Embrace the blade

As soon as Yin Huaishu appeared, the poisonous snakes all over the ground suddenly became restless and scattered, as if the dirty tide receded, and the ground was empty in the blink of an eye.

Based on the previous speculation, the appearance of the Prajna Sect was within expectation, so Jiang Li was only slightly taken aback, then let the Jianghu man go, and attacked with his sword.

The sharp sword energy approached in an instant, Yin Huaishu took two steps back, at the same time Ning Yu flashed out from behind him, drew his sword up, and with a loud clang, he was holding back the sword's momentum.Jiang Li immediately changed his moves, and Ning Yu responded very quickly. The long swords were criss-crossed and sharpened, sparks screamed, and sparks splashed. After more than a dozen moves were dismantled in an instant, facing the power pouring in from the river and the sea, Ning Yu's Sweat dripped from the forehead, showing a bit of reluctance, but his expression was still calm, and he was even surprised when he looked at Jiang Li: "Is this the power of the "Longevity Formula"?"

Jiang Li didn't understand, and his attention was still firmly on the No Doubt Sword in Yin Huaishu's hand.At the moment when they fought, Qi Zhaoxi and the Jianghu people almost attacked from both sides, while Yin Huaishu retreated again and again, and a dozen men in black surrounded him, forming an airtight wall. wall of people.

In order to prevent him from taking the opportunity to escape with the sword, Qi Zhaoxi picked up the tip of the sword, and instead wrapped the hook of the man in black who was blocking him around the sword. As soon as he retracted the force, the hook got rid of the man in black like a snake. Controlled, flew up into the air, fell into Qi Zhaoxi's left hand, then shot out quickly, passed through the gap in the human wall, and tightly wrapped around Yin Huaishu's arm.

Yin Huaishu was about to earn money, but he was held back by the strong force from the hook rope. He flew into the air like a kite, passed by the group of men in black, and was dragged to the middle of the cave, and fell to the ground. When he almost fell, he staggered two steps before he stood still.

He raised the sword in his hand and dropped it, no doubt the sword cut through the hook made of fine iron without any hesitation, the restraint on his arm was loosened immediately, and half of the hook fell to the ground with a clatter.

At the same time, Jiang Lanze, who was closest to him, jumped down from the stone pillar. Without the threat of poisonous snakes all over the ground, he summoned up his courage and threw a sword at his unsuspecting back.

Yin Huaishu turned around to block, but heard the wind blowing in his ears, turned his head quickly, and saw a flickering silver arc flying towards him, it was Qi Zhaoxi who knew that he was full of poisonous blood and was difficult to deal with, so he simply gave up his sword and threw it away. The other half of the hook made a whip.

Yin Huaishu tried to retreat, but he was a step too late, and was hit in the chest by the fine iron hook, fell backwards, hit the stone pillar hard, slipped and knelt on the ground, unable to tell whether the ribs were broken in the severe pain I couldn't stop coughing, and coughed up a big mouthful of blood.

The Jianghu people lost their No Doubting Sword, and it was very disadvantageous to use bare hands, so they watched from the sidelines and waited for the opportunity to move.

The people in black wanted to rush forward to support, but with a wave of Jiang Li's horizontal sword, the sword energy surged like a tide of anger, pushed Ning Yu back and swept away, stirring up sand and dust on the ground, leaving a shocking nick , forcing the man in black to retreat.

Yin Huaishu glanced hastily, raised his head to wipe off the blood on his lips, instead of showing fear, he smiled at Qi Zhaoxi: "This is not interesting for Zuo Hufa, it's just a show, why is it so heavy?" Hand, could it be that you have a deep grudge against me and took the opportunity to retaliate?"

Jiang Lanze looked at Qi Zhaoxi and asked in surprise, "What does he mean by that?"

"Stop sowing discord, I have nothing to do with you." Although Qi Zhaoxi said so, she couldn't help but glance in Jiang Li's direction. Jiang Li and Ning Yu were fighting fiercely, and Jian Guang was almost as fast Merging with the figure, I don't know if he heard it, let alone discern its reaction.

Only in this gap, Yin Huaishu suddenly got into trouble, and rushed towards Jiang Lanze who was not far away, grabbed his collar, pressed the No Doubt Sword to his neck, and said, "Don't move."

Jiang Lanze froze, not daring to breathe hard, and could only look nervously at Qi Zhaoxi and the old man Xugu beside him.

The people in black all obeyed the order to stop.The two people in the struggle also jumped back and retreated respectively, and they stopped their moves by coincidence. Jiang Li took a deep breath and had to do his best to suppress the restless and boiling blood and keep his mind clear, while Ning Yu's situation was even worse. Although he intends to test the bottom line of the "Secret of Longevity", but in the rapid and continuous fight, his internal energy is consumed too much, and he has to stop and take a breath.

Yin Huaishu held Jiang Lanze back step by step until he reached the edge of the cliff. He turned his head and glanced at the deep and dangerous valley below the cliff, and said to them, "Throw away the weapon, or Master Jiang Shaozhuang will be killed."

Qi Zhaoxi sized him up and didn't move for a while, Jiang Li also hesitated.

Yin Huaishu smiled lightly, and slowly pressed down the sword. A line of blood suddenly appeared in Jiang Lanze's throat. He trembled in pain, but gritted his teeth and did not make a sound.

"Wait." Jiang Li said immediately, and with a clang, he threw away the Cyan Frost Sword in his hand.

Qi Zhaoxi sighed, and then inserted the long sword into the ground in front of him.

Then, Jiang Lanze felt the tingling pain on his neck disappear, and Yin Huaishu not only moved the sword away, but also loosened his grip on him a lot.Without knowing where the courage came from, Jiang Lanze suddenly grabbed Yin Huaishu's sword-holding hand, and broke it out forcefully.

Jiang Li moved accordingly, rushed to Yin Huaishu like lightning, and grabbed the No Doubt Sword!

Yin Huaishu quickly turned sideways, the hand holding the sword suddenly loosened, and the sword raised a bright silver arc, and was thrown high over the cliff.

Jiang Li was startled, he had no time to think, he jumped up, outside the cliff, like a bird in the sky, he stretched out his hand as hard as he could, but the sword was shining with the afterglow of the setting sun, it was almost within reach, but it was within reach. His fingertips brushed, and his body sank, but his waist suddenly tightened, and a strong force came from behind him, pulling him back.

The Buyi sword fell straight down the cliff.

Qi Zhaoxi threw away half of the hook, and pushed Jiang Li to the ground, with anger in his eyes: "Are you looking for death? Do you want a sword or a life?"

"I..." Jiang Li finally came back to his senses, and met his gaze in a panic, gasping for breath.

The rest of the people didn't expect such a development, and they rushed up to look out of the cliff. In the chaos, no one noticed that the corners of Yin Huaishu's lips were bent. He grabbed one of the men in black and pulled out a black bullet from the other person. .

"Withdraw!" Just as Yin Huaishu finished speaking, the projectile was thrown out of his hands and rolled down in front of Qi Zhaoxi and the others.

Everyone in the Prajna Sect quickly retreated back into the cave. Qi Zhaoxi just got up when he smelled the faint smell of fire and nitrate. He only had time to curse secretly, stretched out his hand and pushed Jiang Li back into his arms, and hid behind the nearest stone pillar.

The old man Xugu was far away, but seeing Jiang Lanze get up in a daze, before he understood the situation, he was about to rush forward to pull him, but the Jianghu man took a step ahead.The Jianghu man lowered his head while pressing Jiang Lanze with one hand, and protected him in his arms with the other, and rolled aside on the spot.

The black projectile exploded with a bang, the ground trembled continuously, the entire cave seemed to be shaking, and the gravel and clods on the roof of the cave fell down.

Jiang Lanze shook his head, still feeling dazed, only heard the person blocking him breathing heavily, as if injured, subconsciously said: "Thank you, Senior Brother Ji."

The arm that embraced him stiffened immediately, Jiang Lanze immediately reacted, also stunned, stretched out his hand driven by the strong sense of familiarity, and tore off the mask on the Jianghu man's face, the other party let him go abruptly, He stepped back in embarrassment, turned his head to cover his face, but there was nowhere to hide, it was really Ji Xiuming.

"Senior Brother Ji, how could it be you?" Jiang Lanze couldn't believe his eyes, "Jiang Li said that you are the traitor of the villa, but I still don't believe it. I think there must be a misunderstanding. Why did Guiyun feel sorry for you? Why did you do this? !"

Ji Xiuming's evasive movement suddenly stopped, as if he was in a daze, and he turned his head slowly, but he didn't want to answer Jiang Lanze's question. His eyes slid over Qi Zhaoxi who walked out from behind the stone pillar, and finally fixed on Jiang Li's body : "If you really knew it was me, you would have known it was me a long time ago?"

"I know that you are in collusion with the Prajna Sect, but I didn't expect the Sword of No Doubt to be in your hands." Jiang Li replied without any disturbance.

"I didn't collude with the Prajna Sect!" Ji Xiuming hissed, "That's right, I leaked the method of breaking the formation, but I didn't expect it to cause a catastrophe."

"You really didn't expect it?"

Ji Xiuming was already in extreme embarrassment, Jiang Li's indifferent eyes were more like a thin and sharp blade cutting him down, he laughed shortly: "But what kind of reaction is this, Jiang Yunruo, are you looking at a stranger ?"

Jiang Li looked at him quietly, Ji Xiuming's stature had already grown, his youthful face had faded, and his demeanor had completely changed. The rambunctious boy has been annihilated in the shadows of the old days, and there is no trace of him to be found.

Jiang Li nodded and said, "Yes, a stranger."

Ji Xiuming trembled, a place deep in his heart completely collapsed, and the resentment accumulated for many years broke out uncontrollably: "For your Jiang family, of course I am an outsider, a stranger! No matter how hard I try I won’t be accepted by you, no matter where I go and people talk about me, there will always be a sentence behind me, ‘His surname is not Jiang!’”

"So you hate us?" Jiang Li asked.

"No, I don't hate you guys." Ji Xiuming shook his head, "I hate myself for being stupid back then, for actually thinking that I was no different from you, thinking that although I was abandoned by my biological parents, I still have a home in this world, thinking that I was born That place in Xiagu can be called home, and there will be people waiting for me to go back."

Jiang Li was speechless and silent.

"It's only natural for foster father to teach you unique martial arts. I have nothing to complain about, but why do you have to send me out of the valley? You can't trust me, are you afraid that an outsider like me will steal it?" Ji Xiuming stared at him for a moment, his eyes were red, "Blame me for waking up too late. He gave me a name but didn't change my surname. Isn't he just reminding me all the time that I don't belong to your Jiang family?"

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Li couldn't help but rushed forward and punched him hard in the chest. Ji Xiuming fell out and hit the foot of the stone statue, overturning the small bronze stove placed there, and the incense ash scattered On the ground, his chest heaved violently, and he spat out another mouthful of blood.

The ice in Jiang Li's eyes was slowly breaking, revealing the vivid anger underneath: "You don't know anything."

Seeing his reaction like this, Ji Xiuming seemed to be happy at last. He just lay down on the ground without wiping the blood off his chin, and laughed loudly: "Am I wrong? If my adoptive father is willing to treat me sincerely, hurry up Before leaving me, I changed my surname with great kindness, so I won’t be treated coldly in Guiyun Villa these few years, swallow humiliation, and be cautious everywhere!”

Jiang Li pulled out Qi Zhaoxi's long sword stuck on the ground with one hand, leaned over and grabbed his collar fiercely.

Ji Xiuming didn't resist, a cold light flashed, and he closed his eyes resignedly.

The expected pain did not hit, the long sword was nailed to his ear with a bang, and the broken stone splashed, drawing a shallow blood mark on his cheek.

Jiang Li's hand holding the sword trembled so hard that his voice trembled uncontrollably: "I really want to kill you." He almost gritted his teeth, "But my father's last wish before he died was to let me let you go, and let me go too. Own."

Ji Xiuming opened his eyes in shock.

Jiang Li raised his head and stared at the blurred face of the god of heavenly father. The stone statue silently but firmly supported the mountain. He didn't know where the legendary freed child was in the world. He whispered: "Father said...you are mine after all. Brother, it's his child."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Li didn't look at him again, drew his sword and stood up to leave.

"Father...how could he..." Ji Xiuming's expression was blank.

Jiang Li stopped in his tracks and didn't look back: "Taniguchi has two ways to break the formation. The method known by the villa takes half an hour to walk around the formation, but you can break through the formation directly into the valley. Father only taught you. That night Prajna taught Stepping into the valley, he will understand that it has something to do with you."

"..." Ji Xiuming was stunned for a while, tears welled up in his eyes, he gritted his teeth to hold back, but even his shoulders trembled uncontrollably.After a long period of confusion, guilt and restlessness, he didn't really realize what he had lost until this moment.

Jiang Li silently listened to the gradually uncontrollable cries behind him, without expression or movement.

Qi Zhaoxi sighed softly, walked over to pick up the Qingshuang Sword on the ground, then reached out to support his arm, and said, "Jiang Li, let's go back."

Jiang Li looked at him and nodded. The burning blood in his body had been extinguished, and it seemed to have turned into a pile of gradually cooling ashes, and his strength was gradually lost. He barely stood still with Qi Zhaoxi's support, and walked out slowly. go.

The old man Xugu shook his head and left.

Jiang Lanze looked at Ji Xiuming complicatedly for a while, and wanted to leave, but couldn't help turning around, and said seriously: "Senior Brother Ji, it's not Uncle who drove you away, it's Jiang Li who gave you the opportunity to leave the valley."

Ji Xiuming looked at Jiang Li's back with half understanding, and tried to stand up with his hands on the ground, but he lost his strength. The two words rolled in his throat for a long time before he spat out with difficulty: "Yun Ruo..."

He wasn't sure if Jiang Li heard it, Jiang Li's footsteps didn't stop, his figure disappeared into the cave, and he couldn't see it anymore.

Just a few steps out of the cave, Jiang Li's feet suddenly went limp, and he almost fell, but was caught by Qi Zhaoxi. Looking at his face, he had already become pale and weak.

"How do you feel?" Qi Zhaoxi looked at him.

Jiang Li shook his head lightly, but couldn't say a word. He frowned, pressed his chest in pain, and knelt down on the ground with no strength. Clenched, he couldn't help shaking.

"Oops." Old man Xugu saw Jiang Li's eyes plunged into chaos, and knew that he had lost his sanity, so he hurriedly motioned to the bloodstain on Jiang Lanze's neck, "Cover your wound and stay away, don't let the He smelled blood."

Jiang Lanze hurriedly followed suit, and Qi Zhaoxi turned anxiously to Elder Xu Gu: "Senior, what can I do?"

"You first……"

Before the old man Xugu finished speaking, Jiang Li suddenly threw Qi Zhaoxi to the ground, his body was still shaking slightly, like a person in the ice and snow yearning for warmth, unconsciously getting close to a warm body, or like a beast looking for food, The prey's most vulnerable neck approaches.

Qi Zhaoxi raised her hand to touch his shoulder, blocking a short distance: "Jiang Li, wake up, I——hiss!"

Jiang Li lowered his head and bit his wrist, mercilessly, a string of blood dripped like red beans in an instant.

The old man Xugu stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hand and squeezed Jiang Li's neck hard, Jiang Li let go immediately, and passed out in Qi Zhaoxi's arms.

Only then did Qi Zhaoxi sit up, a layer of cold sweat broke out from the pain on his forehead, looking at the wrist that was held by the old man Xugu to stop the bleeding, he said helplessly: "This is the first time I have been bitten in my life." Turning his eyes to his arms, Jiang Li fell asleep peacefully, but there was a little blood on his lips. He couldn't help laughing when he thought of something, and said, "The second time."

"I'll take him back to the inn first, and I'll trouble the senior and the young owner to go down the cliff over there. The Prajna Sect should already be searching for the No Doubt Sword. Don't confront him head-on. Let's see the situation." Qi Zhaoxi said.

Elder Xu Gu nodded in agreement, while Jiang Lanze said worriedly: "You hurt your right hand, can you take him back alone?"

Qi Zhaoxi smiled, and stroked Jiang Li's hair with the other hand, hiding an inexplicable pity in his movements: "I'm so thin, I can hug him with one hand."