On How to Properly Engage a Deadly Enemy

Everything was silent, the color of ink was thick, Qi Zhuo was running in the woods, when a gust of wind blew in his head, his nasal cavity was instantly filled with a smell of fishy sweetness, someone gasped in front of him, he was out of breath , listening to unprovoked infiltration.

This is a small hill in the northwest of Muyun Mountain. In the shade, there are dense forests. From time to time, a few wild foxes rush past and rustle.Behind Qi Zhuo was a junior brother who was trembling with a sword in his hand. He suddenly smelled the smell of blood, and he almost screamed like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

Qi Zhuo's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, he snapped his fingers to stop the younger brother's words, looked at the other's pale face, Qi Zhuo's forehead twitched, and said in a low voice, "Where did you learn all the things you usually learn? But when it gets darker, it's like this. "

The junior brother is named Sang Wan, one of Qin Shubai's disciples, as timid as a mouse.Sang Wan gritted her teeth, staring at the dark mass behind Qi Zhuo, her eyes filled with horror.Qi Zhuo made a quiet gesture to him, squinted his eyes and looked not far away, only to see a group of dark shadows huddled there under the low bushes, trembling unceasingly.

"Could it be an injured fox?" Qi Zhuo frowned, smelling the smell of blood at the tip of his nose, but he didn't dare to check it rashly.Surrounded by trees, the moonlight was completely blocked, and it was impossible to see clearly. Qi Zhuo raised his hand and took out a low-level talisman, and threw it directly at the group of bushes.The talisman burned instantly, and the bright flames illuminated the night, revealing the human form curled up under the bushes.

Qi Zhuo's pupils constricted, and before he could grab Sang Wan behind him, he saw that the other party seemed to have eaten the heart of a leopard, and rushed directly to the bushes, and anxiously turned over the person who was curled up under the bushes in my arms.

The talisman turned into flying ash, the night filled again, and the strange cry of the night owl came from the treetops.Qi Zhuo frowned, but still walked out from the hidden bushes, looking at the person in Sang Wan's arms, his fingertips were cold.

Sang Wan was silenced by him, unable to speak, she could only point to the person in her arms and cry.The person in Sang Wan's arms was wearing the dark blue school uniform that Mu Yunzong had just bought, with blue clothes and white borders, but now the white on the clothes has been completely soaked in blood.The opponent's neck was cut open by some sharp weapon, and blood gushed out. Sang Wan covered his neck, but the blood still came out from between his fingers, like a spring that kept surging.

Qi Zhuo raised his hand to undo the silence, and Sang Wan shouted instantly, "Senior Brother Ding!"

This person's name is Ding Manqiu, he is the disciple of another elder of Muyun Sect, and he is older than Qi Zhuo in terms of seniority.Moreover, his cultivation level is very high. At this moment, his whole body is twitching, his eyes are wide open, and his pupils are dilated. Because of the bloodletting, his face is pale, but his lips still keep opening and closing, and he makes a "ho ho" sound, and the blood flows from his body. Out of the mouth, all the words were fragmented.

Qi Zhuo raised his hand to press the opponent's eyebrows, pouring spiritual energy into the opponent's body, looking at the opponent's pale face, Qi Zhuo pursed his lips, "Senior Brother Ding, please bear with it, we will bring you back to the sect right away, the master must have There is a way to save you."

Spiritual power was poured into the opponent's body, Ding Manqiu's spirit was shaken, and his eyes regained some clarity.He stared at Qi Zhuo's back, his eyes were terrified, he opened his mouth and roared loudly, "Go—"

Ding Manqiu sprayed blood on Qi Zhuo's face, Sang Wan and Qi Zhuo were pushed away by his raised hand, seeing the despair in Ding Manqiu's eyes, Qi Zhuo was shocked.

The dense forest is quiet, but it is too quiet. The foxes and owls that were still running around just now have all disappeared, only the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the treetops, like someone's quietly approaching footsteps.

Qi Zhuo was covered in white sweat instantly, looking at Ding Manqiu who was covered in blood, Qi Zhuo picked up Sang Wan who was still trying to get to Ding Manqiu with his backhand, quickly drew out his long sword and was about to charge towards Muyun Mountain.

Suddenly there was a chuckle from behind, and then the sound of something rolling on the ground.Qi Zhuo felt that Sang Wan, who was held in his hands, went from struggling desperately to being quiet, and guessed Ding Manqiu's fate in his heart, gritted his teeth, and desperately circulated the spiritual energy in his body, and the flying sword flew fast, drawing a streamer in the air.

But after all, he brought two people with him, Qi Zhuo tried his best, but he was still a little short of reaching the boundary of Mu Yunzong.A gaze was fixed on his back, and it was obvious that the other party was getting closer to him.Qi Zhuo broke out in a cold sweat, and was about to ask Sang Wan to think of a way to warn Mu Yunzong, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Sang Wan had already passed out, like a dead mouse with its tail hanging around in the wind.

Qi Zhuo: "..."

Pig teammates and so on really don't matter.

Qi Zhuo suddenly raised the flying sword, ignoring what was chasing after him, and took out several talismans from his bosom.They are all the lowest-level explosion symbols, but in this dark night, it is still very eye-catching when a light bursts suddenly in midair.

The long sword leaped and pierced through the dense forest. The talisman in Qi Zhuo's hand had just been released, and before it could be ignited, it was pinched and crushed by someone.

"Children, it's not good to play with fire." A lazy voice came from behind, and Qi Zhuo's pupils constricted—it was over.

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The people in the hall were crying like pear blossoms with rain, Xie Guixin felt a slight pain on his forehead when he heard the other party's voice.

"You said that you and Qi Zhuo were caught by something in the small hill behind the back mountain. Qi Zhuo ran away with you, but when you saw Ding... well, someone twisted his head off, and he fainted from fright. When you wake up, Qi Zhuo is gone?" Qin Shubai shook his fan, looked at the disciple who was kneeling at his feet and almost pouted from crying, the corners of his lips twitched, "Why are you crying, you are in the Muyun Sect now , what's scary."

The other party rolled up his sleeves and wiped his face, only to find that his arms and palms were covered with a layer of blood, and immediately froze in place, twitching, "Disciple, disciple is just worried about senior brother."

Xie Guixin looked at the blood on the opponent's body, and frowned slightly, "Have you seen what the person who attacked you looked like?"

"It's too dark at night, I... I'm too nervous, I can't see anything clearly, I just... only remember a pair of red eyes..."

Xie Guixin frowned, it was as if he hadn't said it.With red eyes, who knows whether the attackers are humans or beasts?

Xie Guixin looked at the trembling figure of the other party, tapped his fingers on the chair, and after a while, said softly, "What's your name?"

"Disciple...disciple Sang Wan."

Xie Guixin checked all the disciples of the entire sect, and found that seven people were missing.

After finding one son and losing seven disciples, Xie Guixin counted three times with his fingers, and realized that he really lost money this time.

Regarding Qi Zhuo, Xie Guixin was deeply speechless for this disciple who lost himself by looking for someone.Someone took Sang Wan down to comfort him, Xie Guixin and Qin Shubai looked at each other, and while the sun was high, they went to the small hill near the back mountain together.

"There is no trace of a fight." Qin Shubai looked at the pool of dried blood on the ground and frowned, "According to what Sang Wan said, last night he and Qi Zhuo met Ding whose throat was cut..." Qin Shubai paused, and found that he still didn't remember the other party's name, so he simply passed by, "Qi Zhuo and the others started to run away after being reminded. It stands to reason that Qi Zhuo is already in the foundation building stage, but he met someone taller than him. It is no problem for a monk of the second level to send out a distress signal the moment the other party attacks him, and this place is not far from Muyun Mountain... There is no trace of fighting, and there is no trace of warning signal. It seems that Qi Zhuo was caught by someone. The hit was immediate, and there was no time to send out a warning signal, and someone..."

Qin Shubai glanced at Xie Guixin's frowning brows, coughed lightly, and swallowed what he wanted to say.

"I haven't seen the corpses. It's not sure whether they are dead or alive, but what is certain is that the attackers have very high cultivation levels. At least, they must be in the Nascent Soul Stage."

Xie Guixin looked at the blood stains on the ground, leaned over and touched them, "Sang Wan said that he saw Ding Manqiu being killed with his own eyes, but why is there no Ding Manqiu's body here?"

"There is no sign of being dragged by animals." Qin Shubai frowned. "Could it be that the attackers picked up the body after killing them?"

Xie Guixin took out a piece of handkerchief from his pocket, wiped the blood stains between his fingers, "Let's go back first and find some helpers."

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"Your disciple disappeared, what does it matter to me?" Yunxiu lay on the window, watching Yunchen copying books in the room, raised her hand to touch a fruit, folded a leaf, folded it into a paper crane, and hunched the fruit in , put it on Yunchen's desk.

Turning her head slightly, Yunxiu looked at Xie Guixin's dignified face and smiled lightly, "In such a hurry, is someone dead?"

"I'm afraid it's not just dead people." Xie Guixin lowered his eyes, "Seven disciples in the sect are missing, and one of them is definitely dead, but there is no body. I suspect that some demon cultivators have fled here."

Qin Shubai was shocked, and raised his eyes to look at Xie Guixin, but saw that the other party had a serious face, his eyes were deep as if immersed in a cold pool.The corners of Qin Shubai's lips twitched. It turned out that this was the helper he was talking about.

"Devil cultivator." Yunxiu frowned, "The demon race has not set foot in the mortal world and the world of comprehension for many years. The demon cultivator has declined, and there are almost no higher cultivation bases. They can get away under the noses of us Nascent Soul Stages." Do you think it's possible to save seven people from being noticed by us?"

"A disciple in my sect said that he saw a pair of red pupils," Xie Guixin lowered his eyes, "The red pupils, collecting corpses and attacking monks, don't think about anything other than demon cultivators."

Yunxiu frowned, "Based on these points alone, how can we judge that it is a demon cultivator?"

"If you don't believe me, why don't you just follow me to investigate?" Xie Guixin had just finished speaking when he heard someone's soft voice from one side, "Father, what are you going to investigate?"

Yunxiu and Xie Guixin turned their heads together, only to see Yunchen lying by the window, with a smear of ink on his face, like a sesame dumpling with stuffing exposed.

"We have something to do, you stay at home and wait until I come back to check how many things you have copied." Xie Guixin raised his hand and patted Yunchen's head, "Don't be lazy, you still have to do your homework every day, wait for me to come back examine."

Yun Chen looked at Xie Guixin, and for a long while, pursed his mouth, "The last time you left, I saw you at five years old, this time you leave, when do you plan to come back? When I am 50 years old?"

Xie Guixin: "..."

"Father, can't you just accompany me?" Yun Chen leaned out of the window and reached out to Xie Guixin.Xie Guixin raised his hand to take the child out of the room. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yunxiu's envious and jealous face. He was instantly happy, and hugged the cheap son in his arms. Xie Guixin said softly, "Don't worry, your uncle will help you this time." Me, I'll be back sooner."

Yunxiu: "..."

"Brother, let me go and investigate alone." Qin Shubai glanced at the angry Yunxiu, opened and closed his fan, "Mu Yunzong can't be left alone, this time the incident is obviously aimed at us The sect's disciples are here, I'll go find someone, you stay here, if something happens in the sect, with my elder brother in charge, the matter can be brought under control."

"This..." Xie Guixin lowered his eyes, looking like he had made a difficult choice.

"That's fine too," Yunxiu reached out and touched Yunchen's head, rubbing the other's neat hair into a mess, "If it's really a demon, Qin Shubai and I will investigate, even if we are in danger, with our cultivation Because, it’s not a big problem. On the contrary, you have a lower level of cultivation than us, so you should stay here to look after the house.”

The housekeeper Xie Guixin: "..." You will never rub my son's head for the rest of your life!

Qin Shubai and Yunxiu left that day and followed the clues left by the mountain to investigate.Xie Guixin stayed behind at Mu Yunzong, and changed the sect's defenses.

Sang Wan came to see Xie Guixin again, saying that he had run away and hoped that Xie Guixin would punish him.Xie Guixin looked at the other party's lonely appearance, waved his hand, and did not pursue it.Then people backed off.

Yun Chen narrowed his eyes and stared at the back of the other party for a long time.

"What's wrong?" Xie Guixin rubbed Yunchen's head.

"It's nothing." Yunchen buried his head in Xie Guixin's arms, and said softly, "I just heard that the demons are scary, and I'm a little scared."

The author has something to say: By the way, the little oranges are really stuffed with sesame seeds~