When Yin Xiu and Lan Po returned to Uncle Ming's residence, the place was already full of people.
"Here, Bing Yuanyang, I just bought it."
Ma Xiaoyu handed over a paper bag, then turned away and continued to deal with the sandwiches on the table.
She didn't seem surprised to see that Yin Xiu and Lan Po were safe. Judging from their current expressions, she probably wasn't worried before either.
"Why, aren't you afraid that I will die in Hongde Temple and not come back?"
Yin Xiu took the cup, took a sip, then pulled up a chair and sat next to her.
Ma Xiaoyu moved to the side and said calmly: "If you die, won't you still have me? Just because you can't deal with them, doesn't mean that I can't."
Yin Xiu glanced at her dangling earrings and smiled: "So confident?"
"Otherwise."
Ma Xiaoyu stroked her hair gently, as if to let Yin Xiu see the earrings more clearly.
"When have our Ma family ever been afraid of those monsters and ghosts? Have you used the talisman I gave you?"
Yin Xiu nodded, took out an empty glass tube, and handed it to Ma Xiaoyu's hand, "Make more pictures for me next time. It's very useful."
Ma Xiaoyu's pupils turned to the other side with purple eyeshadow, "Do you think this is wholesale? Just a few more pictures."
Uncle Ming lit a cigarette, nodded to Po Lan as a greeting, stretched out his hand to Yin Xiu and said, "Where is my sword?"
Yin Xiu was surprised and said: "You didn't give it to me?"
"Gift? Who are you? I'll give it to you. I've been saving that Five Emperors Money Sword for a long time, and I'm not willing to use it myself!"
Uncle Ming stretched out his hand in front of Yin Xiu.
"Well, I thought that Uncle Ming, you and I were no longer different from each other. It seems that I misunderstood and was being sentimental."
Yin Xiu sighed, and after hesitating for a moment, he took out a few copper coins from his pocket and put them in Uncle Ming's hand.
"That's all, Uncle Ming."
Uncle Ming looked at the copper coins in his hand and was stunned for a moment, then a puff of smoke came out of his nose, "Is this all left?"
"Shai Zai picked this up in an emergency, otherwise none of your copper coin sword would be left." Lan Po said.
"So, I still have to thank you?"
Uncle Ming looked at Yin Xiu.
"There's no need to be so polite." Yin Xiu waved her hand.
Uncle Ming still wanted to say something, but looking at the "remains" of the copper coin sword that had been sacrificed for several months, he couldn't say anything anymore and just smoked silently.
"Hey, it's good if the person is rescued. The copper coin sword can be refined at worst."
Luo Wei smiled and pushed over a cup of frozen milk tea. Unexpectedly, Uncle Ming became even more angry and his eyes widened.
"Do you think I'm a wholesaler? Do you want to make another one? Can you give me the materials and time?"
Luo Wei didn't expect that he had done bad things with good intentions, and the black dog ate it, and the white dog suffered. He became Yin Xiu's scapegoat, and he couldn't help but have black lines all over his face for a while.
"Forget it, forget it, you are a lot older, why are you arguing with these young people?"
Lan Po finally came out to save the siege, "Uncle Ming, please give me some magic tea to calm the panic."
Uncle Ming glanced at a few more people, stood up silently, walked to the god's table and collected the talisman ashes.
When the scene finally became less tense, Ma Xiaoyu took out the sixteen-sided dice from his pocket and gave it back to Yin Xiu.
As a token of the meeting with the Qi Refiner and for safety reasons, before Yin Xiu went to Hongde Temple last night, she handed the dice to Ma Xiaoyu and asked her to take it with her.
On the other hand, this is also to ensure that even if Yin Xiu is defeated, the dice will not fall into the hands of Hongdeok Temple.
Now that he has returned safely and Hongde Temple has been defeated, it is naturally best for the dice to return to Yin Xiu's hands.
Yin Xiu took the dice and turned it around in his hand, "Was it going well last night?"
Ma Xiaoyu said calmly: "No matter which aspect it is, I will make things go smoothly."
"Huh?"
Yin Xiu was quite puzzled by her answer.
Luo Wei seemed to still be frightened. He added: "We almost got into a fight last night. Ms. Ma even took out the evil ghost mask.
Fortunately, I used some of the negotiation knowledge I learned in the police academy to stabilize the situation yesterday, otherwise I would have been bleeding again. ”
"Is it so scary?"
As Yin Xiu spoke, her eyes were still fixed on Ma Xiaoyu.
"It's not that scary."
Two dimples appeared on Ma Xiaoyu's face, "I just bargained with them, just like Yongtan said, it was a rather complicated negotiation."
"Oh, how complicated is that?"
Yin Xiu leaned closer, trying to see some clues from Ma Xiaoyu's eyes.
Ma Xiaoyu was still just smiling, and suddenly she opened her mouth and let out a breath of white air, which she sprayed onto Yin Xiu's face.
"It's just very complicated, so, so, so, so..."
……
It turned out that when Ma Xiaoyu and Luo Wei came to Xianyuan at the agreed time, the instructor also arrived as promised and was waiting for them on the other side of the bridge.
As the instructor himself said, it is impossible to repair the suspension bridge in two days.
But in order to prove that they were indeed sincere, although it was not much, they still connected the ropes at both ends, just enough for people to step on one, grab one, and stagger over.
As for whether you can get there safely, it all depends on your own ability.
"They seemed to think we were from the circus," Rowe said.
"What, are you afraid of heights?" Ma Xiaoyu glanced at him.
"Who do you think I am? I learned rappelling in the police academy!"
Luo Wei paused and glanced down again, "But the police academy also teaches you to stay away from unsafe factors as much as possible."
"Shouldn't patrol police appear in the most dangerous places?" Ma Xiaoyu asked.
"Yes, but that doesn't mean we have to get closer to the risk."
Regardless of whether Ma Xiaoyu understood it or not, Luo Wei walked to the front and shouted to the other side: "Coach, come here!"
The instructor stood in front of the group of Qi Practitioners and just shook his head, "You two, my legs and feet are not good and I can't get through, so I'd better ask you to come over!"
After a pause, he said again: "We elders are waiting for you two."
When Ma Xiaoyu heard this, she turned to look at Luo Wei, "Yong Tan, how about I go there first and you wait here for a while?"
"Who do you think I am!?"
Luo Wei's eyes widened, "How could I ask you to go there alone? Before coming down, Yin Xiu asked me to take care of you!"
"Who takes care of whom?"
Ma Xiaoyu turned her neck and looked like she was about to leave.
Luo Wei finally made up his mind, took a deep breath, took out two belts from somewhere, and handed one to Ma Xiaoyu.
"What?" Ma Xiaoyu was suddenly confused.
"Safety rope."
Luo Wei glanced at the running water below and said, "It is used in high-altitude operations."
"Save it for you to tie your pants!"
Ma Xiaoyu snorted coldly and jumped out.
Immediately afterwards, I saw her jumping into the air, and her black Martin boots landed on the upper edge of the rope. When she was about to sink, she tapped lightly, and her other foot immediately landed on the front. In an instant, there was an inaudible groan from the rope. Before the sound ended, Ma Xiaoyu had already stepped on the rope and quickly followed the rope to the other side.
"What a light kung fu!" the instructor couldn't help but admire.
Ma Xiaoyu ignored the Qi Practitioners, landed lightly, turned around, and hooked her fingers at Luo Wei, "You can come over now, Yongtan, the rope is very strong."
When Luo Wei heard this, his face couldn't help but blush. After realizing that he could no longer stand like this, he jumped on the rope, grabbed one with both hands, stepped on one under his feet, and slowly moved towards the other end like a crab. Go over there, one step at a time, three shakes at a time.
Ma Xiaoyu didn't care about him and just looked at the instructor.
"The warm-up session is over, are there any other tricks?"
"No more."
The instructor stretched out his palm to signal to move forward, "As I said, the elder is already waiting for you two, but, if I may venture, Mr. Yin Xiu is not here?"
"You can talk to me about anything."
Ma Xiaoyu took out the dice from his pocket.
At this moment, there was obviously a vague commotion among those Qi refiners.
After the instructor gave him a look, the commotion calmed down, like a breeze blowing across the lake, and everything returned to calm.
Obviously, after discovering that Yin Xiu was not here, everyone began to covet the dice in Ma Xiaoyu's hand.
Although she and Luo Wei were not easy people to deal with, compared to facing Yin Xiu who had no chance of winning, it seemed possible to seize the dice from these two people.
But the coach still stopped them with his eyes.
Others didn't know it, but he knew very well that what she said last time while standing on the edge of the broken bridge was not a threat or a bluff, but a real warning and request.
This woman is no easier to mess with than Yin Xiu.
And if you offend her, the consequences may be even worse.
After a pause, the instructor stretched out his hand and said, "Please!"
"Thank you."
Ma Xiaoyu glanced at the instructor and the Qi practitioners and walked forward.
Following their guidance, she soon met the elder Zhuowu mentioned by the instructor.
"The unity of blessings and life, the heart net of Bodhi."
Zhuowu saluted Ma Xiaoyu, and then said seriously: "You have brought killing to the world of Wujian."
Ma Xiaoyu said calmly: "This place is not much more peaceful than the world on earth. The reason why you always think that this place is uncontested is just because the naturally existing ravines, tunnels, undercurrents and caves here delay the occurrence of competition.
Moreover, the war here is far more cruel and intense than on the ground. ”
"Are you talking about what happened in Taoyuan Township?"
Zhuowu's face was gloomy, "You said it's none of your business. Even because of your actions, some people survived. Although they didn't come back, I believe it."
Although he is an elder, Zhuowu's face is very young, almost the same age as Luo Wei. Perhaps because of his fair skin, he has a certain unattainable temperament between his eyebrows.
He took a few steps, seemingly thinking, and then turned his head again.
"I don't know what you need Master Liu for, but obviously talents in this world are in high demand, and we can't let them go."
"So there's nothing to talk about?"
Ma Xiaoyu glanced at him, turned around and left.
This is what I had agreed with Yin Xiu before, to apply appropriate pressure at a certain time.
"Are you going to leave like this?"
Ma Xiaoyu only gave him a side look, "What else? I won't waste time on irrelevant things. If you want to fight, then fight. It's just that simple."
Her determination really brought some doubts to Zhuowu.
Is this still the same group of people who were rumored to be searching for their lost friends?
Nothing like it!
It seemed that they just wanted to obtain some kind of information by catching Liu Banxian.
Are these people also entrusted by the imperial court to carry out some mission or plan here?
After feeling that Ma Xiaoyu was about to lose his patience, Zhuowu finally relented and lowered his voice.
"I can let you see my mother."
When Ma Xiaoyu heard this, she turned around and frowned, "If we can't reach an agreement, we can't reach an agreement. Why are you scolding me?"
"..."
After seeing the helplessness on Zhuowu's face, Ma Xiaoyu realized that he was not swearing.
After coughing twice in embarrassment, she asked: "Go now?"
Zhuowu shook his head, "Three days later."
"Besides, it's not you. The person my mother wants to see is Yin Xiu."
"Yin Xiu?" Ma Xiaoyu confirmed again.
"That's right, it's Yin Xiu.
When we were in Taoyuan Township, my mother had already met Yin Xiu. Not only him, but you two, my mother had also met you.
At some point, she has looked over and screened you all. ”
As soon as he said these words, Luo Wei, who had just rushed over in a hot sweat, felt a chill on his back.
Could it be that the old mother is really the god in the painting? When they looked directly at the painting, the old mother was also looking at them?
Or was the old mother lurking somewhere in the village at that time, observing them secretly, in the cave of the village, or was she one of the villagers?
After thinking about it carefully again, Luo Wei couldn't remember where he felt like he was being spied on.
Ma Xiaoyu's inspiration was extraordinary. She was silent at the moment, obviously thinking about this issue.
Zhuowu said: "Don't think about it, you can't find my mother. Because only my mother can look at you, but you can't feel her existence. This is her greatness and extraordinaryness.
Some Qigong masters have said that when you recite your mother's name silently in your heart, she will already be watching you in the void, but you don't even know it. ”
"What? Are you scaring me?"
Ma Xiaoyu raised her head, her eyes filled with frost.
Infected by her aura, Luo Wei also felt that the cold feeling in his body disappeared, and he couldn't help but straighten his waist.
After a pause, Ma Xiaoyu asked the second question.
"Why Yin Xiu?"
Zhuowu smiled and said: "Because my mother fell in love with him at first sight. She likes him and wants to get him."
"Everyone my mother wants to get, no matter how much he resists or struggles, will eventually fall into my mother's arms and find peace and detachment."
"It's so scary!"
Yin Xiu shuddered. She didn't know whether she was frightened by Ma Xiaoyu's sinister tone at the end, or whether she drank the iced coffee too fast and got cold.
"As long as I go, right?"
"That's what he said, but he didn't say I couldn't follow." Ma Xiaoyu reminded.
"Are you afraid that I'll lose it?" Yin Xiu grinned.
Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes, "I don't want you to fall asleep again and give up the dice for nothing."
"Don't worry, there's no chance. I slept for three days that time, and I've long since lost all my sleepiness."
Yin Xiu stretched and asked, "Where did Zhuowu say we would meet?"
"Happy Valley, Jockey Club." (End of Chapter)