Chapter 38: Confusion
Su Zhongyao held the broken sword in his hand and leaned on the wall, barely supporting his body, while on the other side, Xie Cheng pressed his chest and spit out a mouthful of blood, Ming Shuhui and Xie Yanran hurriedly stepped forward and anxiously came to Su Zhongyao and Xie Cheng respectively to check the injuries.
"Uncle Shi, let's go quickly, after all, this is the territory of the Six Arts Palace, and if we fight again, it will be more auspicious and ......less auspicious," Ming Shuhui said while helping Su Zhongyao.
Su Zhongyao was injured internally, although it was not very serious, but he didn't want to fight. He has rarely met an opponent in his life, and no one has been able to hurt him for a long time. In today's battle, I didn't expect Xie Cheng's swordsmanship to be superb, and the ancient sword in his hand was extremely powerful, not only cutting off Su Zhongyao's saber, but also hitting him in the shoulder with a palm.
And Xie Cheng was also injured, Su Zhongyao was still able to launch a counterattack again after the weapon was damaged, although Su Zhongyao was hit by a palm, and at the same time he also punched Xie Cheng in the chest.
The two retreated to the side, only to feel that all the internal organs in their bodies were rolling, so they hurriedly adjusted their internal breath, closed their eyes and stopped talking.
"Dad...... Don't fight any more, if you go on like this, you can only lose both......" Xie Yanran said with tears in her eyes.
After a long time, the two of them were almost at the same time.
"Mr. Xie is really amazing, I haven't fought so hard for a long time......" Su Zhongyao said with a shaking body.
"Mr. Su's move is also extraordinary, it is really an opponent ......in chess," Xie Cheng also stood firm at this time and said.
Knock!
Suddenly, everyone only heard a few loud noises from the upper floor.
"Palace Master! Oh no! There are a lot of people who have surrounded the outside, and now they are slamming the door!" a subordinate of the palace ran in in a panic.
"What kind of person, you are so bold as to dare to trespass on my Six Arts Palace!" Xie Cheng stood up straight and said angrily.
"Yes...... Be...... It was the group of people who were trapped in the tall building a few days ago, and they were led by an old man. The subordinate replied hurriedly.
"Old man, this rabble actually dares to come back and die!" Xie Cheng said.
"They want us to hand over Wanshulou, otherwise...... Otherwise......"
"Otherwise?" Xie Cheng asked coldly.
They said...... If we don't hand over someone, we'll set fire underground......"
"Hmph!" Xie Cheng was expressionless, and his heart was extremely angry, "What a big breath, I'll go meet them." ”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Su. Xie Cheng turned to Su Zhongyao and said, "It seems that today's competition between the two of us has to end here, and when I finish dealing with the matter here, if Mr. Su still wants to ask for advice, I will accompany him at any time." ”
Su Zhongyao had no intention of fighting again at this time, and when he saw the sudden incident in the Six Arts Palace, he wanted to take a look.
"Mr. Xie, we are not done with this battle, we can continue another day, but I am also interested in taking a look with you to see who those traitors who want to join your Six Arts Palace. Su Zhongyao said slowly.
"Since Mr. Su is so interested, let's go with us. "Xie Cheng and Su Zhongyao are both people who have been in the world for a long time, although the two of them were still fighting to the death just now, but at this time, they agreed to no longer fight, and they saluted each other as usual.
Everyone came to the upper floor, pressed the switch, the manhole cover slowly opened, and everyone walked up.
I saw that there were people standing outside the manhole cover, and the building of the Six Arts Palace had been surrounded by people, and a few people were holding weapons such as sticks and shovels, constantly smashing the manhole cover, and when they saw the manhole cover open, they withdrew to the side.
Standing at the front was a white-haired old man, with a cane in his hand, with an angry face, encouraging the people around him to shout and curse at the door.
"I don't think it's right, how could you Liuyi Palace self-destruct the base to deal with us, after tracking and investigating in the past few days, I really found this manhole cover, you are really hiding here. When the old man saw the man coming out under the manhole cover, he said with a smug face.
"'Buddha'!" After Xie Yanran came out, she found that the old man at the door was "Buddha", so she said in surprise.
"Little girl, why are you with them?, have you been kidnapped too?" asked the Buddha strangely.
"I ...... I ......" Xie Yanran didn't know how to answer.
"What are you hijacking? don't talk nonsense, she is our little palace master, of course she is with us!" Zhou Lang stepped forward and defended.
"Oh, you're from the Six Arts Palace......" "Buddha" scratched his head and said, "This is not easy to do, so where did Li Kai go?
"He wasn't with me, and we were separated a long time ago. Xie Yanran saw that the situation was urgent now, and she didn't elaborate on what happened to Li Kai.
"Since you are a member of the Six Arts Palace, you must know where Wanshulou is, but you also have a relationship, why don't you help him when he is arrested?" "Buddha" asked Xie Yanran.
"I didn't see Wanshulou!" Xie Yanran said hurriedly.
"We really didn't catch Wanshulou!" Xie Cheng took a step forward and said, "I'm Xie Cheng, the palace master of the Six Arts Palace, I said I didn't catch it, I must have not caught it, you guys go back quickly!
"You're embarrassed to say it!" "The Buddha" said angrily, "You have been planning for a long time last time because of the fire, right? All the people with the red invitation are from the martial arts, and the green invitation is your locals, who have wanted to burn us all to death from the beginning, especially those elites who won the competition, you will not let any of them go, trapped in the building." ”
"It's you people who go to the martial arts to send out the traitor first, I just plan it, you like to play Infernal Affairs, I'll let you all come over to be a traitor, and then catch it all!" Xie Cheng said coldly, "But only that Wanshulou, I really didn't expect him to have such magical powers, and he could rescue you all in a desperate situation, maybe your life should not be extinguished......
"So you hated Wan Shulou to the core, and then arrested him, didn't you?" Out of the crowd came a girl with clear eyebrows, and this girl was Bai Yue'er.
"I'll say it one last time! We didn't catch Wanshulou!" Xie Cheng said fiercely, obviously he had run out of patience.
"You said you didn't catch it, you didn't catch it, can you still believe the words of the Six Arts Demon Palace?" Bai Yue'er said unrelentingly.
Xie Cheng had already clenched his fists, and he didn't want to defend himself anymore, so he slowly turned around, ready to wave his hand to signal the start of the battle.
"I can prove that Wanshulou is not in the Six Arts Palace. At this time, Su Zhongyao suddenly walked out and said.
"Who are you? You are with these demons, they are all in a gang, how can you prove it?" Bai Yue'er asked contemptuously with her head held high.
"I came here for the same purpose as you, I also came to the Six Arts Palace to ask for an explanation, and to look for Wanshulou, but I came one step earlier than you. Su Zhongyao said word by word, his voice was not loud, but he was full of real energy, even if the crowd was noisy, everyone could hear every sentence clearly.
When everyone heard that this man was extraordinary, he must not be an ordinary person, so they quieted down.
"Who is this gentleman?" asked Zhang Rong, who was on crutches on the side.
"I'm Su Zhongyao of the Xiwu Altar. Su Zhongyao took a step forward, stood in front of everyone with his head held high and said.
The crowd suddenly stirred, but they didn't expect Su Zhongyao, the mainstay of the Xiwu Altar in recent years, to appear here.
"Who can prove that you are Su Zhongyao? The people in the Western Martial Arts Arena have always been secretive, no one has ever seen Su Zhongyao, you Six Arts Palace can find someone to pretend to be at will!" Bai Yue'er said aggressively.
"Shuhui!" Su Zhongyao leaned into Ming Shuhui's ear and whispered, "You go and prove it." ”
Ming Shuhui nodded in agreement, walked out, and drew the saber on his body.
I saw Ming Shuhui holding a short sword, gently raising it above his head, and then half-turning, the sword in his hand suddenly slashed obliquely like a wind, and the sword body was faintly shining with silver light when it was withdrawn.
"Liaoyuan Sword!" someone in the crowd already exclaimed, "It's really a person from the Xiwu Altar!"
There was another commotion in the crowd, and all kinds of voices rang out everywhere.
"How did the Xiwu Altar get together with the people of the Six Arts Palace!"
"Yes, I didn't expect that as soon as something happened to this martial arts association, Xia Wulin would degenerate like this. ”
"The great disciple of the Xiwu Altar took the lead in entanglement with the Six Arts Palace......"
"Maybe it's the ...... of President Li, the general of the Xiwu Altar and the Six Arts Palace."
"It makes sense, otherwise there is any force that can trouble the Martial Arts Association now......"
People began to talk about it, and Su Zhongyao's appearance not only did not prove the innocence of the Six Arts Palace, but instead added a lot of suspicion to the Xiwu Altar.
"Do you people have any questions?" Su Zhongyao suddenly shouted angrily, this angry shout shook everyone's eardrums, and the scene immediately fell silent.
"Are you embarrassed to question me? You are all people who go to the martial arts, right? If you don't revitalize your gang, you secretly come to join the enemy, what is your intention!" Su Zhongyao said calmly, but these few words were full of momentum.
Most of the people are people from various gangs in the lower martial arts, they originally secretly got the invitation letter and were about to switch to the Six Arts Palace, but at this time, they were suddenly asked by Su Zhongyao, and suddenly remembered their betrayal of the master, and they couldn't help but look at me, I look at you, I really want to find a crack in the ground to hide in.
"Oh, the big disciples of the Xiwu Altar are here...... Since he said that Wanshulou is not here, then he will definitely not be here. "Buddha" saw Su Zhongyao come out to speak, and also believed that Wanshulou must not be there, but he was even more puzzled in his heart, who were the four people who took him.
"'Buddha', where did Wanshulou go?" Bai Yue'er next to her pulled "Buddha" and asked anxiously.
"I don't know about this, it seems that those four people are not from the Six Arts Palace. The "Buddha", who has always had great powers, was also confused at this time.
"Is there anything else you guys are up to?" asked Su Zhongyao to everyone.
"Although Wanshulou is not here, what should we do if we were almost burned to death in the Six Arts Palace?" Zhang Rong moved forward and said, and many people below echoed.
"In my opinion, you are innocent of death!" Su Zhongyao said with a sneer, "You even ignored your own sect and secretly came to the Six Arts Palace to be a traitor, even if some of you want to be a traitor, you must not be a fair and honest person!"
Su Zhongyao's words hit the minds of many people, they all came to compete for fame and profit, and some wanted to go undercover in the Six Arts Palace and make meritorious contributions to the sect by transmitting information.
So many people silently lowered their heads.
"Go back quickly, if you finally escaped for your life, don't send yourself to the door again. Zhou Lang smiled and stepped forward to persuade.
Among the people present, half of them were from the subordinate sects of the Xiwu Altar, and they themselves were already weak in their hearts, and in front of them stood Su Zhongyao, the leader of the Xiwu Altar, who was speaking righteously, and everyone felt that they should not be entangled, so many people retreated.
Seeing that everyone had no intention of making any more trouble, the "Buddha" had no choice but to retreat, only Bai Yue'er shouted to find Wanshulou.
Seeing that the trouble had dispersed, everyone in the Six Arts Palace wanted to go back, and Xie Yanran could only return underground with the people from the Six Arts Palace, and Ming Shuhui also wanted to stay in the Six Arts Palace, but was reprimanded by Su Zhongyao.
"Have you forgotten who you are?" Su Zhongyao said angrily, "I just wanted to tell you, how can the grandson of the dignified Xiwu Altar Master have anything to do with the people of the Six Arts Palace!
"But...... Master ...... I ......" Ming Shuhui lowered her head and tried to defend herself, but she didn't know what to say.
"What am I, me!" Su Zhongyao's tone was very stern, "Now follow me immediately, you cut off that little demon girl's thoughts as soon as possible, it is impossible for you two!"
Ming Shuhui saw that Su Zhongyao was very angry, and he didn't dare to disobey him, and saw that Xie Yanran had also been dragged back to the Six Arts Palace, so he had to follow Su Zhongyao to leave.
"Where are we going now?" asked Ming Shuhui.
"Dongwu Altar!" replied Su Zhongyao with an expressionless face.
Ming Shuhui was shocked, because he had injured Guan Qinhai and Shen Qinjue in the Dongwu Altar before, including Guan Qinhai's apprentice Lin Chengmiao, who was also disabled by himself, and finally escaped, and now he was sent back by Su Zhongyao, which was not equivalent to pushing himself into the fire pit.
Ming Shuhui hurriedly told Su Zhongyao what he had done in the secret passage of Guan Qinhai's family, and after Su Zhongyao heard it, his face was cloudy.
"Since that's the case, it's even more necessary to go to the Tobu Altar......" Su Zhongyao thought for a long time before he said.
"I'm not going!" Ming Shuhui said firmly, "If you go there, isn't it equivalent to sending you to death?" Besides, the martial arts of those people in the Dongwu Arena are not as good as mine, what can I learn if I go?"
"You injured someone, we must go and apologize, our Xiwu Altar and Dongwu Altar have been friends for generations, you have quietly run away in this trouble, how will our two martial arts altars still communicate in the future?" Su Zhongyao frowned and said patiently to Ming Shuhui, "Manly man, if you get into trouble, you will leave, this is what your father taught you?"
Ming Shuhui couldn't help but feel sad when he heard Su Zhongyao mention his father Ming Xiaozhao, he knew that the master in front of him had been running around investigating his father's affairs during this time, and what he said at this time was reasonable and could not be refuted. Thinking of this, Ming Shuhui had no choice but to follow Su Zhongyao to Dongwu Altar.
The two walked for two or three days in a row.
One night, the two stayed in a hotel, and they were in a hurry during the day, and Ming Shuhui was very tired from the journey, and she fell asleep these days.
When he slept until midnight, Ming Shuhui suddenly felt that someone was patting him on the shoulder, and Ming Shuhui suddenly woke up from his dream and sat up vigilantly.
"Ming Shuhui, come with me!" a voice called him in the dark, but he couldn't see clearly.
"Who are you? "Who are you?" asked Ming Shuhui as he curled up on the bed, he felt very strange, with the martial arts of the master, why did a person come in the room and not notice.
"It's me. This person approached, it turned out to be Xie Yanran, she was dressed in black, blending in with the night, and she was indeed unrecognizable.
"Why are you here?" Ming Shuhui asked in surprise, "You came by yourself?"
"Come with me, I'll talk about these things on the road later. Xie Yanran said that she was going to pull Ming Shuhui.
"Where's my uncle?" Ming Shuhui looked carefully at Uncle Master's bed, but Uncle Master was not there, so he asked again strangely.
"Your master is not a good person, you can come with me, don't talk so much, we won't be able to leave if you talk too much. Xie Yanran hurriedly picked up Ming Shuhui and walked out.
Ming Shuhui simply took away her daily necessities, and left the hotel with Xie Yanran, and the two of them trotted all the way, aimlessly towards the outskirts of the city.
"What the hell is going on, how do you say that my uncle is not a good person?" asked Ming Shuhui gasped.
"Are you going to the Tobu Altar?" Xie Yanran asked.
"yes. Ming Shuhui replied, "Although I know that I have committed a lot of things in the Tobu Arena, as a man, I have to be responsible, and I can't just run away." ”
"Do you know why your master uncle has to take you to the Dongwu Altar?" Xie Yanran asked again.
"He told me to go to the Tobu Altar to admit my mistakes and rebuild the relationship between our Seibu Altar and them. Ming Shuhui replied affirmatively.
"It would be nice if that was the case, I suspect that your master is from the Dongwu Altar!" Xie Yanran said.
Ming Shuhui was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
"You are simply nonsense, my master is a big disciple of the Xiwu Altar, how can he be a person from the Dongwu Altar, don't joke with me, of course the two of us can run away together, but this reason is too unreasonable. Ming Shuhui smiled.
"I'm not kidding, and I'm not lying to you. Xie Yanran said seriously, "You don't wonder, where did your master go in the middle of the night?"
Thinking of this, Ming Shuhui shook his head slowly, he was indeed very strange about the whereabouts of the master, so he stared at Xie Yanran with an inquiring eye.
"The people from Tobu Altar are near your hotel. Xie Yanran said, "Your master came out so late to see them." ”
"People from the Tobu Altar?" Ming Shuhui asked in surprise, "Who is it?"
"It's the Taoist priest who caught us that day!" Xie Yanran also stared at Ming Shuhui and said, "I came out with Zhou Lang, Zhou Lang is now following the Taoist priest, and found that the Taoist priest has been waiting for someone, and later we found out that it was originally waiting for your master, so I came to you immediately." ”
Ming Shuhui heard the news, and his mind was even more confused, he couldn't understand why the master uncle had a close connection with the people of the Tobu Altar, the master uncle sent himself to the Tobu Altar, wasn't it to apologize, but the real purpose was to help the people of the Tobu Altar catch him?