Yaoxian Valley is not small. Although there are only a few disciples all year round, the ward can accommodate at least two hundred patients, so there are many odd jobs. Normally, even without this tournament, Yaoxian Valley's patients are always full. For this martial arts competition, Yaoxian Valley spent a lot of money to build a "Yaoxian Tower" in order to provide a place for the martial arts people who came to participate in the war to live.
Yaoxian Valley is not short of money. Whether they hold martial arts conferences or auction snow lotus, they are just to further increase their popularity.
Agarwood did not stay in Yaoxian Tower like those martial arts people did, but went straight into the depths of Yaoxian Valley. A child delivering medicine saw her and hurriedly came over to greet her.
"Master Shen, you are here."
Agarwood nodded and said nothing.
The child put down the medicine, wiped his hands and said, "Please come with me."
Agarwood followed the child into a pharmacy not far away, turned several more corners, and finally stopped in a quiet courtyard.
"Master Shen, please wait a minute. I'll go and report to the young lady." Xiaotong was only eight or nine years old, but he spoke and acted like an adult.
Agarwood branch said: "No need."
Without waiting for the child to object, she walked straight to a wooden house in another courtyard, opened the door and went in. The house was filled with a strong medicinal aroma that made her head dizzy. The table on the floor was covered with medicine boxes. On one side of the room, the screen was replaced by a thick curtain, making it impossible to see what was going on inside.
As soon as she entered the room, a female voice came from the curtains.
"You're here." The voice couldn't tell her age, it sounded like she was in her twenties or forties.
Agarwood branch did not answer.
The voice was a little angry: "It's becoming more and more unruly."
Agarwood ignored this sentence and said, "I have already informed the people in Chaolan Valley."
"You should have arrived days ago."
After entering the door, the two of them said four sentences in total, none of them touching each other.
The agarwood branch said nothing.
The woman behind the curtain said again: "Don't you want to die?"
"My life is my own."
"You can't die now, and you don't want to die. Did you finish your medicine a few days ago? How brave are you, not afraid of dying on the road?"
"When did you become so fond of talking nonsense?"
The curtain moved, and something flew out from inside. I picked up the agarwood branch and it turned out to be a medicine bottle.
"Hmph, get out of here after taking the medicine. It's not enough to accomplish anything, but it's more likely to fail."
Chen Xiangzhi smiled, a bit cruel and disdainful. She didn't leave, but directly opened the curtain and walked in. In the curtain, a woman sat with her back to her. In front of the woman was a table with an oil lamp and a few books. She didn't seem to feel the agarwood branches coming in, or in other words, she didn't care at all.
Agarwood took out the steel umbrella and pressed the spring. A steel needle about a foot long came out from the front of the umbrella. She gently pressed the steel needle against the back of the woman's head, sneered and said, "Li Fengyao, I want you." Death, your body has long been gone."
"Hahaha," the woman suddenly laughed and bent down as if she had heard something very funny. "Kill me? Do you dare? With your little ability, how many days can you survive without me? Listen. You said you went to Luzhou, but I still overestimated you. How could you come up with such a stupid idea? Do you really think of yourself as some kind of bullshit sect leader?"
Agarwood was not angry. She took back the steel umbrella, leaned down, and whispered something in Li Fengyao's ear. Li Fengyao's body suddenly froze, and she seemed speechless.
Agarwood's smile became playful, and she said, "It's just to tease each other, you... are not as smart as your daughter."
…
Li Fenglan and the others walked for more than half a month and finally arrived at Yaoxian Valley. Although this journey is not boring, it is definitely not easy. The weather gets hotter as we go south. In order to avoid the sun, we can only walk on small roads, but the roads are rugged and the journey is quite bumpy. Moreover, there were few people on the path, so they had to sleep outdoors. After ten days, they only had three nights in total to lie down in bed.
On the carriage, Li Fenglan and Hu Hu lay listlessly on the carriage window, completely unprepared. You can't blame them for this. When Li Fenglan first came out of Luoyang, although Li Fenglan thought that no one would assassinate her in the near future, she still kept her spirits up. Who would have thought that after walking all the way, they didn't encounter a single ambush, and the five of them couldn't help but feel a little tired.
Li Fenglan asked Zhu Mingyu feebly: "Taoist Zhu, how long does it take to get to Yaoxian Valley?"
Zhu Mingyu counted with his fingers and replied: "As fast as three hours, as slowly as one day."
"Hey..." Li Fenglan sighed, "If I see Master Shen of Thorns Sect, I will definitely beat her up. Why should I go to Yaoxian Valley if I have nothing to do? Why don't you just stay in Luoyang? Listen? It is said that autumn has entered Luoyang and the weather is very cool."
Zhu Mingyu smiled and said: "You grew up in the north, so you must have never seen the scenery of the south. Why not take advantage of this time to appreciate it."
I have seen several stunning scenery along the way, but good scenery cannot be eaten as food, it can only be a relief for a while, and when I recover, I have to continue on my way.
Zhu Mingyu often travels around the world. Although Li Fenglan and the others are tired, he doesn't dare. Enemies often appear when you are least lazy. But it was indeed safe now. They were walking on a forest path at the moment. It was noon and no one was ambushing them at this time.
Furthermore, when they entered the woods, the birds in the forest were frightened wherever they went, so there was obviously no ambush.
However, on a tree branch deep in the woods, a man wearing a black robe was sitting there. The black robe is very wide, covering from head to toe. In this breathless heat wave, there is obviously something serious wrong with dressing up like this.
Under the tree, a young man leaned against the trunk, looking at a sparrow that landed on his finger with a smile.
The young man raised his head. The left side of his face looked somewhat handsome, but the right side of his face was covered with burns and even had no eyelids, which was particularly scary.
The young man said to the man in black robe on the tree: "Senior Taotie, they are here."
The man on the branch spoke, his voice old and hoarse: "Cheer up, those two girls are not easy to deal with."
"Based on the knowledge of seniors, where could they rank in that year?"
"Fu Yanhe is invincible."
"It's hard to swallow. I just said that I don't want to take this order, so I have to get involved."
“Cut the nonsense and let your bird move.”
The young man reluctantly raised his left eyebrow, and then whistled loudly.
This whistle shocked Zhu Mingyu.
The birds in the forest did not fly or whistle. This reminded Zhu Mingyu of something he really didn't want to think about.
Zhu Mingyu shouted: "Leave the carriage behind! Let's run!"
Li Fenglan was a little confused and asked: "What? The whistler is very good?"
"yes!"
After being in contact with him for a period of time, Li Fenglan knew that Zhu Mingyu was a calm person, and he would not lose his composure as long as the sky did not fall. But looking at Zhu Mingyu now, there was cold sweat on his forehead. Li Fenglan realized the danger, picked up the amber and jade in the carriage and jumped out of the carriage.
Mu Yun suddenly said: "I can't run away."
Mu Yun sat in the carriage with his eyes closed, as if listening to something.
Amber asked doubtfully: "How did you know?"
Mu Yun did not answer Hu Hu's words, but opened his eyes and asked Zhu Mingyu loudly: "Taoist Zhu! Are they masters of poison?!"
"Yes!" Zhu Mingyu gritted his teeth and said, "It's too late, it's too late, it's already too late when you hear the whistle. You can't hide, everyone, prepare to fight the enemy! There are two enemies, one uses poison and is good at releasing poisonous mist. The other One is better at using poison. He has raised a bunch of birds! A bunch of poisonous birds! Cover your mouth and nose with a piece of cloth. Remember! Don’t get hurt! Don’t come into contact with their skin!”
Several people did not dare to neglect and hurriedly tore off their sleeves to cover their mouths and noses.
In the woods, the young man listened quietly to the movements of Li Fenglan and others, and said with a smile: "This Zhu Mingyu is a trouble. Although I don't want to take this job, I still have to thank you, Senior Taotie. I will leave the other few to you. , Zhu Mingyu left it to me."
"You're good at taking the job and leaving the difficult part to me."
"He who can do the hard work, you old man is better than me."
"Glib, stop talking nonsense and do it."
Li Fenglan felt like facing a formidable enemy. Zhu Mingyu stared around and whispered: "When you hear the whistle later, be sure to pay attention to the birds above your head. These birds are soaked in poisonous vats and are extremely poisonous."
Li Fenglan asked: "What then?"
"Do your best, everyone."
Another whistle sounded, and the sound of birds flapping their wings came from all directions. After a while, a group of birds of various colors attacked them. The sheer number of them makes one’s scalp numb.
Except for Li Fenglan, the other four people drew their weapons and shot down the bird that attacked them. If you look closely at these birds, you will see that each of them has dull fur. Some birds have even lost all their hair except their feathers, and their exposed skin has begun to fester. The beheaded bird began to rot soon after it landed on the ground, and the smell in the air was extremely unpleasant.
Li Fenglan did not participate in the attack, but tried her best to avoid the birds. If someone is coming from the other side, even if it is Li Fenglan, No. 100, he won't be afraid. The worst he can do is run away. But now the birds in the sky don't dare to use Qing Kung at all. At this time, she saw two people walking towards them not far away. Birds were surrounding them, and she couldn't see clearly how tall, short, fat or thin they were.
"Be careful! Someone is coming!" Li Fenglan shouted.
As her shout ended, the two men suddenly sped up and rushed toward them. Jade and Amber didn't think much and charged towards the two men.
The two men did not bring any weapons, and attacked the two men with only a pair of fleshy palms. Jade and Amber thought about Zhu Mingyu's words just now, and they didn't dare to take over for a moment, so they had to deal with it.
During the fight, they saw the two men clearly, an old man and a young man, but... half of the young man's face was covered in scars, and he didn't even have eyelids. As for the old man... his whole face only had a thin layer of flesh, as if a layer of red gauze was covering his skull. Amber, who is naturally timid, was taken aback. Although Jade was not afraid of anything, she was still startled.
The young man ignored Jade and Amber and went straight towards Zhu Mingyu.
Mo Changfeng said that no one in this world can beat Jade and Amber who joined forces. This was true, but when it came to this old man, Mo Changfeng made a miscalculation. The old man didn't know what secret method he used. His palms were always lingering with a vague black mist. This was probably the person Zhu Mingyu mentioned just now who was "good at using poisonous mist".
This poisonous mist was extremely strange. When it touched the weapons of the two men, the poisonous mist actually climbed up along the weapons! The two shook it hard several times before driving away the poisonous mist.
In less than a quarter of the incense stick, the air was filled with the rotten stench, and there was also a... strange smell that seemed to be there but not there. Everyone knew that the smell was the smell of black smoke on the old man's hands, because... they felt that their skin was numb when they smelled that smell.
Those birds were controlled by the young man. After he fought with Zhu Mingyu, most of the birds attacked Zhu Mingyu. The young man's martial arts skills were average, but with the addition of those birds that appeared out of nowhere, Zhu Mingyu's fight was extremely embarrassing.
"Zhu Mingyu," the young man said easily, "I let you run away last time, but this time...hehe."
Zhu Mingyu's handsome face was full of anger, and memories from a few years ago kept flooding into his heart.
Taiyuan, a small village in the mountains, men and women running for their lives, children dying tragically in front of them. Zhu Mingyu's eyes gradually turned red, and his sword skills became more and more fierce. He gritted his teeth tightly and didn't say a word.
Mu Yun stayed by Li Fenglan's side, protecting her from the incoming birds.
Li Fenglan felt something was wrong, it wasn't like this, something was wrong.
