After all, Salt and Pepper Mountain is not a big mountain, it is not steep, and it is not lush with trees that make the sun shine down and form spots.

The leaves moving in the wind, the fragrance of flowers, a little poetic, of course, if there were no poisonous insects and poisonous snakes attacking everyone.

Walking and stopping along the way, climbing over two hills, Zhang Rang pretended to inadvertently find a hidden cave, the entrance of which was blocked by a large number of vines and grasses, and others really couldn't find it without careful searching.

Liu Yi looked at the entrance of the cave that was not close to the salt mine and was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask much, and walked in with Zhang Rang.

Suddenly, Liu's face moved slightly, and he quietly took out the red beads that were hot in his chest and held them in his left hand, his face was a little gloomy, and his right hand held the handle of the long knife at his waist, and looked around vigilantly.

The cave is about a man tall enough for four or five people to walk side by side, and the torches lit by the crowd illuminate the surroundings, and the surrounding walls are clearly marked by artificial excavation, but judging from the current situation, it is very old.

"According to Deacon Liu, this strange beast will emit a poisonous aura, which causes people who inhale it to hallucinate, so there is a ghost saying, which is the antidote sent by the gang, and everyone eats one. ”

Zhang Rang asked everyone to stop, took out a small bottle from his arms, poured out a brown pill the size of a soybean from the bottle, and gave it to everyone to eat.

"Deacon Liu and I have reached the martial arts training period, we are not afraid of these poisonous gases, everyone mentions spiritual vigilance, follow me in to kill the strange beasts, rest assured, whether it is successful this time or not, each person will have two taels of silver, and will never break his promise!"

After Zhang Rang finished speaking, he took out the long knife he carried with him and took the lead and walked in.

"The beads in his hand continue to exude heat, there is obviously a strange stay here, I don't know what Zhang Rang is doing," Liu Yi thought carefully in his heart, and his pace gradually slowed down, walking at the end of the line.

After a few steps, a faint smell of corpses and feces came, and the bones of beasts and humans were scattered on the ground, dim and without the slightest flesh and blood, apparently dead for a long time.

Everyone continued to walk, and Zhang Rang took the lead in the front, at this time the terrain was downward, and the air in the cave was a little humid, mixed with a hint of fragrance and blood.

Feeling the beads in his hand getting hotter and hotter, Liu Yi became more and more vigilant, walked dozens of steps, there was no road ahead, and he had already walked to the bottom of the cave, the space in the cave was obviously much larger, and by the light of the torches, it could be seen that it was about the size of two houses.

On the wall of the cave climbed a cyan vine, on which hung seven crystal clear red fruits, each about the size of a thumb and oval-shaped.

The slightest fragrance comes from the fruit, refreshing people's hearts, after entering the nostrils, the qi and blood all over the body flow rapidly, as if practicing fist and foot kung fu, you can know at a glance that it is not an ordinary fruit.

This is a fact that everyone knows, but no one dares to pick it, because there are dozens of blood-dried human corpses scattered under the vines, dense scars all over the body, but the only fatal wound is the throat that was cut by a sharp weapon.

Judging from the clothes on his body, they are all the missing thugs in Pepper and Salt Mountain and the names of nearby villages, this situation made many thugs a little flustered, Zhang Rang stood with a knife on the side, looking at everyone strangely.

At this time, a thug hugged his fists towards Zhang Rang and Liu Yi in turn:

"Steward Zhang, Deacon Liu, you are well-informed, can you see what is happening here, is it because of the strange beasts, they killed each other after being illusory?"

Liu Yi didn't speak after hearing this, but looked at Zhang Rang thoughtfully, and Zhang Rang smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Calculate the time, it's almost over, as for what happened, you will know later!"

One of them was about to say something, when there was a sudden commotion, and one of the thugs collapsed on top of the other and exclaimed, "It's not good, the fruit has a poisonous aroma, and I can't stand up now." ”

As the words fell, the other thugs also collapsed to the ground, struggling to get up and falling down again, in a panic.

At this time, Zhang Rang pulled out a long knife and slashed at a thug beside him in a flash, the thug covered his neck with both hands, his eyes showed disbelief, and then he fell to the ground unwillingly, blood slowly flowed out, soaking the ground.

"Steward Zhang, you, what are you doing?"

"It's all your doing, right, I said something is wrong these days, it turns out that you killed these brothers"

"Deacon Liu, hurry up and kill this thief, he has gone mad"

Many thugs were panicked, wanting to get up but unable to do anything, Zhang Rang didn't care about what they said, he still walked towards everyone with a knife, and said to Liu Yi with a smile:

"Deacon Liu, with the blood of these people, presumably the blood essence fruit will soon mature, just wait patiently, don't think about killing me, I let my brother go to the city to hide a few days ago, if I have three long and two short, he will tell the hall master all the things here, and then you will also be hunted down by the hall master, under the encirclement and suppression of many disciples of the Blue Wolf Gang, you will not be able to escape."

"Hehe, how could I do such an irrational thing, the hall master is so powerful, I don't dare to pull out the tiger's beard" Liu Yi looked at what Zhang Rang was doing, and said with a smile, secretly guarding what Zhang Rang did.

At this time, a thug who had fallen to the ground quickly got up and fled quickly towards the entrance of the cave, and Liu Yiyi, who had been paying attention to everyone, turned around, and slapped his palm on the thug, who flew out upside down and hit the wall, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his chest also sank into a piece, his body trembled slightly, and he obviously couldn't live long.

"Hmph, it turned out to be you kid, you guy is extremely clever, it seems that he didn't swallow the cartilage medicine I gave, if my guess is right, it's that you think things are wrong, and then secretly find someone to notify Tangkou and send someone to investigate, if it weren't for you, how did I end up like this, huh?"

Zhang Rang said with his eyes a little red, walked into his side, and stepped on his head one by one.

"It is said that you also have a sister, don't worry, I will take good care of her, so that she has no worries about food and clothing, hahahaha"

Zhang Rang smiled cruelly, and did not stop until his brain burst and he was completely dead, as if venting his anger, he continued to slaughter others!

After a while, Zhang Rang had already killed all the thugs who had no power to resist, and moved the corpses to the side of the vines, then walked to the side and sat down in the corner, looking at the Blood Essence Fruit with a look of hope, unabashedly revealing a look of longing.

Liu Yi, who had been watching coldly, walked to the corner of the wall on the other side and stood there, watching Zhang Rang's every move, feeling the hot beads in his palms getting hotter and hotter, looking around vigilantly, and suddenly said:

"If what I expected is right, you stumbled upon the blood essence fruit here, but it is not yet ripe, so you designed to lure the thugs to kill it, so as to ripen the blood essence fruit, but you don't want to be recognized by this person, so you deliberately led the weird to the village to create a killing to create chaos, and it can also be used to intimidate the people who come to deal with this matter, but I can't figure it out, how did you escape the strange pursuit?"

"Haha, Deacon Liu is really smart, and he guessed the cause and effect of the matter so quickly, as for how I managed to escape the strange pursuit, Deacon Liu will know immediately. ”

Zhang Rang said with a laugh, and at the end of the sentence he said in a low tone, with indescribable pride.

The torches on the ground moved without wind at this time, and they were a lot darker, and Zhang Rang's face was a little weird due to the flashing firelight!

After hearing this, Liu Yi's heart sank, and he clenched the beads in his hand, the temperature around him dropped rapidly, and the originally hot air was a little cool at this time.

At this time, a black shadow suddenly flashed on the ground in the dim cave, rushing towards Zhang Rang, and Zhang Rang seemed to have been prepared, not afraid at all, and raised his hand to reveal a cyan jade pendant and raised it forward,

Just when the shadow was about to touch Zhang Rang, the cyan jade pendant actually emitted a faint light, the light flashed, and with a piercing sound, the shadow quickly retreated, submerged into the earth,

The harsh sound made Liu Yi's head stiffen, and the sky spun for a while, he lost his sense of direction, and felt the hot beads in his hand, Liu Yi's left hand clenched, his nails pierced deep into the flesh, and the blood flowed out and soaked the beads, and there was a tingling sensation in his hand, which made Liu Yiru's chaotic consciousness recover a little.

"Damn, this weirdness will actually attack the soul" The thought flashed through Liu Yi's mind, and he looked around vigilantly, so as not to be attacked by the weird.

Suddenly, I felt a chill in my left arm, my whole body was numb, goosebumps rose all over my body, and my body seemed to be restrained, and it was difficult to move.

Liu Yi clenched his teeth, and the beads in his left hand also emitted a faint light as they absorbed a lot of blood.

Under the cover of the light, the left arm swept out, and the left hand seemed to hit something, and the force was slightly blocked, and it pierced through and hit the wall beside him, forming a deep fist mark.

At this time, another harsh voice came, close to his ears, Liu Yi was stunned in place again, his hands and feet seemed to be uncontrollable as if they were shackled, and his body seemed to be as heavy as heavy armor.

Liu Yi, who had always been afraid of pain, couldn't care about anything at this time, remembering the admonition of others, he bit the tip of his tongue directly, and then a bloody smell filled his mouth, and severe pain filled his mind, and his body gradually regained some consciousness with the stimulation of severe pain.

Suddenly, there was a sound of breaking the air, and Liu Yi didn't have time to think, so he threw himself directly to the right, but he still didn't dodge in a hurry, and was slashed through his left arm by a long knife, leaving a shallow wound.

At this moment, there was no time to deal with the wound, Liu Yi looked directly at Zhang Rang, only to see that Zhang Rang was still in a posture of throwing and throwing, with a ruthless look on his face, and when he saw Liu Yi coming over, he also put on a provocative smile.

There was a strange tiger beside him who bullied the soft and was afraid of the hard, and there was Zhang Rang in front of him who wanted to swallow the treasure alone, and Liu Yi did not panic at this critical moment.

On the contrary, in his own way, he threw the long knife in his right hand towards Zhang Rang, and then pounced on Zhang Rang, with the flow of qi and blood, the green tendons of his right arm burst out, and his right hand was red, obviously swollen in a circle.

Zhang Rang watched Liu Yi also throw the long knife at him, and then pounced, shocked, and fell directly to the side to the ground to dodge the long knife, and then picked up the long knife scattered on the ground, got up and slashed at Liu Yi who rushed towards him with all his strength.

Liu Yi looked at the long knife that was slashed, and he didn't dodge, his left arm was raised and he rushed forward, and his right hand roared out towards Zhang Rang.

The long knife slashed at Liu Yi's left wrist,

Boom~

A sound sounded,

The clothes on the wrist of Liu Yi's left hand were shattered, revealing a fine iron ring blocking the long knife, and Zhang Rang's slash not only did not work, but he was shocked and took a step back, and then was slapped in the chest by Liu Yi's roaring palm, flew upside down, and fell on the wall before stopping.

Zhang Rang's clothes were torn apart on his chest, revealing a blackened palm print, and the black lines scattered along the meridians on his body.

Because of this step back, Liu Yi's palm was relieved of a little force, and he was not killed on the spot, but he was also seriously injured, and the poison spread on his body, and his life was short.