Chapter 254 Chapter 1 Startling at every step

As soon as Xu Ziling stepped out of the room, he almost wanted to retreat back into the room immediately. It was not because he suddenly changed his mind, or his murderous intentions were suddenly withdrawn, but because he felt that he was facing extreme danger. In an instant, his known identity was found out, and the enemy was laying down a seamless formation, allowing him to voluntarily sacrifice himself and fall into it. The seven or eight zhang-long corridor was empty, and when he closed the door behind him, there were only four closed doors on each side, the flower window at the east end on the left, and the west end on the right leading to the downstairs. the ladder.

The evening wind slowly blows into the corridor from the east window, shaking the three palace lanterns that illuminate the corridor.The sound of orchestral strings, strings and bamboo, laughter and chatter faintly leaked out from five of the rooms, and the west end was on the same side as theirs, where the enemy was, and there was even a graceful zither sound. On the surface, everything is so joyful, charming and charming, but Xu Ziling's spiritual perception triggered by "The Secret of Longevity" made him grasp the murderous intentions set against him without any mistake. He put the knife behind his back, slowed down his movements, and at the same time, his mind was spinning rapidly.

The biggest problem in front of him is that he can't just walk away.In addition to protecting Gui Xiliang and Xing Rong, there is also Mrs. Yuling who doesn't know martial arts. The first thing that comes to mind is why the identity will be exposed. The mask made by Lu Miaozi can be said to have no flaws, and it can definitely be fake, otherwise how can Zhu Yuyan be fooled? Then slowly came to the corridor, took a deep breath, and looked at the last wing at the west end. Even if Li Zitong, Shao Lingzhou and others became suspicious because of his behavior, they cannot be 100% sure that Xu Ziling modified him. As long as there is even a trace of doubt, they dare not take the risk of killing him in this extraordinary period, because if they kill others by mistake, they will be killed. He was retaliated by Kou Zhong and the real Xu Ziling.

Thinking deeper, for Li Zitong, keeping Jiangdu is the top priority. Even if he knows that he is Xu Ziling, he will not act rashly, so as not to make a small mistake and put the cart before the horse. Except for the possibility of Li Zitong, only Xiao Xian was left, and at the same time Yunyu's true face appeared in his heart. Many ideas that were still vague before became clear immediately. When he stepped out of the room just now, he felt five enemies lying in the dark, ready to deal him a fatal blow. The two were lying in ambush on both sides behind the door of the west wing, while the other two were hiding behind the doors of the two empty rooms.

But the most threatening enemy is lying outside the flower window at the east end; this person's martial arts is even higher than Xu Ziling's, and he can almost be sure that this person is the "Sexy Young Master" Hou Xibai.This is not an association due to Yun Yuzhen, but a feeling.An inexplicable feeling, in short, he felt Hou Xibai watching him from somewhere outside the east window, just like when he closed his eyes in Luoyang, he still felt like witnessing the confrontation between Hou Xibai and Ba Fenghan . As for the other four enemies, it was because their bodies emitted invisible but real zhenqi that aroused his vigilance.

He can even measure the strength of individual enemies, and even have a complete grasp of their "intentions" from the subtle changes in them. All these thoughts and calculations flashed through his mind with lightning speed, and Xu Ziling had already started to walk towards the west wing. The enemy's killing momentum was further enhanced and concentrated immediately, except for one of them, they were all extremely restrained and calculated, and when he stepped into the dead gate of the besieged, their skills would have just reached the peak state , so that he can make the most severe attack on him, and put him in a place of eternal doom.

The exception is of course Mai Yunfei, his skill is not only vastly different from Hou Xibai, but also far inferior to "Hercules" Bao Rang, "Vicious Dog" Qu Wuji and "Desperate" Su Chuo. Immediately raise the internal strength to the limit, and cannot remain in that state, showing the phenomenon of ups and downs. Xu Ziling has never seen a single enemy until now, but he can fully grasp the enemy's virtual and real layout, and can even deduce from this that when he takes another five or six steps forward, the enemy will attack him vigorously. And he knew even more in his heart, knowing what he knew, it was absolutely impossible for him to deal with five enemies including Hou Xibai at the same time.If it was a head-on confrontation, he would have no chance of winning if he only faced Bao Rang, Qu Wuhou and Su Chuo.

The only silver lining is to use Hou Xibai's "unrevealable" secret identity. Unless Hou Xibai can definitely "kill people and kill people", he will never show up to be an enemy of Xu Ziling. This is of course just an estimate, if he guessed wrong, Xu Ziling would have to pay with his life. "Puff puff!" Xu Ziling took three consecutive steps and passed the first wing on the left where the enemy was hiding. From the radioactive horizontal energy, it is certain that behind the door is the "Hercules" Bao Rang. Although the other party deliberately restrained and concealed, how could he stumble past his almost miraculous sense of induction.

You must know that in the confrontation between masters, in addition to the actual physical combat, the greater key is the invisible confrontation, which is a competition in the three aspects of spirit, energy and spirit. Therefore, for masters like Xu Ziling who feel particularly supernatural, there is no such thing as a sneak attack. .As long as the other party has murderous intentions, he will feel it immediately.Even a super expert like Yang Xuyan, who is proficient in assassination and concealment, can't hide it from him.What's more, people like Bao Rang are not experts, but assassins who are just on the spur of the moment.

At this time Xu Ziling took the fifth step and came to the door where the enemy was hidden on the right. The aura of the enemies immediately accelerates and condenses, making him know exactly that if he takes two more steps at the current speed and reaches the "death point", the enemy will attack with all his strength. Xu Ziling felt that behind this door should be the sharp cold air from the "Desperate Migration" Su Chuo's sawtooth knife, so he hurriedly collected his mind, entered the spiritual state of no one, no self, and extremely quiet, and then moved forward.

The victory or defeat of life and death is decided between these two steps. Fengfan turned around and sailed back towards Liangdu, Kou Zhong and Luo Fang stood at the bow of the boat, discussing important matters. Luo Fangdao: "Xiao Xian took Dong Jingzhen, the number one general under his command, as his commander, and sent nearly 30,000 elite soldiers to Yiling. He also requisitioned civilian ships, so they can cross the river north at any time." Kou Zhong frowned and said, "Then why hasn't he crossed the river yet, is he afraid that Li Zitong will be taken advantage of?" Luo Fang obviously couldn't answer his question, so he shook his head and said, "I don't know much about this. But apart from being concerned about Du Fuwei, Xiao Xian also has to deal with Lin Shihong in Dongting. He can't go north with all his strength if he hasn't pacified the south for a day." Kou Zhong thought hard: "What is the relationship between Xiao Xian, Zhu Can and the three bandits? Don't Zhu Can and Cao Yinglong know that if Xiao Xian gets a stronghold in Jiangbei, they won't have to come out to mess around anymore?" Luo Fang was more familiar with this aspect, and he replied eloquently: "The situation in the Jiangbei area of ​​Henan Province is unprecedentedly complicated. Since Du Fuwei captured Jingling, he has been standing still and joined hands with Shen Faxing to attack Jiangdu. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he intends to go northward in two ways. Therefore, once Jiangdu falls, he will use Jingling as a base to send troops to our ranch, Zhu Can, Cao Yinglong and others, so as to prevent Xiao Mian from crossing the river. Under this situation, It is not surprising that Zhu Can and Cao Yinglong are willing to cooperate with Xiao Xian temporarily." Kou Zhongdao: "But everyone knows that the ranch has no ambition to win the world. Those who have ambitions for the ranch should be to get your horses, so if the ranch is really captured, who will benefit from it?" Luo Fang scratched his head and said, "It's not clear, they should have an agreement." Kou Zhong shook his head and said: "There will be no agreement. After getting tens of thousands of horses, no one is willing to hand them over. So I think Xiao Xian, Cao Yinglong and Zhu Can still have their own ghosts and use their own methods. This is the key point; it is also our key to victory. Maybe we can use what we did with Shen Faxing to deal with Zhu Can and Cao Yingneng, and we can guarantee that they will all be ashamed." Luo Fang cheered up and said, "What method?" Kou Zhong put his hand on his shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's talk about it when we return to Liangdu! If we can make arrangements tonight, we will rush to the ranch at full speed tomorrow, and then we can study it carefully!" Suddenly Shang Xiuxun's beautiful jade face floated in his heart, and a strange feeling flowed in his heart. When Xu Ziling seemed to take a step forward, he held the saber behind his back with his right hand, turned his wrist outwards, and turned his backhand to hold the saber. Behind the horizontal saber, the blade was facing the door of the enemy's house. The zhenqi accumulated to the peak erupted in the palm of the hand, and the huge and unparalleled strength was released through the wrist, and the long knife seemed to turn into a bolt of lightning, breaking through the door. At the same time, Xu Ziling didn't stop for a moment and changed his forward direction to flying backwards. Like a ghost, he returned to the "Hercules" at a high speed that was invisible to the naked eye, and turned around to face the enemy who was only one door away. Blast away. All these continuous and complex movements were completed in the blink of an eye, and the enemy became alert. The first one to react was Hou Xibai who was hiding outside the east window, his murderous aura suddenly rose to the peak, and his true energy surged, but it was already a step too late. "blow!" The long knife broke through the door as effortlessly as through a thin piece of paper, until it reached the handle. Almost at the same time, Xu Ziling's fist seemed to be weak, and hit the wooden door of "Hercules" Bao Rang standing on Yu Jun lightly. "Kara"! A cobweb-like crack appeared on the wooden door with the center of the punch as the core, and it shattered inch by inch, revealing Bao Rang's sturdy figure like iron and his terrified face. "ah"! A hissing sound came from behind the door through which the long knife broke through, followed by another shattering sound of the window and door, and the screaming sound quickly disappeared. "Peng"! Xu Ziling's fist hit Bao Rang's panicked crossed hands, and the feminine spiral energy gathered into a bunch of straight force turned from slow to fast like a vertebra, breaking Bao Rang's horizontal horizontal training in the south The qigong mask penetrated directly into his meridians. Bao Rang let out a muffled grunt, staggered back with Ying Quan, opened his mouth suddenly and spurted blood, his back hit the wooden lattice window far away from the door, and fell downstairs. All the voices and music on the second floor suddenly stopped breathing. "boom"! Only then did Mai Yunfei and "Vicious Dog" Qu Wuji rush out of the door. Xu Ziling moved to the middle of the corridor, facing Mai Yunfei and Qu Wuhou who carried a big hammer in each hand, but his mind was completely on Hou Xibai who was behind. Mai Yunfei's martial arts has improved a lot compared to before, his footwork and swordsmanship are coordinated seamlessly, and the sword he stabs is solid but not flashy, and he is quite indomitable. Qu Wu fear is much more cunning.This person is tall and thin, and has an unflattering long horse face. His eyes are even more narrow like lines, and the nose and mouth are scattered on the long face. devil.He deliberately fell behind a little, obviously letting Mai Yunfei take the vanguard to challenge Xu Ziling, and then take advantage of it himself. Xu Ziling secretly called out thank you. If the two of them worked together to sacrifice their lives, forcing him to think about it, then Hou Xibai who was waiting behind him would have an opportunity, but Qu Wuwei's cleverness made Hou Xibai lose this rare opportunity . Xu Ziling swayed violently, not only avoiding Mai Yunfei's chest stabbing sword, but also dodged into the gap between the two. When Mai Yunfei and Qu Wuwei were taken aback, Xu Ziling had already transformed his palms into the sky, and slapped the long sword and a pair of hammers respectively. The two enemies staggered and fell back. Mai Yunfei's skill was far inferior, he twirled and fell into the room where Rang was originally hiding, his tiger's mouth shattered and his long sword fell to the ground. Qu Wuwei is worthy of being a master, although the two hammers seemed to be struck by lightning, he still managed to hold on, and retreated towards the west end of the corridor, while turning into shadows of heavy hammers to prevent Xu Ziling from pursuing the victory. Originally, even if Xu Ziling made a full attack, Qu Wuhou could still perform ten moves and eight moves. The problem was that he saw Su Chuo and Bao Rang, whose martial arts were superior to his, would also be injured. His body method flashed close, unable to unfold and exert the power of the hammer, his heart was terrified, and he was defeated if he took the move again. Xu Ziling didn't pursue him, Zhuo stood in the corridor, knowing that Hou Xibai had left. The battle of Tianxiang Tower was nothing more than that.In the evening of the next day, Luo Qifei, who went to investigate the enemy's situation, came back and reported to Xu Ziling: "I just received a secret order from the young commander, and the plan has changed." Xu Ziling was taken aback, and hurriedly asked. After Luo Qifei told the situation, he said: "Young Marshal asked Mr. Xu if you could leave and accompany him to the Pegasus Ranch? The situation there is very critical. Zhu Can and Cao Yingneng respectively attacked Yuan'an and Dangyang cities, making Pegasus The ranch is difficult to divide, if the whole army goes out, it is even more afraid that the enemy will take advantage of the gap." Xu Ziling thinks of Shang Xiuxun, Sister Fu, Xiaojuan, Luo Fang, Liu Zongdao, Xu old man and other good friends, and his heart is full of strong feelings. Since Susu died, he especially cherishes the friendship that comes from life in the world , because that's so heartbreakingly vulnerable!He said lightly, "What do you think, brother Luo?" Luo Qifei said: "We are here to fight wits but not strength, you can rest assured to leave everything to me. There is a tough battle on the ranch, and you need Master Xu's help. The only problem is to find a good excuse Perfunctory Li Zitong, so as not to cause side effects." Xu Ziling was secretly happy for Kou Zhong, just seeing that Luo Qifei dared to take such a heavy responsibility on him, he knew that he was a courageous person, this kind of talent is hard to come across but hard to find. Now Kou Zhong has quite a few talented people under his command, Xu Xingzhi, Xuan Yong, Jiao Hongjin, Luo Qifei, Bu Tianzhi, Chen Laomou, Chen Changlin, Ren Meimei are all outstanding ones, each with their own strengths.These rebellious people are willing to sacrifice their lives for Kou Zhong. Of course, it is because of Kou Zhong's extraordinary charm and superb ability, but more importantly, Kou Zhong is sincere and kind to others, not just like Wang Shichong. Selfishness is taking advantage of people. After contemplating for a moment, Xu Ziling nodded and said, "That's easy. I'm only here to send a message to take over the case. Now that I've completed the task, I can leave." After a pause, he continued, "Is there any problem with the cooperation between you and the Bamboo Flower Gang?" Luo Qifei smiled wryly and said: "Of course I can trust Master Gui and Master Xing, but I dare not guarantee that the others are not spies under Shao Lingzhou's command, so I plan to leave with Master Xu with all my brothers, and then sneak to wait with Deputy Chief Bu Let’s meet up, otherwise, if they are watched every step of the way, the whole plan will be in vain.” Xu Ziling nodded in agreement, thinking that it was time to talk to Gui Xiliang and Xing Rong.