68.25 per cent for option two and 31.25 per cent for option three.

……

[Option 2]

[Take a break, learn to walk lightly to the rough, jump out of the mountain wall and return]

……

Zheng Zhuo was afraid that something would happen to Xiang Renjie, so he didn't dare to stay for a long time. He closed his eyes and recuperated and meditated to run [Taiqing Gangqi]. The internal strength slowly flowed, and after a few weeks, the fatigue was relieved slightly.

The punctures on the body were also more painful.

He wanted to sleep for a while, but he couldn't lie down, he couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and looked at the [Guiyi Sutra] that he had found from the strange beggar's torn coat by the moonlight.

(Why is it that as you get stronger, you get more tormented?) ）”

Zheng Zhuo couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Thinking about it, this is probably a person in the rivers and lakes, and he can't help himself.

While lamenting the impermanence of fate and the deception of man, he read the contents of the "Gui Yi Jing".

The [Unified Sutra] is obscure and not pretty. Thanks to Zheng Zhuo, who had previously learned the methods related to internal strength, moves, and blades from Xiang Renjie, he had a rough and superficial understanding, and after getting this [external strength] fragment, in contrast, Deng Shi noticed many mutual accommodations.

So, he was half-guessed, and after reading it once, he also had a rough idea.

But after he saw it, he didn't rush to learn [Liuyun Gong].

(After that, it is obviously more advantageous to trek to find someone, and it is obviously more advantageous to learn [light smoke step].) ）”

Xiang Renjie has never been heard from.

Hurry up.

Zheng Zhuo immediately read the small characters carefully and comprehended the wonders of [Light Smoke Step].

The first time he read it, it was an hour. During this time, he constantly tried to exert force in the way his notes described, pointing his toes against the wall and leaping upwards.

After I don't know how many times he fell, he understood the trick of [Light Smoke Step] a little. The handwriting is finally visible on the panel.

……

【Zheng Zhuo】

[Internal strength: Taiqing Gangqi (Xiaocheng)]

[External power: none]

[Moves: Wild Ball Boxing (Xiaocheng), Small Grappling Handle (Xiaocheng), Point Acupoint Hand, Light Smoke Step (Rough Pass)]

[Blade: Double Hook: Tripping Horse Hook Method, Double Hook: Fishing Hook Method (Xiaocheng)]

【Qimen: None】

……

"Yes!"

Zheng Zhuo was overjoyed. He looked up and saw the light in the distance.

It turned out that he had been practicing all night.

A lot of time has been delayed. Every hour that Xiang Renjie doesn't appear, the possibility of danger increases. He's leaving.

He looked to the side. The beggar, who had fallen asleep on his own that night, also woke up. He scratched his face and got up from the ground.

"Can you speak?" Zheng Zhuo accosted the strange beggar.

And the strange beggar just made a "uh-huh-ahhh

He can't speak at the moment. It seems that it is indeed mute.

But he could read the fragments of the Gui Yi Sutra, and he thought he could read.

It's weird. Zheng Zhuo said in his heart.

"I'm leaving." Zheng Zhuo said to him.

"Ahh

The dumb beggar doesn't seem to understand.

Zheng Zhuo realized that it might be more effective to express intentions through movements. He began to perform the [Light Smoke Walk], and climbed the cliff up and down the cliff to the top of the mountain.

Slide down a few times in the middle. But after mastering the trick of using internal power to urge light power, he jumped and climbed, and finally climbed up.

As soon as Zheng Zhuo's front foot landed, he could hear the sound of the wind behind him.

When I looked back, it was the dumb beggar who had jumped up as well.

Do you want to act with yourself?

It's good. You can't expect to help, but at least there's no hostility.

Zheng Zhuo nodded at him at the moment, and used the [Light Smoke Step] to go towards the Naluo Ridge.

Strange to say, the dumb beggar did not follow Zheng Zhuo closely.

Zheng Zhuo ran some distance and looked back a few times. The mountains and forests are dense, and there are no more people to be seen.

……

Zheng Zhuo thought that he would not be able to control the whereabouts of the dumb beggar, so he stopped paying attention to it.

He landed in the middle of Luoling, opened the [Identification] again, and quickly passed through it. Search, while running.

The wind is howling. Zheng Zhuo carefully looked at every grass and wood here, inside and out.

Same as yesterday. It's just that the things I'm looking for this time have changed from [Guiyijing] to [Guiyijing] and Xiang Renjie.

Just walking along the valley bottom, Zheng Zhuo ran a long way in a row.

However, neither of the two has been found.

Two hours later, he noticed that the terrain of Luoling was getting lower.

The exit was coming, and he still didn't find anything.

(Wouldn't it be that there were no clues?) ）”

If this is the case, Zheng Zhuo will have nothing to do.

Just as he began to worry, his vision faltered.

Text appears in [Identification].

……

[Item: Grass]

[Item: Tree]

[Item: Strip of Cloth]

[Item: Grass]

[Item: ......]

……

Cloth.

…… Cloth?

Zheng Zhuo had already run over, but turned back.

He walked in that direction and saw a strip of cloth tied to a low bush.

At first glance, it looked like strips of cloth torn from the outer robe.

As for whose robe......

Zheng Zhuo thought that there was only one answer.

It's a masterpiece. His robe is the color of this.

It turned out that he also left a message.

So......

Zheng Zhuo had a rough conjecture in his heart. He continued on, and in a short time he saw another strip of cloth swaying in the wind.

He picked up his speed and ran in the direction indicated by the strip of cloth.

One more place, one more place.

All the way up to ......

"I've left Luoling."

Zheng Zhuo stood on the border of Luoling and looked at the mountains in front of him.

Xiang Renjie actually went out of Luoling and into the deep mountains in front of him!

Like Zheng Zhuo before, he also left a mark, expecting that the other party would come to him.

As a result, naturally no one went to find each other, so they dispersed.

(I chased the dumb beggar before leaving...... What about the hero? ）”

Why did Xiang Renjie leave Luoling, did he find something?

What can attract his attention must only be related to the [Unified Sutra].

Zheng Zhuo followed all the way and also entered the mountains.

After that, another hour.

The strips of cloth that were used as markers gradually became shorter, and later, they were simply torn apart and thrown in the grass. The road became more and more difficult to walk, and Zheng Zhuo's double hook was reused to chop grass.

Since he learned to use a hook, he has spent more time chopping grass than he has spent splitting people.

It went on and on for half an hour. Zheng Zhuo noticed something strange.

Ahead is the already chopped turf.

After Xiang Renjie arrived in this deep mountain, he began to spin in place.

(Are you looking for something?) Or is it ...... ）“

Zheng Zhuo continued to walk along the traces of Xiang Renjie's circle, carefully observing.

After a short time, he saw a strip of cloth in front of him.

Xiang Renjie didn't know that after a few laps here, he began to enter within the range of the circle.

Zheng Zhuo also tried to go deeper.

That's when it happened.

Rustling!

There was a sound behind him, and Zheng Zhuo turned his head sharply. I saw the long grass parting, and the dumb beggar appeared there.

He followed him all the way here.

However, he had a strange face at the moment, as if he was very frightened and did not dare to approach.

"What's wrong?"

Zheng Zhuo asked out loud. However, the sound of this voice seemed to disturb the mute beggar.

"Hmm! Not! ”

He muttered twice, turned around, and ran.

"Hey!"

The dumb beggar ran so fast that in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

And at this moment, Zheng Zhuo's words seemed to be heard in the depths of the jungle, and a voice was also heard.

"Zheng Zhuo? Are you there? ”

It's the voice of a masterpiece!

"Come on! Help me! ”

Listen to the sound, the other person is already very close.

But......

At the same time, Zheng Zhuo also heard the "rustle" sound of things pushing away the long grass from the other direction.

……

【Question】

[What's next?] 】

[Option 1]

[Immediately go to the rescue of Xiang Renjie]

[Option 2]

[Hide in place and wait and see]

[Option 3]

[Flee in the direction of the dumb beggar]

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