Embrace the blade

The Righteous Path suffered heavy casualties in this battle, but unfortunately, in the end, there was no gain.

As soon as he met the disciples of the Qingshan School who were supporting him, Shen Zhiyan immediately led them back to the mountain depression, so as not to let the Busu sword fall into the enemy's hands.However, the forest in the mountain depression was empty, and the Seven Killing Gate that had been left here before was gone. They searched hastily, but they couldn't find the Sword of No Doubt.

If these people from the rivers and lakes were surrounded by Fang Li and chased Qi Zhaoxi and the two up the mountain, the Prajna Sect and the Qishamen had already fought for a while, and the Qishamen who also inhaled the poisonous mist and became weak would not belong to the Prajna Sect The opponent, not to mention the fact that Yin Huaishu led his men to go up the mountain to encircle and suppress them, and the disciples were aggressive. They definitely did not look like they had been defeated. But the strange thing is that they didn't have the sword of no doubt in their hands. Is it because the Seven Kills Gate is hiding a secret, or there is something else? People are taking advantage of the troubled waters?

Everyone was clueless for a while, and the atmosphere became even more depressed.Shen Zhiyan was not discouraged, and ordered a few disciples to search carefully. Besides Jiang Lanze, there were also some people in the Jianghu who were unwilling to give up and wanted to look together. The others were mostly wounded and needed to be sent back to the town for treatment as soon as possible.

Although Jiang Li was concerned about the whereabouts of the sword, but Qi Zhaoxi's injuries were too serious, he had no intention of looking for the sword at all, and even if he couldn't trust Shen Zhiyan's character, Jiang Lanze was still there, and the group of people who were looking for the sword were left behind They were different, and it was impossible to reach an agreement to hide the sword of no doubt, so they decisively went back to the town to heal Qi Zhaoxi's wounds.

The people who stayed in the col searched carefully until dusk and the setting sun set in the west, but there was still no trace of Buyijian.

Shen Zhiyan focused his eyes and thought, and suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.

"Second Master Shen," Wei Ke, the junior brother of the Tianmen Sect, walked over silently, his eyes were still red, and asked in a low voice, "I've searched all over this mountain, why didn't I find my elder brother's body?"

Shen Zhiyan sighed, raised his hand, and motioned Wei Ke to look up at the steep cliff. There were many trees with criss-cross branches growing in the crevices of the brown-yellow rock. I didn't find the body of Yan Han from the Prajna Sect, I think it was probably caught by a tree branch and didn't fall." After a pause, he said in relief, "Thinking about the good, if you are lucky enough, your elder brother might be able to pick it up. Come back with a life."

Wei Ke's eyes lit up immediately: "Really?"

Shen Zhiyan smiled slightly, and said: "If you haven't seen the corpse, then there is hope."

Wei Ke seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and nodded quickly.Jiang Lanze, who was not far away, heard this, then raised his head and stared at the clumps of tall and distant branches between the cliffs, and suddenly said: "Second Brother Shen, you said that there are so many trees on this cliff, do you doubt that the sword will Where was it also hung, and it didn’t fall off?”

"If that's the case, it's God's will not to allow the Unsuspecting Sword to reappear in the world. It may not be a bad thing." Shen Zhiyan smiled, and raised his voice to the others in the forest, "Everyone, it's getting late and it's inconvenient to search. Let's go back too."

Their group of Jianghu people returned to the town, but outside Pingchuan Town, a farmyard was occupied by the Prajna Sect.

On the top of the main room, Yin Huaishu, the guardian of the right with a gloomy face, was sitting. The black-clothed congregants standing around all bowed their heads, and no one dared to make a sound. There was a soft sound of the cups colliding, and they were not worried about what to do next.

After this battle, the Prajna Sect was also seriously injured. Even if they killed some people in the righteous way, they failed to take Qi Zhaoxi's life, nor did they get the Sword of No Doubt, and they were unable to return to the Young Master. Qingshan sent people to support , the strength of the Righteous Way has greatly increased, and they will not be given a chance to attack them. For a while, it can be said that there is no way out.

In the silence, suddenly a man in black entered the yard, hurriedly came to the front of the hall and knelt down, took out a brocade bag from his arms, and offered it with both hands: "Report to the guardian, a man named Qin Zheng let me I pass this on to you."

"Qin Zheng?" Yin Huaishu frowned, and winked at the person next to him, "Go out and check the surroundings."

The man in black hurriedly said: "Don't worry, protector, I went around a lot outside to make sure no one followed me before I came back."

Yin Huaishu stretched out his hand, and the man in black held the brocade bag and handed it over. He opened it and poured out a pink-purple glass hairpin from it.

Yin Huaishu's expression changed immediately, and he raised his eyes to stare at the man in black: "What else did Qin Zheng say?"

"Nothing."

Yin Huaishu slowly squeezed the hairpin tightly, and smelled the faint fragrance, which was extremely familiar, he suddenly got up, showing a little panic.

"If I remember correctly, isn't this the hair ornament of Miss Huairou?" Ning Yu approached and looked at it, and said in surprise, "Didn't she stay in the church well, how could it fall into the hands of that man named Qin Zheng? "

As if reminded by this sentence, Yin Huaishu thought of something, and his expression almost twisted for a moment: "That bitch He Lan!"

Other than the Hall Master He Lan whom he threw into the sect, who else would he use all means to confront him tit for tat?

Ning Yu squinted at his face, and said: "Look at this, they are threatening you as a hostage, and want you to throw yourself into the trap."

Yin Huaishu's cheeks were tense, and he remained silent, the hairpin was tightly held in his palm, and the veins on the back of his hand were full of veins. Just when Ning Yu was about to say something to add fuel to the flames, Yin Huaishu pushed the black man away without warning. The man in clothes strode out.

"Does the protector really want to go alone? How about arranging a manpower to rescue Miss Huairou?" Ning Yu said.

Yin Huaishu's footsteps stopped, his back heaved, as if taking a deep breath, he gritted his teeth and said, "Rourou is in his hands, I can't tolerate any mistakes."

After speaking, he left alone.

Ning Yu watched Yin Huaishu's back go away, and then under the suspicious eyes of the Prajna disciples, he sat back in his seat calmly, took a sip of the tea cup, and said with a smile: "Although the tea is thicker, The advantage is that the temperature is just right."

After leaving the small courtyard, Yin Huaishu practiced lightness kung fu and hurried all the way, but he didn't expect to see the shadow of Pingchuan Town, but was stopped by the Seven Killing Sect first.

This time the sect master Xiao Lingyu was also there, and the sky was full of red clouds as a backdrop. She approached slowly and wondered, "Where are you going to go alone?"

"Nothing to do with you."

"Okay, then tell me something about me." Xiao Lingyu chuckled lightly, "You promised me the Sword of No Doubt, when do you plan to fulfill it?"

Yin Huaishu was taken aback, and looked at her in surprise: "You haven't found the No Doubt Sword yet?"

How hard can it be to find a shining sword thrown into the mountain?He originally thought that the people of the Seven Killers in the col were just cooperating with his plan, but he didn't expect that it was true and nothing had been achieved.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Lingyu's expression became slightly solemn: "There is no sword under the cliff at all."

"I have thrown down the Sword of No Doubt according to the plan. You can also inquire about this matter from those righteous people in the world. If you can't find the sword, you should blame your subordinates for not doing things well, not me." Yin Huaishu He said impatiently, "What I agreed with you is to get what you need, not to personally hand over the Sword of No Doubt to you!"

"You—!" The woman in the hunting suit who was in charge of the search uttered angrily, but Xiao Lingyu raised her hand to stop it immediately.

The displeasure flashed away, Xiao Lingyu suppressed her emotions, and her voice became softer: "Okay, there must be some accident, since the No Doubting Sword is gone, as compensation, tell me where you are going."

"I'll say it again, it has nothing to do with you." Yin Huaishu looked at the group of people standing in front of him, "Get out of the way!"

"So impatient," Xiao Lingyu narrowed her eyes, "Did something happen to your sister?"

Yin Huaishu's movements froze, Xiao Lingyu understood everything without needing to speak again: "You designed this group of dead and injured people who died in the righteous way, and that Qin Zheng who just arrived has a grudge against you for killing his wife. How can you go like this?" Wouldn't it be a death sentence?"

Yin Huaishu had no intention of entangled with her any longer, he drew his sword out of its sheath with a swipe, and the cold light shone into his pupils, making him look extraordinarily cold.

Everyone in the Qisha Sect was startled, and they all became alert at the same time.

Even Xiao Lingyu was stunned for a moment, looked at his sword slowly, and spoke again with a heavy voice: "As your ally, I have to remind you to take care of the overall situation."

"Get out of the way." Yin Huaishu was unmoved, "I won't repeat it a third time."

Xiao Lingyu finally turned cold, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a while, before she raised her hand and ordered the person to move away, and said with a toneless smile: "Then I wish the protector a smooth trip."

Yin Huaishu didn't respond, passed her by, and continued to rush towards the town.

"Is that how you let him go?" asked the woman in the safari suit.

"Otherwise, is it really possible to detain him?" Xiao Lingyu's face showed no emotion.

The woman in the safari suit became angrier the more she thought about it: "He, Yin Huaishu, doesn't even think about how he got to where he is today, how dare he treat you like this!"

"His sister is his fate, I already knew it." Xiao Lingyu laughed, "To cure this disease, we have to start from the root."

If the woman in hunting clothes realized something, she couldn't help worrying: "But if Yin Huaishu is really in the hands of those righteous people, wouldn't our previous efforts be wasted?"

"He still has to stir up the muddy waters of the Prajna Sect, and someone in the Sect will protect his life. Even when we have to take action, we have to let him beg me first."

Xiao Lingyu's mood suddenly faded, and she didn't want to talk any more, so she changed the subject and said, "Where is Cheng Nianren, haven't you found him yet?"

The woman in the hunting suit shook her head: "Cheng Nian was indeed following us to search for swords in the mountains, but after we started the fight, there was no one there. We searched around, but there was no body. Sect master, Cheng Nian has been full of worries these days. Suspecting that she had a different heart, she took advantage of the chaos and fled!"

"...Going away?" Xiao Lingyu looked up at the sinking orange-red sunset, her expression was indescribably complicated, perhaps the ambiguous light at dusk reflected her softness and loneliness, "I hid in bed and cried The little girl has finally grown up."

"Do you want to send someone to chase?"

Xiao Lingyu withdrew her gaze and walked away, leaving only a faint sentence: "No need, I will be with her mentor and apprentice, and the fate is over."

The col was chaotic and lively all day long, but at dusk, the silence became depressed, and the cold wind was blowing on the cliff.

When Meng Sifan opened his eyes, golden rays of light flooded in like a tide, filling his field of vision. He was just astonished at how beautiful Huangquan was, when he suddenly saw the continuous rays of light in the sky.

Meng Sifan sat in a daze for a while before realizing that he was still alive. He hurriedly lowered his head to look. Below him was a tree growing from a crevice in the rock. Although the leaves were yellow and withered, the branches were strong and strong. It extends for more than a foot, and looking down, it is the bottom of the cliff. Although the distance is still quite shocking, it is no longer unfathomable.

Before Meng Sifan could digest the fact that he escaped from death, he first felt a sense of discomfort on his face, and found that the blindfold on his right eye was missing.Ever since he was blinded by poison in this eye, he rarely took off the blindfold. Even though he was hanging on the cliff at the moment and no one saw him, he still had a sense of panic and shame of being stripped naked to show others, and hurriedly searched the surrounding branches and leaves. .

But when he turned around, his whole body froze.

I saw a long and slender sword lying quietly on top of the cluttered branches and dead leaves. The seal character that makes the whole world think crazily - no doubt.

Is it a gift, or is it a tease from God?

All of a sudden, he was overjoyed and sad, all the past came to his mind, and Meng Sifan was defeated, his blind eyes, his dead junior brother, his youthful youth, his high spirits, his inferiority and humiliation, his powerlessness and pain. It condensed into a ray of cold light on the sword of no doubt.

He stretched out his hand and grabbed the blade of the sword with all his strength. His throat was blocked and he couldn't speak. He made a strange sound, like crying and laughing. His whole body was trembling and tears were streaming down his face. , his palm was cut by the blade, bleeding profusely, but he didn't seem to notice it.