After coming to the tree, Hong Jiu'er found that the soil here did have traces of being moved, so he and Hong Shiyan worked together to cut the loose soil with their hands, revealing a clay pot in the soil.

The two carefully removed the clay pot from the pit, gently peeled off the mouth of the jar sealed with mud, and took out the contents.

There are two things in the jar, a letter, and a notepad.

The two glanced at each other, opened the letter first, and Zhao Meng's familiar font in the letter jumped into view.

Wine, ten words:

By the time you read this letter, I should have died, and you must not cry!

As your senior brother, I am very incompetent, I am usually lazy and playful, I can't compare to wine in terms of swordsmanship, and I can't compare to ten words in terms of strength, when Yin Mo led those people to wantonly slaughter my fellow disciples in Hongmen, I realized that I was powerless, but at least in the end I tried my best to save you, which also gave me the face to meet those dead fellow disciples and Master Hong.

Jiu'er, I'm sorry, due to the critical situation at the time, Yin Mo grabbed your hair again, in order to save you, I can only cut off your long hair, you won't blame me, right? However, Jiu'er, you must keep your hair up again in the future, I like to watch Jiu'er's long hair being raised by the breeze, and then turn around and call me the third senior brother.

Ten words, you are not allowed to bully Jiu'er in the future, you are so big and a man, you should take care of and protect Jiu'er!

I can't protect you by your side in the future, and I don't have anything valuable to leave to you, I'll leave this album of mine to you, if Yin Mo appears again to embarrass you, you can disguise it as a Hongmen cheats and throw it to Yin Mo, and then you take the opportunity to slip away, haha, angry Yin Mo, that bastard.

I don't know if it's because I'm not good at learning or this kind of demonic energy can't be purified, I tried to purify the demonic energy on your body but failed, and I was washed by the sea to the shore of the bamboo forest and separated from you due to exhaustion, but I know that I must find you as soon as possible, I am afraid that I will never have the opportunity to tell you these things, so I wrote this letter first and buried it here.

My body is being eroded by the demonic qi little by little, and my consciousness is gradually beginning to blur, I think the demonic qi in your body must not be much better. I remember that Master Hong once taught me a qigong technique that can inhale the ominous qi in other people's bodies into my own body, and then use it to dissolve it, but I haven't been able to learn that method yet, but at least I can suck out the demonic qi in your body and relieve your pain.

Although I am in pain now, I think there will be more difficulties and obstacles in your future journey, and as a senior brother, there is only so much I can help you. Although it is up to you how you go on your path in the future, I don't want you to do anything for revenge and do anything to pursue power like Yin Mo, and I believe that Master Hong will have the same thoughts as me on this point. There are also those things in the past, I also hope that you can try to let go of them, Master Hong also once said that if you are obsessed too deeply, it is easy to produce demons in your heart, and thus lose your own heart, which you must keep in mind.

As for the Hongmen cheats, I once asked Master Hong, but he just smiled and told me that Hongmen doesn't need cheats, I think cheats are probably not a good thing, and they have been disposed of by Master Hong.

In the future, there will only be two of you left as regular disciples of Hongmen, you must take good care of yourself, and wait until the day when the troubled times are calm before returning to Lingjian Mountain, carry forward the martial arts of Hongmen, and revive the former glory of Hongmen.

I am now about to set off on the path I have chosen, and you should no longer be stagnant because of sadness, no matter whether the ending is happy or sad, you must be strong to go on, Master Hong and all the brothers and sisters will be watching you from heaven, don't let us down!

Senior brother: Zhao Meng

After reading Zhao Meng's letter, Hong Jiu'er's tears fell on the clay pot like rain, and Hong Shiyan's eyes were red, and at this moment, a voice sounded from behind them.

"The villagers said that there were two suspicious people at the entrance of the village, who seemed to have dug up something strange under the big banyan tree, and specially pulled me over to take a look.

Hong Shiyan looked up and saw that it was Chi Muyan who came, followed by a few cowering villagers, one of the villagers saw Hong Jiu'er squatting on the ground crying, so he asked Chi Muyan in a low voice: "Master Chi, this can't be another monster change to deceive us, right?"

Chi Muyan smiled and said to the villagers: "No, these two are Hongmen disciples, and that one just thinks your land is too dry and watered you." ”

After Chi Muyan finished speaking, he glanced around the two of them again, but he didn't see Zhao Meng's figure, and saw Hong Jiu'er holding a white porcelain bottle tightly in his hand, and he already knew it in his heart, so he sighed lightly and said to the two of them: "Hurry up, let's go to the village." ”

Hong Jiu'er wiped the tears on her face, held the white porcelain bottle, and followed Chi Muyan into Zhulin Village with Hong Shiyan, but the scene in the village surprised them.

In Zhulin Village, where there were quiet and tall bamboos everywhere in front of and behind the houses, they are now charred black, and most of the attics of the houses made of bamboo have been burned down, and some ashes are scattered in the air, which is obviously a fire.

Hong Shiyan looked around in surprise as he walked, and then asked Chi Muyan, "Why is there a fire here?"

Chi Muyan didn't answer immediately, but made a gesture to them to wait and say, and led the two to the door of a blackened bamboo house in the west of the village, Chi Muyan opened the door of the bamboo house and let them go in first, and followed the villagers to the bamboo house next to them to get something to eat, and then after saying a few words to the villagers, he walked back alone.

After coming back, Chi Muyan first handed the food in his hand to Hong Shiyan, then covered the door of the bamboo house, and then summoned a small civet cat and let it lie at the door to prevent someone from eavesdropping. After making all these preparations, Chi Muyan sat down and told the two of them what had happened on Sword Spirit Island these days.

After Chi Muyan finished speaking, the three of them fell silent for a while, and after a while, Hong Shiyan suddenly remembered something, took out a blue token from his body and handed it to Chi Muyan, "You are really bold, you actually dare to press the city lord's order in Yansong Temple, aren't you afraid that we are also spies of the Dark Guild?"

Chi Muyan smiled and hung the token back on his waist, "What are you afraid of, I'm the city lord, isn't it easy to change the token?"

Hong Shiyan was stunned for a moment, and scolded with a smile: "Chi Muyan, you give me back my touch!"

Hong Jiu'er, who had never spoken, suddenly asked at this time, "Chi Muyan, what are your plans next?"

Chi Muyan thought for a moment, "I want to find out what the kind of pill Pu Yangli said is first, and why Yin Mo will also be eroded by demonic qi after taking that kind of pill and injuring you." But now I can't contact Canglan at all, Chubai said that that kind of demonic energy was also found on Yingzhou Island, Canglan should go to deal with it, we can only wait and see if there will be any new discoveries on Canglan's side. ”

Hong Jiu'er frowned, "What if something happens to that Cang Lan you said also encounters something?"

Chi Muyan shook his head, "Canglan will definitely not have an accident." ”

Hong Jiu'er was even more curious, "Why are you so sure that he's okay?"

Chi Muyan raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Just because he has at least two Twelve Divine General Summoning Talismans on his body." ”

Hong Jiu'er and Hong Shiyan were shocked at the same time, "Have you been to the Tower of Seals?"

Chi Muyan shook his head, "To be precise, Cang Lan went alone, last month, the president took more than thirty of us to the Whispering Canyon, but he was followed halfway, and there was news that the Dark Guild was going to go to the Sealing Tower collectively, so the president let Cang Lan go alone." ”

The two of them were shocked at the same time, "Going alone?!"

Chi Muyan smiled, "Yes, alone." ”

Hong Jiu'er and Hong Shiyan were stunned at the same time, and it took a while to react, and Hong Shiyan didn't dare to confirm to Chi Muyan again, "Is the Canglan you said the second son of the Wolf Emperor, that Canglan?" I remember that kid was only thirteen years old. ”

Chi Muyan pointed to the city lord's order on his waist, "Wasn't I thirteen years old when I took over Phantom Wing City?"

At this time, Hong Jiu'er asked again: "Since Cang Lan has been to the Sealing Tower, has he said what kind of place it is?"

Chi Muyan paused slightly, thought for a while, and briefly told the two of them about the long plan and what Cang Lan had seen and heard when he went to the Sealing Tower twice.

After hearing this, Hong Jiu'er frowned, "In other words, now the chairman is taking Asuka to do special training, and he wants us to divert the attention of Yin Mo and the others?" But the main problem now is that we don't have the Hongmen cheats in our hands." ”

After speaking, Hong Jiu'er handed Zhao Meng's letter and album to Chi Muyan, Chi Muyan first read the letter carefully, and then picked up the album and opened it, the pages of pictures inside were Zhao Meng's random graffiti, but on the last page there was a clear portrait of Hong Jiu'er.

Chi Muyan saw that Hong Jiu'er's mood had just stabilized, and now if she saw this, she was afraid that she would be unable to cry again. So Chi Muyan just closed the album lightly, picked up the letter and read it again, and then muttered a thoughtful repetition of the words mentioned in Zhao Meng's letter about Master Hong, "Hongmen doesn't need cheats. ”

Chi Muyan thought for a while, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to the two: "Master Hong said that Hongmen doesn't need cheats, could it be that it hasn't been destroyed as Zhao Meng thought, but it didn't exist in the first place?"

Hong Shiyan didn't understand, "It doesn't exist?"

Hong Jiu'er reacted, "You mean, Hongmen doesn't have a so-called cheat at all?"

Chi Muyan nodded, "I remember that when I was practicing in Lingjian Mountain before, Master Hong once told me that Hongmen's swordsmanship and kung fu do not have any fixed moves, but just move according to personal preferences and habits, and because of this, our casual president will come to Hongmen to learn art." ”

Hong Shiyan reacted when he heard this, and asked again: "Then since there is no secret book at all, what can we use to attract the attention of Yin Mo and the others?"

Chi Muyan smiled evilly and raised Zhao Meng's album in his hand, "We know if there is, but Yin Mo doesn't know, we can customize a Hongmen cheats for him." ”