For a moment, Aluan didn't want to run away anymore.
She was tired, and although she was not unable to run due to her survival instinct - she was really unwilling to run. So she really slowed down, panting, and fell forward one step at a time.
Will you die if you don't run? She wasn't sure. Whether she could run away or not had to be calculated separately. But Aluan just didn't want to run away, because she vaguely felt that if she continued like this, one day she would feel that it would be better if she died. Due to her origin and age, everyone who gets along with her always assumes that she needs to be protected. She has been protected by her parents since she was a child. When she grew up, she was still under the wings of her master and friends. It was always others who protected her from wind and rain. Couldn't she learn to hold an umbrella on her own?
She should know how to do it, someone has taught her, many people have taught her.
If one of them taught him true skills, she had never called him master - or even acknowledged him. But if you think about it carefully, he should be your third master.
The swordsmith who entered the house.
Daybreak came quickly. When she came back to her senses, she was surrounded by a vast expanse of white, almost crossing the dawn and directly facing the sun. Dai Luan wiped the sweat off her head, tightened her grip on the sword, and turned around slowly.
Xie Yan looked at her contemptuously, as if he had no intention of taking a little girl's resistance into consideration.
"Child, don't blame me, this is all my master's intention."
"…Satatsuki-kun?"
She couldn't understand why the Master of the Shadow Pavilion, who had been so amiable when they met, suddenly turned against him at this moment. Is what this woman says worth believing? If it is true, did anything unexpected happen after she left there?
...that man? Who is he?
Dai Luan did not dare to act rashly. Every movement and word she made should be such that the other party would not notice her intention, or at least think it was harmless. She wanted to buy more time so that she could remember the swordsmanship method that the swordsman gave her.
"I didn't expect it, little girl, you are so proud. Even Zuo Jinmen will be chasing you."
In fact, Aluan didn't understand it. Her little mind quickly calculated: Zuo Zhenmen? The only one chasing them all the way was the Laughing Wolf. Perhaps his real target was herself. After all, there were many people in her hometown who wanted to kill her - but they wouldn't have pursued her all the way here, right?
Lord Xueyue was tracking down the Laughing Wolf in accordance with Lord Yama's orders, but unfortunately Mu Wan became enemies with him. But could he allow the Laughing Wolf to attack him first? It's not impossible. But I had heard Wu Qi say before that Xie Yan and the others had been in contact with Zuo Jinmen, so maybe this was their private matter. Does this prove that Lord Satsuki and Lord Ketsuki have no direct interests... Or, the worst outcome is that assuming they have good contacts, at least their interference in each other's behavior is actually limited? She didn't know that the internal affairs of Liudao Impermanence were much more complicated than she thought.
Under the scorching heat of the rising sun, these things made her very irritable. And Xie Yan seemed not to want to talk nonsense with her anymore, and took a few steps forward with an unkind look on his face.
"Okay, come here and sleep at my sister's place. If you believe us, you might have deceived Zuo Jinmen, and we can still find a way to bring you back to life."
"Are you really trying to coax a child?"
The tail of Xie Yan's hair flew through the air, piercing the air and making a harsh whistle. Aluan instinctively raised his sword and held the sword in front of him with one hand. The braid was twisted twice on the sword, and suddenly a burst of black smoke came out, making a "sizzling" sound as if being thrown on a hot iron. Her face was a little distorted, and she let go of the sword for a moment, as if she was in pain. At this time, a breath of burning hair came to Aluan, and she quickly held her breath for fear that it was poisonous.
Aluan understood that this sword was effective against the five poisons. She adjusted her posture, steadied her steps, tilted the sword, and her center of gravity became more flexible. Jie Yan bared his teeth slightly, frowned, and looked her up and down.
"Hey, the brat has two brushes."
"I don't think it's that simple... Why would the person who wants to kill Aluan chase her here? It stands to reason that after she left the City Prince's Mansion, there is basically no threat."
While chasing Xie Yan, Mu Wan raised such doubts.
"I've always found it strange." Shi Wuqi also bit his lower lip out of confusion, and then said, "A-luan is really just the daughter of the Lord of Dailuan City... and that's it? Although Dailuan City is big, it doesn't mean anything to the imperial court. Where they are connected, they are also slightly far apart.”
"What's the meaning?"
"I think the person who ordered Zuo Jinmen to kill her must not be simple. Maybe it is because of her status - but it is not as simple as the princess. What I am confused about is that she has fought many six-path impermanence at a young age. Talk about it. I heard you say that Lord Ruyue is her second master, and Lord Jiyue also watched her grow up... and as Shanhai mentioned, Lord Jiyue seems to know her too?"
"...When you say it like that, it seems like - hey, mountains and seas?"
Taoist Master Lin was eager to save people, and had already left them behind with his unrivaled Qinggong. Mu Wan couldn't keep up physically and was out of breath. Only Shi Wuqi quickened his pace, and under his control, Miss Qi's speed was almost the same as Mu Wan's.
But, he quickly stopped.
Mu Wan reluctantly caught up with them, coughing and asking:
"What's wrong? Cough, cough...why did it suddenly stop..."
The physical strength of those two grown men was really good, and they didn't even breathe. They stopped and stared at the road ahead with solemn expressions. They didn't answer her, so Mu Wan beat her legs, raised her head, and looked forward.
Her breathing stopped at that moment.
"Yu, Miss Yuting..."
Yuting stood in the middle of the road, timidly hiding behind a man. She seemed to be holding something in her hand. She looked at them and hid some things behind her. Shi Wuqi knew without asking that it must be the ram's horn whistle.
Mu Wan and Shan Hai looked at the man carefully. His face was thin, his complexion was blue, and his eyeballs were somewhat sunken. Although it can be seen that he has a good appearance, in broad daylight, he gives people an eerie feeling.
"He is dead," he said, "and the whistle in her hand controls the body."
"Varied……"
"Hey, Mr. Shi, what a coincidence - we meet again."
Before the people appeared, the sound reached their ears first. A gecko crawled across Master Zhang's collar. It fell to the ground and quickly transformed into a human form.
Mu Wan, who was unaware of the situation, thought something had happened to the little girl and shouted angrily: "Shou Gongduo, let go of Miss Yuting!"
"Eh? What did I do to Miss Yuting? Really, everything is put on my head, and I feel very wronged... I have to correct you. Miss Yuting and I are old acquaintances, and I am still her My benefactor."
Shan Hai and Mu Wan looked even more surprised, but when they saw Shi Wuqi not saying a word, they seemed to vaguely know something.
"Wu Qi, you..."
"I know. Miss Yuting wanted to resurrect her first benefactor... so Kari Gondo became her second benefactor. He wanted to teach her the art of resurrecting the soul. Naturally, I guess it was just an experiment... but a If you are willing to fight, you are willing to suffer."
Yuting pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.
"Come here, Miss Yuting." Shanhai waved to her calmly, speaking as if to his apprentice, with a soft voice, "Don't do anything stupid."
Yuting was indeed in hesitation. Rather, today's situation was something she never expected when she took them in for the night. But she remained motionless, as if her legs were nailed to the ground. She was holding the horns of the goat with one hand and the corner of Master Zhang's clothes with the other.
"We all admire Mr. Shi's strength very much. Let's use your corpse to fight with Miss Yuting's. If you win, we will let you go. To be fair, I gave him something else. Spell. How about it, it makes sense, right? After all, they are all your beloved ones to you."
Shi Wuqi clenched his hands so tightly that his nails almost pierced into his flesh.
"Leave him alone." Mu Wan held up his umbrella, "I'll beat his mouth to pieces to see if he still says these words that deserve a beating."
"If you really want to fight, you have to get through me first."
It's another person's voice. Shanhai let out a soft "tsk", confirming his previous guess - Shi Wuqi thought the same. That means there is more than one kind of evil spirit here.
And shopkeeper Wu Da.
He leaned out from behind Master Zhang and then took a step. It seems that he has been waiting here for a long time.
“It’s okay if Shopkeeper Wu doesn’t do business with us, why are you here to meddle in other people’s affairs?”
Mu Wan looked sarcastic, but Wu Yin ignored her. His lifeless face made her even more annoyed. He just stared at Miss Qi without turning his head, and said to Kari Gondo:
"Don't make it too ugly. It will be very troublesome for me to deal with it. Alas, Xie Yan has been ruthless and shows no mercy."
"That's right, she's always like this."
Shi Wuqi raised his arms and grasped the closed fan handle.
"We didn't have time to listen to your chat." Then he lowered his voice, "Just do what they said, you hold Wu Yin, and I will do what they want and let Aqi and Master Zhang fight. Shanhai, don't worry about it, just go ahead Go save Aluan."
Lin Shanhai was not someone who would abandon his companions, but he believed in their strength. He raised the fly whisk and muttered something in his mouth, using a blinding trick to make it invisible. They didn't stop him. It seemed that they were really coming for Miss Qi. Presumably, they do have a clear division of labor, and this behavior further implements the Death Shadow Pavilion's research on forbidden arts.
"I'm going to meet Mr. Hunting Gong." He said this, but his eyes always fell on the girl Yuting.
Mu Wan nodded slightly when he heard what Wu Qi said. But the moment she glanced at his side face, she seemed to hear some hidden meaning in what she just said.
That look was full of pity, but also tinged with a trace of sadness. She knew very well that this was definitely not the expression that Bai Skeleton Master would show when he said such words again. She also knew that this moment of unnoticeable sadness was for those he wanted to notice.
He just told them, so...
Dealing with Kari Kyoudo was just a cover to divert the target.
She understood that she had to cover for him.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of fans and a low whistle, the two corpses each took two steps forward.
One has a gloomy face, the other has a soft expression.
One is withered, the other is fresh.
It's like two still lifes, one dead and one alive.
