Volume 1: Huangquan December Chapter 17: The Tao Encounters Murder
Early in the morning of the second day, riding a horse on the road, Ah Luan actually fell asleep again. At first, she was like a cat or a dog, carefully attached to the horse's back, and Mu Wan watched her hair blow up from behind. Who knows, the horse was jolting its hooves on the road, and she was dangling, and after a while she was sleepy again. She had to worry about not letting her fall.
"Yesterday I said I was afraid of the horses......"
“…… Oh, she's lightweight, and she used to have some unclean things when she was young. The horse that her father brought back to her to learn when she was a child was an old horse on the battlefield, and she was afraid that it was stained with yin qi on her armor, so that she saw what she shouldn't see, and she was frightened, so she planted it and fell into the evil ...... for two months."
"That's what happened. It seems that it is not easy for you to take her all the way. ”
"How so...... Actually, this girl is quite powerful......"
"How so?"
"See her peachwood sword? It was a gift from me when she was an adult. Do you guess what the first thing she did when she got the sword? ”
"Children, it's common to love to play and make trouble. Could it be that she folded it for you? ”
"She's got it."
“……”
"I didn't expect that you looked like you yesterday and you were also very fierce." Shanhai said with a smile.
Mu Wan sighed: "Let's think there is a reason for it. In my life, I hate those powerful officials the most, and it is these people who have killed my biological father. ”
In fact, there is another reason, that is, the cigarette stick outside Pei Yuan looks angry. As for the reason, she is not going to say it for the time being. Let a sleeping dog lie.
"So there is such a secret? Maybe you have a hate, but I don't even know about my biological parents. According to Master's words, it was my Bazi Ke parents who were sent to that Heavenly Temple. I don't know if they have been reincarnated and how they lived. ”
"Do you miss them, then?"
"Thinking is naturally thinking, but I grew up in Guanli since I was a child, and I don't have to look for their obsessions."
"That's what sets me apart from you. I don't like the saying that people have their own lives and wealth, and they shouldn't complain about the eight-character numerology for everything. Isn't there an old saying that my life is up to me? ”
“…… Well, everyone has their own creed, and that's fine. By the way, the monster I summoned that day when I saw you was not a tengu? Is that your Shikigami too? ”
Mu Wan thought for a moment, as if he was pondering how to explain simply.
"Ah...... Indeed, it was a snow tengu. The bloodline that my mother inherited to me has the power to enslave the tengu. However, that comes at a price. ”
"I seem to have heard of it, I thought it was a legend, but I didn't expect it to be true. Price...... It seems to mean that if the master's ability is not recognized by the tengu, it will be counterattacked? ”
"That's right."
None of them are actually talkative people, and they don't talk like that all along the way. It's just that whoever thinks of something, they ask a sentence or two, and whoever is random will have no words. chatted without saying a word, and the time Ah Luan woke up could be more lively. This mountain road is not difficult to walk, but it stretches endlessly, and there is no end in sight. At night, find a safe cave to start a fire and spend the night so-so. Fortunately, Ah Luan is a good servant, who suffers hardships and never complains about anything.
The further south you go on this mountain road, the more you feel that the scenery is moving and bizarre. The distribution of plants is becoming more and more sparse, and the species are gradually decreasing, but the mountains and rocks are full of colors, like colorful clouds, which makes people feel emotional.
Moreover, there are a lot of small animals, and they are more spiritual than those in the north. Mu Wan, who has lived in the Snow Yan Valley for a long time, can feel that there is also an aura behind him here. This so-called aura is aura in people, and when it comes to monsters, it is called demonic energy. There are also many places where it is simply called "qi", "reason", "dao", and so on.
"I heard that Jintong Township was originally a brass copper character, and it was also the earliest mineral deposit found there. Later, more and more mineral spirit stones were mined from this mountain range, and there were many colors and were very colorful, so a brocade was added in front. ”
Ah Luan asked Shanhai, why did it become the word of Wutong again?
"You see, the flowers and plants along our road are getting scarcer and scarcer, and only these scattered sycamores remain. I heard that down the mountain, the sycamore trees growing at the foot of the mountain are more luxuriant, and through it, it is the Jintong Township. The word went back and forth, and finally it was settled. ”
The mountain took them on for three full days. In the early morning of the fourth day, when the mountains were gone, the forest belt at the foot of the mountain could be clearly seen. On this side of the mountain, they even saw many abandoned mine pits. Strangely, not a single shadow of a laborer was ever seen. There were also three taels of discarded tools on the side of the road, and Mu Wan vigilantly dismounted to check them, they were all used badly, and they were also dusty, not like they had suddenly encountered something unexpected - not to mention that there were no bones nearby. These days are very safe, the journey is smooth, they have nothing except for the skin cut by the rocks and trees.
But as soon as he came down the mountain, Ah Luan was in big trouble.
It is true that there are many mines in this mountain range, but there is very little water. After walking in the woods for a short time, Luan saw a sparkling light in the forest to the east. There must have been a source of water, and she wanted to wash her face, so she jumped off her horse while the other two waited.
"Less than thirty zhang to the west, there are people here, it should be locals."
Shanhai suddenly said this, Mu Wan looked at him, and listened attentively, and really heard someone's voice. But she wasn't sure if it was a man or a woman, and whether she was really a local as Shanhai said.
"You wait for Ah Luan, I'll ask for directions." As he spoke, he turned the horse's head.
When Luan ran through the forest, he really saw a calm surface of water. This body of water is not large, it does not look deep, and there is no water source around it, perhaps it is a pool of stagnant water from accumulated rain. But the water looked fairly clean, so she bent down and kept plucking the water on her face, and suddenly felt much refreshed.
A figure swept across the water.
She didn't notice it, after all, the water was smeared with her eyes, and the rippling water didn't shine anything, at most it made people think it was the shadow of a bird. But in the next moment, she was choked by the back of her neck by someone behind her, pushed into the water, and held down tightly.
Ah Luan was shocked, choked on most of the saliva in his lungs, and struggled in vain.
At this time, Mu Wan's figure flew from the forest, like an arrow off the string. She fought with the man at the water's edge, and Ah Luan climbed ashore from the water, coughing and hiding behind a boulder, only daring to show half of his head. Presumably, this person must not be wronged, and the momentum of the fight is simply prepared, and the movements are ruthless and neat. He is not much taller than Mu Wan, and the latter is not inferior, using an umbrella as a sword, fighting with the bandit with his bare hands, and no one has shown mercy to anyone.
Strange to say, although the two of them moved extremely fast, Ah Luan noticed that the bandit was wearing a mask.
The moment the two of them took off, Mu Wan aimed the tip of the umbrella directly at him, and ordered the umbrella to take off his hand and throw the thorn from the bottom to the top. It was enough to kill people, and she didn't intend to use it, but in the process of fighting him, she didn't feel that he had the slightest intention of stopping to reason, especially the mask, which almost had the words "I'm here to do bad things" written on her face.
At that moment, Ah Luan saw his mask clearly. It was a mask with a slight curvature, squinting and two bright red eyeshadows. The mouth may be a straight line, but it is arched by the arc of the mask, forming a subtle arc against the eyeliner, and it looks like a smile. The sides are painted with strange winding lines like whiskers, and there are pairs of pointed ears on them, and I don't know if they are dogs or foxes or other animals.
Suddenly, the masked man faced the tip of the umbrella and slapped it with internal force.
If you are an ordinary person, your hand will have pierced the umbrella thoroughly. But he actually blocked the umbrella with this move, and Mu Wan followed up with a palm on the lower end of the umbrella handle, and the two forces collided in the air, creating a terrifying wave of qi that spread out and startled the birds in the forest. In an instant, thousands of birds flew into the air in unison, like dark clouds covering the sky.
Click.
The handle of the umbrella cracked, and a wooden flower bloomed in the center.
Mu Wan's face became ugly in an instant. Surprise, anger, anxiety, and mixed feelings flashed in her eyes at the same time.
"Who!"
Rin Yamakai rode out of the woods. Seeing that they were outnumbered, the masked man hurried away towards the water. Shanhai reined in his horse, only to see the splash left on the water. He could have chased after them, but right now, the safety of the two girls was more important.
"I'm fine" Mu Wan looked at the mountains and seas that dismounted, and then raised the umbrella, his eyes were full of sorrow, but he didn't mention it, "It's just that Miss Aluan is afraid of getting cold." ”
Ah Luan then ran from behind the stone to the master's back, clutching the hem of his clothes.
At this time, there was a sound of grass and trees in the forest, and Mu Wan instinctively prepared to fight, but the mountains and seas stopped her.
Walking was a very tall young man, with a wide chin and a large nose, but his unshaven face was a little old. He was tall and thin, and he was holding a pole as if abruptly. He had unkempt, short hair, and his bun was in a turban, and his thick beauty seemed to have been painted directly with charcoal. In the middle of the left eyebrow and on the chin, there are some conspicuous scars.
He carried a load of firewood on his back and a sickle in his hand. It seems that he is an ordinary person, and he has no attainments in martial arts or immortal arts. He had never witnessed the dispute with his own eyes, and he was a little unclear. But this person didn't say much, just took a few steps forward and came to Mu Wan. She didn't look up, but she was still a little wary.
"This is ......"
"Oh, it's the local I just went to, and he's chopping wood nearby. Before I could inquire about anything, I heard that you were moving here. Well, you're not hurt, are you? ”
"Ah Luan choked a few mouthfuls of water, I'm afraid she will catch a cold."
The young man chopping wood suddenly walked up, and Mu Wan subconsciously became vigilant. But he neither looked at her nor touched the umbrella. He just looked closer, and whispered:
"I can fix it."