Moonlight and wind

Just when Shan Zimo wanted to learn more about the origin of the dragon scale jade pendant, the old man had already fallen asleep on the back of the chair. Everyone quietly left the hall and returned to the side room to rest. Now that they knew that the two old men had no ill intentions, Xuanyue and Zi Ling'er could also have a good sleep in another side room.

The three men sat in the side room, staring at the dragon scale jade pendant on the table in a daze. "I don't think it's different from mine!" Shan Boyu also took off his waist badge and placed it next to the dragon scale jade pendant. The three heads gathered above the two jade pendants and compared them carefully. "I really can't see any difference!" He touched his chin and shook his head. "Wait until tomorrow morning, and ask the expert again!"

Shan Boyu finally let go of his worries. He was too tired, so he fell asleep. Shan Zimo was always heartless and fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow! Only Shan Zimo was awake. Maybe he had slept enough since he slept all the way from last night to today. He opened the door and came to the courtyard. The moonlight shone in, and the sound of birds chirping and the gloomy bluestone were somewhat creepy!

Shan Zimo was strolling in the courtyard by himself, and he came to the woodshed in the backyard, where he saw two stone coffins. He walked closer to take a look in the moonlight. He squatted in front of the stone coffin where he had been lying before, and took a look inside. This look was not a big deal, but it almost scared him to death!

The wall of the sarcophagus was covered with scratches! Shan Zimo quickly looked at his hands, but they were fine! "Isn't this not my scratch?" Shan Zimo wondered, "Could there be someone else lying in this sarcophagus?"

"What, can't you sleep?" Suddenly, a voice came from behind him. Shan Zimo quickly stood up and looked back. It was the old man! The old man came to the sarcophagus with a kind smile and squatted down. "Look, how much pain this is!" The old man reached out and touched the scratches on the wall of the sarcophagus.

"Whose hero created this?" Shan Zimo asked. "You know it!" The old man smiled, "It was left by Shan Tianxiang!" "My father?"

"It's fate!" The old man sat down against the sarcophagus, one hand on the edge of the sarcophagus, the other hand touching the carved pattern on the sarcophagus. "When I met Shan Tianxiang, he had just entered the martial arts world, and he had just obtained the dragon scale jade pendant." The old man squinted his eyes and recalled, "At that time, he also noticed the difference of this jade pendant, and was eager to achieve success, greedily absorbing the essence of the world, and of course, there was also violence!"

"Your father collapsed outside my door and was found by an old woman and carried in," the old man said with a smile, "That's because I'm still young, but I've never seen such a situation." "My father was injured?" "Not injured, but you can see the scarlet energy flowing underneath his skin!" "Violence?" "That's right! Shan Tianxiang was already unconscious, just like you yesterday. If you wait any longer, I'm afraid he will fall into the devil's dream and never get out!"

"How did you know to use this sarcophagus to ward off evil?" "This was not my idea," the old man said with a smile, "What a coincidence, that night, besides your father, there was another person in my yard!" "Who?" "A young woman!" "Is the direction of this story starting to develop a little differently?" Shan Zimo suddenly felt a little gossipy.

"That woman also came to stay overnight. Seeing the unconscious Shan Tianxiang, she pointed at the sarcophagus." The old man gently stroked it again, as if it were his precious treasure. "You prepared a sarcophagus for yourself at such a young age?" Shan Zimo looked puzzled. "No, I was a stonemason in the sarcophagus business at that time, but I liked to find unusual stones. For example, the jade of this dragon scale jade pendant was found by me when I went out! But I have kept this sarcophagus all this time."

"The woman let my father lie in the sarcophagus?" Shan Zimo also touched the scratches on the sarcophagus. "That's right!" The old man nodded, "I carried Shan Tianxiang to the sarcophagus, closed the lid, and she let me leave." The old man smiled slightly, "Later, I heard the woman say that because we all have no internal strength, we can't help Shan Tianxiang, so we can only let him dispel the evil spirits in the sarcophagus alone. From the scratches, it can be seen that during the process of dispelling the evil spirits, your father fell into the devil of his heart!"

"But fortunately, Shan Tianxiang was determined enough to break through his inner demons and come out!" The old man clapped his hands and continued to praise. "So I didn't fall into the inner demons this time. Did you help me to get rid of the evil?" Shan Zimo tilted his head and looked at the old man. "Although I have little martial arts, I have internal strength!" "This is interesting!" Shan Zimo scratched his head, "My friend has learned a lot of martial arts, but he has no internal strength!" He said that this friend is Xuanyue.

“This old man’s internal strength is not some magical skill from a famous sect. It’s the result of me coming into contact with many strange stones while searching for stones. They have absorbed some of their essence and gathered in my body to form internal strength,” the old man laughed. “It is also a coincidence that today I can give you a push and help you get rid of the evil spirit!” “Master, you saved my father and me successively. I can never repay you for your life-saving grace!” As he said that, Shan Zimo stood up and wanted to kneel down to the old man, but he was helped up by him.

"It's nothing to mention!" The old man waved his hand. "By the way, what happened to this woman later?" Shan Zimo's gossip spirit was still burning. "Later..." Before the old man could finish his words, a cold arrow suddenly shot at the two of them! Shan Zimo's true energy sensed the direction of the cold arrow, and he pulled the old man behind him, flipped over and jumped behind the sarcophagus. Bang! The cold arrow was deeply inserted into the wall of the sarcophagus!

Shan Zimo quietly raised his head and looked in the direction where the arrow came from. A dark shadow seemed to flash across the dark eaves! Shan Zimo was about to get up and chase after him, but the old man stopped him, shook his head, and pulled Shan Zimo to the stable. He woke up Li and Zizhong who were sleeping in the carriage, "It's not safe here. Let's go to the wing room!" They quietly followed the old man and groped their way to the front yard.

Zi Zhong was worried about his young lady, so he went to the side room to call Xuanyue and Zi Ling'er, and everyone gathered together again. "You should leave here quickly, I'm afraid the people you offended have come to find you!" The old man was still calm. "Then don't we bring you trouble?" Yi Yi leaned against the window and looked out through the gap. "It's okay!" The old man smiled, "In Qingshi Village, no one dares to touch us two old guys!"

"Why don't you go to Xueying Hall and let my father protect you!" Shan Zimo was very scared of the cold arrow just now. He was afraid that his arrival would bring danger to the old man. "Shan Tianxiang has come to invite me several times. When I get old, I still hope to live in a place I am familiar with." The old man patted Shan Zimo on the shoulder, "As for you, you should hurry up and get on the road!"

As soon as the old man said this, everyone started to move, some leading horses, some harnessing carts. The old man opened the gate for them and stood outside to see them off. Shan Zimo got on his horse and turned around to wave goodbye to the old man when another arrow hit him. "No!" Shan Zimo ran towards the arrow from his horse, but he was not as fast as the arrow. Shan Zimo watched helplessly as the arrow pierced the old man's chest!

The old man fell to the ground and lay in a pool of blood!