Knife splashing

Chapter 475 Three-Party Confrontation
Night falls, candlelight dims.

Inside the room, several scholars looked at each other.

These young men were all thinking about how they should behave in the evening so as to impress their classmates.

It seems ridiculous, but it is human nature.

Whether you are a man of the underworld or competing in the court, if you want to make a splash, you must have a draft in your mind.

As the saying goes, life is like a play. If you don’t prepare the lyrics beforehand and just go on stage with a brave face, few people will be able to perform normally.

Most of them just make jokes.

Those people who seem to be enjoying the glory on the stage, you have no idea how much effort they have put in behind the scenes and how many lines they have memorized.

But some things sound interesting, but if you really encounter them...

But it’s not fun at all!

In classic stories and legends, there are often stories of three or four scholars staying overnight in a dilapidated temple. They would see through the tricks of ghosts while chatting and laughing, and then drive them away with awe-inspiring courage.

These young men had thought of the lyrics in their minds, but as night fell, fear inevitably welled up in their hearts.

The prince swallowed his saliva and forced a smile, "My fellow students, today's events are quite interesting. I once heard a story..."

"Brother Wang, stop it!"

Another scholar smiled bitterly and said, "I have also thought of a story, but it is really not appropriate to tell it now. Let's all be alert later. No matter what noise we hear, don't go out."

"That makes sense!"

"A gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall. I have been reckless today..."

The other scholars nodded.

Li Yan leaned against the wall with his sword in his arms and almost laughed out loud.

Zhu Chen glanced at him and suddenly said, "Mr. Li, we are all unarmed. Since you are good at fighting, why don't you go out and see what's going on?"

As he spoke, a flying needle appeared from his sleeve.

He originally thought that Li Yan was a spy for that group of people, and wanted to keep him by his side to lure out the people behind them to prevent any bad things from happening.

Unexpectedly, when it was already dark, Li Yan still hadn't contacted anyone and he had lost his patience.

This is to force them to leave and resolve the issue outside.

If you say you disagree, I will kill you immediately.

"makes sense."

Unexpectedly, Li Yan nodded in agreement, opened the door directly, shook his cloak, and strode into the night.

A hint of surprise flashed across Zhu Chen's eyes.

The other scholars were anxious, and the leader, Prince Wang, said quickly: "Brother Zhu, you are confused. This man can protect us if we keep him. Why let him go?"

"That's right, call him back quickly."

"I didn't bring any guards with me this time..."

Others also spoke up.

"Shut up, everyone!"

"Zhu Chen" was too lazy to act anymore. He flipped up his sleeves, revealing his right hand covered with calluses, and his fingertips moved rapidly.

shhhhhh!
Tiny iron needles whizzed out.

Several young men tilted their heads and fell to the ground.

There was an iron needle inserted under the occipital bone behind the neck.

Acupuncture with silver needles at the Fengfu point can cause a person to fall into a coma. If the injury is a little more serious, it can even be fatal.

"Zhu Chen" did not kill the person, not because he was soft-hearted, but because it was a habit he developed since childhood to calculate the gains and losses.

These young masters’ families have considerable influence in Chengdu Prefecture. You can just cheat them, but if you take their lives, you will inevitably be retaliated.

It's not fear, it's inappropriate.

Seeing that several people had fainted completely, "Zhu Chen" put away the iron needles one by one, pulled off his outer Confucian robe, revealing the black nightgown underneath.

After closing the door, he exerted force on his feet, stepped on the corner of the wall, flew into the air, landed on the tiles, and chased in the direction Li Yan left as silently as a civet cat.

However, after leaving the Wuhou Temple, "Zhu Chen" also stopped, moved his ears slightly, and looked around with a puzzled expression.

I could still hear Li Yan's footsteps just now.
How come it disappeared in the blink of an eye?
He became more alert, took out a piece of black cloth from his arms, wrapped it around his body, turned around, and the figure disappeared in an instant.

I saw a black shadow quickly moving towards the back mountain.

What he didn't notice was that in the dark corners of the bamboo forest, there was a faint mist floating. It was Li Yan who used the Mysterious Water Escape.

The functions of the "Dragon Snake Card" are, first, to conceal the breath, and second, to enhance water escape, which can be said to be suitable for Li Yan.

With this thing, Li Yan is like a tiger with wings.

"Shadow Escape?"

Watching the other party leave, Li Yan was thoughtful.

The opponent's shadow escape was obviously not authentic and was mixed with some illusions, a bit like the Xicai Sect's method.

This is the characteristic of a master of unconventional techniques.

It is not as orthodox and systematic as the Xuanmen and Fajiao. They learn all kinds of strange and bizarre techniques, and they mainly tend to be practical.

Suddenly, his ears moved and he looked towards the Wuhou Temple.

There seemed to be some sound coming from the silent temple.

Li Yan listened carefully and immediately heard the music of gongs, cymbals and suonas, as well as the old man's vicissitudes of life: "Seven stars hang high in the sky, and an altar is set up to pray to the God of Heaven..."

This is "Seven Star Lamp", which tells the story of Zhuge Wuhou lighting the Seven Star Lamp at Wuzhangyuan to prolong his life.

After hearing this, Li Yan began to feel doubtful.

This method does exist. In Taoism, it is said that "the seven stars send down a boy to protect his body." It is to gather the seven souls, reflect the Big Dipper, and forcibly prolong life.

Its more ancient origin is "worshiping the Big Dipper".

Regardless of whether this has ever happened in history, even if it succeeded, it would not be tolerated by the Heavenly Law and would constitute a hidden crime.

Unless, there is a sacred artifact from the national sacrifice of Shu Kingdom to protect him.

Zhuge Wuhou had died long ago, and no one knew the inside story. The one before them was a secular god represented by the people's worship and incense. Most likely, the sound of the opera was recorded during the sacrifice.

But what's the point of singing...

Could it be something that caused it?
Li Yan's mind moved, and he quickly found a nearby stream, made some hand gestures, held the hook, used his magical power, and took a step forward.

Call ~
The wind was whistling all around, and the light and shadow in front of my eyes suddenly changed.

The Wuhou Temple is still there, but no one is there. Incense smoke rises above, vaguely forming a figure of a person wearing a Taoist robe and a scarf on his head, leaning over to play the piano.

Behind him, there were three vague figures, they were Liu, Guan and Zhang.

It's not surprising to see these things.

The divine power passed down by Liu Gang's secret method can see scenes in Taoist temples that ordinary people cannot see.

With the blessing of jade accessories, it can be seen outside the temple.

What surprised Li Yan was that when Wu Hou played the piano, the sound of opera singing came out, and all the secular gods in the temple were attracted.

Could this be the reason why the “piano bug” can cause trouble?
Ding ding dong dong!

Just then, the sound of piano was heard.

The sound was very strange. After hearing it, Li Yan felt dizzy and even drowsy.

He was startled and quickly withdrew his magic.

This is the drawback of theocracy.

It's similar to the soul leaving the body, and is easy to be targeted by this kind of magic.

Sure enough, after the soul returned to the body, the drowsy feeling disappeared instantly, but the sound of the piano in the ears still existed.

This is the sound heard by the ear.

Li Yan instantly understood that the logic behind the "Qin Chong" in selecting its targets was to find people with great spirituality.

Ordinary people can’t hear it and are soundly sleeping.

But those who are spiritual will be bewitched by the sound of the piano.

As long as you follow the bewildered person, you will find the "qin bug".

Swish! At this moment, two figures appeared, one holding a silver spear and an iron net, and the other holding a guqin. They were the demon hunter Tang Ling and the guqin demon Pei Yufang.

Obviously, they also noticed something strange.

"So that's it..."

Demon hunter Tang Ling stood on the high wall, looking at the Wuhou Temple below, and said in a deep voice: "There must be something else in the Wuhou Temple that is related to the 'qin worm'. Only this thing can enter the temple and harm people."

The old woman Pei Yufang said calmly: "It's useless to know. There are many ancient artifacts from Shu Han here. I don't have time to search carefully."

"See who's been picked, and you'll find them naturally."

After that, his eyes turned cold, "I'll leave the task of catching the 'qin bug' to you. I'll kill all the people who are in the way first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man jumped out.

She hugged the guqin and jumped down from the wall, exerting force on her feet after landing.

There was a loud bang, and a pit appeared on the ground. The man flew into the air again, made some hand gestures in the air, and played the guqin with great force.

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hum!
A strong wind suddenly arose, and visible ripples swept in all directions with fallen leaves, with an extremely astonishing momentum.

What a vicious old woman!
Li Yan narrowed his eyes and stepped back quickly.

The opponent's guqin is a bit like his Yunlei Shen Gu, but it can attack with the energy of Gengjin.

Such a commotion was obviously an attempt to break the escape technique.

Sure enough, the strong wind blew away the fallen leaves, and the sound of cloth tearing was heard in the air, and "Zhu Chen" immediately appeared.

When Li Yan saw this, he was startled.

This guy is really cunning. His escape technique is obviously more advanced, but he deliberately revealed his flaws, left and then came back.

I guess my movements just now have been discovered by the other party.

In terms of experience in the world, he is still a step behind.

The illusion of "Zhu Chen" was broken, and his true form was exposed, but he was not panicked at all, and sneered: "Qin Demon Pei Yufang, why are you in such a hurry? We still have guests, don't let others take advantage of you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he swung his sleeves.

call out!
The iron needle whistled and headed straight for Li Yan.

The Zither Demon Pei Yufang looked up and saw the iron needle fly into the darkness of the woods, but was suddenly caught by a hand.

The mist dissipated and Li Yan slowly revealed his figure.

"Sure, kid."

Zhu Chen's eyes flashed with murderous intent, but his face was full of smiles. "Even I was deceived. Where did this dragon from? Do you dare to throw a tantrum?"

"No problem, just kick the door."

Li Yan said calmly: "This person is not an ordinary person, right? Why is he hiding himself and not daring to see anyone?"

"Yijiaomen" refers to the surname "Li".

It is derived from the homonym of “one foot inside the door and the other foot outside the door”.

If the other party provokes him to say his name, he will naturally force him to reveal his true face.

"His name is 'Mr. Wuxiang'."

The old woman Pei Yufang suddenly spoke up and said calmly, "The famous con man in Chengdu, An Zuozi from the four gates of Fengma Yanque, has never had the face to face. It's useless to force him."

"But you, Young Master Li, came to Chengdu quietly. Shouldn't you return the things you took?"

Hearing the old woman's ridicule, "Mr. Wuxiang" didn't care. Instead, he looked at Li Yan with interest, "You are really a dragon crossing the river."

"What treasure did you take from this old shrew?"

"It's not mine."

Pei Yufang said calmly, "You know the 'Ruyi Pearl' of the Prince of Shu's Mansion, it's in this boy's hands."

"Oh, no wonder you were able to hide it from me."

Young Master Wuxiang looked as if he suddenly understood something.

The two of them sang in unison, and the whole place was full of drama.

Master Wuxiang spoke in an attempt to instigate a fight between Li Yan and Pei Yufang, and Qin Mo immediately told him about the "Ruyi Pearl".

She was not trying to help the Shu Palace, but wanted to use the treasure to cause a fight between Li Yan and Master Wuxiang.

Unfortunately, Master Wuxiang was also shrewd. He shook his head and said, "Although the Ruyi Pearl is good, it is very hot to handle. I don't have the courage to go against the Shu Palace."

As he spoke, he bowed to Li Yan and said, "Brother Li, this old shrew is called Pei Yufang, nicknamed the Qin Demon."

"I was just trying to cheat people out of something, but she's been killing people without a single survivor. She's also taken refuge with the Prince of Shu, so she's very troublesome."

"Why don't we work together and kill her first?"

Li Yan nodded and said, "Okay!"

"Do it!"

"Mr. Wuxiang" shouted, and jumped out, but stopped after taking two steps, turned his head to look at Li Yan who was motionless, frowned and said: "Little brother, why don't you do it?"

Li Yan took a glance and was too lazy to pay any more attention.

This guy is full of drama and you can't believe a word he says.

If he acts rashly, this guy might dare to attack him from behind, and then he can justifiably call you stupid.

The so-called "An Zuozi" is the leader of the scammers. According to Pei Yufang, this guy is the leader of all the scammers in Chengdu.

Li Yanxin was the one who saw a ghost.

"Humph!"

The old woman Pei Yufang also sneered, "'Mr. Wuxiang', don't underestimate this young hero Li. He has made a great reputation in Ezhou, and he is also a living ghost messenger."

"Once the evil soldiers show up, we will all die!"

"Oh."

Hearing this, "Mr. Wuxiang" finally became alert, took a few steps back, and said calmly: "Little brother, it's just a robbery, it's not worth wasting the Gangling."

As they were talking, the three of them were already standing in a triangle, being wary of each other.

Li Yan's Gangling had been used up long ago, but he would not say it, otherwise he would face the siege of two masters.

As the saying goes, too much talk leads to mistakes, so he simply kept silent and looked at the demon hunter Tang Ling standing on the wall.

Tang Ling seemed not to hear them at all. He just stared at the yard, as if waiting for something.

No one knew what tricks the "qin bug" had played, but with the noise made by the few of them, the temple keeper and little Taoist children in the temple all fell into a deep sleep like dead pigs.

"coming!"

The demon hunter Tang Ling suddenly spoke.

The door of the room where the scholars were creaked open, and a scholar with a dull look in his eyes walked out.

It was that prince.

Pei Yufang glanced at him calmly and said sarcastically, "Mr. Wuxiang, son of Right Provincial Governor Wang Ding, you should bear the consequences for this."

"Mr. Wuxiang" sneered, "These scholars are just fools, what does it have to do with me? They are just officials, talking nonsense."

It can be seen that these two people did not get along well.

The demon hunter Tang Ling ignored the two people's bickering. When he saw Young Master Wang open the door in a daze and leave the Wuhou Temple, he immediately followed him.

Li Yan and two others followed closely behind, but they were wary of each other.

After leaving the Wuhou Temple, Prince Wang ran faster and faster, as if he was completely mesmerized, stumbling towards the mountain behind.

He walked through the woods, his face covered in blood from being hit by dead branches.

Finally, he came to a dilapidated grave mound, his eyes rolled back, and he fell straight to the ground.

The others also opened their eyes wide.

But the soil on the side of the grave mound became loose, a cold wind suddenly blew, fallen leaves flew, and a black thing drilled out.

Its body is like a snake, but it has an insect shell and is divided into segments like a centipede.

The head is a bit like a horse's face, slender and covered with red mane, and has insect mouthparts.

It's not a beast, it's an alien insect!

(End of this chapter)