Chapter 110: Chapter 1: The Gate of Life and Death
Everyone will face many such choices in their own life, sometimes it may be unremarkable, and sometimes it may be life-threatening, and even face a choice between life and death, but no matter what choice is made, you can't regret it, because regret is useless, and it is impossible to choose again. Therefore, the path under your feet is your own choice, and once you take it, there is no way to turn back.
The old man looked at Wuxin, who was stunned, and said slowly: "Do you want to tell me that you are just a swordsman who travels in the mountains and rivers?" The expression on his face seemed to tell Wuxin that he already knew it.
I didn't want to look at the old man sitting on the chaise longue in front of me, staring at him, and a trace of surprise rose in my heart, the old man's deep eyes seemed to be able to see through everything and see through all lies.
After hesitating for a moment, he took a long breath and said, "I'm here to find someone." He already plans to tell the truth, no matter what he will face next, there is no need to continue to hide it, otherwise he will be like a clown in front of the old man, not only will he lose face, but he will even be swept away, and there may be a glimmer of hope if he chooses to face it bluntly.
"That's why you didn't take the initiative to investigate in the Valley of the Wind and Moon last night, and ended up trapped in the Phantom Forest?" the old man shook his head and said slowly, as if he was asking, as if he was talking to himself, maybe he didn't want to get the answer to his question from his unintentional mouth at all, because the answer was already in his heart.
Wuxin was stunned for a moment, how could the old man seem to know everything well, and there was no secret in front of him, as if his clothes were peeled off layer by layer, and he was naked. It seems that Dongfang Bai has already told what happened last night, and it is likely that everyone already knows about it, but he doesn't understand why he can still stand here unharmed.
Looking at the carelessness of not saying a word, the old man sighed and said slowly: "Is it for the two outsiders who were imprisoned in the valley?" he shook his head as he spoke, and there was a trace of regret on his face, as if he was a little disappointed.
Wuxin didn't hesitate any longer, nodded, and said lightly: "That's right." He had decided to face everything that was going to happen next, no need to hide it, no longer have to hide it, what should have come and what would have come after all, but sooner and more suddenly than expected.
"Do you know who you want to save? Do you know what kind of camp you have chosen?" said the old man with a complicated expression, as if he hoped that what he heard was not true.
Wuxin shook his head and replied affirmatively, "I don't know, and I don't want to know, but I know that I have to get people out, or my friend will die." ”
The old man frowned, and asked suspiciously, "It seems that you are not from their camp, it is they who kidnapped your friends and blackmailed you to save people?"
Wuxin shook his head and said lightly: "The matter has come to this, it is useless to talk more, I must take people away, the only way to stop me is to kill me now." He didn't want to say anything more, the more he said, the more he might bring unnecessary danger to Ruyi and Nangong Chu, who were in danger.
Now he just wants to save people from Fengyue Valley as soon as possible, regardless of whether the person he wants to save is an important person in the imperial court as the Seven Sages King said, it doesn't matter anymore, because the person he really wants to save is not them.
The old man didn't want to tell the truth, so he sighed and said, "Do you think that Fengyue Valley is a place where you can come and leave whenever you want? Don't say that you want to take someone away, even if it's just you, I'm afraid it's not that easy." ”
He is not threatening, he is telling the truth, this is also the reason why Fengyue Valley can survive on the rivers and lakes so far, if Fengyue Valley is really a place where people can come and leave as much as they want, I am afraid that the threshold would have been kicked out long ago.
"I'm going to give it a try anyway, even if in the end even my life is left here. He replied unswervingly, without a trace of retreat.
The old man looked at Wuxin with strange eyes, nodded and said: "For the sake of the people you saved in Fengyue Valley, I will let you give it a try, whether it is life or death is a certainty, but you can only take one away, if you can leave alive, I advise you to think about it before deciding." After speaking, he closed his eyes again, no longer paying attention to Wuxin next to him.
Standing quietly in place, looking at the old man who began to close his eyes again and recuperate, he stood for a long time, and then turned around and walked out, his steps were more determined than when he came, in his heart, he had already made a decision, or he had made a decision since he came, no matter what he was about to face, he would not hesitate.
After Wuxin left, the old man opened his eyes, looked at the direction of Wuxin's disappearance, his expression was complicated, he couldn't help but raise his head and sigh, and said to himself: "It seems that Fengyue Valley will no longer be peaceful from now on." It was as if he suddenly remembered something, and there was a slight struggle in his eyes......
In the open space at the entrance of the courtyard, Dongfang Qi and the three of them were still waiting in place, their expressions were not as calm as just now, and their faces were a little impatient, probably because there had been no movement inside for too long, and they didn't know what was going on inside.
At this moment, a figure appeared at the door, and everyone looked up, it was Wuxin. Seeing Wuxin walking out of it with an expressionless face, Dongfang Qi and the three of them frowned.
Because the current Wuxin has changed from the Wuxin who just went in, it is no longer the slightly hangy ranger temperament before, it suddenly became serious, and there was a faint hint of bloodthirsty danger on his body, and he didn't say hello when he walked in front of the three people, and walked straight past the three of them and walked forward.
"It seems that Master, his old man has already had a showdown with him. Dongfang Xian looked at the back of Wuxin leaving, and said softly, he couldn't help but shake his head, among the three, he may be the most unwilling to be an enemy of Wuxin, because his wife and children had just been saved by Wuxin.
"Send someone to keep an eye on him, and it is estimated that he will soon make a move. Dongfang Qi ignored Dongfang Xian's emotion, and said coldly, as if reminding his junior brother to pay attention to his position. None of the three of them knew what their master had said to Wuxin, but they would never let Wuxin do whatever he wanted in Fengyue Valley, even if it was at the cost of his life, because this was the rule of Fengyue Valley all along.
After returning from the back mountain, Wuxin went directly back to his residence, and he had nowhere else to go, because after last night's incident, he found that the guards in the entire Wind Moon Valley were all focused on him, and there were dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him wherever he went, and he couldn't help but regret his reckless actions last night, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no other way but to come hard.
As time passed little by little, night fell again, countless shining stars hung in the sky, surrounding the bright moon in the sky, tonight's moon seemed to be extraordinarily bright, even a little afraid to look directly, maybe it also knew that tonight would be an unusual night.
The people of Fengyue Valley are quite elegant, knowing that Wuxin may become an enemy in the next second, they still sent lunch and dinner as usual, with meat and vegetables, everything, as if they were afraid that Wuxin would not have the strength to draw a knife, for this, Wuxin couldn't help but admire.
After swallowing the last bite of food and drinking the last sip of tea in the teacup, Wuxin slowly stood up and gently pushed the door open. It's time to act, tiptoe, leap to your feet, and disappear into the night......
In the courtyard of the mountain behind Fengyue Valley, an old man in gray walked quickly across the stone bridge erected above the lake, came to a chaise longue in the pavilion, and whispered, "It's already action." ”
The old man lying on the chaise longue closed his eyes and did not open them, but nodded lightly and did not speak......
Looking at the familiar rockery and woods in front of him, as well as the arch behind the rockery, he shook his head unintentionally, the same hour, the same place, but the ending is destined to be different, if he is trapped in this rockery again, no one will save himself again, maybe only tired to death in this fantasy world.
This time, Wuxin didn't choose to walk between the rockery trees again, because the entire Fengyue Valley almost already knew his purpose, and there was no need to hide his actions anymore, he planned to jump directly over the rockery illusion forest.
Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated, jumped up, and jumped to the nearest rockery, but at the moment when his toes were about to fall on the rockery, the mechanism was triggered again, and the rockery and the woods suddenly rotated rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they had changed different directions. I didn't have time to think about it, so I stepped on the rockery hard, jumped high again like lightning, and jumped in the direction of the arch!
Suddenly, a rockery was split in two! Two spears flashing with cold light shot fiercely at the heartless extreme speed in mid-air!
The heartless body is in mid-air, there is no place to borrow strength, it is too late to dodge, if you are stabbed by a spear, anyone will definitely die!
At this moment, I saw that Wuxin's body suddenly collapsed straight, and then quickly bent, and his right foot slammed a little above the instep of his left foot, and Wuxin, who had nowhere to hide, jumped into the air again and took off for the second time!
I saw the two spears grazing the soles of Wuxin's feet flashing, and even Wuxin himself broke out in a cold sweat, but he didn't expect that there was another layer of mystery hidden in this mechanism.
Without hesitation, he jumped over the rockery forest like lightning and landed in front of the coveted arch. He finally broke through, but he didn't expect to almost die in the mechanism of this rockery phantom forest without even handing it over, it seems that this Fengyue Valley is indeed not for everyone to come.
Wuxin took a deep breath and slowly stepped into the arch. He could be sure that since such a thrilling mechanism was set up here, it must be a very important place, and the person he wanted to save must be locked up here.
Behind the archway, there is a small courtyard, surrounded by several houses, so dark that it is impossible to see what is inside. There are no guards in the courtyard, probably because they think that the mechanism outside the courtyard is enough to stop anyone who wants to do evil.
Standing in the middle of the courtyard, listening intently to the movement in the courtyard, he didn't know what was in these rooms, and if he opened them rashly, he was likely to encounter some unpredictable danger again.
At this moment, Wuxin, who had been listening intently, suddenly widened his eyes, because he heard a faint gasp, and it came from a nearby room, and without further hesitation, he walked quickly to the room, and kicked the door open.
The room was pitch black, and nothing could be seen clearly, but the moment the door was kicked open, Wuxin was almost certain that there were people in the room, and it was two people, no more, no less. But because the light was too dim, Wuxin didn't rush in for the first time, and after passing the rockery fantasy forest in front, he had already been a little more careful.
After the light of the stars and moon outside the house gradually shone into the house, I vaguely saw two people, two people tied to a pillar, stuffed with something in their mouths, constantly struggling, not knowing what they were muttering, and they couldn't hear clearly.
Wuxin walked in, patrolled the room that was no longer so dim, saw a candle near the door, and a fire fold that was already left, walked over slowly, lit the candle, and then took a look at the room. There was only one table, two chairs, and then the two men tied to the pillars.
Seeing these two people, Wuxin couldn't help frowning, these are two people who are all wearing strong suits, their clothes are ragged, their hair is messy, their faces are a little haggard, seeing the sudden appearance of Wuxin, first a look of horror, and after seeing Wuxin's appearance clearly, they showed surprise on their faces, struggling to say something.
The reason why Wuxin frowned was because one of the two of them had a thief-eyed face, and he didn't look like an important figure in the court as the Seven Sages King said, and his treacherous appearance made people annoying, and he couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart......