Volume 2: A sudden change in the prison, a red-clothed man goes out to find a thief Chapter 165: Hope in the future, never see you again
Passing through the clouds, in the deep valley, Bai Yaoer fell to the ground with Jiang Shengming.
At first, the road in the valley was narrow, it was hard to see the light, the road ahead was dark, and it was even unclear whether there was still a way to go. But as the two passed through a patch of grass and trees, the light in the valley suddenly brightened, and it turned out to be a different world.
In front of Bai Yaoer, there was a wide road with flat stone slabs on the ground, leading straight to a mountain gate. The mountain gate was built between the mountains, hidden under the dangerous peaks and deep valleys. Ordinary people going up and down Guijiang Mountain could not see it at all, unless they jumped off the cliff behind the mountain, or climbed over the many stone peaks, they could get a glimpse through the clouds.
Seeing Bai Yaoer staring at the scene in front of her in a daze for a moment, Jiang Shengming smiled and continued to spread his hands, speaking to the person in front of him.
"Master, please."
"Yeah." Bai Yaoer withdrew her gaze and followed Jiang Shengming.
The two of them walked towards the mountain gate. On the way, the mountain breeze blew against their sleeves, causing the red dress to flutter and sway a little.
…
How many people are still in the Eight Sufferings Gate today?
According to what Jiang Shengming said on the way, there are a total of 2,681 people, including 892 first-class masters and four famous masters.
This is a very unusual number of people, because there are too many first-class masters. You know, in ordinary sects, if there are 100 to 200 first-class masters, it is already a lot. Even in a sect with 10,000 people like the Tang Sect, there are only more than 300 first-class masters.
And in the Eight Suffering Sect, there are more than 800 first-rate masters among more than 2,000 people, which is totally incomparable to ordinary sects.
Obviously, apart from luck, those who were able to escape the court's roundup back then all had their own methods. However, compared to the Eight Bitterness Sect in the past, these were still just a drop in the bucket.
Jiang Shengming took Bai Yaoer on a brief tour of the mountain gate, and finally led her to a cave in the back mountain.
This place is remote and quiet, with no one around and only a spring of clear water flowing, making a gurgling sound.
Next to the clear water is a medicinal herb with leaves like hair, standing quietly in the cave.
"That's the tangled-rooted grass." Jiang Shengming stood beside Bai Yaoer and spoke with his hands behind his back.
"If an ordinary person takes it, their Qi and blood will flow backwards, and they will die from the supplement. This is a calamity. But if a martial artist takes it, it can reshape their meridians and increase their power. From then on, the road will be smooth and there will be no bottleneck in their practice. This is an opportunity."
As he spoke, he glanced at Bai Yaoer casually and asked.
"I don't know yet, Sect Master, what level have you reached in practicing the Nine Transformations Strategy?"
Bai Yaoer paused for a moment, and answered, not knowing whether it was true or false: "The fifth floor."
Jiang Sheng nodded in understanding, with a hint of a smile on his face.
He believed Bai Yaoer's answer, because He Lang once said that the Nine Revolutions Strategy was a martial art that required a great accumulation of internal energy.
At Bai Yaoer's age, even if she had started practicing since her mother's womb, she would not be able to go beyond the sixth level. So he subconsciously thought that Bai Yaoer was telling the truth.
At the same time, he concealed one of the characteristics of Pan Gen Jie Xu Cao from Bai Yao'er, which is that the extent to which one's strength is increased by taking it is determined by the strength of the person taking the medicine.
If a person with deep cultivation takes it, he will gain a lot, but if a person with shallow cultivation takes it, he will gain very little. Therefore, he was not worried at all that Bai Yaoer's power would increase greatly and thus escape from his control.
But he didn't know that Bai Yao'er's way of cultivation was completely different from that of ordinary people. The internal energy that was the most difficult to accumulate for others was the easiest to obtain for her.
In fact, Bai Yaoer's Nine Revolutions Strategy has now been cultivated to the eighth level, which is only one step behind He Lang back then.
If she took this herb, she might become the second He Lang.
Unfortunately, she was not going to eat this herb herself, but to give it to others.
Seeing Bai Yaoer staring motionlessly at the tangled grass in the cave, Jiang Shengming's eyes moved slightly and he bowed and said.
"Master, I don't know what you have thought about it. Someone has to inherit the old master's legacy. I have been waiting for this day for a long time."
His meaning was still very simple. As long as Bai Yaoer took over as the leader of the sect, he would give this twisted root and knotted beard grass to Bai Yaoer.
The cave fell silent. After a while, Bai Yaoer nodded and spoke.
"I can take over as the leader, but you have to help me find someone."
She needs to know Li Si's current whereabouts.
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When Li Si and the other two arrived in Yun County, new news came from Fengyu Tower .
They said they had a spy who disguised himself as a merchant in a small village near Guijiang Mountain and got some information.
The gate of the Eight Bitter Sect was, as expected, in the Guijiang Mountain. The woman in red they were looking for was probably someone who had learned He Lang's martial arts, so the Eight Bitter Sect wanted to find her and take her over as the sect leader.
In the letter, Xiao Muchu asked Li Si and his men not to go any further, so as not to alert the enemy. He planned to notify all the factions in the martial arts world to discuss together, and then destroy the remaining mountain gate of the Eight Bitterness Sect in one fell swoop.
Li Si naturally had no objection to this. Since everything was clear, he would just take it as a few days of fun. After wandering around Yun County with the Tiger Girl and the Confused Taoist for a few days, they prepared to go back.
But on the night before they left Yun County, a man appeared outside their inn.
There were not many sounds between the buildings late at night, only the occasional cold wind blowing through the eaves would make a slight sound and bring a hint of coolness.
Bai Yaoer stood on a building, looking at the extinguished lights in an inn in the distance, guessing that the people inside should have gone to bed.
She learned from Jiang Shengming that Li Si had been living here for some time. She didn't know why Li Si came to Yun County, nor did she need to know.
Because what she had to do now was just to hand over a herb to the other party.
Once she handed the things to him, there would be no relationship between her and him anymore.
In fact, Bai Yaoer has always been very clear that this will be the outcome between her and that thief: they met in the underworld, and will forget each other in the future.
Because there is always someone in Li Si's heart that he can't forget, and she is just a passer-by.
Bai Yaoer took out the plant with twisted roots and knotted whiskers from his arms, held it in his hand and looked at it.
Then she raised her head and leaped towards the inn.
When the screen window was opened, Li Si was sleeping soundly in the room. Bai Yaoer climbed over the window and jumped into the room without making any sound.
Now she is no longer as clumsy as before.
The moonlight came in from the window, shining onto Li Si, brightening his appearance slightly.
He was very quiet when he was sleeping, without any sound, and there was no smile on his face that he always had.
But Bai Yaoer just smiled at him, walked slowly to the bedside, squatted quietly beside him, and stared at him in a daze for a while.
It was not until a long time later that she lowered her eyes and spoke in an almost inaudible voice.
"Thank you for your care in the past."
After saying that, she placed the tangled grass on the head of Li Si's bed, stood up and walked to the window.
"You just left like that."
At this moment, she suddenly heard a calm voice coming from behind her. It turned out that Li Si, who was lying on the bed, had woken up.
Bai Yaoer paused and stood quietly in the room for a moment. Then she slowly turned her head and responded with a chuckle.
"Well, I hope we won't meet again in the future."
This is what Li Si said to her back then. She didn't understand what it meant then, but now she understands, but it's too late.
