"Nanluo Forest was called the Forest of Disaster in my generation, and a lot of people died in it. Hey——"
"Uncle Li——"
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay."
A row of footprints of different shades came behind the two figures. Si Wuxia supported the lame old Li and squatted down carefully.
With the help of Si Wuxia, Lao Li pulled the lame leg out of the mud pit, hammered the lame leg hard, raised his head and smiled helplessly at Si Wuxia: "My legs are not as good as they used to be, but Wuxia Don’t worry, girl, we have all come out of the Wandering Forest, and we will definitely not end up in this swamp forest."
Si Wuxia shook his head, looked up at the pale silver full moon among the branches, turned around and looked south, looking a little sad and confused.
It turned out that her parents had already died in Zhanglu's prison, and there was nothing left for her to remember in the Hidden Valley. Her eyes lingered on the dark and silent mountain silhouette in the south. In the night sky behind the mountain silhouette, Qing Ming There is a bright yellow light in the color, which is brighter than the orange-red sky dimmed by the setting sun elsewhere.
"Hengyu is in Huangsong Valley. Did they light a fire to cook..."
Lao Li sighed and looked around. The setting sun on the western horizon had not yet set. When the orange-red afterglow spread over the swamp forest, there were mottled tree shadows everywhere.
Those mottled old trees that have been dead for many years either stand naked on the edge of the swamp, or they have fallen into the swamp with only one or two withered branches exposed.
"Originally, when I planned the route, after coming out of the Lost Forest, I would pass near the Ponderosa Pine Valley, and then go all the way north to Suzaku City. Maybe you can meet quietly."
Si Wuxia shook his head and said, "Even if I pass near Huangsong Valley, I don't dare to meet Hengyu. I heard that there are so many powerful people there."
Lao Li had some pride on his face and said with a smile: "This is all what Young Master made possible so that we could leave Hidden Valley smoothly."
Lao Li turned around and looked further south, took one last look, said goodbye to the old guys who had rotted in the mud, raised his head, and said in high spirits: "This swamp forest is different from the one that was walked by people." The rotten road is actually a shortcut. Let’s go faster and try to pass by the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers when the moon is at its peak.”
Si Wuxia nodded, took out the dry food from the bag and was about to share it with him when suddenly there was a short sound breaking through the air, breaking the silence in the swamp forest.
"call out--"
Lao Li opened his mouth and had no time to spit out the words. He took a strong breath of cold air in his throat and rushed towards Si Wuxia.
"咻咻——"
The two of them fell onto the soft ground. Lao Li heard the two very close sounds of breaking through the air again. He immediately understood in his heart that the other party had fired three arrows with a powerful crossbow, and rolled to the side without thinking more. go out.
The sky and the earth are dim and everything is hazy. In this swamp, shrouded in azure sky and light, as silent as a ghostly land, everything happens in a flash of lightning.
The short sound of breaking through the air disappeared, and the two people who were not hit by the arrow finally ran out of momentum as they rolled on the ground. Si Wuxia helped Lao Li stand up, and followed Lao Li's guidance to run towards a thick dead tree.
Unfortunately, there was not only one person coming. The two of them were forced to stop before they could even take a few steps.
"Are you the Murong family's personal guards?" Lao Li stood in front of Si Wuxia, his eyes swept over the crossbow in his hand, and he raised his head with cold eyes.
"Old senior, do you recognize this crossbow?" The man in black nodded behind the two of them. A man in black dressed in the same dress and holding a powerful crossbow blocked their retreat.
Lao Li said indifferently: "The seven-star crossbow can fire up to seven fine steel crossbow arrows at one time. I used it a lot back then."
The man in black patted the seven-star crossbow in his hand, shook his head and said, "That's not right. The old man hasn't done anything for many years. I don't know if this crossbow should be called the nine-star crossbow now."
Si Wuxia asked, "Are you here to intercept and kill us?"
The man in black said "ha" and said with a smile: "If I really want to kill you, why bother to come out and waste time? We are ordered by the guardian to take you two back."
Lao Li was silent for a while and asked with difficulty: "Did you ambush here in advance?"
Si Wuxia suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Lao Li's profile in disbelief. She understood the meaning of Lao Li's words.
The man in black looked to the south in the direction of Huangsong Valley with some regret, then looked back at the two of them and said disdainfully: "Don't be so nervous. Master Hengyu didn't betray you, but you are of some use to him. The guardian wants to invite you back." Reunion with him.”
The retainers of the Murong family generally call Murong Yin "Guardian" rather than "Master".
Lao Li and Si Wuxia paused for a moment when they thought of the old man whose majesty had always shrouded the sky over Hidden Valley.
Si Wuxia lowered her head in shame. She knew that Murong Yin should be blamed for the death of her parents, but when she thought of him, she didn't have any desire for revenge.
Lao Li lowered his head and glanced at the soft ground beneath his feet. There were many places like this in the Lost Forest, and some people he knew long ago died in such places.
The flawless girl should be able to walk faster without him. With a fourth-level cultivation level, she should be able to protect herself if she goes outside...
The man in black glanced at Lao Li's lame leg. Seeing that the two people surrounded from the front and back remained silent, he frowned and said impatiently: "You can try to resist."
Lao Li narrowed his eyes and slapped Si Wuxia on the shoulder with his big hand. He used his hand skillfully and Si Wuxia flew directly towards the deeper swamp forest.
"Go quickly!!! Don't waste Hengyu's hard work."
Si Wuxia's eyes were filled with tears, his white teeth bit his red lips, and he poked his toes on the dead branches in the swamp to reach the night sky, then ran towards the swamp forest.
Old Li's gray hair was flying back in the air, and he was ready to go, but the man in black in front of him didn't notice him at all.
The man in black licked his lips with interest, turned to look at the figure of the woman, and waited patiently until the figure of the woman was getting further and further away, until she merged into the darkness, then he chased after her with a smile.
The excitement over there in Ponderosa Valley couldn't be mixed in, so it would be nice to have a runaway woman to relieve the boredom.
Lao Li kept staring at the man in black in front of him. When he saw him making a move, he pounced forward. The man in black showed his back to Lao Li and did not look back at him once. Feeling Lao Li's momentum, he was cold. Hum.
A continuous sound of breaking through the air sounded, and another three arrows were fired!
The man in black, who was the first to fire the crossbow and then remained silent, seemed to be a little dissatisfied with his companion. If he hadn't heard this cold snort, he would probably be watching behind Lao Li.
But Lao Li has actually been paying attention to the taciturn man in black, who should be a specialized crossbowman. When he went on missions before, although the seven-star crossbow was a standard long-range equipment, everyone would be equipped with it, but each team would only have one. A crossbowman, this crossbowman's shooting skills will be much higher than others in the same team.
After Lao Li injured his leg, his level fell instead of rising. Now he only has a third-level cultivation level, but the judgment of danger is still deep in his bones. After listening to the direction of the sound breaking through the air, he stood in the air for a moment. Nian then dodged this round of attacks from the man in black behind him.
He remembered that there were three breaths between the launches of the seven-star crossbow, which stimulated the rapid flow of Qi in his body. He no longer cared about the danger behind him and accelerated towards the man in black in front.
"waste!"
The sound behind him broke through the air with great force. The man in black in front understood that his companion had failed to intercept him. When he turned around, he became angry and punched the chasing Lao Li in the face. Lao Li immediately threw his upper body to one side and then bowed his shoulders. Hit the man in black's chest.
The eyes of the man in black were blazing, and he understood that these old guys were really capable of surviving to this day. He immediately released his empty fist, put his five fingers together to make a knife, and struck the gap between Lao Li's neck and shoulder.
Lao Li didn't move slowly, and immediately raised his right hand to protect his neck. Unfortunately, the man in black didn't give him this chance. The other hand that had been free used his five fingers to catch him while he raised his right hand. His right wrist, seeing that such a fragile place as his neck was about to be stabbed with a knife, Lao Li shouted loudly, gathered all the energy in his body on his right shoulder, and bumped into the chest of the man in black in refusal.
"Tap-tap-"
The crisp sound of hitting just started, and the sound of raging energy after the collision of infuriating energy immediately started. This kind of head-to-head confrontation with no room for maneuver depends on who is in a higher realm and has more powerful infuriating energy.
Lao Li's old face, stained by time and weather, turned red. At this moment when he was trying his best to buy Si Wuxia time to escape, his level of Qi even returned to the previous second-level realm. It was a pity that he could become Murong. The lowest among the family guards was the second-grade cultivation. After a few breaths, ripples of energy in mid-air suddenly erupted, and Old Li fell headlong to the ground.
"Damn, this old man is trouble."
The man in black floated in mid-air, picked up the powerful crossbow hanging from his waist, filled the crossbow arm with arrows, and aimed at Lao Li, who was stuck in the mud and was struggling, and fired at him.
Fortunately, the man in black used the most difficult nine-arrow salvo from the beginning, but it was not accurate enough. The companions who came over used their superb shooting skills to block the two arrows that hit Lao Li's face and heart.
Looking at Lao Li who was still working hard even if he struggled hard, he would sink deeper and deeper. The man in black who caught up looked at Lao Li's thigh. On that healthy thigh, there was a crossbow arrow with only the tail left. Being exposed, he said in an unpleasant tone: "My lord just asked us to take them back, why did you hurt him?"
The man in black, who was less angry in his heart, frowned, turned around and flew into the night ahead and said disdainfully: "If they want to run away, I just let his leg be the same as the other leg. Sir, I will never do that." They will blame us.”
"You'd better catch that woman back before it's too late to say something like this."
"It's not that you failed to stop him, otherwise I would have caught that woman long ago."
The figure of the man in black suddenly grew taller, and a layer of clear light covered his eyes. He sneered, "Found it."
After saying that, he rushed forward like a sharp arrow.
But the next moment, in the eyes of the man in black who was standing still, he looked like a bird with broken wings falling into the dark swamp forest.
