493 Finale "Parting" (6)
The pursuers didn't seem to follow too closely, which made Xia Yan feel uneasy. The terrain in this valley is complicated, he doesn't seem to know the shortcut to Taniguchi to Liuyu, he can only run out step by step according to the path he planned before, guessing that Taniguchi must have guarded the iron bucket, I don't know if Zhang Ting's people can still be of some use, otherwise he will rush out with Suzaku on his shoulder, but he is afraid that it will be very difficult.
"Master, how is your injury?" he was worried about Suzaku's injury and couldn't help but ask him.
Suzaku did not answer. Xia Yan's heart tightened, found a tree trunk to cover it, and put down the Vermilion Bird. Gu Rufei's sword narrowly stabbed the vital point, but even though he was still half a point away from his heart, blood still gushed out. Xia Yan was shocked to see it, and was glad to bring out the bottle of stabbing medicine, and hurriedly applied all the remaining medicine powder to Suzaku's wound, and then turned over his wrist, wanting to see his internal injuries.
Before his fingers touched his wrist veins, Suzaku seemed to be a little more awake, and suddenly backhanded and tightened Xia Yan's veins. "Jun Li......" he said in a difficult voice, "You listen to me......"
Xia Yan didn't know whether to be happy or worried, and said that Suzaku was worried about his injury, so he hurriedly pushed him away with his backhand: "I'm okay now—what does Master think?" ”
Suzaku didn't have time to say anything, but a human voice came from not far away. "The blood is going here!" said one of them, "go into this wood!"
Xia Yan hurriedly touched his pulse, although the pulse was weak, fortunately, it didn't seem to be lost for a while, and he lowered his voice at the moment, "Master, bear with me, let's get out of here first." ”
He carried Suzaku back on his back. The voice outside the forest said: "You don't have to go in to find it, be careful that you fall into an ambush." Shan Xianfeng said, hold the valley mouth, they can't escape. ”
After a while, several people searched the surrounding grass, but they did not see anyone, and went in the direction of Taniguchi. These Qinglong Sect members were also very cunning, knowing that if they were scattered on the way, they might not be able to easily hold the two of them, so it was better to gather at the mouth of the valley, relying on the large number of people and the small terrain, to catch turtles in an urn. Of course, Xia Yan couldn't walk fast when he was injured, and he had to take care of Suzaku, even if the other party didn't approach the road, it was impossible for him to get out of the valley before them.
Xia Yan bit her lip, her lips flushed white from blood loss and hypothermia. He wasn't sure—he would have been able to rush out today, but he still took a deep breath and shook his spirits. It was already a little difficult to walk—the ankle-deep snow, the wounds that went deep into the marrow—even he knew it, but with that breath that brought him back to life, with this cavity—he didn't want Suzaku to lose his heart here. He knew that Suzaku had gone deep into the valley for himself - for his own sake, so he would challenge the entire Qinglong Valley at all costs.
So he must also carry him out at all costs.
"Jun Li......" Suzaku breathed a little hesitantly, "You carry me like this, you can't go." Why don't you put me down ......"
Xia Yan didn't think twice, "No." ”
"I have a way to ......," Suzaku said. "You put me down first......"
Xia Yan hesitated, "...... What can be done?" If Suzaku wanted him to flee alone, he would not have it, but considering that he had just said with such certainty that Tuoba Gu had lost, it seemed that there was still some way back, and he couldn't help but have hope. Even so, he didn't stop at his feet, "Can't you say it while walking?"
"You...... Don't even listen to me......" Suzaku smiled bitterly. Xia Yan waited for him to say anything more, but the person on his back was silent again.
Xia Yan's heart sank. So—as I expected—there was nothing Ben could do? There was only one entrance and exit in Qinglong Valley, and it was impossible to even find a place to hide first except to break through—just because—on such a snowy day, footprints, and bloodstains, which one of them did not clearly betray the whereabouts of the two of them, Tuoba Gu blocked the valley mouth, and they could be easily searched out by turning around, where was there any room for respite......
Thinking of this, something suddenly flashed in his mind, like a glimmer of light. The entrance and exit of Qinglong Valley——
"Master, I remembered something!" he suddenly couldn't hold back his excitement, "Qinglong Valley—there's another exit!"
Suzaku was slightly surprised: "There are other exits?"
"It's a cliff to the north, and it's not easy to walk, but—don't worry, Master, I'll take you out!"
- As long as Mrs. Tuoba Runuo did not tell Tuoba Gu about her visit to the cliff cave that day, then Tuoba Gu or Shan Jiquan must not know that she actually knew that she could travel back and forth to and outside the Qinglong Valley through the Wind Thunder Cliff. Nowadays, most of the congregants have been summoned to the valley mouth to intercept it, and even if there are people guarding that place, there will not be too many, and it is not a hundred times better than forcing the valley mouth.
Suzaku was very excited when he heard him, so he only said, "Okay." "Although—he's not sure, at this moment, can they still have that kind of good luck?
He groped his way north for a while, and although there were not many people following him, he was not completely absent, and he was obviously instructed to not approach, not close or far, so that the two of them could not rest. Although Xia Yan ignored it, Suzaku expected that he would suddenly turn north, and it would not be long before these people would return to Tuoba Lonely, and then he would definitely remember this cliff exit and lead people to outflank them - I am afraid that there will not be a lot of time left for them to climb away.
"Have you seen Zhuo Yan's daughter today?" he thought for a moment and asked him.
Xia Yan felt a pain in his heart. "Nope. ”
"What are you going to do?"
Master suddenly asked what these were for. Xia Yan said, "As long as we can go out today, we can talk about the future later." ”
Suzaku smiled, and the meaning was a little bleak. "It's a pity that the master couldn't give you a kiss in the end. ”
This tone made Xia Yan panic for no reason. "What are these words-the coming day is long, Master just rest for a while, don't think about anything, and as soon as I get outside, I will immediately find a safe and quiet place to heal your injuries with you......"
"How do you heal your injuries with me. Suzaku interrupted coldly, "Jun Li, you can't protect yourself, how can you spare your strength to heal others." Listen to me, and whatever happens for a while, you just have to go out. As long as you can get away, today will be a complete loss in Qinglong Valley. ”
Xia Yan hurriedly said: "Why is Master so passive and discouraged today-I said that I will definitely be able to get out-Could it be that you and Tuoba Gu said that he was doomed, and just told me to get away alone? You have been fighting with him for so many years, winning or losing is meaningful to you, and what is the use of me? When you go out, Master must let everyone in the world know that Tuoba Gu has set a trap and the entire strength of the Blue Dragon Sect has not been able to deal with you--then he will lose completely." ”
Suzaku smiled again, probably because of his lack of strength, and did not argue with him again. Xia Yan's pace quickened, and he puffed up his breath and ran towards the north.
There were already few people near the Wind and Thunder Cliff, but the snow fell today, and it was even rarer, Xia Yan found a shelter on the side to watch for a while, and there were only five or six sect members guarding this area.
He stopped his rapid panting. Looking at this cliff from afar, it is more lofty than looking down from above. If it is on weekdays, it is necessary to perform light exercises, supplemented by vines, and it will not take a moment to reach the top, but today's injury is a lot of attrition, and it is necessary to bear the red bird, plus the risk of ice and snow cover, I am afraid that it will take half an hour.
"'Flowing clouds'. Suzaku whispered in his ear, "Can you still use it?"
Xia Yan didn't wait for his orders, he had already exercised and rested, and the "flowing clouds" easily disturbed the wind and snow, and spun in front of the five sect members and suddenly turned into a hidden weapon, and before a few people could react, the wind wrapped in snow and cut their throats like sharp blades.
After the nightmarish experience in the line of life and death, Xia Yan only felt that his understanding of the "Mirror Technique" was becoming more and more casual, but he knew that he was not strong enough at the moment, so he didn't dare to show mercy. When several people fell to the ground, he jumped to the bottom of the cliff with Suzaku in a few steps. The crevices of the cliff were embedded with falling snow, and there was a thin layer of ice on the wall, which was slippery, and it was obviously impossible to climb with bare hands.
The light had darkened, and the snow was falling like a huge amount of dust, obstructing the view to the top of the cliff. Xia Yan groped along the cliff to find the two thick vines - after all, he had never been under this cliff, and he couldn't find the location for a while, but he could touch it from west to east, except for the hard and cold mountain rocks and ice slag, there was no Teng vine to climb on.
His heart trembled, and his whole body felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar. Could it be that Mrs. Tuoba had told me about that day, or had she cut off the vine as a precaution, and had no possibility of entering or leaving the place?
Even Tuoba Gu couldn't go up and down without relying on vines. Unless you have wings, you can't really fly out of here today!
This trace of desperation caused his accumulated breath to suddenly collapse, and a mouthful of hot blood "coughed" choked, and his whole body lost his strength. He held on to the mountain wall, Suzaku almost fell off his back, he was startled, and hurriedly carried him well, the arrow on his shoulder that had not yet risen was pressed into a sharp pain, and he couldn't tell whether it was black or black or white and white, as if for a moment, he was dazed as if he didn't know where he was.
"Is it—that?" Suzaku began.
Xia Yan's throat was sweet and fishy, and it was difficult to breathe, so it took a while to recover a little, and followed the direction of Suzaku's gaze and looked at the ground. On the ground covered with thick snow, two thick vines, which were also tightly covered by white, lay in an orderly manner, mixing with the original vegetation under the cliff, and it was really difficult to notice if you didn't look closely.
He stepped forward and stretched out his hand to brush away the snow. Long before the snow began to fall—before he ventured deep into the Blue Dragon Valley today—two vines had been cut off from the top of the cliff. It turns out that - it is not that Tuoba is alone in guarding against this, but the possibility of leaving here - has not existed in the first place!
He only felt exhausted - if the power that brought him back to reality from the nightmare was really a "parting", then this power was also exhausted at this moment, and he seemed to be about to enter the nightmare of losing himself again. He felt suffocated. How excited and cheered you are, how much fear and despair you have now—the cliff that has left all hope on it is now truly the end of everything.
"Jun Li, you ran too fast. Suzaku didn't seem to take it too seriously, and only comforted him slowly, "You let me down, and we'll rest here." ”
Xia Yan had no reason to object again. He was tired, and his instincts told him that the pursuers wouldn't be too far away.