Volume 1 Iron Blood Shadow Chapter 44 Defection to the Fog Ridge
Wu Di was full of food and drink, stroked his round belly and said, "Let's follow the official road and enter Yundi tomorrow evening." Yundi is not as good as Zhongzhou League and here, according to Lao Wu, chaos is rampant, thieves are rampant. We need to be careful. Everyone nodded.
"It's a pity that we don't have a detailed map of Yundi at home, otherwise it will save us a lot of trouble. Wu Di said. Qianhui knew that Wu Di liked military affairs the most, and he was quite involved in the study of terrain maps. If Wu Di said that he was not familiar with the topography and roads of a certain place, it would mean that Daying did not have a detailed map of the place.
Qianhui said: "Why don't we ask all the way or walk along the main road." Wu Di nodded helplessly, but listened to Liu Sanzhi say: "IāI seem to know something." ā
The map is a confidential element in all parts of Zhongzhou. Not to mention the people, even ordinary counties and counties may only have two or three volumes of detailed local maps, which are in the county guard, Sima and other mansions, and it is strictly forbidden to spread them outside. Liu Sanzhi actually knew the inconspicuous terrain of Yundi, and couldn't help but make Wu Di curious: "Sanzhi, how do you know?"
Liu Sanzhi smiled bitterly: "I have remembered some geographical atlases of mountains and rivers, among which there are Yundi, but those atlases are more than two hundred years ago, and I don't know if there have been any changes." ā
Wu Di was even more curious: "What geographical atlases have you memorized?" Liu Sanyi lowered his head and picked up vegetables, and said without thinking: "Many places." I've memorized some of the best charts, three hundred and thirty-three. ā
For a while, only the sound of Liu Sanzhi and Rong Cheng chewing food remained. The two of them suddenly felt the strange looks of the three people beside them and looked up, and saw the surprised expressions of the three of them. "What's wrong?" Before Wu Di and Mu Qingyu came to their senses, four words popped out of Qianhui's mouth: "Bookworm, monster!"
Wu Di coughed lightly and said, "Hehe... That's good, that's good, when you get to Yundi, if there is no change, you will lead the way. Liu Sanzhi nodded awkwardly.
After using rice, Rongcheng cleaned up the pot. Wu Di said: "Scatter, hurry up and take out the Liuhuang Martial Arts Scripture to see." It turned out that a few days ago, Liu Sanzhi's recitation of the Liuhuang Martial Arts Sutra was quite pleasantly surprised when Qianhui saw it in the car. Qianhui got Liu Sanzhi's consent and told Wu Di. Wu Di became obsessed with practicing martial arts, how could he not be ecstatic when he saw this scripture? In the past few days, when he was resting, he read the scriptures with Liu Sanzhi and Qianhui. Liu Sanzhi is hard back, but Wu Di understands and understands.
Liu Sanzhi took out the Liuhuang Martial Arts Sutra and continued to read it softly, while Wu Di and Qianhui watched and realized it attentively on the side. Mu Qingyu took the Sutra and watched it carefully. Rong Cheng didn't come over, holding a branch and gesturing on the ground, practicing the new characters taught by Liu Sanzhi in the past few days, quite focused.
Liu Sanzhi looked at a part of the scroll that was about to go down, but he heard Wu Di say: "Sanzhi, let's take a look at this Thai Emperor Xuanyuan Shaking Dragon Sword." Liu Sanzhi pulled the scroll forward as he said. Xuanyuan Shaking Dragon Sword is exquisite, Wu Di seems to understand it, and he can't help but sigh: "This Thai emperor is really amazing!"
Liu Sanzhi nodded and said: "Yes! The scriptures also say that the Thai Emperor is extremely talented, and his cultivation is second only to the Martial Emperor, but unfortunately he is obsessed with cultivation, and when he was thirty years old, he suddenly disappeared after traveling south alone, resulting in the partial loss of the royal cultivation exercises. Otherwise, five cases... ā
Wu Di was not interested in the past of Tianliu outside of martial arts at all, interrupting Liu Sanzhi and pointing to a picture in the scriptures: "Look, is this move similar to the sword intent of the Shadow Knife Seven Styles?"
Qianhui naturally learned the Seven Styles of the Shadow Knife. Liu Sanzhi also had to be taught by Lu Zijing, although he hadn't practiced much, but he kept in mind the essence of the seven-style knife technique of the shadow knife. The two looked at it carefully, and vaguely grasped a hint of meaning.
Seeing that the two of them were still half-understood, Wu Di picked up a branch beside him and waved it: "The Xuanyuan Dragon Shaking Sword is fierce and fierce, similar to the first three styles of the Shadow Knife Seven Styles. Look at this move, use Qi to urge the sword, split left and right, up and down, fast and sharp. If you turn this move into a sword technique, it should be able to be added to the Seven Shadow Knife Styles. ā
Qianhui sneered: "You are still terrible, add to the Seven Styles of the Shadow Knife created by Taifu and the eldest brother of the Movement?
Wu Di was not annoyed, but smiled proudly: "You know a... What do you know? The old man said that young people should not be arrogant and belittled! They should not just know how to follow the rules and follow the rules step by step. The cultivators of my generation are immaculate, thinking that others dare not think about it, and do what others dare not do! Otherwise, how can they surpass the sages? The eldest brother of movement was only a few years older than us when he created the Fang Yuan One Style? Why can't I supplement the Seven Shadow Sword Forms?"
Qianhui knew that Wu Di was reasonable, but she still stiffened her mouth and said, "You just go ahead and blow it!
Liu Sanzhi listened to Wu Di's words, and when he thought of his eldest brother, he couldn't help but feel proud, and said in his heart that he couldn't lose his eldest brother's face, so he hurriedly pondered.
Wu Di waved the branch to try his move, but listened to Liu San's way: "Brother Di, what you just said is quite reasonable. I think it would be better if this sword move turned into a sword technique, and it seemed that it would be better to cut sideways from the middle lane. In this way, no matter up or down, you can draw down or up, from the backhand to the forehand, or from the forehand to the backhand, again like a solid cut, more can speed up the knife, elusive. ā
Wu Di listened, and the branch in his hand waved out according to his words, and it was as Liu Sanzhi said. Daxi said: "Okay! Yes, yes, yes, when you cut horizontally, you have to control the range, forcing the opponent to move horizontally, so if we connect to the cloud style, the opponent will inevitably be difficult to escape." ā
Liu Sanzhi thought about it, nodded thoughtfully, and nodded again and again.
Wu Di waved the branch again, and used the moves that the two of them came up with, and connected them to the cloud-stirring style to clear the clouds and see the sun, which was really smooth and smooth. Wu Di threw down the branch and said with a smile: "Haha, from now on, the seven styles of the shadow knife are the eight styles of the shadow knife." Scattered, we gave him a name, called... Is it good to call it 'scattered'?"
Chie burst out laughing, shook her head, and said, "What a rough man!" Wu Di said: "It was created by me and Sanzhi, what's wrong with calling this name?" Qianhui wrinkled her lovely Qiong nose: "Sandi, Sandi, I think it's your big teeth scattered all over the place, and my goosebumps are scattered all over the place, hehe!"
Liu Sanzhi smiled and said: "Brother Di, combined with the name of the Shadow Knife Seven Styles and the characteristics of this move, do you think it's good to call it 'Marking the Sun'?" Wu Di clapped his hands and said: "Okay, 'Marking the Sun', that's good! This move is called Marking the Day!" Qianhui also nodded slightly when she heard this. Mu Qingyu and Rong Cheng on the side were happy when they saw Wu Di, although they didn't know what was going on, they also looked up and smiled.
Nearly an hour has passed since the crowd stayed here. Wu Di was full of pride in creating a new knife style, and said: "Okay, pack up your things, let's go!"
After two days in a hurry, Wu Di and his entourage quickly entered Yundi. Yundi is not as good as the Central Continent Alliance, with dilapidated houses everywhere and depressed weather. The five of them walked along the official road, and along the way they had already encountered three groups of thieves who blocked the road and robbed the road, all of whom were some characters who didn't even know martial arts, most of them were slaves.
In the evening of this day, the five of them quickly whipped up their horses and rushed to a small town in front of them, and they ran around day and night for several days, and the young people were really tired, Wu Di discussed with everyone and rested in this town for one night.
There was no official guest house in the town, and the five of them stayed in a small shop in the northwest of the town. The shop was not large, with only two husband and wife and three slaves. There was no one in the store, and when he saw five people coming in, the shopkeeper let them in with a smile.
The food in the store was rough, except for Qianhui, Wu Di and others were not picky, and they used some casually. After the meal, Wu Di gave a few instructions to the shopkeeper, and the five of them lived in two rooms and rested. The shopkeeper instructed the slaves to lead the horses into the side yards.
The three of them were meditating and practicing in the room, when suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance outside the store. A moment later, there was a banging on the door outside. The owner and his wife have fallen asleep. The slave who slept in the lobby of the store heard the sound and hurriedly got up to open the door.
A soldier took the lead in pushing the door in, gave the old slave a kick, and scolded: "What are you rubbing? Hurry up and get some food and drink, the grandfathers still have to hurry." Then the four sergeants rushed in.
The old slave didn't dare to say much, so he hurriedly went to the backyard to wake up the shopkeeper and went to the store to deal with it. The shopkeeper did not dare to slack off, and ordered the old slave and another female slave to hurry up and prepare the food and drinks.
When the wine and food were served, the five sergeants devoured the food, and when they saw the shopkeeper carefully waiting with the old slave, one of the sergeants said, "You go out, hurry up and feed us the horses, and listen to us if you have something." ā
After the shopkeeper and the old slave left, the sergeant said, "I don't know what kind of wind is being smoked from above, but we were driven out overnight last night to deliver the message, and it was also sent to the counties and counties within a limited time." ran non-stop for a day, but Lao Tzu was tired. What the hell is so important?" the sergeant scolded hatefully.
"Stop complaining. After eating and drinking, he hurried away, forgetting the strict orders of the hundred generals, and the letter was sent slowly. If you don't get beheaded, you will be beaten and your skin will be opened, so that you will not be able to go to the brothel for half a month to have fun, hehe!" a sergeant sitting next to him sneered evilly. Several of the other sergeants burst into laughter.
The sergeant who spoke first took a sip and stood up cross-legged: "Lao Tzu go to the toilet, you leave me a drink." ā
The sergeant walked out of the door, asked the old slave outside the door for directions, and staggered to the latrine. After a while, the sergeant returned to his seat, and the sergeants continued to drink. Two moments later, when he was full of wine and food, and was about to leave, the sergeant subconsciously raised his hand and touched the leather cylinder behind him, and was immediately shocked, the original documents in the leather cylinder were gone!
The sergeant didn't dare to make a sound, and said with a panicked face: "What kind of rotten dish is this, Lao Tzu has some stomach pain after eating it, you go first, and then I will go to the toilet." With that, he hurriedly got up and left.
In the latrine, a roll of papers fell in a corner, and the sergeant picked up the papers, and when he saw that the fire paint on them was intact, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been amnestied, and hurriedly went out to chase the four sergeants.
Wu Di and the three of them stayed in the room with solemn expressions. Hearing the nameless sergeant leaving, Wu Di said, "Let's go!" The three of them walked out of the room, and Mu Qingyu and Qianhui also came out with their luggage. Wu Di instructed a few people to lead the horses, and walked to the store hall by himself, and the shopkeeper told the slaves to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and was about to go back to rest. Seeing Wu Di coming over neatly, he hurriedly said, "Lang Jun, who are you?"
Wu Di said: "Shopkeeper, take a step to speak." The two walked out of the door, and Wu Di said: "We are in a hurry, we have to rush overnight, let's leave now." As he spoke, he took out a piece of gold from his bosom and handed it to the shopkeeper, who suddenly smiled and said, "It's not safe on the road, Lang Jun, you should be more careful." ā
"We don't want anyone to know where we are, if someone wants to ask... Wu Di said. The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Lang Jun, don't worry, the people in the small shop have never seen you!" Wu Di saw that the shopkeeper was transparent, nodded, turned around and left.
The shopkeeper held the gold in his hand and said in his heart: "If there is no benefit, the ghost will tell your whereabouts!
When Wu Di saw the five sergeants hurrying overnight, he faintly felt that something was wrong, so he eavesdropped outside the house. When the sergeant got up to go to the toilet, he silently stole the document behind it, returned to the room and used Liu Sanzhi's black knife to pick up the fire paint and look at it, and couldn't help but be shocked! It turned out that this document was actually ordered by Yun Hou to personally order the arrest of the important criminal in Zhongzhou, and the document described in detail the face and posture of the important criminal, and it was himself, Liu Sanzhi, and Qianhui.
Wu Di secretly said that what he was worried about finally came, closed the paperwork with a candle flame and secretly threw the paperwork back to the toilet, and then summoned the two Qianhui who were in the house to hurry up.
The five men got on their horses and galloped out for a while. Wu Di asked everyone to rein in their horses and walk slowly. Wu Di said: "Scattered, the situation is urgent, we can no longer move forward along the official road, we must take hidden paths." Think about it, how do we get there. ā
Liu Sanzhi said: "I checked the atlas I carried, went down along this official road, quickly rode the whip, counted the halfway stop, we can arrive at the Nantianhe in less than four days." There should be a lot of small roads all the way south to the plain, as long as you look for the direction, it should not be slow for a day. ā
Wu Di groaned: "Plains, Plains... You can't walk the plains, what is the path to the west here?" "The way of Liusan: "To the west and southwest is the remaining veins of the Wuling Ridge, although it is not more difficult than the center of the Wuling Ridge, but it is also a high mountain forest, with ravines and lush forests, and it is also difficult to find a way out." Mu Qingyu interjected: "The Fog Ridge is vast and boundless, and the fog is shrouded all day long, it is extremely easy to get lost, and there are strong spirit beasts in the Fog Ridge, my father has taken me there before, but I never dare to go deeper." ā
Wu Di frowned and said: "In a short time, the Yundi chasing soldiers intercept the four attacks, and they will definitely guess that we are the champion of the South Tianhe Run." Taking the south road, it is impossible for our whereabouts to go undetected. With the cultivation of a few of us, we can't escape. Although the remaining veins of the Fog Ridge are difficult and dangerous, we are easy to hide, and the pursuers will not think that a few of us with a low realm would dare to go to the remaining veins of the Fog Ridge. There is no way, we will go to the Fog Ridge! Scatter, do you think there is a good path to take?"
Liu Sanzhi contemplated with his eyebrows, Wuling was not only difficult and difficult to walk, but according to the records of the spirit and monster chronicles, the Wuling spirit beasts were infested, and they were extremely dangerous. Liu Sanzhi searched his stomach and thought for a while, but he couldn't find a good way to do it in the Kanyu Atlas.
Qianhui was beside Liu Sanzhi, a little thirsty, so she picked up a water bladder and drank water. "Water!" A flash of inspiration flashed in Liu Sanzhi's mind, and he couldn't help but cry out loudly, so frightened that Chie almost choked. Qianhui was about to complain, but heard Liu Sanzhi say: "Yes, there is a record in the supplement to the Shui Jing that there is a tributary of the Nantian River, which detours eastward from the depths of the Wuling Mountains, and then turns to the southwest, and joins the Nantian River in Quyu Gorge, which is only four hundred miles away from the westernmost point of Dongduantian. Walking along the Fushui is the fastest way to the southwest, and I remember it clearly, so I won't lose my way. ā
Wu Di frowned and said: "But the waterway will inevitably be the key place to track and intercept!" Liu Sanzhi hurriedly explained: "In the supplement of the Water Classic, there are some difficult and difficult water paths, which are not found in other atlases. The addendum also said that the Fushui River is as thin as a stream, and the river water is not continuous where it meets the Nantian River, and it seeps into the Nantian River from the ground, and even the local people do not know about the Fushui waterway, which is extremely secretive. However, after many years, I don't know if there has been any change. ā
Seeing that Wu Di still did not speak, Liu Sanzhi added: "According to the book, the hardships and dangers along the way of Fushui are beyond the ability of ordinary people to bear, and there are many spirit birds and beasts, but the extremely narrow range on both sides of the bank of the Fushui River is the same as the hinterland of the fog spirit, there are thunder veins, and thunder spirit beasts are rare, so there are not many fierce spirit beasts on both sides of Fushui." There was a period of time when the thunder was vigorous for a thousand years, and it was also a place of cultivation favored by the sages and masters, and the vitality was abundant, and the vitality of heaven and earth dissipated and thinned for a thousand years, so there were no high-realm cultivators to go. ā
Wu Di was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, Sanzhi will remember your work, and we will go this way." Qianhui was a little worried: "Cousin, through the fog spirit to the side of the frustrated water, there are many spirit birds and beasts, can we get by?"
Wu Di said with a smile: "Have you forgotten what Taifu said? The most dangerous thing in the world is the human world, no matter how strong the spirit birds and beasts are, they will eventually become things in the human belly and pets around them." No matter how strong the spirit beast is, there is always a way to deal with it, what can I do? ā