Embrace the blade

The moonlight was extremely bright this night, like a flowing silver-white tide, and the poisonous insects all over the ground were also surging like a tide.Their blue-gray carapaces rubbed and collided, making a sound like dead leaves breaking, and it sounded like a group of ghosts hissing and panting, longing for the flesh and blood of all living creatures in the village.

Shen Zhiyan hurried to the courtyard of the Qingshan School, sweeping away an open space in front of him with sharp sword energy, but the more he walked forward, the denser the poisonous insects gathered, and if he couldn't clean it, he stepped on sticky insect corpses all the way.At this moment, Qingyao may still be sleeping soundly without noticing, but even if he wakes up, how can he cope with the situation with serious injuries?

"What are you going to do with him?"

Not long ago, the three families of Shanhe League said goodbye to Wei Min in the main hall, Shen Zhiyan was waiting outside the door, after Shen Shensi pulled him to a remote place, Shen Sheng asked him this.

"I want to take him back."

"Bring back to the sect?" Shen Shensi frowned disapprovingly, "He stole the secret books, and there is only one end to death in the Qingshan sect. If you can pretend nothing happened, then you have to ask others if they are willing!"

"..."

"Besides, would he be willing to go back with you? Is it possible to tie him back with a rope and imprison him for a lifetime?"

"Brother, I..."

"Why are you refusing to admit that Qingyao is dead?" Shen Shensi hated iron and iron, "You were wishful thinking towards Zhang Pi, but now they don't think you are anything, absurd is not absurd!"

Shen Zhiyan's face lost all color, and he pursed his lips tightly into a line, without answering.

After waiting for a while, Shen Shensi couldn't bear it any longer, turned his head and stopped looking at him, and suddenly said: "That boy Shen Duanxing, you caught him from Huajie Liuxiang before the competition, right?"

Shen Zhiyan was taken aback for a moment, he didn't know how to ask this question, but couldn't answer, but it was obvious that the elder brother didn't have a questioning tone.

"It's useless, you don't know the lesson, and you still help him cover it up from me." After Shen Shensi scolded, he calmed down, "When you were in the room, you should have told me: If you knew about this competition, you would have killed me." The second brother backed away, he would rather the knife on the ring fall down, and he doesn't want you to meet that person."

"..."

"Zhiyan, you are the son of the head of the Qingshan School, an outstanding hero in the Jianghu, who doesn't love you from your father and uncles, and who doesn't respect you from your disciples. Let alone conduct, sometimes he doesn't listen to what my father and I say, But he will listen to everything you say." Shen Shen thought, "There is a Yin Huaishu in the Devil's Church, what can you do, why do you let you abuse yourself like this?"

Shen Zhiyan's fingertips trembled, but the screams sounded first. At some point, many bugs crawled out from their feet. Shen Shensi quickly judged the situation, and ran towards the source of the sound before he could explain.Shen Zhiyan almost didn't hesitate for a moment, and went in the opposite direction.

He didn't think about what he said was practiced or not. He just wanted to watch and guard Qingyao.

Turn the corner, not far from the courtyard.A group of men dressed as nurses were running towards them, trying to disperse the poisonous insects with sticks. The two behind them dragged a woman who kept crying.Seeing Shen Zhiyan, the woman suddenly gained strength, broke free from the shackles, and fell over.

Shen Zhiyan couldn't help but stop, and was grabbed by the sleeve of the robe by the woman, only to hear her yelling: "Hero, save my daughter, I beg you..."

The leader of the nursing home recognized him, and was about to tear the woman away: "Second Master Shen, run away! It's not that we are cruel, her daughter is a fool, and she is rolling in the worm pile over there, even gods can't save her!"

There was shouting and shouting in the village, and the chaos became a mess. Only then did Shen Zhiyan notice that a little girl had fallen in the insect swarm not far away, her hands and feet were dancing wildly, and the surrounding poisonous insects eagerly climbed onto her body, The bluish-gray color on her body will engulf her.

The woman's thin hands clenched even tighter, and she burst into tears: "Please, my man left early, and this girl is the only one left. This is my life! Please save her..."

Shen Zhiyan glanced anxiously towards the courtyard, pulled the woman up, nodded and said: "I'll save her, you guys go first, don't worry."

He jumped into the insect swarm, wanting to make a quick decision, but until now he didn't understand why the nursing home emphasized that he was a fool.The little girl was so stupid that she couldn't recognize anyone, and she was so frightened that she didn't know how to cooperate at all. Shen Zhiyan reached out to catch her, but the next moment, she was thrown off indiscriminately.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." He softly comforted him, while half kneeling down, he didn't care whether the poisonous insect would take the opportunity to climb up, and half dragged and half embraced the little girl, but she was struggling more and more uncontrollably , even Shen Zhiyan could hardly hold it back.

She cried and cried more and more terrified, Shen Zhiyan realized something slowly, followed her gaze and turned his head to look, his eyes widened in disbelief.

Behind him were poisonous insects undulating like waves, but it seemed as if someone had split the sea with a sword and split a road. Yin Huaishu walked slowly from a distance, his bare feet scattered, as if he had just got out of bed.

These poisonous insects are spiritual, they can keenly distinguish the more dangerous and deadly poisons, and they retreated to both sides before Yin Huaishu approached.

Shen Zhiyan suddenly realized that there were no poisonous insects crawling on him, and even the poisonous insects that got into the little girl's dress were fleeing frantically.He lowered his head to look at the mottled blood stains on his clothes. It was Yin Huaishu who rubbed against him when he hugged him. Even though it was dry, he still dared not approach even poisonous insects.

"... Qingyao."

Yin Huaishu didn't even look at him, he jumped up the high wall of Juyi Village, and the night wind stirred his long hair.

Shen Zhiyan couldn't leave the little girl in his arms and chase after him, but he couldn't help tightening his hands. The little girl was pinched in pain but couldn't struggle, so she opened her mouth and bit his wrist fiercely.Blood was dripping, he didn't seem to know the pain, he just stared blankly at the figure on the wall.

Yin Huaishu tilted his head to look as if he felt something, his brows were frowned, but he didn't say anything at the end, he pulled the corners of his lips mockingly, and jumped down.

The black-clothed Prajna congregation outside the village greeted the hall master and led him to the forest behind the village.

"Guardian right," Yin Huaishu bowed his head and saluted, "everything is according to your plan."

The outcome of the competition is nothing, the main issue is to wipe out Shanhemeng.

"It's not bad." Yi Buzhi stood under the luxuriant tree, still staring at the village.In order to avoid the poisonous insects, many people in the rivers and lakes hid above the eaves. He waved his hand, and the men in black surrounded by the wall set their arrows and bent their bows at the same time.

"Fire arrows!"

Jiang Li turned his head suddenly, the rain of arrows covered the air, he pulled up the maid who was clinging to the corner of the eaves with one hand, and with the other hand drew his sword out of its sheath, and swiped away the arrows hitting his face, but it was inevitable that some of them got stuck on the eaves tiles. As soon as she got up, there was a tremor under her feet, so frightened that the servant girl lay on her stomach trembling, not daring to move.

The ground has been completely covered by poisonous insects, everyone on the eaves is no different from living targets, the Jianghu people who have martial arts are better, and the servants and maidservants in the village are so weak after being carried to the house.

Jiang Li looked around and couldn't tell how many people had been shot in the chaos, but no matter what, he must not continue to sit on the eaves waiting to die.

Qi Zhaoxi suddenly felt that the corner of his sleeve was pulled, turned around and saw Jiang Li saying something, but unfortunately he couldn't hear clearly because of the noise around him: "What?"

The situation is urgent, and I don't know when the next round of arrow rain will arrive.Jiang Li simply stood on tiptoe, grabbed his collar, and said close to his ear, "The tunnel over the stone bridge."

The words were concise and to the point, but Qi Zhaoxi understood. Rather than being vigilant on the eaves as a living target, it is better to hide in the tunnel first, so as to have the energy to discuss the way out.He and Jiang Li looked at each other, without much nonsense, he rose and fell as lightly as a swallow, and then landed on the eaves where the Qingshan faction gathered.

Shen Shensi, who was in charge of the overall situation, was full of anxiety, and was surprised to see him: "Hero Qi?"

Qi Zhaoxi nodded perfunctorily, turned to find Wei Min, and deliberately asked: "Master Wei, is there no tunnel for refuge in this village?"

Wei Min was sitting slumped on the eaves, clutching the tiles under him tightly with both hands, for fear of accidentally falling down, but he couldn't let his face down, and he managed to maintain his composure on his face.At this moment, seeing the crowd following the question, his superficial composure almost collapsed, and he was sweating profusely: "...Yes, yes...just..."

It's just that he didn't expect this to happen. In order to design Cheng Juxian, he sealed the tunnel to a dead end.

"...It's just been abandoned for a long time, so I can't use it to leave." Wei Min said with difficulty.

The brilliance in everyone's eyes suddenly disappeared, but Shen Shensi was thinking: "How many people can be accommodated in the tunnel?"

"It's not a problem, it's enough!" Wei Min said hastily.

Shen Shensi made up his mind, and suddenly another figure flew beside him, it was Shen Zhiyan, holding an unconscious little girl in his arms, with a smear of blood red on his wrist.

Shen Shensi frowned: "What did you do?"

"It's okay." Shen Zhiyan smiled wryly, and handed the little girl to the disciple beside him.

Even if he didn't mention it, Shen Shensi made a rough guess in his heart, simply put aside the matter, and directly stated his next plan.

"...If you want to go through the poisonous insects everywhere," Shen Zhiyan stroked the blood on his clothes with his fingertips, raised his head and said, "Let me open the way."

Almost at the same time that Shen Zhiyan jumped off the eaves, the second round of arrow rain hit the sky and covered the sky.Under the command of the Qingshan faction, the injured and weak were supported by the people around them, and they followed Shen Zhiyan's footsteps closely. Swordsmen and arrows collided frequently, and the sound of gold and stone mixed with shouts.

There was a slight smell of blood floating in the turbid air, Jiang Li let out a breath slowly, suppressing the increasingly noisy heartbeat in his body.He was about to catch up with the pedestrian, but unexpectedly, the tiles nailed with arrows were already in danger, as soon as he moved, they shattered with a clatter.

Jiang Li's figure suddenly disappeared, and before he could react, someone stretched out his hand and grabbed him firmly, and they rushed forward with him.

He was a little surprised: "Why do you..."

"Turn back to see your jokes." Qi Zhaoxi paid attention to the poisonous insects under his feet, and took a moment to glance at him, "Looking very thin, how could he trample the house down."

"...It will collapse if you step on it," Jiang Li said.

Qi Zhaoxi laughed, and arrived at the grass beside the stone bridge in a blink of an eye.The rockery that originally blocked the entrance was moved away by several strong-armed Jianghu people. The most amazing thing is that after Shen Zhiyan guarded the entrance, no poisonous insects dared to approach it. Hastily hid in the tunnel.

But Shen Zhiyan raised his hand and took off his blood-stained robe after confirming that there was no one else there. He lowered his eyes for a while, and finally entered the tunnel under the urging of Shen Shensi, covering the entrance with his robe.

The poisonous insects are still crawling crazily, but the stone bricks on the tunnel wall are tightly jointed and solid. They cannot penetrate, and they dare not approach the robe. Fear, like the impatience of losing prey, or the fear of poison, he listened carefully, but the voice never approached.