It was rainy and foggy, and a small village on the border of Shu and Tang that had long been abandoned was flickering with fire.

"Hey, brothers, open the door, it took us a lot of effort to find some dry food in the village, don't let the elders wait." Three men dressed as beggars were carrying several sacks and knocking vigorously on the door of the flickering courtyard.

"Oh, you're finally back, you still dare to run out on this big night, it's really dead!" It was an elderly man who opened the door, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the three people outside the door.

It turned out that the old man in the beggar gang had told the beggars who came to this deserted village what he knew about this deserted village. According to him, the village was called Futa Village, and it prospered for a long time as a transportation hub for the Dekawa. However, just many years ago, dozens of people in Futa Village suddenly disappeared overnight, and only one traveler who escaped by luck was rescued by people from a neighboring village dozens of miles away. The man seemed to have been terrified, and no matter how much people around him asked him, he trembled and did not say a word, and soon the man committed suicide by jumping into the river.

The old man went on to say that many people who passed by this deserted village had heard the cries of women and children faintly coming from time to time in the village at night, and at the same time, there was often a little fire looming in the woodland around the deserted village.

"Hehe, old man, our beggar brothers haven't seen any scenes, you can scare us by telling an inexplicable ghost story? Hahaha......" The beggar gang disciples suddenly burst into laughter, and the old man shook his head with a sigh and left.

Just as the beggars were eating and laughing in the courtyard, suddenly a strange sound of a heavy object hitting broke the originally joyful atmosphere in the courtyard.

A young disciple was trembling and was called to the door to check the situation, and in the dim moonlight, a looming figure seemed to be sitting on a stone bench grinding something, and the sound of "clang" rubbing made people shudder a little.

"Hey, you...... Who are you? ...... the hell Is it a human or a ghost? The young man asked in a trembling voice.

At this moment, a cold and menacing laugh came from the man's mouth, and then suddenly there was a flash of white light, and blood gushed out of the young man's neck, and the murderer's methods were extremely clean and neat in the whole process.

"Hey, little bunny, where have you gone?" A group of people in the courtyard sensed that something was wrong and came out in groups to look for the young man.

When the group found the young man's body in horror and hurriedly prepared to run back to the courtyard, the same white light flashed quickly, and most of the people at the scene immediately fell to the ground.

An uninjured man struggled to get up and tried to escape, but at this moment, Wang Xiao with a strange sneer suddenly appeared in front of him.

And with the wave of the double knife in Wang Xiao's hand, this person was killed on the spot before he could react from the shock.

Wang Xiao slowly walked into the courtyard, and at this time, the gate of the courtyard suddenly closed, and the beggar disciples who were lying in ambush surrounded Wang Xiao.

"Your Excellency is really getting better and better, if I hadn't seen this face in Luoyang three years ago, I really thought it was a lonely ghost in this mountain who ate the bear's heart and dared to come to the trouble of the beggar gang."

"Hehe, Elder Chen Yutian Chen, don't come unharmed. Why, three years have passed, and when the beggar gang encounters our Wind Thunder Hall, will they still only bully more and less? Or do you want to recreate what happened three years ago today? ”

Although Elder Chen deliberately strengthened his provocative tone, Wang Xiao only fiddled with the double knives in his hands with a calm expression, and did not pay any attention to Elder Chen and the other beggars.

"It is rumored that Your Excellency has obtained a magic weapon with an amazing crisis, I wonder if it can open the old man's eyes today?" Elder Chen's words changed sharply, and he mentioned the Kui Sword that Wang Xiao had obtained before.

"Hmph, just these little minions of the beggar gang are not worthy of letting me use that!" Wang Xiao smiled contemptuously and rejected Elder Chen without hesitation.

With Elder Chen's gnashing of teeth, the beggars and disciples rushed up to besiege Wang Xiao. However, only a moment later, in the staggered swing of the two sharp blades, the beggar disciples fell to the ground one after another, covered in blood, unconscious.

Several beggar disciples who stood in the corner to watch the situation saw that the situation was not good, and immediately prepared to flee the courtyard quickly, but as soon as a few people ran out of the door, they were pierced through the heart by Xunxi, who was guarding the door, with a bone piercing needle and died. Immediately afterwards, Yin Eclipse and Shadow also jumped into the courtyard one after another, and the two of them killed all the remaining beggar gang disciples who fled in all directions.

"It seems that Your Excellency is really prepared. The old man thinks that he is not your opponent, so if you want to get something from me, just say it bluntly! Elder Chen forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and then he sat down on the steps in front of the temple gate.

"Hehe, no, no, Elder Chen, don't get me wrong, this seat doesn't want to be your enemy. However, you only need to know what you are going to talk about next, and your men seem to me to be nothing more than useless burdens. Wang Xiao pretended to be unreasonable, and approached Elder Chen's location step by step.

At this time, behind the bronze statue of Guan Gong in the temple, a pair of bright eyes were staring closely at the every move of Wang Xiao and several people in front of the temple. Seeing Wang Xiao squatting down and bowing his head to Elder Chen and whispering a few words, Elder Chen suddenly laughed, and quickly took out the token of the beggar gang leader from behind him.

"Your Excellency really has the ability to help me rightfully claim the position of the leader of the beggar gang?"

"Not only that, there is also something that has been coveted by the elders in Shu for a long time, and once our cooperation goes well, I will also give it to you in the near future."

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

"Hehe, Jinyun Mountain on the outskirts of Yuzhou, Yufeng Villa."

Elder Chen stood up in surprise and joy and thanked Wang Xiao, as if the cooperation between the two had been successfully reached under the night of the deserted village.

At this moment, several smoke bombs slowly rolled to the feet of several people and exploded one after another. Under the cover of smoke, a small figure flashed out from behind the bronze statue, and after kicking the unsuspecting Elder Chen hard, picked up the fallen dog-beating stick and walked quickly out of the courtyard.

"Hmph, no one has been able to snatch anything from my king's hands yet."

"Slow down, I'll go and recover the dog stick for you!"

Just as Wang Xiao was about to pursue, Qiu Ying stopped him in time, promising him that he would definitely find the dog batter.

The person who stole the dog-beating stick took off the thick camouflage on his body while running, and it turned out that she had been hiding in the corner and secretly observing her was actually Lu Lingxuan.

"Give it up, it's not yours!" Lu Lingxuan was not Qiu Ying's opponent at all in light skills, and it didn't take long for Qian Ying to quickly catch up with him from behind.

"This is my father's thing, Chen Yutian's dog thief doesn't deserve it at all, and you scum who are in cahoots with him don't deserve it!" Although Qiu Ying's skills and tone brought Lu Lingxuan a strong sense of oppression, Lu Lingxuan, who held the dog beating stick tightly in his arms, did not show the slightest fear.

"Hehe, what a brave girl, then see if you can catch a few tricks from me!"

Qiu Ying took out the iron fan from his waist, and Lu Lingxuan also drew his sword, and the two had their first direct confrontation between the dilapidated houses of the deserted village.

"Hey, this fan, these martial arts moves, and the voice of talking, you ...... Could it be ......" Lu Lingxuan seemed to suddenly feel something that made her feel familiar.

Not surprisingly, Lu Lingxuan was not Qiu Ying's opponent at all, and in the case that Qiu Ying did not exert all his strength, all of Lu Lingxuan's attack attempts could not hurt Qiu Ying in the slightest.

"Damn, why don't you fight back, do you really think I'm a bully?" Seeing that Qiu Ying only made a defensive posture in every move, Lu Lingxuan's emotions became a little excited.

After the fight between the two lasted for a while, Qiu Ying seized the opportunity to point Lu Lingxuan's acupoint, and took the dog-beating stick from her hand under the gaze of Lu Lingxuan's angry eyes.

"I remember you, you are the one who gave up the first place to Sister Ouyang in the Fuzhou ring. I thought you were a good person, but I didn't think you were a big villain, just like the people who killed my father! Facing Lu Lingxuan's crying alone with tears, Qiu Ying, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped.

"Sorry, something...... I had to do it! Your acupuncture points will unravel themselves in half an hour, and if you really want to do something that makes us uncomfortable, look at your right hand. After turning his back to Lu Lingxuan, Qiu Ying walked away.

"Hey, you, you...... Don't go, you let go of me now, I'm afraid of the dark, I don't want to stay here alone! Despite Lu Lingxuan's crying and pleading, she was the only one left in the dark deserted village. However, when she looked behind her right as she seemed to be blinded by a green light, she was surprised to see that the dog beating stick was still unharmed on the ground.

"How? And the thief solved? Seeing Qiu Ying come back with a fake "dog beating stick" in his hand, Wang Xiao asked him with some confidence.

"Hey, as soon as the leader of the shadow comes out, no matter which way he is an immortal, he will definitely die!" Before Qiu Ying could speak, Elder Chen took the lead in stepping forward and complimenting Qian Ying.

Qiu Ying then nodded silently to Wang Xiao, and after a short discussion, the few of them prepared to leave the barren Futa Village in front of them at night. Under Wang Xiao's instructions, Elder Chen will use his prestige to gather all the beggar gangs loyal to him in Shu and Chu, including the four major "swords, guns, swords, halberds" that he was once proud of and follow him all year round, and the addition of these people will also greatly enhance his personal strength.

On the other side, a wild boar that came out of nowhere gradually approached Lu Lingxuan, who was still frozen and unable to move, from the front. Under Lu Lingxuan's frightened gaze, the wild boar moved to her feet and sniffed at her, and then somehow lingered around her.

Lu Lingxuan kept swallowing saliva in fear, and did not dare to act rashly immediately after his body regained his mobility. After a stalemate like this for a while, Lu Lingxuan saw the opportunity and immediately ran away from the wild boar when he turned his back, but at the same time, the wild boar seemed to be frightened and rushed towards Lu Lingxuan.

Lu Lingxuan desperately ran into a crumbling ordinary house on the side of the road under the chase of wild boars. Faced with a dilemma, she panicked and searched for tools in the house that could be used for self-defense.

After searching for a while, Lu Lingxuan found a rusty hoe leaning against the corner of the wall behind a pile of hay. However, the hoe seemed to be fixed to the ground, and no matter how hard Lu Lingxuan tried, he couldn't lift it. Suddenly, when Lu Lingxuan threw the hoe in one direction with some anger, with the sound of a mechanical gear turning, the ground was suddenly slowly opened, and a dark and narrow staircase appeared in front of Lu Lingxuan.

On the wall on the right side of the staircase, under the faint light of an oil lamp, the four blood characters "Hell God Cult" loomed.

Although her heart was beating fast and her nerves were tense, due to the constant strong wind blowing out from the tunnel, Lu Lingxuan felt that there should be a road inside that could lead to the outside of the house, so she had the courage to walk slowly into the darkness deep in the stairs.