"We meet in the mountains and rivers. See you again at the sacrifice ceremony~"
With a snap of Ling Yao's fingers, hundreds of purple lightning suddenly exploded around the central battlefield.
Burnt black smoke instantly filled the air, choking people's nose and lungs; powerful spiritual power ripples vibrated in the air, indicating the power of thunder and lightning.
When Gu Mingtai saw that the other party was not only safe and sound, but also created such a momentum, he was so frightened that he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it.
And Qiu Lao couldn't figure out the other party's details, so he didn't dare to take action rashly. He just threw up his cloak to block the flying dust.
When the smoke cleared, everyone in the hunting team looked up.
But Ling Yao, who was originally sitting on the tree, had long since disappeared.
Gu Mingtai looked at Mr. Qiu with hesitant eyes, and Mr. Qiu silently shook his head.
"Tch! He ran so fast! He got an advantage!"
With Qiu Lao's signal, Gu Mingtai became bolder.
When he remembered that Ling Yao had stepped on his face (physics) for a long time in front of so many people just now, he became angry again and asked instead:
"It seems like he is quite capable. He has a treasure like a double, and he easily dodged the attack of the White Arrow Box. Could it be that... he is really from the Changling Sword Sect?"
"That's not a stand-in."
Qiu Lao glanced sideways at Gu Mingtai, his tone was not polite,
"It's just a method of changing one's appearance, which is used skillfully by the other party."
Although Ling Yao's words were unpleasant, he was right about one thing - the "young village leader" Gu Mingtai in front of him was indeed not very smart.
This man is a scoundrel who grew up under the pampering and pampering of the village leader Gu Feng.
The leader's scheming, glances and courage were not learned at all, but his ability to order people and play with women was fully learned.
That is to say, he was lucky, and suddenly one day he lit up the statue of the Snake King, and inexplicably became a "candidate for the priesthood." Otherwise, Mr. Qiu would not look down on this second generation ancestor at all, let alone serve as his temporary bodyguard.
"Deliberately making people think that he used a stand-in to create the impression that he is wealthy and has a backer, so that we think he is really a direct disciple of Changling Sword Sect and we dare not provoke him easily."
After all, Qiu Lao was entrusted by Gu Feng and had the patience to explain to Gu Mingtai,
"His sword moves do seem to have some shadows of Changling Sword Sect, and perhaps they are somewhat related to Sword Sect. But he pretends to be someone from Jian Sect Yueyao Peak, and he obviously knows nothing about the deeper information.
"Thirty years ago, Qiu Tianming, the direct descendant of Changling Jianmen Yueyao Peak, massacred a large group of bandits near Shilishan City. Those people were actually the soldiers of the Milong tribe fighting against the autumn wind. And the high priest at that time, They are from Milong Village.
"Things were very complicated back then, but the relationship between Jianmen and Shenwang Temple was ended. If the direct disciples of Jianmen came to Liuchuan alone to practice, they would never reveal their identities, let alone the thieves of Yueyao Peak.
"That kid just now was just a fox pretending to be a tiger. I'm afraid Li Zi was the foreign aid Anqi Village brought from. Otherwise, why would he be clamoring to meet us again at the sacrifice ceremony? You, you should also take a good look at the people in the village. It’s recorded in the notes.”
After hearing this, Gu Mingtai nodded randomly. But looking at his expression, Qiu Lao knew that this man only remembered one conclusion and did not take the analysis method or his instructions to heart at all.
But after all, he couldn't teach others by ear, so he just snorted twice and said:
"I just left for a while. It's bad luck for you to mess with such a person. Since we will meet again at the sacrificial ceremony, we will find you again later. Let's go."
…
Boom——!
Not long after Ling Linhan ran out, he heard a series of loud noises coming from behind him.
He quickly turned around and saw what followed was the sound of low-level monsters fleeing in all directions, and a large circle of black smoke that could be clearly seen from several miles away.
"What are you doing...such a huge formation?"
Ling Linhan bit her lower lip, but in the end she stopped running and looked back.
Not long after, he suddenly held the short knife, turned around and pushed——
"Oh, let me go, you are not waiting here to welcome me back, you are ambushing me, right?"
As soon as Ling Yao fell, he was forced by the blade and immediately retreated.
"You haven't wiped the blood off the knife yet! Don't dirty my clothes... Oh, it seems like my clothes were dirty just now..."
Ling Linhan looked at a certain salted fish's gray cloth half turned red due to fighting the purple-feathered terror bird. He walked up to him unceremoniously, grabbed the corner of Ling Yao's clothes, and touched his short knife.
Then he flashed the blade in front of Ling Yao's eyes:
"Okay, wipe it clean."
Ling Yao showed a black question mark expression: "??? You should wipe it with your own clothes!"
"Your clothes are like this, can't I just use them up?"
"You brat, who did you learn this from? You are so shameless..."
"Who else but you."
Ling Linhan glared at him fiercely,
"Besides, I want to ask you! Why did you reveal your identity? Are you afraid that Brother Lou and the others will hear about it..."
However, Ling Yao shook his index finger and showed a smile that Ling Linhan couldn't see through:
"It's just that if they hear it, then your identity will be kept secret."
Looking at Ling Linhan's confused expression, Ling Yao explained:
"Think about it, the relationship between Liuchuan and the major outside forces is not good, and the Divine King Temple and our Yueyao Peak are even more hostile. Under normal circumstances, would the disciples of the Sword Sect take the initiative to expose their identities when they come to Liuchuan for training?"
Ling Linhan shook his head.
"If a Jianmen disciple reveals his identity, will any tribe dare to take him in despite the pressure from the God King Temple, or cooperate with him in hunting?"
Ling Linhan shook his head again.
"If you see a guy who can make two moves of Jianmen and dares to claim to be a direct descendant of Jianmen, and hangs out with people from the Naxi tribe, do you think it looks like people from the Naxi village just come out to pull tiger skins without knowing anything? , is it just pretentiousness and deception?”
Ling Linhan nodded.
Seeing Ling Linhan's stupid face, Ling Yao couldn't help but stretched out his claws and slapped the opponent's head twice:
"That's it! Not only the people in Naxi won't believe it, but the people in Anqizhai won't believe it either! They will only become more and more convinced that I am Jianmenwaimen pretending to be a direct descendant! Ouch, you are so cutely stupid... …”
Then Lingyao miraculously discovered that the brat was...
Didn't you avoid it? ?
So his mind echoed crazily, "I clearly told him he was stupid, why didn't he react?", "I even scratched my head and he didn't stab me to death", "Did I open it the wrong way?", "Sure enough, it was changed. Actor?", "Is this the legendary 'Last Supper'?", "This is definitely a fake Ling Linhan"...
And the complaints in his sea of knowledge also made crazy comments like "The protagonist's painting style has changed", "What kind of head-touching killing is this", "Together together", "If we have such a good relationship, I always feel that this NPC is a bit life-threatening" Beep.
Especially this last sentence made Ling Yao shrink his hand in fright for a second and look at a certain "protagonist" with a horrified expression.
Then he covered his forehead and started spinning in circles:
"No, no, no, no, no! This is too weird! If this continues, I might die out of nowhere one day!"
This made Ling Linhan look confused:
"What are you doing?"
Ling Yao suddenly stopped, turned around, grabbed Ling Linhan's shoulder, and said seriously:
"Before we go to the Thousand Poison Spider King, we should talk again. No, we must talk again! Let's talk clearly!"
Ling Linhan moved his shoulders unaccustomedly, and couldn't help but become serious when facing Ling Yao's inexplicably serious eyes:
"What... do you want to talk about? Just ask."
"You are Ling Linhan, right? You're not fake, are you? Didn't you have your body taken away from you? Do you still remember who your first girlfriend was?
"Otherwise! Why! You are so skilled at dismembering monsters! Also, it seems that my relationship with you is not as good as this! You didn't react!"
Ling Yao pointed to Ling Linhan's knife with an exaggerated expression, and then pointed to the top of his head.
Ling Linhan: I asked a nonsensical question with a serious expression!
"Of course I am...ahhh! Expecting to get along with someone like you normally is simply a stain on my brain!!"
Ling Linhan finally couldn't hold back, pushed Ling Yao's hand away, and walked forward without looking back.
Seeing this, Ling Yao hurriedly followed, touching his chin and nodding frequently:
"That's right! This seems more normal."
"So shut up, you!"
"You can't keep asking me questions if you're tempting me like this! And as I said, if we want to ensure temporary trust and cooperation between us, you have to be more honest..."
"Then tell me about the 'Blessed One'!"
"Ah? No, these are two different things..."
"It's fair to exchange one for one! Otherwise, never think about it!"
"Well..."
"Then don't ask questions and just concentrate on your journey!"
In the end, a certain salted fish could not escape the temptation of gossip:
"Change! Change, change! I'm on my way without delay! I want to hear the gossip!"
Ling Linhan took Xiao Hong and walked hand in hand with Ling Yao while casting a slightly disgusting look at Ling Yao.
Then he cleared his throat and spoke:
"Let me start from the beginning... Do you know why I finally decided to come to Rukawa three years ago?"
"Uh... Isn't it because I told you not to come that you have a rebellious mentality?"
"...Ah - so you really didn't have a good heart at that time, right?"
Ling Linhan glanced at him.
"Well... wasn't it clear that what I said at that time meant - 'I want to see you and Shenlong Academy tear each other apart'?"
Ling Yao spread his hands and pretended to be innocent.
"The final choice is always in your hands. Even if you don't believe half of the punctuation mark, then I'm just wasting some saliva. It won't hurt to try."
"So I didn't come to Rukawa because of your words. Even if I did have doubts at the time, it was not enough for me to make a choice."
Ling Linhan rolled his eyes, but did not refute Ling Yao.
"So after what happened in the Land of Heritage, I stayed in the academy for about half a year, and I witnessed with my own eyes how Xiao Jinnian incorporated the forces of the Hongzhong Gang into his own."
"Well, I saw he wrote me a letter about this. Then what? But you still ran out in the end, right?"
Ling Yao showed a slightly regretful expression,
"And it's completely different from what I expected. You actually decided to stay in Rukawa! Then how can I see you and Shenlong Academy quarreling..."
"You might as well restrain your mouth if you have evil thoughts, you bastard!"
"Could it be that it has something to do with your insistence on asking me what a 'Blessed One' is?"
Ling Yao suddenly turned his eyes and glanced at Ling Linhan.
Ling Linhan's mouth opened slightly, but no words came out for a long time.
"Ha... It's not my fault, you are so understanding. But I know this word because Xiao Ji Nian told me a year ago. Where did you hear it three years ago?"
"Xiao Zhiliang."
Monk Lingyao Erzhang was confused:
"Who? I probably don't recognize you. Just give me a name. Oh no, why does this name sound so familiar to me..."
Ling Linhan speeded up and jumped onto a huge rock:
"Let's speed up and take shortcuts. I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with them today, but we will catch up tomorrow anyway."
Ling Yao also jumped on the huge rock and looked towards the jungle ahead:
"Why don't you go directly to meet up near the haunt of the Thousand Poison Spider King? If you chase them now, you will take a long way around, right?"
"The Thousand Poison Spider King's haunts are very wide, and there is no guarantee that they will encounter them in another direction. Don't forget, although the main mission this time is to save people, your responsibility is to protect the safety of the hunting team. ah."
"Okay, you're right. Then let's meet them first. So who is Xiao Zhiliang? Just tell me directly, I'm too lazy to think about it."
Ling Linhan glanced at Ling Yao with a complicated expression, then tapped his toes and accelerated again:
"Don't you think the surname 'Xiao' sounds familiar to you?"
Before Ling Yao could make a move, he heard a soft word coming from the wind:
"Xiao Zhiliang is your good brother—Xiao Jinnian's benefactor and teacher."
