Ren Qi walked through the layers of wind and snow that seemed like a hundred ghosts howling and wailing.
Even when he raided other people's homes in the past, he had never heard such a shrill cry.
At this time, Ren Qi clearly saw that the road divided into two sides in front of him.
Although he was very sure that there was only one road sign with the three characters "Tongtian Path" written on it.
However, in a daze, the road sign was also divided into two halves, twisted and blurred.
Although he had reacted in time to avoid it, Shen Zhenghai had obviously expected this and knew that those people could not defeat Ren Qi, so he traded his life for his life, covering almost his entire body with gunpowder and even putting a small amount of gunpowder on it. , in order to instantly surround Ren Qi with poisonous powder.
When Ren Qi knew that he was deeply poisoned and would not be able to recover for a while, he felt a lot more at ease.
Because he can't get better for a while, it means he can't die for a while.
Of course, the poison is extremely poisonous, but for ordinary people, this amount is still too little for a master of the synaesthesia realm.
As Ren Qi walked, he took something out of his waist pocket.
He remembered that Liu Banxian had given him some elixirs in bottles and jars. Except for the medicine for golden sores, the rest were taken orally and were put in bottles.
Ren Qi narrowed his eyes and held a bottle in front of him to look at.
"Shenbao, Longjing Beili Pills, Er Ge Ling, Duoqing Xiaoyao Powder..."
Ren Qi threw these things on the ground bottle by bottle, feeling more and more hopeless as he looked at them.
Finally, he found the last bottle of medicine among the bottles and jars, Jiuzhi Liver Protection Tablets.
With a sneer, he poured a whole bottle of Liver Protection Treasure into his mouth, then grabbed a handful of snow and swallowed it.
After swallowing, Ren Qi continued to walk forward.
After taking a few steps, he paused, turned around, and put the bottles and cans back into his pockets.
After an unknown amount of time, a small temple appeared in front of Ren Qi.
He quickened his pace and braved the wind and snow to enter. As soon as he crossed the dilapidated threshold, he saw the blazing fire inside, the sound of burning pine branches, the faint scent of rosin, and the figure of a woman.
Ren Qi put his hand on the sword, his eyes were completely shrouded in darkness, and he fainted.
After an unknown amount of time, Ren Qi suddenly opened his eyes.
What just happened was not an illusion. This was a small temple in the mountains, with fireworks and the woman just now.
It was a young woman, wearing a thin singlet, and her exquisite curves were looming under the singlet.
Her face may not be very beautiful, but under the light of the fire, it evokes a feeling of affection and an inexplicable desire to get closer.
Her coat was probably wet from the wind and snow, and it was hanging to dry in the heat.
The woman herself had an iron pot on the bonfire, cooking something unknown, and the pot made gurgling sounds from time to time.
Sensing Ren Qi's gaze, the woman turned around. Her front face was more charming than her side face.
"You are seriously injured."
"It's not an injury, it's poisoning."
Ren Qi sat up, wiped the corner of his mouth with his thumb, and saw a stain.
It should be the turbid matter he vomited while sleeping.
"It's all the same."
The woman said coldly: "Whether it's injury or poison, I can't save you, so I just moved you aside and watched."
"That's enough."
Ren Qi looked at her, "But why did you save me?"
"Why save you?"
The woman pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, "I didn't mean to save you, I just picked up a random person."
"Really?"
Ren Qi's eyes moved to the knife beside the fire.
The handle of the knife was wrapped in animal skin and was no longer than an arm. It was a long, narrow and sharp knife.
"Are you here to kill me too?" Ren Qi asked coldly.
"Are you great?"
The woman glanced at Ren Qi and said, "Why else would you think that when you meet a random person, he wants to kill you? Do all the people in the world have to be your enemy and only think about killing you?"
After a pause, she thought again: "No, maybe you are the worst person in the world, so you worry about someone coming to kill you all day long, always thinking that everyone in the world will come to chase and intercept you."
"I can truly say that I am the worst person in the world."
Ren Qi took the wine bag and took a sip, "Whether it's fabricated or hearsay, it doesn't matter. I don't care who you are."
"You haven't healed yet, drinking is harmful."
"I was poisoned, not injured."
Ren Qi looked at her appearance and handed the wine bag over again, "Would you like some?"
"Thank you."
The woman took the wine bag, raised her head and drank a sip. Her face was dyed pink due to the burning and power of the wine.
She handed the wine bag back to Ren Qi, then turned around, took out a bowl of hot meat porridge from the pot, and handed it to him.
"Do you believe I poisoned you in this bowl of porridge?"
She smiled, her eyes twinkling like black gems.
"If you want to kill me, you have plenty of opportunities, so why waste precious poison?"
Ren Qi was not polite to her, and he didn't use a spoon. He just turned the bowl and finished the meat porridge in the bowl. Then he handed the bowl to the woman, signaling her to have another bowl.
The woman was still in a daze because she had never seen this way of eating porridge. She didn't use chopsticks or a spoon. She just turned the edge of the bowl and finished the porridge in a few swipes.
"Are you from the south?" Ren Qi asked.
"Can you tell?"
"Because this is how everyone eats porridge in Yujing. Not only porridge is eaten this way, but other porridge is also eaten this way."
The woman found it interesting and handed another bowl to Ren Qi, as if she wanted to see him perform again.
"What you said makes it sound like everyone except Yujing is in the south."
She smiled slightly, "But you are right, I am indeed not from the north."
"What are you doing here? If it wasn't to kill me, few people would come here."
"I'm here for Xiandu." The woman suddenly said.
"Xiandu?"
Ren Qi's hand turning the bowl paused for a moment, then continued turning.
"Shouldn't the Immortal City be hidden in the world originally? Why can anyone seem to find it now?"
"What's so strange about this?"
The woman smiled, "It's like some villages in the mountains. You think they don't exist in the world, but occasionally you will be scared to death when you enter, thinking that you have entered a ghost village.
However, in fact, it is just because you have not found the person who can lead you to the village and enter the village. ”
"So, you are the one who knows where the Immortal Capital is?"
Ren Qi suddenly thought of those who intercepted and killed him.
In fact, the reason why these people were called here was just because Xiandu had predicted Ren Qihui's arrival in advance, not because they knew Xiandu was here.
Indeed, as the woman said, the reason why the world thinks that the Immortal City is hidden in the world, and even Nangong Baixing does not know where it is, is just because the barrier or pores surrounding it have not been broken yet. The Immortal City is just hidden in the snow-capped mountains, but it is not isolated from the world like the Immortal Mountains.
Otherwise, how could those Qi Refiners come to Hong Kong Island and issue instructions to the Maoshan Great Heavenly Master?
Since someone can come out, then naturally someone will know where it is.
"Why do you want to go to Xiandu?"
Ren Qi looked at her face, and also looked at her figure under her thin clothes, her sharp-knuckled fingers, and her white insteps.
The woman didn't care about Ren Qi's eyes intentionally or unintentionally, and just asked: "What do you think?"
"I don't think you are like a monk, because monks usually make themselves miserable, whether spiritually or materially. They always distinguish themselves from ordinary people in one aspect, making themselves look very indifferent. .”
"So I look like someone addicted to worldly desires?"
The woman glanced at him sideways and admitted: "I am indeed not a monk. I came to Xunxian City not to seek immortality, but to seek revenge."
"Revenge?"
Ren Qi laughed, but he didn't mean to ridicule, but he suddenly felt interesting.
"What? Are you here for revenge too?" the woman asked.
"I'm not."
Ren Qi shook his head, "I'm not here for revenge, just to kill people."
"Who did you kill?" the woman asked again.
"There is no specific person. After entering the Immortal City, I will kill everyone I see and will not let anyone go. Before that, I will not let go of anyone who stops me from entering the Immortal City."
"Then you are not a murderer?"
The woman also laughed and suddenly said: "But our purpose is the same, to kill all the immortal capital."
"Huh?"
Ren Qi narrowed his eyes, "Is this what you call revenge?"
"That's right."
The woman took the wine bag and drank another sip of strong wine. Then she just talked about her past, regardless of whether Ren Qi liked it or not.
"My name is Zhao Qian, and I am the daughter of a Maoshan Taoist priest.
My father manages a Taoist temple, which is not very prosperous in the south, but it relies on donations from believers and often goes out to perform rituals for people, so it does not worry about food and drink.
He has three wives, we have five brothers and sisters, and there are more than a dozen disciples in the Taoist temple. It is inevitable to be noisy, but life is like this, and it is not boring.
Because no matter how well people get along with each other in this world, there will inevitably be times when there are noisy moments and resentments between each other.
Everything was fine at first, and my father also arranged a marriage for me since I was young, to marry the son of another Taoist priest in the town.
I met that kid once when he grew up. He was a little dull, but I couldn't say he was annoying.
I can live with that because, as I said, he's not annoying, just dull.
However, one day, two qigong masters came to the immortal capital and asked my father for a spiritual treasure.
Do you think it is possible that they are not from Xiandu? Do you have a sudden attack of conscience and want to side with them and defend them?
Oh, you're not, you're just curious, then I understand what you mean. After all, you can pretend to be any identity in this world, right?
But I can tell you with certainty that they are people from Xiandu.
Because they called themselves this way, their father also bowed to them. Even when he met the government, he had never been so groveling. Only Xiandu, the leader of the world's orthodoxy, could make him respect him from the bottom of his heart and in his words and deeds.
They came to ask for the magic weapon, but my father did not agree because it was a family heirloom.
It was a copper coin sword that had been kept on the altar and not allowed to be touched by others.
My brother touched it because he was playful when he was a child. As a result, he was hung up and beaten for a whole night. When he was taken down, he couldn't even cry.
Of course their father would not give it to them, so they used spells and supernatural powers..."
Zhao Qian took the wine bag, swallowed a sip of strong wine, and her ears turned red.
Of course, it goes without saying what happened next. Xiandu must have wiped out the entire Taoist temple, and then Zhao Qian escaped by luck.
But to Ren Qi's expectation, Zhao Qian went on to say: "Only my father was killed by them, everyone else was safe and survived.
The two Qi Refiners only took away the magic weapon and didn't ask for anything else.
But this is revenge for killing my father, and our family must avenge it.
We brothers and sisters draw lots, and one of us seeks revenge in Xiandu. No matter whether we succeed or not, the others will forget about it and just live a good life, inherit the Taoist temple, or do other things to make a living. Anyway, don’t think about revenge.
The youngest brother got the lottery, so I switched with him. ”
"I don't know whether I should call you brave or stupid."
Ren Qi took the wine bottle and took another sip.
"Do you think I'm not powerful enough to seek revenge from Xiandu?" Zhao Qian glared at him.
"Didn't you see them killing your father with your own eyes? They are not ordinary Xuanmen.
Because of this, they don't need to eradicate the evil, because they believe that no one will dare to seek revenge from them. ”
"But I dare!" Zhao Qian said unconvinced.
Ren Qi said calmly: "But I said, you can't do it."
"You want to try my knife?"
"I don't care."
Zhao Qian stood up, held the sharp knife in her hand, and faced Ren Qi. The firelight shone on the knife, making it even more chilly.
Ren Qi picked up a piece of firewood from the ground and said, "Here."
Zhao Qian drew her sword.
The next second, her knife had been nailed into the wooden pillar behind her, and the firewood in Ren Qi's hand was pressed against Zhao Qian's snow-white neck.
"I said, you can't do it."
"But I have to do it."
"Then you just wasted your life."
Ren Qi threw the firewood in his hand into the bonfire, "This kind of meaningless thing has no use except to move myself."
Zhao Qian stared silently at the blazing fire and suddenly had an idea.
She took off her clothes.
Ren Qi just looked at her flatly, "Are you sure?"
"Of course, because you are the one who can help me get revenge."
Zhao Qian's face was stained with a layer of crimson under the firelight.
"Aren't you afraid that I will get an advantage and walk away?"
Ren Qi added another handful of firewood to the fire.
"You won't, because I will follow you and watch you destroy the Immortal City with my own eyes."
"Then what?"
"Then I don't care what you do."
"You have to know that this is not a condition. I will not agree to it just because you have done this, because I will not be a woman's lackey, and no woman can use this to blackmail me or control me." Ren Qi said coldly.
"I know."
She pressed her body against it, and it was even hotter than a bonfire.
The wind and snow slapped against the dilapidated windows of the temple, making a crackling sound. The cold wind that frightened all living beings was trying to get in through the narrow and deep gaps between the roof, walls, and windows. (End of chapter)