After squirting out a mouthful of blood, the mysterious man desperately swung out a palm and slashed a city guard away.

Another city guard saw the mysterious man's true anger, waved the long knife in his hand and slashed over, but fortunately, Qu Changqing defeated the three city guard officers in front of him in time, and he popped out of the air with a finger and shot a stone, knocking the city guard to the ground.

"Let's go!" Qu Changqing let out a low roar, picked up the mysterious man, jumped over, and disappeared into the nearby houses.

The two went into hiding, eventually finding a place to hide in a wooden shed next to an empty house.

"How's it going, are you okay?" Qu Changqing put the mysterious man on a wooden bench and let him lean against the wooden board behind him, so that the mysterious man could breathe and rest.

The realm of the mysterious man is only the peak of the martial arts realm, and he is naturally not as comfortable as Qu Changqing in the melee, coupled with the impact of being attacked by the masked man before, his face is pale, and the corners of his mouth are bloody.

Qu Changqing pressed his palms against the mysterious man's back, and crossed a stream of true qi into his meridians.

"Ahem...... The mysterious man smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I really didn't expect that it was actually a Western Desert man who saved my life today." ”

"I have long been a traitor to this country, and of course, in my eyes, this country is not worthy of my allegiance to her." Qu Changqing said coldly.

The mysterious man didn't say anything, and Qu Changqing continued to ask: "But Conch, your malice towards the people of the Western Desert seems to be unusually great. ”

The mystery man smiled, coughing and gasping as he told a story to himself.

"Once upon a time...... During the day, the father followed the uncles and uncles in the village to work in the nearby mines, while the mother stayed at home to take care of the household chores and waited for her husband's return. ”

"Although there is chaos in the world, because the village where the child is located is close to an important mine, the garrison is very tight, so the Lu tribe's attack on the Southern Wilderness has not disturbed the life in the village."

"Every day, the children of the husband and wife would go to the village elder's house with their village friends to learn how to read and read, and when they were tired of reading, they would play with other children, and after completing their homework, they would go back to their respective homes to help their mother clean up the housework."

The child is very well-behaved, and the husband and wife also love their only son, and the happiest thing for the child is to take the yellow rice ball she made with her own hand in the mother's smile, and when the father comes home from work, he smiles and accepts the candy that the father brought back from the county market. Although the days in the chaos are hard, the life of a family of three is still happy. ”

"This life went on until the child was nine years old."

"The rebellion ended, but that year, the army of a big country in the east, under the banner of spreading civilization and eliminating tyranny, drove over with the support of a superpower, and the originally peaceful village was in chaos, but most of the people really couldn't give up their family property that they had worked hard for all their lives, and finally chose to stay."

"The enemy army suffered a setback outside the county seat, and the angry enemy went on a killing spree after occupying the county seat and nearby villages. The child's father had died under the bombardment of enemy airboats, and the grief-stricken mother wanted to flee with her child, but it was too late. ”

"The enemy did not spare the little village, and a baggage detachment of soldiers and civilians ransacked it, and the child escaped because he was hidden in the haystack by his mother, and he was thirsty and hungry, but because of his mother's advice before leaving, he did not dare to run out quietly to find his mother until the evening."

Speaking of this, the mysterious man who was called a conch by Qu Changqing stopped talking, he seemed to be suppressing his emotions, and after a while, he continued to speak under Qu Changqing's complicated gaze.

"Kid...... Finally, the cold and hard body of the mother was found at the entrance of the village...... Ahem...... Scold...... I can't remember...... I don't want to recall how the child felt when he lost his mother. Conch took a deep breath and continued: "The wicked people have not completely left, and the boy has to flee alone to the nearby hills, fortunately there is a guerrilla force composed of officers and soldiers in the mountains and forests, otherwise...... The child had already gone with his parents. ”

Qu Changqing's hand trembled slightly, and he lowered his head, not daring to look directly into the conch's eyes anymore.

"In those four years, there were many children with similar experiences in Dongdan, and the lark was actually like this." After saying this, Conch wiped the tears left from the corners of his eyes and stopped talking.

The atmosphere was quiet again, but soon, the sound of fireworks broke the silence of the night.

Qu Changqing's face changed suddenly, he turned his head to look at the sky in the distance, and a yellow teleportation fireworks burst out in the night sky in the southeast.

"The three on the left and the one on the right, it's the reinforcements from the internal guard who are coming, maybe there are people from the sect coming!" His voice trembled a little.

Conch looked at the streets and alleys where whistles kept sounding in the distance, he sighed, and said to Qu Changqing: "Zhuye, let's go, you are a big realm higher than me, although you are injured, but it should be no problem to get out." ”

Qu Changqing was taken aback: "You want to ......"

The conch stuffed the map into Qu Changqing's hand.

"Do you hear the footsteps in the distance, you can definitely do it, even I can hear it, all the good players who came this time, maybe there are people in the same realm as you, with a seriously injured martial artist realm like me, you will definitely not be able to escape...... Ahem...... Leave me a Demolition Talisman...... You...... You go to Pier 4 in Dengnangang, find a Cheta cargo ship called 'Qingbo', give them this map, and tell their captain that the conch can't go back......"

At this point, Conch paused and added, "Also, don't forget to ask the captain to apologize to the lark girl on my behalf." ”

Qu Changqing gritted his teeth, he stuffed the map back into the conch's hand, and then picked him up.

Ignoring the conch's surprised gaze, he whispered, "Let's go!" ”

A powerful aura came from afar, getting closer and closer to the two.

Qu Changqing was taken aback, he could clearly feel that the person who attacked was in the same realm as him, although he might be a small rank lower than him, but Qu Changqing was seriously injured now, and he was afraid that he would not be the opponent of the other party.

"Let's go!" The matter was urgent, and without saying a word, he picked up the conch and plunged headlong into an alley to the northwest.

Not long after they left, a team of internal guards chased here, and the leader of the team was Jiang Zhong, the leader of the Feisha Pavilion.

After leading people to search the courtyard, an internal guard dressed as an officer returned to Jiang Zhong's side and respectfully reported: "Pavilion leader, no trace of the thief has been found. ”

"No, at least they've been here, and I can smell some blood." Jiang Zhong said calmly.

Jiang Zhong's tracking skills were among the best among the internal guards, so the officer did not have the slightest doubt about his judgment, and he hurriedly asked, "Could they be hiding somewhere outside the courtyard?" ”

Jiang Zhong didn't answer, he closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes locked on the northwest direction, "Chase there, the direction of the extension of blood qi is there!" ”

……

Shi Cheng stood on a tall tower and stared at the block in front of him.

The chaos in the west of the city had already been seen by him, with teams of soldiers in different uniforms running back and forth in the city, makeshift checkpoints had been set up at several important intersections, and the few pharmacies that had been able to do business during curfew had also cleverly closed their doors to avoid an unwarranted disaster.

"What's going on here?" Shi Cheng never had a clue in his heart.

"This is the last place where the firework was fireworks...... Anyway, let's go down and have a look. Thinking of this, Shi Cheng jumped from the tower.

It didn't take long for Shi Cheng to find something unusual in the alley not far ahead, a black shadow with a person on his back was running wildly in the alley, coming straight in the direction of Shi Cheng.

"That person seems to be injured, but it is indeed a cultivation of the high-level cultivator realm." Shi Cheng was taken aback, and hurriedly hid behind a big tree, "It's these two people that the people of the Desert are pursuing?" It should be good, these two people are masked, wearing night clothes, and they are still monks......"

Since he has already participated in tonight's troubled waters, Shi Cheng also plans to meddle in his affairs, first detain these two people, and then inquire in detail, maybe he can ask something that interests him.

Qu Changqing carried the conch on his back, panting and gritting his teeth and running wildly, originally a monk like him would not be tired like this when he was in a hurry, even if he was carrying a person on his back, but now that he was seriously injured, he was really angry, and the situation was naturally different.

"Bamboo leaves...... Let me down. ”

"Shut up."

"After this intersection, turn to the right again, you should be able to enter Haichao Lane, I hope there are not too many people from the government on the east side of Haichao Lane." Qu Changqing prayed silently in his heart as he quickened his pace.

However, just as he crossed a large jujube tree, a black shadow flashed in front of him quickly and incoherently.

"Who?" Qu Changqing was taken aback, just when he was panicking, Shi Cheng pointed his finger on his "Yutang Acupoint", Qu Changqing was stagnant when he landed, and the real air flow around his body was blocked, and the whole person fell to the ground.

"Bamboo leaves!" Conch exclaimed, although his realm was low, his reaction was fast, and he quickly pulled out the dagger on his waist and stabbed at Shi Chengji.

Shi Cheng lightly pointed out with a finger, and easily broke the dagger that was flying from the cold light into two, his left palm followed closely, the conch snorted, and the whole person fell out, his whole body was sore, and he couldn't move anymore.

At the moment when the conch fell out, the map in his arms also fell out.

Shi Cheng let out a "huh", copied the map with his right hand, and unfolded it in the moonlight.

"This ...... This is! These numbers and badges mark ...... Why does it look more and more like a military defense map?! ”

Shi Cheng's gaze moved downward, and he found a line of small characters written in Chu Zewen at the bottom of the map. Shi Cheng had taught himself the languages of other countries in his spare time, although Shi Cheng could only say that he knew a little about Chu Ze, but this was enough for him to understand some of the small characters with his own knowledge and insight.

"The Western Defense Army of the Western Desert Army and the 19th 'Tropical Thunderstorm' Regiment of the Forbidden Army of the Southern Wilderness Camp of the Wei State, totaling more than 269,000 people, as of May 20, 17th year of Fenglin."

"Feng Lin...... This seems to be the current common era name of the Dongdan Kingdom, etc., so the identity of these two people ......"

Shi Cheng's surprised gaze swept over the two masked men.

A powerful aura appeared in the alley behind Shi Cheng, and Shi Cheng quickly realized that a monk who had cultivated to the realm of a mid-level cultivator was rushing here.

In the flash of light, Shi Cheng had already made up his mind in his heart, although he was not afraid of the realm of mere cultivators, but in order to interrogate the two as soon as possible, he decided to leave here first.

Shi Cheng lifted the two of them up one by one, and easily jumped over the fence and into a nearby abandoned courtyard.

Listening to the footsteps of the pursuing officers and soldiers, Shi Cheng put down the two people in his hand and pulled off their masks one by one.

"Qu Changqing! It's you! Shi Cheng was taken aback, and couldn't help blurting out, Shi Cheng, who had been worrying about how to investigate Qu Changqing, didn't expect to be able to talk to him face-to-face today.

"Who are you?" Qu Changqing glared at Shi Cheng angrily, but there was a strange feeling in his heart, the voice of the stranger in front of him seemed to have been heard somewhere.

Shi Cheng pulled down the mask of the other person, revealing a face full of horizontal flesh.

This face made Shi Cheng feel very familiar, and he thought carefully for a while before remembering where he had seen this face. On that day, he and Zhao Ping and Qu Changqing had been touched by a ruffian hooligan named Ruffian Zhang after they were separated in Wangyun Tower, and the owner of this fierce fat face in front of him was the ruffian Zhang that day!

Due to Zhao Ping's suspicion of Qu Changqing, Shi Cheng had also thought about whether Qu Changqing would be a pawn of the Lu Clan, and he had planned to secretly observe Qu Changqing before leaving, but tonight's discovery overturned his previous speculation in this regard.

Shi Cheng took off the mask on his face, and he took out an illumination charm from his pocket so that the two of them could see their faces more clearly.

"It's you!" Sure enough, Qu Changqing and ruffian Zhang were both taken aback.

"Shi Cheng? You...... How did you end up here? Qu Changqing pointed at Shi Cheng, as if he didn't quite believe what his eyes were seeing.

"I didn't expect to meet you here." Shi Cheng put the disguise mask back on and asked softly, "Who are you?" ”