Chapter 9 Unparalleled (two in one chapter)
As soon as he opened the door, Xue Ba squeezed his short and fat body into the yard as if it was his home.
Lin Bai was a little puzzled. Xue Ba had a deep mind and was always inseparable from Dong Chao. Why did he come alone today?
And he looked like he was coming with bad intentions! Did I sleep with his wife? Or does his wife want to see how good I am at spinning wheels?
"Brother Xue, you're really hurting me. How did you tell me about the borrowed seeds that day?" Lin Bai looked helpless and said, "Nowadays, the neighbors say that I can spin the wheel, and I can't even explain it. ”
"This is not easy. Why don't you just take off your clothes, go out for a run, and let everyone see it?"
Xue Ba didn't even look at Lin Bai. He just stood up on tiptoe and picked a few green dates from the jujube tree. He stuffed them into his mouth, chewed them twice and spit them out.
Lin Bai was furious because the dates were not yet ripe! I can’t even bear to eat it!
"Brother Xue is joking." Lin Bai suppressed his anger and said, "I wonder what you are doing by coming to my humble house today?"
"After all, I have been studying for two years, and my book bag dropped when I talked."
Xue Ba chuckled strangely and said, "I heard that you went to Nancheng today and visited three martial arts schools. You also ate and drank, drank tea and listened to music. Are you happy?"
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Lin Bai was a little confused. When he arrived home, Xue Ba came to the door. The Ax Gang's forces are in the North City, so why did they reach into the South City? Is it a coincidence? Or are you specifically following me?
"Brother, you are not a Taoist. You don't understand. Although our Ax Gang does not leave the North City, the South City is where rich businessmen and nobles live. How can we not have eyes and ears?"
Xue Ba seemed to see Lin Bai's doubts. He smiled proudly and said: "In the teahouse where you have tea today, there is one of us, and he is also my brother-in-law! Do you think it is a coincidence?"
Lin Bai didn't say anything, he just sighed what a coincidence!
"Did you get rich somewhere? Tell your brother." Xue Ba smiled with a smile on his face, holding the whistle stick in his right hand and tapping it gently on the palm of his left hand.
As soon as Lin Bai heard this, he wanted to laugh in his heart. Xue Ba was pretending. It turned out that he thought he had made a fortune, but he didn't think about Qi Wangzu at all.
This also shows that the other party despises himself very much.
Lin Bai was determined.
"Brother Xue is joking, my family has been weaving mats and selling shoes for generations, where can I make a fortune?" Lin Bai declined.
"If you don't get rich, how dare you go to Nancheng to enjoy yourself? Besides, you don't have thirty or fifty taels of silver to enter the martial arts gym? If you sell straw sandals, no one will be willing to enter the secret door. How dare you go to the martial arts gym?"
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Xue Ba pointed his whistle stick at the tip of Lin Bai's nose and said in a vicious voice: "Brother, I've been feeling bad these past few days. I've lost a lot of money. I'm not in a good mood. I can't listen to deceptive words!"
"This..." Lin Bai sighed and said simply: "To be honest with Brother Xue, I fell ill a few days ago and said I fell into the water. In fact, I went to play in the Taozu Temple on the mountain and saw someone fighting and dying. Scared.”
When Xue Ba heard this, he immediately understood and asked eagerly: "You picked up the corpses of dead people? How many are there?"
"About a hundred taels, and there are a few...a few gold leaves." Lin Bai said in a cowardly tone.
"This is ill-gotten wealth! Give it to me quickly!" Xue Ba said immediately.
I don’t know how this gangster has the nerve to say such things!
Lin Bai made a helpless expression again and said: "How dare I bring them back from anywhere? I'm still hiding them in that ruined temple."
After hearing this, Xue Ba obviously hesitated and stared at Lin Bai with a sinister look.
Seeing that he was doubtful, Lin Bai quickly took out a silver ingot, offered it respectfully, and said: "Brother Xue, please do me a favor. Let's split the silver in half... How about 30-70? You have 70 and I have 30%, so you have to leave some for me to start a family." Money?”
Xue Ba grabbed the silver ingot with one hand and weighed about two taels, and he recognized Lin Bai's lies even more.
He put the silver ingot into his sleeve, smiled heartily, and said: "I'm not greedy for you. Let's split it half and half. We will be brothers from now on. If you need anything, mention my name."
Lin Bai happily held his hands and said, "Then I'll have to thank Brother Xue for your support from now on."
"It's easy to talk about." Xue Ba's soybean-like eyes gleamed, and he said impatiently: "Quickly, quick, quick, although the ancestral temple has long been ruined and deserted, there is no guarantee that there will be no idle people wandering around!"
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"It's getting late today. It will be dark when we come back and the city gate is locked. How can we get home? Why don't we go back tomorrow?" Lin Bai didn't want to.
"Why wait for tomorrow? The city gate is locked, I have a way to get in!" Xue Ba stared at Lin Bai, thinking that it would be dark before I could deal with you. Wouldn't it be nice to have it all to myself?
"Okay." Lin Bai looked helpless, with murderous intentions in his heart, and asked: "Brother Xue, where is Brother Dong? You must not tell him about this?"
Xue Ba smiled disdainfully and said: "What are you telling that stupid tall guy? If there are more than one person, you have to share one share! Let's go!"
As soon as he said this, Lin Bai immediately understood that Xue Ba had no rumors about what happened today, but that he wanted to be alone.
In this case, there is a good opportunity to silence him, but his brother-in-law needs to be careful.
Putting on the hats, locking the door, the two set off.
It was the hottest time in the afternoon, and there were not many people on the street.
The North City Gate is the territory of the Qinglong Gang. Instead of going through the North City Gate, Xue Ba found a collapsed city wall.
Although he was short and fat, he was agile and could easily climb up the broken wall.
"Brother Xue, wait for me." Lin Bai followed awkwardly.
Xue Ba's mouth showed disdain, but he still extended his whistle stick for Lin Bai to grab, and then climbed up the city wall.
After leaving the city and walking five miles, we came to the foot of Tianlang Mountain.
Huaxi County is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The Tianlang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles. It is rumored that there are immortals living in seclusion in it, but no one has seen it with their own eyes.
Moreover, Tianlang Mountain has tall trees and dense forests, and hunters who enter the mountain can only go deep into the mountain for twenty or thirty miles at most. According to hunters, there are many wolves in the mountains.
The two of them continued walking along the mountain trail.
It is cool in the mountains, especially when the mountain breeze passes, it is even more refreshing.
After walking forward for another half an hour, Lin Bai was panting, but Xue Ba was a little impatient.
"Why is Tianlang Mountain so gloomy today?" Xue Ba stopped and looked forward. The trees in front of him were getting denser, blocking the sunlight. Although there were birds and insects chirping, the meaning of darkness was even stronger.
Lin Bai looked around, unwilling to pretend any longer.
The last time he assassinated Qi Wangzu, Lin Bai wanted to try his ability to confront him head-on this time.
Take off the hat and turn the sleeves out to look as neat as possible.
Lin Bai wiped the sweat off his hands and clasped the flying knife. Lin Bai said nothing, only looking at Xue Ba who was still looking far ahead.
Xue Ba now had his back to Lin Bai, holding the whistle stick in his hand, wiping the sweat from his forehead, and suddenly felt uneasy for no reason.
"You kid, you're not lying..." Xue Ba turned around. Halfway through his words, he realized something was different about Lin Bai.
Although he wears simple cloth clothes, he is not half as desolate as weaving mats and selling shoes. He stopped breathing heavily, holding a short blade in his hand, his eyes were very alert, and his feet seemed to be organized.
Xue Ba is not stupid, he can see something is wrong. This is obviously the momentum that comes from years of training.
He doesn't look like a man with muddy legs who has been knitting straw sandals all day, but more like a habitual criminal who has licked blood.
"What do you want to do?" Xue Ba is a ruthless man who has been around for many years. Although he feels guilty in his heart, he doesn't show it on his face.
Lin Bai remained silent, murderous intent appearing in his eyes.
"Do you think you would dare to fall out with grandpa after secretly learning a few tricks from the three-legged cat?"
Xue Ba shouted loudly, his short and fat body was very dexterous, he took three steps and two steps at a time, until he was five steps in front of Lin Bai, and slashed down with his whistle stick.
His strength is really not small, he can actually make the sound of breaking the wind, and his momentum is even more powerful.
Lin Bai did not draw his sword, he only slightly shifted his body, and then retreated to avoid a sweeping blow.
After just two moves of avoidance, Lin Bai saw Xue Ba's true and false intentions: nothing to worry about.
Just as I was sighing in my heart that my training was not in vain, Xue Ba turned around and ran away...
In the blink of an eye, the person was already more than ten steps away.
Lin Bai no longer held back and took action with the flying knife.
Xue Ba was stabbed in the back, ran forward a few more steps, and finally fell to the ground. Lin Bai stepped forward without saying a word.
Xue Baren was not dead yet, with a look of fear on his face, saying: "You...you are the thief! It was you who killed Qi Wangzu..."
"Yes, that Yan family is indeed white and tender." Lin Bai squatted in front of him with one leg and said: "Since you said that I am a prostitute, I should at least go to your house to see if it is Yan family Bai or my sister-in-law Bai. ”
"You..." Xue Ba vomited blood in his mouth, his eyes were first cruel, then frightened, and he begged: "Brother, don't kill me, I... I will give you all my wife, concubines, money... Just please don't kill me..." < br>
"I didn't intend to kill you." Lin Bai smiled and asked, "Where did you hide the money?"
Xue Badao: "They are all...in the secret compartment at the bottom of my wardrobe..."
Lin Bai nodded, stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the knife, and did not pull it out. He just turned it in a circle.
"You are confused, Brother Xue. If I kill you, the money will still be..."
Lin Bai was making wisecracks when he suddenly heard shouting and shouting in front of him, as well as the sound of gold and iron.
Without thinking much, Lin Bai immediately pulled out the flying knife and ducked to a boulder to hide.
"Should we run away immediately, or should we see who it is? Forget it, he's probably not Xue Ba's friend. I don't want to join in the fun."
Lin Bai made up his mind and was ready to run away after just one glance.
I poked my head out from behind the boulder and saw a middle-aged man standing on top of an ancient tree a hundred steps away, holding a long sword in his hand.
Lin Bai's eyesight was extraordinary, and he saw that the man had a beard like a halberd and his hair was disheveled. Although his body was covered in blood and his face was decadent, he still had the potential to stand proudly in the world.
Can't afford it!
Lin Bai wanted to escape, but he saw the man in green turned his head slightly and glanced at him, with a slight smile on his face...
Here, before Lin Bai had time to be frightened, three more people came from a distance. They all seemed to be pretty good at lightness skills.
They all looked like Taoist priests, one held a sword, another carried a knife, and one's weapon was actually a fly whisk. The three of them each occupied an ancient tree, surrounding the middle-aged man.
"Pei Wuyou, why don't you run away?" The man with the knife among the three had a hoarse voice. He glanced at Xue Ba's body, then at Lin Bai's hiding place, and ignored him.
The middle-aged man named Pei Wuyou laughed loudly and said: "There are just three rats, why should I run away? Come on together!"
"Don't fall for his method of provoking generals!" The Taoist holding the fly whisk said: "He was hit by the Bone Erosion Pill and seriously injured. The fuel is almost exhausted. We just need to use it up and see how long he can last! ”
"Pei Wuyou, if you hand over the things, the three of us will spare your life." The other man holding the sword said.
Lin Bai didn't dare to look any further. He couldn't interfere with this, at least with his current strength, he couldn't afford to interfere with it.
It’s a sin to even take a second look!
Taking a deep breath, Lin Bai quickly ran down the mountain.
But after running a few steps, Lin Bai suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart and felt flustered for no reason.
It seemed that the whole person was suppressed.
"I was just passing by..." Lin Bai was extremely frightened, thinking that he was about to suffer disaster from the pool.
"It's Jianmang! Second brother, save me!" I heard someone shouting in panic behind me.
"Don't be afraid! He is desperate! We just need to avoid...brother!" Someone else said.
Lin Bai turned around and looked back, only to see the sword in Pei Wu's hand shining brightly.
Originally the sword was only three feet long, but now with the sword light, it was almost one foot long.
The sword moved with the person, and the sword light was devastating, directly cutting the Taoist holding the fly whisk into two pieces!
The other two Taoists did not dare to face the sharp edge and fled hundreds of steps in the blink of an eye.
"Sword...sword radiance?" Lin Bai heard people chatting in the martial arts hall today, saying that people with the highest martial arts skills can inject their inner strength into long swords and inspire terrifying sword radiance.
I was still envious at the time, but I didn’t expect to see it so soon...
At this time, the light of the long sword in Pei Wushou's hand gradually faded away. He stood on the treetops, swaying, and fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.
The dazzling sword light just now seemed to be shining back.
At this moment, the other two people who had fled turned around again and stood only a hundred steps away, still not daring to come near.
The Taoist holding the sword threw the long sword, a hundred steps away, and stabbed straight into Pei Wuyong's chest.
Pei Wuyong vomited blood, struggled twice, and then stopped moving.
When the two Taoists saw this, they were not happy. They waited for another quarter of an hour before stepping forward to check.
But when the two of them were about ten steps away from Pei Wuyong, Pei Wuyong suddenly rose up, and the long sword in his hand erupted with dazzling sword light.
Pei Wuyou's figure was so fast that he could hardly see clearly. He stepped forward and waved his long sword, stirring up the strong wind. Every tree, mountain and rock in his path was turned into powder.
The two Taoists didn't react in time and were cut in half.
"You clown, you are vulnerable! I was injured and poisoned. Killing three of you is like killing a chicken!"
Pei Wuyong was covered in blood, his hair was disheveled, but the sword in his hand was dazzling, like a devil descending from the sky.
"Little brother..." Pei Wuyong stood still with his sword, barely standing, and said weakly.
Lin Bai didn't dare to respond, so he ran down the mountain.
While running, Lin Bai recalled Pei's useless operations.
It’s really thrilling! Pei Wuyong used his sword radiance skill first and unexpectedly captured the Taoist whisk. Then he showed weakness and risked being stabbed to death by luring the other two people closer...
Lin Bai only felt that this Pei Wuyong was really fierce, but he was also very talented and bold.
But it can also be seen that Pei Wuyong will definitely run out of energy and will not be able to survive for long.
Lin Bai ran five or six miles in one breath. When he saw that he was safe behind him, he hid himself.
After waiting for two full hours, it was already dark, and Lin Bai was still thinking about whether to look back.
If you go back, you might be able to touch some good things. But the risk is also very high. If the three Taoist priests have helpers, they will have to help themselves in when the time comes...
If you don't go, then...it should be fine. It can be seen that after seeing the sword light, Lin Bai's heart felt like it was scratching, and it was extremely itchy.
After hesitating for a long time, Lin Bai decided to go and have a look.
He walked cautiously and slowly, trying his best to suppress the sound of his footsteps while observing his surroundings.
After more than half an hour, Lin Bai stopped a hundred steps away from Pei Wuyou.
Pei Wuyong leaned against a thick old tree, his eyes closed tightly, and there was no blood on his face.
The wounds on his body were not bandaged. There were insects chirping in the forest and apes howling in the distance. There was nothing unusual about this place.
But Lin Bai was very timid. He took out the throwing knife and felt it was inappropriate. That Pei Wuyong was quite heroic, there was no need to destroy his body. After thinking about it, he picked up a stone the size of his thumb, threw it hard, and hit Pei Wuyong on his right shoulder.
There was a slight sound of bones breaking, but Pei Wuyong didn't react.
"Probably dead." Lin Bai breathed a sigh of relief and waited for a moment before going up to take a look.
First, he looked through the three Taoists who had been chopped into two pieces, and only found some banknotes and a few bottles of elixirs, but no martial arts secrets.
It's normal when you think about it. When people go out to hunt, there is no need to carry secrets with them every day. At most, they should bring some healing elixirs.
After putting away the things, Lin Bai came to Pei Wuyong.
"Senior Pei, I don't know whether you are good or bad, but your courage to fight back before death is really admirable."
Lin Bai was a particular person. Before touching the corpse, he cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I'll bury you later. I'll come and offer incense to you when I have time."
After talking nonsense, Lin Bai thought that Pei Wuyong had been poisoned, so he cut another piece of cloth from his clothes, wrapped it around his hands, and then went to touch the body.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, Pei Wuyong suddenly opened his eyes. Lin Bai was startled and wanted to retreat in horror, but Pei Wuyong had already grabbed his wrist and couldn't move at all!
(End of chapter)