After Pei Yuanfeng's subordinates received the order, they immediately continued to march to the top of the mountain, while a few of us lit torches and walked slowly down according to the narrow and winding mountain under our feet, which could not even be counted as a road at all.

Pei Yuanfeng: They walked ahead of me.

He held Xue Muhua's wrist with one hand, and wrapped his other hand around her back, almost holding her whole person in his arms, so carefully escorting him down the mountain, Xue Muhua's originally stumbling steps finally became steady with his support.

After a few steps, he glanced back at me.

I smiled and nodded at him.

"You, are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I'll have no problem going up and down the mountain."

He nodded, and continued to help Xue Muhua walk down.

said that it was no problem, but it was only compared to Han Zitong and Xue Muhua, who were not accustomed to going up the mountain and going to the sea, I still had some difficulty after I walked, and the night was too dark, and it was time for people to rest, and drowsiness came up one after another; Second, I am really tired from the torment in my heart in the past few days, and I am already exhausted when I go down the mountain, and I have a few unstable steps, and I almost fell down.

Luckily, the guards around me were very careful to protect me.

Seeing that we had reached the foot of the mountain, and were about to descend the mountain, we heard a commotion in front of us, and when we looked up, there were many fires faintly appearing in the large woodland at the bottom of the mountain, which was immersed in the night.

Pei Yuanfeng, who was walking in front, immediately stopped: "Huh? ”

Xue Muhua raised his head to look at him, then looked down the mountain, and said, "Those are—"

At such a distance, only the stars could be seen, but there were a lot of fires, but it was impossible to see which side it was, Pei Yuanfeng's face sank, he glanced around, and those guards immediately raised their strength, and their hands were on the hilt of the sword at their waists.

After a while, those fires slowly gathered, and soon they were at the foot of the mountain, very close to us, Pei Yuanfeng stretched out his hand and pulled Xue Muhua behind him, looked back at us again, and said in a low voice: "Don't move yet, be careful." ”

“…… Well! ”

The two of us agreed, Xue Muhua walked up to me and subconsciously grabbed my arm.

Pei Yuanfeng walked down with two people, and after a while, he had already met with the people below, and I followed the firelight to see that it was a few tall and dirty men, and they were the first to walk up, and when they saw Pei Yuanfeng, they immediately showed a somewhat hideous smile on their faces.

One of them said, "Childe, why did you come here in the middle of the night?" ”

As soon as Pei Yuanfeng saw them, his face involuntarily showed a look of disgust, but he still said: "I said, I'm not at ease here, so come and have a look." What about you? What are you doing here? ”

"The eldest brother found out that Childe was not in the camp, so he specially asked us to come over and see if Childe had found something on the mountain."

After speaking, those people raised their heads, and their greedy eyes immediately saw us: "I didn't expect that Childe really found something good." ”

Pei Yuanfeng's face immediately sank.

However, he still didn't get angry, and only said calmly: "Your boss, what about Yan Gongzi?" ”

"What's the matter with Childe?"

"I have something important to tell them."

The big man listened, the flesh on his face twitched because of the sneering smile, and it looked particularly hideous in the flickering firelight, he glanced back, there were more and more people behind him, and the firelight under the mountain slowly gathered. When he looked at Pei Yuanfeng again, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Childe is not going to sue us, in fact, there are still some good things on this mountain?" ”

"What?"

"Childe, you don't have to hide it anymore."

Pei Yuanfeng didn't speak, but there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

The man said, "That Yan Gongzi is no longer in the camp, he found an excuse to come out, but fortunately our people have been guarding the surrounding area of this island, only to find that he has come up the mountain from another road." ”

“……！”

Pei Yuanfeng was startled for a moment, and immediately looked back at us.

Xue Muhua and I were also taken aback - Yan Qinghan also went up this mountain?

Could it be that he guessed that those Franc machine guns were hiding in this mountain, so he went up the mountain at night to look for them?

Oops!

Once Yan Qinghan and Xiao Yusheng's people encounter on this mountain, they will inevitably fight first, not to mention that the Iron Mask King wants to kill the people here, they will kill each other first, and they don't have to wait for others to kill them!

Xiao Yusheng and Xiao Wusheng's kung fu, I have already seen it, Yan Qinghan has practiced for so many years, and he can also see that his strength is not weak in the hand of the Yan family's main mansion, plus the kung fu of those under him does not know the depth, such a fight will never be good!

I hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How long has he been up the mountain?" ”

As soon as the big man saw me, he looked up and down, and an evil smile immediately rose in his eyes, and he said, "Beauty, you want to know?" If you want to know, come here, brother sue you. ”

I frowned, and Xue Muhua next to me immediately clenched my arm.

When the man saw the two of us, he suddenly remembered something and said, "You two, can't it be the two women that the second child found on Shaking Light Island?" ”

“……”

Xue Muhua was still a little dazed, but I reacted immediately, before I was on that nameless island, Han Zitong, and Liu Qinghan were kidnapped by a group of pirates, fortunately, the Iron Mask King came to save us, maybe some of them fled back and told the Sea Snake Gang about it, but they didn't know us, so they mistook Xue Muhua for Han Zitong.

Seeing that I was silent, the man took a step forward with more and more certainty: "Is it really you?" ”

“……”

"Hmph, there are quite a few of you here."

“……”

"It seems," he said, looking up at the dark and silent mountain, "there really is that good thing hidden in this mountain." ”

“……”

"Otherwise, you wouldn't all have gone into this mountain."

As he spoke, the man took a step towards us.

At this moment, Pei Yuanfeng stretched out his hand and stopped in front of him.

He calmed his face and said coldly: "There is nothing good on it, I advise you to go back quickly." ”

The man said, "Oh? Let's go back, what about you, dude? ”

Pei Yuanfeng said coldly: "You don't have to worry about our affairs." ”

"Hahahaha!" The man looked up to the sky and laughed, and with his laughter all the pirates behind him gathered, and I could see by the light of the fire that there were at least forty or fifty men, all of them with hideous faces and fierce looks, and I knew at a glance that they were not of any good kind.

I couldn't help it, and a cold sweat broke out in my palm.

After the man laughed, his laughter stopped and looked at Pei Yuanfeng viciously: "Don't think we don't know what you're up to, you're all in the same group!" Hmph, since there are good things on this mountain, how can the brothers enter the treasure mountain and return empty-handed? ”

As soon as he said this, the pirates behind him all burst into laughter.

"Let's go!"

As soon as the man's voice fell, the pirates behind him immediately showed their fierce faces, but before they could rush up, Pei Yuanfeng had already stepped forward with an arrow, a cold light flashed in his hand, and a knife was on the man's neck!

The big man was taken aback, but when he reacted, the person had been restrained by Pei Yuanfeng's lightning.

The pirates rushed up screaming, and when they saw this, they also stopped, and they all froze there.

Pei Yuanfeng said coldly: "I don't know whether to live or die!" ”

The big man was pressed by the blade to his throat, and his face was so frightened for a while that his previous arrogance was gone, and he said tremblingly: "You, what are you going to do?" ”

"Get your people down!"

The man hurriedly waved his hand downward: "You, you retreat quickly!" ”

However, when his words came out, the pirates with swords in their hands and hideous faces did not act, but only looked at us with fierce eyes.

"Stand down!"

The man was forced, and the blade cut a cut in his neck, and the blood suddenly flowed out, which almost scared his courage, and suddenly roared: "Get out!" ”

Those pirates, you look at me, I look at you, but they don't act.

On the contrary, some people are even ready to move.

As soon as we saw that this situation was not right, Xue Muhua and I reacted quickly, and immediately groped our way back, and the guards around us had already unsheathed their swords and surrounded us, blocking the two of us women behind us.

Pei Yuanfeng said loudly: "Do you care if he lives or dies?" ”

The pirates looked at each other for a moment, and one of them sneered and said, "His life and death are not in our hands. ”

“……”

"Big brother asked us to come over to see what good things that grimace was hiding in this mountain, but he didn't say who he wanted to care about."

The people around immediately said, "That's it!" ”

"Hmph, sixth brother, don't blame the brothers for not talking about brotherhood, if you want to blame, blame this person."

The "old six" widened his eyes in horror, only to see that those pirates had already killed them regardless of a single thing, Pei Yuanfeng stopped talking nonsense, and slashed the blade in his hand-suddenly, a cold light flew out from his hand, like a meteor, and instantly disappeared into the throat of the pirate who rushed to the front.

Suddenly, blood spurted from the man's neck.

Before everyone could react, Pei Yuanfeng grabbed the collar of the "sixth child" with one hand, turned over and kicked out, kicking the person in the chest heavily, and heard a scream, the person was like a broken sack that he kicked out completely, and hit the body of several pirates who rushed behind.

I didn't expect that Pei Yuanfeng's attack would be so fast and so ruthless, and he even directly used a person as a weapon. The mountain road was steep and difficult to walk, and those people were struck by a big man like this, and the few who rushed in front were directly knocked to the ground, and the pirates behind them were caught off guard, and they were all crushed by this domino and fell down, making them cry wolf.

Pei Yuanfeng immediately turned around: "Go!" ”

As soon as the words fell, they had already led us to the mountain.

The night wind howled.

We were running on the rugged and steep mountain road that was even more difficult to climb than just now, and the pirate ghosts behind us screamed and chased after us, Pei Yuanfeng and his men protected us and fought and retreated, and we retreated higher and higher, and in a short time we had reached the place where we had been discovered by them before.

The dense bushes on the mountain road were full of sharp needles, which pierced Xue Muhua and I with injuries, but it was too late to take care of these, I also tried my best to protect her, and ran up, almost falling several times, and stumbling to support myself.

Slowly, the distance widened.

The ghosts of the pirates behind them were far away, and when we finally ran into a small col, we finally had a chance to stop and catch our breath.

Xue Muhua and I sat leaning against a big rock, our faces panting.

Pei Yuanfeng didn't slack off in the slightest, looked at the way he came for a while, then turned his head to look around, and then walked in front of us: "The situation is not good now." ”

“……”

"If Yan Qinghan also goes up this mountain—"

I didn't speak, only frowned.

If Yan Qinghan also went up this mountain, then the situation would not only be a bad problem.

Pei Yuanfeng said: "Where will they go now?" ”

"The Iron Mask King gave them a fake map, and tricked them into coming to the island to find the Franco's cannons, saying that if they found it, they could attack his ships and attack the people on the island. Now they should look in the direction marked by that map. ”

"The map—"

"I didn't see it."

Pei Yuanfeng frowned and glanced at me, then looked around again, and muttered, "Then, this is difficult." ”

I took a few deep breaths, and although I was tired and very difficult at this time, I still tried my best to calm myself down and said, "I-I want to make myself remember, you help me protect my surroundings, and I must not let people touch me." ”

They both looked at me in surprise.

But, without saying anything, Pei Yuanfeng nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Just this one word, I nodded reassuringly, Xue Muhua stood up and walked to Pei Yuanfeng's side, gently climbed his arm, and looked at me attentively and nervously.

I slowly sat on the uncomfortable cold and hard stone, and slowly sat in a lotus posture.

Gradually, the consciousness entered a hazy environment.

I felt a shaking first.

The sky was spinning, as if the earth was shaking, and I immediately told myself, because it was on a boat, and such shaking was normal.

Then, I looked up and saw the Iron Mask King.

He stood there, the door behind him open, and when the sun shone in, his whole silhouette was gilded with a faint layer of gold, and I couldn't see the expression on his face, but I looked at the hand he stretched out, holding a soft silk with some small marks outlined on it.

And the mountainous terrain --

Every cliff, every steep slope; Every peak, every col.

Col......

I kept my eyes wide open and stared at a fold in the map that was just out of the map, and there was a col drawn in the shape and marker of exactly where we were now!

I stopped my heartbeat and looked slowly to the side—

At this moment, there was a violent shaking, as if the heavens and the earth were shaking, and I was caught off guard and stumbled, and the man suddenly rushed forward, and immediately, fell into an embrace.

When I looked up, Pei Yuanfeng was holding my shoulders with both hands and was looking at me in surprise.

Xue Muhua next to him also looked at me with wide eyes.

I looked at them too, and it took me a while to come back to my senses, and I fell off the rock, and almost threw myself to the ground, and I said with trepidation, "Who is pushing me?" ”

The two of them were a little inexplicable: "No one pushed you." ”

What?

I was stunned for a moment, then looked around again, and the guards standing at the pass of the mountain all looked back at us, and they all had inexplicable expressions on their faces—no one really pushed me, I had dangled it from the stone myself.

What's going on?

However, now is not the time to care about these details, I held Pei Yuanfeng's arm and reluctantly stood up, looked around, judged the direction, and then pointed in the direction of the northeast: "Over there-it should be over there!" ”

Pei Yuanfeng glanced at me, looked at Xue Muhua for a while, and didn't say anything more, just waved his hand to the people around him: "Open the way!" ”

The higher you go up the mountain road, the more difficult it becomes, and this time is probably past the end of the day.

Fear and nervousness have completely overcome mental sleepiness, but physical exhaustion can't deceive people, I listened to me and Xue Muhua's wheezing sound was already very weak, Pei Yuanfeng half hugged her with one hand, and supported my back with one hand, protecting the two of us to move forward.

After rounding a hillside that was not too high, we walked into the middle of the mountain, and immediately there was darkness in front of us.

Different from the pitch darkness of the mountains and rocks I saw before, this piece of pitch black was blown by the wind, making a rustling sound, and even slowly swaying, as if thousands of ghosts were struggling in front of me, giving people a strange and frightening feeling.

By the light of the fire, there was a large bush of thorns.

Dry branches, twisted branches, and dense needle suddenly appear in front of you, which is terrifying.

Looking at these, Xue Muhua subconsciously trembled.

Pei Yuanfeng also frowned, and only turned his head to look at me: "Is it here?" ”

My brow furrowed, but I didn't answer.

I don't know if this path is right or not, but that vague memory is not enough to give me completely correct information and hints.

Immediately, the guard who opened the road in front said, "Childe, eldest lady, there is no way to leave here." ”

"yes, this road can't go on."

“……”

Pei Yuanfeng didn't speak, but Xue Muhua walked up to me and said softly: "Qingying, think about it again." ”

"I ......"

Before I could say anything, I suddenly heard a guard in front of me who was inadvertently holding a long sword in his hand and playing with the thorn bush whispered, "Miss." ”

"Huh?"

"Come and see, here—"

As soon as we heard this, we hurried over, and the people next to us handed the torch over to see, and the thorns in that place seemed to have been removed by someone, and there were traces of branches being split on both sides, and as the light of the fire shone, we could see that the thorn bushes in front of us had been split a way, extending into the distance.

We looked at each other.

Undoubtedly, this is a road that has been opened by someone, and it was opened not long ago, this is the shady side of the mountain, and the thorns grow very quickly, even if it was opened a few days ago, the thorn bushes are very likely to be overgrown, but now you can still see the shape of the road, which proves that those people have just passed!

Is it Yan Qinghan? Or Xiao Yusheng and Liu Qinghan?

Or have they all arrived?

I didn't have time to tell the difference, so I just turned around and said, "Anyway, they at least got all the way here, let's hurry over!" ”

Pei Yuanfeng nodded, and with a wave of his hand, those guards immediately stepped forward, the swords in their hands were unsheathed, and they carefully opened the way for us in front, and behind them there were still a few guards who were good at using bows and arrows, and the group cautiously walked into the daunting thorn bush.

This mountain probably doesn't usually have many people coming, especially the thorn bushes in the shade, so these thorns grow very dense and very high, almost covering the top of the head, although there are people who have come in before us, but obviously the people in front of us don't care too much about the needle of the thorns, so they only slightly open a way to walk, we can only rely on the people in front of us to keep splitting those outstretched branches, in order to barely move forward, even so, Xue Muhua and I were also pierced by a lot of spikes, and the pain made us gasp cold.

Just after we walked forward for more than half an hour, everyone had reached the limit of their body, Pei Yuanfeng was still reluctantly holding Xue Muhua's hand and walked forward, he looked up and suddenly stopped.

The two of us almost hit him in the back.

"Look!"

His voice carried a hint of ecstasy and astonishment when he suddenly saw the light, and he pointed to the front, and we hurriedly looked up, and saw that in the center of the two peaks in front of us, a narrow and steep crack faintly appeared, as if a mountain had been split in half by a huge knife, and the center was like the gap left by the knife.

And in that gap, there was a faint flash of fire!

"Right there!"

When we looked at it, we were immediately ecstatic, and after walking for so long, we finally saw the traces of people in front of us, and maybe we were about to find them, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at this thought.

But just as I was breathing a sigh of relief, suddenly, there was an earth-shattering noise in the distance.

The sound seemed to come from the clouds, deafening, as if the whole world had been shaken by the sound, and even the thorn bushes around us were making a shuddering sound.

Several of us were startled, staring wide-eyed in the direction the voice was coming from.

It's the west coast of Tianquan Island!

Even, the pitch-black sky was reflected red by something!

We were stunned for a moment, and Pei Yuanfeng said, "Someone is attacking the West Bank?" ”

I immediately said, "King of the Iron Mask! ”

"......" Xue Muhua looked at me in horror: "Big brother? ”

"It should be him!"

“……”

We were quiet for a moment.

As we were so quiet, more roars came from the west, as if the sky was constantly beginning to thunder and lightning, and the sound was incessant, and the whole island shook.

Pei Yuanfeng immediately said: "We have to find them quickly!" ”

After speaking, he didn't even wait for us to answer, and waved his hand to the person in front of him and said, "Quick! ”

As soon as he gave the order, those men immediately cheered up a hundred times more vigorously, brandished the swords in their hands, and the thorny branches on both sides fell in response, and at this moment, although we could not see the battle on the west bank, it seemed that we were also experiencing a war, and finally, in a roar, we came to the entrance to the crack in the center of the narrow mountain wall.

As soon as we got closer, we realized that it was not a parallel road, but a narrow road that slowly descended and extended deep into the ground.

I had just reached the intersection when a gust of wind blew out of it.

Almost immediately, all of us frowned.

This wind-