I am a swordsman in a strange city

Chapter 107 The Owl Who Listens to Its Mother
The night breeze is gentle, unable to disperse the streetlights, but it can stir the trees, allowing some light to filter through the leaves and pierce the darkness beneath.

But the place where that person stood made the darkness seem even more intense.

Pei Ju couldn't see through things, not just the shadows, but also the people within them.

He doesn't think that someone's honesty means they are telling the truth; it could also mean they are making a lie sound as honest as the truth.

Moreover, he felt a slight itch between his eyebrows.

He understood where that inexplicable sense of danger in his heart came from.

Therefore, when he was talking to the other person, he was not distracted at all, keeping seven parts of his attention on himself and three parts on the other person.

The fact that the other party was in the shadows but hadn't left meant there was only one reason: the other party still wanted to kill him. Perhaps he had killed Ah Yong too quickly just now.

Another possibility is that his spells require time to prepare, and the longer the preparation time, the stronger the power.

Thinking of this, Pei Ju had already made up his mind. Just then, a 'coo' sound suddenly came from the sky, and an owl fell from the sky. The owl had very good eyesight and immediately saw the person lying on the ground.

The owl landed and transformed into a human, immediately saying, "It's you again! You're killing people again."

In that instant, Pei Ju sensed a strong sense of danger, so he swung his sword toward the shadows under the trees.

The moment the sword was swung out, the shadow under the tree seemed to be cut open by an invisible blade, revealing a person holding a doll in their hand, with a silver needle in their right hand piercing the doll's brow.

Pei Ju suddenly felt an invisible needle pricking his brow, as if he could see the invisible needles piercing him.

In an instant, his head began to throb with pain, a pain that seemed to have broken through all external defenses and directly affected his consciousness and soul.

However, the pain was only momentary. Pei Ju had already swung his sword the moment he was struck by the needle.

Pei Ju was certain that his sword had struck him.

At this moment, Pei Ju looked at the person again and found that the other person had fallen out of the shadows again.

Owl Liu Xiangyu immediately spotted the person in the shadows and exclaimed, "Ah, there's another person!"

But the person in the shadows was like a fish in the water, flipping over on the surface, briefly showing his belly before diving back to the bottom.

As Pei Ju watched him disappear into the shadows, he suppressed the invisible pain between his brows, pushed off with his feet, and rushed forward like a wisp of smoke. He swung the Thunderfire Demon-Slaying Sword in his hand from top to bottom, and the invisible shadows were like water being cut open, revealing a faint human figure inside.

With a single leap, the figure vanished from the shadows beneath the tree.

Then Pei Ju quickly sensed that the shadow under a tree in front of him moved slightly, as if a fish had suddenly entered the calm water, stirring up ripples in that area.

This feeling is very mysterious. He can sense the movement of fish by observing the changes in the ripples on the surface of the water, even though he doesn't see the fish in the water. Moreover, he doesn't see the changes in the shadows and ripples with his eyes; it's just a feeling.

The sword's heart is clear and bright, reflecting the void.

However, despite his superb lightness skills, he was helpless against others who used shadows to leap away and escape.

"There, there, and then there again!" Owl-man Liu Xiangyu pointed to various shadows and shouted, "No mouse can escape my eyes!"

"Then why don't you go and catch him?" Pei Ju asked.

Liu Xiangyu sighed and said, "When I'm out in the world, my mother tells me not to be reckless, to think things through more, and not to rush to the front in everything. My ex rushed too fast and then died."

Pei Ju wanted to say something, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

What's wrong with being cautious for your own life?

Besides, that was what his mother had told him. Although he was already a bearded adult, Pei Ju felt that someone who still kept his mother's words in mind must still be a child, regardless of age.

So he walked over, patted Liu Xiangyu on the shoulder, and said, "Do you recognize this person on the ground?"

Liu Xiangyu immediately flipped the body on the ground over, glanced at it, and said immediately, "No one can escape my eyes. This is Gambling Dog A Yong, an underground killer who has been on the wanted list for a long time."

"Oh, a wanted criminal can actually walk around Haishi at will?" Pei Ju asked. "Of course he can't walk around at will, but he can move around in a planned way. Usually, they hide underground, out of the light, so we can't find him."

"Underground? This city has an underground area?" Pei Ju asked.

"The Crypt Club has long been listed as an illegal organization, but it has not disappeared over the years. Moreover, many wanted criminals are protected by the Crypt Club. The reason for this is that the Crypt Club digs tunnels and hides underground, making them impossible to find. The longer they hide underground, the more they gain the approval of the Crypt."

"There is another point. Where there is light, there is darkness; where there is white, there is black; where there is righteousness, there is evil. Humans are inherently a combination of good and evil. Therefore, there is another place, which refers to the place that our government cannot govern."

Pei Ju glanced at him and couldn't help but say, "You seem to know quite a lot too."

“My mom told me all this a long time ago!” Liu Xiangyu said with a hint of pride.

Pei Ju rubbed his temples and said, "Since this is a wanted criminal, is there a reward?"

“Yes, I’ll take a picture to preserve evidence and upload it to the system. There will be a reward. I think this person has 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, I can’t remember exactly,” Liu Xiangyu said.

Pei Ju didn't really care about the amount of the bonus; as long as he got it, that was fine.

After taking the photos, he didn't pay any more attention to them and went straight home.

The house was dark, with no lights on.

Enter the courtyard, enter the gate.

Just as he was about to turn on the light, a sense of alarm struck him, and he suddenly rolled to the ground to his side.

He could already hear the sound of a sharp blade slicing through the void.

Although it was dark, he was familiar with his home.

The living room was quite empty with little furniture, so when he rolled onto the floor, he immediately leaped up again.

In the darkness, a blade of light slashed down, and as he leaped up, another blade of light, like a poison clinging to the bone, followed closely behind.

The blade flashed incredibly fast, ruthlessly, and accurately, each strike aimed at his vital points.

Moreover, Pei Ju only sensed danger when the knife was about to strike him. In this darkness, his senses seemed to be shrouded in shadow, becoming blurred and unclear.

In the darkness, only the sound of blades flashing through the air could be heard.

In the darkness, you can see streaks of silver lines left by the blade.

Pei Ju moved nimbly around the living room, relying on his intuition.

He felt that the darkness was helping the swordsman conceal his presence, hindering him, and even seemed to be turning into a quagmire.

At this moment, he reached out and grabbed the bamboo flute that was placed on the table to the side.

In an instant, the sound of a xiao (vertical bamboo flute) arose.

Using the xiao (a type of vertical bamboo flute) to perform swordsmanship, it also has another name.

Jade Flute Sword Technique.

However, his flute was not a jade flute, but a bamboo flute.

The sound of the flute suddenly rose, piercing through the darkness, making the darkness surge like an invisible wave.

The blue sea rises with the tide.

The dark sea rises with tides.

(End of this chapter)