Ji Thrush's throat was pinched fiercely by the Black Wing Knight, the pain was so painful that it was difficult to even speak.
After confirming that the knight on the ground was indeed dead, he looked up and saw Ren Jianmo standing with his arms folded twenty meters away, with the same corpse of a black-winged knight lying at his feet.
Ji Xiaoniao didn't know when Ren Jianmo killed his opponent, but after the opponent freed his hand, he didn't intend to come to help.
On the contrary, he just watched Ji Thrush and the Black Wing Knight fight with cold eyes, as if even if Ji Thrush was really killed by the enemy, his eyes would not blink.
Ji Thrush felt a little sad.
But after thinking about it, I think I can understand it.
After all, to Ren Jianmo now, he is just a pure stranger, and he is also stalking, which is very annoying.
In addition, it was Ji Thrush's own choice to follow this "world" with SS-level difficulty, and Ren Jianmo had no responsibility for him, let alone an obligation to help.
What's more, if it's just the first opponent at the beginning, if Ji Thrush can't solve it by himself in a one-on-one duel, then there is nothing to say. Even if he is rescued by Ren Jianmo now, he will not be able to handle it sooner or later. Just lie down and die.
After thinking through this layer, the sour pain in Ji Thrush's heart disappeared a lot.
He walked towards Ren Jianmo, cleared his throat, "You..."
As soon as he opened his mouth, Ji Thrush realized that his voice was hoarse as if he had swallowed a piece of sandpaper.
"Ahem!"
He coughed twice, trying to make his voice sound normal.
Ren Jianmo looked at the purple and black fingerprints on Ji Xiaoniao's neck, and frowned slightly without even noticing it.
He waved his hand, interrupted Ji Thrush, turned around and walked towards the other three.
Ji Thrush hurriedly followed.
When Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo were facing the Black Wing Knight, the two servants in Tsing Yi protected the girl and hid behind a big rock beside the mountain road.
Seeing that the knight was dead, the three of them came out of the hiding place tremblingly, their faces full of joy and luck in surviving a catastrophe.
The girl asked two servants to check the battlefield to see if anyone was still alive, and she cupped her hands at Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo, "Thank you two brothers for saving lives!"
As soon as the girl opened her mouth, Ji Thrush heard something was wrong.
Although the girl standing in front of him was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with wheat-colored skin, a slender figure, an oval face, willow-leaf eyebrows, long and thick black hair, combed into two twisted braids hanging on her shoulders, and wearing light blue The hem of the black culottes is also embroidered with delicate patterns of wisteria flowers. From the outside, she is completely a delicate girl who can be called "beautiful".
However, the girl's voice was harsh and hoarse. Even if she deliberately raised her voice, it still couldn't completely conceal the sense of incompatibility with her appearance and age.
Ji Thrush is also a boy who just went through puberty not long ago, and when he took a closer look at the neck of the girl in the blue skirt, he immediately understood:
"You... a man disguised as a woman?"
The girl... no, it should be said that the boy nodded.
"I am the second son of the current head of the Dong family in Xijiang, and my single name is 'Jing'."
After the boy introduced himself generously, he asked again:
"Dare to ask the two honorable names?"
Ji thrush choked, "Ji, Ji Xiaoniao."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Ren Damei, his family.
Ren Jianmo replied flatly, "My surname is Ren."
His expression was extraordinarily noble and glamorous.
Dong Jing watched the two of them fighting against the Black Wing Knight just now, so he naturally knew how powerful they were—especially Ren Jianmo, so he didn't dare to underestimate them.
Even now that one of the two clearly gave a fake name, and the other just said a surname, and his attitude was extremely perfunctory, he did not show any displeasure, but instead bowed his hands respectfully, "So, little brother Thank you Brother Ji and Brother Ren."
Until now, Ji Thrush had no time to sort out the basic information about this "world" implanted in his brain by "Peach Blossom Spring".
This time, the country where the two are located is called "Xia Country". Whether it is history or geographical environment, it is at least 90% similar to the world Ji Thrush originally lived in.
It's just that although this "world" also has a technology tree, theology and mystic arts are no longer illusory legends in the story books, but real factors that can actually affect the course of history.
This time, Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo were arranged by "Peach Blossom Spring" to be brothers.
They are hermits who practiced in a certain mountain in the southwest. They were ordered by their master to go down the mountain to fight against the invaders from the Western Continent.
When the two left the gate of the division, the Holy Court army was in full swing, not only taking down the southeast and south China coastal areas, but also relying on the advantage of river transportation, they went all the way deep into the Central Plains, occupying half of Xia Kingdom's rivers and mountains, one south and one north with the imperial army, The confrontation started across the Huanghe River.
Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo found the imperial army on the front line. At that time, many cultivators, Taoists, monks, and strangers with various inheritances had gathered in the army.
A general surnamed Su in the imperial army greeted Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo in person, and asked them to go to the southwest immediately to meet Dong's family from western Xinjiang.
So Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo crossed the river at night, went deep into the enemy-occupied area, walked all the way west, and finally rescued the second young master of the Dong family before they were killed by the Holy Court knights.
After figuring out the cause and effect, facing the second young master Dong Jing who was disguised as a woman, Ji Thrush seemed more confident.
He first briefly talked about his and Ren Jianmo's affiliation and background, then handed General Su's handwritten letter to Dong Jing, and quickly gained the other's trust.
At this time, two domestic servants also returned with a seriously injured person.
After the charge of the knight team just now, the Dong family and his party really suffered heavy losses.
Dong Jing originally brought eighteen domestic servants with him, but now they are all bearded, and there are only two people who have not suffered much injuries.
Another fourteen people were either shot to death by crossbows, beheaded by swords, or simply trampled into flesh by war horses. Although the remaining two were still breathing, their injuries were so serious that they couldn't survive.
Ji Thrush leaned over and looked at the condition of the two seriously injured.
Both of them were injured by crossbows, one was wounded on the right chest and the other was wounded on the back. Only a small end of the arrow body was still exposed, obviously piercing the lungs.
Ji Xiaoniao noticed that the arrows used by the knights were specially made. Apart from being shorter and thicker than ordinary ones, the tips of the arrows were in the shape of a cross cone, with a blood groove on each side and barbs on the tail. When pierced into the flesh, not only will the blood flow profusely, but also a large piece of flesh will be torn off as soon as it is pulled out, making the wound at least double in size.
Even though Ji Thrush was carrying the precious wound medicine exchanged from the "Peach Blossom Spring", after all, he couldn't bring the dead back to life. There was really no way to deal with such a fatal injury involving the heart and lungs.
The second young master of the Dong family and the two servants obviously also understood that these two people must not be saved, and their expressions looked very distressed and sad.
Ji Thrush didn't speak, and stood beside him silently, waiting for Dong Jing to say his final farewell to the wounded.
At this moment, the second young master dressed as a young girl bent down, approached the two seriously injured servants, and whispered a few words in their ears. The two servants struggled to regain their last trace of clarity in their dying state, and reluctantly nodded.
Dong Jing pulled out a dagger from his waist, one by one, stabbed into the chests of the two seriously injured, ending their suffering.
Ji Thrush was taken aback.
He didn't expect that Young Master Dong Er, who looked like a pure girl, would be so decisive that he could strike if he said so.
However, what happened next surprised him even more.
I saw Second Young Master Dong took out two yellow talismans from his carry-on luggage, pasted them on the heads of the two newly dead domestic servants, and at the same time made a formula with one hand, muttering words in his mouth, and finally put his two fingers together, pointed towards the sky, and shouted One sound:
"rise!!"
The two corpses bent their knees, like springs, and jumped up straight.
Ji Thrush: "!!"
He had only seen such scenes in the early Qing Dynasty zombie movies!
—This must be the legendary art of expelling corpses!
Ji Thrush sighed in his heart.
He was right.
Next, from Dong Jing's mouth, Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo learned about the origin of the Dong family in Xijiang.
The Dong family was originally one of the Cultivation Families in the Central Plains. Two hundred years ago, in order to avoid the scourge of war, the family moved to the southwest frontier, intermarried with the local clan, and integrated the secret exorcism technique with the family inheritance, and finally created a set of The self-proclaimed unparalleled secret technique of corpse control.
This time Xia Guo encountered a catastrophe. Although the Dong family was located in the southwestern border, they could not just watch the great rivers and mountains being ravaged by the invaders. Therefore, they sent the second young master Dong who was the most gifted and capable among the younger generation to let him Assist the imperial court against the holy court army.
It's just that Master Dong's business somehow leaked the news, and the Holy Court Army also paid special attention to them, and even sent a small group of elite paladins to hunt them down.
The knight army pursued them day and night for two days, and finally intercepted the prey at the entrance of this valley. If Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo hadn't arrived in time, the Second Young Master of the Dong family, together with his eighteen servants, would have already died. Become a dead soul under the knife.
And Dong Jing himself is eighteen years old this year, and has just entered the period of changing his voice.
According to his own statement, since the corpse-holding technique itself is a very yin and evil spell, he has been dressing up as a girl since he was a child in order to deceive ghosts and gods.
After listening to the self-narration of the second young master of the Dong family, Ji Thrush nodded.
"Understood."
He said: "Then let's go east now to find the troops of the Sujiang Army."
Unexpectedly, the second young master of the Dong family shook his head.
"No, we have to go to a place first."
The boy replied:
"So, we're going to keep going south."
Ji Thrush quickly went through the map of Xia Kingdom he received from "Peach Blossom Spring" in his mind, frowned, and shook his head in disapproval.
"This area is already occupied by the Holy Court Army, but because it is a mountainous area, there are not many garrisons. If we go further south, we will directly collide with their main force, which is very dangerous."