Chapter 385: The Old Man Comes Late at Night
Chapter 385: The Old Man Came Late at Night
Li Chengtao nodded silently, and his figure disappeared from the hall in a flash. Li Chengqian, who was leaning against the pillar, laughed twice.
Seeing that the middle-aged man was laughing for no reason, the poisonous bee asked with some curiosity, "The general team...... Uh, Boss, what are you laughing at?"
Li Chengqian smashed his mouth and said, "I haven't seen you for many years, I miss it very much!"
Lin Hengshan, who was sitting on the chair on the side, smiled slightly, and didn't care about him, while the poisonous bee was still confused.
Li Chengtao's figure is extremely fast, originally his practice of the "Yin and Yang Double Wheel Technique" is the famous Yin and Yang high-level exercises, and he is good at the speed of the body, so a big reason for his name of chasing the wind is derived from this.
Naturally, there are a lot of guards around the Gunzaifu, especially tonight, but the strength of these guards is not as high as the realm.
In order to "welcome" Lin Hengshan and his party tonight, Ji Shen arranged three chivalrous realm martial artists, plus five hundred black armor soldiers to deploy around Ji Rentu's mansion, of course, in the name of protecting the safety of VIPs.
When Li Chengtao saw these deployments, his heart moved slightly, presumably the attack he suffered from the two assassins after entering the city before, it was very likely that it was a big drama directed and acted by Fallen Leaf City.
In this case, if there is no big trouble, wouldn't it be a good thing to live up to Lord Ji's good intentions? Captain Cheng Tao, who was wearing a hood, said secretly in his heart.
It wasn't difficult to bypass these black-armored soldiers, but those three Chivalrous Realm martial artists needed a little effort, but it couldn't be difficult for him.
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A man dressed in a black and red coat, with more than two dozen black-armored soldiers, stood guard on a corner tower of the mansion. This is the most open spot in the surrounding area, and you can see both the nearby Gunzai's Mansion and this mansion.
"Whoosh!" two cold lights flashed, making the eyes of the man who had been on guard shrink.
"Who!" The man in the black and red coat roared, and instantly swept out, but unfortunately there was no trace.
Obviously, those two cold rays just now did not attack anyone, otherwise someone would have died at this time. Within a few breaths, a soldier found the two cold rays and brought them over.
It is two short swords, and at a glance it is known that they are standard equipment. This chivalrous realm martial artist frowned slightly, he could attack the people here, and he was holding standard equipment, so he must be one of the people in Yinren Town.
At this moment, a figure rushed by from east to west, and although there was no sound, the black shadow still left an afterimage in the night.
"Don't let go of the arrows, chase after them!" the man commanded, and his figure flashed and chased after the black shadow. At the same time, his heart was shocked, he really couldn't imagine that time could be so fast.
Just as there was a mess on top of the corner tower, a man in a pale white hood walked out of the mansion as if he were strolling leisurely.
His figure seemed to be slow and fast, and he disappeared after only two breaths. And the chivalrous realm powerhouse who had just chased him out naturally did not find any trace of this person, and even the soldiers who were guarding on the corner tower did not find any trace of him.
Because although this man walked on a certain note, his tendency followed a certain pattern, exactly following the afterimage left by the moonlight, and it was clear that he possessed the natural sense of smell of an assassin.
The man in the black and red coat did not slow down a few ups and downs before catching up with the black figure, but when he got closer, the man finally noticed that something was wrong. He frowned slightly, and the long knife in his hand slashed out, instantly catching up with the black shadow and tearing it apart!
"What? It's the afterimage of internal strength!" The man's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help but blurt out. But the next moment, the man's face also changed greatly, and he realized that this afterimage was most likely the other party's strategy to divert the tiger from the mountain.
However, at this time, if you rush back, it is estimated that the daylilies are cold.
In fact, what Li Chengtao just performed was the "Splitting Light Shadow Sword" in his thirteen swords chasing the wind. This move requires the cultivation above the realm of chivalry, and the caster uses his own qi to condense into the shadow of the warrior himself, and one move and one style are like one person! When the sword move is slashed, the opponent will fall into a front and back attack for a short time, or a situation of two hitting one.
However, this trick has a miraculous effect in dealing with enemies who are not as strong as themselves, and against those whose strength is similar to their own, or stronger than themselves, the actual combat effect is minimal.
This trick Yi Xifeng has always wanted to learn, but unfortunately, even though the white and pure young man has a deep internal strength, the degree of condensation has not reached the level of "gangqi".
Coming out of Ji Rentu's mansion, he didn't walk a few steps to the county governor's mansion.
"I haven't seen it for more than ten years, but this county mansion has changed a lot. Li Chengtao muttered.
Thinking that when he was still an unknown young man, he came to Fallen Leaf City alone, slaughtered the Green Snake Gang alone, and defeated all the seven masters of Falling Leaf City at that time, thus obtaining the qualification to challenge Ji Shenfu.
It was also in front of this gate that he started a battle with Ji Shenfu, and it was this battle that made his "Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind" famous all over the world. Since then, he has been ranked 108th on the list, and he has the name of Li Chengtao.
Along the way, Li Chengtao rarely spoke, although his personality was like this, but on the other hand, he was also observing the changes in Fallen Leaf City over the years. It is not difficult to find that the overall changes in Fallen Leaf City over the years have not changed much, but the pattern is clearer than before.
Li Chengtao remembered that the original Green Snake Gang was also a small gang that rose in the market and rivers, covering exiled warriors from all over the world, and selected seven chivalrous realm powerhouses from them, listed as the seven masters of Fallen Leaf City.
At that time, there were no six gates, no Ji Rentu with the four major cavalry generals, and no Qin Kai and those guards. And these exiled warriors who had cultivated the Wild Solitary Zen did not hinder him much.
just turned into a stepping stone step by step, and lifted Li Chengtao, who was only twenty-four years old, into the rivers and lakes.
Just as Li Chengtao was stunned in front of the county governor's mansion, a vague internal force probe came from the mansion. Although Li Chengtao was distracted for a while, he still found the traces of the other party under the conditioned reflex.
It seems that there are also distinguished guests in the house. As soon as he thought of this, Li Chengtao no longer hesitated, his figure flashed again, and he directly turned into an afterimage and disappeared in place.
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Helian Haixin staggered out of Fuyunju, followed by Ji Rentu, who was also staggering, this bald man should be really drunk this time. Before he and Qin Kai drank in the Immortal Building, they didn't deliberately control their internal strength to guide the wine, this time he accompanied Ji Shenfu, and after a few rounds, both sides drank a lot.
"Brother Haixin, I've heard of your name for a long time! That's the pride of my Luo Yun Kingdom! Entered the realm of chivalry at the age of fourteen! Tsk, your eldest brother and I are a waste compared to you!" Ji Ren Tu shouted.
And Helian Haixin, who was walking in front, was also very embarrassed, he wanted to just leave, but as a guest, and this is also Ji Shenfu's mansion, he really doesn't know how to walk back to his room.
"I heard that you also have a chivalrous name, what's your name? Yun Sheng! Tsk, Yun Conglong, people from Sheng! It's really amazing! I can't even think of it from the Holy Realm, you are still young, work hard and have hope. The bald man continued to shout.
When the young scholar heard the other party mention his former chivalrous name, he was stunned at first, and then laughed at himself and said: "General Ji, don't laugh at it, it's not early, I'll ...... first."
As soon as he said this, an internal strength fluctuation came from that side, and Helian Hai's heart sank, he knew this feeling that the strength of the person who came was definitely above himself!
When he was a child, he participated in Zen meditation in the White Horse Temple, and at that time, the Zen master from the dry once said that this son has a wisdom root and can avoid danger. And three years later, he entered the martial arts through reading and became a famous young man in the world. At that time, Helian Haixin was the brightest new star.
Since then, Helian Haixin has found that when he fights against the enemy, he will detect the number of victories and defeats in advance, provided that the opponent does not deliberately hide it.
Although this talent didn't seem to be of much use, it did bring him a lot of help in several life-and-death battles. The most important one was when he was sixteen years old, when he faced off with a mysterious boy, and before he made a move, he predicted that he was going to lose, and that feeling was very strong.
This is also an important reliance why Helian Haixin was able to accept it calmly after the defeat, because he was aware of it in advance.
Just like this time, the person who is approaching here from the gate of the southern county is definitely stronger than himself!
The bald man himself muttered angrily, not seeing anything strange about the young scholar, but when he looked up again, he found a man standing abruptly in front of them.
This person was wearing a white hood, and the other party had already put the hood on at this time, and he could only see the other party's chin, but he couldn't see his eyebrows clearly.
Ji Rentu was stunned and shouted, "Who are you?
It's just that before he could finish speaking, a sword light slashed straight down! It was the "Nineteen Prefectures of Light and Cold" in Li Chengqian's Thirteen Swords of Chasing the Wind!
"Humph!"
"Presumptuous!"
A cold snort and a cold drink sounded at the same time, and the other party actually took Ji Rentu and Helian Haixin together with a sword, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of the two masters.
Ji Rentu instantly drew his sword and burst out, and Helian Haixin met it with a punch.
"Ding!"
With a crisp sound, the bald man's body was shocked and flew out, but Helian Haixin was generally okay and blocked the blow.
Li Chengtao raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "At a young age, you have such strength, it's rare!"
But before the Helian prince could say anything, a cold voice came from Fuyunju.
"In the middle of the night, do you know that the old man is coming, is the murderous aura so heavy?" The person who spoke was none other than the master of the house, the county governor of Fallen Leaf County, Ji Shenfu.
The corners of Li Chengtao's mouth hooked, not making a move, but staring at the exit. Soon a middle-aged scholar's figure appeared there.
Speaking of which, Li Chengtao and Ji Shenfu's dressing styles are somewhat similar, both of them are bookish in temperament, but Li Chengtao is not very old, only in his thirties, compared to Ji Shenfu, who is already in his fifties, Li Chengtao still feels like a young scholar.
However, unlike Helian Haixin, who gives people a clean feeling, Li Chengtao is more calm.
"Master Ji, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you still have the same demeanor!" Li Chengtao said with a smile, you must know that as the captain of the mountain patrol team, he is a young man who is born not to talk much, and he has rarely laughed over the years.
If teaching Yi Xifeng is a good relaxation project, drinking with the white boy is one of the things he is happier.
At this time, seeing his old opponent more than ten years ago, Li Chengtao's heart inevitably fluctuated. However, this kind of fluctuation is nothing compared to Ji Shenfu, who has been looking for the other party for more than ten years.
Since Ji Shenfu appeared in the field, Li Chengtao has only one opponent in his eyes, and Helian Haixin can only be counted as half.
"Captain Li, come here late at night, can't you get lost?" asked Ji Shenfu, who was dressed in a full suit and hood, with squinted eyes.
"This time, Lord Junzai invited me to a banquet for the high-level of Yinren Town, just to take the opportunity to come and see you, I am afraid that if you die of old age, no one will fight with me in the future. Li Chengtao said slowly.
Ji Shenfu said coldly: "Thanks to you, I won't die in front of you." ”
"What? Do you want to compete one or two?" Li Chengtao raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively.
The two glared at each other, but fortunately they didn't make a rash move. The two already knew by this time that the two sides had reached a balance, and both knew that it would be difficult for both sides to achieve a decisive victory, and they both thought that the loss of killing the other party was too great to be worth it.
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Just when Li Chengtao and Ji Shenfu were confronting each other outside Fuyun Residence, Xing Haifu and his eldest son Xing Mu also quietly appeared in Fallen Leaf City. It's just that at this time, the two of them have just come out of the Shahe Gambling House, and looking at the relaxed appearance of the two, they have obviously won a lot.
In fact, the so-called: nine out of ten bets, most of them are aimed at ordinary people.
And for martial artists like them with internal strength, the process of gambling is actually the process of wealth appreciation.
The two of them had previously released the Heavenly Rank task in the Salary Ranking Organization, and the already small amount of silver taels on their bodies was already a little unable to make ends meet, so the father and son came to this "Sand River Gambling House" as soon as they arrived in Fallen Leaf City.
At this time, the Shahe Gambling House has long been under the management of Qin Hongyao's helm, and it has been changed from top to bottom, but the gameplay and rules remain the same.
Seeing that the two of them were about to swagger out, the guy from the gambling house chased him out with the guy.
"Hey, you two, do you want to leave after making money? Don't inquire, dare to go wild in the Shahe gambling house, and don't look at the virtues of the two of you!"
Xing Mu glanced back at the other party, without too much nonsense, he slammed it with a punch, and the black and red fists went straight to the other party, these martial artists with only the realm of internal strength could not block this blow full of qi at all.
In an instant, these guys were killed, and wisps of red light overflowed from their mouths and noses, blending into the black gangqi, making the black-red fist even more demonic!
"Why are you killing them?" said Xing Haifu, who was walking in the head, dissatisfied.
Xing Mu twisted his neck, and there was a click sound from his neck, and the man replied with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, whatever we do tonight, someone will carry it for us!"
The two looked at each other, smiled, and disappeared into the alley. It turned out that this group of Shahe Gang members usually robbed gamblers, so they naturally blocked the two of them in a dead end, but now it seems that they also have the meaning of digging their own graves.