Chapter 41 Trial
Chapter 41 Trial
At this moment, Zhao Qi suddenly withdrew his sword and took three steps back. He stood still on the ground, thrust his sword into the soil, and took out a few pieces of talisman paper from his sleeve. He turned to Li Wuxiang and shouted, "Fragrant!"
Li Wuxiang was slightly stunned, and Zhao Qi added: "Straw!"
Li Wuxiang immediately understood, rushed to the bedside, reached down, and grabbed a bunch of straw. At this time, Zhao Qi took a few quick steps and quickly placed the talisman papers in front of the sword, divided into two rows, three in each row. These six talisman papers were similar to what he saw that night - little people were drawn in ink, with only cinnabar dotted for the eyes, a row of little people on the left holding a cymbal board, and a row of little people on the right holding swords and guns.
Zhao Qi lifted his hem, sat down behind the sword, and began to chant. He chanted very quickly, and Li Wuxiang could not hear the specific content, but he clearly heard the name of "Donghuang Taiyi" several times. His heart skipped a beat, and suddenly he felt that the battle set by Zhao Qi was a little familiar. The next moment he immediately understood - this was almost the scene when he was trapped in the stove, with an emperor sitting at the top, and two rows of civil and military officials on the left and right!
While he was thinking, Zhao Qi had finished his spell, and he quickly pulled the middle finger of his right hand on the blade and then stopped, blood flowing down the sword spine. He stretched out his left hand again, and Li Wuxiang immediately handed him three bundles of stirred straw. Zhao Qi pinched the straw, and he snorted, and the tip of the straw suddenly bright red and ignited without fire. He inserted the three bundles of straw that served as incense in front of him, stared at the fluttering ghost, and shouted: "Kill!"
His voice was not loud, but it sounded very clear and sharp, as if a thunderclap had exploded in the room. Li Wuxiang felt a sudden sway in front of his eyes, as if he had fainted instantly, and the surrounding scenery was all shaking.
This must be the powerful method of the Ranshan Sect, right? Listening to the spell that Zhao Qi recited, he was forced by this ghost to ask for the power of Donghuang Taiyi that they worshipped!
But then, nothing happened again - after the loud shout faded away, Li Wuxiang did feel a fleeting and powerful force lingering around him for a moment, but it disappeared the next moment. He only felt slightly refreshed, comfortable, and his hunger relieved, and there seemed to be some subtle changes in his body.
But he had no time to pay attention to himself now - Zhao Qi's trick still didn't work, the ghost was still ferocious in the confinement, the black air around it was so thick that it couldn't be dissolved, and it turned into a rolling black mist rushing out from the ground. The circle of fire ash on the ground was already dim, and it was immediately extinguished by the black air, and then dissipated in all directions.
The ghost's body flashed suddenly and disappeared in an instant. Zhao Qi was stunned for a moment, and just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Li Wuxiang shout, "Behind you!"
Zhao Qi turned around suddenly and came face to face with the ghost. He immediately pulled back, but the ghost dodged as soon as he moved a little, and appeared behind him again, opening its mouth wide and sucking hard!
Zhao Qi's body was struck by lightning, and he trembled immediately. He grabbed the hilt of the sword on the ground to avoid falling. The next moment, he pulled out the sword, but he didn't look for the ghost, the door, or the window, but ran towards Chen Sanyao. But as soon as he took a step, the ghost lay on his back and took another deep breath. Zhao Qi's legs suddenly went limp and he almost fell to the ground. He propped up the ground with his left hand and continued to run towards Chen Sanyao. The ghost took another deep breath, and Zhao Qi fell hard, almost losing his sword. His face began to spasm, his mouth opened wide, and saliva flowed out like Chen Sanyao before, but his eyes were still staring at Chen Sanyao.
Is there something strange about Chen Sanyao?!
Li Wuxiang immediately rushed to Chen Sanyao and saw that although he was still slumped on the ground, he had recovered a little after a short while and was trying hard to flip his eyelids, like a very sleepy person who wanted to wake up quickly.
At this time, only Zhao Qi's eyes could move normally. He glared and winked at Li Wuxiang, but Li Wuxiang didn't understand what he wanted him to do, so he simply pulled Chen San up from the ground, pushed him hard and shook him.
When Chen San struggled before biting, his clothes were already in disarray. At this time, Li Wuxiang grabbed and shook the clothes, and they fell off and scattered on the ground, revealing his chest soaked with blood.
As soon as the clothes that Chen San had bitten fell to the ground, the ghost lying on Zhao Qi rolled down all of a sudden - it was originally floating in the air like an illusion, but now it first fell on Zhao Qi's back, then rolled over to his side, and the breath in its mouth suddenly stopped.
Zhao Qi immediately took a deep breath, grabbed the long sword beside him and stabbed it into the head. The evil ghost dissipated with a buzz, turning into a foul-smelling liquid that poured onto the ground.
The room suddenly became quiet, and when he looked around, the doors and windows were back in place. Li Wuxiang wanted to help Zhao Qi up, but Zhao Qi had already gotten up, angrily opened Li Wuxiang's hand, and ran to Chen Sanyao in two steps. Chen Sanyao was shaken awake by Li Wuxiang at this time, and wanted to speak in a daze, but Zhao Qi kicked him and he let out a short "ah" and sat down against the wall.
Then Zhao Qi used his sword to pick through Chen San's clothes, seemed to find something, and immediately bent down to pick it up.
Li Wuxiang shifted his gaze to Chen Sanyao - was it because this scoundrel was carrying something that could drive away ghosts and monsters, which was why the situation just now was so unexpected to Zhao Qi?
But it doesn't seem like that. The panic and confusion on Chen Sanyao's face at this moment were completely untrue. It seemed that he didn't expect such a dangerous and terrifying scene just now. If he could really hide his other thoughts so well, he wouldn't have to be a rogue idler in Jinshui.
After Zhao Qi finished picking up the things, he walked to Chen Sanyao again, grabbed his neck, lifted him up, and pressed him against the wall. He held the sword tightly in his right hand, and his eyes were extremely angry, as if he was going to stab him to death with a sword in the next moment. But after taking two breaths, he pushed his hand hard and put Chen Sanyao down.
Chen Sanyao was so frightened that he trembled and said hurriedly: "Master, Master, I, I——"
"Shut up!" Zhao Qi shouted at him, then glanced at Li Wuxiang, "Take him out with me!"
After saying that, he strode out of the door with his sword in hand, took a few deep breaths of fresh air, then turned around holding the sword. Seeing Li Wuxiang grabbing Chen San's shoulder and escorting him out, he said, "You lead him ahead, over there, to the foot of the mountain."
Although there were dangers all around in the house just now, the fighting was not very noisy. In addition, Chen Sanyao's home was far away from the neighbors, so it was still quiet around at this time. Li Wuxiang followed Zhao Qi's instructions, grabbed Chen Sanyao's arms behind his back, and forced him forward.
But as he walked, he kept an eye on Zhao Qi's movements three or four steps behind him - Zhao Qi's behavior just now was really weird. He was full of confidence at first, but then he showed a lot of flaws. If he hadn't helped, he would have died at the hands of this evil ghost. According to his smart and cautious character, he really shouldn't have made such a mistake... And what did he just pick up from the clothes that Chen San bit, was that the thing that caused the trouble?
However, he was now walking far behind with a sword in hand, as if he was on guard against something... on himself? Where did he reveal his flaw just now?
Thinking of this, Li Wuxiang lowered his voice and whispered beside Chen Sanyao: "What did you do to make my master so angry? Did you attract that ghost?"
Just now, Chen Sanyao was sucked by the ghost and was paralyzed and unconscious, but now he has recovered. Although he is still weak and half of his face is bloody, it seems that he has regained his spirits because of facing his old enemy.
He turned and glared at Li Wuxiang: "It's none of your business, don't be so proud... Is it a big deal that you have him as your master? Just wait and see, he will also accept me as his disciple in a while."
His words made Li Wuxiang feel relieved, and he smiled: "Oh? Why? Because you were scared to death just now?"
Chen San frowned and glared at him, then spat a mouthful of blood on the ground and smiled contemptuously: "Oh, you don't know yet. Humph, just wait and see!"
Sure enough, it was because of him. But what did Chen Sanyao know? Did he think he could blackmail Zhao Qi into accepting him as his disciple?
Li Wuxiang wanted to ask more, but the two had already walked into the bamboo forest behind the house. The bamboo forest was at the foot of the mountain, and looking up was the majestic Bishan Mountain in the night, blocking out the stars in the sky.
Zhao Qi shouted from behind: "Stop right here." Li Wuxiang stopped, loosened Chen Sanyao's arms and stepped aside. Zhao Qi came over with a sword in hand, glanced at Chen Sanyao, then looked at Li Wuxiang: "Go over there, I'll interrogate him, don't let anyone disturb me."
The direction his eyes pointed to was in the sparse bamboo forest, where wisps of moonlight could still penetrate, like silver-white satin hanging down from the forest in the night. Li Wuxiang did not ask any more questions and walked over to stand under the moonlight.
This place was about ten steps away from Zhao Qi and Chen Sanyao. It was pitch black there, and ordinary people would not be able to see anything. But his Guangchanzi had already practiced to the level of "Jiugongjie", and in such darkness it was like dusk, and he could roughly see the appearance of the two people.
Zhao Qi was standing in front of Chen Sanyao, holding a sword and looking at him. Chen Sanyao immediately bent his body, shrunk his neck, looked up at Zhao Qi, forced a smile on his bloody face, and began to say something.
Zhao Qi listened expressionlessly, responded briefly, then raised his left hand and showed something in his hand to Chen Sanyao. Chen Sanyao nodded repeatedly, said a few more words, and his waist gradually straightened up, and his face became relaxed.
Zhao Qi said another sentence, Chen Sanyao was slightly stunned, his face changed from relaxed to surprised, and he couldn't help but slightly open his mouth - Zhao Qi suddenly slapped his mouth, as if slapping the thing in his hand into his mouth. Before Chen Sanyao could react, he slapped his throat again, and Chen Sanyao fell to the ground, pinching his neck with both hands, and his body arched like a shrimp.
Zhao Qi turned sideways and said loudly, "Come here."
Li Wuxiang walked over immediately. When he was still two or three steps away from Chen Sanyao, Zhao Qi raised his hand and threw the sword to him, then pointed at the man on the ground and said, "Kill him."
Li Wuxiang was stunned. He held the sword and looked at Chen Sanyao, then at Zhao Qi. It took him a long time to say, "Master?"
"He raised that ghost. Kill it."
Li Wuxiang held the sword and took a step back. But when he saw Zhao Qi's eyes flashing and staring at him sternly, he swallowed his saliva and took another step forward, his voice trembling: "Master...but his crime does not deserve death..."
Zhao Qi's face turned grim: "Remember when I came here I said I wanted to test your character? If you don't kill him, you are no longer my disciple from now on. Go seek immortality somewhere else."
As soon as these words came out, Li Wuxiang was stunned for a moment, then he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and strode to Chen Sanyao.
Chen Sanyao was hit by Zhao Qi and had not recovered yet. He just hunched on the ground in pain. Li Wuxiang stood beside him and looked at Zhao Qi. Seeing that Zhao Qi still had no expression on his face, he suddenly raised his foot and stepped on Chen Sanyao's chest, causing him to let out a weak "ah" and fall on his back.
At this time, Chen Sanyao recovered a little and was about to open his arms to block, but Li Wuxiang pushed the sword hard, passing through his body and nailing Chen Sanyao to the ground.
Then he immediately let go of his hand, gasped and took two steps back, stunned for a moment before turning his head: "Master, I killed him!"
Zhao Qi stood in the dark and stared at him for a while, then nodded and stretched out a hand.
Li Wuxiang wiped the blood off the blade on Chen Sanyao's body, sheathed the sword, and presented it to Zhao Qi. Zhao Qi took the sword and looked at him in silence for a while: "Bury the body."
"...Yes." Li Wuxiang whispered, "After I bury him...I'll go talk to you, Master."
"No need. Just bury it and go back to sleep."
"Then...I'll go talk to Master tomorrow."
Zhao Qi smiled and said, "Practice at home these days. When I need to see you, I will send someone to find you."
He left after he finished speaking, and in a moment his footsteps faded away, as if he was too impatient to talk to anyone anymore.
Li Wuxiang stood in the darkness beside the corpse. When he was sure that there was no one around, he immediately squatted down and put his hand into Chen San's mouth. The tentacles in his body stretched out from his fingers, stretched open Chen San's esophagus and went straight into the stomach, and touched the thing that Zhao Qi had just put into his mouth - it felt wet and sticky, and very thin. He immediately rolled up the thing with his tentacles and carefully pulled it out of the esophagus to prevent it from being damaged.
It was a piece of talisman paper. It was originally folded, but now it was completely soaked by gastric juice and stuck together. Li Wuxiang carefully placed it on a dry bamboo leaf beside him, and then pressed his hand on the left rib that Chen San had bitten, and pressed it gently -
Chen San coughed violently, took a deep breath, his eyelids trembled violently, and then suddenly opened.
When he saw Li Wuxiang, his eyes suddenly became straight, and he subconsciously raised his hands, as if his memory was still stuck in the moment when he was about to be killed. When he saw that Li Wuxiang no longer had the sword in his hand, he froze his arms in mid-air: "You...you...you didn't just...kill me..."
Li Wuxiang looked at him and said, "If you kill people often, and you are careful enough, steady enough, and lucky enough, you may find a place that looks deadly and can make people faint immediately but not die. What did you say to my master just now?"
Chen San bit his eyelids and blinked, unable to help but tilt his neck upwards, staring blankly at Li Wuxiang. He originally did not think highly of this young master from Lijiawan, and was extremely angry about him being accepted as a disciple by the immortal master. He always thought that he had such good luck only because of his pretty face and family background, which really made people jealous and resentful!
But now, in his not-so-bright mind, he vaguely felt that something seemed a little wrong: "You... kill people often? You are not Li, Li Jiye..."
Li Wuxiang smiled and said, "As a former dandy, it is reasonable for me to often kill people, right? What did you say to my master just now?"
Chen San was stunned for a while, then suddenly glared: "You save me first, and then get me some money, otherwise I will tell you, Master, you didn't kill me, but you still ask me - ah!"
As soon as a scream came out, Li Wuxiang's left hand immediately covered his mouth. His right hand inserted into the wound on Chen San's left chest, almost inserting the entire middle finger and index finger: "Stupid thing, I can save you once, but not the second time. The next time I use force, I will dig out your heart - what did you say to my master!?"
Today is also two chapters combined into one!
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