broken branch

Chapter 4 Dangerous Situation
The sound of the footsteps was neither light nor heavy, and the fallen leaves rustled as they stepped on the ground.As soon as Duan Ling heard it, he knew that the person who came must be a master.And this kind of master actually poisoned in the middle of the night, he must be a vicious person, in order to achieve his goal, he will use any means.

Duan Ling had just inhaled a lot of chasing soul incense, and his inner strength was gone. He secretly calculated the time, and he would not be able to recover his martial arts before dawn, so it would definitely be too late to escape, so he could only...

Duan Ling thought for a moment, and said to the other two people: "Get out of the carriage quickly."

Liu Yi was also poisoned, he rolled and jumped down.Lu Xiuwen acted as usual, he had no internal energy, so he was not affected by the incense of chasing souls.

The footsteps were getting closer.

Duan Ling made a decisive decision and called out, "Brother Liu."

"Yes."

"Take your big brother Lu to Senior Wei's house for a while. Remember, walk quietly and don't make any noise on the road, understand?"

Liu Yi held the sword and said: "Understood."

Then he asked again: "Brother Duan, how about you?"

Duan Lingqiang breathed a sigh of relief, got on his horse and said, "Fortunately, there was only one person here, I will try to lure him away."

Liu Yi also experienced life and death, so he knew the danger, and said, "Brother Duan, you...be careful."

At this time, Lu Xiuwen didn't avoid suspicion anymore, he called "Junior Brother", and said, "Don't forget that you promised to accompany me to travel the mountains and rivers."

Duan Ling gave him a deep look and said, "Wait for me to come back."

After finishing speaking, he raised his sword and stabbed the horse's buttocks hard. The horse couldn't bear the pain, so it let out a long neigh, and ran forward with its hooves.

Lu Xiuwen and Liu Yi took the opportunity to hide in the grass beside them.The two of them held their breaths, neither of them made a sound. After a while, they saw a black shadow passing by, quickly chasing Duan Ling's carriage.In the darkness, he couldn't see the man's face clearly, but his lightness kung fu was at its peak, and after a few slight ups and downs, he disappeared without a trace.

If Duan Ling was caught up by him, he would have escaped death.

Lu Xiuwen knew it in his heart, but he just squeezed his fist and winked at Liu Yi.Liu Yi nodded, and stood up cautiously from the grass. The two supported each other and walked in the other direction.

Miracle Doctor Wei lives in the easternmost part of the village.

They had only walked this road in the evening, and it seemed particularly long when they started walking again at this time.Liu Yi kept in mind Duan Ling's instructions, and didn't even dare to say a word. When he reached the door of Miracle Doctor Wei's house, he reached out and knocked on the closed door.

The knock on the door was very clear in the middle of the night.

Liu Yi's palms were sweating from the beating, he was afraid that the members of the Devil's Cult would turn back suddenly and hear their voices.

After what seemed like a long lifetime, the door in front of him finally opened, revealing Miracle Doctor Wei's expressionless face.He obviously just woke up from sleep, with only a coat on his body, he asked impatiently: "It's midnight, what door are you knocking on? Is someone dead?"

"Senior Wei, we have encountered someone from the Demon Cult. If we don't come to you for rescue, we will really die."

"The Demon Cult? Is it the Heaven's Absolute Sect? How did you provoke that group of people?" Wei Miracle Doctor asked, turning his side to let Liu Yi and the others enter the room.

Liu Yi had a toxic attack, and his body had long lost strength, and he fell limp to the ground as soon as he entered.

Miracle Doctor Wei grabbed his hand to feel his pulse, his eyes moved, and said, "Hunzhui Incense? This is the treasure of Tianjue Sect. It is not easy to refine it. How did you use it on you two?"

A look that suspects the other party to be violent.

Liu Yi had a request for him, so he briefly explained the matter.

Doctor Wei sneered after hearing this, and said: "So, a few days ago, you met people from the Tianjue Sect, killed one and injured four?"

"good."

"Oh, young people are short-sighted. You have formed such a big relationship with Tianjue Sect, how dare you come to seek medical treatment? Is it because you are afraid that people will not find you for revenge?"

"Then what should we do? My elder brother Duan is still outside."

Doctor Wei spread his arms and said, "I only know medical skills, not martial arts. This place can help you avoid the limelight, but I can't help you with other things."

Not only that, but also took a great risk.

Liu Yi quickly thanked him, but when he looked back, he saw Lu Xiuwen standing at the door without saying a word, listening to the movement outside.

"Brother Lu, do you think Brother Duan will..."

"No." Lu Xiuwen said firmly, "Junior brother has never broken his promise to me."

His voice is not loud, but it is involuntarily convincing.

Liu Yi heaved a sigh of relief, and asked Wei Miracle Doctor, "Senior, since you are a miraculous doctor, can you detoxify the poison of chasing soul incense?"

"The poison will be cured after three hours, why do we need an antidote?"

"Three hours...at least until dawn, if the members of the Devil's Cult come back, not only us, but you, Senior Wei, will also be implicated."

"That's why I don't want to cure diseases and save people. There are too many grievances in this world. If you are not careful, you will get into trouble. You don't even know how you died." Although he said so, he pointed at the people in the yard. The stone table said, "There is a secret room under this stone table. You can open it by turning the chessboard on the table. It was originally used to guard against my opponent, but I didn't expect to use it for you first."

The chessboard was originally fixed on the stone table, but the bottom can be rotated. Liu Yi walked over and turned it around, only heard a few "clicks", the stone bricks under his feet moved slowly, and a gap really appeared.

Ordinary people would never have expected such an institution, so it's no wonder that it was used as a life-saving method by Dr. Wei.

Liu Yi was about to fully open the mechanism, but he heard a "crack" sound of horseshoes outside.He hurriedly turned the chessboard back again, and said joyfully, "Brother Lu, but Brother Duan is back?"

Lu Xiuwen made a silent gesture and fell silent.

Duan Ling left in a carriage, and the Demon Sect member used his lightness kung fu to catch up, and now he came back on horseback...could it be Duan Ling?

The courtyard was silent.

I could only hear the sound of the horse's hooves going back and forth in the village, as if looking for someone.After a long time, the voice gradually stopped, replaced by a burst of laughter.

The laughter was like a man and a woman, very strange, it made one's scalp go numb.Although they are far away, because of the deep inner strength of the laughing person, every sound seems to be close to the ear.

Then the man opened his mouth and said word by word: "Lu Xiuwen, there is no need to hide anymore, I know you are here."

Lu Xiuwen was surprised when he heard his name, but he quickly calmed down and remained silent.

Liu Yi looked at him nervously.

Lu Xiuwen shook his head, signaling him not to fall for it.

The other party should not have found their traces, and the two words just said were just to trick him out.

Sure enough, not long after, the man's voice sounded again: "At first, Guardian Zuo sent me to kill that kid surnamed Duan, but I was reluctant, but when I heard that you were with him, I couldn't sit still. Lah. We haven't seen each other for a long time, shouldn't we catch up on the past?"

When he said the last word, his tone rose slightly, which was very attractive.

Liu Yi couldn't help shivering, with a puzzled look on his face, as if wondering why Lu Xiuwen knew people from the Demon Cult.

After hearing these two sentences, Lu Xiuwen already guessed the identity of that person.The other party is not only an acquaintance, but also has a grudge against him.He said he was here to kill Duan Ling, so...

Lu Xiuwen closed his eyes, not letting himself think deeply, and heard the man continue: "Lu Xiuwen, aren't you very capable? You used to rely on the favor of the leader, and you ran amok in the church, and no one would In your eyes, why are you now a shrinking turtle?"

When he yelled like this, most of the people in the village were awakened, and gradually there were some rustling sounds.

"Okay, since you refuse to come out, I have no choice but to look for you by myself. Fortunately, there are not many people here. I will look for you one by one. I will kill one when I see them. When all the people are dead, I can always find you." Got you."

His methods were so vicious that Liu Yi broke out in a cold sweat.

However, Lu Xiuwen held his breath, and even twitched the corners of his mouth mockingly.

The man waited for a long time but didn't see him being fooled, so he said: "I almost forgot, Lu Xiuwen is ruthless, he never cares about other people's lives, it doesn't matter how many people I kill. But there is one person, you will not leave it alone, right wrong?"

Lu Xiuwen's heart sank, and his expression changed instantly.

"Oh, I was just chasing the carriage all the way west, and I caught up with him not long ago. That kid named Duan was poisoned, and he couldn't use any kung fu. I raised my sword and slashed...hehe..." The man burst into laughter again, which was creepy, "Do you think he is dead?"

Lu Xiuwen gritted his teeth, feeling the sweet smell of blood in his throat.

"I originally wanted to kill him, but thinking that you have always protected him and regarded him like an eyeball, I spared his life and only chopped off one of his arms. But although I didn't kill him, I did You can torture him slowly."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of horseshoes ran around the village again.

Only this time there was another sound, the sound of something heavy being tied to the horse and being dragged on the ground.

After hearing this, Lu Xiuwen had a faint guess in his heart, and he really heard the man say: "Lu Xiuwen, this kid surnamed Duan is really stubborn, he won't even scream after suffering such a serious injury. Oh, he His blood is flowing all over the ground, if you don’t come out, he won’t be able to survive.”

Lu Xiuwen's face was terribly pale, his fingers gripping the wall trembled slightly, and the sound of the heavy object being dragged on the ground pierced his heart like a needle.He stretched out his hand suddenly, about to open the door.

Doctor Wei waved his hand at him, and mouthed: Beware of fraud.

Lu Xiuwen actually laughed at this moment, and asked, "Senior Wei, is your secret room safe?"

"Of course. There is another mechanism in the secret room. After it is triggered, people outside will not be able to enter unless the secret room is opened from the inside."

"Okay, Xiao Liu, you hide with Senior Wei, and don't come out no matter what happens."

Liu Yi said: "Brother Lu, I didn't hear Brother Duan's voice, that person might be lying to you."

Of course he knew this, but what if it was true?He didn't dare to gamble with Duan Ling's life.

Lu Xiuwen sighed, opened the door and walked out, he said loudly: "Du Feng, the person you are looking for is here."

"Hahaha, Lu Xiuwen, you really can't bear to part with this kid surnamed Duan."

With a loud laugh, a galloping horse came galloping, barely stopping in front of Lu Xiuwen.This horse was exactly the one that Duan Ling rode away earlier. Although the night was dim, it could be seen that what was dragged by the horse on the ground was just a sack.

Not Duan Ling.

Lu Xiuwen breathed a sigh of relief, and did not regret walking out just now.

Duan Ling is his weakness.

If others use it to deceive him a thousand times, he will also be fooled a thousand times.

The man on the horse was wearing a blue shirt, the material was so luxurious, it looked like he had just stepped off a stage.He was originally very handsome, but there was a long scar on the left cheek, stretching from the corner of his forehead to the root of his ear, destroying one of his eyes, making his whole face look hideous and terrifying.

"Lu Xiuwen." Du Feng bent down, looked at him with his blind eye, and said, "Long time no see."

Lu Xiuwen smiled at him and said: "I don't know who is so incompetent. To deal with such a useless person like me, he still needs to use soul-chasing incense. Ha, it turned out to be my former defeat. Now that you are following Guardian Zuo, he actually Don't you think you are stupid? Or are you a good dog?"

The anger on Du Feng's face flashed across, and he said: "This is not what it used to be, now that you have lost all your martial arts, you can only play lip service."

He got off his horse and approached Lu Xiuwen step by step, his face became more and more distorted.

"Lu Xiuwen, I'm here to settle accounts with you today." Du Feng raised his hand and pressed the scar on his left face, and said, "Aren't you very majestic in the past? When you blinded me with a whip, Did you expect this day to come?"

His only remaining eye was fixed on Lu Xiuwen, and there was deep-seated hatred in his eyes.

Lu Xiuwen didn't seem to see him, he just asked, "Where is Duan Ling?"

"He?" Du Feng smiled viciously, and said two words, "Dead."

The expression on Lu Xiuwen's face was blank for a moment.

But he quickly curled the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly.

Du Feng asked: "What are you laughing at?"

Lu Xiuwen ignored him, just looked at the night behind him, his dark eyes were shining brightly, he said softly: "Junior brother."

Du Feng was startled, and hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that there was no one behind him, only the dark night.He just thought it was Lu Xiuwen who was stimulated, and was stunned for a moment, and was about to make a good mockery, when he saw a cold light flash from the corner of his eyes, and a long sword stabbed obliquely towards his heart.

Du Feng's martial arts is also really good, at this critical moment, he used a wonderful lightness kung fu to avoid this menacing sword.Even so, his left arm was cut open, and blood flowed out immediately.

But the person who stabbed him with sword eyebrows, stars and eyes, and a dignified appearance was Duan Ling who had been "killed" by him.

"You're not dead yet?"

"It's just that I was hit by a palm and rolled down the cliff again, so I still can't die."

Duan Ling said it lightly, but he was covered in dust, and there was still a little blood on the front of his clothes, obviously he was seriously injured.

Lu Xiuwen walked up to him and asked, "Junior Brother, how are you?"

"It's okay, it took me a while to get back." Duan Ling looked at the sky and said, "But after more than an hour, my skills have finally recovered."

The effect of chasing soul incense is only three hours, if you can wait until dawn, Duan Ling can fight Du Feng.

But how could Du Feng give him this chance?He didn't even care about the injury on his left arm, so he drew out his sword and said, "It's good that you're not dead, I can just kill you in front of Lu Xiuwen."

As he spoke, the three swords "唰唰唰" pierced out.

His swordsmanship is not very brilliant, compared with his lightness kung fu, it can be said to be very ordinary, but the advantage is that he strikes fiercely, and every sword is aimed directly at Duan Ling's vitals.

Lu Xiuwen was standing next to Duan Ling, and he couldn't avoid it, so he had to grit his teeth and fight.Although his martial arts had recovered a few percent, but after all his internal strength was insufficient, after a few sword fights, he gradually lost the upper hand.

Lu Xiuwen was watching the battle from the sidelines, and he had seen the martial arts of the two of them clearly. At this moment, he picked up a handful of sand from the ground, threw it towards Du Feng, and shouted: "Be careful of the poisonous sand!"

The timing was perfect, if Du Feng wanted to avoid Duan Ling's sword, he couldn't avoid the "arison sand", and if he wanted to avoid the "arson sand", he would have to be stabbed by Duan Ling's sword.After all, he was still afraid of Lu Xiuwen, turned his head to avoid the "arison sand", and was stabbed by Duan Ling in the shoulder.

This is also the reason why Duan Ling was hit by the incense of chasing souls. If he had enough internal energy, it would be enough to poke a hole in him.

Du Feng suffered a lot, and was angry and angry in his heart, and shouted: "Lu Xiuwen, you are really despicable and shameless!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Lu Xiuwen said modestly, "Compared to you, there are still shortcomings."

Du Feng was furious, suddenly turned over with a kite, and kicked Duan Ling hard on the chest.This kick was so powerful that Duan Ling had no internal strength to protect his body, so he was kicked out by him and fell heavily on the gate of Wei's house.

"Cough cough..."

Duan Ling already had injuries on his body, but this injury was compounded, and he couldn't stand up for a while.

Du Feng strode forward, and was about to kill him with his sword, when he suddenly saw a man rushing out from the yard, waving his sword to block, only heard a "dang", and collided with his sword.

This man's martial arts were worse than Duan Ling's. Not only did he have little strength, but his moves were mediocre, but the sword in his hand was extremely sharp. When Du Feng exchanged his swords with him, there was a hole in the sword.

"Little Liu." Lu Xiuwen said, "Why didn't you hide?"

Liu Yi backed away a little, with the horizontal sword in front of Duan Ling, and said: "You and Brother Duan are working hard outside, how can I survive by myself? Although I am not good at martial arts, I am definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, the big deal They just died together."

"Okay!" Duan Ling laughed, stood up holding his sword, and said, "Brother Liu, let's fight side by side."

Liu Yi responded, and joined forces with Duan Ling to kill Du Feng.

Hearing only the sound of swords and swords intersecting, the three of them quickly fought into a group.

Among them, Liu Yi's kung fu is the weakest, and his strength has not fully recovered. Relying on the sharpness of the sword, he can barely cope with a few moves, and he is a bit stretched.

Du Feng was very experienced, deliberately betrayed him a flaw, and then slapped him right on the chest.

Liu Yi stepped back immediately, spat out a mouthful of blood, and dropped the sword in his hand to the ground.

Duan Ling gritted his teeth and fought with Du Feng endlessly.His physical strength had reached its limit at this time, and his swordsmanship had long been out of order, but he still used it one after another, as if he wanted to die with Du Feng.

Lu Xiuwen saw it clearly, and couldn't help but glanced at Doctor Wei.

Seeing him looking at him, Doctor Wei quickly shook his head and said, "I'm just watching the fun, and I don't want to live and die with you. If you are really dead, I can collect your corpses for you."

"That's it, Senior Wei."

Lu Xiuwen didn't force it, but thanked him instead.

At this time, Ling's right leg was stabbed by Du Feng, and he finally couldn't stand and fell to the ground.During the fight just now, he had countless wounds on his body, and he was bleeding profusely, but he refused to admit defeat, looked back at Lu Xiuwen, and swung his sword again.

How could Du Feng let him get what he wanted?He smiled, stepped on the back of his hand, and crushed his hand to the ground.

"Brother Duan!" Liu Yi rushed to save others, but was kicked away by Du Feng.

Du Feng also suffered some injuries, and his blue shirt was dyed red, which made his face even more frightening.He was firmly in the upper hand at this moment, but he was not in a hurry to kill. His eyes swept over everyone one by one, and finally fell on Lu Xiuwen. He laughed and said, "Lu Xiuwen, don't you value this junior brother the most? How do you think I should kill him?" Him? Gouging out his eyes, or cutting out his heart? Or skinning and cramping, disembowelling? Don’t worry, I’ll save your breath and let you see how he dies with your own eyes.”

He hated Lu Xiuwen deeply, and wanted to see him begging for mercy on his knees, but Lu Xiuwen's expression was calm, as if he didn't hear what he said, and just sighed very lightly.

There was a mockery hidden in this sigh, and then Lu Xiuwen bent down and picked up the sword that Liu Yi had dropped on the ground.

The tip of the sword was raised inch by inch, and finally pointed at Du Feng's remaining eye.Lu Xiuwen said slowly: "Have you acted majestic enough? Next, shouldn't it be time to try my sword skills?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked and looked at him in unison.

Du Feng's expression changed at first, but then he laughed loudly, and said: "Don't bluff, do you think I don't know? Your kung fu has long been wasted."

Lu Xiuwen's fingers were slender and fair, he looked like a hand playing chess, not a hand holding a sword, but he held the sword in his hand very firmly, and said: "If a person loses martial arts, can't he start from the beginning? I'm not like a piece of trash like you, who haven't seen any improvement in the past ten years."

Du Feng was dubious about his words, and said: "Even if you practice kung fu again, you have already been poisoned by the incense of chasing souls!"

Lu Xiuwen laughed and said, "If it wasn't for the fragrance of chasing souls, I would have allowed you to live until now? But if you look up, the sky is almost dawn."

Du Feng was shocked, only to find that after this fierce battle, a gleam of light appeared in the sky.

The effect of chasing soul incense is only three hours, and it will be cured at dawn!

Lu Xiuwen walked towards Du Feng with his sword in his hand, and asked as he walked, "Do you still remember why I blinded you in one eye?"

"Hmph, didn't you just move your precious brother?" Du Feng hated and feared him, and took a step back unconsciously.

Lu Xiuwen glanced at the wound on Duan Ling's body, and said, "Then you should know that some people in this world can move, and some...you can't even touch them."

He has a calm face and a flat tone, no different from inviting someone to drink and enjoy flowers.Only a pair of eyes were bottomless, which made Du Feng's heart shudder.

For many years, being defeated by Lu Xiuwen's men and being blinded by his left eye has always been a great hatred in Du Feng's heart.He hesitated for a moment, wondering if he should go all out with Lu Xiuwen directly, or take Duan Ling as a hostage first?

At this time, Lu Xiuwen said: "If you are afraid, why not turn around and run away now?"

After hearing this, Du Feng calmed down and said with a laugh: "Lu Xiuwen, you sang so well that I almost fell for your tricks."

After all, he ignored Duan Ling, stepped lightly on his foot, and jumped in front of Lu Xiuwen, and stabbed with his sword.

Seeing him make a move, Lu Xiuwen had an imperceptible smile on his lips.

The two went through several tricks in an instant.

Du Feng's swordsmanship was extremely fast, making people dazzled.However, Lu Xiuwen lifted the weight lightly, slowly raised the sword, and slowly drew the sword, but the timing of each sword was extremely precise, and the shining tip of the sword was always pointed at Du Feng's right eye.

Du Feng obviously wanted to kill him, but in order to save his right eye, he had to turn his sword back to save him. Lu Xiuwen flicked his wrist, and quickly dodged it. From the beginning to the end, the two swords never met.

During the fight, Lu Xiuwen changed his steps and retreated step by step.Du Feng's offensive continued, and he followed him a few steps unknowingly, and the two of them fought all the way from outside the gate of Wei's house to the yard.

Du Feng couldn't attack for a long time, so he suddenly became ruthless, crossed his sword with his left hand, and slapped Lu Xiuwen's shoulder with his palm.

Before Lu Xiuwen could change his move, he slapped him, and the sword in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He staggered back a few steps and hit the stone table in the courtyard.

When Du Feng slapped this palm, Fang confirmed his guess, and shouted: "Lu Xiuwen, you really lost all your martial arts, you have nothing but sword moves, but you have no internal strength at all."

"Yes." Lu Xiuwen smiled brightly and said, "I lied to you."

Du Feng was so angry that he swung his sword to kill him.

Without dodging or evading, Lu Xiuwen stretched out his hand to grab the blade of his sword, and put his other hand behind his back, turning the chessboard on the table.

There was only a "click" sound, and the stone bricks on the ground moved slowly, and a dark gap appeared under Du Feng's feet.

Du Feng didn't expect that there would be an institution in this small courtyard, so he was stunned for a while, only to realize that he had been fooled by Lu Xiuwen again.Unexpectedly, it was a lie for him to practice martial arts again, and the empty city plan was also a lie. Lu Xiuwen's pretentiousness was just to lure him to this stone table.

Du Feng's body fell rapidly, and he was about to fall into the underground secret room, but he was a person after all, and his mind was not disturbed at such a critical moment.

How could Lu Xiuwen allow him to escape, and pushed him with all his might.

With a ferocious face, Du Feng firmly grabbed Lu Xiuwen's hand.

"Lu Xiuwen, even if I want to die, I will drag you to die with me."

"That's as you wish."

Lu Xiuwen smiled, with that frosty look in his eyes again, he jumped up and jumped into the secret room together with Du Feng.

"Crack..."

No one knew who touched the mechanism of the secret room, the stone bricks on the ground moved again, and the gaps gradually closed without leaving a trace.

This incident happened suddenly, from Lu Xiuwen provoking Du Feng, to the sword competition between the two, to Lu Xiuwen turning the trap on the chessboard, but in just a few moments, when everyone came back to their senses, the two had both fallen into the trap. the secret room.

"Lu Xiuwen—"

Duan Ling struggled to get up from the ground, and was the first to run towards the stone table, but he ran so fast that he even fell on the way.Regardless of his injuries, he quickly got up again and rushed to the place where Lu Xiuwen disappeared.

The stone bricks on the ground were tightly jointed. He punched hard a few times, but seeing no movement, he turned his head and asked Miracle Doctor Wei, "What's down here?"

Doctor Wei couldn't just stand by and watch at this time, he walked over and said, "It's a secret room built to protect against my enemy. Don't worry, no one will die if you fall."

Liu Yi limped over and said anxiously: "Brother Lu doesn't have any martial arts at all, and he's in the same room with that Demon Sect member, wouldn't it be..."

Duan Ling interrupted him, and said to Doctor Wei: "Where is the mechanism? Open this secret room!"

"Yesterday, when you came to ask for a doctor, you were so low-key, why are you so ruthless today, as if you are here to collect debts?" Doctor Wei muttered in a low voice, and started to turn the chessboard on the stone table.

The chessboard turned, but the stone bricks on the ground did not move, and did not respond at all.

Miracle doctor Wei let out a "huh" and couldn't help frowning.

Duan Ling hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

"No, it can't be opened." Doctor Wei said, "There is another mechanism in the secret room. Once it is touched, the door cannot be opened from the outside. This is just in case, if my opponent finds it here and finds it If you know the secret of the stone table, you can't go into the secret room to catch me."

Duan Ling didn't have the patience to listen to him nagging about him and his enemy, so he asked, "Is there any other way to get into the secret room?"

"No more, but there are clean water and dry food in it, even if you don't come out for a month, you won't starve to death."

Duan Ling was very anxious.

Although he only heard a few words, he also knew that Lu Xiuwen had an enmity with the people of the Demon Cult. Let alone a month, he might not be able to hold on to even a stick of incense.

Thinking of this, Duan Ling didn't dare to delay for a moment. He swept his eyes, picked up Liu Yi's sword from the ground, and said, "Brother Liu, lend me your sword."

After finishing speaking, he inserted the blade of the sword into the gap between the two stone bricks and pried the stone bricks vigorously.

Liu Yi's sword is a precious sword that cuts iron like mud. With such force, the stone bricks really loosened a bit.

Liu Yi didn't spare the treasure, he drew his dagger and said, "Brother Duan, I'll help you."

For a while, stone chips flew.

The two cooperated with each other to forcefully open the door of the secret room.

Wei Miracle Doctor spent a lot of effort to build this secret room at the beginning, seeing the two people ruining it so much, he couldn't help but said beside him: "Ordinary people don't know about the mechanism in the secret room, but the boy surnamed Lu has heard me talk about it." , I see that he is determined to die, and he wants to die with the people of Tianjue Sect..."

Duan Ling didn't make a sound, just looked back at him, his eyes were extremely cold.

Miracle doctor Wei's heart felt cold, and he immediately fell silent.

The stone bricks laid on the ground were quite thick, and the two dug with their swords for a long time, only to see that the gap widened a bit, and they didn't know how long they would have to wait if they wanted to go in to save people.

Liu Yi was feeling discouraged, but suddenly heard a strange sound coming from below.

"Snapped!"

Liu Yi's heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked Duan Ling, "Brother Duan, did you hear anything?"

Duan Ling bent down and put his right ear on the ground.His hearing was better than Liu Yi's, and after only listening for a while, his face turned pale, his hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and the back of his hand was full of veins.

"Brother Duan?"

Duan Ling took a deep breath, his voice was hoarse, and said, "It's the sound of whips."

Liu Yi said in a low voice, "I remember that person from the Demon Cult said that his eyes were blinded by Brother Lu's whip."

And Lu Xiuwen lost all his martial arts, so of course it is impossible to use the whip again, so... this voice...

Liu Yi didn't dare to think deeply.

On the contrary, Duan Ling was much calmer. He said, "This at least shows that Lu Xiuwen is still alive."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the sky and said, "It's dawn."

Liu Yi was puzzled, but saw Duan Ling throwing the sword away, looking down at his palm, and then slapped it on the ground.

"Oh!"

This palm used inner strength, and sure enough, the stone brick shook, and a crack appeared on the surface.

Liu Yi had indeed heard of the palm force used to crack stones, but Duan Ling's internal strength was clearly not at this level, and the poison of Chasing Soul Incense had just been cured.

Although Liu Yi was devoted to saving Brother Lu, he had no choice but to persuade him: "Brother Duan, stop beating, your palm will be destroyed."

"Nothing." Duan Ling said without changing his expression, "The right hand is useless, and the left hand is still there."

He forcibly mobilized his internal energy, and after slapping several palms in a row, he suddenly felt a surge of energy and blood. He raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, and saw a deep red.

He knew that his internal breath was chaotic, which was a backlash, but he didn't dare to stop.

Lu Xiuwen is still alive.

But only alive.

The sound from the secret room became clearer and clearer, and the sound of whips hitting people could be heard, occasionally mixed with a few muffled groans—it was rapid and short, and was immediately suppressed.

Duan Ling had been whipped before and knew how painful it was.But now one whip after another was falling on Lu Xiuwen.

That lofty Lu Xiuwen who always only looks at people from the corner of his eyes.

That Lu Xiuwen who had lost all his martial arts and only had a few months to live.

He obviously had a chance to escape, but he stood up at the most critical moment and confronted Du Feng with his sword.

Duan Ling knew who he was trying to save.

But why did he save himself?

His heart was in a mess, and he slapped the palms of his hands on the ground. After all, he was made of flesh and blood, and his palms were soon stained red with blood.

"Snapped!"

Another whip sounded.

Duan Ling couldn't help shouting: "Lu Xiuwen!"

No one answered him.

All he could hear was a muffled snort.

His heart seemed to have been severely pumped by someone, and it constricted suddenly, his skin was ripped apart, and his flesh was bloody.

"Snapped!"

Another whip fell.

This time it was hit on the forehead, and Lu Xiuwen saw a cloud of blood floating in front of his eyes, and then warm liquid dripped down his forehead and into his eyes.

The whole world seemed to be stained with blood.

Lu Xiuwen looked at Du Feng who was standing in front of him, and said: "Your whipping technique is far behind mine."

Du Feng flicked the whip in his hand, narrowed his eyes and said: "I don't have time to listen to your lip service, tell me quickly, how do you want to get out of this damn place?"

"I do not know."

"You know how to open the mechanism, but don't you know how to get out?"

"This secret room was built by the owner of this place, Senior Wei. I only know that turning the chessboard can open the mechanism, but I don't know anything else."

Du Feng snorted coldly, not believing his words, flicked his wrist, and whipped Lu Xiuwen again.

Lu Xiuwen didn't have any martial arts, so he took another slap before, and after falling down, he was soon restrained by Du Feng.The secret room they were in was only a few feet square, the light was dim, and the place was small. Du Feng searched around, but found no way out, and the stone bricks on the top of his head were closed, so he had no choice but to force Lu Xiuwen to tell way to leave.

Lu Xiuwen managed to trick Du Feng into this secret room, so naturally he didn't say anything, even though he was whipped, he didn't even yell.

"It doesn't matter if you don't say it, anyway, your junior brother is still up there, I don't believe he won't come to save you."

"That's right, but when he opened the stone gate, the poison of Chasing Soul Incense had already been cured. If you fought in a fair and honest fight, do you really think you won him?"

Du Feng had fought against Duan Ling, and he knew that his martial arts were not bad, the longer he stayed in the secret room, the worse it would be for him.So he raised the whip in his hand, and lashed towards Lu Xiuwen fiercely like a gust of wind and rain.

Lu Xiuwen's black clothes were already soaked in blood and sweat, and his body was damaged in several places, revealing bloody cuts, the wound on his forehead was especially serious, the blood dripped intermittently, staining half of his cheeks red.He never cried out, even if he hummed occasionally, he suppressed it immediately.

Du Feng didn't ask the answer, but his hands were sore from beating him. He knew that Duan Ling was the most concerned about by Lu Xiuwen, so he said intentionally: "The guy surnamed Duan hasn't moved after so long, it seems that he doesn't intend to save him is you."

Lu Xiuwen was injured all over his body, he couldn't even stand upright, he sat down slowly along the wall, and said with a smile: "That's okay, I see that there is clean water and dry food in this secret room, it won't be a problem to stay for a month. Treat you If you are dead, I will eat your meat and drink your blood, and I can survive for another month."

"Hmph, it seems that you are in a hurry to seek death." Du Feng smiled angrily, walked up to Lu Xiuwen step by step, lifted his chin with the handle of the whip, and asked, "Guess...why do I carry a whip with me?" ?”

"In order to meet me one day, so that I can seek revenge?"

"That's right. But I'm not as ruthless as you. One whip can blind people's eyes, so..." Du Feng turned the handle of the whip, pulled it hard, and pulled out a small and sharp dagger, sternly, "In my dreams, I always think about how to dig out your eyeballs with my own hands."

Saying that, the cold dagger stroked along Lu Xiuwen's cheek little by little, and finally stuck to his eyes.

Lu Xiuwen didn't dodge, he closed his eyes calmly.

Du Feng twitched the corner of his mouth, intending to torture him for a while, then turned his wrist and stabbed him in the shoulder.

Lu Xiuwen was bleeding immediately, but Du Feng didn't let him go, holding the cold dagger in his hand, slowly turning it in his wound.

"Well……"

The wound was stirred over and over again, the pain was far better than the previous whipping.Lu Xiuwen's face turned pale, cold sweat dripped down his back, even his lips were bleeding from his own biting.

While admiring his painful expression, Du Feng said: "It doesn't matter if I kill you now, people outside will open this secret room sooner or later, and then I will throw your body out, so I can naturally take advantage of the chaos." Or, I will kill your junior brother too, so that he can go underground to accompany you?"

After hearing this, Lu Xiuwen suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Du Feng coldly.

Du Feng hated his expression so much that he was about to pull out his dagger to gouge out his eyes, but unexpectedly his fingers froze there, unable to move.Then the arms, body, and even the neck... The whole body seemed to be paralyzed, completely losing consciousness.

He stared at Lu Xiuwen in horror, only his mouth could move slightly: "How could it be..."

"It finally happened?" Lu Xiuwen smiled, as if everything was in his expectation, "If it was later, my eyes would be lost."

"You... in the end..."

"You are also a person who knows how to poison, don't you know that you have been poisoned?"

While speaking, the corners of Du Feng's mouth began to bleed, and then his eyes and ears, but he still had an expression of disbelief, and asked, "When...when did you poison me?"

"It was the first time you hit me when you first entered the secret room."

"impossible……"

"You didn't find any clues at all, did you? You may not know that I once tried medicine for the leader." Lu Xiuwen raised his hand to wipe the blood on his forehead, then moved his hand to his lips, and slowly licked it with his tongue Jing, a strange look appeared on his handsome face, "The poison in my body has penetrated into my lungs, and the most poisonous thing... is my blood."

"But this blood is useless in an open place. Only in such a small room, you will be poisoned after smelling it."

Only then did Du Feng understand, and he said: "Everything...is calculated by you..."

"Of course. Otherwise, why do you think I jumped in? Why did I provoke you on purpose?"

Du Feng was completely poisoned at this time, he was bleeding from all seven orifices, and fell down straight, but he still asked: "Are you...to kill me?"

Lu Xiuwen was covered in bruises, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up, so he simply fell forward, with his hands and feet sticking to the ground, crawled forward bit by bit, and finally climbed to Du Feng's side, and said to him: "That's right. "

"Why? You're so badly injured, even if you kill me, you won't be able to survive yourself."

Lu Xiuwen smiled, and his tone was very gentle: "Do you still remember what you said earlier, how to deal with my junior brother? You said that he would be skinned, cramped, and disembowelled."

The more he went on, the colder his voice became, "How could I spare your life?"

As Lu Xiuwen said, he stretched out his hand to hold the dagger stuck on his shoulder, and with a sudden force, he pulled out the dagger forcefully.The pain this time was no less than when it was pierced in, the wound burst open, and the blood that was finally stopped flowed out again.Lu Xiuwen didn't seem to realize it, but instead he smiled in a low voice, put a dagger against Du Feng's neck, and said word by word: "Only by killing you can we avoid future troubles forever."

Hand up, knife down.

(End of this chapter)