Alienated Martial Arts

Since morning, the sky has become gloomy.

Large dark clouds quickly gathered in the sky, covering the entire Mingshui coast.

The autumn wind is gradually picking up, bringing rich moisture.

Not long after, cold raindrops fell from the sky, and there was a vast white mist in front of my eyes.

Ni Xun held the medicine bowl, closed his eyes and drank it all in one gulp. Then he picked up the sweet soup that had been prepared beside him and slowly diluted the bitter taste in his mouth.

Wei Tao placed some refreshments aside and turned to look out the window.

All I saw was the strong wind and cold rain, which fell to the deck with a crackle and splashed densely.

“One autumn rain and another cold, it won’t be long before we enter the winter of snowflakes again.”

Ni Hao sipped some snacks and suddenly asked with great interest, "I have never known where your home is. When this competition is over, can Deacon Wei take me there for a round of fun."

A trace of memory flashed in Wei Tao's eyes, and he slowly said, "My home is in Cangyuan City in the north of Qizhou, and you can see the endless mountains as far as the eye can see.

It's okay if Daozi wants to go, but I really can't think of any place to visit in such a bitter and cold place. "

"We are going to the Cangmang Mountains. Since the last time I heard laughter at Qingfeng Watch, I have always wanted to follow Sun Daozi's footsteps to see if I can find clues to my sudden delusions."

Wei Tao nodded, "Since Daozi has this idea, I will accompany you for a walk, so that you can go back and see if my former teacher and senior brother have returned to Cangyuan City."

While enjoying the rain, the two of them drank tea and chatted, exchanging martial arts practice experiences with each other.

Although Ni Hao majored in Yuanyi Secret Technique, his knowledge was quite mixed. He also dabbled in various outside martial arts, and even practiced many techniques to an extremely advanced level.

What this brings is extremely high vision and extremely accurate analysis of problems.

Often he can hit the nail on the head and get to the core.

After some exchanges, Wei Tao benefited a lot from talking less and listening more.

Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened.

The rain outside stopped, leaving only the cool autumn wind, which made the sails of the boat rustle.

Suddenly the ship's hull shook and it slowly moved closer to the dock.

After a moment it stopped completely.

Ni Xun stood up at this moment, picked up a paper umbrella, and slowly walked out of the cabin.

Wei Tao followed quickly with a package on his back and two boxes in his hands.

"Would you like me to get one for you?"

Ni Hao stopped at the door, with a slightly embarrassed expression on his face.

"It doesn't matter, it won't sink anyway."

Wei Tao waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "We will go directly to the inn later. We will rent a carriage when we leave tomorrow. Just salute and put it in the carriage."

Ni Hao nodded, "I rarely go down the mountain on weekdays. I am definitely not as experienced as you in all kinds of arenas. I will follow your arrangements in everything."

When the two of them got out of the cabin and got out of bed, they saw a row of luxuriously decorated carriages parked at the pier, picked up Master Xu and his party, and left with great fanfare to clear the road.

Wherever they went, pedestrians retreated for fear of bumping into the nobles in the carriage.

Through the gap in the car curtain, Master Xu glanced at the two people walking on foot, with a cold smile on his face.

Then he closed the curtain, closed his eyes and began to relax.

Ni Hao watched the convoy go away, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that in Luoshui City, Deacon Wei is also very arrogant.

Many gangs and forces follow your lead, and even Shaoqing Yiwei of the Patrol Department is devoted to you and obeys your words.

Every move he makes has the momentum of a dragon king traveling with wind and rain. Are these true? "

Wei Tao sighed helplessly, "Who did you listen to? How could I do such a high-profile thing if I am such a low-key person?"

Ni Hao smiled half-heartedly, "I heard what Zuo Shi said. He said that he and you went to Luoshui to purchase medicinal materials. After walking around the city, even he was a little trembling and did not dare to face you, the guard of Qingfengguan. deacon."

"Don't listen to Lao Zuo's nonsense. It's completely unrelated."

Wei Tao sighed again, "Now I am just the attendant who carries Daozi's bags. The rest are just rumors and stories that others have made up."

The two of them walked slowly in the city built on the mountain, one behind the other.

Chishan City is located on the side of Chishan Mountain and is a famous scenic tourist destination hundreds of miles away.

There is also a river spiraling down from the mountain, called Lingqu.

The Ling Canal originates from the back foot of Chishan Mountain and passes through the city carrying the spirit of the green mountain embroidery. It is also rich in red-tailed spirit fish, which is famous far and wide for its delicious meat.

Although Wei Tao had never been here before, he had carefully read Elder Jin Wushangjin's diary and praised the Lingqu Red Tail Fish very highly. Therefore, after booking the inn, he took Ni Hao out to taste it as soon as possible. tasty.

He had a lot of money, so he directly chose the most upscale restaurant nearby. The seat he sat in was also a private room on the third floor of the restaurant separated by a screen. The environment was quiet and elegant, avoiding the noise in the hall below.

The window faces the sparkling Lingqu.

The river water is clear and pure in color, looking like a green ribbon, bringing a spiritual and thorough visual beauty.

Although it is night, there are still several fishing boats busy in the water. Whenever a red-tailed fish is caught in the net, there will be cheers of extreme joy.

Wei Tao looked out the window, "The red-tailed spirit fish that Daozi just praised so much can only be caught in this river. If one fish is not enough, please ask for more. I want to taste the fresh fish just caught when I leave tomorrow." It’s hard to keep fish alive.”

Ni Hao picked up a piece of fish meat that was as crystal clear as jade, put it into his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Hearing this, he couldn't help but asked curiously, "You have never been here before, why are you so familiar with everything about Chishan Lingqu?"

Wei Tao laughed, "There is a person who likes to write travel notes and records the fine wines and delicacies of various places. After I read it, I naturally remembered it in my heart."

With that said, he called the waiter and asked for ten more spiritual fish.

Not far away, in another private room.

There is a pot of rice wine and several exquisite side dishes on the table.

Several young men who looked like scholars were drinking and composing poems. When they heard Wei Tao speak, they all shook their heads and sighed that he was vulgar and had no experience of the world.

The key to the delicious taste and high price of red tail spirit fish is that it is difficult to catch.

Not to mention that each spiritual fish brought to the table costs at least thirty or forty taels of silver.

Just saying that this person asked for ten fish, but he didn't know that the restaurant could only receive less than twenty at most every day, and excluding the tail numbers that other customers had ordered in advance, how could they conjure up ten fresh fish for him?

Several young people smiled lightly, drank to each other, and said that it was not worth being exposed to such rough people.

There was a lot of discussion over there, and the two people here had such keen hearing that they listened clearly from beginning to end.

Ni Xun just tasted the delicacies and pretended not to hear.

Wei Tao looked up at the waiter and flicked his fingers.

There was a thin piece of paper on the table.

Gudong!

The shop clerk's throat was surging, and he stared at the thousand-tael banknote. His tongue was knotted for a moment, and he was speechless.

Snap!

Wei Tao flicked his fingertips again, and a silver ingot landed next to his little hand.

He smiled slightly and said, "This is for you, and that is for the store. Can you make ten fresh fishes?"

The store clerk held the silver ingot tightly and nodded heavily, "If you go back to the master, we can go to other branches to mix it. The ten-tailed spirit fish can make it!"

Wei Tao said, "We only eat fresh food."

"You dare to guarantee with your life that this is the fresh fish that just came out of the water today!"

Uh-huh!

Quietly, another thousand-tael silver note fell on the table.

There is also a larger silver ingot, right next to the banknote.

Wei Tao tapped his finger on the table, "As long as my lady has a happy meal, I will give the banknote to the store and the silver ingot to you."

The waiter left in a hurry.

Ni Xun slowly sipped the tea and said, "It's not worth it just for one bite."

Wei Tao waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "As long as Daozi likes it, then you just eat it, everything else is trivial."

Ni Hao's eyes turned and he sighed, "I found out that you are really rich. How can a Taoist deacon have such a huge financial resources?"

"It's not that the deacon of Qingfeng Guan has such financial resources, but because I am the deacon of Qingfeng Guan, and others give me more face."

Wei Tao spoke slowly, then suddenly fell silent.

Suddenly he narrowed his eyes and looked out the window at the other side of the Ling Canal.

Ni Hao reacted sharply, turning his head almost at the same time and following his gaze.

People were coming and going on both sides of the river, but there was no one who needed special attention.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

Wei Tao had already stood up and came directly to the window.

"I just saw a person, and his back seemed to be an old friend of my master's sect."

He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly to calm down.

"Daozi is here to taste the delicacies. I need to go over and confirm it to see if he is really my former senior brother or if I am confused and mistaken."

"You go ahead and don't worry about me." Ni Hao nodded and began to concentrate on dealing with the fish in front of him.

The next moment, Wei Tao jumped down from the building without any hesitation or hesitation.

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"Xiaopan hasn't come back yet?"

In a somewhat dilapidated courtyard on the edge of Chishan City, Master Zhou picked up a bowl of medicinal soup and drank it slowly, then touched his chest and coughed violently.

A young man served tea and whispered, "As for the teacher, the senior brother has not come back yet."

Master Zhou was silent for a moment and sighed, "Have you packed everything?"

"Everything is packed. We can set off right away as soon as Senior Brother comes back from buying medicines."

Master Zhou nodded and looked up at the night sky that was obscured by thick dark clouds. The worry between his brows became heavier and heavier.

The cool night breeze hit him, and he couldn't help but feel a deep chill.

"Teacher, don't worry. Senior brother is always alert and careful. Those people shouldn't notice him when he goes out this time. Maybe it's just that some medicines are more difficult to buy, which delayed a little time."

The named disciple put away the medicine bowl and whispered words of comfort.

Master Zhou closed his eyes and sighed secretly again.

My mind couldn't help but return to that bloody and terrifying snowy night.

At that time, they rushed back outside Cangyuan City and met the city defense troops stationed in the village. They thought they had finally put the danger behind them, but unexpectedly, it was the beginning of the greatest crisis.

They didn't expect that the city defense army would take action directly and would not stop until they were wiped out and killed.

After a bloody battle, he managed to escape with his disciples with his foundation damaged and his body seriously injured.

After narrowly escaping several waves of subsequent pursuits, he finally arrived at the shore of Mingshui and left the ground of Cangyuan City.

Next, they didn't dare to continue on the land route, so they found a merchant ship returning with goods. They collected all their money and gave it to the ship owner, so they got the chance to take the ship.

They went all the way south along the Ming River until they crossed the entire Qizhou, and finally settled down temporarily in Chishan City.

According to Master Zhou's original idea, Chishan City is far away from Cangyuan and is the headquarters of the Nine Saint Sect of the martial arts sect. It should be safer in any case and allow everyone to stay and recuperate.

But in fact it backfired.

It did take a few months for him to settle down at first, and he even had the intention to reopen a martial arts school here to specially accept young people who could not be admitted by the Nine Saint Sect, so as to make a stable living.

Who would have expected that the good times would not last long.

Just ten days ago, Master Zhou and Tan Pan were helping foreign merchants escort supplies outside Chishan City. They encountered someone who wanted to buy and sell by force, and even molested the merchant's daughter.

After a fight, those people were injured and fled.

The result was that he offended the children of the Xu family in Chishan.

Even the merchants who were protected by them soon turned against them and joined the disciples of the Xu family, throwing all the blame on their heads.

It even spread rumors that Tan Pan had evil intentions and touched the merchant's daughter with the intention of raping her.

Faced with this situation, Master Zhou had to bow his head and come to apologize.

Even if he is injured, he can only swallow his anger and hide.

I just hope that I can leave this place as soon as possible and avoid the unwillingness of the Xu family in Chishan.

There was a soft squeaking sound.

The courtyard door was pushed open.

Tan Pan staggered a little and walked in carrying a package.

"teacher."

He looked ashamed, "My disciple spent all his money, but he failed to buy all the medicines he should have bought."

"It doesn't matter, as long as the person comes back safely."

Master Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "I have asked them to pack their luggage and prepare to leave when you come back."

Tan Pan frowned and hesitated, "Disciple went out at night and found many people from the Xu family outside.

In this case, it's better for us to hide here. If we go out, we may be easily exposed. "

"Are there many people from the Xu family outside?"

Master Zhou also changed his expression, "The Xu family has deep roots in the Nine Saint Sect. If they make such a big move, they probably won't do it just for us..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly fell silent.

He looked up at the small courtyard shrouded in darkness.

Quietly, several figures jumped over the wall and entered.

The way for everyone in the Red Line Sect was firmly blocked.

"The old man does have a keen mind."

A man in black raised his head and sneered, "Our Xu family is running rampant in Chishan, so of course we can't go to war for you little mice.

But for the Fourth Young Master, torturing you ignorant people to death is his greatest pleasure these days. "

"Are you following me!?"

Tan Pan stopped in front of Master Zhou, his face suddenly turned pale.

"Following you?"

The man in black laughed.

"A few little mice thought they were hiding well, but they didn't know that every move they made would fall into the eyes of the Fourth Young Master.

The reason why they didn't take action was that the Fourth Young Master got interested and wanted to play a game of cat and mouse with his newly acquired concubine. "

He smiled and smiled, then suddenly shook his head and sighed, "Today, a distinguished guest from the Xu family is here, and he is from a high-ranking sect.

Fourth Young Master doesn't have the time to play with you anymore, so he ordered us to close the net and kill people.

I didn’t expect you idiot to be so naive that you thought we were following you and discovered your hiding place? "

Tan Pan was speechless and confused.

"Elder brother, they are indeed not following you."

Suddenly, a gentle and clear man's voice sounded from behind the man in black and slowly reached Tan Pan's ears.

"The one who is really stalking Senior Brother is actually Junior Brother."

The expressions of the men in black changed and they stepped aside, revealing a figure standing there at some point.

Under the eaves in front of some dilapidated houses, a hint of joy flashed in the eyes of the registered disciples of the Hongxian Sect, but all of them disappeared immediately.

Even some unbearable expressions appeared on their faces.

The one they provoked was the Chishan Xu family, which was deeply rooted even in the Nine Saint Sect. Even Master Zhou and Senior Brother Tan were no match. Now that the Seventh Senior Brother had arrived, it was just one more person to die.

Tan Pan suddenly came back to his senses from his daze.

His mouth opened wide and his voice was like murmuring in a dream, "Junior Brother Xiao Qi, am I dreaming? How could it be you?"

But Master Zhou slammed the armrest of the wooden chair and said in a very cold voice, "Who are you? What are you doing breaking into my yard? I don't know you at all!"

"If you don't want to die, get out of here!"

"It's been a long time since I heard the teacher curse. I felt very cordial for a while, and made the disciples full of emotions. It seemed like I was back in the past, practicing hard in the inner courtyard of the martial arts school."

Wei Tao smiled and bowed.

"Disciple Wei Qi, pay your respects to the teacher."