Seeing the dagger, the leader on the ground groaned in pain: "Why don't you just watch and watch? You are asking for your own death by protecting an insignificant fool..."
However, the next scene almost made him bite his tongue.
Yin Ci maintained the action of holding the dagger between his two fingers, and swords flew out around him, leaving several deep sword marks on the muddy ground. Although he had no internal strength, the killing intent that burst out was not inferior to that of the dagger.
Then he snorted coldly and exerted force on his shoulders and wrists. The dagger flashed with cold light and was thrown back by him.
The frost blade shattered the wind, and there was a faint sound of breaking through the sky.
When masters compete with each other, they will know how many jins and taels the opponent has in one try. Shocked by the dagger shot back, the vague breath in the distance instantly converged and disappeared without a trace.
Seeing that the three "bandits" had lost all hope, their overall situation suddenly weakened.
They seemed to be grinding their teeth to pieces, but Su Si touched the acupuncture points coldly, then removed their jaws one by one, and pulled out three bloody fangs. Seeing that the leader was about to lose too much blood, Su Si grabbed the still-hot wood ash and pressed it directly on the cut section of the man's wound.
The saliva and blood of the "bandits" were mixed together, and their eyes became malicious.
On the other side, Shi Jingzhi is gearing up to take revenge. Unexpectedly, Yin Ci retaliated on the spot, scaring away the hard-won master, and he became much depressed.
He ignored the three people at his feet and turned to Yin Ci sadly. She gave him a faint smile from behind, and the gloomy anger she had just accumulated disappeared.
Su Si and Yan Qing were accustomed to this. However, Jin Lan's impression of the Kushan sect was still in the temporary sect that "gathered heads" in Ghost Tomb. He only knew that Shi Jingzhi could barely fight, but he didn't know that after a month or so, the Kushan sect had another real talent. A master of materials.
Not to mention that the person who threw back the dagger looked like an immortal, which took people's breath away. Not to mention Shi Zhang’s exaggeratedly handsome face. Even the new members dressed as servants are as gorgeous as peaches and plums, not like ordinary people.
… There are more suspicious members.
This person is so frighteningly beautiful, and yet they are crowded together in a rainy and abandoned house in the wilderness. It looks like the beginning of a fairy tale. Jin Lan quickly took a step back, her heart beating wildly with the instinct to slay demons in her bones.
He didn't even care about the enemy, and looked at Yan Qing without hesitation, with a look of horror on his face - Are you, the Dry Mountain Sect, really someone who came down from the demon mountain to overcome the calamity
Yan Qing slowly turned away, avoiding the questioning gaze.
On the contrary, Shi Zhang recovered from the pain of mourning and said kindly: "Brother Jin, this person is really bad. I think there must be a reason for it. Can I take a look at the medicinal materials?"
Jin Lan didn't know whether to be grateful or wary, and her words were floating: "Look, look. There will be no concealment of the matters entrusted to me by Senior Sister."
When handing out the pill box, his eyes even glanced behind the other three, as if trying to find Monster Tail.
Shi Jingzhi was so used to it, he dropped a brighter smile, and then began to look at the medicinal materials.
As Jin Lan said, this box of medicine is just medicine - the medicinal materials are very precious, but they are all available in the world. There are no rare and rare things like the ice-capped snake lotus. There was nothing strange mixed in the medicinal materials. The box was made of expensive materials, but there was no mechanism in between.
This box of medicine is just like Shi Zhongyu himself.
"It's all good, mild and nourishing medicine."
Shi Jingzhi smelled it carefully and sealed the medicine box in its original state.
"As expected of the Taiheng Sect, they are truly wealthy. This box of medicine is worth at least seven to eight hundred taels of silver."
Jin Lan was so distraught that she was stunned.
Shi Jingzhi: "It's just that the amount of medicine is quite large. These medicines are not specific to the disease and can only be used to kill people. Is there someone in your sect who is seriously ill?"
Jin Lan looked away and remained silent.
"These three people are the killers of the Chigou Sect, and they have red scorpion tattoos on their bodies." Su Si pulled at the clothes of the three people. "They are not very good at kung fu. They must be the ones at the bottom. A group of three people disguise their identities and secretly select a master to follow them. This is a typical assassination technique of the Chi Gou Cult."
The young leader who is on the run, he sells the Chigou religion more readily than anyone else.
Although they were not qualified to know Su Si's identity, when the three killers heard this, they could still guess that this person was once an insider of the Chigou Sect. The three of them immediately became anxious and writhed on the ground. The resentment in their eyes turned to contempt. .
Su Si just pretended not to see it: "But even the lowest level killer is more than enough to kill this little brother. Although the Chigou sect is a demon sect, it has its own rules and will not do such boring things like robbing wealth. "I think it's not the medicine that's being targeted, it's this little brother's life."
"Nonsense! I, Jin Lan, have no enemies and no status. Why do you need to mobilize so many troops to kill me? Besides, even if I fail to deliver this box of medicine, it won't really affect that person—"
Having said this, Jin Lan hurriedly shut up and looked at the ground.
Shi Jingzhi and Yin Ci looked at each other.
Yin Ci: "Su Si, are you sure you can pry open the mouths of these three people?"
"Impossible. If the secrets were leaked under random torture, Red Scorpion Foot would not dare to accept such an expensive reward. Rules are rules. Even if Black Blood Mother comes in person, these three people will not betray their client."
"I guess so."
Even if these three men told lies, they had no way of verifying it. Seeing that the rules of self-reliance were strictly followed, Yin Ci didn't know whether he should be happy or helpless.
"The three of you have some principles. The information I sent will not be exposed. Let's give them a good time."
Jin Lan was still decent after all, so he hurriedly said: "It doesn't have to be like this, just Taiheng will handle it. I didn't go back on time, senior sister will definitely send someone... "
Before he could finish his sentence, the three killers had their necks broken by Su Si and fell silent.
Jin Lan took another step back and pressed her whole body against the wall.
… This is definitely the monster faction.
Until the sound of horses neighing in the room, Jin Lan was still clinging to the wall, like a raised mural.
As Jin Lan said, Taiheng indeed sent people to look for him. However, the two people who came were not minions, but important people in Taiheng—the eldest disciple Shi Zhongyu, and Qu Duanyun, who ranked first with Taiheng.
"Senior Sister!" After seeing the savior, Jin Lan hugged the box tightly, finally feeling like she had returned to the human world from the book of monster stories.
When he turned around, the four members of the Dry Mountain Sect had all put on their Nuo masks and transformed from demons and immortals into demons and ghosts. At that time, Jingzhi's medicine was used to cure the disease, and the flag was spread out in a big way, which showed his identity.
Jin Lan: "..." Why doesn't he get such treatment
Shi Zhongyu was dressed in a smart outfit, but his face was not very good-looking. As soon as she saw the flag, she dismounted decisively and saluted Shi Zong: "Shi Zhang."
Qu Duanyun was still sitting on the horse: "Do you respect him from the Dry Mountain Sect?"
Shi Jingzhi was neither humble nor arrogant: "Exactly."
"Qu Duanyun, I'll look up to you for a long time." Unlike Shi Zhongyu, who had a gloomy look on his face, Qu Duanyun gave a polite gesture, turned over and dismounted.
Through the Nuo noodles, Yin Ci silently looked at Qu Duanyun.
This man has sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, and a heroic appearance. He looks like a typical member of the Qu family.
A hundred years ago, Taiheng Qutinglei, Yan Budu, Kong Shi and others were known as the Four Masters. This Qu Duanyun is the direct descendant of Qu Tinglei, and his martial arts ranks among the top ten among the younger generation. He was also polite and polite, no less clean than Shi Zhongyu.
It is said that people in Taiheng are very fond of him, and this person has basically been appointed as the next person in charge of Taiheng.
Yin Ci glanced out of the corner of his eye. Sure enough, Su Si had already hid behind Yan Qing, half-covering himself with the Mercy Sword, and his hair was about to explode. Yan Qing was obviously familiar with Qu Duanyun's identity. He stood forward considerately to make his best friend appear even more inconspicuous.
"Senior Sister, Senior Qu, why are you all here?" Jin Lan came to her senses and was flattered.
"I was going to the Qu Family Estate with Duan Yun. You didn't come back for a long time, so we stopped by to look for you." Shi Zhongyu said with a straight face, "You smell so much of blood, why are you in such a mess?"
"I'm just asking here." Qu Duanyun smoothed things over, "It's humid here, why not go to my courtyard first, get some shelter from the rain and warm up by the fire, and talk while having tea."
Shi Zhongyu pursed his lips into a straight line, and after a long while, she still sighed and responded.
Half an hour later, Qu's family returned to the courtyard.
The courtyard is located just near this wilderness, adjacent to a small forest, and the location is elegant and quiet. The indoor fire pit has been used for cooking, there is no annoying humidity, and the air is filled with a light pine scent.
The tables and chairs in the room are made of ordinary materials but simple and elegant in shape. There are no pretty maids in the courtyard, only a few kind-hearted old servants, and the tea and refreshments are also ordinary.
This place is different from the plain direction of Jianchen Temple, but the scenery is exactly the same.
At the table, listening to Jin Lan's incoherent explanation of the whole story, Shi Zhongyu didn't take a sip of the tea, letting it slowly cool down.
"Jin Lan doesn't argue. I'd like to thank everyone from the Kushan Sect for taking care of me." She lowered her head and thanked Jin Lan.
Qu Duanyun shook his head and gave Shi Zhongyu a cup of hot tea: "It turned out to be the Chigou Cult. That old witch suffered a loss in the treasure hunt, and she still wants to do this to us... Shizhang, you Aren’t those two people coming to have tea? I don’t have many rules.”
"No need, the white goose demon I sent just now was frightened and needs to be taken care of by them." The corner of Shi Jingzhi's mouth twitched.
Just kidding, those two boys, one the heir of the Yan family and the other the young leader of the Chigou sect, wanted to hide on the stove hand in hand. If Qu Duanyun discovers his identity, the next battle between good and evil in the martial arts world will begin in advance.
Qu Duanyun didn't force it: "That's fine, I'll teach people to heat up some cold-warming meals later and deliver them to them individually."
Jin Lan's incident was already strange, but the two Taiheng heroes appeared together, making the incident twice as weird. It was a pity that Shi Zhongyu turned into a saw-mouthed gourd, and Qu Duanyun kept talking about things, never mentioning the medicinal materials, so Shi Jingzhi could only give up inquiring for the time being.
Taiheng people are honest, but not stupid. Apparently something inconvenient and inhumane happened within Taiheng. If you ask forcefully, you will only waste your hard-won favor.
"Actually, I was sent to Taiheng this time for two things." Shi Jingzhi said according to the prepared script, "I got the rubbings that Miss Shi put in Jianchen Temple. It's just that there happened to be something going on at Jianchen Temple. It was inconvenient to deliver it in time. I decided to deliver it myself.”
Shi Zhongyu didn't delve into it and said absently: "Well, I'll take care of it when I'm working hard."
"One more thing, my faction is planning to go north recently to visit a member of the Mishan Sect. However, the north is vast and cold, and it takes too much time to get there. So I would like to use my arrows and horses..."
There was a squeaking sound.
Shi Zhongyu pushed away the chair and stood up. She changed her previous dejected look, pressed her hands on the table, and said with stern eyes: "Mishan Sect members have always been reluctant to meet people, can you find them?"
Shi Jingzhi said: "Master Juefei knows someone who wrote a greeting note for us."
Shi Zhongyu showed some relief: "I-"
"Senior sister." Qu Duanyun warned.
Shi Zhongyu showed no sign of weakness: "Why, this is the fate of sending me to you. Just borrowing two arrow horses is not an 'unnecessary waste of manpower', right? I won't hurt anyone this time, I will do it myself." Go.”
Qu Duanyun shook his head, with a look of helplessness on his face: "Shi Zhang is still here, let's talk about it after this matter."
"Shi Zhang is not a greedy person and is worthy of trust. I have seen this with my own eyes."
Shi Zhongyu gritted his teeth and said.
"Duanyun, if you don't believe in him, you should believe in the Buddha's Heart Array in Jianchen Temple, and Master Juefei's way of looking at people... That master knows the cause and effect best and won't just write greetings for people casually. Before, I I want to ask Abbot Juefei for help, but don’t you still have this reason to stop me?”
"These are two different things. Besides, even if someone from the Mishan Sect is found, the Mishan Sect may not be able to do anything about it. Senior sister, please calm down—"
Jin Lan shrank her head and didn't dare to say a word.
Shi Jingzhi simply put down the tea cup: "It's not pleasant to be secretive. Let's just talk about it. What kind of disease do you have?"
Taiheng and the two of them froze in mid-air.
"People can't tell. I've taken... very similar medicines, but they can still guess it. Those medicines can make a life-threatening 'life and death soup', and most of the people who take this medicine to die are suffering from strange diseases. , the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, and there is no other medicine to take, so I can only survive this way. "
"If you are two relatives, friends and elders, this expense is really too much. Taiheng has a good foundation, but he will not spend so extravagantly on his personal relationship. Jin Lan won't say anything, and the two of them are so secretive. It is not difficult to guess."
Qu Duanyun pressed his forehead with a bitter look on his face: "Senior sister, I've always mentioned this matter."
"You invited me to your courtyard this time. Didn't you follow the instructions of the elders and talk to me about this matter in private? Master Shi has a way in his hands, and I don't want to hide it."
Shi Zhongyu said calmly.
"That's right, our doctor suddenly broke his horse, and the in-house doctors were helpless. If we don't find out the root cause of the disease quickly, we won't be able to survive for too long."
"Broken horse?" Shi Jingzhi asked curiously.
Qu Duanyun sighed and said, "It's just Taiheng's internal statement. No matter how strong the horse is, once it breaks its leg, it can only wait for death. Qi Zhang is already old, even though he has been there a few years ago. He is still in good spirits and can't bear the sickness."
Shi Jingzhi: "Since it's a matter controlled by a faction, why should we stop Miss Shi from saving people?"
"Shi Zhang doesn't know anything. Broken horses are not uncommon. Even among the people, once an old man is injured and sick, it is a hundred times harder to save him than ordinary people."
Qu Duanyun shook his head.
"Everyone has his own destiny. Even if he can be rescued by Qi Zhang, he will be seriously injured and will not survive for long. The cost of this matter is huge, and in the end it is destined to be a waste of effort. The elders are sending For this reason, I was sent to persuade Senior Sister.”
"At least Qi Zhang should regain consciousness and make his own decision."
Shi Zhongyu said coldly.
"Qi Zhang is highly respected and respected. He has taken good care of our faction for decades. Now that he is in trouble and the cause of his illness has not been found out, you are going to give up on him? I, the Shi family, have some savings. You don't mind the expense. Too big, I’ll pay with my own money.”
"Senior sister, if you accept death too much, you will only ruin the overall situation. Even if Qi Zhang wakes up, he will definitely give up. He values Tai Heng the most, and he cannot harm others because of his own selfishness... Our faction has already said... We have invested a lot in the Baotu issue, but we really can’t take care of it at the same time.”
Shi Zhongyu said coldly: "What a generous person. Duanyun, let me put this aside, I must investigate this matter clearly. If anyone has any objections to the money I spend, let them do it themselves." Tell me."
Qu Duanyun frowned slightly and spoke sternly: "Qi Zhang's life is life, and Jin Lan's life is also life. If you hadn't insisted, I wouldn't have sent people back and forth on a fixed route every day. Being targeted by the Chigou Cult."
"If it hadn't been for the help of a few people from the Kushan Sect today, we would have been able to collect Jin Lan's body in time. Can the Shi family save these lives?"
Shi Zhongyu's face turned pale, she clenched her fists, and veins appeared on the back of her fair hands.
"If the reason for my trip to Mishan Sect is still unclear, I will apologize in public and leave Taiheng. I will kowtow to everyone who dies during this period."
"But it is our duty to save Qi Zhang. For this reason, I, Shi Zhongyu, will never give in."
Shi Zhongyu straightened his back. She is a pretty woman, but her posture is so hard that it hurts her hands. She looks like a humanoid who is indifferent to oil and salt. Qu Duanyun stopped talking and looked helpless.
Yin Ci finally understood the subtle atmosphere between the two. He was just a local person, and he really didn't care about Qi Zhang's life or death. He is more concerned about another thing than the internal emotional disputes in Taiheng -
The front foot felt that it was not the abbot who was cursed, and was burned in the golden fire. The palm of the back foot suddenly fell seriously ill. If Shi Zhongyu hadn't accepted death so outrageously and insisted on snatching people from the hands of the King of Hell, Taiheng Zhang would have been replaced by now.
Qu Duanyun is young, let alone whether he can convince the public, his experience is not the same as Qi Zhang of the older generation. In this way, Taiheng would not be as miserable as Jianchen Temple, but he would still be half-limbed and would not be able to exert the same power as before.
Is it a coincidence
Shi Jingzhi obviously didn't want to get involved in this matter. He just cleared his throat and said, "If Miss Shi is willing to lend us the arrow horses, our faction is also willing to take Miss Shi with us."
"Then it's settled, without further ado, we'll do it tomorrow. Jin Lan, go back and tell the people around you that the medicine will be delivered later, and the number of escorts must not be less than three. I will make a decision between life and death. Come back with a solution.”
Shi Zhongyu said coldly, no longer looking at Qu Duanyun.
"I'm going to send a message and ask people to prepare arrows and horses."
Qu Duanyun didn't stop him: "...I understand."
After Shi Zhongyu left, Qu Duanyun let out a sigh of relief. He turned to Shi Jingzhi and said, "Originally, I was just waiting for guests, but after talking about my family's conflicts for a long time, Shi Zhang came to see me."
He scratched his head in distress.
"Senior Sister is right. Qi Zhang treats us well. If the situation is not so bad... Well, I will go to Mishan Sect now. Please take care of Senior Sister. Qu is here first." Thanks.”
Qu Duanyun lowered his head solemnly and saluted.
Shi Jingzhi stared at him for a while, returned the gesture, and answered without missing a beat.
"Shi will do his best."