Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Blood Babies

The sound of the flute came from the wooden building in the middle of the stockade. That dilapidated wooden building used to be the Juyi Hall in the prosperous period of Fufeng Village.However, at this moment, most of it has collapsed, and the unique dense greenery of southern Xinjiang has swallowed it. Weeds are overgrown, vines are climbing, and the wooden building is surrounded by layers. However, Nangong Mo stopped in front of the building——around the wooden building, there were actually large areas of that weird red flower blooming! The moonlight was bleak, and the zombies roared in the distance. There seemed to be flames jumping in front of my eyes, and those flowers bloomed so wanton and crazy.In the fruit that has already blossomed, there is something vaguely twisting, as if trying to break free from the shell.

"Which monster is pretending to be a ghost here?" Not wanting to take risks easily, he stopped on the path, wanting to use words to motivate the piper inside to come out, although he knew that the other party might not buy it, "Come out if you have the ability, and let Master Nangong see it with the Soul Slayer Sword one time!" However, unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, the resentful sound of the flute suddenly stopped. "Mie Hunjian?... Nangong?" After a long silence, until the night wind was cold, a voice in the building repeated it softly. It turned out to be the voice of an immature child, but the tone was strangely mature, and suddenly he sneered. , "No wonder it hurt my black sheep. It turned out that the soul-killing sword was used... Hehe, Dingjiange Nangong family? Are you here to marry a bride again? You can't marry the second lady of the Ye family again—she will sooner or later To become my black sheep."

"Black sheep? Are you talking about those people?" Nangong Mo heard such a voice, and for some reason, his heart skipped a beat. The chill penetrated to the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't help but murderous aura surged up, "You witch, you use black magic What happened to those people?" "What's the matter?" The voice in the building laughed softly, "They are very good, they become my black sheep, they will not feel pain, nor will they feel sad, and they don't need to hack and kill with swords anymore. , go to bed quietly and take a walk every day—isn’t it better than being a quack?”

Sure enough, it was the creator of the group of zombies...the shepherds grazing death. Taking advantage of the moment when the voice was whispering, Nangong Mo didn't hesitate anymore, took a breath, tapped his feet and flew over, and used the last move in the Butian sword technique "Stone Breaking Heaven", and raised his sword to stab at a certain place in the wooden building. go! That move was fierce enough to break through any barrier. However, there was only a slight flute sound from inside the wooden building, and all the safflower fruits burst in an instant, and countless small things shot out, whistling towards Nangongmo who was in midair.Such dense rain of death made it impossible for him to avoid it. In a hurry, he could only retreat back, turn over and fall back to the original place, drawing his sword to protect his whole body.

That's so powerful... She didn't move a finger, so that he couldn't get closer?What kind of witch is she? "Young Master Nangong, I advise you not to struggle anymore, just be my black sheep obediently." In the dark night, the child's voice came softly, laughing, the door creaked open, and the lights inside were actually brightly lit. Sitting under the lamp, wearing bright red clothes, with his face hidden in the shadows, he was stroking his piccolo, "Look at these flowers...these beautiful manjusawa. Don't you like it?" "Manzhushahua?" Nangong Mo glanced at the clusters of red flowers from the corner of his eyes, but the sword in his hand did not dare to stop at all, blocking those small things flying over like rain, and repeated in a low voice, "Those zombies eat flower?"

"Hee hee... This is a flower that grows in a damp cemetery. It is called the flower of the dead or the flower of the other shore—but people in Tianzhu call it Manjusawa. Don't you think this name is beautiful?" The voice of the child in the wooden building was laughing, but he explained in a leisurely manner. Suddenly, the flute rang again shortly. Before Nangong Mo could react, the little things that kept bumping into his sword suddenly They all turned back, condensed into a black lightning bolt, and roared into the door. The little child sat under the lamp, opened a clay pot at hand, and played the flute, making those strange little things fly into the pot quickly in a line.Small hands covered it, and closed the lid with a clang.

"Manzhu... Shahua?" Nangong Mo repeated subconsciously, vaguely remembering that he had heard about this kind of flower from Tianzhu mentioned by the genius doctor Mo in the Tripod Jiange, and sneered, "Nonsense, Manzhu Shahua's sexual preference is damp." But it grows in the cemetery, but it is not poisonous, how can it be like this!" The lights flickered, the child's face was hidden in the shadows, but there was a weird smile on the corner of his mouth: "How can the manjusawa I planted be ordinary things? It is the real flower of the dead - it can make those who should have Rotten people, resurrected from the ground, become black sheep for me to drive."

"Relying on those bugs?" Nangong Mo sneered as he kicked a red flower with bursting fruit on the side of the road with his toe. "Hey, I'm so ignorant, what kind of bug? That's an illusion Gu—how many strange things that martial arts people can't see in their lifetime!" The clay pot shook, although it was far away, Nangong Mo was startled, fearing that those monsters would be released again, he immediately raised his sword to protect his body. "Hee hee... It scares you." Under the light, the little man laughed like a silver bell, holding the clay pot, "My phantom Gu is the most obedient, I won't let them come out , They will not move around. They just need to be released once a day to eat the flower seeds of Manjusawa."

Nangong Mo lowered his eyes and saw clusters of manjusawa flowers that had bloomed and withered along the road, and he suddenly understood: "You are a Gu mother! Are you? You raise phantom Gu, let those Gu parasitize these flowers ——Wherever the flowers bloom, they will spread the Gu poison! Those people who are poisoned by you are controlled by you, because there are Gu parasitic in their bodies, so they have to eat flowers for a living?" Such a series of rhetorical questions made the people in the wooden building silent for a while, and suddenly they started to giggle: "Yeah...I didn't expect Mr. Nangong to be quite smart. I thought you were a fool who didn't use any brains!"

"Who are you?" Nangong Mo finally figured out where this catastrophe came from. Anger and chills welled up in his heart. He put his hand on the sword and asked in a low voice. "Heh, heh..." The child in the building smiled and replied unexpectedly, "Want to know who I am? Come and see me and you'll know?" "Okay, let me see if you are a human or a ghost!" Unable to guess what kind of scheming was hidden in such a provocative invitation, Nangong Mo replied bluntly, and stepped onto the stone path—— In any case, being close enough to this enchantress should give him greater confidence in dealing with her, right?

The injury on the left shoulder has long been numb, and the numbness has even spread to the armpit, touching the heart.Tonight, even if this life is sent here, this witch must be killed—otherwise, if she is allowed to act recklessly, there will be endless disasters in the future! Seeing that the other party went to the invitation generously, the girl showed a smile on the corner of her mouth and sighed softly.With a slight movement of her pale little hand, many black shadows suddenly swayed in the shadowy lights and surrounded her. Expressionless faces protruded from the light, and the candlelight cast a blush on those pale faces, but the heavy shadows cast by them made those faces even more weird and distorted.There are so many zombies gathered in the wooden building, as if hearing a silent order, they walked over silently, clustered behind the little figure under the lamp, like a group of tamed black lambs. One of Nangong Mo's feet had already stepped on the steps of the wooden building, and the rotten wood made a crackling sound, but when he saw the zombies gathering behind the girl, he couldn't help being slightly shocked. Recognized... Two of them are actually Luo Baigui and Shi Jie, among the four famous swords in the Sword Trial Villa! This group of zombies is different from the ones outside. Although their faces are pale and expressionless, their eyeballs are still black and white, and some temples are slightly raised. It is obvious that the internal martial arts has a certain level of cultivation.And the group of former martial arts masters quietly surrounded the girl under the lamp, waiting for orders.The night wind blew through, and the bamboo curtains hanging around the building fluttered, and the moonlight penetrated silently and sprinkled on the group of tamed beasts. The lights swayed in the night wind, the girl was wearing a bright red pleated skirt, her black hair hung down long, her face was hidden in the deep shadows, and she was holding the clay pot full of illusion Gu in her pale little hands. Such a strange situation made Nangong Mo feel in a trance that was not human. However, he just paused for a moment and continued to climb up the stairs. Seeing the man in Tsing Yi walking towards him with a sword under the eaves, perhaps overwhelmed by the death-like determination on the other's face, the girl's murderous eyes suddenly dimmed slightly, and her pale little hand slightly lifted from the clay pot, Pointed to the door. "Crack", before Nangong Mo stepped into the gate, two swords interlaced, and two expressionless zombies stopped him. "Nangong Mo, listen to me." There was a brief silence, as if the other party was hesitating, the girl's voice sounded again, and said coldly, "For the sake of your bravery, turn around now and leave Fufeng Village, go down the mountain along the same road, I will not only give you the antidote, but also promise to make the black sheep stay where they are." Such sudden words made Nangong Mo startled, and sneered, "So good?" "Why bother to die? Even if I let you go to Jianjian Villa, there will be no return. Sooner or later, there will be a cemetery, and no one will survive!" The girl's hand gently rubbed the clay pot, The Illusion Gu inside seemed to sense the murderous aura surging in the master's heart, and immediately boiled inside, the child's eyes in the shadow were as sharp as a knife, and said coldly, "If you turn around now, you will pretend that you have never been here, then I and I will The affairs of Luo Fuye's family have nothing to do with you in the slightest. If you take one step forward, there is no turning back!" "Really?" Nangong Mo felt that the numbness under his shoulders was getting closer to his heart, and he knew that if he didn't make a decisive decision, he would have no time to hold on, so he put away his sword and said with a smile, "Since you can still get out of your body, of course you can't." People are stupid enough to die." "Heh." The light seemed to be disturbed by something, and it shook violently, and a sharp smile appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth under the light.That kind of answer obviously aroused strange fluctuations in her heart, but she finally calmed down.With a sneer, he raised his little hand slightly, and a green pill had already been thrown into Nangong Mo's palm, and then he pointed out the door: "Go!" "Thank you for the medicine." The medicine only stayed in his palm for a moment, and then he swallowed it immediately. Nangong Mo hugged Bao Bao fist, and walked away immediately without being polite.The zombies in the room obviously received the master's order, and stood still in place, letting him go out.Nangong Mofu seemed to turn back hastily, and muttered as he walked, "It's really unlucky to meet such a monster..." The moment his footsteps stepped out of the threshold, his toes suddenly touched the ground, and his figure turned back like lightning! He drew his sword sharply in mid-air, and with a shocking move, he stabbed at the girl under the lamp like a bright thunderbolt! This time, it was only a distance of ten feet.His sword can pierce the witch's eyebrows in just an instant.Even if she immediately mobilized the zombies to protect herself, he could kill her before the spell came out from his lips! The girl let out an "ah", but before she could utter her voice, the hands of those zombies had just been raised, and at that moment the Miehun Sword had already howled, piercing through the air and piercing her eyebrows! That childish and beautiful face finally had an indescribable expression, and the black hair was blown away by the sword energy, revealing her majesty.Under the lamp, the girl raised her head and faced the sharp sword that pierced the air, with a vague smile on her lips. That look up and that smile were like lightning strikes, making Nangong Mo momentarily lose his soul. That's not, that's not—! His eyes were fixed on the childish smiling face raised under the lamp, and his hands suddenly became weak. When the sword pierced in front of her, the power of the sword was exhausted. The girl sat motionless under the lamp, but raised her hand with a smile, and clamped the sharp sword that pierced between her eyebrows. Her dark eyes followed the bright long sword. It seems that looking at Nangong Mo's shocked and incredible eyes, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I can't go on stabbing, can I? You like this little girl very much, don't you? So I have to go to Luofu Mountain even if I die. ?” "Worshiping the Moon? Demonic Law!" Nangong Mo saw such a strange sneer on such a familiar face, and in a blink of an eye saw the crescent moon on the girl's face hooked with gold powder, and suddenly understood, and snarled, Twisting the long sword in his hand, he wanted to stab again. However, countless zombies had already surrounded him, stretching out pale hands to grab him.He wanted to struggle, but after taking the antidote, the numbness of his heart suddenly became more intense. As soon as his fingers grasped the Miehun Sword and lifted it, suddenly there was darkness in front of his eyes, and the long sword fell to the ground with a clang. Another long nightmare, chaotic, dark and hopeless. Ever since he entered the Luofu Mountains, he seemed to have stepped into an illusion, and countless inconceivable strangeness and absurdities appeared in front of his eyes.Looking around, he couldn't see a glimmer of light. There were zombies all over the mountain. He needed to keep cheering himself up when he drew his sword. If there was even the slightest wavering, he would collapse under the cold eyes of the girl in red. Drowsy, passing through the bloody iron-like night, what I saw was the distant past. The phoenix flowers on Luofu Mountain are in full bloom, like red clouds surrounding the mountain, and the fallen flowers under the flower trees are colorful, which are the remaining flowers stirred up by the sword energy.The shadows of two teenagers and a child brighten up in the yellowed memory.The boys in white and green are both sixteen or seventeen years old. The girl with surprisingly big eyes was sitting on the phoenix tree, twirling her fingers around her hair and looking at it with a smile on her legs. He slowly remembered... he was practicing swordsmanship with Tianzheng, right?When they were teenagers, they were such congenial friends that they could cut their necks and die together.The two teenagers didn't have the slightest opinion of sects in the Jianghu. Although they came from different families, they unreservedly exchanged and learned from each other's unique knowledge, and shared every bit of progress.Such beneficial exchanges, coupled with their outstanding talents, may be the foundation for them to become rookies in the Central Plains and overlords in Lingnan after they grow up. There are winners and losers in such competitions, but every time Tianzheng wins a move and a half, the little girl will clap her hands and cheer, and praise her brother vigorously; The next rotten fruit. Although he was never pampered, he was born in a family after all, and he received attention and admiration since he was a child - but in the eyes of that girl, except for her brother, he could not see anyone else at all.He was secretly unconvinced and tried hard to surpass Tianzheng in all aspects—but no matter whether he defeated Ye Tianzheng or not, in the eyes of that girl, he would always be a bad guy who robbed her brother of his time and prevented him from playing with her all day That's all. The anger and resentment in my heart burned day after day.On the day when the marriage was settled, that girl actually jumped up and beat him like this, asking her brother not to let him go—at that moment his anger finally broke out, and he grabbed the little girl, but he didn't know how to teach him a lesson . For a moment of hesitation, he saw that the child's still childish face actually had a layer of fine hair under the bright sunshine-the so-called "wet girl", probably like this?He suddenly couldn't help laughing, feeling that that flushed face was like a big juicy peach, which made people want to take a bite. However, it was that kind of thought that distracted him, and his wrist was immediately bitten, causing pain to the bone. "I want to marry my brother! I don't want you!" Fleeing away, the girl glared at him fiercely, made a face at him, and threw herself into her brother's arms. At that moment, his hand was on the sword.At that time, the young man suddenly understood that for many years, he had been constantly antagonizing that girl, angry at her and bullying her, because only when she was angry could he see himself in his eyes, instead of just looking at her as usual. The only brother. That time, for the first time ever, he went down the mountain alone without saying goodbye to Tian Zheng, feeling inexplicable anger in his heart.After I came down the mountain, I regretted it—but after all, I wanted to save face and never turned around to apologize. The farewell lasted for more than a year, and Luo Fuye's family had countless accidents during these two years. First of all, I heard that the Miaojiang Moon Worshiping Cult and the Jianjian Mountain Villa had fought, and both sides had suffered huge casualties—it was inconvenient to travel between the Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang. When the news spread, my father was quite worried, and immediately asked the guardians in the cabinet and his son to lead the team.However, he was procrastinating. Didn't that girl say that her brother is the most powerful?Why did you want him to take action this time?The eighteen-year-old boy was thinking like this, but at the same time he was worried about the safety of that arrogant girl, and he still rushed to Luofu Mountain thousands of miles away without stopping. However, when the group of them arrived, it was already a bloody battle.Most of the old acquaintances in the villa suffered casualties, and there were faint traces of burning fire among the ruined walls. It is said that the Moon Worship Sect once attacked the Jianjian Pavilion, but was finally repelled by the old village owner. Although the owner of Old Manor Ye defeated the evil cult, kept the Sword Trial Villa, and once again won the reputation in the Guangdong-Guangzhou Wumeng League, he was also seriously injured in this dramatic battle. Not long after the troops of Dingjiange arrived, he has not yet seen his elders , the news of the death of the old master Ye came out.Overnight, the young master of the Nangong family felt the blood and impermanence of the world for the first time. At the funeral, he saw the girl again, her appearance was still the same, but her face was no longer as rosy as before, she was pale and stiff, she knelt down before her elder brother with lowered eyebrows, and faced all the martial arts figures who came to express their condolences one by one. return gift.When he was offering incense on behalf of the Tripod Sword Pavilion, she didn't look at him either, but just bowed and lowered her head blankly. It was the first time I saw that arrogant girl's expression, and my heart suddenly felt pity that I had never felt before. I glanced at my friend on the side, faintly full of ambition: It's useless for her to rely on you wholeheartedly. After all, you failed to protect her well—— If Xiao Yezi married into the Nangong family in the future, this kind of thing would never happen again. After the funeral, he saw her pale face all the time, expressionless like a puppet doll in a daze, his heart was stabbed suddenly, and he couldn't help but want to talk to that girl.That idea was so strong that Mr. Nangong, who always wanted to save face, didn't care about being rude, and went to the backyard to find the girl who was already a fiancée along the familiar path in the past. However, when she saw him, she just let out a scream, covered her face with her sleeves and backed away, and immediately called a maid to drive him out. Has it really improved?In the past, he beat people by himself, but now he knows how to command his servants. He sneered, but refused to leave.When the quarrel broke out, the eldest son of the Ye family came, with a vague expression of panic, he pulled him out of the boudoir, gathered himself together, and scolded: "Tian Lai is fourteen years old, and he will soon grow old." , Nangong family and Ye family are both martial arts families, so don't be too presumptuous." He looked at his friend in surprise, and never thought that the other party would bring up the big hat of etiquette to overwhelm him, but just sneered: "Okay, then after Xiao Zizi reaches Ji next year, I will come to marry him." Ye Tianzheng's body shook suddenly, and he looked at him with complicated expressions in his eyes, as if he hesitated to speak.After a long time, he finally said calmly: "My father passed away, and it takes three years of filial piety to be a man and child, so it is impossible for Tian Lai to leave the cabinet recently anyway." As if he could hear the unnaturalness in his best friend's tone, he looked up coldly, but Ye Tianzheng had already turned and walked away. Unspeakable embarrassment and coldness appeared for the first time between two close friends who grew up side by side.He stayed in Luofu Mountain for a few days and helped to take care of some chores after the robbery of the villa. However, he always felt that from Ye Tianzheng to the few remaining elders in the villa, all of them looked at him with deep meaning, as if to hide countless things. He is a person with a high spirit and a straight heart, after all he couldn't bear the indifferent and obscure atmosphere here, so he turned and left.Unexpectedly, there was no one in Jianjian Villa to keep him, not even Ye Tianzheng, who was close to each other. After that, another eight years passed.During those years, I heard that the second young lady has become more and more beautiful, her temper has become more and more gentle, and she has become more capable in dealing with affairs. She helped her brother manage internal and external affairs, and made Jianjian Villa famous after the death of the old owner. Unable to fall, he continued to lead the Guangdong-Guangzhou Wumeng League, echoing the Dingjiange in the Central Plains, one south and one north. In a blink of an eye, he was already twenty-six years old, and the second Miss Ye family should also be twenty-two, she had already reached the age to leave the court. During such a long period of time, Dingjiange sent people to try Jianshan Villa to marry the second lady more than once, but they were rejected by various excuses.His father, Nan Gongyan, was a little angry, but because he had been acquainted with the old owner Ye for many years, he tolerated the rudeness of the young owner one by one, and postponed the marriage time and time again. However, there is always a limit to everything. When rumors about the two brothers and sisters in Jianjian Villa began to gossip in the martial arts world, not to mention himself, even his father, who had always been calm, couldn't sit still. "In any case, before the year ago, Miss Ye must be invited out of the cabinet. Otherwise, the marriage will be forfeited." When sending Dharma protector Zou Shilong to Lingnan to marry again, his father frowned and ordered in a low voice, with an irrefutable decision, "Tian Zheng This child is a smart person, he will not be ignorant of the rumors outside - please think clearly about the pros and cons, otherwise his reputation will be ruined, not only the Luo Fuye family, but also the Nangong family will be implicated." He secretly listened to such resolute whispers in his heart, and he couldn't help feeling pain like a knife. How... how could it really become like that?Absolutely not. It's just that girl has no brains all the time, Tianzheng is a sensible person, and he will never be stupid enough to do such a thing that ruins his reputation. However, even though he thought so, there was a poisonous snake biting in his heart, which made him restless day and night.Finally couldn't help it, and made an excuse to go to Ezhong, saying that he was going to deal with the Yan family's affairs, but in fact he wanted to drop by to try the sword villa. Unexpectedly, when I came to the foot of the mountain, I saw such a nightmare.