Jade flute sounds far

There were two soft "clicks", a dead leaf fell to the ground and was trampled to pieces again.

This jungle was originally luxuriant, with branches stretching out into the air like thousands of strange hands, and covered with layers of leaves, even at noon it was as dark as evening.Residents in the surrounding market towns often threaten their children that there are goblins in the forest, so as not to accidentally let someone run in, and they will either be snatched away by beasts or trapped to death in the forest.

At this time, everything was silent, and even the streets in the center of the market town that were crowded with vendors during the daytime became deserted, but two figures flashed by the edge of the woods outside the town, like ghosts, and disappeared in the airtight forest in a blink of an eye.

Qi Yuan rushed into the woods, and finally hid his belongings temporarily, and adjusted his breathing behind an old tree that was as thick as two people hugging each other.There seemed to be a night owl perched on the top of the old tree, and it kept screaming. Although it covered up his breathing, it also made it impossible for him to determine the location of the other person.

The forest was pitch black, even though Qi Yuan had excellent eyesight, he could only see the outlines of the surrounding things clearly.After standing silently for about a stick of incense, he finally drew his sword in his hand again, and suddenly turned from behind the old tree.

Another sound of footsteps that did not belong to him approached suddenly, Qi Yuan couldn't see the figure for a while, so he could only point down with the tip of his sword, and swept hard, knocking a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground into the air.At the same time, he heard the sound of chi chi, dozens of silver needles were shot from the direction of the footsteps, and they were nailed on the fallen leaves one after another.

Qi Yuan figured out the person's location, turned around, and hid behind the tree again.However, the visitor also understood his strategy, and was not in a hurry to pursue him, but hid himself at the same time.

For the past half month, Qi Yuan has almost repeated the same thing.He couldn't get rid of the killer, nor could he kill him, so he could only run around while waiting for the other party to show his flaws—they all hoped that the other party could be that overconfident praying mantis.

But after all, he was the same killer who had been taught by Chenmengtang since he was a child, so he couldn't tell the winner in a short time.After dozens of days, the two of them hardly closed their eyes, and their physical strength had already reached their limits. If they couldn't decide the winner tonight, they might die together in this forest.

For a killer, changing lives is nothing.But for Qi Yuan, he must live.

After all, he still didn't want to procrastinate any longer, so he casually grabbed a piece of dead branch and threw it, then dodged and rushed out from the opposite direction.He could vaguely see a vague figure running towards him, and while drawing his sword intently, the other party also noticed Qi Yuan's figure, and threw another silver needle!

With a twist of Qi Yuan's wrist, the long sword pulled out the sword flower, and cut off all the silver needles with a clanging sound.Immediately, he rushed forward and stabbed straight with his sword, right between the man's eyebrows!

"It's dry, be careful with candles—"

The hoarse yelling of the night watchmen, together with the sound of clappers, was the only sound in the middle of the night in this small market town.In an inn in the middle of the town, the young man was crouching down under the dim butter lamp to memorize something, when he suddenly heard a light crack on the pane, he suddenly covered the scroll, and asked in a deep voice, "Who?!"

"it's me."

Startled, the young man quickly got up and opened the window to let the swordsman from outside come in.Although the light was dim, he clearly saw a gash on the opponent's shoulder, the blood dyed the surrounding clothes bright red, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Brother Qi, you..."

"It's okay."

Qi Yuan shook his head, and without waiting for Uncle Zhang to speak again, he went straight to the bench in the corner and sat down, lowered his head and tore off the front of his shirt, and wiped it a few times, revealing the wound below - about three fingers wide, where bones could be seen faintly .Qi Yuan frowned and looked at it for a while, then suddenly asked: "Is there any medicine?"

"Of course there are some." Uncle Zhang couldn't stand it any longer, he hurriedly handed over the medicine bottle, and asked Qi Yuan to unplug the cloth, sprinkle the medicine powder on the wound, and tear off some cloth to wrap it up.The medicinal powder has the effect of stopping bleeding and promoting muscle growth, and it hurts very much when applied on the wound, but Qi Yuan kept silent, only closed his eyes and adjusted his breath for a moment, then looked directly at Uncle Zhang, and said sincerely: "Thank you."

"You're welcome. But how did Brother Qi know that I'm here?"

"I saw you entering this inn earlier today." Qi Yuan said, "It's just that it was inconvenient to come up and talk at that time."

Uncle Zhang nodded. Hearing his hoarse voice, he poured another cup of hot tea and pushed it over: "So, the killer from Chenmeng Hall has been dealt with?"

Qi Yuan was reaching for the teacup, he paused for a moment, then looked up: "This is the third one."

Since Qi Yuan returned to Chengdu from Qiu Miracle Doctor's office two months ago, and told Uncle Zhang all the information about Chenmengtang that Siyun Pavilion had missed, the killer of Chenmengtang has stalked him, Qi Yuan spent several days, It was finally silenced.Not long after the Tang Sect's head's birthday, he heard that Qiao Chongyu would be there, so he couldn't help but mingled with the guests, but he didn't know that the new killer sent by Chenmengtang had been following Qiao Chongyu from far away, and after discovering Qi Yuan, he immediately chased after him.

"After I got rid of that person later, I didn't dare to show up near Jingyi Villa, and I remembered my childhood, so I went back to my hometown." Qi Yuan drank his tea in one gulp, and said lightly, "It's just that my parents were there long ago. He passed away nine years ago, and the neighbors didn't know the details, they only said that he was killed by bandits. Later, the No.3 killer was found, and I pestered him all the way, and finally got away tonight."

He mentioned it in a few words, but didn't mention the past that he got from the neighbor that day - the uncle in the sun field said leisurely: "Oh... the Qi family is a dutiful person, they work very hard from morning to night, just I have never had children, and I see them worrying all day long. Later, I don’t know who lost a boy at the door of his house. He was very happy, but he worked hard to raise him until he was ten years old, and his son was taken away by bandits. I also lost my life, you said it was not unlucky?"

Qi Yuan remained silent, Uncle Zhang only said that he was worried about Chenmengtang and would not let him go, and quickly comforted him: "Didn't you say that including yourself, there are only 11 killers in Chenmengtang now? Then run away now!" This one, three more died, and there are seven people left, I guess your hall master Zhuang Zhou will also be dispatched sparingly."

"It should be so." Qi Yuan nodded, and suddenly asked, "I don't know why Brother Zhang came here?"

"Of course it's in a hurry to attend the martial arts event held by the Mingyu Sect."

Speaking of grand events in the martial arts world, Uncle Zhang immediately became interested, and went outside to find a shop to order some food for Qi Yuan, while drinking himself, counting on his fingers which sects would gather outside Kaifeng city. "By the way, your Master Qiao is said to be attending this year. It is really a rare event. Counting the days, they should be on the way now. Why don't you go to Kaifeng slowly like me, and when you arrive When there are many people, I am not afraid of being discovered by the people of Chenmengtang again."

Qi Yuan listened to those words without saying a word, and the lights flickered, shining on his cheeks indefinitely.Due to the many days of running around, Qi Yuan became thinner and thinner, and his facial lines were as sharp as knives and axes. However, when he heard someone's name, his expression suddenly relaxed a little-subtle, like a warm smile. The spring breeze blows on the ice.

He said, thank you Brother Zhang for telling me.