It was still early in the morning when we returned to the village, and it was just past breakfast time, and the people were getting ready to start the day's hard work.

"Little monk, can you count it back, have you found the bandits?" An old man carrying a load of firewood, hunched and slowly moving his steps, looked up and saw Hui Ze and Xu Jin on the way, so he greeted him loudly.

Hui Ze walked quickly to the old man and saluted, "The little monk is incompetent and failed to find the bandits. But after receiving a lot of care from the village, there was no way to repay him, and the little monk wanted to chant for three days to pray for the villagers to show his gratitude. ”

"That's a good thing!" The old man said happily, but then his face was embarrassed, "You also know that the village really can't make offerings now." ”

"If it weren't for the help from the village, the little monk would be afraid that he would die of illness, so how could he still make offerings."

"Then it's hard little monk," the old man smiled all over his face, "I'll go and ask everyone to prepare the incense case." ”

In a small clearing in the center of the village, a long stone was used as a table, on which incense wax was lit, and several steamed buns were placed on it as an offering.

A trembling old man with a wooden stick, who should be the elder of the village, said to Hui Ze and Xu Jin, "Someone will bring food later," and then raised his hand to point to a nearby village house, "You can rest in that house at night." ”

Hui Ze saluted, "Thank you, Aweng." Seeing this, Xu Jin was also busy bowing behind him.

Hui Ze took out a clean old robe from the cage and draped it on his body, sat cross-legged in front of the incense table with his hands folded, and began to close his eyes and chant. Some good men and women in the village also knelt behind him one after another, praying sincerely.

Xu Jin sat on the ground on the side and watched for a while, feeling bored, so he got up and wandered around the village.

There are about dozens of families living here, and it is quite a small village. The sky was clear, people were busy with their own work, and the children were not afraid of Xu Jin, a stranger, and followed him happily, laughing and dancing.

Time flows so peacefully. When Xu Jin returned to the place where Huize was chanting, it was already full of smoke and the sunset was rotten. Hui Ze had just finished the day's chanting, took off his robe, folded it carefully, and put it back in the cage. The two came to the village house next to them for resting, and Xu Jin tied the black thunder to a wooden stake at the door.

An eldest lady brought them something to eat, a few steamed buns, and a jar of corn porridge. After the two saluted and thanked him, Xu Jin asked the eldest lady for some millet to feed to Hei Lei.

After eating, Xu Jin came outside the house and carefully combed Hei Lei's hair, and Hei Lei flicked his tail comfortably. Hui Ze squatted under the eaves, looking at the bright moon in the sky. The moonlight was as clear as water, gently spilling down from the sky, covering everything in the world with cold and melodious colors.

"Hey!" Xu Jin asked Hui Ze, who was motionless as if he was in a meditation, "After reciting the scriptures, where are you going to go?" ”

Hui Ze gathered his thoughts back and muttered, "I don't know, I'm originally a foot monk, so I can go wherever I go." ”

Xu Jin sat down beside Hui Ze, "Why don't you come with me?" ”

"Where are you going?"

"I'm going to Nanliang."

"Nanliang?" Hui Ze looked at Xu Jin in surprise.

Xu Jin nodded firmly, "How is it?" It doesn't matter where you go anyway, come with me. ”

"Think about it, think about it......"

Early the next morning, Hui Ze was still wearing a robe and kneeling in front of the incense table to chant sutras. Xu Jin was holding a stone and carefully polishing the arrows of the bow and arrow, preparing to go to the forest to hunt some game and come back later.

Smoke and dust rose not far away, and the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, which soon broke the silence of the village.

"Could it be that the bandits are here again?" Hui Ze stopped chanting, stood up and looked at Xu Jin together.

More than a dozen horsemen rushed into the village like a whirlwind, and immediately provoked chickens and dogs to jump.

The man in the lead was dressed in a flaming red robe of ornate embroidery, his long hair flew freely, his face was powdered, and his lips were painted bright red, which contrasted strongly with his pale face. Although he was riding on a horse, he could still see that his body was slender, and the whole person exuded a strange and beautiful aura like a demon. The people who followed behind him were wearing uniform jet-black leather armor and holding various weapons, with a fierce and murderous atmosphere.

"Is this a man or a woman?" Xu Jin's tone was full of doubts.

"The White Rakshasa has come to fetch people!"

"It's over, that girl has been plundered by the bandits, and now she can't hand over anyone, and something is going to happen......" The villagers began to whisper. The atmosphere of fear gradually spread, some children began to cry, most of the villagers hurriedly hid in their homes, closed their doors and windows, and only a few people watched the situation from afar.

"This is the White Rakshasa ah, it seems that it is still human." Xu Jin muttered to himself.

A man of about fifty or so crawled in front of the White Rakshasa's horse, holding the usual large sum of money in his hand, and was eagerly arguing. A few minions jumped off their horses and walked in the direction of the man's house, and in a moment they threw a woman, a young man, and a boy of seven or eight years old to the man's side, and the family burst into tears.

"That must be the one who sold that girl." Xu Jin was a little gloating.

The White Rakshasa waved his hands impatiently, and the minions understood, and knelt the family side by side on the ground, clasping their hands behind their backs so that they could not struggle.

The White Rakshasa jumped off his horse and spread out his right hand, and one of the minions gently placed the hilt of an ornately decorated dagger in his palm.

Completely ignoring the heart-rending wails of the family and begging for mercy, the white rakshasa grabbed the man's hair bun, and the sharp blade licked his neck, and the skin and sinew were cut into a long crack, and blood rushed out of the hole.

"Stop!!" Before Xu Jin could react, Hui Ze had already shouted and rushed out. Xu Jin hurriedly grabbed his gun with one hand and the monk's iron rod with the other, and hurriedly chased after him.

The White Rakshasa glanced at it, but did not stop his movements. He threw away the man who was still twitching, reached out and grabbed the hair of the woman next to him who was already half frightened, and before moving the knife, he also deliberately turned in the direction of Hui Ze, and the blade cut through the flesh again, and blood gushed like a spring. Throwing away the woman, she lay on the ground and twitched and scratched, and grabbed the young man's bun......

When Hui Ze rushed closer, a minion was holding the little boy with one hand around his waist and breaking his head with the other, and the boy was crying loudly, kicking his hands and feet desperately, trying to stop the approaching Grim Reaper.

Hui Ze rushed over, knocked over the minions that were grabbing the boy, and quickly hugged the child who fell to the ground in his arms.

"Why kill indiscriminately?" Hui Ze glared angrily and scolded loudly, "This is still a child, don't you have humanity?" ”

"Received my money, but what I wanted was gone," the white rakshasa fiddled with the dagger in his hand, "shouldn't this kind of untrustworthy person be killed?" ”

"Didn't they pay you back, why do you want to do it?"

"I don't need him back, I want people. If they can't hand over people, they can only compensate with their family's lives. ”

Xu Jin also ran over at this moment, stood beside Hui Ze, and asked angrily, "If you are so careless about human life, you are not afraid of retribution!" ”

"Hee-hee-hee...... Retribution...... Hee-hee-hee-hee......" White Rakshasa covered his mouth with the sleeves of his robe and let out a creepy shriek.

"The land, fields, mountains, forests and villages in this area are all my family's! These untouchables depend on my family's fields to eat, and they are like domestic animals, and they can do whatever I want, and no one can control them. ”

"It's people! Not a brute! Xu Jin's eyes were about to erupt with fire, and he roared angrily.

"Hahahaha...... "White Rakshasa smiled and leaned back, "In my eyes, uncle, there is no difference between you and animals, including you and the little bald donkey, they are all the same." ”

"Want to make a bird?" The White Rakshasa suppressed his laughter, his eyes showing a fierce light, "You will be chopped into meat puree......"

Xu Jin ignored the intimidation of the white rakshasa and responded coldly, "You try ......"

"Jin, you take the child away first." Hui Ze handed the stunned child to Xu Jin, and then took his black iron rod, "I'll solve this matter!" ”

"Then you must be careful! I'll take the child to a safe place and I'll help you right away. ”

Hui Ze nodded firmly. Xu Jin was holding the child and just wanted to turn around and leave, but was blocked by the minions.

"This little cub to be slaughtered, you want to take it away so easily?" The White Rakshasa tilted his head and asked with a hippie smile.

Xu Jin also showed no weakness, and picked up the gun with one hand, "We saved this kid today, let's see who will be the ghost of my gun first!" ”

"Oops! This kid is so imposing. The White Rakshasa said, "Today is really interesting, let's just do this, everyone is a martial artist, we will use a competition to decide the life and death of this little cub?" ”

"Phew! You are also worthy of being called warriors! Xu Jin spat on the ground. Hui Ze stopped Xu Jin, stepped forward and said, "Okay, what kind of test method?" ”

"Of course, if you win, you will spare that little cub, it depends on your ability."

"Okay! Is the opponent you? Hui Ze took another step towards the White Rakshasa.

"This little cub's life is not worthy of my help," the White Rakshasa glanced at his minions, "You are all brave men I raised, who will stand up for me today?" ”

"I'm coming!" As soon as the words fell, a tall and sturdy figure stood up.

Hui Ze fixed his eyes and saw that it was a tall and strong man with thinning hair, a rather fierce face, and holding a rough mountain-opening axe.

The White Rakshasa said to the strong man, "Don't be underestimated, but don't lose to me." ”

Xu Jin asked Hui Ze softly, "Are you okay?" This strong man doesn't seem to be so easy to deal with, but be careful. The tone was full of worry.

"Now we have to go all out!" Hui Ze responded, "It's a matter of life and death for that child, I won't lose." Besides, don't you want to see my sticks, now you have to look carefully. ”

The two sides stepped forward, and the iron rod rotated and danced a few times in Hui Ze's hand, Xu Jin suddenly felt that the iron rod that looked bulky had become lighter in Hui Ze's hand, and he looked tiger and tiger, and his heart was a little more steady.

The strong man was very direct, and he didn't say anything, and rushed over with an axe, and Hui Ze flashed lightly sideways, and the blade of the axe slashed deep into the soil under his feet.

Hui Ze immediately launched a counterattack, and the iron rod quickly attacked the strong man's front door. Although the strong man's body was huge, he was far more agile than he had imagined, tilted his head to dodge the iron rod, lifted the big axe, and slashed at his waist.

It's too late to dodge! Hui Ze could only parry with an iron rod, and the blade of the axe slammed into the iron rod, bursting with a crisp sound and dazzling sparks.

In terms of strength, the strong man has an absolute advantage, although Hui Ze blocked this slash, but the tiger's mouth was shocked and numb, and the whole person was also staggered by this force, and he took several steps back.

"Don't fight him, let's go around first!" Xu Jin shouted anxiously.

Hui Ze adjusted his breathing, calmed his mind, and rearranged his stance, ready to start the second round of the fight.

The strong man tried to take advantage of the victory to pursue, picked up the big axe and slashed with no head and no brain. Hui Ze concentrated, dodged left and right sensitively, and tried not to intersect with his direct weapons.

After gradually grasping the rhythm of the strong man, Hui Ze became more comfortable. Spotting a gap, the iron rod struck the brawny man's left knee quickly and accurately. There was a crisp sound, accompanied by a scream from a strong man, and his left knee changed into a very unnatural shape. The sharp pain made the strong man unsteady on his feet, and he fell heavily to the ground.

Hui Ze put away the iron rod and turned to face the white rakshasa, "The victory and defeat have been decided, you can let that kid go." ”

The white rakshasa looked up to the sky and laughed, "You bald scoop, since it is a duel, you must fight to the death until you die, otherwise you will not talk about victory or defeat." ”

Before the words fell, Hui Ze heard Xu Jin shouting, "Beware!" Then he felt a cold wind coming from the back of his head, and hurriedly dodged to dodge.

The blade of the axe was almost close to Hui Ze's body, and if he hadn't dodged in time, this blow would have been dead!

Hui Ze, who had escaped, was in shock, and the strong man actually stood up on the remaining good leg, grinning his teeth and showing a fierce light, picking up his axe and continuing to fight.

"Hui Ze, kill him! Don't be stupid! Xu Jin shouted at Hui Ze.

"But... But we are just competing with each other, how can we take people's lives? ”

Another axe struck at Hui Ze.

After dodging again, Hui Ze heard Xu Jin roaring at himself, "If you don't kill him, he will kill you!" Is chanting stupid? ”

"Your companion is right, if you don't kill him, he will kill you." The White Rakshasa looked at Hui Ze, who had been dodging and retreating, and said, "Didn't you want to save that child?" If you want to win, you can only kill him, otherwise not only will you not be able to save the child, but you will have to take your own life. ”

"You're saving people, Hui Ze, this is a last resort!" Xu Jin shouted.

Hui Ze was still dodging the strong man's attack and did not fight back. White Rakshasa yawned impatiently, "It's so boring, Uncle Ben doesn't have that much to spend here." Then he deliberately raised his voice and said loudly, "Listen, everyone, within five rounds, if the winner is not decided, rush up and chop them all into pulp!" ”

"Hui Ze, did you hear that? If you can't make up your mind to kill one person, we'll have to kill them all! ”

Xu Jin's words obviously amused the White Rakshasa gang, and they burst into laughter.

In the midst of this laughter, Hui Ze suddenly seemed to wake up and held the big axe with an iron rod.

"You and I have no grievances, but now I have no choice but to take your life, don't blame the little monk......," Hui Ze said to the strong man in a low voice.

The brawny man roared and picked up the big axe again. But this time he didn't have a chance to cut the axe out again, and the iron staff in Hui Ze's hand was like a black python, straight to the head of the strong man. The intense rotation turned the iron teeth at the end of the stick into devilish claws, and the moment it touched the target, it tore the skull to pieces, leaving only a chaotic cloud of blood mist and flying debris......

Everything happened too suddenly, and in the midst of everyone's consternation, the strong man fell to the ground with a bang, the part above the jaw had disappeared without a trace, and a soft tongue was on the rest of the flesh and bones, and blood suddenly overflowed the ground.

It took Xu Jin some effort to close his mouth, and he finally understood why Hui Ze had said that this stick method was too fierce in the first place.

A few rounds of applause brought everyone back to their senses. White Rakshasa clapped his hands and said appreciatively, "Wonderful, so wonderful!" The little monk actually has such a miraculous skill. ”

Hui Ze lowered his head to the corpse on the ground, and folded his hands, "Nan no Amitabha Buddha ......"

With faint tears in his eyes, Hui Ze turned his head and asked the White Rakshasa, "Now that the outcome has been decided, can you spare that child?" ”

"Of course, my words count," the White Rakshasa waved his hand, "that little imp can get out." ”

The kid broke free of Xu Jin's hand, and he ran away quickly crying, and Xu Jin didn't even have time to hold him.

Hui Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief, although it was a life for a life, he felt in his heart that what he did was right.

The White Rakshasa spoke again, "The matter of the little cub is settled, and now it's time to settle the matter between us." ”

"What needs to be resolved between us?" Xu Jin asked puzzled.

"You guys who killed me, don't think you can just leave it at that, do you?"

"Hey, you said you had to fight to the death!" Obviously, Xu Jin was quite dissatisfied with this statement.

"One yard to one yard, just now it was decided whether the imp lived or died, you won, and I spared the imp. But you have always killed one of my men, so you have to give an account. ”

"And what do you want?" Xu Jin was furious, "Don't go up one by one, come, come together!" Today is nothing more than life and death, I will not be soft! ”

"Where did the wild dogs come from, dare to spread wild in front of the young master of the bones!" A minion jumped out and waved the long knife in his hand to cut Xu Jin.

Xu Jin didn't dodge either, he picked up the oncoming blade, with a flick of his wrist, he pierced the chest of the comer, and with a hard pick, the blood drew an arc, and the person was picked into the air, thrown out a few steps away, only struggled a few times, and swallowed his breath.

This time it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and the rest of the minions rushed towards Xu Jin and Hui Ze, and the weapons in their hands swept over to cover up.

Swords, guns, swords, halberds flew and collided together, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The white rakshasa took off his embroidered robe, turned around and took off the halberd hanging from his horse, and shouted, "Stop! ”

The minions stopped waving their weapons and quickly dispersed. The white rakshasa halberd straightened up and pointed at Xu Jin, "This kid is quite arrogant, Uncle Ben is your opponent, if you can win......"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Jin had already shot and killed, and the white rakshasa waved his halberd to block it, and the two immediately became a mess, their bodies were wrapped in the cold light of the blade, and the sound of steel clashing and scraping was endless.

A deafening and violent collision separated the two entangled. Xu Jin took a few steps back, leaning on the barrel of the gun to press hard against the ground before stabilizing his body. And the White Rakshasa looked at ease, and said disdainfully, "I thought it was so powerful, but that's it." ”

Xu Jin glared angrily, with a fearless momentum, but there were several cuts in the sleeves and trouser legs, and some of them were still covered with blood. The most serious part was cut from the left cheek to the auricle, but fortunately the wound was not deep, but there was still a lot of blood running down the cheek.

Hui Ze hurriedly leaned over and asked nervously and concernedly, "Jin, are you okay?" ”

Xu Jin raised his arm and wiped the blood on his face, "It's not in the way, but this guy who is not a ghost is indeed a bit powerful." ”

"Why don't you replace me!"

"You don't have to be his opponent," Xu Jin lowered his voice, "In this situation, we have to find a way to get out as soon as possible." ”

"What do you think?"

"Not yet, you can also think about it and see how to get out."

Seeing that the two of them had been muttering, the white rakshasa became impatient, "Are you still fighting?" Or you two can go together! ”

"You underestimate us too much," Xu Jin responded in a loud voice, "It's more than enough for me to deal with you alone!" ”

"Then go on, it's been a long time since I've stretched my muscles like this!" The White Rakshasa rushed towards Xu Jin with an arrow step, and the halberd in his hand roared towards the opponent's chest.

The two fought together again. Xu Jin tried to keep himself calm, no longer slammed and slammed, blocked the opponent's attack, and then waited for an opportunity to fight back. Although the White Rakshasa offensive was fierce, it did not take advantage of it anymore.

The stormy fight lasted for a while, and the two still didn't distinguish between the two.

"It's not an option." Xu Jin meditated in his heart, dodged and jumped out of the attack range of the White Rakshasa, approached Hui Ze and asked in a low voice, "Do you know how to ride a horse?" ”

Hui Ze nodded, "But the ride is not very good." ”

"When the black thunder comes over in a while, you grab a horse and rush with me." After speaking, Xu Jin gave a loud whistle.

The White Rakshasa raised his eyebrows, "What, is it possible that you still have accomplices?" ”

Xu Jin was noncommittal.

There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves, and everyone followed the sound, only to see a tall black horse rushing towards him like a wind.

Xu Jin turned over and jumped on horseback, waving the spear in his hand from side to side, covering Hui Ze. Seeing this, Hui Ze hurriedly picked the nearest horse and climbed up.

The two of them waved their weapons and broke out of the circle of minions, and galloped out of the village.

"Hahahaha, that's so interesting." The White Rakshasa laughed loudly, "This is much more interesting than a woman. He turned his head and instructed one of the minions beside him, "You immediately go back and gather the people in the palace to catch up with us as soon as possible." ”

After speaking, the white rakshasa turned on his horse and beckoned to the rest of the minions, "Everyone come with me, we are going to hunt!" ”