Heavenly Dao Formula

Everyone suddenly slowed down their breathing and buried their heads in the tall weeds.

The terrain on both sides of this mountain road shows an upward trend. If people in the road do not search deliberately, it is difficult to find the lurkers hidden in the high places.

Through the grass, Xia Fan could vaguely see the figures of two men—they walked in one after the other with oil lamps. There is neither a bow nor a hunting dog behind him, but a long sword and an ax are pinned to his waist. From this posture, it can be known that the person who came was definitely not going up the mountain to hunt or gather medicine.

From the perspective of skill, the two of them may have a little kung fu, but their level is estimated to be higher than that of ordinary people. He was vigilant, and looked around all the way, but the night was not only a cover for prey, but also for hunters. It was too difficult to see through the vast darkness in the mountains with just two pairs of eyes.

In this way, they quickly passed the hidden location of Xia Fan and others, and walked deep into the mountain.

"Aren't we going to follow?" Wang Renzhi couldn't help asking when the light of the oil lamp went farther and farther until it disappeared.

"No, we don't follow, we just follow the leader." Xia Fan shook his head decisively, "Professional work must be done by professional people, and now the other party has finally shown his tail. There will never be a second chance. We must guarantee one success."

"Professional work should be done by professional people?" Wang Renzhi smacked his lips and savored. "That's a good statement. I can't see that you are quite experienced in such things as tailing."

"It's not just a gentleman." Shangguancai added.

"That... I think Brother Xia is quite upright." Only Wei Wushuang always stood by Xia Fan's side.

Good brother, you deserve to be the one who accompanied me through the examination.

Xia Fan estimated the time in his heart, and stood up about a quarter of an hour later, "It's almost there, remember the gestures I taught you?"

Everyone nodded in unison.

"Okay, let's go."

He took out the prepared oil lamp, lit it, and walked in the front.

Others followed.

Although it will be more concealed without the lights on, but the speed will be dragged down a lot. What's more, walking on the mountain road in an environment where you can't see your fingers is dangerous-the uneven ground is easy to sprain your feet, and snakes and insects entrenched in the shadow Also a big threat.

This is why he decided to let Li undertake the tracking task.

With a middleman, they can extend the distance longer, even if they have lights and noise all the way, they will not attract the attention of the target.

And the woods after dark, for the fox demon, just returned to its home field.

Not to mention ordinary people, even experienced alchemists may not be able to realize that they are being targeted by a fox.

After a while, Xia Fan found a mark left by Li: she tied strips of white cloth between the low branches to indicate the direction of the target.

"This way."

Before long, they found that they had deviated from the usual uphill road and were deep in the dense forest. If there is no mark to guide, getting lost is just a matter of minutes.

At this time, there was no visible ground under their feet, and it was full of thick fallen leaves and bushes. In order to move easily, the group had to shorten the corners of their robes and use wooden swords to push aside the branches in front of them.

Xia Fan suddenly felt that it would be better to equip himself with an extra golden iron sword.

"These two guys really have a problem." Wang Renzhi cursed, "What ghost paths did they choose! I'm afraid no one has ever been to this place."

"Not necessarily." Shangguancai picked off a broken short branch, put it in front of his eyes and looked around carefully, "From the point of view of the break, someone came here a week ago, and there were quite a few people..."

"How many people say?"

"Don't you claim to be the top ten in the scholar examination?"

"Then... the test is alchemy, and it has nothing to do with magic."

"Okay." Shangguan Cai threw down the low branch, "It's okay to tell you, this is a common judgment method used by military scouts. If there is a small group of people advancing in the forest, the more people there are, the more often the branches will be broken. The more frequently. Because it is impossible for people to maintain a straight line, you will inevitably encounter more things.”

"So there is such a reason." Wang Renzhi clicked his tongue in amazement, "Then... have you ever killed someone?"

Shangguan Cai cast a glance at him, "Of course."

Wang Renzhi couldn't help being taken aback, "Did you really kill him?"

"Isn't it normal for you to die and live on the battlefield? There's nothing to make a fuss about. You don't think that the border of Daqi is as safe as a mountain?"

He couldn't help but take two steps slowly, putting some distance between him and the other party.

Shangguan Cai couldn't help but frowned, "What do you mean by that? Could it be that you haven't killed anyone?"

"Of course not!" Wang Renzhi retorted loudly, and then suddenly covered his mouth, "Why do you think so?"

"Naturally, you are the second son of the Wang family." She sneered, "There is nothing to hide, a place like the Wang family is so powerful, how can it not have blood on its hands. Of course, I have no interest in blaming you, this is the way of the world. "

"I admit that I have bullied others and provoked many girls, but you said that murder—"

"Hush!" Xia Fan suddenly made a quiet gesture, and at the same time extinguished the oil lamp in his hand.

The three of them immediately shut up and crouched down.

"what's the situation?"

"They stopped."

An imprint on a tree becomes two white lines crossing.

This means the target stops advancing and hides in place.

"Oh, anti-reconnaissance?" Shangguan Cai raised his eyebrows, "These two are considered to have some experience - but that's all."

If you rush forward because you lost your tracking target at this time, you will be spotted by the opponent.

"You think they're not doing enough?"

"Of course, if it were me, I would arrange one person to go forward and one person to stay behind. If there are many people, you can also conduct a reverse search. It is inevitable for an unprofessional team like ours to be discovered."

Xia Fan was dumbfounded, just now who said that he was not a gentleman.

Obviously, she is much more professional than herself in terms of beginning and end.

Another quarter of an hour later, the flash appeared again.

"Okay, let's go. They're moving again."

After walking around like this for about an hour, an old stone gate half hidden in the mountain wall appeared in front of the four of them.

The inside of the stone gate was pitch black, like the mouth of a giant beast. Standing at the gate, one could feel the gusts of wind blowing from inside. Judging from the cracked and moss-covered stone walls, this building probably existed for quite a long time.

"Around Gaoshan County...is there such a thing?" Wei Wushuang swallowed.

And Xia Fan looked dignified, the "grotto" that Hu Huairen was talking about should be here. The answer he wanted to find - why the frequency of evil disasters showed periodic changes, and nine out of ten of them were also among them.

"There are only two outcomes. Either you don't get an answer, or you don't get an answer. Either way, it's worse than not knowing."

Li's words came back to his ears.

But in fact, he wanted to say that Li was wrong.

For him, not knowing is the worst outcome.

That means, he will be fooled by this world forever.

"Next, let's see what the magistrate wants to hide." Xia Fan raised the oil lamp and was the first to walk into the stone gate.

Thank you WwlWss for rewarding the leader, meh!