Nearing the fifth watch, Nanfeng stood up, patted the snowflakes on his body and prepared to leave.
At this moment, the urgent sound of horse hooves came from the south.
The south wind followed the sound and saw a fast black horse appearing in the distance. The rider was a woman wearing a green dress and a veil. The woman was riding the horse very fast and looked back from time to time while galloping.
Two miles away, there was a dense sound of horse hooves. It sounded like many people were chasing her. The sound of horse hooves was located on the other side of the corner of the mountain road. At this time, only the sound of the horse hooves was heard, and no one was seen. .
Just as Nanfeng tilted his head and looked south, the woman galloped over on horseback. When she approached the pit, she pulled out a short knife, slashed the horse's buttocks, turned over and dismounted, and rolled down the pit on the west side of the road.
The Wuzui horse felt pain, neighed, raised its hooves with all its strength, and galloped away to the north.
"Young man, don't talk nonsense." The woman threw a piece of silver from behind a bush on the hillside.
Nanfeng raised his hand to grab the piece of silver and nodded to her.
Not long after, the pursuers arrived, with a total of seven riders. The people on the horses were all warriors. The leader was an old man in coir raincoat, about fifty years old, who lived in the lilac color of the mountain. The remaining six people were all third-level blue Qi.
The seven people saw Nan Feng standing by the road, but they did not rein in their horses and ask questions. They just glanced at him and then accelerated their horses to pursue him north.
The woman had been hiding behind the bushes, listening carefully to the sound of horse hooves heading north.
After the pursuers went two miles north, seven of them stopped. Someone dismounted and inspected the situation. After that, the soldiers split into two groups. Two of them continued to ride north, while the other five turned around and turned back.
For people riding fast horses, two miles is reached in an instant. When the five of them came to Nanfeng, someone asked him, "Has anyone ever ridden a horse?"
Nan Feng raised his eyebrows and glanced at this person, "Most of the passers-by are riding horses."
Seeing his cold tone, the warrior who asked the question was very unhappy and raised his eyebrows, wanting to get angry.
Another middle-aged warrior raised his hand to stop him, and turned to Nanfeng and said, "It's a young woman. Just a moment ago, she was riding a black horse."
Nan Feng nodded.
When the person asking the question saw him nodding, he turned his horse's head and wanted to continue chasing north. However, someone pointed a riding whip at the blood stains on the snow and said, "Second brother, look."
After being reminded by their companions, several people got off their horses, some looked at the blood stains in the snow, and some looked for them from both sides of the road.
There was no abnormality on both sides of the road, so everyone followed the blood trail and searched for it for a hundred steps south. Someone found traces of trampling in the snow, called out, and chased towards Dongshan.
"Thank you, thank you." The woman whispered her thanks from behind the bushes.
"Why are they chasing you?" Nanfeng asked casually.
"It's hard to put it into words," the woman said.
Nanfeng smiled, saying that it was a perfunctory thing to say, which is equivalent to saying you should stop asking.
"You should go quickly. I'm leaving too." The woman left the bush and ran westward.
This man was so eager to escape that he forgot that he was currently at the bottom of a deep pit. As soon as he moved, he was immediately spotted by the warriors who were high up on the east mountain. They all used their own skills to chase him.
At this time, the two people chasing north also turned around and came back. The seven people took their positions and surrounded the young woman.
"Female thief, do you still want to run away? Hand over the qi-replenishing elixir and come out." The leader, the old man living in the mountain, shouted loudly.
The young woman looked around and saw that she couldn't get away, so she reached into her arms, took out a white porcelain bottle, and threw it to the old man in the raincoat with her backhand.
The old man in coir raincoat took the porcelain vase, unplugged the cork, inspected it, put the porcelain vase in his arms, then pointed the riding crop at the young woman, "Take off the hijab."
The young woman shook her head.
"I'm afraid it's not up to you." Someone next to me said.
The young woman lowered her head and hesitated, then suddenly raised her head and looked east, "Yeah."
Everyone followed her line of sight and looked eastward, only to see Nanfeng standing on the top of the slope. No one else was there, and no other abnormality was seen.
The young woman's exclamation was undoubtedly to distract everyone's attention, but she forgot that seven people were surrounding her. When she exclaimed, someone still saw the change in her breath, "Blue She is so angry that she is not human."
While the man was shouting, the young woman took off her veil. She had a face that looked like a passerby, neither ugly nor good-looking. She was about twenty-five or six years old.
"Who dares to play tricks in front of Master Niu?" The old man in coir raincoat swung his riding crop and whipped the young woman.
The riding whip was infused with spiritual energy, and the young woman did not dare to hide. As soon as she dodged, she activated the spiritual energy, and her complexion showed three holes of blue energy with black energy.
Nanfeng looked down at them from the top of the slope. In fact, he had known for a long time that this young woman was not a human being. Not only that, the Longmu Celestial Eye could also see her natal soul, which was a spirited snake.
Forcing the young woman to show off her beauty, the old man in raincoat felt very proud, "Damn, she is really a goblin."
"You are really blind. Who is your elder brother? How dare you steal his things." There are flatterers everywhere.
"You must not let it go lightly. Tell me how you want to end this matter." Someone shouted.
"It's just that I'm a bit ugly. It's a pity that I have such a good figure." There are good and bad warriors in the world. There are indeed heroes, but there are still many rogues.
"Hmph," the old man in the coir raincoat tilted his head arrogantly, "Do you think it deliberately interrupted earlier to find an opportunity to escape? Otherwise, it wanted to activate the spiritual energy to change its appearance, and it was worried that we would notice it."
"Brother is wise and has a keen eye," the flatterer flattered him, and then began to pretend to be intimidating. "Return to your true colors quickly and let eldest brother take a closer look."
The young woman frowned and backed away.
"You can't leave." The warrior behind him smiled sinisterly.
"You stole our things. It's your fault that Po Tian went away. Please return him to his original appearance as soon as possible and let us handle it." A warrior urged.
"What kind of monster are you?" Youwuren was curious.
"It doesn't matter what kind of monster it is, as long as it's beautiful," said a martial artist, Qie Xie, "There are so many women to choose from. Let's take advantage of big brother today and try to choose a monster, haha."
"Do you really want me to return to my true appearance?" the young woman asked.
"It would be best if you could be ever-changing. If you take it back to the mountains, it will be different every time." Someone laughed.
After the man finished speaking, the young woman raised her hand to touch her face.
"If you look like a ghost and scare us, I'll kill you three times and six times." Someone threatened.
The young woman might have been thinking of doing this, but after hearing this man's words, she had to change her mind. When her right hand dropped, she had a different look.
With an oval face, willow eyebrows, big eyes, and a pointed chin, she is indeed a beauty.
The change in appearance also caused a change in age. This person was not in his mid-twenties, but only around twenty.
Seeing this person's appearance, Nanfeng nodded slowly. The reason why he lingered was because he wanted to confirm the identity of this person. The face in front of him also confirmed his previous guess. He had indeed seen this person before.
Don't worry about whether judging people by their appearance is a mistake. In short, most people in the world still judge people by their appearance. Don't worry about what's inside, as long as it looks good on the outside. When a young woman shows her appearance, all the seven martial arts men in the world will look straight at her.
The Jianghu martial artist blocking the west side came to his senses and saw Nan Feng watching from the top of the slope, so he waved his hand to drive him away, "Get out of here. If you're walking too slowly, the officer will arrest you."
Nanfeng stood still. At this time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty was expelling Buddha and Taoism. Those Taoists who were expelled from Taoist temples by the court were all wearing robes like his. This person mistakenly thought that he was one of them.
Even if the south wind did not retreat, they would not chase it away again, just because something happened and they had no time to look around.
The incident happened very suddenly. One of the Sandong warriors drew out his sword without warning and slashed at the old man in coir raincoat named Niu with his backhand. Although the old man in coir raincoat was a mountain cultivator, he never thought that his accomplices would suddenly charge at him. Take action, take precautions, don't rush, lose your head.
After killing the old man in coir raincoat, the warrior did not stop, but brandished his sword to kill another person.
Only at this moment did the remaining five people react and dodge in a hurry, "Fourth, are you crazy?"
The blue warrior didn't answer, he just waved his sword and chased everyone.
Seeing that they couldn't stop shouting at him, the five of them had to use their own weapons to resist and protect themselves.
In the chaos, the young woman did not take the opportunity to escape, but stood still, motionless.
Although the blue warrior was fierce and powerful, his moves were unorganized. After a few rounds, one person chopped off his arm, and another person stepped forward to make up for it and chopped off his head.
Just as the five of them were looking at each other in shock, the young woman tilted her head and looked at the Dongxuanwu man holding the steel fork.
This time Nanfeng saw it clearly. The young woman's vertical pupils flashed and changed, and there was a strange brilliance in them. She must have used a spell that disturbs the mind and soul. The spell is not very accurate. Some aliens are born with supernatural powers. , most people in the world call it evil magic.
After making eye contact with the young woman, the Cave Xuanwu man was stunned. After a few drops of water, he suddenly got angry and stabbed the big Cave Warrior next to him with a fork.
The Dadong warrior didn't die immediately. Before he died, he swung his sword with all his strength and killed the Dongxuan warrior who was wielding the fork.
Of the seven people in the group, four died within a short time. The remaining three were frightened. Two of them wanted to retreat, but were stopped by the last one, "This witch knows magic. Come together and kill him for the sake of our eldest brother and the others." revenge."
The remaining three people are all deep blue holes, and their spiritual energy cultivation is higher than that of the young woman. Under the siege of the three people, the young woman dodges left and right, and is surrounded by dangers.
Nanfeng was not in a hurry to take action, but just watched from a distance. The young woman's chaos power seemed to be unable to affect opponents whose spiritual energy was higher than her own, and then she only used low-level martial arts moves to protect herself.
After a few rounds, the young woman was in danger again. In desperation, she spat out a cloud of black energy from her mouth. The martial artist who was about to move couldn't dodge and was hit by the black energy. He screamed and fell on his back.
Although the other two people were frightened, they never missed the rare opportunity. They attacked at the same time, slashing the shoulders with the left sword and the waist with the right sword.
The young woman had no way to avoid it, but somehow she moved forward a few feet. When she regained her footing and turned around, the swords drawn by the two men had already struck each other, and they both fell to the ground.
Seeing that something was fishy, the young woman looked around in confusion. After finding nothing, she took back the porcelain bottle from the body of the old man in coir raincoat, jumped onto the official road, and looked at Nanfeng in confusion.
"Are you helping me?" the young woman asked. She had fallen off her horse and left traces in the snow, but when the pursuers came to search, the indentations in the snow suddenly disappeared. . In addition, there was something fishy about the bloodstains that the other party was looking for previously. She had not cut the black horse a hundred steps ago, so there should be no bloodstains in the snow. Furthermore, she had a vague feeling that someone pushed her at a critical moment, so she was able to avoid the two fatal swords. All these signs indicated that someone was secretly helping her, and Nanfeng was the only one nearby.
Nan Feng did not comment, but smiled and asked, "Don't you remember me?"
Hearing Nan Feng's words, the young woman raised her eyebrows and looked at Nan Feng, "She looks familiar."
"Eighteen years ago, did you remember the Yuqing Dharma Assembly in Chang'an..."