Yun carefully pushed open the door, guarding against it, with that person's status, his kung fu must be very high.

It was a simple stone room, and as soon as you entered the door, a strong strange smell came to your nose. Yun Yun didn't dare to be careless and temporarily held his breath, there was only a stone bed and a stone platform in the room, and a small oil lamp was placed on the stone platform to emit a faint light. A strangely made bamboo tube was placed next to it, and a wisp of cyan smoke came out of the end from time to time. A rickety figure on the stone bed had his back to him and seemed to be asleep against the wall, but his hair was gray, and he should be old.

Yun walked over lightly, just wanted to restrain this person, but the person inadvertently turned over and revealed his face, under the illumination of the light, Yun saw his face clearly, and couldn't help but gasp.

I saw that the old man's face was covered with scars, and the skin and flesh were turned out, although they had grown up, they were red like centipedes, extending from his forehead to his jaw, and even his facial features were distorted.

Suddenly, the old man opened his eyes, and a fine light flashed in his cloudy eyes, and his first reaction was not to warn or attack, but to quickly grab the black scarf next to him to cover his face. Then in a hoarse voice, he asked, "Who are you?"

Yun didn't take the opportunity to make a move, just looked at him silently, and the old man gave him a feeling that was not dangerous but deeply tired and helpless. After a while, he spoke: "My name is Yunyun, I found this place by chance, and I want to ask my seniors to solve my doubts." ”

The old man struggled to prop himself up against the wall, and the simple movement seemed to exhaust all his strength, gasping violently. After a while, he said faintly: "You are a good child, I didn't immediately make a move on the old man when I found out just now, and there is no malice in your eyes, only doubt and sympathy, it can be seen that your heart is very kind." Hehe, thanks to this, don't look at the old man's bad state, but it's enough to deal with you junior. If you had made a rash move just now, I would have guaranteed that you would have died. Have a seat. As he spoke, he reached out and patted the edge of the bed.

Yun did not hesitate, and sat next to the old man after giving the salute. A hint of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes, and then he nodded with satisfaction: "Okay! If you have anything to ask, just ask, and I will try to answer you if I can answer you. ”

Yun sorted out his thoughts for a moment before asking, "Senior, you smoke poppies, right?"

The old man's pupils shrank: "You know this thing?"

Well, Yun briefly told what he saw and heard at that time. The old man was silent for a long time: "That's right, this is it." For more than ten years, the old man has suffered from it, knowing that it has invaded my limbs and constantly corroded my body, but he is powerless to get rid of it. ”

"Can't you quit?" Yun asked with a frown.

"You don't know, I'm too deep. If you stop using it, it's better to live than to die!" the old man shook his head, his eyes full of bitterness and despair.

After a while, the old man said slowly: "Now all the organs in my body have been corroded, and my vitality has been worn out, and it seems that my life will not be long. It's rare that you and I have a fate, I know that the purpose of your coming here is not as simple as drawing a knife to help each other when the road is uneven, if you have any questions, just ask. I don't know much about it, but I hope I can help you. ”

Seeing the old man's heavy face, Yun Yun hugged his fists and said: "Senior, I have an elder who was persecuted and suffered a lot of persecution and his situation is very similar to here, and I am also entrusted by him to continue to visit. That elder was also a great figure back then, and he was ranked among the top ten in the rivers and lakes, named Xiang Tianxiao, I don't know if the predecessor has an impression?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the old man's eyes: "Brother Xiang is still alive?"

"Yes. The cloud was also pleasantly surprised, it seems that the old man and Xiang Tianxiao have a close relationship.

"Xiang Senior is indeed alive, but his body is highly poisonous, and his pipa bone is worn and his martial arts are all lost, and the situation is not optimistic. ”

Well, the old man's eyes were full of resentment: "It's their usual method, back then, I heard that Brother Xiang was captured and tried to rescue him in many ways, but unfortunately failed." You will tell me more about the situation of my brother. ”

So Yun told the original story of his encounter with Xiang Tianxiao and his past encounters, but for the sake of prudence, he did not explain where Xiang Tianxiao lives now. After finishing speaking, he thought about it again, thinking that he had not missed any details, so he silently waited for the old man's answer.

The old man's eyes were closed, the corners of his eyes were twitching, and his chest was rising and falling violently, obviously very angry. It took a long time before he spoke: "So you are the only heir to Brother Xiang, so you are not an outsider." The old husband Tian Xin was the second leader of Huahutang back then. I met Brother Xiang decades ago and was one of his few friends. ”

"At that time, although I was not in the top ten, I was not far behind, I had few opponents in kung fu, and I was also a figure in the rivers and lakes, but an incident happened more than 20 years ago that completely sent me to hell. ”

"That year, I practiced and made a rash move, but I went mad and suffered a lot of internal injuries, and the pain was unbearable every day, and it is estimated that it will take at least a few years of conditioning to recover. Just when I was anxious, my eldest brother Pang Bo, who was also the hall master of Huahu Hall, brought me a medicine one day. According to him, it was produced in the Western Regions, which not only relieved the pain, but also had a good effect on the recovery of injuries. ”

"I don't doubt it, so he started smoking the same way he taught him. The medicine did work and it stopped my pain. So I concentrated on healing in addition to taking medication on time every day, and finally I recovered in half a year, but I always felt that my body had changed somewhat. It stands to reason that there is no need to continue to take medication after the injury recovers, but if you don't take it, you will feel uncomfortable. I tried to break for a few days, but the result was as uncomfortable as ten thousand ants gnawing, and once I smoked it, the condition disappeared immediately, and there was a feeling of fluttering immortals. And as time goes by, the amount of medicine taken is getting larger and larger, and the interval is getting shorter and shorter, and once it is stopped, the state of life is worse than death immediately appears. ”

So I became suspicious, and finally my suspicion became a reality, and Pombo stopped providing me with medicine. I couldn't stand it anymore and begged for it, but he said no, there was only one place in this world that could provide this medicine, but I needed to leave Huahutang and swear allegiance to it. ”

No matter how stupid I was, I knew his ways, so I asked him why he had designed to harm me. He sneered, there was only coldness in his smile, how could there be brotherhood. To put it bluntly, my martial arts, connections, and status in the rivers and lakes are far beyond him, and many people in the door are dissatisfied with me, and my status in him is not guaranteed. I argued that I was the kind of wolf-hearted person, but he said that the human heart is separated from the belly, and who knows what I think. ”

"I couldn't help but make a move with him, but at that time I was addicted to drugs and was weak and weak, which was his opponent, and after a few moves, he was put over and locked in a secret room. For the next two days, I was worse off than dead, and that feeling was not something normal people could bear, and I thought I was strong-willed and self-controlled, but I still broke down......"

"A few days later, Pombo showed up and asked me how I was thinking. I had no other choice, and I fantasized that I could find a solution in the future, so I agreed. So he gave me a small amount of medicine, which temporarily solved my predicament. ”

"That night, a couple of men in black came to the door and took me away. I had no choice but to compromise, and they put my head and face covered and stuffed into the carriage......"

"After walking for three or four days, they offered me food, drink and medicine but didn't allow me to get out of the car, and I didn't know where I was. Until one evening, the carriage stopped and I was taken down. ”

"It was a barren mountain, without any iconic landforms, and a man in black knocked on the mountain wall a few times, and a crack suddenly opened in the rock wall, apparently a mechanism, so I was taken in by them. ”

"The belly of the mountain is empty, and the interior is very large, but it is very dark. From time to time, masked people pass by but don't greet each other, as if they don't know each other. I was locked up in a stone room for three days without anyone taking care of me. I was addicted to drugs, so uncomfortable that I banged my head against the wall, and even bit my arm to try to divert it with pain, but it didn't work. I howled and banged on the door but no one showed up, until the fourth day I was exhausted and tortured to the point of being inhuman, and two men in black appeared and dragged me out......"

"When I was taken to the lobby, an old man in black was already waiting there, and I knew by his momentum that his status was not low. So I asked him why I had already agreed to join and still be tortured, and he just coldly said that he wanted me to feel the consequences of betraying the organization first, and then he told me a lot of the rules of the organization and asked me if I could follow them. At that time, I was drowsy, and I agreed to whatever he said, and for a full hour I finally couldn't stand it anymore and fainted......"

"When I woke up, the painful feeling was gone, and I still had the familiar smell of medicine in my mouth and nose, and I knew they had given me medicine when I was unconscious. But then there was a sharp pain in my face, and when I touched it with my hand, it was clear that I was disfigured. I yelled and rushed out the door, wounding several guards trying to stop me. Then the old man in black appeared, and I fought with him, and I lost within fifty moves, and later I learned that the man was the great worship of the organization......"