When he woke up, Gu Shengchao found that Wan Yanxi was not in the cave, and the simple fence was intact blocking the entrance of the cave.
"anyone there?"
He shouted several times inside, but no one answered.
Not long after, Wan Yanxi came back from outside and moved the fence aside.
When people have three urgent needs, they should deal with personal problems.
Seeing this, the leading sheep shouted "baa, baa" and led the sheep out of the cave and towards the pasture down the hillside.
Wanyanxi cut off a piece of dried meat with a knife, put it in her arms, and followed the sheep.
The ancient sage was speechless. He was just thinking about making something to satisfy his hunger. It turned out to be dried meat hanging from the ceiling of the cave.
Helpless, he cut off a small strip of dried meat and packed it, patted Zhui Feng's strong body, and followed the sheep one by one.
The sheep graze at will, relying entirely on the leader to lead the way. While eating and walking, I stopped two miles away from the foot of the mountain and spread out to eat the grass by myself.
Wan Yanxi is not idle. When she encounters suitable stones, she picks them up and installs them.
As long as a sheep is about to step out of her range of perception, if she throws it casually, ordinary stones will fly out in an arc and drive the sheep back.
"What are you doing with me? You can go back. I can take care of myself. You don't need to pity me." Wan Yanxi has a strong self-esteem.
Smiling awkwardly, Gu Shengchao said softly: "You may have felt that I got here because I got lost."
Wan Yanxi showed a rare smile: "Your horse has no saddle, and you are particularly concerned about its whereabouts. Last night you said you were hungry for two days. If I guessed correctly, you rode for two days to tame it. , and finally came to me by accident.”
"That's right." Gu Shengchao nodded in approval and said: "You just let me go back. I am not familiar with the place where I was born, and I can't understand Beihu's words. I can't find out the way back when I meet a herdsman, so I can only die trapped in the grassland." superior."
Gu Shengchao suddenly had an idea. Wanyanxi and Wanruo were both thoughtful. If they were together, they would have many topics in common.
Fearing that the other party would misunderstand, Gu Shengchao added: "Furthermore, the matters that Old Man Lu has given me have not been completed yet, so I cannot leave for the time being."
"What else is there?" Wanyan Xi became interested.
"Although that phoenix dance sword is a rare magic weapon in the world, it cannot exert its power even if it is empty. Uncle Lu asked me to teach you a set of phoenix dance sword techniques, which can help you."
Originally, he wanted to teach her swordsmanship directly, but he was afraid that she would refuse, so he had to use the name of Lu Wanshan, so that Wanyan Xi, who wanted to be stronger, could easily accept it.
Sure enough, Wan Yanxi readily agreed: "Okay, after I learn the swordsmanship, if I meet a shepherd who is familiar with the road, I can ask them to take you out of here."
The ancient sage was overjoyed. He was about to call out the sword in his dantian when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.
Five horses, ridden only by two, came rushing towards them.
"What, someone is coming?" Wan Yanxi had excellent hearing and turned his ears slightly over there.
She let her hair hang down naturally, covering most of her face, making it impossible to distinguish between male and female without paying attention.
After a cup of tea, the two men came over on horseback, dressed like people from the Central Plains.
First, he looked at Gu Shengchao warily, and then asked.
However, they were obviously speaking Beihu's language, and Gu Shengchao couldn't understand them at all.
Wan Yanxi replied with a deliberately hoarse voice and pointed in another direction.
No matter how much Wan Yanxi tried to hide it, her voice still revealed her gender.
The two people stared at her suspiciously, then looked at them, doubtful and did not leave immediately.
The appearance of one of them seemed to have been seen somewhere before, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
The man stared at Gu Shengchao and suddenly asked: "Aren't you from Beihu?"
The ancient sage could understand the words spoken in the Central Plains area. He nodded: "I'll come here to collect the fur goods."
People from the Dawu Dynasty often traveled between Beihu and sold fur goods, which was normal.
His adopted sister Dong E's family had done this before, and they used this excuse to refute each other.
The man looked at the sheep that Wan Yanxi was grazing, and spoke a few words in Beihu language to Gu Shengchao. Seeing that he was at a loss, he sneered: "You dare to go deep into the hinterland of the grassland if you don't understand the language. Now is not the season for selling fur goods." , you two must be hiding something from us."
"What could happen in the wilderness? It's because you worry too much." Gu Shengchao didn't want to get too entangled with them.
But the man said: "Do you know who I am?"
"Something is familiar, I can't remember it." Gu Shengchao said matter-of-factly.
The man laughed loudly: "That night, you carried Bailihuan on your back and fled to the cave on the mountain. We knocked down the ancient tower, thinking we could trap you to death. Unexpectedly, we later heard that Bailihuan returned to Wu Zong safely. We couldn't defeat Baili Huan, it’s easy to kill you now.”
Only then did Gu Shengchao remember that he was delivering escorts for the Wuyou Escort Agency and was stuck on the road with Liu Ximei by boat. Bailihuan was poisoned by the Poison Sect that night and fled to the inn. It was Gu Shengchao who fought with him in the inn yard. This person.
He snorted coldly and jumped up from his horse, reaching out to grab Gu Sheng Chao's neck.
Ancient Sage Chao protected in front of Wanyan Xi, using the Nine Heavens Blue Falling Palm, blocking with his left hand and pushing out with his right palm.
The man was in mid-air, light and unforced, but he stretched out his left palm to receive Gu Shengchao's move.
Looking at his sly and evil smile, the ancient sage was filled with fear. His iron arm magical power had no time to protect his whole body, so he only wrapped his right palm in a hurry, as if a soft iron glove was worn on his palm.
"Snapped!"
The two of them clapped their palms together, and the man's smile became even more proud.
"Crack."
It seemed like something had broken.
"oops!"
The man screamed and jumped out.
He raised his palm and saw that the ring on his ring finger was originally hidden inside. The thin needle that popped out just now was broken by Gu Shengchao and pierced into the flesh of his palm.
The iron needle pierced the palm, and the flesh turned purple and black blood oozed out.
In an instant, the man's injured palm became numb and lost feeling.
The man's face changed drastically, and he took something out of his arms in a panic.
The more anxious you are, the slower your movements become in a hurry.
The man's body was trembling, and he finally took out a small paper bag from his arms, opened the bag with trembling, and poured all the powder inside into his mouth.
He didn't have time to swallow, and his face turned blue.
"Water, water..."
When he wanted to speak, he even refused to control his mouth and sprayed out all the powder in his mouth.
The companion next to him hurriedly took out a water bag and supported him: "Water, I have water here."
Water poured into the man's mouth, and he couldn't even finish swallowing. He spit out a few bubbles, tilted his head and died.
"You poisoned me."
The man threw away his water bag and drew his sword to stab Gu Shengchao.
"Whizzing."
Two sharp winds roared past, and the man was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.
Wan Yanxi just warned. The two scimitars that flew out just circled past the man's head and returned to his palms.
Gu Shengchao snorted coldly: "Do I need to poison? Your Poison Sect is insidious. The ring on his hand originally contained a poisonous needle. He brought it upon himself. You don't know that, right?"
The man just now wanted to assassinate Gu Shengchao with a poisonous needle hidden in his palm, but by some mistake he ended up killing himself. It was really unsatisfying retribution.
The man looked at the two men uneasily, in a dilemma.
Gu Shengchao smiled and said: "We are all upright and honorable men, and we never do things like backstabbing. If you want to leave, just leave boldly."
To the man's surprise, he hesitated: "Can I really leave? This man is my adopted brother after all. I want to take him away with me."
Pointing to his accomplice who died of poisoning, the man hesitated to make any decision.
"Okay, no problem." Gu Shengchao readily agreed.
The man carried the body on the horse's back, got on the horse, and the remaining horses followed him away.
Hearing the sound of the other party's horse hooves fading away, Wan Yanxi asked: "May I ask my brother's name? What sect did you just say they were the Poison Sect?"
"My name is Gu Shengchao. I am a deputy envoy from the Dawu Dynasty to Beihu. I was brought here by this horse outside Baisha City in order to tame it. The Poison Sect and the Wu Sect are the two sects in the south of the Dawu Dynasty. They are from the same sect. Both origins are good at using poison."
After listening to Gu Shengchao's brief introduction, Wan Yanxi nodded: "No wonder they come to the grassland to collect medicine every season. It turns out to be to make poison."
"Do they come every year?"
Gu Shengchao immediately regretted his words and laughed at himself: "I'm so stupid. I know clearly that they understand Beihu's language. They must have come here often to learn it."
Wan Yanxi tossed her long hair back: "How about this? You teach me the Phoenix Dance sword technique, and I teach you the Beihu swordsmanship. It's not difficult or simple."
Not being indebted to each other would allow Wan Yanxi to learn swordsmanship with peace of mind, so Gu Shengchao immediately agreed.
As soon as he summoned the sword and held it in his hand, Wan Yanxi had already flown out the scimitar, bypassing him and stabbing the thing behind.
Looking back, I saw a plump hare had just jumped out of the cave, and the machete had already pierced its body, killing it instantly.
Wan Yanxi ran over excitedly, skillfully cut off the hare skin, and subconsciously tore off a strip of fresh meat before putting it in her mouth.
For a moment, Wanyan Xi stood there in shock, put down the hare meat and said awkwardly: "It should taste better when roasted!"
A blind person does have a lot of inconveniences living alone. Even if he has super perception, it is not as convenient as seeing with his eyes.
Gu Shengchao said quickly: "Just wait, I will get firewood right away."
He rode back to the hillside. There were dry firewood everywhere, and he quickly collected a lot.
Gan Chai was in a mess after riding and it was difficult to carry him back, so he simply took off his belt and tied it up before riding back.
Light a small fire and use thin branches to pierce hare meat skewers to grill, which has a unique flavor.
It is much stronger than the tough mutton strips dried in the shade.
After eating and drinking, Gu Shengchao taught Feng Wu the swordsmanship. In his free time, Wan Yanxi taught him how Beihu people speak.
There are many inconveniences for blind people to learn martial arts, and they need the help of ancient sages to correct wrong postures.
More than ten days passed, and Wan Yanxi mastered the Feng Wu sword technique.
Gu Shengchao memorized many words and sentences commonly used by Beihu people.
Especially when he told the story between Xileng Kingdom and Luwan Mountain, Wanyan Xi explained it sentence by sentence in the language of Beihu, and then asked him to repeat it, making rapid progress.
When he mentioned that the name of the house deed was Wu Jiang, Wan Yanxi became excited.
