"Damn it! I actually let this guy escape in the end."
I roared with some anger and helplessness, and waved my fist fiercely.
Can only hit the air.
Wow!
There was a splash of water in the river nearby, revealing Li Miao's voice.
He slowly swam back to the shore, his whole body wet, and his face looked very tired.
"I'm sorry, Brother Wu, I couldn't catch up with the demon monk and the evil cultivator. It's probably that some kind of magic was cast on the small wooden boat, so it was very fast, and I was also a little exhausted."
I quickly reached out my hand and pulled Li Miao out of the water.
He said while shaking his head.
"Brother Li, please don't say that. It was all about me, and we fought the evil cultivator together to the death. In the end, you jumped into the water and chased the boat. Thank you very much!"
I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what's good and what's good.
From the beginning to the end, Li Miao really tried his best to help me.
How could you blame him?
No one could have imagined that a demon monk would show up at the last moment and really save the evil cultivator!
"Let's go, Brother Li, let's quickly go see the brothers who are helping."
I need five helpers arranged by Yao Tianlin for me, which can be regarded as my best effort.
He knew that the people he was dealing with were not ordinary people, but he didn't back down.
They swarmed up and beat and shocked the evil cultivator who was already seriously injured, until he was left with only half life... He was considered a hero!
Li Miao and I returned to the sorghum field.
These five young people had just struggled to stand up from the ground, with fear that had not yet completely dissipated on their faces, looking like they were still frightened.
The leader, whose name is Huang Jun, is the most courageous and the most skilled.
He saw me coming back at this time and took the initiative to greet me.
"Brother Wu, has the evil cultivator you mentioned been successfully killed by the two of you?"
I shook my head.
"It's a pity that he still ran away. However, he is basically half dead. He should be unable to harm others for more than half a year or even a year."
This can be considered good news.
I have a deeper understanding of the power of the magic sword that Master gave me!
The knife I hit on the evil cultivator's chest was definitely not an ordinary injury.
It will definitely make him feel uncomfortable!
In comparison, Huang Jun and others electrocuted him half to death, and Li Miao stabbed him through the thighs, which were nothing.
I smiled and said, bowing my hands towards Huang Jun and the others.
"This time we can further inflict serious damage on the evil cultivator, all thanks to the help of all my friends. It's not convenient right now. When I go back, I will definitely compensate you for some hard work through Uncle Yao."
As a person, I am never stingy with people who help me.
In the past six months, I have made a lot of money carrying coffins with Lao Cao...
Some of it was given to my parents at home, some of it was used as money for my daily meals, and some of it was saved.
Although Yao Tianlin will definitely benefit from this kind of help from others.
But as the owner, of course I have to express myself.
After hearing this, Huang Jun expressed his gratitude again with a happy face.
Money, no one dislikes it.
The seven of us walked back to River Street from the fields by the river, said our goodbyes, and then parted ways.
They supported each other and walked back to the place where they lived together, while Li Miao and I went to the coffin shop.
…
When Lao Cao saw us coming back, he smiled and asked what was the result?
"Alas, we let that guy run away at the last moment! If I had known better, I should have asked you, Lao Cao, to come and help. I always thought of not bothering you, but it turned out that guy has been inseparable from us for a long time..."
I said a little depressed.
Originally, the [Yin Pact] with Zhou Min was my own business, so I just wanted to let Lao Cao and Yuan Fei have less involvement in the cause and effect.
But thinking about it carefully, with my current close relationship with Lao Cao and the others, this idea is actually not entirely correct!
As close friends, we have long had a close connection with each other, and cause and effect have already influenced each other.
Why bother anymore?
What's more, this evil cultivator is the same one we fought together.
So, I told Lao Cao the whole situation at the riverside in detail from beginning to end, while Li Miao made some supplementary explanations beside me.
After hearing this, he also shook his head and sighed.
"It is indeed a pity! Such a powerful evil cultivator has done so many evil things and harmed so many people. If we can kill him in one fell swoop, not only will Xiao Wu and your dark promise be completely fulfilled, but we will also be able to help When the people eliminate harm, they themselves will also accumulate negative virtues."
It can be said that it kills three birds with one stone!
"Who says it isn't?"
I smiled wryly and shrugged.
Now that the matter is over, it's a foregone conclusion, and there's nothing to regret about it over and over again. I'm not the indecisive type either.
What's more, I have a hunch that this evil cultivator will have some entanglements with us in the future.
When the time comes to meet him, give him a fatal blow and kill him completely!
Wang Hu floated to the side, quietly listening to Li Miao and I finish chatting with Lao Cao, and then he smiled and came closer to talk.
"Everyone, are you hungry? I'll give you something to eat."
As soon as Wang Hu talked about the noodles he cooked, we were all hungry!
I answered immediately.
"Eat! Uncle Hu's craftsmanship is very good. Let's make hot pot noodles."
Wang Hu smiled and nodded.
"Okay, no problem. Listen to Brother Wu!"
…
Twenty minutes later, Lao Cao, Li Miao and I were sitting together with a big bowl, eating noodles.
As a native of Chongqing, although our Chongqing noodles are delicious, they later became famous throughout the country.
But it was too spicy after all.
If you have a late-night snack, it’s better to have something lighter.
Therefore, this traditional hot pot noodles with pork has become the first choice. Not only is the meat slices tender, smooth and delicious, it is full of aroma, it is also very nourishing to the stomach.
To be honest, practitioners generally have a large appetite.
Especially for practitioners who have cultivated "Qi", their appetite is almost two to three times that of ordinary people of the same body type!
According to my master, if we explain it from a biological perspective, the Qi we cultivate can actually be regarded as a kind of biological energy.
Since it is energy, it must have a source!
Most of them are transformed by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while a small number are obtained directly from food.
Naturally, they eat more than ordinary people!
In fact, it is not only people like us who practice martial arts, but also those who practice martial arts among miscellaneous sects.
Because unlike us, whose source of power mainly relies on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the source of energy for those who practice martial arts is all food...
So I heard from my master that during the Republic of China, those great masters of martial arts practiced martial arts to incredible levels.
For example, people like Dong Haichuan, Sun Lutang, Yang Luchan, Guo Yunshen, etc. - they can go without eating for a week, or they can eat a whole cow in one meal!
One punch has the strength of thousands of kilograms.
It's simply unbelievable.
That's because their body muscles, fascia, bone marrow, etc. have been cultivated to an incredible level and can store ten times more nutrients than ordinary people.
Although they are not as famous as Huang Feihong and Fearless, their kung fu is even better.
Although such a great master of martial arts has no energy in his body and does not know any techniques, he only practices fists and kicks.
But it is said that even the masters of Longhu Mountain and Maoshan Sect will treat them as equals.
There are also rumors that Yang Luchan, the former Taiji Grandmaster, accidentally encountered a group of evil cultivators on his way to the capital, causing harm to his neighbors. They wanted to kill hundreds of people in the entire village to refine evil magic weapons!
So he took action boldly and started a fight with these evil cultivators.
At first, these evil cultivators thought that he was an ordinary person. Even if he knew some boxing and kicking skills, he was just a "martial arts warrior" who was not popular with him in the miscellaneous sect.
Unexpectedly, Yang Luchan's martial arts was so terrifying.
Those evil cultivators' magical weapons were completely ineffective against him, and many of his spells were dispelled by his roar.
As for himself, he would kill one with one punch or one kick.
In the end, the group destroyed the evil cultivators and continued to the capital...
When Master told me these stories, he also hoped that I would pay more attention to "martial arts". You need to practice diligently and don't lag too far behind spells, Feng Shui, and family immortals.
In fact, martial arts is still very useful!
Back to business.
But the three of us wiped our mouths with satisfaction after eating Wang Hu’s soy-pot slippery pork noodles.
We talked about the evil cultivator and the monster monk again. I would like to ask the well-informed Lao Cao if he knows the details of that monk?
But Lao Cao just smiled bitterly and said that there are so many branches and inheritances of folk dharma!
Sometimes a slightly more powerful monk can form a folk lineage of his own and then pass it on to his disciples. So there’s no way to know that much detail…
Perhaps there really is a very clear inheritance of Taoism, that is, those famous sects.
It's just that those people have always thought very highly of themselves, and most of the time they practice in Taoist temples and temples in the mountains, and are not very exposed to the folk dharma like ours.
"etc!"
I reacted suddenly, stood up in a flash, and slapped my thigh hard.
"That's right! Although we didn't kill the evil cultivator, we have seriously injured him. He is basically half dead, at least he won't be able to recover for a long time."
"Especially tonight, when he is definitely at his weakest. So no matter what he did before, this should be the time when he is most defenseless."
Before I finished speaking, Li Miao had already reacted.
He took over the conversation and said.
"That's right! The evil cultivator killed the yin woman Zhou Min and sank to the bottom of the Sichuan River. He used evil methods to catalyze her to quickly become a powerful corpse. The last time we went to retrieve the corpse, we triggered the defense and failed. But the evil cultivator was half dead. The various defensive measures deployed will probably be so weak that they will no longer be the same."
"Let's go! Let's go retrieve the body now. I'm 80% sure that we can retrieve Zhou Min's body from the bottom of the river."
Li Miao seemed very excited and looked at each other with me.
Lao Cao laughed heartily and said he would go with him.
This time, I did not refuse and accepted his help.
"Ma Lai!"
Lao Cao used his magic and summoned two paper horses from upstairs - they were also old acquaintances, oh no, they were old familiar horses.
Whenever I go out to do errands at night, I always ride them.
It is estimated that it would be troublesome and difficult for Lao Cao to make a paper horse of this level, so there are always two paper horses and no new ones are added.
After Lao Cao told Wang Hu to keep an eye on the coffin shop, we got on our horses and headed to the Chuanjiang River in the northern suburbs of the town...
This time, in order to achieve a wave of success, there will be no repetition. Li Miao also rode back to his own yard first and brought Heizi over.
Three people, a dog, and two paper horses stood on the edge of the Sichuan River.
The cold river wind blows in the face, bringing with it a watery smell unique to large rivers that is not unpleasant.
Heizi kept turning his head to look at me.
I understood what it meant and said it quickly.
"Well, I mean I bring meat for you to eat every time I go to your home to see you. Not tonight, I didn't go to your home to see you. We met by the river."
The big black dog obviously understood what I said, and actually rolled his eyes at me, then lowered his head and let out a low growl from his throat.
It seems to be saying: There are quite a few excuses!
Both Lao Cao and Li Miao couldn't help but smile.
"Okay, everyone get on the boat!"
Li Miao waved his hand and pointed at his small wooden boat dedicated to fishing out corpses next to the small pier.
Of course the paper horse stayed on the shore, and three of us and one dog got on the boat.
I took out some Zhou Min's relics from my pocket - after I went to her house that time, I secretly brought a lot of useless things back to the coffin to lay out, just because I felt they needed to be used from time to time.
"Brother Li, here you go."
What I handed to Li Miao was a large piece of cloth cut from one of Zhou Min's coats.
After taking it, he muttered something, and then threw it on the river.
That piece of rag actually went against the rapid current of the river and went upstream!
Li Miao's eyes lit up.
"There's something going on!"
Immediately, he propped up his bamboo pole and drove his small wooden boat up the river.
Ordinary people would definitely be surprised if they saw this magical sight - after all, this kind of non-mechanical power boat, which relies solely on human power to support poles and rows, is almost impossible to travel against the current!
Probably less than a hundred meters upstream, the piece of rag stopped somewhere in the water.
Then he hit a whirlpool and was sucked into the whirlpool.
"This is it!"
Li Miao said with certainty.
His face became very confident, and he firmly believed that Zhou Min's body could be retrieved tonight.
He took off his shirt, revealing his muscular body.
"I'm going to go down and fish her out! Boss Cao, Brother Wu, you two can help me keep an eye on it. Although the problem is not big, we should be more cautious."
I nodded.
"Okay, brother Li, don't worry!"
So, Li Miao tied the black dog hair rope around his waist, and then held a dagger in his mouth.
Plop.
Jumped into the cold river at night.
Lao Cao, Heizi, I were waiting on the boat.
What is very amazing is that this small wooden boat does not have anything to anchor it, and it just floats in the fast current of the Sichuan River. It sways but won't float away.
It seems that this is also the secret skill of the corpse hunter, right?
In about three to five minutes, I felt the rope in my hand being pulled into the water three times regularly.
I was immediately delighted, and Lao Cao and I pulled the rope up hard.
Because this code means that everything goes well!
Soon, a splash appeared on the surface of the water.
Then there were black hair like water plants, spreading out on the water.
A pale woman's face appeared on the water...