Chapter 669: Confusion
Phew!
Li Haiqing caught up with the mountain, and the senior brothers behind him were trying to follow, but at this time they heard a long neighing of a horse behind them, and everyone looked back, but saw a man riding the thousand-mile horse, flying along the avenue and seemed to go north.
"Hit the mark!" The disciples of the Star Sword Sect suddenly came to their senses, so they turned around and chased the murderer who was riding a horse. The disciple at the front was trying to keep up with Li Haiqing, but Li Haiqing was too fast and had disappeared, but at this time, he heard the senior brother behind him say that the murderer was behind him. Those disciples wanted to call Li Haiqing back, but they couldn't find Li Haiqing at all, thinking that she was strong in martial arts and should be fine, so they turned around and went to chase the murderer.
These people had just come down the mountain, and they happened to meet Nangong Cheng who also followed, only to see Nangong Cheng asking, "Where is Senior Sister Li?" ”
"Still going up the mountain." One of the disciples replied.
"A few of you, go up the mountain immediately to find Senior Sister Li back, and the rest of you, follow me to chase the murderer." Nangong Cheng didn't think much about it, so he took the rest of his disciples to chase the murderer.
Nangong thought that the murderer did not dare to flee along the avenue, but who knew that the murderer actually did the opposite, and it was along the avenue to the north checkpoint. It's just that Nangong Cheng didn't think about it, why did Li Haiqing catch up with the mountain?
Nangong Cheng was thinking like this, but saw that the horseshoe prints suddenly disappeared on the avenue, but went to the southeast mountain again.
Nangong Cheng was afraid of the scheme, so he divided his troops into two routes, most of the people still chased on the avenue, and he took a small number of people to chase them up the mountain.
Nangong Cheng chased up the mountain, and soon saw the abandoned Maxima, but the murderer was gone. There are traces of people walking in the grass, and it seems that the murderer must be here.
At this time, after many creases, the sky has gradually darkened, and it is difficult to see people's faces in the deep mountains. Nangong Cheng became more and more anxious in his heart, if he couldn't catch the murderer again, at night, I was afraid that he would really let the murderer escape.
Nangong Cheng couldn't, so he had to divide the juniors and disciples into groups of five and scatter to search. The murderer's martial arts are too high, if he doesn't work in a group of five, I'm afraid he will be broken by each one. But if you don't spread out the search, in the vast mountains and forests, everyone gathers together, even if you search until tomorrow, you may not be able to find the murderer.
It's just that Nangong Cheng still underestimated the murderer, although he had already asked the junior disciples to work in a group of five, he was actually broken by the murderer.
Yes! Yes! Yes.......
There were several screams in succession, and the five junior disciples behind him had been put down by the murderer. Nangong Cheng was shocked, and hurriedly turned around to take a look, only to see that two of the five disciples were knocked unconscious, and the other three were pointed.
Nangong Cheng was curious, so he only unlocked the acupoints of the three people first, and then woke up the two junior disciples who were knocked unconscious, and asked, "Do you see people clearly?" ”
"Nope." All five replied.
Nangong Cheng saw that none of the five people were seriously injured, as if the murderer was deliberately merciful, and he was wondering in his heart, when suddenly on the opposite mountain, that is, the mountain where Li Haiqing chased up, there was a signal, as if the murderer had been discovered. Nangong Cheng became more and more confused, the murderer was obviously here, how could he run to the other side in an instant. Unless there is a possibility, the other party is not a person at all, but a ghost.
Nangong Cheng didn't believe in the ghost theory at all, but he vaguely felt that this plot to assassinate the master was far more complicated than they imagined.
Nangong Cheng was thinking like this, and at the northernmost checkpoint, a bullet signal was immediately raised, and it was clearly stated that the murderer was in the north.
"Oops! There is more than one murderer, and we have really fallen for it. The murderer was found in three places at the same time, and Nangong Cheng finally woke up at this time, they were being led by the murderer.
Although there is indeed only one real murderer, there are already several murderers they hunted down later. In other words, there are people in the middle pretending to be murderers to confuse their sight. At least, now that the murderer has been found in three places at the same time, there are two fake ones that are disrupting the view.
The Star Sword Gate is now on strict guard, and it is almost impossible for ordinary people to escape from the mountain smoothly, only by making the Star Sword Gate more and more chaotic, so that everyone is more and more confused about the situation, the more likely it is that the murderer will get out.
Nangong Cheng faintly felt that the person he was chasing was not the real murderer. Judging from the previous murderer's methods, he is a ruthless person, at least he will not show mercy to the people of the Star Sword Gate. It's just that this person just now could obviously take the lives of his five junior disciples, but he didn't kill any of them, and it was obvious that his subordinates were merciful. Nangong Cheng didn't understand what the reason was, but he could conclude from this that this person must not be the real murderer, but a pretending person who confused his vision.
"Go back!" Nangong Cheng knew that there was a deception, so he ordered.
"Senior brother, why?" The people who were injured just now were obviously not convinced, and asked a little angrily.
"We've been fooled, someone deliberately lured us here." Nangong Cheng replied.
"No way, I saw it just now, that man was dressed exactly like the murderer, but he didn't see his face clearly." One of the disciples said with great certainty.
"However, have you ever thought that there may be more than one person pretending to be a junior brother." Nangong Cheng said, taking the lead in going down.
"Isn't the horse still on the mountain?" Another junior brother said.
"It's because the horse is here that we were brought here, and the real culprit may have fled from the other direction." Nangong Cheng explained.
"It can't be so evil!" A junior still didn't want to believe it.
"Then think about it, the murderer who assassinated the master before, and his hand was extremely cruel, but just now, this person could have killed you, but why did he show mercy to your subordinates?" Nangong Cheng asked rhetorically.
"Why?" The disciples were stunned for a moment, and only looked at each other blankly and asked.
"There is only one explanation, he is not the real murderer." Before Nangong Cheng finished speaking, the person had already gone down the mountain.
The disciples seemed to have understood, so they followed after Senior Brother Nangong Cheng. However, Nangong Cheng had just walked not far, and suddenly heard a miserable cry behind him: "Senior brother, save me." ”
It wasn't loud, but it was crisp and clear, somewhere not far behind him.
"Senior Sister Li, isn't she on the opposite mountain? How is it here? Several juniors and disciples were puzzled.
Nangong also asked this question, but the voice was obviously from Li Haiqing, and even the charm in the voice was the same. Nangong Cheng really didn't want to believe that the person who asked for help was Li Haiqing, but the crisp and clear voice made him have to believe it.
"Senior brother, what should we do?" A junior brother asked.
"Yes! Senior brother, shall we continue to descend the mountain, or shall we go back and have a look? Another disciple also asked.
"Even Senior Sister Li has been arrested, it seems that the opponent is very powerful, I'm afraid that if we go back, we may not be able to save Senior Sister Li." Another junior brother saw that the person asking for help was Li Haiqing, and his heart suddenly became a little timid.
Nangong Cheng also had no master at this time, and he didn't know whether to go down the mountain or go back.
He thought calmly: "It's better to believe what you have than not to believe what you don't." In case the person who asks for help behind him is really Senior Sister Li, then if he doesn't go back, it will be really bad. There are still many elders at the foot of the mountain, and they will rush over soon, and if they go down the mountain a little later, they may not miss the big event. ”
"Go back." After Nangong Cheng figured it out, he immediately led his juniors and disciples to rush to the mountain again, coming and going, no one grabbed it, and a lot of time was wasted.