Chapter Twenty-Four: Despair Sleeps First

The tip of the sword pierced into the center of the eyebrows, a blood line slowly flowed down, a red light suddenly appeared, slashing through Song Qiguan's wrist holding the sword, Zheng Yan pushed out his left palm and caught the dagger with his right hand and threw it at the woman at the door, and at the same time swung his leg to smash the fallen long sword towards Song Qiguan, the whole set of actions was done in one go, and the qi machine was also at its peak.

Song Qiguan only had time to raise his arm to block, and was stabbed by a long sword on his thigh, but the flesh was not deep, the woman at the door dodged and will avoid it, and a few strands of green silk were cut off, Zheng Yan saw the success and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, suddenly squatted down and held the long sword and rolled to the mountain ghost statue on the spot, rolled up the package, elbowed a brick with a vague pattern, and an iron net fell from the position where the two people stood at the door,

Zheng Yan jumped out of the side window and retracted the dagger, causing the woman who was originally going to dodge the iron net to fall back into the iron net because of dodging the dagger that flew back upside down.

The smile on the charming face of the woman in the mountain temple looked a little charming, and a brown-scaled pit viper lay on the fragrant shoulder and spit out the letter, "What you said just now is a bit much, this is not your usual style, I don't want to ask anything, I didn't expect that there is such a layout in this temple, hum, looking honest, scheming is so deep, how can you say? Don't you chase? I'm going to do it, how can you not interfere with him when the time comes",

Song Qi looked at the mountain ghost holding a dark red dagger, then at the general holding an iron net, and at the one with a bow and arrow and a beast clip, and shook his head helplessly and laughed softly, "After all, it's her son, and it's still a little hard to do it, you can go."

The woman smiled and turned around and walked out, just crossed the threshold, and with a "click" one foot was caught by the beast clip,

"Is the mountain god from Orion?!",

In the dark night, a woman's roar was heard.

Although Zheng Yan's eyes are still in their previous state, he can see the surrounding scenery clearly, but he still can't distinguish the direction, when he escaped from the temple, he just roughly chose to flee to the east, and he already felt a little wrong when he ran at this time, it seemed that there was still a period of time before dawn, the night was as cold as water, but it did not make the feeling more acute, although the body recovered for the most part, but it was still a little uncomfortable, that is, his physique was very strong, and it was estimated that he was still paralyzed at this time when he changed others.

The two earth-level masters, if it weren't for their carelessness, if it weren't for the fact that this pair of eyes could see through the gap in the operation of their qi engines, they would really have to explain here today, fortunately, the other three people didn't know where they went, at least the two earth-level and one-level peaks, definitely not the knife ruler and Xie Yanguang can compare, feeling that there was a sound of the sky behind him, Zheng Yan took a deep breath and drilled into the water beside him, the water surface did not cause many ripples, but the whistling sound and explosion still shook Zheng Yan out of the water.

After chasing and escaping, Zheng Yan was helpless, his sword moves could not pose much threat to others, he could only barely defend, the woman was obviously good at fire, so she could only hide in the water, but she used spells to bombard the water again, and the vibration under the water was louder than that from outside, and it was difficult to stay.

While quickly shuttling in the reeds while thinking about countermeasures, the tunnel cultivation is convenient, can fly in the air for a long time, and you can't get rid of it when you run on the ground.

The premise is to eat her a spell, but this woman's scheming is obviously not bad, just now in the temple can only be said to be careless, how can such a person make the same mistake twice, his cultivation is too low compared to others, he can't gamble like this at all, that's right, this is a gamble, a bet with no chance of winning, no, you still have to hide, you have to hide, there are some secret methods that can be used, the key is the condition, seeing that an extremely wide water area appeared in front of him, Zheng Yan finally laughed, and slipped into the water again without hesitation.

This piece of water is very large, the depth of the water is about four or five feet, Zheng Yan slipped into the water and swam quickly against the bottom of the water, it was not a human speed at all, and at the same time stopped breathing to converge all the qi and adjusted the heart rate to the lowest, this is a more secret method than the turtle breath method.

The main purpose of the monk to use the turtle breath method when entering the water is to reduce the heart rate to prolong the survival time, and the monk who has mastered the fetal breath method can breathe freely underwater, and it doesn't matter how long he stays, but the disadvantage is that the qi cannot be fully converged, and some aspects are particularly easy to perceive, and Zheng Yan's breath-holding method is the most suitable for concealment, "The Hidden Dragon Death Breath Method", a method recorded in the Zheng family's "Langhan Jade Classic", it seems that only Zheng Yan can fully master it over the years.

For the sake of insurance, Zheng Yan buried himself in the mud after swimming a long distance, unless you dig up the whole piece of water, you will definitely not find it, the hidden dragon death method can only be distinguished by the naked eye, unless you specialize in the person who cultivates perception, but the premise is that the cultivation level of the hider is not high.

The woman's silver teeth hovering on the water sneered, raised her hand and quickly pinched a few tricks, and a circle of light red halo visible to the naked eye spread rapidly to the surroundings, and after a while, there was a sound of entering the water, it was a snake, countless, and it was able to summon so many snakes at this time, and it seemed that there were also secret methods.

Zheng Yan closed his eyes under the mud, naturally he couldn't see anything, and his perception was not released, otherwise he would be discovered by someone. Just silently pondering in his heart how to deal with it if he was discovered, obviously these two people came with the purpose of killing themselves, in order to promote the clan to return to the court again? Forget it, I don't want to have these things.

In other words, didn't the sixth uncle and Taifeng come to protect themselves? It's so irresponsible, isn't it? Who sent them here, is this the rhythm of pit yourself?

Song Qiguan is meticulous and patient, his cultivation is unfathomable, and his methods are not clear, alas, this is not a fight, as for that woman, she is obviously a cynical person, maybe a little perverted, she likes to enjoy the feeling of hunting slowly, if only she has room for maneuver, continue to go around in circles to find an opportunity to assassinate? The effect just now was very bad, and I had no other means.

"Jinhuan, don't look for it, Taifeng is coming, I won't collect the body for you when the time comes", Song Qiguan didn't know when he appeared at the water's edge, but his expression was calm and he didn't look anxious at all,

The woman glanced at the water again, her eyes were full of unwillingness, and the next moment she smiled and showed her charm, "Wait, I will definitely treat you well next time", and flew away into the distance after speaking.

After a while, a slender figure walked out of the reeds, with a red sheath short knife on his waist and hips, it was Yutai Feng, who didn't say anything about the direction in which the two of them left, just sat down and looked at the water surface.

The more Zheng Yan thought about it under the mud, the more desperate he became, so he simply let himself sleep. When I woke up, I felt that there seemed to be no movement outside, and when I came out to see that the sky was already bright, I grabbed two big silver carp and quietly showed my head, and saw the Yutai phoenix sitting by the water, and I will never let you eat my grilled fish!

A person silently cleaned up the fish, dug a ventilation pit, cut a large pile of reeds with a sword, first smoked it, and finally wrapped the smoked fish with reeds and buried it in the fire pit to cover the soil.

Zheng Yan had already begun to squat at the water's edge and washed his clothes, and said without raising his head, "I was born in the emperor's house, I originally thought that I could live a comfortable life for a few days, but one day I found that it was not the case at all, there was always something chasing you with a knife in the back, and if you didn't run quickly, you would have to be hacked to death, and it would be just hacked to death, and suddenly I found that there were many things around me that could not be abandoned." It's rare for a person to come out this time, of course it's good to be able to have more experience, why do you say that the sage said, 'The gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall', I wonder if the sage was very helpless at that time? I found that I was weak and powerless to change something? By the way, has that Xuanwu Temple really dug up anything these days? And what about the batch of Taiyi gold essence? Song Qiguan said that people are looking for a secret method to communicate with heaven and earth.

Taifeng said indifferently, "I don't know",

Zheng Yan doesn't care, focused people will not let their thoughts run wild, and they will not follow other people's ideas.

The two sets of clothes were muddy water, and after washing, they were all spread on the reeds, Zheng Yan, who was only wearing a single coat, began to feed the little turtle again, and first had to take out the water spirit beads in its mouth, but this guy didn't give it alive or dead, and threatened to roast it, or not to give it, only then did he remember that this guy had not yet given birth to spiritual wisdom, so he had no scruples, Zheng Yan turned the little turtle over and began to dial it in a quick circle, and spit out the beads after a while.

Tang Taifeng glanced at the beads and said, "Do you know? That Xuanwu Pool has always been taken care of, in order to condense the water spirit bead with the help of that formation."

Zheng Yan was stunned when he heard this, and then suddenly realized, "No wonder there are still beads for tens of thousands of years, and those two little guys speak so neatly, there are people at all, who are they?

Yu Taifeng shook his head, " There are many secrets in this world, even if you are in the highest place, you can't see them all, one after another huge flowing fires dragging black flames down to the world, and the doomsday catastrophe is just like that, thousands of miles of sea water swelled up like huge waves like mountains, instantly engulfing a large island that inhabited thousands of people, the earth cracked, the whole city sank into the ground, the endless dark night and the real bone-eating wind, the ruined ancient city where thunder and lightning raged all year round, and the valley that never saw the light of day was lush and green, and even the sun could not dissolve it."

Zheng Yan dug out the stewed fish and put it on a cleaned stone, and motioned to Taifeng to do it himself, but the people looked disgusted, wasn't it a little dirty? Wasn't it just a little more earthy? Wasn't it just that there was no salt and no condiments? In vain of other people's great mercy, Zheng Yan ate a full meal alone, the sun was hanging high, and it was already noon.

Looking at Zheng Yan, who was lying on his back, he stood up and moved his muscles, "Do you know where this is?

Zheng Yan's eyes lit up and asked, "You must know that this place is called 'Ghost Fang Xiaodang', why is it not marked on the map?",

Yu Taifeng looked in one direction and said indifferently, "Didn't you hear anything about staying in the ghost house all night?"

Seeing Zheng Yan's surprised face, it was rare for Taifeng to be a little helpless, "Are you deliberately not observing and thinking, so as to put yourself in danger? Or are you stupid and can't figure out a lot of things?"

Zheng Yan thought about it seriously, nodded and said, "The latter."

Yu Taifeng sneered, "Then what do you take to be worthy of them?"

Zheng Yan was actually a little embarrassed, and a little shy, "Sister Xue Hong is very powerful and smart, Sister Xue Cao has never seen it, I heard that it is better than my sister, I am definitely not worthy, Uncle Li will definitely not agree, this thing is no fun, I never thought about it, wait, you say'them'? Oh, Yingyue Xinluo, there is no way, it's been so many years, as the saying goes, it's not that a family doesn't enter the door, isn't it good for families to complement each other",

The corners of Yutai Feng's mouth pulled out an arc, and he didn't know what he was laughing at, "A long time ago, in some places on the edge of Middle Earth and the Great Wilderness, and even in the places where the human race lived in the Great Wilderness, the Taoist system was prosperous and a hundred schools of thought contended, and in the late stage of the Millennium War, many families with secret traditions perished one after another under the poison of war, and many cultivation methods were also lost. The ghost family, the hidden family, the Yin family, and the Feng family, these four families are the four families who were active in Middle-earth before the Millennium War, and when they were about to perish, someone helped them escape several catastrophes, and finally arranged to live in seclusion here.

Zheng Yan frowned and said, "Who is the person who makes a deal with the imperial court?

Taifeng motioned to Zheng Yan to pack his things and hurry, and said, "I don't know, in addition to these four families who are good at witchcraft, those people have also arranged some other secrets, of course, there is no prohibition in the agreement from arranging people for the imperial court, the next place we are going to is a monitoring station set up by the imperial court here, oh, we are now about a hundred miles away from the post road in the east, and we will go more than ten miles to the west to get to the place where we want to go."

Zheng Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Who is in charge of these monitoring stations?

Tang Taifeng seemed to be a little disdainful, "Song Qiguan and I are not people who talk a lot, you should know, Song Qiguan told you a lot last night, right? He is probably owing your mother a favor, or in order to cover up the hesitation to kill you, I will show you that these are also for others, you had better grasp the point;

Zheng Yan packed up his things and frowned and said, "Why should I go to see these? I think it's better to go back to the post road."

Tang Taifeng looked very tidy, it seemed that it didn't matter if Zheng Yan went or not, or he was sure that Zheng Yan would definitely go.

Zheng Yan reconfirmed that the fire had been extinguished, and followed with some hesitation, "I think it's a little strange here, when I was in the water, I saw a few silver carp of at least 100 catties, which is very abnormal, and those water birds, you see, the geese over there! are more than twice as big as normal, what's going on here? Uncle Feng, you won't take me to see these secrets, right? I think it's better to forget it."

Taifeng walked in front and said calmly, "The earth and vitality here are very heavy, and the aura in the water is also enough, which is why the ancestors built the Xuanwu Pond here, and it is more obvious to go inside, it is said that there are dragon veins gathering underground, and I don't believe in feng shui."

After saying nothing all the way, Taifeng returned to his normal cool state, and Zheng Yan was cranky while browsing the scenery along the road. Go inside only to find that this water swing originally hid so many creatures, birds, beasts, insects, fish, flowers and plants, from time to time in some highlands can also see a few willow fir trees, and some creeping vines on the ground, lush, look a little terrifying, it is hard to imagine that there will be such a place here, that is, the imperial court ban, otherwise this place would have become a fertile field.

The water network seems to be dense, and some lotus leaves and lotus pods can occasionally be seen in the water, at this time the lotus flowers have almost fallen, and some of the lotus stems have no lotus pods, and they have obviously been picked off.

Sure enough, turn a reed dianzi again, the front of the water's edge shows a continuous more than ten fine houses, the fine houses are mostly half masonry and half wood structure, the bricks and wood are painted with cyan and white lacquer, there must be a moisture-proof effect, the curtains are mostly made of reeds, exquisite and abnormal, it seems that I have not seen much of this kind of craftsmanship outside, there are some curtains on the doors and windows of the water pavilion, pink?! will not live are women, right?

A small boat slid out of a reed bush to this side, it was really slippery, there was no oars and no penny, only a graceful woman wearing a goose yellow gauze dress stood at the head of the boat, the woman's face was beautiful and refined, her temperament was quiet and elegant, she looked like a hermit or a fairy, she was looking at the Taifeng with a smile, Zheng Yan couldn't help but glance at the man next to him suspiciously, wouldn't it be his old look?