Walking through the bamboo forest, a ruin is visible: bamboo huts that have just passed by the flames, a strong disgusting smell, corpses burned beyond recognition. Chu Tao searched around without changing his face. He found a blackened waist tag engraved with the word "Luo" on a corpse. It seems that Rohan's people have been here, and after a large-scale scuffle, there are many dead and wounded. Who else would dare to kill Roon's people in Beacon Ridge?

More large and small broken footprints can be seen at the scene. The footprints went into the woods beside them. The burned bamboo hut seems to have been inhabited for a long time, and the appearance of tables, chairs, couches and bookshelves can be vaguely recognized. In the corner of the wall, most of a calligraphy and painting was burned, struggling under the scorching embers.

Chu Tao shook out the fire, picked up the surviving piece of paper and looked at it, and all he could make out was two lines of words, like two lines of poetry: "The cold river locks the wanderer, and the cold moon reflects the soul." It was sad, Chu Tao frowned slightly, and a vague shadow flashed and passed away in the depths of his memory. He remembered these two lines of poetry, which were connected by a terrible name in the ancient rumors.

Suddenly, there was a noise outside the house, and he hurried out.

There were already two people standing in front of him—Qin Shi, and his attendant with fierce eyes.

"Master Chu, where is Jiang Shaoyun?"

Chu Tao was slightly stunned, but the terrible name in his mind made Qin Shi in front of him say it. Could it be that Qin Shi knew something? In an instant, his mind flew around, and when he reached the transparent place, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing so much that he couldn't stand, and even laughed so much that Qin Shi couldn't understand what he was in.

"What do you mean?" the attendant was furious, "Master Chu, you can't get out of the matter here, right?"

Qin Shi couldn't stand this mockery either, and his eyes widened: "Jiang Shaoyun is the rumored martial arts demon who has killed countless people, why are you like this!"

"Do you think I was on the run! Tang Yao asked you to come?" Chu Tao smiled coldly and said disdainfully: "You are Ye Xiaosheng, right? The famous Baibao Encyclopedia on the north shore is also notoriously frizzy. ”

Ye Xiaosheng's anger rose suddenly, but it was not easy to attack, and he gritted his teeth for a long time before saying, "What if Master Tang said?"

"Tang Yao probably wants to get everyone together. Chu Tao threw the "Luo" waist card in his hand, and then handed over the remnants of the calligraphy and painting, making Qin Shi and Ye Xiaosheng look at each other. "Whether it's Tang Yao or Luo Ang, they don't want me to see Jiang Shaoyun. Chu Tao smiled faintly and restrained his murderous aura. "Luo Ang can't kill me, so he wants to drive him away, Tang Yao knows about the North Shore and his festivals, so he asks you to come and drive him away. It seems that Jiang Shaoyun's story is by no means as simple as a legend. ”

Qin Shi pondered for a long time, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "But didn't Jiang Shaoyun grow old and turn to ashes a long time ago?"

"There must be people who want him to turn to ashes, but you see, with so many casualties and so much chaos in the fighting, this would be something that an old man would have done?"

"And what are you laughing at?"

"I laughed at Tang Yao's abacus and overdone it, wanting to cover it up. The more he covered it up, the more he told me he knew the truth. ”

Qin Shi pressed forward step by step, and his eager tone revealed a strong uneasiness: "What are you looking for Jiang Shaoyun for?

Chu Tao was steady: "You went to the Beacon Ridge to find Jiang Shaoyun, are you with him?"

Qin Shi was so anxious that he almost jumped up: "Master Chu, Jiang Shaoyun has a conspiracy!"

Say. A weird smile appeared on Chu Tao's face, probably he was very happy to appreciate the opponent's panicked appearance and couldn't find the north, he laughed at Qin Shi's really mind and simply thought that he would go to Jiang Shaoyun, a character who made countless heroes frightened, cooperate - maybe there are many people on the north shore who look at Chu Tao like this, with ill intentions, and may cause trouble at any time. But he just wanted these two North Shore people who thought too highly of themselves to tell the truth.

But before Qin Shi could speak, he had already heard the sound of small footsteps around him gradually gathering.

"The road is narrow!" Chu Tao threw down the sentence hatefully and ran into the bushes. The two disappeared in an instant.

Ye Xiaosheng hadn't figured it out yet, and looked at Qin Shi in a daze. Qin Shi smiled indifferently: "Hearing that footsteps are so heavy, the person who comes must be the person Chu Tao doesn't want to see the most, we are here, we will not lack him." ”

"Will there be people in the world who Chu Tao is hiding?" Ye Xiaosheng listed the top two figures in today's martial arts, but he couldn't solve this suspense. The surrounding dense forest faintly showed the light of the torches, connected into a large area, getting closer and closer, and the sound of footsteps became clearer and clearer. There were still many people who came, and the dancing tongues of fire tore apart the night, and the clamor and the sonorous sound of weapons formed a symphony.

Ye Xiaosheng finally heard the shouting voice clearly, as if he wanted to capture Chu Tao alive. I'm afraid that even Tang Yao didn't dare to blatantly shout the words, which sounded extremely loud at the moment. Who can have such great courage? Gradually, he heard the voice of one of them, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "Qin Dashao, can Chu Tao be afraid of him?"

Qin Shi muttered meaningfully: "Naturally, Master Chu doesn't want to argue with him, and he loses his demeanor. ”

As he spoke, more than thirty sturdy men had already surrounded them, and the one who took the lead was full of flesh and had an iron bull-like body, holding a pair of plate axes, staring at his eyes like cheetahs, and his voice sounded like a broken gong: "Where is Chu Tao?

"Young Master Qi Heng, there is no Chu Tao here. Qin Shi smiled slightly and politely. Ye Xiaosheng also recognized this son, the north shore is not in charge of the Dust Sword Sect, and that brute force is really not easy to entangle. This brother has always been a boaster. Qin Shi and he grew up together since childhood, and they knew how many catties and taels each other, and they didn't talk back, only secretly laughing.

"He's a kid who slips faster than a rabbit?"

Qin Shi deliberately teased: "Yes, as soon as he heard the movement, he rushed into the forest, who is not afraid of the prestige of Young Master Qi Heng?"

"Of course, if I see him, I have to take off his arm!" Qi Heng looked indignant, with some unstoppable arrogance, turned his head, seemed to feel that something was wrong, and immediately put away his smugness, "You kid didn't lie to me, right? We just came from all sides, if Chu Tao goes to the forest, he can bump into us no matter which way he goes!"

"If Qi Dashao doesn't believe it, there is only one wooden house here. Qin Shi pointed casually and said half-truthfully, "Maybe it's because of our clumsiness, and he hid back in the wooden house?"

Qi Heng decisively ordered a "search", and those people really went to the pile of ruins.

Ye Xiaosheng and Qin Shisheng held back a laugh, and let those shrimp soldiers and crabs turn the ruins upside down and look at each other. Qin Shi pointed to the direction that Chu Tao had just left, and Xiaosheng said, "Let's help find it too!"

But I really couldn't find the traces left by Chu Tao, and it was not easy to find even a footprint in the huge forest.

Suddenly, I could only hear a sharp scream from afar: "There he is!" and I saw a black shadow floating from one tree to another in the vast night, pleasant, light and swift. In the night, the dark shadow smiled back, full of mockery.

Qi Heng's face turned green in shock: "You are really here!" said and came over with a plate axe. Minions swarmed up.

Chu Tao took three steps and made two steps, jumped up, and disappeared in the night. Qi Heng was in a hurry to chase after him, but Chu Tao was like playing hide and seek, and he showed his head after walking a while, as if he was deliberately waiting for Qi Heng to catch up.

"Stinky boy, do you dare to come down and fight me to the death!" Qi Heng scolded loudly, but he only saw thunder and no raindrops.

Qin Shi sat on the mountain with his hands crossed and watched the tiger fight, holding back a few sneers from time to time.

Running for a while and stopping for a while, there are very few people who can keep up with their physical strength, Qi Heng, who was angry, looked at the few people on the left and right, and gave a long whistle, and half of the sky was reflected red by torches. "Chu Tao, I don't believe that neither I nor Luo Ang's people can take care of you!" Before the words fell, a dense stream of arrows fell towards the flickering figure. However, I saw that the figure was not far ahead, and it was lighter and more joyful to leap between the branches, let alone fall from the tree, and it refused to even disrupt the rhythm for half a minute. "It's just a child's plaything, Qi Dashao is just capable of this?" The scathing laughter made Qi Heng so angry that he was about to explode.

Suddenly, the dense firelight in front of him reflected the sky clearly, as if a fire had been ignited in the woods, and a hundred and ten men with iron weapons roared and killed to meet them, and the iron bucket-like phalanx quickly moved forward, like a wall.

"Chu Tao, dare to come and die alone?" Luo Ang's shrill laughter entangled in this dense forest like a ghost.

Immediately, the crossbow machine was triggered, and the lightning bolts flew towards the target in the darkness like locusts.

Suddenly, the whistle of the leaves from nowhere lingered in the night, ethereal and distant, but close at hand, ghostly shadows wrapped around everyone's hearts. The surroundings suddenly quieted down, and everyone felt a terrible threat, not necessarily from Chu Tao, but there must be a terrifying force lurking quietly.

Qin Shi was terrified, but he heard an imperceptible metal sound, and the figure quickly swept over the human wall, as fierce as a whirlwind, and as sharp as an eagle's claws, it actually tore the thick human wall through the middle.

The cold light of the Dragon Styx Sword reflected the firelight, reflecting the glow of blood. The light swept away all the mighty enemies.

The firelight reflected Chu Tao's smile full of murderous intent, which made Luo Ang shudder: "Whoever takes Chu Tao's head will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!" his voice couldn't help but tremble when he ordered.

But what is the use? The wails echo all over the wilderness, and the dodgers trample each other and fall on the ground. No one dared to surround it, let alone chase it, only rows and rows of cold arrows were thrown in vain towards the black curtain - Chu Tao's figure had already disappeared behind the human wall in the chaos.

"Chase, chase!" Roon roared angrily, but his men were busy cleaning up the mess.

A rude, unfamiliar but rampant laugh came from afar: "Master Luo, your broken fishing net is too unstrong!"

It was getting darker.

The moon, with an ominous blood light, stares red at the world.

On the night of Beacon Ridge, the wind was blowing and fierce beasts were infested.

When Roon's men regrouped and slowly searched in the direction from which the sound came from, they found only a puddle of blood in the grass that had congealed into a dark red.

Qin Shi was surprised to call Qi Heng over to take a look, only to find that the eldest young man of the Qi family had already disappeared.