Chapter III: Missing

Chapter 3 is missing

At the foot of Qingyun Mountain, the morning light was faint, and the smoke of the mountain had not yet receded, in the faint light, Bai Yihan slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on the bed, sitting up, and his expression couldn't help but dim. There is no god, and a girl runs in front of her, the girl is elegant and vulgar, and has a light spirit, which is indescribably gentle and lovely. His eyes were red and swollen, and he threw himself into Bai Yihan's arms, "Mother, why hasn't my brother come back yet, it's been three days......" Wu Xin'er couldn't help crying again.

"Xin'er, don't cry... Your brother will find out... It will definitely be..."Bai Yihan comforted, but the voice was faintly vibrato. It's been three days, and no matter how the clansmen look for it, Zifeng has not heard from him......

Outside the house, I suddenly remembered the sound of footsteps, "Brother Zifeng, is there any news?" The girl who ran in outside the door was also full of anxiety and asked urgently. The girl was followed by a resolute man, tall and mighty, and his eyes also showed an inquiring look. Bai Yihan's eyes were blank and he shook his head abruptly.

"Alas... Younger siblings don't have to worry too much, Zifeng Jiren has his own natural appearance, and he will definitely find it. I never thought that I had only been away from home for a few days, and something like this would happen, alas..."

"Aunt Bai, why hasn't Brother Zifeng been found yet. Bai Yihan touched the girl's head: "Xin'er, go out with Zi Yan to play." After saying that, he walked with the man to the outer hall.

The person who came was Wu Feiming, the second uncle of the missing Zifeng, and the girl who ran in was Wu Ziyan, the daughter of Wu Feiming, who grew up with the missing Wu Zifeng since childhood, so the relationship was very good, and he was also anxious when he learned that Zifeng was missing.

"Does the third brother know the news?" Wu Feihong asked, Bai Yihan shook his head: "Feichen has been gone for five days, how will I know, I have sent someone to inform Feichen to return to Wujiazhuang immediately." It's just, it's just, it's easier said than done. On the contrary, where will Zifeng go?Will it, will it ......?" Speaking of this, Bai Yihan couldn't help but hide his face and cry.

"Brother and sister don't need to worry too much, maybe Zifeng got lost for a while and couldn't find his way back, it's no big deal. However, the third brother was able to raise all the prescriptions and cure Zifeng's stubborn disease, but it happened...... The third brother doesn't know what will happen when he finds out..."Wu Feiming sighed.

"Ice Spirit Fruit, where is it so easy to get, unless the Qingyun Sect will forget what happened in the first place...... Otherwise, Feichen would have come back a long time ago, but now that Zifeng is missing, what's the use of this Ice Spirit Fruit coming. Bai Yihan wanted to speak and stopped, how could Qingyun Sect release its previous suspicions from the original thing, it was something that made Qingyun Sect humiliated.

Bai Yihan's eyes were hazy, how many years, in order to treat Zifeng's stubborn disease, he took out the Xuanyang jade pendant that his brother secretly gave him, and only then did he find a retired famous doctor to get this prescription. When Zifeng was born, the family was in crisis, Zifeng's grandfather Wu Tianjie was angry, dissatisfied with the arrogance of his eldest son Wu Tiankui, and in order to protect his woman, he abolished Wu Tiankui's legs and caused a monstrous disaster.

The Wu family was furious and wanted to kill Wu Tianjie, but Grandma Zifeng was helpless and apologized for her crimes, and later abolished Wu Tianjie's meridians to calm down the incident. However, Wu Tianjie was demoted from the martial family, and in the process of moving out of the martial family, he was hunted down and killed by the enemy, which is why the martial family did not send someone to help.

After Tianjie's lineage was demoted from the lineage, he regarded himself as the Pang family, accompanied by green mountains and green waters, grass and frogs, and relatives and friends who could have relied on were like frightened birds, scattering away. If it weren't for Zifeng's second aunt being the daughter of the town lord of Qingyun Town, this peaceful place of residence would be gone. Now that Yuzi is talking in a peaceful style, he has nothing else to ask for the prosperous life of the year, and when Zifeng's sister Xin'er was born, Bai Yihan just wants to live a stable life with his family. For those previous pursuits, they have long been sealed in their hearts......

Outside I vaguely heard the sound of shouting on the cao training ground, there is still a month to be the triennial hunting conference in Qingyun Town, Bai Yihan got up and came to the bed where Zifeng was lying, and touched the pillow on the bed, how many years, how many times, whenever that delicate voice sounded in his ears: "Mother, I want to cultivate, I want to become stronger... I want to protect you like a father", "Mother, why can't I cultivate", "Why do the eldest brother and second brother call me a waste...", "Why do they always bully me."" Mother, mother, mother, why... Why... Why....... These voices were like nightmares, entangled Bai Yihan, and made her cry quietly in the dead of night, when the moon dawned and the wind was clear.

"Can't cultivate, in this martial world, has been ruthlessly abandoned. Shall we be deprived of this only life...... Zifeng, where the hell are you, Feichen, come back quickly, I can't hold it anymore" Bai Yihan shouted silently in his heart, letting the two lines of clear water run on his face, burning drop after drop of silent sighs on the ground.

Wu Feiming took Wu Ziyan's hand and walked out of the room, "Why did your brother Zifeng suddenly disappear? Who was Zifeng with a few days before he disappeared?" Wu Ziyan blinked her bright eyes, looking thoughtful, she also felt strange: "Brother Zifeng's face was very good that day, and he said that he would take her and Xin'er out fishing...... Later, I met the two brothers of the uncle's family on the road: Wu Ziming and Wu Zimo, they didn't know what to say together, Brother Zifeng asked us to go back, we didn't follow, and then Brother Zifeng didn't come back at night, and I heard the news of Brother Zifeng's disappearance......"

Wu Feiming's hands didn't feel tight, Zi Yan saw that his father's face was gloomy, and she seemed to be aware of it. "Dad, could it be the elder brother of the uncle's family, and it ...... them to Brother Zifeng?"

Wu Feiming didn't wait for Zi Yan to finish speaking, he scolded Zi Yan and said: "Don't talk nonsense, Wujiazhuang has always been united, how could such a thing happen.....

"But, but, Brother Zifeng only ....... after meeting them" Zi Yan was reprimanded by her father and resisted dissatisfied.

"Okay, don't talk about it, that's it, now everything will have its own refutation after Zifeng finds it, so don't guess. After speaking, Wu Feiming raised his hand, looked very impatient, walked away, and when he couldn't see Zi Yan, his face was clouded: Big brother, you raised a good son!

Wu Feiming's eldest brother, that is, Zifeng's uncle, has two sons. The eldest son Ziming was born to his ex-wife Sun, Sun was unfortunately killed, killed by the enemy, and lost his mother at the age of one, which is also the reason why the eldest brother is so partial to him, not to mention, the eldest brother has carried all the big and small matters in the family on his shoulders over the years, and has no time to take care of him, so everything comes according to his wishes, even if he does something wrong, he can't bear to punish too much, after all, he owes too much to his deceased wife. As a result, Ziming has become more and more arrogant and lawless over the years, but his cultivation has indeed risen rapidly, and he has to be hated and loved at the same time.

The second son, Wu Zimo, is the son of the eldest brother Lu Xuelan, Lu Xuelan is from a family of businessmen, usually careful in planning, and now he is responsible for the financial management of Wujiazhuang, which is also in order. Zimo is 14 years old this year, and Ziming is 2 years old. Zimo follows his brother all day long, but he doesn't show the mountains or the water. Although it is a mid-level martial artist, it is indeed too far from the early stage of his elder brother Zi Ming Martial Artist...... so there is no need to worry.

Wu Feiming thought as he walked, and unconsciously approached the * practice ground, and saw Ziming and Zimo from a distance, his face darkened a little more unconsciously, and he didn't even say hello to Wu Haoran, who was training, and came to Ziming, Zimo's side...

It is said that on the day of Zifeng's disappearance, the sky was clear, the wind was harmonious, the sound of Lin Hai, and the pine waves were bursting. Xin'er (Zifeng's sister) and Ziyan (the daughter of the second uncle Wu Feiming) planned to go to the creek in the back mountain to catch fish together, but Zifeng had nothing to do, so he joined them. Not long after leaving Wujiazhuang, I met Ziming, Zimo (Ziming, Zimo is the son of Uncle Wu Feiming), Zi Yan and Xin'er didn't have a good impression of the two, so they pretended not to see them, and Zifeng was even more interested, but if they didn't speak, it didn't mean that someone would be silent.

"Yo, isn't this Zifeng, Xin'er, Ziyan, where are you going, do you want my cousin to protect you?" Ziming asked with a hippie smile.

"Who wants you to protect, I'm already a martial artist, and there are no monsters around here, don't delay our time, Xin'er, let's go." Zi Yan pulled Xin'er and was about to leave, but Ziming didn't follow and blocked the road.

Before Zi Yan could scold, Zimo took Zi Ming's hand: "Brother, let's go, don't forget that we still have business." "Oh yes, yes, I'm going to pick ...... ice spirits. Zimo covered Ziming's mouth and glared at Ziming angrily.

Ice Spirit Ice Spirit Fruit! Zi Feng's heart instantly set off a monstrous wave, and his breathing began to be heavy, if, if there is an ice spirit fruit, then he can cultivate, and his father doesn't need to go around begging people to inquire all these years. Although the Feichen couple never showed the slightest tiredness in front of Zifeng, the sighs that came and went at night always gently beat the softest heart in Zifeng's heart, and now, such a predicament is about to end, how can it not make people happy. Zifeng's originally plain eyes were instantly filled with hope, and even the most basic doubts were thrown away.

Zifeng sorted out his thoughts and couldn't wait to ask: "I don't know what the eldest brother is looking for, because the younger brother can't cultivate, he usually reads some miscellaneous books, and he still knows a little about herbal medicine, maybe he can help the eldest brother." ”

"Really, I'm worried that I can't find anyone, I didn't expect Zifeng that you know so much about medicinal herbs, so come with us. Ziming agreed very heartily.

"Brother, that's not good, didn't you say okay, it's just us, no one can tell you about this, how are you, how are you ......" Zimo said unhappily.

"Okay, don't talk about it, Zifeng is not an outsider, so let's go. Seeing that his goal was about to be achieved, Zi Ming raised his feet and walked forward.

Zifeng turned back to Xin'er, and Zi Yan said slightly apologetically: "Xin'er, brother has something, I can't accompany you today, and I'll go together tomorrow, okay?"

Xin'er flattened her mouth, looking reluctant, but said, "Okay, but brother, you have to come back early, otherwise my mother will be worried." Zifeng answered, and hurriedly followed.

"Brother Zimo, do you have any news of the Ice Spirit Grass?" Zifeng couldn't help but asked cautiously.

"Zifeng. You are really smart, you know that we are going to find the Ice Spirit Grass, however, you must not tell others, if you find the Ice Spirit Grass, haha, you will be able to go to the Library Pavilion to exchange for a set of Yellow Order Advanced Exercises immediately, then I will definitely shine at the hunting conference. Ziming said proudly.

"Brother Ziming, can you give me a little bit of Ice Spirit Grass, you also know that my disease can be cured by Ice Spirit Grass. Zifeng asked hopefully. Ziming hesitated slightly, but agreed to Zifeng's request. So, a group of three people quickly walked into the distance.

After a long time, when he came to the foot of a mountain, Zifeng couldn't help but be stunned. I saw that the mountain was barren, no grass grows, and the soil is slightly purple, which is incompatible with the surrounding trees and flowing water. The temperature was also a little hot, Zifeng felt something strange in his body, and looked at Ziming and the others suspiciously: "It is rumored that the Ice Spirit Grass is born in a cold place, and it is nourished by the cold of heaven and earth, the temperature here is so high, how can there be Ice Spirit Grass?"

"Zi Feng doesn't know, all things are born and restrain each other, where there are poisonous snakes, there must be antidote herbs, and things must be reversed, how can you be sure that there is no ice spirit grass here?" Zimo looked at Zi Ming and talked eloquently, as if he had prepared the wording.

Zifeng was full of suspicion, and followed the two to the mountain, as the height increased, the temperature became higher and higher, and Zifeng's body became hotter and hotter, as if there was a force to break through the blood, and his physical strength gradually began to fail. In fact, when he was in a hurry just now, Zifeng had already done his best to keep up with Ziming's footsteps, and he had just arrived at the foot of the mountain, and he had no time to rest, so he had to climb the mountain again, if he didn't hold back in his heart, Zifeng would not have gone up the mountain in such a hurry.

I don't know how long I walked, the sand and gravel under my feet suddenly turned purple-brown, exuding a bewitching color, the plants in the soil were gone, and there was only one color left in my sight, Ziming and Zimo seemed to have expected it, and their footsteps were still unhurried.

Zifeng looked ahead, the heat wave had distorted the air a little, and the sweat slid down his cheeks, which had been extinguished before he hit the ground. I don't know how long I walked, but through my eyes, I vaguely saw a huge purple and red stone in front of me lying in the distance.

"It's here, it's here, Zifeng hurry up. Zi Ming greeted happily, Zi Feng wiped his sweat, suppressed the discomfort in his body, and walked up quickly.

I saw that Ziming went around to the back of the boulder, and in an inconspicuous place, there was a black and swarthy hole, and bursts of heat gushed out from the hole, rushing to his face. Zifeng's face was flushed, and his body trembled a little because of the suppression, but he longed more than anyone else in his heart, when a desire was suppressed for more than ten years and could not be realized, in the hope that could be reached in time, everything was not important.

At this time, Ziming planned to spend some tongues to trick Zifeng in, but Zifeng didn't say a word, and got in. Ziming smiled at Zimo knowingly and slowly followed.

The cave is not dark, there is a slight red light in the sight, but the temperature and the outside of the cave seem to be incomparable, and the corners of the clothes have a smell of burning. The rocks under your feet have dried to powder, and when you step on them, they are loose and crumbling, and they seem to be sinking into them. Zifeng staggered forward, there was a heart-rending pain in the meridians, several times more painful than when he was sick before, Zifeng clenched his teeth, his eyes did not squint, and he didn't know how far he had gone, the corners of his mouth were chapped and his hair was scorched, and it seemed that as long as there was a little friction, it would burn.

Zifeng turned around and looked, Ziming, Zimo had long since disappeared, Zifeng only realized that something was wrong at this time, but there was no way. The red light in the cave is very obvious, outlining one mysterious curve after another in the eye.

Zifeng held the hot rock wall with both hands, the severe burning sensation on his body had begun to make his eyes blur, and his whole vision was hazy: Zifeng seemed to see his mother cooking in the kitchen, Xin'er slipped in quietly, secretly picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, but he was grinning with hot teeth, and was found by his mother, and couldn't help but play Xin'er's little hand affectionately; I saw my father, meditating on the roof, the sun shining on my body, it was very beautiful; and myself, holding a copy of "The Broken Knife Cutting the Sky", I read it with relish...... Everything seems to be ephemeral, but this moment is eternal.

The pain of the meridian tearing made Zifeng awake in an instant, as if there were hundreds of millions of ants about to bite through his meridians and come out, Zifeng rolled on the ground in pain, and accidentally rolled along the terrain to the bottom of the hole, and then lost consciousness.

After a long time, Zifeng struggled to wake up, and his eyes were deep purple red, and the temperature was outrageously high. The surrounding space is large, presenting a sphere, and the wind body is in it. The pain in his body was numb, his clothes were tattered, and there were a lot of blood stains.

Looking at the center of the cave, there is a soil platform on the ground, on the soil platform, there is a medicinal herb, what kind of plant is this, the whole branch and leaf are as natural as glass, exuding a clear purple red, increase one point is too demonic, subtract one point is too light, the leaves are geometric hexagonal, the corners are inlaid with a bright circle of light, and at the top of the branch and leaf mouth, a purple-gold fruit is swaying proudly......

Zifeng was stupid, used the last trace of strength, got up from the ground, staggered, moved to the middle with difficulty, forgot the pain, forgot the time, forgot everything, it seemed that there was a voice calling himself, and there was nothing else, only the fruit in his eyes was getting bigger and bigger in his sight.

Finally, the trembling hands stretched out to the distance, and when they were about to touch the leaves, the heat of the entire space became manic, as if they were about to swallow everything around them, and the wind was fierce, and the sub-wind was one of the small boats, swaying from side to side. But Zifeng's face was not afraid, without a trace of hesitation, he tightly grasped the rhizome of the herb, and with a bang, Zifeng's clothes, eyebrows, and hair all burned, followed by a heart-piercing pain, all the way from the palm of his hand to the heart.

In the eyes of outsiders, Zifeng is now a roasted duck, his whole body is red, and there are faint signs of collapse. Zifeng also woke up at this time, and a strong sense of fear filled every nerve in him, but his body was no longer controllable, and he was about to disappear, Zifeng looked at the herbs in his palm angrily, as if it took a century to pull out the herbs, and stuffed them in his mouth, and then fainted to the ground.

During this period, the heat flow in the entire cave continued to collide with the wind like a madness of red light, and when the rhizome broke away from the earth platform, the cave instantly darkened, and all the purple-red light disappeared without a trace in an instant, and then with a loud bang, the entire Hongyan Mountain collapsed......

(As for the ins and outs of the disappearance, it will be fully stated in Chapter 24, if it brings a sense of abruptness to the reader's reading, don't blame)