Chapter 90: The Covenant of Life and Death (I)
After knocking on the door for the third time, Hu Ran understood that his method was useless, and the other party would not be stupid enough to be frightened by the same thing three times. She took a breath of cold air, took a few steps back, rushed forward, jumped up violently, kicked the wall and sent it upward, climbed up with both hands, and flipped to the top of the courtyard wall, but she couldn't hold on steadily, and her body shook and fell.
Boom!
The cold and hard ground gave Hu Ran a heavy blow, making half of her body hurt hotly. She didn't make a sound, but stood up with her hands on the ground, and looked into the room as vigilantly as a hare.
Hu Ran knew very well that her strength was far from enough to deal with any enemy, but she also knew the treacherous situation in the heavenly capital, she couldn't trust anyone easily, the only thing she could completely believe in was Shang Chonggu and Bian Shihan in Qingteng Garden, but she knew that she couldn't run back to call someone, what she could do was to follow Ning Du and leave a signal for help.
After all, Ning Du is the master of Yulong Street, and Hu Ran has always remembered the special symbols of Yulong Street, and there are some left along the way. In fact, as Hu Ran expected, the core personnel of Yulong Street immediately reported it to Shun Er after discovering the symbol, and Shun Er immediately understood what was going on.
It has been a long time since the old bookstore incident, and the ordinary people of Tiandu may not know exactly what happened, but Shun Er of Yulong Street knows very well what happened, and the chauffeur who fled came back to report to him as soon as possible, and a series of events after that proved Shun Er's inference.
"Xiao Ningye, Yulong Street really can't help you anymore. Shun Er sighed slightly, quickly sent someone to inform Qingteng Garden, and sent someone to chase after him along the symbol.
Hu Ran didn't know what the situation was outside, she looked at the completely closed doors and windows, adjusted her breathing, stood up straight, and walked towards the room without concealment. Instead of covering your ears and stealing the bell, it is better to be upright.
The door is unlocked, and it opens with a push of force. The room was pitch black, there was no sound, only a pile of large jars in the dark.
Hu Ran glanced at it, and could only make a general appearance in the dark. She felt that Ning Du was not in those big jars, so she walked around the dark room.
"Young Master is here, right here, right here. β
Hu Ran had already walked the entire house, but he didn't find any trace of Ning Du. She stood there and thought for a moment, then looked up.
"If the young master is on it......"
Hu Ran opened the window, and the north wind poured in from one window and out from the other, making a whirring sound.
"Not on it......" Hu Ran carefully identified the sound of the wind, making sure that there was nothing on the roof except for the beams, otherwise the sound of the wind would definitely change. "Since it's not above, it's only underground. β
Hu Ran leaned down and began to tap on the floor, and she tapped every step to check in the shape of a plum blossom, which was undoubtedly the most time-saving.
Knock, knock, knock......
Finally, there was a different sound on a piece of the floor, Hu Ran knocked on the corners and periphery of the floor, and made sure that the bottom was empty, she carefully groped for the side cracks, and found that there was dust on it.
"Didn't you open it directly?" Hu Ran frowned slightly. "Is it related to the vitality?"
Hu Ran didn't know much about the world of Yuanqi, and she didn't even understand what Yuanqi was. But after following Ning Du for so long, she felt that she still understood vitality.
"I'm good at instrumental veins, and if I have vitality, I can definitely feel it. β
Hu Ran closed his eyes, put his hand on the floor and touched it gently. She instantly entered a strange state, as if the whole world was made up of different threads.
If Mr. Wu Yue was here, he would definitely be extremely surprised, because this state of observing the veins of the instrument is not something that can be entered if you want to, and people with high talent make all preparations, and they may not be able to succeed in spending ten days and half a month, but Hu Ran seems to be effortless.
"The pattern is like this. Hu Ran quickly figured out the vein, but she was only able to detect the approximate situation, and there shouldn't be any possibility of cracking this formation with her not understanding the vitality at all.
"Bian Jiao Xi said that acupuncture points and acupuncture points are interconnected, and there must be a reaction between each other, if you look at this pattern as a person, then you only need to try to find out the connection and reaction between them, and you can open it......"
Hu Ran took out the carving knife he was carrying from his sleeve and pointed it on the pattern.
In the darkness, there seems to be light, and Hu Ran is changing the light.
The sharp carving knife turned and made a long mark on the floor, and the "pattern" in Hu Ran's eyes flashed. Her feet immediately became hollow, and she didn't have time to react, and fell straight down. Even Hu Ran herself didn't expect to be able to unlock the formation here, she just devoted herself to the scrutiny of the vein, and added a little luck to succeed.
Boom!
Fortunately, this hole is not deep, and Hu Ran did not faint, but this is enough to make people unbearable.
The terrifying heat on the ground had not yet dissipated, and the pain of the burn exceeded the pain caused by the impact, Hu Ran immediately stood up, and she also felt Ning Du in front of her.
"Young Master......" Hu Ran's voice was exceptionally small, full of doubts and puzzles.
Even if there was no glimmer of light in front of him, Hu Ran was very sure that the person in front of him was Ning Du. But Ning Du gave her a different feeling than usual, as if half of the person in front of her was Ning Du, who she was familiar with, and half was not.
As soon as Ning Du's eyes full of murderous intent stared at Hu Ran, he had the desire to kill, and he suddenly punched out, but it stopped in mid-air.
Doubts appeared in Ning Du's eyes.
"Who is the person in front of you......
"Young master, I'm Hu Ran. Hu Ran's shoes had been completely burned, and she stepped on the ground like a red-hot iron plate and took a step forward.
"Who is the person in front of you......" Ning Du couldn't think of anything at all, he could only follow the desires that welled up in his heart, but instinct still kept him motionless.
"Young master, I'm Hu Ran. Hu Ran took another step forward, she didn't seem to feel the pain, met Ning Du's fist in mid-air, and held it with both hands.
"Young master, I'm Hu Ran. β
The doubts in Ning Du's eyes were even heavier, and he froze in place, like a sculpture.
"Who am I?"
"Who is the person in front of you?"
"Why do you think she's so familiar?"
Originally, the "Heavenly Demon Killing", which only relied on devouring Ning Du's strength, was not powerful, but the "Heavenly Demon Killing" directly forcibly devoured the "Sealing Immortal Ghost Seal", and suddenly it was extremely powerful, making Ning Du unable to suppress it. But after all, the time that the "Heavenly Demon Killing" occupied Ning Du's body was relatively short, and it had not completely devoured Ning Du.
"Young master, it's okay. Hu Ran took another step forward and hugged Ning Du with open hands.
Ning Du had the same situation during the Qingyun test of the Wanguo Dynasty, and in the end he was safe, and Hu Ran believed that this time there must be nothing wrong. In fact, she was more afraid than anyone else in her heart, afraid that Ning Du would not change back to her original appearance. However, she believed in Ning Du, and she felt that the pain on her body was nothing compared to the pain that Ning Du was suffering now.
"Young Master, Hu Ran is here. β
The surging killing intent forced Ning Du to raise his hand violently, ready to slap it with one palm. Needless to say, Hu Ran, who is weak, even a strong person who has entered the house in the hegemonic body trick will become ashes under Ning Du's palm.
"Young Masterβ"
Ning Du slapped it with one palm!
ββ
The Star Map has been running for many years, and it is inevitable that there will be some small loopholes, especially in recent years, the funding received by the Dragon Academy has been reduced year after year, and only important vulnerabilities can be patched, and other minor vulnerabilities cannot be patched immediately.
Everyone said that Tiandu's Imperial Dragon Courtyard was fat, and they would never have imagined that the Imperial Dragon Courtyard would not even be able to come up with the money to repair the star map. And the loopholes on the star map were also sold by the people of the Imperial Dragon Academy as valuable things.
The people of the Royal Dragon Temple are far more capable of doing business than some well-known merchants. Instead of marking the locations of the star map with vulnerabilities on the map for sale, they divided the map into ten grades, and the probability of the existence of vulnerabilities marked on each map is different, and the higher the level, the higher the probability, and the higher the price. However, even the vulnerabilities marked on the highest-level maps are not necessarily real. So finding an exact vulnerability requires a lot of trying, and even the lowest maps have the potential to be possible, which attracts bad actors.
The Dark Fire Organization of the Southern Kingdom can be said to invest quite a lot in the Heavenly Capital every year, and it is this manpower and material resources that enables them to master the three loopholes in the star map.
The three Dark Fire personnel who rushed from Fangyuan City each infiltrated through a loophole. However, a fierce battle broke out.
The people of Darkfire would not be stupid enough to predict that the Imperial Forest Army and the Eastern Jin Guard would set up an ambush at the hole, but they had no better choice but to try a hole, maybe not more people know about it, or Tiandu would not have enough troops to defend every hole.
The battle ended extremely quickly, and no matter how strong the people of Dark Fire were, they couldn't defeat the absolutely powerful Imperial Forest Army and Dong Jinwei.
"Two places, still haven't found Ning Du?" Commander Cai's brows furrowed even tighter. "Is the person of the dark fire in a hurry to answer? This shows that the situation of the dark fire who robbed Ning Du is not optimistic! If the order goes on, if anyone breaks in again, they must not do anything, and they must be stared at to death!"
"Yes!"
The north wind howled more fiercely in the middle of the night, but it couldn't disturb people's good dreams, but it was constantly stirring the nerves of the Imperial Forest Army and Dong Jinwei, as well as the nerves that sneaked into the dark fire.
"That's where his 'flare' comes from. "The Darkfire men quietly killed the man sent by Fish Dragon Street to find the marker, and disposed of the body very cleanly. He stood in the middle of the alley and looked at the courtyard hidden in the night, his eyes gradually filled with murderous intent.
"With the dark fire, with the south, I will not disappoint your efforts!"