Chapter 44: An Incomprehensible Letter

From the flowery Hunan to the smoky Shandong, Lu Xiaozhuo's heart was full of confusion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info Ye Feng asked him to stare at the Scattered Flower Gate's every move, but he didn't tell him why, only said that it was because of the Xiyue Sword. Could it be that the Scattered Flower Gate has something to do with the Xiyue Sword? Zhong Liyan, the head of the Sanhua Gate, is now the leader of the Central Plains Martial Arts Alliance. Zhong Liyan's martial arts, Lu Xiaozhuo has already seen it in the Huashan Divine Soldier Duel. How easy is it to ask Lu Xiaozhuo to keep an eye on Zhong Liyan?

In the courtyard of Sanhuamen, Hunan Province, it has been around for more than a month, and every day there is just the usual entry and exit in the door. Until one morning, Sanhuamen suddenly went out with great fanfare. Zhong Liyan rode in a four-wheeled carriage and headed north. This is the first time I have seen Zhong Liyan since Lu Xiaozhuo arrived in Hunan. Since even Zhong Liyan is gone, it doesn't make much sense for Lu Xiaozhuo to continue to walk around the big courtyard of Sanhuamen. Lu Xiaozhuo didn't have time to ask Ye Feng, so he had to make his own decisions, followed Zhong Liyan to leave Hunan, went all the way north, and came to Shandong.

In a huge Shandong, Zhong Liyan didn't go anywhere, but stayed at the foot of Mount Tai and stopped for several days. Just when Lu Xiaozhuo fell into the dilemma of doing nothing again, a person suddenly ran out of the scattered flower gate and headed west, looking like a messenger.

In fact, Zhong Liyan, as the leader of the martial arts alliance, naturally has frequent letters with various sects and factions, and messengers often enter and leave the Sanhua Gate, which Lu Xiaozhuo has long been accustomed to. But this time, he found that this messenger was different, riding a fast horse, wearing black clothes, and taking advantage of the night, to hurry quickly and quietly.

"There must be a lot of articles in this letter, could it be related to Xiyue Sword?" Lu Xiaozhuo thought for a while, thinking that keeping an eye on this messenger was more important than guarding Zhong Liyan.

The trusted messenger's horse was too fast, Lu Xiaozhuo ran out of breath, and he could only barely see the messenger's back. After running for more than a hundred miles, the messenger burrowed into a wild forest. The old trees were intertwined, the road was twisting, and the messenger's pace slowed down. Lu Xiaozhuo was able to follow more closely and was able to catch his breath.

The messenger rode a horse, interspersed a few back and forth in the woods, and suddenly, slapped the horse's buttocks, increased his speed again, and threw Lu Xiaozhuo away. Seeing that he couldn't even see the shadow of the horse now, Lu Xiaozhuo hurriedly ran over, but he didn't run a few steps, the soles of his feet slipped, and the whole person fell on his heels. Before Lu Xiaozhuo could get up, he threw out four thick and rough ropes out of nowhere, which happened to tie his limbs. Four black-clad masked ninjas jumped from the tree, each holding a rope in their hands. Lu Xiaozhuo finally realized that he had been ambushed.

Looking at the messenger who had just disappeared, he appeared in front of Lu Xiaozhuo again, and pulled out a ninja knife and plunged it vertically into the ground, with the blade facing Lu Xiaozhuo. The other four black-clothed men used their strength together to drag Lu Xiaozhuo straight towards the ninja knife. The ninja knife reflected the cold light, waiting to split Lu Xiaozhuo in two.

Who are these people? Lu Xiaozhuo's mind was blank, and he only felt that he was going to die. He closed his eyes, and then he heard the sound of something being sliced. The fear caused him to open his eyes again, only to see the ninja knife still silently stuck a few feet in front of him, and the four ropes that held him were all broken. Another man in black appeared in front of him. This man in black was not masked, but it was enough to calm Lu Xiaozhuo's frightened heart. He turned out to be Ye Feng.

This time, the fear was replaced by those ninjas in black. As soon as they swarmed up, Ye Feng took advantage of the situation and snatched the knife in the hand of one of them, and with a backhand cut, he cut the person's throat. When this first drop of blood is spilled on the ground, killing is inevitable. The ninjas didn't dare to get on it anymore, so one ran into the forest, one went underground, and the other stood in place and threw three hidden weapons in succession. This is the heaven, the earth, and the ninja dart in ninjutsu.

Ye Feng jumped high, and the ninja dart flew under his feet. He stepped on it, but instead jumped higher enough to intercept the ninja from above. The ninja never imagined that when he went to heaven, someone would stop in front of him. He was full of surprise and puzzlement, he was pushed back to the ground by Ye Feng's palm, rolled a few times, and happened to roll under the ninja knife stuck in the ground, and with a wipe of his neck, he died. As soon as Ye Feng landed, the ninja who had entered the ground rushed out from Ye Feng's feet, brandishing two ninja knives and cutting straight at Ye Feng's legs. Ye Feng dodged this move, and just as he was about to fight back, the ninja turned over and went back into the ground. After a while, he came out from Ye Feng's feet again. When the ninja burrowed into the ground for the third time, Ye Feng easily pulled out the ninja knife from the ground, calculated the right time, aimed the tip of the knife at the ground at his feet, and stabbed it fiercely. A stream of bright red blood spurted from the bottom up. Ye Feng pulled out the knife with all his might, and the ninja also rolled from the ground to the ground, landing in a pool of blood. At this time, the ninja dart was already weak, and it was hit back by Ye Feng with a ninja knife along the same path, hitting the eyebrows of the dart throwing ninja.

In the end, only the messenger remained, and of course a ninja. Seeing that the situation was not good, he used the smoke bombs that their ninjas were used to. Ye Feng aimed at the center of the smoke and threw out the ninja knife in his hand. The knife spun, slicing a moon scar through the air, through the smoke, and flying towards the fleeing messenger. The tip of the knife touched the courier's back, cutting a long wound along his spine. The messenger fell, but was alive. The ninja knife seemed to only hurt his flesh and skin, but not the vital point. Taking advantage of Ye Feng's lack of chasing, he endured the severe pain on his back and fled with a crawl.

Besides, Lu Xiaozhuo, as if he had taken a reassuring pill, shouted happily: "Uncle Shi, thank you for coming!" ā€

Ye Feng said: "It seems that you have been exposed, you should be careful in the future." ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo asked, "Why did Sanhuamen kill me?" Also because of the Xiyue Sword? ā€

Ye Feng said: "If you want to know the answer, come with me." ā€

Ye Feng took Lu Xiaozhuo back to the station of Sanhuamen and ambushed him next to the post road three miles east of the station. But there were only crowds of people coming and going on the post road, and Lu Xiaozhuo couldn't see anything abnormal. Until the night of the next day, it was very quiet on the post road, and Lu Xiaozhuo suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves. It turned out that another messenger dressed as a messenger galloped on a fast horse, but the direction of this messenger was to return to Sanhuamen.

"Uncle Shi's target must be him!" This idea immediately popped into Lu Xiaozhuo's mind, so he was ready to attack. But Ye Feng stopped him and let the messenger gallop away. Although Lu Xiaozhuo was confused, he had to continue to stay honestly.

After a while, there was another sound of horses' hooves, and sure enough, it was another messenger. Lu Xiaozhuo didn't dare to act rashly this time. However, just as the messenger kept waving his horsewhip, Ye Feng's figure flashed in front of him. He didn't have time to feel the pain before he was in a different place.

Lu Xiaozhuo came back to his senses, ran to the messenger's body, and saw Ye Feng searching the corpse, so he couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Shi, what's going on?" ā€

Ye Feng replied: "I want you to keep an eye on the Sanhua Gate, just because I expected that they would make a move recently." But Zhong Liyan is not an ordinary person, and he has long realized that someone is following him. Therefore, he deliberately released a fake messenger first to lure you in the bait. While you're being ambushed by those Toei ninjas, the True Courier has already sent the letter out. ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo asked again: "Then how does Uncle Shi know that he wants to come here to ambush?" ā€

Ye Feng replied: "The letter is sent, and there will naturally be a reply." Since we have lost the messenger who sent the message, we have only the messenger who waits for a reply. There are only two roads leading to the Sanhuamen station, east and west, and the west road is the direction taken by the fake messenger before, so the real messenger can only take the east road, which is this road. If we ambush here, we will be able to intercept the reply. ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo seemed to understand, but he still didn't understand: "In that case, why didn't Uncle Shi stop the messenger who just ran over?" ā€

Ye Feng replied: "The use of fake messengers is a common trick used by Sanhuamen, which is used when sending letters, and it is also used when replying to letters. If you had rushed out and killed the false messenger, the true messenger would not have appeared. ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo finally suddenly realized: "There are so many tricks in the Scattered Flower Gate!" Uncle Shi, what kind of letter did they send, and who did they send it to? ā€

At this time, Ye Feng finally found an envelope from the messenger's body. He opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of paper from inside. Lu Xiaozhuo also stepped forward, but saw that there was no text on the paper, only two patterns were drawn. On the left is a flower with very small petals, as for what kind of flower, Lu Xiaozhuo has never seen it; On the right is a circle, with a line extending from each of the twelve directions around it, as if it were a rudder.

This is like a letter from heaven, of course Lu Xiaozhuo can't read it. He wanted to ask Ye Feng, but he found that Ye Feng's face was already solemn, green tendons burst out on his forehead, fire appeared in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said to himself: "Sure enough, it's him!" ā€

"Who? Who do you say? Lu Xiaozhuo asked.

Ye Feng suddenly raised his voice and said, "Come out!" ā€

Not far away, a man dressed in white brocade appeared.

"So there's someone else here." Lu Xiaozhuo looked at it in surprise, wanting to see who this person was, but after seeing it, he was even more surprised, because what he saw was Qin Yi. "How is he? How did he end up here? Lu Xiaozhuo felt the tense atmosphere again, at the beginning, the fierce battle between Ye Feng and Qin Yi in Hanzhong was still vivid, "They won't fight again, right?" ā€

Ye Feng smiled coldly and said, "Ever since I entered the Shandong realm, he has been following me. Now, finally Ken shows up! ā€

Qin Yi pointed to the letter and said, "Show me." ā€

"Take it!" Ye Feng threw the letter at Qin Yi.

Qin Yi took the letter and looked at it, his face also changed, and his eyes were full of surprise, but he quickly calmed down and asked, "What are you going to do?" ā€

Ye Feng replied: "Take it with you and go to Penglai." ā€

Qin Yi asked, "Do you want to go to the Sword God?" ā€

Ye Feng didn't answer again, but walked straight to Qin Yi, took back the letter, and then continued to walk east.

Qin Yi shouted loudly, "You can't go to the Sword God!" ā€

Ye Feng didn't look back and said, "No one can stop me." ā€

"Wait for me!" Lu Xiaozhuo hurriedly followed Ye Feng.

Qin Yi stood there alone, looking to the east, an ominous premonition swelling in his heart.

Besides, the fake messenger who didn't kill Lu Xiaozhuo and was almost killed by Ye Feng fought hard, and finally escaped back to the Sanhuamen station, and when he saw Zhong Liyan, he panted and said: "My subordinate Hattori Baocheng, I have seen the alliance leader!" ā€

Zhong Liyan was combing her hair in front of the mirror, and when she saw Hattori Bao looking so embarrassed, she had already expected that things were not going so well, and asked, "You missed again?" ā€

Hattori Hosei immediately knelt down and said, "The subordinates are incompetent, please punish the alliance leader!" ā€

Zhong Liyan put on her lipstick and asked, "Last time, you and Zhengchang were in Hanzhong, and you missed once." Anyway, your opponent that time was Ye Feng. And this time, it's just a little swordsman of the Tianshan faction, you can't kill it? ā€

Hattori replied, "No! This time, it's because of Ye Feng. The subordinates had already successfully taken down the little swordsman, who expected Ye Feng to kill him halfway......"

"Ye Feng?" Zhong Liyan's hand shook, and he almost wiped his lipstick on his chin, "He's coming to Shandong?" What to do? What does he have to do with the disciples of the Tianshan Sect? ā€

Hattori replied: "My subordinates don't know about this, but it's certain that he must be coming for us!" Please rest assured, his subordinates will definitely find a way to get rid of him! ā€

Zhong Liyan glanced sideways at Hattori Baocheng and said, "Aren't you ashamed enough?" He touched his slender nails, "In the whole world, there are many people who want to get rid of Ye Feng." As long as I give the order, why do I need to do it myself? You first spread the news of Ye Feng's presence in Shandong, and I will order all the heroes in the world to arrest him together. ā€

Hattori Hosei hurriedly said: "Yes, the alliance leader is wise!" "Get ready to get up and stand down.

"Slow! There is also a tricky question. Zhong Liyan said, "If we want to deal with Ye Feng, his good brother Li Que will definitely not stand idly by." We have to deal with this concern first. So, he summoned Hattori Masachang in, "Zhengchang, you immediately set off to Jiangnan, find the first god in Jiangnan to capture Lei Zhenggang and Wuxi Zhixian Hu Sheng, and tell them to leave Li Que in Jiangnan, regardless of life or death." ā€

Hattori Masacho was ordered to retreat. Then, there was a story of Hattori Masanga conspiring with Lei Zhenggang and Hu Sheng to kill Huang Duo, Bai Shaolong and Nie Huai in a row, wanting to blame Li Que in order to imprison him in Jiangnan, but he was killed by Li Que instead.

A few days later, Ye Feng and Lu Xiaozhuo appeared on the beach in the East China Sea. Where the sea and the sky meet, there is an isolated island, lush and green, covered by clouds and mist, like a fairy island. That is Penglai Island, where the sword god Ouyang Xu lives.

Looking at the vast sea, Lu Xiaozhuo couldn't help asking, "How do we get there?" ā€

Ye Feng said: "After the sword god retired, he didn't want to hear about the affairs of the rivers and lakes anymore, and he didn't want to be disturbed by the people in the rivers and lakes anymore, so he chose to live in seclusion on this isolated Penglai Island. However, as long as there is a boat, you can board Penglai Island. ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo looked left and right, and asked, "But where is there a boat here?" ā€

Ye Feng looked at the sun that was about to set in the sky and said, "There will be tomorrow morning." ā€

So, Ye Feng and Lu Xiaozhuo had to sleep overnight on the beach. After dark, they set up a campfire and roasted game. In this leisure time, Lu Xiaozhuo finally had the opportunity to ask the question he wanted to ask all the way: "Uncle Shi, since the sword god has withdrawn from the rivers and lakes, why do we still look for him?" ā€

Ye Feng replied: "Find him to get justice." ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo muttered in his heart, and whispered: "However, the sword god martial arts are the first in the world." It is said that even Shigong was defeated by him. ā€

"Shut up!" Ye Feng's eyes immediately widened, and he grabbed Lu Xiaozhuo's shoulder, as if he wanted to eat someone, "You remember it for me!" No one can defeat Master! ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo was so frightened that he didn't dare to speak, and nodded again and again. After Ye Feng calmed down, Lu Xiaozhuo dared to speak again: "Actually, we don't have to do it with the Sword God." I had seen the Sword God when I was in the Huashan Divine Battle, and he was a respected elder. If we tell him that all this is a conspiracy of the Sanhuamen and has nothing to do with the Tianshan faction, he will definitely help us. ā€

Ye Feng sneered and said, "I don't know that people are unpredictable. Now, the whole world regards me as an enemy, and the Sword God is no exception. ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo said: "No." Even Qin Daxia respects the sword god so much, I believe in Qin Daxia, so I also believe in the sword god. ā€

Ye Feng said: "Yes or no, you will know when you arrive at Penglai Island tomorrow." ā€

This night was unusually long for Lu Xiaozhuo, because he couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, and all he thought about was the scene once Ye Feng saw Ouyang Xu. "What will Uncle Shi say to the Sword God? Will they actually do it? And what does that letter mean, exactly? ......" Thinking about it, he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Unconsciously, the sky was white, and the sun rose from the direction of Penglai Island. Sure enough, the first ship came from the sea. Ye Feng was still asleep. Lu Xiaozhuo suddenly had a bold idea: "Why don't I take the first step and go to see the Sword God alone?" In this way, the head-on conflict between Uncle Shi and the Sword God can be avoided. But how can I mention that letter to the God of the Sword? Otherwise, I will first resolve the misunderstanding between Uncle Shi and the Sword God, and then Uncle Shi will hand over the letter to the Sword God, which is better than asking Uncle Shi to go directly to the Sword God. ā€

So, Lu Xiaozhuo did not wake up Ye Feng, but boarded the boat bound for Penglai Island alone. After getting off the boat, Lu Xiaozhuo found that he seemed to be the only one on a huge Penglai Island. He walked down the stone steps to the center of the island, his ears lingering with the song of birds, his nose filled with the fragrance of flowers, the autumn wind blowing the bamboo leaves, and the mountains and rocks blocking the flowing water. This is indeed a fairyland that will never exist in the Central Plains.

Just as Lu Xiaozhuo was intoxicated with this dreamlike world, suddenly, a steel knife was inserted vertically in front of him. He looked at it, and it was more than a steel knife. There are hundreds of knives all over the eyes, ranging from big to dragon slaying, small to broken dreams, as long as a glaive, as short as a wild goose, straight with a ring head, bent with a half moon, single-edged chopping horses, double-edged mandarin ducks, everything, and even some knives are red, some knives are cyan, and some knives are golden. All the knives are inserted upside down in the stone, arranged in a circle, there are twelve circles, just like a world of knives. In the center of the knives, which is also the highest place on Penglai Island, there is a large semicircular stone, like the shape of a knife, on which is engraved a vermilion bucket big "knife" character.

Lu Xiaozhuo didn't know where this was, and just wanted to get closer, when he suddenly saw a small dagger in the outermost layer jumping out of the crack in the stone by itself, which frightened Lu Xiaozhuo and hurriedly retreated. But then, several more knives flew over, forcing him to retreat again and again. After retreating more than a dozen steps in a row, he finally stopped. Lu Xiaozhuo looked up again, and there was already a person standing on the "knife" word stone, with a white beard. Isn't that the God of Blades? Lu Xiaozhuo couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Sword God! It's really a sword god! ā€

Ouyang Xu didn't mean to be happy at all, and asked, "Where did the hairy boy come from?" Dare to trespass on the forbidden land of the old man! ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo hurriedly knelt down on his knees and said, "Lu Xiaozhuo, a disciple of the junior Tianshan Sect, dared to visit the Sword God today, just to invite the Sword God to come forward and resolve a grievance in the martial arts. ā€

Ouyang Xu closed his eyes and said, "The old man has long stopped asking about the things in the martial arts. You should go to the current martial arts alliance leader. ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo said: "This grievance was deliberately provoked by the current martial arts alliance leader Zhong Liyan, so it must be the sword god." ā€

"Oh?" Ouyang Xu asked, "What are you talking about?" ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo said: "Today, all sects and factions regard Ye Feng as their enemy, but in fact, they are all instigated by the Sanhua Sect. If this continues, the martial arts will be in chaos! ā€

Ouyang Xu said: "It turned out to be this. Ye Feng secretly stole the Xiyue Sword, intending to dominate the martial arts, he is the bane of the world. As a disciple of the Tianshan Sect, you don't work with heroes from all walks of life to arrest Ye Feng and recover the Xiyue Sword, but instead say that the Sanhuamen has a plan, isn't it ridiculous? ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo said: "Since the Sword God also said that the Xiyue Sword belongs to my Tianshan faction, then it should be handled by my Tianshan faction, why bother to mobilize the people and cause trouble to the world?" ā€

Ouyang Xu said: "It's true that the Xiyue Sword is from your Tianshan faction, but Ye Feng not only won the Xiyue Sword, but also carried a lot of blood debts, and for the heroes of the world, everyone has been punished." ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo said: "Could it be that you, as a martial arts master, just watched the martial arts set off a bloody storm and turned a blind eye? Aren't you afraid of living up to your name as a sword god? ā€

Ouyang Xu frowned and said, "If the old man hadn't seen it in the name of the Sword God, with you as a nobody, trespassing on the forbidden land, and making disrespectful remarks, the old man would have already broken your body into thousands of pieces." Since the old man is supported by the people of the world, he must be the master of the world. Ye Feng is an enemy of the world, that is, he is an enemy of the old man, how can the old man be reasonable to intercede? ā€

Is this what the sword god who is admired by all people speaks? Lu Xiaozhuo's fantasy was shattered. He shook his head and said to himself: "It seems that Uncle Shi is right, everyone in the world regards him as an enemy, and the Sword God is no exception. ā€

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Ouyang Xu opened his eyes, flew in front of Lu Xiaozhuo in an instant, grabbed Lu Xiaozhuo's neck with one hand, stared at Lu Xiaozhuo fiercely with both eyes, and asked, "Who is your uncle?" ā€

Lu Xiaozhuo was pinched so much that he couldn't even breathe, where could he still speak? It wasn't until a sword aura struck that Ouyang Xu let go of his hand. Lu Xiaozhuo collapsed on the ground with a cough and wheezing. Between him and Ouyang Xu, Ye Feng appeared.