"Xuan'er, are you back?" Li Zhen saw Zhou Xuan'er come in and said softly, "Are you injured?" ”

Seeing Zhou Xuan'er's sleeves shattered and her breath unstable, Li Zhen was a little surprised. He had been staying in the backyard water pavilion, waiting for news from Zhou Xuan'er, but he didn't expect her to be injured.

Li Zhen stepped forward, held Zhou Xuan'er's jade hand, and injected true qi to heal her.

Zhou Xuan'er did not refuse, and even mobilized the true qi in her body to cooperate with Li Zhenshi.

"Your cheap nephew like a demon is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and even I have suffered a big loss," Zhou Xuan'er said with a little tiredness.

"No, his realm is only the second realm of the sixth grade, I have fought with him, he should not be your opponent," Li Zhen frowned and said.

"Li Rong not only has the true inheritance of his father Li Hui, but also has a unique opportunity, whether it is the realm of martial arts, or the combat experience is not enough to describe it, the future achievements may still be above Li Hui, I have never seen a young man like him, stronger than the next generation of holy sons and saints carefully cultivated in the sect." Zhou Xuan'er sat down and said.

"You didn't kill him?" Li Zhen asked.

"I didn't kill him," Zhou Xuan'er said, "I even used the Heavenly Dance and the Five Beasts Qihua, but I still couldn't leave him behind and let him jump into the Huaishui and escape." However, he received my full slap, and if you are lucky, it will not affect you for half a year. ”

"Won't you die with all your strength?" Li Zhen said.

"I still need to lie to you," Zhou Xuan'er said, "Li Rong's cultivation is actually the soft water true qi in the "Water Book", and he inherently restrains the invisible true qi of our Heavenly Witch Sect. ”

"How did the "Water Book" fall into the hands of Li Rong?" Li Zhen said movingly.

Legend has it that the Book of Water is a supreme treasure handed down from ancient times, containing all kinds of secrets, and it is said that successful practice can lead to immortality.

"Back then, Li Xiaogong pacified the south, I don't know how many royal families of the Southern Dynasty were collected and plundered, and the family's martial arts secret classics, presumably the "Water Book" fell into the hands of the Li family at that time." Zhou Xuan'er said.

The "Xuanyin Wonderful Sword" also spread out from the Xie family at that time and fell into the hands of Li Xiaogong. This is also one of the reasons why Gaozu Li Yuan threw this distant nephew into prison, and then Emperor Taizong put him in idleness, entrenched in the south for more than ten years, I don't know how much wealth was looted, how many connections and resources were established, and he could almost be called the lord of the south.

"Then what should I do, Li Rong must not stay." Li Zhen said categorically.

"I know this very well, and I will pass the news to the Holy Lord and let the sect take action," Zhou Xuan'er said, "No matter what, Li Rong won't have time to return to Luoyang to interfere with your affairs." ”

"That's fine, it's a little cheaper, it's still a big deal, you can rest and recuperate first!" Li Zhen said.

"Go ahead and leave me alone." Zhou Xuan'er said softly.

A hint of gloom flashed in Li Zhen's eyes, comforted Zhou Xuan'er, turned around and left the backyard, and went to the study to deal with affairs.

Li Gui was waiting in the study at this time, quietly waiting for his father to come back.

"Li Rong did not die, but he was seriously injured and fled to Huaishui." Li Zhen said to her son.

"Auntie made a move?" Li Gui said, "Didn't my aunt kill him?" ”

Hearing the news of Li Rong's serious injury, Li Gui reacted. Last night, my father sent someone else to deal with Li Rong, but there are not many masters who can take on this heavy responsibility and seriously injure Li Rong, except for his father Li Zhen, only his aunt Zhou Xuan'er is left in the house.

"Well," Li Zhen nodded, "but Li Rong was slapped by your aunt, and his injuries were serious, and he lost his ability to move in a short period of time, so you go find him and kill him." ”

"What about Ender?" Li Gui asked.

Although he didn't see Ande, Li Gui could infer that Ande should not have succeeded, otherwise Zhou Xuan'er wouldn't have been able to make a move.

"Ande was seriously injured by Li Rong, and he is currently recuperating in the mansion, and it is useless, so you are responsible for this matter." Li Zhen said.

"Yes, Father," said Li Gui, "do you want to invite Wang Kun?" ”

"No," Li Zhen said, "This time we need to mobilize the gangs along the Huaishui, it's best not to let him know about these things, I will send him, you don't have to worry about it." ”

"Got it, I'll go." Li Gui said.

"When you were chasing Li Rong, you happened to go along Huaishui to Shouzhou to see your brother-in-law, and transport the set bow and crossbow and armor back." Li Zhen said.

Zhao Gui, the assassin of Shouzhou, is Li Gui's brother-in-law, and has always been like-minded with Li Zhen, the king of Yue, secretly supporting Li Zhen and providing Li Zhen with grain, grass, armor and other things.

"Yes, Father," Li Gui said, bowed, and turned to leave.

"It's a big game this time," Li Rong said secretly after inspecting the injuries in his body, "but it's okay, it's not that it can't be cured." ”

Li Rong struggled to hand over the Longyin knife to his left hand, reached into his arms with his right hand, took out a porcelain bottle, poured out a "Pei Yuan Dan" from it, and took it, closing his eyes to dissolve the medicinal power.

The soft water true qi wrapped the elixir, turning the medicinal power into essence, constantly repairing the broken meridians, and a trace of essence seeped into the cracked bones.

Li Rong's mind also sank into the supreme tranquility of "Void Extreme Tranquility", feeling the healing process of his own injuries and true qi, and he couldn't help but have a kind of comprehension of his body and true qi that could only be understood and could not be conveyed in words.

This is a rare experience, and it is also a growing pain that must be experienced during the martial arts practice. No one can have smooth sailing, and they will crush the enemy every time, and they will not grow at all without defeat or pain.

It was nearly noon, and boats passed by from time to time on the wide river, and the waves pushed Li Rong with the current.

"Big brother, there's a corpse over there," a small boat sailing across the river happened to pass by Li Rong, and a somewhat thin man standing at the bow of the boat pointed at Li Rong and said.

"Shake it up," the man who was called the eldest brother, wearing a bamboo hat, purple face, and dressed in sackcloth and straw sandals, glanced at him and hurriedly said, "The man is still alive, not dead." ”

When the thin man heard this, he hurriedly shook the oars and rowed towards Li Rong.

In order to treat his injuries, Li Rong used the secret technique of yoga, which caused his body to enter a state of turtle breathing, but kept his heart beating slightly, and other functions of his body were temporarily stopped. This is also because the injury is too serious, and he has to choose to risk sleeping on the river, if he encounters a villain at this time, an ordinary person can easily put him to death.

The two men shook the oars and rowed in front of Li Rong, stretched out the oars to hold Li Rong's body, slowly approached, and reached out to fish him up.

With a wave of his hand, the bamboo hat man effortlessly lifted Li Rong's body flat and gently placed it on the deck.

"He's got a knife in his hand," said the thin man in astonishment.

The bamboo hat man looked at the knife in Li Rong's hand, frowned slightly, bent down and took the dragon yin knife in his hand, and tasted it carefully.

He held the dragon chant knife in his hand, grasped the handle tightly, the tip of the knife reflected seven colors of light towards the sun, stretched out his middle finger and flicked it lightly at the blade, the blade vibrated and made a sound like a dragon's groan.

"Good knife," said the Takekasa man.

"Big brother, this knife is worth dozens of dollars!" The skinny man said happily.

"I can't even buy a knife target for dozens of times," the Takekasa man shook his head and said, "It seems that this person is not an ordinary person, and we seem to be in trouble." ”

"Are you saying that this person is a Jiangyang thief or a wanted criminal by the imperial court?" The skinny man said.

"Maybe, maybe not, but it's all trouble." The bamboo hat man said, "Cao San, you see that the undulating golden dragon on the back of this knife must be made of pure gold, and the inlay technique is also first-class, it is definitely not made by ordinary craftsmen, the blade is not like an ordinary horizontal knife, the sharpness of the blade is definitely a treasure knife, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a thousand gold." ”

"Then the eldest brother simply threw this man back into the river, and we just took the knife, so as not to trouble and got a treasure knife, if I was afraid that he would wake up and look for him, we would sink him to the bottom of the water." The skinny man said.

"Forget it, saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating map, and the person who can use this knife is not an unknown person," Takekasa Han said, "We are not heroes who take advantage of people's danger. ”

The man with the bamboo hat reluctantly stroked the dragon and chanted, and only after a moment did he put it away and put it in the cabin for preservation.

Every warrior has a special preference for swords and swords and other divine weapons, and the Takekasa man is no exception.

A day later, Cao San and Fan Li stared at Li Rong and looked at each other. This bamboo hat man is called Fan Li, and the thinner young man is called Cao San, both of whom are masters in the black and white society of the gang that dominates Huaishui.

"Big brother, what's the matter with him? What injuries did you suffer? Still not awake? Cao San said.

"He has many fractures in his body, and most of his meridians are broken, but he is so seriously injured that he doesn't die," Fan Li had already probed Li Rong's injuries with his true qi, "What's strange is that his injuries are slowly recovering, it seems that his state should be the legendary fetal breath, not an ordinary master." ”

In this way, Fan Li and Cao San took care of Li Rong while driving the boat down the river towards Sizhou.

Three days later, the boat sailed into a small town near Shouzhou, and Cao San parked the boat at the pier and disembarked to the shore to buy some dry food supplies.

After a while, Cao San ran back in a panic, jumped on the deck, and entered the cabin to find Fan Li.

"Big brother, many gangs in the town, as well as the rudder of our Black and White Society, are secretly looking for a person, according to his description, it seems to be the person we saved, the clothes, appearance, and blades all match," Cao San said.

"Our company's rudder is also looking for it?" Fan Li asked, "Is it the order personally issued by the head of the society?" ”

"It's the people who are at the helm of Shouzhou who are looking for it, not the order from the head office." Cao San replied.