Embrace the blade

The mountains outside the town are stretching, full of yellow leaves, and the trees are rustling, full of autumn.

The Immortal Cave mentioned by the old man Xugu is quite famous in this area, and people often come to visit and worship. For the convenience of walking, the local people dug a rough stone road in the mountains.The four of them went deep into the mountain along the stone road, and when they reached the mountainside, they heard the sound of gurgling water. Looking up, there was a white waterfall hanging down the cliff in the distance. The maple is as warm as fire, and the maple leaves shake off in the wind and drift with the water.

Jiang Li was attracted by the scenery, so he couldn't help but slow down.

Qi Zhaoxi slowed down, stood side by side with him, looked at his profile and asked, "Is it beautiful?"

"En." Jiang Li nodded, still looking into the distance in admiration.

Qi Zhaoxi didn't take his eyes off him, and said again: "There are many better scenery than this in the world, I will show you to see it in the future?"

"..." Jiang Li turned his head to meet his gaze, was speechless for a long time, quietly took his hand under the cover of his sleeve, and then whispered, "I really want to promise you."

Qi Zhaoxi clenched his hand, and when he heard the thought, he rubbed his thumb unconsciously on his wrist, and couldn't help but say, "Jiang Li, I'm thinking..."

"Here we are." Elder Xu Gu suddenly said. He and Jiang Lanze walked ahead and stopped in front of a cave that was as tall as a person.

Jiang Li took a look, then turned to Qi Zhaoxi again, and asked, "What?"

Qi Zhaoxi paused for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly: "It's nothing, I just forget what I said when I interrupted."

The two let go of their holding hands without showing any signs, and then walked to the entrance of the cave. The cave was high, wide and secluded, with twists and turns, and the end could not be seen at a glance.Qi Zhaoxi picked up a fist-sized stone and threw it into the hole. The stone rolled down to the depths, but nothing was disturbed except for the echoing sound.

"Go in now?" Old man Xugu asked.

"Let's go." Qi Zhaoxi said, but seeing Jiang Li looking around vigilantly, he then glanced into the forest, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Li said: "I always feel that someone is watching us."

"No." Jiang Lanze turned his head to look around. The surrounding forests were no longer luxuriant as in summer, and the thin branches and leaves were not enough to hide people.

Qi Zhaoxi didn't say anything, put his arms around Jiang Li's shoulders, and walked into the cave.The fairy cave is cold and dark, and you can only see the rough rock walls when you can barely see. But when you go deeper, there is a white light in front of you. The closer you go, the brighter the light is, like a ray of dawn piercing the night .

After they turned the last corner, their vision suddenly became clear. The cave in front of them was as wide as a palace, but there was no one waiting here. There were only many natural stone pillars in the cave, and the stone pillar in the middle was carved into a tall and majestic man. The raised arms are attached to the top of the cave, as if they are supporting the heavy mountain with their shoulders. Outside the cave is a cliff, and the sky is pouring in unrestrainedly, reflecting the stone statue with a bit of divinity. The hazy distant mountains outside the cliff And the faint mist also became the background foil.

When he got closer, he saw that there was a small bronze incense burner at the foot of the stone statue. Qi Zhaoxi looked up at the blurred face of the stone statue and asked, "Which god is this for?"

"The local people call it the statue of the Heavenly Father." Xu Gu said, "There is also a story in it, saying that he is the god of heaven. Because he fell in love with a mortal woman and had a child, which violated the rules of heaven, the Jade Emperor imprisoned him and his child here. In the mountain, he couldn't bear the child being imprisoned for a lifetime, so he opened a crack in the mountain and let the child go free."

"So the cliff behind him is the crack that was opened?" Jiang Lanze suddenly realized, and bowed earnestly, "God, please bless my father! I have been delayed in Pingchuan Town for so many days, and I don't know How is my father's condition, please don't get worse, you must wait until I go back."

Jiang Li stared at the stone statue silently, a little lost in thought, then he observed his surroundings, but found nothing unusual.

Youshi came in a blink of an eye, but still no one came.

Thinking that the other party would not go back on their word after making a battle post, Jiang Lanze couldn't hold back and said, "Could it be that we guessed wrong?"

Qi Zhaoxi leaned on the stone pillar, looked at the sky outside the cliff, and then met Jiang Li, and said, "Wait and see."

I don't know how long it took, Jiang Lanze was so bored waiting, and wanted to speak again, but Jiang Li's expression changed suddenly, and he turned to the cave where he came. He then looked, and a winding black mark slowly flowed out from the shadow of the crack in the rock. It seemed that water had seeped somewhere, and before he could get closer to take a closer look, Heishen spit out a bright red letter.

Jiang Lanze exclaimed, "Snake!"

Just in response to his shout, the sound of the snake's belly rubbing against the rock wall rustled and crawled, and slender little snakes kept emerging from the cave, densely covering the ground, a turbid stream It seems to rush towards the cave quickly.

Jiang Lanze's hairs stood on end: "Why is it a snake again?!"

"Master Young Master, it seems that you are destined for snakes." Qi Zhaoxi pulled Jiang Li up into the air, stepped on the protrusion of the stone pillar, and looked down at the sudden change.

"I don't want this fate, let me go!"

Jiang Lanze's scalp was about to explode, and he drew his sword, wishing he could chop the snakes into pieces, but was dragged onto the stone pillar by the old man Xugu: "These are poisonous snakes, don't act rashly."

Jiang Lanze had no choice but to hold the pillar tightly without tears, and watched the snakes rush to the open space under his feet. One or two small snakes entangled the stone pillar and were about to climb up. Many snakes!"

"Obviously, this is a trap prepared for us." Qi Zhaoxi said.

"But we didn't touch any organs just now?"

Qi Zhaoxi raised his finger to signal them to listen. Apart from the hissing of the snakes, there was another urgent sound echoing from the cave. At first, it was vague and indistinct, but as it got closer, it was recognized that it was a human being. The sound of running and fighting.

"A fifth person besides us triggered the trap."

Jiang Li stared at the direction of the cave: "Is it the person outside the cave watching us secretly?"

"Remember when we suspected the relationship between the Prajna Sect and that mysterious Jianghu man?" Qi Zhaoxi said, "They can't be colluding, so another possibility is that they have a common goal. Judging from the current situation, it is the Jianghu In order to deal with us, people deliberately follow the plan of the Prajna Sect, but how can the Prajna Sect let him take advantage of it for nothing."

Jiang Li suddenly understood: "Was that letter of war taught by Prajna?"

"Yes, otherwise just send the letter of war to us, why bother to make a scene in the lobby, this is to let the Jianghu people also receive the news, so that he will not be absent." Qi Zhaoxi swung his sword and swept down a few A little snake quickly climbed up the stone pillar, "The Jianghu people saw us entering the cave, but there was no movement for a long time, so they inevitably came in to see what happened, and the trap was triggered at this time."

"There is still an institution that can tell how many people are there?" Jiang Lanze asked in surprise.

Qi Zhaoxi said: "Of course not."

"Then what trigger trap are you talking about?"

"This means that the Prajna Sect is also nearby." Qi Zhaoxi said, as the footsteps in the cave were approaching, "Be careful, lest you get caught by the fisherman."

Jiang Li clenched his sword tightly and was ready to go. The next moment, a figure flashed out of the cave, and the No Doubt Sword in his hand reflected a beam of cold light.

Jiang Li immediately rushed forward, drew his sword out of its sheath in mid-air, and with a clear whistle of the long sword, he turned and slashed straight out!

The person who came was the man from the rivers and lakes who had fought with him before. Seeing the fierce sword energy approaching his face, he didn't care about the poisonous snakes all over the ground, so he leaned over and dodged it.Behind him, a black snake as thick as a bowl's mouth rushed to catch up. Its bloody mouth was facing Jiang Li's sword, with a foul smell.

If the sword falls, the whole body will follow into the snake's stomach, Jiang Li was slightly startled, wanted to retreat but had no way to use his strength, so he turned his wrist and turned the long sword in the direction, intending to confront the snake head-on again.

When there was no time left, Jiang Li's waist tightened, and he was lifted up, Qi Zhaoxi grabbed him with one hand and jumped to a high place, raised his leg and kicked the black snake on the upper jaw, causing the black snake to fall sideways. With the force of a kick, it turned back to the nearest stone pillar.

And the Jianghu man got rid of the little snake wrapped around his body, and was panting while climbing on the uneven rock wall.

The black snake shook its pointed head and hissed angrily.

Jiang Li felt Qi Zhaoxi's hand on his waist move slightly, so he nodded knowingly, and then only heard Qi Zhaoxi laugh, and the two flew up at the same time, attacking the Jianghu man from both sides.The black snake nimbly bypassed the empty stone pillar, followed closely behind, and fiercely rushed towards the rock wall.

The Jianghu man was almost surrounded on three sides, with nowhere to hide, he simply raised his sword to receive Qi Zhaoxi's move, and immediately received Jiang Li's sword on his back, he trembled all over, gritted his teeth, poured his internal strength into the sword, and made a move But erratic and soft.Qi Zhaoxi could barely feel the resisting force of the sword, no doubt the sword slipped through his hand like nothing, and suddenly the light clouds covering the sun were blown away like the wind, and the sword light was blazing for a moment, and it slashed towards his neck .

Qi Zhaoxi subconsciously dodged sideways, and the Jianghu man took the opportunity to switch places with him, and fled away before the black snake approached.

"Guiyun swordsmanship?!" Jiang Lanze could see clearly, and shouted in surprise and anger, "Who are you? No doubt why the sword is in your hands!"

No one bothered to answer him.Jiang Li took a few steps along the rock wall, then turned over and took the sword and slashed at the black snake. The sword energy surged like a wave, and the poisonous snake on the ground was also swept away. The black snake sensed the terrifying killing intent and quickly retreated. He bit Qi Zhaoxi's mouth, shrunk back, turned and escaped at a strange angle, but was still cut open with a long bloody gash.The black snake let out a shrill scream, and frantically bit the quack man hanging on the opposite stone pillar, the quack man immediately dodged, and was stopped by two other people.

For a while, three people and a snake fought in melee, jumping and leaping among the stone pillars in the cave, the interlaced and changing sword light was like a torrential silver rain, the long tail of the black snake stirred up flying sand and rocks, and from time to time almost hit the people watching the battle Jiang Lanze and the old man Xugu.

The man from the rivers and lakes leaned back and barely dodged the Shekou, before he could catch his breath, a flash of sword light followed closely, and he could no longer hide. Xiu, in fact, only Jiang Li, who faced it directly, could feel the profound power contained in it, and coupled with the unparalleled sharpness of the Sword of No Doubt, Jiang Li had no choice but to retreat.

There was a sound of breaking wind behind him, Jiang Li turned his head suddenly, only the black afterimage was caught in his vision, the long tail of the black snake had already been thrown heavily on his back, the force was almost to break his spine, Jiang Li suddenly Involuntarily, he rushed to Jianfeng in front of him.

But crashed into a familiar embrace.In a blink of an eye, Qi Zhaoxi stood in front of Jiang Li, hugged him with one hand, opened the door behind his back, and the sword of No Doubt smoothly tore through his clothes and pierced his skin. Qi Zhaoxi responded extremely quickly. Protecting Jiang Li, he turned his body and fell on the stone pillar, but the sword's edge could not penetrate further, and only cut a dripping bloodstain on his back.

"Are you okay?" Qi Zhaoxi's chin was pressed against Jiang Li's forehead, and his breathing was a little short.

Jiang Li's eyes darkened for a while, he swallowed the fishy sweetness in his throat, and replied, "It's okay."

Jiang Li could clearly feel the changes in his body. The backlash from the "Longevity Formula" was non-stop. Compared with before, he was obviously weaker. Once injured, he couldn't last long.

The black snake seemed to have discovered that the prey was vulnerable, and it quickly approached, opening its jaws wide again, intending to swallow them in one gulp.

Jiang Li opened his eyes, broke free from his arms and jumped up into the air, driven by his mind, the abundant power returned to his body, and for a moment he looked at the fierce vertical pupils of the black snake, his eyes seemed to be flickering with fire. The eyes looked more like a beast, he swung his sword horizontally, and the brilliance of a full moon burst out!

A near-perfect silver arc cut the black snake in two, and the snake blood poured out of the whole body in an instant, and was swept away by the sword energy like a frenzy, like red rain. The air was like a hundred rivers entering the sea, still condensed and did not disperse, and hit the Jianghu man directly, the stone pillar broke with a bang, and the cave resounded endlessly. The Jianghu man threw his sword on the ground and vomited a mouthful of blood in disbelief.

Jiang Li became weaker and weaker, and correspondingly, he also became stronger.

The Jianghu man raised his head, and Jiang Li's second move was already in front of him. He hurriedly raised his sword to block it, but suddenly felt that his arm was numb, unable to resist the overwhelming force from the sword, he couldn't help but let go, and he didn't doubt that the sword had actually dropped from his hand flew out.

A hook rope was thrown out of nowhere, tightly entwining the No Doubting Sword in midair.

A group of people stepped out of the cave, and the man in black with the hook pulled the sword back, and handed it to the leader with both hands.Yin Huaishu took the No Doubting Sword casually, and slowly scanned the crowd in the cave.