Chapter 6: The Claws of the Chilling Ghost
Zhao Duo was almost out of breath by this killing intent, but he was also a blood-licking character in the end, and he knew that if he let the other party be full of killing intent, he would definitely not have the slightest power to resist. He gathered his true qi, holding the broken sword in both hands like a strong cluster of strings, pointing directly at Chen An's eyebrows. The power of fitting, and the fighting style of fighting with life, made this sword very powerful, and the gravel on the side of the road jumped slightly.
Chen An had no sorrow or joy, and avoided a wrong step without the slightest fireworks, bent his left hand into a claw, and waved his arm back.
Zhao Duo turned over and stood still, and was about to perform a back move, but he felt that his chest was cold, and when he looked down, there were three claw marks about a foot long between his chest and abdomen, and the internal organs could be faintly seen. The blood had been completely frozen by a cold air, and not a single trace of it was sprayed out.
After such a delay, an arm stretched out from his back into his chest, and he held a heart sealed purple by the cold in his hand, like a beautiful bloodstone. The hand gradually tightened, until the bloodstone was crumpled into pieces and scattered all over the ground. At this time, his eyes went black and he was completely unconscious.
Zhao Duo's corpse fell to the ground with a bang, and it was frozen into a lump of ice from the inside out. This is one of the mastery of the Cold Flame Ice Charm Skill, the Chilling Ghost Claw. Chen An has cultivated since he was a child, and with the help of that mysterious elixir, he can only be regarded as a great success now.
Looking at the corpses all over the ground, he thought for a moment, and felt that it would be a trouble to leave it like this, so he took out a brown porcelain bottle, poured out some fluorescent powder and sprinkled it on the corpses, which burned out of thin air. But in a few moments, it burned to black ashes, and when the night wind blew, there was no trace.
When the east was white, Chen An had already returned to his mansion and walked in the morning exercise according to the footwork of the too illusory spirit step, which was a habit he had developed over the years. The night of running did not make him feel tired in the slightest, but refreshed and full of energy.
After the morning exercise, it was already dawn, he changed into a light robe, and prepared to go out for a stroll, and buy some wine and food by the way. As soon as the ghost uncle leaves, he has to do some trivial things by himself, but fortunately, he is not a pampered person, and these things are also used to doing these things since childhood. It's just that it's easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it's hard to get used to the days of eating to open your mouth, and suddenly return to the original, and I'm at a loss for a while, so I'm going to buy some cooked food to pass the two meals first.
There is a food stall less than 100 steps to the left, which is opened by a fifty-year-old couple, selling soybean juice oil cakes in the morning, noodle porridge at noon and evening, earning a few change to barely survive. The old man who was spreading the cake saw Chen An coming, and greeted him again and again: "Chen Gongzi, sit, this just right oil cake is crispy, I won't see you for a few days." ”
Chen An is also a celebrity in this Nancheng Jingmo Fang, living in the largest mansion is completely different from the civilians in the South City, some people have speculated that Chen An is a big family in the capital, and he keeps a foreign house in this Jingmo Fang. It's just that he never sees a female dependent in his house, so this statement is not enough to be trusted. And he is rarely seen a few times a year, and people get used to his mysteries and have a lot of fun with him.
In fact, the family of the dark division has its own station, but Chen An doesn't like it there, at that time, his skills were low, and he always felt that he had to guard against this and that, without the slightest sense of security. And he was so good at poisoning, he entered the grade early, and no one cared about him. So he found a place to be alone.
Chen An smiled shyly, full of ignorant young man image: "I was not in Beijing a few days ago, and I only came back yesterday." ”
The old man didn't ask much, just cut the cake and served the soup, and the service was considerate.
Chen An took a sip of hot soup and felt all over his body, so uncomfortable. He was already hungry in his stomach after running all night last night, and at this time, his index finger moved, and he swept away all the food on the table by dividing it by two. I took a picture of the money, said hello to the old man, and walked towards the market.
He was alone and didn't have anything to buy, just bought a pot of wine, bought some cooked vegetables and cooked food, and turned around.
When he returned home and put the food and wine on the stove, he went into the study, spread out a blank sheet of paper in front of him, and closed his eyes in meditation. After a while, he opened his eyes, dipped his pen in ink, and wrote hard. It was written down by a person's name, connected by straight lines, and its shape was like a large tree with branches and leaves.
After a while, he stopped his pen and pondered, took out a red pen, and after thinking for a long time, he hooked off a person's name, and finally hooked off the branches and left only the main body, and only one name was left after the layers of screening, Mu Shaoping.
Looking at the name, he was stunned for a moment, and it wasn't until the sound of a knocker came that he came back to his senses. Pick up the rice paper with your name written on it, fold it to the size of a palm, and gently rub it in your palm to form a pile of powder. He packed up the powder and poured it into the courtyard garden, and then went to the door and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was the fat man Xu Yuan, who was dressed in a wide robe, like a squire, holding a roast chicken in his left hand and a jar of rice wine in his right hand, standing at the door with a sneer.
Chen An frowned and said, "How can it be you?" The people of the Dark Division rarely interact with each other outside of the mission, and it is even rarer to come to the door in broad daylight like this.
Xu Yuan knew his intentions, and said with a smile: "Boss don't care, when we transfer to Mingsi, we don't have to care about this, we should be closer and closer, I didn't hear that you are going to be promoted, I came to congratulate you." ”
Chen An listened to what he said reasonably, and saw him smiling like Maitreya Buddha, so he didn't have a cold face: "The paperwork for the transfer has arrived?
"How can it be so fast, the wind is there, maybe it will be able to come down in two days. So today I came first, and when the paperwork came down, the brothers will have a banquet to celebrate with you, the boss. Xu Yuan explained as he followed Chen An into the house.
Chen An also went to the stove to get food, set up a table in the courtyard with Xu Yuan, and ate and drank: "It's not interesting for me to eat alone, so it's okay if you come." By the way, I told you about the investigation last time, how did the investigation go?"
He changed the topic very quickly, Xu Yuan chopsticks paused, and after a while, he remembered what was going on, patted his head and said: "Oh, that incident, there are not many clues, you should always be considerate, after all, it was ten years ago, how can it be so easy to check." ”
Chen An's face sank: "That is, there is no clue." ”
Seeing his face change, Xu Yuan always had a feeling of fright, and his fat shook and hurriedly said: "If there is no clue, it may not be, the clue of the incident back then will still fall on a person." ”
"Who?" Chen An's eyes flashed.
"Mu Shaoping, the imperial doctors of the Imperial Doctor's Department all died strangely and violently afterwards, only Mu Shaoping was missing. We found out that he went out of the palace to diagnose King Jin and never came back, which is very strange. ”
"A missing person, I don't know where he died, and the clue is broken. Chen An said dissatisfied.
"You always listen to me, isn't your usual patience the best, we found out that the people who guarded the city saw Mu Shaoping and his family out of the city before the death of the first emperor. Because of the turmoil in Beijing at that time, no one cared about him as a small imperial doctor. Therefore, to this day it is said that he is missing. Xu Yuan accompanied him carefully and described what he knew in detail.
"Really. Chen An raised his head and looked directly at Xu Yuan, his eyes were like a sharp sword, which made Xu Yuan's face hurt, and he regretted it in his heart.
"Go on. Seeing that Xu Yuan only nodded in confirmation, Chen An urged impatiently again.
Xu Yuan didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly continued: "This old man's wife died early, and he only had a daughter, and he also raised two medicine boys. A poor doctor, even if he has been rewarded by a nobleman and can have a few private money, can be described as useless, if he wants to make a living, he can only return to his old business and diagnose people. We only need to investigate carefully to see where there is a famous doctor in the world, and there is some hope to find this person. After all, that old boy's medical skills are still extraordinary. ”
"Is there some hope?" Chen An whispered to himself.
Although his voice was low, Xu Yuan was next to him, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard his words: "Boss, it's already good, this was ten years ago after all, I want to find someone in a huge territory, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack." ”
When Chen An heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then continued to drink and eat, looking as if nothing had happened, as if it was someone else who had been asking for clues just now. The second monk Xu Yuanzhang couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know if he was satisfied with his news.
After the meal, the two chatted for a while, and Xu Yuan said goodbye and left.
Chen An returned to the bedroom and was in a daze for a while, until the sun was setting in the west, and then he got up and walked into the practice meditation room. The paw prints he had made on the wall were still there, making the entire chamber look a little dilapidated. Chen An didn't care about this, but took out the Heavenly Providence Sword Technique he had put on the bookshelf last night and studied it.
Seeing the subtleties, he couldn't help but make a sword with his hand and make gestures, until the oil ran out and the lamp went out, he woke up from his cultivation state and returned to the bedroom to rest.
In the next few days, no one else came to visit, so he simply bought food and closed his door, concentrating on studying the sword spectrum. He has a family history and has a great talent for potion configuration since he was a child, but after the great changes in his family, in order to take revenge, he devoted himself to martial arts cultivation with superstitious powers, and he had his own infatuation.
His lungs and veins were injured, and later when he was making drugs, he was invaded by poisonous smoke, making his body weak and weak, and once he was lucky, his chest and abdomen hurt like a knife, but even so, he gritted his teeth every day and practiced diligently. Now that the old diseases in his body were completely cured under the effect of that mysterious medicinal liquid, he was naturally immersed in martial arts again.
The Heavenly Providence Sword Technique is exquisite, and it can be seen that he simply forgot to sleep and eat. I can't help but recall that a few days ago, Lu Chengjun was already poisoned by several kinds of poisons, and he even forced more than 20 good players on his side to be embarrassed with one person and one sword. His Cold Flame Ice Charm Skill itself is extremely resistant to poisons, and he has cultivated his own resistance since he was a child, and he doesn't dare to say that he can still be safe and sound if he is hit by mixed poisons such as mandalas and poinsettias in the Western Regions.
Especially the trick "Nine Tribulations of Providence", with one sword, he paid off the seven brothers on his side, and two of them lay in bed for more than a month before they could go to the ground, which is simply legendary. Chen An believed that if the other party hadn't been poisoned, the more than 20 people on his side wouldn't have been able to even inflict some trauma on him. You must know that these more than 20 people are not ordinary people, they are all the elites of the Dark Division, and they are all well-known masters in the martial arts.
Looking at the sword spectrum in his hand, Chen An couldn't help but be fascinated leisurely, with his current skills, he was probably far behind. Thinking like this, the fingertips instantly conjured up five phantoms, and when the sixth phantom took shape, the first five collapsed. He sighed and continued his studies.
Although he originally practiced swordsmanship, he never thought of learning this sword book, and now he just looks at it for reference, after all, the martial arts are inherited from master and apprentice, if you grab the secret book and you can practice, then the world is not full of masters. This kind of inheritance cheats generally have secrets, and the secrets are passed down by word of mouth from master and apprentice, and people who don't know the secrets want to practice it is tantamount to a fool's dream, and it would be good if they didn't practice to be crippled. Chen An just learned the power skills, the means of undertaking moves, and even some sharp killing moves. For those methods that involve the operation of fundamental internal forces, they are not touched. Even if the move is practiced wrong, it is harmless, at most the power is small, if the internal force is wrong, it is a fatal game to go crazy.
Moreover, the way of martial arts is not expensive, and it is the most taboo and not specialized. In his early years, in order to find another way to break through his own shackles, it was already time-consuming to learn a few more kung fu, so he naturally would not go astray again.