At midnight, the moon is missing and hanging low.
The crowd in Iron Bone Village had died out early, and the guards at the door were already slumped on the ground, their heads lowered and salivating.
The faint white moonlight crept into a certain room quietly.
"alright!"
"how do you feel?"
Mu Qing released his hands that had been on the other person's back.
"I didn't expect that Qing Qi can be used in this way. It seems that I have neglected the basics and haven't truly understood the true scripture."
Cao Mo sighed sincerely.
He felt the tearing and stinging pain on his tendons and acupuncture points gradually disappear, replaced by a cool, gentle and comfortable feeling.
It was Mu Qing's green energy that was wrapping his affected area just now. Although he felt it that night, it was much purer than that night.
Cao Mo turned around slowly, looked directly at Mu Qing and asked, "What weight are you at?"
Mu Qing wore a black face towel, and the exposed corners of his eyes jumped up and asked, "How much does it weigh?"
Cao Mo explained: "After you run the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Meridian, you will be able to know in which acupoints your green energy can accumulate and stay. According to the order, it will be at which level."
Mu Qing thought for a while and replied: "Shaoyin Divine Seal, Shaoyang Yangbai."
"What!"
"This is the seventh level of the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Sutra. Are you already at the third level of cultivation?"
Cao Mo's surprise was beyond words.
"What's so strange about this?"
"Didn't you say that I originally had green energy in my body? It proves that your guess is quite reliable."
Mu Qing felt that it was strange that this huge special internal force did not break through the eighth level of the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Sutra as expected.
Just a few hours ago, after Mu Qing dismissed Lin Pan and others who came to the door, he really activated the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Sutra for the first time.
What made him unbelievable was that the special internal force hidden in various acupoints throughout his body began to flow without any sluggishness after he kept his Dantian quiet and circulated according to the route of the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Sutra for three weeks. It circulated quickly.
He could really feel this huge but scattered internal force, which began to slowly gather in several acupuncture points on the route. After experiencing the pain that was like tearing his heart, by the time Zhou Tian reached perfection, he had already hidden it. After filling the first few acupoints, it reached Yangbai acupoint and Shenfeng acupoint.
The most amazing thing is that this special internal force, which Cao Mo calls "Ten Thousand Poison Green Qi", is naturally condensed in these acupoints, transformed from gas into liquid, and is slowly transforming into substance.
Comparing people to each other is really infuriating.
You must know that Cao Mo has been practicing the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Sutra for so long, but he has only managed to develop an extremely rare green energy.
Even if he has practiced to the sixth level of the Heart Meridian, the internal energy in the acupoints is only mixed with thin Qing Qi, and does not have the purity of Mu Qing at all.
Seeing Cao Mo staring at him with a distressed expression, Mu Qing said impatiently, "Don't you want me to rescue you?"
"There's a chance tomorrow afternoon!"
Cao Mo's eyes flashed with light, and while he remained silent, his mind was fluctuating rapidly.
Although the injuries on his tendons and acupuncture points have been treated by Mu Qing and he has been able to circulate Zhoutian Zangling Lingqi on his own, but even if he meditates and practices sleeplessly from now on, he will only be able to recover at most 70% of his strength by tomorrow afternoon.
Now he is a little afraid of Mu Qing. He feels that the longer time passes, the better it will be for him to recover better.
Seeing that the old man in front of him was distracted and did not answer, Mu Qing asked in surprise: "What? Haven't you been begging me to save you?"
"Why did you hesitate after hearing this news?"
Cao Mo took out a breath and said pitifully: "Sir, even if the old man's meridians have been restored now, I'm afraid he won't be able to fight back tomorrow."
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes and said jokingly: "What? Are you scared?"
"I will be responsible for luring most of the people out of Iron Bone Village tomorrow afternoon. Can you leave by yourself?"
Hearing this, Cao Mo suddenly raised his head and said, "Master, please don't lie to me?"
"Can you really lure most people out?"
"Hmph! Believe it or not."
"After you go out, if you are afraid that I will take the things and refuse to acknowledge them and will kill you, I don't have to come to you, but you must first hand over the remaining three chapters of "The Book of Ten Thousand Poisons" .”
When Mu Qing spoke, Cao Mo was also observing his expression carefully. As the saying goes, a person's eyes cannot deceive.
The other party spoke with anger because of his doubts, and his eyes were sincere when expressing his opinions.
Cao Mo relaxed a little and thought quickly: "If this kid can really lure away most of them, I can use the forest and fields to sneak out."
He said slowly: "The old man has been locked in the house for so many days and has no information. I really don't know whether what the young master said is true or false."
Mu Qing asked: "Then don't you want to seize this opportunity?"
Cao Mo said quickly: "No! The opportunity is indeed rare, but I really don't know whether what you said is true or false. Why don't I give you the Poison Chapter and the Poisonous Insect Chapter? If I can really escape, I will pass through the forest and fields to get rid of the remaining people." I’ll leave the poisonous body chapter to you. What do you think?”
Mu Qing shook his head: "No! If you just leave, where will I find you?"
"You hand over a precious thing now, and then you can control Lin Tian to exchange it with me."
The two were suspicious of each other, but in the end Cao Mo, who wanted to ask for help, took a step back first.
After he was silent for a while, he agreed, "Okay."
Mu Qing smiled and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Hand over the poison chapter, poisonous insect chapter and a precious thing quickly."
He believed that the old man must have a back-up plan to hide his things.
Cao Mo said with a pained look on his face: "You go to Lin Tian's room now. I have placed several hidden compartments under his bed. In them are the Poison Chapter and the Poison Insect Chapter, and there is also a Blue Emperor Snow Lotus."
"Blue Emperor Snow Lotus?"
Mu Qing looked at Cao Mo in shock.
Cao Mo explained painfully: "This is what my master left behind. I can't use it now, but I guess you know how rare it is."
"Well, deal!"
"Tomorrow afternoon, you make your own timing."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Qing disappeared into the darkness and left the room.
…
Near noon the next day, Mu Qing arrived at the meeting hall of Tieguzhai early after discussing with Liu Weirui and the others.
"Master Mu Qing."
Lin Wenren went ahead before the sound came.
He stepped forward and quickly took Mu Qing's hand and said gratefully: "Fourth brother woke up this morning. Young master is indeed a master of Qi Huang."
"Brother Yu, I apologize to you again for my previous offense. I hope you can forgive me, Brother Yu."
Mu Qing calmly pulled out his right hand before Lin Wen finished speaking.
He smiled and shook his head: "You're welcome, Second Master. As long as you can accomplish what you promised me yesterday, I will definitely exert as much strength as I have."
The corner of Lin Wen's mouth turned up and he smiled and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Mu Qing, even if you don't agree to what happened this afternoon, just by saving your eldest brother and fourth brother one after another, Iron Bone Village will send people and horses to escort your caravan to arrive safely. of."
Mu Qing knew that the other party was just talking about the situation. He shook his head and asked in confusion: "Why hasn't the boss come yet? Didn't you say that you need help to capture a group of thieves?"
Lin Wen explained: "My eldest brother is counting people outside now. He will come to the meeting hall with his brothers soon. Please wait a moment, sir."
"Haha, Master Mu Qing, you're here."
After Lin Wencai finished speaking, Lin Pan and his group of seven just walked into the meeting hall.
Mu Qing looked around and saw that he recognized the four people behind Lin Pan. They were the heads of the Iron Bone Village, but the two people on the left and right who came in at the same pace as Lin Pancheng were completely unfamiliar faces.
The man on the right of Lin Pan must have arrived at Tieguzhai after a long journey. The sweat stains on his body and the mud on the left side of the road are still on his clothes and have not been taken care of.
Another person on the left of Lin Pan wore a round-top helmet with iron gauze and linen on his head, and a black outfit with hibiscus flowers embroidered on the corners. A long and narrow black sheath sword was hanging on his waist. , a hint of official dynasty has been revealed.
Mu Qing calmly withdrew his inquiring gaze. Now that the matter was over, it was best not to attract too much attention.
He bent down and stretched out his hand to make an invitation, and simply said to Lin Pan: "I would also like to ask Master Lin to come and have a detailed discussion."
Everyone sat down, and the two newcomers gave Lin Pan enough face to let him sit in the main seat. However, he looked left and right, and for a moment he didn't know how to speak, so the meeting hall fell into a strange silence. Go in.
Ma Xiaoer, who was on the right, had actually been quietly observing Mu Qing. Before entering the meeting hall, Lin Pan had told him all the information he knew about Mu Qing.
He also didn't expect that the plan of catching all the fish arranged by Mr. Hou turned out to be too big for the net to hold. This really made him never expect.
Although Tianshou was the most powerful among the three parties, even if Mr. Hou came in person, it would be impossible for His Majesty the Emperor's minions to deal with Mu Qing on a whim.
As for Ma Xiaoer himself, he already felt it was offensive even if he had some idea in his mind.
So before coming in, Lin Pan told him that he was going to invite Mu Qing to help, and the strategy of exorcising wolves and tigers by fighting with the masters among the remaining group of remnants to consume the strength of both parties was really in line with his wishes.
At this time, Geng Jie, who was on the left and wearing an iron gauze helmet, saw that Lin Pan was still not ready to speak, and he laughed in his heart, not wanting to waste any more time that should have been a good moment for killing people and making meritorious deeds.
He first bowed his hands to Lin Pan, then looked around at everyone present and said, "Since Master Lin doesn't say anything, I have no choice but to take offense."
"I came here to gather everyone this time, just to unite all the heroes of Tieguzhai and set up a trap to stop a group of imperial prisoners."
"Our spies have been following the opponent and found that the opponent intends to escape south from Tieguguzhai. Due to the lack of manpower, we hereby invite all heroes to start this afternoon and follow the pass of Tieguguzhai to the rear. A net was spread out in the forest under the cliff to surround and arrest the group of people."
"When the dragnet is completed, the adults on my side will take the initiative to attack. At that time, I only need your assistance."
Geng Jie knew that these people who had left the official status were all those who could not see the rabbit but the hawk, so he revealed the real temptation: "A dead person can be exchanged for fifty taels of gold, and a living person can be exchanged for a hundred taels of gold. If you catch him, Important people can directly double the amount, there is no upper limit.”
"What?"
"Did I hear correctly?"
"A dead head can be exchanged for fifty taels of gold."
Except for Lin Pan and Lin Wen, everyone in the Iron Bone Village was excited.
You must know that gold is the hard currency of the mainland. Because the mining speed is far slower than that of silver, the value of gold has been rising. From the original one tael of gold for ten taels of silver, it has become one tael of gold for twelve taels. For silver, if it is a government-made gold bar of very good quality, you can even exchange one tael of gold for fifteen taels of silver.
Even Mu Qing, who was sitting in the corner and deliberately kept a low profile, was shocked by such a generous gesture.
You must know that this time he escorted Liu Weirui and his caravan, and the deposit for the first transaction recorded in Liuyelu was only four gold.
Although Mu Qing is not a person who is unjust for the sake of profit, if the other party is really a heinous criminal of the imperial court, then he will never be merciful. After all, who can have trouble with money.
Lin Wen and Lin Pan looked at each other, and both saw the worry in their eyes: The money is so high, but do everyone really have the life to take it?
Geng Jie despised these wild men in his heart, but said a sincere invitation: "I also ask all the heroes to lead their men to help us. After the matter is accomplished, I will never break my promise just now."
"Haha! Since he is a prisoner of the imperial court, we should help him!"
"Brothers, let us also eliminate harm for the people!"
