"Is it the pharmacy behind Zhuangzi? We'll talk about it after thinking about it." Lu Xiao asked in a deep voice.
Xu Dongqing lay on his back and nodded tremblingly: "En."
Without saying a word, Lu Xiao grabbed Qiu Yutong tightly with one hand, turned around and ran behind Zhuangzi.
The three of them just turned around a corridor when they heard a loud shout!
"Who is that over there? Stop!"
Lu Xiao's footsteps paused slightly, Qiu Yutong looked up, and saw not far in front of the corridor, a young monk dressed in the costume of the Beihai Sword Sect was holding a long sword with a cold light, looking very vigilantly at him. watching them.
Xu Dongqing trembled violently: "It's over, it's over..."
Qiu Yutong said in a low voice: "It's okay, he's a child who hasn't drawn his breath into his body yet."
As he spoke, he picked up a soft winter jasmine branch on the side of the corridor, and was about to stun the young monk, when Lu Xiao threw Xu Dongqing off his back and pounced on him!
The young monk was caught off guard, and before he could hand out the long sword, Lu Xiao had already strangled his neck with his backhand!
Lu Xiao twisted it hard without hesitation, only to hear a soft "click!", and the monk's head fell limply, without breath.
"Xiao'er, why are you..." Qiu Yutong lost her voice.
Originally, he didn't intend to take the young monk's life, he just wanted to stun him with a flower branch, but Lu Xiao's movements were so fast that he didn't have time to stop him.
Lu Xiao picked up the corpse and threw it into a well next to the corridor, then turned around and explained: "This way there is no blood, so as not to be troublesome. What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Qiu Yutong lowered her eyes and said nothing.
It wasn't about the bloodstains, it was just that he felt... Forget it, at a time like this, he really couldn't care less, leaving this young monk alive, might reveal the whereabouts of the three of them. Lu Xiao did the right thing, kindness to the enemy is cruelty to his own people.
Lu Xiao walked over, picked up Xu Dongqing and put it on his back, and handed the monk's bright sword to Qiu Yutong: "Master, you take this sword."
The three hurried through the back garden and came to Zhuangzi's backyard. In front of them was a row of low houses. This was the pharmacy where Xu Qiushi used to refine medicine.
Xu Dongqing pointed to the room on the far left, and said hoarsely, "That room!"
When the three of them entered the room, an extremely unpleasant strong smell of medicine came to their faces.
This alchemy room is surrounded by tall medicine cabinets, with a huge medicine stove in the middle, a few volumes of medicine scriptures scattered on the floor, and there is a short shelf against the wall.
Lu Xiao put Xu Dongqing down, and said in a deep voice, "Where is the tunnel?"
Xu Dongqing stared blankly at the short table next to the wall, and didn't speak.
Lu Xiao said sharply: "Second owner, I'm asking you, where is the tunnel?"
"The tunnel, the tunnel is under the couch. Seven years ago, the traitor of the Beihai Sword Sect died on this cave, and I collected his body. He was seriously injured and there was no treasure on him... Brother failed to save him , and now my life is inexplicably taken..." Xu Dongqing stammered, and his voice almost choked up after speaking.
"That traitor from the Beihai Sword Sect died on this couch? Well..." Lu Xiao narrowed his eyes, as if he was thinking about something, then shook his head, "Forget it, let's go ahead."
Lu Xiao moved the dwarf away, Xu Dongqing knelt down, and pressed a bluestone slab hard, only to hear a toothache sound of "Kakaka...", the bluestone slab, which was more than one foot square, slowly warped stand up.
Below the bluestone slab is a vertical dark passage, which looks like a deep well at first glance. On the stone wall of the dark passage, there is a vertical iron escalator, which is already rusty.
"Master, you go in first."
"Hurry up too." Qiu Yutong nodded and got in first.
It was pitch black below, and I don't know how deep it was. Qiu Yutong clung tightly to the iron ladder and groped down. He felt that he had climbed five or six feet down before finally stepping on the ground. He breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted in a low voice: "Second owner, come down!"
Xu Dongqing also slowly climbed down, and Qiu Yutong caught him.
"Xiao'er?"
"Right now!" Lu Xiao worked on it for a while, put the low couch back in place, then put down the bluestone slab, and climbed down lightly.
As soon as the stone slab was covered, one's fingers could not be seen in the tunnel.
"It's too dark. I can't see the road, how can I get there?" Qiu Yutong muttered.
"It's too narrow here to light a fire. By the way, I've got something."
Qiu Yutong listened to Lu Xiao's rustling touch for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.
Holding a thumb-sized night pearl, Lu Xiao lowered his voice: "Let's go."
The tunnel is very tortuous. Apart from the traces of man-made excavation, there are many strange rocks in many places, and there are white stalactites hanging in some places, dripping water "tick-tick". This Yaowang Village is located in Linglu Valley, with high mountains on both sides. It seems that this tunnel was not completely excavated by hand, but was dug along a natural cave.
The ground of the tunnel was very slippery and uneven. Qiu Yutong led the way, and among Xu Dongqing, after Lu Xiao broke off, the three of them walked on the ground with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Qiu Yutong took a breath, feeling a little tired, when he suddenly heard a "gudong!" behind him, he quickly turned around and saw Xu Dongqing fell to the ground.
Qiu Yutong immediately became anxious: "Second owner!"
Lu Xiao bent down and touched Xu Dongqing's breath carefully: "It's nothing, I guess I was too tired, and I was too frightened before, and fainted."
"So that's the case." Qiu Yutong breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right, I've been walking for so long, why don't I just rest here for a while."
Lu Xiao nodded: "There has been no movement in the back. People from the Beihai Sword Sect probably didn't find it here. It's okay to rest for a while."
It was too tense for most of the day, and at this moment she suddenly relaxed, Qiu Yutong felt a little weak all over, so she sat down on a big rock next to her and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
He recalled these soul-stirring hours, and couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief: "Xiao'er, thanks to you today. Otherwise, even if I stayed just now, I might not be able to stop those people from the Beihai Sword Sect...Maybe , and now our entire army has been wiped out."
"Master, do you think I won't let you stay because I'm afraid you won't be able to stop it?" Lu Xiao directly interrupted him.
Qiu Yutong was slightly taken aback, but he didn't mean that: "Uh, that's not what I said..."
In the soft halo of Ye Mingzhu, Lu Xiao stared at him with his dark eyes: "Really?"
Qiu Yutong was a little apprehensive from the complex and deep gaze, and then secretly spurned herself, being appalled by the apprentice, what is the future
He thought about it again, and just about to say something, Lu Xiao suddenly said softly: "You are very important to me...much more important than you imagined."
Lu Xiao was calm and introverted, it was rare for him to say such straightforward words, Qiu Yutong's chest felt slightly warm, and his heart softened. His little apprentice is already this big, and not to mention his handsome appearance, he is also very smart and calm, but he still relies on him as he did when he was a child. The feeling of being depended on is really... very good.
He hesitated for a moment, and didn't know how to express his feelings, so he could only gently stroke Dalu Xiao's dark and soft hair like he used to coax Xiao Lu Xiao: "I see."
"... Hmm." Lu Xiao closed his eyes, rubbing his handsome side face gently in his palm.
Qiu Yutong was secretly amused, but also a little emotional. When Lu Xiao was a child, he liked to rub his palms, like a kitten coquettishly, but now Lu Xiao does this, er, not like a kitten, but like a beast.
He couldn't help but bend the corner of his mouth and sighed with a smile.
"What is Master thinking?" Lu Xiao suddenly opened his eyes.
Stared straight at by those dark eyes, Qiu Yutong murmured: "Uh, it's nothing, I just remembered when you were a child..."
As he was talking, he couldn't continue. The tunnel was extremely quiet, the radiance of Ye Mingzhu was warm and soft, and Lu Xiao's dark phoenix eyes were bottomless. In the extreme silence, Qiu Yutong suddenly felt the atmosphere It's kind of weird.
"Cough, cough..." At this moment, Xu Dongqing, who was lying next to him, suddenly coughed violently, and finally woke up, "Brother, brother!"
Qiu Yutong quickly stood up and supported him: "Second Villa Master, are you awake?"
Xu Dongqing looked up at him in a daze: "Where's my brother?"
"Second Villa Master..." Qiu Yutong couldn't answer, feeling sad for a while, the violent and rude Doctor Xu was gone.
Xu Dongqing stared blankly at Qiu Yutong, and finally came to her senses, two lines of tears welled up in her eyes: "My brother... is gone. I... I used to be very afraid of him, I rarely talked to him, and I thought he was too rude and irritable … me… "
Qiu Yutong hugged him gently, and comforted him softly: "The master of the villa has passed away in reincarnation. He has been saving lives and healing the wounded in this life, and he will be born in a good family in his next life."
Xu Dongqing couldn't bear it anymore, hugged Qiu Yutong fiercely, and burst into tears: "Woooo... woooo... brother, brother..."
Qiu Yutong was sore and helpless in her heart, so she could only comfort him, patting him on the back gently.
Lu Xiao pursed his lips, and suddenly said: "Master, just now I touched something under the underside of the pharmacy. I reckoned that this thing might be the traitor of the Beihai Sword Sect, who stuffed it into it before he died. into the gap next to Autao."
Qiu Yutong was stunned, and gently pushed Xu Dongqing away: "Xiao'er, what did you find?"
Lu Xiao took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Qiu Yutong: "This is it."
The cloth sac is only the size of a palm, and it looks very old, with a thick layer of dust and cobwebs on it. Qiu Yutong realized something, frowned slightly, and slowly opened the cloth bag.
A piece of turtle shell.
It was exactly the same as the one in his arms, a palm-sized, black and shiny turtle shell, with crooked lines tattooed on it.
Qiu Yutong stared at the tortoise shell, inexplicably feeling a little dry in her throat, this is so weird... What the hell is this
He regained his composure and handed the tortoise shell to Xu Dongqing: "Second owner, this tortoise shell should be what the Beihai Sword Sect is looking for. Take it."
Xu Dongqing's face turned pale, and she shook her head desperately: "This kind of thing... I don't want it, I don't want it."
"But..." Qiu Yutong hesitated for a moment, although he didn't know what it was, but the Beihai Sword Sect valued it so much, Xu Qiushi died for it without knowing anything, so it must be what the turtle shell is extremely important stuff.
"This thing doesn't belong to Yaowangzhuang in the first place, and my brother is doing it for it... This, this is an ominous thing, I won't take it! Either, or just throw it away." Xu Qiushi tremblingly said.
"..." Qiu Yutong was silent for a while, "I'll keep it for now."
Lu Xiao nodded: "Master, keep it for now, we should move on."
The three of them got up and walked in the tunnel for a long time, and finally reached the end of the tunnel—at the end, there was a thick stone door.
Lu Xiao pressed his shoulder against the Shimen, and with a little skill, the Shimen slowly turned open.
Qiu Yutong walked out of the stone gate, and outside was a dense forest, a large area of lush trees, all shrouded in the blood-colored sunset, except for the rustling of the wind passing through the treetops, and the cries of tired birds returning to their nests, there was no sound at all. It turned out that the three of them had been walking for a whole afternoon in the tunnel, and it was dusk now.
Qiu Yutong took a deep breath, the air in the early spring evening was slightly cool and fresh, refreshing.
"It's not suitable to stay here for long, let's move on." Lu Xiao whispered.
"Yes." Qiu Yutong nodded.
The three of them didn't stop for a moment, they parted the long grass all the way and walked into the dense forest.
I don't know how long it took, but the sky gradually darkened.
Qiu Yutong heard Xu Dongqing's pace getting slower and slower behind her, and couldn't help but look back at him several times worriedly: "Second owner, are you okay?"
Before Xu Dongqing could answer, Lu Xiao suddenly said, "There seems to be a temple in front."
Qiu Yutong looked up, and sure enough, not far ahead, among the trees, a temple could be seen faintly.
"Is there a temple in front?" Xu Dongqing panted, "Why don't we go and have a rest... I, I really can't walk anymore."
"Second owner, why are you so delicate..." Lu Xiao glared at Xu Dongqing, but Qiu Yutong quickly interrupted him, "My feet also hurt a little."
"Why didn't you say it earlier? Is it twisted? Let me see." Lu Xiao immediately knelt down and gently pinched Qiu Yutong's ankle, wanting to check.
"No, I'm just tired." Qiu Yutong said quickly.
Lu Xiao stood up and glanced at Xu Dongqing again. He seemed to realize that Qiu Yutong was protecting him, and couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Okay, then let's rest in front. Those from the Beihai Sword Sect must either Still searching in Zhuangzi, or has already left."
Not long after, the three of them arrived at the gate of the temple.
This is a small earth temple, the apricot-yellow wall paint is peeling off in large pieces, the two ocher-red wooden doors are crooked, and the painted statue of the earth god in the temple is covered with dust and looks very dilapidated.
Lu Xiao went in first, looked back and forth, and nodded when he came back: "It's very small inside, no one is there."
Qiu Yutong breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Xu Dongqing and said, "Let's just rest here for the night."
The three walked into the temple, and Xu Dongqing collapsed directly on a pile of straw.
This kid, today is really not easy. Qiu Yutong was feeling emotional, but suddenly her stomach "gurgled" inappropriately, and it was very loud.
Lu Xiao immediately looked at him.
Qiu Yutong was very embarrassed, and tried to save some face, and reluctantly explained: "Uh, this body doesn't have bigu, so I can't do anything about it."
"Wait for me." Lu Xiao nodded, turned and walked out the gate.
After a while, he came back with a fat hare. He washed and peeled the hare by the small pond behind the Earth Temple, then cut it into two pieces with a sword, and tore one of them into small pieces. Wrap it up and stuff it into the incense burner under the statue of the Lord of the Land.
Looking at his actions, Qiu Yutong couldn't help being a little puzzled, what is Lu Xiao doing
He couldn't help asking: "Xiao'er, when we roasted rabbits in the wild, didn't we just wear them with branches and roast them on the fire?"
While fiddling with the ashes in the incense burner, Lu Xiao explained: "I'm worried that the people of the Beihai Sword Sect are patrolling the sky with their swords. If they see a fire here, it will be over. Wrap the rabbit meat like this, It can also be roasted with the embers of the ashes, and the taste is not bad, but it is a little troublesome."
"I see." Qiu Yutong suddenly realized and nodded.
After he realized it, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. As a master, he was not as careful as his apprentice... Sigh, what a shame. However, he quickly comforted himself, after all, he used to have a high level of cultivation, and he liked to be tough when encountering things, and this little apprentice grew up in the deep palace, so his mind naturally became much more complicated. Yes, it is like that.
Not long after, the smell of meat came from the incense burner.
Lu Xiao carefully pulled out the banana leaf dumpling, and after pushing aside the banana leaf, the rabbit meat inside was indeed cooked, with a warm aroma.
It looks delicious... Qiu Yutong couldn't help swallowing lightly.
Lu Xiao picked up a rabbit leg, blew it a little, and handed it to Qiu Yutong: "Be careful of burning."
"En." Qiu Yutong sniffed, took the rabbit's leg happily, and was about to feast on it, but suddenly felt something, he turned his head and saw that Xu Dongqing was looking at him eagerly.
Qiu Yutong blinked her eyes, and looked down at the warm rabbit leg in her hand, feeling really reluctant. However, he is two hundred years old after all, while Xu Dongqing is only a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, and a relative has just died...
He struggled in a dilemma for a long time, and finally handed the rabbit leg to Xu Dongqing: "Here."
Xu Dongqing took the rabbit's leg, her eye circles were slightly red: "It's so kind of you to treat me."
Lu Xiao stared at Qiu Yutong.
Although Lu Xiao didn't say anything, Qiu Yutong felt guilty. The little apprentice worked so hard to catch and roast rabbits, and even gave him the best rabbit leg, but he gave it to someone else in a blink of an eye, which seemed really bad.
He smiled awkwardly, trying to make amends: "Xiao'er, that, let me bake it for you."
Lu Xiao pushed the remaining half raw rabbit over without saying a word.
Half an hour later, Qiu Yutong stared at the lump of rabbit meat, or the lump of black charcoal, and was dumbfounded. It is obviously the same method, tearing the rabbit meat into small pieces, wrapping it with a large piece of banana leaf, burying it in the ashes of the incense burner, and then flicking the sparks to slowly roast it... Why does Lu Xiao make it look delicious, he makes it... A lump of black charcoal? !
Lu Xiao stared at the lump of black charcoal and fell silent. After a while, he tried his best to pick out a piece of rabbit meat that was not so dark, put it in his mouth and chewed dryly for a few times, and forced a smile: "It's actually not bad, it smells like burnt."
"Really? I'll try it." Qiu Yutong's eyes lit up slightly, and he quickly picked up a small piece of rabbit meat, intending to put it in his mouth.
Lu Xiao grabbed his wrist, and his voice trembled in panic: "Don't eat it!"
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