When Lin Xiu woke up, it was already late at night.

The first thing that caught his eye was the twinkling stars in the night sky, bright but silent, making the night sky even deeper.

He frowned slightly, as if recalling what had happened before he fell unconscious, and his gaze subconsciously skimmed around, as if to see where he was now and where the red-faced man was.

But what immediately appeared in his sight was a graceful shadow. He was slightly stunned, and a moment of confusion flashed in his eyes...... Immediately after that, his eyes condensed slightly, and he got up from the ground with a bone, and said in surprise: "Xueyi......? Why are you here?"

Xue Yi turned her head slightly, but she didn't speak, she seemed to be smiling but not smiling, she seemed to be disgusted, and her expression was indescribably strange, especially in her beautiful eyes, which were full of indescribable deep meaning.

Lin Xiu frowned, opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, and suddenly a muffled voice came from behind him: "Hey Yo Goose (and me)", Lin Xiu's body was suddenly shocked, and he turned around slowly, but when he saw Wang Quan's miserable appearance, he gasped suddenly......

"You...... How did you do this?"

Wang Quan lowered his head...... He seemed reluctant to answer. After all, being beaten up by someone is not something to be proud of in itself.

Lin Xiu stared at him for a while, then glanced at Xue Qi lightly, and said with a slightly unnatural expression, "You guys...... Why are you keeping up again?"

Wang Quan still lowered his head and didn't speak, I don't know if it was because his nose was blue and his face was swollen and it was a little inconvenient to speak. Lin Xi had no choice but to set his eyes on Xue Yan's body, as if waiting for the other party's answer.

Xue Yan didn't choose to be silent, she said softly: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't follow you, I just yearned for Luoshen Peak and wanted to visit, I just happened to meet Wang Quan, who was beaten half-dead by someone on the road, and then I met you who was unconscious!"

Xue Yan slowly raised her head, revealing a slender and charming jade neck, she quietly stared at the deep night sky, and said softly:

"Even if it's someone you don't know, you can't ignore it since you meet it, so ...... That's all!"

Lin Xiu's brows furrowed a little deeper, and he heard a kind of alienation and indifference from Xue Yan's expression and tone, which was completely different from the innocent girl who was soft and weak before, who was always the elder brother of Lin Xiu and the younger brother of Lin Xiu. After a moment of contemplation, a look of guilt flashed in his eyes. He felt that Xue Yan's performance at this time should be pretending to be strong and deliberately indifferent after being hurt by him, and the other party might just want to express a meaning in this way...... Without Lin Xiu, she is still doing well.

Hurt is both pain and the inevitability of growth......

Lin Xiu sighed lightly, his mood at that moment was indescribably complicated, he glanced at Xue Yi deeply, and said softly: "Thank you!"

Xue Yi replied with a natural face: "No!"

Lin Xiu looked at her, his lips pursed for a while, and finally he didn't say anything. He sighed softly, then stopped speaking, slightly discerned the direction, and walked away.

He walked about seven or eight steps, and Xue Yan's voice suddenly sounded behind him, still extremely flat, and he couldn't hear joy or anger: "Where is your horse? Are you going to walk to Luoshen Peak?"

Lin Xiu's dark horse has been several hours since he was frightened, and he knew that it was impossible to find it even if he wanted to find it at this time, so he sighed lightly and said in a deep voice: "I lost it."

The corners of Xue Yan's mouth suddenly raised a slight arc, but her gaze still fell on the night sky, and she said softly: "Lost? Then Wang Quan and I are also going to Luoshen Peak, do we need to give you a ride?"

Hearing this, Wang Quan raised his head slightly, his eyes were full of strangeness, but he quickly lowered his head again and said nothing.

Lin Xiu fell into silence, his face was full of struggle, he was unwilling to pull these two people into the whirlpool again, but at this time, he really needed a horse to walk. Right now, he is getting closer and closer to Falling God Peak, but at the same time, time is becoming more and more precious to him. Because he not only needs to get there before the snow season of Luoshen Peak, but the most important thing is to find a way to rescue Chiyanagi.

Lin Xiu was silent for a long time this time, and suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and said in a deep voice: "It's hard to work!! He once again felt what it means to be involuntary and helpless...... However, he had already made up his mind, and when he arrived in the town in front of him, he would still be separated from the two.

The smile on the corner of Xue Yi's mouth was finally extremely thick, and then it was like a delicate peony, quietly blooming. She stood up, patted the dust on her dress casually, took the ordinary horse she had bought in Baihe Town, slowly walked to Wang Quan's approach, handed the reins of the horse into the hands of the strange-looking latter, and said softly: "This horse can only sit on one person!"

After saying this, she took another black horse again, and a narrow look flashed in her eyes when she looked at Wang Quan, and at the same time she said, "Your horse...... It's mine!", after saying this, he no longer paid attention to Wang Quan, who was silent with his head down, and slowly walked towards Lin Xiu, and then stretched out the reins in front of Lin Xiu, and said lightly:

"You get on the horse first!"

Facing Lin Xiu, Xue Yan still looked a little indifferent, her face did not have the shyness and weakness she had before, she seemed to be telling the other party with practical actions...... She's let go of the past.

Lin Xiu's gaze didn't know where to fall, and he didn't look at Xue Yan. He reached out and took the reins, hesitated, and turned on his horse.

Xue Yan just stood quietly beside him and didn't speak. Lin Xiu sighed lightly and slowly stretched out his arm to her...... Xue Yan gently twisted her head to the side and raised an arm, but she didn't stretch it out towards Lin Xiu.

At that moment, she looked extremely arrogant, obviously waiting for Lin Xiu to bend over......

Lin Xiu frowned slightly.

Not because of the arrogance of the other party, but because the posture of the other party is only suitable for being helped by the maid to get on the sedan chair...... But they couldn't get on the horse at all.

A strange color flashed in Lin Xiu's eyes, he had already realized that this was the other party's deliberate doing, but because he was ashamed at this time, he took a deep breath after groaning slightly. He adjusted the horse's position slightly, leaned sharply, and at the same time swept his right arm, wrapped his arms around Xue Yan's weak and boneless waist, and carried her to the horse in front of him.

This has only happened twice, once with Moon Shadow and once with Snow Fly...... It's just that for Lin Xiu, the mood of the two times is very different.

He adjusted his posture slightly, cutting some distance between himself and Xue Yan, and then said softly, "Do you sit tight?"

The corners of Xue Qi's mouth turned up slightly at this time, her eyes were full of smugness that was unknown to outsiders, she heard Lin Xiu ask herself, she hummed lightly, and there was no follow-up.

Lin Xiu shook his head slightly, and with a flick of the reins in his hand, the black horse immediately galloped wildly, and his speed did not slow down in the slightest because of the addition of one more person.

Seeing the two people who had left the dust, Wang Quan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes became a little strange again: "Did he really not recognize that it was his own horse?"

When these words fell, he also shook the reins violently and chased after the two

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Three days later

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These three days were undoubtedly extremely strange or awkward for Lin Xiu.

It doesn't matter if Xue Qi and Wang Quan don't talk to him much, maybe because the two of them still can't let go of what happened at the beginning, Lin Xiu doesn't plan to say anything more. However, Xue Qi and Wang Quan also had no communication with each other...... The three companions were like strangers.

But on this day, this eerie atmosphere did not last long.

An old man with a sword on his back and a young man in a blue shirt slowly entered the sight of the three of them, and they stood quietly next to the official road, as if they were resting, and they seemed to be waiting for someone.

This was originally just an extremely ordinary scene, but Lin Xiu didn't pay too much attention to it, just glanced at the two of them a little, and then continued to move forward.

But just as they were about to pass by the old man and the young man, the young man suddenly stepped forward and crossed the horses of the three men.

"What are you doing?"

Wang Quan drank coldly, his eyes full of unkindness.

The young man didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "The three of you, who is the strongest?"

Hearing this, Lin Xiu and the three of them looked at each other, all of them showing strange expressions, or Wang Quan opened his mouth and asked, "What do you mean?"

The cold arrogance on the young man's face was still the same as Fang Cai's words: "The three of you, who is the strongest?"

Wang Quan's face sank, and his eyes were a little dangerous. At this moment, the old man with the sword on his back slowly walked out, a smile squeezed out of his wrinkled face, and he said in a somewhat hoarse voice:

"The three young heroes, at first glance, are the dragons and phoenixes among the people, when the world is arrogant, we are really fortunate to meet them...... Hehehe, that's the case, this is the young master of my family, he has been obsessed with martial arts since he was a child, and he has practiced hard for fifteen years, and now he has learned a little, and he deliberately went down the mountain to meet the young talents in the rivers and lakes for a while. I didn't expect to meet three of them, so I ...... Please save face."

Hearing this, Lin Xiu's faces became strange, although this person's words sounded sincere, but the content was a bit vexatious.

Wang Quan snorted coldly and said, "What does it matter to us that your young master is obsessed with martial arts, why do we want to give you face?" Although Lin Xiu and Xue Qi did not speak, judging from the look on their faces, they should also have the same meaning as Wang Quan.

Wang Quan's words can be said to be not polite at all, but the strange thing is that the young man's face is not a little gloomy, and he still lowers his eyes slightly, with a cold and arrogant expression. And the old man still smiled and said again:

"Shaoxia's words are wrong. Meeting is fate, fate is only one word, it has always been wonderful...... I think you should seize the opportunity, don't miss it easily."

Wang Quan was slightly stunned, he was actually angry, he had seen arrogance, but he had never seen such narcissism. He said a little speechlessly: "Okay, okay, we're in a hurry, we don't have time to mess around with you, get out of the way!"

Hearing this, the smile on the old man's face finally froze, he looked at Wang Quan with deep meaning, and said in a deep voice: "Do you really not give face?"

When Wang Quan heard this sentence, which was already a bit threatening, he didn't back down, and said in a deep voice: "Don't give it!!"

The old man suddenly let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "Why do you Jianghu people always toast and don't eat but like to eat that penalty wine?"

His voice suddenly cold: "Then I'll just say it differently, if you can't defeat the young master of my family, then the three of you will stay here today."

Wang Quan said angrily: "It's really a big breath, then let me see why you are so crazy", when the words fell, Wang Quan's body had already swept out like a goshawk, and he did not pounce on the young man, but directly towards the old man.

A sneering smile appeared on the corner of the old man's mouth, and then he waved his hand lightly, as if to drive away the flies around him...... Wang Quan, who was already in mid-air, was castrated for a moment, and then flew back upside down, slamming on the ground with a bang.

The old man chuckled and said, "It's really overwhelming...... If it weren't for the fact that you still have some skills, and you can accompany the young master of my family to the ten moves and eight styles, this time, I will directly take your life!"

Wang Quan was indeed unharmed, he got up from the ground, and there was no longer any disdain in his eyes when he looked at the old man.

A look of astonishment also flashed in Lin Xiu's eyes, as if he didn't expect that the weak old man in front of him was still a master. He first showed an inquiring look at Wang Quan, and only after confirming that the other party was okay did he breathe a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice: "You mean that we can go over as long as we defeat him?"

The old man said proudly: "Not bad!"

Lin Xiu said again: "What if you can't?"

A strange look rose on the old man's face, and he said casually: "The weak are not qualified to continue to live!"

Lin Xiu's gaze froze, and his face became gloomy.

Xue Qi suddenly said coldly, "Before the three of us, did you meet other people?"

The old man nodded and said, "Naturally, there is."

Xue Yi stared at each other, a certain anger gradually rising, and she then asked, "Then ...... they now?"

The old man naturally said, "Dead! Their youngest is a year older than us, but their cultivation is not long, isn't it a waste of food for such people to live?"

Xueqi's delicate body trembled, and she shouted coldly: "It's ridiculous, there are three, six, nine, and so on, and there are also high and low cultivation talents. If someone's cultivation is lower than your young master, they should die, so if you wait for your young master to lose, will you also die?"

The old man said without changing his face: "Of course...... However, it is also impossible. It is impossible for people of the same generation in this world to be better than the young master of my family. ”

Xue Yi snorted again and said, "Since you are so confident, why do you have to look for people everywhere to compete in martial arts? Besides, according to you saying that the young master of your family is already the first person of the younger generation, then besides him, wouldn't all the people in this world who are his age have to die?"

The old man nodded and said, "It stands to reason that this is the case, but we can't really kill people all over the world." That's why I'm waiting here, letting Heaven decide which mediocre people deserve to die. You say, isn't that fair?"

There is a good saying, sometimes talking too much is not because of reason, but just to make others have nothing to say...... At this time, this old man is like this, they kill people, but they still have to hang the ironic word "fairness" on their lips, such thinking is indeed difficult for outsiders to understand.

Xue Yi snorted coldly and said, "I really want to see what is so good about your young master", after saying this, she wanted to draw her sword and dismount, but Wang Quan rushed in front of her and shouted:

"I'll weigh him first!"

Wang Quan really couldn't bear it anymore, not just because of the other party's rampantness, but because his heart was indeed ...... It's been a long time coming.

He is a disciple of the Holy Land and is known as the Tianjiao of the world. But since he met Lin Xiu, he has always been pressed by the other party...... He was a little out of breath.

In addition to Lin Xiu, there is also Xue Yi, who is younger, but judging from her performance in the Baihe Town Inn, it is very likely that her cultivation is also above Wang Quan.

Although he didn't say anything about this situation, he was extremely aggrieved in his heart. Now that he can't meet a "punching bag", how can he not grasp it well?

He looked at the young man's eyes full of play, as if he had faintly seen the scene of the other party kneeling and begging for mercy, he slowly pulled out the scimitar on his waist, pointed the tip of the knife directly at the other party, and said in a deep voice: "Draw the sword"

When the young man who had always been like a stone sculpture heard these three words, he finally made a move, he let go of his arms that were changed in front of his chest, and said without even rolling his eyelids: "To deal with you, you don't need to use a sword"

Wang Quan's face froze, and then he laughed and said, "Crazy enough, I like it!!"

After saying this, he took the lead in handing out a knife to the other party. In an instant, the long river was turbulent, and the sunset was sinking in the west......

As soon as he made a move, it was the "long river sunset" of the Netherworld Prairie

The intention of this move is actually obvious, first, he wants to destroy the young man's cold arrogance as soon as possible, and he is also revealing his identity to the other party......

Wang Quan is actually very smart, in fact, he can become a proud person, how can there be a mediocre person. He didn't know how the young man cultivated, but he understood that the three of them were definitely not the opponents of the old man, and he was worried that the old man would still be indomitable after defeating the young man, and even would be unfavorable to the three of them.

He was really thoughtful, but he didn't notice that there was no panic on the old man's face when he saw this scene. There are only two possibilities for such a situation, one is that the old man already knows Wang Quan's identity, and the second is that he is ...... to the Netherworld Grassland And doesn't care.

But whether it was the first or the second, it was not good news for Lin Xiu and the others.

Seeing Wang Quan's menacing sword, the corners of the young man's mouth raised a slight arc, and the next moment, he suddenly took a step forward, and stepped into the long river in an instant...... At the same time, a punch blasted towards Wang Quan...... To be exact, it was the scimitar that slammed into Wang Quan's hand.

Can flesh and blood collide with weapons?

In normal times, the answer is obviously no. But today, this young man opened the eyes of the three of them.

only heard a soft sound of "ding", and after the young man's fist collided with Wang Quan's scimitar, it actually made a metallic sound of soft sound

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