Nightwatcher

Jingxin and Jingyuan got the news and came to welcome them with all the monks.

The King of Difficulties saw his lover Jingyuan, and he understood his injury at a glance:

"The meaning of the knife is endless in the body, and it is indelible. Was this wounded by him?"

After Chai Xing'er secretly sent out the news, Jing Xin immediately notified Du Nan King Kong with a secret method. Du Nan already knew that Xu Qi'an was in Xiangzhou. .

Jing Yuan's face was pale, he nodded slightly, and said with shame: "The disciple is incompetent, and he failed to keep the disciples of the Buddha."

Duan King Kong said indifferently: "Let's go in and talk about it."

All the monks entered the Chai Mansion, took their seats in the hall, and told King Kong of the Difficulty what happened in Xiangzhou in detail.

"That Chai Xing'er is said to be a spy from the "Tianji Palace", and has been reported to the superiors. The Buddha didn't kill us, but he was afraid that the spies would come and find out that the matter would be revealed."

Pure heart to make the final summary.

"Pity."

King Kong of Surpassing Difficulties said with regret: "I came a step earlier, and I can capture the Buddha and fulfill the instructions of Bodhisattva Jialuoshu."

He got up and left the chair, walked to Jing Yuan's side, pressed his palm on Jing Yuan's right shoulder, and the light golden energy flowed into his disciple's body, shattering the remaining saber intent in the viscera and meridians.

The skin all over Jingyuan's body suddenly cracked and blood flowed continuously.

He snorted, his face was pale, and beads of sweat rolled down.

"What a domineering sword intent."

Diamond of Difficulty made a comment, and then shook his head: "No, when this meaning is annihilated, it explodes again, and I would rather be broken jade. The fourth-grade sword intent of the Buddha."

Jing Yuan's face gradually turned rosy, like a person recovering from a serious illness.

Seeing Master's serious expression, he asked, "What do you mean?"

The third-rank King Kong has no "intelligence", and the eighth-rank monk directly advances to the third rank. The actual practice process is the way of a martial artist. Three products.

In other words, in fact, the invincible defense of Vajra Divine Art is "will".

"This meaning is not to be described as domineering and staunch. If a person of the same realm fights against him, he must be prepared to die at the same time." Diamond Duan said.

"Why?" Jing Yuan frowned.

"Because that's what he wanted, only for broken pieces of jade, not for tiles." Duan King Kong said slowly.

Jingyuan and Jingxin looked at each other, and once again realized that Xu Qi'an was terrible, and that Buddha was the most worthy of his generation.

"Uncle Du Nan, what are you going to do with Du Qing Arhat and Uncle Du Fan this time?" Jing Xin asked.

Duan King Kong said in a deep voice: "I wanted to go to Qianlong City, and I received your letter on the way, so I turned back."

Qianlong City?

Jing Xin glanced at Jing Yuan and found the same doubt in the other party's eyes, so he asked, "When will it be more important than collecting dragon energy and capturing Buddha?"

King Kong is silent.

Jing Xin didn't ask any more questions, and tentatively said: "Then, shall we go directly to Yongzhou, or wait here for a few more days?"

Du Nan pondered for a moment: "Leave tomorrow morning."

At night, Duan King Kong was meditating and breathing in his room in the outer courtyard of the Chai Mansion, when the door suddenly "snapped" twice, and someone knocked on the door outside.

Duan King Kong said slowly: "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a man in a cloak came in, who looked like a man.

"I've seen the super hard King Kong."

The cloaked man's voice was deep and magnetic.

"Are you a spy from Tianji Palace?" Duan King Kong maintained a meditating posture without even opening his eyes.

"Exactly."

The cloaked man replied.

"The Heavenly Secret Palace belongs to that second-grade sorcerer?" Duan King Kong asked.

"yes."

The man in the cloak didn't hide anything, and said respectfully: "When the palace master gave the task of searching for the host of the dragon energy, he said that Buddhism is a friend who can cooperate, so I came. The palace master is a master of everything, and never misses it."

Seeing Du Nan Vajra sitting in meditation without saying a word, he continued:

"Forget it, since the Dragon Qi was taken away by Buddhism, Tianji Palace has nothing to say. However, I have checked in the Chai Mansion, but I have not seen Chai Xing'er. She is from my Tianji Palace, and I hope that Buddhism will show her a noble hand and return her." Give it to Tianji Palace."

Duan King Kong opened his eyes, shook his head in a deep voice, "Chai Xing'er is not in the hands of the Buddhist sect."

The man in the cloak was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "It seems that something happened in Xiangzhou, please tell King Kong."

In the room, the candlelight was like beans, and the orange halo couldn't reach five meters away.

"Here comes the man."

King Kong's words made the breathing under the cloak become heavy.

Then, Duan King Kong told the cloaked man what he heard from Jingxin.

The man in the cloak listened intently, listened to every word, thought for a long time, and said:

"The palace lord once said that sooner or later that person would go into the rivers and lakes to collect dragon energy. He failed to retrieve the dragon veins in the capital. The rivers and lakes are a new opportunity. The palace lord smashed the dragon veins. In addition to destroying the foundation of Dafeng, another important purpose is to for this.

"Once he fails to regain the dragon energy in that person's body, then change the battlefield and hunt him down in the rivers and lakes. The palace master has planned everything like a god, and has already controlled everything in his hands.

"Master, we might as well cooperate."

The King of Difficulties looked at him: "You are a secret agent, how do you know so much?"

The cloaked man smiled, but did not answer.

Duan King Kong said: "How do you want to cooperate? He has a way to hide his breath, and his disguise is superb. It is difficult to find him, let alone catch him."

The cloaked man was silent for a few seconds, then laughed:

"Sometimes catching prey doesn't have to be hunting, an excellent hunter knows how to make traps.

"There are two effective ways to deal with him: one, use the dragon energy host to lure him out. This trick can only be used once, and with his wisdom, it will be difficult the second time.

"Second, rape, plunder, and do all kinds of bad things in the areas where he may haunt. As long as he knows, he will definitely come. This strategy can be used many times.

"Dragon Qi host from Tianji Palace?" Duan King Kong directly abandoned the second one.

Buddhist King Kong does not shy away from killing, but only kills those who deserve to be killed, such as enemies, wicked people, people who hate people, etc. Killing innocent people indiscriminately will make one's own demons haunt him.

The cloaked man nodded and said:

"According to the reliable information I have received, the martial arts conference in Yongzhou is about to open, and there will be a gathering of heroes. He will definitely attend and search for the dragon energy host hidden in the crowd.

"We only need to control a few Dragon Qi hosts, arrange their activities in Yongzhou City, and closely monitor the movement around the host. Once that person shows up, we will immediately close the net and catch the turtle."

Dharma Guardian King Kong nodded slowly: "He has already broken part of the seal. During the conflict last night, the soul-absorbing mirror could not shake his primordial spirit. If the guess is correct, the magic nail at Baihui Point has been untied."

The man in the cloak pondered: "In this way, the third-rank warrior's premonition of the crisis will make the ambush more difficult. This matter has to be discussed in the long run. To ensure nothing goes wrong, I will immediately send a letter to the Palace Master to ask for his opinion."

On this day, the team of five arrived in Yongzhou City after a day and night of rushing.

Xu Qi'an abandoned his handsome appearance in his previous life, and changed into an ordinary one, and Li Lingsu did the same.

As for Heng Yin and Mu Nanzhi, the former was wrapped in a cloak, while the latter was wearing a veiled hat.

Even the filly had a certain amount of camouflage. Xu Qi'an used dye to paint its hooves white and its hair black.

As a result, the little mare changed from a yellow dragon pussy to a snow-treading crow.

Xu Qi'an also realized that the filly was still too conspicuous, and it was also the only flaw in the team.

After all, people can be disguised, but horses are difficult to be disguised, although in the eyes of most people, horses look the same.

After entering Yongzhou City, Xu Qi'an went to one of the best inns in Yongzhou City: Buzuiju.

But was told it was fully booked and there were no spare rooms.

I found a few more inns, but there were still no rooms.

Li Lingsu said "tsk": "Yongzhou is holding a martial arts conference, and the inns in the city, both good and bad, are full. Strange, you said that there is no place for a fourth-rank in Yongzhou, so what kind of martial arts conference is held? "

There are four grades in Yongzhou, but they all have official positions and are members of the imperial court. In Jianghu, there are no fourth-rank masters.

Lei Zheng of Dragon God Fort, and Gongsun Xiangyang of Gongsun family, both had five-rank energy, and they were only a step away from fourth-rank, but they couldn't pass this threshold.

Mu Nanzhi sat on the horse's back, her waist swaying slightly with the bumps. Hearing this, she hummed softly, "Someone's brain is twitching."

Li Lingsu smiled and said, "What does Mrs. Xu mean by that?"

Probably because the word "Mrs. Xu" is really pleasing to the ear, Mu Nanzhi glanced at Xu Qi'an, and said, "This guy suggested it."

? A question mark flashed in Li Lingsu's mind, the martial arts conference in Yongzhou was organized by Xu Qian? Why has he never said, no, what is his purpose in organizing this martial arts conference.

Shengzi glanced at Xu Qian, seeing that he had no intention of explaining, so he restrained his curiosity wisely and didn't ask any further questions.

Fortunately, Yongzhou City University has a large number of inns. After searching around, they finally found a passable inn with vacancies.

After taking Li Lingsu and Mu Nanzhi to check in, Xu Qi'an sat at the desk as usual, thinking about the next plan.

"The martial arts conference in Yongzhou is a way for me to quickly collect dragon energy, but it is also the same for Buddhism, Witch God Sect, and Xu Pingfeng.

"They will definitely come here upon hearing the news, this has been confirmed from Jing Xin and the others, the next stop of Buddhism is here.

"Backward reasoning, Fomen and Xu Pingfeng must also be able to think of it, I will not give up this opportunity. Thinking differently, if I were them, what would I do?

"Oh, it must be to seize this opportunity, collect dragon energy, and deal with me. But I have the ability of "moving stars and changing battles" by the heavenly gu, which can cover up the breath, and the qi-watching technique is useless to me.

"How are they going to find me?"

Xu Qi'an squeezed the space between his eyebrows, and suddenly had an idea: "Gongsun's family and Dragon God Fort are local snakes, let them be my eyeliner, to inquire about news."

Thinking of this, he got up and left the room, knocking on Li Lingsu's door.

"senior?"

Li Lingsu opened the door, asked him to come in sideways, then walked to the table, poured water, and said:

"I'm trying to break through the seal. Sister Rong is the pinnacle of the fourth rank. I just stepped into the fourth rank, and her strength is very different. I can't break through the seal for a while. It would be great if I could have a Taoist master to help me.

"When will we go to the capital? My junior sister is now a fourth rank, she can unlock the seal for me."

Your junior sister can't protect herself, let your master break the seal for you. Xu Qi'an didn't drink tea, and said bluntly:

"Come out with me."

"Where are you going?" Li Lingsu subconsciously asked.

"You'll know when you go."

Li Lingsu said "oh", turned around and walked outside, but seeing that Xu Qian didn't follow, he asked in confusion, "Senior?"

At this time, a sparrow flew in from the open window, fluttered its wings and landed on Li Lingsu's shoulder, saying, "Let's go."

After getting along for so long, Li Lingsu has adapted to Xu Qian's high-minded personality who doesn't like to explain, and left Yongzhou City without asking any more questions.

Two quarters of an hour later, they arrived at Gongsun Villa, eighteen miles away.

Gongsun Villa is built among the green hills, and the scenery is beautiful in spring. In severe winter, it also has a special flavor.

Passing through the tall archway at the foot of the mountain, climbing up the steps, and stopping outside the gate of the villa, Li Lingsu cupped his hands at the gatehouse and said:

"Trouble pass, just say that Xu Qian is visiting."

The concierge immediately went to communicate, and half a quarter of an hour later, Gongsun Xiangyang, who was fat and middle-aged, led Gongsunxiu, who was designated as the heir, to rush out.

The moment they saw Li Lingsu, the father and daughter frowned, and Gongsun Xiangyang cupped his hands and said, "Senior Xu?"

Seeing that the land snake Gongsun's family was respectful to Xu Qian, Li Lingsu believed Mu Nanzhi's words a little bit.

According to Xu Qian's instruction, Li Lingsu said "hmm" without saying too much.

However, Shengzi and old scumbag were a little surprised when he saw Gongsunxiu, she was a nice girl.

Of course, this is limited to admiring beauties, the Holy Son really doesn't have the energy to start the next relationship now, to comprehend the Supreme Forgetfulness.

Under the leadership of Gongsun Xiangyang, he entered the villa and took a seat in the inner hall burning with charcoal fire.

"The unknown senior came to visit, the hospitality was not good, please also invite Haihan."

Gongsun Xiangyang was polite for a while, and then cut to the point:

"The martial arts conference is being held according to the wishes of the seniors. This time, the heroes of Yongzhou gathered, not only from Yongzhou, but also from neighboring states such as Qingzhou and Zhangzhou. People from martial arts also came to join in the fun."

"Very good!" Li Lingsu nodded: "Where is the competition location?"

"In Yongzhou City, Dajiaochang in the southwest. It was originally a barracks where the city defense army was stationed. There was a martial arts arena, and the venue was spacious enough. Now that the city defense army has changed their camp, I will temporarily rent that place."

This kind of large-scale gathering is not enough to have a ring, the venue is very important.

The barracks are far away from the residential area, and there is a large enough martial arts arena to serve as the venue for the martial arts conference.

Li Lingsu asked: "Do one thing for me. Send someone to keep an eye on Yongzhou City. Once you find any traces of Buddhist monks, report to me immediately."

Gongsun Xiangyang said: "Good!"

At this time, Gongsun Xiangyang heard the little sparrow on the shoulder of "Xu Qian", uttering words, and said with a smile:

"It seems that Patriarch Gongsun has lived in peace recently, and Xu will not bother him, so he will leave."

After saying that, the sparrow flapped its wings and flew out of the inner hall, disappearing into the sky.

Gongsun Xiangyang was stunned for a while, then looked at Li Lingsu belatedly: "Just now."

Li Lingsu nodded: "The one just now is Senior Xu."

Xu Qi'an did this mainly to be safe, because of empathy, Buddhism, or Xu Pingfeng's minions, came to Yongzhou, and they would probably also find local snakes and let them search for a person named Xu Qian in the city.

Or, a small team with steeds.

Finding a needle in a haystack is also a way of finding people.

Now it seems that Gongsun's family is safe for the time being.

Senior Xu Qian turned into a bird? No, controlling a bird is really a treacherous and unpredictable method. Gongsunxiu was extremely shocked.

Gongsun Xiangyang frowned slightly, and looked at Li Lingsu with a smile on his face: "Then your Excellency is."

Li Lingsu nodded: "I am Senior Xu's best friend, and also a junior."

He briefly introduced himself, and said: "There is another purpose for this trip. I haven't been able to find a good inn in Yongzhou City. I don't know if Patriarch Gongsun has a spare residence. It's best not to stay in Gongsun Villa."

After getting the affirmation from Gongsun Xiangyang, Li Lingsu finally couldn't hold back his curiosity, and said, "How did Patriarch Gongsun strengthen Senior Xu?"

This. Gongsun Xiangyang said with a wry smile: "Senior once told me not to leak secrets."

Li Lingsu asked unwillingly: "Does Patriarch Gongsun know the origin and identity of Senior Xu? I met him during our travels, and I was very curious about the identity of Senior."

He believes that telling a lie is worse than telling the truth and expressing one's curiosity.

Gongsunxiu answered: "We don't know more than Xiongtai, and we are also curious about the identity of Senior Xu."

After a pause, she hesitated and said, "There is a poem, I wonder if you have heard it before."

"Poetry?" Li Lingsu asked back.

Gongsunxiu explained: "I once asked Senior Xu about his identity, but he didn't speak out, but left a poem."

"What poem?" Li Lingsu straightened up and asked.

"In the eight hundred and autumn years since I attained the Tao, I have never taken a flying sword to take a human head. The Jade Emperor has not had a celestial talisman, and the goods are black and gold."

Gongsun Xiu said slowly.

After many days, reciting this poem again, there is still a kind of unconcealable shock, which makes people's hearts surge.

"Eight hundred autumns in the year of Taoism, eight hundred autumns in the year of Taoism," Li Lingsu murmured.

After a while, he pinched the center of his brows, and secretly bared his teeth. Xu Qian's identity as a bad old man is more terrifying than I imagined.

Everyone in the hall didn't pay attention. After flying around outside, the sparrow turned back to Gongsun Villa and stood quietly on the eaves, like a silent sentinel.

In the inn, Xu Qi'an took a sip of tea in satisfaction:

"That bird has to stay at Gongsun's house as an eyeliner to prevent people from Fomen and Xu Pingfeng from looking for it. However, I hope they come to Gongsun's house."

At this time, Xu Qi'an's heart was shaken, and the illusory sound of the dragon's chant came from his ears, and the fragments of the book from the ground in his arms became hot.

He sensed that the Dragon Qi host was nearby.