Chapter 19: Loyal and Righteous Souls

Perhaps because both of them were too tired, Yi Dan and Ouyang Yucheng snuggled up to each other and slept until the next morning.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, and the sky has begun to brighten.

"Helper, you guys go quickly, He Rang is catching up again"

Yi Dan, who was asleep, was awakened by Mao Sanzhen's shouting. It turned out that last night He Rang went down the mountain road, but he didn't find the two, so he returned to the vicinity of Youzhou Terrace, and Mao Sanzhen was entangled with him until dawn. After dawn, He Rang chased after the blood stains in the wild grass.

After Yi Dan was woken up by Mao Sanzhen's shout, he hurriedly woke up Ouyang Yucheng next to him: "Brother Ouyang, Brother Ouyang, wake up quickly, the bad guys are chasing after you again."

After Ouyang Yucheng was woken up by Yi Dan, he was still a little confused. So he opened his eyes lightly and asked, "What's wrong? What's going on?"

"Brother Ouyang, let's go quickly, He let that villain catch up again," Yi Dan replied.

Ouyang Yucheng rubbed his eyes, looked at the sky, and said, "It's already dawn?"

"Yes, Brother Ouyang, are you feeling better?" Yi Dan asked.

Ouyang Yucheng touched his heart, because last night, Yi Dan helped him stitch up the wound, plus he ate Cordyceps Jiuzhen Pill and drank some blood that Yi Dan fed him. By this time, he was feeling much better. So he straightened up slightly, felt the wound on his back, and then showed a satisfied expression and said, "Well, I'm better, thank you... Dan'er, I didn't expect to be saved by you, thank you so much!"

"What are you talking about, Brother Ouyang, let's get up and go, He let the ghost catch up again" After that, Yi Dan helped Ouyang Yucheng, and the two ran deeper into the barren mountain.

As soon as the two of them walked a short distance, He Rang did a somersault from behind him, fell in front of the two, and said with a cold smile: "It turns out that you are here, so I have been looking for a night at the bottom of the mountain."

Yi Dan gently pushed Ouyang Yucheng aside and said, "Brother Ouyang, be careful"

Ouyang Yucheng quickly dodged to the side, Yi Dan pulled out the sword in his hand, and without saying a word, stabbed it violently. He Rang took a few steps back and quickly dodged over.

At this time, Mao Sanzhen limped up, and together with Yi Dan, he attacked He Rang back and forth. Only then did Yi Dan see clearly that Mao Sanzhen's left arm had been cut by He Rang and was still bleeding, Yi Dan asked distressedly, "Elder Mao, are you injured?"

"Don't get in the way, you guys hurry up, I'll drag him down" Mao Sanzhen replied.

Taking advantage of the confrontation, Yi Dan tore off a dress skirt and bandaged Mao Sanzhen's wounds. Mao Sanzhen said gratefully: "Thank you, girl"

"May I ask Elder Mao, how is my master?" Yi Dan asked as he bandaged Mao Sanzhen's wounds.

"Lixian Daxia has solved all those Khitan warriors, and he is also rushing over here," Mao Sanzhen said.

"Well, that's great, Master, it's okay if he's fine. Yi Dan said.

"Girl, please take the helper away first, and leave it to me here," Mao Sanzhen said.

Ke He let Ouyang Yucheng escape again. He raised the nine-ring big knife and slashed at Ouyang Yucheng on the side.

After Yi Dan bandaged Mao Sanzhen, according to the luck method taught by Ouyang Yucheng last night, she circled her true qi around Shenque three times, resisted the middle navel acupoint, and then plunged down and rushed to the right palm to slash Houxi, Qiangu and Shaoze, and then waved his palm to cut the sharp air flow towards He Rang.

He Rang never dreamed that Yi Dan would also be able to use a blade palm, and when he was caught off guard, he was hit in the middle of his chest by the oncoming palm force, cutting a layer of clothes and a thin layer of flesh and skin. Although Yi Dan's internal strength is limited, and the wound on He Rang's chest is not deep, it hurts the flesh and skin, and it will inevitably hurt. He Rang was beaten back several steps before stopping, he looked down at his chest, his eyes widened, and he said in surprise and disbelief: "Blade Palm? You actually know Blade Palm too?"

"What? can't I know how to use the blade?" Yi Dan raised his head slightly with some smugness, and said to He Rang.

"The Blade Palm is the mastery of the previous generations of my Knife Sharpening Gang, and you can't practice it in ten or eight years, how do you know it? Is there any quick way?" He Rang asked one after another with doubts.

"For a fool like you, it will definitely take ten, eight, or twenty years, but for someone as smart as this girl, it's just half a pillar of incense" Yi Dan was still immersed in the afterglow of learning the blade, so he said a little proudly.

"Hmph, I really didn't expect you to be a martial arts wizard" He Rang said with some questions and envy.

"What, I'm afraid, get out of the way of this girl now, it's still too late, otherwise... Don't blame this girl for chopping you into eight pieces and feeding them to the dogs," Yi Dan said in a somewhat threatening tone.

"Hmph, it's a pity that your internal strength is not enough, and your blade palm is not enough to hurt my life" He Rang saw some clues, so he said coldly.

Yi Dan saw that his skills were exposed, so he approached Ouyang Yu closer and became more vigilant.

At this time, He Rang asked Ouyang Yucheng on the side: "Ouyang Yucheng, you actually passed on the mastery martial arts of your gang to this stinky girl, aren't you afraid of breaking the rules of the gang?"

"The rules are set by people, and I believe that if the masters of the hall in the past have knowledge in heaven, they will also understand me. He Rang, it's too late for you to regret it now, don't be obsessed anymore," Ouyang Yucheng explained.

"Ouyang Yucheng, you'd rather pass the blade palm to this stinky girl than to me, I'm going to make you die worse than Qin Zhengao," He Rang said angrily.

"It's really a shame, I see who died worse today," Yi Dan roared angrily.

He Rang continued to take the initiative to attack, swinging his knife and slashing at Ouyang Yucheng from the side and behind. Seeing this, Mao Sanzhen behind him hurriedly flew over, grabbed He Rang's hand, He Rang used his other hand to slap Mao Sanzhen to the ground, Mao Sanzhen hugged He Rang's calf, He Rang was entangled by Mao Sanzhen and couldn't get out. So he roared angrily: "Mao Sanzhen, are you going to force me to kill you before you stop?"

"Dog thief, my Knife Sharpening Gang must not fall into the hands of a traitor like you," Mao Sanzhen roared angrily.

"Okay, I'll send you to the West Heaven today" With that, He Rang raised his big knife and slashed at Mao Sanzhen's head.

Seeing this, Yi Dan immediately flew over and stretched out his sword to block He Rang's nine-ring broadsword. Mao Sanzhen got up from the ground and entangled with He Rang.

Mao Sanzhen shouted while fighting: "Girl, please take the helper away, He Rang will not achieve his goal, he will not give up, I will stand up here first, you go quickly"

"Elder Mao, what are you going to do then?" Yi Dan asked.

"I can withstand it, you guys go quickly, leave me alone, I'm fine" Mao Sanzhen roared while fighting with Na He Rang.

Yi Dan took care of Ouyang Yucheng's body, so he replied, "Okay, Elder Mao, you must be careful!"

"I'm fine, let's go" Mao Sanzhen entangled with Na He Rang while urging the two to leave quickly.

Yi Dan helped Ouyang Yucheng and continued to run towards the other side of the mountain. And Na He Rang quickly got rid of Mao Sanzhen's entanglement and continued to chase after him. At this time, Yi Dan helped Ouyang Yucheng to a river. The river bank was less than two feet away from the water, and there was no way to go, so Yi Dan admitted to Ouyang Yu: "Brother Ouyang, can you swim?"

"I used to swim in the Panyu River occasionally, but today I have injuries on my body, I don't know if I can support it," Ouyang Yu replied.

"That shouldn't be a problem, let's find a lower place in a while, jump down, and I'll hold you as much as I can, so that I can get rid of that congratulation," Yi Dan suggested.

"Okay, no problem, you saved my life, I believe you" Ouyang Yucheng looked at Yi Dan's face and said.

At this time, He Rang also chased after him from the distant hillside. Seeing Yi Dan and Ouyang Yucheng standing on the river bank and preparing to jump down, he began to feel anxious, because he grew up in the north all the year round and couldn't swim at all. I thought to myself, if I let the two of them go down the river, they would really escape.

Seeing that the two of them were about to go down the river, He Rang kicked his feet and flew over the grass with light skills. Holding the nine-ring broadsword aloft aloft, it flew towards the two.

Ouyang Yucheng turned his head and watched He Rang getting closer and closer, feeling very anxious, and at this time, Yi Dan was carefully observing the depth of the river.

Suddenly, there was a loud "bang", and a huge splash suddenly exploded on the calm water surface, and a huge crocodile nearly two feet long burst out of the water. The crocodile instantly flew higher than Yi Dan's body standing on the shore, and the crocodile opened its bloody mouth and faced Yi Dan head-on. The distance between the big crocodile and Yi Dan is less than a zhang, Yi Dan can see the teeth of the big crocodile very clearly, and the structure in the mouth, for a moment, Yi Dan was frightened by the big crocodile and his back was numb, and his soul was scattered, accompanied by a loud scream: "Ah...", Yi Dan froze there and couldn't move.

Ouyang Yucheng heard Yi Dan's scream, and immediately turned his head to see the big crocodile rushing towards Yi Dan. Ouyang Yucheng instinctively grabbed Yi Dan's hand, which was already frozen there with fright, and quickly pulled her back to the place where she was on the shore. Almost at the same time, the big crocodile took a bite and bit at the position where Yi Dan was standing just now, and pounced.

Finally, it was very thrilling and escaped the attack of the big crocodile, and the big crocodile failed to attack and fell back into the water. Yi Dan was so frightened that he was paralyzed, trembling and unable to speak.

At this time, He Rang, who came in a hurry, showed an evil smile and said proudly: "Haha, haha, I almost forgot, this river, called the Crocodile River, is a hot spring upstream. Back then, in addition to making iron cages and iron brushes, Liu Shouguang, the king of Yan, also specially introduced these cold-blooded killers from the south to punish those who were disobedient, so you have nowhere to run now, right?"

Yi Dan, who was in shock, did not ease his senses at all. Suddenly, bits and pieces of images of crocodiles opening their bloody jaws and biting people flashed through her mind, and these images kept echoing in her mind.

Ouyang Yucheng saw that Yi Dan was so frightened that he lost his soul, so he cared: "Dan'er, what's wrong with you?

Yi Dan did not respond, still immersed in those looming memories of the images. Ouyang Yu continued: "Hey, I really didn't expect that you, a girl who is not afraid of heaven and earth, would be scared like this by a crocodile" Yi Dan still didn't answer, his eyes were straight, staring at the river, his mind was blank.

"Ouyang Yucheng, you can't run away, if you know each other, just obediently tell me the mental formula of the blade palm, maybe I can spare your life" Ouyang Yucheng raised his head and said.

"Don't think about it, I will never tell you the mantra of the blade palm," Ouyang Yu replied.

When He Rang heard this, he became even more annoyed, so he provoked: "Girl, you see that he doesn't care about you at all, he would rather keep the secret of martial arts than care about your life, but it doesn't matter, if you teach me the blade palm, I promise to let you go." You see that you are as beautiful as a flower, why should you sacrifice your good life for such a person who is about to die? It's not worth it, you believe me, as long as you hand him over to me, I will never hurt you in the slightest, if you break your promise, the sky will thunder and thunder, how about it, girl?"

He rang said a lot of rambling words, but Yi Dan still seemed to have not heard, immersed in the terrible memories of those childhood experiences, unable to extricate himself.

Ouyang Yucheng saw that Yi Dan seemed to be scared stupid, and saw that her whole body was trembling and her eyes were staring at the river. So he looked at her beautiful face very distressed. I don't understand what's going on either. From last night to just now, why was this girl in front of me, who has always been very decisive, brave and resourceful, scared like this by a crocodile?

"Phew, shameless. He Rang is a despicable villain, and his words will never count, girl, you must not believe him" At this time, Mao Sanzhen limped after him again, shouting as he ran.

He Rang saw Mao Sanzhen chasing after him, so he quickly flashed behind him, and put the knife on the neck of Mao Sanzhen, who was already seriously injured, and he threatened Yi Dan with Mao Sanzhen's life: "Girl, if you don't hand over Ouyang Yucheng to me, I will even kill him and you together."

"I'm sorry, I let you be a dog, I really hate that I didn't let Huang Yuetian slaughter you in the first place, so I let you harm my Knife Sharpening Gang so much today, even if I die, I won't let you succeed" Mao Sanzhen roared angrily.

At this time, Yi Dan eased up a little, turned his head to look at He Rang, and said, "Don't hurt Elder Mao..."

"If I don't hurt him, it's okay, unless you hand over Ouyang Yucheng to me, I'll let him go immediately" Yi Dan didn't answer, He Rang continued: "You have to think about it clearly, this is the internal affairs of the Knife Grinding Gang, it has nothing to do with you, as long as you hand He Rang over to me, I will never hurt you, girl, it's not worth risking your life for a person who is dying" He Rang also pretended to be kind and analyzed the stakes for Yi Dan.

Ouyang Yucheng on the side was already disheartened at this time. Seeing that there was a dead end in front and chasing soldiers in the back, and He Rang also took Elder Mao hostage. In order to save himself, Elder Mao has been seriously injured, so how can he be willing to let him be hurt again? Besides, he has been poisoned by the slow decay grass, and his life is not long, and it is worth it no matter how much he uses his half life to exchange for Mao Sanzhen, a loyal friend, so Ouyang Yucheng knelt on the ground with a thud and pleaded with He Rang: "Elder He, as long as you let Elder Mao go, I will immediately arrest him and let you dispose of it."

"The helper can't be like this, this congratulatory wolf will not keep his promise. If you have three long and two short, the north and south of the Sharpening Knife Gang, all of them will fall into the hands of He Rang, and for hundreds of years, how many generations of loyal and righteous people, the foundation accumulated by hard work will all be destroyed in the hands of He Rang, a traitor who betrays the country and seeks glory, help the master, don't do it" Mao San screamed and tried his best to dissuade him.

Ouyang Yucheng heard Mao Sanzhen's words, and he also felt a little reasonable. So it was very tangled and dilemma.

Mao Sanzhen saw that Ouyang Yucheng was difficult to decide, so he looked at the river at the foot of the next side, there were several hungry crocodiles, looking at the shore with their heads raised, Mao Sanzhen took advantage of He Rang's inattention, jumped and jumped off the river.

When Mao Sanzhen was still falling down in the air, a huge crocodile sprang out of the river and bit him and dragged him into the water. All of a sudden, all the waters turned red.

Ouyang Yucheng shouted in shock: "Elder Mao... Elder Mao..."

In the water, several other large crocodiles also swam over. They coordinated with each other, scrambling again, fluttering and rolling, tearing Mao Sanzhen's body to pieces. One of the crocodiles threw his head up, bit a bloody arm in his mouth, and swallowed it.

When Yi Dan saw this bloody crocodile cannibal scene again, he trembled with fright and grief, and cried loudly: "Elder Mao, Elder Mao..."

This sudden huge stimulation made Yi Dan's mind keep flashing, when she was a child, on the Dongwang Mountain outside Chang'an City, the bloody picture of the tribesmen being fed crocodiles, the more she thought about it, the more scared she became, and the feelings of fear, anger, panic, helplessness, and hatred that she felt back then came to her heart inexplicably.

Yi Dan glared at He Rang angrily, his eyes blazing, and he screamed out of control. She exerted all her strength, concentrated all the inner lining on her right hand, and slashed at He Rang with a fierce palm. This angry palm was very powerful, and He Rang resisted it with the nine-ring broadsword, but he was still beaten two feet away and fell to the ground fiercely. He spat out a mouthful of blood, picked up the nine-ring broadsword next to him, and slashed at Yi Dan.

At this time, Yi Dan was already angry, and his mind was blank. didn't care that He Rang was slashing over with a knife, he rushed over desperately, and made two more palms, but He Rang dodged him. He Rang flew to Yi Dan's side from the flank, raised his knife and was about to slash at Yi Dan.

And Ouyang Yucheng in the distance shouted in horror: "Dan'er be careful, be careful"

At this critical moment, Li Xian, who rushed to hear the news, heard Ouyang Yucheng shouting Dan'er, so he quickly flew from He Rang's back, shot down the nine-ring broadsword in He Rang's hand with a sword, and then stabbed He Rang's right shoulder. He Rang suddenly fell to his knees in unbearable pain.

At this time, Yi Dan didn't seem to see Lixian, and he slashed at He Rang who was lying on the ground with his blade palm as if he was obsessed, without the intention of stopping. He kept shouting, "I'll kill you, kill you, kill you..." Naturally, these palm forces do not have any lethality, and He Rang can only bear it realistically.

Li Xian saw Yi Dan's resentful eyes, as if he wanted to eat the whole world, this look was something he had never seen in Yi Dan's eyes in the past ten years, and he also felt very scared, so he quickly grabbed Yi Dan's hand and asked, "Dan'er, what's wrong with you, what's wrong, are you okay?"

Lixian's persuasion didn't work at all, and Yi Dan was still roaring frantically. Lixian wanted to kill He Rang, but when he saw Yi Dan in a trance, he was afraid that she would be stimulated by the killing, so he said to He Rang: "Get out, don't let me see you"

He let Lixian let him go, so he crawled and fled.

Li Xian helped Yi Dan and sat on the bank of the river, Ouyang Yucheng said: "There are crocodiles in the river, don't sit too close"

When Rixian heard that there were crocodiles in the river, he seemed to understand a little bit why Dan'er was in such a crazy state. So he quickly helped her up and sat down farther away from the riverbank.

At this time, Yi Dan trembled, looked at the river with dejected eyes, and muttered to himself: "Elder Mao, Elder Mao has fallen, I am going to save him... I'm going down to save him...", Yi Dan tried to break free from Lixian and jumped into the river. Li Xian quickly took her hand and gently touched her sleeping hole, and Yi Dan slowly passed out.

Li Xian hurriedly picked up Yi Dan, and Ouyang Yucheng also came over and shouted, "Dan'er, Dan'er, how are you?"

"She's probably overly frightened, I'm afraid she'll do something stupid, so I'll get out of here and find a place for her to rest," Rikhyun said.

"Okay, let's get out of here quickly," Ouyang Yu replied.

Ouyang Yucheng and Li Xian helped the sleeping Yi Dan up. Li Xian put his hand in his mouth and blew the whistle vigorously, a sturdy black horse ran over, and the two put Yi Dan on the horse, and the horse carried her slowly down the mountain.

Ouyang Yucheng turned around, looked at the river, knelt down, kowtowed three times, and then followed Lixian and left the mountain.