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Chapter 118 Concealment

Zeng Jianqiu took a step back and blocked behind Wu Hao. The other three people also took a step forward and immediately surrounded Wu Hao.

Wu Hao smiled: "Hey, I said you -"

But before he finished speaking, the smile on his face immediately froze - a sword light flew out from Pan Muyun's cuffs, and half of it engulfed his neck.

The small sword was connected to the sword line, with only one handle exposed, and no blood flowed from the small wound caused by the stabbing. Pan Muyun looked at him and lowered his voice: "Move or shout, my sword will deflect and I will kill you immediately. Old Zeng, what's going on?"

Zeng Jianqiu did not answer immediately, but turned around and looked back. The traders on the boat were far away from them. They seemed to think that the three people had just caused trouble, and they did not look here. The other two town soldiers were leaning against the ship building, gesticulating on the wall, as if discussing something.

So Zeng Jianqiu turned around, walked to Wu Hao and looked at him: "How did you know?"

Wu Hao couldn't laugh at this time, but he pressed his eyebrows down, looking pitiful, then raised his finger and pointed at his throat.

"Old Pan, withdraw your sword first."

Pan Muyun's sword line was pulled back, and the small sword withdrew from Wu Hao's neck. He immediately raised his hand to cover the wound on his neck, but the back of his hand accidentally scraped the tip of the sword, causing a large gash. He quickly used his left hand to hold down the wound on his right hand: "Is that what I said to you? Is the swordsman so incapable of taking jokes?"

Pan Muyun stared at him: "You can't afford it more than you think. Who are you?"

"Who am I? I'm a fellow disciple. It's life-threatening. The first time I saw a fellow disciple, it almost killed me!" Wu Hao whispered, "If I weren't a good person, how could you be here, Senior Brother Zeng?" Are you here to take these senior brothers to the boat—"

Li Wuxiang nodded and looked at Zeng Jianqiu: "I guess he will confirm whether there are only a few of us here later. Brother Zeng, it seems that the people in Guancheng know that you have gone. I suggest that we jump into the river and swim back now." ”

Helianji touched in his arms and took out a pill: "Feed this to him, take him down with us, and ask him carefully."

Wu Hao panicked at this moment and squinted at Zeng Jianqiu: "Brother, isn't this the way I usually am? I really love to joke. Wait, wait, senior brother Lou knows me, and I am his. , Don’t jump into the river. Everything will be ruined if you jump into the river. Is the swordsman so brave? "

At this time, the two soldiers by the ship building seemed to have finished speaking and looked this way. Seeing a few people standing very close, I looked at them a few more times and walked over here again.

Zeng Jianqiu went to see Pan Muyun, and Pan Muyun looked at Li Wuxiang and Helianji. Li Wuxiang glanced at Zeng Jianqiu again, frowned and thought for a moment: "I remembered. Mei Zhangjian said that there is such a person in Guancheng. Let’s take a chance, shall we?”

"What the hell!" Wu Hao said immediately, "Mei Zhangjian doesn't know about my affairs. Only Senior Brother Lou knows. In the past fifteen years, he has come to Guancheng six times, three times to handle sect affairs, and once He went to find Dihuo, but he didn't tell me once. The other time was to record Guan Shan. Am I right? There were three other times that you don't know. Anyway, I have met him six times in these years. I am really him. People, I’m wrong, don’t jump into the river!”

The two soldiers had already approached. Zeng Jianqiu glanced at a few more people and immediately said, "Why do you have to try this thing with a knife? Can you still use it if it's really cut off?"

Wu Hao then turned around, and the two town soldiers were surprised when they saw him. Wu Hao smiled and said, "It would be nice if it grows longer, but I know this thing is really a treasure, so it's no big deal."

Two town soldiers immediately came to ask what was wrong, but Wu Hao simply explained that he was trying to see if the beard could be cut with the knife on his waist, and accidentally injured his hand. After being perfunctory for a while, the two soldiers were finally pushed away again.

By this time, the ship was finally docking. Zeng Jianqiu stayed by Wu Hao's side: "You have to come with us in a while."

Wu Hao sighed: "I will definitely go with you. Just take me to a safe place and let's talk clearly."

The ship docked. The other side of the river is covered with mountain walls, like a very high city wall. Only the ferry road passes through the cliffs. This is a good place to build a pass fortress, but not only does it have no guards, it doesn't even have a slightly lower door. It should be that the True Form Sect feels that there is no need to guard against "foreign enemies".

Zeng Jianqiu and Wu Hao told the two town soldiers to take the vendors to Guancheng first, and then waited for a while at the ferry.

Just for a moment, Li Wuxiang felt something strange.

When he first breathed and refined his energy, he began to slowly realize that there was a very strange feeling in the surrounding air - when a person closes his eyes and slides his fingers between his eyebrows, he will feel that Tight.

After practicing, you will have similar experiences all over your body. It's not as uncomfortable as pointing your finger at your brow, but a little gentler and gentler - as long as you move your zhenqi, you can feel that the essence inside the body and the aura outside the body seem to have a subtle attraction, as if the two want to bring the flesh and blood to the skin. penetrate.

But as soon as we crossed the moat and stood on the parish land, this feeling almost completely disappeared. He tried to circulate the energy in his body, and he realized that there was indeed spiritual energy nearby, but the spiritual energy became extremely lazy and dull, as if it had turned from gas into water, and it was difficult to incorporate it into the body like it was on the other side of the river.

This should be what Pan Muyun and Helianji said, that the true spirit of Xuanjiao in the diocese has been suppressed - what they practice is not the Xuanjiao method, and the spiritual energy here is difficult to use!

After those people had gone far away, a few people set out on the road.

After passing through the canyon in the mountain wall, Guancheng suddenly opened up before our eyes.

In the distance is a vast plain. In the middle of the plain, a town can be seen in the mist. It is higher than the position where several people are standing now. The road extending from the ferry through the mountain wall under the feet extends straight towards Guancheng, as if it is a straight line drawn by someone.

Guancheng is backed by a mountain, but that mountain, like the embankment that protects the river, is not naturally formed.

The mountain stands abruptly on the plain, with an almost flat top. It looks like a screen behind the town, or like a screen wall opposite the huge cliff beside the river. This should be what they said. "Guanshan".

Several people remained silent and followed Zeng Jianqiu down the road without speaking to Wu Hao. When viewed from the other side, the cliffs on the river bank look like a wall straight up and down, but on this side, they look like a serious mountain with slowly rising and falling. Several people first went deep into the forest and then ran on the mountain wall. After crossing a stream, Zeng Jianqiu asked Wu Hao to take off all the clothes on his body.

Wu Hao was reluctant, but when he saw the three flying swords hanging in front of him, he could only do it.

All the clothes he took off were left by the stream, and Helianji found some clothes and shoes for him from the burden. Wu Hao was about to put it on when Li Wuxiang said: "Wait a minute. Senior Brother Wu, if we wrongly accuse you, please be patient, but please open your mouth first."

Wu Hao sighed and opened his mouth obediently. Li Wuxiang used a small sword to pry his teeth one by one to ensure that they were all original. When he took the sword back from his mouth, Wu Hao wanted to put on his clothes again. Li Wuxiang stood behind him and spoke again: "Brother Wu, please bend down and spread your legs."

Wu Hao was stunned for a moment and frowned: "What are you going to do-"

"After all, this is a major matter for the sect. Senior Brother Wu, you said that you are also a disciple of the Sword Sect, so you shouldn't take it to heart."

Pan Muyun and Helianji coughed and took a few steps back. Zeng Jianqiu laughed loudly: "What did you do in the past? How do you think you know better than us? Wu Hao, you should listen to him, otherwise I will do it."

Li Wuxiang stepped aside and said, "Yes, it would be better for you, Senior Brother Zeng, and I will go look through his clothes."

After a while, several people got back on the road. After crossing another stream, we climbed to a rocky slope. Looking down from here, the scenes in all directions came into view, and several people stopped.

Zeng Jianqiu said: "Tell me, what's going on?"

Wu Hao was breathing heavily at this time. If he were not a monk of Zhenxing Tao, this would be his reaction - the exercises he practiced only allowed him to build a foundation and gain decades of youth and longevity. Erbi. Li Wuxiang listened carefully to his heartbeat. It was indeed very fast, but he was not sure whether it was fake or not.

Wu Hao sat on the ground and took a few more breaths: "I'm afraid of you. That's what I said. Senior Brother Lou found me when I was ten years old and asked me if I wanted to be a swordsman - Zeng Jianqiu, you also know Guancheng Of course I had an idea of ​​what it was like. After that time, I met with him six times to try and test him, and then I said I could do it."

The three of them were stunned for a moment and all looked at Zeng Jianqiu.

Not only because of the saying "You also know what Guancheng is like", but also because he actually sneaked into the garrison of Guancheng. Since the beginning of the meeting, everything seems to mean that he is quite familiar with Guancheng——

Zeng Jianqiu sighed: "I was born in Guancheng and am a native of Guancheng. Let's talk about this later. What he said is correct. Thirty-six sects will accept any qualification that can be practiced over there. But in In the diocese, there are many talents that the Thirty-six Sects think are good, but Xuanjiao will not look down on them. In the future, they can only be soldiers. If a person is brave, then being a soldier is not a good way out compared with Xiu Changsheng. ——But after seeing you six times, you’ll be fine?”

"Senior Brother Lou is my grandfather, and I am his grandson. Is this okay?" Wu Hao spread his hands, "Is there anyone closer than this?"

Li Wuxiang's first thought was that maybe the Sword Sect should be like other sects and refer to each other as "master" and "disciple".

The second thought is - Lou He is also from Guancheng! ?

He turned to look at Pan Muyun and Helianji, and saw that they were also in a daze.

Zeng Jianqiu thought for a while and sighed: "Yes, Senior Brother Lou is also from Guancheng, and he does have a daughter. You continue to talk."

Wu Hao rubbed his hair: "I was in the town guard house. I knew he had been arrested, so I tried to see him. He told me that someone might come to save him, and he said it should be you, Senior Brother Zeng. This It's my fault, Senior Brother Lou told me, if it's my fault It was done beautifully. After that, I really took him to my Sword Sect to become a swordsman. What was my mistake? You guys, I thought swordsmen were very heroic. I wanted to leave an impression on you. How can I put it... I think swordsmen are very brave. You don’t like people who follow the rules, do you?”

"Actually, it was only yesterday that I confirmed that you, Senior Brother Zeng, are the person that Senior Brother Lou was talking about - he only told me a few words about your appearance, and you were from the Guarded Mansion a month ago, and you even went to see him. There are many people who have met him, but your appearance matches what he said, so I paid attention to you. My mistake was that I shouldn't have waited an extra day, right?"

"Think about it, I already saw it when we were at the ferry, so why did I reveal your identities on the boat? I just..."

Li Wuxiang interrupted him: "How did you tell when we were at the ferry?"

"Senior Brother Zeng looked at you a few more times, and you said a few more words, so my guess is - if I didn't have this bit of skill, Senior Brother Lou wouldn't want to choose me as a swordsman, nor would he ask me to be a waiter. You’re working as an eyeliner in Guancheng, right?”

He looked at several people helplessly. Pan Muyun frowned and thought for a while, then said hesitantly: "If he is really a member of the True Form Cult, then this would be too stupid to do."

Li Wuxiang nodded: "Or maybe he thinks we will think so."

Wu Hao spread his hands and opened his mouth: "Let me tell you, what is your name? Do you have to go against me? Are you smart?"

Li Wuxi gave him a toothy smile: "Senior Brother Wu, don't be angry. I said before, it's all for the sake of the sect. So, please bear with me a little longer-"

"No, what do you want to do?"

"I'm just afraid you'll run away." Li Wuxiang took out another handful of whiskers from his arms, walked over and tied up his legs and feet. Wu Hao sighed and did not resist.

Then Li Wuxiang walked about ten steps to the side and waved: "Brother, you have to tell us about you and Senior Brother Lou first. You have hidden too much, and it is difficult for us to make a decision."

Zeng Jianqiu sighed, and the three of them walked over.

Zeng Jianqiu was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Wu Hao, who was lying on the stone ground: "I really didn't want you to come. I did this not because of impulse, but because I was from Guancheng before. Li Wu "Xiang, remember I told you that I only became a Taoist at the age of nineteen and got married, right?"

"Um."

"My family was in Guancheng at that time. My father's family... is considered a wealthy family in Guancheng."

Li Wuxiang carefully recalled every word Zeng Jianqiu said to him at the foot of Bishan after Jinshui defeated the Zhao puppet.

"Later, you said that you were late in practicing cultivation at that time, so you spent more than ten years building the foundation. Brother, your family used to be a wealthy family in Guancheng, so have you never practiced cultivation?" Li Wuxiang paused and frowned. , "Or, as you said at the time, 'I entered the society when I was nineteen years old "It was too late to get started, and I was already married at that time" - Oh, you were talking about getting started, not entering the Tao. Brother, your "introduction" refers to the Sword Sect's door, then, you were like this at that time. Is there no causal relationship between the two sentences?”

Zeng Jianqiu let out a long breath: "Yes. You kid, you can imagine this. Yes, I was talking about joining the Sword Sect. Before that... I could barely be considered a disciple of the True Form Sect. "