The terrain of the Xiling Mountains is dangerous and rarely inhabited, but there are many herbs and exotic beasts in the mountains, and the townspeople under the mountain basically make a living from collecting medicines. Although it is a risk, it is also very rewarding, and it is sold in the market of the neighboring city, and the price can be 50% more than that of other places.

There is a small town under the mountain, the name is called Peony Town, the scale is not large, among them, the townspeople rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, rely on the water to eat the water, it has a history of hundreds of years here, it is the best quality of Chinese medicinal materials in the eight townships within a radius of ten miles, and it is also the most famous place.

In addition to opening a medical hall in the town, there are also special caravans of medicinal materials, which are transported to the neighboring big cities for sale. Although it is not as good as the county wang family in those big cities, it can be regarded as a big family with little wealth.

On this day, the second master of the Zhao family, as usual, stood at the gate of the courtyard, waiting for the third brother of the clan to come back from selling medicine, but when it was close to dusk in the evening, no one came back.

This is more than half a day later than usual.

"Yu Zhongcheng is only a dozen miles away from here, and it won't take long to go back and forth, has the third brother been delayed by something?

This made him pacing back and forth in the courtyard with some uneasiness, silently calculating what might happen.

"Hey, don't worry about it, the second uncle has always been safe, and there are court soldiers patrolling, how could he be a horse thief?" A young man came over next to him, who was the sister-in-law of Master Zhao San, but said with a smile at this time: "I heard that Yu Zhongcheng recently came to a river crossing dragon, which is a family of herbs in the state capital, partnering with some county leaders, and backing to the ground-level grandmaster, suppressing the market price of our local medicinal materials. My father is probably still in Yuzhong City, so he is anxious about this, and he is bargaining, right?"

"Business has not been good in the past few years, but it is enough to make some money, and it is good to make money with harmony!" Zhao Erye shook his head and sighed again: "As long as there are no other mistakes, it doesn't hurt to make less money, after all, those families and county prestige are not something we can offend." ”

But when night fell, the shadow of the Zhao family's caravan did not appear, not even a single report.

Now it's not just the second master Zhao, but even the entire Zhao family is a little uneasy, if there is really something delayed, it is understandable to send a small servant to inform the situation.

But now, there is no sound at all.

In the midst of this uneasy mood, in the brightly lit Zhao family hall, a man covered in blood rushed in and called out repeatedly: "The eldest master, the second master, it's not good!"

Everyone was shocked, and when they saw the man covered in injuries, they all felt that something was wrong. This young man is also a disciple of the Zhao family, one of the caravan guards, and has practiced martial arts since he was a child, studying under an acquired master in Yu Zhongcheng.

Master Zhao hurriedly got up and stood up, regardless of his demeanor, stepped forward to support the other party, and said in a deep voice: "Ah Hu, what's wrong?

Although Zhao Hu was not seriously injured, there were too many scars on his body, and the blood did not stop, and he saw that he was returning to the light, he shook his head, looked at the Zhao family strongly, and cried: "It's not that it's been bandited, it's a disaster that is unreasonable!"

Knowing that his time was short, he hurriedly said: "There is a protector of the White Lotus Sect who was injured by the official gods, and recently fled to Yuzhong City, and I don't know where to find out the news, I know that my Zhao family has a medicinal treasure, called Tianshan Snow Lotus, but the flesh and bones of the living dead, so I went out of the city to follow our Zhao family caravan, and killed the killer on the way......! He was even beaten to death. ”

"This ...... This...... This ......" Second Master Zhao next to him was so frightened by the bad news that his face turned pale, he only felt dizzy, and took a few steps back in disbelief, "But this Tianshan Snow Lotus, didn't we sell it half and give it to the government some time ago?

"That's the case! Master Zhao San also said the same thing to the other party at that time, but he couldn't stand the disbelief of others! The White Lotus Protector thinks that although my family hands over the Tianshan Snow Lotus, there must be residual branches and leaves, so for the sake of this unwarranted residual branches and leaves, we will ...... our caravan Our caravan gives ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu couldn't help but feel sad, and instantly affected the injury, and after coughing up blood several times in a row, he fell into the arms of Master Zhao, and there was no more sound.

Before he died, he didn't even close his eyes. That kind of unwilling emotion is written all over his face, and he really can't be blinded.

The Zhao family hall was silent, and everyone present was shocked by this bad news and speechless.

Zhao Wuye, who was sitting on the chair, still kept his senses: "There is such a murder, we have to report to the official immediately!"

"Report to the official?" Master Zhao stretched out his hand and stroked it, making Zhao Hu's eyes close without blinking, and said in a deep voice: "Fifth brother, do you know what level the White Lotus Sect Protector is? The lowest is also an innate master, a human-level martial artist!

"But no matter which option it is, if you really wait for the government to send someone over, our Zhao family will long have ceased to exist!"

Innate Martial Artist!

The towns around them combined, not even a single acquired master could be found. An acquired master, even in a big city like Yuzhong City, can open a martial arts hall and recruit apprentices.

Not to mention the innate martial artist!

Even if you go to the City Lord's Mansion, you will be a guest, but you can be attached to the official mansion and become a guest!

"That'...... Is there no possibility of peace talks?" Second Master Zhao came back to his senses and asked tremblingly beside him: "Our Zhao family, there is really no branches and leaves left of the Tianshan Snow Lotus!"

"If it is an ordinary innate master, naturally he will not attack us for a false news. Old Man Zhao said: "But the White Lotus Sect is a cult, and the government has been wanted for many years, and among them, those who can serve as protectors of the Dharma are all demons who kill people without blinking!"

When he said this, he closed his eyes with some pain, and immediately said: "I take the identity of the head of the Zhao family as an order, the second brother, the fourth brother, and the fifth brother, each of you will take part of the ethnic group to escape from Peony Town and go to Fucheng to avoid the limelight. I can't lose this family business here, and after the protector is killed by the government, I'll just come back later. ”

With the order of the family, in the face of the life and death crisis, the Zhao clan scattered birds and beasts, and for a while, the sound of crying and running was endless.

The third lady in Zhao's big house, Zhao Qingqing, was also caught in the fleeing team at this time, she was still reading in the boudoir, but she was pulled out by two maids, and fled with her father's team with a blank face.

At this time, there were also many people in Peony Town, who learned that the Zhao family was in a great disaster, and in order to be affected, they all closed their doors and windows, and there was no one on the street.

The nights below the mountain are a bit cold, not as good as in the hinterland.

"I hope my Zhao family can escape this catastrophe!"

Some people prayed silently in the fleeing procession, hoping that the White Lotus Protector would not catch up, or that the people in the official palace would arrive quickly.

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But they don't know it, but they ......

The innate master condenses the true intent of the martial arts, and when it falls on the opponent, it immediately forms a mark, which is enough to chase the soul for thousands of miles.

The reason why Zhao Hu was able to come back alive was not how strong he was or how lucky he was, but because the White Lotus Protector did it on purpose.

The purpose is to find the Zhao family's mansion and search for medicinal treasures.

Seeing that the Zhao family scattered and fled, he was even more convinced that the other party had snow lotus branches and leaves left, otherwise why would this be so?

At the moment, they set up an ambush outside the town, stabbing them one by one, killing them all, and searching the goods they carried one by one.

Anyway, the cult protector is full of murder, as long as he is happy, he doesn't care about the life or death of these ordinary people, even if he kills the wrong person, it doesn't matter, as long as he does it, there is no reason to pause.

The Zhao family escaped from several teams, basically all of them were spared, and in the wilderness outside the Violent Corpse Town, when only the Zhao family's big house team was left, they had only just escaped a few miles.

The distance of several miles is nothing at all for an innate master. This White Lotus Protector locked his soul for thousands of miles, and soon chased after him, chopping melons and vegetables, and killing these ordinary people who were not even the day after tomorrow.

Occasionally, there is some resistance, but the addition of ordinary sharp weapons only leaves a white spot on his body, and he can't break his body-protecting true qi at all.

Miss Zhao San looked at the clansmen behind her, the brothers and sisters died tragically one by one, and then looked at her father who was pulling her desperately to run forward, she couldn't help but close her eyes and muttered to herself: "I, Zhao Qingqing, am still out of the cabinet, and I don't even have a sweetheart, so I'm going to die like this?"

"Keep people under the knife. ”

Just when the white lotus long knife was about to fall on the girl, stones flew one after another and knocked the long knife of the white lotus protector away.

The White Lotus Protector was taken aback, thinking that it was being pursued by a master of the government, and hurriedly turned sideways to look back.

I saw a green cow in the distance walking slowly, on which sat a young woman in red clothes, but twenty-eight years old, her eyebrows were picturesque, graceful, holding a wine gourd in her hand, hanging a sword from her waist, and she was looking at this side with a smile.

"Who is the girl?"

The White Lotus Protector looked at those deep and charming pupils, but he didn't feel any danger in his intuition, but he didn't dare to despise it, and just asked in a loud voice.

"The master of Kunlun Mountain in Xiling, Xu Xian, the immortal of the immortals. ”

The young female crown smiled lightly, and her red lips said lightly.

"Kunlun Mountain, among the 100,000 mountains in Xiling, is there a name for this mountain?" the White Lotus Protector thought for a while, and then asked, "I don't know what the girl is looking for?"

"Not for you, but for my apprentice. ”

Xu Xianxian looked at the flattering eyes, his eyes wandered, crossed the White Lotus Protector, and looked straight at Zhao Qingqing's location.

Zhao Qingqing met that gaze, and felt inexplicable for the rest of his life.

Then the female crown retracted her gaze, looked at the White Lotus Protector again, and said with a smile: "And your poisoning method is too clumsy, it's really boring." ”

"You found out!"

The White Lotus Protector was shocked, and directly touched the poison needle bag in his arms, trying to increase the dose of the toxin.

But the young female crown moved, and the Dao sword was slammed out of her waist, just sweeping forward.

A sword light is cold.

The night seemed to turn into day at this time, and even the moonlight dimmed.

No one can see this sword clearly, let alone the people of the Zhao clan, even the White Lotus Protector doesn't know where this sword started and where it went from.

It seems like only a moment has passed, and it seems like a long time has passed.

The White Lotus Protector's eyes were filled with disbelief, as if he didn't expect that he would be so vulnerable and so unable to resist, just like those mortals who don't know martial arts.

In the next second, the human head fell to the ground, but the blood did not flow out at all, as if the sword not only broke his head, but also cut off the vitality of his whole body.

"Why bother?"

The female crown leaned lazily on the green ox, still drinking a little wine slowly, as if she had not made a sword at all just now, or if she had made a sword, no one could see it at all.

Heaven and earth seem to have returned to normal again, and all the changes in the earth just now have become only illusions.

The moonlight sprinkled down and fell on her body, like the immortal of Guanghan, the lord of the Moon Palace.