Chapter 49: The Twenty-Mile Bridge
Zhou Shuning pondered for a long time, took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from his Sumeru treasures, put it on the table of the inn, and then wrote a letter and said, "Senior sister, take a Feihe biography." ”
The young woman took out a talisman from the brocade bag around her waist, and then overlapped the talisman with Zhou Shuning's letter, and quickly folded it into the shape of a paper crane. The young woman was a relatively rare alchemist. In the Xuannu Six Classics, the "Emperor Girl Sutra" cultivates the qi machine, the "Su Girl Sutra" cultivates the physique, and the "Jade Girl Sutra" cultivates the soul, and what she cultivates is the "Jade Girl Sutra", and among the four people in the line, only she can use the "Communication Paper Crane". As for Zhou Shuning, he took the path of Xiao Shiyu, first gradually cultivating the "Shaoyin Sutra", "Taiyin Sutra", and "Xuanyin Sutra", and at the same time majoring in the "Emperor's Girl Sutra", minoring in the "Plain Girl Sutra", and finally concurrently cultivating the "Jade Girl Sutra".
After the young woman folded into a paper crane, she took out the fire paint, printed the unique mark belonging to the Xuannu Sect on the tail of the paper crane, and then silently ran the magic trick to throw the paper crane upward, and the paper crane fluttered its wings and flew away, gradually rising and moving away, and suddenly became a small black dot, and finally disappeared.
After doing this, Zhou Shuning spoke: "I have already informed Master of the situation here, and let's see how her old man responds." ”
The young woman nodded: "That's all it can be." ”
Zhou Shuning said: "Our whereabouts have been revealed, this place is not suitable for a long time, let's wait for the rain to stop, immediately leave this place, find a larger town to settle down." ”
Although Zhou Shuning is still young, because of the early death of her parents, she followed Li Xuandu to walk the rivers and lakes, and has seen a lot of the world, plus she imitated Li Xuandu intentionally or unintentionally, but she seems to be young and old, and she is very able to convince the public among the disciples of the same generation of Xuannu Sect.
The other three nodded yes.
The autumn rain is not better than the summer rain, it is difficult to last, about an hour later, the rain division is getting smaller, dripping, a group of four people left the inn, riding horses. After walking for more than two hours, I came to a place called Twenty Mile Bridge, although it is only a town in name, but it is located in the traffic rush, it is a place where merchants must pass through, so it is quite prosperous, and the town inn, wine shop, flower building, teahouse are all available. When I entered the town, it was already dark, and many shops in the town had their doors on the doors early, so that people could see that they were empty. At this time, the afterglow of the sunset will be exhausted, and the sky will not be dark, but this town is as if it has reached the third watch in the middle of the night, and there is not half a figure in sight.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Shuning immediately remembered the battle in Beimang County that her senior sister had talked about, which was also such a scene, she turned over and dismounted and came to a shop, looked at the door panel on the store, there was no dust, and looked at the ground, which was also very clean, obviously not a long-abandoned appearance, and couldn't help but sink down, and said: "It's very strange and suspicious here, let's not rush into it." ”
If it was before, the young woman might not have thought too much, but at this time, she had just experienced the matter of the Soap Pavilion Sect, and she was extremely vigilant in her heart, so she naturally nodded in agreement: "It's better to bypass here." ”
Zhou Shuning muttered: "Then it's going to be a night road, and being in the wilderness is not necessarily safe." ”
It was only at this time that Zhou Shuning gradually understood the master's intention of letting him walk the rivers and lakes alone, staying in the Xuannu Sect all day long, of course, it was safe, but he could never be alone. A lot of the ability to deal with things, the ability to adapt to changes, is slowly honed in dealing with various things. Young birds that hide under the wings of their parents will never learn to fly alone. As for realm cultivation, unless it is cultivated to the realm of heaven and man, no one dares to say that he is not afraid of the intrigues and tricks on the rivers and lakes, and when he walks the rivers and lakes, it is not much different whether it is the Xuanyuan realm or the innate realm.
Now it is a dilemma, a dilemma.
Zhou Shuning thought about it, ran the "Tianyantong" with all his might, and looked at the entire town, but saw that this town did not have the slightest popularity, nor did it have the breath of a master of the rivers and lakes, it was actually a veritable empty town.
But in a moment, Zhou Shuning felt that her eyes were black, and hurriedly accepted the "Tianyantong", in just a few moments, her eyes were already red, and she couldn't stop crying. The six divine powers of Buddhism have their own backlash, and if they exceed their own upper limit, they will suffer backlash, such as Li Xuandu's "leaky pass", if they are too badly injured, they will fall into a deep sleep.
Zhou Shuning took out his handkerchief, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said, "This is an empty town, it is very strange, it should be the people of the Soap Pavilion Sect who are suspicious." ”
The young woman said: "It may not be a person from the Soap Pavilion Sect, maybe it is someone from other evil ways, such as the Maiden Sect, it is still unknown." ”
Zhou Shuning nodded: "The Lady Sect and our Xuannu Sect are feuding, if they make waves here, it is reasonable." ”
After that, Zhou Shuning took out a short sword from his Sumeru treasure, named "Phoenix Feather", which was a medium-grade treasure, which was already the limit of Zhou Shuning's use. This time, Zhou Shuning went down the mountain to practice, and Xiao Shiyu specially gave this treasure for Zhou Shuning to use for self-defense.
In the bleak sky, the sword body of "Feng Yu" emitted a faint colorful light, and the lower the realm, the greater the role of the treasure. Zhou Shuning is holding the "phoenix feather", which is comparable to the master of the innate realm.
When the young woman saw Zhou Shuning take out this sword, she couldn't help but be surprised: "Senior sister, you want to enter the town?"
Zhou Shuning said awe-inspiringly: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, they made such an empty town, thinking that they wanted to scare us off and let us take a detour, so they fell into their calculations, and they were passive everywhere." Rather than being led by their noses, it is better to take the initiative to attack, and maybe there is some hope. ”
The young woman thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then let's go into the town and take a look." As he spoke, he heard the sound of horses' hooves ticking in the town.
The four of them were stunned in their hearts, and immediately followed the sound to look, and saw a figure leading a horse out of the darkness, because the sky was dark, they couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, only to see that he was wearing a hat, wearing a cloak, and a blade hanging from his waist, full of Jianghu wanderer dress.
The three disciples of the Xuannu Sect are all like great enemies, because in such an environment, such a character suddenly appears, and friends and foes are unpredictable.
Only Zhou Shuning frowned slightly, without too much hostility.
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In the mountains and forests north of the town, there is a ruined temple that is rumored to be haunted. It's autumn, and the grass here is all over the place, knee-deep, and I don't hear the slightest sound of insects and birds.
Outside the ruined temple is a mountain forest, gloomy and dense, with branches and branches, like ghost hands.
At this time, in the ruined temple, an old man was sitting on the futon in front of the incense case, his eyes seemed to be closed, and his breath was calm.
Around the old man, there were more than a dozen people wearing black masks, dressed in robes of the same color and soap boots. A breeze suddenly blew in the forest outside the temple, and a person in the same costume entered the temple, half-knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Deputy Hall Master, the people of the Xuannu Sect have arrived at the Twenty-Mile Bridge. ”
The old man didn't raise his eyebrows, but only gave a faint order: "Investigate and report again." ”
The man answered and exited the ruined temple.
After a while, I saw another figure flying by, stepping on the grass silently.
The person who came was a woman, dressed in purple, with exquisite curves and a beautiful appearance, and fell outside the gate of the broken temple.
The old man in the ruined temple finally opened his eyes, and his eyes revealed a bit of solemnity. The woman outside is actually a cultivator of the innate realm, you must know that the innate realm is also strong and weak, the strong one can be comparable to the true realm, and the weak one is only a little stronger than the Xuanyuan realm, this woman is obviously the stronger one in the innate realm.
The woman didn't enter the seedlings, so she stood outside the temple and said coldly: "My master said that if you don't retreat, you will be our enemy, don't blame us for being polite and not showing you mercy." ”
The old man in the ruined temple sneered: "Who are you? Just because you have an innate realm, you want to scare us away?"
The woman said indifferently: "I am a congenital realm, but my master is a genuine heavenly realm, if I anger my master, it is not a question of whether to retreat, but whether to die." ”
The old man's expression changed, and in the end he still didn't believe the woman's words, and said coldly: "Then the old man is waiting for your master." ”
The woman didn't talk nonsense, and turned around and left directly, during which someone wanted to stop her, but was slapped down by the woman.
In the blink of an eye, the woman's figure had disappeared into the faint night.