"...It's an unfinished letter." Zhou Zhiqin's face turned pale. "We hunted for several days and nights. Chen Shu knew he couldn't get rid of us, so he planned to let his men break out and deliver the letter. Who knew the letter was written? Halfway through, we killed it.”
He was confused, and his thoughts unconsciously returned to that rainy morning.
After a fierce battle all night, the corpses of demon masters covered the courtyard of the inn, and blood mixed with rainwater, staining the ground red. The children of the Zhou family were all exhausted. As the right-hand man of the future village owner, Zhou Zhiqin was responsible for finishing the work as usual.
When he touched Chen Shu's body, for some unknown reason, he searched Chen Shu's body by mistake, and then took out a broken jade bottle. The broken bottle still smelled of strange grass, sweet and spicy... And half a letter.
"The letter was written to Chen Fuguang, right? About Nie Hengcheng's magical power?" Cai Zhao asked.
Zhou Zhiqin nodded, "Chen Shu said in the letter that he was not going to die soon. Now he asked his confidants to send his brother the saliva of the Snow Lin Dragon Beast that Nie Hengcheng gave him, along with the mental mantra that he had taught Chen Fuguang to recite earlier. Reach the first level of Nie Hengcheng’s magical skills.”
"So you have evil thoughts." Cai Zhao said coldly.
Zhou Zhiqin's pupils were dazzled: "That's Nie Hengcheng's magical skill! Even if it's only the first level, it's unimaginably powerful. Old Sect Master Yin Dai could have tied with Nie Hengcheng, but not long after Nie Hengcheng practiced that magical skill, Old Sect Master Yin I am far from my opponent... I want to practice too. When I finish it, I will no longer have to be a bullshit right-hand man. I will no longer have to be exhausted and put on a smile to do dirty work! My His talent and martial arts skills are no worse than Zhou Zhizhen’s, why can’t I be the master of the village?!”
Cai Zhao was unmoved: "I have to tell you something. It was said by my aunt. Every time you compete in martial arts at Peiqiong Villa, you only lose one or two moves to Uncle Zhou, so you feel that your martial arts skills are no worse than Uncle Zhou's." How much - actually Uncle Zhou asked you to do so on purpose. At that time, my aunt often criticized Uncle Zhou for being dishonest, but Uncle Zhou said that it is not easy for the children of the Zhou family to grow up and they must be encouraged and comforted. "
"If he goes all out, he can beat you to the ground with a hundred strokes." She sighed, "It seems that my aunt is right."
Zhou Zhiqin felt as if he was struck by lightning, "No, it's not true, this is impossible..."
Hu Tianwei curled his lips and said, "Nature is easy to change but hard to change. Even if Zhou Zhizhen defeats Zhou Zhiqin within a hundred moves, he will still have the thought of being dissatisfied."
Zhou Zhiqin was like a paper frame whose energy had been drained from his body, lowering his head and shrinking to the side.
Cai Zhao: "In this way, everything is connected."
"Uncle Zhou discovered the secret of the Chen brothers, but he didn't know Chen Fuguang at all, let alone where he was hiding - Chen Shu protected his brother so tightly that ordinary people couldn't touch him. Uncle Zhou must have been searching for a long time After a long time, I finally realized that I couldn’t obtain magical powers on my own, so I had to start looking for helpers.”
"The first helper he should look for is Dongfang Xiao, and Dongfang Xiao believes that it is pointless to find a needle in a haystack. The people hidden by the Demon Sect should be found by the Demon Sect's own people. By the way, you are Elder Duan."
"Elder Duan, you have deep roots in the Demon Sect. Even if you suffer heavy losses, you will definitely still have residual power. And Elder Duan, you are not willing to remain anonymous forever, so the two parties hit it off."
"After Elder Duan found Chen Fuguang, he will need the saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast. I guess the Demon Cult doesn't have any more saliva, so you have no choice but to come to this snowy mountain to try your luck. So you need someone who is good at it. Lan Tianyu, who explores the snow-capped mountain terrain, and Jin Baohui, who is proficient in animal training and can distinguish the saliva of snow-scaled dragon beasts."
"In this way, everyone is here."
Cai Zhao looked at Duan Jiuxiu, "Elder Duan, am I right?"
"Yes, of course." Duan Jiuxiu smiled sadly, "But..."
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
Cai Zhao was startled.
Deep in the mountains and snowy ridges, who will knock on the door?
Chapter 57
There was a soft knock on the door, and after four knocks, the door was pushed open gently, and a familiar slim figure walked in, it was Qinong.
Her face was still so sweet, her eyes were still so charming, Cai Zhao couldn't help but feel dazed for a moment, as if Qinong had just come down from the second floor of the inn with moving steps, and had not experienced any difficulties and obstacles along the way.
Qinong was slightly surprised when she saw Cai Zhao in the room, then walked to Duan Jiuxiu's respectful lower body, holding a stack of snow-white silk handkerchiefs in her hands, with faint traces of bright red blood inside. She said: "Report to the Lord, Qinong is lucky to have lived up to his command."
Duan Jiuxiu took the silk handkerchief and unfolded it. He briefly read a few lines of words on the silk handkerchief, with a smile on his face: "Okay, good job. Thank you for your hard work, Qinong."
Hu Tianwei was worried: "There shouldn't be any lies."
Qinong stretched out her left hand, "softly" pinched Hu Tianwei's ear, and said lovingly: "Awei just loves to worry. It is said that a person is about to die, but his words are kind, and he is about to die. What did he lie to me about? .”
Hu Tianwei cried out in pain: "I was wrong, I was wrong, sister Qinong, please forgive me. In fact, I feel sorry for my sister for writing so many words in blood. Oops, my fingers must be hurting."
Qinong glanced at Duan Jiuxiu tenderly, but still said to Hu Tianwei: "You still have a conscience, oh my, the mental formula is quite long, so I bit off my fingers and wrote it down in order to avoid forgetting it. . However, as long as I don’t have to go out to do what the Lord has asked me to do, I can endure any hardship."
——This type of flirting between a man and a woman with such an age difference made Cai Zhao so sick that he wished he could throw a lot of blood at them.
Duan Jiuxiu felt proud, looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, "God is really helping me! I accept Qinong's kindness." After laughing, he said again, "Miss Cai, I am about to achieve great things. If you are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, I will never treat you badly! "
Seeing Cai Zhao's cold expression, he said with dismay, "What, you don't believe I can make it happen?"
"Of course I believe it." Cai Zhao said coldly, "Miss Qinong can be extremely tender towards an old man with a face that looks like dried orange peel. She will be even more capable of deceiving ordinary men."
Duan Jiuxiu and Qinong's expressions changed suddenly.
"So, Miss Qinong was pretending all the way and singing a double act with Mr. Hu just to trick Chen Fuguang out of the secret formula, right? Now that he has the secret formula..." Cai Zhao stared at Qinong, "Where is Chen Fuguang now? Where?"
Qinong pretended to be sad: "Oh, Mr. Chen was too seriously injured. Because he didn't want to drag me down, he jumped into a bottomless ice cave on his own. He must be no longer alive at this moment."
Cai Zhao said coldly: "Chen Fuguang was not injured at all. He was frightened and had a fever."
Qinong didn't care, "Oh, that's what I remembered wrong. Mr. Chen's condition was too serious. Because he didn't want to drag me down, he jumped into a bottomless ice cave on his own. He must be no longer alive at this moment."
Cai Zhao knew in his heart that Qinong must have tricked Chen Fuguang into thinking and then pushed him into an ice cave. She was such a beautiful woman with a heart like a peach and a snake. However, this was also in line with her expectations - master and disciple Duan Jiuxiu did not really intend to share Nie Hengcheng's magical secrets with the others.
"Congratulations to Elder Duan. Half of your wish has been fulfilled. Now let's finish the other half." She said, "If you kill Zhou Zhiqin, I will hand over the saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast."
Zhou Zhiqin on the ground cowered in fear again.
Duan Jiuxiu's eyes were sinister, "I have a lot of blood feud with you Beichen Six Sects, but you didn't intend to fight me desperately, and just passed by so lightly - I always feel that there is a trick in it."
Cai Zhao: "Why should I fight with you? My guards have gone down the mountain to complain about you. You secretly practiced Nie Hengcheng's magical skills and violated the taboo of the Demon Sect. Soon someone will come to settle the score with you. Bei The Chenliu faction is happy to watch the show, so why bother?"
This is true, but the truth is even more irritating. Duan Jiuxiu held back his anger, "Since you know that what I want to practice is Nie Hengcheng's magical skill, how can you still be willing to hand over the saliva? You pretend to be calm on your face, but you must be secretly having bad intentions in your heart!"
Cai Zhao: "Why should I make up my mind secretly? I can tell you my plan openly - although the Demon Sect is not as powerful as Nie Hengcheng's time, there are still three pounds of nails in a broken ship. Just with you three bereaved dogs, once the Demon Sect takes a big step, The search will soon turn into three dead dogs, how boring that is. I wish, Elder Duan, you can practice your magic to be stronger, so that you can fight the Demon Cult longer and more ruthlessly. We Beichen Six Sect are watching from the sidelines. ,Why not?"
Duan Jiuxiu's face turned dark and red.
Cai Zhao's words were extremely sinister, but when she said them clearly, he had nothing to say. Originally, the Demon Sect and the Six Beichen Sects had a blood feud, so it was only reasonable for Cai Zhao to wish that both he and the Demon Sect would suffer losses.
"Aren't you afraid that after I master my magical skills, I will first kill Nie Zhe and then clean up the six Beichen sects?" He said solemnly.
Cai Zhao chuckled, "Do you think everyone is Nie Hengcheng?"
Duan Jiuxiu clenched his palms: "What do you mean?"
"Back then, you and Nie Hengcheng were adopted by the old leader of the Demon Sect at the same time. The old leader sent the same master to teach you martial arts and generally teach you how to do things. But before you were twenty years old, Nie Hengcheng was much better than you."
"My aunt grew up in Peiqiong Villa. She practiced Kung Fu and had the same routine as the children of the Zhou family, but she was the only one who was invincible. In the end, she was able to create her own martial arts. The same secret book, different people come to understand and practice, do you think the power can be the same? ?”
"With Nie Hengcheng's rare and excellent qualifications, it took several years from the beginning of practice to the first achievement of magical skills. Elder Duan, how many years will it take you? Before you can master the magical skills, you still have to worry about protecting your own safety. Bar."
Duan Jiuxiu has been defeated by Nie Hengcheng at every turn since he was a boy, which is Duan Jiuxiu's biggest regret in his life. After Cai Zhao exposed his secret pain for decades in public, Duan Jiuxiu became extremely resentful and resentful, and had murderous intentions towards Cai Zhaodun.
While the two sides were talking, Hu Tianwei had already told Qinong's ear about Cai Zhao's origins.
Seeing that Duan Jiuxiu was shaking with anger, Qinong immediately scolded her sharply, "You are such a ruthless little bitch. Don't think that you are confident just because you have the saliva of the Snow Lindramon in your hand. You really will defeat us." I'm so anxious, I'll fight to get rid of this saliva, and I'll kill you to death first!"
"Miss Qinong, don't stand and talk without hurting your back." Cai Zhao said, "You are in your prime now, so of course you are not in a hurry. You have time to slowly look for the Snow Scale Dragon Beast. But can Elder Duan be able to wait? For this time By chance, he has been dormant for more than ten years, so why ruin the big thing just because of a little dispute of temper."
"But it's hard to say. Anyway, we already have the secret book. After Miss Qinong has beaten Elder Duan to death, wouldn't it be better to slowly find the saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast?" She simply started to sow discord.
When Qinong heard this, her face changed drastically, and she said repeatedly: "Your Majesty knows clearly that Qinong has no such intentions."
Whether you have this intention or not, Cai Zhao's words are very reasonable and directly hit Duan Jiuxiu's heart.
He knew in his heart that he was old, and once he passed away, the secret book would naturally fall into the hands of his disciple and Qinong. When the time came, they would live together in two places, and they couldn't be happier. What's more, if you don't stick to trivial matters when it comes to big things, what's the point of having a dispute with a teenage girl if you're of your seniority and you win.
In the future, when you have mastered magical skills and become omnipotent, you can turn around and capture all the people who have offended you, making them unable to survive or die. That is what a true husband would do!
"Why on earth do you have to kill Zhou Zhiqin?!" he said in a rough voice.
Cai Zhao's eyes were dark and bright, as if they could illuminate people's hearts. She said slowly, "The reason why I want to kill him is the same as the reason why you hesitate to kill him."
Duan Jiuxiu: "...you know what else."
Cai Zhao: "There is no airtight wall in the world. You masters and disciples have been hiding in Tibet all these years because you are afraid that the demon sect will discover your whereabouts. But it is such an important matter to practice magical skills. How can you be homeless and sleep in the open? If you are not careful, you can become possessed. That’s bad. So where should we hide? Is there any better place in the world than the Beichen Six Sect?”
"I'm afraid Elder Duan had already thought about it from the beginning. We might as well get rid of Lantian Yuchen Fuguang and others after using them, but it would be better for Jin Baohui and Zhou Zhiqin to keep one. Find a manor under Siqi Gate or Peiqiong Villa to hide, with Jin On Tuesday, people will cover you and take care of you, you will have food, drink, and service, and your life will be peaceful and peaceful, and you can calm down and practice your martial arts."
"Jin Baohui died before. If Zhou Zhiqin also dies, where will you, master and disciple, hide in the coming days?"
Duan Jiuxiu didn't even tell Qinong and Hu Tianwei about these things. They all said together: "Master Master has foresight and foresight and has no plans left. Qinong's disciples admire him very much."
After hearing this, Zhou Zhiqin on the ground was worried that he would be coerced into accepting the scum of the Demon Cult in the future, but he was also happy that since he was useful to Duan Jiuxiu, he probably wouldn't have to die for the time being.
Duan Jiuxiu said: "Since you have guessed Zhou Zhiqin's use to me, you should know that I will not kill him."
"No, you will kill him." Cai Zhao said, "If you don't kill him, you will never be able to practice Nie Hengcheng's magical skills in this life. If you kill him, although you have to take some risks, there is still a possibility of success." Then, she sent the jade bottle in her hand to the stove again.
Duan Jiuxiu knew in his heart that although this little girl had a smile on her face, her intentions were so deep and ruthless that ordinary people couldn't scheme against her. He gritted his teeth and said, "If you are willing to let Zhou Zhiqin go, I am willing to give you a big treasure, or do something for you, and I guarantee that you will benefit from it in the future..."
"No need." Cai Zhao coldly refused, "I have figured it out a long time ago. I am willing to take the risk and come here alone just to kill Zhou Zhiqin. In the future, whether it is you, Nie Zhe or Nie Zhe, Cleaning up the sect is your own business. If you want to introduce trouble to the six Beichen sects, you must not do it."
"My aunt has said that external injuries are easy to treat and internal diseases are difficult to treat. But Chen Fuguang is dead, and the Six Beichen Sects don't even know that Chen Shu has a younger brother. How can I testify against Zhou Zhiqin? So we must get rid of this scum as soon as possible."
There is another thing Cai Zhao didn't mention. The six factions of Beichen are now in danger. Qi Yunke and Cai Pingchun are not sure whether they are alive or dead, and there are still six semi-impostors lurking somewhere. Once Duan Jiuxiu and Zhou Zhiqin take advantage of this, the consequences will be disastrous.
Duan Jiuxiu's thoughts were ups and downs, and various thoughts were rolling in his heart.
In fact, Cai Zhao is right. For him, the most important thing is secret books and saliva. Even if Zhou Zhiqin does not provide a hiding place, as long as he is willing to be ruthless and hide in the deep mountains and old forests to drink blood, in a few years The hard life of a savage may not mean that you can't practice magical skills.
"If you want me to kill Zhou Zhiqin, you have to give me some guarantee first, just in case there is no saliva in the bottle at all." He compromised bitterly.
Cai Zhao suddenly looked serious: "I swear by my deceased aunt, there is indeed the saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast in this jade bottle."
Thinking of Cai Pingshu's righteousness during his lifetime, Duan Jiuxiu trusted Cai Zhao a little more, "You give me the bottle first, and then I will kill Zhou Zhiqin. I will never lie to you!"
Zhou Zhiqin, who was on the ground, was so hurt when he heard this, he rolled his eyes and fainted from fright.
Cai Zhao sneered: "I won't say any unpleasant words. Elder Duan thinks his behavior is very trustworthy."
Duan Jiuxiu was angry: "Then what do you want to do!"
Cai Zhao smiled slightly, and swung the Yanyang Knife hard against the beams. He didn't know what mechanism was touched. The four bamboo walls of the igloo fell outwards with a few snaps, leaving only a roof and four wall pillars, like steel knives. The strong wind and snow immediately blew towards everyone in the house, and the cold air was everywhere. Only the stove next to Cai Zhao still had a weak charcoal fire.
"First, please ask Miss Qinong and Mr. Hu to walk back thirty feet, not very far, just to the cedar on the edge of the cliff." She said.
Qinong and Hu Tianwei looked back and saw that the cedar in the distance behind them looked particularly small in the wind and snow.
Duan Jiuxiu said with a dark face: "It seems that you have been prepared." This snow house was obviously tampered with by Cai Zhao. At least the four bamboo walls had been lightly cut open, leaving only a little to maintain the wall facade.
Cai Zhao smiled: "Elder Duan didn't even think about it. I left the ice cave so long before you, so I couldn't be dressing up all the time. In fact, I found this snow house a long time ago. I originally thought that if Zhou Zhiqin came first, I'll kill him with one blow and clean up my hands and feet. But you guys came here together, so I had no choice but to make this move."
Duan Jiuxiu didn't want to compete with this cunning little girl anymore, so he turned around and said, "Qinong, Tianwei, go to the back."
Qinong and Hu Tianwei reluctantly agreed, then quickly jumped back. Due to the heavy wind and snow and the difficulty of exerting force on the snow, the two of them ran for half a cup of tea before reaching the cedar. From near to far, the figures are small.
Duan Jiuxiu turned around and said, "Now you are satisfied, what next?"
"Second, Elder Duan can kill Zhou Zhiqin." Cai Zhao said.
