Chapter Twenty-Three: The Undercurrent Emerges
"Brother Daoyuan, what's the matter?" asked Rou'er in a whisper after being pulled to a corner by Daoyuan.
"Shhhh ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw a person jumping out of a courtyard wall not far from the left front, that person was dressed in black, covered with a black scarf, and carrying a thing on his shoulder.
I don't know if it's because of the conditioned reflex, Dao Yuan frowned when he saw a person dressed like this, and subconsciously felt that the other party was not a good person. Coupled with the fact that it was the dead of night, the man's actions were quite sneaky, which confirmed his thoughts even more.
He motioned for Rou'er to hide, and as soon as his body moved, he came out into the street and blocked the man's way.
After breaking through the Gathering Spirit Realm, Dao Yuan's body technique was higher than before, and in the shadows, the person didn't even notice it, and when he came to the front, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and with a sudden brake, he stopped in front of Dao Yuan's body a long way away.
"Who?" the man asked.
"I should ask Your Excellency this sentence, in the middle of the night, your Excellency is dressed in night clothes, his actions are suspicious, and what he does is not a good thing. ”
"Nosy!"
The man scolded secretly and pounced directly, and at some point there was a bright short sword in his hand, which stabbed straight into Dao Yuan's chest.
With this move, Dao Yuan saw that this person's strength was quite ordinary, probably the strength of the Gathering Spirit Upper Realm, if it was before, maybe Dao Yuan still had some scruples, but now that he has broken through to the Gathering Spirit Middle Realm, he will naturally no longer have fear, seeing the other party's coming, the sword of life and death hurriedly swung out, and a sword cut off the person's weapon, and at the same time flew up with a kick, hitting the opponent's knee.
The man didn't realize that Dao Yuan had this strength, and he was carrying that thing on his body, which caused him to be unable to move, and when he was caught off guard, he suddenly snorted, and then turned into a rolling gourd, fell out of the way, and the thing on his shoulder also fell to the side.
Although his strength was ordinary, his reaction was not slow, knowing that he was not an opponent of Daoyuan, he scolded hatefully, turned around and fled into the night, and disappeared.
Rou'er came out of the corner of the wall, and came to the object with Daoyuan, the two looked at it intently, the thing was actually a sack, and the opening was tied very strongly by the rope, Daoyuan stepped forward to cut the rope, and suddenly, the contents were exposed.
That's a person.
To be precise, it is a girl, the same age as Rou'er.
At this time, the girl's eyes were closed, and she was covered only in obscene clothes, and there was no inch to cover her body, and her white and tender skin was like fat jade in the moonlight. Dao Yuan stood up with a frown, and said to Rou'er, "It's better for you to come." After saying that, he hugged Jin Er and walked quickly to the side.
Rou'er laughed secretly, took off her coat and draped it on the girl's body, thought for a while, turned to Dao Yuan and said, "Let's send her back." ”
The two carried the girl to the door of the house, Dao Yuan gently pulled the bolt of the door open, and gently put the person in, and then the two knocked on the door hard, and only left quickly after making sure that the family was awakened.
A burst of exclamations of chickens flying and dogs jumping sounded from behind, the two looked at each other and smiled, and Rou'er asked, "Brother Daoyuan, guess what's going on?"
"The girl must have been taken away in her sleep by someone in a daze, and it looks like the rumored method of the flower thief. ”
Rou'er said hatefully: "If I knew this, I should have killed that thief, and see if he dared to do such a bad thing again!"
Dao Yuan smiled and shook his head secretly: This girl is obviously confused, and her words are a little contradictory, how can she do bad things when she dies.
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A few days later, the tide caused by the Heavenly Stones finally slowly subsided, and it was finally rumored that among the five Heavenly Stones that were brought down this time, after a fierce battle, one of them fell into the hands of the Lord of the Cloud Courtyard Hai Wuyan, and was used as a reward to motivate the disciples to work hard. The other two pieces fell into the hands of the Qingfeng Martial Academy and the master who left the courtyard respectively, and the same effect was true.
As for the last two celestial stones, they were completely nowhere to be found. For a while, there were different opinions on the whereabouts of these two heavenly stones, and in the end, no one had accurate information.
After hearing the news, Dao Yuan couldn't help but secretly ask Sword Ling, "Could it be that what others get are ordinary Heavenly Stones?"
Jian Ling said: "I don't know what the Heavenly Stone in their hands is, but one thing I can be sure of is that out of the five Heavenly Stones, only this one is a Colorful Stone. ”
"Are you so sure?"
"Of course!" Sword Spirit said: "The formation in the Sword of Life and Death implies the traces of the Great Dao, and the Seven-Colored Stone has gradually had the meaning of channeling, so it was led over along the faint aura of the Great Dao, if the other few pieces were also Seven-colored Stones, then it would not have exploded into five pieces at that time, and it would definitely be directly attracted over." ”
"I see!" Dao Yuan said clearly: "By the way, why do I always feel that the absorption speed of Rou'er and Thunderfall is not very fast, is there any way you can help them?"
The sword spirit shook his head and said, "Don't think about this, they are different from you, you have the help of divine skills, so the absorption is extremely smooth." And in their current situation, even if there is such a method, they can't use it, the strength is too weak, too weak. Furthermore, it may not be good for them to absorb quickly, you know, if you want to be fast, you can't reach it. ”
"Well, I know I'm a little greedy. In fact, compared to ordinary people, the speed of absorption by the two of them is fast enough. ”
"Well, it's good to know, don't be too pushy in everything. ”
A few more days passed, and an even more exciting news came, which caused the entire Sky City to boil.
The three martial arts institutes that got Tianshi that day were all attacked by a group of unknown people last night, although Tianshi was finally ensured to be safe, but the courtyards were heavily injured and suffered great losses, this news directly caused panic among other martial arts institutes and the people in the city.
When the city lord Xiao Bufan heard this, he immediately ordered all parties to quickly return to the defense to ensure the stability of the city. At the same time, he ordered the sergeants to patrol all parts of the city day and night, and immediately arrest suspicious people, and then deal with them after the examination is clear.
At this time, in Yunxiao City, a depressing atmosphere spread everywhere, just like this unexpected heavy rain, which made people unable to live.
Lu Gongzi stood quietly in front of the window, looking at the countless rain curtains that covered people's eyes, his white face was like a dark cloud in the sky, sinking as if it was about to drip water.
"Gathering Spirits in the Middle Realm!?It's only been a few days?What are you kidding!"
The housekeeper on the side bowed his head and said, "If your subordinates see it with their own eyes, there will be no mistake." ”
"Hmph, now the city is too tightly checked, too ostentatious is not good for us, but luck is this thing, there will always be a time when it runs out, and when this limelight passes, I will clean them up." But before that, I'm going to meet them first to see if there's anything you said, it's only been a few days, can he still go to heaven!"
Lu Gongzi turned around, looked at the butler in front of him who bowed his head and bent over, and asked, "Say, what's the matter?"
The housekeeper said respectfully: "Back to the young master, just now the eldest young master came with a message, saying that he will be back in the next few days, let everyone prepare to prepare." ”
The eldest young master in the housekeeper's mouth is the son of Uncle Lu Qianlin's family and his cousin, Lu Qianshan.
Seven years ago, Lu Qianshan joined the Xuantian Sword Sect to practice, and because of his excellent talent, he was quite favored by the Xuantian Sword Sect.
"Go home, go home, what do you have to do with such a big scene every time! ”
The housekeeper naturally heard the dissatisfaction of his young master, but he was just a subordinate, and when the master was unhappy, as a subordinate, it was best to remain silent, which was a truth he understood many years ago.
The rain became heavier and heavier, as if it was about to submerge the heavens and the earth, lightning and thunder, silver snakes danced, accompanied by gusts of wind, and even many people had the illusion of the end of the world.
Lu Qianlin paced slowly, thinking: Usually the eldest brother only goes home during the Chinese New Year, why do you want to come back at this time this time? Is it possible...... Is it related to the Xiao family? I heard that the eldest lady of the Xiao family came back from Tianshan at the behest of her father and is now in the city. I think the eldest brother knew about it, so he went home at this time and wanted to see the beautiful woman. I don't know what kind of wonderful person that girl is, so that the eldest brother who has always been proud of herself is like this. He fell in love with that girl at first sight, and he still doesn't forget it, and when he says it, it's really a seed of infatuation. No, I'll have to inquire about it quickly, lest he ask me in a few days and I don't know, it's not good!
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These days, the three of them hardly leave the house and work very hard. Although Lei Luo started a little late, but the progress is quite gratifying, with the help of the colorful stones, coupled with the secret guidance of the sword spirit, now he has touched the threshold of the initial realm of gathering spirits, only one step away, you can officially enter, the mouth of this guy of beauty is almost behind the ear.
Of course, he didn't know all this, he thought it was the credit of Daoyuan, one boss at a time, and the Daoyuan who called it had goosebumps all over his body, and that attitude was almost to the point of flattery.
As for Rou'er, after absorbing the energy of the colorful stones, not only has her injuries healed, but her face is even more beautiful, just like a hibiscus out of water. It's just that she still can't remember the previous things, which makes her feel a little lost, and from time to time she is beautiful and slightly frowning, and her face is sad.
Seeing her like this, Dao Yuan secretly asked Jian Lingdao: "Is there no good way to cure such a thing as amnesia?"
The sword spirit was silent for a while, shook his head and said, "No, although the amnesia is caused by an injury, it is not an injury itself, so medicine is useless at all. Under normal circumstances, if the person with amnesia is allowed to see more familiar things or scenes, they may recover immediately and heal without medicine. But Rou'er's situation is a bit peculiar, and I find that although she is troubled by amnesia, she doesn't seem to subconsciously want to remember the past at all, which makes me a little puzzled. ”
Dao Yuan was stunned: "Why is this happening? Isn't this very contradictory?"
"Yes, it's a bit of a contradiction, but I can't be wrong with my feelings. Sword Spirit affirmed: "Human thoughts and feelings are very complex and full of unpredictability, maybe this girl has experienced some unpleasant things before, which has led to her current situation." No matter how much you care about it, you are powerless. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm the same for everybody. ”
The sword spirit pouted and said, "Cut! admit what you're afraid of? I won't laugh at you!"
“......”
At this moment, Lei Luo pushed the door in, and when Dao Yuan saw it, he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just haven't been out much these days, and I feel a little stuffy. I thought, are we going out for a walk?"
"Okay, then call Shangrou'er, let's go out for a walk. ”