"lead the way."
When Jian Xingzhi heard that Jun Shu was also going, he raised his hand and pointed forward without hesitation. Jun Shu showed Jian Xingzhi the way, and the two of them rushed towards Qingyue Restaurant together.
The two rushed to Qingyue Restaurant with a vigorous momentum. When they arrived at the door of the tavern, Jian Xingzhi looked up at the tavern sign and asked in a cold voice: "Is this the place?"
Jun Shu stood half a step behind him, gritting his teeth and saying, "This is where they had their secret meeting!"
After saying that, the two of them immediately moved to the window. The dog crouched by the window stealthily, sticking half of its head out, looking at the scene inside.
The tavern was bustling with activity. Yan Wushuang was setting up a stall. A barrier was set up at his table. People who entered the barrier could not hear their conversations from outside. Of course, this barrier was effective against ordinary people, but it was not enough to deal with Jian Xingzhi. It was also not very effective against Jun Shu who was carrying a magic weapon.
There was a sign hanging next to the wine table in the barrier, with the words "Know-it-all" written on it, and two lines of small words written next to it:
"Fortune-telling, errand-running, chatting, everything"
"Kill people, rob goods, and defraud money as long as it's enough"
Many people lined up in front of him. When Jian Xingzhi and Jun Shu arrived, they saw an old lady sitting in front of Yan Wushuang with a serious face. She pushed two low-quality spirit stones over and asked in dialect, "I'm willing to pay a large sum of money to have a child. Can you help me?"
"I have been infertile for many years." Yan Wushuang took the spirit stone, wrote a name on the paper in a flamboyant manner, and pushed it to the aunt, "You can go to this place, as long as you have enough money."
The aunt took the white paper with the words "Young Prostitute's House" written on it expressionlessly, stood up and left. Yan Wushuang raised his hand and called, "Next."
Jian Xingzhi was not interested in Yan Wushuang. He glanced at the crowd and saw Xie Gutang and Qin Wanwan queuing inside. The two of them were very close to each other, like a pair of immortal lovers.
When Jian Xingzhi noticed it, Jun Shu naturally noticed it too. He quickly added fuel to the fire, trying to create a conflict: "Look, Daojun, they are standing so close, they must be holding hands under their sleeves!"
Jian Xingzhi glared at Jun Shu and said, "Shut up!"
Jun Shu was scolded, but he thought enough was enough, so he and Jian Xingzhi stared at the two people in the hall.
Xie Gutang and Qin Wanwan were standing together in the crowd. Qin Wanwan looked around and glanced through the window, vaguely seeing two heads, but when she looked again, they were gone without a trace.
She thought she was hallucinating, so she turned around and looked at Yan Wushuang who was happily collecting the money in front of her.
They originally thought that they had to use a special method to get Yan Wushuang out of the deserted city, and then they could capture Yan Wushuang quietly. They didn't expect that Yan Wushuang was a complete charlatan who was greedy for money. It might be easier to just spend money than to use any conspiracy.
The two of them lined up together and stood in front of Yan Wushuang. Yan Wushuang looked up at them and smiled: "Hey, you guys? What's going on?"
"We want to ask you for a favor," Xie Gutang said according to the plan: "Meet outside the deserted city tomorrow afternoon."
"What?" Yan Wushuang crossed his arms and looked at them, "Why do you want to leave the city?"
"I want to try your sword."
Xie Gutang told them the reason they had been thinking about for a long time. Yan Wushuang sneered when he heard it: "You just made an enemy of me and asked me to leave the city. Don't you just want to beat me up? Do you think I'm stupid?"
"No," Qin Wanwan quickly explained, "We have absolutely no such intention."
"That's not what I meant. Why did you ask me to leave the city?"
Yan Wushuang looked at them and said, "Without a legitimate reason, I won't believe you. After all, I beat your master, didn't I?"
This question made Xie Gutang silent. Qin Wanwan thought about it and gritted her teeth: "Actually, I asked you to kill my master."
Hearing this, Yan Wushuang took a deep breath and said, "The conflict between your sect is so deep?"
"That's right."
Qin Wanwan nodded, and Yan Wushuang was surprised: "Why did you want to kill your master?"
"Because..." Qin Wanwan's mind raced as she came up with a reason, "He doesn't allow me to be with Gu Tang."
"You want to be with him?!"
Yan Wushuang was shocked and looked at Xie Gutang: "Did your sect allow it?"
Xie Gutang knew what Yan Wushuang meant, and immediately followed Qin Wanwan's words and said, "I am willing to change her route for her."
"You don't want to cultivate anymore?"
Yan Wushuang began to show admiration, and Xie Gutang nodded: "No."
"Why is it so sudden?" Yan Wushuang was puzzled, but as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and understood. He looked at Qin Wanwan: "Could it be..."
"Is it possible?"
Qin Wanwan didn't understand Yan Wushuang's thoughts, and Yan Wushuang asked word by word: "Are you pregnant?"
The whole audience was silent. After a moment, Qin Wanwan raised her hand and covered her stomach: "This... you actually discovered it too."
Qin Wanwan spoke, and Xie Gutang reacted quickly, his face full of grief: "The child will be born in a few months. His master will not allow such a thing to happen. He will definitely kill the child."
“Master Yan,” Qin Wanwan looked at Yan Wushuang sadly, “Ethics come first. I cannot bear the crime of killing my master, nor can I let Gu Tang do it and then be with Gu Tang who killed my master. But the child is innocent, please!”
Qin Wanwan glanced at Xie Gutang, who immediately reached out and held Yan Wushuang's hand, saying earnestly, "Please."
The two men said together: "We must ambush outside the city tomorrow. We will trick my master out and you kill him!"
"But..." Yan Wushuang hesitated, "I don't think I can beat him."
"It doesn't matter," Qin Wanwan immediately replied, "I poisoned it in advance."
"He seems to have the Chunsheng technique, so poisoning him may not be very useful."
"I have a plan," Qin Wanwan continued, "I will first use the Softening Powder to destroy his martial arts, and then poison him."
"Then his skills are useless, how can he leave the city?"
Yan Wushuang was at a loss, and Xie Gutang quickly offered an idea: "I'll get a carriage and send him out."
"He woke up halfway and ran away?"
"I'll tie him up," Xie Gutang continued, "and make sure he can't run away."
"Then..." Yan Wushuang frowned, "You have already come this far, do you still need me to do anything?"
Qin Wanwan and Xie Gutang were silent.
"Actually..." Qin Wanwan tried to find a place, "We can't do it either..."
"Forget it," Yan Wushuang shook his head and sighed, "He is your master after all, you should go and have a good talk first, don't start a fight right away. Such internal conflicts should be dealt with internally, it's not our place to interfere. Okay, let's leave it at that."
Yan Wushuang took the two spirit stones from the table, raised his hand and shouted, "Next one."
Yan Wushuang chased them away, and Qin Wanwan and Xie Gutang didn't want to stay any longer. They looked at each other, stood up together, and went back to the private room.
Nan Feng was waiting for the two of them in the private room. As soon as Qin Wan Wan and Xie Gu Tang came in, Nan Feng went to greet them: "How is it, did he agree?"
Qin Wanwan shook her head: "He is very vigilant and refuses to leave the city at all."
"It doesn't matter."
Nan Feng gritted his teeth and said, "We have a second plan. There will be a rowing competition in the city soon. The winner will receive a spiritual stone reward. Yan Wushuang has been making a living from this for many years. He will definitely go to participate. There is a section of waterway in this rowing competition. It is empty and deserted. Yan Wushuang rows very fast. Every time he reaches this position, there are few people around." Nan Feng threw out the map and pointed at the waterway. "We can take this opportunity to board the boat and arrest people!"
"It can only be done this way." Qin Wanwan nodded and looked at Nanfeng, "Do we need to register in advance for this rowing competition?"
"Registration is not important, what's important is to have a boat," Nanfeng said, "I was lucky this morning and rented the last boat."
"That's great." Qin Wanwan smiled and pointed at the map. "We will keep parallel with Yan Wushuang. When we reach this section of the road," Qin Wanwan looked at Xie Gutang, "Catch him."
The three of them made a plan, and the excited voice of the Golden Sword Boy came from outside: "Brother, the rowing competition is about to start, stop fortune-telling!"
"Right on!"
Yan Wushuang responded, packed up his stall, and followed the Golden Sword Boy out of the window.
Qin Wanwan, Xie Gutang and Nanfeng saw the man running away, so they quickly paid the bill and ran out with him.
After the group ran away, Jun Shu looked back at Jian Xingzhi, who was completely stunned, and gritted his teeth: "Daojun, I will go and get the news, you wait a little longer."
Pregnancy, murder, killing of teacher, conspiracy, this amount of information is too much and it is indeed too cruel for Jian Xingzhi.
Jun Shu ran all the way to catch up with a few people. When he arrived at the dock, he saw Qin Wanwan and Xie Gutang standing together beside a boat. He looked at the competition flag next to them and knew that they were going to participate in the competition.
He took a sailing route and hurried back to Qingyue Restaurant. He shook Jian Xingzhi, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground in a daze, and said, "Tao Jun! Tao Jun!" Jun Shu said excitedly, "Miss Qin and Xie Gutang are going to sail together!"
Jian Xingzhi didn't listen to him at all. He sat cross-legged on the ground, staring straight ahead and muttering, "How did she get pregnant?"
Seeing that others were already dumbfounded, Jun Shu actually felt a little sympathy for a moment. He thought for a moment and felt that the time was right and he could put forward his ultimate plan.
"Dao Jun, please don't be sad for now, calm down."
"How could she be pregnant?"
"You've seen the situation," Jun Shu ignored him and sighed in grief, "They want to kill you now. Either you die or he dies. There's no chance for you to turn back!"
"They only practiced swordplay together. I was there at all other times. Can you get pregnant while practicing swordplay?"
Jian Xingzhi frowned and thought, totally confused.
Jun Shu was speechless. He couldn't help but raise his voice: "It doesn't matter whether she is pregnant or not now. What's important is that she is with you!"
Hearing this, Jian Xingzhi turned to look at Jun Shu, quite bewildered. Jun Shu was so disappointed that he restrained his impatience and gestured: "You have to kill Xie Gutang, then Miss Qin will belong to you, do you understand?!"
He understood.
He understood, and after a long time of thinking, he finally understood and raised his eyebrows: "You want to kill Xie Gutang?"
Jun Shu corrected: "It's not me, it's you. I'm helping you."
"Oh," Jian Xingzhi nodded, "Then how do you plan to kill him?"
"They are going boating together now," Jun Shu took out a map, "This is their boating route. This place is deserted and very suitable for committing a crime."
"So?" Jian Xingzhi frowned, and Jun Shu looked at him seriously, "You kill Xie Gutang right here."
"Does it have to be this time?"
Jian Xingzhi was puzzled, Jun Shu choked up, he always thought Jian Xingzhi was a big fool, but at this moment he was a little smart, he decided to use a strong medicine: "If you don't kill him, do you know what a man and a woman alone do on a boat?"
"What?" Jian Xingzhi frowned.
Jun Shu showed his deep sorrow in the face of the "decline of morality": "You have done something that is immoral and corrupt."
"for example?"
"To create a villain."
Jun Shu has already grasped the essence of chatting with Jian Xingzhi. When Jian Xingzhi heard the three words "create a villain", his breath was held. At this moment, a bell went off in his head, and the points were reached!
He stood up suddenly and ran towards the dock.
Jun Shu was stunned for a moment, then reacted and hurriedly followed: "Daojun! Take me with you!"
The two ran all the way to the dock. By then, the competition had already begun and everyone's boats had already shot off like arrows. When Jian Xingzhi arrived at the dock and was about to get into the water, someone immediately stopped him: "Wait a minute, the competition is going on now. The river is closed and you can't swim."
"What competition?" Jian Xingzhi asked anxiously. Before he could finish his words, Jun Shu immediately spoke up, "We will participate, we will participate too!"
"To participate?"
The staff frowned: "Do you have a boat?"
Jun Shu panted: "We rent it!"
"Sorry," the staff shook his head, "the boat is sold out."
Just as he finished speaking, he heard a loud bang next to him, and a star was hit by someone and fell straight down.
However, before the tree fell to the ground, it was cut apart by countless sword lights in mid-air. When it landed, it had become the shape of a canoe, with a paddle attached. Jian Xingzhi looked at the staff coldly: "Now we have a boat."
"But..." the staff hesitated, "You don't have a water-controlling beast."
The water-controlling beast is a kind of beast placed behind the boat to propel it forward, which is equivalent to an accelerator. Jian Xingzhi was anxious: "Can't I row by myself and let them row?"
"No," the staff member said seriously, "That's not fair."
"I do not mind."
"No," the staff shook his head, "This is necessary equipment, we..."
"We have!"
Jun Shu suddenly spoke, and the staff and Jian Xingzhi looked over and saw that Jun Shu was wearing a glass mask with a curved tube on it, like a snorkeling mask.
Jian Xingzhi glanced at the stall next to him that was selling masks, then looked at Jun Shu, who had a desperate look on his face: "I am his water beast!"
"You... aren't you a human?"
The staff was bewildered.
"Who said that humans can't be water-controlling spirit beasts?"
Jun Shu retorted.
"Alright, that's it."
Jian Xingzhi made the decision and kicked the canoe into the water. The canoe fell onto the river surface. Jun Shu turned around, clenched his fist towards Jian Xingzhi, and said, "Come on!" Then he jumped into the water.
Jian Xingzhi jumped into the canoe, and the staff asked hurriedly: "What's your name?"
Jian Xingzhi grabbed the oar and rowed out of nowhere, while Jun Shu pushed the boat underwater and kicked the water frantically. The two of them cooperated and disappeared into the river in an instant, leaving only a voice in the distance: "Jian Xingzhi!"
"Notice, notice, temporarily add the seeded players," the staff immediately notified each station with a sound transmission note, "Just do it!"
While Jian Xingzhi was running all the way to chase Qin Wanwan's boat, Nanfeng and Xie Gutang were also rowing their boats, following Yan Wushuang's boat not far away.
The boats of both sides were similar, but Qin Wanwan's water-controlling spirit beast was much better than Yan Wushuang's. Qin Wanwan did not intend to alert the enemy, so she did not join the rowing team. She retained some strength and followed Yan Wushuang from a distance.
Seeing that there were no strong competitors this time, Yan Wushuang did not exert his full strength. He led the Golden Sword Boy in rowing the boat and always maintained a ten-foot lead.
But even so, they managed to leave behind many boats and gradually entered a deep water area.
The surrounding noises gradually died down, and the reeds on both sides were as tall as people. Qin Wanwan looked around, walked to Xie Gutang, and took the oars: "It's almost done, I'll pull the boat over to their side, you get on the boat first to force them to stop, I'll follow."
"good."
Xie Gutang nodded, Qin Wanwan took the oar and started to speed up.
Yan Wushuang realized that the ship behind him was speeding up and raised his eyebrows: "Interesting."
He also rowed hard to speed up.
The two sides chased each other, Qin Wanwan gritted her teeth, fortunately Qin Wanwan was much better at controlling the water spirit beast, when they reached a lake, Qin Wanwan was about to catch up with Yan Wushuang, she shouted softly: "Thank you, brother!"
Xie Gutang stood at the bow and nodded to Qin Wanwan. The two boats gradually approached each other. Xie Gutang pointed his toes and drew his sword towards Yan Wushuang's boat!
At that moment, there was a "buzzing" sound behind him, and water splashed in all directions, like a tall building, and splashed all over Xie Gutang's face!
Xie Gutang subconsciously closed his eyes and stepped back, falling back onto the boat. Qin Wanwan saw Yan Wushuang speeding forward through the splashes of water. Qin Wanwan gritted her teeth and immediately followed suit!
However, the moment she accelerated, she discovered that there was a canoe between her boat and Yan Wushuang's boat.
Yan Wushuang and she were both on large boats with very high hulls. The oars and water-controlling spirit beasts were all at the bottom of the boat. This ensured that no matter how fast the speed was, it would not cause too much splash. The splashes were all underwater, which was a civilized way of rowing.
But this boat is not like that, it is very uncultured.
It is a canoe, and to keep up with the two large boats at its speed, the water has to splash very high, like waves.
This is not the most amazing thing. The most amazing thing is that its water-controlling beast is not restrained at all, and the splashes it stirs up are also very high.
So Qin Wanwan couldn't see clearly who was on the boat or how many people there were. She only saw huge waves and the small boat on the river, creating a tsunami.
Moreover, the person rowing the boat was obviously using spiritual power, so that the waves were carrying tremendous spiritual power. If Xie Gutang wanted to jump over the waves and onto Yan Wushuang's boat, it would be difficult for him to land in the best condition.
At this critical moment, it was difficult for Qin Wanwan to tell where the spiritual power came from. Her mind was full of catching Yan Wushuang. She was afraid that Xie Gutang was not in good condition and the plan would fail, so she told Xie Gutang: "Brother Xie, let's row together and get rid of this boat first."
Yan Wushuang's speed has obviously increased. If this small boat was only at this speed, they could shake it off!
Xie Gutang also had the same idea, so he put down his sword and started rowing!
The competition between Yan Wushuang and Qin Wanwan aroused Jian Xingzhi's desire to win.
When he thought about Qin Wanwan trying to get rid of him, and about Qin Wanwan and Xie Gutang boating alone on the lake, he felt that this was not possible, he must keep pace with Qin Wanwan!
So he put all his strength into it, and using brute force he made up for the boat's defects, and kept pace with the two large ships all the way!
Yan Wushuang is fast, Qin Wanwan is faster, and he is even faster!
The distance between the three ships was no more than half a zhang, and the three parties were caught in extreme involution. They passed through the originally designated assassination zone, turned the corner, and ran on the river. Amid the cheers of the crowd, they were getting closer and closer to the finish line!
Everyone had completely forgotten what they were here for. They only remembered rowing, rowing like crazy!
For money, to catch people, to keep up!
The only one who remained sane among this group of people was the dying Jun Shu.
He was almost dying, and his brain told him that if he continued like this, he might die here. He gritted his teeth and finally made a decision.
He had to give up this brute force method and rush forward to sink Qin Wanwan's boat. Once Qin Wanwan's boat sank, Jian Xingzhi would catch up with them and kill Xie Gutang. Even if he didn't do it himself, he could accuse Jian Xingzhi of instructing him to sink the boat, and thus sow discord between Qin Wanwan and Jian Xingzhi!
Thinking of this, Jun Shu took a deep breath, shouted, took out the blasting talisman, and rushed towards Qin Wanwan's boat!
At that moment, Jian Xingzhi's oar hit him hard on the head. Jun Shu was stunned on the spot and sank down.
With the finish line just in sight, the three ships rushed towards it like crazy.
At this moment, the explosive talisman in Jun Shu's hand "boomed" with a sound, and a huge wave rolled up. The three ships were pushed by the waves, but the small boat reacted quickly. Jian Xingzhi used his spiritual power to add a shield, turned the boat into a sword, and flew up with the sword, rushing smoothly through the key point!
Afterwards, Qin Wanwan and Yan Wushuang's boats crossed the finish line one after another. The three boats loaded and stopped at the shore. Everyone lay on the bed, gasping for breath from exhaustion.
Only Jian Xingzhi and Yan Wushuang were in high spirits, while Xie Gutang was barely holding on.
"congratulations!"
Qin Wanwan lay on the side of the boat and raised her head with difficulty, trying to see who the person paddling the canoe was.
Then she saw the crowd rushing to the bow, and the staff rushed towards the young man in blue shirt in the crowd with the trophy. The young man in blue shirt took the trophy, jumped in her direction, squatted in front of her and looked at her.
"senior?"
Xie Gutang asked in surprise: "Why are you..."
"Do you want a trophy?"
Jian Xingzhi looked at the exhausted Qin Wanwan and handed the trophy to her.
The moment he became number one, he figured it out.
Qin Wanwan had no chance of getting pregnant, so she must have been lying when she said that. He couldn't figure out why she said that, but he would ask her later.
And she did not participate in the rowing competition to enjoy the romance with Xie Gutang under the moonlight. After all, she was rowing the whole way and striving to win.
He seldom saw his apprentice working so hard. He thought that she must want this trophy very much, so she was willing to work so hard.
He generously handed the trophy to her: "Tell Master what you want and Master will help you get it."
When Qin Wanwan heard this, she instantly understood Jian Xingzhi's intention. She was out of breath, her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.