Chapter Twenty-Three: The Two Heavens of Ice and Fire
On this dark and windy night, in this small shop in the wilderness, there was an old man with white hair, staring at Hua Yufei and the other four, and Hua Yufei was terrified. Although Hua Yufei had never seen this old man, the white hair was a ghost that appeared in Hua Yufei's mind all the time.www.biquge.info Master's entrustment, the rise and fall of Shushan, and the stability of the world all came to his heart for a while.
Leng Qiuxun didn't say a word, and slowly raised his right hand. I saw the heat emanating from the upper floors rushing straight into her palm, pushing the cold air around her to both sides. Hua Yufei and the others also felt the strong airflow, and couldn't help but cover their faces with their arms. The Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystals in the room actually floated out with the air current, slowly moving towards Leng Qiuxun's palm.
"It's so strong!" Hua Yufei has been cultivating the Qi Sect swordsmanship since he was a child, and has always regarded the non-sword dao person as the first true qi in the world, but now he has seen the true qi that is even more powerful than the master, "Could this be the skill of the white-haired ice demon?" Hua Yufei clenched his sword, took a deep breath, turned into the tips of his two fingers, and pointed hard at the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal. The sword qi came from the fingers and hit the spirit stone directly. Listening to the sound of the "bell", the air flow was interrupted, then weakened, and gradually dissipated. The Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystal lost its light again and fell to the ground.
Leng Qiuxun was shocked, she didn't expect that there was someone here who could exert such internal force, which was enough to disrupt her true qi. She found out that this internal force came from a neatly dressed young swordsman, so she asked, "You are also from the Shushan faction?" ”
Hua Yufei waved his sword and replied, "Exactly! You must be the white-haired ice demon? ”
Leng Qiuxun sneered and said, "Hmph! Even your old Taoist master is a defeated soldier under Lao Sheng, and you yellow-haired boy dare to come to die? ”
"Master?" Since Hua Yufei came down the mountain, he has always been worried about the safety of his master without a sword, and now when he sees Leng Qiuxun chasing after him, and hearing her say this, how can he not be nervous? "What's wrong with my master?"
Leng Qiuxun still replied coldly: "It's dead!" ”
"What? Master? He's dead? This...... That's impossible! Although Hua Yufei had faintly sensed that his master had the determination to die from the words of no kendo person, Hua Yufei still couldn't accept this reality. The master he has always admired and loved the most, in his heart, is like a fairy and a master who has been prosperous for a long time, but he died! Hua Yufei's heart was pierced by a sharp sword, his eyes were ruddy, his throat was choked, and his whole body was trembling. He fell to one knee on the ground, his head bowed, his sword propped up, and his mouth was repeating, "This is impossible!" That's impossible! ”
Zhang Er and Han Da watched from the sidelines, although they didn't know the reason, they could probably guess one or two. Zhang Er asked Han Da in a low voice: "Hey! Isn't this guy's master the head of the Shushan faction? Han Da nodded. Zhang Er's eyes widened, and he asked again: "So, the head of the Shushan faction is dead?" Han Da nodded again.
After Liu Piaopiao heard this, he turned around and glared at the two of them fiercely, and said, "Don't speak!" ”
Hua Yufei wiped his tears, stood up, drew his sword and pointed it at Leng Qiuxun, gritted his teeth and said, "You demon, kill my master!" I don't share the sky with you! After speaking, a sword qi was thrown out. But Leng Qiuxun only slightly turned sideways and dodged this sword qi. No matter how much sword qi Ren Hua Yufei exerted, he couldn't hurt Leng Qiuxun in the slightest. Hua Yufei realized that the white-haired ice demon was indeed not in vain, but the revenge of killing the master made him unable to retreat, and the Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystal also made him have no way to retreat. He thought of the scene when the master took him in, thought of the way the master taught him to swing the sword every time, thought of the words that the master entrusted him before leaving, and thought of the bits and pieces of his ten years in Shushan. As a result, the sword qi full of hatred and anger gathered into his right hand, and pushed it to the tip of the sword through his right hand. As soon as this gas comes out, the mountains and rivers are pneumatous! The wind was blowing, the tables and chairs were slamming around, the whole shop was shaking, Hua Yufei and his sword were gradually disappearing in the wind and sand, and even Liu Piaopiao looked at him flickering.
"Humph! It's Tai Chi Sword again! "Leng Qiuxun is naturally not afraid of Hua Yufei. She was also able to set off a storm, like she had on the top of Shu Mountain, for another duel with the Tai Chi Sword, but she didn't use Extreme Coldness, because that was only done in front of someone she considered a master. She closed her eyes, listened to the sound briefly, and then flicked her sleeves, and a cold air quickly broke out.
The wind stopped, the air dispersed, and Leng Qiuxun hit the sword, not Hua Yufei! Hua Yufei had moved behind Leng Qiuxun, and he was decisively a palm. This trick, Hua Yufei also used it on Huashan against Chi Jin. But Leng Qiuxun is not Chi Jin after all, although he was a little surprised, he can still react. Although Hua Yufei's palm touched Leng Qiuxun, it was blocked from the body by a rapidly accumulating cold air, and the palm power could not penetrate, and gradually dissolved into invisibility. When Hua Yufei declined, Leng Qiuxun reflexively shook his right hand and hit Hua Yufei's right cheek. However, Hua Yufei in front of Leng Qiuxun's eyes slowly blurred until it disappeared, this is another afterimage! Before Leng Qiuxun could see clearly, he felt another murderous aura behind him. She hurriedly turned around, and a sword had reached her chest, it was Hua Yufei's sword! It turned out that after Hua Yufei failed to hit Leng Qiuxun with the palm just now, he had already learned that the opponent's strength was far above his own, and he also expected that he would be in danger, so he hurriedly used an afterimage method to leave, and then took advantage of Leng Qiuxun's inattention, picked up the sword and killed it back.
Leng Qiuxun was lucky again, and the sword blade stopped only an inch away from her, but she couldn't move forward anymore. Hua Yufei gathered the true qi of his whole body and concentrated it in the palm of his right hand. I saw the wind rise again, and Jian Feng struggled in the wind. Hua Yufei pushed his right hand suddenly, and Leng Qiuxun also resisted hard. At this moment, all the true qi burst out together. With a loud "bang", as if a big explosion had occurred, all the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks flew out. Hua Yufei was ejected several feet away and fell heavily to the ground. Even Leng Qiuxun couldn't match this power, and he was shocked and took seven or eight steps back.
Leng Qiuxun couldn't help but be furious when she saw the scratches she left on the ground, clenched her fists, held her breath, and the cold immediately gathered around her. Hua Yufei slowly got up, feeling that the cold wind was biting, and he could vaguely see some ice and snow. Although he knew that he could not withstand such a strong cold, he still clenched his sword and vowed to fight Leng Qiuxun until the last moment.
Han Da had been watching upstairs for so long, and he was already stunned by Leng Qiuxun's skill, and couldn't help but say, "Oops! This old lady is so powerful, I don't think this brother of the Shushan faction is her opponent! ”
Zhang Er was also trembling, couldn't help but look at Liu Piaopiao, and asked, "Boss, do you think she will kill us together?" ”
Of course, Liu Piaopiao's heart is also up and down. Although this is in her inn, although she is a dignified Guanzhong dominatrix, there is no room for her to interfere at all now. The cold wind of the cold autumn was too much for her to bear. She hugged herself and crouched on the ground. As soon as I squatted down, I felt a burst of warmth, as if I had come to the oven. She turned her head to see that it was a Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystal that was emitting heat. She recalled that Hua Yufei had said that this stone was a very important object, and quickly gave Zhang Er and Ambassador Han a look.
Hua Yufei had been blown by the wind and couldn't move, and his whole body was cold, and his fingers and toes were gradually numb. Leng Qiuxun pushed his palms, and the cold wind turned into a cold current and surged. This will be a fatal blow to Hua Yufei! Hua Yufei couldn't support it anymore, his eyes were already blurred, although he could sense the murderous aura coming, he was helpless. He couldn't help but close his eyes and whispered, "Master! Shame on you! ”
At this moment, Zhang Er picked up the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal, aimed it in the direction of the cold wind, and threw it vigorously. As soon as the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal encountered the cold air, it quickly transpired, hanging in the air, emitting red light and heat to the surroundings, and the cold air around Hua Yufei was gradually dissolved.
"Damn!" The Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal was originally used by Leng Qiuxun to dissolve the backlash of the Cold-Causing Demon Skill, but she didn't want to use it herself before she was used by others to dissolve her Cold-Inducing Demon Skill. However, the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal had not yet been completely refined, and its effectiveness was still limited, so Leng Qiuxun struck it hard and knocked it to the ground, the red light no longer existed, and the heat attenuated a lot.
Liu Piaopiao, Zhang Er, and Han Da took the opportunity to jump down from the upper floor. Han Da shouted, "Hurry up!" The kitchen has a secret passage! ”
Hua Yufei regained his senses and hurriedly went to pick up the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal. Seeing this, Leng Qiuxun of course had to snatch it. But as soon as Leng Qiuxun raised her hand, she felt that something was flying towards her throat. So, she blocked it with her hand, and what she blocked was a flying knife. The knife was three inches long, bent like a crescent moon, and it was inserted from the back of Leng Qiuxun's hand, and the palm of his hand was stabbed out. Accompanied by a sharp pain, Leng Qiuxun's right hand was bleeding profusely. She looked at it, and the knife thrower turned out to be Liu Piaopiao! Although this crescent moon knife failed to kill Leng Qiuxun, it was able to injure her, and it had bought time. Hua Yufei thus succeeded in picking up the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal.
Leng Qiuxun clenched his injured right hand, stopped the bleeding with cold air, and saw that Hua Yufei was about to escape, so he casually lifted a bench and threw it over. Zhang Er happened to see it and shouted: "Be careful!" Hua Yufei hurriedly turned around, and before he could dodge, he was hit in the chest by the bench and spat out a mouthful of blood. Zhang Er hurriedly took out a black ball from his arms and slammed it on the floor in front of him, immediately bursting out a puff of green smoke, making the entire inn pitch black. When the smoke cleared, Hua Yufei and the other four were nowhere to be found.
In fact, just when the smoke was filling, Hua Yufei had already followed Liu Piaopiao and others out of the lobby through the back door and came to the backyard. This backyard is ordinary, with a well in one corner of the yard. Everyone came to the well, and Han Da took the lead in jumping from the well. Then, Liu Piaopiao also jumped. Hua Yufei was a little surprised at first, and looked at Zhang Er. Zhang Er smiled and said, "This is the secret passage!" You go down first, I'll pad back. ”
After jumping into the well, Hua Yufei realized that there was a small path at the bottom of the well leading to the depths. The wound that was hit by Leng Qiuxun just now was still painful, and his chest was very blocked, which made Hua Yufei vomit blood from time to time. Zhang Er was beside him and helped him. Han Da led the way at the front, and Liu Piaopiao stayed at the end.
The four of them walked for an unknown amount of time, until they reached the end of the path, and there was a stone wall in front of them, and there was no way out. Han Da walked to the stone wall, squatted down, and touched the stone wall in the darkness with his right hand. After a while, he touched a slightly protruding stone ridge and broke it with force, breaking it a little off. I saw that the stone wall slowly rotated, revealing a narrow stone crack at the interface, just enough for a person to pass sideways. Han Da walked through the crack in the stone first. Then, Zhang Er, Hua Yufei, and Liu Piaopiao also walked over. Han Da kicked the stone wall three times from the other side, and the stone wall slowly rotated back, and the previous stone crack was not visible at all.
On the other side of the stone wall, at the foot of a mountain, the surroundings are still barren, but there are no weeds in front of you, but a patch of yellow sand. Looking at this scene, Hua Yufei couldn't help asking, "Where is this?" ”
Zhang Er replied: "This is outside the gate!" ”
"Outside the gates?" Hua Yufei had never been to Guanwai before, and in his impression, if he wanted to go to Guanwai, he had to pass through the pass of the heavy military of the imperial court, but he didn't know that there was such a secret passage.
Han Da smiled and nodded, and said: "The swordsman doesn't know, Hanzhong and Liangzhou outside the Guanxi are only separated by a mountain, and my inn is built on the mountain, and the secret passage behind the house passes through the mountain, which can go directly to the outside of the Guan. ”
Zhang Er said proudly: "That old woman is fierce and vicious, but I never thought that we were already out of the customs!" ”
"No!" Hua Yufei touched the Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystal in his arms, "The white-haired Ice Demon can sense each other with the Ten Thousand Spirit Blood Crystal, no matter how far we escape, as long as the spiritual power of this stone is not extinguished, the Ice Demon can find us." ”
Everyone was amazed. Only Han Da was still not very worried, and said, "Swordsman, don't panic!" Even if the Ice Demon knew we were here, she wouldn't be able to find this secret passage. Just now I was in a hurry, and deliberately shouted, the secret passage is in the kitchen; Actually, the secret passage is in the backyard. The old woman might still be wandering around the kitchen right now. ”
Hua Yufei shook his head and said, "Even if the Ice Demon can't find the secret passage, he can still get out of the main road, it just takes a little more time." ”
Han Da said: "If she wants to take the big road to pursue us and others, she can only go to Wuguan." It is heavily guarded, and it is strictly forbidden to enter and exit on weekdays, and the ice demon is not so easy to get out. ”
Hua Yufei shook his head again and again, and said, "The fierceness of the ice demon is not something that ordinary city defenders can stop. ”
Zhang Er hurriedly asked, "Huh? So what to do? Aren't we all going to die? ”
Hua Yufei endured the sharp pain in his chest and said, "Don't be surprised! What the Ice Demon is looking for is the Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystal, and it has nothing to do with you. As long as you take the spirit stone and go your separate ways with you, the ice demon will not trouble you again. ”
Zhang Er hurriedly said: "That is the case, the swordsman should take care!" Then, he pulled Liu Piaopiao again, "Boss, let's go quickly!" ”
Liu Piaopiao glanced at Zhang Er, ignored him, and asked Hua Yufei instead: "You always say how this stone is, what is it?" And who is that old woman? Why did she grab this stone? ”
"This ......" Before Hua Yufei could think of how to answer, the sharp pain in his chest suddenly worsened, making him unbearable, coughing incessantly, and finally spit out a mouthful of blood. Then, his eyes were black, his limbs were weak, and he collapsed to the ground, huddled in a ball, shivering, and only shouted, "Cold...... Cold ......"
Han Da panicked and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with him?" Why did you ...... all of a sudden?"
Zhang Er also exclaimed, "Is he going to die?" ”
Liu Piaopiao didn't know what was going on, but just stared at Hua Yufei without saying a word.
Hua Yufei felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave in the cold winter wax moon, it was ice from head to toe, all the way to his heart, the blood seemed to be coagulated, the air seemed to be still, his face was convulsed and distorted, and his head hurt as if it was about to explode. In a daze, Hua Yufei thought to himself: "Sure enough, it's a cold-causing magic skill, what a cold word!" Suddenly, he remembered that the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal had dissolved the Cold-Causing Demon Skill, so he gritted his teeth and wanted to dig out the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal in his arms. Helplessly, his hands and feet were frozen, and he didn't listen to the call. He cried out weakly, "Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystal!" ”
Liu Piaopiao was closest to Hua Yufei, heard Hua Yufei's call, and hurriedly put his hand into Hua Yufei's arms, took out the Ten Thousand Souls Blood Crystal, and then put it in Hua Yufei's hand. As soon as the Myriad Spirit Blood Crystal, which had already cooled, met Hua Yufei's cold palm, it immediately became hot again. The red light pierced Liu Piaopiao and the others, covering their faces and only retreating. But this heat made Hua Yufei feel his qi and blood surge, and his body, which had just died, came back to life.
After a while, Hua Yufei suddenly jumped up, his ten fingers apart, his hands and feet stretched straight, his eyes were huge, his face was flushed, and his hair was already wet with sweat. He finally couldn't help but cry out, and a flame came out of his mouth. Then, the body began to slowly get cold again, and the limbs began to numb again, until they returned to their previous state of curling up. Then, it immediately steamed again,...... After repeating this several times, his body temperature finally stopped changing, and Hua Yufei collapsed to the ground exhausted, gasping for breath in his mouth. The Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystals also returned to normal.
Liu Piaopiao witnessed all this, and it took a long time for her to come to her senses and say to her two subordinates, "Go...... Go get some water! ”
"Huh?" Zhang Er thought he had misheard. Naturally, he didn't understand what was going on, and what he didn't understand even more was why the boss still cared about this person, the white-haired ice demon might catch up at any time. But as long as the boss doesn't leave, Zhang Er and Han Da won't leave alone.
"Water! Just go! Liu Piaopiao shouted loudly.
"Yes! Be! Zhang Er and Han Da hurriedly went separately to find water. ……
After a long time, Hua Yufei slowly opened his eyes and heard someone shouting in his ear: "Wake up!" Wake up! In front of his eyes, Liu Piaopiao's face appeared, and then Zhang Er and Han Da. Hua Yufei was a little surprised, hurriedly got up, and asked, "Where is this?" How long have I been in a coma? ”
Han Da replied: "The swordsman had a recurrence of his internal injury just now, and then he fell unconscious, and it has been two hours. ”
Hua Yufei was shocked: "What? It's been two hours? Then I'll have to hurry! ”
"Hey!" Liu Piaopiao immediately stopped Hua Yufei, "You haven't made it clear yet, what exactly is this stone?" ”
Hua Yufei sighed and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you, it's better that you still don't know." ”
Liu Piaopiao said: "Since you once said that this stone is related to martial arts, how can you say that it has nothing to do with us?" ”
"Boss!" Zhang Eryi saw Liu Piaopiao's posture, knew that the boss was going to take care of this matter, and wanted to remind her.
Liu Piaopiao turned to Zhang Er and said, "You have also seen the power of that ice demon, and she can be regarded as knowing us!" When she is alone in the world, do you think there will be our good fruit to eat? ”
Zhang Er stopped talking.
Hua Yufei thought about it for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay!" Since you also have the heart to eliminate the harm, and you have saved my life before, I will tell you the truth of this matter. Then, he told everything he knew about the Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystals and the White-Haired Ice Demon.
After listening to Hua Yufei's words, Liu Piaopiao asked again: "Your purpose is to take this stone to Tubo to find Master Zongsang?" However, you also said that this stone and the ice demon have mutual sense, so won't you never be able to shake her off? ”
Hua Yufei replied: "At the beginning, the family master used his own true qi to suppress the spiritual power of the spirit stone, so that the ice demon could not perceive it. Now, the family teacher has died, and the true qi injected into me has been exhausted, and my internal strength cannot be compared with the family teacher, so I can only rush to Tubo before the ice demon catches up. Fortunately, I can fight against the sword, and the ice demon should not be able to catch up with me. ”
Liu Piaopiao asked: "Shushan Imperial Sword Technique is indeed a peerless science, but it also takes a lot of physical strength, you are seriously injured and just recovered, how can you still have physical strength?" ”
Hua Yufei was silent for a while, clenched his fists, and said, "If you are really caught up by the ice demon, you can only fight to the death!" ”
Liu Piaopiao smiled: "Okay! What a man! ”
As he spoke, the sky began to turn white, and the night finally passed. In the newborn sunlight, there was a kind of red fused, and that was because the Ten Thousand Soul Blood Crystal was starting to heat again.
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