The night is dark and the wind is high.
Outside Nanyang City, there is a hundred miles of wilderness, covered with waist-high grass, undulating and swaying in the cold wind.
A thin figure dressed in black, carrying luggage, bent down and lowered his body, sneaking among the long grass.
Although according to the captain's wishes, Li Xiaozhu could hide in the Jingwei Yamen first and leave if he felt something was wrong.
But she left that night.
Li Xiaozhu understood that he was too weak, and if he stayed, he would be a drag on those who wanted to protect him.
Duan Zheng was seriously injured this time and could be saved, but if he continued to fight against the Deng family for her sake, he would definitely be killed.
"I want to recover as soon as possible." Li Xiaozhu thought silently in his heart.
"Dad, Mom, do you still remember that person who often came to pay New Year greetings and always had a straight face? Please bless him too."
After running for a long time, she stopped to rest and squatted down, hiding herself in the grass.
Looking back, the tall Nanyang City was only a blurry black shadow in the dark night.
Under the dim moonlight, the atmosphere in the wilderness was quiet. Only the rustling wind and the chirping of insects could be heard, but there were no other unusual sounds.
During this escape, Li Xiaozhu had been as careful as possible.
After changing his clothes, he walked around the city a few times, using the crowds to hide himself. After making sure that no one was following him, he sneaked out while the city gate was closing.
She knew there were risks in this move, but she still had to bear the risks she should bear.
Fortunately, now it seems that it should be safe.
She breathed a sigh of relief and took one last longing look at her hometown.
After escaping this time, he will not come back in the short term, even if the team recovers from his injuries.
You have to be promoted to at least three realms before you are eligible to go home.
If he could become a Grandmaster of the Four Realms and return to Nanyang, even the entire Deng family would have to give in.
Now in the second realm, she could only run away like a bereaved dog.
"I still haven't cultivated enough." Li Xiaozhu regretted a little. In the past two years, her life had been relatively comfortable, and she had become a little tired of practicing.
It wasn't until this moment that I deeply realized the importance of cultivation.
Every time you advance to a higher level, your destiny will be very different.
"Let's go to Xingyang and find a place where we can practice in peace."
After the break, Li Xiaozhu wiped his sweat and prepared to continue setting off.
The sound of flapping wings came from behind, getting closer and closer.
Li Xiaozhu quickly fell to the ground and looked back.
A gray finch was seen fluttering its wings. Instead of continuing to fly forward, it began to hover above her.
"What happened..."
Her heart sank, and she immediately realized something was wrong.
Many of the small demon birds of the bird type are not very ferocious, and have a good relationship with the human race. Those powerful families and sects like to keep a few of them and cultivate them carefully, and they can be used for conveying messages and tracking.
There are also two hummingbirds in Jingwei Yamen, which are taken care of by dedicated personnel. Li Xiaozhu has seen them before.
They have a high level of intelligence, can speak demon language, can communicate simply with people, and can be sent out to perform tasks. With their extremely sharp vision, they can easily lock on targets in a vast sea of people.
The light body of the bird monsters allows them to fly at astonishing speeds. Even if the master of Qi Refining flies in the wind, he may not be able to catch up.
Li Xiaozhu pursed his lips, quietly took out a steel needle from his backpack, found the right moment, and threw it into the sky.
Whoa—the gray shadow flashed and appeared three feet away in an instant.
"Chirp, chirp." The gray sparrow danced in the air, making a crisp and cheerful cry, as if it was mocking the little girl below.
Li Xiaozhu tried again, but the steel needle didn't even touch the gray bird's shadow.
She shook her head helplessly. In the second level of Qi Refining, spiritual energy can only cover the body surface and is used to protect herself. It has no offensive power.
If you can advance to the third level of "separation from the body", the spiritual energy will escape from the body and push the steel needle to fly, and the speed will be many times faster.
Now, unable to help the agile Gray Bird, she could only continue running to see if she could escape into the forest ahead before the enemy caught up with her.
Li Xiaozhu stood up and stopped bending down to cover his whereabouts. He straightened up and ran wildly, using all his strength to escape into the distance.
The gray sparrow did not attack her, but hovered above her, chirping incessantly, as if it was a ruthless mockery.
As time passed, the bright moon rose in the east, and the moonlight gradually became brighter, illuminating the wilderness clearly.
Li Xiaozhu was alone, running for his life in front.
A team of more than 20 people behind them, all riding fast horses, galloped in pursuit, closing the distance closer and closer.
"Come up, tease her, don't hurt your face, the young master will still enjoy it." Someone laughed.
As if a predator was playing with the prey under its claws, a big man showed a cruel smile, whipped his whip, and rushed forward at an accelerated speed.
Li Xiaozhu turned around and was met with a steel needle, which he swung over violently. More than a dozen needles glowed coldly under the moonlight, instantly covering one person and one rider.
call out--
The horse neighed and almost fell, and the strong man screamed in pain and rolled to the ground.
"Haha, useless guy." Everyone laughed and rushed past the strong man.
These people are all body-training warriors, thugs raised by the Deng Mansion. They have good martial arts skills, and their ability to use hidden weapons is even better than that of Li Xiaozhu.
After learning from the strong man's lesson, they stayed behind and attacked from a distance, using the little girl as a living target.
The sharp flying knife spun away and easily cut open the package on Li Xiaozhu's back, causing all the contents inside to fall out.
Several locust stones shot out with a roar, hitting her right shoulder first, then her left shoulder, crippled both of her arms.
The last two locust stones accurately hit the knee sockets of both legs.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xiaozhu's four joints were broken and he fell to the ground. He had no power to resist and could only roll around in pain in the grass.
"You are such a silly girl. Mr. Deng has never treated you 'guardians' badly. He lied on the bed with his legs spread out and got the panacea. What a beautiful deal. I'm not qualified to do it, Lao Zhang." You don’t want to.”
The leading man shook his head and smiled, holding a coil of hemp rope in his hand, and slowly rode forward.
The rest of the people also laughed obscenely and surrounded him while telling all kinds of dirty jokes.
Li Xiaozhu stared at them, his eyes were red and his eyes were about to burst.
She was unable to kill these bad guys one by one. As a "chivalrous knight", she was still too weak.
I live up to the expectations of my parents and brother.
But she still had one breath, one last breath.
Maybe he can take one person away before biting his tongue and killing himself.
When a Qi practitioner has a full body of Qi, he suddenly tightens his chest and abdomen and presses it out, and then he can exhale and hurt people.
If you can hold rocks or iron pellets in your mouth, it is also a very lethal hidden weapon method.
However, the range of this move is too short and it is difficult to hit, so it is often used as a trump card in close combat.
Li Xiaozhu wanted to find a harder stone and rolled it on the ground a few times, but unfortunately he could only see some broken sand.
But there was something hard between the collar, which stung her.
Li Xiaozhu suddenly realized, lying on the ground, looking at the starry sky above his head, a trace of nostalgia flashed in his eyes.
"Help me one last time, brother."
"Although the 'flying sword' you gave me is fake, it may not be able to kill bad guys."
She rolled deep into the grass, endured the severe pain in her shoulder, took out the pocket wooden sword, bit off the string, and held it in her mouth.
When the leading man came closer.
"Ho!"
With the last breath in the Qi Refiner's chest, he pushed the pocket wooden sword forward violently and resolutely, turning it into a blue shadow and shooting away in an instant.
The man had already expected it, so he lay down directly on the horse, letting the green shadow pass over his head and disappear into the distance.
"Haha, little girl, this move of the Qi Refiner is no longer a secret."
Li Xiaozhu bit his tongue, feeling a little sad.
Still a little worse.
However, at the last moment, she breathed out her breath to wield her sword, and faced the enemy from a distance. She looked a bit like a female swordsman, which was pretty good.
This made her feel a little relieved again, and she felt less regretful.
The man on the horse sat upright again and sneered, "Is there nothing you can do now?"
Everyone also laughed expectantly, "Quick, knock him unconscious and carry him back."
The gray bird in the sky suddenly screamed rapidly, its voice almost deformed, and it was extremely panicked.
In the air, there was a faint strange sound, which continued continuously.
Everyone looked up in confusion, the smiles on their faces suddenly stiffened, they lost their composure on the spot, and everyone screamed in surprise.
"how so!"
The leading man turned pale with fright, twitched his riding crop crazily, and turned around to escape.
Under the night, there is a long stretch of green light, which is instantly immersed in the moonlight.
The cold wind howled everywhere, and a pocket wooden sword came back again, carrying suffocating pressure, like a blue thunder in the clouds, suddenly falling from the sky.
The sharp edge flickered, like a dazzling electric light, too cold to be looked directly at.
The weeds fell and the horses screamed.
This vast wasteland seemed to be surrendering to the sword at this moment.
In an instant, the green sword light illuminated the night and Li Xiaozhu's dirty little face.
She stared blankly at the sky, feeling extremely shocked, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes.
"Brother has never lied to me. This is really a flying sword."
