Alienated Martial Arts

The sun rises in the east and reflects on the earth.

The water of Minshuiluo is sparkling, like two long golden dragons intertwined with each other.

Wei Tao stood on the shore, followed by several warriors in different attires.

Several people quietly stared at the slowly flowing water in front of them.

There are also cargo ships, large and small, sailing on the river.

"Lord Deacon, now is the windy season and one of the busiest times for the entire waterway."

Ou Yinglian carefully observed Wei Tao's expression and found something to say when he had nothing to say.

She looked charming and graceful, like a young girl in her prime.

But his real age is already in his thirties.

It is only because she has practiced martial arts since childhood and paid attention to skin care that her skin is delicate and tight, unlike that of a middle-aged woman.

Wei Tao pointed to the largest sailboat on the river, "The pattern painted on that boat is the logo of the Mingshui Gang?"

"My lord's eyes are as bright as fire."

Ou Yinglian gave him a small flattery, "This ship should be the sailboat of the chief helmsman of the Mingshui Gang. In addition to transporting goods, it also has the responsibility of patrolling waterways."

"Speaking of the Mingshui Gang, there is something that needs to be reported to the deacon."

Her tone became slightly more solemn, "Guardian Bai of the Mingshui Gang sent a letter of challenge to you half a month ago. At that time, my subordinates talked to you about it once, but they never received a reply from the deacon."

The wind howled and water vapor filled the air.

Wei Tao looked back and said, "Why Ming Shui Gang Bai Dharma Protector? I don't know him."

"He came all the way to challenge me. Is there something wrong with his head, or is he too full to do anything?"

"Well……"

Being stared at by Wei Tao, Ou Yinglian shuddered suddenly, "That Protector Bai said that you bullied his younger brother, so..."

“It’s just a case of incriminating someone, so there’s no reason to worry.

Except for attending a banquet with Guanzhu Li shortly after arriving, I have been busy practicing these days and have never even left the gate of Green Bamboo Garden. Where can I find the free time to bully his younger brother? "

Wei Tao waved his hand and ended the conversation directly, "I think this person either has a mental problem or is just crazy about wanting to be famous. Don't pay attention to this idiot."

"Yes, I understand."

Ou Yinglian then added, "There is one more thing that needs to be reported to your Excellency."

After carefully observing Wei Tao's expression, she continued, "The lord of Luoshui City is planning to organize a spring outing party, all of which will be young elites from major families in the city. The host asked me to ask the deacon if you will attend. interest of."

"I won't participate, I'm not interested."

After a period of contact, Ou Yinglian was not surprised by such a reply.

He just nodded and started talking about the third thing.

"One last thing, fifty miles south of Luoshui, there is a town called Shaijinchang, which is considered the sphere of influence of this temple.

Since ten days ago, someone has suddenly disappeared in the gold tanning field for no reason. Even our warriors stationed there have disappeared. "

Wei Tao's expression became a little more serious and he motioned for her to continue.

Ou Yinglian organized his words and spoke slowly.

“After getting the news, the temple master sent the newly recruited brothers from the Keqing family to investigate.

As a result, there was no news after the two people left, and they sent people to look at it later..."

When Ou Yinglian said this, she swallowed subconsciously, "They found in a dense forest on the river bank that the Men's brothers had been stripped of their human skins, stuffed with straw, and their internal organs were placed aside. They were too dead to die."

"Peel the skin and make grass?"

"Does Guanzhu Li want me to take a look?"

Wei Tao retracted his gaze from the river and turned to look at Ou Yinglian.

"Yes, what the temple master said is to ask the deacon to handle the matter of the gold tanning field as appropriate.

You can decide on the resource preparation and manpower deployment involved. "

"As the guard deacon, it is my duty to deal with this situation. Just go back and inform Guanzhu Li and ask him to prepare the equipment and materials according to my needs."

Wei Tao took one last look at the distant ship, then turned and headed in the direction of the Taoist temple.

"Let Zuo Shi come to me later. My practice has recently increased my use of various medicinal materials, so I need to plan ahead."

"You guys, hurry up and get ready. Once the supplies are all in, we'll go to the gold tanning field."

"Understood, I will go back and prepare now."

Ou Yinglian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and followed quickly.

Over the past half month, several contacts with Wei Tao made her almost have a stress reaction.

Although Deacon Wei is gentle and calm in most cases, don't think that he can be unscrupulous.

If you violate his old man's taboo, you will most likely be slapped to the ground, and you will have to use a shovel to pick him up bit by bit.

……………………

It was dark.

The spring rain is like silk, blowing in the wind.

A carriage slowly drove out of Qingfeng Temple.

Led by two heavily armed warriors, they soon reached the main road and headed south.

There are many farmers working in the fields beside the road, taking advantage of the spring rain to cultivate the precious young crops.

From time to time, the smell of manure came, filling the entire carriage with a smell of fumes.

Gan Liang, wearing a bamboo hat and raincoat, followed the carriage.

From time to time, I cautiously glanced at the car, fearing that the person inside would be angry.

Wei Tao didn't care at all. He even opened the window and let some fine raindrops drift in, making his clothes wet.

"How far is the journey?"

After walking for a while, he asked.

"Return to the deacon, we have just crossed the Xiangshui Canal, a tributary of the Luoshui River. At the current speed, it will take almost half an hour."

"I'm going to rest for a while. There's nothing special to do. Don't disturb me."

Wei Tao closed the car window and half-opened his eyes.

Quietly, the status bar appeared.

He looked through the exercise interfaces one by one, and finally set his sights on the newly appeared Shouxu Spirit Seal.

Name: Shou Xu Ling Seal.

Progress: Introduction to the exercises.

Status: Beginner.

Wei Tao silently transferred blood according to the key points of the technique.

The skin between the eyebrows gradually turned red.

There is also some dull swelling, numbness and itching.

But other than that, there is no other feeling.

Last night, another month passed.

The number of gold coins in the status bar goes from zero to one again.

But he has not yet decided which practice method to improve next.

The five-way pagoda in the first pagoda realm.

The Demonic Elephant Mysterious Skill at the second level of Blood Elephant Realm.

Breaking the limit of the seventh stage, the blood moon double evil skill is born from the blood moon.

I'm still just getting started and haven't made much progress yet.

He thought about it but couldn't make a decision.

According to Wei Tao's thoughts at this time, since his physical strength has increased, what he hopes to improve most is the Five Directions Pagoda.

After all, the temptation of doubling the real power is too great, and the improvement of combat effectiveness is definitely a qualitative leap.

However, for the Five Directions Pagoda, either it will not improve, or it will have to accumulate two gold coins at once to truly show the effect.

In addition, the Demonic Elephant Mysterious Technique and the Blood Moon Double Evil Technique are equally important.

Raising one level of Demonic Elephant Mysterious Skill can greatly increase the total amount of Qi and blood.

And if you improve the Blood Moon Double Evil Technique, although the increase in energy and blood is much smaller than the Demonic Elephant Mysterious Technique, it can derive more blood moon true energy.

If he really wanted to say which one would improve his strength more, he couldn't be sure right now.

"Forget it, if it doesn't work, just wait a little longer."

"It can take a month at most, and after you have accumulated two gold coins, you can consider which technique to upgrade."

"What's more, there are Master Shang and Zhang Zhiqing, both of whom have done nothing else recently and have been secretly searching for objects corresponding to the patterns in the ancient book around Fucheng.

Maybe within a month, new status bar gold coins will be credited. "

Thinking of this, Wei Tao finally calmed down and began to close his eyes to rest and meditate to keep the Void Spirit Seal.

The rain is getting heavier.

Connecting the sky and the earth into a dense water color.

Wu Yin, who was driving the carriage, shook the raindrops off his raincoat and suddenly sat upright.

Almost at the same time, Gan Liang also discovered something was wrong.

He immediately grasped the crossbow placed on the saddle with his backhand.

"What's wrong?"

Wei Tao's voice sounded from inside the carriage.

He quickly calmed down the two of them.

"Master Deacon, there is a dead man in the field ahead."

Wei Tao opened the car curtain and took a look outside.

With his eyesight, he could clearly see a cross wooden stake as thick as the mouth of a cup standing deep in the fine rain curtain.

Another body was impaled with a wooden stake.

Like a scarecrow that drives away birds, it sways slightly from side to side with the direction of the wind.

From time to time, crows with black feathers and blood-eyed eyes would land and peck at the surface of the corpse.

The skin was quickly pierced, revealing the straw filling underneath, which scattered to the ground.

"We don't need to see the bodies of the Men's brothers, we can see them peeling off the skin and making grass."

With a deep sigh, Wei Tao came out of the carriage and walked to the cross pile to observe carefully.

The crow was frightened and kept circling at low altitude, not daring to come down and even reluctant to leave.

Gan Liang walked around a few times, even putting on a pair of silver gloves and reaching into the dark eye socket to feel around.

There was a muffled sound.

He took out a bloody eyeball with a lot of flesh and blood tissue on it.

There were even some bright red hair stained with blood.

Even after being washed away by the rain curtain, the original color could not be restored.

Gan Liang thought for a moment and whistled inexplicably.

After a while.

A black-feathered crow flapped its wings and landed on his forearm.

He picked up the bloody eyeball, raised his head and swallowed it.

After eating, it didn't fly away, but stopped on Gan Liang's shoulder and started preening its feathers.

"Master Gan actually has the ability to train birds."

Wei Tao watched with interest, and suddenly his brows wrinkled little by little.

Click!

He pulled out the long knife that Ou Yinglian was equipped with and chopped the wooden stake into two pieces in one stroke.

Straws wrapped in human skin fell to the ground.

Ou Yinglian looked down and whispered in surprise, "Sir, there are a lot of blood-stained hairs in the straw."

"No, that's not right."

She quickly overturned her statement, "Even the hair soaked in blood will not fade under the continuous washing of rain."

"Pick up a few pieces of human skin, cut off some hair, put them in a sealed box and take them with you. Let's continue our journey."

Wei Tao turned around and walked towards the carriage.

The few people behind quickly followed.

Soon after, a large number of crows with blood-eyed crows quickly descended and began to grab food more cheerfully.