Chapter 22: Murder in the Shadows
The same sleepless nights, the same waiting for dawn.
Located halfway up the hill of the Monk's Villa, the Bamboo Pavilion is a secluded courtyard used by the Monk's Cottage to entertain monks above the foundation, which is different from the crowded post stations below the mountain. These courtyards, located halfway up the mountain, are all independent courtyards, do not interfere with each other, and are separated from each other by a distance of at least a few miles, so as to ensure that the monks stationed in the courtyard can enjoy enough aura.
Although the sky has gradually whitened, the house is still "shining". The Little Flame Flame Technique is the basic spell that Qi Refiners first have to master, and a monk with a fire spirit root can make a small fireball floating in the air burn for more than two hours with only a weak amount of spiritual power. Even if the five elements of the spiritual root lack fire, they can also use a simple magic weapon, the Flame Candle, to achieve the same effect.
After three or two days of hard work, Yin Tiecheng seemed to be much older again, with an old face like walnut skin, and the vertical and horizontal ravines were deeper, and under the flickering light of the fire, it looked eerie and terrifying.
"It seems that the situation of the ancestor is getting worse. Yin Tiecheng held a small piece of paper in his hand and read it several times, but there was undue excitement in his tone.
Opposite him sat a middle-aged monk, but his cultivation had reached the early stage of foundation building, this person's face was very cold, the black pupils in his eye sockets were small but revealing a fierce light, and with a large area of whites of his eyes, it reminded people of a word - "white-eyed wolf".
The white-eyed wolf took the note in Yin Tiecheng's hand, glanced at it, and then with a slight pinch of his two fingers, the note burst into flames and turned into ashes in an instant.
"It's too early to say whether this old fox of yours will survive or recharge his energy and prepare for the last fight. The white-eyed wolf's voice was like a broken sword slashing on an iron shield, and the squeak made people get goosebumps when they heard it.
Yin Tiecheng's attitude seemed a little humble, and he echoed: "I think he is mostly playing tricks, in his life, he seems to be scheming, but in fact he is indecisive and has missed a lot of opportunities." ”
The white-eyed wolf said with a smile: "What you said is right, but as long as the old fox can have the courage of Elder Yin, Xiaocang Mountain will not have a foothold for my Zhao family." ”
Zhao Zhenren laughed. Yin Tiecheng's old face turned red, and he sighed: "I also plan for the junior of the Yin family, if Yin Tieshan hadn't insisted on hunting that red-eyed pig at the beginning, my second brother in the foundation building period would not have died." Even if the ancestor couldn't break through the golden pill, the Yin family still had two foundation-building monks, and they could still barely gain a foothold in Xiaocang Mountain. But now, alas, the only way out for the Yin family is to give up Kokura Mountain and move to the county seat. ”
The white-eyed wolf was not in the mood to listen to Yin Tiecheng's complaints, so he interrupted him a little impatiently: "What did Li Baizi say over there?"
Yin Tiecheng smiled bitterly and said: "The Li family has a good plan, and only promised to send three monks of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining to cooperate with me to rob and kill Yin Tieshan's sons and daughters halfway. In my opinion, they have the intention of profiting from fishermen. ”
"Let them daydream for two days. The white-eyed wolf snorted coldly, suddenly remembered something, and said in a low voice, "Let's talk ugly ahead, Yin Tieshan's three sons, I don't have a problem with what you do, the only thing is that girl who has to keep it for me." ”
Yin Tiecheng knew that this Zhao family's major was practicing the evil art of yin and yang warfare, and when he asked about Yin Xiaoxiao, he could only hold back the tiredness in his heart, and forced himself to laugh and said: "That girl is stupid and stupid, where can she be half as good as Panxi?"
The Panxi in Yin Tiecheng's mouth is Yin Panxi, who was diligently picked up by the barbarian yak on the wasteland a few days ago. She did not live at the post station at the foot of the mountain with Yin Qin and them, but was taken to the halfway point of the mountain by Yin Tiecheng under the banner of seeing the world, and introduced to the head of the Zhao family.
Pity her, a little girl who has not been deeply involved in the world, has been offered by the boys like the stars since she was a child, and in the hands of foundation-building monks such as the white-eyed wolf, with a little means, she can only obey obediently, and she has been rubbed into the ground in only three or two days.
Speaking of Panxi, the white-eyed wolf smacked his mouth, and his face was boring: "That kid can't do it, his body is too weak, he can't help tossing a few times, every time he either cries or simply faints and pretends to be dead." ”
"That's her blessing, and she can't help Zhao Zhenren's conditioning. Yin Tiecheng made an old face and looked regretful. As Yin Xiaoxiao's uncle, Yin Tiecheng's heart was reluctant to send the little things he saw since he was a child to the wolf's mouth, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no room for maneuver, he could only grit his teeth and secretly say "no poison and no husband".
"Those little miscellaneous pieces, are they still alive these days?" the white-eyed wolf asked casually, "You still have to keep an eye on it, the county town is no more than Kokura Mountain, and there are more rules." Don't let them make a mess, it's hard to clean up. ”
Yin Tiecheng said with a smile: "Zhao Zhenren, please rest assured, they have been nesting in the Fan family's inn in the city for the past two days, except for Xiaoxiao and the third child who went to the market to buy some fishy fruits, the others have not shown up." ”
"Fishy fruit?" said the white-eyed wolf, "What's the use of buying that?
"That thing has no other purpose than feeding monsters. Those few little miscellaneous creatures, maybe they are still dreaming, thinking that in the future, if they become disciples of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, there will also be demon beasts who will recognize the master?"
"I have an idea, when I slaughter those few offal, I can just push it on the demon beast, who will let them carry the fishy fruit that attracts the demon beast?"
"Hahaha. ”
"Don't panic when you talk to someone later. As long as you imagine them in your heart as your cowardly brothers, the feeling of self-confidence will come naturally. "While walking, we help Yin Xiaoxiao to do psychological construction.
As a little old man who tested the "rivers and lakes" for the first time, Yin Xiaoxiao was a little nervous, and secretly pulled the sleeves of his courtesy and said: "It's better for you to go with me, I'm afraid that in case ......."
"What's so scary, if it's exposed, you just have to run away, and you have your fourth brother for your palace. He grinned, revealing his white, neat teeth.
Yin Xiaoxiao was stunned, and said sincerely: "I still like the way Brother Yin Qin looks now, you don't know, you are dressed as that big gentleman, although you are also good-looking, but somehow, when I see you like that, my heart is always cold, but it is uncomfortable." ”
"From then on, the fourth brother will never be Mr. Big in front of Xiaoxiao. He patted the big girl's tiger back attentively, and pointed to a man selling demon beasts not far away, "Go ahead, just go and ask how to sell the coral horn in that person's hand?"
Coral horns are a kind of horned deer endemic to the wilderness, because the horns of the male deer resemble coral, so they got the name of coral horns. After being domesticated, this deer can be used as a mount, and it is not as fast and ferocious as Steppenwolf, but it has a docile temperament and good stamina, and is the favorite of many female cultivators.