35. Bait
Elder Nanhai stood on the corner of the street, sword in hand.
He was dressed in tattered robes, with blood stains and wounds on his body, and the long sword in his hand was mottled and stained with blood, obviously fighting all the way.
Seeing that he was limping when he walked, it was estimated that he was also injured.
Liu Zhuoran answered, and walked quickly to the elder's side, but when he heard the footsteps behind him, he turned around and said in a vicious voice:
"Wei Changbo, your martial arts are low, what are you doing here? I couldn't help, but dragged me and the elders back, and quickly went to the White Horse Temple to protect the innocent. ”
He's not hurting either.
is just a bait alone, to lure the evil old demon to the bait, such a critical matter, this Wei Changbo followed, I am afraid that it will be a dead end.
And the South China Sea Elder in front of him is a little too strange, maybe nine times out of ten, it is the big fish that Liu Zhuoran wants to catch in the night fire of Luoyang with his bait this time.
And Wei Changbo, although he speaks ill of him on weekdays.
But he's just young, not a bad person.
Just now in the city, he also rushed into the fire and saved many innocents, this kind of behavior, calling him a young man, is also completely fine.
"My Wei Changbo's martial arts are indeed inferior to you!"
was ridiculed by Liu Zhuoran again and again, and the senior brother of the Nanhai faction was also a little breathless, he grabbed the sword, and in the twilight, said in a jerky tone:
"Even if you are abolished by the Demon Sect, your swordsmanship is far above mine, but so what? You Liu Zhuoran want to be a hero, and I, Wei Changbo, are I willing to be a bear?
I'm not good at martial arts, but I also have chivalry in my chest!
When I came to Luoyang to see the world this time, I knew how ridiculous I had done in the past and how ridiculous my genius ambitions were... I'm the toad in the well, I'm afraid that you, who have seen the world, have seen countless jokes.
But I'm not going to apologize to you!
Liu Zhuoran, you and I grew up together, and I should have entered the South China Sea Sword Sect with me, but I ran away with the Penglai people, such a move of disliking the poor and loving the rich...
I don't like it! ”
"You name it."
Liu Zhuoran said:
"On the elder's side, I will help, but no one cares about it, as a senior brother of the South China Sea Sect, you must take responsibility, go to the senior brother's side quickly, lest they lose an inch.
Just go! ”
"This..."
Wei Changbo originally made up his mind to follow Liu Zhuoran to the city to fight, so that he could get depressed in his chest, but this would be said by Liu Zhuoran, and he remembered those brothers who were younger than him.
As a senior brother, he really has the responsibility to protect his senior brother.
He was at a loss.
"Changbo has chivalry in his heart, why do you want to stop him from being chivalrous?"
Elder Nanhai suddenly spoke:
"Since Changbo has the heart to kill thieves, then let's follow.
The three of us will make a name for the Nanhai faction in the Central Plains today, and as for those disciples, the White Horse Temple has its own seniors to take care of it, and it will be fine.
Come with the old man! There's a lot of delay. ”
After speaking, the elder limped to the back street, Wei Changbo got the approval of the elder, and he also followed quickly, Liu Zhuoran didn't speak anymore, tightened the sword in his hand, and followed.
The three of them walked half a pillar of incense in this chaotic Luoyang City, and the vicinity of this place was lit before fire, and there will still be embers of fire burning, and the surroundings are groggy and can't see the environment clearly.
But the choking smell of burning wood was everywhere.
After walking for a while, Wei Changbo also felt strange in his heart.
The surroundings are getting quieter and quieter, where are there any Northern Dynasties slaughtering innocents?
What is the elder doing?
"Run! Fast! ”
Liu Zhuoran quickened his pace, passed by Wei Changbo's side, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered something in his ear.
Before the senior brother could react, he saw Liu Zhuoran's long sword unsheathed, making a subtle swordsmanship all the way and stabbing behind the elder.
Without true qi, this Ling Xuan swordsmanship will be less ethereal and dexterous.
But under the sharp stab, the blade still brought out bursts of wind, and only stabbed towards the elder's neck.
This is an assassination that will kill him!
"Bell"
With a soft sound, Wei Changbo's eyes flickered, and he saw Liu Zhuoran's mouth full of blood, flying back upside down, and the long sword in his hand also came out of his hand, flipped in the air for a few weeks, and was inserted between the cracks in the rocks on the ground.
"Hehe, the skill has been abolished, and the brain has also been abolished?"
Elder Nanhai turned around, casually threw away the long sword, and with a flip of his fingers, two dark red evil fish intestine thorns fell into the palm of his hand, and he was no longer pretending, nor was he limping.
Just stood up straight, looked at Liu Zhuoran who got up from the ground in embarrassment, and said coldly:
"But the vision is still there, it is worthy of being the dragon and phoenix among people, this disguise technique is unique in the world, and you can see it... There must be an ambush around, right? Are you using your example as bait to lure this seat into the bait? ”
"It's that easy!"
"Bang"
In the splash of killing intent, the masonry under Qu Xie's feet cracked, and the true qi of the five elements turned into fire, bursting and rushing, and the fish intestine thorn in his hand stabbed Liu Zhuoran, who was no longer able to resist.
This trick will take his life!
It's just that in front of the fish intestine thorn, another person dodged and pounced on Liu Zhuoran's side, regardless of the long sword, the South China Sea swordsmanship was desperately swung, relying on a bloody bravery, wanting to block the fatal blow of Qu Xie.
"Huh"
The sneer started again, and the two fish intestine thorns flipped left and right, bringing a deadly cold light in the sky, and in the sound of the sword blade breaking, Wei Changbo and Liu Zhuoran fell to the ground at the same time.
The former's chest was covered with blood and he lay on the ground screaming in pain, while the latter's neck was cut a few times.
If Wei Changbo hadn't rushed out suddenly, this move would have cost Liu Zhuoran's life.
"What a teenager."
Qu Xie stepped on Liu Zhuoran's chest with his left foot, and he saw that the latter was struggling desperately to push the seriously injured Wei Changbo away, so he kicked out and kicked Wei Changbo in the waist, spurting blood from his mouth.
Another kick kicked Liu Zhuoran on the cheek.
He said:
"There are people everywhere who are willing to die for you, and Sword Monarch is really talented! This young man also has a friendship for you, so he let the two of you go to hell together, and you are not lonely on the Huangquan Road.
You Penglai people harbor evil intentions, regard this seat as a beast plaything, and in the future, this seat will definitely not give up with your Penglai!
Kill you first, and then go hunt down those Penglai dog thieves! ”
"Bang"
The true qi of the five elements turned into earth, and the brute force on his feet was even more suppressed, and Liu Zhuoran's sternum made an overwhelming cracking sound, and his breathing was a little difficult.
"You know there's an ambush, but... Why come? ”
He asked with difficulty.
"Because I hate you."
Qu Xie stretched out his hand and ripped off the disfigured thing on his face, revealing his true face at this dusk.
Except for a few people in the rivers and lakes, no one knew Qu Xie's true face at all, and at this time, Yi Xie was removed, and with the light of the fire still burning on the street, Liu Zhuoran finally saw Qu Xie's true face.
An old man with thin cheeks, his face was already full of wrinkles, as if he was seventy or eighty.
"It's all what you left for this seat."
Qu Xie lowered his body, the fish intestine thorn in his hand was inserted into Liu Zhuoran's shoulder, and when he pulled it hard, blood splashed everywhere, and he almost squeezed out the words from between his teeth, and the resentment was overflowing.
"You have sucked away the yin and yang qi in the body of this seat, which is a foreign object, but you Penglai evil art, hooking up the essence and blood of this seat, as soon as the yin and yang qi is gone, it will turn this seat into a drooping old man.
You want to know, why did this seat risk dying to kill you? ”
Qu Xie's voice suddenly became muffled.
With an indescribable sorrow, he said:
"Even if you don't come this time, this seat won't have a few years to live, so what are you afraid of life and death? What you have taken away is not only the hope of this seat, but also the future of this seat.
This seat has a few decades to live.
You've all been ...
You took it!
You Penglai is the biggest magic road in the world!
The sect leader admonished me back then, and this seat should not be taken seriously, but now I know that the sect leader was saving my life back then.
Hehe, this is all my own death, and I can't complain about others.
But even if this seat dies tonight, I will drag you down to the Yellow Spring together! ”
"Poof"
Another knife stabbed Liu Zhuoran in the heart, and the blood splattered in all directions, but it was a few inches off.
Like a real little insect, the golden cicada scythe deftly slammed into the blade of the warp evil blade, and then retracted into the shadows of the street in the middle of a roar.
Fu'er is another flying scythe, trying to force the evil to retreat.
"Bell"
The fish's intestine spines are raised, and the flying sickle is flicked away.
Qu Xie grabbed Liu Zhuoran, who was seriously injured, and got up, but there was a sharp sound of breaking wind behind him, and there was an indescribable smell, which seemed to be poisonous, but not very similar.
"Smack"
The two figures staggered.
The five elements of true qi from the same source collided a little, and when the evil fell to the ground, when he looked back, he saw Shen Lan, who was dressed in a red dress and wearing a veil, holding Liu Zhuoran, who had been seriously injured, and fell to the ground lightly.
In the heart of the sword monarch, there is also a red fish intestine thorn.
Through the heart.
Qu Xie still threw his own fateful blow.
"Send him to the drug king."
Shen Lan stuffed a pill of medicine into Liu Zhuoran's mouth, and threw him to Wei Changbo, who was covered in blood behind him, and said:
"Whether he can survive depends on whether you can move fast enough."
"Hmm."
The senior brother of the South China Sea Sect nodded vigorously, carried Liu Zhuoran on his back, and ran out towards the rear, his movements staggered, but the speed was quite fast, and the swordsmanship of the South China Sea Sword Sect was average.
However, this Lingboti longitudinal technique is somewhat interesting.
The young man also floated out from the other side, carrying two flying sickle golden cicadas in his hand, sealing the route of Qu Xie's escape.
But Qu Xie didn't look at him either.
A pair of eyes fell on Shen Lan in front of him.
"Apprentice, I haven't seen you for many days, but you have changed your heart."
Qu Xie moved his wrist, and with three points of ridicule and seven points of resentment, he said:
"Now you have learned the right way and started to do good deeds? If this seat is not mistaken, your sister's maid Xiuhe died in the hands of Liu Zhuoran, right?
With your heart, it is already merciful not to kill him, and now you are still cooperating with him?
Could it be that you have hated your teacher to the point that you would rather cooperate with the enemy? ”
"Huh"
Shen Lan flicked his left hand, and the snake-like black sword Gu fell into the palm of his hand, and when the true qi was infused, it turned into a strange sword.
She wore black gauze gloves on both hands, covering her hands that had been soaked in poison because of her cultivation of dragon fingers.
She didn't look at Qu Xie, but said in a cold voice:
"The concubine body and Liu Zhuoran, the concubine body and Xiuhe, the concubine body and the innocent souls of Suzhou, this kind of calamity, tracing back to the source, is all due to the master.
If it weren't for the master's blind persecution, the concubine and him, as well as Xiuhe, would not have fallen to this point.
Things are wrong, and the concubine doesn't want to pursue these with the master anymore.
It's just that there must be an explanation for those sufferings and those justices.
Master.
Tonight, please give me back these miserable people, and do it justice. ”
"Huh, fair?"
Qu Xie chuckled, in this dead and silent street full of wood burning and the wailing of the dead, a scorching wind blew, and he looked out, but the fire in Luoyang City was getting bigger and bigger.
"You have to wait for justice, who can give justice to this seat?"
With some sadness, he said:
"In this world, how can there be so much justice?"
Between Qu Xie and Shen Lan, there was nothing to say.
He looked at the cyan on the other side, and said:
"This seat and my apprentice have an undying grudge, what about you, son? And why do you want to join in the fun? Do you know that even if this seat is old, it is no longer as brave as it used to be.
But it's not a problem to be ruthless, fight to get injured, and kill the two of you.
Alive, isn't it? ”
"The Demon Lord is right."
Hua Qing carried the scythe, his face could not be seen in the darkness, and as before, with that calm air, he said softly:
"But in life, there must always be a thought.
The Demon Lord wants to break through the innate and get a glimpse of the supreme realm of martial arts, and he does not hesitate to practice evil arts, behavior, I don't evaluate, but the heart of martial arts is indeed firm.
And I, I also have my own inquiring heart.
The Demon Lord is in Penglai's secret, and I'm here tonight just to ask the Demon Lord a few questions. ”
"I don't want to answer you! ! ”
As soon as the voice of the evil words changed, it was no longer entangled.
Between the swaying figures, the phantom footwork combined with the five elements of true qi, emitting four or five phantoms, seemingly rushing forward to fight, but at the moment of contact with Shen Lan, it was blocked by phantoms, and the real body had already flown to the side for several feet.
He wanted to run, but Shen Lan and Hua Qing couldn't stop him.
But...
"Buzz"
The dazzling sword light suddenly lit up.
Just like on the remnants of Luoyang, the moonlight obscured by dark clouds reappeared, and there seemed to be a sea water rolling, the dragon chanting endlessly, and the long sword pierced out from the artistic conception of the bright moon in the sea.
The glorious atmosphere makes people have no way to hide.
"Bang"
The fish intestine bones and the sea are lightly touched.
The artistic conception of the moon in the sea was shattered, and Qu Xie was also forced back by the sword intent, and it was falling on the position in the long street just now.
He looked up.
On the eaves of the street, Lu Gui was hiding in a green coat, a light gauze robe flying in the night, his right hand was behind his back, and his left hand was holding a mottled ancient sword, hanging diagonally at his side.
The black hair on the back of his head was fluttering, and on his handsome face, he had a calm face, and a pair of sword eyes were locked on Qu Xie's body.
"The Sword Monarch sacrificed his life as bait in exchange for the Demon Monarch to ambush him."
Lu Guizang said softly:
"The Sword Monarch begged me, saying that the Demon Lord was his karma, and it was he who let the Demon Lord go, causing more innocent casualties.
The Sword Monarch was unable to eliminate this karma, so I and the other three of us would have done what he should have done for him. I abandoned my life in the city, so I want to be here, and ask the demon lord to go down to the Yellow Spring. ”
Qu Xie looked at the three-way encirclement.
Shen Lan, Hua Qing, Lu Guizang.
These three people were killed, and they were crippled, their yin and yang qi were sucked away, and their bodies were aging, and they were no longer as strong as they were when they were in the state.
Tonight, I am afraid that I will not be able to escape the calamity.
But at this fateful moment, when the Red Lian Demon Lord was young, he followed Zhang Moxie to the north and south and established the Demon Sect, but he was forced out.
He already has the will to fight to the death in his heart, so he is not afraid.
In the middle of the frank swing, he let out a long laugh, and the five elements of true qi in his body swelled.
"Good! Good! This seat has been in the world for more than 20 years, slaughtered heroes, killed the lord of the country, and enjoyed all the beautiful things in the world.
Even if you go to Huangquan, you can brag to your master's predecessors.
If you want the head of this seat, come and get it!
I also want to see what your young people are doing! ”
The wind blew through the dead streets, and in the smell of burning wood, the three of them moved in unison, and the evil laughed wildly, no longer hiding, no longer like an assassin hiding in the dark.
He is a martial artist with a bad record, and he also dares to face life and death, in the sword light, in the sound of the flying sickle, and the whistling of fingers, he has no reservations, and he has a killing martial art, like a candle flame that burns to the end.
In the sound of the true qi bursting, it burned one last time.
The fire that will be extinguished is the most beautiful and cruel scenery in the world.
At least, tonight.