When this thought came to my mind, I broke out in a cold sweat. Guo Huaxin deliberately led me in the wrong direction, intending to kill me.
I was so focused on chasing Guo Huaxin that I didn't realize I had walked headfirst into a maze set up by the ghost. I didn't see through the opponent's deception at all, and every step forward was like jumping off a cliff.
Guo Huaxin raised his head from under my feet, his eyes filled with death, and said coldly: "I saved you once, which is equivalent to repaying your favor."
"You..." I had just said one word when Guo Huaxin suddenly withdrew his hand, and I lost my balance and fell off the cliff.
The misfortune of falling off the cliff was irreversible. I could only throw away Rakshasa, hold my head with my hands, and curl up my body as much as possible as I fell down the cliff.
A short moment later, I felt branches brushing against my body several times, and then my body hit a branch. The sound of the branch breaking disappeared, and I rolled to the ground.
It was because of the branch that blocked my fall that I didn't get seriously injured on the spot. I just rolled around on the ground for a few times and stopped when I hit the tree trunk.
Guo Huaxin said saving me means throwing me onto this tree
As soon as I let go of my hands, I saw several long swords pressing towards me—Xuan Jingsi
When I saw the clothes of those people clearly, a subordinate of Xuan Jingsi also shouted loudly: "Captain, it's Wu Zhao!"
Xie Jingwen rushed over and asked, "Wu Zhao, how did you fall from up there?"
Lu Xiaoying, who came with him, said, "I pointed out the location to him..."
I didn’t wait for Lu Xiaoying to finish and shouted, “Are you the one who’s trying to touch my ghost eye money?”
Lu Xiaoying was startled by me: "We are trapped here, I am afraid you..."
"What the hell!" I was immediately furious. "My friend just disappeared, and before I had a chance to divine his location, you disturbed the ghost money. I followed you all the way here, and even lost my friend."
In fact, only one third of my anger was directed at Lu Xiaoying, another one third was directed at myself, and the remaining one third was directed at Guiyan Money.
My grandfather still chose the latter between loyalty, me and the Heaven-Defying Hand. He deliberately did not resist Lu Xiaoying's pull, just to make me come quickly to find the Heaven-Defying Hand. But didn't he know that Ye Jin was in danger
Lu Xiaoying turned pale after being scolded by me, but someone next to him couldn't stand it anymore: "You lost your friend because you are incompetent, you can't blame others!"
"Fuck you!" I was furious, and suddenly drew out the Netherworld Energy from the ground, and swung my palm to hit the other person's chest. When I struck, a layer of green fire suddenly appeared on my palm, like a ghost, and the wind from my palm brought a whistle like a ghost crying and howling. When the man faced my palm, it seemed that he was shocked by the ghost fire, and he actually looked at my palm full of green fire and slashed towards his vitals without moving.
"Stop!" Lu Xiaoying suddenly staggered and stood in front of the man. My palm hit the man's heart without stopping. My palm, which was enough to shatter the stone tablet, was like hitting a steel plate, and a loud bang exploded on Lu Xiaoying's body.
I knocked Lu Xiaoying and the man two meters away and they both fell to the ground. The man was bleeding and couldn't get up for a long time, but Lu Xiaoying stood up immediately: "Mr. Wu, I apologize for what happened just now. I didn't know you were in danger."
After that palm strike just now, I clearly felt that Lu Xiaoying was wearing something like armor, otherwise, she would definitely be seriously injured.
Although I didn't hurt the other person with that blow, it did vent half of my anger. I suppressed my anger and said, "Now, my friend is gone. Will your apology be of any use?"
Lu Xiaoying said: "I can help you find your friends, but..."
Lu Xiaoying paused and said, "You have to help us get out of danger. As for other things, it won't be too late to deal with them after we are out of danger."
"It's a deal!" I turned around and picked up the Rakshasa that I had thrown out, and returned to Lu Xiaoying. This time, not only was Ye Jin missing, but even the melon seeds were missing.
However, if I don’t cooperate with Lu Xiaoying now, I won’t be able to calculate their location.
Lu Xiaoying walked in front of me and began to calculate Ye Jin's position by pinching his fingers.
Lu Xiaoying's finger-pinching movements seemed orderly and effortless, but if you looked closely, you could see that the knuckles of her thumb were moving very quickly, and each time they returned to their original positions before they touched the knuckles of her four fingers. It was because her hand speed was so fast that it deceived the vision of ordinary people, giving people the illusion that her fingers were moving slowly.
Is this the “Heaven-defying Hand”
Finger-counting originated from Qimen Dunjia, which is a very advanced prediction science. Ordinary sorcerers are good at using a simplified version of "Zhuge Liang's Horse-riding Lesson". In fact, Zhuge Liang himself also used Qimen Dunjia, but later generations gave a simple finger method the name of Zhuge Wuhou.
The Heaven-Defying Hand should also be a type of Qimen Dunjia, but it uses a more advanced technique.
Lu Xiaoying calculated for a moment before shaking his head and said, "No, someone is forcibly interfering with the secrets of heaven. I can't calculate that person's location."
I said in a deep voice: "How about adding my ghost eye money?"
Lu Xiaoying was silent for a moment before saying, "You can try."
Just as I was about to pick up the ghost money, I heard Jie Jingwen stop me, "No! Xiaoying, you can only count three lessons a day at most. You have already counted one lesson, and this is the second lesson. You only have one lesson left, so don't waste it here."
Xie Jingwen said in a deep voice: "We still have more than ten people here. If you waste the last lesson, how many people will not be able to leave the forest!"
“This…” Lu Xiaoying couldn’t help but feel torn.
I said coldly: "Lu Xiaoying, do you count?"
“I…” Lu Xiaoying had just said one word when Xie Jingwen angrily said, “Of course it doesn’t count! There are more than a dozen lives at stake, and your friend’s life may not be in danger. Anyone can tell which is more important.”
I said coldly, "In my opinion, even if you all get involved, it's not as good as a hair of Ye Jin."
Xie Jingwen sneered: "That's just your selfish thought."
I looked at Lu Xiaoying coldly: "I'll ask you one last time, do you want to count it or not?"
Lu Xiaoying bit her lip and said, "Mr. Wu, from the bottom of my heart, I agree with what Brother Jie said. After all, you and the immortals haven't reached the point of a life-and-death struggle, and Ye Jin may not be in danger of his life. Why don't we join forces first..."
"Goodbye!" I bowed to Lu Xiaoying, holding a long sword in my hand, and slowly retreated into the darkness.
Lu Xiaoying's face turned pale: "Mr. Wu, listen to me..."
"No need to say anything more!" I said as I retreated. "Isn't it me that you calculated your first lesson? Don't you know that sometimes a chance of life can turn into a dead end?"
Lu Xiaoying said anxiously: "Mr. Wu, we can talk about this again..."
"Catch him!" Xie Jingwen suddenly changed his attitude, and the sorcerer of Xuan Jingsi pounced on me at the same time.
"Kill—" I raised my sword while laughing wildly. The Netherworld energy drawn by the blade gushed out from the ground like a spring, and then turned into a green streak that wrapped around my blade.
The three-foot-long sword instantly turned into a demon weapon condensed with green flames, and the area within a radius of several meters was covered with a layer of pale green under the reflection of the sword light. I paused for a moment, and the long sword whistled and slashed towards the top of a person's head.
"Stop! Stop it!" Lu Xiaoying had no time to stop it, so he could only draw his sword to block the Rakshasa in my hand.
I saw Lu Xiaoying's sword flashing towards me as fast as lightning, and I suddenly turned the knife in my hand, splitting the knife into two. One knife chopped towards the opponent without moving, and the other knife chopped towards the dragon head sword in Lu Xiaoying's hand.
The second move of the Nine Fateful Blades, "Misfortunes never come alone", originally meant two blades were used at the same time to slash different targets. Although I didn't use the ghost money to deduce the direction, I could still kill the enemy with the moves of the Nine Fateful Blades.
In just a blink of an eye, my second strike blocked Lu Xiaoying's dragon head sword, but the first strike slashed fiercely on the shoulder of the Mirror Master. As the blade flashed, one of the man's arms fell to the ground. Instead of blood spurting out of the man's broken arm, a layer of green flames like ghost fire ignited.
I didn't expect the Nether Qi to have such an effect, and I couldn't help but be slightly stunned. The Xuan Jing Division was even more horrified and stopped attacking at the same time. I took the opportunity to withdraw and retreated directly into the dense forest behind me.
Lu Xiaoying chased after him for a few steps: "Wu Zhao, stop right there!"
I made several wrong steps and changed directions, but Lu Xiaoying was still chasing me. His movements were faster than mine, and soon he caught up with me within five meters: "Wu Zhao, stop, I..."
"Watch out for the darts!" I turned around suddenly, and three green aphid darts flew out at the same time, heading straight for Lu Xiaoying's eyes and throat. Lu Xiaoying could only block his eyes with his sword and retreat, but I turned around and hid in the nearby woods, holding the tree trunk with both hands, and climbed up the tree in a few steps, hiding myself in the branches and leaves in the night.
When Lu Xiaoying came after me again, she couldn't find me anymore and could only count my position by standing under a tree. But I quietly held up the Rakshasa long knife above her head. When the cold and murderous tip of the knife pointed at Lu Xiaoying's head from the air, she seemed to have noticed something, took a step forward, and suddenly turned to look at me.
I subconsciously put away my long sword and moved backwards before I realized that the tree crown where I was hiding was lush and leafy. If I dodge backwards, the branches will definitely shake. Lu Xiaoying will soon be able to find my hiding place, so there is no need for me to hide anymore.
I once again held the Rakshasa horizontally towards Lu Xiaoying's head, preparing to leap down and chop him in mid-air, but my shoulders suddenly felt heavy, and someone pressed their hands on my shoulders and whispered in my ear, "Don't worry, she can't see you."
I shuddered immediately, and cold sweat broke out from my forehead like water. (To be continued)