The sun rises in the east and reflects the earth.

The water is sparkling, like two golden dragons intertwined with each other.

Wei Tao stood on the shore, followed by several warriors in different costumes.

Together, they watched the water flow slowly.

There are also large and small cargo ships, sailing on the river.

"Lord Deacon, it's the typhoon season, and it's one of the busiest times in the entire waterway."

Ou Yinglian carefully observed Wei Tao's expression, and had nothing to say.

She looked delicate and slender, like a young girl in her prime.

But his real age is in his thirties.

It's only because I have practiced martial arts since childhood and paid attention to maintenance that my skin is delicate and tight, not like a middle-aged woman.

Wei Tao pointed to the largest sailboat on the river, "The pattern drawn on that boat is the symbol of the Mingshui Gang?" ”

"Your eyes are like torches."

Ou Yinglian slapped a little ass, "This ship should be the sailboat of the helmsman of the Mingshui Gang, in addition to transporting goods on weekdays, it also has the duty of patrolling the waterway. ”

"Speaking of the Mingshui Gang, there is one thing that needs to be reported to the deacon."

Her tone became a little solemn, "The white protector of the Mingshui Gang sent you a battle letter half a month ago, and his subordinates talked to you about it once, but he never received a reply from the deacon. ”

The wind is howling and the water is vapor.

Wei Tao glanced back, "What is the Mingshui Gang Bai Protector, I don't know him." ”

"He came all the way to fight for a martial arts competition, is there something wrong with his head, or is he too full to do anything?"

"Uh......"

Being stared at by Wei Tao, Ou Ying shivered pitifully, "That white protector said that you bullied his younger brother, so ......"

"It's just a sin that wants to be added, and there is no excuse for it.

Except for a feast with Lord Li Guan not long after I arrived, I am so busy practicing these days that I haven't even left the gate of the Green Bamboo Garden, where do I have the spare time to bully his younger brother? ”

Wei Tao waved his hand and ended the conversation directly, "I think this person either has mental problems, or he just wants to be famous and wants to go crazy, so he doesn't have to deal with this idiot." ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

Ou Yinglian then said, "There is one more thing that needs to be reported to the adults. ”

After carefully observing Wei Tao's expression, she continued, "The prince of the city lord of Luoshui City is going to organize a spring outing, all of them are young and handsome people from the major families in the city, and the lord asked me to ask the deacon to see if you are interested in participating." ”

"No, I'm not interested."

After a period of contact, Ou Yinglian was not surprised by such a reply.

He just nodded, and moved on to the third thing.

"One last thing, fifty miles south of Luoshui, there is a town called Tanjinchang, which can be regarded as the sphere of influence of Benguan.

Since ten days ago, someone suddenly disappeared in the gold field for no apparent reason, and even our warriors stationed there disappeared. ”

Wei Tao's expression was a little serious, and he motioned for her to continue.

Ou Yinglian organized the language and spoke slowly.

After getting the news, the Guan Master sent the newly recruited Hakka brothers to investigate.

As a result, there was no news after the two of them left, and they will send someone to see ...... later."

When Ou Yinglian said this, she subconsciously swallowed her saliva, "They found in a dense forest on a river beach that the Men brothers were actually skinned and filled with straw, and their internal organs were placed aside, and they couldn't die anymore." ”

"Peeling the grass?"

"Does Lord Li Guan mean to let me take a look?"

Wei Tao withdrew his gaze looking at the river and turned his head to look at Ou Yinglian.

"Yes, what the Lord said is to ask the deacon to dispose of the gold field as appropriate.

The preparation of resources involved in this process, the deployment of manpower, you can decide in a word. ”

"As a town guard deacon, it is within my duty to deal with this situation, you go back and inform Lord Li Guan, and let him prepare equipment and materials according to my needs."

Wei Tao took one last look at the big ship that was gradually moving away, and turned to go in the direction where the Taoist temple was.

"Let Zuo Shi come to me in a while, my recent cultivation has greatly increased the amount of various medicinal herbs, and I need to plan well in advance."

"Hurry up and prepare, and when the supplies are ready, we will go to the gold field."

"Understood, my subordinates will go back and prepare."

Ou Yinglian wiped the cold sweat that unconsciously oozing from her forehead and followed quickly.

For more than half a month, several contacts with Wei Tao have made her almost have a stress reaction.

Although Deacon Wei is gentle and flat for the most part, don't feel that you can be unscrupulous.

If he violates his old man's taboo, he is likely to be slapped to the ground, and he must use a shovel to pick people up little by little.

……………………

It was overcast.

The spring rain is like silk, drifting with the wind.

A horse-drawn carriage slowly drove out of the Breeze Temple.

Led by two heavily armed warriors, they soon came to the main road and headed straight south.

There are many farmers working in the fields on the side of the road, taking advantage of the spring rain to tending to the precious green seedlings.

From time to time, the smell of manure came, filling the entire carriage with the smell of smoky.

Gan Liang wore a hat on his head and a cloak on his head, and followed the carriage around.

From time to time, he cautiously glanced towards the carriage, for fear that the person inside would not be angry because of this.

Wei Tao didn't care, and even opened the window, letting the fine rain drift in a little, wetting his clothes.

"How far is it?"

After a while, he asked.

"Deacon, we have just crossed the Xiangshui Canal, a tributary of the Luoshui River, and at the current speed, it will take about half an hour."

"I'll rest for a while, nothing special, don't make a noise to me."

Wei Tao closed the window, his eyes half-open and half-closed.

Silently, the status bar appeared.

He looked through the exercises one by one, and finally landed his gaze on the newly appeared Void Guarding Spirit Seal.

Name: Void Seal.

Progress: Introduction to the exercises.

Status: Beginner.

Wei Tao followed the key points of the exercises.

The skin at the center of the eyebrows gradually reddened.

There is also some faint swelling and itching.

But other than that, there is no other feeling.

Last night, another month passed.

The number of coins in the status bar goes from zero to one again.

But he hadn't figured out which cultivation method he should improve next.

The Five Directions of the First Floating Slaughter Realm.

The Demon Elephant Xuangong of the Double Blood Elephant Realm.

Breaking the limit of seven stages, the blood moon is born with the blood moon double evil skill.

It's still just getting started, and there hasn't been much progress yet.

He thought about it, but he couldn't make a decision.

According to Wei Tao's thoughts at this time, since the physical strength has gone up, the most hopeful thing to improve is actually the Wufang Futu.

After all, the temptation to double the real strength is too great, and the improvement of combat effectiveness is definitely a qualitative leap.

However, for the Wufang Futu, either it will not be improved, or you will have to accumulate two gold coins at once in order to truly show the effect.

In addition, the importance of the Demon Elephant Xuan Gong and the Blood Moon Double Demon Gong is indiscriminate.

Raising a layer of Demon Elephant Xuangong can greatly increase the total amount of qi and blood.

And if you increase the Blood Moon Double Demon Skill, although it is far less than the Demon Elephant Xuan Gong in terms of qi and blood increase, it can derive more Blood Moon True Strength.

If he really wants to say which one will improve his strength more, he can't be sure now.

"Forget it, if it doesn't work, just wait."

"At most, after accumulating two gold coins, I will think about which exercise to improve."

What's more, there are also Master Shang and Zhang Zhiqing, neither of them has done anything else recently, and has been secretly looking for the corresponding objects on the pattern of the ancient book around Fucheng.

It may not take more than a month for a new status bar gold to be credited. ”

Thinking of this, Wei Tao finally settled down, and began to close his eyes and recuperate again, meditating and guarding the Void Spirit Seal.

The rain is getting heavier.

Connecting the heavens and the earth into a fine water color.

Wu Yin, who was driving the car, shook the raindrops on his coat and suddenly sat up straight.

Almost at the same time, Gan Liang also discovered that something was wrong.

He immediately grabbed the crossbow in the saddle with his backhand.

"What's wrong?"

Wei Tao's voice rang out from inside the carriage.

It also quickly calmed down the two.

"Lord Deacon, there is a dead man in the field ahead."

Wei Tao lifted the curtain and glanced out.

With his eyesight, he could clearly see that in the depths of the dense rain curtain, there was a cross stake with the thickness of a cup.

There was also a body that was pierced by a wooden stake.

It's like a scarecrow that drives away birds, swaying slightly from side to side with the direction of the wind.

From time to time, a crow with black feathered blood eyes fell and stopped on the surface of the corpse to peck at it.

Soon the skin was punctured, revealing the straw underneath, and it was scattered all over the ground.

"We don't need to see the corpses of the Men brothers, we see the skin and grass."

With a low sigh, Wei Tao came out of the carriage and walked to the cross to take a closer look.

The crow was frightened and kept hovering at low altitude, not daring to come down, and some were reluctant to leave.

Gan Liang walked around a few times, and even put on a pair of silver gloves and reached into the black eye socket to grope.

There was a muffled thud.

He pulled out a bloodshot eyeball with a lot of flesh and blood on it.

There's even a little blood-stained red hair.

Even under the rain curtain, it could not return to its original color.

Gan Liang thought for a moment, and whistled inexplicably.

A moment later.

A black-feathered crow fluttered its wings and landed on his forearm.

He picked up the bloodied eyeball, tilted his head and swallowed it.

After eating, it did not fly away, but stopped on Gan Liang's shoulder and began to comb its feathers.

"Master Gan even has the ability to train birds."

Wei Tao watched with interest, and suddenly frowned a little.

Click!

He drew the long knife that Ou Yinglian had attached, and slashed the stake in two in one fell swoop.

Straw wrapped in human skin was sprinkled all over the ground.

Ou Yinglian looked down and exclaimed in surprise, "My lord, there are a lot of blood-stained hairs in the straw. ”

"No, it's not."

She quickly refuted her claim, "Even hair soaked in blood will not be washed away by the continuous rain, and even the color will not fade." ”

"Pick up a few pieces of human skin, cut off some hair, put them in a sealed box and take them, and we're going to go."

Wei Tao turned and walked towards the carriage.

A few people in the back quickly followed.

Soon after, a large area of blood-pupiled crows quickly fell and began to grab food more cheerfully.

(End of chapter)