Under the night, the streets were quiet. Occasionally, there were people walking around, but they were also silent.
Facing the faint light from the windows on both sides, a fallen swordsman held a rusty iron sword and walked forward slowly.
"Oh, you have such an unsatisfactory stomach. You didn't eat yesterday and you started to feel restless again." Qin Xiao rubbed his stomach and walked forward with a sad face: "To be a hero, you have to endure hunger. If you can't endure hunger, you can't be a hero. Xia!"
As soon as he raised his head slightly, he saw a series of strange phenomena in the east of the city. Some figures appeared on large and small rooftops, watching from a distance.
Qin Xiao knew that they were all monks living in the city, so he spent a lot of effort to climb up a wall and imitate their gaze.
A large formation appeared out of thin air in the east of the city, and the Taoist charm circulated, alarming the monks from all directions. However, some people recognized where the residence of the second prince Baili Qingfeng of Daqian was, so they did not dare to move forward.
The dynasty controls the destiny of the world and the hearts of millions of people. Even the first-class sects of the three religions do not dare to provoke it easily. The other forces must follow the instructions of the dynasty.
But Qin Xiao didn't know this. When he saw this, he thought something was going on and wanted to join in the fun: "Here's your chance to become a hero and become famous!"
…
Within the palace, more than a dozen monks rose into the air, surrounding Ye Ling and Qu Zhiruo.
The old man controlled the Taoist boat, and the Taoist force came over him, but he was split head-on by a sharp energy, leaving no trace of it.
The old man said in a deep voice: "Boy, although you have some means, it is still an illusion to break out of today's dragnet. If I catch you now, I may be able to save your life!"
Ye Ling did not answer, but instead asked Qu Zhiruo on his back: "Have you found your sister?"
Qu Zhiruo said angrily: "If you find me, I won't run away. Even if I die, I will die with my sister!"
Ye Ling smiled slightly: "I haven't found anyone either. If you die with me, will you?"
"Bah, bah, bah," Qu Zhiruo wrinkled her little nose: "If you want to die, you die. I haven't lived enough yet, so I won't die!"
"Since we haven't lived enough, we shouldn't die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Ling's whole body momentum changed, and his sword skills soared into the sky, hitting the formation, causing ripples and shaking the entire palace!
The expressions of the surrounding monks changed greatly. The protective formation used by the palace was a low-level god-level formation. How could it be shaken so easily by a Lingxu realm monk!
The old man shouted: "Which sect are you a disciple of?"
Ye Ling didn't answer, the aura around him became more and more fierce, and even the gaps that were cut by the sword energy gradually appeared in the void.
The wooden sword shines like a rainbow, and the innate aura turns into the blade, overflowing with cold light.
Ye Ling took one step forward and used the Heaven-Destroying Sword Technique with all his strength. All the elements in the sky condensed into the edge of the sword. Although the wooden sword has no edge, it can cut down everything in the world!
In the sharp edge, more than a dozen Lingxu realm monks were strangled, two Yingchong realm old men had their protective Daoyun broken, and the Taoist ship was also severely damaged and fell to the ground.
In the sky above the formation, a crack gradually expanded. As Ye Ling struck down with another sword, the crack completely collapsed, revealing the boundless night sky.
Taking one step forward, Ye Ling sheathed his sword at his side, carried Qu Zhiruo on his back and escaped from the palace, escaping into the night.
Almost at the same moment when the formation shattered, Baili Qingfeng, who was far away in the Liang Mansion, frowned and immediately stood up in the air, looking in the direction of his mansion from a distance.
"Brother Imperial, why don't you go back to your house and take a look?" Baili Hanran came to him at some point and said with a half-smile.
Baili Qingfeng was silent for a moment, then said: "It's not a big deal, let him go."
"No matter how big or small things are in the world, if you don't care about the small things, sooner or later there will be earth-shattering events!"
…
In the alley, Qin Xiao took off a pair of straw sandals and hung them around his neck. He ran towards the palace with bare feet and panted heavily.
Finally, when he was almost there, he was pulled by a force and forcefully dragged into an alley, where he fell against the wall.
"Who is it? A handsome hero is being kidnapped and trafficked in broad daylight. Let me tell you, this hero can kill without blinking an eye!"
Standing in front of him, Ye Ling had no choice but to hold his hand holding the iron sword and said, "Open your eyes first and see who I am."
Qin Xiao struggled several times but couldn't get rid of a big hand, so he said: "I don't want to look at you. I understand your rules. If I see your appearance, I will definitely kill you and silence you. Don't worry, I am a generous man. Let bygones be bygones for a little thief like you, just go away, as long as I don't chase you!"
Qu Zhiruo, who was behind Ye Ling, couldn't stand it anymore, so he went up and slapped Qin Xiao on the face: "You are so brave and dare to act like a hero. Open your eyes quickly, or I will beat you into an idiot!"
"No, no, no, heroine, spare your life, I'll open my eyes, I'll just open my eyes!"
As he spoke, Qin Xiao carefully opened his eyes, but when he saw a familiar face in front of him, he quickly took a breath and said, "It turns out it's you. I thought..."
"Why?" Qu Zhiruo said with contempt: "If you were really a bad guy, you would be dead now!"
Qin Xiao looked unconvinced: "Actually, I knew it was you, so I deliberately made a joke. You took it seriously."
Qu Zhiruo turned his head to the side: "Who would believe your lies!"
Ye Ling smiled, but his face suddenly darkened, and he quickly said: "Someone is chasing me, and his cultivation level is not low. I'll make a long story short, Qin Xiao, take Qu Zhiruo out of the city immediately and go to the town to find the crazy doctor. He will help you unlock your cultivation. Then you go to Liangzhou to find Master Qu, and I will lure the people away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Ling's figure disappeared from where he was. Not long after, he appeared in the night sky and fled in another direction. Immediately afterwards, several figures chased after them, but no one seemed to notice Qu Zhiruo and Qin Xiao.
"Why didn't you tell me what happened to my father?"
Qu Zhiruo's face was full of grievances, which made Qin Xiao look helpless: "Miss, he has entrusted you to me, no matter life or death, I have to send you there, hurry up and leave!"
Qu Zhiruo said: "I can't move my legs now, please carry me!"
"A man can bend and stretch his back." As he said that, Qin Xiao squatted in front of Qu Zhiruo, picked her up and ran out of the city.
"Ahem," Qu Zhiruo frowned and turned his head to one side: "Why does it smell so bad? Why don't you even take a shower?"
Just when Qin Xiao was about to retort, he lowered his head and saw a pair of straw sandals hanging around his neck. He immediately smiled and said, "Just make do with it!"
…
The town is much quieter than the capital city. There are still people walking on the streets occasionally, but most of them are drunk and dragging their feet.
In the distance, I heard a woman shouting: "Run quickly!"
"Auntie, I'm almost exhausted. Why are you so fat... Ouch! Ouch! You... you're merciless, merciless!"
"Hmph! If you dare to call me fat again, I'll strangle you to death!"
Finally, Qin Xiao carried Qu Zhiruo on his back and ran to the door of a store. Qu Zhiruo quickly called to stop: "Stop, it's right here!"
With that said, Qin Xiao put Qu Zhiruo down, and he collapsed on the ground exhausted, sweating uncontrollably and out of breath: "I shouldn't do this job!"
Qu Zhiruo leaned against the door, stretched out his hand and kept banging on the door: "Hurry up and open the door. If you don't, I will burn down your shop!"
However, after calling for a long time, no one in the house responded. However, the lights came on in the neighbor's house next to him, and an old man came out wearing clothes and said angrily: "It's such a late night to announce the funeral, and we won't let anyone sleep. "
Qu Zhiruo ignored it and kept banging on the door.
The old man rubbed his sleepy eyes, and then he saw clearly, and said: "Girl, stop knocking, this crazy man is not here."
"Isn't he here?" Qu Zhiruo became anxious after hearing this and quickly asked, "Where has he gone?"
"I don't know about that. I just heard him say before he left that he had provoked Karma and wanted to go away and hide for a while before coming back."
When Qu Zhiruo heard this, his face immediately became ugly. The meridians all over her body are now sealed. If she doesn't ask for help, she won't be able to break the seal by herself.
Now she has no one here, but what should she do?
Qin Xiao slowly got up on the side and said: "If no one is here, let's find a place to live first. I have to have a good sleep. I'm exhausted."
Qu Zhiruo glared at him, but immediately looked shocked, and hurriedly crawled over and hugged Qin Xiao on his back: "Hurry and leave!"
Qin Xiao had no choice but to stand up, but was pinched by Qu Zhiruo: "Run quickly!"
"ah--"
With a scream, Qin Xiao quickly let go of his legs and ran forward.
But before he ran very far, he stopped and gasped: "I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore, let's rest for a while!"
Qu Zhiruo turned to look at the other side of the street, his face turned pale, and he said hurriedly: "Hurry up, my father said, a man cannot say no to a woman!"
Qin Xiao: "..."
Looking left and right, there happened to be a small tea stall on the street, smelling of tea. The owner was making tea with a white towel on his head. An old man in a long gown was sitting at a small table next to him, drinking tea by himself.
Qin Xiao hurriedly said: "Let's have a sip of tea first, and then we'll go on our way!"
With that said, regardless of Qu Zhiruo's objection, Qin Xiao took her to sit down and said, "Boss, two cups of tea... I want the cheapest one!"
Qu Zhiruo glanced at the signboard of "Nine Dynasties Tea Shop" and kept staring at the street corner until a middle-aged black man slowly walked over, which made her tremble.
At this time, the tea stall owner came over with tea. The tea cup was steaming with water and mist.
The boss smiled and said: "It's late at night, so you have to drink hot tea. This herbal tea hurts the stomach."
Qin Xiao was thirsty, but the water was too hot, and he couldn't drink it for a while. He scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously.
Qu Zhiruo, on the other hand, watched the middle-aged man approach, stood not far from the tea stall, and looked towards them. A murderous intent is approaching without concealment, which is frightening.
The old man seemed to have noticed this man, and grinned at him with a mouth full of yellow teeth, one of the front teeth was missing, and said: "It's not easy to walk at night, why don't you come and have a cup of hot tea to warm your heart!"
The man in black didn't answer, and his murderous aura became more intense and enveloped the entire stall. Even Qin Xiao felt a chill running down his spine and hurriedly raised his head and looked around.
At this time, the tea stall owner came over with a teapot and placed it in front of Qin Xiao and Qu Zhiruo: "You two can fill it up later!"
The man in black didn't know what he saw, his expression changed, he hurriedly turned around and left, disappearing into the night...
