Travel through the heavens

Fang Muye smiled calmly and said, "I wonder if Gang Leader Sikong has anything else to say?"

Sikong Xuan smiled and said, "Mr. Fang is proficient in herbs and has profound skills. My Shennong Gang is also good at using medicine. It is a coincidence that we are in the same field. I sincerely invite Mr. Fang to join my Shennong Gang as the deputy gang leader to work together for the grand plan."

Fang Muye said calmly, "I am a free-spirited person, used to being alone. I am afraid I will disappoint Gang Leader Sikong's kindness."

Sikong Xuan's expression became stern, and he said, "In that case, Mr. Fang and your disciple, Master Duan, can leave, but this girl surnamed Zhong must stay."

Fang Muye didn't say anything when he heard this, but just looked at him with a faint smile.

Sikong Xuan felt an inexplicable fear in his heart, raised his right arm and said: "My right hand was broken because of her, so I can't just give up."

Zhong Ling immediately shouted, "You old man are so shameless. You just bully me! It was obviously you who was afraid and cut off your right hand at the wrist, but now you want to blame me."

Sikong Xuan glared at Zhong Ling and shouted, "If I hadn't been bitten by your poisonous marten, how could I have cut off my wrist to kill the poison!"

Zhong Ling argued angrily, "You are not the only one bitten by my Diao'er. Why didn't the other members of your Shennong Gang cut off their wrists, but you did? You were also bitten on the back of your neck, so why didn't you chop off your head as well?"

Duan Yu tugged at Zhong Ling's sleeve and said to Sikong Xuan, "Master Sikong, my master has already cured you of the mink poison. If you still embarrass Miss Zhong, you will be ungentlemanly."

Sikong Xuan ignored him and only looked at Fang Muye.

Fang Muye then smiled slightly and asked calmly, "What if I don't agree?"

Sikong Xuan snorted angrily, his face ferocious, and said gloomily: "Then I will have to offend you!"

As he spoke, he waved his arm and dozens of Shennong gang members came running from all directions, surrounding Fang Muye and the other two. Each of them held a weapon across their chest. Some held medicine hoes, some held broad short knives, and some held bundles of herbs in their hands. They lit a fire and thick smoke billowed out.

Fang Muye said to Duan Yu and the others, "Cover your mouth and nose," and then waved his hands around. The thick smoke that had just drifted over was immediately blown back by the surging wind. Then, he took light steps, creating a series of phantoms that flashed around, and for a while, only the sound of "bang bang bang" could be heard.

After a few breaths, Fang Muye returned to the original place, but there was a circle of people lying on the ground, groaning non-stop.

Fang Muye smiled at Duan Yu and Zhong Ling as if nothing had happened, "Let's go."

Zhong Ling was shocked, her mouth slightly opened, and she thought: Brother Duan’s master is so good at martial arts, much better than my father.

She suppressed her surprised look, looked at Fang Muye with respect, and asked angrily: "Senior Fang, this old man Sikong is so insidious and vicious, shouldn't we kill him?"

Fang Muye chuckled and said, "He's been hit by a 'life and death spell'. When it strikes, the pain is unbearable. Living is more painful than dying. Let's go."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sikong Xuan, who had just fallen to the ground and had just propped himself up, suddenly activated the "Life and Death Talisman" that was supposed to take some time to take effect.

For a moment, Sikong Xuan only felt a tingling and numbness in his chest, as well as a pricking pain, as if he was bitten by thousands of ants. The itch gradually penetrated deeper and soon reached his internal organs. It was such torture that he could neither live nor die.

He was filled with fear and remorse. He looked at Fang Muye's departing back and cried out miserably, "Who... who... are you? How... how... how do you know where my 'Life and Death Talisman' is?"

But just now when Fang Muye rushed to his side and slapped his chest with his palm, he sensed a strange internal force an inch below his right chest, three parts masculine and seven parts feminine, which was very strange.

Remembering that the Shennong Gang took orders from the Lingjiu Palace, he immediately guessed that it was the "Life and Death Talisman", so he stimulated it with his true Qi, which led to Sikong Xuan's current situation.

Fang Muye ignored Sikong Xuan's question and left with Duan Yu and Zhong Ling.

After walking for dozens of feet, they could no longer hear any sound from the Shennong Gang. Zhong Ling finally couldn't bear her curiosity anymore, so she pulled Duan Yu behind her for a distance and asked him in a low voice about what had happened to him in the past few days. She also asked him why he had chosen such a powerful master when he clearly didn't want to learn martial arts.

Duan Yu then briefly told Zhong Ling what happened after they parted, but he avoided mentioning the fact that his master was an immortal or the various immortal deeds he had performed.

Zhong Ling cried out in delight upon hearing this. During their conversation, every time she walked a dozen feet or so, she would make two "hush" sounds as a whistle.

After several attempts, Duan Yu finally understood and said, "Miss Zhong, are you summoning your lightning marten?

Zhong Ling hummed softly and whistled a few more times: "I don't know where Diao'er ran off to. I'll come look for her later when those evil guys are gone. Brother Duan, will you come with me to look for her?"

Duan Yu saw the bright moon hanging high in the sky, shining on her rosy face, which made her look even more beautiful. He could not help but say, "Okay!"

Zhong Ling held Duan Yu's left hand and said softly, "Brother Duan, you treat me so well."

Fang Muye, who was walking in front, sighed softly in his heart, thought for a moment, and said, "If Miss Zhong wants to find a lightning marten, you can go to the back mountain to look for it."

Duan Yu immediately smiled happily and said, "Miss Zhong, my master said your Diao'er is in the back mountain, so it must be in the back mountain. Let's go there now."

The three of them immediately went to the back mountain and moved forward slowly, with Zhong Ling whistling constantly.

After walking a few miles, they heard two "squeaks" and a gray-white little mink quickly jumped down from a tall tree on the right and landed on Zhong Ling's shoulder. Its pair of bright little eyes rolled around and it squeaked happily.

Zhong Ling took the little mink from her shoulder and held it in her hand, gently stroking the soft and smooth fur on the mink's back, and said softly: "Good mink, I finally found you. Let's go home." After that, she stuffed it into the leather bag at her left waist.

Duan Yu smiled proudly and said, "Well, Miss Zhong, my master was right, wasn't he?"

Zhong Ling stuck out her tongue and made a face at Duan Yu, then looked at Fang Muye and said in a delicate voice, "Thank you, Senior Fang."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "Miss Zhong, you don't have to be polite. I wonder what plans Miss Zhong has for the future?"

Zhong Ling thought for a moment and said in a depressed tone, "I have been away from home for several days. My parents must miss me very much, and I miss them very much too. I want to go home." As she spoke, her big round eyes couldn't help but secretly glance at Duan Yu with reluctance in her eyes.

Duan Yu suddenly felt a sense of loss and shouted, "Ah? Miss Zhong, are you going home now?" His tone and expression showed reluctance.

Zhong Ling hummed pitifully and said softly, "Brother Duan, I'm leaving." As soon as she finished saying this, her eyes turned red, and soon, tears rolled down her cheeks.

Duan Yu was so distraught that he couldn't even respond.

Looking at the two people who were reluctant to part, Fang Muye sighed in his heart: Oh! Is this what it means to be "young and in love"?

He said, "How about this, Duan Yu and I don't have anything important to do, so let's send Miss Zhong home first."

Zhong Ling burst into laughter immediately, and Duan Yu also became happy, and the two of them couldn't help but look at each other.

At this moment, the place was full of charm and vaguely seemed to have one spot that was becoming brighter and brighter.