Chapter Thirty-Eight: Counterattack in the Night
"The Spirit of Water. ”
With three simple words, Xia's next expression can be described as extremely funny, and he muttered the words "water spirit".
"No, just three words?" was puzzled, and the question struck, and Xia suddenly had an urge to scold his mother, thinking that it was some kind of treasure, but the extra piece of information in his mind turned out to be only three words, "Water Spirit".
"What, I don't know where to hide?" Jiang Xia scolded angrily, and began to search for the blue ball all over his body, not even the storage ring. At the end, the blue ball was like playing hide and seek with Jiang Xia, and he was nowhere to be found.
After a while, he finally got impatient, and looked dejected, "Forget it, anyway, I don't expect to find any anti-heaven treasures in that small lake, if you don't see it, you'll be gone!"
After a few words, Xia leaned his body against the wall of the cave, and then took out a jade slip from the storage ring, his clear eyes became a little fanatical, and then in the dim light inside the cave, a line of small characters engraved on the jade slip could be faintly seen.
"Dragon Catcher!"
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After a long time, Jiang Xia has been in the cave for nearly seven days, I have to say, this place is indeed hidden enough, for seven days, Situ Qi has not been found, Jiang Xia doesn't know if it's because Lan Meng is helping him outside, but he has a strong feeling that this place can't stay any longer.
Seven days of recuperation, Xia's body recovered very well, except for a slight pain in the chest, there is basically no problem.
"It's time to leave. Natsu made up his mind, looked back at the dimly lit cave, and walked outside. The bright light accompanied by the fresh air rushed to his face, shaking Xia Bu's spirit, exhaling a deep breath of turbidity, and letting out a sigh, "It's good to be alive." ”
Then the next question came, "Where am I now?" Jiang Xia looked at the dense woods in front of him in amazement, and shook his head helplessly, he was brought by the people of the Situ family after being drugged, and then fled here with Lan Meng, not to mention where the road is, even the southeast and northwest can't tell the difference.
"Forget it, it's only one step at a time. ”
Walking through the quiet woods, Xia couldn't help but feel like he was back in Bailiu Village hunting with his father Xie Xuan, with his excellent ear, he knew what was hidden in any tree.
It's the same now, Jiang Xia can clearly hear the wind and grass not far away. "Someone is talking?" Xia was startled, calmed down, and listened carefully to the source of the voice.
"Lord Situ, we've been looking for so long, shouldn't that kid leave?" The speaker was a middle-aged man in his thirties, his face was a little tired, obviously he hadn't rested for many days, and there were a dozen or so people standing behind him who were also tired.
Situ Qi frowned, and his gloomy gaze swept towards everyone, "Hmph, it's impossible to leave, I dare to conclude that that kid must be nearby." ”
"Lord Situ, I don't think it's that simple. The middle-aged man spoke.
"Oh?" Situ Qi was slightly surprised, and asked with interest, "Black Eagle, what do you want to say?"
The man named Black Eagle was stunned first, and then said: "Lord Situ, we have been following the traces left by his kid for the past few days, but if you think about it carefully, we seem to be led by the nose, and in the end we didn't find the target, and we didn't even see the figure of that kid." ”
"And what do you mean?"
"I think there must be someone secretly helping that kid, deliberately creating false clues for us, and his purpose is naturally to stall for time and give the real target a chance to escape. Black Eagle said what he thought, and everyone behind him also showed a look of sudden realization.
Situ Qi's eyes narrowed, as if he was thinking about something, and after a few breaths, he nodded and said in a deep voice: "From now on, let's not follow the traces, sweeping the extension of an area by area, I don't believe I can't find that stinky boy." ”
"Yes, Lord Situ. Everyone agreed in unison, but their tone seemed a little weak.
Black Eagle looked embarrassed, thought for a while, and said, "Lord Situ, you see that the brothers haven't closed their eyes for a few days and nights, and it's almost night, you see?"
A trace of displeasure flashed on Situ Qi's face, he looked at the listless crowd, and nodded slightly, "Okay, let's rest for the night first! Black Eagle, you arrange for people to take turns to keep vigil." ”
Everyone was immediately overjoyed, and Black Eagle hurriedly clenched his fists and agreed, "Yes, Lord Situ." ”
Black Eagle began to assign tasks, but in a dark corner, Xia had already listened to the conversation between Situ Qi and the two in his ears word for word.
"It seems that it is really Blue Dream who is helping me. Jiang Xia said secretly, and then a trace of chill welled up in his clear eyes, and through the deep woods, the killing intent permeated from the bottom of his heart, "Hehe, master, I will first get back a little interest for my grandfather and father." ”
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"Goo, goo. "The night in the woods is quiet and long, the cries of unknown birds and beasts and all kinds of nocturnal animals are heard everywhere, and the birdsong mountain is even more secluded, and in this calm and comfortable night, all kinds of unknown dangers are hidden.
Situ Qi and his entourage lit a fire in the open space, and the branches of dry firewood and trees crackled, and from time to time a few moths that put out the fire fell into it, and finally turned into a charred black dead thing.
After several days of tiredness, Situ Qi was also drowsy, more than a dozen subordinates found a place to snore, a hundred meters away, in four directions, Black Eagle was assigned a person to keep vigil, and the most basic safety measures still had to be implemented.
The air was a little hot and hot, Situ Qi's eyes were squinted, the deep tiredness was transmitted to his nerves through his body, and the last slit of his eye was also tightly closed, and he was already asleep leaning against the trunk of the tree.
It was at this time that the crisis crept in. The disciples of the Situ family, who were keeping vigil, shrugged their eyelids, and a cool breeze blew and couldn't help but stir their spirits. I yawned deeply, and I couldn't help but feel a little urinating. The distant light of the fire faintly projected, and the Night Watch disciple walked under a tree and unbuckled his belt.
A blazing wave of air flashed, and the man fell to the ground without warning, revealing a red line around his neck, which became thicker and thicker, and finally turned into red blood flowing into the dirt. Until he died, he did not understand how he died.
Jiang Xia looked at the disciple of the Situ family who was not blinking his eyes calmly, and muttered, "If you want to blame it, blame you for being from the Situ family!" The figure moved, and the emaciated young master's figure then swept in another direction.
The quiet killing was about to take place, and in the blink of an eye, all the disciples who were keeping vigil in the four directions turned into cold corpses. Perhaps because Situ Qi personally went out on the horse, the strength of the four people who were killed was not very high, and coupled with the sneak attack, Jiang Xia did not alarm anyone.
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Black Eagle is assigned to change a round of vigil every two hours, of course, he and Situ Qi don't have to go, and after two hours, the disciples of the previous round will come back to wake up the disciples who replace them, and then they can rest. They all knew about the arrangement, but there was one more person who knew.
The sound of steady footsteps slowly approached the fire, and the eyelids of Situ Qi and Black Eagle moved slightly, but they did not open them, in the eyes of the two of them, it was nothing more than the disciples of the night vigil who came to change the guard. The other disciples were still asleep, not even aware that someone was approaching.
"Ahem, there's a change of guard. The voice was low, as if it had been deliberately muffled, but no one doubted it. The emaciated figure walked gently among the sleeping disciples, and a pair of clear eyes stopped at Situ Qi thirty or forty meters away and the black eagle on the other side. With their strength, I'm afraid that someone will find out as soon as they get close.
"Oops, there's a change of guard. This time the voice was obviously louder than just now, and at the same time, a cold cold light swept across the throat of a sleeping disciple, and blood sprayed out silently, and then his body twitched on the ground. Situ Qi and Black Hawk's eyelids twitched twice, but they didn't open them, who would think that it wasn't their own people who were approaching?
And the deep voice was replaced by a disgruntled and complaining, "Get up, get up, it's your turn." "Huh!" another sleeping disciple was killed, and every time that voice fell, one disciple died. This is not a change of guard, but a deliberate use of sound to cover up the sound of people's flesh being cut.
In the blink of an eye, they all urged several times, but no one answered, "Hey, forget it, I'm really unlucky, I'd better go back to duty for two more hours!" The helpless tone, the footsteps really faded away, and then disappeared into the distance.
The night was still quiet, the fire was already crackling, and there was a strong smell of blood wafting in the air, Situ Qi frowned, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, he opened his eyes suddenly, his pupils shrank tightly, and he was greeted by more than a dozen subordinates who had lost their breath. Blood was all over the ground, flowing on the ground and being greedily absorbed by the dirt.
"Black Hawk!" Situ Qi roared angrily, causing the sleeping Black Hawk to sit up in fright.
"Lord Situ, what," before he finished speaking, Black Eagle was stunned by the scene in front of him, his brain was blank, no wonder he smelled a pungent strange smell, it turned out that the "sleeping" next to them were all dead people.
"It's him, it must be him. Black Hawk's face turned pale and he remembered the low, complaining voice he had heard in his sleep.
Situ Qi's face was gloomy and terrifying, his eyes were full of anger and resentment, and two words came out of his throat, "Jiang Xia." ”
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Jiang Xia has already gone away, killing people under the noses of Situ Qi and Black Eagle, it can't be said that they are too stupid, but they are too beautiful, and they successfully deceived Situ Qi, who would have thought that Xia Hui would suddenly counterattack, and he also approached everyone by pretending to be a disciple of the night vigil.
Situ Qi and Black Eagle did hear the movement, but the two of them would not have thought that Jiang Xia would be so bold, it was a gamble, and it was obvious that Jiang Xia had won. If Situ Qi had opened his eyes and looked at it at that time, then the outcome would have been difficult to predict. Without being absolutely sure, Jiang Xia did not attack Situ Qi, but this time was enough for Situ Qi and Black Eagle to remember for a lifetime.
It is precisely because of this incident that Situ Qi has strengthened his determination to get rid of Jiang Xia, and the other party's potential and strategy should not be underestimated.
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