Chapter 301: Life and Death Talisman

Chapter 301: Life and Death Talisman

Chapter 301: Life and Death Talisman

"Brother~Brother~"

The cuckoo is still singing in the woods.

Pi Renqiu lowered the curtain, and with just one glance, he was so attracted by the beautiful woman that his heart was trembling and he became anxious like an ant on a hot pan. He had not tasted meat for several months, and he had always been very fond of mature and plump women. Now his desire was even more intense.

"Let's do it! Even if Master knows, it doesn't matter. They are all going to die anyway."

He circled the carriage several times, looking towards the official road from time to time, listening carefully for the sound of horse hooves, and then looked at the disciples who were watching outside, swallowed his saliva, and finally made up his mind.

"What is this guy going to do?"

Zhang Yu hid in the dense tree canopy, only about thirty steps away from the group of Qingcheng Sect disciples in the woods below the slope. The terrain here was high and wide, and he could also see the situation on the official road in the distance.

"Brother Pi, what do you want me to do?"

Nine disciples were called together, gathered in front of the carriage, and bowed in salute.

Since Pi Renqiu was able to lead a group of people to attack the Nanchang branch, his status in Songfeng Temple was naturally not low.

The two senior brothers Fang and Jia who went to Fuzhou Prefecture together escorted the gold and silver looted from the Fuwei Escort Agency and took a detour back to Sichuan. At this time, Hou Renying left, and he became the leading senior brother of these ordinary disciples.

"Ahem, Senior Brother, please go to Hengshan first to meet Master. I think you will be back in the afternoon at least. This time we left Sichuan to avenge our master and destroy the Fuwei Escort Agency. Many sects in the martial arts world have complaints about us, and there are also people with ulterior motives..."

"…We should be more cautious and guard, and wait for the arrival of Master and Senior Brother."

Jia Renda talked a lot and everyone was confused and didn't understand what he was saying. They were just ordinary disciples who were used to carrying out the orders of their senior brothers. It was not their turn to worry about the general situation in the martial arts world.

"You guys, go three miles north."

"You guys, stay on the middle road."

"You guys, go three miles south."

"If anyone unusual is approaching, report it immediately!"

Pi Renqiu felt secretly guilty, but the crowd did not suspect anything and just followed his orders and left.

In the woods, there was only him and the black-covered carriage.

"Sending the others away, are you trying to force them to tell you about the Exorcism Sword Technique?"

Zhang Yu used the "Cloud Travel Ten Thousand Miles" skill and leaped four or five feet high, as light and swift as a flying bird spreading its wings, and instantly landed on a fir tree at the bottom of the slope. At this time, he was only more than ten steps away from the carriage below, and even the voice could be heard clearly.

The man and woman had their hands and feet tied with hemp ropes. They had experienced the disaster of their family being destroyed, and they were exhausted from the long journey, and they were also worried about Lin Pingzhi. Although they were from a family of martial artists, they looked listless.

At this moment, he was dragged out of the carriage by the short and fat man and had no power to resist.

"Captain Lin... a blessed man, very good!"

Pi Renqiu swallowed his saliva, his eyes shining, and walked forward.

Lin Zhennan sat on the ground covered with fallen leaves. His hair had turned white and he no longer had the aura of the chief escort of the Fuwei Escort Agency. He was like an old dog waiting to be slaughtered, trying hard to maintain his last bit of dignity.

"Evil thief...what are you going to do?"

He and his wife stood back to back, looking at the greedy look in the short and fat man's eyes, his expression became nervous.

"Even if I, Lin Zhennan, die, I will never let you succeed..."

"Don't even think about getting my ancestral swordsmanship."

Lin Zhennan thought that this short and fat man, like Hou Renying, was going to force him to tell him the Manual of the Sword of Exorcism.

"The Exorcist Sword Technique? Master and Senior Brother like it, but I'm not interested in it. However."

Pi Renqiu picked up Lin Zhennan, threw him aside, stretched out his hands, and grabbed the peaks with a smile.

Madam Wang had her hair tied up high and wore a plain brocade gown. She had a voluptuous figure and the dignified and steady temperament that only a lady of a wealthy family could have. It was rare that she was also a martial artist, so even though she was not as youthful and beautiful as a young girl in her twenties, her figure was still tight and strong.

"you you……"

She was also sitting on the ground in the woods, a little confused by the sudden change, and then shocked and angry.

Pi Renqiu smiled and said, "Your wife is very... charming. I just like this style."

Mrs. Wang was worried about Lin Pingzhi and was in a state of confusion. She had never expected that the other party would not target the Exorcism Sword, but instead target herself, who was already a mother. She would be forty years old next year, and yet she was still being remembered by someone at this time.

She could only feel sad and humiliated, with no tears to cry.

"What are you doing, beast?"

Seeing this, Lin Zhennan shouted harshly and crawled over desperately.

Pi Renqiu raised his foot and kicked Lin Zhennan on the shoulder. Lin Zhennan rolled back three or four feet and hit a tree.

"What a crap chief escort! He has lost his ancestral skills and is only doing some nonsense."

Pi Renqiu sneered. Even if Lin Zhennan's acupoints were not blocked and his hands and feet were not tied, he might not be his opponent. He wanted to finish the job quickly, so he impatiently took off his outer robe and untied his belt.

"Madam, you are so pretty! No wonder your husband...has already turned gray. As the saying goes, if you eat the same dish every day, even if it's abalone or bear's paw, you'll get tired of it. Madam, why don't you try Sichuan and Chongqing flavors today? You might fall in love with it."

There was nothing good about Pi Renqiu's life. When he was in Qingcheng Mountain, he would sneak into the brothels at the foot of the mountain whenever he got the chance. He learned a lot of dirty words and did not have the slightest intention of being a Taoist practitioner.

"Go away!"

Mrs. Wang had a fiery temper and would never allow such a despicable villain to succeed. She wanted to take out her golden knife and chop up this beast, who was ten years younger than her, and feed it to the dogs. She struggled hard for a few times, but found that her hands were tied tightly. She could only kick her feet forward desperately to prevent the man from getting close.

"Scream, the more you scream, the more excited I am..."

Pi Renqiu didn't waste any words. He went around to the back, hugged Wang, and waited for the sword and shoes to pass.

Lin Zhennan looked at this scene with his eyes wide open, but he was powerless and could only lie on the ground and curse weakly.

"What a beast! What a beast!"

"I am unworthy of being a monk. I indulge my disciples and bully other people's wives... I will be punished..."

"You beast, let go of my wife and come at me..."

The harsher he cursed, the more excited Pi Renqiu became.

At this moment, footsteps were heard in the woods, coming closer and closer.

"who!"

Just as Pi Renqiu was about to make his move, he saw a figure in the woods who appeared out of thin air and walked closer. It turned out to be a handsome young man carrying a large black bag.

The man laughed and said, "They kidnapped a good family and had sex here. With such behavior at Songfeng Temple, aren't they afraid of ruining the good reputation that Qingcheng Mountain has accumulated over hundreds of years?"

Pi Renqiu was upset that his good thing was ruined, and he cursed: "You son of a bitch, you have a few more heads than others, and you dare to meddle in other people's business? I am Shudaoshan, you just leave smoothly and pretend nothing happened."

Zhang Yu fanned his nose and chuckled, "It stinks, it stinks, who is farting?"

Pi Renqiu's eyes were icy cold: "You're looking for death!"

"Mr. Zhang!"

When Mrs. Wang saw the newcomer, she was surprised to find that it was Zhang Liyu, who had previously joined the Fuwei Escort Agency but was forced to leave because of Zheng Kang's words and was suspected of being in cahoots with the river robbers.

"Why is he here?"

Lin Zhennan secretly suspected that it seemed that he was not in cahoots with the Qingcheng Sect.

“So they are in the same group!”

Pi Renqiu had already pulled up his trousers. Seeing that the man came very young and that the Fuwei Escort Agency was mostly composed of a bunch of scum with low martial arts skills, he did not take him seriously. With a "clang" sound, he drew out his sword, ran a few steps quickly, leaped up, and stabbed the sword forward with a "swoosh".

"The wind blows through the pines!"

Zhang Yu looked at the sword that was coming at him fiercely. He was about to bring it in front of him, but he only stretched out two fingers.

"Two-finger Zen?" Lin Zhennan recognized this move and recalled the martial arts competition that day, with mixed feelings.

Pi Renqiu thought to himself, this guy must be a fool, he actually dared to block his Songfeng sword technique with his bare hands, I am afraid even the senior brother can't do it, he really doesn't know how high the sky is.

He changed the momentum of his sword slightly and slashed it sideways, about to cut off both fingers.

"You're not pretending! I'll let you catch a blade with your bare hands and I'll let you catch a severed finger."

Zhang Yu was not surprised at all. He changed his techniques and pinched the tip of the sword with two fingers like an afterimage. Then a strong suction force came from the sword. Pi Renqiu's right hand went numb. He was careless for a moment and the weapon was taken away by someone.

“It’s very ordinary in appearance.”

He shook his head slightly, threw the sword at his feet, and looked at the short and fat man who was in a daze.

Pi Renqiu had his hands empty, and the opponent only used one move, and he was defeated. How could this be possible? When did such a person appear in the martial arts world? I don't think I have ever heard of him.

"This...this young man, is there any misunderstanding?"

The reason why Pi Renqiu was able to do quite well in the Qingcheng Sect was that he knew how to adapt to changing circumstances.

Zhang Yu took off the yellow gourd from his waist and took a sip of the liquor.

"As for misunderstanding, of course there is none. I have no interest in intervening in the feud between Qingcheng Sect and Fuwei Escort Agency. I just happened to run into you... in broad daylight, insulting a husband and a wife. Although I don't have a close relationship with her, we did meet once, so I had to intervene."

Mrs. Wang's clothes were torn open, revealing half of her plump shoulders. She looked at the young man and felt a pang of regret in her heart. She had not told her husband about Zheng Kang's disrespect to her in order to keep the peace, which led to the villain's repeated slander, and finally prompted Lin Zhennan to become suspicious and drive Zhang Liyu away.

"If it weren't for this, Fuwei Escort Agency wouldn't have suffered this disaster, and Pingzhi wouldn't be missing..."

Pi Renqiu smiled and said, "Young man, you misunderstood. I was just joking with Madam Lin just now. I meant no harm. By the way, my master, Master Yu, will be here soon. If you don't believe me, you can ask him."

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Yu Canghai is coming, so I have to hurry up."

"Hold on tight, what do you mean?"

Pi Renqiu glanced at Lin Zhennan and Madam Wang, wondering who the black-robed man in front of him was going to target.

The Sword Manual of Exorcism, or... this woman.

Zhang Yu seemed to be uninterested in either of them, but looked steadily at Pi Renqiu. He opened his palm, which contained a piece of blue ice shaped like a fingernail. He raised his hand and waved it, and a blue light flew up and instantly sank into the body of the short and fat man.

"You're lucky to be the first one to try this."

"what is this?"

Pi Renqiu felt a chill in his chest, and then a burning breath penetrated into it. It seemed that there were five hundred ice ants and five hundred fire ants fighting all over his body, making him wish he could peel off his own skin. Just when he was unable to live or die, Zhang Yu stepped forward, raised his palm and pressed it on his chest. The unspeakable pain was suppressed, and the 'ants' seemed to have withdrawn to the camp.

"Huh...huh..."

Pi Renqiu sat on the ground, and in just a few moments, he was sweating profusely.

He raised his hand and touched his chest, but he felt nothing, as if the excruciating pain of ice and fire just now was just an illusion.

"You...what did you do to me?"

Zhang Yu took a sip of wine, raised his hand and pressed his acupuncture points, and whispered: "Today is just an appetizer. If you want to stay alive, go to Hengshan... Qun Yuyuan to get the antidote in three days. If you tell Yu Canghai, you will be cutting off your own life, because this kind of pain, except for me, no one in the world can relieve it."

Pi Renqiu's whole body was stiff. He sat there, staring at the forest, motionless.

Zhang Yu glanced at him, stood up, walked to Lin Zhennan and his wife, and untied the ropes that bound their hands and feet.

"Mr. Zhang, thank you for saving my life."

Mrs. Wang knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, revealing her full curves from under her skirt. When she stood up, she saw that her shoulders were half exposed. She quickly straightened her clothes, stood up, picked up Pi Renqiu's sword, and was about to stab him in the chest.

Zhang Yu shouted, "Wait!"

Lin Zhennan frowned and said, "Mr. Zhang, how can we not kill such a vicious villain?"

Pi Renqiu's life or death has nothing to do with Zhang Yu. This scum of the martial arts world deserves to be put to death. It's just that the first life and death talisman is planted in his body, which is the specimen he is going to use to observe and perfect this hidden weapon technique.

"Yu Canghai is the mastermind behind this. He is just a follower who follows orders. How much can you relieve your anger and avenge yourself by killing him? I am afraid that the Qingcheng Sect will not give up with you. Besides, Young Escort Leader Lin has not been found yet. What if the Qingcheng Sect retaliates... Now that things have come to this, you should run away as soon as possible."

Madam Wang put down her sword, mainly because she was worried about the Qingcheng Sect's revenge on Lin Pingzhi. After a moment of silence, she said, "Mr. Zhang, won't you come with us?"

Lin Zhennan glanced at Pi Renqiu whose acupoints were sealed. He was still frightened by the martial arts of the Qingcheng Sect's disciples, as if any of their disciples with the character "Ren" in their name could fight him on equal terms.

"Yes, Mr. Zhang, you were once a member of the Fuwei Escort Agency, and we are all brothers. Now that the agency is in trouble, we should help each other. Don't worry, as long as I, Lin, survive this disaster, the Fuwei Escort Agency will reward you handsomely."

When Lin Zhennan mentioned the generous reward, he observed Zhang Yu's expression.

How come he is here?

How do you know so much about the situation?
This is too much of a coincidence, just like the Jianghai Dragon God Meeting that day.

The Qingcheng Sect went to great lengths to destroy the Fuwei Escort Agency. How could he not know why?

Lin Zhennan thought to himself, "Could it be that this is a double act, and Zhang Liyu is actually from the Qingcheng Sect, one is playing the good cop, the other is playing the bad cop, pretending to save people in order to defraud the Sword Manual of Exorcism?"

He continued to test the waters: "As long as you can find Pingzhi for us, even if it's just the sword manual, I won't say no."

Zhang Yu glanced at Lin Zhennan, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "Captain Lin, we are on different paths and cannot work together. I can only save you this time. You should take care of yourself in the future."

Lin Zhennan now felt that whoever he looked at was trying to steal his Book of the Sword of Exorcism. When he saw Zhang Yu turn around and leave, and was not interested in the Book of the Sword of Exorcism, he was surprised and did not quite believe it, so he asked.

"Mr. Zhang, why did you save us this time?"

Zhang Yu stopped and said without turning his head: "I don't believe in fate, but I believe in cause and effect, so you don't have to thank me."

After all, he had inherited Lin Yuantu's legacy and saved the three members of the Lin family, thus settling the cause and effect. From now on, they would go their separate ways. He was not interested in being a babysitter for the three members of the Lin family when they were surrounded by dangers.

Zhang Yu's figure completely disappeared in the woods, and the couple faced each other.

Mrs. Wang complained, "Master, it seems that you have wronged Mr. Zhang before."

"Madam, you can't judge a person by his appearance. He saved us twice, but his timing was too strange. He might not be a decent person. Moreover, he is so young, but he has such martial arts skills. Why did he join the Fuwei Escort Agency that day? Even if he is not from the Qingcheng Sect, I'm afraid he has other intentions. He is probably after our Sword Manual of Exorcism."

"Master is saying that it is hidden in Fuzhou Prefecture..."

"Madam, please be careful with your words."

Lin Zhennan quickly interrupted her and glanced at Pi Renqiu who was about ten steps away, and the direction where Zhang Liyu left.

The two men did not dare to stay any longer and ran deeper into the forest, intending to first go to Changsha Prefecture to seek refuge with old friends while inquiring about Lin Pingzhi's news. At the same time, they would send a letter to Mrs. Wang's parents' home, the Jindao Gate in Luoyang, explaining the whole story and asking Old Man Wang to mediate.

Half a day later, it was almost noon.

The two men came out of the mountains and forests of Guniu Ridge, looked at the big river in front of them, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. After crossing the river, they would be in the territory of Xiangtan County, Changsha Prefecture. All they had to do was find the old friends of the Lin family.

The two walked downstream for another four or five miles and finally saw a ferry.

The river breeze blew and a drizzle fell from the sky.

A boat floats in front of the pier.

The man sitting on the boat was wearing a bamboo hat and was not tall. From a distance he looked like an immature teenager. He was holding a green bamboo fishing rod in his hand and fishing in the Xiangjiang River.

Lin Zhennan raised his sword and shouted, "Boatman, we need to cross the river. Please row the boat quickly. You will get the silver!"

The man remained silent and continued fishing like a deaf person.

"Are you deaf? We are crossing the river—"

Lin Zhennan and his wife were worried that the Qingcheng Sect would catch up with them, so they hurried forward and walked to the end of the pier. When they were only four or five steps away from the fishing boat, their scolding stopped abruptly and horror appeared in their eyes.

He saw a middle-aged short man fishing, and he actually had a white turban wrapped under his hat.

"Captain Lin, long time no see!"

The man sat on the boat, motionless, and turned his head, revealing half of his eagle-like face.

Lin Zhennan said in a trembling voice: "Who... who are you?"

"I am Yu Canghai from Songfeng Temple of Qingcheng Sect, and I am here to welcome you two!"

(End of this chapter)