Chapter 0044 Signal
Qin Tiannan said: "Fu Yuanhu!"
"Here!" A middle-aged man in his thirties stepped out in response.
He was thin and tall, with a round face as white as jade, and a pair of eyes that sparkled like cold stars, with pupils that were exceptionally bright. He clasped his fists and said, "Master!"
"You lead four people to take charge of the area north of the government office!"
"yes!"
Qin Tiannan looked at Li Chengkong: "Li Chengkong!"
"Here." Li Chengkong clasped his fists.
"You lead four people and take charge of the area south of the government office. Find Song Wuji but don't take any action. Just wait for us to catch up."
"Yes." Li Chengkong said in a deep voice.
His heart sank.
Isn’t Qin Tiannan afraid that his team will be destroyed again and anger all the vegetable-growing eunuchs?
Then he understood.
This is Qin Tiannan's art of balance.
Only the Xiaoling Guard was responsible for dangerous tasks, while the Xiaoling Outer Guard was doing non-dangerous things, which angered the entire Xiaoling Guard.
The Xiaoling Guards are Qin Tiannan's true confidants, not the vegetable-growing eunuchs. He doesn't care too much about the thoughts of the vegetable-growing eunuchs.
"Fu Yuanhu, show Li Chengkong the portrait of Song Wuji and tell him about him. Don't die in vain!"
"yes."
"Go." Qin Tiannan waved his hand.
Fu Yuanhu walked out with four people, and Li Chengkong and others followed.
Li Chengkong did not rush to talk. He left Shenxiu Lake and stepped onto the sacred road, where he saw many statues of gods.
The statue, which was originally only five meters high, now looks like the giant Pangu who holds up the sky and steps on the earth, with tremendous momentum under the bright morning light.
They seemed to be rushing towards him one by one, ready to tear him into pieces the next moment.
Li Chengkong instantly sent all his internal energy to Tianyin Cave.
The illusion before my eyes disappeared.
He turned his head and saw that Song Minghua and the others looked pale, their teeth were chattering, and their blue shirts fluttered as if they were walking in the wind.
The same goes for Fu Yuanhu and the other four.
They crawled out of the hundred-meter-long sacred road like turtles, sweating profusely.
"Huh..." Under the tall golden triple archway, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Fu Yuanhu looked at Li Chengkong, his eyes twinkling, and he took out a portrait from his arms and handed it to Li Chengkong: "This is Song Wuji."
Li Chengkong opened it, took a quick look, and quickly closed it, handing it back to Fu Yuanhu, avoiding Sun Guiwu's observation.
"Let me take a look too." Sun Guiwu shouted.
Li Chengkong said: "It's enough for me to see it."
"I didn't recognize him, and I wouldn't know him even if I saw him. I couldn't guard against his sneak attack." Sun Guiwu said, "Isn't it too unfair?"
Fu Yuanhu gave a thumbs up: "Smart!"
Sun Guiwu glared over.
Fu Yuanhu didn't care about his rebelliousness: "Song Wuji is very sensitive. If you look at him with hostility, he will definitely sense it and kill you."
"Is he that powerful?" Sun Guiwu was unconvinced: "Could it be that he has already reached the Falling Star Realm?"
"He hasn't reached the Falling Star Realm." Fu Yuanhu shook his head and said, "Otherwise, the Wind Chaser would have already taken action."
Sun Guiwu smiled.
Fu Yuanhu said in a deep voice: "But the difficulty is even higher than that of the Falling Star Realm... The flying knife is extraordinary and the lightness skill is extremely fast. Otherwise, do you think that we Xiaoling Guards are all cowards?!"
Sun Guiwu's face darkened.
Li Chengkong said: "He is so powerful, he must be from a famous family, right?"
Fu Yuanhu shook his head: "I can't tell what he is doing. It seems that there is no flying knife as powerful as this one in the world."
"What about Qinggong?"
"That's even harder to tell. Not to mention the Qinggong of the Three Religions and Four Sects, there are also many first-rate sects with top Qinggong skills."
"Is there nothing we can do about him?" Li Chengkong frowned, "Won't the chief summon the Wind Chaser?"
"Unless you are at the Falling Star level, the Wind Chaser God cannot capture you."
"So, you mean, we can only rely on the Xiaoling Guards?"
"Exactly."
"No wonder the Xiaoling Outer Guard was established. The loss of one Xiaoling Guard member puts more pressure on the leader. Brother Fu, you must have an extraordinary background, right?"
Fu Yuanhu waved his hand and said calmly: "I am just a descendant of a declining family. It is because of my second brother that I can come to the Xiaoling Mausoleum."
Li Chengkong asked: "Your brother is...?"
"A disciple from the Great Snow Mountain." Fu Yuanhu said proudly.
"Excuse me!" Li Chengkong sighed solemnly, "No matter how poor our family is, it can't compare to ours."
Fu Yuanhu smiled.
His family was in decline and could not compare to the others in the Xiaoling Guard, but he was also not comparable to these eunuchs who grew vegetables.
These vegetable-growing eunuchs were destined to be buried in the Xiaoling Mausoleum for the rest of their lives, a pool of stagnant water, no different from walking corpses.
He was compassionate.
More importantly, his great-grandfather was a eunuch, a fourth-rank eunuch.
My grandfather was promoted to military service, but he was mediocre and failed to achieve any success.
Each generation is worse than the previous one, and by the time of his generation, the throne had come to an end.
If it weren't for his second brother's extraordinary talent and his entry into the Snow Mountain Sword Sect, he would have had no chance to join the Xiaoling Guard.
They walked out while talking.
Fu Yuanhu and the four Xiaoling guards looked arrogant and obviously did not take Song Minghua and the others seriously.
Song Minghua and his friends were proud in their bones. They would not put up with anyone they were not welcome to do so. Their eyes greedily scanned the surroundings, as if taking in all the scenery.
I have been trapped in the Xiaoling Mausoleum for several years. Although the scenery is beautiful, I have become bored with living there without any scenery for a long time.
Li Chengkong ignored the scenery and focused only on talking with Fu Yuanhu to learn more about Song Wuji.
"Brother Fu, if his whereabouts are so elusive, why does he stay here?"
"According to his habit, he would move to another place once he was discovered, but this time he acted out of character, which was very strange."
"Isn't he afraid that Chief Qin will ask the Wind Chaser to come?"
"It's very strange." Fu Yuanhu frowned.
Li Chengkong pondered: "Perhaps his martial arts skills have greatly improved and his style of doing things has changed, or there is some unresolved grudge, or perhaps there is some important person or thing that is holding him back?"
Fu Yuanhu nodded.
Li Chengkong said in a deep voice: "It's probably a woman!"
Fu Yuanhu smiled and said, "Not really? Would you take such a big risk for a woman?"
They came to the outside of a towering city.
The two city gate towers flashed purple-red in the early morning sun, looking solemn and majestic, with extraordinary style.
The ten-meter-high brown brick city wall surrounded the city, blocking their view. The wall was mottled, revealing an air of vicissitudes of life.
This Xiaochen City is obviously an old city.
"First go into the woods and turn your clothes inside out." Fu Yuanhu said.
Everyone entered the woods beside the avenue and turned their clothes inside out. The originally all-blue shirts had changed color; some were gray, some were blue, and some were white.
"Leave a mark as you walk." Fu Yuanhu reminded: "If you really meet Song Wuji, pretend not to recognize him. If he makes a move, send a signal immediately! ... Let's go first."
"Okay," Li Chengkong sincerely warned: "Brother Fu, be careful!"
Although he didn't know Fu Yuanhu's character, one more friend meant one more way, so he wanted to make friends with Fu Yuanhu.
"You should be careful too." Fu Yuanhu left with four stern Xiaoling guards.
Li Chengkong looked at their expressions as if they were about to die and shook his head slightly.
Sun Guiwu snorted indignantly: "Everyone is looking upside down!"
Li Chengkong said: "Let's go too."
"Old Li," Sun Guiwu said, "What's the point of not recognizing that guy?"
Li Chengkong said: "Just think of it as going into the city for fun. It's not easy to get into the city."
"That's right." Jiang Shuting rubbed his hands excitedly.
It seems like I have been away from the hustle and bustle for decades or even a lifetime, it seems like a lifetime ago.
The five men arrived at the city gate.
Eight iron-clad soldiers stood in two rows, holding long swords in their hands. Their bodies were slack and their expressions were lazy as if they were asleep. They ignored passers-by.
After the five people entered the city, they felt that their eyes were not enough. They looked at this, asked that, walked and stopped, and unknowingly forgot about Song Wuji.
Li Chengkong also found it novel.
The prosperity here is completely different from the previous life. It is more crowded and more messy, but it also has a stronger breath of life.
There is a constant stream of people coming and going on the streets.
The children were running around, acting mischievously, and when they were scolded by the adults, they ran away laughing.
Bargaining, arguing, talking and laughing while standing on the street, it was noisy and chaotic, and the five of them were inconspicuous in the crowd.
Li Chengkong went shopping with them, his eyes occasionally sweeping over the people coming and going around them, without stopping.
What I saw is seared into my mind.
As Yitian integrated into the team, his eyes became more and more like high-definition cameras.
When he turned around to look at Sun Guiwu and the others, he replayed what he had seen previously in slow motion in his mind.
This was to prevent herself from losing her composure when she really saw Song Wuji, and her gaze was caught by Song Wuji.
From south to north, walk along one street after another until you reach the government office, and then walk back.
Finally he entered an armory.
"I want to buy a knife." Sun Guiwu was still interested and fiddled with a number of sharp long knives.
He likes weapons very much, and after he has a sword he wants a knife.
Suddenly, a muffled "bang" was heard from the sky, as if someone was setting off firecrackers in broad daylight.
Li Chengkong stepped out of the door and looked at a black cloud slowly appearing in the sky.
"You stay here!" Li Chengkong turned around, snatched the long knife from Sun Guiwu's hand, and rushed forward.
Song Minghua and the others wanted to catch up.
"Hey, hey, hey..." The clerk of the weapons shop hurriedly blocked the door with his body: "You haven't paid yet!"
Li Chengkong's voice came: "Don't come out!"
Sun Guiwu snorted, "Old Song, we would be a burden if we went there."
"But he is alone..." Song Minghua frowned.
Hu Yunshi took out a piece of silver from his pocket and handed it to the clerk, then waved his hand and sent him aside.
"Old Sun is right!" said Hu Yunshi.
"Oh..." Song Minghua was very unwilling.
