Chapter 16: Life and Death
At night, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.
Wuwei Hall is brightly lit.
Outside the courtyard, dozens of samurai with guns lined up, their eyes like copper bells, carefully watching every move around them.
Xue Wuji hid in the darkness and sneered: "Coward, I'll take your life tonight!"
He cautiously sneaked under the unguarded courtyard wall, and with a slight plunge, he had quietly climbed the courtyard wall several feet high.
There were also people patrolling the courtyard, and he saw three or five samurai walking back and forth, and he squinted his eyes, only to see that he was low, as light as a tanuki, climbing up to the roof along the courtyard wall, and then, carefully, uncovering a piece of tile.
There were only four people in the room, and Xue Wuji recognized at a glance that the youngest boy was Qi Kai, sitting upright, with a square face and a broad forehead, it was the hall master, and the other bearded man and the young man were a little faced, but they did not distract him.
The hall master seemed to have drunk a lot of wine, only to hear him laugh and say: "Brother Qi Kai, after today's battle, I am afraid that the Wuji Hall has included you in the assassination list, you have to be more careful in the future." ”
Qi Kai never drank alcohol, and he also smiled and said: "The name of the Shang Hall Master's 'Immovable Mountain' must also be famous, with the strength of your seventh-rank martial artist, I am afraid that it will be before Qi." ”
The Shang Hall Master drank a glass of wine, shook his head and sighed: "Actually, I only have seventh-stage strength, but the people of the world say that I have eighth-stage strength. ”
Qi Kai said: "Oh?
There was already a bitter meaning in the smile of the hall master, and after a long time, he said slowly: "I only have one move, 'Martial Arts, Bafang', which can barely fight with the eighth-stage martial artist, but if the opponent is a slightly stronger person, I will only be defeated." When they say that, they're just giving me a little bit of thin noodles. ”
Qi Kai said, "The Shang Hall Master has already had the strength of an eighth-stage martial artist before he broke through, wouldn't it be far superior to them if he broke through in time?"
After the hall master drank a glass alone, he shook his head and said, "This is easy to say, but it is difficult to really do it!"
Sitting next to Chang Youde, the thick-eyed and bearded man who had been drinking stuffy wine suddenly said: "For decades, if it weren't for the hard work of the hall master, my Wuwei Hall would not have the current strength, if you are dedicated to studying martial arts, I am afraid that you have already broken through." ”
Before the Shang Hall Master could speak, Qi Kai continued: "The affairs of the rivers and lakes are far more complicated and difficult than the cultivation of martial arts, and the Shang Hall Master must have had a very difficult time these years!"
The hall master was stunned, as if he had fallen into a memory, and said slowly: "With these brothers accompanying me from birth to death, decades are just a snap of a finger. ”
The bearded man's two thick eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and there were tears in his eyes, he stood up and said in a trembling voice: "Everything the hall master has done, the brothers up and down in the hall are clear in their hearts, I will toast you for them!"
He tilted his head and poured the wine down his throat, looking at the hall master with his glass in his hands.
This is a kind of wine rule that respects the elder with the young, and the following toast, the Shang Hall Master is clearly commensurate with his brother just now, but he insists on toasting in this way, as if otherwise, it is not enough to show the respect for the Shang Hall Master in his heart.
The hall master stared at the bearded man, and slowly stood up, also raised his head and poured the wine into his throat, and then, also holding the cup in both hands, facing the bearded man.
The wine has been drunk, but neither of them has sat down, the bearded man has not sat down, because the hall master has not sat down, and the hall master has not sat down, because he feels that such a deep emotion, only a glass of wine is far from enjoyable, he wanted to pour another glass, but his body suddenly shook, as if he would fall down at any time.
The bearded man was shocked and wanted to help him, but Qi Kai took a step faster, and had already supported the Shang Tang Master, and persuaded him: "The Shang Tang Master should drink less wine"
Before he finished speaking, the Shang Hall Master's body trembled suddenly, and then he shouted, and the majestic Tian Yuan Force in his body surged out, Qi Kai was violently bounced away by this powerful Yuan Qi, and hit the column behind him, and then he heard the Shang Hall Master's roar: "You are plotting against me?"
Chang Youde was stunned by this sudden change, he suddenly saw a white dot on the red column behind Qi Kai, he raised his head, but saw a black hole on the brightly lit roof, he immediately shouted to Qi Kai: "The sneak attacker is on the roof!"
Qi Kai looked at the black hole on the roof, his complexion changed suddenly, and he didn't care about the injury of the hall master, he flew through the roof, and in the distance, a black shadow was taking advantage of the night to hurry, and Qi Kai immediately flew into the air. I only heard the angry voice behind me coming from afar: "Alert !!"
The moonlight was dark, and after Qi Kai chased the flickering black shadow for dozens of miles, the black shadow suddenly stopped.
Qi Kai stared at this person with burning eyes, and in the dim moonlight, he could only see that he was not tall, and he was as thin as a hairy monkey.
Qi Kai said in a deep voice: "With Your Excellency's skills, even if you fight openly, you may not be able to succeed, why do you need to be so sneaky, won't it make people laugh?"
The man in black said: "The old man is not a fair and honest person, why should he act above board?"
The voice was hoarse and dry, like the sound of two pieces of wood rubbing violently, and it sounded very uncomfortable.
Qi Kai said: "Could it be that Your Excellency is a person from the Wuji Palace?"
The man in black smiled: "If you kill me, you will naturally know who I am." ”
Qi Kai looked at him coldly, and his body suddenly disappeared out of thin air.
Although Xue Wuji had heard of Qi Kai's ability to teleport, he couldn't help but be taken aback after actually seeing it.
His body disappeared suddenly, except for the sound of his clothes and hunting.
It turns out that he doesn't teleport, but uses his extremely fast movement speed to make people hallucinate.
Hearing a sneer, it seemed like a sharp weapon piercing the ground, and the man in black snorted coldly: "Sure enough, there is a bit of a doorway!"
A faint roar suddenly sounded in his ears, and Qi was heartbroken, and suddenly turned over, only to see a flash of cold light, and the man in black swept into the forest, and the ugly voice came from afar: "Your Excellency is not Erer, but the old man is a little disappointed." ”
Qi Kai froze in place, cold sweat was pouring down his head, he stared at the direction of the man in black leaving, standing silent for a long time.
In the darkness, the black shadows of the mountains and forests stretched to the horizon, as if a sleeping ancient beast would wake up at any time.
Qi Kai suddenly felt a little out of breath.
Where did this man in black come from? Could it be the Wuji Palace? If it was someone from the Wuji Palace, why didn't he kill me and assassinate the Shangtang Master? Could it be that we were too close at that time and accidentally missed? But if he missed, he had the opportunity to kill me just now, but he left instead?
A series of questions, like a stone, weighed heavily on his heart.
Thinking of the explosion just now, the cold sweat that opened up flowed down again.
The faint explosion was not caused by the explosion, but by the sound of the sword being punctured before the speed of the sword could flow.
What a quick sword!
What a terrible sword!
What a horrible person!
When did such a terrifying person appear in the world?
Qi Kai was still a little scared now, if his reaction just now was a little slower, or his sword was a little faster, I am afraid that he would not be able to stand at this time.
If we meet again next time, will he still have a chance to live?
Qi Kai saw from a distance that the lights of Wuwei Hall were even brighter, and the room where he and the hall master had just eaten had been tightly surrounded inside and out, and I was afraid that even a rat would not be able to enter.
Hundreds of people were on guard even more carefully, and suddenly there was a sound of breaking the sky from the sky.
After seeing that the comers were all open, they not only did not relax, but became nervous as never before.
The bearded man who had just eaten with him roared angrily: "Brothers, I didn't expect Qi Kai to have the courage to come back, kill me, and avenge the hall master!"
"Kill!" a uniform roar burst through the sky, making the heavens and the earth tremble.
Before Qi Kai fell, dozens of spears made of stainless steel were already whistling like arrows.
Qi Kai frowned, while condensing the wind shield to resist the spear, his body retreated with strength, and shouted at the same time: "Don't do it!
The bearded man stood in front of the crowd, pointed at Qi Kai in the air and scolded angrily: "The hall master is kind enough to help you, but I didn't expect you to be a spy of the Wuji Palace, not to mention his kindness, but also to harm his life, such a rat, my Sun Liang is the first to kill you!"
Qi Kai seemed to be stunned, and Sun Liang said again: "Your friend is still in our hands, if you still want him to live, just come down obediently and die, maybe we will let him go!"
Qi Kai's eyes froze, and his face became very ugly, because he had seen Chang Youde who was tied up.
Chang Youde hurriedly shouted: "Leave me alone, go quickly!"
Qi Kai said: "When I was in trouble, only you were willing to help me, and at this moment you are in danger, I will never leave." ”
Sun Liang sneered: "When death is coming, what kind of benevolence and righteousness do you pretend, if you are really affectionate and righteous, you will be arrested obediently, and exchange your life for your friend's life!"
Unexpectedly, Qi Kai really fell, and more than a dozen spears immediately surged up like a tide, and the sharp spear heads tightly surrounded him.
Sun Liang laughed wildly and said contemptuously: "Brothers, let's bleed first, comfort and comfort the hall master who hasn't gone far yet!"
More than a dozen sharp spear heads pierced Qi Kai's body almost at the same time, and in the blazing firelight, his face instantly faded with blood.
More than a dozen spears pierced his body at the same time, but he gritted his teeth and refused to beg for mercy!
Warm blood, flowing down the spear, dripping on the ground, like a delicate flower, and like a quietly burning flame.
Flowers will eventually wither, and fireworks will eventually be extinguished.
But the blood on the ground is as imprinted as deep in Chang Youde's heart, and this friendship of forgetting life and death is also deeply rooted in his heart.
Chang Youde's eyes were full of tears, and he said in a trembling voice: "You are obviously gone, why do you want to come back?" I thought you were a smart person, but I didn't expect you to be even more stupid than me. ”
A hint of a smile appeared on Qi Kai's pale face, and his voice was already very weak: "If you get along with a stupid friend for a long time, you will inevitably become stupid." ”
Although Sun Liang was furious, he saw that Qi Kai, who was pierced by more than a dozen spears in unison, gritted his teeth, but did not make a sound, and there was already a little more appreciation in the angry eyes of the copper bell.
With a wave of his hand, all the spears were withdrawn, and without the support of the spears, they staggered as if they were going to fall at any moment.
Hundreds of people, hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at Qi Kai in unison, as long as Sun Liang gave an order, he could immediately turn into a hedgehog.
A dead hedgehog!
But the strange thing is that Sun Liang didn't speak, just quietly watched Qi Kai stand up straight a little bit, standing as straight as a javelin!
Then, Qi Kai also looked at Sun Liang quietly!
Sun Liang said: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Qi Kai said: "The more afraid a person is of death, the faster he will die." ”
Sun Liang said: "So you're not afraid?"
Qi Kai said: "I'm afraid." ”
Sun Liang said: "Since you are afraid of death, why do you want to come back to die?"
Qi Kai looked at Chang Youde, suddenly smiled, and said: "Life and death are idle ears, how can you live up to the trust of your friends for such a trivial matter?"
Chang Youde couldn't say anything anymore.