Chapter III: The Pursuit

Outside the city of Yangzhou.

Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong fled from a culvert to the outside of the city, and ran seven or eight miles away in one go, already too tired to walk, and stopped by a stream.

"Zhong Shao, let's see if our martial arts cheats are soaked." Xu Ziling sat paralyzed by the stream and asked Kou Zhong, who was also lying on the ground on his back and lying on his back.

"Rest assured, I've wrapped it in a tarpaulin and it's absolutely foolproof." Kou Zhong looked like he had a big bag, but he still neatly took out a oilcloth package from his arms, opened it, and took out the longevity formula.

Xu Ziling leaned over, opened the booklet with a hot gaze, looked at it twice, and said, "Zhong Shao, do you recognize what is written on it?" ”

Kou Zhong shook his head blankly and said, "The ghost only knows what is written on it, I'm afraid that even the old master Bai in the school doesn't recognize the words on it." ”

Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said, "We won't take a fake martial arts cheatbook, right?" ”

Kou Zhong laughed dryly, as if trying to convince himself, and said, "Ha, you haven't seen the martial arts cheats, maybe this ghost drawing talisman is the real peerless magic skill, and after practice, you can be invincible in the world." ”

Xu Ziling knew his habits well, and snorted: "Then you have to understand it." ”

Kou Zhong carefully wrapped the "Recipe for Longevity" with a tarpaulin and said, "As long as it is written by a person, there will always be someone who can understand it." We can find an old pedant who hangs a book bag, he will translate, let's practice, ha, this is called division of labor and cooperation, do you understand? ”

"I hope so."

Xu Ziling snorted and said, "Zhong Shao, didn't you notice that you were stinky?" ”

Kou Zhong said: "You don't do the same. ”

The two took off their clothes, washed them by the stream, hung them on the bushes by the stream, let the afternoon sun dry, and jumped into the stream to frolic in the water.

The "Recipe for Eternal Life" was stuffed by them into the cracks of the stones by the stream.

……

Fu Junwu came to the outside of Yangzhou City, and saw from a distance that the city gate was guarded by the Praetorian Guard, and a large number of officers and soldiers were interrogating nearby, and the search was extremely strict, so she knew that something terrible must have happened in the city, and turned around and went to the woods outside the city.

As soon as she walked out of three or four miles, suddenly a somewhat cold but very pleasant voice sounded beside her: "You are the Rakshasa woman from Goryeo?" ”

Fu Junwu was taken aback, turned around suddenly, his hand was on the hilt of the sword, and he looked at the comer, and for the first time such a solemn look appeared on his delicate face.

I saw a woman wearing a crimson dress, like a carved piece of ice jade, appearing behind her, her eyes were flat, like an ocean of bottomless, so that people couldn't see any of her emotions.

This woman is Su Quan, she has been secretly monitoring Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, and she appeared here precisely to prevent Fu Junwu and Shuanglong from meeting.

"It's me!" Fu Junwu's eyes were as tightly as sharp as a sword, and she said concisely.

"I heard that you are Fu Cailin's disciple, for the sake of your master's face, I will spare your life for the time being, where did you come from and where do you go back. The matter of the Central Plains Martial Arts is naturally solved by the Central Plains Martial Arts, and it is not a place where you, a little barbarian woman, can stir up the wind and rain. Su Quan said lightly, with an empty momentum.

"Then it depends on whether you have the ability to do it." Fu Junwu said in a deep voice.

As he spoke, the sword was unsheathed with a "choking", and before the sound fell, the sword light had already bloomed, turning into ten thousand cold stars, and it was like a white rain curtain towards Su Quan.

Su Quan slapped his hand casually, but the rain curtain formed by the sword light suddenly rolled back, as if refracted by a mirror.

Fu Junwu had long known that the comer's martial arts were superb, but when she saw this move, she was still taken aback, and hurriedly put away her sword and changed her moves.

Just as she was changing her moves, Su Quan suddenly stepped forward, like a red rainbow flashing past her.

The next moment, the rainbow light disappeared, and Su Quan appeared behind Fu Junwu, but the long sword in Fu Junwu's hand appeared in her hand.

"The art of Yi Sword uses the sword as a chess, anticipating the enemy's opportunity, and the sword intent is profound, which is really the top swordsmanship in the world. However, your fire is still far away, and if Fu Cailin personally takes action, he may be able to let me have a good fight. Su Quan said.

Fu Junwu turned around slowly, and there were turbulent waves in her heart, this person's martial arts were far higher than she imagined, but in addition to Fu Cailin, she was the most powerful person she had ever seen, even if he was not a great grandmaster, he was also a top-level grandmaster, and his tone was a little more respectful, and said, "Didn't you ask for the name of your senior?" ”

In her mind, Su Quan must be a senior master with good looks,

"Mingyu."

Su Quan did not deny it, and threw the sword to Fu Junwu, and said: "Please tell Fu Cailin that after a month, I will personally hexagram Yi Jian Zhai and ask Fu Cailin for swordsmanship." ”

Fu Junwu said with a straight face: "I must tell the words of my predecessors to my family teacher." ”

"Hmm."

Su Quan nodded, and the next moment, he turned into a red ray and disappeared into the forest.

……

Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong crouched in the bushes on the hillock, staring dumbfounded at the three warships and hundreds of speedboats near the city in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, inspecting the departing ships, and couldn't help but gasp.

Kou Zhong stretched out his hand and touched the oilcloth wrapped in his arms, and said, "My God, I'm not wrong, this ghost drawing talisman is definitely a peerless secret book, otherwise why bother to mobilize the people and block the Yangtze River crossing." ”

Xu Ziling leaned into his ear and said, "Please Young Master Zhong lower the volume, so as not to disturb others, maybe there will be such a big battle because the righteous army has mixed in." ”

Kou Zhong touched his empty stomach and said, "If this is the case on the river, I'm afraid the land is also impassable, so why don't we find a place to hide...... Oh my God, is this the sound of a dog barking? ”

The two listened attentively, and at the same time their faces changed greatly, and the faint barking of dogs came from the stream, and they glanced at each other, and ran wildly, running in the direction of the river.

"Zhong Shao, we don't want to commit suicide by throwing ourselves into the river!" Xu Ziling said while running.

"This is the only way to live, after entering the water, why do you have to hold me tightly, otherwise if you are rushed back to Yangzhou City, it will be a sheep into the tiger's mouth." Kou Zhong gasped.

The sound of the rushing river came from under the cliff, which made people feel cold.

The two rushed to the cliff bank, roared wildly, jumped out without any hesitation, and plunged into the river with a "plop".

The river was turbulent, and the two of them floated and sank in the water, and drank a stomach full of water, and just as they were about to sink to the bottom of the river, a thin rope suddenly entangled them and threw them into a small boat.

"Ahem!" "Ahem!" ……

A violent cough sounded.

The two of them lay on the side of the boat and soaked in the water, and it took a long time to regain their breath, and Kou Zhong said with difficulty: "Xiaoling, are you okay?" ”

Xu Ziling gasped and said, "It's okay, I can't die." ”

"I finally survived."

Kou Zhong exhaled a long breath, then looked at the man who was driving the boat, and said in surprise, "Fairy! ”

Xu Ziling also recognized this person, it was the woman in red who helped Wei Zhenzhen teach the evil lady a lesson that day.

Su Quan looked at the two of them with scrutinizing eyes and asked, "What did you two boys do, why are there so many officers and soldiers chasing you?" ”

Kou Zhong didn't show the slightest intention, and the lie came as soon as he opened his mouth: "Sister Fairy misunderstood, these officers and soldiers are not chasing us. We just accidentally stumbled into the river, and we have to thank the fairy sister for saving her life. ”

Su Quan glanced at him with a smile and said, "Since you don't want to say it, then it's okay." ”

Kou Zhong was a little weak by her, laughed dryly, and said, "The two of us are just orphans in the city, how can we have such great ability to attract countless officers and soldiers to hunt down. ”

At this moment, the sound of dogs barking and horses' hooves came from the riverside, and more than a dozen knights chased after them along the riverbank, shouting at them: "Stop! ”

Su Quan said: "I also said that I didn't chase you." ”

Kou Zhong's face was hot when she saw it, and said, "Sister Fairy, please be kind and save someone's life to build a seventh-level floating slaughter." ”

Xu Ziling couldn't bear it, and said, "Zhong Shao, Sister Fairy is a good person, let's not bother her." He added: "It's not a secret, the two of us got a volume of martial arts cheats, and this group of officers and soldiers came for this." Sister Fairy, stop the boat, let's just hand over the martial arts cheats to them. ”

Su Quan said: "It's too late, with the style of these Sui soldiers, even if you give them the cheats, will they let you and me go?" ”

The two of them turned pale, and Xu Ziling smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, it's us who have caused you trouble." ”

At that moment a long howl sounded from the forest, moving towards them at great speed, and the next moment a figure leaped up from the riverbank, and swooped down on their boat like a great bird.

The figure grew from small to large, and before it fell, the strong energy was suppressed.

The air around them suddenly became cold, as if it was about to condense into ice, and the two of them turned pale, their teeth chattered, and they fell to the ship.

Su Quan snorted lightly, and the boat slurry slapped in the water.

With a "bang", the water splashed, like thousands of hidden weapons shooting towards the comer.

The comer's face showed disdain, and the sleeve robe rolled up quickly like a flag, gathering up the water droplets in the sky, and when he was about to fall to the boat, he suddenly made a muffled 'hum' sound, and his body slammed in the air, and the castration stopped, and then "plopped" and fell straight into the river.

The boat flowed with the river, and in the blink of an eye, it was ten feet away.

Su Quan's splash was mixed with her internal force, each one weighed as much as a thousand catties, which was so easy to catch.

"Sister Fairy is so amazing!"

Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong immediately cheered.

"It's just a small skill of carving insects." Su Quan didn't care about the authenticity.

Kou Zhong's eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a shy face: "Sister Fairy, your martial arts are so powerful, why don't we worship you as a teacher, and you can teach us martial arts." ”

Xu Ziling's eyes also lit up, and he looked at her eagerly.

Su Quan said: "Don't you have a book of martial arts cheats?" ”

Kou Zhong touted: "The fairy master doesn't know, our martial arts secret book was obtained from Shi Long, Shi Long has been killed, it can be seen that his martial arts are also average, if we want to learn, we naturally have to learn the best." ”

Su Quan looked at him deeply and said, "Is that really the case?" ”

"This ......"

Kou Zhong only felt that her eyes were terrifyingly bright, as if she had penetrated the bottom of people's hearts, and all her secrets had been seen through by her at a glance, and she couldn't tell the words she made up for a while.

Xu Ziling coughed lightly and said, "Zhong Shao, the fairy master is our life-saving benefactor, how can you deceive people." It's really embarrassing to say, we can't understand that martial arts cheats book at all, and Zhong Shao didn't mean to lie to you. ”

Kou Zhong's face turned red, and he scolded loudly and angrily: "Ling Shao, how can you say it." Hey, our Yangzhou Shuanglong's face is about to be lost in front of the fairy master. ”

Xu Ziling retorted: "The fairy master is not an outsider, how can he look down on us because of this." ”

"Okay, don't act in front of me." Su Quan saw through their tricks at a glance and said, "It's okay if you want me to teach you martial arts, but there is one condition." ”

Kou Zhong immediately puffed up his chest and said, "What conditions does the fairy master have, as long as we Yangzhou Shuanglong can do it, there is no other word." ”

Su Quan said: "Although Shilong's martial arts are ordinary, but the fortune is not shallow, he has a strange book in his hand called "Shengsheng Jue", it is rumored that this book is written by Yun Zhongzi, the teacher of the Yellow Emperor, the whole text is written by oracle bone inscriptions, it is one of the four strange books of martial arts, mysterious and profound, pointing to the superior avenue. ”

When Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling heard her words, their eyes lit up, and their hearts jumped up like a drum, and they only felt that their mouths were dry.

"But ......"

At this time, Su Quan's words changed sharply, and he continued: "Over the ages, there have been countless sages and strange people who have obtained this book, but no one has ever practiced the martial arts on the "Recipe for Longevity". Don't say that until now, no one has even been able to fully understand this book. There are more than 7,400 glyphs in this book, and so far, only about 3,000 words have been deciphered. ”

"No, it won't!" The two were dumbfounded.

Su Quan said: "It seems that this book is really in your hands, Yang Guang is keen to ask for immortals and asked, I heard that the "Recipe for Eternal Life" is in the hands of Shi Long, and he sent Yu Culture to take it, which is also the reason why the officers and soldiers are chasing you." ”

Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong glanced at each other, their faces showing palpitations, and they smiled bitterly.

Su Quan continued: "My condition is the "Recipe for Longevity", if you give me this book, I can teach you a kind of martial arts that is second only to the Recipe of Longevity, and if you practice this skill, although you dare not say that you are invincible in the world, it is more than enough to dominate the party." If you practice to the fullest, even if you crown the martial arts, it is impossible. ”

Kou Zhong swallowed his saliva, only to feel that his throat was dry, and asked, "Master Fairy, since no one has ever been able to practice the "Recipe for Longevity", what do you want this book for?" ”

Su Quan said lightly: "This has nothing to do with you, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, if you want "Longevity Formula" or I want to teach you martial arts, you can only choose one of them." ”

Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong glanced at each other, saw each other's intentions, and said in unison: "We want the fairy master to teach martial arts." ”

Previously, the two of them were just gangsters in the market, and their biggest wish was just to join the rebels, to be a big general in the future, and to be able to dominate one side was far beyond their imagination.

And both of them are also people with great wisdom, compared to the ethereal "Recipe for Longevity", it is more important to be able to get the martial arts in their hands, so they quickly made a choice.

"Very good, willing to be willing, willing to be willing to gain, the two of you can make a decisive decision in the face of temptation, the heart is rare, and they are two talents that can be created." Su Quan nodded with satisfaction, took the "Recipe for Longevity", didn't even look at it, and threw it directly into the river.

When the two saw Su Quan's movements, they cried out in surprise at the same time.