Kongxia Mountain, at the foot of the South Peak.

A team of more than 10 people is ready to go. The disciple who checked everything and found it correct touched the horse's mane, turned over on the horse, and nodded to the old man with white hair like snow on the horse behind him, "Master, it's ready." ”

Guan Baihe, who was thin on horseback, was dressed in a very loose gray robe, and his gray hair hung down, covering most of his face in the dim light. Luo Jiansheng considered that he was old, and his old bones seemed to be about to fall apart after a few days of jolting on the horse, so he planned to arrange a carriage for him, but Guan Baihe refused, feeling that the carriage was too slow, so he rode with the other disciples in the team.

"Hmm. Let's go. Guan Baihe nodded slightly.

There is no horse farm in Xiayinmen, and there is no place to use horses on weekdays, so this time in order to hunt down and kill Xiao Chu and the others, the disciple specially bought them from a village a few miles away. These horses are not suitable for riding, let alone long-distance travel, but they are better than a human on foot. Gu You, the elder who led the team with Guan Baihe, flicked the reins of the horse a little impatiently, and walked faster towards the horse urging his crotch, but the horse did not have the slightest intention of speeding up except for a long neighing and exhaling a cloud of white gas.

Guan Baihe watched coldly from the sidelines of the accompanying disciples. It seems that he feels that this master's rank is unattainable, and he has never been close to his disciples and stays in the monastery all day, so the disciples are more willing to ask Gu You if they have any questions.

"Great Elder, how can you find that traitor this day?" a disciple asked with a flattering smile.

Gu You glanced at Guan Baihe, who was at the back, and said, "It's not our master who is an unpredictable prophet, before the elders and Lu Xuanxuan arrived, he put a Xiaguang seal on that demon girl, and you can sense its direction with the Luoxia Decisive Technique. It seems that the Master Venerable had expected that the situation would develop to this point. ”

"It's just a matter of prevention, the target of my Xiaguang Seal is not that flurry boy, but Ling Fage. Guan Baihe lowered his head and said.

"Ling Fa Pavilion?"

He came to the door a few days after the woman was taken up the mountain gate, and if he was sure that the person was in the Xiayin Gate, he should have found it a long time ago. He can ignore the convention that the two sides do not contact each other, and dare to come to the gate of Kongxia Mountain single-handedly to ask for someone just by virtue of suspicion, which only makes me think of four words. Guan Baihe spat out a few words from between his thick beards, "There is no fear." ”

"Master thinks that person is hostile to my Xiayin Sect?"

"Who knows, but I don't think our relationship with Ling Fa Ge will definitely be friendly. ”

Gu You didn't care about Guan Baihe's analysis: "It's just like borrowing the power of my Xiayinmen to find a traitor, how can a master think about it so complicated." ”

Guan Baihe still hung his head, and his beard covered his face, so Gu You couldn't see the sneer on his face.

At this time, a disciple rode up and approached, and asked curtly, "Great Elder, do you need to tell the one from Ling Fa Pavilion about the traces of our trip......?"

"Naturally, the head of the sect has sent someone to look for his traces, and there will be disciples who will lead him after him with the Xiaguang Seal. Gu You replied, "This is the first cooperation between Xia Yin Sect and Ling Fa Pavilion in hundreds of years, you don't want to lose the face of Xia Yin Sect!"

All the disciples responded in unison.

Guan Baihe suddenly straightened up, and his internal force was running like a river. This force helped him to his feet from his horse, and by kicking on his horse, he leaped forward with all his might, and his mount fell heavily to the ground.

"Master, respect you......" Gu Youyou looked at Guan Baihe rising into the air in surprise.

"This horse is walking too slowly, I'll take the first step, you can follow!" Guan Baihe had a spring on his feet, and every time he landed, he bounced up again and fell straight into the distance. With such a posture, there is no indication that he is actually a dying old man.

There was a sound of exclamation among the disciples, and some disciples came to Gu You's side and asked, "Great Elder, is this ...... How do you chase it?"

Gu You glanced at him and scolded, "Can you fly?"

"No...... Can't ......" the disciple doesn't know why.

"Then how do you chase it, chase it on horseback!" Gu You pinched the horse's belly and urged the horse to speed forward. The disciples followed suit.

For a time, the sound of horses neighing in the wilderness came and went.

......

Xiao Qi broke the branch in his hand into two pieces and stuffed it into the fire in front of him, crackling and exploding a few sparks, lighting up Zuo Yunyi and Xiao Qi in the dark night.

"Do you really know the way? The other day you said you were looking for a town, and I thought you knew it. Zuo Yunyi lay on the ground, supporting her chin with her hands, and the firelight flickered, illuminating her face with light and darkness. Xiao Qi ran for a few days, and seemed to have distanced himself from Ning Luan, so the two of them also relaxed a little and raised a fire in the cold night to keep out the cold.

Xiao Qi shook his head confidently: "I didn't say that I knew the way, I just relied on my impression." ”

"The impression of a dream, do you know how many times you have gone around in the past few days? If I hadn't stopped you by watching, I might have been able to bump into Ning Luan one day while walking. ”

Xiao Qi didn't care about her sarcasm. Still thoughtful, he fiddled with the fire in front of him.

"No, even if we took a few detours, we still walked all the way to the east, at least more than a hundred miles, but there was no figure in half, and it would be good to say that all the way was wilderness, but there were a few towns of considerable size, which had become ruins. ”

"I told you, when I was hiding from Ning Luan in a few small villages around Kongxia Mountain, I heard that Pingzhou in the east had started a war against Yuzhou, and it was not surprising that there was such a scene under the chaos of war. Zuo Yunyi raised his eyes and swept Xiao Qi, raised his eyebrows and said, "What's the matter, you are such a cold person, you would also be as sentimental and ruthless as a little girl?"

"It's strange that comes out of your mouth. Xiao Qi said expressionlessly, "The traces of the raging war will not be erased so easily, these ruins have been abandoned for a long time, and they have no popularity at all, and they will not be caused by the war." ”

"I really don't know what you've been thinking about all day, do these things have anything to do with us? This remote ruin has to be killed even if there are people, it is too eye-catching, and if there are two living mouths, it may reveal our traces. Under Zuo Yunyi's body is a rag that Zuo Yunyi asked Xiao Qi to pull from the ruins, I don't know how many years it has been discarded, but she asked Xiao Qi to scrub it with the rain, and it will not be dirtier than the soil on the ground. As she spoke, she stretched her waist and showed off her slender waist in front of Xiao Qi.

But her originally comfortable and coquettish face suddenly showed a painful look. She curled up, her hands on the ground, her fingers digging into the dirt.

Xiao Qi frowned, the medicinal liquid made from grinding several herbs had been used up at that time, and he didn't have time to find some herbs in the past few days. He couldn't help it, so he could only watch from the sidelines.

It's just that this expression is "cold-eyed" in Zuo Yunyi's eyes. She was already sweating in pain, and she was even more angry when she saw Xiao Qi's cold expression. She scolded, "What's the bullshit you have for that medicine?"

Xiao Qi was silent. In fact, he didn't know how to heal, and the herbs he prepared were just some of the fur that Zheng Fang had taught him when he was injured in the military camp before, and he could only barely stop the pain and stop the bleeding. At that time, the wound on Zuo Yunyi's back was shocking, so he took medicine as a matter of course. However, judging from the current situation, his little ability is still not of great use.

Zuo Yunyi recovered from this pain, and exhaled lightly with a sweat. She rested her head on her arm a little tiredly and said weakly, "I'm hungry." ”

Xiao Qi glanced at the pile of broken bones beside her and said, "You just ate a mountain rabbit half an hour ago. ”

"I was hungry for so long, it's called revenge eating. Zuo Yunyi smiled, tilted his head, and his eyes flowed. Xiao Qi's coat was stripped to Zuo Yunyi, and he was wearing a brown inner lining, which was now dark with the blood of the beast. In the past few days, Xiao Qi has not treated her badly, and he hurried during the day to hunt some prey along the way. At night, a fire is lit and roasted, which is the day's food. Xiao Qi doesn't seem to care much about what he eats, he just stuffs a few mouthfuls into his mouth every time, and leaves the rest to Zuo Yunyi.

This kind of demeanor made Zuo Yunyi look sideways slightly. But out of some bad taste, she said that she was hungry from time to time, so she called Xiao Qi to hunt, and then looked at Xiao Qi's helpless expression with satisfaction.

Xiao Qi was silent for a while, as if he had gone through a psychological struggle, and finally bounced up lightly.

But Zuo Yunyi, who was originally looking at Xiao Qi with a smile, suddenly changed his face, and glanced at Xiao Qi, who had just stood up.

"Aren't you wondering why there was no one along the way?" Zuo Yunyi tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly, "This is here." ”

Xiao Qi's body suddenly rose with flame-like light, and the light in the dark night was even better than the fire at his feet. He took advantage of this light to look around, and there were more than a dozen people around him, slowly approaching with their blades.

It's just that they seemed to be startled by the sudden flames on Xiao Qi's body, and the man in front of them in the center of the encirclement seemed to be suddenly on fire, but he didn't show the slightest expression of pain. They hesitated for a moment and confronted Xiao Qi.

"Get out. Xiao Qi's voice came out wrapped in internal force, as if setting off a ripple centered on him in the space, and the voice traveled far away, low and powerful. He didn't know where these people came from, it didn't seem to be from Xia Yin Sect or Ling Fa Pavilion, he was a little relieved. But the other party's origin is unknown, he doesn't know the depth, and he doesn't want to make too much noise, so it is the most ideal situation to scare this group away.

The group of people around looked at each other, already frightened by Xiao Qi's momentum. But soon one of them shouted, "Go on!"

So the rest of the people shouted in response, and they were bold. Xiao Qi frowned and clenched his hands into fists. In the past few days, he has been hunting on the road, and he has a deeper understanding of the invocation of internal forces. Even if there is no blade, any part of the body that has internal force can become a sharp blade to break the enemy.

But a familiar voice passed over the crowd and reached Xiao Qi's ears.

"Stop!"