"Why did she do that?" Hu Tiehua asked hoarsely.”
Chu Liuxiang slowly said," It's because if we ally with the Qiuci King, it will be very disadvantageous to her. She is doing this to make us fall out with the Qiuci King. Also, she has calculated your words. No one will believe you. If you leave in a rage, she will probably kill you in the desert.”
Hu Tiehua wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and said,""Could she be…just…"
Chu Liuxiang continued,"The person pretending to be the bride is probably Shi Guanyin."”
Hu Tiehua's entire body turned cold.
Chu Liuxiang said," It is said that Shi Guanyin is a rare beauty in Jianghu. Even though she is a little older, she must have some skills to retain her beauty. Moreover, you are very drunk in the dark."”
Hu Tiehua covered his face and shouted,"Heavens!”He fell on his back.
At this time, they had already returned to the tent. This time, they had fallen onto the bed. Ji Bingyan, who was on the bed, was still sleeping soundly, as if she did not feel anything at all.
Chu Liuxiang's expression changed slightly. She dragged Hu Tiehua up and pouted towards the bed. Their gazes met and their hearts turned cold.
Ji Bingyan had always been alert. Even if she was in her own home, she would definitely not sleep so soundly. If he also encountered any mishap…
Hu Tiehua roared and pounced over, grabbing the felt.
The person sleeping in the blanket was not Ji Bingyan, but a warrior from Qiuci Kingdom. He was still wearing the clothes he wore at the wedding last night, and he had not even taken off his boots.
Hu Tiehua grabbed his hair and pulled him up from the bed. She said sternly,"How did you sleep here? Tell me! Say it!"
The warrior seemed to have no bones in his body, hanging limply.
Chu Liuxiang frowned and said,"This person's sleeping acupoint has been struck."”
Before he could finish, Hu Tiehua had already moved like the wind and slapped open the warrior's acupuncture point. He was about to ask again,"How did you end up sleeping here?"
Who knew that just as the warrior opened his eyes, he cried out involuntarily,"Why am I here? What is going on?"
"What's going on? I was just about to ask you." Hu Tiehua said angrily.”
The warrior shook his head desperately. He was obviously still drunk and had a headache. He knocked seven or eight times with his hand and suddenly shouted,
"I remember now. I drank too much last night and went to pee. After peeing, I was about to go to sleep. Who knew that when I walked past this place, someone suddenly dragged me in.”
"Who dragged you in?" Hu Tiehua asked.”
"That person moved so fast, I…I couldn't see him even when I was awake," the warrior said.”
"You'll see when I give you a good beating," Hu Tiehua said angrily.”
Before he could slap her, Chu Liuxiang pulled him back and said,""Let him go!"
Hu Tiehua unwillingly let go of his hand. As soon as he let go, the warrior stumbled out. Hu Tiehua stomped his feet and said,"This kid must be an accomplice. I don't know if he's going to die…"
He wanted to say the nickname "Dead Rooster" again, but when the words reached his mouth, he suddenly realized that the word "dead" was really unlucky at this moment. He immediately changed his words and said," Old Ji must have fallen into their hands as well, yet they asked this kid to come…"
Chu Liuxiang cut him off." Once this person's acupoints were opened, he immediately woke up. This kind of acupoints technique that can control people without hurting the mind is exactly the technique used by Old Ji."”
"You said…you said this kid was subdued by Old Ji?" Hu Tiehua asked.”
"That's right!" Chu Liuxiang said.
Hu Tiehua stomped his feet and said,"Why is this damn rooster playing this trick?" At this moment, could he still be in the mood to joke around with us? Where did he go?"
In a fit of anger, he still called out the nickname "Dead Rooster".
Chu Liuxiang sighed and smiled bitterly,""You all think that Old Ji is very calm. In fact, this person is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He is similar to you and me. Last night, I asked him to leave his most powerful opponent to me. Although he didn't say anything, he must be very dissatisfied. I think he probably rushed to fight with that person first.”
"But how did he know that person was there?" Hu Tiehua asked.”
"Since Situ Liu Xing has already told us the direction of their camp, how could Old Ji not find it?" Chu Liu Xiang sighed.”
Hu Tiehua thought for a moment, then immediately turned around and rushed out.
Chu Liuxiang pulled him back and said,""What do you want?"
Hu Tiehua stomped her feet." Old Ji might not be a match for that kid. Naturally, I have to rush over to help him."”
"Have you forgotten what you promised him?" Chu Liuxiang asked.”
"What should we do?" Hu Tiehua was so anxious that he stomped his feet.”
"You stay here, I'll go find him."”
"Now that the three of us are separated, if…if Shi Guanyin…" Hu Tiehua said.
Chu Liuxiang smiled and said,"One night as husband and wife, a hundred nights of gratitude. How could she bear to hurt you?"”Hu Tiehua's face turned red and his neck thickened. He roared,"Damned bug, if you make such a joke again, don't blame me for falling out with you.”
Chu Liuxiang smiled." What I mean is that since Shi Guanyin did not hesitate to do this to drive a wedge between us and the Qiuci King, it is obvious that she is not willing to appear and meet us face to face. She naturally knows that we are not to be trifled with."”
"Hmph!" Hu Tiehua snorted.
Chu Liuxiang patted him on the shoulder and smiled,""Drink two glasses of wine here to calm down. I'll be back soon.”
Just as he walked out, the giant Kun Mi walked in.
"What are you doing here?" Hu Tiehua glared at him.”
Kun Mi crossed his arms over his chest and glared at him, but he did not say anything.
"Could it be that you're here to keep an eye on me?" Hu Tiehua asked.”
"Hmph!" Kun Mi said.
Hu Tiehua laughed loudly." If I say I won't leave, I won't leave. If I were to leave, do you think you can keep an eye on me?"”
As he spoke, he suddenly threw a punch.
Kun Mi stretched out his Giant Spirit Palm to grab his fist.
Who knew that Hu Tiehua's wrist would turn, and he would actually gently scratch it with his help.
Although this giant had a body of steel and iron, he was ticklish. When Hu Tiehua tickled him, he laughed and bent down.
Hu Tiehua tilted his body and knocked him with his shoulder, sending him flying. He clapped his hands and shouted,
" Give me the wine, give me the wine. If you want me to stay here, then you have to give me food and drink…" He was full of anger, and it was all because of these people.
Although Chu Liuxiang was joking, her heart was extremely heavy.
Although he had seen through Shi Guanyin's plot this time, he still could not confirm it with the King of Qiuci. Although he had predicted that Shi Guanyin must have arrived nearby, he still could not guess where she was hiding. Moreover, if Shi Guanyin's first plan failed, there must be another plan. The enemy was in the dark and he was in the light. It was always impossible to guard against it. Now, Little Pan had long died, Shi Tuo's whereabouts were unknown, Hu Tiehua was innocent, Ji Bingyan was also in danger, and the five people who had come out of seclusion at the same time had all fallen to such a state. The whereabouts of Li Hongxiu, Song Tianer, and Su Rongrong. However, he still had no clue.
With the situation like this, how could Chu Liuxiang not have a heavy heart?
Moreover, he had to protect these people now, and he had no choice but to protect the Qiuci King and his daughter. No matter what, he could not let these father and daughter be harmed by others.
But why did Princess Pipa suddenly look for him last night? Did she have a conspiracy by doing this? Was she trying to calm Chu Liuxiang down so that she couldn't care less about other things?
Chu Liuxiang sighed and decided not to think about it any further. She would first find Ji Bingyan first. If what the black monkey Sun Kong and Situ Liuxing had said was not exaggerated, the one in the most dangerous situation right now was Ji Bingyan. In terms of intelligence and resourcefulness, no one could compare to Ji Bingyan. But in terms of martial arts, Ji Bingyan might not be able to match Hu Tiehua.
However, the desert was vast, and no one could be seen within a thousand miles. To find someone in this vast desert was like finding a needle in a haystack.
Chu Liuxiang was always paying attention, not daring to make a mistake. In such an open place, the slightest mistake in the direction of walking would cause one to lose a thousand miles.
Fortunately, the sun had just risen and the cold air at night gradually dissipated. It was the most comfortable time of the day.
Chu Liuxiang used her most marvelous lightness skill and ran several miles in one breath. She didn't stop at all, and her eyes didn't miss a single blade of grass or tree.
Suddenly, she heard a "Hua La La" sound as the wind swept over. Chu Liuxiang was shocked, but her eyes could see clearly that it was just a big iron pot.
However, in this uninhabited desert, where did the iron pot come from? The iron pot was blown away by the wind, and it came very quickly. Chu Liuxiang jumped over ten feet and used the tip of her foot to pick it up. After looking at it for a while, she rushed over to the direction of the wind.
This time, his eyes were even more attentive. After half a meal, he saw a pile of weathered rocks in front of him and a few cactuses that were rare in the Central Plains. Although Chu Liuxiang had never walked in the desert, after these few days of experience, she knew that this place was the best place to set up camp in the desert.
Could the traitors and assassins of the Qiuci King be stationed here? But looking around, there was still no sign of a tent.
Chu Liuxiang pondered for a moment, then crouched down on the sand and searched for a long time like a hound. Suddenly, his fingers were like iron claws, digging in the sand. Although he was barehanded, his strength was connected to his fingers, and his ten fingers were not inferior to a shovel or hoe. After three or two clawing, he dug out some burnt firewood from the ground.
This was clearly where the traitors of the Qiuci King had set up camp. They must have realized that their whereabouts had been exposed and had retreated overnight.
These people were so careful in their actions that they didn't leave any traces after the tent was removed. Chu Liuxiang thought and knew that there must be some scheming and troublesome people among them.
But did Ji Bingyan also find this place and have seen these people? If he had seen it, would he have been killed by the enemy? Chu Liuxiang was even more anxious. She turned her gaze and suddenly found two clear footprints on the weathered rocks.
In the desert, the footprints left behind by people were blown away by the wind in the blink of an eye. These two footprints were left on the stone, almost half an inch deep. Although the stone was soft after weathering, if it was not for the strength of the soles of the feet, it would not have been able to leave such deep footprints. From this, it could be seen that these two footprints were deliberately left.
Chu Liuxiang thought to herself, Could it be that Ji Bingyan left this behind on purpose? He had already arrived here and was hiding on this rock to spy on me, but he didn't expect that there would be an expert on the other side who discovered his whereabouts. Naturally, the expert among the assassins would immediately start fighting with him. At this moment, he suddenly realized that his strength was lonely, so he left two footprints on this rock to let me know his whereabouts.”
With this thought, he also jumped onto the rock and immediately found two more footprints. These two footprints were shallow in the rock and their toes were facing the west.
Chu Liuxiang thought to herself," These two footprints must have been left behind by Ji Bingyan before he left. He must have gone to fight to the death with that assassin expert, so he couldn't help but feel nervous. The footprints are also shallow. Looking at these footprints, they point to the west. It's obvious that they must have gone to the west."”
Thinking of this, Chu Liuxiang immediately headed west.
However, after running for a few hundred feet, he stopped and thought to himself,"No!"
Ji Bingyan had a bull's temper and was even more stubborn than Hu Tiehua. Since he was determined to fight to the death with that assassin, he definitely didn't want anyone to disturb him.
Therefore, he left the Qiuci warrior as a substitute because he didn't want Chu Liuxiang to find out where he had gone. Why would he deliberately leave footprints so that Chu Liuxiang could find him? Chu Liuxiang sighed, turned around and ran back to the pile of rocks. She stood on the footprint and faced the west, thinking secretly.
"Ji Bingyan knew that I would find this place sooner or later, so he left behind this footprint to let me know that he had already arrived here. However, he didn't want me to interfere with his final battle, so he deliberately wanted to disrupt my direction.”
He naturally wouldn't go to the south, because that was the direction Chu Liuxiang came from. Since the west wasn't either, then there was only the east and the north left.
Chu Liuxiang was hesitating when she suddenly thought of something.
Ji Bingyan had always hated the glaring sunlight. When she was at home, she would often sleep until noon before she was willing to get up. She would never sleep until it was almost dawn.
Therefore, he would not run to the east to welcome the rising sun. This time, he would definitely go to the north. Although he was not completely sure about this, he could only give it a try.
Chu Liuxiang immediately turned north.
Over the past few days, Chu Liuxiang had learned that water was life in the desert, so she never forgot to bring a sheepskin water bag with her.
After drinking a few mouthfuls of water, he ran another two miles in one breath. There were a few cactuses in front of him, but they had all been cut down.
Chu Liuxiang stopped and picked up half of the cactus from the ground. She looked at the cut on it and seemed to be very careful.
If someone was around, they would definitely find it strange. They didn't know what was so good about this cactus. Could it be that there were flowers growing on it? Chu Liuxiang looked at Yang Shang, but her brows furrowed tighter and tighter. She couldn't help but mutter to herself,"What a fast sword! What a fast sword technique!"
It turned out that he could see the level of the sword technique used to cut off the cactus from the cut. Ji Bingyan did not use a sword. When Chu Liuxiang saw that his opponent's sword technique was so sharp, she naturally could not help but feel more at ease. She searched the ground for a long time and picked up another half of the cactus.
The cut on this cactus was far less smooth than the other half, as if it had been broken by an extremely blunt iron weapon, and the weapon Ji Bingyan used was the Judge Brush.
Chu Liuxiang looked at it for a long time, her brows gradually opened, and she muttered,"After fighting with such a strong opponent for half a day, his strength has not weakened at all. I didn't expect his martial arts to have improved so much over the years.”
He had originally thought that Ji Bingyan had lived a luxurious life all these years, drinking wine and being a beauty. Although her cultivation had not been put aside, her strength would definitely be damaged. But at this moment, he was slightly relieved.
However, the two of them were in the middle of a fierce battle. Why would they cut down these cacti for no reason? This was because there was water in the cactus. After fighting for a long time, their lips and tongues were dry. They stopped here to drink some water and continued fighting.
From this, it could be seen that Chu Liuxiang was not in the wrong direction. He also drank a mouthful of water and took a breath. This was not because he was tired from walking, but because he was sure that after he found them, he would have a hard time fighting. Therefore, he wanted to recuperate here and replenish his strength.
After walking for a while, a pile of sand dunes rose up in front of them, reaching a height of more than ten feet.
The desert changed rapidly. It was still flat ground last night, but sand dunes might rise like peaks this morning.
These sand dunes were naturally extremely unstable. Although ordinary people could climb up, if they were not careful, the sand dunes would collapse, and they would inevitably be buried alive in the tens of millions of pounds of yellow sand.
Chu Liuxiang took a deep breath and flew up. Like a fluttering catkin, like a falling leaf, she stood at the peak of the mountain. She looked around and saw that within a few miles, there were not only many sand dunes of various sizes, but also piles of weathered rocks and low thorns.
It wasn't as if the desert was barren. Some plants didn't need any water to grow, but they just couldn't grow tall.
Suddenly, a sword light flashed across the sky like a rainbow. It flashed past a few piles of rocks in the distance. The sword light was so fast that it couldn't be used by anything.
Chu Liuxiang immediately slid down like a paper kite and flew away like a swallow.
He didn't dare to make a sound, because when experts fought, they were most afraid of being distracted. When Ji Bingyan heard his voice, if her mind relaxed even a little, she might be killed.
However, when Chu Liuxiang reached the pile of rocks, there was not even half a person there. The thorns beside the rocks had already been cut off by the sword light.
Chu Liuxiang increasingly felt that this man's swordsmanship was shockingly sharp. The description of 'Black Monkey' Sun Kong and Situ Liuxing was not an exaggeration.
Suddenly, there was another "clang", the sound of metal colliding.
Chu Liuxiang rushed over like she was flying, but there was no one there. The rocks had already collapsed, and the crushed stones were scattered all over the ground.
This stone was definitely swept down by the Judge Brush in Ji Bingyan's hand and definitely not a long sword. From this, it could be seen that Ji Bingyan still had strength and could still fight.
Chu Liuxiang let out a long sigh of relief. Up until now, although he hadn't seen the two of them fight, the intensity of the battle was already imaginable.
The two of them had fought from several miles away to here, from night to morning, and from morning to now. Such a fierce battle was rare.
Now that the two of them seemed to have fought to a draw, Chu Liuxiang was no longer anxious. It was because it was useless for him to be anxious. In this kind of terrain, it was easier said than done to find them all at once. Moreover, if Ji Bingyan knew that he had come and was afraid that he would interfere, she might even deliberately play hide-and-seek with him.
So Chu Liuxiang simply held her breath and listened quietly. After a while, there was indeed another sound of metal clashing coming from the left.
This time, Chu Liuxiang didn't directly rush over, but instead went around from the right, wanting to go around to the front of these two people and intercept them.
However, this time, he still missed. The two of them actually fought to the other side. Chu Liuxiang smiled bitterly and shook her head. Her expression suddenly changed.
There were a few spots of blood on the yellow sand in front of them.
If it was Hu Tiehua, he might not be so anxious when he saw the blood. He would only think that the blood came from the other party.
However, Chu Liuxiang knew that as long as Ji Bingyan's Judge Brush touched the other party, that person would definitely fall to the ground and not get up. There would be no blood, and he would not be able to continue hitting.
The more anxious he was, the more he didn't dare to call out. Ji Bingyan was already injured at this moment, and it was possible that her injuries weren't light. If he was distracted, wouldn't he immediately be attacked by the other party! One had to know that although Chu Liuxiang was bold and unruly, for the safety of his friends, he was more cautious than women.
There were also a few drops of blood on a pile of rocks. Chu Liuxiang leaped onto it, just as she was about to quietly wait for the sword light and sword shadow to appear from the treetops.
Who knew that at this moment, two people suddenly appeared from a pile of sand dunes in front of them. The weapons in their hands were dancing in the wind and rain, but there was no sound of weapons colliding. It seemed that the two of them had fought for half a day and had already figured out each other's moves. There was no need to wait for the moves to be used up before changing them. With such a fighting style, both sides would naturally attack faster and more dangerously. No matter who attacked, as long as there was a slight deviation, the other party's weapon would take advantage of the weakness.
However, although their attacks were brilliant, they were already in a sorry state.
The clothes on the two of them were already in a mess. Their bodies, heads, hair, and eyebrows were all covered in yellow sand. They looked like living ghosts that had crawled out of the yellow sand. If Chu Liuxiang didn't know the weapon Bing Yan used, she wouldn't be able to tell which of the two was Ji Bingyan.
Ji Bingyan's left shoulder was tightly tied up with her sleeves, and there were traces of blood seeping out. Indeed, she had been stabbed by the other party just now.
However, the two of them were fighting intensely, so how could he bandage his wound? Could it be that the other party had injured him and had waited for him to heal his wound before beating the two of them for a long time? Could it be that they had developed a mutual appreciation for each other, so after one of them was injured, the other did not take advantage of the danger to attack?
However, looking at the moves that the two of them used, they were both desperate moves. Neither of them planned to let the other live, and neither of them showed mercy.
The more Chu Liuxiang looked, the stranger he felt. He saw that Ji Bingyan could still temporarily resist, and knew that if he interfered, Ji Bingyan would instead be furious.
However, Chu Liuxiang felt that the sword technique that the other party used was very familiar.
This person moved his sword like the wind. His sword technique was so fast that it was difficult to describe. However, from the elbow up, he didn't move at all. Every move was made with the strength of his wrist.
As far as Chu Liuxiang knew, there was only one person in the world who could use such a sword technique. However, the sword technique that this person used was slightly different from One Point of Red.
Strictly speaking, this person's swordsmanship was even more stable and rigorous than that of One Point Red, but it was not as vicious and fierce as One Point Red's sword that could cut one's throat.
Chu Liuxiang was suspicious. She didn't know what relationship this person had with One Point of Red. It seemed that even if he wasn't from the same sect as One Point of Red, he must have some relationship.
It was a pair of eyes as cold as ice, as ruthless as a wolf, as gray as the snow on the mountain peak, and as firm as the snow on the mountain peak.
This pair of eyes belonged to none other than the Red Spot of the Central Plains.
Chu Liuxiang was surprised and delighted, she couldn't help but call out.
Suddenly, a red longsword stabbed out from her chest. Ji Bingyan crossed her hands and the Judge's Pen formed a cross as she faced the attack. It was the 'Cross Sealing Gate'.
However, when others used this "cross sealing the door", it was purely defensive, but when Ji Bingyan used this move, it was an attack within defense, and her two pens cut towards the other party like scissors.
This move was both offensive and defensive, it was a wonderful move.
However, Chu Liuxiang's entire body turned cold when he used this move.
It turned out that One Point of Red was trying to tempt him to use this move, because Ye's swordsmanship was different from all the other sects in the world. He used his wrist strength to launch the sword, and his movements were much faster than others.
And Ji Bingyan's defensive move had an offensive component, so the convenience of defending was split by a few percent. When dealing with others, the other party's sword move would have ended here, and he could have cut off the other party's weapon.
However, Yi Dianhong still had some energy left from his elbow up. If he used this energy, his sword would have pierced through Ji Bingyan's throat before she could even cut his sword.
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