Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1231 The Heavenly Master...

On the stone steps of Songhai City, a group of imperial soldiers blankly observed the surrounding environment. After careful confirmation like the desperate Shao Yu before, they determined that there was really no one in this place, and there was no path to escape. .

So where did the people go?
  With these questions in mind, the Imperial soldiers quickly left this intersection, trying to find the missing target again.

Perhaps it was the blessing of fate, or perhaps the imperial soldiers did not learn tracking skills. In short, as the elite soldiers of the Anxi Town Army, they were so blind that they ignored the very large dark brown pottery jar next to the road.

In the blink of an eye, the wind and clouds disappeared, the previous bustle of people disappeared, and the empty intersection was filled with only dust blown by the wind.

After another moment, the place was still silent, and finally something changed.

The wooden lid of the large tank on the roadside was gently pushed open, and two sneaky heads stretched out from the tank, carefully scanning the surrounding environment.

"It seems that there is really no one left." After observing the environment, Tianming muttered in a low voice.

Shao Yu nodded, "Well, come out!"

As he spoke, he turned over neatly and jumped out of the big pottery jar.

Tianming followed closely behind, also picking up the edge and simply turning it out.

One thing to say is that this vat is really big, and there is more than enough room to hide the two of them. I am afraid that the vat that Sima vat smashed was only that big.

After coming out, Tianming first raised his hand to smell his sleeves. He felt relieved after feeling that there was no dirt or odor on his sleeves:

"It's okay, it's okay, it doesn't smell like anything!"

This vat is used to pickle pickles. Of course, it is not a good season for pickles, so it has been cleaned and left unused... but it still has some flavor.

The two of them were nervous and stuffy when they were hiding inside just now, and their sense of smell was particularly sensitive, but it was so refreshing.

Shao Yu glanced at him angrily and waved, "Don't worry about such trivial matters. Leave quickly and find a safe place to hide so as not to be found again."

Tian Ming also knew that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, so he followed Shao Yu neatly without any nonsense.

As for the direction, naturally it is still the way up the mountain.

No matter how you think about it, hiding in the mountains and forests is safer than hiding in the city, even if the size of the mountain is really limited.

After a while, the quiet intersection once again welcomed visitors.

Thief Zhi stood in the middle of the intersection and looked around at the four surrounding roads. He held his right hand with his left hand and his chin with his right hand as he thought:

"Did they finally disappear here at dawn...have they been caught?"

After looking around, Thief Zhi very keenly noticed the suspicious large vat that was already suspicious. The lid was opened by Tianming Shaoyu and was not re-covered, which made it even more suspicious.

After walking slowly for two steps to the edge of the large tank, Thief Zhi glanced at the situation inside and immediately saw signs that someone had been hiding.

"Ah..." Grinning, Thief Zhi immediately understood what was happening here, "They are really two lucky guys."

"In this case, their subsequent escape direction should be..."

Thief Zhi's eyes were cast on the top of the stone steps, which was a relatively dense and lush mountain forest.

………………

Outside Songhai City, the factory where the mirage is built is located.

It is close to the seaside and is equivalent to a large port. However, the regulations are not to facilitate the docking of ships, but to facilitate craftsmen building ships and launching new ships. It is still quite different from a normal port.

Although it is a carefully selected secret place, it has become widely known over the years, and the location is no longer a secret.

However, the terrain here is empty, and everything that blocks the view, such as grass, rocks and trees, have been flattened, leaving only a bare area. At first glance, there is no hiding place. There are heavy troops stationed on the outside for protection. Basically, no one can approach secretly. sneak into.

So it doesn't matter whether the location is exposed or not.

The mirage, which is basically completed, is parked on the shore at this time. Under the tall and towering work shed, many craftsmen are coming in and out, obviously busy with the final modification.

This renovation only involves one place. Although the corresponding space is not small, it is only a small part of the mirage that is almost a mobile city. The other areas are still in normal use.

Of course, not many people are eligible to use it.

To be more precise, at this moment, only the top brass of the Yin Yang Family are qualified to roam around the ship casually.

Toad Palace Attic, the tallest building in Mirage.

A standard circular pavilion standing at the top of the mirage. Almost anyone will notice it at first sight, but it is probably too far away from the ground to see its specific appearance.

This is currently the most closely protected area of ​​the mirage, and it can even be said that there is no one.

From the beginning of the design, this is not an area that normal people can easily enter... and of course they cannot leave.

Inside the Pavilion of Toad Palace, in a luxuriously decorated room, a girl wearing a complicated floor-length dress in blue and white main colors and a thin veil sat quietly on her knees with her eyes closed, and made a complicated seal with her hands. In front of her was an oval full-length mirror that was larger than her body, and behind her was a thick screen.

On the table in front of her, there was an open pentagonal mahogany box. Inside the box was an exquisite and complex gilded five-story pagoda. A blue orb was embedded on the top of the tower, exuding a shimmering light. .

Outside the room, two female Yin Yang disciples were guarding the door boredly.

Da da da……

The crisp sound of footsteps sounded and gradually approached, waking up the bored gatekeeper disciples. The two of them cheered up and stood up straight, pretending to be on duty seriously.

After a few breaths, Luna dragged her long dress and walked over on the smooth floor.

She had no intention of entering the room, but glanced in the direction of the girl in the room through her own gauze and the door, as if she could see through it.

Then, he turned his attention to the gatekeeper disciple.

"Has your Highness been unusual these past few days?"

The two disciples shook their heads quickly and hurriedly replied, "No."

"Back to Lord Moon God, since you sent the things here, His Highness Dong... has been living deep in the Toad Palace and has never left. He has not taken any additional actions."

The disciple who spoke seemed to know that he almost said the wrong thing. A few beads of sweat dripped down his face. He was obviously worried about being punished by the Moon God.

Luna did react, but he just glanced at her lightly, without any intention of punishing her, and then turned around and left.

But just as he turned around, he seemed to remember something he had forgotten, and asked, "Besides me, has anyone else been here in the past few days?"

"Uh..." The two gatekeepers were in a dilemma, as if they didn't dare to say anything, but they didn't dare not to say it. They were so anxious that their heads and faces were covered with sweat, as if they had just passed the Water Splashing Festival.

Finally, the two struggled to answer vaguely, "Sir, someone has... been here before you."

"Like you, he left after asking a question."

It can be seen that the two chose a more compromise way of answering - telling the truth, but not mentioning the specific name of the person.

But it was enough for Luna to know the answer.

There is currently only one person in the mirage who can make these two gatekeeper disciples not dare to reveal everything to her, the right protector, under pressure.

"Star Soul..."

With this name flashing through his mind, Luna left the Toad Palace loft calmly and gracefully.

……………… "Ha ha……"

In the mountain forest beside Songhai City, Tianming dragged his broken body and followed weakly behind Tianming.

After a desperate run, and then climbing up the mountain into the forest, the strength in Tianming's little body was almost exhausted.

Fortunately, with the deep inner power passed down to him by Yan Dan, although Tian Ming would not be able to control it, he could at least passively activate it to achieve a little effect.

With the nourishment of this true energy, although he couldn't continue fighting, he could at least continue walking, which was almost sustainable.

Compared to Tianming, who looked like a young aristocratic young man who started eating meat too early, Shaoyu's physique was much stronger. Walking in front of Tianming, his steps were still steady, but of course a certain amount of breathlessness was unavoidable.

"I said... there were only a few people just now. Can't it be over if we join forces and do it for them? Why bother running into this wild forest... Phew, I'm exhausted!"

Shaoyu responded in a leisurely tone, "What do you know, kid? We didn't take such a big risk to go into the city just to have fun fighting a few soldiers. We have a mission."

"Those soldiers are easy to deal with, but there are hundreds of people behind them. If we accidentally get caught, the plan will be ruined!"

"...Okay." Tian Ming rolled his eyes, accepted this statement weakly, and then asked, "Then what should we do next?"

"Well... let's hide in the mountains for now. I think Master Ben and the others will be able to find us tomorrow at the latest, and we'll be fine by then."

"It's OK to spend the night in the mountains..." Tian Ming accepted the fact that he might need to sleep in the wild. His energy recovered a little, and he even suggested enthusiastically, "Walking further in and taking a look. Can you catch a pheasant, hare or something?"

"After running all the way, I'm already hungry."

Shao Yu couldn't help but nodded in agreement after hearing this. He felt that he should eat something, and it would be best to eat during the day, when the flames and smoke would not be noticeable.

"Very good!" After receiving the response from his good brother, Tianming immediately cheered up and speeded up with his head held high, directly surpassing Shao Yu and walking bravely forward.

Then... it fell.

This is a wild forest, and there are not many traces of human activities. It is probably not the area where hunters and woodcutters from Songhai City often move.

Of course, it was precisely because this area was desolate that Shao Yu chose to go here. After all, he wanted to hide from people.

But in this way, it was more difficult for the two of them to walk. From time to time, they would encounter situations where they were blocked by branches, vines, etc., and they needed to go around a bit.

Fortunately, this place is not a famous mountain or river after all, and the complexity of the mountains and forests is just that, and it is not completely inaccessible.

Just now, Tianming saw another patch of branches blocking the road ahead.

Since these small branches are not very tightly wound, you can wrap them around or not. You can just reach out and pull them twice and get through them without any problem.

Tianming, who was waiting to catch wild game to reward the Five Zang Temple, naturally chose A to go up as usual, and then... fell headlong.

The mountain structure in this area is extremely bad. Directly behind the connected trees is a steep slope that is difficult to stand on.

Without any precautions, Tianming's attention was mostly attracted by pushing aside the branches blocking the road. Naturally, he stepped on the air and rolled down.

"what!"

A miserable howl suddenly sounded.

Shaoyu heard the scream, but because he didn't see what was going on in front of him, he only knew that something was wrong at dawn, and immediately rushed over to save people without thinking.

Then... I sent it away.

"I...ugh!"

There was another unexpected scream, and the two of them started to roll down the hillside one after the other.

Fortunately, the slope of this slope was not too steep, and the density of trees was average. Although the two people rolled very excitingly, their injuries were not serious. They just felt sore all over, dizzy, and they didn't know when they could stop.

Soon, the two of them felt as if they had rolled out of the slope, because they felt that they were no longer grounded, but flying into the air.

Shao Yu opened his eyes and took a look. Sure enough, he had left the range of the slope and was falling from mid-air towards the flat ground.

What puzzled him was why floor tiles could still be seen on the mountain?
  But before he had time to think about this question, the person had completely hit the ground.

The severe pain caused his eyes to go dark, and he could not see anything for the time being. He could not even lift up any strength, so he could only crawl on the ground feebly, trying to relieve the pain in his body.

However, after rolling dozens of times, the skin and flesh on his body had already become evenly bruised - everything hurt!

For now, there is only one last resort to relieve the pain.

moan!

"Ah...ah..."

"Ouch... Ouch..."

Two completely different moans sounded at the same time. It was obvious that Tian Minghe's experience was basically the same as Shao Yu's. The pain was unbearable, and he also thought of a way to relieve the pain.

It should be said, although moaning is useless in theory, but after two howls, I feel a lot of relaxation.

Shao Yu also regained his composure and opened his eyes to observe the environment.

However, as soon as he opened his eyes, before he could get up, there was a man dressed as an officer in armor bending down and looking down at him.

Shao Yu was so frightened that he couldn't even care about the pain. He stood up like a carp.

Next to him, Tianming had almost the same reaction... except that his posture when he got up was a bit awkward, not so neat and handsome.

After standing up, the two of them realized that this was not the only officer next to them. There were already soldiers standing on both sides.

The two people's hearts were immediately in suspense, and without any nonsense, they assumed fighting postures back to back and looked at the soldiers warily.

However, these imperial soldiers had no intention of taking action, but their eyes were strange and scrutinizing.

Especially the officer-looking man they saw at first had suspicion written on his face:

"Who are you two!? Why are you here!?"

"Say it!"

Faced with the sudden questioning, Shao Yu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately realized what the situation was.

These soldiers are not the ones who were chasing me just now. They don't know me!
  Even Tianming's IQ improved under the high pressure and he understood the current situation of himself and Shaoyu.

The two of them once again had a tacit understanding and relaxed at the same time, trying to appear harmless.

The only problem is that both of them are confused now and don't know the specific situation. Naturally, they don't know how to make up lies to deal with the officer's questioning.

"Ah...we are...we are that...that..."

Shao Yu stumbled and tried to explain, but couldn't come up with a reason, which aroused the officer's vigilance.

Seeing the other person put his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, ready to order someone to be taken at any time, Shao Yu had to give up the idea of ​​fooling him and was ready to take action again.

At this time, a warm and clear voice came over:

"What are you two doing?"

(End of this chapter)