Mt. Higami and Mt. Hiei are connected to form a ridge, lying on the west side of Omi Province in Japan, bordering Tanba Province and Yamashiro Province in the east, and facing Kyoto in the distance.

On this day, on the rugged mountain road between the two mountains, a young man dressed gorgeously straight, covered with feather weaving, with a sword at his waist and clear eyebrows, came a young man.

Although it was the end of summer, the weather was still quite hot, and the young man was on his horse, desperately shaking the folding fan, followed by a group of servants dressed as merchants, pushing five wheelbarrows, and surrounded by a dozen samurai with swords at their waists.

This group of people crossed the mountains and mountains, and the city lords of the cities along the road, when they saw the banner of the Shimai family, all sent people to invite them, and insisted on taking them into their own cities, so that they could be entertained, and they would send them ten miles before leaving, for fear that they would snub the guests.

Why does a young man under twenty have such a great appeal to make the lord of a city who is divided so reverent? In fact, what they value is not this young man, but the "copper pattern" flag in the team.

The group of men and horses who hurried was the most powerful merchant in Japan's Warring States Period, the caravan of the Shimai clan. The first one is the young head of the Shimai family, Shimai Aoki Saemon. Judging from the name alone, the Shimai clan has high hopes for this son, and the official position of the ancestor who once served as Saemon is written into the name of the son, hoping that the Shimai family can also get out of the copper smell and be contaminated with a little official atmosphere.

In view of the fact that this name is too cumbersome, this young man prefers to call himself Aoki Saemon, hiding the second son of Shimai, and those who don't know the inside story can't guess that he is the young master of the Shimai family anyway.

The Shimai family controlled a large amount of exploration trade in Japan at that time, and the scope of business was quite extensive, including grain, tea, porcelain, and military supplies.

No matter where the Shimai family goes, the wealthy families in various places will salute three points, in order to fight with the enemy family one day, this Japanese general logistics department, it is better not to cut off their military rations and materials for some reason.

This caravan set off from the port of Tango Province, with the extremely precious and mysterious goods of the Ming Dynasty, and went straight to Azuchi Castle, which was the first time that the young lord Aoki Saemon led a merchant team, so the old man in the team, Miura Tomomitsu, has been taking good care of him.

It's just that the young man went out for the first time, and he had a lot of fun, and he traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, delaying many trips. On this day, we finally arrived at the Omi border, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that they were less than two days away from their destination.

But at this moment, suddenly in the woods on the right, there was a sparse sound of fighting. When Aoki Saemon heard this, he suddenly came to his senses, reined in his horses, folded his fan lightly, and stared in the direction from which the sound came.

The entourage saw the young master's expression and knew that something was going to happen, Miura Tomomitsu hurriedly came to the horse and said, "Young master, it's important to hurry, don't look at idle things." ”

Aoki Saemon waved his hand and said, "You guys wait here, I'll come when I go." With that, he urged the horse straight into the woods.

Tomomitsu Miura was so anxious that he stomped his foot and hurriedly waved his hand to let the three samurai follow......

When Aoki Saemon reached the outside of the forest, he jumped off his horse and went into the woods to see a short Taoist man fighting with a woman in a clearing in the forest.

Both of them were bare-handed, and the Taoist made a move to attack, but the woman retreated step by step, obviously falling behind.

Aoki Saemon watched quietly for a while, and found that the Taoist did not want to hurt the other party, and every move was aimed at the burden on the woman's shoulders, as if he was going to rob.

He really didn't understand why a monk would do a robbery, he had no money to use, or he was hungry, he could turn his fortune anywhere, and he couldn't be a robber no matter what.

Thinking of this, he wanted to help the woman, so he slowly pulled out the sword, and without greeting the three samurai behind him, he rushed up with an arrow step, and slashed down the top of the head of the Daoist with a sword. Aoki Saemon's intention was not to hurt the other party, but to distract the Taoist priest so that the woman could find a chance to escape.

However, as soon as his knife was halfway slashed, he saw that the Taoist priest seemed to have eyes in the back, his body suddenly reversed, and a roundabout kick hit Aoki Saemon's wrist, only to hear the sound of "oops", Aoki Saemon took off his knife and nailed it deep into the trunk on the right.

He failed to sneak up and wounded his wrist, but the woman seized the opportunity, took advantage of the other party's distraction, turned around and jumped, and fled......

The Taoist turned his head to look, no longer caring about the "waste" that was sneaking up behind him, and hurriedly chased after it, shouting: "Want to escape? It's not that cheap......" The voice was full of breath, and it couldn't help but echo in the forest......

Aoki Saemon saw that the two of them had run away, and hurriedly went to the tree to pull back his sword, but let him use the strength to feed, the knife was stunned, of course, he hadn't eaten milk for many years.

He turned around and snatched a knife from the waist of one of his attendants, turned over his horse, and hurried in the direction where the woman and the Taoist priest had run. These two people aroused his interest, and Aoki Saemon swore that he would take revenge for unloading his sword.

Miura Tomomitsu also rushed over at this time, and when he saw the young master leaving again, he hurriedly shouted to the three samurai who were still standing there: "Why are you all stunned? Don't hurry up and chase ......."

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The woman ran out of ten miles in one breath, and saw that the Taoist priest behind was still in hot pursuit, and seeing that the opponent's footwork was solid, and the true strength in his body was far superior to his own, it was almost impossible to get rid of the other party.

So, he simply stopped, turned around, and adjusted his breath while preparing to fight again; While waiting to find a way out.

In an instant, the Taoist priest arrived in front of the woman's eyes, and the woman was a little incredible, seeing the other party's tattered and dirty Taoist robe, the messy hairpin tied with wicker on the top of her head, and a few whiskers on the side of her mouth, she was extremely disgusted.

But his true strength has been lost too much because of the ten miles he has traveled, and now the only way to delay time is to use words to delay time.

I only heard the woman say: "This Taoist chief, the slave family is a responsible person, and he has no finances, why does the Taoist chief not give up and entangle me, a woman, and Taoism." ”

The Taoist priest smiled and said, "Immeasurable Tianzun, my Xiaoyaozi never bullies the weak, you are a good woman, but you are not duty." As long as you are willing to leave the burden behind you, the poor road will not be difficult for you. ”

The woman's face changed slightly when she heard this, she touched the burden with her right hand, and said with a smile: "In the burden are some scattered clothes of the slave family, and there is no gold or silver. ”

Xiaoyaozi laughed and said, "The poor road is almost old, even if you have such blessings, you can't afford it." I'm not interested in anything about you, all I want is the black gourd in your bag. ”

The woman replied, "Since the Taoist chief does not believe what the slave family says, I will give you the burden, and you will know it at a glance." With that, he swept his right hand on his chest, tore off his wide clothes, and threw it at the Taoist priest.

Xiaoyaozi had long expected that the other party would not be obedient, so he shouted, crossed his palms, and struck straight out......

The strong wind passed, only to hear a coquettish cry, and when the wide clothes fell to the ground, a female ninja wearing a black ninja suit, with a petite figure and a beautiful face, lay on the ground, covering her abdomen with her hands, her brows were tightly locked, and she fell into extreme pain.

This female ninja is Xue Jaw, who was ordered by the master to go to Mount Hiei to complete a confidential matter, and she didn't want to be closely watched by this stinky Taoist priest as soon as she stepped into the realm of Mount Hiei.

Now, she failed to sneak attack, but was hit by the other party and was seriously injured. Seeing that Xiaoyaozi had been approaching step by step, Xue Jaw could only hold his breath and concentrate and recover his true power as soon as possible.

Xiaoyaozi doesn't want to take the other party's life, as long as he gets what he wants, he can get away. At this time, when he saw that the other party was injured and fell to the ground, he no longer made a move, but slowly walked towards Xue Jaw, intending to take off the burden on his shoulders.

But just when Xiaoyaozi's probe was about to touch the other party's shoulder, suddenly Xuejiaoxiu's eyes opened, his right hand was raised, and a cloud of white gas shot straight into Xiaoyaozi's face.

Xiaoyaozi hurriedly tilted his body and dodged this sneak attack, but he felt the chill pressing, and a layer of frost formed on his left shoulder.

"Huh? Cold Poison True Qi ......" Xiaoyaozi was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Who is your master?" I actually taught you such a vicious ninjutsu. ”

Xue Jaw attacked again, but still unsuccessful, he couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, jumped up, didn't speak, and struck out the cold poison true qi with both palms in a row, and went straight to Xiaoyaozi.

Although Xiaoyaozi has been cultivating for many years, the pure yang true qi in the body is strong, but he also knows that this kind of ninjutsu is extremely poisonous, not only cold and poisonous, but also highly poisonous, the person who practices this skill must be the body of a daughter, because the male body yang, and the cold rush, practice will hurt the heart.

But even if a woman practices this skill, she will invade the internal organs for a long time due to the cold and poisonous qi, which will damage her yang longevity, and she is often not more than thirty years old. Therefore, whether it is in Taoism, Yin-Yang or Ninja, it is classified as a forbidden art.

Xiaoyaozi stabilized his mind, seeing that the other party's cold and poisonous true qi was only thirty percent of the fire, and it had not yet become a big success, for fear of delaying the time for too long, and giving birth to other incidents, he couldn't take care of a lot, and hurriedly transported the pure yang qi in the body, and settled in the dantian.

Suddenly, Xiaoyaozi's robe swelled, and under the shock of his body, he forced the true qi shot out by the other party back......

Xue Jaw never imagined that the proud cold poison true qi would be forced back into his body by the other party, and he was defenseless for a while, the cold poison backlashed at the qi veins, and he suddenly felt cold and piercing, his face was pale, his lips were purple, and he fell to the ground and trembled.

Xiaoyaozi hit the right blow, saw the other party's painful expression, and knew that the little girl in front of him might be ruined in this life, but the situation was critical, and she couldn't care about pity, so she reached out and took the other party's burden.

But at this moment, Xiaoyaozi suddenly heard the wind in the back of his head, and hurriedly dodged to the left, and when he turned around, he saw that several shuriken had been nailed to where he was.

Another female ninja with a graceful body and beautiful lines stood in front of Xiaoyaozi, but this woman covered her face with a light veil and couldn't see her appearance.

I saw her throw a red pill into Xue Jaw's mouth with her backhand, and said, "Sister, go quickly, I'll deal with this stinky Taoist." ”

The snow jaw pill entered the abdomen, and suddenly felt a warmth in the dantian, and said, "Sister Yingsoul, be careful." Then he turned and ran away.

Xiaoyaozi was just about to catch up, but he saw this female ninja known as the Glowing Soul, standing in front of him, his hands intersected, and his index finger formed a magic seal with his index pointing to the sky, and shouted in a coquettish voice: "Lin-soldier-fight-one-all-array-column-in-front."

This is the nine-character mantra of the Middle Earth Taoists, which was later introduced to Japan, and was inherited by the Shinto and ninjutsu schools, and changed according to their own needs.

The nine-character mantra of the glowing soul was drunk, and suddenly in front of Xiaoyaozi, an invisible barrier was formed, and under the sunlight, it was full of colorful qi......

Xiaoyaozi felt that there was a white expanse in front of him, there was nothing around, and he couldn't distinguish between east and west, north and south, sneered, and snorted: "It's just an illusion realm, and you dare to take it out to be embarrassing and conspicuous, the descendants of the Six Beginnings Dao Monarch are really getting more and more indisputable." ”

After saying that, he waved his right hand and shouted in his mouth: "Break!" The invisible barrier disappeared suddenly, and the graceful female ninja appeared in front of him again.

The glowing soul never expected that the illusion world she had formed would be easily dissolved by this stinky Taoist priest, and when she was stunned, the other party had already arrived in front of her.

Before the Ying Soul could react, Xiaoyaozi pointed her index finger at her eyebrows with a swift technique, and said in his mouth: "Retreat from the evil Dao, Om pardon, go to ......"

The glowing soul suddenly felt that it was dark in front of him, and the surrounding scenery disappeared without a trace, and he couldn't even hear a sound, and he had no breath, and many illusions were born in his heart in an instant, and thousands of troops rushed towards him, and he couldn't help but wave the ninja knife in his hand and kill left and right......

Xiaoyaozi saw that the other party was like crazy, stabbed and slashed in the spot, and smiled slightly: "You can play for an hour in my phantom sea first, and go to the poor road to ......."

At this time, Xuejiaw had already run out of several zhang, but Xiaoyaozi flew a few times, like a dragon and a tiger leaping, and instantly arrived behind Xuejaw, popped out two fingers, lightly clamped, and picked up the burden into his hand, laughing: "This thing belongs to me......"

With the laughter continued, the figure flew away, hidden in the greenery......