Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 35 The Secret of the Millennium (4)
"I came from the Yunzhong Monastery in Yunzhong City, Wanzhou." The head monk replied frankly.Although this was just a gossip, Sumeru, who has a good memory, still remembered it, but he didn't know at the time that he remembered the name of this monastery, which would play a very crucial role 32 years later.

Compared to the shop owner, the female customer was quite calm and didn't panic. She drank the tea and rations slowly before standing up.And as soon as she moved, these warriors immediately stood up and came to the side of the road to wait for her, looking rather confident, as if to show the situation: you can't escape our grasp.

The female guest turned a blind eye, and started to move forward, but she accidentally tripped over something, exclaimed, and her whole body fell forward, just falling on the Nagato monk that Sumizi was following, Nagato The monk hurriedly tried to avoid it, but the two of them fell to the ground together.

With the skill of this female guest, she will never be tripped inexplicably, she must be trying to play some conspiracy, most likely to use the body of the long door monk as a cover, and use hidden weapons to launch an attack.Sumiko made such a judgment at that moment.The samurai chasing her also thought of this. As soon as the female guest fell to the ground, they drew out their weapons in unison and stood up for battle.

And at this moment, Xu Mizi felt a strong burst of mental power, turned his head quickly, and locked his eyes on one of those warriors.It was a short, thin man with a dull expression and an ugly appearance. He was inconspicuous at first, but this momentary burst of mental power out of self-defense made Xu Mizi see his details: this is a mystic, and it happens to be A mystic with excellent physique who can resonate with Corpse Dance!If you can get this person's corpse, you can use him to highly amplify your spiritual power, increasing the power of your corpse dance by nearly [-]%!

This was a golden opportunity, Xu Mizi's heart couldn't help beating wildly.He immediately forgot about the long door monk who had been following him so hard before, and immediately began to figure out how to get this little mystic.He quickly realized that this group of people's full attention was on the young woman, and he could find a way to make them fight to the death, and then he could reap the benefits.

At this time, he neither knew the identity of the woman nor the identity of the pursuer, nor did he know the relationship between the two and the reason why they chased and fled.But these have nothing to do with him. In the eyes of this daring villain, all he can see is the quality of a living person becoming a corpse servant.

The warriors put on a posture, ready to deal with the woman's sneak attack or escape, but the strange thing is that the woman did nothing.She just got up from the ground, helped the head monk up, apologized to him, then continued to walk out of the tea shop and walked towards the depths of Suohe Mountain.The warriors looked at each other in blank dismay, and then followed decisively. Now that they were in the mountains, they didn't need to hide anything. They only needed to come to a remote and uninhabited place to catch people.And the woman obviously realized that she had nowhere to escape, and it seemed that she was ready to fight to the death.The attention of both sides was focused on the enemy who was close at hand, and no one noticed that there was an insidious and vicious corpse dancer stalking in the distance, eyeing him.When the two sides confronted each other before, Xu Mizi was not idle, and quietly put a corpse insect that could emit a special smell that only corpse dancers could smell on the woman.As long as he was within two miles, he could follow the group of people following the smell of corpse insects.

Suohe Mountain is located between Zhongzhou and Lanzhou. The north-south mountain divides the two states. Travelers who want to cross the state boundary must either detour or directly climb the mountain, so there are not few people on the mountain road.And the woman walked unhurriedly, circling the road all the time, so that the enemies behind her never found a chance to attack.But they followed closely, and the woman couldn't get rid of them.

After walking like this for about two hours, the sky gradually darkened, the woman suddenly quickened her pace, turned a corner, and slanted along a steep mountain road into a misty valley. The warriors hesitated, and followed up.

Fog... Xumizi smelled a dangerous atmosphere.This woman's movement is unusually light and agile, revealing a little bit weird, not any kind of lightness technique that Xu Mizi has ever seen, and now she is hidden in the mist, he suddenly thought of some legends, and couldn't help but frowned slightly frowned.

Don't be like that, he thought, if that's the case, it will be very difficult for me to get the whole body.He was a brave man with a high skill, and he was concerned about his future corpse servant, so he followed in.

At this time, the sky was already very dark, and with the fog at dusk, it was difficult to see clearly in the valley.Xu Mizi can only judge people's direction by relying on the corpse dancer's keen sense and the smell of corpse insects.Looking back afterwards, he felt that the night fog might have saved his life, because if he hadn't been forced to use his body to perceive the surrounding environment, he might not have been able to spot that dangerous ambush with his naked eyes.

——Sumiko found something strange in the mist.He could tell that this was a trap, a trap that was quickly set up by the woman being chased in a short period of time.As for the essence of this trap, what he thought of were those unproven legends.In this case, the body he was looking at would be too dangerous, and it might be broken into pieces at any time.He stomped his feet hard and got into the thick fog recklessly.

But it was too late for him to stop what was about to happen.Just after running a few steps, a strong chill hit like a blade, with a kind of coldness penetrating into the bone marrow, even a person like Xu Mizi who has always been fearless can deeply perceive the danger in it.Almost relying on an instinctive reaction, Xu Mizi stopped in his tracks, and immediately, because of this extremely correct decision, he couldn't help but sweat on his back.

In front of him, about a finger's width away from his waist, hangs a metal thread in the air, a metal thread as thin as a spider's thread, if it is not for the extraordinary eyesight trained in the career of Sumeru Corpse Dancer, it is Impossible to see.Although there was no contact, Xu Mizi immediately understood that the guess he made before was not wrong at all. This silk thread has a chilling name: Tianluo Daosi.Although it is thinner than a spider's silk, it is sharper than a sword. It can cut through the muscles and bones of the human body effortlessly, just like tearing paper.

As soon as he thought of this, there were several screams from a distance, and they came from different directions. It is conceivable that in this dark and thick fog, at least three or four people have been inadvertently recruited.These days Luodaosi hangs in mid-air and does not need to move at all. As long as people run with their strength, they can easily cut their legs, arms, even waists and chests in half.

I really didn't expect that such an unattractive village woman would turn out to be a Tianluo, Xu Mizi thought, so this legendary killer organization has not been extinct yet.How did this group of pursuers get involved with this female Tianluo?

But at this moment, I can't take care of thinking about things that have nothing to do with me. The most important thing is to protect the corpse servant I like.Xu Mizi could feel that the mystic's mental power hadn't weakened in any way, which meant that he was not included in the people hurt by Tian Luosi, but if these people were still scurrying around in the dense fog like headless chickens, then it would be a shame. Can't tell.

Only export intervention.Xu Mizi shook his head helplessly, exhausted his energy, and shouted: "It's Tian Luosi! No one should move!"

This cry saved the rest of the pursuers, who had probably heard Tian Luosi's reputation, and immediately stopped in their tracks, not daring to move again.For a while, the valley became silent, and even people's breathing could be heard.After a while, a faint voice came: "Who are you? Why do you want to ruin my plan?"

Xumizi kept an eye on the Tianluo Daosi in front of him, and moved cautiously towards his future corpse servant, and replied after a while: "I have no enmity with you, but among these people, there is one person I want I want it. I'm going to take him away, and you can kill the others as you like, I don't care."

"Do you know what these people do?" the woman asked coldly.

"I don't know, and I don't need to know," Xu Mizi said, "The dead have no status."

The two asked and answered, as if no one else was there, they simply regarded the people trapped in the Tianluosi formation as lambs waiting to be slaughtered.Even though Xu Mizi had just uttered a voice to help them, no one cared to appreciate it, and a burst of cursing broke out.Sumeru pretended not to hear, and still approached the mystic.

Thirty steps, twenty steps, ten steps... Xu Mizi is already very close to the mystic.The mystic was so focused on guarding against Nv Tianluo's attack that he didn't notice his approach.Xu Mizi held a poisonous needle in his hand, and he only needed to shoot out the poisonous needle and stab the person, and he would instantly fall to the ground and die.Then he would quickly leave the valley with the corpse, without anyone noticing.

"Then did you succeed in the end?" Xue Huaiqing asked.

Xumizi smiled wryly: "It succeeded, but in the end it failed."

"What does this mean?" Xue Huaiqing didn't understand.

"I sent out the poisonous needle, killed the mystic, and used the corpse dance to bring his body out, away from the bloody battlefield behind him," said Xu Mizi, "but when I came to safety, I was ready to give When he was branded and became my exclusive corpse servant, I discovered that a steel nail had been nailed to his back at some point. It is a peculiar and highly poisonous poison that can quickly use the toxin to damage the internal organs of the poisoned person, but it cannot be seen from the outside."

Xue Huaiqing let out an "ah".As a corpse dancer, of course she knew that if a corpse's internal organs were completely destroyed, it would be impossible to use it as a corpse servant for a long time.In other words, Sumeru's hard work was in vain.

"I thought about it for a long time, and finally realized that this is the female Tianluo's revenge for breaking her Tianluo Daosi array to me," Xumizi said, "She guessed what I wanted to do from my few words— —Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that dead person—and then quickly thought of a way to get revenge on me. Not only did she kill people accurately and quickly, but she also had a good understanding of the corpse dance, what a remarkable woman.”

"To get a compliment from you, I think she is truly remarkable," Xue Huaiqing said, "What happened after that?"

"Later? I failed to fetch water from the bamboo basket. I lost the long door monk and failed to get the mystic. Of course, I was born with evil spirits. I went back to find the valley and wanted to kill her to vent my anger," Xu Mizi said. "But when I got back there, the battle was over. There was a lot of blood on the ground, and there were some broken limbs and arms, but there was no complete body. In the end, I don't know who won the two groups. I don’t know. Later, I left Suoheshan depressed, and never saw that woman and other pursuers again. That’s all I can tell you.”

"Thank you, Senior Xumizi." Xue Huaiqing bowed deeply.

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Xu Mizi didn't say another word.He fulfilled his promise, and gave an extra gift, which has shown a generosity and warmth that is very rare in him.Now after answering these two tedious questions, he floated away with the remaining corpse servants. Xue Huaiqing guessed that he would probably go to the outskirts of Tianqi City immediately to find her master Jiang Qinyin. grave.As for what this old monster would say in front of the master's grave, she couldn't guess.

Xue Huaiqing collected herself and walked towards An Xingmian, "He has already answered my question, what about yours?"

"He also answered," An Xingmian said, "This trip is worthwhile. Then let's... let's just leave it here."

He said the words, but he felt a little bit reluctant in his heart.Although Xue Huaiqing was an indifferent girl, An Xingmian always felt relaxed with her these days.She won't play petty temper and lose her temper, she won't lie and cheat, she won't act obediently, and she won't deliberately make things difficult. Although she has never known each other in the past, there is no pressure and no need to worry about being with her. Tang Heshi's headache was about to split, and he really didn't know how many times it was more comfortable.

"Well, goodbye." Xue Huaiqing still nodded lightly, and really turned around to greet her corpse servant to walk away.An Xingmian didn't expect her to leave so happily, she was stunned and couldn't help shouting: "Wait!"

Xue Huaiqing turned her head: "Is there anything else?"

"I just want to ask, do you have an answer to the question you want to ask?" An Xingmian asked.In fact, he didn't have any intention to inquire about other people's privacy, but he had to find some excuses for his unconscious retention.

"I already have it, but...it's useless." Xue Huaiqing was a little frustrated.

"Why is it useless?" An Xingmian asked subconsciously, then shook her head quickly, "I'm sorry, I didn't want to inquire about your privacy, but... If you don't mind, I hope I can help you. After all, this To be able to meet Sumizi this time, I have to thank you first."

"You don't have to thank me. Without you and Senior Feng, I might not be able to get Xu Mizi to speak, even if we cooperate with each other." Xue Huaiqing waved his hand, with a hesitant expression.She bit her lip, and then said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if I tell you, and it's not a great secret. You are so smart, maybe you can really help me come up with some ideas. Would you like to listen?"

"Of course I am willing. I will repay the favor of a drop of water." An Xingmian said.

"I've said it before, it's not a kindness..." Xue Huaiqing told An Xingmian what happened to her adoptive father from beginning to end.An Xingmian listened carefully, and frowned slightly when she heard that there was another long-door monk in this incident.

Why is there such a thing as a long door monk?He thought, is this just an insignificant appearance?Or is there some mystery behind it?
"Xu Mizi at least solved one of my long-standing doubts, that is why the adoptive father and his family are ordinary mountain people who have nothing to do with the world, but they encountered such a tragedy," Xue Huaiqing said, "If it happens that a woman and It makes perfect sense if the baby's corpse is pretended to be. But Xu Mizi is indifferent to the identities of other people. From the beginning to the end, he only thinks about his corpse servants, so he doesn't know the identities of those people at all, and he doesn't know the identity of the women. Why was Tianluo hunted down?"

"But you already know that those people are undoubtedly the Jinwu Guards in disguise," An Xingmian said, "Xumizi's guess was right, and I also judged in the same way. They couldn't catch the woman and the baby, so Killed your adoptive father's wife and children, burned the body, and took it back to pretend to be a businessman. The so-called medicine merchants who came to your adoptive father's village that day were actually them. The purpose was to find someone who happened to have a baby, so that Let's do it."

"These things are probably correct, but... I don't know what I should do," Xue Huaiqing had a rare confusion on his face, "Should I take revenge? But those Jinwu Guards were basically The emperor caught and killed them all. Should I just let it go? However, after searching for so long, I finally found only half the answer, and I couldn’t give the deceased an explanation. But if I continue to pursue and find out the whole truth of the matter, If I find out the identity of that woman and the reason why the Jinwu guards hunted her down, what can I get? It seems that I can't get anything, since the adoptive father is dead, and the adoptive father's wife and children are dead, so I can't get it back."

(End of this chapter)