Chapter 9: The Uninvited Guest
The warm morning sun sprinkled the valley, and Ye Feng slowly walked out of the room.
The valley is a hollow surrounded by high mountain peaks, almost isolated from the rest of the world.
The master built a few thatched huts here and lived in seclusion here.
Ye Feng was sent to learn knives from his master Demon Fifth Floor for ten years since he was a child, and he was extremely familiar with every grass and tree in this valley.
During those ten years, he lived in the room behind him, and after several years, he returned here, but the master did not even change the furnishings in the room.
And the room has been uninhabited for a long time, but it is extremely clean, presumably the master is still cleaning it often, thinking that after he left, the master lived here alone every day, Ye Feng's heart couldn't help but feel a burst of sentimentality.
During the ten years of learning knives, the master not only taught him knife skills, but also took care of his daily life and diet.
Isolated from the rest of the world, only his master and apprentice lived, and except for the necessary purchases every once in a while, almost everything, including the vegetables he ate, was grown by the master himself.
He also raised pigs, chickens, and even a small mill next to the stream in the valley, where the master had to grind tofu himself every day before dawn to provide Ye Feng with knife practice.
In the eyes of outsiders, the master is a cold-blooded and ruthless and terrifying demon on the fifth floor, and in Ye Feng's heart, in those ten years, the master has been busy pulling Ye Feng every day to grow into a young man, he is no different from a kind father.
Ye Feng looked up at the small mill next to the stream, since he came back this time, the water wheel in the stream had not rotated again.
In those ten years, Ye Feng had to use tofu and eggs to practice his knives almost every day, and every day he had to eat all kinds of tofu and eggs made by his master, so that after he left here, he vowed never to eat these two things again in his life.
When I came back this time, the master never made these two things again.
After not seeing each other again for so many years, how did the master know about these eating habits outside?
Thinking of the master living this poor life in the valley, but still silently caring about himself in the world of flowers outside, Ye Feng's heart felt warm.
It's like the warm morning sun on this autumn day.
From a distance, Ye Feng saw the master sitting in front of the door of his hut, in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
He walked over and wanted to greet his master.
Suddenly, he stopped.
Because he saw that the master's expression suddenly changed, Huo Ran stood up and stared straight in the direction of the entrance of the valley.
Ye Feng also felt a very powerful aura faintly coming from the direction of the entrance of the valley at this time, someone was coming!
And this is clearly a high person.
This place is isolated from the world, only he and his master know, even his father Ye Zhiqiu has never been here, who will find here?
Is the person who comes friend or foe?
Ye Feng felt some nervousness in his heart.
I don't know why, he feels that this person who entered the valley, his aura seems to be very familiar, and he is a person he knows.
Who is it?
In the early morning in the mountains, a thin layer of mist was filled around, like a light veil, faintly shrouded in the surroundings, hazy.
From the mist, a figure gradually walked over.
As he got closer, his figure became clearer and clearer.
He carried a shabby bamboo hat, and was wearing a simple coarse linen robe, and his figure was not tall, but he was straight
It's like a straight bow!
Ye Feng almost blurted out, he knew this person!
Ink Sevenfold!
The giant of the Mo family, the ink sevenfold!
At the beginning of Lanzhou City, Mo Qizhong appeared in time, rescued Ye Feng and them from Mo Beicheng's men at a critical time, and later escorted Ye Feng out of the city to face the thousands of troops led by the little marquis Song Hu.
Being able to outwit the enemy army and lift the siege of Lanzhou City can be said to be almost entirely dependent on the power of Mo Qizhong.
Later, he and Mrs. Tang teamed up to severely damage the invincible demon Donghai Fisher, ensuring Ye Feng's safety.
For Ye Feng, this person he called "Seventh Uncle" was his benefactor and a trustworthy elder.
But when he saw that the fifth floor of the master demon was looking at Mo Qizhong, it was not friendly.
Of course, Ye Feng had heard the legend about the feud between the master and Mo Qizhong.
The dispute between the ink knife and the ink sword is also the dispute between the leaders and giants of the Mo family, and it is a tradition of the Mo family for more than a thousand years.
However, in the battle thirty years ago, the master, who was the successor of the ink sword, was defeated by the ink sevenfold, who represented the ink sword.
Mo Qizhong has since become the giant of the Mo family, and the master is also deeply ashamed, changed his name and surname, left the Mo family, and became the fifth floor of the famous magic sword demon on the rivers and lakes.
In the following thirty years, the two rarely appeared on the rivers and lakes, and never saw each other again.
However, when he was in Lanzhou City before, Mo Qizhong was clearly anxious to see his master and tried to find him everywhere.
Ye Feng heard Miss Cheng mention that Mo Qizhong was actually seriously ill, and he was already terminally ill, and his life was short.
Is he so anxious to find a master, is it because of the grudge between the two thirty years ago, and he wants to settle it again?
It's no wonder that the master behaved so nervously when he saw Mo Qizhong, as if he was facing a great enemy.
Ye Feng's heart suddenly hung in the air.
On one side is his father-like master, and on the other side is the seventh uncle Mo Qizhong who is kind to him, and no matter who is harmed, he doesn't want to see it.
Ye Feng raised his feet and stepped forward, wanting to step forward to stop him.
As soon as his feet were raised, the fifth floor of the master, who was far away in front of him with his back to him, suddenly raised his hand to signal him not to move.
The fifth floor of the demon did not look back, but he clearly knew Ye Feng's every move, which showed that he was already on full alert at this time, and if there was any movement around, even if a branch fell to the ground, I am afraid that he would not be able to hide it.
Ye Feng's heart became more and more worried, but at this time, he didn't dare to disobey his master, so he could only obediently stop and stand in place and look at the two of them.
Mo Qi walked in with great strides.
His steps are easy, but they feel very calm, and every step is so firm and powerful.
His mood seemed to be very relaxed, and he even saw Ye Feng from a distance, and bowed slightly at him, which was regarded as a hello.
At least, Mo Qizhong didn't feel like he was facing a great enemy, and Ye Feng's heart was a little settled.
Mo Qizhong walked straight in, walked to the fifth floor of the demon, and walked in front of him before stopping.
He took off the bamboo hat on his head, revealing his gray hair, nodded at the dark Fifth Floor of the Demon, and shouted, "Fifth Brother!"
He called the Fifth Floor of the Demon "Fifth Brother", but he looked much older than the Fifth Floor of the Demon.
The fifth floor of the demon was dressed in a black robe, and his beard and hair looked very black, while Mo Qizhong's beard was already gray, full of wrinkles, and he was at least ten years old.
Maybe Mo Qizhong was originally older, and the brotherly title between them was just because
For the sake of seniority.
Or perhaps, because in the past thirty years, the heavy responsibility of the Mo family giant who has pressed on the shoulders of Mo Qizhong has made him age prematurely, and power and ** are the things that are most likely to make people age.
Mo Qizhong's face was calm at the moment, but there was a hint of tremor in his words, showing that he was trying to suppress the excitement in his chest.
The fifth floor of the demon didn't look as excited as him, his eyes were cold when he looked at Mo Qizhong, and his voice was even colder: "What are you doing here?"
He didn't ask Mo Shichie how he found his place of seclusion, which was remote and isolated from the world, and would have been impossible for outsiders to find.
He knew that the Mo family had been making a living by inquiring about information and selling intelligence in the rivers and lakes all these years, and they must have had their own intelligence networks and sources over the years.
If the Mo family really wants to find a person's hiding place, no matter where you hide, it won't be something difficult to do.
So what he is more concerned about now is that after a lapse of thirty years, his seventh brother suddenly came to the door, what is it for?
Mo Qizhong's eyes looked at Ye Feng, who was standing far away, and said with some meaning: "I suddenly took the liberty to come here, just to have a good talk with the fifth brother alone. ”
Mo Wulou seemed to scoff at his words: "Talk, is there anything else to talk about between us?"
Mo Qizhong's eyes were still staring at Ye Feng's body and did not move, but he said categorically: "Yes!"
The fifth floor of the demon seemed to be a little surprised, he looked at Mo Qizhong silently, and finally nodded after a long time and said, "Okay, let's go to the woods and talk alone." ”
With that, he walked towards the woods beside him.
Mo Qizhong also retracted his gaze and turned to follow behind the fifth floor of the Demon.
Watching the two of them walk into the woods from a distance, Ye Feng couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief, at least, at this moment, the hostility and murderous aura exuded by the master's full vigilance were gone.
Perhaps, they won't really fight.
They might be able to really talk about it.
Hope.
The fifth floor of the demon is currently leading the ink sevenfold into the woods.
He suddenly stopped, turned his head and stared at Mo Qizhong with a pair of eyes for a moment, and asked in a deep voice, "You've been looking for me lately, what are you looking for?"
Mo Qizhong smiled faintly and said, "Of course I have something very important to look for Fifth Brother......
Speaking of this, his face suddenly changed, and he asked rhetorically: "How do you know that I have been looking for you recently?"
The fifth floor of the demon did not answer with a calm face, but just looked at Mo Qizhong quietly.
Mo Qizhong suddenly understood.
I have been digging out my mind to look for the fifth floor of the devil, but there has been no news, in fact, the fifth floor of the devil has been hidden in the dark, always by his side, secretly observing himself.
Since the Fifth Floor of the Demon was able to rescue his beloved apprentice Ye Feng from the desert, it was very likely that before Ye Feng entered the desert, that is, when he was in Lanzhou City, the Fifth Floor of the Demon was secretly following Ye Feng's side.
With his skills, it is not difficult to hide his whereabouts from being discovered.
It's ridiculous that he still wants to find his whereabouts through Ye Feng, but he didn't expect him to hide on the sidelines, watching the play with cold eyes.
Mo Qizhong sighed and said, "Fifth brother, we senior brothers grew up together since childhood, how did we get to be like this today, hiding from each other and not even wanting to see each other?"