This finger was extremely swollen. Either it had been tortured before death, or something had been inserted into the flesh. Judging from the blood stains, it might have been two days since it was cut off.
Zhao Ning frowned, never expecting it to be such a strange thing.
With the avoidance attitude of the Jia family and his wife, the frantic pursuit of the bandits during the day, and the blood stains on the sleeves of the Jia family's daughter-in-law, it was difficult for Zhao Ning not to speculate that the person named "Jia Rui" was there. The village is protected by the Jia family and his wife, and the things they avoid are probably the "treasures" that the bandits call them.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the Jia family and his wife, the "treasure" is just a cover-up for the bandits. The only person they are looking for is Jia Rui, with the purpose of avenging the owner of the finger.
The first reaction of the pedantic Jia couple, or the Jia couple who are eager to protect their children, is to throw this hot potato away, as far away as possible.
Zhao Ning's expression did not change. She touched her severed finger with a branch. Is this really the case?
The tips of the branches were tested minute by minute, and the finger bones under the skin were not smooth, with obvious gaps and curvatures.
An imminent conclusion flashed across Zhao Ning's mind - what was wrapped in this was not bones.
She suddenly closed the wooden box and stopped exploring the truth.
Sitting on a branch, it was as if the temptation just now had never happened. I was playing with the branches with my fingertips, and the branches were spinning around on my fingertips. It was leisurely and boring.
It was late at night, the clouds covered the bright moon, and the crows screamed, landed at the end of the village, and started up again.
A man wrapped in gauze ran out of a small courtyard in the village, followed by the staggering Jia family and his wife.
The two of them were extremely worried and had to lower their voices to dissuade them, "Tie Zhu, stop chasing me, Tie Zhu. Dad knows that you shouldn't send things out while you are unconscious, but that bloody thing almost killed you, and we don't want it anymore." , No more, just let that girl take that thing far away, ah."
"Tie Zhu, kid, you are too injured and can't move around. Come back quickly, come back."
Unsurprisingly, the person called Tiezhu is Jia Rui.
But Jia Rui tore the gauze on his body, gritted his teeth and held back, "You also know that I was seriously injured because of it! You can't see how important it is to me! Why are you so stupid? I must take it." Chase me back!"
"Isn't it just a finger, such an unlucky thing..."
"Shut up! Don't stop me!"
Jia Rui couldn't bear it any longer. He threw his parents away and stumbled out of the village. Even so, his speed was not slow at all. The couple could not catch up. After a while, he disappeared into the night, leaving the couple alone. The two were crying and helpless at the entrance of the village, but they did not dare to shout loudly.
Zhao Ning was resting on the tree with her eyes closed. She heard the sound of deep and shallow footsteps half a mile away. She seemed to be injured, but her footsteps were unexpectedly fast. She had already reached Zhao Ning's vicinity in less than half a cup of tea.
The night did not block Zhao Ning's sight. After the breakthrough of the Limu point, he gained the ability of night vision. The man looked young, about sixteen or seventeen years old. He was wearing new coarse clothes. The bandaged threads on his body were exposed in a mess. He looked ordinary, but there was something invisible about him.
After just two breaths of gaze, the man suddenly shifted his gaze.
"Who! Come out!"
After practicing the Taixu Six Paths of Reincarnation Sutra, the aura was so well controlled that even the beasts in the mountains who were sensitive to aura could not detect her at this distance, but this young man directly locked her position.
Zhao Ning did not panic and calmly jumped down from the tree.
From the moment she noticed the abnormality of the severed finger, Zhao Ning knew that this was definitely a troublesome matter.
Jia Rui turned around and looked her up and down with dagger-like eyes, "Are you 'Lin Ying'? What a coincidence, I'm looking for you." He was seriously injured, but he still had some momentum.
"Unfortunately, I'm waiting for you." Zhao Ning replied, raising the small box in her hand, "I can't afford to receive such a big gift for nothing, so I'll give it back to you."
Then he threw it in the direction of Jia Rui, and the small box flew in the air. Jia Rui's eyes were cold, and he turned his wrist, and a stone was shot out, hitting the small box in the middle. The box shattered, and the severed finger inside fell out. Jia Rui was shocked. He quickly jumped up and caught the severed finger.
He repeatedly checked the severed finger and looked at Zhao Ning with great suspicion, not believing that Zhao Ning threw it to him so easily.
"Uncle Jia's half of the ginseng plant will be taken as payment." Zhao Ning stood under the tree, neither humble nor arrogant, neither happy nor angry. "From now on, the grudges are over. If I don't take over your mess, you won't be able to divert trouble to the east."
With that said, she decisively turned around and left.
"Wait!" Unexpectedly, Jia Rui shouted, but his attitude changed drastically, "This thing is called 'Immortal Guide', which can refer to a road to heaven and immortality. Do you want it?"
Zhao Ning was stunned and stopped.
Jia Rui said slowly, "The immortal skills of the Qingyun Gang were secretly stolen. This is the only road to the sky left in this huge Nanjun Jianghu. This thing is the key to unlocking the road to the sky. Unlock the road to the sky. The road is quite difficult. I respect Miss Lin Ying for her chivalrous spirit and good skills. Why don't you cooperate with me?"
Zhao Ning slowly turned around and said that the key hidden in the severed finger did indeed match the uneven lines. However, this statement of "immortals guiding the way" made Zhao Ning stunned for a moment.
The small Nanjing Kingdom, the tiny land of Nanjun, how could it be that there are many ways to become immortals hidden one after another.
She replied, "I don't understand the meaning of heaven. If the immortal guides you, if you are destined, the immortal will support you in the dark. If you are not destined, then I cannot bear the great opportunity that comes from heaven."
"Since the young master wants to take on this great opportunity, I would like to wish him immediate success and great fortune."
"Farewell."
Chapter 022
Zhao Ning didn't know where the place of Yue Ming was.
When I went to the county town to explore before, I also looked for maps sold in the county town. These maps were scrawled and simple, and the largest area they covered was the entire South County.
Maybe the place was remote, not to mention the news about the Sixteen Kingdoms of Nine Provinces, even the map of the entire Nanjing Kingdom could not be seen. Zhao Ning set out and thought about going to Nanjun Prefecture to find the news about Yue Ming's land.
The name of Nanjun County is Ludong. It is located in the southeast of Hong'an County. It is 800 miles away, which is very far away. Zhao Ning walked around for dozens of days before barely reaching the outskirts of the county.
That day, Zhao Ning found a dilapidated temple to rest. The temple had not been renovated for many years. The outer walls collapsed, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, everything in the temple, tables and chairs, were crooked to the ground. Even the Buddha statues enshrined in the temple were scraped off. A layer of gold skin reveals a black inner layer.
The sky was getting dark and there were dark clouds. It seemed that a heavy rain was coming. The roof of this ruined temple was still intact and should be able to withstand a storm.
Zhao Ning found a clean spot and sat on the ground, closing her eyes and regulating her breath. It was not safe in the wild, and Zhao Ning could not enter the Silent Spirit Mansion to practice.
The body cannot enter the House of Silent Spirit. This is the conclusion that Zhao Ning has come to in the past few years. Take the time when he was given Lingqiao Powder as an example. His seven orifices bleed and his body collapsed. However, after entering the House of Silent Spirit, he was intact. No, Zhao Ning thought about it later and realized that it was not the body but the soul that entered.
The Secret Qi Training Technique of Taixu Six Paths Spiritual Source has reached the third picture. It starts with Yingxiang point and penetrates through the nine major nose points such as Yingxiang, Heliao and Suliao. If the sense of smell is broken through, it will be another transformation from the ordinary to the next level. .
Zhao Ning had already vaguely sensed that at this stage of practicing Qi and accumulating soul, he had to be like the immortal described in the storybook, with six internal organs clear, nine orifices open, and Dantian open.
From this point of view, the journey to immortality and immortality is far from simple.
Zhao Ning meditated for a while, and then a heavy rain poured down. The rainwater overwhelmed the bricks and tiles. Several bricks slipped to the ground and broke into pieces. The rain and the rain made people feel worried.
Zhao Ning opened her eyes and stared outside the temple. In addition to the sound of rain, there were also a few chaotic footsteps in her ears. There was something going on in Shuangya Village. Zhao Ning paused and turned around to hide behind the Buddha statue. There was no such thing in this temple. But in the hidden place, the Buddha statue is wide and high, and the pillars on both sides are perfectly shielded. If you don't look carefully, you should not be able to find it.
Zhao Ning swept away the dust around and sat cross-legged to meditate.
After a while, the door of the ruined temple was rudely pushed open, and the two men staggered in. As soon as they entered the temple, the person behind them fell on the threshold.
"Master!" The young man in front was shocked. He didn't have time to check the condition of the ruined temple and hurriedly came to help the fallen person.
The middle-aged man who fell to the ground vomited a mouthful of blood. The blood turned black and foamed when it fell on the ground. The man barely grabbed the young man's shoulders and said, "Quick, move quickly, it's not safe here, the group of people will chase you soon." "
Zhao Ning opened her eyes, and she really wanted to sigh at the coincidence of everything. She had some impression that these two voices were from the Qingyun Gang, but Zhao Ning didn't want to be associated with the Qingyun Gang now, so she closed her eyes again.
"No! Master, I can't leave you alone, I'll take you away! Let's go to Nanjing Mansion to find the master. He will definitely save us." The young man suppressed his grief and pulled the middle-aged man up, but he was The young man's body felt like it was filled with lead and was so heavy that he couldn't even lift it. The man stopped the young man and said, "Master has been poisoned and will not survive."
"No! I don't believe it!" the young man cried bitterly, "If you are exposed to this poison, you will die, but the master is not dead, which means that it can't do anything to the master at all. I must take the master away."
"Absurd! Ahem!" The middle-aged man coughed twice, and large streams of black blood flowed out of his mouth. "This is the master's life-sustaining pill that is hanging on to my master's life. If it weren't for you... Let’s go quickly, Master can’t hold on much longer.”
"Master!" the young man shouted, still refusing to leave, and he couldn't bear it anymore and shouted, "Dad!!!"
Unexpectedly, there was another sound outside the temple at this time, crackling, like rain hitting the raincoat, or like rough footsteps stepping on puddles, but one thing was certain, someone was approaching.
"Go!" The middle-aged man pushed away the young man, forced himself to stand up, and held the sword unsteadily, "Go! Don't you listen to me! I'll hold that group of people back for you, how far are you? No matter how far you go, don’t kill my Li family! Let’s go!”
"Dad!!!" the young man yelled. Seeing the master rushing into the heavy rain, he wiped his tears and rushed out of the back door of the temple in great pain.
Zhao Ning closed her eyes slightly. These two people were from the Qingyun Gang, Li Xianghong, the manager of the Library Pavilion, and his apprentice Li Wei. However, she did not expect that they were not only master and apprentice, but also father and son.
Zhao Ning had smelled the strong smell of Qibu San since they entered the house. No one could survive this poison. Li Xianghong was still alive either because of luck or because of the effect of the magical elixir.
Zhao Ning didn't want to get involved, but he couldn't help himself when he was in a chaotic situation.
Li Xianghong was shoved into the ruined temple, and then four men in black with rain hats on their heads and raincoats blocked the temple door with swords.
Li Xianghong vomited a mouthful of black blood. He still held on to prevent himself from falling, but he couldn't stand up despite holding on.
"Protector Li is very capable. Even if he is hit by Qi Bu San, he can still hang on to his life." One of the men in black stepped forward with a sword, "You really know the methods of immortals. If Protector Li had cooperated with us before, he would have opened the door to the ancestors of the Li family in Jinpeng Mountain." The tomb door of the tomb will not have to suffer like this."
"Why bother now." He patted Manager Li's face with his sword, "Where did you hide the key! Tell me!"
Li Xianghong took a mouthful of blood foam and ignored him.
"Don't be so harsh. If it's not on you, it's on your apprentice. How far do you think your little apprentice can run? If you don't even care about his life, then..."
"Bastard!" Li Xianghong yelled, "The key is not on us! I, Li Xianghong, escaped from the Qingyun Gang. How could I have the key on my body? You can't find it."
"You!" The man in black was angry, and he chuckled twistedly, "I'll skin you and remove your bones first. If I can't find you, I'll go to your little apprentice and see how long you can keep your words!"
He grabbed Li Xianghong's neck, aimed his long sword at Li Xianghong's abdomen and was about to stab him, but he didn't want Li Xianghong to spit out a mouthful of blood. The blood was highly poisonous, so the man in black subconsciously moved away, giving Li Xianghong a chance to escape.
Li Xianghong stood up fiercely, raised his sword, "Go to hell!"
One sword stabbed down, but the man in black was not alone. Three swords picked up Li Xianghong's sword at the same time. Li Xianghong's eyes were red, and when he was about to die, he went crazy. His hair was scattered and flying around. Holding the sword was a unique move.
"The rainbow penetrates the sun."
The momentum of this sword was infinite, and the sword that struck horizontally with the light of the sword bounced away the three men in black. The men in black did not dare to underestimate them and resisted with their swords.
Both parties are masters of martial arts. During the competition, the power surged and exploded from the inside out. Under the shock of the power, the floor of the temple exploded continuously until it exploded under the Buddha statue. This Buddha statue was already crudely made and was blown away by this power. Exploded, it immediately exploded into pieces. Under layers of dust and smoke, it was inevitable to avoid condensation.
The secret transmission of the six spiritual sources of Taixu circulated, and the dust did not contaminate her body at all. The power was wrapped in a gust of wind, blowing her long hair.
The people on both sides of the confrontation were stunned for a moment, and neither of them dared to move. No one noticed that there was a figure hidden behind the Buddha statue. His unshakable appearance seemed to be that of an immortal who had emerged from the ordinary world.
"Who are you!" The man in black suddenly woke up and pointed his sword at Zhao Ning.
Li Xianghong opened his mouth and stopped talking.
Zhao Ning raised her eyes and said without emotion, "Passenger."
The man in black drew his sword and approached step by step, "Do you think I believe it? We are enemies or friends. If you are in this temple today, don't even think about getting out safely!"
While talking, a man in black came forward and whispered, "This woman seems to be the portrait..."
However, as soon as he said these words, Zhao Ning passed by quickly like a shadow, leaving afterimages around several men in black, and all the men in black were unable to move.
They had their acupuncture points tapped.
Zhao Ning knew that the portrait they were talking about was the wanted poster worth tens of millions of silver.
Even after a year, there are still people who don’t want to give up.
Zhao Ning stood in front of Li Xianghong. Li Xianghong stooped and moved his lips again and again, and finally uttered the words "Shen Zhao Ning".
He recognized it from the start.
Zhao Ning was silent, she tiptoed, and the sword on the ground fell into Zhao Ning's hand. Zhao Ning held the sword in reverse and handed the hilt to Li Xianghong.
