Chapter 54: Exploring Simon's Mansion at Night
In the middle of the night, the crescent moon hung high, and the dark night in the Western Regions was full of cold air, and even the waning moon in the night sky was covered with cold colors.
Ximen Houye's Mansion
Covering an area of thousands of acres, the Ximen Hou Mansion is magnificent, the courtyard is magnificent, and its owner is the Ximen Hou of the Western Regions - Ximen Ao. Ximen is an arrogant official, the official is high, he is the head of the army canonized by the imperial court, and his status in the world is quite high.
His brother-in-law Ling Hudong is a marshal of soldiers and horses in the Western Regions, which has created the superb status of Ximen Ao and Ling Hudong in the Western Regions, so there is a constant stream of visitors.
"Three friends, please come with me, my grandfather is waiting in the main hall. "The chief steward of the Hou Ye's mansion, he led the visitors tonight into the huge mansion, he stepped on extraordinary footwork, and disappeared into a rockery.
The people who visited Ximen Hou this time were extraordinary, so the chief steward of the Hou Ye Mansion would personally come out to greet him, showing a respectful gesture of etiquette, and one of the three women was You Jingdi, who had appeared in the Xiaolongmen Inn.
There is also a young man of about twenty years old, his face is white and beardless, the jade tree is in the wind, he is wearing a white shirt, holding a folding fan, his eyes are bright, his breath is long, his feet are silent, and his whole body exudes the momentum of a superior person.
Behind this young man, closely followed by a woman in colorful clothes, her body was graceful, but her face was covered with a veil, revealing a pair of red phoenix eyes that shone brightly, looking forward to life.
"Wait, the guest has arrived. When he came to the main hall, the chief steward took the lead in greeting.
"Oh, welcome to the Western Regions. The contemptible people failed to go out to greet him, and the rude place was still looking at Haihan, and he was scheduled to wash the dust for the three of them another day. ”
On the main seat of the main hall sat a man about forty years old, his physique was strong and burly, and he was the Ximen Ao of the Western Regions. On a row of chairs on Ximenao's left, there were five young people, all of whom were very skilled, and they were Ximenao's protégés.
"Hou Ye is polite, I will come to visit tonight, I hope to forgive me for the abruptness, my Mr. Ji has prepared a special gift, and I pay tribute to Hou Ye. The young man in his twenties, Xiao Xiangshuai bowed slightly, and then took a brocade box from You Jingdi's hand and presented it to Ximen Ao.
"Okay, please take a seat. ”
In the darkness of the night, three figures invaded Ximenao's mansion like night owls, and their movements were like ghosts, without alerting any of the guards...... However, when they reached a rockery, the three figures suddenly stopped moving.
"Qimen Dunjia?"
The Faceling's eyes radiated a brilliant brilliance, and he looked at the rockery in front of him, but he clearly felt a wave of strange power, criss-crossing mountains and rocks, as jagged as wolf teeth, but they were distinct and had a staggered visual sense.
This is Qimen Dunjia, which has the same magic as the formation, and those who do not have the method will be difficult to get out of it.
"Oh, I didn't think I could still see Qimen Dunjia here?" Chen Jiadong made an unexpected sound, as if he had underestimated this secular Ximen Hou.
"Hmph, this is just the lowest-level Qimen Dunjia, let's go in. A look of disdain flashed in Long Xuan's eyes, she wrinkled her nose, and then showed her free footwork and drilled into this rockery.
"Let's go in too. The faceling man glanced behind him without a trace, and he and Chen Jiadong also got into the rockery one after another.
Long Xuan, Faceling, and Chen Jiadong, the figures of the three of them shuttled through the rockery, suddenly to the left, and suddenly to the right, and did not touch the Qimen Dunjia set up. However, Long Xuan's carefree footwork surprised the facelings slightly—as far as he knew, the easy-to-go was a strange footwork inherited from ancient times, no less than his own lightning footwork.
Just a moment after Long Xuan, the Faceling, and Chen Jiadong got into the rockery, the four scorpion patrols quietly rushed to Ximen Hou's mansion, and the four of them were the four patrols who appeared in the Xiaolongmen Inn during the day.
Judging by the patrol's intuition, they believe that the Facelings are not very human to Chen Jiadong, and it is likely that they are directly related to the destruction of the Black Wind Village. Although they were prevaricated by Long Xuan under the pretext of "Devil's Valley", they still did not give up, but secretly stared at the Xiaolongmen Inn, and at this moment followed the Faceling and Chen Jiadong to Ximen Ao's mansion.
"They have entered the house, let us go in too, girl, I don't believe I can't find their handle, let's go." "The four scorpions patrolled and waited outside the Xiaolongmen Inn for most of the night, and now they are about to find some evidence, even if it is the Longtan Tiger's Den, they have to break through.
Rumble...... The four scorpion patrols fearlessly entered this rockery, and immediately touched the prohibition of Qimen Dunjia, and in an instant, the rocks moved quickly as if they had come to life.
Moving and moving, pulling the whole body, the whole rockery seems to be given the spirituality of life at once, all of them are turned, one by one, one circle, the stones in the front and back and left and right surround them, rotating in the forward and reverse directions, three layers inside and three layers outside...... The rumbling sound was terrifying.
"Ya, is it Qimen Dunjia? It's a big joke now, and the brothers hurry up and rush out!"
Qimen Dunjia, but also the way of cultivation of the organs, according to legend, in the ancient times of the public class is the originator of the intensive study of Qimen Dunjia, a complete set of Qimen Dunjia can do the change, the world is discolored, not lost in the slightest in a magnificent array.
However, in the eyes of some people, Qimen Dunjia is the side door after all, and cultivating the human body is the authentic way to break through the shackles.
In the main hall of the mansion, that Xiao Xiangshuai traveled thousands of miles to the Western Regions to get acquainted with Ximen Ao, and naturally it was inevitable to learn martial arts with Ximen Ao's disciples, but although Ximen Ao's disciples were strong in martial arts in the world, those fists and embroidered legs were full of flaws in Xiao Xiangshuai's eyes, and the four disciples were all defeated in Xiao Xiangshuai's move.
Only a young man who performed a thaumaturgy similar to "sprinkling beans into a soldier" could be praised by Xiao Xiangshuai.
"Oh, this is a puppet, it must be the Qimen Dunjia arranged by this friend in the rockery, right?" Xiao Xiangshuai looked at the lifelike three wooden figures in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help but scatter blazing light.
With a palm-sized wooden figure sculpture, it is good in the wind, takes root on the ground, and suddenly transforms into a sturdy warrior with the height of eight feet.
"Exactly, Xiao Ke learned the institution at the age of five, made a puppet at the age of ten, and arranged the Qimen Dunjia at the age of eighteen. ”
A young man of about twenty years old, his eyes flashed with confidence, and his expression was broken into pride. Indeed, with the puppet and Qimen Dunjia, he has completed many difficult tasks by Ximenao's side, and all Ximenao's protégés admire him.
In addition, he is also Simon Ao's nephew.
"Oh, then, you're a talent, what's your name?" asked Xiao Xiangshuai as he turned his head to look at the young man.
"Lu Xiaoning. ”
"Lu Xiaoning, Gong Xiaoning, it's very good, but young people should not be arrogant, to tell you the truth, your puppet has not studied thoroughly enough, and your own cultivation skills are still shallow. ”
Xiao Xiangshuai's figure moved, like a lion and tiger fighting a rabbit, his folding fan struck heavily on the puppet warrior's body, and suddenly the sturdy warrior puppet immediately flew upside down and smashed on the ground: one puppet warrior's arm fell off, one puppet warrior's head fell, and the other puppet warrior's whole body was covered with cracks.
"You ......"
Lu Xiaoning's complexion changed, his proud work was unexpectedly defeated by Xiao Xiangshuai's blow, and Ximen Ao and the others also changed their faces slightly, after all, these three puppet warriors were very powerful, and their combined attacks were not inferior to a martial artist who had been trained in martial arts, and their ability to resist attacks was also very strong.
After all, the power in the world is limited, Xiao Xiangshuai has outstanding skills, but he has long been out of the world, his internal strength is deep, and he is naturally very casual to deal with the three wooden puppets.
"Young people, you still need to learn a lot, you must know that there are people outside the world, there are heavens outside the sky, don't be arrogant. Soon I will come to the Western Regions again, and if you don't give up, you can come to me then, and I will teach you everything. Xiao Xiangshuai smiled lightly and smashed a few puppet warriors, his expression was unmoved, as if he had smashed a few toys casually.
Xiao Xiangshuai has the purpose of "entering the Western Regions" this time, and when he gets to know Ximen Ao tonight, he naturally wants to show his strength. Ximen Ao's force may be limited, but after all, he has a lot of power in the world, and Xiao Xiangshuai still has a place to rely on him.
"You ......"
The anger in Lu Xiaoning's heart surged, Xiao Xiangshuai couldn't get used to his arrogant demeanor, but he didn't know that he also disgusted Xiao Xiangshuai's pretentious posture, but his strength was not good, and his puppet warriors were indeed inferior to Xiao Xiangshuai.
Also, being called out by Xiao Xiangshuai "losing Xiao Ning" also made Lu Xiaoning feel inexplicably uneasy.
He reluctantly packed up the three broken puppet warriors, and sat silently on the chair beside him, his expression gloomy, obviously heavy on his mind.
"Haha, Xiao Xiangshuai has excellent skills, but my Ximen Mansion is invincible, please take a seat. Simon laughed proudly, breaking the quiet atmosphere of the scene and said.
"Master Hou is polite, my Mr. Ji is even more extraordinary, his skills are far above me, and he has won the reputation of 'Jade-Faced Flying Dragon' in the cultivation world...... Well, let's not talk about this, I heard that Hou Ye's protégé captured rare birds and beasts, but he suffered a change again, what's going on?" Xiao Xiangshuai and You Jingdi, as well as the masked woman, they sat on the seat on the right hand side of Ximen Ao, Xiao Xiangshuai shook the folding fan and muttered.
"Oh, that's right, a few of my protégés did hunt two supernatural liger beasts and a winged Pegasus on a hill in Black Wind Village. However, on the way back, they came across a Toutuo in the Western Regions, and the Pegasus was intercepted by that Toutuo...... Alas, this matter is very ashamed, if a few of my protégés had half the kung fu of Xiao Xiangshuai, they would definitely not lose Pegasus. Ximen Ao looked remorseful, shook his head and said.
"Oh, the lion and tiger beast, the pegasus, are indeed rare birds and beasts, I don't know who that Western Regions Toutuo is?" Xiao Xiang said.
"It's just an ascetic who has no heels. ”
"Oh, that's right, I'm going to persuade that Western Regions Toutuo, maybe I can persuade that man to return Pegasus. This time I came to the Western Regions, my Mr. Ji specially confessed, let me get acquainted with Ximen Houye, I brought a dancing girl from our family, you might as well let Hou Ye appreciate it...... Seriously, this dancer's skills are top-notch, and my Mr. Ji has praised it. ”
At Xiao Xiangshuai's signal, the woman with a veil on her face suddenly stood up from her seat, stepped on the lotus flower, and walked lightly to the center of the hall...... She raised her arms lightly, swayed her waist, and danced softly with her graceful body.