He regretted changing into this short coat.
I don’t know how long and how far I walked, but the big-headed monster’s lantern suddenly stopped moving forward.
Yun Kong was shocked to find that in the dim light, there was a person sitting under the tree, his head lowered. He didn't know if he was unconscious or dead?
Yun Kong felt tense in his heart: "Is it Changshun?" He took a step closer, and the monster took a step back, and the light became darker.
Yun Kong thought anxiously: "No matter what, let's go up and take a look first." He hurriedly ran forward to check, but was so frightened that the big-headed monster jumped away and dropped the lantern in a panic.
The lantern fell to the ground and broke open. It turned out to be a ball made of four large and thin leaves. A luminous thing jumped out of the ball, and the light it emitted was brighter than when it was wrapped in leaves. Yun Kong was surprised to see that it was a luminous insect with four wings flapping at high speed like a dragonfly. It was not a firefly. Only the tail of a firefly glowed, but its whole body was glowing.
In his memory, he never knew that there were insects with glowing bodies.
Unless it's not an insect.
Yunkong suddenly remembered that he should confirm whether the person under the tree was in good condition. Before the light flew away, he quickly turned back and saw the person's clothes first, which were correct. Then he looked up to see the person's face...
At this moment, the clouds and ground suddenly felt creepy, and my spine felt chilly.
A biting murderous intent suddenly approached. Before Yunkong could react, the murderous intent came out from beside him. He watched helplessly as a sharp blade sank into Chang Shun's neck. The blood immediately sprayed red with orange light, and he could only hear the sound in his ears. Seeing the big-headed monster, he exclaimed: "Hu!" The light suddenly disappeared, and darkness swallowed everything in an instant.
"What happened?" Everything happened too quickly.
Yun Kong felt hot and sticky liquid splashing on his body, emitting a strong smell of blood. His ears heard the sound of blood spurting out from his neck, and raindrops filled with the smell of rust fell. Finally, he realized that Chang Shun's The head was severed.
Yun Kong hurriedly took out the peach wood sword and bronze mirror from his waist, protected the front of his neck with his right elbow and the peach wood sword, and used the bronze mirror with his backhand to protect the back.
He kept his eyes open in the darkness, trying to see any clues.
Someone was observing him and staring at him in the darkness. Even though the other person should be invisible like him, the other person's strong killing intent made the air feel heavy, and Yun Kong couldn't help but feel it.
"He wants more than one." Old Bumo's words echoed in his mind.
He concentrated his mind and heightened the sensitivity of his senses to feel the traces of the other party.
Who killed Changshun? Why kill?
Does the other party also want to kill him?
Even if you are going to die, you can't die in an unknown way.
No! ──Yunkong suddenly woke up──Having narrowly escaped death in the past, have you ever regretted your life? Have you ever cared about merits and demerits? At this moment, even if you are going to die, how can you die like an ordinary person without any resistance?
With a change of heart, Yun Kong immediately overcame the fear in his heart, stabilized his mind, slowly poured his energy into the peach wood sword in his hand, and quietly moved the bronze mirror in the direction of the killing intent.
If the other person is a demon or a spirit, they will be afraid of mirrors, because the mirror will reflect their true form.
But the other party didn't respond.
Yunkong pointed the mahogany sword downwards, stepped on the steps, and used the mahogany sword to draw several protective talismans around his body.
Then, Yun Kongfu sat down on the ground, placed the peach wood sword and the bronze mirror on his legs, made secrets with his hands, and waited.
No matter what the other party wants, he is ready.
The murderous intention was approaching like a raging flame, but it disappeared after encountering the protective talisman set by Yun Kong.
Soon, another killing intent struck from behind, and it also disappeared into nothingness.
After four or five attempts, the opponent stopped attacking but did not leave.
Yun Kong could still feel his burning eyes and the cold aura emanating from the hunting knife that had killed countless people.
He waits for work with ease, waiting for Yun Kong to be tired, waiting for Yun Kong to relax, waiting for Yun Kong to close his sleepy eyes.
Yun Kong strongly supported his spirit. He had not rested all day, and his body and mind were exhausted. At this moment, it was the time when the human body should naturally sleep. Tiredness and sleepiness invaded his head in waves.
He tried to find a way to expel sleepiness, so he pushed aside the fallen leaves on the ground, pressed his palms on the ground, and borrowed the earth's energy to introduce a warmth from the ground to his Dantian. After turning it around nine times, he poured it from Dantian into Xiao Zhoutian, and circulated All over the body, every meridian is ignited, and all the cells in the body are awakened from their drowsiness.
He was like pouring oil on a wick that was about to burn out, trying his best to hold on to the last bit of consciousness.
Waiting is excruciating.
It is even more torturous when there is someone sharpening a knife next to you, ready to cut off your head at any time.
Finally, I heard the rooster crow in the distance.
The horizon gradually brightened, casting the woods in a pinkish gray hue.
Yun Kong turned his head and looked around. He could see the pink sky outside the woods and the black ocean. He was shocked to realize that this place was actually very close to the outside!
It turned out that the big-headed ghost was leading him in circles last night! In fact, they didn’t go deep into the woods!
The morning light came in. Although it was weak, you could still see no human figures or monsters around. Only Chang Shun's headless corpse was sitting under the tree. His attacker had quietly left at some point.
Yunkong let go of his hands on the ground, exhaled tiredly, struggled to stand up, still holding the mahogany sword and bronze mirror tightly in his hands, and staggered towards the outside of the forest.
After walking about a hundred steps, the beach outside the forest came into view, and the shadow of a merchant ship was vaguely visible.
He walked a few more steps, and as soon as he stepped out of the quiet forest, the sound of waves, morning breeze, and rustling leaves immediately filled his ears.
It turns out that Changshun is not that far from here! Yun Kong couldn't help but regret greatly. When he and Liang Daobin came into the forest yesterday, he would have insisted on walking deeper!
On the merchant ship, the watchman on the merchant ship hurriedly climbed to the top of the mast to look at the seaside as soon as it dawned. He saw Yun Kong walking out of the woods with bloodstains all over his body. He was so frightened that he quickly let out a loud roar and called to other crew members who had just climbed onto the deck. .
When Yun Kong heard that someone had discovered him, he felt relieved and fell down on the sand.
The sand is warm and comfortable.
He couldn't help but fell into a deep sleep.
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A few days later, a merchant ship from Quanzhou also docked.
The owner of the ship greeted Liang Daoqing, and the two exchanged messages, chatted about their encounters on the road, and discussed the political situation of various countries. They kept silent about the secrets of the goods and tacitly understood them.
When the shipowner from Quanzhou saw the clouds in the sky, he couldn't help but be surprised.
Although Yun Kong was wearing short clothes and did not look like the Taoist priests in the Song Dynasty, the innate gossip on his yellow bag fully explained his identity.
"Is this gentleman a Taoist priest?" the Quanzhou captain asked Liang Daoqing.
After confirming his guess, the Quanzhou shipowner couldn't help but said happily: "Liang Weng, do you remember what we, the shipowners, were discussing a few years ago?"
"There are many things and they are complicated. Which one are you talking about?"
"Let's build a Mazu temple and invite Mazu from Quanzhou."
Mazu is a deity that emerged in the Song Dynasty. She is the god of maritime protection. She is especially prosperous in Quanzhou and Guangzhou, probably because maritime trade is the main economic activity in these areas.
"Then someone has to take charge." Liang Daoqing said, secretly looking at Yun Kong's expression.
Yun Kong joined the conversation between the two ship owners: "Do you want to build a temple here?"
"This matter has been discussed several times. One is that no one is responsible for building the temple, and the other is that there is no one to take care of it in the future." The ship owner from Quanzhou smiled all over his face: "The Taoist priest is willing to leave his hometown and come here by boat. I am really overjoyed. I just don’t know if the Taoist Master will return to the Song Dynasty with the ship, or does he want to stay for a long time?"
Liang Daoqing waved his hand and interrupted: "The Taoist leader has made his own decision. We must not force others to make things difficult for us." He thought that if Yun Kong encountered such a terrible thing, he would not want to stay.
A crew member came over and reported: "Ship owner, you are ready."
"Okay," Liang Daoqing handed over to the Quanzhou captain, "I'll excuse you and leave now, and we'll discuss the long term later."
"What are you busy with? Why are you putting up a frame?" The Quanzhou boat owner had seen a wooden frame set up on the beach a long time ago, and he had to hold back his curiosity and didn't ask.
Liang Daoqing sighed: "There was an accident and our old sailor died. Let's give him a ride and cremate him and take him back to his family." Only then did the Quanzhou shipowner know that the wooden frame was a cremation platform.
That day Yun Kong was lying on the beach with his face covered in blood. Everyone thought he was seriously injured. After being carried back to the deck, they discovered that it was not his blood.
He slept until noon and then told the captain that Chang Shun's body was in the forest.
Yun Kong and the captain's cousin Liang Daobin led the crew into the woods and found Changshun's headless body.
