From autumn to winter, the weather is getting colder day by day. The hills were barren, with only a few bare branches left, swaying in the cold wind. A village sits quietly in the valley, with no smoke in sight and no flags in sight.

Li Que walked into the village, the doors of each house were tightly closed, there was no figure, only the dust and sand swept up by the wind swirled in the air. Faintly, the sound of the wind seems to carry a melody, sometimes rising and sometimes suppressing, sometimes slow and sometimes urgent. There is a thatched hut in the village, which is fenced off. The roof is collapsing, the doors are tilted, and it is dilapidated, and it must have been a long time since anyone lived in it.

Li Que pushed open the door of the house and saw that the house was even more messy, but fortunately there was a broken table. He sat down at the table, set up the flask he had brought with him, poured out the wine he had brought from the previous market town, and drank it alone. He drank until dark, and drank all the jugs of wine, not at all as if he had been in a hurry. The melody in the wind became clearer and clearer until it became the sound of the piano.

Li Que put down the wine jug, lifted the Maitreya knife, walked out of the hut, followed the direction of the sound of the piano, crossed the main road in the village, and came to a compound. In a large house in the courtyard, a curtain was rolled in front of the house, and behind the curtain was a piano, and a black-clothed masked man sat next to the piano. This situation and this scene, Li Que should be quite familiar.

Suddenly, the sound of the piano trembled. Li Que raised the knife to block, and the back of the knife made a "dang" sound, and then sparks splashed everywhere.

The curtain was rolled up, and the laughter of Yunwailou came from the house: "Li Que, do you still know this qin?" ”

How could Li Que not know? Back then, in Yunfu in Hangzhou, it was this piano that took away his left leg. Unexpectedly, four years later, this piano and him met here again. Li Que said: "Phantom Finger Qinsha, since yesterday, you have led me here with the sound of the piano, just to seek revenge on me. I have something important to do, but if I don't make a break with you first, I'm afraid it will be difficult to move forward, so I'm just waiting for you to show up! ”

"Are you going to save Ye Feng?" Yun Wailou raised his right hand and stretched out four fingers, except for one little finger, "Ye Feng has a feud with the old man who has a broken finger, how can the old man allow you to save him?" ”

Li Que touched his left leg and said, "You said, Ye Feng broke your finger, but didn't you also cut off my foot?" And what shall be the reckoning between me and thee? ”

Yun Wailou shouted: "Hmph! You dare to steal books from my house, the old man should have broken your body into pieces, if Ye Feng hadn't rescued you, wouldn't you have broken a leg? This time, you and Ye Feng are all going to die! ”

Li Que also shouted: "The devil! Let's see, today, are you avenging your sheet music, or am I avenging my left leg? ”

Yun Wailou plucked the strings, and the notes popped out from between the strings, like thorns and nails, faster and faster. Li Que showed the blade, jumped up and down, and shook left and right. Both of them have the same moves as they did four years ago. It's just that Yunwailou is missing a finger, and the sound of the piano is not as fast as it was back then; Li Que is missing a leg, and his skills are not as agile as they were back then. Yun Wailou took a fancy to Li Que's inconvenience in his left leg and specialized in his left side. Li Que blocked a move with a horizontal knife and retreated to the courtyard wall.

At this time, another person broke into the courtyard and shouted: "Stop! ”

The sound of the piano stopped. Yun Wailou looked at it, and the person who came had his hands over his knees, which was different from ordinary people, and his heart was dark: "Could this person be Mu Xiu, the sun picker?" "At the beginning, when Mu Xiu and Li Que went to Yunfu to steal books, Yunwailou only met Li Que, but not Mu Xiu, so he didn't recognize Mu Xiu.

However, Li Que recognized Mu Xiu, so he asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

Mu Xiu replied: "This matter is caused by me, how can I stand idly by?" ”

"Who are you?" Yun Wailou asked.

Mu Xiu replied: "I am the Mu Xiu you are looking for." ”

Yun Wailou was overjoyed and said: "It's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!" The old man originally planned to get rid of Li Que and Ye Feng first, and then go to you, but you sent it to the door yourself. ”

Mu Xiu asked rhetorically: "Adversary! You're always clamoring for revenge. Now, we're both here, but have you got your revenge? ”

Yun Wailou frowned and said, "Hmph! Do you think that if the two of you go together, the old man will be afraid of you? ”

Muxiu said, "We're not going to beat you one by two. He looked at Li Que, "Last time, in Hangzhou, I left my brother behind. This is the one thing I regret the most in my life. He turned his head to face Yunwailou again, "Today, it's just me and you, let's have a one-on-one duel!" ”

Yun Wailou laughed and said, "It's exactly what I want!" ”

Li Que shouted at Mu Xiu: "You don't have to do this! But before he could finish speaking, Mu Xiu had already rushed out.

Unlike Li Que, between the arrow-like sounds of the piano, Mu Xiu only focused on burying his head forward. Although the notes tore through his shirt, cut his arms, and slashed his cheeks, they couldn't stop him from approaching Yunwailou. Because, the sound of the piano in Yunwailou is from the "Magic Qin Score", and the "Magic Qin Score" is divided into six parts, so the sound of the qin is also divided into six types: the golden sound is crisp, the wood sound is rich, the earth sound is low, the water sound is rapid, the fire sound is high-pitched, and the magic sound is mysterious. And these six notes actually represent six types of airflow. It is through this air flow that the Moqin injures the enemy. Mu Xiu had studied the "Wood" in the "Magic Qin Score" and knew how to resolve it. He only needed to find the notes from "Wood" and hold its air flow with his sun-picking hand, and then cracked the wooden sound, thus opening a passage to Yunwailou between the complex notes.

After Mu Xiu took three or five steps forward, Yunwailou saw the clue, so he stopped the wooden sound and only played the other five tones. However, the six martial arts in the "Magic Qin Score" all follow the method of the five elements of mutual restraint, and Mu Xiu learned "Wood", which can not only decipher the wooden sound, but also restrain the earth sound. Therefore, even if Yunwailou does not use Mu Yin, Mu Xiu can still find a breakthrough. If Yunwailou doesn't even use Tuyin, although he can completely hide his flaws, his skills can only be used six or seven percent, and he has no chance of winning. Yunwailou seems to have run out of options.

In the blink of an eye, Mu Xiu had already rushed to the front of Yunwailou, and just stretched out his right hand, but he heard a crisp note suddenly burst out from between the strings, like a hammer hitting steel. Just this sound made Mu Xiu's right hand numb. After a few more similar sounds, Mu Xiu's ears tingled, and his whole body was weak, and he was bounced back several feet away.

Yun Wailou said proudly: "Your martial arts internal strength today is mostly derived from stealing the old man's "Magic Qin Score". If you use this skill to fight against the old man, it's like a hatchet! You will use wood to overcome soil, and the old man can't use gold to overcome wood? ”

Mu Xiu immediately got up and rushed towards Yunwai Tower again. He had already figured out the path of the piano in Yunwailou, so he could predict the direction of Muyin and Tuyin, so he could quickly rush to the piano. The crisp golden sound sounded immediately. Muxiu had nowhere to dodge and did not dodge, still holding out his right hand. His right hand was hit again, equally numb. But as soon as he clenched his right fist, a stream of true qi came down from his right shoulder, gathered in his wrist, and burst the artery. Blood gushed out like a volcanic eruption, splashing onto the back of Yun Wailou's hand.

Yun Wailou was really surprised, and there was a momentary pause in the sound of the piano. At this moment, Mu Xiu stretched out his left hand again and grabbed all seven strings of the magic qin. Yun Wailou hurriedly pressed the piano surface with both hands. Mu Xiu pulled back. The strings were torn into bowstrings. The two of them exerted another force, and the strings broke in the "jingle" sound.

The Phantom Finger Piano relies on a magic piano, if the magic piano has no strings, then what is so terrible about the Phantom Finger Piano? Mu Xiu grew momentum because of this, completely forgot the pain in his right hand, and grabbed straight at Yun Wailou's throat. Yun Wailou remained silent, and when Mu Xiu approached, he suddenly picked up the piano, and the piano turned over in the air. Only then did Mu Xiu realize that there was still a string on the back of the piano, but it was too late for him to stop Yun Wailou from plucking the string.

Yun Wailou only played one note. To Li Que's ears, this note did not make any sound. But in Mu Xiu's heart, this note is like an eagle striking the sky and a dragon roaring for nine days; It is like a landslide and the earth cracks, and the waves are stormy; It's like a blazing flame and a gloomy wind, which simply combines the essence of the six kinds of piano notes into this single note. Mu Xiu felt that his heart was broken. Blood spurted from his seven orifices. If it weren't for the internal strength of "Wood", I'm afraid he would have been broken.

Yun Wailou stabilized the magic qin and said, "The old man didn't expect that you would abandon your right hand and tear off the old man's seven strings; However, you didn't expect that the old man's magic harp still has an eighth string, right? The person who is hit by this eighth string has a chaotic heart rhythm, the meridians are retrograde, and he is not dead or disabled, which is called the eight tones piercing the heart. If you can force the old man to use this trick, you can be regarded as a little capable! Now, your end has come, why don't you hand over "Wood" soon? ”

Mu Xiu covered his chest and vomited half a liter of blood, but instead he smiled and said, "It's a pity, even if you kill me and find "Wood", you won't be able to find all the "Magic Qin Scores". ”

Yun Wailou also smiled: "You don't have to worry about this!" The old man can find out that you stole "Wood", and naturally he can also find out who stole the remaining five "Magic Qin Scores". ”

Mu Xiu asked, "Do you already know who that mysterious man is?" ”

Yun Wailou replied: "Hmph! How many things in this world can be hidden from the old man? He thinks he has done a clever job, and sooner or later he will die at the hands of the old man! ”

Li Que, who had been watching the battle from the sidelines, couldn't tell what it was like to see this. Mu Xiu had explained to Li Que several times about that mysterious person, but he never believed it. But now, listening to Yun Wailou's tone, it seems that the mysterious person does exist. If this is the case, then what Mu Xiu said ......" Thinking of this, Li Que didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Who is he?" Mu Xiu asked.

Yun Wailou looked at Mu Xiu, then at Li Que, and said, "Now that the matter is over, it doesn't hurt to tell you." The person who stole the other five copies of "Magic Qin Score" was none other than Zhong Liyan. ”

"Zhong Liyan?" Mu Xiu clenched his fists, "It turned out to be him!" ”

Yun Wailou pointed at Li Que and said, "It's ridiculous. This time, it was Zhong Liyan who asked the old man to come here to rob and kill Li Que. He thought that the old man didn't know that he was involved in stealing books, and he wanted to take advantage of the old man; As everyone knows, when the old man kills you, he will be the next one to kill. ”

Li Que stood quietly, holding the Maitreya knife tightly in his hand. Now, he finally believes that the mysterious man is real, and everything that Muxiu told him is true. Mu Xiu left Yunfu alone in order to chase Zhong Liyan. However, Li Que took Mu Xiu as a fledgling battle. It was this moment of misunderstanding that caused Li Que to break his leg. As a result, resentment filled Li Que's mind, causing him to no longer believe any of Mu Xiu's explanations. The so-called brothers, the so-called friendships, have all been ruthlessly abandoned. So, is it Mu Xiu or Li Que who caused all this? Li Que fell into deep thought and couldn't say anything. He didn't know whether he was shocked or reflected, resentful or annoyed at this moment; All he knew was that his heart could not be calmed, and his sword was thirsting to be unsheathed.

Yun Wailou plucked the eighth string and said, "Now, it's time for you to hand over the wood." ”

Mu Xiu smiled: "Since I have taken it, how can I return it?" ”

Yun Wailou frowned and said, "Then you will die!" ”

The silent note pops up again. Muhew's body rolled to the right, and the note only hit the ground after he rolled away. Yun Wailou plucked the strings again. Mu Xiu propped himself up on the ground with his left hand, and his body leaped into the air, the air flow of the notes passing under him. Before Mu Xiu landed, the third note had popped up in Yunwailou. This note was impartially hitting Musiu's left leg.

However, before Yun Wailou could see the blood flowing from Mu Xiu's legs, and before he could hear Mu Xiu's screams, his eyes lit up. A knife, reflecting the moonlight, flashed before his eyes. Although the eighth string is powerful, it is only one string after all, and it cannot be played as fast as seven strings. Just between the third and fourth notes, the Maitreya knife disrupted the rhythm. Yun Wailou's eyes were wide open, perhaps because he had never seen such a fast knife, and he never thought that this knife could cut his throat. By the time he saw it, blood had burst down his throat and onto the strings. The phantom finger is dead.

Li Que walked up to Mu Xiu and saw that Mu Xiu's left leg was covered with blood, just like he had back then. The grievances between them were born because of the phantom fingers, should they also be extinguished with the phantom fingers? In the past four years, Li Que has become accustomed to seeing Mu Xiu as a ruthless and unrighteous person, and now it is not easy to suddenly change. After a long time, Li Que spit out a word: "I ......"

"Be careful!" Mu Xiu suddenly shouted and pushed Li Que away.

When Li Que looked back, he saw a figure crashing into Mu Xiu like lightning. It turned out that in this village, there was another killer in ambush. He was always looking for an opportunity to make a fatal move to Li Que. This person is Wei Xing. His moon-chasing legs were as fast as lightning, as accurate as arrows, and as fierce as sharp blades, but they still couldn't escape Mu Xiu's eyes. However, Mu Xiu pushed Li Que away, but he didn't have time to dodge. Wei Xing's right foot kicked firmly into Mu Xiu's chest.

Mu Xiu endured the severe pain, and grabbed Wei Xing's right knee with a thunderous force with his left hand, making Wei Xing unable to move. Mu Xiu spat out a mouthful of blood, accompanied by an earth-shattering roar, injected all the strength of his body into the five fingers of his left hand, pinched it heavily, and only heard a few "crunks", and smashed Wei Xing's kneecaps. The Moon-Chaser leg was destroyed by this last move.

When Wei Xing rolled on the ground with his knees in his hands, Mu Xiu collapsed from exhaustion. Li Que witnessed this scene. Just a moment ago, he was still thinking about how to apologize to Mu Xiu; A moment later, Muxiu had collapsed in front of him. He rushed up, held up Mu Xiu's head, quickly wiped the blood from the corner of Mu Xiu's mouth, his heart was entangled, he couldn't say anything, just shouted: "Brother Mu!" ”

Mu Xiu opened his eyes and looked at Li Que, exhausted his strength, and said, "I was ...... Not really...... Intentional ......"

Li Que nodded again and again and said, "I know." ”

Muxiu said again, "I...... Learn the ...... of "Wood" It's for ...... Cracking ......"

Li Que still said: "I know. ”

Muxiu said: "After reading it...... I'm going to ...... "Wood"...... Ruined ......"

Li Que's vision was already blurred, he gritted his teeth and said, "You did the right thing!" ”

Muxiu stretched out his bloody right hand.

Li Que grabbed him.

Suddenly, Mu Xiu breathed rapidly and shouted, "Brother Ye! Brother Ye! ”

Li Que said: "I will save him!" ”

Muxiu slowly closed his eyes.

Li Que's heart sank, as if the world had become dead in an instant, and he could only hear the heartbeat of "plop, plop". Li Que also had this feeling, and that was when Su Qing died. The difference is that this time, he didn't feel like an end, because there was still a lot to say and a lot to do. But now, to whom else can these words be spoken? With whom else can these things be done? There is only the sound of the wind, only the cold Maitreya knife.

Li Que put down Mu Xiu, stood up, took the knife, turned around, stared at Wei Xing, who was dragging his stump leg out, and walked over quietly.

Wei Xing just shouted: "Don't ...... Don't kill me! The Maitreya knife cut a scimitar. Wei Xing's head fell to the ground and rolled several times.

When the morning sun rose, Li Que had already buried Mu Xiu, and the two heads of Yunwailou and Wei Xing were sacrificed in front of the grave. But this did not calm Li Que's mood. In his heart, the scene of him and Su Qing, Mu Xiu, and Ye Feng, the three friends of life and death, going into the rivers and lakes together, was still yesterday. But now, Su Qing and Mu Xiu have both died because of him, how can this not make him grief-stricken? So, he secretly swore an oath: "If I can't save Ye Feng from fire and water, I, Li Que, will be in vain!" ”