The night was as dark as ink. Tie Shou stood on the edge of the cliff with a stern expression, his eyes fixed straight to the bottom of the cliff.

Although it was dark and his vision was obstructed, making it difficult to see the specific conditions at the bottom of the cliff, fortunately he had explored it carefully during the day and knew that there was no place to hide below, as it was a steep and straight cliff.

Xie Mei was shot in the chest and fell off the cliff. In Tieshou's opinion, his life was definitely in danger.

However, in order to ensure that everything was foolproof, Tie Shou decided to wait patiently until the sky was slightly brighter, and then he carefully went down the mountain to the bottom of the cliff to find out what was going on.

Let’s talk about the evil spirit who was shot by an arrow and fell off the cliff. At the moment he fell rapidly to the bottom of the cliff, he relied on his sharp reflexes acquired from years of experience in the martial arts world to nimbly grab the branch beside him. The cushioning effect of the branch saved him from serious injuries.

After the evil spirit fell from the tree, he did not dare to delay for a moment. He quickly took out the finest golden powder from his arms, sprinkled it on the wound, and then decisively pulled out the arrow.

Fortunately, the arrow did not penetrate deep and the wound did not bleed too much.

In the pitch-black darkness, the evil spirit, wounded, groped his way forward silently and left the woods at the bottom of the cliff with difficulty.

For someone like him who has been in the underworld for a long time, such experiences of escaping death have become as common as daily breathing.

As long as Tie Shou didn't catch up, he felt that this minor injury would be fine as long as he could find a safe place to recuperate.

The evil spirit staggered out of the woods.

At this time, the sky gradually brightened, and he was very lucky to come across a mountain stream. He quickly squatted down, scooped up a handful of cool stream water with both hands, and splashed it on his face, trying to make himself more awake.

Then he took out a small bottle from his bosom, poured some powder into his hands, and gently rubbed his face.

After a while, a realistic face was rubbed off his face.

The reason why the evil spirit was able to escape death and turn danger into safety time and time again from desperate situations is that he relied on this magical skill of facial disguise.

However, these carefully crafted faces were extremely expensive, and Xie Mei felt very distressed when he tore off the faces this time.

This trip to Beijing was not originally intended to carry out any dangerous mission, and he initially thought there would be no risk, so he did not carry an extra spare mask with him.

Now that I have torn this one off, I am using my real face.

"I should have prepared a replacement face earlier." Xie Mei thought to himself with full of regret.

He carefully washed the torn face skin with stream water and then shook it dry. Although it was no longer used, he felt it was a pity to destroy it and thought that it might come in handy in the future.

You know, masters of disguise rarely make this kind of magical face skin nowadays. Maybe in the future, it will be difficult to buy it even if you have money.

Thinking of this, Xie Mei carefully stuffed his face into his arms, carefully treated the wounds on his body, changed his clothes from his bag, and changed his hairstyle.

The unruly appearance of a wanderer suddenly turned into a simple hunter's outfit.

After rummaging through the bundle, he found nothing useful inside. Xie Mei reluctantly dug a hole and buried the bundle.

After everything was packed up, Xie Mei took out a healing pill from his arms, put it into his mouth and swallowed it. For someone like him who has been out there for many years and has experienced countless life and death situations, he is never short of such precious pills.

Not long after taking the pill, Xie Mei's originally pale face gradually turned rosy.

He carefully examined his appearance in the stream, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he slowly walked towards the valley entrance at the bottom of the cliff.

When Xie Mei walked out of the valley, the sky was already bright.

At this time, Tie Shou was conducting an intense search at the bottom of the cliff.

At the bottom of the cliff, Tie Shou did not conduct a detailed search, but only took a general look.

Not finding the evil corpse, he was filled with doubts. To be on the safe side, Tie Shou chose to hide in the forest and quietly guard the exit at the bottom of the cliff.

Tie Shou guarded like this for most of the day, but no one came in or out.

Finally, he decided to rush along the road to the nearest small village. Along the way, his eyes kept searching, not missing any corner that might have traces of evil.

At the same time, Xie Mei also came to the nearest small village. He carefully selected the most remote and smallest house in the village that looked like it could only accommodate one person, and then walked in.

There lived an elderly man in the house. He looked at the stranger who suddenly broke in and asked warily, "Who are you?"

The evil spirit immediately smiled gently, and said amiably, "Old man, I am just passing by. I am really thirsty and would like to ask you for some water. Why do you live here alone?"

The evil spirit was communicating with an old man in a soft voice, and the gentle tone made the old man let down his guard.

The old man was originally a lonely man living alone. Usually, few people would talk to him. Now that someone was willing to listen to him, his heart was naturally filled with joy. So he began to talk incessantly like a flood, and while he was talking, he did not forget to get a bowl of water for the evil spirit.

The old man expressed his worries with a sad face. His son went out to make a living and has not returned home for nearly ten years, leaving him alone in this village.

He knew nothing about his son's situation outside. On the one hand, he complained about his son's unfilial behavior and left him alone in an empty nest. On the other hand, he couldn't help but miss his son's past deeply.

The evil spirit took the water handed to him by the old man, still with a seemingly harmless smile on his face, and walked to the back of the house with pretended curiosity.

He pointed to the green vegetables in the vegetable garden and asked the old man if he had planted them himself.

The old man nodded, and they walked to the vegetable field together. There was a newly dug big pit next to the vegetable field. The old man said expectantly that he was going to transplant a big tree and plant it here, so that he could take a rest under the tree when he was tired of planting vegetables in the future, and it would also be convenient.

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he never expected that a nightmare would suddenly begin.

The evil spirit's eyes turned cold and he suddenly stabbed the old man in the chest.

The evil spirit said with a hint of coldness in his smile: "My son hasn't come back for more than ten years. He must have died outside. I will send you to see him now."

The knife was fast and fierce, piercing straight into the heart.

The old man fell down in pain before he even had time to scream.

Xie Mei threw the old man's body into the big pit with an expressionless face, and then quickly buried it with soil.

After doing all this, Xie Mei moved his body slightly, but felt that the wound seemed to be bleeding.

He frowned, sprinkled some more gold powder on the wound, and then quickly swallowed a pill.

Just as he had treated his wound, Tieshou walked in.

When Tie Shou saw that the person in front of him was a young stranger, he asked, "Where is old man Chen?"

The evil spirit looked calm and unhurried, and replied, "Who are you? What do you want from my father? He just left. He said he was going to the mountains to hunt some game to celebrate my return home."

Tieshou had already inquired carefully about the situation of the village with the villagers, so he naturally knew that the person living in this house was an elderly person living alone.

Tie Shou looked the evil spirit up and down and found nothing suspicious, so he walked to the back of the house and took a look around. When he didn't find anything unusual, he left.

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