Xuanxia

Chapter 24 Murderous Intent

"He said we can just kill him?!"

The elder sat by the bed, looking shocked.

Lying on the bed was Jiang Yunfeng, who had been shocked to the point of vomiting blood and fainting. He had woken up now, but his face was still as pale as paper and his breathing was uneven.

Not far from the bed, Elder Ma stood by the window, with his hands behind his back, looking towards the sky.

"Yes……"

He said slowly: "Junior Brother Nian, how are you doing?"

"Hmph..." The elder sneered, turned his head and looked at a disciple standing at the door: "You go ahead and say it."

"Yes."

The disciple lowered his head and said, "I went to Lingxiang Town and learned that a young hunter named Fu, also known as Azhou, has been haunting the town since three years ago. He is the young hunter who found the corpse of the key-keeping disciple and had a fight with Senior Brother Meng."

"Hmm..." The elder frowned and said, "But this cannot rule out the possibility that the Mingjian Pavilion's secret envoy is acting under someone else's identity."

Jiang Yunfeng on the bed coughed lightly and said weakly: "Master, I think... it's unlikely..."

The elder said, "Oh!" and asked, "How do you know?"

"I, I don't know how he used the jade token... to do that..."

Jiang Yunfeng said with difficulty: "But when he answered my questions... the details were really not enough... Not to mention, my last question, he simply... ahem, didn't dare to answer."

Elder Nian frowned deeply and turned to look at Elder Ma: "Brother, what do you think?"

"I think this 'Master Fu' is indeed bluffing." Elder Ma said hoarsely, "But the spell in his hand is real, and the magic he performed with the jade token is also extremely powerful. Even if he is not from the Mingjian Pavilion, his origin is extraordinary. We..."

"You still don't want to offend him?" The elder interrupted him, dissatisfied.

Elder Ma sighed deeply: "Except for the fact that he bumped into Meng Zhugang when we first met, this person really didn't do anything unnecessary. Why should we make a fuss about it?"

"Ah."

The elder sneered disdainfully: "At this critical moment, a person from the imperial court came to the mountain. Do you believe it if it's a coincidence?"

"He must be someone that Yu Yuexian has sent! Our plan has been delayed because of him. If we don't take the initiative, by the time he does something, we'll be done for!"

Elder Ma shook his head and sighed, and did not reply for a long time.

The elder looked as if he didn't want to pay attention to him, and turned to look at the disciple who had answered earlier: "What about outside the mountain? Are there any outsiders?"

"No."

The disciple replied respectfully, "Outside the mountain, everything is calm and peaceful, no traps have been triggered, and all poisonous insects and poisons are peaceful as usual."

The old elder hummed, as if he was talking to himself or to Elder Ma: "If that's the case, it means that the so-called Master Fu is not followed by anyone from the imperial court..."

He lowered his head and glanced at Jiang Yunfeng: "Disciple, you have studied in the capital, and your knowledge is higher than those of us in the mountains. Tell me, what should we do?"

A fierce look flashed in Jiang Yunfeng's eyes: "Grandmaster, and... Granduncle, I think you should be killed!"

"Oh?"

The elder smiled and said, "You want to kill him too?"

"Since we have already coaxed him to the Phoenix Blood Pool, how can we waste... this opportunity?" Jiang Yunfeng said gloomily, "If we kill him now, it will only be a problem in the treatment of the strange curse. What does it have to do with us?"

"Just as our master said, first... strike first to gain the upper hand!"

His tone was somewhat harsh and his voice was a little loud, and he immediately started coughing violently.

Elder Ma walked forward slowly, raised his hand and waved it. Red lights like fireflies emanated from his fingers. The red lights fell on Jiang Yunfeng's chest and seeped in silently, immediately stopping his coughing. However, Jiang Yunfeng's expression also became weak. He became completely powerless, his eyelids were drooping, and he fell into a deep sleep again.

"Child, take a good rest and don't get angry first."

He sighed: "Junior Brother Nian, you can kill people, but don't cause chaos in the village."

Hearing him say this, the elder finally smiled: "Brother, you finally figured it out."

After saying that, he slammed his cane hard, turned his head and glared at the disciple beside him: "What are you still standing there for? Didn't you hear me?"

The disciple was shocked and lowered his head quickly: "Yes!"

……

"It's so far away. Why is the Phoenix Blood Pool so far away?"

Fu Qingzhou looked at the thousand-step mountain road ahead that looked like a ladder to heaven, and felt despair.

He also grew up in the mountains, and walking in the deep mountains and old forests was as natural as breathing for him. But after walking all the way from the Wandu Mountain Village, his legs were numb even though he was now at the third level of martial arts.

Starting out in the early morning, till now at noon, he had already followed Kua Ye over two small hills and walked dozens of miles, but now there was still an endless mountain road ahead... "You are also a martial artist, why are you so fragile?" Kua Ye said with a smile.

Last night, because of the incident at Qianwu Tower, his attitude towards Fu Qingzhou changed, but when he saw him this morning, he returned to his previous simple yet shrewd appearance, and continued to tease him as if nothing had happened.

Fu Qingzhou couldn't understand what was happening to him. He could only understand that he and Hua Xiaolan behind him had reached some kind of consensus and agreed with his ideas.

“Is this a question of vulnerability?”

He said casually: "I don't even know where the Phoenix Blood Pool is. When people don't know their destination, they always feel that the road is particularly long and there is no end in sight."

Kuaye smiled and said, "After we finish this section of the mountain path, we will be there."

What Elder Ma said before was indeed true, this Phoenix Blood Pool is really quite remote.

Fu Qingzhou complained as he climbed the stairs: "Your pool is for curing illnesses, but you have to walk such a long way to get here. A lot of patients must have died on the way?"

"you……"

Kua Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Can't we just carry the patient here?"

"This is totally unnecessary." Fu Qingzhou curled his lips: "Couldn't you build the village closer to here in the first place?"

It was not easy to climb thousands of steps. After climbing for a long time, the two of them finally climbed up and the sky in front of them was no longer covered by spots of light from the trees. The sun came out and a fresh fragrance blew in their faces.

"Do you smell the scent of the Phoenix Blood Pool?" Kua Ye said, "This is it."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Interesting, how can a pond smell so good?"

"Legend has it that this is the place where the phoenix, the sacred animal of the Miao people, vomited blood." Kuaye's expression became solemn: "In that story..."

He stopped suddenly in the middle of his words.

Both of them had their pupils constricted and their bodies tensed at the same time!
People who have opened their martial orifices have a close connection with the spiritual void in the surrounding area. The denser the spiritual void is, the more sensitive this sensation will naturally be.

At this moment, Fu Qingzhou felt that a group of people were approaching him at a very fast speed - with strong murderous intent!
"Did they really send someone to kill you?!" Kua Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.

After the initial vigilance, Fu Qingzhou smiled: "Now, you should know what I said last night, right?"

"You are still so indifferent?"

Kua Ye grinned: "You are not a real official appointed by the court, maybe we will ignore you?"

“Hahaha!” Fu Qingzhou laughed loudly. “Your sect leader’s followers personally negotiated with the partner, but now that the other party has made a move, you just ignore them? Facing the enemy’s murderous intent, you actually chose to retreat? If you are such people, what’s the point of fighting! Just kneel down and admit defeat!”

Hearing him say this, Kua Ye also laughed and shook his head: "You are smart..."

As the two were talking, the leaves around them began to shake violently.

In an instant, a Miao man holding a scimitar suddenly jumped out from the shadows of the trees, as fast as lightning, with murderous aura bursting from his body, and rushed straight towards Fu Qingzhou!

But the next moment, a thin sword came from nowhere and lightly touched the Miao man.

This seemed easy, but it pierced the Miao man's vitals with incredible accuracy. The Miao man didn't even have time to groan before he fell to the ground with a thud, and the ground was soon covered with blood.

The murderer didn't even show up, only a red shadow flashed through the woods.

"Rain of Thorns!"

A somewhat chaotic cry of surprise rang out in the forest: "Kua Ye! How dare you seek help from the assassins of Xiyu Pavilion?!"

Soon, the surrounding trees began to shake more violently, and from time to time, cold light flashed, blood shadows flew, and muffled groans and the sound of metal colliding were heard continuously.

"You are only at the third level, don't come and join in the fun, and it seems that there are people waiting for you ahead... Can you do it on your own?"

Kwaye asked with a grin.

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows slightly and turned around.

At the end of the mountain path not far away, a middle-aged man holding two swords appeared, seemingly having been waiting for him for a long time.

Fu Qingzhou patted Kua Ye's shoulder and said, "Go ahead. I can handle it."

Kwaye didn't hesitate, he drew his scimitar and plunged into the woods.

"You're not dead yet."

Fu Qingzhou continued to climb the best few steps of the mountain path and laughed dryly: "It seems that the courage of the elder that year was just like that."

"Humph……"

The middle-aged man's eyes were extremely cold and vicious: "If I don't kill you, how can I bear to die!"

This is none other than Meng Zhugang.

(End of this chapter)