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Chapter 9
When Lu Jian walked through the tunnel, he felt scorching waves hitting his face, the heat was unbearable, the ground was covered with scorched corpses, and there was a stench, making people want to vomit.

Lu Jian's lips were dry and his heart was beating like thunder. What he saw and heard today was really like a battle between gods and demons. Even the adventures at sea that grandfather Hu Fei had couldn't compare to it.But Xianbi took many risks to save her, and Lu Jian felt very uneasy when she saw her sad, so despite his fear, he still came here with all his might.

He didn't know the situation in the village, so he didn't dare to rush in, so he just shrank at the end of the tunnel.At this time, the fire has weakened quite a bit, but the smoke is thick, and I don't know where Fomalhaut is. Suddenly someone laughed and said: "Yin Jiuzhong, do you want to fight?"

Lu Jian recognized that it was Ning Bukong's voice, and was startled and frightened, so he hurriedly crouched down at the entrance of the tunnel and looked secretly, only to see two figures in the fireworks, one standing and one kneeling, facing each other from a distance.Suddenly a gust of wind came, the smoke dispersed, the standing one was Ning Bukong, and the kneeling one was Yin Jiuchong.

Yin Jiuzhong was no longer as majestic as before, completely naked, the layer of radiant water armor disappeared without a trace, and his skin was covered with burn marks. He put his hands on the ground and gasped, "Senior Brother Ning, everyone is a member of the Eight Parts. If you recite the friendship of the incense burner today and let the little brother go, I will be grateful to the junior brother."

Ning Bukong let out an "oh" and said indifferently: "You look like this, what can you use to thank me?"

Yin Jiuchong said: "How about the portrait of the ancestor of the Ministry of Water?"

Ning Bukong snorted and did not answer.Yin Jiuchong asked again: "What about the portrait of the ancestor from Shanbu?" Ning Bukong was startled, Yin Jiuchong didn't wait for him to speak, and said anxiously: "If it's not enough, how about adding Zebu's portrait?"

Ning Bukong was silent for a while, then smiled and said: "Junior Brother Yin is very capable, I didn't expect that out of the eight, there are three portraits of the patriarch in your hand."

Yin Jiuchong laughed and said, "Yin's tricks are far inferior to Senior Brother Ning, but I don't know if Senior Brother is interested in these portraits?"

"I'm interested!" Ning Bukong smiled and said, "Young brother is naked, so where is there any portrait?" Yin Jiuchong sighed: "Even if the younger brother has a hundred courage, he will fight against the 'Fire Immortal Sword' Senior Brother Ning. Don’t dare to carry the portrait with you. Wouldn’t it be bad luck if it was set on fire?”

Ning Bukong said: "Yin Jiuchong, you are here to play with me again, do you want to say that those portraits are still in the lair of the Ministry of Water in Kunlun Mountain?"

"Little brother dare not." Yin Jiuchong laughed, "Before Senior Brother ordered my younger brother to show up just now, my younger brother buried the portrait under the northeast corner of the wall. Senior Brother Ning can go and get it."

Ning Bukong rolled his eyes, shook his head and said: "Don't bother the two masters with one thing, what the younger brother buried, it's better for the younger brother to take out."

Knowing that he was cautious, Yin Jiuzhong turned to the corner, buried his head for a moment, and dug out a bundle.Ning Bukong said: "Untie it and have a look." Yin Jiuzhong unwrapped the bundle, and it turned out to be three volumes of portraits, the paper was yellowed and the color was old.

Ning Bukong smiled slightly: "What about my Huobu?" Yin Jiuzhong was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." Together with the other three portraits.

Ning Bukong nodded with a smile and said: "Brother Yin is indeed a trustworthy person. If you don't give up, why don't you and I work together to get the other four portraits?" Yin Jiuzhong said happily: "Thank you, brother." Then he said, " Xianbi knows where you and I are, and when I go back, I will tell you that the six divisions of heaven, earth, wind, thunder, mountain, and lake will definitely come out together, and we are weak and weak, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with it."

"She is injured and will not go far." Ning Bukong said, "I will catch up later and kill her and the pair of boys and girls."

Lu Jian was trembling all over when he heard this, and he dared not move even more, complaining in his heart: "You coward, you volunteered to find Fomalhaut, why did you just hide in the tunnel and pretend to be dead when things came to an end?" He kept blaming himself, still He didn't have the guts to climb out of the tunnel.

Yin Jiuchong smiled and said: "Brother Ning, please put away these portraits first." After finishing speaking, he put his hands together.Ning Bukong smiled, caught the portrait in his hand, the flames in his sleeves flashed, Yin Jiuchong suddenly let out a scream, billowing flames rose from his body, and cried out sadly: "Ning Bukong, are you going back on your word?"

Ning Bukong took two steps back, looked at Yin Jiuchong's body in flames, laughed and said, "Idiot, I still don't understand what you're thinking? You're just at a disadvantage, and you're here to slow down the attack. When you calm down, why don't you kill him?" The reason why Ning Mou got back the portrait..." Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly heard a hissing sound between Yin Jiuzhong's teeth, his body swelled up like inflated air, and turned into a ball of fire in a blink of an eye, rolling towards him.

Ning Bukong's expression changed drastically, he jumped back with all his strength, and suddenly heard a "bang", Yin Jiuzhong's whole body turned into a rain of blood, and rushed towards him mixed with a little bit of fire.Ning Bukong was in mid-air, covered by the blood rain and flames, let out a scream, and fell to the ground like a meteorite.

Lu Jian was so terrified that he didn't dare to breathe out. After a long while, seeing no movement, he crawled out of the tunnel.He looked around and meowed a couple of times imitating a cat, but there was no response. He was feeling frustrated when he suddenly heard a cat meowing from above.Lu Jian raised his head in great joy, and saw Fomalhaut perched on top of a burning tree, the flames below were raging, and they were about to reach the top of the tree.

It turned out that Fomalhaut is a beast after all, by nature it is afraid of fire, and when it sees a fire, it immediately jumps to a tree to hide.Unexpectedly, during the melee, the fire ignited the trees and burned straight up from the bottom. Fomalhaut was self-defeating, so he had to climb higher and higher, so that he could not land.

Lu Jian said anxiously: "Fomalhaut, jump down quickly." Fomalhaut just didn't move, and Lu Jian called twice again. Fomalhaut saw the flames burning and there was no way to avoid it, so he jumped up suddenly. The tail stood straight and fell in the air.Lu Jian took two steps forward, caught it, and said repeatedly: "Good cat, good cat..."

Just as he was overjoyed, his shoulders suddenly sank and he put a big hand on it. Lu Jian felt a chill in his heart, and suddenly Ning Bukong said in a hoarse voice, "Boy, how long have you been here?"

Lu Jian didn't expect that he was still alive, and the chill in his heart became heavier, and he said in a trembling voice: "I... I just came?" Ning Bukong let out a breath, and his tone became softer: "Really, where is Junior Sister Xianbi? She is here Where?" Lu Jian was about to answer, but suddenly remembered what he had said, and couldn't help thinking: "He said he was going to kill my sister, how can I let him know where my sister is?" He said immediately, "Sister Xianbi has already left."

Ning Bukong sighed: "Little guy, are you lying to me? Fomalhaut is still there, how could she leave? Did you hear what I just said and thought I was going to kill her?" Determined, he said with a smile, "I have a very good friendship with Junior Sister Xianbi, doesn't she also call me Senior Brother? I made up those words to deceive Yin Jiuchong. Besides, Junior Sister Xianbi was seriously injured, if I didn't treat her, Difficult to cure."

Lu Jian was skeptical, thinking that Xianbi was indeed seriously injured, he could not help but believe it, and said, "She is outside Zhuangzi." Ning Bukong said, "Very well, take me to see her." Lu Jian stepped forward Go, but Jue Ning Bukong's hands were still on his shoulders, his heart was up and down for a while, he walked to the tunnel entrance and said, "Climb out from here."

Ning Bukong said in a shy voice: "Climb out? Huh, it's so troublesome, little guy, how far is the wall?" Lu Jian wondered, "How far is the wall? Why do you ask me?" Then he stretched his feet: "More than one step, less than two steps." Ning Bukong said again: "How high is the wall?" Lu Jian estimated: "It's taller than two people, shorter than three people."

Ning Bukong suddenly grabbed Lu Jian and flew up. Lu Jian only felt the wind in his ears, and his body rose rapidly. Seeing that he was not far from the top of the wall, he suddenly sank again. Clasp the top of the wall with five fingers, suspending the two of them in the air.

"Boy," Ning Bukong panted, "You're talking about the wrong height!" Lu Jian felt even more strange, thinking that I made a mistake, wouldn't you see it yourself?Thinking of this, I couldn't help but turn around and take a peek. This glance, I couldn't help being shocked.Ning Bukong's face was bloody and bloody, and it was difficult to distinguish his facial features, Lu Jian couldn't help thinking: "Could it be... Could it be that he couldn't see it?"

This guess was too bold, Lu Jian wanted to look again, but suddenly Ning Bukong shouted "Get up", a somersault passed over the wall, fell to the ground, and said, "Where is Xianbi?"

Lu Jian was worried: "This person is good at lying, and that Yin Jiuchong was cheated to death by him. If he wants to harm Sister Xianbi, wouldn't it be a big deal?" Since he was sensible, he and Lu Dahai depended on each other for life. Lu Dahai was originally a liar Jing, every time after losing money, he can always make up many lies. Lu Jian has been deceived for a long time, and he has figured out a way to test the authenticity of Lu Dahai's words.Although Yao Qing had also coaxed him, but on the one hand, she was clever, and on the other hand, Lu Jian's affection was deeply rooted, and she would always obey her, and never doubted him.

At this time, he saw that Ning Bukong felt suspicious everywhere, like blindness, but he refused to speak out, there was clearly a deceit in it, so he thought a few times and said, "Follow me."

He took a big step, intentionally bypassed Xianbi's hiding place, walked eastward for more than three miles, stopped in front of a big tree, collected himself, and said loudly: "Sister Xianbi, Mr. Ning is here! "

Ning Bukong chuckled, and said, "Junior Sister Xianbi, I see you coming." Lu Jian thought to himself, "I dare say he's really blind." Jue smiled and said, "Junior Sister Xianbi, why don't you speak?" Lu Jian's thoughts changed quickly, and he said hurriedly, "She is seriously injured and can't speak."

Ning Bukong let out an "oh", then asked suddenly: "My eyes are probably blurred with blood, is that her who is five steps away from me?"

"No." Lu Jian said bravely, "She's under the big tree ten steps ahead." But he thought in his heart, "If he really meant well, I lied to him, and I'll apologize to him later."

Still thinking, Ning Bukong chuckled and murmured: "Ten steps?" With a flick of his sleeve, he withdrew a wooden stick and threw it suddenly, hitting the trunk of a big tree.Amidst the roaring sound, sawdust flew randomly, and with a "click", the trunk with the thick mouth of the bowl broke from it.

In an instant, the blood all over Lu Jian's body rushed to his face, and he felt inexplicably excited in addition to being horrified.To his horror, Ning Bukong was full of lies; to his excitement, he tried his tricks and found out his truth.

Ning Bukong threw the wooden thunderbolt, but he didn't hear someone screaming, felt something was wrong, suddenly tightened his hand, and said sharply: "My boy, how dare you lie to me?" Lu Jian cried out in pain: "You want to harm my sister, I won't take you to see her." Ning Bukong said angrily, "I beg you to die." As he tightened his hands, Lu Jian was in unbearable pain, and shouted loudly: "Just kill me."

Ning Bukong was deeply thoughtful, and with a burst of anger, he suppressed it again, thinking: "It's only my fault that I was negligent at the end of my life, and I couldn't prevent Yin Jiuzhong from using the 'Sword of Septic Blood'. Now I am seriously injured, and even worse. I don’t know whether there is a cure or not? If there is no cure, and Xianbi is allowed to escape, once the news spreads, other high-ranking officials will come..." Thinking of this, another thought popped up, "No, Xianbi and Yin Jiuchong If I can find my hiding place, the other five masters are probably on the way too..." Thinking of this, Du is blind, staying here is like eating fish on an anvil, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "Well, Forget about Xianbi. Boy, now I have two choices for you: either I will burn you to dry coals, or you will be my eyes."

Lu Jian asked strangely: "To be your eyes?" Ning Bukong smiled and said: "If you can think of this way to lie to me, you must know that I can't see. In this way, you can be the eyes of someone Ning. As for all people on the road, I can see No, you go and see for me."

Lu Jian was stunned when he heard this, his arms lightened suddenly, Fomalhaut was carried by Ning Bukong.Lu Jian hurriedly said: "Give it back to me." Ning Bukong ignored it, caressing the cat and sighing quietly: "Fomalhaut, haven't seen you for many years?" The cat was lazy, just closed its eyes and dozed off.

Ning Bukong laughed again: "Boy, if you deceive me into not seeing, pointing at the road indiscriminately, or trying to escape, this cat may never see its owner again." Lu Jian was angry and anxious, Helpless, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll make eyes for you, don't make things difficult for Fomalhaut."

"The boy is very loyal." Ning Bukong smiled, "It's a deal, if you are obedient, I won't make things difficult for him." Immediately ordered Lu Jian to go southeast.Lu Jian moved forward helplessly as he said, and Ning Bukong put his hand on his shoulder.After walking a few steps, Lu Jian turned his head and saw that the Yao family village was so red that it was burning into a sea of ​​flames. When he thought of Yao Qing and Xianbi, his eyes were wet and tears came down.

When they got to the beach, Ning Bukong ordered Lu Jian to walk along the coast and not rest until night.Ning Bukong didn't want to live in an inn, but wanted to live in a cave. Although he was blind, he had a strange way of getting food. He asked Lu Jian to tell the location of the jungle, and then used the "Sky Fire Bead" to focus the light into a fire, burning the trees and startling the forest. Birds and beasts in the forest.Then listen to the sound to identify the position, and throw the "wooden thunderbolt", no matter whether it is a giant beast or a bird, it will not be spared.This method has achieved the fruit of the two, but it has a lot of disadvantages, firstly, the killing is excessive; secondly, the prey is often embedded with fine wood chips, which is quite unpleasant to eat.

In the evening, Ning Bukong found a fine wound with clear spring water.He retreated in time, and his injuries were not fatal, only his eyes were splashed by blood arrows, destroying two pupils.

Ning Bukong's eyes hurt unbearably, and he moaned non-stop at night, Lu Jian listened to it, and could hardly sleep.When he thought of Yao Qing being poisoned by water, he couldn't help feeling like a knife; he also thought that Xianbi was seriously injured, and he didn't know if he could take Yao Qing to Kunlun Mountain; finally, when he thought of his grandfather, he could only pray to God and worship Buddha, hoping that Yao's family village would be robbed He has been kicked out of the village.

Lu Jian's thoughts were divided, thinking of the sad place, he couldn't help sobbing softly.He cried together, but Ning Bukong stopped, and he didn't moan again until he calmed down.Moans and cries alternated repeatedly, and it was not until the east turned pale that Lu Jian slowly fell asleep. After a short sleep, he was urged to go south again.

Yaojiazhuang is located at the junction of Shandong and Huaiyang. The two walked south and gradually entered the Soviet Union.Along the way, the sea breeze is bleak, the ships are gone, and the only thing to see is the distant sky, the sun and the moon rise and fall, which makes people feel the vastness of the world and the smallness of life.

After walking for more than half a day, Ning Bukong suddenly said: "Boy, is there someone in front?" He has already adapted to being blind, focusing on training his ears, listening to sounds and distinguishing positions, and he can find everything.

Lu Jian stopped in response, and Ning Bukong said, "Behind the reef, go and have a look." Lu Jian climbed up the reef and looked, but saw a blue bay with towering cliffs and white sand, shaped like a crescent moon, a long and narrow sea The boat is moored on the shore.There were more than a dozen people sitting around on the beach, all of them were short and thin, and their brocade robes were spacious and embroidered with sparrows, which was extremely gorgeous. Their foreheads were shiny, and their hair was tied in a weird bun behind their heads.

Those people chatted and laughed, sliced ​​the raw fish with a knife, dipped it in sauce and ate it raw, their tone of voice was flat and weird, and Lu Jian couldn't understand a word after listening for a long time.Ning Bukong murmured: "This is a real Japanese." Lu Jian said: "What is a real Japanese?"

Ning Bukong said: "In recent years, the Japanese pirates have caused disasters in the southeast. But among the Japanese pirates, there are real and fake ones. The Daoyi from the Eastern Japanese country are real Japanese. Although there are few real Japanese, they are cruel and bloodthirsty, with sharp swordsmanship. The officers and soldiers are frightened. Therefore, many Chinese pirates often act under the banner of the real Japanese. Among them, Wang Zhi, Xu Hai, Chen Dong, and Ma Ye are called the Four Bandits, also known as the fake Japanese. The fake Japanese are many and mixed, and they are more harmful than the real Japanese. Times. From your description, this group of people have bald heads and kimonos, and their speech is flat, so there is no doubt that they are real Japanese."

When Lu Jian was young, he heard villagers talking about Japanese pirates. They all looked like devils, did all kinds of evil, and were proficient in all kinds of sorcery.

Ning Bukong asked again: "How many Japanese people are there?" Lu Jian counted: "Seventeen." Ning Bukong thought for a while and said: "You lead me to see them." Lu Jian was surprised: "They are Where are the Japanese pirates!" Ning Bukong snorted coldly, and shouted: "They are Japanese pirates, and I am the ancestor of Japanese pirates! Why don't you go soon?"

Lu Jian had no choice but to go around the reef and walk towards the group of Japanese.The Japanese were chatting and laughing happily, when they suddenly saw someone coming, they got up in shock, and after waiting to see that there were only two people, one young and the other blind, they relaxed again, looked at each other and smiled.

A short, fat Japanese man with a full beard came up and said in blunt Chinese: "What are you doing? Get far away, or you will die!"

Lu Jian's heart was beating wildly, and suddenly he heard Ning Bukong laughing and said: "It's just a fortune teller, living in the rivers and lakes with my nephew, fortune-telling for a living. Do you want to count a divination and ask about your fortune?"

(End of this chapter)