The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 10 Tracking
At nightfall, Fang Xiu staggered towards the south of the city, leaning against the wall and moving one step at a time. His five senses were fully activated, monitoring every move within a hundred meters around him at all times.

At this time, floating clouds covered the moon and most of the stars disappeared. The streets of Gushan County were dark and there were almost no pedestrians.

Fang Xiu's eyes had the ability of night vision, so he could walk in the dark without any hindrance, but he also remained cautious at all times. He wrapped a strip of cloth around the bottom of the wooden stick to minimize the sound of the stick hitting the stone road. Once he found someone in front of him, he would immediately hide in advance and completely conceal his tracks.

No one knew he was passing by except the two wild cats doing unspeakable things, and the two wild cats ignored him.

After all, his internal strength was limited. He had barely walked a few hundred meters with his broken leg before his internal strength was basically exhausted. He had no choice but to walk and stop, which took quite a while. The broken bone in his left leg was completely numb and he had no feeling in it.

There is an abandoned City God Temple in the south of the city. It is quite large and has long been occupied by people. Taoist Mo once repeatedly told them to stay away from there. When Fang Xiu was begging, he also found that there were many beggars gathered there.

I think the City God Temple is the Gushan County branch of the Beggars' Gang. No matter which novel it is, the Beggars' Gang likes to use such places as their strongholds.

By the time he arrived near the City God Temple, it was almost midnight and the entire county was asleep, but the lights inside the City God Temple were brightly lit and some people were drinking, laughing and cursing.

The leaders of the Beggar Gang's branches are basically disciples with five or six bags of martial arts experience, and they are also good fighters in the martial arts world. All tricks and dirty tricks are useless in the face of such strength. When encountering such enemies, Fang Xiu can only end up being captured alive. He dare not get too close.

Less than a hundred meters outside the City God Temple, there is an old locust tree. The trunk is as thick as a person can hug, and it is more than ten meters tall. It is probably more than a hundred years old. This distance is just right.

Fang Xiu quietly walked to the old locust tree, channeled his internal energy into his hands, hooked his ten fingers into tiger claws, firmly grasped the trunk, and climbed up the tree in a few light steps.

It is early spring now, and the leaves on the old locust tree have only sprouted. Fortunately, it is night, and no matter who looks over, they can only see a dark area.

Fang Xiu held the tree branch tightly, faced the City God Temple, closed his eyes, and used his hearing and sense of smell to the fullest.

There were quite a few people gathered in the City God Temple, and Fang Xiu could clearly smell their body odor.

Beggars rarely take a bath all year round, so everyone's body smells sour, but according to Fang Xiu's perception, everyone's body odor is different.

Adding to their heartbeats, one, two, thirteen, Fang Xiu quickly determined that there were twenty-seven people in the City God Temple, nineteen of whom were gathered in the lobby, lighting a bonfire, drinking and eating meat.

There were also eight people, two in a group, one in the open and one in the dark, guarding the four directions of the City God Temple respectively, and keeping a close watch on the area within a radius of thirty meters around the City God Temple.

Fang Xiu secretly thought that it was fortunate that he was careful enough and did not intend to get too close from the beginning. He only relied on his extraordinary five senses to monitor from a distance. Otherwise, given his condition, he would have been discovered if he had forced himself to get too close. At that time, he would have walked into a trap and would not even be able to escape.

At this moment, perhaps his hearing and smell had positioned him well, and his uncontrollable intuition took effect again, and a three-dimensional dynamic image appeared in his mind again.

Although I couldn't see what was going on inside through the wall, I was aware of the entire layout of the City God Temple, the positions of these people, and even their movements.

But this was not what Fang Xiu wanted. He carefully observed every corner of the dynamic picture and even found a secret basement behind the statue of the City God. However, he could not see A Ku at all. However, Fang Xiu could vaguely smell the scent of A Ku, which was almost imperceptible.

Fang Xiu was certain that A Ku had been captured here before, but had been moved away. The distance was too far and the smell was too weak, so Fang Xiu could not continue tracking A Ku based on his scent.

Ever since Fang Xiu left the slums, he had been in a state of confusion. He suddenly realized that although Gushan County was small, he could not leave it no matter what.

Whether it was his disabled legs that prevented him from traveling far, or his heart that couldn't let go, Gushan County was like a giant net that trapped him. How was Ah Ku now? She probably wouldn't have the chance to eat her favorite meat buns again.

A Ku's illness has just improved. Will it get worse again after today?

A Ku loves to laugh, but I’m afraid he will never have the chance to laugh happily again.

All the thoughts kept running through Fang Xiu's mind, and his heart couldn't be at peace at all.

Adults all know that it is better to seek good fortune and avoid danger, let alone a life-and-death crisis, but Fang Xiu couldn't convince himself no matter what.

It was hard to accept, it was still hard to accept. Fang Xiu thought of the bamboo slips in his mind again. The bamboo slips were still motionless, as if silently mocking Fang Xiu.

He came to the City God Temple completely subconsciously, thinking of at least finding Aku's whereabouts at this moment. He didn't expect to rescue Aku by himself, but the result disappointed him. Fang Xiu felt cold all over. What he feared most was that Aku might have been killed at this moment.

At this time, the conversation between the beggars attracted his attention. The beggar in the middle drank a bowl of wine and spoke.

"Everyone, get ready starting tomorrow. We've received news from our brothers in the neighboring county that Gang Leader Hong appeared there three days ago. Judging by his speed and the direction he left, he'll be at our Gushan branch tomorrow at the latest.

Stop what you're doing every day, and be quiet. If you need to eat, eat. If you don't want to eat, find a place to sleep. Don't let Gang Leader Hong know about these shady things, or don't blame me for being ruthless."

The beggars below didn't take it seriously, one of them said.

"Captain, don't worry. This isn't the first time Gang Leader Hong has come. We brothers all know what to do. We'll make sure to follow the rules and let Gang Leader Hong leave happily."

The captain kicked the beggar and cursed, "Don't be so careless. This time is different from the past. If Gang Leader Hong finds out about what happened at Qingyu Temple, no one in our Gushan branch will survive."

As soon as he finished speaking, he picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. After eating, he turned to another beggar and asked.

"You country donkey, have you hidden the boys and girls that Qingyu Temple wants? We can sell them for a high price this time. The Taoist priests in Qingyu Temple are very generous. Send them to Qingyu Temple as soon as Gang Leader Hong leaves. Send a few of you to guard them for me tomorrow. There must be no mistakes.

Oh, by the way, why haven't Lin Gouzi and Feng San come back yet? Aren't these two guys going to catch that lame kid? "

The donkey replied, "Captain, when we caught that little girl, she was the only one in the room. I brought her back, and Lin Gouzi and Crazy Three stayed there. I told you it's okay. That kid has a lame leg and can't run away. You know them, maybe they were too lazy to come back when we caught her, so they went out drinking again."

The helmsman cursed but didn't take it seriously. He didn't need to care about the skinny old beggar and the lame boy. He didn't think anything would happen.

"Damn it, these two guys are such lazy bones. Go find them tomorrow morning and tell them to behave themselves for the next two days. Just bury that old beggar and send the lame kid to where the children are hidden. Including him, we'll have the ten boys and girls that Qingyu Temple needs."

I personally have no impression of the Beggars' Sect, neither good nor bad, but I still like Qiao Feng, Hong Qigong, Guo Jing and Huang Rong. Later, I had a bad impression of the Beggars' Sect after reading the descriptions of the Beggars' Sect in other novels and my own experiences. But the Beggars' Sect in this book is generally good, and its merits outweigh its flaws. In the future, Fang Xiu will have an inseparable relationship with the Beggars' Sect, but he will not become the leader of the sect.

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