After Xiong Kuohai left, Xiao Zhuo also made small changes in his itinerary, the places he used to check focused on the banks of the canal, and now he occasionally walked farther. It's just that after a few days, he found that the farther away from the canal, or the more prosperous the place, the less evil people played. Therefore, although he has removed a few scourges these days, he has not encountered any more troublesome ones.

On this day, Xiao Zhuo came to a small town, and saw that it was dark, so he had to find an inn to live in, but at night, Xiao Zhuo was lying on the bed to sort out his thoughts, and suddenly there was a slight sound of footsteps in his ears, which startled him to get up immediately. As soon as he got up, he saw two figures flash outside his house, and then he saw a small hole in the window, and a thin smoke drifted into the house.

Black shop! Xiao Zhuo already knew what was going on? He didn't expect that he would be able to live in a black store just by staying overnight, and he didn't know who was carrying it! Xiao Zhuo immediately pulled the sword box and fell on the bed, he wanted to see how dark this black shop could be, if it was just for money, it could be forgiven, if it was a murderous act, he would never spare these scum tonight. However, it backfired, he waited in the house for a while, but did not see anyone come in, only heard the sound of hula hula outside. Curious, he got up and walked towards the door and window.

Through the small hole left by the person outside the door just now, Xiao Zhuo saw that in the inn at this time, there were several black-clothed figures shuttling back and forth in various rooms, every time they entered the room, they were empty-handed, but when they came out, they were big bags and small bags, and they were really just trying to make money. But there is one thing he doesn't understand, since this group of thieves is trying to make money, why don't they enter their own room? Just because you're a Taoist?

When this group of people was busy and about to leave, Xiao Zhuo also quietly followed them and left the inn. According to his judgment, like this kind of brazen dare to open a black shop to make money, there must be a greater force behind it, otherwise the guests find that the things are missing at dawn, how can they give up, and then the innkeeper will have a light lawsuit, and it is very likely that someone will lose an important item or a bad-tempered owner, and it is very likely that someone will die! Xiao Zhuo followed all the way, and after about half a pillar of incense, Xiao Zhuo followed these people into a misty forest, and he could no longer see this group of people.

Xiao Zhuo looked at the clouds and mist in front of him carefully, and he also somewhat understood why these people dared to blatantly open a black shop. In general, there are clouds in the woods, either due to the weather, or they are produced in the morning when black and white alternate, and the clouds and fog in the middle of the night like the present are mostly caused by the heavy cloudiness of the land. Once these yin qi accumulate to a certain extent, it will form a cloud of mist that confuses people's judgment at night, and this group of people must have taken advantage of this to escape the arrest of the government. It's just that everything is balanced, and there is such a strong yin qi here, if it accumulates again, it will inevitably cause harm to the living.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhuo looked at the moon in the sky, and then calculated the approximate direction according to the time he came out, and then walked to the left. This kind of cloud and mist is extremely useful to confuse ordinary people, but if you want to disturb people with spiritual power, you need to accumulate another ten or eight years. When he passed through this cloud, he saw this group of people's den of thieves, which turned out to be a very large mountain villa. At this time, the people who came in and out of the gate of the villa were all carrying bags in their hands, or driving cars and horses, it seems that there are still a lot of black shops under the influence of this villa!

"Hey! Friend! Uninvited, there's a faux pas, right? ”

Xiao Zhuo was watching from a tree, and suddenly heard a voice behind him, he just turned his head to look back, but saw a white light flashing in front of him, startled him immediately kicked backwards, and the person quickly jumped down from the tree.

It's dangerous! Xiao Zhuo remembered the scene just now, and there was still a chill in his heart. He always thought that with his half-spiritual cultivation, he didn't have to worry about someone in this world being able to hurt himself, but he didn't expect that there would be someone who could walk behind him quietly, if it wasn't for the reflection of that person's weapon under the moon just now, it would definitely hurt him!

"Humph! Don't ask for yourself, is this your etiquette? Xiao Zhuo stretched out his hand to the sword box behind his back, originally wanting to draw the ancient sword, but after thinking carefully, the other party was not evil, so he pulled out the sword that Su Lie gave him instead.

"So you're here to ask for something! Okay, as long as you win me, your stuff will be returned to you! After the other party finished speaking, a short dagger also appeared in his hand.

"You don't need to pretend to be generous, don't you just want to wait for the people in the Zhuangzi to come out? It just so happens that I also want to see who is the person who can lead so many black shops! After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, without waiting for the other party to make a move, he stabbed with his sword. However, to Xiao Zhuo's surprise, as soon as the other party saw him killed, he hurriedly jumped onto the tree again.

"I said, why do you say you can do it?" The other party jumped up the tree and didn't forget to tease Xiao Zhuo.

Xiao Zhuo didn't care about him, he immediately stepped on the trunk of the tree, and was about to slash at him with a sword, but when he saw the man's hand shake, a black object flew towards him, and the timing was not bad, just in time for him to be in mid-air.

Where could Xiao Zhuo let him succeed so easily, and immediately changed his sword-splitting posture, blocking the opponent's object in a posture that seemed to block and split. After the sound of metal bumping echoed, Xiao Zhuo also saw clearly what the other party threw out - it was a grab for climbing the wall. And when the other party saw that he stopped the sneak attack, he didn't entangle with him, and immediately tapped his toes on the branches of the tree again and again, and his body was a little taller. Xiao Zhuo looked at him, and had to admit that the other party really had some ability, that kind of height, Xiao Zhuo thought to himself, and he would definitely not be able to stand it.

"What a light effort!" Xiao Zhuo exclaimed, secretly used spiritual power in his hand, only to see a blue light flash on the sword, Xiao Zhuo slashed out with a sword, and the branches under the opponent's feet were instantly cut off by Qi Qi. Xiao Zhuo is also helpless, the other party obviously wants to use light skills to spend with him here, and he also knows that he can't win the other party at all in light skills.

"Hey!" The other party exclaimed, and hurriedly retracted his strength, falling with the branches, but whenever he was about to fall on the branches, the branches under his feet were cut off by Xiao Zhuo's sword, so that he could no longer find the place to focus. After doing this four or five times, when he was in a hurry to find the focus point, Xiao Zhuo saw that he had landed almost completely, and immediately jumped up, retracted the spiritual power in his hand, and slashed towards the other party with a sword.

"Big brother, save me!" Seeing Xiao Zhuo in front of him, the man hurriedly shouted to the side. As soon as Xiao Zhuo heard what he said, he also looked to the side, and sure enough, someone on the other side was far away and raised a Guan knife and rushed over. But Xiao Zhuo didn't pay attention to him at all, and the sword body still slashed towards the person in front of him, even if the person next to him could arrive, he would definitely be able to subdue the person in front of him first.

"Friend, be merciful! Look at the knives! When the person came to a distance of almost ten steps away from Xiao Zhuo, his feet suddenly kicked on the ground, and the person quickly rushed over, and at the same time, the knife in his hand also cut horizontally.

Xiao Zhuo didn't pay attention to the previous words of the person who came, as he expected, even if he arrived in time, it would be impossible to save people from under him. But in the latter sentence "look at the knife", Xiao Zhuo heard these two words at the same time, he also heard a whistling sound, turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw that a Guan knife had been cut horizontally, if he didn't stop it, he would inevitably be cut by the Guan knife. Seeing this situation, Xiao Zhuo had no choice but to stop the offensive, he didn't want to kill all the people on the tree, he just wanted to subdue him. Immediately holding the long sword back, a sword stabbed towards Guan Dao, and the opponent's Guan Dao, after he changed his target, also turned from a blade to a knife and slapped at him. I saw a cluster of sparks stirring up on the blade and the body of the sword, and the wide Guan knife swept Xiao Zhuo and the sword to the side due to the strong momentum, Xiao Zhuo tried his best to control his body, and then he barely fell to the ground safely. It's just that his side has just adjusted, but the man on the tree saw the opportunity, and just at this time, he had another point of focus, so he immediately sent out another flying catch.

"Junji, no!" The person who used the Guan knife hurriedly exited to stop it, but it was too late.

Shameless! Xiao Zhuo scolded secretly, and hurriedly transported the spiritual power around him, and the sword in his hand was slashed out against the flying grab, and the flying grab was immediately cut to the side, and the green light continued to move forward, and the evil slashed on the main trunk where the person fell, and the trunk immediately fell, and the branches and leaves also shook and fell to the ground, the man wanted to escape, but was blocked by the branches, and finally could only be pressed to the ground by the branches.

"Thank you for your mercy, in Xia Wang Xuan, this is in the next brother Hou Junji, please forgive me for the offense just now!" Wang Xuan came to Xiao Zhuo and hurriedly saluted and thanked him, and at the same time prevented Xiao Zhuo from going to Hou Junji to settle accounts again. Xiao Zhuo's sword just now, he saw it clearly, although he didn't understand why Xiao Zhuo's sword could split the blue light, but if Xiao Zhuo really wanted to kill Hou Junji, that sword would never be on the trunk of the tree.

"Master Wang, you are above board, Xiao Zhuo admires, it's just that you're a brother, please ask Master Wang to restrain more! Fortunately, he is a cultivator, and if he is replaced by other people in the rivers and lakes, his life will be ...... Hum! Xiao Zhuo looked at Hou Junji, who was still struggling under the branches at this time, and felt a sense of disdain in his heart. Looking back at Wang Xuan, he was burly with green robes and soap boots, his clear facial features were sharp and angular, and his chin still had a long hair that was inch long, coupled with a Guan knife in his hand, it was like Guan Yu's reincarnation, no wonder when the knife was cut out just now, he was notified in advance.

"Yes, I must restrain myself well, Junji, give me a good time to go back and reflect on it, people in the rivers and lakes, do things above board, worthy of conscience, just now everyone left their hands, how can you make another sneak attack!" Wang Xuan saw that Xiao Zhuo no longer cared, so he walked over to help Hou Junji tear off the branch and rescue him.

"Young Master Xiao! Xiao Gongzi! Ah! The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple! At this time, another voice came from the direction of the entrance of the villa, Xiao Zhuo was too lazy to look at Hou Junji, turned his head to look at the person who spoke, but saw a familiar figure waving at him ten steps away. He took a closer look, and this person was actually Xu Shiji. I didn't expect to see each other for six years, but I met again in this kind of place! What about the yin energy of this place......

"Brother Xu Dao, why are you here?" Xiao Zhuo also walked up to greet him. At the same time, I can't help but wonder in my heart, six years ago, Xu Shiji was still "wandering" everywhere, how can he get mixed up with the heroes of the green forest now?

"Shori said! Shori said! Xu Shiji pulled Xiao Zhuo and walked to the villa, and when he left, he didn't forget to say to Wang Xuan behind him: "Jun Ke, Jun Ji, let people prepare tea!" ”

Xiao Zhuo was helpless for a while, not that he didn't want to enter the villa, but he didn't expect to meet Xu Shiji here, in fact, it was nothing to meet Xu Shiji, but he promised Xu Shiji that he would tell Xu Shiji once he knew what cultivation method was. But if you tell Xu Shiji about the cultivation method now, Xu Shiji will inevitably have a lot of questions that he doesn't understand, and I'm afraid the time to delay will not be a little bit!

However, what Xiao Zhuo was worried about was what Xu Shiji was most anxious to know at this time. Originally, he was helping Wang Junke count the items in Wuliuzhuang, but he heard someone report that Hou Junji and a person were fighting outside the village, Wang Junke heard it, and then he went to help with a knife, and when he heard someone say that the swordsmanship of the person who fought with Hou Junji was extremely weird, and he could make the sword body shine and hit the target from afar. He knew that Hou Junji might not be a person from the rivers and lakes this time, but a strange person who had achieved cultivation, so he couldn't help but go out to have a look. Sure enough, as soon as he went out, he saw Xiao Zhuo splitting out a blue light, the green light split on the tree, and the tree broke violently, and when he got closer and recognized this person as Xiao Zhuo, he was so happy in his heart! Just because a few years ago, he also went to Chang'an to find Yuan Tiangang to ask about Xiao Zhuo, but he was told that Xiao Zhuo had already gone to cultivate, and he thought that it would take more than ten years to see Xiao Zhuo again, but he didn't expect that Xiao Zhuo would come back in the past four or five years, and this method ...... Tonight, you have to keep Xiao Zhuo if you say anything, it's best to stay in Wuliuzhuang for a while!

"Wuliuzhuang." Xiao Zhuo stood at the gate of the villa and looked at the name of the villa, and then circled around the villa, and sure enough, he found five old willow trees standing in the night sky all around, like five gatekeepers guarding the villa in the center. He could see that these five willow trees had obviously not been here for a day or two, and he didn't know who had planted the willow trees in front of the door for what purpose!

"Lord Wang, this is your ancestral home?" Xiao Zhuo stopped and turned back to ask Wang Xuan.

"No, this village was originally in the ancestral business of the next friend, but he later fell into the middle of the family, so he handed it over to me to take care of. A few years ago, Xu Daochang came here and said that this place was a blessed place from heaven, and it could hide thousands of troops and horses, so it became a stronghold for us to seek a livelihood. ”

After Wang Xuan answered truthfully, Xiao Zhuo looked at Xu Shiji again, and didn't say anything, what blessed land, what livelihood, he naturally knew it in his heart, but he didn't want to say it too thoroughly, and everyone couldn't get off the stage. Then he led a few people to a willow tree and ordered: "Master Wang, you have to cut down this willow tree!" ”

"Good!" Wang Xuan was about to make a move, but Xu Shiji hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "Brother Xiao, Xiao Daoyou!" What are you doing here? These willow trees have been around for a hundred years, didn't you say before that everything in the world has a hundred years of spirits, and it is with their blessing that we can be safe, why did you cut it down? ”

"Brother Xu Dao, I said this, and I also heard Jinruo mention it at that time. But now, I can tell you that these willow trees, if they are truly spiritual, are only a scourge! Everything has yin and yang, and trees are the same, and the poplar is a yang tree, which can be popular when planted around the house. The elm locust is yin, and if it is planted in the courtyard, there will be trouble at home. And among the many trees, only this willow tree, born near the water, gathers spirits, and grows on the ground to gather yin, today they can help you hide your tracks, but if they continue to grow here, ten years later, the corpse buried here will not be corrupted! After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, he motioned to Wang Xuan to continue cutting down trees.

As soon as Wang Xuan heard Xiao Zhuo's explanation, where did he dare to be lazy, he immediately used his bravery, and after using enough strength, his arms were slashed off with a knife, and the willow tree broke at the waist, and the crown of the tree fell to the ground staggeringly. Xiao Zhuo stepped forward, stared at the body of the tree and carefully counted the tree rings, sure enough, this willow tree was more than eighty years old.

"Master Wang, there is a reluctant request below, please be sure to agree." When Xiao Zhuo turned around and walked towards Wang Xuan again, he also had a plan in his heart.

"Hey! Brother Xiao is polite, Xu Daochang's friend is my friend Wang Junke, even if there is something to do, I will definitely do what I can do. Wang Xuan's answer was still bold, and he was not uncomfortable at all because of Xiao Zhuo's tone. The main thing is that Xiao Zhuo's words just now really startled him, and Xu Shiji is respectful to Xiao Zhuo, and he doesn't dare not take it seriously.

"Okay, Lord Wang, tomorrow I ask you to find someone to move these five willow trees to a place near the water, they have been here for too long, and the accumulated yin qi can only be slowly dissolved by the dragon spirit qi."

"I will do it in the future, I offended Brother Xiao tonight, and I ask Brother Xiao to stay and make amends!" Wang Xuan looked at Xiao Zhuo, and he was also a little uneasy in his heart, he was really afraid that Xiao Zhuo would refuse. And Xu Shiji kept glancing at him from the side, he really couldn't stand it, so he persuaded Xiao Zhuo to stay.

"Good! I'll stay! ”

[Follow-up spoilers]

"Su Dingfang, I don't want to kill you, get out of the way!" Yuwen Chengdu roared angrily. This time he came to Beiping Mansion to ask Luo Yi about the crime, what he was most afraid of was that Su Dingfang would come forward to obstruct it. And he was not afraid of Su Dingfang, but when Goguryeo was defeated and retreated, Su Dingfang showed courage that he deeply respected. And he, who has the ambition to reorganize the mountains and rivers, really doesn't want to kill Su Dingfang at this time.

"General Yuwen, if you were you today, would you retreat?" Su Dingfang was unmoved, and with a wave of his arm, the thirty-six horsemen approached a few points further.