The big ship was slowly sinking, and the ancient saint swam to the hatch of the ship quickly, grabbed the planks on it and got in. It was already dark underwater, and he couldn't see under the cover of the big ship, so he got into the first cabin and found that the big ship was tilting down, and there was still a lot of air left in the upper part of the room, and through the gap in the wooden planks, he could faintly hear sobs next door.

He took a deep breath and swam over, and sure enough, he touched a child in the dark cabin, Gu Shengchao hugged him tightly and comforted: "Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you." The child stopped sobbing, and Gu Shengchao ordered him: "You inhale quickly, you can't gasp when you get into the water, and pinch my thigh when you breathe in." ”

After a while, the child pinched Gu Shengchao's thigh, and he dragged the child into the water, groping his way out of the cabin and soon surfaced on the lake. The boat on the water was full of people, all of them were anxiously watching, and when they saw the two of them showing their heads, they exclaimed at the same time, and someone helped pull the two of them onto the boat. The child choked on the water underneath and fainted a little, and the experienced guy on the boat let the child face down, body cushion on the guy's lap, and slapped the child's back vigorously. After a while, the child vomited a lot of water and gradually woke up.

The child's mother knelt in front of Gu Shengchao excitedly and kowtowed in thanks, so frightened that he hurriedly dodged and helped the woman up.

After the wind calmed down, the ships docked one after another, and everyone on the sunken ship found an inn to rest, waiting for other ships to carry them.

After Gu Shengchao and Liu Ximei rested in the inn for a few days, they finally waited for another big ship before they returned to the road.

The boat drove smoothly for more than ten days, and was pulled by a slender man through a long and narrow artificial river and into another, wider river. During this time, the two of them became more and more diligent in their cultivation, although Liu Ximei did not succeed in the tribulation, his internal strength was more solid, and Gu Shengchao found that his perception ability had also improved a lot, and he had made great progress compared to before. The big ship traveled for several more days, and finally docked at the dock near the capital.

Gu Shengchao and Liu Ximei thought that they would be able to overlook the prosperous capital from afar on the boat, but as far as the eye could see, there were only endless mountains and towering cliffs.

The man on the boat introduced: "Walk up the mountain road from the shore, and about two hours to the highest point, you will be flat, and the capital will be there. Now it's about to be dusk, and it's midnight when I go up to the capital. Anyway, we will not go forward, and we will return after tomorrow and two days after loading the goods and travelers. If you are not in a hurry, you can stay in the boat for another night, and the cost is the same as before. There are tigers, leopards and bandits in the dense forests in the mountains, so it is safer to wait for tomorrow dawn to set off. ”

Most of the people chose to stay, and only a very few who had the kung fu and were in a hurry disembarked.

Gu Shengchao and Liu Ximei got off the boat hand in hand and walked slowly up the mountain road. Not long after the sunset in the west mountain, the birds chirped, the heaven and the earth seemed to be blurred, and Liu Ximei looked at it in amazement.

Looking down, everything began to fall into a trance in the darkness and fog, and when I looked up, the mountains seemed to be wrapped in a golden coat, shining brightly. Between the two is a clear and variable line of ink, like a paintbrush outlining two diametrically opposed worlds. Looking up at the sky, Danxia is like a brocade, stretching in the sky like colorful silk, rippling in the wind.

The two of them walked and admired this ever-changing spectacle, and after a while, the heavens and the earth seemed to be covered with a curtain, all of them lost their color, dimmed and became pitch black, and a few points of starlight appeared, appearing high and profound.

Liu Ximei sighed and said with emotion: "Alas, beautiful things are always like this, and Shaohua is fleeting and easy to grow old!" ”

Gu Shengchao said with a smile: "The grass withers and grows again in the next year, and the flowers will bloom again when they wither, if you can't see enough, I will accompany you to stay here for a few more nights, so that you can see enough." ”

"No need, if you are really good to me, just accompany me to go shopping, I suddenly want to travel all over the world and see the beauty of the world, what a wonderful experience it should be!" Liu Ximei leaned on Gu Shengchao's shoulder, fantasizing about the future.

Gu Shengchao hugged her slender waist: "No problem, let's play in the capital for a few days first, and then I will accompany you wherever you want to go." ”

"I want to go to heaven." Liu Ximei chuckled.

Gu Shengchao was also happy, "Okay, when I learn how to fly with the sword, I will definitely take you up to see it first." ”

The two talked and laughed and walked up, just chatting and leaving the avenue, and unconsciously found that the road had come to an end, and looking down, it was a dark and bottomless cliff.

"It's over, it's the wrong way." Liu Ximei was a little flustered.

Gu Shengchao raised his head and looked, and a little light appeared on the misty mountains. He pointed to the excitement and said: "Look, there must be someone there, maybe it's the capital, as long as we go in that direction, we will definitely not get lost." ”

The mountain road was overgrown with weeds and rocks everywhere, and Liu Ximei accidentally stumbled his foot, "oops".

"Does it hurt?" Gu Shengchao asked with concern.

Liu Ximei felt normal when she moved her ankle, but she still deliberately muttered: "Oops, it hurts, I can't walk." ”

Gu Shengchao smiled and picked her up, "You come to direct the direction, I pay attention to the road under my feet, so that I don't go up." ”

The mountain road was rugged, Gu Shengchao didn't dare to stride forward, he was cautious all the way, it didn't matter if he fell, for fear of hurting Liu Ximei behind him.

"It's strange, the light just now is gone." Liu Xi frowned.

Gu Shengchao explained: "The mountain road is like this, a mountain is a world, and a turn may be a new world." ”

Liu Ximei was still puzzled: "No, what I was staring at was all gone in the blink of an eye, it's really weird." ”

Gu Shengchao's internal strength was strong, and it was not difficult to carry her, and he was about to come to the mountain where he saw the lights just now, but he suddenly noticed something unusual. Although he couldn't see it, he sensed that there were more than a dozen people guarding it. The severity of those people's breaths was different, and he could tell the specific location.

He stopped and hid behind a tall old tree.

"What's wrong?" Liu Ximei asked quietly.

"There's someone up there." Gu Shengchao pointed ahead.

Waiting quietly, Gu Shengchao didn't know why the other party was stopping him. He also wondered that the men were standing still and did not rush over. He was sure that he and Liu Ximei had already been seen by the other party, but there must be a reason why they didn't dare to come down.

A full moon rises, the moon stars are scarce, and the night sky becomes refreshing. The ancient saint had excellent eyesight, and even saw the cold light of the sword faintly revealed when the other party was lurking.

After about a cup of tea, the people above were still waiting in place, and Gu Shengchao decided to evacuate. He and those people have never known each other, and they can't clash over inexplicable things.

Gu Shengchao was just about to retreat, and someone above shouted: "Release the arrow." ”

The sound of feathered arrows galloping through the air came, and Gu Shengchao had already identified the exact location of the other party, and he was sure that the hiding place would not be shot. However, the arrows were not directed at him, but were concentrated on a tall mound not far away.

Gu Shengchao wondered, didn't those people practice archery in the middle of the night?

Behind the mound suddenly two figures jumped high, one black and one white, both wearing high hats, and the black shadow wore a black hat and the white shadow wore a white hat. It is clearly the legendary black and white impermanence.

"Ghost!" Someone from above exclaimed.

Liu Ximei also peeked over, couldn't help but shudder, and shouted loudly: "It's really a ghost!" She was scared and grabbed Gu Shengchao's arm tightly.

Gu Shengchao understood the problem the moment the two figures jumped out. His perception of everyone around him comes from the breath of the other party, and the more open the area, the wider the scope of perception. But there was a difficulty, if the person was hiding in a confined space, even if he was close at hand, he would not be able to detect it. It's like on a ship, he can sense the people walking in the corridor, but he doesn't know anything in the cabin next door.

At the same time that the two figures appeared just now, he also captured the breath of those two people, that is, those two people were always hiding in a relatively closed environment. The people above were indeed not waiting for the two of them, but these two black and white impermanence.

"Don't worry, they're not ghosts, they're two people pretending." Gu Shengchao comforted Liu Ximei and gently patted her tender little hand.

"Really?" Liu Ximei wasn't sure if Gu Shengchao was coaxing her.

Gu Shengchao said with a smile: "Legend has it that ghosts don't need to breathe, but I can clearly sense the breath when they breathe, besides, you look at their shadows, so long, who can you coax!"

Liu Ximei looked fixedly, and sure enough, in the bright moonlight, the figures of the two people when they jumped high and landed were extremely slender. She was finally relieved and let go of the hand that grabbed Gu Shengchao's arm.

The two of them jumped straight in the direction of the ancient saint chao, and before the people above could react, they still stood in place. Gu Shengchao was annoyed that they were pretending to be ghosts and coming out to be scary, and immediately flashed out from behind the tree to block the way of the two.

Bai Wuchang was taken aback, and immediately threw out his long sleeves, and said in his mouth: "The ghost hooks the soul impermanence and asks for his life, Bai Wuchang is here, follow me to Huangquan." "The long sleeves seem to be flowing, and they contain the internal force whistling.

Gu Shengchao dodged and dodged, using a clever move in the "Nine Heavens Blue Palm" kung fu to steal the sky, two fingers together and straight into Bai Wuchang's left eye, Bai Wuchang raised his hand to grab Gu Shengchao's wrist. Gu Shengchao didn't entangle with him, and stretched out his legs to sweep towards the black impermanence. Hei Wuchang originally planned to sneak attack, but was caught off guard by Gu Shengchao, and when he jumped into the air, Gu Shengchao grabbed his left ankle and hooked it back. Rao is he changed his tricks neatly, and with the help of his strength, he flipped in the air again, and kicked his right foot towards Gu Shengchao's eyebrow bone. Gu Shengchao turned around to dodge, and his left palm slashed at Bai Wuchang.

Bai Wuchang dodged sideways, and the long sleeves were thrown at Gu Shengchao's chest again, Gu Shengchao stood still, seeing the sleeves hit, his body moved with the sleeves. The black impermanence behind him was secretly happy, and suddenly saw the long sleeves running towards him, and Gu Shengchao seemed to be sitting sideways on it. Hei Wuchang was frightened, and didn't understand how he dodged, so he hurriedly rolled to the side. Bai Wuchang was even more surprised, and wanted to retract his sleeves, but found that he had lost control of his sleeves, and ruthlessly threw away the entire white robe. Dressed in a black night suit and wearing a high white hat, it was very funny.

Gu Shengchao followed his own method, speeding up the frequency of movement under his feet, not entangled too much with anyone, not staying in the same place, and completing every move in rapid movement. While taking it by surprise, it also disrupts the opponent's rhythm, making the opponent completely unaware of what he is going to do next, increasing the suddenness of the attack.

Black and white impermanence was dragged into a mess, wanting to escape but unable to escape, wanting to end the battle with one move, but not even touching Gu Shengchao's body, the two were completely trapped by Gu Shengchao, unable to advance or retreat. Liu Ximei wanted to help, but their bodies moved too fast, and they stood next to them but didn't know what to do, lest they help.

More than a dozen people on the top of the cliff also rushed down, and everyone raised torches to surround the four people, and the black and white impermanence was even more panicked, and the moves were full of flaws. Gu Shengchao took the opportunity to click on the acupuncture points of the two people, making them unable to move.

A sturdy middle-aged man walked out of the crowd and stepped forward to Gu Shengchao and said gratefully, "Thank you for your great help in helping us catch these two tomb robbers." When I saw you coming up, I thought you were a group, and if you offended, please Haihan. ”

Gu Shengchao said politely: "Each other, the two of us were going to the capital, but when we just came here to see you, we were also panicking, thinking that we had almost misunderstood you when we met robbers." ”

Everyone burst into laughter and cleared up the misunderstanding.

Hei Wuchang stared at Gu Shengchao and said, "This hero, if you don't admit your mistake, my brothers and sisters have saved your life." ”

Gu Shengchao was puzzled when he heard it: "When?" ”

Hei Wuchang said: "Just a few months ago, in the cemetery in the middle of the night, you were hit in the back of the head with a blunt object and fell unconscious, it was my brothers who scared the man away and saved you. ”