The last bit of the setting sun on the western horizon finally sank, and the ever-deeper green night enveloped the quiet swamp forest.
The brighter the moonlight, the darker the mottled reflection of the old tree becomes, and Xie Henhe stands in this reflection.
She covered the wound on her shoulder and looked at Mu Qing's back without saying a word.
Mu Qing squatted in front of the lame old Li. He first took out the arrows from his body, then cleaned the mud from the wound. Finally, he quickly made a bandage to stop the bleeding. After thinking about it, he took out a white pill. Fed in.
Xie Henhe narrowed his eyes, that was Wanhua Dan...
Only at this time can she compare Mu Qing at this time with the kind-hearted student she met before.
Mu Qing clapped his hands, turned to look at the woman in front of him, and smiled, "Instructor, if you don't leave, do you want to give me your last life?"
Xie Henhe, who had several key acupuncture points blocked, laughed at himself and said, "Can I leave?"
Mu Qing's eyes were clear, he shook his head and said, "I won't kill you this time."
"Then you shouldn't kill him." Xie Henhe's eyes were complicated.
Mu Qing sneered. It's not like he had never killed people in Hidden Valley. It seemed that Xie Henhe didn't know what big things he had done recently.
When Xie Henhe taught everyone archery, he had a serious face, but a soft light in his eyes. This was completely different from the way other instructors looked at them, either like ants or simply not human.
Whether a person treats you well or not can always be felt with your heart.
So no matter how Xie Henhe viewed him, during the twelve years that Mu Qing didn't want to remember anymore, he was the only person that Mu Qing would not reject even if he saw and recalled the past at this time.
Xie Feihe saw Mu Qing's indifferent expression and said calmly: "When I go back, I will truthfully report what happened tonight."
Mu Qing looked at Xie Feihe with some surprise, and asked with a smile: "Are you testing my murderous intention, or are you really not afraid of death?"
Xie Feihe was silent for a while, then raised his head and said: "This is just the truth. In addition...even if your current strength is not weaker than the first level, the foundation of Hidden Valley should be much stronger than you think?"
Xie Feihe actually just recognized this face that was gradually fading but still retaining some familiarity, and did not remember the name of the person in front of him.
What's more, the name "Mu Qing" was the codename used by Mu Qing after he became a novice assassin, so Xie Feihe didn't put the familiar-looking man in front of him together with the two words that had become quite famous in recent days.
Mu Qing's raised sword eyebrows straightened, confirming that Xie Feihe didn't know what he had done, and sighed softly: "You are right, Hidden Valley's background is indeed much stronger than I thought before... But I can't say If I can kill you, I will never break my promise.”
Xie Henhe breathed a sigh of relief but frowned, wondering why Mu Qing was so arrogant.
Mu Qing suddenly asked: "Do you know the situation over there?"
Xie Henhe's eyes followed the direction of Mu Qing's raised arm and hesitantly said: "Huangsong Valley...there is indeed movement, but I was excluded from that action, and it doesn't mean-"
Her voice suddenly choked, and she turned back to stare at Mu Qing and asked, "Are you Mu Qing?"
Mu Qing nodded, his eyes stopped on the dark mountain silhouette in the distance, and said, "Instructor Xie, can you react immediately and prove that someone is waiting for me at Huangsong Valley?"
Xie Feihe tightened her lips and stopped saying a word. Like her teammate who had died in Mu Qing's hands, she could naturally feel that a dangerous storm was brewing in Huangsong Valley.
Mu Qing was slightly prepared for the dangers in Huangsong Valley. He no longer expected to ask for any useful information from Xie Feihe. He turned his eyes around the swamp forest, stopped on one of the bare tree trunks, and shouted : "I'm not on the same side as them, don't worry."
Si Wuxia walked out from behind the tree. She was very careful not to come over immediately. Instead, she bowed to Mu Qing from a distance and said gratefully: "Thank you, Master, for saving your life."
"It's not a life-saving grace. I just happened to pass by."
Mu Qing helped Lao Li up and waved to Si Wuxia. Si Wuxia finally couldn't help but walked closer and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the man in black didn't move at all beside Mu Qing.
Si Wuxia took over the unconscious Lao Li and kept thanking Mu Qing.
Mu Qing was already wondering whether Huai Cao Shi and Ning Chu were already trapped in Huangsong Valley. He shook his head and said, "I still have to hurry, so you should leave quickly."
Si Wuxia was a little dazed, his eyes wandering over the unconscious Lao Li and Mu Qing. He wanted to speak but was really embarrassed.
Mu Qing said: "The injury on this old man's thigh is not as serious as that on his neck. I used a Ten Thousand Flower Pill on him, and his life will definitely be safe. As for what happens next..."
Mu Qing looked at Xie Henhe, who shook his head slightly and said, "There are only two people who came to take them back."
Mu Qing nodded and suggested: "I didn't meet anyone else on the way here, so you should go north from this swamp."
Si Wuxia's expression relaxed a lot. After thinking for a while, he quickly took off the small baggage on his shoulder and handed it to Mu Qing. He said sincerely: "Sir, the Ten Thousand Flower Pill is too rare. All the belongings I have here may not be able to reach it." It’s worth it, please don’t despise it.”
Mu Qingxiao asked: "I have been given the money to escape Hidden Valley, do you want to beg for food on the road?"
"Let's go, let's go." Mu Qing was now ready to chase people away.
Si Wuxia nodded, carried Lao Li on his back and walked a dozen steps away. He stopped, turned to look at Mu Qing, and said with an apology, "I haven't asked my benefactor's name yet."
Mu Qing shook his head and said: "Let's go quickly. You have chosen this time very well. Since you want to leave Hidden Valley, don't stay in Suzaku City for too long."
"Well - if the young master needs my daughter in the future, I will never refuse." Si Wuxia raised his eyes and looked at Mu Qing seriously. After remembering his appearance in his heart, he lowered his head and bowed again, then walked away in the distance. go.
The silver moonlight was torn into many pieces by the bare branches. Si Wuxia carried the old man on his back and shuttled between the light and shadow, heading into the unknown and dark distance without hesitation. Watching this scene in silence, Mu Qing suddenly felt that this piece of land was originally a bit ghostly. The swamp forest also gave birth to a bit of tranquility and...loveliness?
"Why do you want to save them?" Xie Henhe said somewhat inappropriately. Destroyed Mu Qing asked quietly.
Mu Qing looked at Xie Henhe with a depressed look on his face as his tense mood relaxed due to worry about Huang Songgu.
Xie Henhe raised his chin slightly and asked quietly: "Is it because of Hengyu? Or... you also want to leave Hidden Valley?"
Mu Qing simply cast his gaze in the direction of Huangsong Valley in the distance. Xie Henhe waited for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "What should you do with me? Are you really going to let me go?"
Mu Qing looked away, faced Xie Henhe's doubtful gaze, and suddenly asked: "Instructor Xie, do you want to leave Hidden Valley? Killing one person is killing. I don't mind killing one more person."
Xie Henhe suddenly opened his eyes wide, "What do you mean?"
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. Xie Henhe's reaction was somewhat unexpected, "I have wasted a lot of time here... If instructor Xie wants to be like them, if Hidden Valley pursues the case, I will say that you will all die." In my hand."
Xie Henhe asked in a low voice: "Aren't you afraid that Hidden Valley will take action against you?... Then do you have a way to escape the pursuit behind Hidden Valley?"
Mu Qing raised his eyebrows and said, "Does it make any difference if I kill one more person and one less person now?"
…
Xie Henhe pursed her lips. If Mu Qing didn't kill her tonight, she would probably be treated differently when she returned to Hidden Valley...
Xie Henhe looked directly into Mu Qing's eyes and asked, "Did you think of this because you didn't kill me?"
Mu Qing still took a moment to understand what Xie Henhe meant. He shook his head and reached for Xie Henhe's shoulders with his hands. Xie Henhe's body suddenly tensed but then relaxed.
Futile resistance will only make you more miserable and the perpetrator more proud.
"Huh?" After confirming that the true energy was flowing normally in the body, the lines on Xie Henhe's face softened a little, and he raised his head and said: "You may not know, but we, the personal guards, have swallowed the Jie Dao Pill. This kind of pill is very important for the future." Cultivation has a great impact.”
"I also swallowed a Jie Dao Pill..." Mu Qing felt that he was not affected at all, and asked: "Do I have to take Wanhua Pill mixed with earth spirit roots every once in a while?"
"...I didn't expect you to know so much. Yes, it's almost once a year. The most important thing is the function of the earth spirit root. This is related to a secret technique of the Murong family, and I only have some knowledge about it."
"Don't block my energy, let me take a look."
Xie Henhe recalled the ease with which Mu Qing detoxified him before, and nodded, with hope in his eyes.
After a while, Mu Qing frowned and said, "I didn't find any residual toxins or hidden dangers in your meridians. If the Dao-Jie Dan can really affect your practice, it may affect the Taoist heart. I have nothing to do for the time being."
Xie Henhe's eyes dimmed a little, but he was not too disappointed, "You can only feel the heart-burning urgency when you need to take the Jie Dao Pill. It's normal that you can't find the problem now."
Mu Qing thought that he had also taken a Jie Dao Pill, and temporarily suppressed his worries, "I know two seniors who were born in Hidden Valley. They are now like-minded people with me. I wonder if Instructor Xie is willing to join us? I'm sorry. I will definitely do my best to find a solution to the influence of Jie Dao Dan in the future."
Xie Henhe's eyes dimmed uncertainly, and he suddenly said: "The danger in Huangsong Valley might be aimed at you."
Mu Qing smiled and said: "There are some things that you should not do after you know them? Instructor Xie may not know. My uncle and senior sister may all be in Huangsong Valley."
Xie Henhe looked at Mu Qing seriously, nodded and asked, "What options do you have? Should I go directly to them?"
"Well... Thank you, instructor, you can go directly to the old courtyard by the Qingxi River in Zhuque City and find Miss Tan'er from Tingmei Xiaozhu."
Xie Henhe frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "This seems to be an intelligence stump in Hidden Valley. Who should I meet then?"
"The former Tianbang Assassin, Wang Yeqing, is now an extraordinary master."
"Bamboo leaf green?" Xie Henhe couldn't hide the surprise in his eyebrows, and sighed softly: "It seems that you are not joking. It's still half a year before I take Jie Dao Dan next time. I hope you can help me, and I I can do some work for you during this time.”
"Okay." Mu Qing answered simply and said with a smile: "It just so happens that Mrs. Wang also needs a powerful helper like Instructor Xie."
Mu Qing took out ten elixirs from the purse Zhang Shaoyao had prepared for her and said, "One of these will be given to instructor Xie, and the others will be given to Mrs. Wang for the time being. Mrs. Wang will take care of it."
