Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 112 All the things that should come and not should come (3)
The two came to the Willow Inn in the east of the town, and before they got close, they could already hear various strange noises from inside.All the people in the inn escaped, and they didn't even dare to get close. The gangsters who were teased by An Xingmian were also outside, but Ji Lao San was nowhere to be seen.

"The old man escaped quite quickly," An Xingmian smiled, "His companions really like to watch the excitement."

"It's not a fun scene," Xue Huaiqing said. "Those people's skills are so low, and they are so close together, it's actually quite dangerous. I have already felt the huge fluctuations in mental power in the inn, which means that there are more than one The mystic has already burned his mental power to the peak, and in the face of such a fierce battle, it is a wise choice to hide far away."

As if to confirm what Xue Huaiqing said, just as she finished speaking, there was a loud "bang", the door of the inn was knocked down, and something flew out from the door, it was a huge axe , but the huge ax was burning with flames soaring to the sky!This is undoubtedly the result of the collision between Tianqi's weapon and Chenyue's secret technique.

The huge ax flew straight at the people of the two gangs. The deputy gang leader Wei who was standing at the front was better than the others in martial arts after all, so he rushed to the side in a hurry. Although he fell hard enough, he was not hit.The two members of the Black Eagle Gang behind him were not so lucky. The giant ax cut across their waists, cutting their bodies in half immediately, and blood splattered for a while.

After cutting through the bodies of the two, the giant ax remained undiminished. The handle of the ax turned sideways, smashing the upper body of the third person, and then fell to the ground.After landing, the burning flames immediately scattered, and more than a dozen people were caught on fire.They rolled on the ground in a hurry, trying to extinguish the flames on their bodies, but the seemingly ordinary red flames could not be extinguished until their flesh was scorched, and the screams were endless.The rest of the people were all terrified and fled away in a hurry, even the deputy leader Wei and Mrs. Hua didn't dare to stay any longer.

"That's why you can't just watch the excitement." Xue Huaiqing said.

That being said, after the gang members fled, the two still approached the inn step by step, hiding by the door of a shop facing the street, and peeping at the movement in the inn.Through the big hole that the huge ax smashed just now, one can see that the warriors of Tianqi and the disciples of Chenyue are fighting fiercely in the lobby of the inn.

The ill-fated inn was utterly ruined, with splintered or charred fragments strewn all over the place.The Sky Drives waved their weapons, waiting for an opportunity to attack while dodging the secret arts, while the Chenyue mystics tried to keep their distance and not let the opponent get close.Almost no one on both sides was intact, but no one retreated, always fighting with injuries.

Among them, the one that seemed the most ordinary, but actually the most thrilling, was the fight between Song Jingyan and the young man leading Chenyue.Of course, the so-called young man is just a title set according to his appearance. Some top mystics may practice some secret techniques that can make people look immortal, so that their bodies are always in the state of using secret techniques. At its best, though it comes at a heavy price.This young man might be such a mystic. At least judging from his astonishing spiritual power, it would be difficult to reach that level without decades of accumulation.

At this moment, unlike other fighters who kept moving and dodging, Song Jingyan and the young man were almost standing face to face, their feet motionless.The bodies of the two seemed to be shrouded in a cloud of faint smoke, and seemed to be irradiated by some distorted light, which made their bodies look a little distorted in the eyes of others, as if they were seen from the water.Song Jingyan held the long sword in his hand, stabbing at the young man one after another, but each time the sword missed.An Xingmian watched carefully, and found that every time the sword tip was about to touch the young man's body, the opponent's body would shake slightly, which was difficult for ordinary people to detect, and only afterimages remained where the long sword pierced. Naturally, it can only be stabbed empty.

"Why don't both of them move their feet?" Xue Huaiqing asked suspiciously, "And their movements seem to be slower than usual."

"I don't know, after all, I'm not a mystic," An Xingmian said, "but I've heard of a kind of mystic technique, which is similar to opening a special magic circle, enveloping both sides in the war, forming a world that is in harmony with the outside world. A special isolated space. In such a space, people's spiritual and physical strength can be burned to the extreme. It may look ordinary to outsiders, but in fact..."

Just at this point, a ball of purple fireball released by a Chenyue mystic hit the handrail of the inn's stairs, and a large piece of wood flew towards Song Jingyan and the young man.The two were concentrating on the duel, and neither of them made the slightest dodge or block action, but just as the board flew three feet away from the two of them, it seemed to hit an invisible wall and shattered into pieces fall to the ground.

"It really is such a secret technique," Xue Huaiqing sighed, "They are really desperate. I kind of reminded me of the Corpse Dancer Conference, but their reason for fighting is more... more..."

She couldn't find the right words for a while, so An Xingmian continued for her: "More crowning?"

"Probably that's what it means," Xue Huaiqing said, "For a person without faith, it's hard to understand their piety. Maybe the monarchs of all ages have been killing Tianqi and Chenyue because they are afraid of this piety."

"It also depends on the method. Tianqi and Chenyue have survived thousands of years of disasters and are still tenaciously surviving. Nagato almost died after encountering a disaster." An Xingmian recalled the past, "belief in such things, is it good or not?" Bad, it's really hard to say."

While talking, the two watched the tragic fight in the inn intently.The two sides are indeed evenly matched, and neither side can have a clear upper hand.After thousands of years of fighting, the warriors of Tianqi and the mystics of Chenyue have each mastered various experiences in fighting each other.The sky-drive warriors have been working hard to train their muscle and mental resistance in order to reduce the damage caused by the secret arts to themselves; apart from cultivating their spiritual power, the Chenyue mystics have never relaxed their speed and footwork so that they can always Keep a distance from the warriors and don't get melee.

"Fortunately, I provoked them to fight first," An Xingmian said. "Looking at the strength of these people, even if Xu Mizi is here, it will be difficult to retreat completely, not to mention my hand is still injured."

"Speaking of Xu Mizi, will he be here?" Xue Huaiqing said, "He has always been elusive, and he may have hidden in a corner of this town in disguise."

"To be honest, I wish he wasn't here," An Xingmian said. "Although he helped us a lot this time, we still don't know what his purpose is. This person does good things according to his mood." , but he completely disowns his relatives when he does bad things, who knows what plans he will have in the end."

Xue Huaiqing was about to answer when her eyes suddenly rolled and she tugged at An Xingmian's sleeve, "Hide!"

"What's wrong?" An Xingmian was taken aback, "Ah, did you hear some strange noise? I thought I heard it wrong."

"That's right, it's not the sound of fighting in the inn, but from the outside," Xue Huaiqing said, "Someone is approaching."

"But...you can't even see half a ghost around you." An Xingmian looked around, "Could it be an invisible person?"

"It's not an invisible person," Xue Huaiqing shook her head, "The reason why I can't see it is...they are underground."

three

While the fierce battle was in full swing in the Willow Inn, Mr. Yuwen was also in this small town.As he had arranged before, he did not bring other followers, but only the loyal female scout.At this moment, the two were living at home on the second floor of a grocery store diagonally opposite the Willow Inn, watching the movement of the inn through the binoculars.The figures of An Xingmian and Xue Huaiqing did not escape their sight.

"An Xingmian is really a capable person, I really didn't overestimate him," Mr. Yuwen said, "Using a group of low-spirited idiots made Tianqu Chenyue have to fight, which saved me a lot of trouble."

"But the two of them don't know our existence," said the female scout, "so they pray for the cicadas, and we can follow the orioles. However, with just the two of us, how can you find snow in the vast desert? What about Ji?"

"I remember I told you that there are more than three caves for cunning rabbits. Thirty or three hundred is not too much," said Mr. Yuwen. "A few years ago, I once saved a death row prisoner by chance. I originally planned to go to the nomadic tribe in the Gobi. So I promised to take good care of his family for him, and asked him to mix with that tribe as originally planned, because I thought that there are so many vicious fugitives gathered in the nomadic tribe, if I can use them in the future If it is, it will be a force that cannot be ignored. At that time, I didn't think that Xue Ji would have anything to do with the nomadic tribe, God helped me."

The female scout suddenly realized: "No wonder you are so sure. It turns out that there is an internal response. Then have you got any news from him?"

"He should have come to meet me," Mr. Yuwen smiled slightly, "I heard his footsteps. Go and open the door."

The female scout opened the door, and a slender man with thick and dark skin walked in. When he saw Mr. Yuwen, he immediately knelt on the ground with a loyal and grateful expression on his face: "Young master, the villain has been waiting in the desert for five years. Years, I finally see you again!"

Mr. Yuwen walked up to him, helped him up with his own hands, and then said kindly: "You don't have to be so formal, Liang Jing. Although I saved you, I exiled you in the desert for five full years. You don't owe me anything." , but I should thank you."

The former death-row prisoner named Liang Jing burst into tears and said with a choked voice, "No, this is what I should do. The son rewarded me with this life and took care of my family for me. I am willing to suffer any hardship."

Mr. Yuwen patted him on the shoulder: "Sit down and talk."

Liang Jing responded, but did not sit down, and still stood with his hands down, with a very respectful expression.Young Master Yuwen didn't force him, and sat down by himself: "Have you found any news about Xue Ji?"

Liang Jing shook his head: "Even if Xue Ji hid in the tribe, it must have been 20 years ago. In the past 20 years, I don't know how many people died in the tribe, and I don't know how many people left because they couldn't bear the hardships in the desert. I have quietly asked some people, but no one has heard of his name. As for the token of the Xue family, it is said that it was a gift that the tribal elders got from a merchant many years ago."

"That's impossible," said Mr. Yuwen, "that jade pendant is a token of the royal family, it can't fall into the hands of others, it can only be carried by Xue Ji."

Liang Jing was a little panicked: "Yes, it seems that I was deceived."

Mr. Yuwen waved his hand: "You don't have to blame yourself. You haven't heard any news from the outside world for five years in the desert. Don't be surprised if you don't know about it. So what's going on with the people in the tribe now?"

"Most people in the tribe originally gathered in the southwest Gobi because they had nowhere to go, so they attach great importance to their own safety," Liang Jing replied, "Both Tianqi and Chenyue are sending people to inquire about the news of the tribe. They are very nervous, and have already dispatched several patrolling troops to monitor the movements of various passages in the Gobi, and they seem to have fought against these two factions. Especially in the recent period, a few more groups of people have been sent out."

"Is it necessary to disperse the troops to patrol the desert? It's their territory. Maybe it's better to concentrate and wait for the opponents to approach?" Young Master Yuwen thought, "Have those patrolling people ever returned to the tribe?"

"It seems that they brought enough rations and drinking water, but they never came back after they were dispatched," Liang Jing said.

"I haven't come back..." Young Master Yuwen frowned, suddenly, his expression changed, "Let's get out of here quickly!"

Both Liang Jing and the female scout were a little confused, but they were used to listening to Mr. Yuwen's orders and did not hesitate.Liang Jing walked towards the door quickly, and just as he opened the door, he took a few steps back.

The door of the room was already blocked by several uninvited guests.They were a few men with dark and rough skin like Liang Jing, their coarse clothes were covered with dust, and they were holding sharp knives in their hands, forcing Liang Jing back.When Liang Jing saw them, the expression on his face became even more flustered.

"Brother Liu, Brother Su...why did you come here?" He murmured, although there was no need to ask this question, the answer was already obvious.

"Liang Jing, no one can take us for fools," said the leading man, "Tianqi and Chenyue can't do it, and Mr. Yuwen can't do it either."

Liang Jing roared suddenly, and punched the man in the chest. The punch was as powerful as a thunderbolt, but the opponent lightly slapped his temple with his left hand and his right palm, knocking him unconscious immediately. on the ground.The man no longer glanced at him, but turned his attention to Mr. Yuwen: "Although we have lived in the barren land for a long time and heard of Mr. Yuwen's name, we never thought that we, a group of savages far away from the world, would also get Mr. Yuwen." favor."

"I didn't expect that we would meet on such an occasion," Mr. Yuwen replied with a wry smile, "But I want to ask, are Tianqi and Chenyue also included in your plan?"

"I think that's probably the case," the man shrugged. "They are the same as you. Maybe they underestimate us. We may be inferior in martial arts and secret arts, but when it comes to survival and self-preservation , when it comes to hunting, there are not many in this world who can beat us."

"They're underground?" An Xingmian was very surprised, "Even He Luo couldn't have dug a tunnel in such a short period of time, unless..."

"Unless they prepared these tunnels a long time ago." Xue Huaiqing said.

"So, all of us have underestimated these nomads," An Xingmian said, "They must have built this small town into some kind of transit place in case they need it. It seems that God It's going to be bad luck for Qu and Chenyue."

At this time in the inn, the fierce battle between Song Jingyan and Chief Chenyue seemed to have reached a fever pitch, and this was also the most dangerous moment.Song Jingyan's movements became slower and slower, until it gradually looked less like a life-and-death struggle between enemies, and more like the movements used by old people to exercise their muscles and bones to keep fit.And the young man on the opposite side was not much better, and his movements seemed to be getting slower and slower. Every time he dodged, he was only a hair's breadth away, and he seemed to be at the end of his strength.Of course, this is just an illusion seen by people outside the magic circle with their own eyes. It may be difficult for ordinary people to grasp the real situation of the two at this moment.

And the fighting of other people is also developing in the direction of losing both sides. Both sides have died in the battle and those who were too injured and had to withdraw from the battle circle, and the rest of them are also seriously injured.But the two sides gritted their teeth and never flinched. They each burned their physical and mental strength to the extreme. There were all kinds of killer moves in the inn, and ordinary people might be seriously injured even if they got a little closer.

Perhaps the key to reversing the balance lies in Song Jingyan and the young man. As the leaders, these two people have the strongest abilities. If one person finds a way to defeat the other first, he can spare himself to help his companions , it is possible to break the balance of power.The two of them obviously understood this truth, so they refused to budge even an inch.

"That 'young man' will suffer a lot," said An Xingmian, who was watching coldly from afar. "It seems that his actual age may be older than Song Jingyan."

"Yeah, I feel that his mental strength is getting weaker a little bit," Xue Huaiqing said, "After holding on for so long, he finally lost to Song Jingyan in terms of strength. I guess he is going to take a risk."

Sure enough, the leader of Chenyue became more and more sluggish, and finally failed to dodge completely once, and was scratched by Song Jingyan on his arm.Song Jingyan also seemed to see the opponent's decline, and his moves became more ferocious.Leader Chenyue was hit with swords one after another, although none of them hurt his vitals, he was already completely defeated.

(End of this chapter)