Kunlun one millet

Chapter 274

In the middle of the night, the torrential rain was like a curtain of water hanging from the sky, and there were occasional thunder and lightning explosions in the sky, illuminating the wilderness and mountains in white.

The muddy ground due to heavy rain and the raging river seemed to indicate that the crisis was approaching.

A figure ran hurriedly in the mountains and forests, braving the wind and rain, with short and rapid breathing that fluctuated continuously. This person seemed to be injured, but even so, he still rushed, as if there was some huge threat chasing after him .

The terrain in the mountains is rugged and there are no feasible roads. In addition, the rainy nights are dark. If there is no lightning that occasionally illuminates the mountains and rivers, there is only a darkness where you can't see your fingers.

The figure tripped over the randomly growing vegetation, stumbled and rolled down the steep slope, bumping and bumping all the way, causing injuries all over his body.

There was a bang, thunder appeared in the sky, and the lightning spread in the sky like leaf veins. These scenes were fleeting, both dazzling and shocking.

The thunder and thunder broke through the rainy night, and a man could be seen lying on the steep slope, holding a handful of tree roots that had broken out of the soil.And not far from his feet, there is a rushing flood, the muddy water mixed with a lot of earth, rocks and driftwood is rolling away. Once the man lets go, he will be swallowed by this raging torrent immediately.

The man was terrified. Even though he was covered with cuts and bruises, he still gritted his teeth and persevered. Braving the drenched cold and the exhaustion of long-distance running, he climbed up the steep slope with difficulty, holding on to tree roots with one hand and climbing rocks with the other.

"Quick! He's nearby! Don't let him escape!"

A burst of shouting pierced through the dense rain, and there were bursts of strong lights in the distant mountains and forests, shining in different directions.

When the man heard this movement, his mind fell into the valley, and he dared not continue to climb up, otherwise he would be noticed by the other party immediately.

But the man's situation is extremely bad at this moment, he has no strength, he can't hold on halfway on the steep slope, if he lets go, he will only have a dead end.

However, the current situation is even worse than the man thought. The tree roots he was holding on to had gradually broken, and at the same time, those who pursued him in the distance also found his trace.

"Here! That traitor is hiding at the bottom of the hill!" Several strong men had already run to the top of the hill.

"Quick, shoot the arrows!" I saw those strong men take out compact hand crossbows from their waists and shoot towards the man downhill.

The man was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, and immediately lost his strength and let go. He fell directly into the tumbling mountain torrent and disappeared instantly.

"Wait! The pavilion master said that you must see people when you are born, and you must see corpses when you die!" At this time, a man wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat rushed over from behind.

The strong man looked at each other, pointed to the mountain torrent below and said, "The traitor has already fallen."

The man in coir raincoat immediately shouted angrily: "Look! Find his body no matter what!"

"But...Master Hu, this mountain torrent is so powerful, I'm afraid that traitor would have been smashed to pieces long ago." Someone said.

Chief Hu said agitatedly: "This traitor is carrying an important item, if he can't find it, we will be caught and put on the bone replacement table to be stabbed!"

When the people around heard this, they immediately revealed expressions of fear and uneasiness.Mr. Hu stomped his feet and said, "Hurry up and take people to search along the river. No matter it's your belongings, or a broken hand or foot, even if there is only one hair left, you must bring it back to me!"

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Tao Heling woke up and turned around. He could still hear the rumble of thunder in the distance, and the light and heat from the fire beside him made him feel more comfortable, because the clothes wet from the heavy rain were as dry as ever, except for a few swellings on his body. No more discomfort.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a man with a short beard sitting cross-legged on the other side of the fire with his eyes closed. He was wearing a green robe with a wooden staff across his knees. With Tao Heling's keen ears, he couldn't even hear his breathing. Voice.

Tao Heling was about to get up when the man with the short beard said, "Don't move, you have broken many bones and muscles, almost hurting your internal organs. I have already applied medicine to your bones, but you haven't recovered yet, so you shouldn't move around. "

It was only then that Tao Heling realized that the swelling feeling on his body was due to the effect of the medicine. He didn't expect that he could save his life after being shot by an arrow and fell into the mountain torrent.

"Did the immortal master save me?" Tao Heling asked.

"Yes." The short-bearded man never raised his eyes. If he didn't speak, he would be like a statue in a shrine.

"I travel in the mountains and rivers, and I take shelter here from the rain." The short-bearded man said, "I heard a noise in the middle of the night, and then I saw you fall into the flood, so I rescued you."

"Thank you Immortal Master for saving your life." Tao Heling heaved a sigh of relief. Now that he has not been chopped into pieces, it is enough to show that he is temporarily out of danger.Once the mind is relaxed, sleepiness will hit him like a tide, making him unable to ask any more questions, and falling into a drowsy sleep.

When Tao Heling woke up again, the fire beside him had been extinguished, and the sun shone into the cave. He didn't dare to move casually, but found that the heat swelling on his body had disappeared. Presumably, the medicine had taken effect and allowed him to heal quickly.

Tao Heling was quite surprised. He knew that most of the outer alchemy bait medicines refined by immortal cultivators had extraordinary effects, but it was still quite rare that they could heal muscles and bones quickly.

In Tao Heling's impression, the baits and medicines of the immortal family are very precious and rare. Many high-ranking officials and dignitaries offer large amounts of gold and silk, but they can only ask for a few elixirs, and they are usually used to prolong life, so they dare not take them casually.

In order to save himself, the short-bearded man took out the panacea without asking any further questions. This kind of kindness is already very heavy.

"you're awake?"

At this time, he saw the short-bearded man coming from outside the cave, holding a few unripe wild fruits in his hands.

"Thank you Immortal Master." Tao Heling couldn't get up, but his tone was very respectful: "Before I was injured and tired, I forgot to ask the name of Immortal Master. Is it convenient to tell me?"

"Xu Huaiyu, a casual cultivator in Jianghu, is not worth mentioning." Zhao Shu sat down cross-legged, held the wild fruit in his hand, tapped it lightly with the jade tree staff, and then silently channeled his mana.

"The younger generation, Tao Heling, is a member of the Qianji Pavilion...that's pretty much it." Tao Heling sighed helplessly.

Zhao Mi didn't ask any more questions. He lowered his eyebrows and looked down at the wild fruit in his palm. After a burst of blue light like water waves, the fruit did not grow up, but became plump and rosy, and a burst of ripe fruit fragrance gradually came out.

After eating a wild fruit casually, Zhao Mi just nodded silently, just in time to see Tao Heling's hopeful expression, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

"It's my negligence." Zhao Mi said, "You think it's been a long time since you've had any water or food. I've used spells to ripen this wild fruit, and it should relieve your hunger and thirst... Also, you should be able to stand up now, just don't move. Too big."

Tao Heling sat up dubiously, lamenting the extraordinary efficacy of the elixir. At the same time, he took a few wild fruits and quickly stuffed them into his mouth.

There is no need to bite, the full and sweet juice fills the mouth, and the moment it enters the throat, it turns into a warm current and swims through the whole body, and even the fingertips feel a crisp and numb feeling.

"This, what kind of fruit is this? This junior has never tasted such a delicacy!" Tao Heling was extremely shocked, the taste of the fruit juice was beyond imagination.

"It's just an ordinary wild fruit in the mountains." Zhao Mi replied casually.

It has been more than half a year since I left Yunyan Peak, and Zhao Mi deduced the Qi according to the Zhenyuansuo, and traveled all the way west, stopping and stopping in various places in Youxiong Country.While looking for high mountains and peaks and perfecting the deduction of Qi, he is also concentrating on subdued cultivation to understand all kinds of spells recorded in the Xuanpu Jade Book.

The "fire jujube good taste method" just performed by Zhao Mi is to make the fruit sweet and full.This is not an illusion trick to deceive others by changing the color and five flavors, but to really change the physical properties of the fruit, which is somewhat similar to the method of alchemy.

Tao Heling had also been in contact with immortal cultivators in the past, and heard of the magic techniques of turning water into wine and water into oil.However, the ones who can really do this can only be the experts of the immortal family with extremely high cultivation base, or else they are the deceptive methods of quack warlocks.

And this Xu Huaiyu can easily rescue himself who fell into the mountain torrent, heal the serious injuries all over his body overnight, and easily turn the sour wild fruit into sweet and sweet fruit. He doesn't look like a quack warlock.

"Just now you said that you are a member of Qianji Pavilion?" Zhao Mi asked, "Could it be the sect that is proficient in making ingenious artifacts?"

"That's right." Tao Heling looked a little embarrassed: "But I may not be regarded as a member of Qianji Pavilion now."

"Oh? Why did you say that?" Zhao Mi asked calmly.

After Tao Heling thought for a moment, he decided to confess: "Not long ago, a new pavilion master came to the Qianji Pavilion. He wanted to eradicate dissidents, and the juniors were among them. Although he tried to argue with reason, his skills were low, and he couldn't fight the opponent. Chased and killed all the way to this point, and finally fled into the mountains."

Zhao Mi nodded slightly, and Tao Heling suddenly knelt down and said, "Immortal Master, I have a merciless request from this junior. I implore the Immortal Master to accept this junior as an apprentice and teach the fairy family's magic."

"Xu is just a casual cultivator in the world, he can't talk about the magic of the fairy family, and he doesn't know how to teach it." Zhao Mi said: "Besides, you and I just met by chance. There is no reason to ask for a teacher when we first meet."

Tao Heling looked depressed, and Zhao Mi asked: "As far as I know, Qianji Pavilion has a high status in Youxiong Kingdom, and it makes ingenious instruments for the imperial court. Why didn't you report to the officials when you encountered this matter?"

"Immortal Master wants to come here to avoid mortal affairs." Tao Heling replied, "It is precisely because of the special status of Qianji Pavilion that the position of Pavilion Master is easier. It is not surprising that such a thing happened when it involves senior officials in the court."

Zhao Mi remained silent. He had deduced all the way before, and finally confirmed a few months ago that the portal of Zhenyuan Yufu will pass through the Dunjia Mountain of Xiongguo, and the dojo of Qianji Pavilion is in the valley below the mountain.

In fact, Zhao Mi had been spying around the Dunjia Mountain for a long time, and originally didn't intend to have any contact with Qianji Pavilion.But he vaguely discovered that Qianji Pavilion might also be aware of the coming change of fortune.

Strictly speaking, the Qianji Pavilion is not an inheritance of the immortal way. The disciples of the disciples have studied ingenious techniques. Although there were monks who took refuge in them in the early years, it was for the purpose of integrating ingenious instruments and magic treasures and spells.

But because Qianji Pavilion became famous for a while due to the favor of the last emperor in the last years of Tianxia Dynasty, it collected many ingenious and unpredictable methods of refining weapons.After taking refuge in Youxiong Kingdom, he used the refined magic utensils on the battlefield, which was favored by the court of Youxiong Kingdom.

Different from Jinding Division's refinement of rune soldiers and rune armor, the terracotta figurines and iron figurines, Jiuniu God Crossbow, Sinan Chariots, etc. made by Qianji Pavilion are usually huge and conspicuous, and can exert extraordinary power on the battlefield.

In the face of these ingenious creations, ordinary soldiers and horses alone are no longer able to compete. In the past, in order to restrain a pottery figurine, the Huaxu Kingdom often required many monks to join forces.

Zhao Shu remembered that the teacher once said that the objects made by Qianji Pavilion cannot be regarded by the ordinary method of refining weapons.In particular, the organ city located in Dunjia Mountain can absorb the energy of the earth veins and turn it into a formation restriction. There are also many wooden kite and iron figurines patrolling the sky and the ground. Even Zhao Mi, it is quite difficult to sneak into it.

Zhao Mi stayed outside the city for a few months, and only then did he roughly find out that Qianji Pavilion also calculated that there would be a Dongtian portal approaching Dunjia Mountain, and they even planned to intercept the Dongtian portal.As for the follow-up plans, Zhao Mi is not yet clear.

In fact, Zhao Mi didn't intend to conflict with Qianji Pavilion, after all, this sect was related to the important matter of Xiong Guo's military affairs, and it was heavily guarded. If they really wanted to fight, they might attract powerful people.

But the matter of Dongtian Gate cannot be taken lightly by Zhao Mi.According to Lingxiao, opening a door with a real yuan lock also requires the altar practice.Even though this matter is not difficult for Zhao Mi now, it is impossible to restrain his energy when he practices the method.

Moreover, the Dongtian Gate is erratic, and there are only a handful of opportunities to stay in Dunjia Mountain. The next time will be at least three to five years later, and the Dongtian Gate will not come to Dunjia Mountain again. Zhao Mi does not want to miss this opportunity.

What's more, Zhao Mi doesn't know much about Qianji Pavilion. If they really have the ability to intercept the Dongtian Gate, Zhao Mi is afraid that they will face them head-on.

"I don't understand, is it really possible to forcibly detain a fairy cave like Zhenyuan Yufu?" Zhao Mi also asked Lingxiao when he heard the news.

"Today's Zhenyuanyu Mansion has not really transcended the mundane world. It wanders between heaven and earth, as if true energy follows the scriptures." Lingxiao explained: "In fact, I suspect that the people in Qianji Pavilion don't know the specific situation of Dongtian Gate. , They may have deduced that something is approaching through the change of Qi mechanism, engulfed by vast clear Qi, so they thought to stop it."

"What's the purpose of Qianji Pavilion to grab the fresh air instead of looking at it for a long time?" Zhao Mi asked.

"There are so many delusions among mortals, I don't have the heart to understand this." Ling Xiao didn't care at all.

Ling Xiao didn't say anything, but Zhao Mi guessed about three to five points. The Qianji Pavilion probably planned to use the cave to clear the air, so as to make a certain creation work.

If it was just Zhao Shu himself, he might be tempted to make friends with Qianji Pavilion and participate in the art of refining weapons.

However, in order to send Lingxiao back to Zhenyuanyu Mansion, Zhao Mi could not allow Qianji Pavilion to intercept the Dongtian portal, let alone let them obstruct when he opened the Dongtian portal.

Considering all the turmoil caused by the change of the position of the pavilion master in Qianji Pavilion, Zhao Mi is sure that if he does nothing, his plan will come to naught.

However, if he wanted to deal with Qianji Pavilion, it might not be appropriate to go head-to-head. If Zhao Mi could interfere with their actions, and even let Qianji Pavilion voluntarily give up intercepting the gate of Dongtian, then he might be able to let go of his hands and feet and act without restraint.

So Zhao Mi has been secretly observing the chaos in Qianji Pavilion recently, and finally chose Tao Heling to rescue him when he was in danger. This was the first step for Zhao Mi to intervene in Qianji Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)