ways of greeting when they meet.
The first is a metaphor for the Mangshan Sword School, because there are countless pines and cypresses on the mountain of the Mangshan Sword School, and the Qingshan Cypress is also considered to be the occasion;
The evil way is more direct, when you don't know each other, you will first greet a "white clay covering the sky", and directly take half of the word "hundred saints", which means that the hundred saints will eventually lead the evil way to cover the sky and achieve the supreme avenue.
The Ice Palace and Silent Hill are neutral, and often use "Interpretation of the Relics" as a mantra to show that they are neutral and detached from the world.
As for the remaining half, it is an idle field cultivator like Li Sinian. There is no sect, no faction, and no one supports them, and the casual cultivators often respond with what Li Sinian said about "vulgarity and light", which can not only be compared to their own sharp edge and no quarrel with the world, but also can be said to be self-deprecating, implying that they are insignificant, talentless, incompetent, and do not want to cause trouble. Ambiguous words often make the other party scratch their heads, and if they have any crooked thoughts, they will hesitate a little bit and seriously weigh how to deal with things.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Sinian said this, the three people on the opposite side obviously relaxed, and the other two put down their hands.
"Hehe, it turned out to be a Taoist friend from Siqu. You and I are also destined to meet in Pingshui, but I don't know why the two of you left in such a hurry?"
I'm in a hurry, your uncle!
Li Chuyi scolded his mother in his heart, and the lark behind him didn't know when he would catch up, he was about to die, and this old man was still grinding and chirping here.
However, they came to ask for directions, and Li Chuyi didn't want to be sideways, so he could only scold in his heart, with no expression on his face, full of well-behaved and naΓ―ve.
Li Sinian is also anxious, but the more anxious he is, the more he can't panic. Patiently, he smiled wryly.
"Well, you don't know, I don't know what happened last night, but there was a large group of larks in this swamp, and they went crazy and didn't know what they were looking for. I was just curious to follow and take a few looks, to see if there was any chance to touch, but the birds that I didn't expect were crazy and turned around and chased me all the way. My brother and I managed to get here through the fog, and although we got rid of them, we got lost. β
As he spoke, Li Sinian looked at the three of them with a happy face.
"Fortunately, I met three Taoist friends here. I also hope that the three Taoist friends will help each other and inform me of the way the two of them are going out, and I am very grateful, and he will be rewarded in the future!"
After looking at the two people in rags, looking at the unhealed wounds and scorch marks on their bodies, the three of them believed most of them. When he saw Li Sinian exposed his soft armor outside, the middle-aged man led by him had a flash in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. It's just that the fiery color in his eyes was still looked at by the sharp-eyed Li Chuyi, and he couldn't help but secretly mention it in his heart.
After thinking about it, the three of them silently exchanged a few glances, as if they were talking about something. At the end, the middle-aged man turned his head and clenched his fists.
"The two Taoist friends are serious, my generation of righteous people, what they are talking about is chivalry and righteousness. It's just pointing out the way, it's not a kindness, don't take it to heart. It's just that there is something to ask for in the future, and I hope that Taoist friends can say it clearly. β
Li Sinian hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't dare, don't dare, fellow Daoist, please ask." As long as you know below, you will know everything!"
The middle-aged man smiled slightly and asked, "According to what Daoyou said, you have encountered a group of larks, I don't know how many of those finches there are?"
Li Chuyi's face was silent, but he secretly sneered in his heart, knowing what this guy's idea was.
Li Sinian naturally guessed it, but he continued to smile bitterly on his face.
"Last night the fog was thick, and there were already thousands of larks in direct contact with us, and there were countless finches faintly coming in the mist. We didn't dare to stay longer, and after killing the nearest pursuer, we ran all the way, and we don't know exactly how many. β
Saying that, he pretended to be moved in his heart and looked at the middle-aged man thoughtfully.
"Daoyou, but you want to explore the opportunity? I will persuade Daoyou to not think too much. The finch didn't know what was going on, so he killed people when he saw them, and he didn't even let go of the ghosts in the mist, and was wiped out in an instant by them. Although the cultivation of the three Daoists is exquisite, if they go, I am afraid they will not be spared!"
"Hmph, people are different, don't use your standards to measure our cultivation!" said the young man behind the middle-aged man proudly.
He is not as amiable as a middle-aged person, and he seems to be very disdainful of Li Sinian's status as a casual cultivator.
Li Chuyi smiled on his face, but in his heart, he had slapped his bear face dozens of times.
Everyone is refining gods, what is there to be proud of here? This is going to change the Taoist priest here, and it is estimated that he will not be able to take care of his life with a direct slap.
The young man was arrogant, but the middle-aged man and the woman were thoughtful. Especially the woman, as if she was afraid that Li Sinian would be angry, glared at the young man fiercely, and then smiled at Li Sinian.
"Don't be surprised by Daoyou, my junior brother is young and vigorous, he has no malicious intentions, and I hope that Daoist friends don't take it to heart. β
Li Sinian hurriedly waved his hand and said "don't dare".
Finally, he sighed and said seriously: "I can point you the direction, but I really advise you not to go, really don't go." You didn't see last night's posture, I feel like a master of the Yuan Infant Yuan Shen is coming, and he will be torn to pieces by them!"
"Humph!"
sneered, the young man seemed to be about to laugh at Li Sinian, but was glared at by the woman again, and even the middle-aged man led by him looked back at him, and then he turned his head stupidly, as if he didn't want to look at Li Sinian's "coward".
Coughing lightly, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "My generation of monks, in addition to diligent cultivation and hard practice, the rest is the word fate. If we catch up with the current thing but don't look at it, it will be detrimental to our Dao heart. We have memorized the warning training of Taoist friends, but we still hope that Taoist friends can point out the direction. I'll wait and see, if it's really impossible, we won't stop, and we hope that Daoist friends will be fulfilled!"
After speaking, the middle-aged man clenched his fists and arched his hands, looking at Li Sinian with hope on his face.
Li Sinian "pondered" for a long time, and was finally "moved" by the eyes of the middle-aged man, and nodded helplessly.