Chapter Twenty-Three: Dongwei Mansion
Hou Jinbo saw that the doors and faces of the houses in front of him were extremely similar, as if they were carved out of a mold, and they looked extremely boring, so he couldn't help but look back at the street he had just walked through, and sighed and said: "It's a pity, passing by so many good things, you can't see it......
"Who's to say it isn't!" Mo Heng nodded in agreement.
Everyone continued to move forward with their own thoughts, and saw that the street scene here was very different. The exterior walls and layout of each house passing by seem to be exactly the same, like tofu blocks, separated by wide streets in an orderly manner.
The crowd dispersed slightly, alerting in all directions, for fear that something would suddenly pop up on the side of the road or something would happen again.
"If I'm not mistaken, there should also be spatial formations in these mansions, and they must be much larger than what we see." Han Ling'er looked at the houses with similar appearances and said quite firmly.
"I'm afraid these mansions are cave mansions that only people with status in the city can have." Qu Wuming walked in front at the moment, and said without looking back.
At this time, Mo Heng was walking next to Han Ling'er, and when he heard this, he nodded and agreed: "The immortal family's methods should be like this!" If there is a secret realm in our Ten Directions Realm that can enter people, the sect will look at it as if it were a treasure, what about here? Any room can be a treasure of space, like Chinese cabbage. ”
"Isn't that the real treasure supposed to be in these yards?" Hou Jinbo's gaze at these courtyards was a little hot.
Mo Heng said: "That's nature! And I guess even the city itself is a powerful treasure, but it encountered an extremely powerful enemy, and the combined efforts of the residents of the city and the true immortals who control the city are difficult to resist, so they urge the entire city to flee. As a result, he was still injured by strong enemies in the process of fleeing, which led to the loss of a living creature in the city. ”
"Do you mean that the defensive ban on the mansions in this city should not have been activated?" Ding Xian, who was in the distance, rolled his eyes and asked.
"At least we haven't encountered or felt any prohibition in the various shops in front of us before, right? Of course, the anti-theft ban triggered by Hu Ba's stealing of things is a different matter. Mo Heng shook his head and replied, "If all the creatures in this city were destroyed by the supreme power, then the original attack would have been able to directly target the flesh - this is also the reason why all the people in the city have no bones left, but there are hardly too many traces of external damage to the building." ”
After speaking, Mo Heng paused and continued: "Although we can't speculate on the powerful means of the Immortal Family, but inferring from the current observations, I think that the ordinary residents of the city at that time may not have the opportunity to activate the defenses and counterattacks in various parts of the city, and I am afraid that they will be dead at the first moment of being attacked." Second, there is no need to activate it at all - because the strongest defense must be the defense of the entire city, and if even the defense of the whole city cannot withstand the enemy's attack, then what is the use of the prohibition in these small courtyards? ”
Han Ling'er thought about it when she heard this, nodded and said, "What Brother Mo said seems to have some truth. ”
Seeing that Han Ling'er agreed with him, Mo Heng smiled slightly, straightened his chest and said, "Hehe, it's just speculation, as for whether it's accurate or not, you have to try to know." ”
As he spoke, Mo Heng shook the natal immortal sword in his hand and threw it at a mansion gate a zhang away next to him.
The fairy sword turned into a streamer of light and pierced the center of the gate.
Mo Heng calculated very well in his heart, if there was a ban on the door, he would only fight back against the sword and would not hurt himself. If there were no restrictions on the door, the sword would be powerful enough to slam the door open and see what else was inside—if there were any treasures that could be obtained, then this trip would be worth it!
"Don't!" Qu Wuming in front of him turned around and found Mo Heng's movements, but when he tried to stop it again, it was too late.
The long sword struck straight above the courtyard gate.
The originally quiet gate lit up with a ball of light in an instant, wrapped in a long sword, and flew back upside down at a faster speed!
Mo Heng was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat, and when he saw the long sword turned around and stabbed him in the chest, he hurriedly dodged and dodged.
The long sword grazed Mo Heng's body, and although it dodged his chest, it didn't dodge his arm.
I only heard Mo Heng let out a miserable scream, and his left arm had been broken at the elbow!
The long sword continued to gain momentum, and it stabbed into Han Linger's chest on the side with a pop, and actually took Han Linger's entire person upside down and flew out......
"Ling'er!" Qu Wuming was shocked when he saw this, rushed over in three steps and two steps, gently picked up Han Ling'er, and hurriedly took out a pill and stuffed it into Han Ling'er's mouth.
However, the next moment, Han Ling'er's body trembled, and she suddenly vomited out a mouthful of blood, and before the pill could dissolve, she had already spit it out and rolled aside.
"Ling'er!" Qu Wuming shouted Han Linger's name while carefully probing Han Linger's wounds, and his heart gradually sank - his sternum had been shattered, and his heart pulse was afraid that it had been cut off. If everyone's mana is still there, they can still escape from Yuanying and seal their bodies for follow-up treatment, but now, Yuanying has fallen into silence, has no mana, and has been so seriously injured, I am afraid that it will be powerless to return to heaven......
"Qu, nameless, don't, don't be sad......" Han Ling'er looked at Qu Wuming's anxious and sad appearance, barely showed a smile on her face, raised a hand with all her strength, stretched out to Qu Wuming's cheek and said, "I can see you again, die, die in your arms, I, I ......"
Before she finished speaking, Han Ling'er's hand hung down weakly and closed her eyes forever.
"Ling'er !!" Qu Wuming let out a heart-rending shout, and two lines of tears had quietly slipped down......
Although Qu Wuming has always boasted that he has been wandering in thousands of flowers and playing in the world because of the exercises he has practiced, it is precisely because of the exercises he has practiced that he has sincerely devoted himself to everyone who is close to him, and Han Ling'er is naturally no exception.
At this moment, seeing Han Ling'er die tragically in his arms but unable to do anything, Qu Wuming felt as if someone had stabbed him in the heart and forcibly ripped off a piece of meat!
Qu Wuming's heart was like a knife, he cried bitterly for a while, put Han Ling'er down gently, lifted his long sword, his eyes seemed to erupt with anger, and walked step by step towards Mo Heng, who was lying on the ground and still screaming.
"Mo! Weigh! ”
Along the way, Mo Heng naturally knew the relationship between Qu Wuming and Han Ling'er.
At this moment, seeing Qu Wuming's blood-red eyes coming with a sword, he was already trembling with fright, and hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "I didn't mean to!" Don't, don't come, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to! ”
Mo Heng's fear was not without reason. With Qu's nameless strength and reputation, it is undoubtedly a fierce god for Mo Heng! Mo said that now that he has a broken arm and no mana, even if he is at his peak, he is afraid that he is not Qu Wuming's opponent.
"I told you, don't mess with anything here!" Qu Wuming said coldly word by word, "You are greedy and harmful to others and yourself!" A long time ago, you killed 132 people in Wanghai Village for stealing the tomb of the Marquis of Haidu, don't you know that others? You have long been on the hunt list of the Heavenly Mirror Division, I wanted to kill you again after this mission, but I didn't expect that the momentary hesitation and delay actually harmed Ling'er......"
"Don't come here! Qu nameless, have you forgotten? We all have missions, and we won't be allowed to kill each other in the mission! If you kill me, you will be avenged by a blood oath! Mo Heng said as he struggled to move backwards, seeing that Qu Wuming didn't seem to be moved at all, he still approached him step by step, and hurriedly changed his words and begged for mercy, "I was wrong, I didn't mean to!" Qu Wuming, Grandpa Qu, spare your life! ”
"Task? Blood oath? Hmph, since you want to die, then die! Out of the corner of Qu Wuming's eyes, he glimpsed Ding Xian and Hou Jinbo on the side as if they were intent on coming up to stop him, and jumped forward, the long sword in his hand stabbed into Mo Heng's throat like a spiritual snake, and then shook his wrist left and right, and the huge head had rolled down from the bone, and a cavity of blood spurted out.
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In the group, there are only five people left: Qu Wuming, Tong Xiangyu, Hou Jinbo, Hou Jinhai and Ding Xian.
Wei Yixian ran away to nowhere and has not been seen yet.
The five of them have become very silent now, and Hou Jinhai, Hou Jinbo and Ding Xian have even distanced themselves from Qu Wuming, intentionally or unintentionally—over the years, these three people have not been clean under their hands, and the Tianjing Division that Qu Wuming said has become a thorn in the throats and eyes of the three of them at this moment, a sword hanging above their heads, for fear that Qu Wuming will slaughter them if it doesn't go his way.
Tong Xiangyu did not have this kind of burden in her heart, and always walked beside Qu Wuming, intentionally or unintentionally.
I was already grateful because Qu Wuming had saved his life before, and after seeing Qu Wuming's heartbroken appearance after Han Ling'er's tragic death, I felt even more sympathy and guilt in my heart - if I could have made a timely move at that time, maybe I could have blocked the long sword for Han Ling'er......
Everyone walked forward silently, and after a short time came to the door of a very large mansion.
Unlike the previous houses, this one is extremely large, and the courtyard walls on both sides of the gate extend to the left and right, dozens of feet away.
The plaque directly above the gate had two big characters written on it, and Ding Xian recognized these two words at a glance as almost exactly the same as those at the city gate, and then read them out: "Dongwei?!" ”
"I'm afraid Wei Yixian has already gone in!" Hou Jinhai pointed to the door that had opened a crack and said.
"This old thing, I don't know what secrets are hidden! When you find him, you must ask! Hou Jinbo said.
Qu Wuming opened the way with a sword and walked sideways into the courtyard, and Tong Xiangyu followed closely behind.
After bypassing a shadow wall carved with exquisite patterns, a water town garden suddenly came into everyone's eyes.
Different from what you see all the way outside, instead of a trace of lifelessness, this place seems to be full of life and prosperity, making people feel like they have broken into another world in a trance.
Look at the shore, green trees, flowers, and butterflies.
Look at the water, the golden scales swim, the spring water gurgling, and lotus everywhere.
There are countless rockeries in the garden, pavilions and terraces everywhere, water pavilions, winding paths and secluded paths, it can really be said that it is a step and a scene, and it is beautiful. If you look closely, you can find that the colorful butterflies and golden scales are not real objects, but as if they are phantoms generated out of thin air, but they look extremely smart.
And in this garden, there are actually more than a dozen figures walking around from time to time......