Lingshan is about a hundred miles away from here. The two rode horses for more than an hour and arrived at their destination.
It was a bright spring day, full of greenery, the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers, which was very pleasing to the eye; a stone staircase led into the distance, submerged among the white clouds.
The two of them had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery, so they walked quickly along the mountain road, then climbed over the mountains and ridges, twisting and turning, and finally came to the cliff.
Wednesday Shen was still frightened. He stepped forward tremblingly, pointed down from a distance and said, "It's right there."
Ling Yun stepped forward and looked down. It was eerie, dazed, and unfathomable. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a cliff of ten thousand feet.
He walked around the cliff and finally spotted the Ganoderma lucidum. About ten feet away from the head of the cliff, there is a cliff leaning against the sky, with jagged canine teeth. It is indeed not easy to pick it.
Ling Yun took aim and stepped back. Zhou Shen said tremblingly: "How about it, if it doesn't work, forget it..."
Ling Yun smiled: "You seem to have changed your tone."
Zhou Shen said: "When I think of this, I think of Sun Er. He died in the barren mountains and wild mountains. Is he a lonely ghost wandering here?..."
Ling Yun smiled and said: "What are you talking about? Stop scaring yourself! By the way, where is the rope?"
Wednesday Shen took out the rope prepared in advance.
Ling Yun took a good look at the situation, tied one end of the rope to a thick tree on the edge of the cliff, and tied the other end to his waist.
After trying again to see if the rope was strong, Zhou Shen asked Zhou Shen to wait on the cliff while he helped the rope down.
Zhou Shen was extremely nervous and shouted to be careful. Ling Yun waved to him easily to reassure him, and he slid down like a nimble mental ape. His body was agile and his movements were astonishing.
In the blink of an eye, he was swinging to the Ganoderma lucidum plant. He pulled out the fish-blue sword on his shoulder, grabbed the Ganoderma lucidum in his left hand, and held the sword in his right hand, carefully digging for this treasure.
Zhou Shen saw that most of the things had been successful, and he couldn't hide the joy on his face.
He seemed to have forgotten his fear of the unfathomable cliff, and involuntarily walked to the edge of the cliff, staring down.
If the unusual movement behind him hadn't startled him, he might have continued this action.
At some point, the shadows of three people were walking behind him like ghosts.
One man and two women. The three people's steps were nimble and their figures were erratic, making people suspicious of ghosts. The man in front was the most clever in his movements. He was the first to approach behind Zhou Shen.
Zhou Shen felt that something was wrong. He turned around and met the murderous eyes of the visitor.
"Ah, it's Mr. He..." Zhou Shen's enthusiasm was immediately shocked by the other party's ferocious look.
When he was at a loss for a moment, He Chenglin no longer allowed him to have any thoughts or questions for a moment. With one move of his hand, Mount Tai pressed down and struck Zhou Shen's Tianling Cap.
This one blow was enough to kill him. He didn't even say a word, blood spurted from his head, his body leaned up, and he fell down the cliff.
Unfortunately, he didn't understand what was going on until his death.
He Chenglin laughed ferociously, stood where Zhou Shen originally stood, and smiled provocatively at Ling Yun at the bottom of the cliff.
Ling Yun has now collected the Ganoderma lucidum in his hands. When he saw He Chenglin's shadow, heard Zhou Shen's muttering, and watched Zhou Shen die in front of him, his heart went cold.
He knew it would be his turn next. Now the only last resort is to climb up with a rope immediately. only……
But how could He Chenglin give him this chance again. He raised his sword and cut the rope.
Once Ling Yun lost his support, his body turned and fell. He struggled to make small waves in the air and grabbed a protruding stone on the cliff. All the weight of the body was concentrated on his hands, trying his best to support him in order to have a narrow escape chance of being rescued.
How could He Chenglin allow him to have this opportunity? He flew up and kicked a huge boulder off the cliff, hitting Ling Yun directly in the air!
Ling Yun could no longer hold on, screamed, let go of his hand, and fell straight down.
He Chenglin had a cold and proud smile on his face. The two girls behind him, Lingzhi and Guiye, said: "Gang Leader, have you finally got rid of the big trouble in your heart?"
He Chenglin said: "However, I can't rest assured yet. What if Ling Yun is lucky enough to survive a fall?"
Lingzhi said: "No way, it's a cliff of ten thousand feet. If he falls, won't he be shattered to pieces?"
Guiye said: "There are a lot of wolves, insects, tigers and leopards down there. Even if you don't die, you will be eaten by tigers and wolves."
He Chenglin said: "I don't want to waste my brains guessing whether he may be dead. I want to see Ling Yun's body for real. Let's go! - go around and take a look."
The three of them walked forward.
At this moment, in the blink of an eye on the rugged mountain road and in the lush jungle, a woman was running towards us, panting and furious.
As he got closer, he saw that the woman was slender and graceful. She was Yu Qingcheng, the proprietress of the silk and satin shop.
He Chenglin spoke first: "Hey, Boss Yu came here in such a strong manner, what's the matter?"
Yu Qingcheng didn't answer, but just said: "Let me ask you, what are you doing here?"
He Chenglin said calmly: "You haven't answered my question yet!"
Yu Qingcheng shouted: "I want you to speak first!"
Seeing Yu Qingcheng's angry look, Ling Zhi and Gui Ye shouted: "How dare you! How dare you speak to the eldest son like this!"
Yu Qingcheng snorted contemptuously, "You have no place to speak here."
Lingzhi and Guiye raised their eyebrows, but when they were about to speak, they were stopped by He Chenglin.
Yu Qingcheng's true identity, if the white jade token is not shown, few Tianxiao disciples would know, including Ling Zhi, Gui Ye, Jiang Chun, the dead Luo Zhenyi, Xiao Yongnian, Ouyang Zhen and others.
Yu Qingcheng stared straight into He Chenglin's eyes and said word by word: "Answer me, what are you doing here?"
He Chenglin sneered: "So what if I tell you? Yes, I came here to kill a lot of people. What's wrong?"
"Kill who?"
"Two in total. The first one is Wednesday Shen, your butler."
Yu Qingcheng's face turned pale, "Why?... He didn't offend you. He followed the rules and was just an outsider."
He Chenglin said: "It is precisely because he is an outsider, not a disciple of this organization, and cannot keep secrets for us that I want to kill him."
Yu Qingcheng said in a trembling voice: "So, you really killed Ling Yun..."
He Chenglin smiled and said: "Yes, I killed him. But how did you know?"
Yu Qingcheng was so angry that his whole body shook. What she feared most came true.
She finished shopping for goods this morning and came back very early; as soon as she entered the door, Sun Xiaowen handed her the letter left for her by Wednesday Shen.
Ling Yun once told her that he would go to the cliffs of Lingshan Mountain to collect Ganoderma lucidum for her. Today he fulfilled his promise and she felt very touched by this.
But immediately she remembered that He Chenglin had followed her.
Just imagine, since He Chenglin knows Ling Yun's whereabouts today, will he take this opportunity to murder him?
She remembered what He Chenglin had said yesterday: "Is this true?... In this case, Ling Yun, you deserve to die even more!"
The more she thought about it, the more scared she became, so she rode a fast horse towards Lingshan Mountain.
It was exactly what she expected.
He Chenglin said again: "Actually, I'm not sure yet whether I really killed him. What if he fell off the cliff and survived?"
Yu Qingcheng was so angry that he couldn't say a word.
He Chenglin ignored her and left with Ling Zhi and Gui Ye. Yu Qingcheng followed them with heavy steps.
The crowd fought through thorns and thorns along the way and climbed down the cliff.
At this time, the most conflicted person in my heart was Yu Qingcheng.
She really couldn't imagine how she would face it when she saw that bloody scene; or if Ling Yun didn't die, how could she be so cruel as to watch others kill him, or even do it herself!
What's more, when Ling Yun handed the Ganoderma lucidum to her hand and said to her: "I picked the Ganoderma lucidum you wanted for you." How could she be embarrassed? …
It's almost noon now. There were bursts of sharp howling sounds coming from the quiet empty valley.
Yu Qingcheng's heart suddenly trembled. The sound came from the bottom of the cliff.
Suddenly, they saw several wild wolves biting and howling, running towards them. These beasts seemed to be fighting over something. A pungent smell of blood floated in the wind.
Yu Qingcheng's heart seemed to be swallowed up. She turned over and flew forward with a kite, hitting the head of the front wolf with a thunderbolt from her jade palm.
The wolf howled, blood splattered on his brain, and he fell to the ground dead.
The remaining wolves were frightened and took a few steps back. Lan's faint eyes stared at her, and they started a confrontation with her.
Yu Qingcheng looked carefully and saw that what they discarded on the ground was a mass of bloody things! …
Whose stump is this? Was it applied on Wednesday or Lingyun?
Yu Qingcheng was filled with grief and anger, she let out a scream, and her palms poured down like a violent storm. In the thunder and thunder, only the sound of ghosts crying and wolf howling was heard, and flesh and blood flying everywhere.
When Yu Qingcheng stopped, the three wolves had fallen into a pool of blood, broken into pieces, and died in a miserable state. Yu Qingcheng was also covered in blood. She breathed a sigh of relief and leaned down tiredly.
He Chenglin said nothing and just motioned for Lingzhi and Guiye to search around. At the bottom of the cliff, nothing was found except stains of blood, broken limbs, and messy fragments of rags.
Lingzhi suddenly said: "Guild Leader, look!" He Chenglin and others hurriedly stepped forward. I saw sporadic lines of blood, stained on the weeds and shrubs, intermittent, and extended away.
Gui Ye said: "It seems that Ling Yun is not dead yet!" He Chenglin sneered and led the two girls to follow the blood trail.
Yu Qingcheng followed behind expressionlessly.
This blood line stretches intermittently outside the valley. He Chenglin said: "It seems he wants to leave the valley, chase him quickly!"
Everyone stepped closer, and the distance between them and Ling Yun was getting closer and closer.
Ling Yun was right in front, and his situation was already precarious.
Because he was covered in bruises and could no longer move.
When he fell from the cliff just now, he tried to do some somersaults in an attempt to grab a life-saving grass on the cliff. The jagged rocks and jagged canine teeth cut his clothes into pieces, but he couldn't care much about it.
His survival instinct made him forget the pain of his flesh. When he was about three feet away from the bottom of the cliff, he turned over in an attempt to cushion the pressure of his fall.
Despite this, the gravity of the fall was more than the load on his body, and he passed out.
Soon, he woke up. He found himself lying next to Wednesday's body. On Wednesday, Shen's brain was gushing out, his flesh and blood were blurred, and he was miserable.
His heart ached. Pity others as much as you pity yourself. If you weren't destined to be lucky, wouldn't you end up like Wednesday Shen?
He gritted his teeth and chanted the name "He Chenglin" while reminding himself to get out of here quickly. He knew that He Chenglin would not let him go easily.
It's just that he's out of his depth. His clothes were torn, his body was covered in bruises, and every part of his body was in pain.
Especially his left leg, he wondered if it was broken. Otherwise, why was it so numb that he couldn't obey his orders?
Now, he could only grit his teeth and limp forward with the support of his sword.
At this time, he heard the noise of approaching troops from behind. He wanted to take two more steps, but he felt so weak that he could no longer walk.
He could only lean down in the grass behind the rock with his sword in hand and watch the pursuers approaching.
He Chenglin was walking at the front, followed by two girls carrying swords.
The last thing was - he wondered if he was dazzled. Yu Qingcheng? How could it be her? …
He Chenglin is the big leader of the Tianxiao organization and has been confirmed; but he never expected that Yu Qingcheng is actually the same as them!
What does it mean to know people, faces but not hearts? …
He felt as if his heart had been cut out severely by a sharp knife, and the pain was so painful that he could hardly breathe. At that moment, he felt that his mind was completely blank.
Just listen to He Chenglin say: "Why did this blood line disappear when it got here? I understand, Ling Yun is nearby! - How about it, Commander Ling, don't hide, come out!"
When he spoke, he was talking to the rock where Ling Yun was hiding.
At this point, Ling Yun no longer had any luck. He held the sword in his right hand, endured the pain, and slowly emerged from behind the rock.
He Chenglin looked him up and down, and couldn't help but laugh proudly, a smile that made people's hair stand on end.
Ling Yun was now fearless. He looked nonchalant, his eyes wandering from He Chenglin to Lingzhi and Guiye.
Finally, his eyes stopped on Yu Qingcheng's face. Yu Qingcheng avoided his hateful and questioning eyes and just looked away.
He Chenglin said: "Commander Ling, what else do you have to say now?"
Ling Yun said dullly: "No, I just don't understand a few things."
"Oh, please speak."
Ling Yun looked at Yu Qingcheng and said word by word: "Boss Yu, I want to ask you a few questions."
Yu Qingcheng said expressionlessly: "You already know everything now, so why do you ask questions knowingly?"
Ling Yun was speechless for a moment.
He Chenglin said: "Commander Ling, what else do you have to say now?"
Ling Yun's heart was extremely cold at this time. He shook his head feebly.
He Chenglin said sharply: "Lingzhi, Guiye, come on!"
The two women screamed, and two long swords came forward with two rays of cold light, one from the left and one from the right.
Ling Yun dodged and barely dodged this move. He knew that it wouldn't take much effort to defeat the two women in normal times - although the two women's martial arts were top-notch, it was not possible today.
The two women saw his weakness and specifically forced him to move around, causing every wound on his body to be affected from time to time, causing him unbearable pain.
Lingzhi struck with another sword, thousands of peach blossoms.
Ling Yun knew he had to jump up, but he no longer had the strength.
He barely managed to glide and managed to dodge in an extremely dangerous way, but at the same time, there was a sharp pain in his injured leg and he staggered.
At this time Guiye's sword drew down again.
He could no longer perform difficult movements, so he simply leaned forward and lay down on the rock.
Before he could get up again, Ling Zhi and Gui Ye's long swords were already pressing into his heart.
Ling Yun closed his eyes, just waiting for the fatal sword thrust.
