Elder Xu chased him that night, and arrived at Meishan Town at dawn the next day.
"Elder Xu, we have found out that this person is hiding in the mountains." The Taoist who was standing beside Elder Xu pointed at the dark mountain and said, "Elder Xu, this is Meishan Mountain. Although the mountain is not deep, It’s not big, but it doesn’t have a serious mountain road, it’s rugged with rocks, fast currents, and overgrown with thorns.”
"I have studied Pei Ziyun. He is quite insidious and cunning. He is good at taking advantage of the terrain. He avoided Meishan and repeated the process of counterattacking Deputy Inspector Lu Wang that day."
"This man has entered the mountain. Should we set fire to the mountain and force him out?" a Taoist asked.
Hearing this, Elder Xu was silent for a moment: "The commotion in Fenshan is too great. Even with King Lu, we can't suppress it. We have a tacit understanding with the court and we cannot act recklessly in many things."
"And setting it on fire, or giving this person a chance to escape in the chaos, can only be used as a last resort."
"Elder Xu, what should we do now?" the Taoist asked.
"Where is this place?"
"This is called Meishan Town because of Meishan. Although it is called a town, it actually only has 200 households."
Elder Xu looked coldly at the secluded Meishan Mountain, and then glanced at the town: "Is there a place to live in the town?"
"Elder Xu, there is an inn with only seven or eight rooms. You are staying in the inn. There is a mountain temple not far away. I saw it. It is not a real god. It is probably a wild temple built by the townspeople. We can stay there!"
"This is war time!" Elder Xu looked at Zhen and couldn't see his face clearly: "Can I still stay in the inn alone? Let's go to this mountain temple together!"
At that moment, everyone listened to the order and was led by the Taoist priest along the town to the temple. Those who lit the fire, those who swept the house swept it, and those who bought food bought food.
While everyone was eating, Elder Xu asked: "How is the status of the life lamp showing?"
"It shows that this person sneaked into Meishan and stopped escaping. He obviously wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack and use the mountain's strength to defeat them one by one."
"It's really a thief's heart and a thief's wisdom." Elder Xu sneered: "It's a pity that his cleverness was misled by his cleverness."
"It takes time and distance to cast a curse on the lamp of life. If you stay here and want to counterattack, give me a great opportunity."
Then he ordered: "After dinner, surround the mountain, form a group of five, distribute talismans down, and use whistle triangles to echo each other."
"Elder Xu, these swordsmen have no magic power or channeling skills. If they use talismans, they may lose their longevity." A young Taoist stepped forward and whispered.
After hearing this, Elder Xu glanced at him and said, "Compassion cannot lead an army. It takes a thousand days to raise an army, but losses will inevitably occur. Are you compassionate? How about you go and replace these people?"
The Taoist's face turned pale and he said quickly: "Elder, I don't dare."
Elder Xu turned around and said coldly: "The swordsmen were divided into groups of two and patrolled flexibly. Jian An is dead. The seven of you will form three groups, and the remaining one will stay."
Several Taoists present responded loudly: "Yes, Elder Xu."
Several Taoists rushed toward the mountain with swords in hand.
Elder Xu said: "Today is the place where this person died. I didn't expect that this person was so bold and dared to attack the mountain. We just waited and waited. It's a pity that Jian'an was killed by this person."
"What the elder said is that this person is unscrupulous, but if he encounters me, Qi Xuanmen, he will inevitably die." The Taoist who stayed behind said.
Hearing what he said, everyone present had smiles on their faces. Elder Xu waved his hand: "Cheer up, everyone. We haven't killed this beast yet. How can we relax? We must not let this man escape."
"Elder Xu, this man is very powerful in martial arts. We cannot let him go a little bit to avoid additional casualties or escape. Now we have the time and distance to cast the spell, so we can do it without further delay." A Taoist on the left said.
Elder Xu nodded: "Without further ado, you are right. This person has become a Yin God, and it is more likely that he has a treasure. It is difficult for ordinary Taoist methods to work. I have a method of entering a nightmare. I can use the life lamp to make him hallucinate." , I can’t tell the truth from the false, but I won’t last long, so please help me.”
"As it should be."
Elder Xu stretched out his hand and took out a bone tool, and just knocked it. With a "Z" sound, the bone tool instantly ignited with green fire. The green flames spread on the bone tool and turned into a faint black air. There were many faces in the black air. struggling.
Elder Xu pointed the bone tool at the life lamp. The flames on the life lamp suddenly turned green, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and seeped in little by little.
Sweat suddenly broke out on Elder Xu's face. As soon as the two Taoists met, they knew that the other party had great resistance, so they immediately laid hands.
"Boom" The green outer flame expanded several times.
Meishan Mountain Forest
The five swordsmen were searching in the forest, all with some anger, holding knives in their hands. Although they were novices, it could be seen that the training was very strict, and their movements were standardized. They were all strong and quick in movement.
Although it is getting dark, the swordsman is still in a state of readiness, with keen eyesight and energy, always vigilant that the fire cannot illuminate the shadows.
At this time, a figure appeared behind these people and rushed toward them. A swordsman seemed to hear some movement and looked behind him. There was nothing behind him.
Then he breathed a sigh of relief and moved forward to search. Suddenly a hand appeared and covered the swordsman's neck. The swordsman still wanted to struggle, but felt a coldness on his neck, as if something was flowing out.
The figure quietly put the person down and followed the remaining people up.
"Cheng'an, have you found anything?" the swordsman in front said, turning his head, and suddenly his hair stood on end, a man standing close to his face was about to scream.
He covered his mouth fiercely, unable to make any sound, and the sword passed through his heart, making a slight "pop" sound.
After gently placing the body on the ground, the captain suddenly felt something was wrong. The footsteps became less and less, and there seemed to be some noise. His whole body immediately became hairy, and he shouted: "There is someone behind you, form a formation."
After speaking, he pounced forward, and when he looked back, Pei Ziyun pounced forward, with bursts of feminine and mysterious aura. The two swordsmen looked frightened and instinctively wanted to run away.
Figures poured in, then disappeared and reappeared. With a flash of sword light, the two swordsmen on the left and right fell out, blood splattering.
The captain quickly put his whistle in his mouth, and at the same time drew out the fireworks. The sword flashed again, and with a "pop" sound, it pierced through the chest, and the sword tip came out from behind.
The captain vomited out blood, and a talisman started to burn.
"Damn it!" Pei Ziyun had no time to stop him, so he had no choice but to sneak into the jungle again. Three hundred meters away, the compasses in the hands of the two swordsmen shook and pointed in one direction.
The swordsmen glanced at each other, one of them whistled, and ran over. Following the whistle, the people around them immediately moved closer to each other, and the net tightened rapidly.
"However, even if you want to tighten the net, it must be able to catch the fish. If it is a paper net, no matter how tight the net is, what is the use?"
"With my current strength, only the swordsmen of the Sword Palace can trap me."
"These swordsmen are worse now. I just happened to kill them one by one, and then rushed to the mountain gate." Pei Ziyun felt all this and was not worried. He disappeared like a ghost in the night. .
At this time, a group of five figures filed forward, doubling their speed. At this moment, a person suddenly screamed and turned over. There was a loud bang and he fell ten feet. He groaned in mid-air and his body curled up. Falling.
The remaining four people all stopped suddenly in shock.
It was dark, and these people actually didn't see the reason. One person took a closer look and said, "It's a stumbling rope!"
Before he finished speaking, he groaned, as if struck by thunder, and screamed: "There is a hidden weapon!"
The remaining three people were so frightened that they suddenly dispersed and fled in three directions. One of them blew a whistle, but after blowing a few times, the sword light passed by the right side of his body, and he fell out.
"Idiot, this threat is worse than the last time the eunuchs surrounded the mountain."
"Because the imperial court is so crowded, killing dozens of people is like pulling out your hair. Any master who is caught in the crowd tactics and engages in non-stop encirclement and suppression for several days, ten days or even months will eventually be unable to hold on and be killed and captured."
"Your martial arts skills are higher than those of the Xiang soldiers, but with my Taoist skills and even the master's sword skills, you are almost as unable to contain me as the Xiang soldiers. Therefore, in fact, it is the value of the Xiang soldiers - but how many of you are compared with the Xiang soldiers? "
What is the righteous way of war? The righteous way of war is to attack the weak with more and less. Pei Ziyun is a strategist, not a contestant. He will not engage in fair duels. In terms of fairness, it is unfair to fight one by dozens. .
Pei Ziyun looked indifferent and turned around. He only heard two screams and killed two more people. At this time, he calmly peeled off his clothes. Although there was always some blood from being killed, it was okay for the five of them to put it together. The figure flashed and threw himself into the forest.
Some crickets were chirping in the forest, and some sounds came from the distance, which seemed a bit blurry. A team of swordsmen, with a torch in each hand, stabbed the grass with their knives from time to time, looking at the surrounding environment.
The captain felt something was wrong, raised his hand and stared into the distance: "Huh? No response from Group Nine?"
The captain looked solemn, everyone around him was holding his breath, and his heart was beating loudly. The place was silent, and a swordsman took a step forward: "Yes, captain, there is no response."
The captain handed the whistle to the swordsman and ordered: "There might be something going on ahead. Please blow the whistle again to see if you can make contact."
As the captain spoke, he took out the fireworks in his arms and walked a few steps while looking at the dark forest ahead. Some sweat appeared on his forehead, and he noticed some sudden movement.
The captain drew his knife instantly and said coldly: "Who?"
The five of them all drew their swords together, and when they looked up, they saw a swordsman staggering up, approaching with a wound on his body, calling for help: "Quick, set off the fireworks, Pei Ziyun is coming to chase him."
"What?" The captain raised his hand holding the firework bomb and was about to launch it into the sky. The swordsman on the opposite side drew his sword and stabbed it!
"Pfft!" The swordsman drew his sword, and the captain grunted and threw himself on the ground. He was still alive for a while, twitching and panting: "Quick, whistle quickly."
The swordsman behind him took out his whistle and blew it. Pei Ziyun stretched out his finger to point at the man. The man froze, as if he had been struck by thunder. Pei Ziyun's figure flashed and he pounced on him.
"Kill!" Two swordsmen rushed forward, but one swordsman stepped forward and took the whistle from the hand of the swordsman who was imprisoned by Taoism, and wanted to call someone immediately.
Pei Ziyun's eyes turned cold, and the sword light was hesitant. There was no clanging sound of metal. The figures suddenly merged and let out two screams, which made people's scalp numb and their hearts trembled.
The two swordsmen trembled, blood spattered, and they fell to the ground.
(End of chapter)