Chapter 22: The Scarlet Town
The dim sky and a blood-colored remnant sun heralded the waning sun.
Flocks of vultures, winding and circling in the sky, screaming incessantly. The remnants of the wall, the cold wind and the bleak wind, the lively town, without the prosperity of the past. The depressed streets were deserted, and the silence was terrible. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood, and the constant bursts of mold and foul stench were disgusting.
On the ground, there are corpses lying horizontally and vertically, which have begun to decay, and there are insects constantly coming out of the corpses, and from time to time there are gnawing animals shuttling back and forth, as if celebrating a feast, constantly making chirping sounds, so happy! It is conceivable what kind of bloody massacre has been experienced here, which is so tragic that a vigorous town has become a Shura hell, and there is no breath of life.
Not far away, a man and a woman walked towards the street, and after seeing this tragic scene, the woman suddenly felt her stomach rolling, and a bad chill surged into her heart, and she couldn't help but vomit. The man endured the feeling of nausea, and kept gently patting the woman's back, pressing and caressing from top to bottom. The woman felt a little better, her eyes were full of fear, her face was pale, she buried her head in the man's chest, and said timidly: "Brother Jin, Ying'er is so afraid." ”
It turned out that Hou Jin was angry, and after killing Li Dashao, he followed Wang Ruzhi's advice, took Ying'er, and quickly left Qingyan Town, trekking all the way through mountains and rivers, sleeping in the open for more than half a month, and was exhausted. I finally came to this town, and I wanted to recuperate for a few days, but as soon as I came to the street, I saw such a tragic scene.
Hou Jin is okay, after all, he is a man, he is bolder, and as the master of the Wenhua Hall of the Tianshan Sect, he has a bigger heart after all, although he lacks a chill in his heart, he is still calm. Ying'er is not good, a delicate girl, who grew up in the Tianshan faction since she was a child, has never been out of the mountain gate, where has she ever seen such a battle, she was really frightened, and even the clear soup and little water in her little stomach were about to vomit out.
Hou Jin caressed Ying'er's back and comforted: "Ying'er, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, brother Jin is here." ”
Ying'er said with a crying voice: "Brother Jin, let's get out of here quickly, Ying'er doesn't want to stay here for a moment." ”
Hou Jin said softly: "Okay, let's go." ”
Say, take Ying'er's little hand, and are about to leave. Suddenly, a strange laugh wafted through the air, eerie and creepy.
Ying'er leaned on Hou Jin's chest and shivered. Hou Jin's heart sank, this voice was erratic, with his cultivation now comparable to a first-class master, he couldn't accurately distinguish the source of the voice for a while. So, he took a breath and shouted: "Where is sacred, pretending to be a god and a ghost?"
The weird laughter didn't respond in any way, just laughed non-stop, far and near, big and small, eerie.
Hou Jin closed his eyes, his right ear trembled slightly, and he tried his best to identify the source of the voice that the person didn't know. Suddenly, several black, plum blossom-shaped UFOs, mixed with cold light, roared and galloped, like lightning straight to Hou Jin's heart.
Hou Jin caught this strange sound, his back seemed to have a pair of eyes, he lifted the Kaiyang Sword, quickly turned back, and several sword light remnants appeared, only to hear a few nails, and the plum blossom-shaped black flying object fell to the ground in response.
In the air, the strange voice was surprised, and then a voice like a ghost said, "Hey, I met someone with two hits, try again." But seeing that in all directions, countless plum blossom-shaped hidden weapons invariably shot towards Hou, as fast as lightning, and the surroundings were full of black spots for a while.
Hou Jin displayed the Qinglian Sword Song, one move from all over the world, dancing all over the world and buzzing. I only heard the sound of tinkling and ding, and several hidden weapons fell to the ground, but there were still countless hidden weapons. Hou Jin lifted a breath of true qi, hugged Ying'er tightly with one hand, and made a move Canglong out of the sea, spinning, jumping, soaring into the air, three feet high from the ground, out of the range of the hidden weapon attack.
However, before Hou Jin could land, a black shadow flashed out, like a large bat, stabbing obliquely, and a dark short sword in his hand stabbed towards Hou Jin quickly. Hou Jin was in the air, with nowhere to focus, and he was still holding Ying'er in his arms, and he couldn't show his skills.
"This sneak attacker is so ruthless and treacherous, and the person who came is not good, it is impossible to guard against it, and it seems that he is in big trouble. Hou Jin's mind spun quickly, thinking about what to do.
Hou Jin had no choice but to forcibly use the Yin and Yang Five Elements Gong to concentrate his true energy on the Kaiyang Sword and block the incoming sword. The tip of the black short sword collided with the Kaiyang Sword, and suddenly a burst of fire splattered out. The black shadow quickly retreated from the momentum, and disappeared in an instant. And Hou Jin was also shocked by this blow and felt a faint pain in his mouth, and sighed that he had come to have deep internal skills, and he had encountered a difficult master. Hou Jin also fell down quickly. said that it was too late, and when Hou Jin was about to land, the black shadow like a large bat flashed again, and along with it, there was also the black short sword that was steaming with cold light, straight to Hou Jin's waist, and the end was ruthless, dangerous and abnormal.
At the last moment, I saw Hou Jin quickly wielding the Kaiyang Sword, the tip of the sword was pointing downward, inserted into the ground, the sword body protected the waist, and the sword stabbed by the black shadow was impartial, stabbing into the body of the Kaiyang Sword, with a ding, cremation splashing. No matter how the black shadow urged the internal force, the black short sword could not advance a single bit. Hou Jin is also a master of art and bold, if this black sword is deviated by one inch, Hou Jin's waist will be pierced out of a bloody hole.
But the black shadow's attention was attracted by the Kaiyang Sword in Hou Jin's hand, this sword bears the gravity of Hou Jin and Ying'er, plus his own attack, but it is still straight and straight, without a trace of bending, and he can't help but sigh in his heart: "There is such a hard sword in the world? Good baby, you must get it." There was a greedy glint in his eyes.
Hou Jin landed steadily on the ground, and then he saw a black shadow, what a terrifying face it was! Countless scars crisscrossed the city, like a ghost in the underworld, to be precise, this is a grimace mask. But through the mask, the eyes like beasts, lacking greedy green light, Ying'er glanced at it slightly, her heart was panicked, her body trembled, and she leaned on Hou Jin's warm chest, and felt better.
Hou Jin asked: "Who is Your Excellency? You and I have never been in our lives, Your Excellency is so strong in martial arts, but you are doing the shameless act of sneaking up on others, isn't it too disgraceful?"
The black shadow didn't answer, but just looked up to the sky and laughed, the laughter was extremely sharp and piercing, like a ghost, echoing in the air, making people shudder.
Hou Jinyou was also annoyed, and shouted in a deep voice: "Why is Your Excellency laughing?"
The black shadow finally spoke, and said, "The young man is Hao Yaxing, and in this blood-colored place, he has not forgotten the wind and snow. Under the grimace mask, the beast-like eyes were staring at the warbler, and there was no greedy green light in the eyes, like a hungry beast seeing its prey, looking at it unscrupulously, with the neck sticking out of the throat, up and down, and making a gurgling sound.
"Lu Ziyou's waste, he actually smashed the task three times and twice, and there is still a living mouth here? However, there is such a fairy-like woman in the world, and I Huang Cheng has picked countless flowers, but I have never met it. It seems that God has taken me to be thin, and I am blessed, haha!haha!" The black shadow replied as if Hou Jin was like air, just staring at Ying'er and laughing lewdly.
From the words of the black shadow, Hou Jin seemed to guess that the death of the people in this town seemed to be inseparable from this black shadow. Coupled with the fact that this person is insidious and cunning, and his actions are vicious, Hou Jin doesn't dare to think about it anymore, so many innocent lives...... That's just horrible.
The black shadow said again: "That's it, this time I, Huang Cheng, will wipe Lu Ziyou's butt with that waste and solve this fish that slipped through the net, as for this little lady...... Hey, hey, hey!"
The black shadow laughed, didn't say hello, and suddenly burst into trouble. I saw that there were several black plum blossom-shaped hidden weapons, heading straight for Hou Jin's door, such a close sneak attack, the secret weapon was mixed with cold light, so fast, no matter how high the martial arts were, I am afraid that they would not be able to dodge and be hit. The black shadow looked at Hou Jin like an ant, and then looked directly at Ying'er. But then, the black shadow made a surprised sound of "huh", and his eyes seemed to see something impossible. Only a few dings were heard, and all the hidden weapons were knocked to the ground, but Hou Jin was still standing intact. It turned out that Hou Jin had been on guard and had been vigilant. This hidden weapon shot in front of him, if it were an ordinary person, it is estimated that he would really fall to the ground in response, but Hou Jin's eyes were fast, and when he heard a strange sound, he quickly rotated the Kaiyang Sword in his hand, and used the third form of the Qinglian Sword Song, and the Kaiyang Sword danced with a buzzing sound, protecting the face door, which was impermeable.
Huang Cheng was a little annoyed this time, he had never missed in the past, and the martial arts people in the rivers and lakes who died under his plum blossom dart were eight thousand, not to mention ten thousand. I don't want to, but today I was taken over by an inconspicuous young man, and it was a surprise sneak attack. How did Huang Chenggui not become angry? Huang Chenggui is the hall master of the eighth branch of the Plum Blossom Palace, although he is lustful, but he is also very good-looking, if people know that he has been frustrated one after another in the hands of a nobody, how will he lead the City King Palace in the future?
Huang Cheng shouted sharply: "Go and die." ”
A black short sword, piercing the barrier of the air, braved the eerie cold light, and went straight to the center of Hou Jin's forehead, and at the same time, a dark claw grabbed Hou Jin's neck. The five claws glowed pale blue and were more than three inches long.
Hou Jin looked at the swift and ruthless black sword, as well as the black claws that were emitting blue light, and the claws should have been highly poisonous. Looking at the actions of this black shadow, it is almost like lightning, as long as you are stabbed by this black sword, or caught by a claw, even if you don't die, it's not much better!
"It seems that it is difficult to be alone today. Hou Jin said in his heart.
must go all out, Hou Jin can't be allowed to think too much, and it's too late to protect Ying'er behind him. Hou Jin pushed Ying'er aside and raised his sword to meet the enemy. A move of phoenix dancing for nine days, the posture is light and beautiful, but it is learned by Hou Jin and Hui'er for a long time to learn martial arts. not only removed the sword stabbed by Huang Cheng, but also blocked the fierce and fierce claw. A sword and a claw collided together, a sound of iron striking sounded, and a spark splashed out, Hou Jin suddenly felt numb, his chest ached faintly, and he was slightly surprised: "There are actually people whose hands are as hard as iron, and this person's martial arts are terrible." "I am also very puzzled in my heart, I have never met, why do I want to do such a poisonous hand and put myself to death?
Two rituals give birth to four elephants, and four elephants give birth to gossip. Hou Jinshi exhibited Li Chunzheng's mastery: Qiankun Liangyi swordsmanship. Footwork at the feet, implicitly fitting the direction of the gossip. In the face of Huang Cheng's insidious and ruthless opponent with high martial arts, Hou Jin had to use his talisman as soon as he came up. Silently reciting the mantra of the heart: "The gossip is in a column, and the image is in it; therefore, it is important, and the yao is in it; the rigidity and softness push each other, and the change is in it; it is the order of resignation, and the movement is in it." "The directions of the gossip are nothing more than Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui. Dry three times, Kun six broken; shake the Yang Yu, Gen covers the bowl; away from the void, the ridge is full; the upper is missing, and the lower is broken. Types of Bagua: Divided into Innate Bagua, Zhongtian Bagua, and Acquired Bagua.
Hou Jinbian fought against Huang Cheng, and his head quickly recalled that his master Li Chunzheng explained the mystery of Qiankun gossip to himself. Gradually, Hou Jin seemed to feel that he had become one with the Kaiyang Sword, closed his eyes, immersed himself in the world of gossip, and comprehended the mystery of heaven and earth. The direction of the gossip, which was still ignorant, is slowly becoming clearer. Make moves as you like, sometimes stabbing, sometimes picking, sometimes chopping, sometimes chopping, but you can always catch Huang Cheng's attack just right.
Huang Cheng kept colliding with Hou Jin's sword with a sword and a claw, and saw that Hou Jin had his eyes closed, but he could always block his moves. Huang Cheng raised his feet high and kicked Hou Jin's head vigorously, but Hou Jin avoided it with strange movements, his shoulders and heels tiptoed, his heels cocked, his body leaned back, and he was almost about to fall to the ground. But that Huang Cheng was not simple, he raised his sword to meet him, the black short sword slashed through the sword stabbed by Hou Jin, his body bent to one side, and it became an incredible curved bow, and Hou Jin's sword also pierced the air. At the same time, a claw rattled and poked out unexpectedly, grabbing Hou Jin's head, and on the long claws, the light blue light appeared and disappeared from time to time. If this claw is caught, it is estimated that Hou Jin's head will be crushed like a watermelon, and his brain will collapse. Even if you are not caught, as long as you are knocked down, you will have an unknown poison extracted from your claws, and without Huang Cheng's antidote, you will die of poison. This Huang Cheng is worthy of being the hall master of the palace of the king of the city, he is really insidious and cunning, vicious and abnormal, and as soon as he makes a move, it is a killing move that kills people, and the trick requires people's lives.
Hou Jin tilted his head, and his neck suddenly squeaked a few times, which was able to avoid Huang Cheng's fatal claw, and he felt a hot pain on his face. Although he avoided this grasp, the strong wind on the claws could not be avoided, and it was conceivable that the power of Huang Cheng's move, Hou Jin couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart, but the more dangerous was still to come. Huang Cheng missed a claw, his body disappeared out of thin air, Hou Jin only felt the whirring wind around him, but he couldn't catch Huang Cheng's figure. But just told him that Huang Cheng was lying dormant not far away, waiting for the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on himself.
If you are not afraid of open guns, you are afraid of hidden arrows. The enemy hiding in the shadows is the most terrifying, because you don't know when the enemy will make a move and attack you, and you can't prevent it. Hou Jin calmed down, closed his eyes, his right ear trembled, listening to the sound to distinguish the position, wanting to use his hearing to capture Huang Cheng's figure.
Just when Hou Jin was tense up, suddenly, a frightened scream disrupted Hou Jin's square inch.
It turned out that in order not to affect Ying'er, Hou Jin forced Huang Cheng to a certain distance and entangled him. Ying'er was also scared in her heart, watching Hou Jin and Huang Cheng fight to the death, Hou Jin was in danger several times, but when the evil turned into good fortune, Ying'er's heart was also up and down, worried about Hou Jin. The forehead is drenched in sweat, and the tight heartstrings cannot be loosened. Just as Ying'er was watching Hou Jin fight, she suddenly felt something moving under her feet, as if it was a pair of hands. Ying'er looked down, but saw the "deceptive corpse" that she had only heard in other people's mouths in her life.
I saw that several corpses that had begun to decompose at Ying'er's feet moved, and corpse insects could still be seen crawling on the corpses. The corpse crawled on the ground, approaching Ying'er, and a corpse had crawled to Ying'er, stretched out a pair of rotten hands, and grabbed Ying'er's feet.
A delicate girl who has never left the Tianshan faction, where has she seen such a terrifying scene when she went down the mountain, and she was suddenly so frightened that her soul was about to disperse, so she screamed in fright.
Hou Jin heard Ying'er's exclamation and turned around, wanting to see what was going on there. But with this distraction, a black shadow like a large bat appeared silently, and a sword stabbed Hou Jin in the back. By the time Hou Jin noticed the movement behind him, it was already too late. Hou came in before he could raise his sword to defend against the enemy, but he could avoid the vital points of his body, and felt a tingling pain, and a black sword tip pierced from the back, protruding from the front chest and clavicle, and drops of black-red blood flowed out along the tip of the sword. Obviously, this black sword has poison in its body.
After a whirlwind, Hou Jin felt that the power in his body was fading little by little, his body began to shake involuntarily, and his vision began to blur.
When Ying'er saw Hou Jinzhongjian, she no longer felt scared, but just cried and shouted vigorously: "Brother Jin, you go quickly, don't care about Ying'er." ”
At this time, behind Hou Jin, Huang Cheng's cold and piercing voice sounded: "Tut-tut, she is really an infatuated girl, she is still thinking about her lover when she is dying, it is really moving." ”
Hou Jin was extremely angry in his heart, and he took a breath of true qi, breathing heavily, and said with difficulty: "Despicable...... Shameless...... I...... I have no grievances with you, why do you want to do this to me? You have a good martial arts in vain, but you still dedicate yourself to it...... If you use the three indiscriminate sneak attack methods, you are not afraid of the shame of the people in the rivers and lakes?"
Huang Cheng looked up to the sky, laughed insolently, and said loudly: "Haha! As for the so-called morality of the rivers and lakes, it is only pedantic fools who follow it. Blame, you shouldn't be here. ”
The blood, from Hou Jin's wound, flowed out along the tip of the black sword, his mind was dizzy, and the toxins began to be in his body, along the blood, invading Hou Jin's internal organs.
"Am I going to die? I haven't avenged my dead family? I'm not reconciled, so unwilling!" Hou Jin felt very unwilling, but also very helpless. I only feel top-heavy, and the strength in my body seems to be drained little by little. The body was shaky, but there was still a trace of thought supporting Hou Jin, so he didn't fall down immediately.
Hou Jin asked with difficulty, "Even if it...... Even if it's death, you're supposed to tell me who you are?"
Huang Cheng laughed and said gloomily: "Okay, let you die and understand." Otherwise, when you get to the king of Hades, the king of Hades asks you, you still don't know how you died. Listen, I am Mei Hanxiang, the hall master of the Plum Blossom Palace, sit down, and Huang Cheng, the hall master of the Equality King Hall of the Eighth Branch, is also!"
When Hou Jin heard this, his heart trembled, Plum Blossom Palace, isn't this the Plum Blossom Hall that he wants to seek revenge day and night? His heart was full of anger, his anger was depressed, his eyes were fierce, and his eyes were full of anger, as if he was not seriously injured, he suddenly got up, turned his head, looked at Huang Cheng angrily, and said: "Four years ago, it was your Plum Blossom Palace, and my Hou family was full of more than 200 people, and innocent and tragic died under your butcher's knife. ”
Huang Cheng was stunned for a moment, smiled coldly, and said: "Haha, it's really nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it." There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to come. Are you the fish of the Hou family who escaped by luck? Let me meet Huang Cheng today, and send you back to the west and reunite with your big family of dead ghosts, haha!"
With that, Huang Cheng pulled out the sword that pierced Hou Jin's body and kicked Hou Jin in the shoulder. Hou Jin suddenly felt as if he had been drained of his essence, his body was like a kite with a broken string, blood was splashed in his mouth, he flipped a few times in the air, and slammed into the ground. Then, a big foot stomped on Hou Jin's back. Hou Jin faintly heard Ying'er's mournful and heartbroken cry: "Enter the brother!
Huang Cheng stepped on Hou Jin's back and said loudly: "Oh, I forgot to tell you that before this king killed, he liked to torture people well, you fell into my unique corpse poison, and without my antidote, even Da Luo Jin Xian would not be able to save you." Your blood will slowly drain down the wound and eventually turn into a dry corpse, and you will feel ten thousand worms, tearing at your heart, and finally die in pain. Don't worry, as for your woman, I'll treat you well, ah, haha!" Huang Cheng looked at Ying'er, walked leisurely towards Ying'er, and laughed lewdly.
A bright dagger appeared in Ying'er's hand, clenched tightly. Ying'er held the determination to die, sad from the heart, with a poignant smile on her face, looked at Hou Jin with affection, and said: "Brother Jin, it seems that Ying'er has no chance to stay with Brother Jin in this life, and Ying'er's heart is all into her brother's." Brother Jin, you go slowly, Ying'er will come underground to accompany you, and we will meet again below. After that, Ying'er closed her beautiful eyes, put the dagger in her hand, and stabbed it into her heart without hesitation.
Hou Jin wanted to struggle to get up and snatch the dagger from Ying'er's hand, but he couldn't do anything but shout in despair: "Ying'er, Ying'er! no! no, no......" His eyes were dark, his mouth was spitting blood, and he lost consciousness.
The sky, the blood-colored remnant sun, shining on the dead and dreary town, is so poignant, the town is full of blood.
Corpses were all over the ground, and insects crawled on them, and rodents happily shuttled back and forth, making sizzling noises from time to time. In the twilight sky, several vultures hovered......