Volume 1 The Clouds of the Past Chapter 11 There is a figure beyond the darkness
Li Xuankong frowned, and said in surprise: "You are the person on the street?" β
"It's me."
"Why do you know my name?" Li Xuankong recalled that he did not introduce his identity to the other party, why did the other party know his name?
"When I visited Chunquan Mountain with my master a few years ago, I just met Daochang Li, so why did you forget me." Without giving Li Xuankong time to think, the man straightened his hair, completely exposed his face, and introduced himself: "Nachuan Academy, Wang Qian." β
"Wang Qian?" Li Xuankong fell into a short period of thought, and it wasn't until the face that he had painstakingly excavated from the depths of his memory vaguely coincided with the face in front of him, and he asked uncertainly, "Are you a student of the Pang Mansion Lord?" β
"Not exactly." Wang Qian corrected him, "It's a proud protΓ©gΓ©." β
Li Xuankong opened his mouth, and more doubts rose in his heart: "Nachuan Academy is set up in the capital, thousands of miles away from this Yunyan Town, why did Brother Wang come here, and why was he so seriously injured?" What was that creature just now? β
In the face of Li Xuankong's indiscriminate question, Wang Qian did not answer immediately, but asked leisurely: "Daochang Li, the distance between Chunquan Mountain and Yunyan Town is not close, why are you here?" Why did you walk into this alley? β
"That's what the master meant." Li Xuankong replied honestly, "The master once said that the luck here is unpredictable, so he ordered me to come to investigate." β
"As for why I walked into this alley," Li Xuankong glanced at Xu Huan, "It's a coincidence, I happened to bump into Brother Xu Huan walking in, and I heard movement in the alley, and my heart moved, so I came in to take a look, and I thought I met Brother Wang like this." β
"What does Senior Tang mean?" Wang Qian was a little surprised, "Could it be that Tang's predecessors also got some news?" β
When Li Xuankong heard this sentence without a beginning or an end, the second monk couldn't touch his head and wondered: "What news?" β
"Didn't Senior Tang tell you? But that's okay. Wang Qian smiled slightly: "Daochang Li, how much do you know about the bishop?" β
"To the bishop?" Li Xuankong pondered for a moment and replied: "Twenty years ago, the oracle bishop rebuilt the bishop in the name of the bishop who had declined a hundred years ago, and enshrined Allah as a god, acting in the world under the banner of "following the order of the Lord and doing the way for heaven". β
It is rumored that among the converts, the cardinals, although not spiritual, have a god-given power called the "Shelter Order", which they often use to act in the shadows. Because it comes and goes without a trace, acts mysteriously, and behaves wildly, it is an organization that causes headaches and deep pain for countless people, and there are countless righteous people who want to crusade against it, but they can't find out their news at all. β
After speaking, Li Xuankong paused, "Could it be ......"
"That creature just now came from the bishop." Wang Qian nodded and began to explain, "The bishop has always come and gone without a trace, and there is no news. However, last month, my master accidentally received a piece of information about the bishop, and the master speculated that the bishop would be active in the vicinity during this time, so he ordered me to come and investigate. β
"I was accidentally discovered while tracking, attacked by a cardinal, and then chased all the way to this point."
"Is this what the master said?" Li Xuankong thought to himself, remembered one more thing, and suddenly realized: "I didn't feel the aura fluctuations on this canine-like creature just now, could it be that it has something to do with the so-called shelter order?" β
"Exactly." Wang Qian nodded, "According to what we have learned so far, the other party has the ability to create unknown creatures, and its strength is probably between the Leaping Abyss Realm and the Ventilation Realm, and often has some special abilities. β
Li Xuankong nodded, and wanted to ask something, Wang Qian let go of the hand holding on the stone wall, and trembled and stretched out a hand to interrupt the other party, "Daochang Li, other things will be talked about later, the top priority is to leave this alley, this place is not suitable for staying for a long time." β
Li Xuankong nodded in agreement, and gently called out to Xu Huan, who was slightly sluggish because he had received too much information at once but did not fully understand, "Brother Xu." β
Xu Huan let out an "ah", and then recovered from his daze.
Wang Qian let go of the hand holding the stone wall, shifted the center of gravity, and naturally pressed on Xu Huan's shoulder, and the sudden weight made the unsuspecting Xu Huan almost fall to the ground.
Li Xuankong walked in front of the two, and Xu Huan helped Wang Qian to follow behind him.
"Your name is Xu Huan?"
"Yes."
"Why did you come in?"
"Ah, me." Xu Huan said embarrassedly: "If you really want to count it, it's probably because of curiosity." β
"Curious? Do you have nothing to do? Wang Qian rolled his eyes and said, "Didn't you let you go home well?" β
"It's so cold, I don't want to come out, but I didn't expect to meet you on a trip, this is probably fate, right?"
"I don't know if it's fate, but you must be haunted by bad luck tonight."
"What do you mean?"
Wang Qian didn't answer this question, but glanced at the scroll in Xu Huan's hand and raised his eyebrows, "The map is in your hand." β
"Are you talking about that?" Xu Huan raised his hand and shook it, "I just picked it up on the ground." β
The alley is not long, just as he was talking, the entrance to the alley was already close in front of him, and as soon as Xu Huan wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, a cold voice came from the darkness.
"Do you really think you'll be able to get away with it like this?"
Xu Huan was startled by this sudden voice, and took half a step back, feeling a chill in his heart inexplicably.
"You're still there." Wang Qian didn't seem to be surprised that he had already thought of this situation.
"Who are you?" Li Xuankong raised his wooden sword and made a defensive gesture.
"To the bishop, Cardinal, Gao Yin." The man said coldly, "It turns out that there are two more accomplices. Could it be that they are also spiritual? β
Wang Qian, who was standing behind, said coldly: "You can give it a try." β
"I'm not going to approach you too much."
"There are so many ways of doing spirituality that rushing to get close will only put me in a disadvantageous position. But one of the teenagers is probably an ordinary person, right? What about the other name? What is it? Is it a leap into the abyss, or is it breathing, or has it actually stepped into that unfathomable mystical realm? But even if it's mysterious, I'm afraid it can't change the status quo, let alone bring an ordinary person and a waste person? β
"Looks like you've been spying on it just now." Wang Qian interrupted the other party in a mocking tone.
"Now I'm talking! It's not your turn to interject! The voice in the darkness became irritable, but quickly returned to normal, and continued: "I was just busy carrying out the sect master's orders and didn't bother to pay attention to you, which seems to have kept you on your breath for a few days? But then I'm going to have time to play with you. β
"The map is still in your hands, could it be that you want to get it to your own sect to search for clues about us? However, the Phaseless Beast has burned the breath of your soul. The man's voice was as cold as the wind tonight, "You are destined to be killed by me." Or will you be able to escape my Phaseless Beast? If you can, give it a try. β
The man's last words were still echoing in the alley, and the footsteps were already fading away.
The cold voice of the cardinal named Gao Yin brought a great sense of oppression to Xu Huan and the others, and it was not until there was no sound in the depths of the darkness for a long time that Xu Huan, who was holding his breath, took a breath, and before he knew it, his back was already soaked.
I thought that the cardinal, the mastermind behind Wang Qian's mouth, was standing in front of him, and it was difficult to avoid a life-and-death struggle between spiritual cultivators, but he didn't expect the other party to go so simply, Xu Huan was puzzled: "He...... And he just left? β
"I'm afraid I can't figure out our strength, and I don't dare to make a rash move, do you want to play sneak attack again?" Wang Qian sighed and scolded: "Don't dare to show people head-on, only dare to attack behind the back, are the people who return to the bishop all rats in the stinky ditch?" β
Xu Huan asked uncertainly: "Did he say he was going to kill us, including me?" β
"Because you're doomed, it's reasonable to be killed."
"I haven't done anything yet, so don't let me go."
"You took his map and brought Li Xuankong to slaughter his dog by the way, he must hate you to the core."
Xu Huan raised his eyebrows, as if he understood something, "According to what you say, I'm pretty good?" β
"What are you proud of?" Wang Qian glanced at him, but he didn't see the look of fear and fear on Xu Huan's face, so he said: "It seems that you haven't fully understood the situation, those guys are murderous and don't blink, you should be scared now." β
"But I'm scared and can't change the situation."
Wang Qian didn't expect him to behave so calmly.
When an ordinary person strays into the spiritual world and is inexplicably involved in a life and death situation, it should be a normal reaction to feel fear, fear and confusion, but Xu Huan behaves calmly, which is very interesting.
Wang Qian looked at him with interest, he had been in contact with Xu Huan on the street many times before, Wang Qian thought he was an interesting person, and now it seems that this guy is indeed very interesting.
Xu Huan turned his head away and hid the corners of his eyes that were beating slightly.
It is impossible to say that he is not afraid at all, but he does not like to show these emotions to others.
It is indeed a very absurd thing to step into this alley with curiosity, but accidentally invite the disaster of killing.
No matter how you look at it, he was accidentally involved in this life-and-death dispute.
Perhaps it was because he experienced his father's early death when he was young, witnessed his mother's illness, and struggled to survive alone in hardship, so that Xu Huan learned to accept it.
Since the past cannot be changed, accept what happened and live with the idea of changing the future.
This is the truth that his mother once told Xu Huan with a smile on the hospital bed, and it is also the creed that Xu Huan has implemented for several years, supporting him through the years of being unaccompanied and constantly struggling to survive.
So even though he was still uneasy, he quickly accepted the status quo.
I think about it more than I want, and it's because I walked into this alley that I indirectly saved someone, didn't I.
If I had known this result, I am afraid that I would have walked into this alley again.
Xu Huan sighed faintly, this character who wants to change but can't change it will definitely not become a big deal, it's really damned.