Shan Hai never expected that Duan Yuesheng would catch up with them on horseback before they left the downtown area.
"Didn't I ask you to take good care of Aluan?!"
Shanhai's voice tried hard to cover up the messy horse steps, and shouted at Duan Yuesheng who was walking alongside him.
"Your apprentice said Miss Qi took care of her, and she asked me to take care of you!"
Shi Wuqi muttered beside him, this child...
"Don't worry, I bought a new knife, everything will be fine!"
"I bet five cents," Shi Wuqi shouted to him across the mountains and sea, "it will be over in three days!"
"You fart!"
"Stop arguing!" Mu Wan shouted loudly.
In the sky in front of them, a silky egret flapped its wings. That was Cang Yu who had taken on his original form, flapping his wings to lead the way for them. Along the way, Qinggui rode a mottled horse, thinking deeply and keeping silent.
She didn't know if this unknown egret spirit was lying to her - there should be no reason. Cang Yu was right. After Ye Yuejun left, Qingxian Qingzhan did tell her that the people from the Shadow Pavilion promised to satisfy her wish to see her benefactor by letting her do a small thing.
Not without hesitation - but the temptation was too great. Over the years, her thoughts about her savior day and night had become an obsession engraved in her bones.
This kind of obsession cannot be erased by a passer-by who has not met him a few times.
Riding on their horses, Shanhai and the others saw from a distance a familiar figure standing there among the undulating mountains, tensely tense outside a cave. He stepped on the horse's back, gave a little boost, and ran over while the horse was still galloping, as high as the egret spirit, as light as flying.
Immediately after, Shi Wuqi followed. Mu Wan, Qing Gui and Duan Yuesheng reined in their horses in front of the cliff and immediately adjusted their direction to find a mountain road that could pass them. The distance is not far, but it is difficult to walk.
An object that looked like an arrow or a hidden weapon flew towards Tang He's side - it was Shi Wuqi's fan. Tang He drew out the blade almost as a reflex, and the back of the blade cut through the air and accurately hit the fan bone, knocking it back along its original path.
"Master Bai Skeleton... Shopkeeper Shi, right?" His eyes were still staring ahead, not looking over, "I think I saw him not long ago."
"Really?" Wu Qi took the fan that flashed towards his face, "I can't remember clearly."
Lord Jiyue and the others obviously didn't expect Shanhai to come here, even though Tang's appearance had already broken the original plan. However, according to the style of Death Shadow Pavilion that has always been good at sharing information on multiple lines of making money, it is indeed not too surprising to attract this group of people. Ye Yuejun's hand loosened the string and the arrow flew away. Tang He raised the knife and hit the arrow again with the back of the knife in a subtle arc. It immediately changed its direction, bent a straight angle, and headed towards the mountains and seas. The arrow did not hit them, and they did not take precautions. After all, everyone had guessed the fate of the arrow that would only pierce deeply into the land in front of them.
Tang He finally looked at the two of them.
"We haven't seen each other for many years. Are you going to hinder me when we meet?"
"Compared to you...I care more about that child back then."
"Child?" He hesitated for a moment, "Well, child..."
That child who is full of demonic spirit, indistinguishable between male and female, mad like a man, and has a broken hand.
Lord Ye Yue whispered to Lord Ji Yue: "Take Long Miao away first, I can hold them back for a while."
This is not the time to be polite. Mr. Jiyue can identify the priorities of things. He nodded, turned around and called the half-demon hiding at the entrance of the cave who did not dare to show up, to leave from the side path.
"But, but Ye Yuejun... who are those people?" Long Miao was obviously panicked.
"Don't worry, I'll take you away first. She...they will be fine."
The man surnamed Tang never let the gold on hand fall into the ditch. Compared to the two worthless people here, although I said before, this money has no value in earning it. But idleness is idleness. Who would give up the information that comes to the door? There are only a few people who dare to draw their swords out of their scabbards in the face of the impermanence of six paths, but sometimes, he is on par with the desperadoes from Zuojimen.
"You bastard--!"
Tang He wanted to admit that he was frightened by the sharp scream. He did feel that a few people were still on the way, but he thought it had nothing to do with him, but the angry shouting, which was obviously directed at him, was really unpredictable. He frowned and couldn't help but glance over there.
Five horses were running here along the mountain road, and only three of them had people sitting on them. The horse ran over and Duan Yuesheng jumped down, landing right in front of Shi Wuqi and Shanhai. He also pointed at him angrily and cursed loudly:
"Yes, that's him! It's the guy who hit Miss Yan! He even broke my knife!"
"...Who are you?"
High-pitched laughter broke into this otherwise quiet morning. The laughter coming from nowhere was so clear and terrifying. No one could tell where the sound came from, and everyone looked around in confusion. Only Mu Wan clenched the umbrella tightly in her hands, staring at the calm-faced man in front of her.
The man who killed her senior sister.
Moreover, this burst of terrifying laughter did come from that direction.
Tang He, who was dressed in black, had a white hand on his shoulder. I don't know when, Lord Xueyue appeared behind him and in front of everyone. He laughed so brightly, so ridiculously cheerfully, that he even started to cough.
"It's really...ahem, it's really...hahahahahaha, it's so funny...ahem..."
Tang He pushed his hand away in disgust. Lord Xueyue pressed his chest, seeming to be trying his best to calm down his intermittent laughter. He stretched out his other hand, raised his sleeve and wiped his eyes. He didn't know if he was really crying because of laughter.
"What's so funny?" Duan Yuesheng was a little annoyed, but he was instinctively afraid of the oppression of this unknown monster. He walked through many escorts, saw many bad people, and bumped into many monsters. But he had never seen this kind of overwhelming and majestic demonic energy.
"Look, Mr. Tang, there are still people who really think of themselves as a person."
But Tang He's eyes were not on Duan Yuesheng, and he could not take his eyes away from Mu Wan. At this time, even the escaped half-demon no longer mattered.
She has a "same kind" vibe about her.
No, we can't call them the same kind...it's just a faint taste of being from the same sect.
Mu Wan's eyes were very red, as red as a monster. The green ghost next to her froze in place, unable to say a word.
"Alas..." Lord Kutsutsuki sighed heavily.
Lin Shanhai and Shi Wuqi were both tense. They didn't expect that Mu Wan was right - the two of them were indeed in the same group. And these two big troubles coming together are by no means as simple as two troubles.
"Asshole, you actually... actually used the Tengu clan's contract to do such a thing... and you still..."
Mu Wan's voice trembled, but the reason was far more than anger and fear.
"Girl, I think we just met," Tang He said lightly, "I reluctantly admit that you have similar blood to mine flowing in your bones, but in terms of seniority, we are no longer relatives. The first time we met, Isn’t it inappropriate to make irresponsible remarks about me? Furthermore, how can I use this contract to have a half-money relationship with you?”
The sarcasm was not written on his face, but his tone and wording were full of contempt. Lord Xueyue almost laughed out loud again. He stretched out his hand again, put it on Tang He's shoulder, and showed the other person's unexpressed expression. The latter was indifferent and seemed to be too lazy to argue with him.
"Young Master Tang is often troubled - you Jianghu people talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but you always tie your hands and feet, making it difficult for him to do anything. These ties should not make him irritated... as long as we get rid of you."
Golden light threads with strange lines spread across his face and arms, and a terrifying orange-red fire bloomed at his fingertips. This just happened in an instant - something so fast that it was hard to detect hit us. In an instant, the air was ignited, the temperature was so hot that the fireworks appeared white, and a white light that was more dazzling than the early sun exploded in front of us. . All this happened so fast, the mahogany sword had not yet been unsheathed, the fan had not had time to unfold, and the umbrella had not had enough time to be lifted.
They just instinctively covered their faces to avoid looking at the excessively dazzling light. When the white light gradually dimmed, several people saw a strange silhouette in front of them.
Shanhai's first reaction was to guess that it was Mu Wan's Tengu, but he quickly rejected it - compared to her shikigami, this animal... or monster was smaller in size and did not have such fluffy hair. Not close enough, I couldn't see clearly whether its skin was smooth or rough, or whether it was covered with fine fuzz. It has four pairs of legs alone, each foot is pointed and thin, and there is a pair of vestigial hands on it. A row of sharp spines split out from its back, a pair of weird horns grew from its head, and its tail split into two. It was really hard to tell what species it was. But what is certain is that as the firelight fades, its colors gradually become clearer.
Half black, half white.
Even Shi Wuqi and the others were speechless - no one knew what kind of monster this was, but they knew that the barrier opened by this monster saved their lives.
"This... you..." Mu Wan opened her mouth wide, "What, when..."
The monster looked at her sideways, just like he had before when he was still a little one.
Hazuki-kun approaches them. She tentatively stretched out her hand to the black and white monster. It looked at her with some doubts and stretched out its small, degraded front paw. Ye Yuejun held it.
"It's actually..."
"What is this? I have never seen it before. But maybe it is a monster born from thoughts. The monsters in the mountains, rivers, vegetation, and trees are not so special." Shanhai asked.
"It's a monster named 'Xun'. It's very complicated to say. It's something that may be born when some magic that splits yin and yang is cast. It's hard to say whether it's good or bad, good or evil. This one... seems to Listen to you."
Ye Yuejun's voice became weaker and weaker. Her attention was not on Xun from the beginning, nor on the two enemies.
She was looking at her poor friend.
"Ao Gui..." she called to her in a low voice, "Go back, now..."
Aoki, who had been silent until now, stiffly shook his head. She kept looking in the direction of the two opponents. Even the bright light just now couldn't make her blink.
The terrible premonition made Ye Yuejun feel cold all over.
