"Click"
A pointed bullet as long as an adult's index finger was pushed into the magazine by Lao Jiang.
It was already midnight, and the entire forest below Mo Shuang Mountain was dead silent. But tonight was quite strange, as there were no birds singing in the forest as in the past.
They seemed terrified.
I was frightened by something invisible, low, cold and terrifying that was spreading in the forest.
Wild animals have a keen sense of danger.
Especially those animals living in the fairy mountains, bathing in spiritual energy makes them more spiritual than their counterparts in the outside world.
But Lao Jiang doesn't care much about these.
He was sitting by a campfire, reloading his magazine and humming a strange song. He was very focused on the task at hand.
Seems to be enjoying it.
But this serious attitude cannot conceal the dangerousness of Lao Jiang at this moment.
After all, in the darkness where the campfire could not illuminate, there were four or five bloody corpses lying in a mess.
Some have lost their heads, some have lost their bodies.
The worst one was the guy who was hit by the plasma grenade. He looked like a black charred corpse. It was obvious that his earth-moving skills were not practiced well enough.
The thick spiritual shield could not stop the ravages of the plasma.
They were piled there, all the good stuff on their bodies was searched out, just like being eaten up by a vicious tiger that was released from a cage, and the murderer was now grinding his teeth to digest the food.
He was clearly not full yet.
These 'appetizers' whetted his appetite for a deeper meal.
"There are three Qi training cultivators chasing the 'bait rabbit'. The coordinates are 34.75.26, just to the upper left of the cave where you are hiding. Don't fight them head-on.
Use your magical powers and guerrilla tactics, along with the bait rabbit, to get rid of them."
Jiang Xia pushed the last bullet into the magazine and at the same time said something to Ruyue, who was nearly 1,500 meters away from him, through the chip communication.
"receive!"
The voice that answered him was calm enough.
Actually, sometimes Lao Jiang would wonder if he had gone too far. The girl Ruyue was once such a pure white moonlight, but now she has been portrayed like this.
This seems a bit too cruel.
but……
After all, she chose the path of cultivation herself.
"Click"
The magazine was pushed into the chamber. Lao Jiang picked up the semi-automatic heavy sniper rifle, turned around beside the fire, and pointed the muzzle of the gun with the flash hider at the quiet darkness behind him.
There was a pool of moonlight shining through the woods, and the silent and leisurely light shone on the branches like a natural spotlight, and in that elegant light, on the motionless branch, there was a person standing.
Moon-white Taoist robe.
The long hair fluttering in the wind and the slightly rising corners of the clothes complement each other.
She held the warm jade ring in her left hand and placed it on her chest.
Put your right hand behind your back.
His handsome face maintained just the right amount of sternness.
No matter from which angle you look at it, the temperament of the person in front of you can be described as perfect, with a hint of gentlemanly air in his otherworldly appearance.
"Force the King!"
Lao Jiang cursed in his heart.
He didn't move the gun.
The guy he was pointing at didn't care at all and was not panicked at all, as if what he was facing was not a gun muzzle but a fire poker.
After all, the handsome Senior Brother Chu is one level higher than Jiang Xia. If he doesn't want to be discovered by Jiang Xia, Old Jiang will never be able to discover him.
This proactive attitude can be considered a gesture of goodwill.
"What are you doing here?"
Jiang Xia said coldly:
"Come to pick me up? Or do you want to use the monks' way to settle the grudge between you and me?"
“Neither.”
Chu Qiao, maintaining her perfect posture, also replied in a calm voice:
“I’m just asking you to let these poor people go. I don’t know why you insist on staying here when you can go all the way to the mountain gate.
Take pleasure in slaughtering them.
But your ruthless killing has attracted the attention of the sect elders.
It might even alarm the leader.
This is not a good thing, Jiang...Junior Brother.
Since the establishment of Mo Shuangshan, this kind of thing has never happened before."
Having said this, Senior Brother Chu paused, his gaze lingered for a moment at a place that the bonfire could not reach, and then he emphasized his tone and said:
"Stop it, Junior Brother Jiang. This will make you infamous before you even get into the sect. Bullying the weak will never make you famous."
"You said you didn't know why?"
Jiang Xia replied coldly:
"Are you sure? Chu...Brother."
“Those guys…”
Lao Jiang stood up and pointed at the corpse in the darkness. He said:
"They were the ones who provoked me. As for those who avoided me, I didn't touch them at all. I am a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment.
You should know me best.
After all, Liu Ruyi died in front of you for the same reason.
I have no grudge against them.
But they wanted to steal my things and kill me at the same time.
Oh, right.
It’s not their fault, after all, they just heard some weird and groundless rumors.
They said that I was able to follow the path of the immortal sect because of the protection of my ancestors, and that I had a seal that allowed me to enter the sect without taking the entrance examination. And that guy who had nothing better to do than spread rumors told them...
Who holds that seal?
Whoever wins will become an inner disciple of Mo Shuang Mountain."
Jiang Xia shrugged and said to Chu Qiao:
"Tell me, Senior Brother Chu, who spread the rumor? Who wants to play a trick on me? Who wants to see me make a fool of myself?"
Chu Qiao stopped talking.
He definitely didn't spread this rumor.
He was not capable of doing such a thing, but he knew without a doubt that this matter must be related to his master, or his senior brothers and sisters.
But what can he do?
The master who protects his children by nature, the senior brother with a bad temper, and the senior sister who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside did all these things to vent his anger. They don't want to see Chu Qiao being bullied by mortals.
Chu Qiao might not need them to do this.
But he couldn't refuse the kindness of his elders.
"Alas, you monks, even your tricks are so low-level and childish. I really don't know how to say good things to you."
Jiang Xia picked up the semi-automatic heavy sniper.
He shook his head, raised his hand and pointed at Chu Qiao, saying:
“Go back and tell the person who spread the rumor.
Just say that it is what I said, these people died because of his joke, and this blood is my response to the malice!
And, in a sense.
They died because of their greed and your inaction, Brother Chu.
I have also heard from Elder Shi Rui and Elder Wang Liufu that you are a true gentleman.
You don't play these little tricks.
Since you reminded me last time, I'll repeat it again.
Don't drag other people into the feud between us. If you continue to do nothing, you will also be responsible for half of the blood on my hands!"
"you……"
Chu Qiao's voice became more hesitant, and he said:
"You have a bandit idea!"
"Yes, I am."
Jiang Xia turned around and whistled, saying:
"If you don't agree, bite me!"
"Also, while you and I are talking, three more self-righteous idiots have died. How about we divide the blood, half for each of us?
I just want to remind you.”
Jiang Xia turned around, walked across the bonfire and into the darkness. Without even turning his head, he said:
"Don't mess with me. I have a bad temper."
"You are a coward! Junior Brother Jiang!"
Chu Qiao finally couldn't hold back her perfect posture anymore.
He shouted:
"Come on, let's settle our grudge and don't drag anyone else into this!"
"Bang"
In response to him, Jiang Xia walked into the darkness and raised his middle finger without looking back.
And a kick from behind, a hairy leg with sharp wind blades wrapped around it, came silently but extremely deadly.
But Senior Brother Chu is indeed a genius.
Less than one tenth of a second after sensing the attack, she clasped the jade ring in her hand.
"Buzz"
A spiritual shield like a cloak unfolded behind him, like a heavy shield to meet the incoming whip kick head-on.
"boom"
It reverberated like a bomb exploding, and at that moment it exploded. While brute force broke the spiritual shield, the spiritual energy surged and cut four or five nearby trees in half.
The whistling wind blades shattered and hit in all directions. In just a moment, the bonfire was blown out.
Amid the flying smoke and dust, Chu Qiao's figure appeared thirty feet away in the light of the teleportation magic. He had two gauntlets of different colors on his hands.
Three or four magical instruments are floating around his body, like suspended spirit swords, ready to strike.
And opposite him.
On the messy ground, a female wolf demon wearing a hood and an eye mask was standing there with her hands on her hips.
Liu Hui's shining animal eyes flickered like candle flames in the black smoke.
Facing Chu Qiao who was ready to counterattack, the wolf demon swung its tail and stood there carelessly, not caring at all about the coldness coming from the cultivator in front of it.
Liu Hui tilted her head and shook the spirit beast emblem around her neck.
It said in a playful tone:
"You said my boss is a coward... A human monk, so you think you are a brave man?"
"you……"
Chu Qiao saw the spirit beast emblem in Liu Hui's hand. He was stunned for a moment, and then saw the wolf demon yawned boredly, waved at him, and slowly retreated into the darkness.
The monster whispered in a hoarse voice:
"The boss can just let me take action. I can kill all these idiots in less than half an hour. As his guardian spirit beast, I should also help him resolve the danger.
This is only natural.
But the boss still chose to do it himself.
He was just a cultivator at the Qi training stage, but among all the fools he killed, which one was at a lower level than Qi training? He specifically spared all the mortals he met in the mountains.
You call such a person a coward?
No.
No.
You who encourage the ignorant to die are cowards! Also, you are a cultivator in the Realm of Existence of Truth, how dare you shout and fight a cultivator in the Qi Training Realm to the death?
Are you ashamed ?"
The wolf demon disappeared in the moment it slipped into the darkness, along with its sarcastic words and breath.
That is its new ability to hide.
A spider ghost from the Red Moon World.
Chu Qiao, a genius weapon maker, had many ways to recapture the wolf demon's tracks, but he hesitated again and again and finally did not do so.
He dispersed his spiritual power, took back the magic weapons around him, and looked at the darkness around him again.
After a few breaths, he took out the communication stone.
"Senior Brother Luo Lin..."
"Hmm? What's wrong? Junior brother."
A generous voice came from the communication stone, very tolerant, just like an older brother.
"Please, Master, and Senior Sister, stop interfering in the affairs between me and Junior Brother Jiang."
Chu Qiao whispered:
"I appreciate your kindness, but this is my business and I want to complete it myself."
"Haha, don't think too much, little brother."
The voice in the communication stone was casual. His senior brother, Master Song Fan's eldest disciple, the True Realm cultivator Luo Lin said slowly:
"Brother, you've also heard the rumors. You see, with just a little trick I used, the Jiangxia bandits lost their minds and started killing people at the mountain gate. More than 30 monks have been killed.
This matter has been known by the three elders and the headmaster. Even if Jiang Xia can reach the mountain gate, such a vicious character and such cruel means are not in line with the rules of our Mo Shuang Mountain Gate.
He will not be able to enter the mountain gate.
He has been tainted by such karma. Once he leaves the mountain, the relatives and friends of the deceased will not let him go.
Junior brother, you have a righteous character and are a rare talent. You are valued by our master and our ancestors. I am proud of you as well, and I will never let my junior brother suffer any injustice.
Please wait patiently and see how Brother will deal with that thief..."
"That's enough, brother!"
Chu Qiao's emotions were a little out of control at this moment. He said to his senior brother in a tone he had never used before :
"Brother, I know you are doing this for my own good, but I don't want to be a coward who stabs others in the back... This is between me and him, so please stay out of it!"
There was silence on the other side of the communication stone.
Such retorting words were obviously not something that Chu Qiao, who was always well-behaved and respectful, could say. After a few breaths, a sigh came from the other side, saying:
"Forget it, Junior Brother, your character... is hard to describe. Come back , Senior Brother will not interfere anymore and will tell Master."
Senior Brother Chu put away the communication stone, but did not leave immediately.
He used his spiritual energy to control the sword-shaped magical weapon. In just a few breaths, he dug out a tomb in the darkness and moved the corpses into it.
He also made a simple tombstone for those monks he didn't know.
He took out three more incense sticks.
Light it and place it in front of the tombstone.
After doing all this, Chu Qiao, dressed in moon-white Taoist robes, rode the clouds and mist and walked across the night sky.
After he disappeared, Liu Hui, who was hiding in the darkness, bared her teeth and said to Jiang Xia who had already gone away:
"Boss, this monk who is against you and likes to put on a show doesn't look like a bad person."
"Yeah, I can't bear to hit him.
My senior brother Chu still thinks that I am playing house games with his senior brother. He doesn't know that his master and senior brother want to kill me.
Alas, he is such a simple and adorable guy. He can trust others so easily, I think he must have lived a happy life in the first half of his life. "
In the darkness, Lao Jiang groped his way towards the Mo Shuang Mountain Gate.
While operating the drone, he replied softly:
"Fortunately, I'm not as naive as him."
"Kiragi , the bait rabbit is too fast. Find a way to slow her down."
"Bang"
Then there was a gunshot, clean and sharp.
“…”
"I just told her to slow down, I didn't ask you to hit her legs."
"Boss, I shot her in advance. It's just a scratch. It can scare her. Look, she's slowed down."
"Well, good shooting, keep it up."