Chapter Seventy-Three: The Inner Thief
There were no words all the way, and when night fell, the three of them had already left the Lushan Sword Sect a hundred miles away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Stop." Zhan Bai suddenly raised his arm.
Jia Xiao and Yi Yan immediately stopped and looked at each other with puzzled faces.
"What is this place?" Zhan Bai asked, pointing in the direction of a valley.
It is said to be a valley, but it is more like a ray of terrain, with towering mountains splitting through it, leaving a road that is not too wide.
The armor owl also seems to realize something, this kind of terrain is too suitable for ambushes, if someone is ambushed on both sides, once the three of them walk in, they will really become a turtle in the urn, and it is difficult to run.
"No, our trip is so secretive, how can we be ambushed. It's a shortcut that can save you two days. Yiyan said disapprerovingly.
"It's not a big mistake to be careful, we are weak now, if we are blocked inside, it will be a dead end." Zhanbai's forehead was deeply twisted into a Sichuan character, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.
"Then young master, let's retreat. It's a big deal, take a detour, at least it's safer. The Armor Owl said cautiously.
"I'm afraid it's too late." Zhanbai's face became more and more ugly.
At this time, not only him, but even Jia Xiao and Yi Yan had already noticed the movement behind them.
Knowing that Suosuo's footsteps changed from light to heavy, it seems that the other party's response strategy is quite thorough, expanding the ambush circle in advance, even if Zhanbai and the three of them do not enter the valley, it will be difficult to fly.
The armor owl turned his head to look, and then the dim moonlight, dozens of hazy figures, had completely blocked the way to come.
"How so?" Yiyan was shocked, she seemed to find it hard to believe that the whereabouts of the three of them were so secretive, how could they be exposed, and the other party's such a thoughtful ambush was obviously not temporarily organized.
"Hehe, don't you need to say more, it's naturally out of the two of you." Zhan Bai glanced meaningfully at the two of them.
There are thieves?!
Yes, only this reason can explain the doubts of the moment.
If there is no internal thief to report the message, how can the other party determine the route of the three in advance and set up an ambush in advance.
Jia Xiao and Yi Yan glanced at each other, and the sense of vigilance gradually emanated.
"Young master, since leaving Lushan, his subordinates have never left half a step." The armor owl said righteously.
"What do you mean, Armor, am I leaving?" Yiyan was furious.
Seeing the two arguing, Zhan Bai took a step back without a trace, away from the two, his eyes full of banter.
"Okay, two, why bother doing it again now." Zhan Bai suddenly spoke, making Jia Xiao Yiyan's expression stiffen.
"Young master, what do you mean, my subordinates don't understand." The armor owl still showed righteousness and awe-inspiring, and even had the disappointment of being suspected on his face.
"Actually, from the beginning, I was skeptical. I just don't want to believe it. Zhan Bai sneered.
"Suspicion, suspicion of what?" Yiyan pretended to be stupid.
"Since you want to know so much, I'll tell you where the flaws are. First of all, may I ask you two, since we are not in a hurry, why are we so tacitly wrapped around me on the left and right? Zhan Bai crossed his arms and stared at the two of them as if he were looking at a clown.
"The young master was injured before, and we did this to avoid the young master's fatigue." The armor owl is not convinced by the airway.
"Oh, then do you know what wounds I have, and how do you know that I am not healed?"
"This ......," the Armor Owl said a little.
"Based on this alone, can we conclude that we are internal thieves, the young master is really wise and powerful." Yi Yan's patience was originally far inferior to that of Jia Xiao, and there was already mockery in his speech, and he lost his sense of humility.
"In that case, I would like to ask, even in order to prevent my injuries from getting worse, with the cultivation of the two of you, it seems that you don't need to all come up to support it, and you will be left and right. How do you explain this? Zhan Bai sneered, and seeing that the two of them didn't answer for a long time, he continued, "Since you don't say it, then I'll help you." The purpose of doing this is very simple, to prevent me from noticing your small movements. Surrounded by you, my vision is greatly restricted. You can easily mark the road and let the Assassins prepare in advance. ”
"It's just your guess." Jia Xiao was still unconvinced, "The master mother trusts me so much, and even asked me to bring you the Xuankong Stone, if I am an internal thief, I don't have to pretend to work so hard." After all, the value of that Xuankong Stone is far greater than your life. ”
"This is a good explanation, because my father didn't have an accident at the time, so you don't dare to act rashly. As for the Xuankong Stone, it will eventually come into your hands anyway, so what's wrong with handing it over to me for safekeeping? Zhan Bai spread his palm as he spoke, and the Xuankong Stone scorched in the moonlight, illuminating the greedy eyes of Jia Xiao and Yi Yan thoroughly.
"Well, you see, I'm just alone, and I've completely stepped into your ambush, and besides, my cultivation is far from the other. For you, the victory is already in hand, so why continue to pretend to perform. Zhan Bai shrugged.
"Hmph, it's rare that you are self-aware." Hearing this, Yiyan finally tore the mask on her face, revealing her hideousness.
"Yes, you are self-aware, but not so smart, if I had seen your true colors earlier, I wouldn't have been in the dead world." Zhanbai felt sorry for himself.
"Jiaxiao, what are you hesitating about, since this guy has already seen through our true colors, why bother pretending. As long as you kill him, I can confess, and so will you...... Uh......" Before Yi Yan's words fell, the whole person suddenly stiffened, and looked down in disbelief, and a long sword pierced into his life grid at some point.
Looking at the blade, the owner of the long sword was ...... Armor owl.
"You...... You ......" Yiyan's eyes widened, and it was hard to believe the scene in front of her until now.
"Stupid." Jia Xiao didn't even look at Yi Yan, the long sword in his hand suddenly emitted red Xuan light, and the gurgling Xuan Power poured into Yi Yan's body.
I saw Yiyan's stomach swell violently like a balloon, burst open with a bang, and the colorful internal organs were scattered all over the ground, leaving only a head rolling to the ground, and those who were already dead could not die anymore.
At the same time, the sound of screams and fights suddenly sounded all around, and it lasted for a long time before calm was restored again.
"Good means, congratulations, no one has robbed this Xuankong Stone with you." Zhan Bai turned a blind eye to all this, and said to the armor owl with a smile.
"How do you see that I'm not all the way with this stupid woman." The armor owl said coldly.
"Just as I took out the Xuankong Stone, although the eyes of the two of you were equally greedy, she was more surprised. Obviously, she didn't know about the existence of the Xuankong Stone beforehand. This is interesting, if you are in a group, how dare you hide this matter, and you are not afraid of the blame of the master above? Zhan Bai Shi Ran analyzed.
"Young master, you are really smart, but unfortunately, it's all hindsight. Now Yiyan has been killed by me, and her people have also been killed by surprise by my people. As long as I kill you again, no one will know about the existence of the Xuankong Stone. And I not only killed you, but also weakened the strength of the other person, presumably Madame will be happy, and when I get the authority of the Jiedu Mansion in the future, my position will naturally rise. In the end, it was difficult to hide the pride in his heart.
"For example, the position of the commander of the criminal guards?" Zhan Bai said with a smile.
"Exactly, Lao Tzu has worked hard for Jiedu Mansion for thirty years, and he has long been enough to be a commander. If others can sit on the throne of rulership, why can't I? At this time, the armor owl had completely stopped hiding his ambitions, and roared with a hideous expression.
"Alright, it's not too early. Give me the Xuankong Stone, and I'll keep your whole corpse. The armor owl said coldly, and the naked eyes under the mask stared at Zhan Bai like a poisonous snake.
"You're not afraid that I will say the matter of the Xuankong Stone out loud, once it is heard by those guys around you......" Zhan Bai didn't say any more, and when it was over, Jia Xiao naturally understood what he meant.
"Hehe, this ambush, our side was plotted by Yiyan, the soldiers fought bloodily, although the other party was destroyed, but still suffered heavy losses, only I survived." The Armor said to himself, and that was his answer.
He wasn't afraid of Zhanbai's threat at all, even if the matter of the Xuankong Stone was exposed, he was just a little troublesome. Compared with the temptation of Xuankong Stone, the lives of these people around him are nothing more than grass mustard.
"Courageous." Zhan Bai couldn't help but give a thumbs up, but soon changed his tone, "Jiaxiao, have you ever heard of a sentence?" ”
"What?"
"If it destroys, it will make it mad."
"To destroy a man, to make him mad?" The armor whispered a sentence, and when he chewed out the charm, his face changed slightly, "You talk too much nonsense, it's time to hit the road." ”
Finally, the armor lost the last bit of patience and was ready to attack Zhanbai.
A strong killing aura rose up and shrouded Zhanbai.
On the other hand, Zhan Bai unhurriedly inserted his hands into his cuffs at this time, acting like an old pedant, and facing the attack of the armor owl with a smile on his face.
"Broken!"
Just when the armor owl's long sword was almost handed to the tip of his nose, Zhanbai spat out a word softly.
"Uh!!"
The hideous face of the armor owl froze suddenly, the severe pain swept from the dantian, the whole body trembled violently like an electric shock, and its own strength dissolved strangely, out of inertia, the whole person fell softly on Zhanbai's body.
"How is that possible?" The voice of the armor owl was extremely weak, and it was filled with unwillingness.
"Hehe, aren't you the only ones who can use the means, and I can't?" Zhan Bai tightly held the armor owl who was about to collapse, and mocked in a low voice.
A sword scale the size of a fingernail burst out of the armor owl's body and submerged into Zhanbai's body, and at the same time, a sword scale also flew out of Yiyan's sparse corpse......
As Zhanbai said, when Jia Xiao and Yi Yan took Zhan Bai hostage, they left marks on the road, and Zhan Bai could also peel off the sword scales unconsciously and hide them in the bodies of the two.
In order to survive, it is not an exaggeration to think as much as possible about the worst of people. This is also one of the principles that Zhan Bai learned from the Land of Void.
The armor owl died, his life was shattered, and his cultivation was completely wasted, and the heart piercing was a fatal injury, and he would not know if he died, and what caused all this was just a small sword scale.
"A waste of demonic power in vain, forget it, the world is impermanent, it's always good to prepare more." Zhan Bai looked at Yiyan's corpse on the ground, and said with disappointment, "It's a pity, it's a beauty." ”
The mask covering Yiyan's face fell off at some point, revealing a rather gorgeous face, but unfortunately there was no corpse, a beautiful woman, and at this time there was only a holographic head left.