I'm with Shichiro, Lu Yu and Du. , encountered a problem, the corner ghost king drilled into the labyrinthine underground cave together, and wanted to go up in the direction of the stream, one is to explore the base of the Maoshan Dao Society, and the other is to go up to the yang world to find my master.

However, along the way, we found a number of traces of Taoist activities, and one of them also showed that they were unfortunately attacked by a swarm of nail cockroaches, which damaged at least two people.

"Let's follow these footprints all the way." Shichiro said, "They still have three wounded, and they must be in a hurry to rush back to the ground for treatment, and it is very likely that they will go back to the base of the Maoshan Dao Association." ”

"Well, that's a very normal reaction. If we follow in the footsteps of these people, we will definitely find a base. ”

"Let's go."

We have traced a long way along the way, and from time to time we can still find some blood stains dripping from the wounded, or bloody handprints on the cave wall. In addition, because of the proximity to the water source, the ground of the nearby cave is mainly wet soil, and the footprints on it are clearly visible, even if there is no bloodstain, we are not afraid of losing the route.

According to the One-Horned Ghost King, it was about a day and a half away from the cave exit on the ground, and this was still the speed of the cave without taking the wrong path. But after these Taoist cultivators were injured, they panicked, and the road was unfamiliar, so they really went wrong and turned to the edge of a ravine. There is only a rugged path on the edge of the ditch, and inside the ditch is a stream, and the sound of the water from a distance seems to be not very large.

After walking along the ravine for a while, Shichiro suddenly stopped, sniffed vigorously in the direction of the ravine, and said, "It smells of dead people." ”

"Where?"

"The bottom of the ravine, it should be on the shore."

I sparked a ghost fire in the palm of my hand and threw it far away from Shichiro in the direction where Shichiro was pointing.

"Bang!" The ghost fire landed on a large stone and splattered, reflecting the surrounding green. By the dim light of the light, I could still faintly see a figure lying at the bottom of the ditch, lying on the bank of the underground stream.

"Who is that? Could it be that the people of the Maoshan Taoist Association couldn't carry the corpse on their backs, so they threw it below? Lu Yuqi said.

"Hmph, I think they can definitely do this!" The One-Horned Ghost King sneered.

I threw another ghost fire and went down to look at the terrain below, the side of the valley we were standing on was not very steep, and the bottom of the valley was not deep, and it was about fifty meters down.

"Let's go and take a look, maybe it's not from the Maoshan Dao Association." I proposed, "As far as I know, Dao Xiu won't easily abandon the corpses of his companions. Besides, there is no danger to them when they come here. ”

Following a few rocks protruding from the valley wall, I easily climbed to the bottom of the valley, only twenty or thirty meters away from the corpse. The oni didn't have to climb and could float straight down, so Shichiro went down to the bottom of the valley before me, but he walked a few steps and stopped.

As I walked past him, Shichiro grabbed me by the shoulder and said with an unusually serious face, "Be mentally prepared to go over." ”

I was stunned for a moment. Shichiro's vision in the dark is definitely better than mine, and he should be able to see the corpse clearly when he stands here. If it was just because the death was too ugly, he wouldn't have reminded me like this, after all, I am also a person who has experienced countless lives and deaths in the gladiatorial arena and on the battlefield, what scene have I never seen?

Or...... Did he know the dead man, and I knew him?

I suddenly had a sense of foreboding. Shichiro and I don't know many people, and even fewer will appear here and now. Could it be......

No, it won't! No, it won't! No, it won't!

I shouted in my heart, and my emotions suddenly became excited. I jerked Shichirou's hand away and walked over quickly.

On the bank of the stream, on a gravel beach, an old man in a tunic was leaning over the ground with his back to me. This posture just allowed me to clearly see the three shocking blood holes behind him, the flesh and skin were open, and the flesh was blurred. The blood stains on the clothes had also dried up and turned into black blood scabs.

As soon as I saw this figure, I immediately felt dizzy and my hands and feet went limp. I struggled over, and shuddering my hand turned the old man over, a familiar face that was now pale, stiff, and lifeless.

"Master!"

I burst into tears, leaned over and hugged Master's body, shouting Master's name. Unfortunately, his eyes were closed forever and he couldn't respond to me anymore.

Those who have practiced Yin Gong have already withdrawn their Yin Shou in advance, so they cannot become ghosts after death, and they cannot even be reincarnated as human beings again. This means that Master and I will never be able to see each other for eternity!

Since I was two years old, Master has always been by my side, and although I am called Master and Apprentice, I am actually closer to each other than my own grandfather and grandson. Born with yin and yang eyes, I was indiscriminately able to see all kinds of strange scenes involving ghosts, and I was often scared out of serious illness, and if I hadn't met Master, I am afraid that I would not have lived to be an adult and died.

Although when I was a teenager, I was full of complaints about my master, thinking that he was reluctant to teach me real kung fu and real skills, but now that I look back, I actually did it for my good. It's a pity, I seem to be born to be unable to live a normal life, going around and around for so many years, after all, I still cultivated Yin Gong, went down to the underworld, and was accompanied by ghosts all day long.

By this year, Master will be one hundred and five years old, which is said to be a long life, but he should still have a lot of yin life left. At this time, I couldn't help but think of the record about Master in the book of life and death that the bookworm ghost told me: "Die unexpectedly!" "At the time, I didn't want to believe it, but I didn't want it to come true.

Alas, it is exactly: life and death are fate, wealth is in heaven!

After crying for a long time, I wiped away my tears and reached out to touch Master's face and body. He also had three bloody holes in his chest, the same as the three on his back, apparently from a ballistic penetrating wound. Among them, the position where the shot in the left chest hit the heart also bleed the most, which should be a fatal wound. In addition, the master had abrasions on his face and hands, which should have been rubbed from rolling down from the top of the ravine.

Judging by the condition of the wound, Master has been dead here for at least three to five days. Due to the low temperature and wind in the underworld, Master's body did not decompose, but his facial muscles had begun to dry up and become dehydrated. If no one finds out, it will turn into a dried corpse over time.

"Who did it? Who is it? I threw my head up and roared frantically.

Shichiro and the One-Horned Ghost King also came, but they couldn't give me much comfort, so they could only stand aside and sigh. After a while, Lu Yu also came down from the cliff, but he stretched out his hand to show me, and in his palm were several brass bullet casings.

He said, "This is what I found on it, five in all." But the terrain is rugged, the light is dim, and there may be more scattered around. ”

Seeing this, I immediately roared again: "It must have been done by someone from the Maoshan Dao Association!" Only they will come down with guns! ”

Qilang also frowned and said, "In my opinion, it should be that after the Yin Vein Passage was closed in Giant Waterfall City, Senior Master Feng had to find other Yin Veins to return through other places, and as a result, he met someone from the Maoshan Dao Society here by mistake. But these people are too indiscriminate, right? Senior Father Feng is not the guard of Giant Waterfall City, and it is impossible for him to take the initiative to fight with them! ”

"Where is humanity in those guys? I used to kill ghosts, but now I even kill people! The one-horned ghost king also scolded, "Hmph! According to me, you should find those Dao cultivators and kill them all to avenge Senior Master Feng! ”

Hearing this, I suddenly remembered that there should be another Lao Liu who came back with Master, so I shouted, "Look around and see if there are any other victims?" ”

Shichiro, Lu Yu, and the One-Horned Ghost King immediately dispersed and searched along the bottom of the river. But when I turned around, I found nothing. The gang of murderers fired at least five shots in total, and the master was shot three times, and Lao Liu probably suffered an accident. His cultivation is not high, and he is even less familiar with the terrain of the underworld, so it is definitely difficult to escape, perhaps after being killed, he fell to the bottom of the valley and fell into the river and was washed away by the water, leaving no bones left.

But anyway, since Master's body has been found by me, I have to take care of the aftermath for him first. Yin Xiu dealt with ghosts day and night, and knew that he couldn't become a ghost, so he was destined to die like a thing. In accordance with the old rules of Yin cultivation, I set up a fire at the bottom of the valley, burned the Master's body, and then sprinkled the ashes into the stream, so that he would return to dust and dust to earth.

After kneeling by the stream and bowing three times and nine times, we said hatefully: "If you don't avenge this revenge, you won't be a man!" ”

Shichiro said: "Are you sure that someone from the Maoshan Daoist Association did it?" ”

I nodded firmly, "The time when my master was killed was about the same time as the group of Dao cultivators we tracked all the way to escape, and it was in the opposite direction to arrive here. Coupled with the rugged trail on the cliff, it is likely that they met halfway through. There is no other suspicious object except them! ”

"And how are you going to get revenge?"

"The base of the Maoshan Dao Association is on it, let's continue to follow the footprints and keep looking, we will definitely find them!"

Shichiro looked serious and asked, "Have you thought about what you plan to do if you find them?" As the harbor master of the Stygian Harbor now, once you kill the people of the Maoshan Dao Society, it will probably mean an all-out war! ”

"My master has no quarrel with the world, and they have all been killed indiscriminately, where is there any reason to talk about these people?" I roared angrily, "War is war, I just want them to pay for my master's life!" ”

"That's right! Can't let them bully people like this all the time! The One-Horned Ghost King also shouted: "I also followed the port master, and I have long wanted to kill these cultivators!" ”

Lu Yu also expressed his attitude: "Let's go together, we must get justice for Master Feng!" ”

Shichiro saw that we were angry, and knew that he couldn't persuade us anymore, so he said, "In that case, we are going to kill today!" ”