In the evening, Hypertherm was about to rest when she heard a slight noise outside the door. Recently, his internal strength has increased greatly, and his eyesight and ear strength have also improved a lot, and no slight sound can hide from his ears. He listened carefully, then smiled, and did not make a sound, but sat quietly, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his mind.

A silver needle flew by, landed on the wall opposite the window, and when I looked up, the silver needle was pierced with a fine silk handkerchief, and the person outside the door was gone.

Haibao stood up, took off the silver needle, and took the handkerchief in his hand to look at it, only to see a green peach embroidered on the handkerchief, and the beautiful handwriting in the blank space under the peach branch read: Zishi, on the shore of the sunset lake, the smoke willow painted the bridge.

Why did she ask herself out? To thank him? Then why didn't she just come in?

He calculated the time, and when he was, he should be able to arrive. He sat cross-legged and began to recite the mantra in his heart: "In the beginning of heaven and earth, good and evil have not yet emerged. Tigers, leopards, jackals, hungry and carrion-hungry. The gods are in turmoil, and the people and ghosts are on the same path......"

After reading it several times, there was no red light in his body. In the past two days, when he recited this incantation, there was no red light emitting from his body, but a powerful energy was quickly gathered. And he seems to be gradually able to control the time of practice. When it was time to practice every night, he no longer felt manic, and at other times, he would sit down and recite that mantra, and those energies would be gathered. The only problem is that he can't call on those energies very well. He still habitually started practicing at this hour every night.

He tried to sit for a while, his mind was full of Du Xueyi's figure, and he couldn't calm down. I wonder what she asked herself to go out for?? As he thought about it, the little energy that had just gathered in his body vanished, and he tried to chant the incantations on both sides, but the energy did not gather again. Could it be that his heart was chaotic and his mind was not concentrated enough, so that he was affected? Thinking of this, Haibao tried to calm himself down and not think about Du Xueyi.

Strange to say, when his heart calmed down, that power gathered quickly. It seems that you have to be free of distractions. Thinking like this, Hai Bao tried his best to focus his thoughts on the exercises and spells, and after a while, the strength in his body had gathered to the point where he had to vent, and Hai Bao went out with his sword as usual, and came to the woods where he usually practiced.

He had cut down a lot of the branches and leaves in the woods, but fortunately, this forest was relatively lush, because it was located in the suburbs, and few people came. With the faint light of the stars and moon, Haibao wielded the nine swords, wielding them in the woods, one move at a time, pouring out like flowing water, and the whole set of swordsmanship was very proficient.

The sword dances faster and faster. There was a force in the body that surged to the arm, like a stream of hot blood, spurting out from the fingertips, a bright spark burst out from the tip of the sword, and the entire sword body also emitted a faint light of Youlan, as if suddenly there were thousands of fireflies surrounding the nine swords.

It happened so suddenly, and Hypertherm was taken aback. At first, he thought it was blood gushing out, but it wasn't until the spark on the tip of the sword lit up that he realized that his own strength was leaking. He couldn't help but be overjoyed, he had heard Zhang Chengjian say that when martial arts are practiced to the extreme, they can emit their own power in other forms, such as fire, wind, etc., and they can also travel long distances and act on foreign objects. Now this fire on the sword, of course, means that his skill has reached a new level.

Thinking to himself, he exerted another force on his arm and launched it towards a large tree a hundred paces away.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the tree fell, crushing the next tree as well.

Hypertherm withdrew her palm and stood in place, a smile on her lips.

Because his mind was so concentrated, he didn't even notice that there was a pair of eyes staring at him for a long time in the woods. When he was sweating profusely and inserting the Nine Swords into his scabbard, the slightest sound stirred his nerves.

"Who?" With a loud shout, the sound echoed through the woods, lasting for a long time, creating an eerie and terrifying aura in the silence of the night.

"It's me!" With a delicate reply, a petite and delicate figure quietly appeared in front of him.

"It's you! I'm going to look for you!" Hypertherm exclaimed in surprise after seeing the figure clearly, a deliberate panic in her voice. I don't know why, as soon as he saw this pretty figure, his heart couldn't help beating wildly.

"The time has passed, you haven't arrived!" Du Xueyi shouted in a coquettish voice, with a little anger in her voice.

"What, is it past the hour?" asked Hypertherm, surprised.

Du Xueyi ignored this question, attacked Haibao with a move, and said in his mouth: "Take it!"

Haibao hurriedly stepped back, dodging and saying, "Did the girl call me out to fight? Or are you angry because I didn't make it to the appointment?" If you're angry with me, I'll let you fight." He stopped.

Du Xueyi's hands stopped in mid-air, it was difficult to knock them down, and he was unwilling to take them back. Looking left and right, he shook his hand angrily, snorted, and said, "I asked you to come out to compete with the sword." ”

Looking at her angry and angry appearance, Haibao smiled in her heart, but said calmly on her face: "What about the girl's sword?"

Du Xueyi picked up an arm-thick tree trunk from the ground, broke off the small branch on it, and said, "I don't have a sword, so I'll use this instead." ”

Haibao smiled bitterly, picked up a branch from the ground and said, "Then I'll use this instead." I don't know what the girl is going to do?"

Du Xueyi said: "Just compete on the tree, whoever falls to the ground first will lose." As he spoke, he jumped up into the tree.

Haibao said, "Okay. He jumped up into the tree.

Before Haibao could stand firm, Du Xueyi's branch came to him. Haibao only felt that Du Xueyi was still angry that he didn't show up for the appointment on time, so he used the sword competition as an excuse to vent his anger. Soon, Du Xueyi's fierce offensive made him feel that things were not so simple, and she must have other purposes.

Haibao tried his best to endure it, trying to find a chance to lose, but he couldn't let Du Xueyi see that he was deliberately defeated. Just thinking about it, Du Xueyi hit with a stick, and Haibao pretended to be unable to dodge, fell straight down, and fell to the ground.

Du Xueyi fell to the ground and said, "It's a pretence at all! When you practiced the sword just now, your pace was steady, how could you fall down so easily!"

Haibao smiled bitterly: "It's time to stop, why bother with it." ”

Du Xueyi said: "How can there be the shadow of Lingshan Qianda Gong between your steps?"

Haibao said: "What thousand dozen gongs?"

Du Xueyi ignored him and said to himself: "It's strange, it's not quite like it." ”

Haibao couldn't understand what she was talking about, and saw Du Xueyi stunned alone, shook her hand in front of her, and shouted, "Miss Du!

Du Xueyi came back to her senses, grabbed Haibao's sleeve and asked, "Where did you learn martial arts, and who is your master?"

Haibao said: "My master is the group training master in the Yunwang Mansion. ”

Du Xueyi said: "The group training master in the Yunwang Mansion? shouldn't it...... Haven't you learned martial arts from others?"

Hypertherm shook his head and said, "No, what's wrong?" Why do you ask this?"

Looking at him like that, it doesn't look like he's lying. Du Xueyi said absentmindedly: "Oh, I think I'm too careful." "Didn't ask any more.

Haibao said: "There is one thing I want to ask you, are you from Lingshan?"

Du Xueyi said: "Yes." ”

Haibao said: "Then do you know the mountain lord Qiu Lichuan?"

Du Xueyi was surprised: "What are you looking for her to do?"

Haibao said: "Someone asked me to bring some words to her. ”

Du Xueyi said: "Who?

Haibao said: "Forgive me, I want to tell her this in person." ”

Du Xueyi said: "What's this, do you know it's very rare? If it weren't for the fact that she was my mother, I wouldn't bother to ask!"

Now it was Hypertherm's turn to be surprised.

Du Xueyi said: "Who is going to bring her a message?"

Haibao said: "Uncle Sleepy Bug." ”

Du Xueyi said strangely: "I haven't heard of it, why is it called such a strange name?"

Remembering that he didn't even know the real name of the sleepy bug, Haibao said, "I've always called him that." ”

Du Xueyi said: "Forget it, it doesn't matter, he must be a lazy person with such a name." He didn't ask any more questions, and his expression was a little disappointed.

Haibao originally wanted to defend a few words, but remembering that Uncle Sleepy Worm had been looking drowsy with his eyes closed all day, he dispelled this idea again, and said, "Uncle Sleepy Worm asked me to tell Lord Qiu Mountain in person, I have always wanted to find an opportunity to go to Lingshan. Is Miss Du willing to accompany me?" After thinking about it for a while, she felt that it was inappropriate, so she hurriedly changed her words: "If the girl is unwilling, give me some pointers and tell me to take fewer detours, I would be grateful!"

Du Xueyi said: "Why not, I have been down the mountain for more than a month, and I should go back to see my mother." ”

Haibao said: "That's great, with Miss Du here, things will be much easier." In a few days, I will go to ask the Cloud King for leave. ”

The two of them spoke as they walked out into the woods. Unconsciously walked out of the woods, without the cover of dense leaves, the moonlight looked extraordinarily bright. At this time, under the moonlight, Du Xueyi was wearing a snow-white long skirt, her hair was draped over her shoulders, and she only pinned a hairpin loosely on the top of her head. The two of them walked side by side, so close that Hypertherm could even smell the nice scent emanating from her. Haibao peeked a few times, and his heart jumped suddenly, not daring to look again, so he turned his face aside and looked at the boundless night.

I was speechless for a while, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. Haibao said: "Why did Miss Du come to Yunzhou City? Did you hear the rumors from the Xiangxue Building?"

Du Xueyi said: "I came to kill the butterfly king Hongchang. ”

Haibao was taken aback and said, "What kind of festival do you have to fight for your life?"

Du Xueyi said: "My mother said that he was our enemy, a heinous traitor, and my father left us because of him." Kill him, and my dad will come back. ”

Du Xueyi suddenly said softly: "Don't you want to know why I asked you out today?"

Haibao was stunned for a moment and said, "Why?"

Du Xueyi said: "I want to thank you, because you hurt him, but it's a pity that you didn't kill him." ”

Haibao smiled bitterly, knowing in his heart that he was too far behind Hong Chang, and it was just a fluke to be able to hurt him, and he didn't dare to use it when his internal strength was damaged.

Du Xueyi obviously didn't know what Haibao was thinking, and said, "Promise me, if you have the opportunity, help me kill Hong Chang!"

Seeing Haibao's confused look, Du Xueyi said, "You want to ask me why you want you to help me kill him, right?" Because I trust you, you have this ability, you will help me, don't you?" She stopped and looked at him with a small face on her face, with a sincere expression on her face.

Haibao was inexplicably moved in his heart. For the first time in my life, I was so trusted by a woman. Facing her autumn-like eyes, he nodded lightly: "I'll do my best." Everyone should be punished for such wicked people. It's just that that Hongchang is too strong, and we are not his opponents at all. ”

Du Xueyi breathed a sigh of relief and cheered: "Great! Thank you! As long as you want, we will work together, there will always be opportunities!"

Haibao was infected by her innocent appearance, and blurted out: "If I kill Hong Chang, how can you thank me?"

Du Xueyi didn't know how to answer for a while, tilted her head and thought for a while: "How about making a promise with your body?" It is said in the play that heroes save beauty, and they should promise each other with their bodies!" At this time, he blurted out, it was just a joke, and he didn't feel ashamed.

However, this answer, which was full of innocence and banter, made Haibao's face burn all at once, and the blood all over his body seemed to be boiling.

"I, I...... I can't ask for it!" As soon as the words came out, even he was startled.

Du Xueyi said coquettishly: "Idiot, it's serious! But if you can really kill Hong Chang, I will consider it." ”

Someone seemed to sigh lightly. The two of them were startled at the same time, and looked in the direction where the voice came from, and saw a figure dressed in black and wearing a black hood on his head galloping away. Haibao shouted fiercely: "Who is it?" hurriedly chased after him, and Du Xueyi also chased after him.

The shadow ran fast. After chasing for about two miles, over a small hill, the black shadow disappeared.

The two stood on the hillside, looking around, and no one could be seen again.

Who was it? so close to them that he wasn't noticed, why did he follow them, and when did he start following?

Many questions cannot be solved. Just as they were in doubt, a sudden sharp sound pierced the night sky, and the two looked up, and a huge bird with oily green eyes and claws bent like two iron hooks, rushing down towards them. Haibao hugged Du Xueyi, trying to protect her delicate body under her, but when she fell, the two rolled down from the river embankment to the barren grass below.

When they finally stopped rolling, the two of them were shocked and realized that they were still holding each other tightly, and their faces were almost lip-to-lip. Du Xueyi exhaled like an orchid, which made Haibao's heart beat wildly.

Haibao quickly let go of his arm, stood up, and reached out to pull Du Xueyi up. As soon as I grasped the soft and slippery little hand, my heart jumped wildly again.

"I'm sorry, I'm just scared of that...... Hurt you. Hypertherm pointed to the big bird, which was gone, and said incoherently.

"Forget it, I don't blame you!" Du Xueyi said pretending to be relaxed, turning her face away, so that Haibao would not notice her crimson cheeks.