After a long time, Xu Shouguang opened his eyes in the wooden house and saw himself lying in front of a table. Xu Shouguang tried his best to support the table with both hands and stood up slowly, but then an extreme sense of dizziness hit him. Xu Shouguang failed to stop and fell to the ground with a thud.
"If I were you, I would lie down right now..." A deep voice sounded, and two feet appeared in front of Xu Shouguang's eyes. Looking up, he saw the old man standing in front of Xu Shouguang. After glancing diagonally downward, he turned around and sat at the table.
Xu Shouguang struggled to get up, sat down on the table leg, and took in his surroundings. This wooden house is not big, with an inner room separated by a wooden wall in the middle. The furnishings in the hall where Xu Shouguang is are simple, with a square table in the middle and two benches in front of the table. The old man sits on the bench and keeps pounding. Medicine, there were two shelves standing in front of the wall, filled with all kinds of bottles and jars, but nothing else.
"Senior, may I ask what's going on?" Xu Shouguang asked.
The old man concentrated on pounding the medicine without raising his head. After a long time, he finally said: "I'm poisoned..."
"Poisoned?"
The old man took the mortar in his hand, squatted down in front of Xu Shouguang, stretched out his hand suddenly, and pulled out a silver needle from Xu Shouguang's chest. The old man moved so fast that Xu Shouguang had no time to react. He instantly felt a heartbreaking pain in his chest, and then Spit out a mouthful of black blood.
The old man put the blackened silver needle into his cuff, then handed the mortar in his hand to Xu Shouguang's hand, and said with no expression of joy or anger: "The peach blossom poison has been forced out, you can take some of this herb and apply it to the needle hole on your chest. Eat the rest."
Xu Shouguang took the mortar, followed the old man's instructions, applied the herbs to the needle holes, and then stuffed the rest of the mortar into his mouth. After taking the herbal medicine, after a while, Xu Shouguang felt that the dizziness gradually subsided, and his limbs were no longer sore and weak.
Xu Shouguang stood up and tried to bend down and stretch his legs. It was no problem, so he immediately ran to the old man, knelt down and bowed: "That's when I was arrogant. I didn't listen to the warning of my senior and insisted on eating the peach. Fortunately, my senior was magnanimous and gave me the gift of mercy." With a helping hand, my life was saved. Thank you, senior, for your life-saving grace!"
The old man only fiddled with the medicine bottles on the shelf and ignored Xu Shouguang. Xu Shouguang knelt for a long time, but when the old man ignored him, he had no choice but to stand up.
"Senior, this junior never owes favors. If you need anything, just ask. I will do my best to do it."
The old man still ignored him and just stood in front of the shelf shaking the medicine bottle.
Seeing that the old man still ignored him, Xu Shouguang thought to himself: "This old man is really weird and doesn't answer anything. Has he always been in this valley and never had contact with outsiders?"
Xu Shouguang raised his eyes and glanced at the old man. When he saw the old man reaching for the bottle on the shelf, Xu Shouguang rushed forward, took off the bottle, held it in front of the old man with both hands, and then smiled flatteringly. Unexpectedly, the old man rolled his eyes at him, pushed Xu Shouguang away with one hand, and took a jar behind Xu Shouguang. Xu Shouguang felt bored and had to put the bottle back in its place.
Xu Shouguang looked at it for a while, and when he saw that the old man had no intention of answering him, he had to hand over his hand and said, "Senior, I will take my leave first. I will remember the kindness of my senior and I will repay it in the future!" After that, he walked out of the valley. went.
Just then, he came out of the valley. After walking a few steps, a ragged little beggar came towards him. When he saw Xu Shouguang, the little beggar hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Brother, may I ask if the layman Xinglin is here?"
"Xinglin layman?" Xu Shouguang suddenly thought of the apricot trees in this valley, "But an old man with a red face and a white beard?"
"Exactly, exactly. Brother, have you met his old man? Little beggar, I have something important to report to the layman Xinglin."
"Hahaha, I've seen it before. If you keep walking along the stream, there will be a peach grove in front of you. There is a wooden house in the peach grove. That's where it is." Xu Shouguang pointed to the creek in the valley and said.
"Thank you!" The little beggar bowed slightly to thank him, and then hurriedly ran towards the valley.
"This old man is quite famous..." Xu Shouguang smiled, and then he suddenly felt that something was wrong. Although the feet of this ragged little beggar were stained with a lot of mud, underneath the mud was a pair of delicate shoes. Moiré boots!
"Which little beggar can afford to wear moiré boots? This person is no ordinary person!" Thinking of this, Xu Shouguang hurriedly wanted to stop the little beggar and ask him clearly, but when he turned around, there was no other little beggar in front of him.
"Oops! I have to go back and take a look quickly, don't let the old man hurt others..."
Under the wooden house in the valley, the layman Xinglin stood in front of the door, holding a letter handed over by the little beggar with both hands. He was about to open it when he heard someone shouting in the distance: "Senior, be careful, this person is cheating!"
Hearing Xu Shouguang shouting like this, the little beggar's face immediately turned fierce. He bent down and took out a dagger from his boot. The blade of the dagger showed a strange dark green color, which was obviously quenched with poison. The little beggar raised the dagger and rushed towards the layman Xinglin. The layman Xinglin obviously heard what Xu Shouguang was shouting and was well prepared. He only twisted his steps slightly and gave way to the little beggar. Then he flicked his sleeves and the two A cold light shot out from the cuffs, hitting the little beggar's ankles one after the other. The silver needle easily passed through the boots and penetrated deeply into the flesh. Suddenly, the little beggar felt his feet go weak and he knelt on the ground with a plop.
Layman Xinglin put his hands behind his back, stared seriously at the little beggar kneeling in front of him, and asked, "Who instigated you to assassinate me?"
The little beggar turned around and looked at the layman Xinglin fiercely. He swung the poisoned dagger in his hand at the layman Xinglin, but Xu Shouguang caught up with the flying dagger and knocked it down with his sword. Then Xu Shouguang stepped forward, kicked the little beggar to the ground, stepped on his back, made a fierce look, and said viciously: "Little bastard, why don't you tell the truth now, otherwise don't blame me." I am so ruthless that I will break your tendons and hamstrings..."
The little beggar was stepped on by Xu Shouguang. He struggled desperately, but could not get up, so he said to Xu Shouguang: "Let me go first, and I will tell you..."
Xu Shouguang glanced at the layman Xinglin, and when he saw the old man nodded, he let go of his feet and stood next to the layman Xinglin. The little beggar got up and sat on the ground, dusted his chest, and said without raising his eyes: "Old man, I'm not afraid if I tell you, the person who wants to kill you is..."
Before he finished speaking, the hand that the little beggar had just used to dust dust suddenly swung forward, and a large amount of white powder was instantly thrown into the air, directly towards the faces of layman Xinglin and Xu Shouguang. At this time, layman Xinglin stretched his right hand forward, rolled up his sleeve in the air, gathered the white powder into a ball, and then pushed forward suddenly, hitting the little beggar's face with all the white powder. Hearing a scream of "Ah!", the little beggar covered his face with his hands and rolled back and forth on the ground in pain, while traces of black air continued to seep out from his fingertips.
"When you harm others, you end up harming yourself!" Xinglin layman shook his head. But looking at the miserable little beggar in front of him, he still couldn't bear it, so he reached into his arms and took out a medicine bottle.
"Be careful! There is a hidden weapon!" Xiaobai's voice suddenly sounded. Xu Shouguang immediately looked back and saw the leaves in the forest behind Master Xinglin moving slightly. Two green poisonous needles were shooting towards this side. At this moment, Master Xinglin was He was completely defenseless when he wanted to administer medicine to that little beggar. Seeing that the poisonous needle was about to hit the layman Xinglin, in a hurry, Xu Shouguang bumped into him and pushed the layman Xinglin away. The poisonous needle flew past Xu Shouguang's clothes and hit the little beggar behind him on the throat. The little beggar screamed and fell to the ground. A stream of black blood was seen flowing out of the wound on the little beggar's neck, and the surrounding blood vessels burst. When it came out, it was also glowing black, and slowly crawled over the entire neck like a net. There was only air coming out of the mouth, but no air coming in. It seemed that he could not be saved.
When the people in the forest saw that the sneak attack had missed, they ran away. The Xinglin layman was about to chase him, but at this time, Xu Shouguang suddenly fell down and his whole body twitched. Xinglin layman quickly turned back and squatted in front of Xu Shouguang, reaching out to feel Xu Shouguang's pulse. After a few breaths, his expression became more serious. He hurriedly unbuttoned Xu Shouguang's shirt and saw an emerald green poisonous needle inserted into Xu Shouguang's left shoulder. The needle mouth was bleeding with black blood like the little beggar just now, and the surrounding blood vessels were protruding like a black net. Spread slowly.
Xinglin layman hurriedly helped Xu Shouguang to the bed in the wooden house, turned around and rummaged around on the shelf, and after a few breaths, he came to Xu Shouguang with a medicine jar. He took Xu Shouguang's shirt off to his waist, and saw that the poison on his shoulders seemed to have spread a little more. Immediately afterwards, the index finger and middle finger of Xinglin's right hand were pressed together, and with luck reaching the fingertips, he exerted force behind Xu Shouguang's shoulder, and saw the poisonous needle fly out from the shoulder with a "whoosh", and then submerged with a "dong" sound. In the door frame.
Layman Xinglin used his index finger to apply the yellow ointment in the medicine jar to the wound on Xu Shouguang's shoulder, and then said to Xu Shouguang: "Boy, I will help you suck out the poison." After that, Layman Xinglin put his palms against Xu Shouguang's shoulder. Xu Shouguang slowly mobilized his true energy on his back. After a moment, a wave of energy slowly rippled in the palms of his hands.
This wave of air gradually entered Xu Shouguang's body from his back, and Xu Shouguang suddenly showed a very painful expression.
"I am gathering the toxins in your eight meridians, boy, hold on..." Xinglin layman said.
After touching a stick of incense like this, a black energy finally seeped out from Xu Shouguang's back and flowed into Xinglin's body along the palms pressed against his back. Xinglin's face had turned pale and his lips were purple. Fine beads of sweat covered his forehead.
Half an hour later, Xu Shouguang slowly opened his eyes.
"Boy, go to the top of the medicine shelf in front and help me get that white porcelain bottle..." Layman Xinglin's voice was very weak. At this time, he was already exhausted. His originally rosy face was horribly white, and his originally plump skin was now Also full of wrinkles.
Xu Shouguang hurriedly brought the white porcelain bottle over. Layman Xinglin took the bottle, poured out a pill from it and took it. After a few breaths, some rosy color finally appeared on his pale face.
"Boy, the poison in your body has been detoxified. Clean it up quickly and leave quickly..."
"Senior is so weak just to help me detoxify. If I leave now and let the bad guys take advantage of it, how can my conscience be at ease!"
"You were poisoned to save me. I detoxified you just to repay your kindness. We owe nothing to each other now. Please leave quickly and don't come back again!"
"Senior, there is no need to drive me away. Although my martial arts skills are low, I can still be a help." Xu Shouguang said.
Seeing Xu Shouguang's stubbornness, layman Xinglin sighed and said, "Boy, it's not that I look down on you, it's just that converting poison consumes too much of my energy. My junior brother is very powerful in martial arts. You and I are no match together, so why bother trying in vain?" Where was the last life?”
"Junior brother?!"
"Well, to be honest, I am Zhao Tianyu, the eldest disciple of the Tang Sect in the middle of Shu, known as the Shadowless Needle in the world. The one who is hiding in the forest and attacking us today is my junior brother, Ghost Hand Liu Tianxing. My junior brother and I have worshiped each other since childhood. I entered the Tang Sect to study arts. In the past hundred years, the Tang Sect has declined, and the master has only accepted two disciples: me and my junior brother. The Tang Sect has two special skills, one is hidden weapons, and the other is using poison. The master taught me the hidden weapon flying needle, and taught his junior brother Using poison. One day, my junior brother came to see me secretly and said that he also wanted to learn flying needles, so he asked me to teach him. At first, I was unwilling to teach him without the master's approval, but he said that I was hiding something for myself and wanted to do it with him. I broke up with him. He and I grew up together in the Tang sect, and we were like brothers. But I couldn't resist and had to teach him a few tricks. After learning it, he practiced hard day by day, and actually achieved some success, but he just didn't want him to practice it all day long. When I was flying the needle, I happened to be caught by the master. The master was furious and punished me to kneel in front of the ancestor's tablet for seven days. After I knelt for seven days and went back, I heard from the master that the master had evil intentions and secretly poisoned the master's food. The master found out Later, I couldn't bear to kill him, so I kicked him out of the master, and I haven't heard from him since. Later, before his death, the master called me to his bedside, handed me a copy of the "Poison Sutra", and asked me to practice it every day. He passed on the unique skills of the Tang Sect and told me to keep them safe and never fall into the hands of evil people. Later, I wandered around in the world for many years, and gradually gained some fame. Finally one day, my junior brother appeared again, and he found He asked me to give him the "Poison Sutra". I hated him for poisoning my master, so I naturally refused to agree. Unexpectedly, he actually fought with me. I fought with him for many rounds and gained the upper hand. He saw his enemy. However, I had no choice but to leave for the time being, but it was easy to dodge open fire and hidden arrows. I was afraid that he would still be entangled in the future. I was tired of the disputes in the world, so I simply washed my hands in the golden basin, kept my name anonymous, and came to live in seclusion in the apricot valley. I have been living peacefully for many years, but I didn’t expect that today, he would finally come looking for me again.”
Zhao Tianyu paused, sighed, and then continued: "My junior brother is a cunning man. His famous stunt is the seven-star begonia poison. There is no cure for this poison, but I saw that the poison he used on the needles was mixed with clematis and clematis. Made from aconitum and nightshade, this poison can be resolved with true energy. I think he calculated that this blow might not be successful, and he expected that I would consume my true energy to save people, so he didn’t use the Seven-Star Begonia poison. I think he must have done it soon. He will come here. He has been in the world for a long time, and he is capable of flying needles and using poison. You are definitely no match for him. There is no need to lose your life here for me! Leave quickly!"
"Senior! In this case, I can't leave you alone. How about this, I'll carry you on my back, let's get out of the way first..." Xu Shouguang said, about to carry the old man on his back.
Zhao Tianyu pushed Xu Shouguang away: "His target is me. If you come with me, you will be killed!"
"Senior, it's okay, I'm not afraid!"
"Boy! Why don't you listen? Do you have to commit suicide in front of you?" Zhao Tianyu was anxious, holding a silver needle between two fingers of his right hand against his throat, and yelled: "Hurry up and leave! "
Seeing this, Xu Shouguang hurriedly said: "Senior, don't get excited, I'm going...I'm going..."
Just as Xu Shouguang was thinking about how to calm down the old man so that he could take him away, a burst of laughter came from outside the house: "Hahaha! Stop fighting! None of you can leave!"
