Chapter 14: The Cave

After the black tiger fled, it left a scorched trace, and the master and apprentice followed the traces all the way, hoping to find the secret of the black tiger.

Along the way, Ma Xie saw a lot of traces of being burned by the black fire, and some charred animal corpses, which had been spreading in the forest for a long time.

After tracking for about half a day, the master and apprentice came to a lake. There was a black fire burning on top of the lake, boiling the lake water and churning.

"It seems that this is the old nest of the black tiger. Mu Xunfeng said after making a round: "There is a cave opposite, and the black fire has no trace here, I think Nahu must have entered the cave opposite." The two of them did not dare to rush forward, after all, they did not know what else was in the cave.

Mu Xunfeng and Ma Xie probed around, except for the scattered black flames, there were charred corpses everywhere, and occasionally one or two human corpses could be seen.

"I think I'll have to go in and investigate. Mu Xunfeng said: "You stay here, if I don't come back in two hours, you can go back to Stone City!"

Ma Xie insisted on following Mu Xunfeng into the cave together, but Mu Xunfeng did not budge: "If you force me again, don't blame me for being rude! I'm just probing, if there is any danger, I will immediately retreat, you take care of the wind for me outside, if there is anything unusual, you pinch this wooden block." ”

Mu Xunfeng gave Ma Xie a piece of dead wood, took another section himself, and entered the cave.

It was dark in the cave, and Mu Xunfeng lit the torch and walked in cautiously. Ma Xie watched his master gradually be engulfed in darkness, and a feeling of unease rose in his heart.

He hid behind a large rock next to the cave, so that if anyone or something entered the cave, he would be the first to find out.

At this time, a black shadow floated from a distance, and Ma Xie suddenly cheered up, he squeezed the wood chip in his hand tightly, ready to report to the master at any time.

The black shadow was getting closer and closer, and Ma Xie saw clearly that it was a man dressed in black, the man had a square face, a wide chin, and a three-foot long sword diagonally straddling his waist.

Ma Xie held his breath to see what the man was coming for.

The man wandered around the lake for a while, and then looked up and saw the direction of the cave, and it seemed that he had also noticed a problem with the cave.

When the man was three feet away from Ma Xie, he suddenly stopped, and said to the stone where Ma Xie was hiding: "I am uneven in the lower seal, I don't know if Your Excellency can show up and see it." ”

Only then did Ma Xie know that the man had already discovered himself, so he got out from behind the stone and said, "In Xia Ma Xie, this is the place where my master retreats and practices, I don't know why Your Excellency is here?"

Feng Buping saw that Ma Xie turned out to be a sixteen or seventeen-year-old hairy boy, he was a little surprised, and thought for a while before saying: "It turned out to be a place for masters to practice, disturb and disturb, I just tracked the demon beast to this point, don't be surprised." ”

Ma Xie thought that this person was quite reasonable, so he arched his hand and said: "It's easy to say, there are no demon beasts here, please Feng Daxia move!"

Feng Buping nodded and said, "I think too, there is not even a bird in this forest, I must have found the wrong one." After that, he took a few steps towards Ma Xie: "I don't know the name of the young man's master, can I pay a visit." ”

Ma Xie said with a little hesitation: "This...... My master doesn't want to mention his name to others, so senior Feng can leave a contact information, and I will definitely come to visit when my master leaves the customs. ”

Feng Buping nodded, and got a little closer to Ma Xie, and suddenly, his hands turned into claws and grabbed Ma Xie.

Ma Xie was defenseless and was subdued by Feng Buping.

"Hey! It turned out to be a straw bag! I'm a great Jin wonder man, you demon must be an arson murderer! You actually tried to deceive me, you also underestimate the ability of this hero. Feng Buping pressed Ma Xie to the ground and said.

The strength of the injustice was extremely great, Ma Xie was pressed without the power to resist, he wanted to crush the pieces of wood, but he thought that if the master reached a critical moment inside, wouldn't it be bad for the master's master, although this person subdued him, but he didn't mean to kill him, so he still delayed for a while.

"Feng Daxia, what are these words, where am I the demon who set fire to the murder! My master's dragon slaying technique is about to be completed, break through the retreat here, and you will understand when my master comes out!" Ma said hatefully.

Feng Buping hesitated for a moment, then let go of Ma Xie and asked him: "You tell me who the master is, if not, I will kill you immediately, then your head will go to the official mansion to receive the reward!"

It turned out that the "black fire" had already spread in the north of the Jin Kingdom, and the government issued an official document that if anyone could find the arsonist, there would be a big reward.

Ma Xie also understood that this person had the same purpose as himself, so should you tell him that the master was inside to investigate? Ma Xie couldn't pay attention for a while.

At this time, there was a sudden strange sound in the cave, Ma Xie thought that Mu Xunfeng was back, and was about to make a sound, but he was covered by Feng Buping, and forcibly pressed behind the stone that was hidden in Fang Cai.

"Whoosh" "Whoosh" "Whoosh"

Three streamers of light suddenly shot out from the hole and then came down.

Three men, one woman and one woman, stood there.

"I don't know how the master knows about this ghost place, asking us to do this kind of drudgery, almost lost our lives. The woman said as she patted the dust off her body.

A tall man next to him said: "Senior sister doesn't know, this black fire is the most concerned thing for the master, he will come to pick it up once every ten years, this time his old man is at the critical juncture of the retreat, so he entrusts you with such a heavy responsibility, as long as we successfully complete the task, go back to the master and his old man will definitely reward you." ”

The woman smiled: "That's right, I hope that the master can help me exchange the 'Su Nu Sword Technique' from the master's sect, so that I will definitely get a good ranking at this year's sect conference." ”

"Senior sister is talented and intelligent, and she has always been deeply loved by the master, so it should not be a problem, as for the master's conference, with the beauty of the senior sister, I think she will get a good ranking!" said the slightly shorter, slightly older man next to him.

The woman trembled even more with laughter, but there was indescribable pride in her eyes.

The tall man said, "Okay, don't be joking, it's important to get down to business, let's hurry back to the master's gate to resume our lives!" This fire demon has made a fuss outside again today, and someone will surely track it down soon, so we should quickly recover and leave here." ”

After that, the three of them took some medicine on the spot, recovered their vitality, and left the cave.

After the three of them left, Ma Xie violently broke free from the seal, at this moment his heart was already not calm, his intuition told that Master Ma Xie's injury must be related to the master of those three people, and Mu Xunfeng had not appeared at the moment, could it be that he had encountered something in the cave?

Ma Xie immediately crushed the wood chips and rushed into the hole.

Feng Buping didn't know why, but he also guessed that there must be something in the cave that Ma Xie and the things he valued, and listening to the tone of those three people, the cave was extremely dangerous, and it seemed that the source of the black fire must be inside.

Feng Buping did not stop Ma Xie, but still let Ma Xie enter, and he left the cave, chasing the figures of the three young men away.

Ma Xie advanced less than a hundred steps in the cave, and was blocked by the oncoming Mu Xunfeng, who had also been hiding in the shadows until the three young men left.

Ma Xie was relieved to see that his master was safe and sound, but Mu Xunfeng's face was pale and he didn't say a word, as if there was something very painful.