Those straight-tube gowns are basically the same in style, except for the colors. Some are long, some are short, and some are big, and some are small. They are obviously designed to suit people of different body shapes.
Behind the tree, a pair of eyes floated up.
The eyes had no support and just floated in the fog, making people's scalp tingle.
Orange-yellow eyes stared at Shi Hao.
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I will be his guarantor!"
The eyes slowly sank and disappeared.
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Choose a mask and a coat for yourself!"
Shi Hao picked out a white straight gown and a mask in the image of "Chiwen".
Chiwen is one of the nine sons of the dragon!
He put on the Chiwen mask on his face and looked at Xu Xiaoyan. He saw that Xu Xiaoyan was wearing a short pink dress and the mask on her face was that of a snake spirit.
Wearing a snake mask and pink clothes, she twisted her waist and looked "enchanting".
Shi Hao secretly performed the Sacred Heart Mirror technique, his sword intent radiated, and his domineering aura was revealed.
The snake-like girl looked at him with shining eyes: "Why is it that after you put on the mask, your aura has become different? If I hadn't seen you put it on with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that it was the same person."
Shi Hao said in a deep tone with a hint of smile: "You are even more amazing! For a moment, I didn't know whether you turned into a snake spirit, or the snake spirit turned into you?"
The snake girl laughed and said, "Not only has your aura changed, but you've become more talkative too!" She turned and floated away, "Let's go!"
Shi Hao followed her graceful figure, thinking to himself, it was a pity that there was no Scorpion Spirit mask, otherwise it would suit her better.
I continued to chase the little foxes that were jumping forward. The fog was flowing around me, as if there were ghosts everywhere. After a while, I lost my direction.
Until they came to a well, the snake girl jumped to the bottom of the well, and Shi Hao followed her down.
I floated down to the bottom of the well and found that there was an underground cave.
In front of us is a scattered stone forest, with many upside-down stalactites and stone pillars connected from top to bottom.
Shi Hao walked with the snake girl until they came to an underground garden.
Shi Hao saw that there were already six people here, all of them wearing masks and robes of different colors.
These people looked at them, as if they were also looking at them.
The snake girl pulled him around in the underground garden. She whispered, "Those who come here are all so-called 'heterodox'. They are usually suppressed by Chongxian Sect, and many of them are wanted criminals of the Six Gates of the Barbarian Court."
Shi Hao nodded slightly.
The Chongxian Sect regards itself as "the righteous path in the world" and has mastered the immortal materials for refining the ninth-grade immortal recipe. Some sects in the Taoist community were forced to join the Chongxian Sect in order to survive.
Inevitably, there were some Taoist sects that were not ashamed of what Chongxian Sect did. These Taoist sects were inevitably suppressed by Chongxian Sect and the Barbarian Court, becoming "evil sects". Therefore, even such a gathering had to be done secretly and carefully hidden.
After waiting for a while, one more person came.
Including the two of them, there were nine people present.
In a corner of the garden, there is an incense altar with red lanterns hanging on both sides of the altar.
The light from the big red lantern illuminated a piece of red gauze, and behind the red gauze, a shadow was swaying.
Everyone knew that the time had come and no one else would come tonight, so they gathered together, some sitting and some standing, waiting for the shadow behind the gauze curtain to continue speaking.
"There are nine people here tonight!" The voice behind the big red gauze curtain was old and feminine. It could be heard that it was the voice of an old woman, but the figure was blurry and it was difficult to see clearly, so it was impossible to judge whether the voice was real or fake.
The voice behind the tent continued, "As usual, everyone who comes to the Red Hill Club must have some unknown news or bring a deal. If not, please leave."
Shi Hao glanced at the snake-like girl beside him... You didn't tell me this rule before.
The old and feminine voice said, "Who comes first?"
A man was sitting on a stone bench under a tree. He was wearing a black straight robe and a tiger mask. He spoke in a hoarse voice, obviously deliberately lowering his voice: "I brought a deal."
Then he stopped talking.
Under the tree on the other side stood a thin man wearing a monkey mask: "I brought a business."
Another man wearing a two-horned monster mask sat cross-legged on the grass, looking dejected: "I want to sell something."
—The lady in red clothes and a celebrity-shaped mask said slowly, "I am also... selling something!"
There was another woman who was also wearing a human-shaped mask but in a long blue dress and was also selling things.
There was also a person wearing a mask with a green face and fangs, who looked like a teenager, who whispered, "I want to buy a fairy material."
The others looked at the young man. An old voice behind the red curtain said slowly, "If you bring something to sell, it will count, but if you come to buy, it won't count. You can use a piece of information unknown to the people in the martial arts world to exchange for a chance to stay, and then see if there is anyone who can sell you what you want."
The young man moved uneasily, hesitated for a while, and said: "I know the truth about what happened in Minwu Ridge on the night of the full moon last time..."
The snake-like girl suddenly raised her hand: "I know this too!"
The shadow behind the big red curtain sighed: "If you had told me about this the next night, it would have been important news. But now, it is no longer a secret."
The boy was silent for a long time.
The old voice behind the big red curtain said, "If you don't have any new news, we can only ask you to leave. You can come back next time when you are ready."
The young man gritted his teeth and said suddenly, "I know who is the murderer who killed the entire family of 'Xunjiang Confucian Hero' Zong Youbi and even raped and killed Zong Daxia's daughter."
The entire underground garden suddenly fell silent.
Everyone was looking at the boy. After a while, the man wearing a double-horned mask, who had been sitting on the grass with his head down and looked listless, raised his head, his eyes gleaming from behind the mask: "Go on!"
The young man said loudly: "I want to change to a set of inner alchemy skills suitable for eighth-grade warriors to practice, and I also need a matching immortal recipe."
The old voice behind the red curtain said, "One piece of information can only be exchanged for your chance to stay. If you want something, you can stay and see if there is anyone willing to trade with you."
The boy turned and left.
The man in the double-horned mask said in a deep voice: "Wait a minute!"
The boy stopped.
The man in the double-horned mask said, "You said you knew the murderer, but how do I know that what you said is the truth? That night, the entire Zong family was wiped out, and no one survived."
The young man gritted his teeth and said, "There is... there is a survivor!"
The man in the double-horned mask was still sitting on the grass, his eyes were like lightning, looking at the back of the young man, and suddenly said: "I can give you the Taoist internal skills that eighth-grade warriors practice, and the corresponding immortal recipes for advancing to the seventh grade. Now you can tell me, who was the one who wiped out the entire clan?"
The young man suddenly turned around, looked around, and said loudly: "One of the eight martial immortals of Chongxian Sect, 'Dragon Purple Immortal Martial' Lu Jin!"
In the underground garden, everything was quiet. In the upper part, the grass of the underworld emitted a cool and dim light, and in the lower part, a cold wind blew in from somewhere, making people feel cool on their backs.
The man in the double-horned mask whispered, "Long Zixianwu... Long Zixianwu..." He glared, "You must promise that you are not talking nonsense. Again, how can I trust you?"
The young man took off his mask and said, "Because I am the only survivor. I went to my uncle's house that night, but Lu Jin didn't know. Before my cousin died, she was afraid that I would be implicated, so she trapped me in a rockery with the magic weapon 'Tibet Ring'. I saw the evil thief with my own eyes... I saw the evil thief..."
Tears flowed uncontrollably.
The man in the double-horned mask looked at the boy, at his tearful face: "Are you Zong Youbi's nephew? Is your father Zong Youliang? During the flood of the Nie River, he spent all his family property to open the granary to release grain to the victims, but because of this he offended those barbarian nobles, tycoons and evil merchants who hoarded grain and wanted to make a fortune from the flood. As a result, he was framed by the Six Gates and died in prison?"
The young man puffed out his chest and shouted, "Yes!"
The man in the double-horned mask continued to look at him: "You came here to ask for martial arts secrets and internal energy elixir methods. Do you want to avenge your clan?"
The young man suddenly wiped away his tears, raised his head and said, "Yes!"
The man in the double-horned mask sneered, "But with your ability, even if you practice for another twenty years, you will still not be a match for 'Dragon Purple Immortal Warrior' Lu Jin. It is even possible that you will not be able to reach his level even if you practice for a lifetime. What's more, he has Chongxian Sect behind him!"
The young man gritted his teeth and said: "Even so..."
The man in the double-horned mask interrupted, "You become my disciple! I will help you get revenge... I will help you kill Lu Jin!"
Everyone looked at him. The boy said in a daze: "You are..."
The man raised his hand and slowly took off his mask. He had a low forehead and a broad face, with a deep scar on his left cheek.
At that moment, Shi Hao felt that everyone present was shocked... Obviously, they all recognized this person!
The young man trembled and said, "You... you are Hero Zhao?"
The man said calmly: "I am not a hero, I am just a swordsman fighting in the rivers and lakes! Seven years ago, I met your uncle once. We met by chance in Lingnan at that time. He treated me to a meal, but I never had the chance to treat him back.
"I owe him a meal... and now I can pay it back."
Beside Shi Hao's ear, the snake-like girl tiptoed and whispered, "This is 'Absolute Sword' Zhao Xian... Ranked 19th on the Black List!"
Chapter 51 A message
The blacklist is a list of wanted martial artists compiled by the Six Gates of the Barbarian Court.
Only if you rank in the top 100 will your rank appear on the list. After 100, even if you are on the blacklist, you will not have a rank.
Some of those on the blacklist are truly vicious criminals, while others are just "traitors" who are enemies of the Barbarian Court.
Initially, the Six Gates created a blacklist and issued a huge reward to hunt down these fugitive martial artists.
But later, some people even took pride in being on the blacklist.
The lower classes of the underworld often discuss who is on the blacklist this time and who is ranked higher on the blacklist.
The Liushenmen consider themselves to be the honest gang, and the "criminals" listed on the blacklist are all from the underworld.
But among these "criminals", some are heroes respected by everyone in the world.
Although the Six Gates were despised by many righteous men in the martial arts world, the "blacklist" they created was generally fair.
The ranking on the list takes into account the personal strength, underworld influence, and harm to the imperial court or the white world of the person on the list. Correspondingly, the higher the ranking, the higher the bounty on the blacklist.
The man with scars on his face after taking off his double-horned mask is number 19 on the blacklist… “Absolute Sword” Zhao Xian.
The young man took three steps forward, knelt down suddenly towards Zhao Xian, and kowtowed three times: "Zong Jie greets Master!"
"Juejian" Zhao Xian nodded slowly: "Okay! Okay! Okay!" He stretched out his hand, helped him up, and let him follow him.
The underground garden was quiet for a while. Behind the big red curtain, the old and feminine voice came again: "Congratulations to Mr. Zhao for accepting a successor! There are three more here. Do you have any useful information?"
In addition to the mysterious figure behind the tent, there were nine people present. The two brought "a deal".
The three of them wanted to sell things, including "Juejian" Zhao Xian, who originally wore a two-horned monster mask but now took off the mask to reveal his true face.
The young man also stayed. In addition, there were three people who did not speak. In addition to Shi Hao wearing the "Chiwen" mask, Xu Xiaoyan with the face of a snake spirit, there was also a man wearing the "Ba Xia" mask, but because of his fat body, he looked like a fat turtle.
The fat man coughed lightly and said, "Sheng Menghui, the owner of Lianzhuang in Chuyin Province, will respond to the call of the hero Fu Shiyuan and rise up to fight against the barbarians today." Then he said no more.
Chuyin Province is very far from here, Lianzhuang is going to raise an army and rebel against the Man Court. Since this person even knows this, it is obvious that he is closely related to Lianzhuang.
It won't take long for the news of Lianzhuang's uprising against the barbarians to spread throughout the world.
But at this time, he was indeed "unknown to the world", so this news did give him the qualifications to stay.
The others looked at the young man wearing the "Chiwen" mask and the snake-like girl.
The snake girl raised her hand and said, "Does anyone know who the owner of the Three-Tassel Ghost Cave is?"
While Shi Hao was wondering what the "Three-Tassel Ghost Cave" was, everyone else looked at the snake girl, even "Absolute Sword" Zhao Xian was no exception.
The old voice behind the big red curtain trembled slightly and was full of strangeness: "Who is it?"
Everyone's attention was focused on the snake-like girl, so much so that Shi Hao, who had no idea what the "Three-Tassel Ghost Cave" was, couldn't help but look at her with everyone else.
The snake-like girl looked around, smiled softly, and said embarrassedly: "I don't know either!"
Shi Hao looked at the others.
At this moment, he saw some people clenching their fists, some taking a step closer to the snake-like girl as if wanting to hit her, and some people's chests heaving, looking like they were trying very hard to suppress themselves.
Even Zhao Xian grasped the sword for a moment before slowly letting go.
The snake girl laughed and said, "But I know that someone entered the Three-Tassel Ghost Cave and came out alive."
Everyone's attention turned to the girl again.
The snake-like girl said in a gentle voice: "This person is..." and paused.
Shi Hao felt that everyone’s mentality was not good.
The snake-like girl actually paused for a long time, until a large amount of invisible anger was obviously accumulated in the air, and then she smiled and said: "… The third place on the blacklist is the 'Goddess Infant' Mingyueshu!"
—At that moment, everyone present looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise and shock.
In fact, if everyone was not wearing masks and trying hard to hide their identities, they would probably be unable to help but discuss this matter at this moment.
Obviously, the news that the snake girl brought to them was too shocking.
The underground garden was completely silent, and it seemed that everyone was digesting this shocking news.