"Yesterday, the teacher was not there, nothing happened in the martial arts hall, right?" Chen Mao asked casually.

"Back to Master, no. ”

Tao Zi'an replied with a smile.

Chen Mao glanced at Tao Zi'an and Li Qiu, frowned slightly, and asked.

"Why don't you see your third junior brother?"

"Master, the fourth junior brother and I haven't seen Senior Brother Cao in the morning, maybe something went out. ”

Chen Mao shook his head and didn't ask any more.

Tao Zi'an chuckled.

"Master, you must have been tired when you just came back, so my junior brother and I won't disturb you to rest. ”

The disciple retired. "The disciple retired. ”

The two exited the lobby, and Tao Zi'an looked at Li Qiu, who had withdrawn, his eyes moving slightly.

Looking at Li Qiu's appearance, Cao Shao should have listened to his words and did not provoke trouble to embarrass Li Qiu.

The next day, the sky was clear, and the back garden of the Aoki Martial Arts Hall.

Bang Bang!

There was a clash of blades.

Chen Mao wore a long robe, held a long knife in his hand, and performed the Qingshuang Knife Technique, with a fierce momentum, like the endless chill brought by the arrival of frost, and Li Qiu, who also performed the Qingshuang Knife Technique, was fighting against each other.

The terrifying and fierce knife momentum violently impacted Li Qiu's mind, giving him a deeper understanding of the Qingshuang knife technique.

After the two of them used the Qingshuang knife technique to make dozens of moves, Chen Mao stopped and put away the knife, looked at Li Qiu with a smile, touched the beard on his chin, and nodded with satisfaction.

"In just a few days, you have already introduced the Aoki knife technique, especially the knife is extremely powerful, to have such an apprentice with extraordinary understanding as you, I am very relieved to have the master!"

Chen Mao felt that God was really not thin on him, so he first sent himself a descendant of a martial saint, and after he was dissatisfied with his character, he sent a descendant of a martial saint with a gentle character, and his qualifications were even worse.

He is a martial artist in the strong bone period, and he can actually receive two martial saint descendants as apprentices, and he has no regrets in this life!

Li Qiu heard Chen Mao's praise, put away his knife and handed it away, silent.

There was a slightly hurried sound of footsteps.

Tao Zi'an looked solemn, walked into the back garden, and bowed to Chen Mao.

"Master, the third junior brother seems to be missing!"

Chen Mao frowned, his face changed slightly: "What's the matter?"

"From yesterday morning to now, the people in the martial arts hall have said that they have not seen the third junior brother, and the last time they saw him was the night before yesterday. ”

"How could Cao Shao disappear?"

Li Qiu listened on the side, his face changed slightly, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Absconding in fear of crime?

Even if the Spirit Snake Martial Arts Pavilion sent someone to assassinate him, Cao Shao did participate, but he didn't show any flaws, so why should he abscond in fear of crime.

Could it be that the Spirit Snake Martial Arts Pavilion sent someone to assassinate him last night, and at the same time, it also sent someone to assassinate Cao Shao?

Cao Shao went out in the middle of the night to see the people of the Spirit Snake Martial Arts Hall, but was killed by the people of the Spirit Snake Martial Arts Hall who suddenly made a difficulty?

Or did Cao Shao not collude with the Spirit Snake Martial Arts Pavilion, something else happened.

The news that Li Qiu was missing by Cao Shao suddenly made him a little confused, and he made all kinds of speculations for a while.

"Send all the people from the martial arts hall out, and you must find your third junior brother. ”

Chen Mao's expression was solemn, he thought for a moment, and commanded.

"Yes. Tao Zi'an replied.

Chen Mao's eyes moved slightly, although he gradually began to feel dislike for Cao Shao's apprentice after Li Qiu appeared, but Cao Shao was also his apprentice no matter what he said, and he, as a master, couldn't sit idly by if something happened to his apprentice.

"Go to your three junior brothers' rooms with your master and have a look. ”

Chen Mao's expression was solemn and he said.

Tao Zi'an and Li Qiu followed behind Chen Mao, and hurriedly walked towards Cao Shao's residence.

When the door was opened, the room was empty, the tables, chairs, cups and cups were all in their place, and nothing was toppled or broken.

After Chen Mao took a closer look in the room, his brows furrowed slightly.

"There was not a trace of a hand-to-hand in the room. ”

"Or...... Someone was in this room the night before yesterday and quietly kidnapped your third junior brother, or he went out in the middle of the night the day before yesterday and something happened outside. ”

Hearing Chen Mao's speculation, Li Qiu and Tao Zi'an subconsciously skipped the former.

Silently kidnapping a martial artist in the meat training period, even a martial artist in the bone strengthening stage can't do it.

Unless there is a martial artist in the dirty period, and a martial artist in the dirty period is rare in the entire Gongzhou, how could he sneak into the martial arts hall in the middle of the night and kidnap Cao Shao.

"Send people out to find them, and find them anyway. Chen Mao looked solemn and waved his hand.

"Yes. "Yes. ”

Tao Zi'an and Li Qiu answered.

"For such an important matter, call your senior brother and ask him to help find it. Chen Maoxiang suddenly remembered something and added.

In the Aoki Martial Arts Hall, on the flat school grounds.

Tao Zi'an just finished talking to hundreds of martial arts hall disciples about Cao Shao's disappearance, and told them to disperse and search for them in the city.

Wang Zhiping hurried over, still the same appearance that Li Qiu saw him at the apprenticeship ceremony, his eyes were bloodshot and his sockets were deep, but there was no tired look on his face.

"Senior Brother Cao is missing?"

"Yes. Tao Zi'an replied with a serious expression.

"Although Senior Brother Cao is arrogant and arrogant in normal times, how can I say that we are also senior brothers, I hope to find him. ”

Wang Zhiping's expression was complicated, and he shook his head and sighed.

"The disciples of the martial arts hall have gone to the city to look for each other, let's go too. Tao Zi'an said in a low voice.

Li Qiu's eyes flashed, he didn't want to delay his practice because of Cao Shao, but there was no way to do it, at least the surface work still had to be done.

The three of them and the disciples of the martial arts hall were looking for Cao Shao's traces in Shangjiang City.

After searching for a day until late at night, they still found nothing, so they had to go home and rest for one night and look for it again tomorrow.

......

In a dark and crude chamber, the faint flames of the candles flickered, glowing dimly.

Cao Shao, who was wearing a brocade robe, was hung upside down, he woke up and opened his eyes slowly, and his nose was filled with a strong smell of blood, which was disgusting, like being in a slaughterhouse.

His face was pale, his expression was anxious and his eyes were frightened, and he struggled to break free from the restraints on his body, but he found that he could not use any strength in his body, not even a thin iron chain, and even the voice of opening his mouth to shout was lacking, and the sound he made was weak.

"Senior brother, why did you attack me!"

In front of Cao Shao, on a chair, a tall figure sat and disappeared in the shadows.

The figure gradually leaned forward, revealing a face that Cao Shao was very familiar with, with bloodshot eyes and deep-set eye sockets.

The face mingled with shadows in the flickering candlelight, making it look eerie.

It was Wang Zhiping, who had been looking for Cao Shao in the city with the rest of the martial arts hall during the day.

Cao Shao was hung upside down, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar senior brother in front of him, his eyes were frightened, and his face was full of puzzlement.

The night before yesterday, the senior brother, who had always stayed in his house to practice and rarely went out, suddenly visited.

Cao Shao invited the other party into the house, closed the door, and was about to turn around and ask him what happened to his late night visit, but he was suddenly attacked from behind......