The people of the Canglang Gang had been starving in the wild forest for more than ten days, and they all thought they would not live long. Suddenly, reinforcements came from the sky, and they were all ecstatic, especially Tan Shuqiu. When he met Li Sui's gaze, he even felt that the other party was very kind and amiable, and he even had the courage to ask: "Palace Master Li, how do we leave here?"
Li Sui looked at his dirty face and frowned in disgust.
Tan Shuqiu was immediately frightened out of his wits and shrank back under the tree, holding his head and saying, "Don't kill me!"
Zhu Yanyin: “…”
Brother Tan is already in a miserable situation. Well, could you please stop looking so gloomy and humming? What if you really get scared and have a mental illness
Li Sui was annoyed by the whimpering of the group of people, so he jumped on his horse and turned around to go deeper into the forest.
Zhu Yanyin patted Tan Shuqiu on the shoulder, signaled with his eyes that everyone should follow, and then he jogged to catch up.
In fact, the Kicking Snow Horse was moving very slowly, but it was still fast for Zhu Yanyin, and even faster for the already half-dead Canglang Gang. Everyone started panting after walking a few steps. Zhu Yanyin was filled with a belly full of cold wind, and he stood under the tree coughing for a long time. There was nothing he could do about it, rich people are just so precious.
Li Sui turned back coldly.
Zhu Yanyin: Okay, I’ll be quiet right away!
Li Sui waited for a long time, but when he saw that he was still standing there, he finally lost his patience and asked Kicking Snow Wuzhui to go back under the tree and picked up the snow-white young man from Jiangnan and put him on the horse's back: "Sit tight!"
Zhu Yanyin was completely unprepared. He looked back in surprise, and happened to meet the big devil's eyes, which looked as if he was about to kill a hundred people. So he immediately backed down, quickly sat up straight and looked straight ahead, and gave up trying to figure out "why the other party was suddenly so kind", and concentrated on riding.
The people of Canglang Gang were in a miserable situation. They had lost half their lives due to hunger in the forest, and now they almost lost the remaining half. They didn't even dare to raise any opinions. After finally waiting for Kicking Snow Black Horse to stop, they were already thirsty, fuming, and their eyes were staring blankly.
"Where is this?" Zhu Yanyin asked.
Li Sui replied: "The way out."
Zhu Yanyin was confused. He looked around and saw nothing but dead trees and white fog. Rotten leaves were piled up almost as high as a person. How could there be a way out
Li Sui held the hilt of the sword with his right hand and ordered, "Cover your ears."
Zhu Yanyin just did as he was told.
Li Sui took a quick glance, and still felt it was not enough, so he stretched out his left arm and covered his eyes tightly. The people of Canglang Gang were still standing there watching the fun, not realizing what the second son Zhu's grand way of blocking meant.
The sword of Xiang Jun was unsheathed with a clanging sound!
A powerful internal force penetrated the black sword and exploded in all directions. The dense forest was like a thousand-mile Dongting Lake swept by a strong wind, and there were huge waves. Gravel and dead branches first flew into the air, and then fell like a torrential rain. There was a burst of flying sand and rocks between the sky and the earth. The originally dim light was now completely cut off, and it was completely plunged into a pitch-black darkness.
The earth also trembled and roared.
Tan Shuqiu rolled his eyes and fell backwards onto the servant.
He felt that he might be chopped down into Shura Hell by Palace Master Li's sword.
Has passed away peacefully.
Zhu Yanyin felt the loud noises and unusual conditions around him, and felt a little uneasy. However, since Li Sui behind him had not made any big moves, he did not think there would be any great danger. When the noise in his ears gradually faded away and a faint light shone through his fingers, he tentatively moved.
Li Sui put down his hand.
Zhu Yanyin opened his eyes, but was blinded by the light and closed them again, taking a long time to relax.
It was normal sunlight, warm and golden, shining on the dirt and mud on the ground, as well as some bones and stones used for formations, and spiders crawling all over the ground.
"Second Young Master!"
"Palace Master!"
On the slightly higher mountain road, the servants of the Zhu Mansion and the people of Wanren Palace heard the loud noise just now and hurried over to see what was going on. Seeing that the two men were still riding their horses, they breathed a sigh of relief. Jiang Shenglin also rode over on a horse and asked with lingering fear: "What happened?"
"There was a maze." Li Sui said, "I cut it down."
There are very few people in this world who can break an array with one sword, but Jiang Shenglin knows his kung fu inside out, so he was not too shocked. Instead, his attention was drawn to the unconscious people lying in all directions behind him, and he asked in surprise, "Is this Tan Shuqiu?"
"Yes, they are from the Canglang Gang." Zhu Yanyin said, "They were framed and trapped in the forest for more than ten days. They almost starved to death."
Jiang Shenglin felt his pulse and said, "It's okay. He can survive."
Zhu Yanyin ordered his servants to pack up a few empty carriages for the Canglang Gang members to rest. Zhu Xiaosui had just watched his son and the big devil disappear together in the bend of the mountain, and was almost scared to tears. Although he had found the person now, he was still scared, so he followed them closely, wishing that he could hang the two of them together.
Zhu Yanyin said: "I'm fine."
Zhu Xiaosui helped him change his clothes and hung up the jade pendant, still feeling frightened: "You said it's okay when your clothes are dirty? Sir, don't run around again next time."
Doctor Jiang, who happened to pass by the carriage, learned something new. It turns out that even the clothes of wealthy families cannot be dirty. If they are dirty, it means something is wrong. But when I looked at Master Zhu just now, he seemed to be as white as snow. At most, the hem of his clothes was stained with dust. If this counted, how would Master Tan, who was screaming and groaning in his dreams, feel? In life, there is really no comparison.
Tan Shuqiu slept for a whole day and night, and after waking up, he took some medicinal porridge to nourish his stomach, and only then did he regain some semblance of human form. When the team took a break on the way, the servants of the Zhu Mansion would help him out of the carriage and sit in the sun for a while.
Zhu Yanyin sat next to him: "If we walk for a few more days, we will be able to catch up with the Wulin Alliance. Have you thought about how to tell this to Gang Leader Tan?"
"I don't want to tell my father." Tan Shuqiu looked depressed and worried. He sat like an old eggplant hit by frost. He had no energy at all. He said listlessly, "My father wanted to make friends with the big sects wholeheartedly. He was always respectful to that group of people. This time, when he heard that I was invited to visit Master Chanji, he was ecstatic. He thought that the Canglang Gang was finally going to make it. He gave us a lot of gold and silver for travel expenses. If he knew the truth... Forget it, just say that I got lost."
Zhu Yanyin asked again: "What about you? Are you just going to let it go?"
Tan Shuqiu sniffed, looking cowardly, and said nothing.
After a while, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and a gleam flashed in his eyes: "Brother Zhu, why don't you help me?"
Zhu Yanyin was shocked by this sudden excitement: "How can I help you?"
"You have a close relationship with Palace Master Li. As long as—"
"There is no such thing as 'only'." Zhu Yanyin corrected him in time, "Palace Master Li and I have no friendship."
Tan Shuqiu's face was full of disbelief: "But when we were in the dense forest, Palace Master Li was clearly taking great care of Brother Zhu. He even covered his eyes while riding a horse, and he hugged and whispered to me from time to time. How can we say that we have no friendship?" As he spoke, his excitement began to rise again. He was so excited that he stood up and bowed vigorously regardless of his weak body, then fell to the ground with a "bang".
Zhu Yanyin: “…” You’d better sit back down quickly!
Tan Shuqiu's intention to cling to his thigh was very strong, his eyes were moist and eager, comparable to the black horse kicking the snow to ask for bean cakes. The second son of Zhu was terrified by his gaze, and stood up and wanted to escape, but Li Sui happened to come from the other side, holding a bag of medicine in his hand, and threw it casually: "Yours."
Zhu Yanyin took it with both hands, opened it and saw that it was the medicine he used every day, so he said, "Thank you."
Palace Master Li, who was forced by Jiang Shenglin to work as an errand boy, was in an extremely unhappy mood. He snorted and turned away.
The attitude was very bad, like a bully demolishing a house. But Tan Shuqiu had been blinded by his imagination, so he quickly interpreted the cold "hmm" of Palace Master Li as a caring and tender concern, and quickly went through the following mental journey: Palace Master Li personally delivered the medicine to you. He cares so much about your health. There must be an inexplicable relationship between you. You just tried to hide it. Fortunately, I have a sharp eye and can unravel the layers and find strong evidence!
Zhu Yanyin: Help! Go away!
…
They continued on this path for more than ten days.
The large group of the Wulin Alliance is actually not at peace either.
The more sects there are, the more friction there is, especially when we are still far away from the northeast and Chi Tian has not appeared yet. The rest are just trivial matters that can cause an explosion over a small spark.
"Don't push your luck!"
"It's obvious that you took our place!"
"How many times have I tolerated you along the way?"
The noises from the quarrel between the two groups grew louder and louder, attracting people from other sects to come and watch. Some people who had a good relationship with one of the parties wanted to calm things down as soon as possible, so they tried to persuade them. However, they were scolded by the other party instead. The matter got worse and worse, and by the time Wulin leader Wan Zhuyun heard the news and rushed over, some people had already drawn their swords.
"Stupid!" Wan Zhuyun tightened the reins, "This time the Central Plains martial arts world came together to the north to eradicate the evil sect and uphold justice, but you keep arguing over such a small matter. Do you still have the word 'righteousness' in your hearts?"
"We have to be reasonable even when we are righteous. It's not that we don't give the leader face, but Qingfeng Hall is going too far!"
"Bah! What status do we have in Qingfeng Hall? Would we bother with a lowly sect like yours?"
The sarcasm in his voice was about to overflow, and the natural provocation made the other party even more angry. The crowd was noisy, and someone hit him with a small hidden weapon on the back, which made him even more furious. He rushed forward to demand justice in a duel. There was constant shouting and cursing, and swords and knives were used on the scene. The official road was blocked like a barbarian tribe, and it was extremely vulgar and noisy.
Wan Zhuyun was so angry that his face turned red. He drew his sword and was about to carry out the alliance leader's order, but a powerful internal force swept towards him, exploding silently in the air, sweeping horizontally with a huge force, shocking the two groups of people who were as scared as black-eyed chickens just now to their knees on the ground in an instant, their chests stuffy and unable to speak, they could only open their eyes wide in horror.
Wan Zhuyun also turned back hurriedly.
Kicking Snow Black Horse was covered in golden sunlight and was standing on a huge rock.
Li Sui mounted his horse with his long sword in hand, frowning impatiently: "What are you arguing about?"
Zhu Yanyin, dressed in white, sat in front of him, holding a freshly picked fruit in his hands: "..."
People in the underworld: I was shocked by this intimate relationship!