Chapter 18: Interception
"Forever eliminating future troubles is the way to survive. Alas, after being in this world for a long time, I seem to have become much cold-blooded. Chen Feng tore off a piece of cloth from Lin Zhiyuan's corpse and wiped the blood stains off the sword.
When we returned to the convoy, it was already the third watch, and most of the people were sleeping and resting on the branches of the big trees.
It is common for martial artists to walk the rivers and lakes and sleep in the open. Because of the warmth of internal force, you don't have to worry about the problem of cold and warmth, and you don't have to cover the quilt when it's cold like ordinary people.
"Hey, Senior Brother Chen, you're back." A disciple of a second-grade martial arts cultivator greeted Chen Feng.
"Hmm." Chen Feng nodded slightly, and suddenly said, "Hey, what about Senior Brother Lin?" He hasn't come back yet? ”
"I don't know." Another disciple of the Iron Sword Sect was puzzled, "Didn't Senior Brother Lin Zhiyuan go out with you?" ”
"We went out together, but then we separated." Chen Feng said: "We met a green spirit deer on the way, so we chased after the green spirit deer. I was slightly faster than Senior Brother Lin, and when I cut off the antler velvet of the green spirit deer, I found that Senior Brother Lin was gone, and I thought he had returned. ”
The Qingling Deer is a high-grade beast with four hooves and is known for its speed. If an ordinary martial artist is not good enough, he will not be able to catch up with it. Even if it is a third-rank martial artist, many speeds are not as fast as Qinglinglu. The deer antler velvet of the Qingling Deer is a very precious medicinal material, and adding the antler velvet to various elixirs can refine many excellent qi-replenishing pills, which can greatly enhance cultivation.
"Senior Brother Lin is such a big person, and he won't get lost." Zhao Yuanhu, a disciple of the Iron Sword Sect, couldn't wait to say, "Senior Brother Chen, where is the deer antler you cut?" Can you show me? ”
"yes, okay." Chen Feng nodded, and immediately took out a pair of deer antler velvets from the package on his back.
The so-called deer antler velvet is when the young horns of the deer have not grown into hard bones, and they are cut off and hairy and contain blood. The antler velvet of the Qingling Deer is particularly precious, and it is an excellent material for refining the two-star elixir. This pair of antler velvets is worth at least twenty or thirty gold coins.
"It's really Qinglinglu's antlers, Senior Brother Chen, you've made a fortune. I'm going to have a treat when I go back, haha. Zhao Yuanhu smiled, looked at the antler velvet, and returned it to Chen Feng.
"Hehe, it must be." Chen Feng arched his hand and smiled. This deer antler velvet was really cut by the Qingling deer after he came back. So, when I came back, I changed the reason to increase credibility. Try to dissociate yourself from Lin Zhiyuan's disappearance.
Qinglinglu was caught by Chen Feng, and after cutting off the antlers, he let him go. After the young horns are cut, they will grow back. Qinglinglu is a relatively docile beast, so there is no need to kill it.
The night is gradually thinning, the whistling wind blows the fallen leaves and gently drifts, and the entire convoy has rested, after all, they have to rush tomorrow, and maintain enough energy to face the unknown danger.
In the early morning, a ray of light like the white of a fish's belly appeared in the sky, and then spread. The light shone through the cracks in the trees.
The people in the convoy suddenly came to their senses one after another.
"It's dawn, get up, and start your journey." Li Changfeng turned over and shouted at the people who were still sleeping in the trees.
Suddenly-
"Whoosh!"
The branches and leaves of the trees swayed, and one by one they jumped down from the trunks and stretched, riding horses and chariots. The convoy is about to start.
"Hey, where is Senior Brother Lin?" At this time, an Iron Sword Sect disciple asked.
"Really, I haven't seen him all night." Another Iron Sword Sect disciple wondered.
Li Changfeng couldn't help but be stunned, looked at Lin Zhiyuan's original location, and found that the person was really not there, so he couldn't help but look at Chen Feng and said, "Senior Brother Chen, Senior Brother Lin seems to have left with you last night, do you know where he went?" ”
"I don't know." Chen Feng immediately said with a bitter face. Retell the lie I made up last night.
This lie was already half-true and half-false, and everyone was naturally stunned when they heard it, and most of them still believed it. In their opinion, Chen Feng really had no reason to kill Lin Zhiyuan, and generally killed people for nothing more than wealth and power, or they had a deep hatred. Chen Feng and Lin Zhiyuan had no such factors at all, and they couldn't see the motive for killing at all.
"Well, leave five men to guard the convoy. The rest of the people looked around, and after half an hour, whether they found anyone or not, they had to come back. Li Changfeng instructed in a deep voice: "The forest is dangerous, remember to be more careful." ”
Suddenly, everyone dispersed in all directions, except for the five people who were left to guard the convoy, the rest of the people all went to search around.
Chen Feng's eyes moved, and he immediately followed the pretense and searched ahead. In fact, Lin Zhiyuan's body had already been buried by Chen Feng, and he even used the detection function of the ancient martial soul bead to scan whether there were traces of falling. The cleaning was clean, and Chen Feng didn't have to worry about others finding it at all.
The forest is full of shrubs, rocks, tall and straight, verdant and rich.
Everyone explored the surroundings in a hurry, and after half an hour, they still found no trace of Lin Zhiyuan. Suddenly, one by one, they all returned to the team one after another. Lin Zhiyuan's popularity is not very good, and they went to help search only because of Li Changfeng's order, and now that the time is up, they naturally rush back to the convoy. In the process of searching, several people were also stung by poisonous bees, their faces were swollen, and they were complaining in front of Li Changfeng with complaints.
"Okay, don't make any noise. The time has come, and we will set off immediately. Li Changfeng shouted in a deep voice: "There are many bandit dens ahead, all of them give me a spirit, otherwise if there are really robbers to rob later, don't complain if you die." ”
The wheels roll and move slowly. The car was carrying a large cart of fine iron, which was extremely heavy. The mountain road is potholed, sometimes uphill, sometimes downhill is extremely difficult to walk. Fortunately, everyone was a warrior, and if the wheel fell into the pit, a few people carried it out and continued to move forward.
After about an hour of advancement, it was dusk, and the convoy drove into a bamboo leaf forest. The bamboo leaves in the forest are flying, and the emerald green bamboo leaves are beautiful. Xi Xi is blowing on the body, which is a very comfortable thing for people who are tired and running around for a day.
But—
At this moment, everyone felt that the wind was surprisingly cold, like a piercing cold knife scraping on their bodies, which was terrifying.
As soon as the convoy entered the forest, it had already stopped, and the nineteen senior brothers of the Iron Sword Gate were all staring at the front tightly.
Because-
On the road ahead, eight healthy horses lined up in the middle of the road. Immediately, the eight people each wore silver wire fist gloves in their hands, exuding a powerful aura. The cultivation of the man in gray at the beginning was even more incomprehensible to everyone present.