The moon and stars are sparse, and the tired birds return to the forest. Under the night, a man was digging a hole in the wilderness not far from the official road by moonlight.
On the other side, there was also a man walking over holding a torch.
"Done?" Puche asked, without stopping the movements in his hands.
"Yes." Yun Ming nodded, and casually put down the torch and stuck it on the ground: "After Lin He's body was burned, it was just a pile of black ash that could barely make out the human shape. I stepped on it a few more times, completely Kick the ash pile away, and now Lin He's piece is floating everywhere in the wind."
Yun Ming paused and added: "Of course, I have paid attention to the terrain. We are upwind here."
Pu Che Shi glanced at Yun Ming with a complicated expression: "I know you are careful and careful in doing things, but I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful."
"We have already suffered a big loss from being careless and reckless, and we must not make the same mistake again." Obviously, Yun Ming did not feel that his behavior of destroying corpses and exterminating traces was so bad: "The death of Deputy Jinyiwei, Xiao Qi's old story after that The plot is completely overturned. The next development of this story will most likely be played by the Book of Self-Redemption, which also means that the intelligence advantage we have is gone. Even if Lin He has become a corpse, once he is killed Discovery is an unstable factor with endless consequences for us.”
"Yes, yes, I didn't question whether you were right or wrong in doing this. I just sighed that you unexpectedly turned out to be quite ruthless and sophisticated in doing this kind of work."
Yun Ming shrugged: "Dirty work, just like that. As long as you overcome the psychological factors, it's not really difficult."
"Right."
The two of them were speechless for a moment, Pu Chai Attendant was still waving farm tools, while Yun Ming was planning the follow-up arrangements in his heart.
After about a quarter of an hour of silence, the Puche attendant called Yun Ming to come over and help: "How is your arm? If it doesn't affect you, I'll help you."
A shallow pit two meters long and two feet wide has been dug out in the wilderness by the Pu chariot attendant. This is Li Gui's tomb.
Pu Chai's attendant took Li Gui's arms and raised his upper body; Yun Ming held Li Gui's feet and lifted them up with force. The two men carried him into a shallow pit, took one last look at the servant of Pu Mansion, observed a brief moment of silence, and then began to cover him with earth.
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Half an hour ago, Li Gui rushed into the battle circle between Lin He and Yun Ming without fear. Because of his appearance, this fatal fight between the three people ended with a careless, even absurd ending.
Since the fight started, no one has paid attention to Li Gui. All three of them only have eyes for their opponent. Lin He paid a little attention to this servant in the early stages of the battle, but when he mobilized his last remaining strength to attack Yun Ming and the Puche attendant, he also ignored Li Gui's presence. The reason is simple. Li Gui is an ordinary person who doesn't know martial arts. In the eyes of a master like Lin He, he is as weak as an ant. It would be too much to make a fuss about including such a person in the ranks of those who "need to be on guard".
Li Gui himself may have thought so, but he was so loyal that he still chose to sacrifice his life to accept the sword of Grand Master Lin He at the last moment. When he died, he didn't even leave a last word, and quietly closed his eyes.
In the short few breaths after his death, the battle situation once again changed dramatically. Lin He's Water-Bearing Sword was still in Li Gui's body and he had no time to pull it out, but Yun Ming's Yanling Sword had already arrived. Although his physical strength was running out, Yun Ming still relied on Li Gui's cover to easily send the tip of the knife into Lin He's heart. The next second, the Pu Chai Shi reacted and swooped forward like a tiger pouncing on his prey. He slashed off Lin He's windpipe with his sword.
Lin He, the deputy commander of Jinyiwei, known as "One Crane and Three Wonders", died. At the same time, the three unparalleled magical skills he possessed were lost and became unknown.
It is not an exaggeration to describe the experiences of Yun Ming and Pu Che Shi as "escaping death", but they did not have time.
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They lamented the drama and unpredictability of fate, and the real problem still faced them: how to deal with this mess.
After a brief discussion, the two of them made the following division of labor: The Pu chariot attendant who still had some energy to spare would walk back to the villagers' homes where the previous horses had been fostered. In addition to leading the horses, they also had to go to the villagers to buy fuel, fire bags, medicines, bandages, and shovels and hoes. Yun Ming, who was basically incapacitated, was responsible for searching the corpse to see if Lin He had anything on him that the two of them might come in handy later.
By the time the Pu chariot attendant rode back with the purchased bits and pieces, Yun Ming had already finished cleaning the battlefield. He tore off a piece of clothing in the bag and wrapped his injured left arm in relatively clean silk. .
"Have you found anything useful?" Pu Chai Shi asked as he dismounted.
"It's a pity that we found nothing." Yun Ming said a fact that really made people feel depressed: "The most valuable item found on Lin He was his water-repelling sword. But neither of us will be soft. Sword, not to mention that this sword is too eye-catching when used, and wearing it is a waste."
"I guess so. I have never heard of any master who would take the martial arts secrets he has mastered with him." This result was not beyond Pu Che Shi's expectation, but he brought back good news: "I went to several houses. I finally got all those things together. Fortunately, I found a barefoot doctor in the village who had medicine at home, otherwise neither of us would have known what to do with the wounds."
Yun Ming took the cloth bag from the Pu cart attendant and took inventory: "Okay, the amount of golden sore medicine should be enough. Hey, where is the fuel?"
"Here it is." The waiter of the carriage took down a wine jar from the horseback: "I estimate it weighs seven or eight pounds. It is more than enough to cremate one person."
"Okay, let's eat something first, rest for a while and then we'll deal with this scene."
"Yeah." The Puche waiter grabbed the noodle pancake handed over by Yun Ming and opened his mouth to eat it. He was really hungry. After a big piece of cake was eaten, the Puche waiter realized in hindsight: "Uh... Yun Ming, where did you get the dry food?"
Yun Ming sighed and pointed to the figure lying down in the grass: "It's in Li Gui's bag. When I asked the four servants to set off in the morning, I prepared food and transportation for them for several days on the road."
"That's it..."
After a short break, the two continued working. They first re-bandaged the wound, and then divided their forces into two groups: Pu Chaoshi went to find a place to dig a hole in the wasteland to bury Li Gui; Yun Ming dragged Lin He's body to the edge of the dense forest away from the official road and set it on fire. All evidence.
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Time returns to the present. After burying Li Gui, Yun Ming inserted the captured water-bending sword vertically into the ground in front of the tomb.
Pu Che Shi did not stop Yun Ming's move, but he still asked: "Would it be inappropriate to use the weapon that killed him as a tombstone?"
"No, I think this is Li Gui's glory." Yun Ming said.
"It's okay to understand it this way." Pu Che Shi accepted this statement and changed the subject: "The plan can't keep up with the changes. Regardless of whether we kill Lin He or not, from the moment he leaves the city to pursue us, the world in the book The "historical process" has been overturned. What should we do next, Yun Ming, what are your plans?"
"Before that, I must do a self-examination first." Yun Ming scratched his hair and said with a slightly depressed tone: "Since you call yourself a "strategist", you shouldn't act rashly when the situation is unclear. It led to this crisis. It was my dereliction of duty, I will be more calm next time and act before I act."
The Pu cart attendant threw a soft leather kettle to Yun Ming, and he still kept one, which he had bought from a villager before: "Unexpected things will always happen, you don't have to blame yourself too much. And objectively speaking, there is nothing wrong with your decision itself, after all, we will have to fight Lin He sooner or later."
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Yun Ming unscrewed the stopper and took a sip. He wiped the water stains from the corner of his mouth and said, "I didn't expect that a top-notch martial arts master could be so good at fighting. Gu Mingkong and Qin Cu died so easily in the first week, which made me mistakenly believe that No matter how strong the aborigines of the low-martial world are, they are not difficult to deal with."
"Ha, although we are both ghost-level, I am not a melee fantasy god like Zhong Yi. This martial arts world is really suitable for him." Pu Cheshi commented with an envious tone.
"You were injured in several places by Lin He, right? How do you feel now?"
"It's just so-so. This is not a panacea. It can't be effective so quickly. Anyway, I only suffered some skin injuries, which are not in the way. But your arm is much more difficult to heal than my wounds."
"Well, it's a penetrating injury that completely pierced the muscle. Fortunately, my left arm is not my dominant hand, otherwise I would have lost all my combat power."
"What about the air flash? Has it been restored to use?"
It's okay not to mention it. Yun Ming gets a headache when he talks about it, and it's a real physiological pain: "I guess not, my brain is still buzzing. This time I know the sequelae of excessive use of supernatural powers. What is it?"
"Be content. The last time I overloaded the maxim, I knocked myself unconscious." The "last time" Pu Che said was not that long ago. It was the event that prompted him to advance to the ghost level a few days ago. It happened in Bangkok. That gunship chase.
"Oh, it was that time." Yun Ming quickly remembered: "For me, that happened nearly half a month ago."
Puche asked suspiciously: "I said...does the abnormal time flow inside the Book of Self-Atonement really have no impact on you? For me, it doesn't matter how long I stay here. Anyway, as long as I go out, the world in the book will The experience is like a dream, which slowly fades away. But you are living a real life."
"Then this is just a profit." Regarding this matter, Yun Ming showed a kind of optimism that is difficult for ordinary people to understand: "In the time it takes others to sleep, I have already spent my second life."
"If Li Gui hadn't sacrificed his life for righteousness today, I'm afraid you would have started your third life by now." Pu Che Shi complained almost immediately.
"Hard, opportunities and risks coexist. You have to take some risks."
"What? Do you still want to explore the ghost wall?"
Yun Ming and Pu Cha Shi had confirmed with Li Gui before the battle started that the "Ghost Beating the Wall" was not far away; at the moment, the location where the two of them were sitting on the ground trimming was only a few hundred meters away from the "World Boundary", so they could It's said that it's just a matter of steps.
Faced with this goal that was within easy reach, Yun Ming shook his head: "No, I won't go. It's best not to even get close."
"Huh? We've obviously come here..."
"But Li Gui, who led the way, is dead." Yun Ming explained: "This means that we two outsiders in this world can only contact the boundary wall in person."
Pu Chai Shi pondered for a while, and gradually understood Yun Ming's concerns: "Are you afraid that something will happen to the Book of Self-Atonement?"
"There is a possibility. Li Gui can come back with all his hair and tail. Maybe it's because he is a native of this world. It's hard for us to tell."
"……Yes."
Although Yun Ming and Pu Cheshi both understood that the more investment, the greater the return, but faced with the risk of death, they decided not to do it.
"So, what are our plans tonight?"
"Go back to the village and stay overnight." After thinking for a moment, Yun Ming patted his butt and stood up, already making a decision in his mind: "No matter how this story develops, all we have to do is eat and drink enough to recharge our batteries. Maintain a strong physical and mental state. ”
"This is called staying the same to cope with the ever-changing situation."
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