Chapter 4: Night Encounter
On a dangerous path in the mountains, a young man leaped forward and crossed mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground.
"As long as the inner strength is deep, everything can be done with half the effort. In the past, I could only display a little bit of the lightness skill of Pingzong Duying of Ziyang Sect, but now with the blessing of inner strength, I have been reborn!"
This person was none other than Su Mo.
After accepting the mission, you naturally have to rush to Jimingyi.
He pretended to leave just to deceive others, but actually went back to secretly investigate the person hiding in the dark.
However, after this back and forth, he fell behind this group of people.
In order to avoid being discovered by the other party, Su Mo had to find another way. He used light skills to move around and get in front of the group of people again. Only then could he truly do it without anyone noticing.
In a situation where the enemy and us are clear but the information is completely asymmetric, Su Mo can easily resolve any means the other party uses.
As long as this thing is delivered to the man named Wang Xianglin in Jimingyi under their noses.
Then this matter has nothing to do with him, Su Mo, anymore.
No matter how many disputes there are in the future, they will all be the problems of Wang Xianglin and this group of people.
As for him, if he has silver, then he can earn silver. If he doesn't have silver, he can still get rewards from system tasks. No matter how you look at it, it's a sure win!
"This is the way to protect yourself when you are in the underworld. Otherwise, just killing these people... let alone whether it is easy or not, even if you really kill them, it may not be safe.
“Subsequent troubles may still come.
"The best solution is to get rid of this trouble!"
He paused for a moment, took a quick look at the surroundings, and estimated, "I have walked forty or fifty miles, I should have gotten ahead of them..."
He immediately identified the path, and in a moment, he arrived at a desolate ancient road between mountains and forests.
"Following this route, according to my original pace, traveling day and night, I should be able to reach Jimingyi in four days."
Su Mo let out a sigh and continued on his way.
Time passed quickly, the sun was setting, the shadows of the trees were swaying and stretching, the sky was dyed red, although it was not autumn yet, there was a sense of bleakness.
After walking for a while, a small teahouse suddenly appeared on the side of the mountain road.
Su Mo's eyebrows twitched slightly: "Is this coming?"
The ancient roads and wild places are not a safe place to live.
Just imagine, who would open a teahouse in such a remote place ?
Aren’t you afraid that people passing by might have evil intentions and want to kill people and rob them of their money?
Therefore, the teahouses and wine shops opened in such desolate places are often quite dangerous.
If you are not careful, you will fall into this shady shop and become a fat sheep on the chopping board.
However, Su Mo was heading for the place where there was a tiger even though he knew it was there. However, when he arrived in front of the teahouse, he knew that he had guessed wrong.
What he guessed wrong was not the beginning, but the ending!
The teahouse is not big, with only a few tables scattered around.
A corpse was lying on the counter with a knife piercing its neck!
The blade not only pierced his neck, but also pierced the counter. Blood dripped onto the ground along the tip of the knife.
The corpse's eyes were wide open, retaining the fear in their eyes before death.
Su Mo knew this person... He was one of the people who had secretly spied on him before!
It was also because of this that Su Mo did not guess wrong about the beginning.
This person set up a teahouse here, obviously waiting for me to come and lure me into a trap.
However, he guessed the ending wrong.
He had already thought of several ways to deal with the situation, but he never expected that none of these methods would be useful.
Because he never thought that someone would kill him before this!
Who did it?
Su Mo stood there, lost in thought.
After a moment of silence, he walked around the corpse and came to the teahouse.
There are two more bodies here.
But compared to the one outside, these two corpses are much more decent.
They were killed by humans, but were placed side by side in an upright manner.
Judging from the description of the corpse, it seemed that he had been dead for a longer time than the person outside.
"It wasn't the same person who did it... So, they were the original owners of this teahouse?"
Su Mo came up with a conclusion in his mind, which solved a puzzle:
"I thought I had gotten ahead of them, but this guy got ahead of me. There happened to be a , so after killing someone, he took over the teahouse and quietly waited for me to come to him.
“I’m saying, even if you have great magical powers, how could you create a teahouse like this out of nothing in such a short period of time?
“But for some unknown reason, someone got into trouble and stabbed him to death on the counter.
"That's interesting. Who did this? If you don't leave your name when doing good deeds, at least leave a diary, right?"
He shook his head slightly, confused for a moment, but several possible guesses came to his mind, but it was useless to say more at this moment.
After walking around the teahouse and finding no clues, Su Mo simply gave up and continued on his way!
There are many things in the world that are hard to explain and understand.
As the saying goes, if you are not surprised by the strange, the strange thing will defeat itself!
No matter who did this and what the reason was, if it is aimed at me, I will eventually show up.
It would be unwise to lose your composure at this moment!
After leaving the teahouse, we continued on our way to Jimingyi, and the sky gradually darkened.
Su Mo didn't walk at night, and at this moment he couldn't find any place like a dilapidated temple to rest, so he simply found a suitable place and started a fire.
He heated the pancakes in the bag over the fire and ate them with some water.
"We'll pass through a town tomorrow, so I have to buy a roast chicken. Eating these pancakes every day really makes my mouth taste bland."
As he spoke, he sniffed his nose, and a scent of meat came into his nose with the night breeze.
Su Mo was stunned: "Is it because my sleepiness has met a soft pillow? How come when I say roast chicken, I can smell the aroma of meat?"
After a moment, a man was seen staggering .
In the light of the fire, it can be seen that this man is quite old.
His hair was disheveled, his clothes were ragged, and he had a huge red gourd hanging around his waist, which swayed as he walked.
He held a wooden stick in his left hand and a roast chicken in his right hand, eating it as he walked. When he came to the fire, he sat down without even looking at Su Mo.
He casually put the roast chicken aside, untied the red gourd from his waist, and the smell of alcohol instantly dissipated.
The man raised his head and drank madly, and finally he let out a long sigh: "Good wine!"
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Su Mo:
"Do you dare to drink?"
