Shuofeng Cliff.
The top of the cliff is an open field of red leaves, only a tall giant tree stands in the center, the tree is full of red leaves and golden flowers, looking from a distance, it seems that there are countless golden lings hanging in the treetops.
The breeze blew, Jin Ling swayed, Shen Shu climbed along the branches, and his eyes were fixed on a gorgeous blooming Jin Ling flower on the top of the top.
He stretched out his hand forward, and just as his fingertips touched the golden ling flower, a sword qi suddenly whistled.
Shen Shu's pupils shrank, and he quickly took off the flower and ducked back. At the same time, the tree trunk in front of him had been cut off by the sword energy.
- If you dodge one step further, it will be his hand that will be cut off.
Unable to allow him to think, the sword qi began to attack one after another, hitting his feet, forcing him to keep retreating like a cat playing a mouse.
The trunk couldn't bear the violent shaking, and suddenly made a cracking sound of "click".
Shen Shu instantly jumped to another tree trunk with his strength.
Accompanied by the sound of the tree trunk crashing to the ground, before he could stand still, another sword qi hit him at his feet.
Suddenly, there was the laughter of several disciples from below.
"Senior Brother Yuan, look at the way this little beast is running around in the tree, does it look like a monkey without hair?"
The leader of the young man snorted coldly, "It's just that the old man brought back an unfamiliar dog."
The disciple next to him quickly echoed: "Senior Brother Yuan is right, isn't this beast just a dog with no conscience. As soon as Deacon Liu had an accident, he disappeared without a trace, causing us to search hard. If Brother Ran found him in I don’t know how long it will take to find this.”
Speaking of Deacon Liu, Senior Brother Yuan looked much ugly, and shouted sharply at the tree: "Shen Shu, don't blame me for not reminding you, the dog just needs to lie down on the ground, if you don't get down, you will break your leg. , I won't even have the chance to be a dog in the future."
The disciple next to him observed his words and expressions, and also began to attack Shen Shu with sword energy.
There are not many places to settle on the tree. Under the intensive sword qi attack, Shen Shu's dodging movements became more and more difficult.
He narrowly avoided one, but was hit on the back by another sword qi, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell from the Jinling tree several feet high.
There was a thick layer of red leaves on the ground, but even so, there was a heavy noise.
Severe pain came from the limbs, but Shen Shu only frowned and touched the golden flower in his arms.
It seems that some of them have been crushed. Later... Maybe I have to pick another one. he thinks.
Several disciples have surrounded him.
The leader is Yuan Yongzhi.
Yuan Yongzhi looks handsome, but his eyebrows are very mean, and his voice is cold and mocking, "Now even dogs can climb trees, Shen Shu, you really opened my eyes."
Shen Shu didn't speak.
"I heard from Ran An that you haven't poured out the ashes in the medicine stove these few days. When Xu Ze's new medicine was to be used for you, you couldn't find anyone anywhere. What's going on?"
Shen Shu slowly propped up his body with his elbows and remained silent.
Yuan Yongzhi became angry when he saw him like this, and suddenly kicked Shen Shu heavily, scolding: "Don't act like a mute in front of my eyes, do you think you can escape punishment like this? Shen Shu, My master brought you back from the barren mountains and ridges to repay you for your kindness. You don't need to be grateful, but you dare to run away? Oh, Ran An is right, as expected, you should be chained as before. Raised like a dog, it will give you a long memory."
Not grateful.
Shen Shu's eyelids slowly closed, and he looked down at Jin Linghua in his hand.
Really crumpled.
Seeing him still ignoring him, Yuan Yongzhi's complexion became more and more gloomy.
He noticed the flower in Shen Shu's hand, and suddenly sneered, "Shen Shu, why did you sneak out suddenly... It turned out to be in estrus, so you were in a hurry to find other bitches to mate, right? Knowing how to pick flowers to please each other is still a bit smart."
"...Shut up." Shen Shu suddenly said.
His voice was extremely cold and hoarse, his long and narrow eyes raised, and his pupils were pitch black.
Yuan Yongzhi was taken aback by his sudden opening - since the little beast was brought back to the sect by his master Liu Qing three years ago, he has hardly spoken. If it wasn't for being whipped and punished on weekdays, or occasionally groaning a few times when trying new medicines, he almost really thought this little beast was really dumb.
Those pitch-black pupils looked a little ominous.
Yuan Yongzhi remembered what Liu Qing had told them, as well as all kinds of weird incidents that had happened in recent years, a little chill oozes in his heart, and the contempt dissipated, and he subconsciously slashed at Shen Shu with his sword.
However, Shen Shu suddenly turned over and jumped up, avoiding his sword glow, and sprang out from the surrounding of several disciples like a ghost. A blade silently slipped out of Shen Shu's palm, and the moment it passed by Yuan Yongzhi, it slid across the back of his hand.
"what!"
Yuan Yongzhi let out a pained cry, and blood gushed out from the back of his hand.
The blade was like sawtooth uneven, and although the cut was not deep, it tore apart the surrounding flesh, looking very hideous.
The disciple next to him exclaimed, "Senior Brother Yuan!"
Yuan Yongzhi's face twisted in pain, "What are you still doing, let's go together!"
Shen Shu rushed out of the siege, but did not escape.
The blood on the blade was dripping little by little, he smelled the bloody smell, his eyes became darker and darker, showing an uncontrollable gloom and violence.
The crowd began to besiege Shen Shu, but Shen Shu's movement was really ghostly, and the ground was much more open than the tree, and the dense sword qi was hard to hit him. The blade inside is scratched.
During the chaotic battle, Yuan Yongzhi even had difficulty seeing Shen Shu's figure clearly, and only felt a shadowy gaze locked on him.
He was panting heavily, a chill rushing down his back.
"Shen Shu, you really have been hiding your strength in the past—" His eyes were full of fear, "Tell me, Brother Zeng jumped off a cliff half a year ago because of his inner demons. And the master lost his mind three weeks ago, is it all related to you?"
Shen Shu dodged a sword qi, and tilted his head when he heard the words, "It's them... who are unsteady in Taoism, make mistakes in practice, go crazy, what does it have to do with me...?"
Yuan Yongzhi looked at his dark pupils, there seemed to be nothing in them, but it seemed to condense the deepest darkness in the world, and suddenly felt a chill.
"Master is right, you really are evil—" Yuan Yongzhi said to the surrounding with a twisted expression, "Kill him for me!"
"Senior Brother Yuan, the sect has rules. Disciples must not kill each other. Those who violate the rules will be expelled from the sect immediately!" A disciple hurriedly persuaded him, and whispered in Yuan Yongzhi's ear, "Even if you want to kill, you can't kill each other. To kill here, you have to find a hidden place, just like in the secret realm before..."
Yuan Yongzhi took two deep breaths to stabilize his mind, but suddenly saw the shadow under Shen Shu's feet twist strangely, as if he had delusional.
In the dark, he felt a cold and deep evil thoughts wrapped around him, and cold sweat poured out from his forehead.
Yuan Yongzhi swallowed and clenched the long sword in his hand, but he felt a flower in front of him, a ghostly figure passing by, and another scar appeared on the back of his hand in the same place, the wound was torn apart heavily, and the long sword fell to the ground.
He was in a cold sweat from the pain, and suddenly realized that not only did he want to kill Shen Shu, but Shen Shu also wanted to kill him!
This beast...!
With his mind extremely tense, he suddenly remembered what Liu Qing said when he brought Shen Shu back—
"That evil beast is an evil spirit that the world cannot tolerate. When he was rescued by the master in Cangshan, he was still very unruly, thinking of resisting all day long."
"However, now that wicked animal has long been tamed by the teacher and turned into a dog that can only be used. As my disciples, you can also use him as much as you can. His physique is different from ordinary people. Just use it."
When Liu Qing spoke, he turned the faint green ball in his hand.
That bead—
Since Liu Qing went into trouble, all the belongings of the other party have been secretly taken by him.
Yuan Yongzhi had no time to pick up the sword, so he hurriedly probed his spiritual sense into the storage ring and took out the ball.
Seeing the round bead, Shen Shu's pupils suddenly shrank, and suddenly swept over like an arrow from a string, Yuan Yongzhi shouted, "Stop him!"
Several disciples hurriedly stepped forward, but only felt a cold wind passing by, but it was difficult to see Shen Shu's figure.
Something slippery and cold wrapped around Yuan Yongzhi's ankle.
Yuan Yongzhi's legs softened, and he actually knelt to the ground, only to watch a cold light approaching.
It was clearly not a sword, but a mutilated and ridiculous blade.
But faster and deadlier than a sword.
In an instant of life and death, the blade stopped in front of his eyes.
Yuan Yongzhi knelt on the ground shaking like chaff.
Shen Shu didn't move anymore.
— It’s not that he doesn’t want to move, it’s that he… can’t move.
Yuan Yongzhi escaped from death, sweating all over his head, and his genitals even felt wet.
He held the ball tightly in his hand, not daring to relax at all. His spiritual sense sensed something in the ball. After a while, he finally understood the purpose of this thing.
The fear of the evil and the unknown suddenly dissipated, replaced by a burst of ecstasy.
Yuan Yongzhi slowly stood up from the ground, took a few breaths, and suddenly kicked Shen Shu's knee.
Shen Shu fell to his knees, suddenly trembling all over, and groaning in extreme pain.
In the past, he had never made such a painful sound, whether he was being punished for whipping or testing drugs and poisons.
The positions of the hunter and the prey were replaced again, Yuan Yongzhi couldn't help showing a twisted and happy smile on his face.
"Shen Shu, no wonder the master said that you are a dog that can only be used, so you are..."
He narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
"Take him back to Yaolu." Yuan Yongzhi instructed the surrounding disciples.
The surrounding disciples had long been stunned by the successive changes, but at this moment they woke up and hurriedly lifted Shen Shu up.
In the chaos, a Jinling flower fell to the ground.
No one cares.
—
The setting sun is like blood. Ye Yunlan closed the scroll in his hand and did not look at the windowsill again.
The orange-red sunset reflected his pale face, and the long eyelashes were filled with silent light.
He was silent for a long time, picked up the Shadowless Sword on the table, and walked out the door.