Chapter 16: The Night Thief
Nangong Mu arched his hand towards the old man and said, "I won't tell you, we ...... this time It is also for these treasures that we are here! The nephrite jade of Basui Mountain is very famous, and we took the risk to make a small profit!"
"Why should you come to this poor place not for money?" the old man paused, and then continued, "But the mountain is very dangerous, and the two sons should be careful." In those two days, there were rumors that someone in the Nine Directions was going to guard the snake, but unfortunately there was no one yet!"
"Someone is guarding?" Nangong Mu was surprised, "Why is the snake that killed a thousand knives guarding it, why did you go earlier?"
"How can ordinary people like us understand the thoughts of the people in the Nine Directions Capital?" The old man shook his head and said, "They won't notify us when they do things...... What I know is gossip, not necessarily accurate!"
"Oh......" Nangong Mu snorted lightly, turned his head to look at Bei Tang Xuan, he really frowned, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking.
Nangong Mu looked at the old man with a smile and said, "Can you stay here?"
"Nature can...... It's just that the conditions can't be compared with those inns in rich places!If you want to stay, I'll arrange it!" The old man said and pointed to the back room.
"Okay, I'm sorry for you!" Nangong Mu nodded at the old man and watched the old man enter the house.
Nangong Mu shook the water in the teacup, took a sip, and couldn't help but drift away...... Last time, the Nine Directions Moon Evil traveled thousands of miles to the Charm Forest to kill the Ba Snake, and in the blink of an eye, Bei Tang Xuan and they missed the Ba Snake's medicine ...... There are also snakes in the territory of Jiufang, but they have to guard it...... I always felt that it was deliberate! Is there some conspiracy in this? Nangong Mu put down the teacup, looked at Bei Tang Xuan who was deep in thought, and asked in a low voice, "Bei Tang Xuan, what do you think about this matter?"
"No matter what they do, since I, Bei Tang Xuan, am here, I won't go back empty-handed!" Bei Tang Xuan's hand holding the cup tightened, and he said in a deep voice, "This snake, I'm going to kill it!"
Nangong Mu patted the table lightly and said, "Okay, let's go up the mountain after dark!"
The sun was setting in the west, and it was dark in a few moments. The moon loomed in the sky, and the night was as misty as splashing ink, and the silence was a little scary.
In the night, there were two black shadows flashing in the jungle, and Nangong Mu had already changed into a night robe and followed closely behind Bei Tang Xuan. She took a few steps forward, looked at Bei Tang Xuan, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know where the snake is in general?"
"It should be a darker and damp place, I don't know......" Bei Tang Xuan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, and then said, "Why don't we go our separate ways?"
"Don't!" Nangong Mu refused without thinking about it, "I don't want to die in the mouth ......of the snake!
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The two of them followed the path into the woods, and suddenly saw a cyan tail flicking in the air in the distance......
"Isn't that the one?" Nangong Mu pointed to the place where the snake's tail had just crossed and asked.
"Yes......" Bei Tang Xuan's eyes lit up, and as he spoke, he pulled out the saber at his waist, "Let's fight quickly!"
In an instant, a dazzling blue light flourished, and Bei Tang Xuan rushed forward like an arrow.
Nangong Mu looked at the place where Bei Tang Xuan rushed to, he was stunned, and sighed in his heart, Bei Tang Xuan is really not ordinary. Thinking about it, she quickly followed the trail she had just left behind. In the distance, I saw a tail writhing in the air a few times, and then ...... Ran away?
Nangong Mu scolded the snake in his heart, the previous one and this one may be related...... She saw Bei Tang Xuan, the sword in his hand still glowing blue, standing there looking at the dense forest in the distance. Nangong Mu beckoned to him from afar, "Have you found it?"
Bei Tang Xuan turned his head to look at her and said, "It ran away when it saw me, but my sword qi hurt it." That thing is very vindictive, this will say that it must be hiding in the dark corner and waiting for the opportunity to fight back, we will wait for the rabbit......"
Nangong Mu felt a faint uneasiness in his heart, and said, "I always have a bad premonition...... Let's kill it quickly!"
"Okay, you wait here for a while, I'll be back in a while!" Bei Tang Xuan said, reciting two mantras, and the sword in his hand quickly reached his feet. Entering the depths of the dense forest at a speed that is difficult to see with the naked eye.
"Alas......" Nangong Mu wanted to say something, but it was too late, so he had to bow his head and say to himself, "Don't leave me here alone, I'm afraid......"
Just as he was thinking, a huge tail suddenly swept past the surrounding area, knocking down several small trees around him...... Nangong Mu was startled, jumped up quickly, dodged, and ran straight in the direction of North Tang Xuan, shouting, "I'm Di Niang...... North Tang Xuan ...... Help!!"
Nangong Mu turned his head and saw that the tail didn't know where it had gone...... She looked back straight ahead, only to find a large mouth in front of her waiting motionless, with green mucus secreting from it, and two sharp teeth stuck straight into the ground like a door, just waiting for her to rush into the belly of the snake!
Nangong Mu stopped suddenly, leaned over and ran back, the snake saw this, and quickly chased her in the direction of her running with its mouth open, with a surging momentum, and had the intention of swallowing her into its belly.
Nangong Mu took a step back to the side, drew his sword, and was about to fight back, when the big mouth of the snake suddenly came to his eyes. Seeing that she was about to bite it, at the last moment, a lightsaber suddenly fell between the snake and her, and the sword and teeth made a piercing grinding sound. Nangong Mu was shocked when he heard this, and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction where the sword was flying, and saw Bei Tang Xuan coming towards him, so he quickly grabbed the sword and plunged it straight down.
With a snap, one of the snake's teeth snapped and fell to the ground. Then the snake let out a cry like a baby's cry, and suddenly turned its head and rushed backwards.
"Don't want to run ......away again," Bei Tang Xuan shouted, an arrow leaped high, and the blue light of the sword in his hand was even stronger, and he was about to be inserted into the head of the snake. Suddenly, another sword swept by, the sword body emitted a dazzling red light, blocking Bei Tang Xuan's sword, the two swords collided together in the air, sparks erupted from the sword body, and it was particularly eye-catching in the night. At this moment, the snake fell into the depths of the dense forest and fled. Then the sword quickly backed away, returning into the darkness. Bei Tang Xuan fell to the ground, and he actually took two steps back before he stopped.
Nangong Mu looked in the direction the sword had left, and in the night, there stood a man wearing a black cloak, the huge cloak hanging down to the bottom of his neck and covering his entire face. The whole person exuded an eerie and terrifying aura. Looking at the figure, it should be a man.