Chapter 19: Wounded and Captured
Xiao Yi eased down underwater for a while, stretched out his hand to point at a few acupoints, stabilized the internal injuries first, and then dived downstream, although the cultivation of the ninth layer could not be endless, but he could barely do it by holding his breath for a quarter of an hour or two.
Feeling that he should have swam far away, and he really couldn't hide in the water anymore, Xiao Yat slowly dived towards the shore.
"Wow" Xiao Yi's head just appeared on the shore and appeared on the shore, and a shiny long knife appeared half an inch in front of his forehead, which was the long knife retrieved from the water at some point.
"Little doll, you are finally reluctant!" Tong Qianjin laughed.
"Haha, the senior is really powerful, I didn't even notice it!" Xiao Yi said.
"You're also very good, you almost escaped, okay, get out of the water!"
Xiao Yat couldn't, so he had to slowly get out of the water.
Seeing this, Tong Qianjin reached out and hit a few big points on Xiao Yi's chest, sealing Xiao Yi's true qi.
"Come with me!" Xiao Yi had to obediently follow Tong Qianjin, but it seemed that Tong Qianjin didn't plan to do it to himself immediately, and Xiao Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
More than half an hour later, in an inn in a nearby town, Tong Qianjin asked for seven or eight side dishes and a jar of wine, while Xiao Yi was untied from the acupoint of one arm, and he was thinking about how to escape while eating.
"Don't bother, you are sealed by me, your true qi can't run on its own, and you can't escape no matter what!" Tong Qianjin said to Xiao Yi while drinking.
"I naturally can't escape in front of my seniors, but I don't know why my seniors didn't kill me?"
"Let me ask you, you have obviously not yet reached the innate realm, and your divine thoughts are so powerful, what do you have to do with the Stone Buddha Temple?" asked Tong Qianjin solemnly.
"Stone Buddha Temple, do you mean the Stone Buddha Temple, one of the six major sects, and I don't know anyone from the Stone Buddha Temple!" Xiao Yi asked in surprise.
"That's strange, although there are many sects in the world, but the sects that can cultivate divine thoughts should only be the Demon Sect except for the Stone Buddha Temple, are you a member of the Demon Sect?"
"I was born different from ordinary people, I was born with divine thoughts, and after entering the ninth layer, my divine thoughts multiplied, but I have never practiced the exercises of divine thoughts, and I have never heard of exercises that can cultivate divine thoughts. ”
"I see, although it is rare for people who are naturally strong in divine thoughts, it is not impossible. Tong Qianjin said. "Okay, let's hurry when you're full!" After speaking, Tong Qianjin took out another ingot of silver and put it on the table, and walked out first, Xiao Yi had no choice but to follow.
When they came out of the mountain city, the two of them performed light skills and rode horses, so they traveled more than 400 miles in just one day, and at this time, Xiao Yi's body was sealed acupoints, and according to the distance of the two of them, it would take four or five days to return to the mountain city.
"Little doll, who is your master?" asked Xiao Yidao on the mountain road.
Xiao Yi thought for a moment and said: "Oh, I apprenticed when I was a child, he is a wandering old Taoist priest, surnamed Zhang, and I don't know the name!"
"The innate master surnamed Zhang is still a Taoist priest, so who is it? Little doll, what does your master look like?"
"Looks, about forty or fifty years old, white hair and beardless, often with slightly closed eyes!" Xiao Yi described it according to the old Taoist appearance he had seen earlier in the Taoist temple outside the mountain city, and Xiao Yi also wanted to know if Tong Qianjin, as a number of masters of the six major sects, recognized this mysterious Taoist.
Tong Qianjin frowned slightly, but he was a master who had never seen this appearance, thinking that he should be a reclusive innate master, and he thought that when he returned to the mountain gate, he would have to ask the senior brother in charge.
The two of them traveled all the way, the speed was not fast, Xiao Yi spent a lot of time quietly running the true qi, hoping to break through the acupoint, but the innate master personally sealed the acupoint, Xiao Yi naturally couldn't unlock it, but through the attempts of the past few days, it was not without gain. When the night exercises, the true qi is obviously more energetic and stronger, but because the acupuncture points are sealed, the true qi in the meridians cannot run Zhou Tian, nor can it be returned to the dantian, which makes Xiao Yi feel that he has nowhere to vent his strength.
More than 100 miles outside the mountain city, in a forest, Tong Qianjin leaned on a tree and closed his eyes to rest, Xiao Yi was thrown aside, and at this time, his legs were also pointed, and he couldn't move around at will, so he had to meditate while roasting the fire.
Suddenly, Xiao Yi opened his eyes and looked into the depths of the woods on one side, and in a few breaths, Tong Qianjin also woke up and looked at that place as well.
Probably after the tea, a thin figure slowly appeared from there, it was a person dressed as a scholar, about fifteen or sixteen years old, his face was a little pale, there was a knife wound on his right arm, he was wearing coarse cloth clothes, and his behavior was a little shrunken, probably a person was more introverted.
Seeing Xiao Yat and the others looking at him, the man took a few quick steps forward and came to the two of them.
"I've seen two, I got lost in the woods, and when I saw a fire here, I came over, are you going to the mountain city?" the scholar stammered a little.
"What are you doing and where are you going?" asked Tong Qianjin with some vigilance.
"My name is Zhao Jie, because I met robbers on the road, my companions were separated, I want to go to the nearby city to settle down first, I heard that the nearest nearby is the mountain city!" Zhao Jie replied truthfully.
"It's about 100 miles away from the mountain city, and it takes about a day to get there. Tong Qianjin returned lightly, perhaps sensing that this person's cultivation was not more than the third or fourth layer of the day after tomorrow, so Tong Qianjin put away his vigilance.
"Ah, can I spend the night with you tonight, I've lost all my dry food. After Zhao Jie finished speaking, he looked at the two of them worriedly.
"It's better to leave as soon as possible, here you go, eat while walking, don't stay here!" Xiao Yi said as he handed him two pieces of bread.
"Thank you, thank you!" It is estimated that it was dark, Xiao Yi was easier to talk to, and Zhao Jie did not leave immediately.
"Go away, it's much more dangerous than a robber. Xiao Yi looked at him and said.
"Brother Tai laughed, how could it be possible, if it was really so dangerous, how could you spend the night here!" Zhao Jie was stunned for a moment, and then said.
Seeing this, Xiao Yi shook his head and stopped talking. That Zhao Jie was already introverted, and Xiao Yi ate the bread with peace of mind without speaking, and stopped talking.
After eating, Zhao Jie took out a book and looked at it quietly, this looked like a complete nerd, Xiao Yi swept it down, and then he was a little surprised, it was actually a military book.
"Brother Tai likes to read military books?" asked Xiao Yi.
"Well, my wish since I was a child was to be a great general, leading the army to the west to conquer the Turks and the north to attack the Xiongnu, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to be a soldier, and I have never been on the battlefield!" Zhao Jie replied.
"Then do you know what the highest level of the art of war is?" Xiao Yi thought of a military book in his previous life and asked.
"The highest realm of the art of war?Does the art of war have the highest realm?" Zhao Jie asked curiously, his family collection of books is more than ten thousand strategies, although he is not valued by his father, but the books are read at will, but he has never heard that the art of war still has a realm.
"The law of the husband and the soldier, the whole country is the first, the country is second, the whole army is the first, the army is second, the whole brigade is the first, the brigade is the second, the whole brigade is the second, the whole soldier is the second, the whole army is the second, and the army is second. Therefore, a hundred battles are won, and the good is not good, and the soldiers who surrender without a fight are also the good ones. Therefore, go to the army to fight, then to fight, the last to attack the army, and the last to attack the city!" Xiao Yi outlined the art of war of Sun Tzu, the god of soldiers in his previous life.
Zhao Jie was puzzled at first, and then he was very surprised, put down the military book, got up and paced back and forth, and there were words in his mouth, obviously surprised by Xiao Yi's words.
Tong Qianjin on the side also opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yi in surprise, Tong Qianjin didn't read much, but because of this, after listening to Xiao Yi's words, he had a feeling of not knowing how to be powerful, and he only felt that what Xiao Yi said was a great art of war.
"Dare to ask Brother Tai, which military book is this?, and which general wrote it?" Zhao Jie asked, Tong Qianjin also listened attentively, wondering who wrote it.
"Ahem, this is what the master taught me, the master and his old man's doctor Bu Xing, Qimen Dunjia, Yin and Yang techniques, arranging troops to fight and so on are all proficient. It is said that this art of war came from a certain country in the far west, and it is said that it was written by a general thousands of years ago. Xiao Yi said nonsense.
"Ah, in the far west, the Turks are nomadic people, covering an extremely wide area, and the Turks are further west of the legendary Vikings, could it be that the Vikings wrote it?" Zhao Jie asked.
"No, although I don't know where Master and his old man got the books, it shouldn't be the Vikings. The Vikings are certainly the west of our country, but they are not the land of the far west. Xiao Yi shook his head.
"Where is that in the Vikings?" Zhao Jie frowned.
"I heard that the culture there is very different from ours, and the appearance and habits are also different," Xiao Yi said casually.
"Little brother has a reluctant request, can you lend me this book of war?" Zhao Jie asked expectantly.
"The book has been lost a long time ago, and now it is inconvenient to write it down and hand it over to my brother. Xiao Yi glanced at Tong Qianjin and said.
Zhao Jie saw Xiao Yi's resignation, and immediately thought that such a magical art of war was as precious as a top martial arts cheat, and this brother Tai also got it from his master, so he thought that this person did not want to pass it on to outsiders.
I have long heard that the most concerned about the master in the rivers and lakes, and the view of the portal has been in ancient times, but today I see that this person is familiar with the art of war, I am afraid that it is not much better than his own art of war teacher, thinking of this, Zhao Jie must be in his heart, and got up and bowed to Xiao Yi.
"Disciple Zhao Jie is willing to worship Mr. as a teacher, and from now on serve left and right, and ask Master to pass on my exquisite art of war!"
"Brother Tai can't stand it, I can't stand it!" This joke is bigger, but it's just a casual chat, I didn't expect this person to want to apprentice, Xiao Yi couldn't cry or laugh. However, Xiao Yi's legs were pointed at this time, and he couldn't get up to stop him from bowing, and he couldn't avoid the big gift.
"Master, you are familiar with the art of war, you must be a great Confucian, please master teach me the art of war!" Zhao Jie said again.
"Brother Tai, first, I really don't know much about the art of war, and you and I are of the same age, how can you be your master!" Xiao Yi smiled bitterly.
"The so-called master is the teacher, I admire the master's knowledge, and I ask the master not to shirk!" Okay, I bowed three more times.
"You get up first, I'll talk about this later, now I can't control my own life and death, how to teach you. Xiao Yi said helplessly.
"Master Xie, my father gave me the word Chongzhi, Master can call my word in the future!" Zhao Jie sat down sideways beside Xiao Yi and introduced.
Xiao Yi was just about to answer, a white shadow flashed in the distance, and then he stopped talking, and Tong Qianjin also noticed it.
Immediately afterwards, Tong Qianjin rose up and rushed towards that place. Then there was the sound of weapons clashing. Xiao Yi's divine thoughts swept carefully towards that place, and his face changed slightly, but he didn't expect her to come.
After a few breaths, there was a loud shout in the distance, and the white shadow flew out upside down, and after landing on the ground, it took three or four steps in a row before he could barely control his figure.
Xiao Yi saw that Liu Ruoshui's face was pale and her left hand trembled slightly, and she knew that she must have suffered a loss in the fight just now.
"Ruoshui girl, why are you here?" Liu Ruoshui glanced at Xiao Yi, did not speak, turned his head and looked at Tong Qianjin vigilantly.
"Miss Liu, what are you doing here, and you are still hiding your head and tail?" Tong Qianjin looked at Liu Ruoshui, and then asked.
"Senior Tong, please let him go!" Liu Ruoshui pointed at Xiao Yi and said.
"Oh, Miss Liu, I read on the affection you helped me, I have been merciful just now, I don't know what the girl's relationship is with him, and what is the relationship with the Weak Water Sect, but this person seriously injured the core disciple of my Wangyue Sect, and once saved Yang Yan's lewd thief with an iron nail, I will definitely bring him to the sect for disposal!"
"So, offended!" Liu Ruoshui raised his sword and fought with Tong Qianjin again.
Xiao Yi saw that the battle between the two was becoming more and more intense, and he was afraid that Ruoshui would lose, but at this time, he really couldn't raise his true qi, so he could only be anxious.
"Brother Tai, help me solve the acupoint!" Xiao Yi glanced at Zhao Jie on the side and said.
"Oh, oh, okay, it's just that I won't!" Zhao Jie said helplessly.