White water vapor slowly floated from the barrel. ",
Behind the white curtain, Lin Xin took off the bath towel and slowly walked into the bathing barrel filled with white petals. He sat down in the barrel and sank slowly until the scented water was slowly soaked neck.
In the water in the wooden barrel, apart from the white petals, there are many black spots as fine as sesame seeds. If you look closely, there are many densely packed corpses of small insects.
In addition, the water is still faintly light green, and from time to time you can see a lot of residual medicine dregs rolling up.
Lin Xinyuan stood outside quietly waiting for Lin Xin to take a bath. Huang Puyang stood beside her, facing the bathroom through the curtain.
"The owner specifically asked to join the human face fruit. Could it be that he suffered an internal injury or was deficient in energy?" Huang Puyang asked with a frown in a low voice.
Lin Xinyuan also frowned, unable to understand. Lin Xin has never been a person who is extravagant and wasteful. He did not hesitate to add thousands of people's noodles, yellow silver water, soul soil, sublimation worms and other precious medicinal materials, just for bathing. There is definitely a reason for him.
"Xiaoyuan, what are you doing here?" Lin Xin's voice came from behind the curtain.
Lin Xinyuan straightened her face and said loudly.
"Recently, the number of Soul Soil and Yang Iron in the black market has become less and less. It may be that someone bought them on a large scale. ... It has a great impact on our acquisitions. I suggest that new materials can be selected as the new materials for the runestones and rune swords in the villa. Material."
"Yangtie is fine, there is no way someone can buy all of Soul Soil." Lin Xin said lightly. "do not worry about it."
"But brother, just in case..."
"There is no chance. The nature of the soul soil is the same as that of the human face fruit. On the surface, it is refined by demon monks in the black market on the border. In fact..." Lin Xin didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was very clear.
Lin Xinyuan's heart shuddered.
The production of soul soil needs to bury a living person alive on a piece of soil. And use the corpse water to completely turn it into a body, blend it into this soil, and then plant a plant called poisonous bird flower. After that, twenty people are buried alive on this soil every year. After three years, a large piece of soul soil can be made.
This method has always been used only by demon monks regardless of the consequences. But if what Lin Xin said is true.
That means that the soul soil is likely to be the same as the human face fruit, with the participation of high-level members of the Sword Sect sect. This kind of taboo business has huge profits. In addition to looking for it to improve their children and nephews, there are many people who collect a large amount of it as a supplement to the consumption of energy. Only members of the Pine Forest Sword Sect were able to make this condition.
"It's none of our business. Don't bother." Lin Xin said lightly. "Do what you have to do."
Both Lin Xinyuan and Huang Puyang understood, and lowered their heads slightly.
"By the way. Xiaoyuan, you are not too young, and the marriage..." Lin Xin didn't finish his sentence.
"Brother, I'll take my leave first." Lin Xinyuan interrupted him directly, with a slightly cold face, she turned and left.
Huang Puyang also had some helplessness on his honest face, he apologized to Lin Xin, and then turned and left.
The maids and guards on the side also had strange eyes. Although she didn't dare to speak out, Lin Xinyuan has been single for whom. Everyone knows it well.
Lin Xin lay in the potion, slightly propped up his upper body, and stretched out his hand to touch the half-healed wound on his chest. I closed my eyes, not knowing what to say.
After bathing, he changed his clothes and sword, burned incense and meditated. Kneel and sit in the middle of the curtain pavilion.
In front of the incense burner was a Buddhist scripture, and he was trying to use the scripture to calm his murderous spirit.
Reciting scriptures for a long time softly may or may not be effective, he stood up with a calm expression. Get out of the pavilion.
Outside, the moon is shining brightly, the stars are dotted with stars, and the autumn wind is blowing, and there is a hint of coolness.
"Master, there is news." A voice came from the darkness beside him, as thin as a gnat.
"explain."
Lin Xin was expressionless.
"Flying pigeons pass on a letter, two hundred and seventy-eight miles away, Qishui River, Mr. Huang is injured and fleeing, the injury is ominous, and the pursuer is ominous."
"Chasing and killing?"
Lin Xin narrowed his eyes.
"Let the people around Jian go to meet him. No..." He changed his words suddenly. "Where is the exact location?"
"Qishuihe Bahu Village, Mr. Huang disappeared after he entered it, suspected to be rescued and hidden by people from the fishing village."
Lin Xin pondered for a moment.
"Let Li Lao come here."
"yes."
The shadow receded.
Soon in the small courtyard, Gongsunli's figure slowly fell in.
"The owner."
"What's the name of that Xiaozong?" Lin Xin asked directly.
"Yanyangmen." Gongsunli was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately realized.
"Already near Zhuangzi?"
"arrive."
Lin Xin pulled out his long sword and flicked it lightly.
"There are a lot of things that I want to get, but how can I do it without paying. Let their suzerain come to see me."
"I'll arrange it right away."
The sound of sword chanting can be heard in the courtyard, and it has not been dark for a long time.
Lin Xin was as calm as if he hadn't heard the sound of the sword.
Two days later, Qi Shuihe.
In the afternoon, when the sun was setting, the orange-red light dyed the river surface into red scales.
In a small fishing village by the river, inside a simple fisherman's house.
"Hush... don't make a sound, you just hide inside, and Daddy and I will cover it for you." Ari whispered to the yellow shirt hidden in the big water tank.
A few days ago, she came across Huang Shan among the rocks on the slope of a small hill. Seeing that he was unconscious and bleeding profusely, she rescued him back to her home. After some recuperation, Huang Shan's life was saved. But the injury was too serious, and he lost too much blood, so he couldn't use his spiritual energy at all. He could only hide at home, because the wound medicine ran out all the way, and in the end Ari went out to find some herbs for him to take after suffering.
"Thank you, Ahri." Huangshan never thought that he would talk to a mortal in such a gentle manner. But he really is doing it now, Ari is a good girl, even though she is only a mortal, but...
"It's okay, Brother Huang." Ah Li blushed, and hurriedly found the water tank cover from the side with some clumsiness. "You are someone who is going to do great things, you are a big man, and you are going to kill demons and demons for us...."
"Don't talk about Ari, those people are here, quickly put the lid on. Master Huang is a person who has to do big things. How could he be willing to talk to a little girl like you, don't disturb the adults to rest and recuperate." An old man outside was a little nervous The sound came in.
"Understood." Ari quickly responded in a low voice. "Brother Huang, don't worry, it will pass soon, just like the previous few times. It's very easy." She comforted with a smile.
Huang Shirt was a little ashamed, and his nervous mood relaxed a little.
"Little Ari. When I recover from my injury, I will let you live a good life." He smiled weakly. "Don't you want to buy beautiful silk clothes? I'll buy enough for you, and your parents. I'll let you live in a big house and enter a big city."
"No need..." Ari turned her head away and smiled shyly, "I covered it, Brother Huang."
"En." Huang Shirt nodded. "Don't worry, if there is danger, I will protect you."
Ali hummed. The voice is very small, but there is a feeling of trust in him.
The lid was closed, and the yellow shirt shrank in the water tank, and the sound outside could be heard faintly.
Soon, there was a burst of arrogant shouting outside.
"This way, open the door!!"
With a bang, the door of the hut was kicked open.
Several strong men dressed as bandits walked in and glanced around casually.
"Not here!"
"Search carefully. If you find someone, you can get a thousand taels of gold!" Another bandit laughed.
"A good man, a few good men. I really don't have anyone else here." The old man in a white turban stepped forward and smiled apologetically, and handed over the only little money at home.
"This is all our family's savings... My man.. Please do me a favor...."
One of the robbers grabbed the silver and stuffed it into his arms. But his eyes swept around the room.
Suddenly it freezes on Ari who is crouching in the corner.
"Hehe, there is a little girl here~~"
With a smile on his face, he walked towards Ari.
"Good man! Good man, please do me a favor. This is my daughter Ari. She is still young. She is not sensible..." The old man hurried forward and begged.
In the water tank, Huang Shirt's heart became a little impatient, and he slowly grasped the Yinxin Sword in his arms,
The people who came to find people a few times before were regular officials, but this time they were replaced by bandits. It seems that the other party is really out of both black and white.
He thought to himself, if the other party dared to do something, he would rush out and kill a few people, and escape from here, so as not to hurt Ari.
The voices outside became more and more anxious, and the guy seemed to be walking towards Ari.
Huang Shirt sensed his physical condition, his spiritual energy was exhausted, and there was still a trace of internal energy, which could at most support the strength of the inner family's third or fourth floor.
And once it is used, it will definitely aggravate the injury, and he has already reached the point where his lamps are exhausted. If you force your hands now, you may get more injuries, and you may fall to the ground and die at any time.
The guy's laughter became louder and louder, and it seemed that something had been knocked off.
"Good man!" came the old man's voice.
"Go away!"
"Daddy!"
"Ari..."
Amidst the sound of tugging, Huang Shirt clenched the hilt of the sword more and more. He was eagerly hoping for a turnaround, and listened intently to the movement outside.
Outside the fishing village, on the beach beside the Qishui River.
More than a dozen figures in black costumes galloped to a place hundreds of meters away from the fishing village. Everyone stopped suddenly, and their footsteps stepped on the beach in silence, without a single noise.
laugh!
With a soft sound, a figure suddenly fell in front of a group of men in black. They were dressed in white with black ribbons, and two long swords hung from their left waists. They were lined up side by side, which was very unique.
The figure turned around, his face indifferent, even a little calm. He looked a little bookish, and he was a middle-aged man in his thirties. It was the owner Lin Xin who came from Lingxin Villa.
"Master Lin, is our agreement valid?" The leader of the masked man in black stood up and said in a low voice.
"Of course." Lin Xin said lightly, "Whether things happen or not, we will all be in the same boat, and no one will go back on the previous agreement."
"Well, I hope that from now on, I can call you Sect Master Lin." The masked man in black said in a deep voice, and pulled out the rapier from his waist with a snort.
The rest of the men in black also drew their swords.
Their swords are a bit strange. There is a sun-like pattern on the sword. It is not a formation, but more like a symbol.
"Walk!"
All the men in black jumped up one after another, and their agility exploded with a hint of inner skill or even innate ability.