Volume 1 Caged Sparrow Chapter 51 Confrontation
After returning to Fulu Town, and the king of the Great Li Domain, Song Changjing, had a dragonfly discussion, the old ape of Zhengyang Mountain did not stay in the Li Mansion for too long, and rushed out of the town, in the place where the straw sandal boy entered the mountain, after a short stay, the old man still retreated to the place where he punched before, and carefully observed the depth of the young man's footprints on the mud ground.
In addition, in the old ape's field of vision, there are a series of shallow footprints of adults, the old ape guessed that most of them were left by the young sword cultivator in the Wind Thunder Garden, and when he punched the young man in Mud Bottle Lane, that person clearly wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, and there was a moment of sword qi overflowing, although it was fleeting and hidden, but the old ape had already experienced a hundred battles, and in Zhengyang Mountain, where the "sword qi broke through the treasure bottle", he had practiced for thousands of years, and he was too familiar with the sword qi and sword intent.
This Zhengyang Mountain Mountain Guardian Ape has lived too long, so he is too well-informed, and has seen sword immortals who are good at raising high-quality flying swords, among which there are dozens of exquisite pocket flying swords, all of which are as small as fine hair. I have also seen the natal flying sword as big as the mountain peak, and the river is cut off with a sword.
After the old ape pondered, he continued to move forward, first overgrown with weeds, and then a bamboo forest, and the ground was mostly the dead leaves accumulated from last autumn and winter, but because it was closest to the town, the bamboo forest did not look barren and messy. Following the imperceptible footprints along the way, the old ape found that he was about to walk out of the bamboo forest.
The old ape did not go directly out of the bamboo forest, but looked around, did not see the footprints of the young man on the ground, the line of sight moved up, and there were no obvious marks of the green bamboo around, but the old ape still did not go straight to the mountain to catch up, but rose from the ground, stepped on the upper end of a thick green bamboo, slightly weighted the force, the body tilted towards the mountain, the bamboo bent with it, when it was about to collapse, the old man suddenly dispersed, the burly body was like a light fluttering feather, the green bamboo without the burden of heavy pressure suddenly rebounded, and returned to straight, the old man stood on the top of the green bamboo like an immortal Yufeng, and the figure followed the bamboo swaying slightly, after looking around, looking down, looking down, Finally found the clues by the old ape, pulled the corners of his mouth, looked all the way to the left, and after carefully listening to it, he vaguely heard the sound of the stream flowing water.
The old ape sneered: "Sure enough, it is as cunning as ever. β
The old ape trampled on the green bamboos, ran to the stream on the left, and did not know how many bamboos were broken along the way, and after coming to the stream, the old ape was a little uncertain for a while about whether the straw sandals boy was going to the deep mountains and old forests along the stream, or escaping downstream. The old ape squatted on the bank of the stream, his brows furrowed, a little resentful, if it was in the outside world, as long as it was a mountain with a little aura, the old ape could forcibly send out the land god who had lost his backing, and he would know where the young man was going when he asked.
This is also one of the natal supernatural powers of the mountain moving ape, otherwise other monks, let your magic go to the sky, prestige, and absolutely cannot easily point fingers at the gods of water and soil, the avenue is different, this is like the officialdom of the secular dynasty, and it is difficult for the military department to call and drink to a small household member Wailang, and ask the Wailang to do this and that, the most important thing is that this military department Shangshu and the Wailang are not above the temple of a country.
The old ape listened to the sound of the water and fell into deep thought.
According to common sense, the young man is a child up the mountain into the water to sharpen the body and physical strength, maybe also studied the shallow breathing and breathing technique, this has a different physique, light and hard, strong qi and blood, so that he can play the game of cat and mouse with the old ape on the roof of the alley, in this way, to hide in the depths of the dense forest familiar with the road, it is reasonable, if it is a pure juvenile heart, it was just with a passion to want revenge, after tasting the severity of the weight, gradually cooled down, naturally began to be afraid, so he ran to the blacksmith shop in the south, seeking the protection of Ruan Shi, it is also reasonableγ
The former is just time-consuming, and the latter is labor-intensive and energy-consuming, and it will even consume the incense of Zhengyang Mountain.
The old ape obeyed his heart and blurted out: "This young man must die." β
After saying this, the old ape no longer had the slightest doubt, and chose to track it down the stream.
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In the south of the town, there is a yellow mud road, winding, on both sides are the rice fields and crops of the people of the town, the path is halfway, there is a small temple with dilapidated white walls and black tiles, it is said to be a temple, in fact, it is a place for the people to rest and rest, especially in the busy agricultural season, the scorching summer or the rainstorm weather, there is no place to shelter from the rain, it is a world of difference.
At this time, Chen Ping'an and Ning Yao discussed and rested here.
Ning Yao was born with a clear sword heart, and he saw things at night, easily, and found that the dilapidated walls were full of children's charcoal graffiti, most of which were personal names, and most of the lower places had been mottled, or smeared and tampered with, or overlapped, but in the higher places, there were some clearly visible names, Song Jixin, Zhigui, Zhao Xuan, Xie Shi, Cao Xi...... It is a long list, it is estimated that it was written on the neck back then, or even standing on the shoulders of the little friends, Ning Yao even saw the names of Liu Xianyang, Chen Ping'an, and Gu Cang, gathered in the highest place in the upper left corner, which did not seem very social.
Ning Yao retracted his gaze and asked, "Anyway, the first step is to do it, and it has already forced the old ape to ventilate for the first time. Wouldn't it be too risky for you to go to the town to retrieve the wooden bow? If the old ape was cautious and didn't go up the mountain to trouble you, wouldn't you be a sheep in the tiger's mouth?"
The straw sandals boy has been silently exhaling and exhaling, there is no definite length of breathing, everything only depends on the feeling, the pursuit of the "most comfortable" state, after hearing the sound, his eyes are resolute and said: "No way, the wooden bow must be taken back, otherwise we will waste our efforts before! β
Ning Yao was a little annoyed, "I said it earlier, your little skills of carving insects don't work! You didn't believe it before, and you didn't listen to persuasion, okay, I'll let you do it, but now that you believe it, you should follow my method, right?"
In fact, for how to deal with the old ape of Zhengyang Mountain, the young man and girl who was discussing this matter at the covered bridge at that time first decided to do their own thing, Chen Ping'an just asked the girl to wait for him to go back to the town to find three people, but the young man in the back suddenly changed his mind and caught up with Ning Yao before Ning Yao walked to the north end of the covered bridge and went down the steps.
After that, there was a huge disagreement between the two, the girl with a sword and a sword, was very firm at first, you Chen Ping'an is not a cultivator, and you can't even do a fist style, just watch the play on the side, at most help wave the flag and shout, let her slaughter the old ape, avenge Liu Xianyang, and vent the hatred in her heart. But when Chen Ping'an asked her how to kill the old ape, Ning Yao was reluctant to say, only said that she had the ability to press the bottom of the box, walking the world, going up and down the mountain, walking alone, how to do it without a family heirloom.
Chen Ping'an did not agree.
This is why Chen Ping'an looked for someone three times after that.
Chen Ping'an stood up, twisted his waist, barely hindered the stagnation, got up and said, "I'm almost rested." β
Ning Yao was surprised: "The things in the Yang family's shop are so useful?"
Chen Ping'an's eyes were gloomy for a moment, but he quickly nodded and smiled: "It's very useful." β
Ning Yao asked, "Will the old ape directly see through your escape route?"
Chen Ping'an thought for a while and replied cautiously: "Maybe it's okay." β
Ning Yao drew two circles and a straight line on the ground with the scabbard, and asked, "This is the route between Xiaomiao and Li Mansion on Fulu Street, where is your wooden bow hidden?"
Chen Ping'an squatted down and drew a circle, "Close to the east, almost here, not too far from Mud Bottle Lane." β
Ning Yao nodded and said, "Okay, even if the old ape comes directly to the small temple, I will delay his footsteps and buy you enough time." β
Chen Ping'an drew a small circle with his finger in the middle of the line again, "If this is really the worst situation, Miss Ning, can you seduce him here? This is where I entered the mountain at the beginning, so it won't take long for me to get the wooden bow and rush over." β
The girl in a dark green robe stabbed the ground with a knife and said proudly: "Maybe I will carry the head of the old ape to your side when the time comes." β
Chen Ping'an shook his head and said, "Don't be strong, be careful!"
Ning Yao couldn't wait to hit that head with the scabbard, who was reckless?
She glared and said, "Hey, the person standing in front of you is me Ning Yao, the number one sword immortal in the world in the future, okay?!"
The young man stood up, looked down at the two cloth bags around his waist, just in case he tightened them again, then looked up and smiled: "I know, I know, so ah, don't die in such a small place, or thank you." In the future, when you become such a big person, as a friend, I will be so naked. β
Ning Yao said with emotion: "Chen Ping'an, you are such a mother-in-law and mother are indecisive, I advise you not to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, and just find a woman to marry." β
The young man snorted, and did not refute, just about to leave the temple, Ning Yao said: "I will send you to the creek first, and then I will walk a distance northwest to prevent the old ape from worrying about the safety of the little girl. β
Chen Ping'an thought about it and did not refuse.
The boy and the girl ran to the stream together, and the girl invisibly vomited like a big river, the water was deep and speechless, and the undercurrent was surging. The young man's breath is like a stream, and the thin water flows for a long time.
The weather varies.
Ning Yao suddenly couldn't help but ask, "The wooden bow arrow smeared the kind of herb you said, is it really useful?"
The young man replied: "Anyway, it is useful for more than two hundred catties of wild boar, and it should also be for that old ape." β
Ning Yao stopped talking.
The two of them approached the creek, where the straw sandals boy had come ashore, and the boy and girl almost simultaneously burst out with the soles of their feet to kick the ground, got up high, and jumped to the opposite bank.
After the girl landed, she held the scabbard and slowed down, while the boy sprinted and jumped, jumped across the river, and ran on the ground, all in one go, and passed by the girl in an instant, Chen Ping'an was just about to turn his head, and the girl said: "You go to the town first, don't worry about me." β
The boy continued to move forward, turning his head as he ran, and reminded, "I'll take a slight detour and pick a secluded alley to enter the town, it may be a little late." β
Ning Yao nodded, and after Chen Ping'an's figure disappeared, he no longer held the hilt of his sword and began to walk slowly to the west.
It didn't take long for the girl to stop and squint into the distance of the stream upstream.
A burly figure suddenly shot from the boulder of the stream to the north bank, and landed more than twenty steps in front of the girl, domineering.
The old ape was a little puzzled, there was no hidden aura of a teenager around, and he glanced at the white sheath long sword on the girl's waist intentionally or unintentionally, and said with a smile: "Little girl, the person who went to Fulu Street to make trouble before was you, right?"
The girl pressed her hands on the hilt of the sword and remained silent.
The old ape asked curiously: "Little girl, on the way to the town before, although you have been hiding your head and tail, I know that your origin is not simple, and it is by no means the two wastes of Qingfeng City's Old Dragon City, but I am very strange, what grievances do you have between you and me, why do you need to be like this? Or is your family master have a festival with Zhengyang Mountain?"
Ning Yao didn't say a word, the sword on his waist was unsheathed at the same time, and his figure disappeared in a flash.
The narrow knife came first, and slashed at the ancestor of Zhengyang Mountain, and the old ape raised his hand casually and bounced off the edge of the knife with his arm.
The girl took advantage of the momentum to spin her body, and swept her sword towards the old ape's neck.
The old ape also used his arm to smash the blade of the sword.
The girl's first two moves failed to succeed, and she did not entangle herself in close quarters, but opened a distance from the old ape and walked slowly.
After assessing the sharpness of the two weapons with his strong and incomparable body, the old ape ignored the blood groove that was cut out on the outside of his arm, and said with a smile: "The weapon is really good, and you dare to carry two with you, at first glance, it is a disciple of the thousand-year-old family on the mountain, or it is the descendant of the first-class lord under the mountain, I almost thought that you are another Fenglei Yuan sword cultivator hidden in the shadows." β
The old ape moved with the girl's seemingly careless steps, followed her figure and shifted his gaze slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Little girl, knowing that even if you are frustrated next, you will still not give up, then the old man will give you one last chance, let you report your master's life experience, and after that, if you are killed by the old man again, Zhengyangshan will not admit your mistake for this, let alone care where you come from or who you learn from." β
Ning Yao simply turned a deaf ear to this, and was always looking for the true weakness of this old ape.
After all, she is not the king of the Great Li Domain who has already touched the threshold of the tenth realm, and she can carry a mountain-moving ape head-on.
The old ape, who thought he had given in too much, sneered: "If you don't know how to lift, then let it go." β