Embrace the blade

Yin Huaishu, the guardian of the right, is dead, and the only hall master, Ning Yu, is nowhere to be seen. The dragons of the Prajna Sect have no leader, and the resistance force is suddenly defeated. Righteous way fights one or two, but in the end the general situation is over.

Standing outside the front hall, Qi Zhaoxi watched a group of furious people from the rivers and lakes chopping down the triple rich gate. When he closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to smell the fresh smell of blood on the gorgeous wooden pillar. After creaking and neighing a few times, it was The loud bang and tremor of the arch falling down spread far to his feet. Qi Zhaoxi opened his eyes, only to see the sky and the ground turned white, the mountains and forests were sparse, and the snow and dust were flying.

The once mighty Prajna Sect has come to an end, and no one will miss it.

Qi Zhaoxi turned around and stopped thinking about it, he had more important things to do, he was going to find Jiang Li.

When they arrived at the Gu room in the back mountain, the raging fire was biting the stone room, making the surroundings glow red, and Gui Yun's disciples were guarding the periphery with their mouths and noses covered.Seeing Qi Zhaoxi's arrival, Jiang Huaiyang said loudly: "Hero Qi, I don't think this Gu room is very powerful. We smashed up the pile of bottles and cans and burned them all at once. It's not as dangerous as you said!"

Qi Zhaoxi didn't care about this. He glanced at the crowd and asked directly, "Where's Jiang Li? Why isn't Jiang Lanze here?"

"Jiang Li is dealing with that Hallmaster Ning, and Master Shao is dealing with a masked weirdo." Jiang Huaiyang wondered, "Didn't you see them on the way here?"

He didn't see anyone on the way, Qi Zhaoxi frowned and turned back.Gui Yun's disciples looked at each other in blank dismay, and quickly followed.

The lake with broken ice was silently telling about the fierce battle that took place here. Qi Zhaoxi looked over and finally caught some blood spots on the snow on the other side of the lake. , finally saw Jiang Lanze's figure.

Jiang Lanze was looking around in the forest, when he saw them, he hurried up to greet them, and asked first, "Have you seen Jiang Li?"

Qi Zhaoxi's heart sank: "You don't know where he is either?"

"I should know, but I don't know now." Jiang Lanze scratched his chin anxiously, pulled Qi Zhaoxi aside, recognized Ji Xiuming in a low voice, and saw Jiang Li falling into the lake Said: "...the last time I saw Jiang Li, he swam ashore and followed the blood trail to the deep forest, but when I chased him, there was only this left."

He pointed at Ning Yu's frozen corpse, the snow was still falling, covered with a layer of pale white, and the footprints and sword marks on the snow were also slightly covered.

Qi Zhaoxi squatted down and looked closely at the criss-crossing sword marks.

Jiang Lanze also leaned over and asked, "Is there a master hidden in the forest, did Jiang Li fight him somewhere else?"

"The sword mark is single, deep and stiff, it's not a mark left by a fight, someone deliberately destroyed the footprint." Qi Zhaoxi's face was slightly condensed, and he stood up, "According to the situation you described, when Jiang Li went ashore to chase and kill Ning Yu Already exhausted, I have suffered the backlash of "Longevity", even if I really fight against people, I will not stay away from this place."

"Then he was taken away?" Jiang Lanze was stunned for a moment, "But you don't have any enemies either?"

Qi Zhaoxi glanced at him, and Jiang Lanze immediately reacted, and said in shock: "Because of "The Secret of Longevity"? But haven't you deceived the people in the Jianghu long ago? Now besides you and me, there is also the old man Xugu who has returned to the valley , who else would know that Jiang Li is carrying the "Secret of Longevity"?"

Qi Zhaoxi said: "No one is suspected of this, that is, everyone is suspected."

Jiang Lanze was terrified, and kept asking: "Then what should I do?"

Qi Zhaoxi was still calm, and said: "Continue to search for the person you brought back to the cloud on Mount Jiuyuan, and I'll go back to the city to have a look."

"Okay!" Jiang Lanze hurriedly ordered Gui Yun's disciples to spread out and search together.

Qi Zhaoxi took a deep breath, exercised his lightness kung fu, and flew down the mountain like flying, and returned to the city where he stayed in the blink of an eye.He ran back to the inn room first, opened the door and saw no sign that no one had come back, his eyes dimmed a little, he helped the door frame to calm down for a moment, before Qi Zhaoxi turned and went downstairs, stopped the shop assistants and Several people from the rivers and lakes made tentative inquiries, but unfortunately they still found nothing.

The sky was getting dark, the lights were lit in the inn, and the guys hung up fiery red lanterns outside, and all the sects of the rivers and lakes also returned to the city one after another, shaking off the snow, crowded in the lobby and shouted to celebrate their achievements liquor.

Qi Zhaoxi checked everyone's expressions one by one, and planned to go to other places to check again. As soon as he walked out of the inn, he bumped into Xue Le who was coming back, and greeted him with a smile: "Are you going back now, don't stay for a few more days have a look?"

Qi Zhaoxi paused: "Go back with anything?"

"The Tianmen faction said that everyone in the rivers and lakes who participated in the siege was injured, so they should rest and recuperate first, and then gather to discuss how to deal with the remains of the Prajna Sect in ten days." Xue Le said, "After all, these famous sects have the final say on the matter of discussion. An idler from the rivers and lakes like me will naturally leave when the fun is over."

Qi Zhaoxi said: "The people from Tianmen Sect have already left?"

"That's right. I heard that Meng Sifan was seriously injured when he led us up the mountain. He was at the end of his strength when he broke through the Prajna Sect. Once the evil spirits were eliminated, he was immediately sent to the school by his juniors to heal his injuries. The Tianmen Sect ordered The ten-day covenant is mainly for this purpose, after all, the deliberation meeting at that time must be presided over by the leader of the Mountain and River League."

Hearing this, Qi Zhaoxi turned around and walked towards the stables. Seeing that his expression was not right, Xue Le hurriedly caught up and asked, "What's the matter, what happened?"

Qi Zhaoxi said, "Jiang Li is gone."

"Then where are you going?"

"Tianmen Mountain."

Xue Le hurriedly stopped him, and said in surprise: "You suspect that the Tianmen faction kidnapped Jiang Li, do you have evidence?"

"There are people from the rivers and lakes here, and it's not that they can't heal their wounds here, so why not make a ten-day appointment and hide in the sect, isn't it suspicious enough?" Qi Zhaoxi said.

"Don't be impulsive, you don't have any proof, how can you ask for someone, now the eldest disciple Meng Sifan is the leader of the alliance, and the Tianmen sect has the most powerful momentum in the world, so it is inconvenient for you to fight against them again." Xue Le persuaded.

Qi Zhaoxi smiled softly, took away his blocking hand, and said: "When I entered Tianmen Mountain ten years ago, the Tianmen Sect was still holding a sword test meeting, and the limelight was not inferior to today."

Xue Le was startled, then tightened his sword, and laughed at himself: "You're right, I'm an outcast. Wait a moment, I'll go with you."

"No, I have something else to ask you." Qi Zhaoxi had already led the horse out and said, "You stay here for me. If there is any news about Jiang Li, please send a message to me immediately."

"Okay." Xue Le solemnly nodded.

"Thank you, I'll treat you to a drink when I come back." Qi Zhaoxi got on his horse, his voice hadn't dissipated in the cold wind, and he had already rode his horse into the snowy night.

It is also snowing at Qishamen, but it is different from the goose-feather snow on Jiuyuan Mountain. What falls is the lingering snow flakes as light as catkins. It does not make people cold, and it is suitable for enjoying and pastime.

The head of the door, Xiao Lingyu, was sitting on the swing in the small courtyard, playing a jade flute horizontally, the sound of the flute was clear and mournful.

The doorman who came to report back stood aside, quietly listening to her finish playing the song, Fang bowed and said: "Reporting to the door master, you are really good at predicting things, sister Hong Nu has already obtained the "Prajna Secret Law" in the chaos, now On the way back."

"Really, it's over there?" Xiao Lingyu tangles the tassel of the jade flute with her little finger and asks casually, "Did Yin Huaishu die in the fire?"

"That's not true. The person who sent the letter said that the Second Master Shen of the Qingshan School broke in and brought Yin Huaishu and his sister out, but Yin Huaishu had already lost blood and died."

Xiao Lingyu was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed out loud, and said to herself, "Tell me, is it Shen Zhiyan who is sad to see him for the last time, or is it sadder that I, who never sees again?"

The doorman was stunned for a moment, and after a while he came to his senses and asked tentatively, "Master, why didn't you take Yin Huaishu back to the door?"

"Stupid words." Xiao Lingyu was not annoyed at all, but just blamed, "He has committed a lot of crimes, if he is saved, wouldn't he be burned?"

The doorman answered yes again and again, not daring to say more.

Xiao Lingyu sighed softly, and then raised the jade flute horizontally. After tonight, there will be no more Prajna teachings in the world. After the Seven Killing Gate masters the "Prajna Secret Technique", why worry about not being able to rise and regain its glory?

Therefore, there is not much sadness in the sound of the flute.

When Jiang Li woke up, his body was still cold, but he could feel himself lying on a thick blanket, surrounded by silence, he slowly opened his eyes, his field of vision was still dark, and a bean was lit not far away. The lights only reflected a figure sitting at the table.

Jiang Li weakly lay down on the ground, looked sideways slightly, and could barely see that this was originally a bedroom, but after removing the bed, chairs and furniture, it looked extremely empty, and it really looked like a prison cell.

"You slept for so long, I thought you wouldn't be able to wake up." The figure said.

The voice is no stranger, Jiang Li thought, Meng Sifan.

"You don't look surprised at all?"

Jiang Li remained silent.

Meng Sifan sat up straight, waved and said, "Pour him a cup of tea."

The breathing of the third person in the room became obvious, followed by the sound of pouring water and approaching footsteps.

Jiang Li's eyes fell on the boots of the visitor, which were exactly the ones he had seen before he fell into a coma. When his eyes moved up, Wei Ke's face emerged from the darkness.

Jiang Li thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood.When planning to attack the Prajna Sect, Meng Sifan said that because the younger brother lacked experience in fighting against the enemy, it was inconvenient to face the Prajna Sect directly, so Wei Ke was asked to destroy the Gu room together with Guiyun Villa. Naturally, there was no reason to refuse. Be vigilant against the enemy, no one will be distracted to pay attention to his movements, so Wei Ke has been quietly following Jiang Li, taking advantage of Jiang Li's serious injury and fainting, and kidnapping him.

There was no fluctuation on Jiang Li's face. He sat up and felt the weight on his wrists. There was a jingling sound when he realized that his wrists were tied with iron chains. He frowned, then took the teacup and slowly drinking.

But Meng Sifan couldn't bear it anymore: "Jiang Li, don't you have anything to ask?"

Jiang Li swallowed a few mouthfuls of warm water, finally suppressed the rusty smell of blood in his throat, and said, "You can tell."

"You—!" Meng Sifan was so angry that he lost the battle first, and he simply stopped putting on airs, walked up to him and squatted down, and asked, "Where is the "Longevity Formula"?"

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows, but his voice was still calm: "I've explained it, I don't have the "Longevity Formula"."

"I don't believe a word of what Qi Zhaoxi said!" Meng Sifan said, "Jiang Zhongyue and the others in Guiyun Villa were killed by you, and Jiang Lanze was also there. I heard the movement after I dealt with the swordsman that night. I saw everything! Jiang Lanze lied to the whole world, but still insisted on treating you as a brother, you must have something to do with Guiyun Villa!"

Wei Ke also said: "Eldest senior brother, when the leader of Prajna Sect, Ning Yu, saw him, he also mentioned that it was for the "Secret of Longevity"."

"..." Jiang Li simply didn't answer.

Meng Sifan stared at him with burning eyes: "As long as you tell me, I will keep a secret for you and Guiyun Villa, and I will definitely let you go."

Jiang Li continued to drink tea, but there was no response.

Meng Sifan suddenly became furious, grabbed the teacup and threw it aside viciously, the tiles shattered, and the tea was wet.

Jiang Li paused, retracted his empty palm, and wiped the splashed water droplets on the front of his clothes.

Meng Sifan stood up abruptly, breathed heavily and remained silent for a while, then went into the darkness to search for something, and when he came back, he slapped a sword in front of Jiang Li: "Do you recognize this?"

The body of the sword was like water, and the cold light immediately made the room brighter. When Jiang Li saw the two seal characters, he finally responded: "Where did you get it?"

Seeing his expression, Meng Sifan finally smiled with satisfaction: "Don't steal or rob, this is what God gave me."

Jiang Li frowned and looked at him, unable to understand.

"I fell off a cliff outside Pingchuan Town, but I found the Sword of No Doubt on the cliff." Meng Sifan said, "You have fought openly and secretly to pursue it, but God sent it to me. Get the "Longevity Formula"."

Jiang Li said: "It's just a coincidence."

"Shut up, this is the reward I gave for everything!" Meng Sifan was furious, "What do you know, have you ever experienced the feeling of being pointed out and ridiculed? I used to be a proud disciple of the Tianmen Sect, but now I was ridiculed as a one-eyed blind man on the winning ring! My junior brother, my closest junior brother Du, has been with me since he started. He died in front of me and asked me to save him, but I didn’t kill him at all. Immortal Yan Han, I can only rush forward to die with him, and it was on that cliff that I got the Sword of No Doubt!"

Meng Sifan's chest heaved violently, and his eyes were red: "Tell me, if it is not the price for obtaining the "Longevity Formula", then what is the purpose of all the pain I have endured?"

"..." Jiang Li was speechless for a moment.

Wei Ke held back the tears in his eyes and lowered his head.

Meng Sifan threw himself back in front of Jiang Li, knelt down, and almost begged earnestly: "What are the clues on the No Doubt Sword, and where is the "Longevity Formula"? You tell me, I can take the No Doubt Sword as well." Return it to Guiyun Villa!"

He waited for an answer, the room was dark and quiet, except for the sound of breathing, he could also vaguely hear the sound of people walking and talking outside.This place should be in the Tianmen Sect. Jiang Li has not yet recovered from the backlash. When he is weakest, even if he is not bound by iron chains, it is difficult to break out.

Jiang Li thought for a while and said, "Sunset Cloud Valley."

After galloping for two days and two nights, Qi Zhaoxi finally arrived at the foot of Tianmen Mountain. The Tianmen sect was hidden among the peaks. Looking from the foot of the mountain, all you could see were dangerous peaks and jagged rocks, just like an ancient landscape painting with strange brushwork.

The disciple guarding the mountain stepped forward and asked, "Who is your Excellency and why are you here?"

Qi Zhaoxi got off the horse and said, "Qi Zhaoxi, I'm here to find someone."

His name is very popular in Tianmen faction committees, the leading disciple's face immediately changed, he hurriedly signaled the people next to him to go back and report, and then said politely: "Let's go to ask the elders for instructions, and ask Daxia Qi to wait for a while."

"Don't bother, I'm in a hurry, I'll go find it myself."

Qi Zhaoxi went straight forward, the leading disciple hurriedly drew his sword to stop him, but the figure disappeared out of sight, the disciple turned his head in surprise, Qi Zhaoxi had already passed by several disciples and stepped on the path up the mountain.

"Stop him—!"

Only then did the disciples come to their senses, and they drew out their weapons to stop them. Qi Zhaoxi didn't even draw out his sword, but just turned around with the scabbard, moving like flowing water to push aside the attack. He didn't slow down his step, and in the blink of an eye, he had reached the goal. At the mountainside.

At this moment, Elder Qin of the Tianmen Sect happened to rush forward with a group of disciples, standing on top of the mountain range, when he saw him, he said angrily: "Qi Zhaoxi, you are too presumptuous!"

Qi Zhaoxi swung his scabbard and knocked out a disciple who rushed forward, and asked, "Where is Jiang Li?"

"What Jiang Li, I don't know why! Open your mouth and lose someone to look for it. Where do you think I sent you?" Elder Qin was furious, "Qi Zhaoxi, do you think this is ten years ago, can you come and go as you please? !"

"Really, let's try it." Qi Zhaoxi drew out the Wenshui sword and let out a clear cry.

With an order, several disciples rushed down, formed a sword array, and attacked every vital point in his body. Qi Zhaoxi soared into the air, stepped on the most powerful sword to borrow strength, and then jumped up and flew up. Climbed the iron nails on the rocks.

The small piece of flat ground on the mountain range was full of disciples from the Tianmen Sect, and Elder Qin would not allow him to climb up. With one hand, he took hold of the iron chain that was worn on the stone railing for people to borrow strength from, and with the other hand, he held the sword and pointed it straight at the top of his skull. stab!

Qi Zhaoxi dodged by a mistake, and also missed the iron nails under his feet, and his whole body was suspended on the rock with only his left arm.Elder Qin immediately slashed at his left hand, and the disciples under the mountains also attacked from behind. In a dangerous moment, Qi Zhaoxi raised his foot and kicked violently on the rock, and exerted force with his left arm, turning the whole person over. When he got up, he was so light, like an immortal flying into the air, soaring upwards.

Elder Qin blocked again with his horizontal sword, Qi Zhaoxi also waved his sword to meet him, the blade touched, but did not collide with force, he turned his wrist, before Elder Qin could see clearly, he felt that the other party had changed a soft weapon. The sword suddenly twisted around his arm at a tricky and strange angle, like a snake spitting out its core.

Elder Qin was startled, but Qi Zhaoxi didn't intend to cut off his arm, but just backhanded, pulling him forward, and he used his strength to move forward again, and finally landed on the flat ground.

All the disciples screamed and panicked, seeing that Elder Qin was about to fall off the mountain range, but saw that half of his body was suspended in the air, leaving only one left arm wrapped around the iron chain on the stone railing, and they were almost caught.

The nearby disciples hurriedly pulled Elder Qin back, but they heard a terrified scream from behind, turned around and saw that it was Qi Zhaoxi who turned around after landing, and pulled a female disciple to stand on the edge of the cliff. Then act rashly, retreating a small open space for him.

Under the cliff is a cliff like a knife and an axe. The cloud is misty and the bottom is not visible. The female disciple is facing out of the cliff, her legs have long been weak, and she can only rely on Qi Zhaoxi's hand holding her back collar for support. He couldn't stop crying: "Father, save me! Please save me!"

Elder Qin had just stood up and came back, when he saw this scene, his heart was torn apart: "Qi Zhaoxi, what a waste of you, a man of seven feet, holding a weak woman hostage!"

"My apprentice is seriously injured and extremely weak, so what is it if you take him hostage to Islam?" Qi Zhaoxi asked back.

"Bastard, who kidnapped your precious apprentice! There are so many people present, ask who has seen that Jiang Li!" Elder Qin trembled with anger.

Qi Zhaoxi tilted his head slightly, and said gently to the female disciple: "Girl, don't be afraid, my hand is very steady, as long as your father takes your life into account and answers truthfully, you will have nothing wrong."

The female disciple broke down and shouted: "Father, you tell him, you tell him quickly!"

Elder Qin took a deep breath: "Hero Qi, I really don't know what you're talking about."

"Did Meng Sifan bring someone back?" Qi Zhaoxi asked.

Elder Qin was slightly stunned, as if he realized something.

Seeing Qi Zhaoxi grabbing the female disciple's hand and letting go of one finger, she counted: "Ten—"

The female disciple burst into tears, Elder Qin subconsciously wanted to rush forward, but restrained himself: "I don't know..."

Qi Zhaoxi changed her words: "Three—"

"Wait, yes, yes!" Elder Qin hurriedly said without waiting for him to move again, "There is such a thing, after Meng Sifan returned to the school, he was very mysterious, as if he had brought something with him, but I don't know if it was someone else. !Maybe it was Jiang Li you mentioned, but they are no longer in the sect now!"

"Where did you go?"

"I don't know," Elder Qin was exhausted, "I really don't know. Meng Sifan took his little junior brother and drove eastward overnight."

"East?" Qi Zhaoxi thought to himself, "Could it be the Valley of Sunset Clouds?"

Elder Qin saw him like this, and tentatively said: "Hero Qi, I've told you everything I know, can you let go of my daughter?"

Qi Zhaoxi said: "Are there any other clues left?"

Elder Qin gritted his teeth, and had no choice but to order his disciples to return to the sect for inspection.How dare the disciple delay, he rushed back to the sect as if flying, and when he ran back again, he raised a long sword in his hand, panting: "This is left in the room!"

Qi Zhaoxi's eyes were fixed, and he recognized the Qingshuang Sword. He pulled the female disciple back and pushed it into Elder Qin's arms.

The other disciples looked at each other and asked if they wanted to chase. Elder Qin shook his head exhaustedly looking at his daughter who was exhausted in his arms. Looking down the mountain, there were horseshoe tracks in the sky, and Qi Zhaoxi was no longer there.