Chapter 9: The Line Between Life and Death
It's late at night.
Sand mining town.
There are already a lot of people here, all kinds of people. It is an important town on the official road. The old town, even the bluestone paved paths are so quaint.
However, this night, this town, is very strange, and the town is full of murderous atmosphere.
"Commander Lu, the four members of the Sakura Tang family are all in the Fengyuan Restaurant, we are already full of spies all around the restaurant, as soon as that young man appears, we will receive the news immediately. On the second floor of a luxurious mansion opposite the Fengyuan Restaurant, a sergeant reported to a man dressed in a commander's suit.
This Lu commander is not very old, about thirty or so, his eyes are sharp, he is unusually strong, he is dressed in brocade clothes, and he carries a knife at his waist.
He thought to himself that the Great Commander of Nawei had clearly explained: "The purpose here is to use the Sakurado family as bait to capture a teenager who may come to the rendezvous, and then arrest the Sakurado family together." It is said that the young man has reached the strength of the Great Perfection of the Forging Body Realm, and he can even match the middle level of the Chongguan Realm. Then he really can't be foolproof with the strength of the late stage of the Chongguan Realm. Fortunately, there are also Qin commanders who lead people to respond on the outskirts of the town, and it is even said that the city lord will come here to sit in person. With such an iron bucket lineup, as long as the teenager shows up, he will be captured!
It's just that I don't know who this young man is, and he provoked the city lord to be so excited.
At the moment, in a small teahouse not far from Fengyuan Restaurant in the town.
A man in black was sitting on a table wearing a hat, but under the hat was a handsome face, which was Gu Qiu.
Gu Qiu thought while drinking tea: "I just reconnoitred around, and sure enough, I found that heavy troops have been deployed here waiting for me to enter the tiger's mouth. If I rush to Fengyuan Restaurant now, I will be caught in a net, and it will be difficult to fly. But Mr. Sakura's family must not have noticed yet, so how can I inform them?"
At this time, a tea boy about ten years old came over to add tea to Gu Qiu, and Gu Qiu happened to touch some gold coins in his pocket that Sakurado had given when he left, and he had a flash of inspiration.
At Fengyuan Restaurant, Sakurahime, Reiru, and Sakura have returned to the room after dinner, while Sakurado sits alone in the hall.
"It's been four days. Gu Qiu, I hope you come to join us safely. Sakurado muttered. I have been sitting in the hall, just to wait for Gu Qiu.
At this moment, a child of about ten years old came up and carried a teapot.
The child walked to the side of the cherry blossom hall, stared at the big eyes and asked, "Grandpa, do you drink tea?" ”
Where is Sakurado in the mood to drink tea, so he forcibly smiled at the child and said, "Grandpa doesn't drink tea, thank you." ”
The child continued: "Grandpa, but there is a brother who wants you to drink, so I'll pour it to you, no money." ”
Sakura Tang was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said, "Okay, okay, then thank you." So he pushed the teacup out.
The child took the teapot and poured a full cup of tea for Sakurado, just as the teapot was empty.
Sakurado took the teacup, sniffed it, drank it in one gulp, then stood up and walked to the room.
Back in the room, Sakurasa, Sakurahime, and Reiruka didn't sleep but waited for news from Sakurado.
When Lian Ruo saw Sakura returning to the room, she hurriedly walked over and asked anxiously, "Grandpa, hasn't Brother Gu Qiu come yet?"
Sakurahime also looked concerned.
Sakurado didn't speak, but sat down at the table, then took out a ball of paper from his mouth, slowly unfolded it, and said, "The town has been surrounded, leave the back door in the early morning and go to the blacksmith shop to the north, where I will wait for you." ”
After reading it, everyone was surprised and delighted. Surprised, it turned out that he had become the food of the tiger's mouth, and the joy was that Gu Qiu successfully escaped from Baishi City and rushed to meet everyone.
Sakura Tang spoke: "Gu Qiu should have come to rescue us after many dangers and difficulties, you must be careful this time." In the middle of the night, we'll run out. ”
Sakurasa, Reiru, and Sakurahime all nodded.
Late at night.
Next to the blacksmith shop in the north of the town, Gu Qiu stood in the shadows of a corner, his eyes scanning the surroundings alertly.
Finally, in the wee hours of the morning, four figures silently approached along the wall. When the four figures walked to the blacksmith shop, Gu Qiu came out of the shadows.
"Brother Gu Qiu!" Lian Ruo saw Gu Qiu and pounced excitedly.
Sakura Ji also walked over and touched Gu Qiu's head with a smile.
Sakura and Sakura Sha were also very excited to see Gu Qiu, and Sakura said, "Gu Qiu, you don't have to wade into this troubled water. ”
Gu Qiu said: "The old gentleman saved my life, but now the situation is urgent, this is not the place to speak, it is appropriate to get out first." You should all have a hundred miles of soul chasing incense on you, and we will be known wherever we go. ”
Sakurado was shocked and said, "I see, I said how could they find us." It doesn't matter, our herbs shop has items that specifically remove soul-chasing incense. ”
With that, Sakurado took out a small bottle from Sakura's baggage and sprinkled the powder in the bottle on everyone.
Sakura said: "This medicinal powder can neutralize any smell, and the soul chasing incense is not afraid." Without further ado, let's get off now. I just don't know how to get out of this town?"
Gu Qiu pointed in one direction and said, "I've scouted here, and there is a remote path here to escape from this town. If you take the avenue, you will be discovered!"
So the group followed Gu Qiu out of the town quietly. After walking less than two miles, they reached a mountain pass, and suddenly there was a fire, and a man dressed in commander's clothes appeared in front of Gu Qiu and his party with about thirty soldiers.
Gu Qiu and his party stopped, Gu Qiu clenched the handle of the knife and stared at the comer. The Sakurado family's faces turned pale.
The leader walked to a place about fifteen meters away from Gu Qiu and stopped, while the others dispersed at a speed, forming an encirclement with Gu Qiu and his party as the center.
Rity's small hand tugged at the corner of Rakhu's clothes, and Sakurahime clenched her fists nervously. Sakuratang's face is like ashes, looking at the clothes, this is the commander under the lord of Baishi City, but it is not comparable to the four commanders under the eighth master. The commander under the eighth master is responsible for the south of the city, and this commander is responsible for patrolling the whole city.
"Fortunately, we put two eyeliners, otherwise you would have really escaped this time. I'm Qin Chuan, the deputy commander of the White Rock City Patrol, are you going to be captured or..."
But before this person finished speaking, he saw Gu Qiu shouting, standing on the spot, soaring into the air, stretching his legs, his whole body was like a peng spreading his wings, holding a scimitar, and directly attacking Qin Chuan, Gu Qiu's whole body suddenly exploded with killing energy, adding a bit of power to this knife.
Seeing this, Qin Chuan said in his heart: "I wanted to use words first, and wait for Lu Ming to come before doing it, so that nothing goes wrong." I didn't expect this kid to see through my delaying tactics, so decisively, and attack directly. However, in the face of absolute strength, these are useless. ”
Qin Chuan sneered and said, "I am cultivating the Earth Attribute Defense Technique, with your strength in the Great Perfection of the Body Forging Realm, how can you break my defense?"
Qin Chuan's fists tightened, the soles of his feet stomped on the ground, and he rushed towards Gu Qiu with the momentum of thunder, it seemed that he was planning to give up his defense and attack Gu Qiu.
When Gu Qiu's scimitar was about to slash at Qin Chuan's head, Qin Chuan's head flashed, and he let the blade slash at himself, obviously this was full confidence in his defense.
Unexpectedly, only a "poof" sound was heard, and Qin Chuan's armor cracked a large long gap, and blood oozed out, and Gu Qiu's scimitar directly appeared several gaps.
And Qin Chuan's punch hit Gu Qiu's left shoulder, and Gu Qiu dodged and unloaded eighty percent of his strength.
Astound!
The soldiers on the periphery were all shocked, this young man could fight head-on with Lord Qin Chuan and faintly had the upper hand. The commander of Qin Chuan is the strength of the late stage of the Chongguan Realm!
When the Sakurado family saw this, they felt even more incredible, what kind of person did they save?
Qin Chuan said angrily: "Good boy, you actually broke through to the Chongguan Realm, and you have a bit of brute strength, you can break through my defenses! But even if you reach the Chongguan Realm, you are only at the beginning level, so what?"
Gu Qiu said in his heart: "This person is overbearing, only by attacking the face door can he quickly defeat him, this place should not stay for a long time, if you delay for a long time, you will definitely fall into a desperate situation." ”
Gu Qiu threw away the scrapped scimitar, and the two fought several times between the electric light and flint, Gu Qiu relied on his super strong body, and Qin Chuan relied on the earth attribute exercises, and neither side was hit hard.
I saw Gu Qiu slashing at Qin Chuan's face door with one palm, and Qin Chuan snorted coldly, raised his left arm to resist, and at the same time whipped Gu Qiu with a whip leg.
Golden opportunity!
At this time, Gu Qiu took advantage of Qin Chuan's unstable center of gravity when he raised his legs, and quickly shot out two meridian bone nails with his left hand.
"Not good!" Qin Chuan said in a panic, and hurriedly wanted to raise his right hand to block the hidden weapon, but where was there still time, the two hidden weapons directly submerged into Qin Chuan's eyes and shot out from the back of his head!
Qin Chuan's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief that he died at the hands of a young man like this.
Dead!
The onlookers were horrified in their hearts, watching Qin Chuan's eyes spurt blood, and his body slowly fell backwards, they couldn't believe that the invincible commander in his heart died in the hands of this young man in such a few short battles!
Gu Qiu shouted: "Who dares to stop me, die!" At the same time, the killing aura was great, and the surrounding soldiers saw the young man who was like a hell of death, all of them were unstable, their bodies were stiff, and their feet trembled.
Gu Qiu turned to Sakura Hall and said, "The old gentleman will come with me." ”
The Sakurado family seemed to be still in shock, and it was only after Gu Qiu drank it that they suddenly came back to their senses and followed closely behind Gu Qiu.
Gu Qiu walked quickly towards the soldiers in the encirclement, and the two soldiers who blocked the direction of Gu Qiu's advance were a little helpless, neither stopping nor letting go. But before they could react, Gu Qiu kicked people directly with his two feet!
Seeing Gu Qiu and the others walking away, a team of soldiers just froze in place.
What are you kidding, Commander Qin is a master in the late stage of the Chongguan Realm, and he will all die in a moment! What's the use of going by yourself? Isn't this sending him to death?
Suddenly, another team of people rushed over at great speed! When you see the person who is coming, it is the commander of Lu who is squatting on the periphery of the Fengyuan Restaurant!
After Commander Lu arrived, he gasped, and at first glance he found Qin Chuan's body on the ground.
"What? Who did this? What about the old man and the young man?" asked Commander Lu sharply.
The surrounding soldiers replied resignedly: "Lu... Commander Lu, that young man killed Commander Qin, and then fled!"
"What, that young man is only forging the strength of the Great Perfection of the Body Realm, how can he have such strength!" Commander Lu said angrily.
"My lord, we just heard Commander Qin say when he was fighting with this young man, this young man has already broken through to the Chongguan realm!"
"A bunch of waste! I'll chase after you, you can keep up as fast as you can!" Commander Lu finished saying and chased in the direction that Gu Qiu had fled.
The five Gu Qiu people kept fleeing north, and by this time they had already reached a gentle mountain pass.
Sakurahime looked at the back of the tall young man walking in the front, and her heart rippled infinitely.
"Boy, stop for me and see where you go!"
As soon as Gu Qiu turned around, he saw a man in about thirty years old, his eyes sharp, and a man in a black military uniform rushed towards his side!
It's Commander Lu!
Gu Qiu said in his heart: "Looking at this person's breath, he is not under the person just now, and the pursuers must be in the rear, I can only make the pursuers throw themselves into the trap if I fight quickly with all my strength and make them injured!"
The Sakurado family stood behind Gu Qiu.
Gu Qiu suddenly stood still, his fists clenched, his whole body was accumulated, and his strength climbed to the peak!
Facing the rushing Lu Commander, a punch was thrown!
Gu Qiu punched with all his might! Commander Lu blocked it with his hand!
"Poof!"
Commander Lu vomited blood and flew more than ten meters upside down!
Rush to the level of the realm of the first level of one punch to injure the late stage!
Gu Qiu took four or five steps back to stabilize!
Commander Lu was horrified in his heart, with such a terrifying physical strength, he was underestimated by himself! He wanted to struggle to get up, but found that the meridians all over his body were injured.
Just when Gu Qiu was planning to take people to continue to escape.
"Awesome!" a deep man's voice came.
I saw a middle-aged man in a blue silk robe, full of majesty, pacing over. He looked at Gu Qiu with a smile on his face, as if everything was under his control.
"White Rock City Lord, Ye Xing!" Sakura couldn't help but shout!
"Lord City Lord!" Commander Lu, who fell to the ground, also exclaimed in surprise! Although he failed to catch this group of people this time, he also delayed enough time, and Lord City Lord must not blame me.
Ye Xing, the strength of the late stage of the Xuanshi!
Gu Qiu and Sakurado's family were in a mood that sank to the bottom, and their faces were like ashes. No one would think that they could escape from Ye Xing's hands.
"Yes, with such strength at this age, it must be from an extraordinary background, but in my White Rock City region, no one can afford to make big waves. Alright, you've had enough, come back with me. Ye Xing said lightly, as if all this that happened was a child's small fight.
Gu Qiu's face was solemn, staring at Ye Xing.
Ye Xing walked over slowly, but Gu Qiu stood as if he was facing a great enemy.
"Still want to resist?" Ye Xing smiled and shook his head, as if he had seen the funniest thing in the world.
"If you don't want to go, I'll drag you back."
After saying that, Ye Xing stretched out his hand lightly and pushed it out with one palm. This palm seems to be slow, but it is actually extremely fast. Gu Qiu hurriedly met with his palms.
"Bang!"
The incomparable domineering power destroyed Gu Qiu's defenses like a withering and decaying force, and the surging palm power poured into Gu Qiu's chest. Gu Qiu took more than a dozen steps back, and a mouthful of blood spurted out! The meridians of his arm bones were injured eight or nine times out of ten, his chest was completely torn apart, his chest was almost sunken, full of blood marks, and the Xuan Qi in his body was extremely disordered!
Just a random hit!
The strength of the late stage of the Xuanshi is so domineering!
Ye Xing turned around again and reached out to grab Sakurahime. Seeing this, Sakura hurriedly stood in front of Sakurahime. At this time, Ye Xing turned his claws into palms and slapped Sakura's chest.
"Father!" Sakurahime shouted as she looked at Sakura, who was flying upside down.
Sakurahime and Reira hurriedly ran to Sakurasa's side, picked up Sakura, and found that Sakura's chest was sunken and lifeless.
Gu Qiu's eyes showed a hint of determination! Looking at the Sakura family, he shouted, "You go, I'll block it!"
Ye Xing looked at Gu Qiu's group of people playfully, and said, "This seat is here in person, who can go." ”
At this time, Sakura gritted his teeth, took out a jade slip from his arms, handed it to Sakura Hime, and said, "Ji'er, this jade slip was handed down by our ancestors, but no one in our family has been able to open it for thousands of years. This is the secret of our family's cursed decay and your physical weakness, and hopefully one day you can open it. ”
Yingtang looked at Gu Qiu again, a soft smile appeared on his face, and said, "Gu Qiu, I'll leave the two of them to you." ”
Then Sakura turned around, walked towards Ye Xing, and said, "Lord of the City, I have an important secret I want to tell you, I don't know if I can let my granddaughter live!"
Ye Xing looked at Sakura Hall in astonishment, and said, "Hehe, it's okay, let me hear what the secret is first!"
Sakura Tang slowly walked towards Ye Xing, and when he was still three meters away from Ye Xing, he suddenly turned his head to look at Gu Qiu and shouted, "Run!"
Ye Xing's face changed suddenly, and he shouted, "It's not good, White Light Splitting God Thunder!" and then hurriedly retreated.
"Bang!"
The shock wave of the explosion spread fifty meters around Sakurado as the center!
Ye Xing couldn't retreat and was surrounded by the shockwave.
"Grandpa!"
Sakurahime and Reira didn't know what was going on, they had just lost their father, and at this time, their grandfather blew himself up to save himself. The second daughter was about to rush over to check the situation in Sakuratang, but was dragged by Gu Qiu and said, "The old gentleman is doing this to hope that you will live well and not let him down." ”
After that, Gu Qiu took the second daughter and fled. After a series of vicious battles, and another terrifying blow from Ye Xing, Gu Qiu was already at the end of the crossbow.
Gu Qiu desperately pulled the second daughter to run, feeling that his legs were a little heavier, and at the same time, his arms and body were abnormally hot, and the blood groove in his chest was bleeding non-stop because of the intense exercise.
As for his old injuries a few days ago, they were even more completely attacked at this moment, making the little half of his body begin to stage.
Gu Qiu didn't mean to stop and bandage at all, he just ran forward.
Gradually, Gu Qiu's mind began to be unconscious, and he just subconsciously ran for his life with his second daughter. He suddenly felt that his eyes were slightly dark, and his steps stumbled, and he almost fell directly to the ground.
He was shocked, and hurriedly bit the tip of his tongue with his teeth, and a trace of blood suddenly filled his mouth, so that he could keep his consciousness awake and stabilize his running pace again.
I don't know how long I ran, Gu Qiu ran to a beach with the two of them, couldn't hold on any longer, and fell down.
Sakurahime and Reiruo saw Gu Qiu falling, and they were afraid that the pursuers would come, so they happened to see a pile of rocks next to them, so they carried Gu Qiu into the pile of stones, and the three of them immediately hid inside.
The place where Sakurado blew itself up.
Ye Xing was lying on the ground with blood on his face, he slowly opened his eyes and sat up with great difficulty.
At this time, a large number of soldiers ran over, and when they saw Ye Xing sitting on the ground, they were stunned. However, he still hurriedly said: "Lord of the city!"
Ye Xing took a deep breath and said fiercely: "This seat has been plotted, let the two girls and that teenager of that family escape in my hands, you quickly arm, expand the scope of the search, and at the same time send a letter to request several neighboring cities to assist in the arrest!"
"Yes!"