Troubled Times Chapter 5 The Disappeared Senior Brother Han
In the early morning, the wind dissipates and the mist rises.
The surface of Linyue Lake is rippling, a leaf flat boat, and a person is green yarn.
"Thank you."
The woman's voice came slowly, and then footsteps appeared on the platform of the island in the middle of the lake.
Crunch~
Because of the strong wind last night, the door of the wooden house on the island in the middle of the lake seemed to be wounded, and the woman opened the door, and just as she took a step, her wrist was grasped by a strong hand, and she pulled it hard.
The woman was about to exclaim, when another hand reached out from the back of her neck and covered her mouth.
"Woo~"
The woman struggled, but the force holding her back was too strong, and time passed quickly, and she knew that the only person who could find out what was happening in the cabin was gone.
The woman gradually relaxed her resistance, closed her eyes, and calmly faced what might happen next.
A long time has passed, and the woman has endured the fear in her heart, but she can't hold it for so long.
Suddenly, she felt the power restraining herself disappear, and she stumbled and was about to fall, but was picked up by a hand, and then she heard a voice.
"You... Can't do martial arts? ”
This is a nice young man's voice, the woman dared to open her eyes, glanced to the side, and what caught her eye was a handsome young man dressed in white, with red lips and white teeth.
"You, who are you?"
The woman asked softly.
Xue Sheng helped him to the wooden chair beside him.
"Who are you?"
The woman looked at Xue Sheng, but the other party didn't speak, the voice came from behind, the woman was startled, and quickly turned her head to look.
Behind her was a young man about the same age as Xue Sheng, dressed in red, looking at him with frowns.
"I... My name is Enron, safe An, and then Anran. ”
"What is your identity?" Liu Xin was still frowning, and his tone was a little indifferent.
"I... I'm—" The woman was a little nervous, her brain went blank, and she stammered and couldn't say anything.
"Okay, she's just an ordinary person, don't scare her."
Xue Sheng walked to Liu Xin's side, faintly blocking the space between Liu Xin and the woman.
The woman immediately glanced at Xue Sheng gratefully, then took a breath and said slowly:
"My home is in Jiutian City, Dongcheng Wine Lane. I was tricked here by the Celestial Sect. ”
"If you are an ordinary person, why did the Celestial Sect trick you into coming here? I also put you under house arrest in the middle of this Linyue Lake alone! ”
Liu Xin's eyes were dewed, and he was very suspicious of the identity of this woman named An Ran.
Xue Sheng also had the same doubts in his heart, so Liu Xin didn't make a sound after asking, but looked straight at An Ran.
An Ran was frightened by the gaze of the two teenagers, and the whole person began to cramp, and the eyes of the teenagers made her feel frightened. She struggled to organize the language for a long time before she opened her mouth to explain.
An Ran's patchwork sentences made Liu Xin frown deeply, and it wasn't until a long time after An Ran finished speaking that he clarified what An Ran meant.
It turned out that An Ran was sent to the Liutian Sect test by his parents when he was a child, and now ordinary people are living a difficult life, and if he can be selected by the sect and become a martial artist, he will not worry about eating and drinking.
Unfortunately, it was discovered during the test that her meridians were naturally blocked. Because the meridians were blocked and she couldn't practice, she was not included in the Liutian Sect.
But later Enron learned that in fact, during the test, the Liutian faction discovered that although the meridians in Enron's body were blocked, there was another strange vein outside the eight veins, known as the medical vein.
It's a pity that although he has a strange vein, this medical vein is not good at cultivation, so the Liutian faction did not accept An Ran in the end.
But in fact, at that time, the high-level leaders of the Liutian faction had already left an impression on Enron.
The practice of the medical pulse is difficult, but it has other uses, one of which is that it can test other strange pulses, but this is a secret, most martial arts people do not know, but Liu Xin knows, because there is an ancient book in the Holy Sect's collection that records this strange vein.
When Liu Xin heard this, he faintly guessed that it was estimated that the Liutian Sect did not know this at first, and this situation was probably related to the Hundred Soul Gate.
There are thousands of veins in the human body, the most important of which are the 12 righteous meridians, which maintain the normal survival of people.
Those who practice martial arts need to dredge several meridians other than the 12 main meridians in order to carry out the cultivation of internal strength and mental method. There are a total of eight of these meridians, called the Eight Meridians. Only when you open one of the eight veins can you truly enter the door of martial arts.
Martial arts is roughly divided into internal and external double cultivation, and external skills exercise muscles, bones, skin and flesh. And the so-called internal force is to open up these eight veins, form Zhou Tian, and exercise and enhance them as much as possible, and constantly expand.
In addition to the eight veins, there are some meridians with special functions, which are collectively called strange veins.
The medical veins in Enron's body belong to one of the rarer strange veins.
And the special ability of the medical pulse is what the high-level of the Heavenly Sect needs when they encounter some special situations.
Therefore, two years ago, Enron was found by the Liutian faction.
After coming to the Liutian Sect, An Ran was threatened, and she used her medical vein to become a tool to test some children, and there were warriors of the Liutian Sect guarding her all the time.
Linyue Lake is the fifth place where she is under house arrest, and the Celestial Sect will transfer her every two or three months in order to be more secure and secretive.
After listening to An Ran's narration, Liu Xin Xuesheng understood the role of An Ran. The Liutian faction must be looking for a specific candidate, so it needs to use Enron's medical vein.
In the past two years, the Liutian faction has screened nearly 100 people through her, of which only a dozen people are eligible.
Recently, there was only one such qualified candidate, a little girl about ten years old.
Liu Xinxuesheng glanced at each other, and a light appeared in her eyes at the same time.
"Do you know where this little girl is now?" Xue Sheng asked.
"I... I do not know. Every time, someone would pick me up, and then I would walk a long way blindfolded, and finally there would be a big, big yard. ”
"Then do you know what are the characteristics of the people that the Heavenly Sect found through you?" Liu Xin asked.
"Ahh I seem to have heard this, they are looking for a special meridian, called the hidden vein. ”
Liu Xin frowned, as if he had never heard of the hidden vein. He looked at Xue Sheng and asked:
"The Hidden Vein... Have you heard of it? ”
"I haven't heard it either, it stands to reason that there is no strange vein in this world that your master and my father don't know, and the eight veins in my sister's body were born with two veins, and one vein was opened by your master's marrow, and my father also helped her open one vein. The junior sister has passed through their hands, if the junior sister has a hidden vein on her body, there is no reason why they have not found it. ”
"How many people have you checked in the past three days?" Liu Xin suddenly remembered something, and asked An Ran,
An Ran said without thinking: "There are three people, all of them are little girls about ten years old. ”
Liu Xin's face changed, and he hurriedly asked, "If it hadn't been tested by you, how would the Heavenly Temper Sect deal with those people?" ”
An Ran shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I've heard them say that all children who don't meet the requirements will be dealt with centrally, usually once a month." ”
Liu Xin's face was gloomy, he looked at Xue Sheng and said, "It's very likely that my sister hasn't been tested, if that's the case, she's dangerous!" ”
Xue Sheng nodded, then turned her head and asked An Ran one last question: "Where did the boat that sent you come from?" ”
An Ran stood up, cautiously came to the door, and pointed in a distant direction.
Xue Sheng smiled at An Ran and thanked her, and then pulled Liu Xin and ran out quickly.
Suddenly, Liu Xin turned around, his eyes were very gentle and with a hint of worry, he said to An Ran: "You find the right opportunity and get out of here quickly." Well...... There will be an opportunity soon, you have to seize it! ”
An Ran was stunned for a moment, and when he reacted, the two had already sunk to the bottom. Only slight ripples remained on the surface of the water.
An Ran looked into the distance, and they ...... Are you here to save me?
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Han Sheng, a native of Qingheng City, Lanyin Mansion, is in business at home, although various businesses have become more and more difficult to do in recent years, but because of Han Sheng, a disciple of the Liutian Sect, the Han family's business has not declined but is thriving.
In the past two years, the Han family's business has spread from Qingheng City, and there are Han family's industries in several big cities in Lanyin Mansion. And Han Sheng's energy is huge, but the disciples are better than many elders, and to put it bluntly, he has a big backer behind him.
Jiang Chong, the eldest disciple of the Liutian Sect, is the grandson of the Supreme Elder of the Liutian Sect, and worships under the current head of the Liutian Sect. He is the elder brother of the contemporary disciples of the Liutian Sect, and Han Sheng is the closest one among the brothers to Jiang Chong.
Jiang Chong's status is very high, much higher than that of ordinary elders. Because of his grandfather, a large part of the Liutian Sect already regarded him as the future head of the Liutian Sect.
As a result, there were many people who did things for him, but there were many things, and the identity of the elder was too conspicuous, so the heavy responsibility of these things fell on Jiang Chong's trusted disciples.
And Han Sheng is the best candidate for this.
Han Sheng is very talented, and he inadvertently opened a vein when he was a child, so the speed of internal cultivation is very fast, and he is the introductory disciple of a powerful elder of the Liutian Sect.
Han Sheng also started early, because he accidentally opened a vein, and he was brought into the Liutian Sect at the age of eleven. At that time, there were only two disciples in the Liutian Sect who were about ten years old, Han Sheng and Jiang Chong. The two have developed a deep friendship since childhood.
Because of this relationship, coupled with Han Sheng's talent, his cultivation has also grown rapidly. It is generally believed in the Liutian faction that Han Sheng will be the real power figure of the Liutian faction in the future.
These two sons and daughters of the Heavenly Sect have achieved enough achievements in the sect, so they have begun to meddle in affairs outside the sect over the years. Although there is a special elder in charge of these affairs, in front of these two sons with huge backgrounds, this elder still obediently handed over the real power.
The surface of Linyue Lake rippled, and in the mist, a small boat slowly approached the shore, and a young man in a purple and blue robe stepped ashore.
Several purple-robed disciples on the shore saluted the man respectfully. The young man waved his hand for the disciples to retreat.
He walked slowly along the embankment of Linyue Lake, his eyes drifting to the center of the lake from time to time.
Suddenly, the lake at his feet exploded into a wave, and a blurred black shadow rushed to the young man's feet.
The man reacted quickly, the whole person leaned back, his feet were already in the air, and the whole person flipped in a circle in mid-air.
And the black shadow missed the blow, only to see that it made contact with the ground for only a moment, and then bounced back and rushed towards the young man in mid-air.
The man flipped around in the air, and when he landed, he had already drawn the soft sword on his waist, and a sword flower flashed with cold light and bloomed against the black shadow!
Dingdingding......
A series of rapid iron strikes sounded, and the black shadow solidified, it was a figure, and the red clothes on his body were soaked with water and turned dark red.
The young man's face had always been very calm, and he had only raised his eyebrows when he was suddenly attacked, but his expression became a little surprised when he saw this figure.
Because the one who attacked him was only an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.
The iron rod in Liu Xinxing's hand has been swung out of the afterimage, which shows how fast he shot. And the power that came from the iron rod was simply the power of a two-hundred-pound strong man wielding a sledgehammer.
Judging from the combination of the above, this young man turned out to be a master of martial arts! The internal strength is extremely profound.
The young man himself had already stepped into the realm of martial arts Xiaocheng, so it was quite easy to resist. But the surprise on his face slowly evolved into shock.
He couldn't help but think in his heart that when he was a similar age to this young man, he had just entered the Heavenly Sect. I practiced the basic skills for four years. It took nearly another ten years to cultivate to the point where he is today.
And this eleven or twelve-year-old boy had a cultivation comparable to his own, and this result made him think about it very carefully, and the look on his face changed from surprise to shock.
But the next second, he changed his mind, feeling that this person's age should not match what he looked, there are many such rumors in the world, and there are some martial arts masters who maintain their faces because of all kinds of magical experiences.
Thinking of this, the man steadily retreated as he spoke:
"I don't know which senior it is, the younger generation Liutian sent Han Sheng, and studied under Fu Wenliu!"
It's a pity that the 'senior' with the youthful appearance on the other side turned a deaf ear to his words, and his subordinates increased their strength.
Han Sheng was a little annoyed, the other party cultivated to a small level, but whether it was speed or strength, he could easily deal with it, he was just hiding it before.
With Han Sheng's thoughts, the soft sword in his hand straightened for a moment, and the sword flower was not there, and it was replaced by sword light!
The sudden change made Liu Xin a little too late to deal with it, the iron rod itself was just an ordinary material, and it was already scarred in front of the long sword cast by the opponent's fine iron, after Han Sheng's offensive mutated, the iron rod was hit hard all of a sudden, and with a bang, the iron rod was split in two.
As a little master, Han Sheng naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity.
The footsteps that had been retreating stopped suddenly, and the long sword in his hand had already been handed out when he moved forward, and the sword light pointed directly at Liu Xin's chest.
Liu Xin raised his eyebrows angrily, shook the half-cut iron rod in his hand, and thrust it down fiercely from top to bottom. Looking at this posture, when Han Sheng's long sword was sent into Liu Xin's heart, the half of the iron rod would also be inserted into Han Sheng's neck.
"Maniac!"
Han Sheng scolded angrily in his heart, and the long sword in his hand changed direction, blocking Liu Xin's half of the iron rod, and Liu Xin reacted extremely quickly, and took off his hand the moment the iron rod and Han Sheng's long sword came into contact, and then a point of the people had already retreated several positions.
At this time, Han Sheng realized that Liu Xin's actions just now were just deceiving himself, he was not crazy at all, but used this trick to crack his own lore sword.
At this time, Liu Xin retreated sharply, but in just two breaths, the person had already retreated to the edge of Linyue Lake.
From this distance, Han Sheng couldn't make another sword. He sighed that the other party was really an 'old-timer', and this kind of experience was exactly what he lacked.
sighed and sighed, Liu Xin has now lost his weapon, and with his bare hands, he has only one way to die except to be captured.
Thinking of this, Han Sheng was not in a hurry, his long sword pointed downward, looked at Liu Xin and said slowly:
"Why don't the seniors tell the juniors their names, why do you sneak attack the juniors here?"
Liu Xin was silent, and glanced at the half-cut iron rod lying on the ground in the distance, his eyes revealing a trace of helplessness.
Han Sheng keenly caught this trace of helplessness, so he was at ease, slowly walked towards Liu Xin, and continued:
"Are the seniors dumb? Come to the territory of my Heavenly Sect and sneak attack me, aren't you a remnant bandit on Fuwei Mountain? ”
There used to be a group of mountain bandits on Fuwei Mountain, and they were also well-known in Lanyin Mansion. Han Sheng thought about it carefully, and the only one who had an enmity with him could be Fuwei Mountain, which was exterminated two years ago.
He asked himself if he had guessed correctly, and a hint of panic flashed in Liu Xin's eyes that made him confirm his guess.
Han Sheng thought that he already knew the details of the other party, and the other party's defenseless was not his opponent at all, and even if he only had to shout, several disciples of the Heavenly Sect would come nearby.
Today's assassination should have been perfectly solved by itself.
Han Sheng's steps were relaxed, but the hand holding the sword did not relax, he slowly advanced, and Liu Xin also slowly retreated, but behind Liu Xin was already the surface of Linyue Lake, and there was almost no way to retreat.
At this time, there were only two swords left between Han Sheng and Liu Xin, he raised the long sword in his hand, and his tone became sharp:
"It's okay, either kneel down and tell where you come from. Or you will sleep in Linyue Lake! ”
Han Sheng's eyes showed a fierce light, he was actually not interested in the reason why this red-clothed 'senior' attacked him.
But the fact that the other party targeted him made him angry. It is said that picking soft persimmons and pinching them, is it possible that I am the soft one?
Based on this reason, Han Sheng was more inclined to slash the other party with a sword. And kneeling down to spare his life is just to avoid the other party being forced to rush and jump off the wall in a hurry.
And now, Han Sheng's sword was approaching Liu Xin, and this distance was enough for him to kill with one blow.
He had almost foreshadowed what was to come. Ryu Shin feigned to give in to his feet in horror, but waited for an opportunity to fight back, and was eventually slit by his quick sword.
As for why he decided that Liu Xin would fight back, it may be that Han Sheng saw unyielding in the latter's eyes, and it was not the first time he had seen that kind of color.
So Han Sheng suddenly launched an offensive after asking the question of kneeling down or sleeping for a long time, and at some point, he suddenly got tired of the game of teasing the other party, or maybe it was the alarm in his subconscious that he hadn't realized yet.
The limbs and hundreds of skeletons that have been gathering momentum are transported at the same time, and the distance of a sword does not take time at all, and it only takes a moment to pass.
Laugh at!
The sound of the sword piercing was crisp.
"Uh~!"
Almost at the same time, a cry of beastly pain came out with something animalistic deep within his body. This low roar was not a high-pitched burst of voice, but a dry roar that was almost hoarse, steaming with blood.
Han Sheng retreated again and again, his face instantly turned pale, his right hand holding the sword had been cut off, and the blood gushing out from his wrist made Han Sheng's steps heavier and heavier. In the shallow depression that came out of his feet, the red liquid began to converge.
His sword, along with his hand, fell not far away, and the long sword was inserted into the ground, submerged halfway, which showed the sharpness of this sword, and the sword body exposed the ground emitted a cold light, reflecting a white shadow.
Han Sheng's face had become distorted, and he looked ahead in disbelief.
The helplessness and panic in Liu Xin's eyes all disappeared in an instant, and turned into a kind of fierceness, but his fierceness was different from Han Sheng's, the former was like the gaze of an emperor staring at all beings, and the latter seemed to be just the hysteria that the dust people broke out at a certain moment.
Beside Liu Xin, a Xue Sheng stood there holding a rusty firewood knife, looking at Han Sheng coldly, and a touch of red infected the yellow-brown rust of the firewood knife, bringing a trace of vitality to the rust.
At that moment just now, Han Sheng's sword was only a few inches away from Liu Xin, and this moment could hardly be measured by time. But in such a short and almost negligible period of time, a firewood knife cut off Han Sheng's hand from the bottom to the top.
Han Sheng's expression was hideous, looking at the upturned mud pit beside Liu Xin, Xue Sheng had been hiding in the mud pit just now.
How is it possible in such a place where people cannot be hidden at all!
Han Sheng was puzzled, but it was important to escape at this moment, so he didn't think about it, and he was ready to roar with all his strength.
The disciples of the Liutian Sect were nearby, and their voices came out, and they would be able to arrive soon.
But the next moment, Han Sheng's expression froze because he found that he couldn't make a sound at all. Not only the sound, but also his sight, the perception of his body, and even the sharp pain at the broken wrist were slowly disappearing.
Seeing this, Liu Xin touched Xue Sheng with his elbow and said:
"You're poisoning too?"
Xue Sheng calmly watched Han Sheng fall, and then replied:
"Poisoning is the easiest way to do it."
"Well, for the first time, I feel that there is still a lot to be gained in the methods of the Demon Dao."
"When I taught you the Light Wild Goose Body Method, you said the same thing."
"Hehe, that's not important. Let's take this guy with us. ”
"Okay."
"Hey, if you cut off everyone's hands, he won't bleed to death, right?"
"No, what I use is not poisonous, but it is actually a modified hemp boiling powder. It will paralyze his whole body, including the severed wrist, and the bleeding will soon stop. ”
"Well, really. By the way, you have been in ambush in that mud pit for so long, and you don't even see any dirt on your body, what kind of truth is this, teach me! ”
“……”
Xue Sheng didn't bother with Liu Xin, walked to Han Sheng's severed hand holding a sword, and kicked Han Sheng's severed hand into Linyue Lake. Then he drew his long sword, glanced at it, and nodded slightly.
When he walked to Liu Xin's side with a sword, Xue Sheng stuffed his firewood knife into Liu Xin's hand and said:
"I see that your weapon has been destroyed, so I will give you this peerless sword. I tried this sword of his, but the quality is too poor, I'm afraid it will affect your performance. ”
Liu Xinleng paused, and then grew up and didn't know what to say, and was angry for a long time before he held back a sentence:
"People in the Demon Dao, so shameless!"
Liutian City, within the Liutian faction.
The Liutian Pavilion, the tallest building in Liutian City, which is more than ten meters high, is also the most important place of the Liutian faction.
It was past noon, and the gate of the Liutian Pavilion opened, and more than a dozen people slowly walked out from inside, all of whom were the powerful elders of the Liutian Sect. This morning is a meeting of the Celestial Sect once every ten years.
Most of these powerful elders were over half a hundred years old, so a young man in the crowd stood out from the rest.
Especially around him, there were several elders gathered, and several people were talking cordially, facing this young man, he didn't show the slightest prestige as an elder.
Outside the Liutian Pavilion, a purple-robed disciple was waiting anxiously, and when he saw the young man walking out of the Liutian Pavilion, he immediately greeted him.
The young man had already seen him, and when the disciple came up to him, the young man feigned anger and said:
"Senior Brother Xing, why are you reckless and didn't see that the elders were talking to me?"
The disciple hurriedly apologized to several elders, and the young man glanced at the disciple's expression, so after he finished apologizing, he hugged his fists to several elders and said:
"Elders, looking at Senior Brother Xing's expression, there may be something important. Jiang Chong took the first step. ”
"Senior nephew Jiang, as a contemporary disciple and senior brother, must have many things, so you can go."
One of the elders said. The rest of the elders also chimed in.
Jiang Chong saluted again, and left in a hurry with Senior Brother Xing.
When there was no one around, Jiang Chong asked in a low voice:
"Look at your face, what's wrong?"
Senior Brother Xing hurriedly replied:
"It's Senior Brother Han, he has disappeared for a long time. The junior brother on the other side of Linyue Lake said, from this morning to send Na'an. Senior Brother Han disappeared. The juniors didn't care about it at first, until they had something to look for Senior Brother Han, and they found that they couldn't find it. Moreover, on the shore of Linyue Lake, they found traces of a fight and bloodstains! ”
Hearing the word bloodstains, Jiang Chong's two thick eyebrows were instantly raised, his face became solemn, and he hurriedly ordered:
"Gather your disciples and make a secret visit in the city to find Senior Brother Han. You follow me to Linyue Lake to have a look! ”
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