Chapter 19: The Thieves of the Flat Valley
"Entanglement of stars?" Wei Xingyao muttered, not saying anything.
Jiang Yu stood up, looked at the bright moon in the distance, looked around, but didn't see Wei Qing's figure: "What about Wei Qing's kid?"
"He's gone to catch some beasts and come back, he should have some tea time. Wei Xingyao slowly stood up and stretched a little lazy, with a hint of laziness on her face.
He couldn't help but have a little smile on his face, although Wei Qing looked like a child, not in shape, like a child, but he never fell behind in the responsibility he should bear. At this time, it was so quiet that the wind was silent, neither of them spoke, watching the moon in the sky swaying, each with their own thoughts, and sighs sounded in the hearts of the two.
About half a cup of tea time passed, and the sound of rustling sounded in the woods, and a figure ran out of the shadows of the trees, covered in blood, carrying a huge demon beast on his back, with a hint of joy in his voice: "Sister, I'm back." β
The two hurriedly approached and saw that Wei Qing's body was drenched in blood, Wei Xingyao's face was full of worry: "What's the matter? Why is there blood all over her body?" She wanted to help Wei Qing take the demon beast off his back, but Jiang Yu stretched out his hand to stop her: "I'll come." β
Jiang Yu unloaded the demon beast and put it on the ground. Wei Qing was full of excitement, pointed to himself and said: "This is just a low-level demon beast snow deer, but I tried my best to catch it, let me tell you, this snow deer is too powerful, it kicked through a tree that was only hugged by three people, but with my sword, it ......"
Jiang Yu pulled out his long sword and skillfully peeled off the fur of the snow deer, skinning animals was like a common thing for him, and when he was still in the Dragon King Temple, he had no money to buy food, so the old man went to the mountains to catch some beasts and came back, and he came to dissect them.
Listening to Wei Qing constantly boasting about how powerful she was, Wei Xingyao couldn't help but smile helplessly, Jiang Yu looked at the knife marks of the snow deer in front of him that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, exuding a terrifying aura, and the flesh on both sides of the knife marks was scorched black by the knife wind, this kind of strength is not like what Wei Qing can do.
"Weiqing, tell me honestly, is this really what you caught?"
Looking at Jiang Yu's serious eyes, Wei Qing lowered her head with a slight weakness, and her voice became smaller and smaller: "Of course I caught it, but when I arrived, it was already dying, and I made up for itβwhy didn't I catch it!"
Jiang Yu sighed helplessly, and pulled Wei Xingyao, who was standing aside and looking at the dissected snow deer in a daze: "Get closer to me." β
Wei Xingyao let out an "ah", and was about to ask why, when she saw the caution in Jiang Yu's eyes, she closed her mouth and stood beside Jiang Yu obediently. Wei Qing saw that Jiang Yu ignored him, and he smiled embarrassedly: "What's wrong with picking up a prey, didn't we earn it? β
Jiang Yu didn't speak, he glared back at him, Wei Qing shrugged his shoulders disappreciatively, he couldn't understand why Jiang Yu was so cautious.
Jiang Yu was very calm on the surface, and his heart was pounding, in this cultivation realm, there is a sentence that is very terrifying, the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind, in such a strange environment, how can you pick up a demon beast corpse for no reason, either the hunter disdains a small low-level demon beast, or, it is a trap.
Just as Jiang Yu was constantly thinking, a few laughs suddenly came from the side.
"Little dolls, it's time for the first thief in Pinggu to appear!"
I only saw countless golden lights suddenly emerge from the dense forest around me, bells and drums rang out in unison, and then I heard a terrible howl in the sky, a giant eagle was trampled down from the sky by a strong man, the strong man took out a giant axe from the ring, and smashed it on the giant eagle with a bang, directly penetrating its body, splashing bright red blood.
"Lao Tzu, Li Xiucai!" The strong man's body protection flickered, bounced the blood away, and stroked the black hair on his forehead, with a proud face.
"Hello everyone, I am the second thief in Pinggu, Li Yuanhao. A slender young man in a pale green robe suddenly appeared beside Li Xiucai, his face was flat and his voice was calm.
With a move of Li Yuanhao's right hand, the surrounding golden light disappeared directly, the sound of bells and drums as if they had never appeared, and the forest returned to its previous silence and darkness.
Jiang Yu was lying on his chest with the long sword in his hand, his brows furrowed, he looked at the two strange people in front of him, the aura on their bodies was completely different, one was as turbulent as the sea, and the other was calm like a stream, but it brought Jiang Yu a strong sense of crisis, especially the slender man, who was only half a point weaker than his second senior brother.
"What are you doing, two?" he struggled to keep his voice calm.
Li Xiucai squinted his eyes, picked up the giant axe, and said sharply: "You little cubs, you robbed Lao Tzu's prey, do you still have the face to ask Lao Tzu what he is doing?"
Wei Qing lowered her head weakly, Wei Xingyao turned her head and glared at him, while Jiang Yu glanced at the snow deer under his feet who was about to cramp, was silent for a while, and said, "If this snow deer belongs to Your Excellency, this will be returned to Your Excellency." β
"Lao Tzu wants a good snow deer! You cut it nondescriptly, how can Lao Tzu sell it for a good price!"
Jiang Yu chuckled lightly and shook his head: "Wait, how can Your Excellency be sure that this Snow Deer must be Your Excellency's?"
Li Yuanhao silently took out a slender white knife from the ring, and with a flick of it, the air seemed to be scorched, and the void in front of him quickly turned red.
Jiang Yu's smile slowly disappeared, walked to the snow deer, turned over its flesh, and pointed to the knife marks in front of him that hurt the bone marrow: "But Your Excellency's deer is not an intact snow deer. You see, this wound is deep to the bone marrow, and the whole body is full of such wounds, how can it be said that it is an intact snow deer?"
Li Xiucai was stunned for a moment, stared at it, and sure enough, it was full of such wounds, he frowned, and said, "So what! My deer should be handled by me, how can I let you tease the knife technique here?"
"Why don't I dissect this snow deer, and if it can't be handled, you can dispose of it. β
Li Yuanhao looked at Jiang Yu with interest, the long knife was unsheathed, and his hands were clasped behind his back, as if he was watching a play. He nodded lightly at Li Xiucai, Li Xiucai smiled gloomily, and waved the giant axe in his hand: "Lao Tzu agreed! If you do well, Lao Tzu will invite you to eat a good meal, if you can't, Lao Tzu's axe will drink blood today!"
Seeing that Jiang Yu actually proposed such an "outrageous" approach, Wei Xingyao and Wei Qing couldn't help but be full of anxiety, looking at Jiang Yu and constantly making eyes, but as if he hadn't seen it, he nodded towards Li Xiucai and the others.
Wei Xingyao couldn't help but pull Jiang Yu's sleeve, looking worried: "Can you really do it?" or we will pay them some money at that time, don't the thieves just want money." β
Jiang Yu looked at her and smiled bitterly in her heart, did she really think that this kind of big theft of money could be settled, but on the outside, he was indifferent: "Yes." "I can only do my best.
He looked at the snow deer's sliced belly, which was blood-red, and his heart had stopped beating. Although he had never killed a snow deer, it was always the same as dissecting such creatures, bloodletting, skinning, cramping, deboning, and so on.
Jiang Yu's hand was turning inside, he observed carefully, and found the remaining few deer tendons that connected the muscles, pulled them out one by one, and put them on the ground, the skill of the technique was simply terrifying.
Li Xiucai looked at him, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, put down the giant axe, clasped his hands to his chest, and looked at him with interest. Li Yuanhao, who was on the side, didn't say anything, his legs were together, standing in place, his face was more flat than stagnant water.
But compared to the calmness of the two surnamed Li, Wei Qing and the others wanted to be a little disgusted, they didn't pay attention to Jiang Yu's movements just now, and at this moment, they carefully watched Jiang Yu dissect Xuelu, their stomachs were churning, and they couldn't help but turn around, after all, they were the young masters and girls of the big family.
Jiang Yu finished cramping, with the long sword in his hand, he played with a silver and white sword flower, his eyes became more and more indifferent, like a butcher who had been in charge for many years, and he was used to seeing blood. He carefully searched for the texture of the snow venison, and did not need vitality, but the long sword slashed lightly, and the pieces of venison and the bones slid down, and he took it with his hand, like a dancing art, and put it on the deerskin with a twist of his hand.
"Such a skillful ......" Li Yuanhao raised his eyebrows, and there was a little more meaning in his eyes.
At this moment, Jiang Yu seemed to have become another person, the sword in his hand was about to be played by him, and as the venison slipped off one after another, his pupils became more and more discrete, as if he was lost in a hundred flowers, and a strange power in the sea of knowledge slowly emerged.
"It's not like him. Wei Qing looked at Jiang Yu in front of him, a little confused, a strange aura appeared on his body, full of demonism and evil.