Little by little, the lunar eclipse is spreading more and more, as if the pearl has been eroded by venom from one corner, slowly seeping towards the center.

"The last time I saw Tengu eating the moon...... I remember that I was still learning swords in Lin'an. Xia Yan said, "It's last year......

"The last time I saw the 'Tengu Eating Moon', they came to take my life......" Shen Fengming's voice interrupted him. Xia Yan suddenly turned to look at him, but he smiled lowly, "That's at that moment-the battle for the gold medal of Tiandu Peak is imminent, and there are often people on the side of Maas who come to assassinate me." I didn't care about anyone else, but when the 'Tengu' came, I knew that it was indeed Maas's instructions. ”

Okra interjected: "He didn't succeed?"

Shen Fengming glared at her, "Do you want people to succeed?" Turning his gaze, he saw Xia Yan's expression again-although he was silent, he obviously had the same question: according to the description in Song Ran's roster, no matter how good the real kung fu of Tiangu was, the experience and means of assassination should be no less than that of Ma Xi Fengming at that time, and then with his own elite "Eating the Moon", how many difficult bones were taken down, Shen Fengming was much inferior to him today at that time, of course, he was not a first-class master, "Eating the Moon" Even if you miss a single hit, you can do it a few more times, and you can always get it.

He muttered: "Are you thinking in your heart, thirty people, you can't kill a single Shen Fengming by sneak attack, it seems that it is not worthy of the name?"

Xia Yan coughed, "I didn't think so. You know the art of assassination, and it won't be easy to kill you. ”

"I'm not going to tell you," Shen Fengming looked very honest. "If it hadn't been for some accident that day, I would have died at his hands. ”

Okra and Xia Yan couldn't help but put away their contempt and waited for him to talk about it.

"I had only heard of the name of the 'Tengu' before that day, and I knew that he was a character, but I don't know if he was as powerful as he said. Shen Fengming said, "I heard that every assassination of 'Shiyue' is very neat, from the beginning of the plan, to the hands, to the cleanup, there will be no flaws left." Kurotake has a team dedicated to cleaning up the aftermath, and the 'Eating Moon' has never been used, so the details of the operation, if Tengu himself is not in the meeting, even Kurotake can't remember anything, let alone find any tricks for others. ”

He paused slightly. "There was only one time - that time should have been instructed by Maas, and I don't know what kind of deep hatred there was, to expose the corpse of a person to the downtown area, but even so, 'Eating the Moon' still cleaned up all the traces of clues, and when the corpse was seen, it was lying in the middle of the street under the quilt, as if it was a bed at home, if it wasn't for the place where it was really obstructed, I don't know how long it would take to be found that it was already a dead man. He boldly lifted the quilt, and under the quilt he was neatly dressed—some recognized that the garment was indeed the man's own, but it was not the one he was wearing that day—and then he stripped his clothes and examined them, and found that the blood on the man's body was almost empty, and he was already a blue and white corpse. ”

Okra didn't feel very comfortable listening to it, and frowned: "This kind of behavior is also rare. ”

"Not necessarily true. Xia Yan said seriously, "After a person dies, bloodletting is not likely to be released, if it is said to be alive to bleed, those bloodlines have to rush, which place is not immediately alive, how can you wait until you get bloodletting and then die?"

"There are even more bizarre theories. Shen Fengming said, "It is said that there are several bloody wounds on the corpse, and they are all sewn up by the rules, and none of them fall." Tsk, when I heard about this, I was really hairy. ”

"I don't care about these legends. "Xia Yan's face does not change color. "There are always some unrealistic legends about mysterious people, and since they have only been exposed to people once, of course they will be exaggerated. All I care about is what he is like when you see him. ”

Shen Fengming sighed lightly. "I didn't believe in these legends originally. If it is as the legend says, then this man must be extremely demanding of some kind of perfection, and he must have reached the point of pathology. At best, this is naturally a rare talent, not to mention how to act, just think about the group led by such a person, too bad will definitely not be able to enter his eyes; but if you say at worst, this world is full of imperfections, too strong sometimes will drive yourself crazy, become a weakness, even a hidden danger. ”

He paused, but the conversation shifted. "But when I met him, I kind of believed that the legends were true. ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed to the moon. Strangely, the tengu was probably not very hungry today, and he stopped after eating a puff of moonlight, and did not intend to swallow it all, but the moonlight seemed to have darkened, and it hung diagonally in the canopy like a large ship that seemed to be bent but not bent.

"He really can't stand the 'imperfect' things. Just like this moon, he can't stand it. He said.

Xia Yan looked at him thoughtfully and did not speak.

"There is a rule for his 'Moon-Eating' killing, he is only willing to shoot on the day of synod. I found out later that it was because he really couldn't stand even the slightest lack of months. Ordinary people who encounter the 'Tengu Eating Moon' are only curious, surprised, and at most afraid, but he, the full moon, is suddenly missing a corner, which is more uncomfortable for him than seeing anything. ”

"So the 'accident' you're talking about is ......"

"He only brought three or five men with him that day—he felt that he wouldn't need thirty men to fight such a big battle against me, and that bringing three or five was just to be 'perfect' and leave no traces. It's a pity that I was lucky, and the full moon was suddenly bitten. You can't imagine that a man like 'Tengu' would suddenly become ill and stiffen because of such a thing, until the full moon disappeared and became completely black, and he turned around. ”

Okra heard that his palms were sweating, "I waited until he got better, you...... Didn't you take the opportunity to kill him, I'm not afraid that he will make you into that hard corpse!"

"I was surrounded by them, and only the tengu was in my hands, and if I killed him, even if I escaped now, the 'Moon-Eater' would have chased my life. How can anyone in that group be easy to deal with? With so many of these twenty-nine people worried about their lives, will they be able to sleep in this life?"

"Even if you don't kill him, they will be posthumous. Don't say that they were going to kill you for Maas, and a person as demanding as the Tengu must be extremely conceited, how can he endure such the humiliation of failure?"

"You don't understand that. Shen Fengming said with a smile. "Of course, he can't stand the humiliation of failure, but the person who really pursues 'perfection' can't stand it the most, not failure, but the planned things that never go according to his plan—why 'Tengu Eating the Moon' makes him particularly unbearable, because it is a perfect full moon day, but it unexpectedly becomes incomplete, which is more unacceptable to him than being imperfect from the beginning—just like being clearly prepared to kill me, but accidentally falling into my hands, and I am clearly ready to be killed by me, but I accidentally let him go. He was conceited, so he couldn't do anything like assassinating me again. Don't talk about killing me - he, along with the entire 'Eating Moon', has not even shown his face in Heizhu since then, and he has not come to support Mas in the battle for the gold medal in Tiandu. ”

Xia Yan frowned and thought for a while when he heard this: "Does he think that - even if he assassinates you again - even if you die, he can't change the fact that he once fell into your hands and life and death were in your hands." If he succeeds, it will depend on the fact that you let him go at that time, and this kind of 'victory' will never give him the satisfaction of 'perfection', which is contrary to the creed in his heart. ”

"Well, probably—that's what it feels like. Shen Fengming said with a smile. "So you see, being too demanding of perfection is actually very restrictive. ”

"It hasn't been seen in a long time, and there are very few clues left in the past. Xia Yan groaned, "Maas is also dead—so to speak...... It's hard to find. ”

"Hard to find? Not hard to find. Shen Fengming smiled, "I know where he is." ”

"You know?" Xia Yan was surprised, "How do you know?

"Not really—you don't care how I know. Shen Fengming showed a smug expression, "That's why I said, if you want to find 'Eclipse Moon', why don't you come and ask me first, and go to find a record...... Why, if I tell you the whereabouts of the 'Tengu', what good will you do with me?"

Xia Yan looked at him, "Are you really—don't object to me finding a 'tengu'?"

"'Tengu' doesn't have the face to do anything to me anymore, what am I against?" Shen Fengming said, "It's you-you have to think clearly, 'Eclipse Moon' has not been connected with Heizhu for a long time, and you may not know that Mas died in your hands, but if Heizhu comes, this matter is not a secret in Heizhu-I don't know how deep the relationship between Tengu and Mas is, in case these thirty people target you for this, you will be very troublesome." ”

Xia Yan smiled: "Don't say that you have a personal grudge with Song Ran, the things you two are worried about coincide." ”

Shen Fengming snorted coldly, "I kindly remind you, whether you listen or not." Anyway, you have a big backer, if anyone dares to touch you, there are a bunch of people who can't make him eat and walk around. ”

"You tell me his whereabouts. I'm at least—to see him. ”

Shen Fengming turned the bamboo flute in his hand, and touched a broken corner that was brittle after he had taken the three poisons lightly before, which was a pity: "This bamboo flute is too brittle, and even a little poison can't help it, if you use the magic sound, I will collapse after two times." It's good for Aoi, not for me. ”

Xia Yan smiled, "You don't have to be like this. If you want any flute, I'll find a craftsman to make one with you. ”

Shen Fengming's eyes rolled, "That's not necessary." You can ask Song Ran to ask me about the family history of his wife, and I will tell you the whereabouts of the 'Tengu'. ”

"That's it. Xia Yan only laughed at him, brushed his sleeves and ignored him, "Inquire about this, I might as well inquire about Tiangu myself." ”

Shen Fengming didn't force it, "Okay, anyway, I see that you've been so busy lately, even if you know the whereabouts of the tengu, you won't have the time to meet him." Just ask slowly—if you can't, remember to come back to me. At that time, my asking price was high. ”

Xia Yan ignored him and retreated. The moonlight became more and more profound at this time—the tengu did not swallow the moonlight in its entirety tonight, and the shadows passed through the lunar disk at a very slow pace, still half full, half empty.