Chapter 18: The Four Masters of Vigilance

"Yes, what the fourth brother said makes sense." The person who was known as Lao Qi before echoed and said, "Fifth brother, you have a bright brain, what can you do about us?" ”

"Well, I think the three of us must not show our faces in the vicinity of this village now, otherwise once we are recognized by the people in the caravan before, I am afraid it will be difficult to get out at that time." The injured fifth of the three pondered for a moment and said, "Now it's best for us to stay in the wilderness outside this village for two days, collect some food and supplies by the way, and at the same time find out if those powerful guys from before are still in the village to track down our whereabouts." After two days, as soon as the wind passed, we would do the opposite, slowly retreating from the direction of the mountain, which should be safer. ”

"Yes, the fifth brother really has a strategy, I think it will work!" When Lao Qi heard this analysis, he finally stabilized his mood, and couldn't help but praise, "It's just that now in this ghost place where birds don't, where can I get supplies to survive these two days?" And those guys in the caravan before were so powerful, if they really haven't left yet, and we don't know how to practice, even if we sneak into the village quietly, we can't guarantee that they won't be discovered! ”

"Hehe, what's so hard about this!" The guy who was called the fourth brother in the lead spoke again, and his words were a little more gloomy and ruthless, "Do you see the light over there?" Candles lit in the middle of the night must have been inhabited by someone. After a while, we'll touch it to see what the situation is, and if the other party's idea is too hard, we'll sneak around and get something good, but if the other party can't do anything, hehe......"

"Huh? Fourth brother, do you want to do another vote? That's too risky, isn't it?! The fifth child was a little surprised when he heard this, and he was cautious by nature, so he naturally didn't want to cause trouble at this juncture. Now the three of us don't know if we're being targeted, and I'm worried if there's such a big commotion around this village..."

"Humph! Afraid of what? The fourth child was obviously a ruthless man, and he interrupted the fifth child indifferently, "I'm optimistic, this place is nearly two miles away from the village, and there won't be many people coming and going in such a remote ghost place on weekdays." If we do do it then, as long as we do it neatly, it will be too late for someone from the village to come and find out, and at most we will only think that the occupants of this house are missing, and it will take us days to search in this wilderness, and we will have already slipped away by then. ”

"As for how to find out if there are still people guarding the village, it's easy. As long as you set up an ambush on the main road outside the village, you can just catch a person from the village and ask them. Or maybe we just go to the room in front of us and torture the people inside, they are not too far from the village and must know the situation in the village, so that we don't have to risk being caught by those guys to go to the village to investigate. The fourth child continued to say gloomily.

"But this..."Lao Wu obviously wanted to refute.

"Forget the fifth brother, I don't think there's anything wrong with the fourth brother's method, we can't afford to mess with those few cultivators, do we still have to be ridden by these people in the poor countryside? Since a few days ago, he has been chased and killed by those bastards, and Lao Tzu has been holding back the fire in his heart, and there is nowhere to vent! Fifth brother, if you can't get this hand, stay here, anyway, if you are injured, it is inconvenient to move, so don't worry about leaving it to me and the fourth brother. There won't be anything wrong with the two of us when we go, first of all, we will solve the family in front of us. "Just listen to the old Qi's eagerness to try, he can't wait to do it, his fiery temper is not willing to bury himself in this messy grass all night and do nothing.

At this time, Tian Jihong's anger had already overwhelmed the apprehension in his heart. It is not difficult to judge from the words of these guys that these three people must be the mountain bandits mentioned by Uncle Sheng yesterday, most of them were targeted by masters and separated from others when they were plundering caravans, and then fled from the mountains and hid here. When Jihong heard that these frenzied guys were planning to do something to the little scarlet at home, the anger rising in his heart almost made him dizzy, and he couldn't wait to go directly to fight with these people.

But fortunately, at the last moment, he calmed down and carefully analyzed the current situation in his mind. Now they plan to do something to the little scarlet at home immediately, and they will definitely not have time to go back to the village to find someone to help. Tian Jihong's first consideration was whether he could hide his position by shouting loudly and at the same time wandering around to make the other party unclear about the situation, and deter a few people from a distance to scare them away, but he soon denied this plan: these people are all outlaws, belonging to the kind that is not afraid of heaven and earth, and it is probably difficult to shake them by trickery alone without showing their faces, who knows what will happen after the dog is forced to jump off the wall; And now that he is alone in the wilderness, he is quite far away from the village, and coupled with his immature voice, it is difficult not to be seen by several people that he is bluffing.

The most beneficial thing for Tianjihong now is that several of them still don't know about his existence, and they can't know their location and true strength. If you rashly shout at this time, you will only lose such a big advantage. The best way now is to secretly follow the two men while the three are about to separate, and find the right moment to launch a surprise attack at any time; It is difficult for the opponent to react in the case of a preemptive strike, so there is a great chance that the two can be subdued directly.

Tian Jihong took a deep breath, when he was a child, under the guidance of his father, he persevered in practicing the art of refining the body every day, and he had experienced all kinds of suffering. Under such tempering, he has created a strong physique that far surpasses ordinary people since he was a child, although his strength is not comparable to that of a monk, but with the strength and speed that far surpasses ordinary people, he still has the confidence in his heart to defeat these few bandits in front of him who do not know how to practice.

It's just that, although in this practice, my father has instructed him in the methods and experience of actual combat; But now that he is only 12 years old, to be honest, Tian Jihong has never had the experience of fighting against others, let alone such a life-and-death duel today. The opponent is an outlaw who has been in the mix for many years, and the experience of fighting and the decisiveness of the shot must be far superior to himself; Even though he may be able to suppress his opponent for a short time through his physical strength, once he is dragged into a hard-fought battle, the opponent will definitely be able to make up for his shortcomings with his rich experience and skillful skills, and it is difficult to say whether he will win or lose for a long time. Therefore, Tian Jihong understands that he must defeat the enemy with one blow, and knock down the opponent at the beginning as much as possible to make him lose his combat effectiveness.

After deciding on the plan, Tian Jihong slowly followed the footsteps in front of him in the dark, and mobilized his twelve points of spirit to keep an eye on the wind and grass around him. There was still a light cough from time to time where the three of them had stayed, and the injured Lao Wu was sure that he had stayed where he was and did not follow. This also made Tian Jihong breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, at least there was one less person he needed to deal with for a while, which made him confident. In the pitch-black field of vision, he was not very good at first judging the direction of the two people in front of him, nor was he very sure of the passage of time; But fortunately, at this time, the few people were very close to the hut where the younger brother was, and the lights in the room in front of them gradually illuminated the environment in front of the few people. About two or three minutes passed, and Tian Jihong finally waited for the two people in front of him to step on the open space more than ten meters in front of the house, and he himself was still cautiously crouching in the grass a few meters behind the two, just waiting for the time to make a move.

Seeing that the seventh of the two was about to run to the top of the two wooden ladders in front of the door, at this time, the silent leader behind the seventh suddenly had a cold war, and hurriedly stopped him in a low voice: "Wait!" Something seems wrong! At this time, more than ten years of experience in the struggle between life and death suddenly gave birth to a strong sense of crisis in his heart, as if he was being targeted by the sickle of death. Not daring to be careless, he chose to trust his instinctive reaction, and immediately turned his body to look at the dark grass behind him; Fortunately, Tian Jihong, who was extremely careful at this time, hid his figure very well, and at night when his vision was so limited, the other party still didn't find his position.

"What's the matter, Fourth Brother, why did you stop suddenly?" The old seven asked in a low voice, and he also looked around and checked, but he didn't feel anything wrong.

"Something wasn't right, and I can't tell what went wrong. But you also know that although the fourth brother and I are not a monk, I have also specifically consulted the boss about this matter, and I can occasionally vaguely perceive the danger on weekdays. The old man said with a hideous face, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes again, "Just now I seem to have sensed another breath behind me that is fleeting, this aura is not as powerful as the monk, and it doesn't feel like the people in the caravan before; If there were really cultivators eyeing you and me, I'm afraid we would have been planted in their hands long ago. If it's just a mortal, then the two of us can just take it down. ”

"Don't rush into the house just yet, and to make sure you're safe, find out if there's anyone hiding in the field behind you. Seventh, you search the area on the left. Be smart, and if you encounter any danger, you can retreat as much as possible and don't shout, so as not to alarm the people in the house, and I will rush over to help. The fourth child then commanded in a low voice.

"Oh yes." The old seven agreed with a little doubt, obviously he didn't believe that there would be any danger in this wilderness in the middle of the night, thinking that it was probably some kind of beast behind him that made a noise that disturbed the fourth brother. However, the latter's order was not easy to question, so he plunged headlong into the waist-high weeds on the left and began to search.