It is almost late autumn, and the coolness in the mountains is becoming more and more obvious.

Many people on Mingqing Mountain are descending.

"Shao Gong, this is the farewell."

"Just say goodbye!"

Lin Jue and the junior sister both said goodbye to the strong man in linen.

"Goodbye Jianghu!"

The strong man in sackcloth also held his hand.

"Goodbye Jianghu." Lin Jue said sincerely, then turned around and saluted the second uncle on the other side, "Uncle, let's go back first."

"Go ahead, go ahead." Second Master Uncle waved his hand casually, "We may meet again in the future. You two, don't relax in your practice. I will come to test you again then."

"good."

Lin Jue knew what he was talking about.

Without thinking too much, he turned around and walked down the mountain.

Suddenly I felt someone watching me from behind.

Lin Jue turned around to check, but it was not the second uncle and the strong man in sackcloth, nor the Taoist friends from Qi Yunshan, but a group of strange Taoists looking at them from a high place.

"Who are those people? Are you friends with Third Senior Brother?"

"who?"

The third senior brother turned back and took a closer look.

"Oh, no, it's a Taoist priest on Yushan Mountain outside the capital."

"Are they also our old friends?"

"That's right." The third senior brother grinned, "I forgot to tell you that although we in Fuqiu Temple have a wide network of people, not all of them are related by fate."

"Huh? Are there any grudges?"

"These Taoist priests on Yushan Mountain are just... I don't know which senior who went out caused the grudge. Even the Taoist friends from Yishan Mountain didn't deal with the Taoist priests on Yushan Mountain." The third senior brother said with a smile, "Last year, Qiyunshan University...

There is a fighting table on the altar, and we even fought on it."

"Is there such a thing?"

"This is so normal! Taoist priests are all about being casual. We have so many seniors in Fuqiu Temple going out. You think, if someone like Second Senior Uncle is still so annoying even when he is old, how many enemies will he make?" Third Senior Brother

He couldn't help but shook his head and said, "As a result, when I go down the mountain, I don't dare to say that I came out of Fuqiu Temple."

"..."

Lin Jue glanced at him: "It's best not to say anything."

"Really? Eh? What do you mean?"

"No……"

"Don't look at it! They are all serious Taoist priests. They have an open and honest hatred. They should discuss each other, fight with each other, and quarrel. They can't intercept us halfway!"

The third senior brother laughed and walked down the mountain.

Lin Jue had no choice but to keep up with him and look back frequently.

The foot of the mountain is more lively than the mountain. After all, most people live at the foot of the mountain, and many dignitaries come here. Wherever there are people, there are business opportunities, so every household in the village has become a temporary thatched shop, and the vendors have even taken over the roadside to set up stalls.

There are booths and everything for sale, it’s like a different kind of temple fair.

Lin Jue bought a pair of bamboo baskets. After walking far away, he picked a deserted place, summoned the paper donkey, put the bamboo baskets on it, put everything into the bamboo baskets, and carried an empty book on his back.

My steps suddenly became much lighter.

Then he ate the hot steamed buns bought at the market, and talked and laughed while walking, talking about the harvests from the big ceremony, such as the elixirs and spiritual plants that the third senior brother exchanged, and the magic spells that the two of them exchanged sincerely.

When I woke up, there were dozens of miles of farmland and green mountains at my feet.

Sure enough, as the third brother said, the journey was smooth and we arrived at the pier.

The boatmen here are darker than those on the Niaoshu Mountain side. The return trip is obviously downstream, but the price is even higher, and Brother Donkey has charged a higher price. Fortunately, Lin Jue put away the paper donkey in advance.

It was also a tent boat, about the same size as the one we came from, but there were only three of them.

Of course, there is also a fox and a donkey.

The boat floats along the current and rides the wind downwards.

"Junior brother, I really love this book of yours deeply. If it were me, I would have thrown it away long ago."

"This is a gift from someone else."

"Isn't it a baby kiss in the village?"

"He's an elder from a neighboring village."

"So that's it..."

The third senior brother nodded and lay in the cabin, seeming to agree with his behavior.

Lin Jue was blowing the wind on the board of the boat and looked to both sides.

The river is rolling, thousands of sails are breaking through the waves, and there are many boats standing side by side. Some of the boats have lazy people sitting on the bows, and some are literati standing with their hands behind their hands, as if they are about to recite a poem at any time.

The sound of singing and dancing can be heard constantly, which also has the flavor of rivers and lakes in poetry.

The boatman looked like a seeker. While holding the sail, he asked them with a smile: "Where did the three Taoist priests come from?"

"Yishan." The third senior brother replied.

"Yishan?" The boatman was obviously puzzled.

"Yishan Fuqiu View."

"Where is Yishan?"

"A remote place is insignificant."

"Then it seems that the three of them must be famous teachers practicing in seclusion. They must be practicing the Tao, right?"

"Haha! You, a boatman, know a lot."

"I often go boating on the river, and I hear about anecdotes about the rivers and lakes, as well as secrets about the court," the boatman said with a smile.

"That's interesting." The third senior brother said, "But we are not famous Taoists, nor do we have any Taoist practices. We are just ordinary Taoists who come to join in the fun."

"I have been running boats for many years and have seen all kinds of people, but I can tell that the three Taoist priests must be experts!"

"How to see it?"

"Just from listening to the conversation between the three Taoist priests, I know that the three Taoist priests have good moral character! They all say that cultivating Taoism means cultivating one's moral character. If one has good moral character, one must also have high Taoist conduct!" The boatman said with a smile, "Not to mention that they are all the way from Huizhou.

He came to Yuanzhou, how could he have gone so far if he didn't have some skills?"

"Our Huizhou is much more peaceful, not to mention that the whole road is by water, which is easier than the land route." The third senior brother was very polite and waved his hands and said, "Stop flattering the boatman, the sun is about to set, it's better to find a place early.

Let’s moor the boat and cook.”

"Okay!"

The sky is dim and the water is dense.

Several boats were drifting in the still water not far or near. A boatman stood on the bow of the boat and cast a net. When he threw it casually, a round circle fell into the water.

Many boatmen often shout a few words loudly and talk to each other, saying how many customers they have received and how the business is recently. Some people are lucky and catch more fish than they can eat, and some are unlucky and do not encounter a school of fish.

When the net was cast out, it was all empty, so they shouted at each other on the water, sharing a share with each other and saying thank you.

Even though the fish in this water are not valuable, this action is still free and easy.

Immediately, smoke rose from the boat.

Just boil the caught fish with rice, add some ginger slices to remove the fishy salt and taste it, and it's dinner.

The boatman served it to them.

"There is nothing else on the boat. Rice will easily get damp if left in the cabin for a long time. I am not very good at cooking. If the taste is not right and there is a fishy smell, please bear with me."

"Nothing."

"Eat it while it's hot."

"Thank you boatman."

The three of them were not particular, so they laughed and started eating.

It was only when Lin Jue took the first bite that he frowned.

No! There’s something wrong with this porridge!

It does smell a little fishy, ​​but it's more than that.

There are some reactions to the method of taking it.

Looking up at the front, the third senior brother was holding the bottom of the bowl and drinking porridge against the edge of the bowl, one mouthful after another, with a pleased expression.

"Junior brother, look at what I do..."

But it was not until the first mouthful of porridge entered his stomach that the balance of yin and yang in his body was changed after digestion that he realized something was wrong and frowned.

So the two of them turned their heads at the same time and looked at the junior sister.

Although the junior sister did not help the junior brother memorize books today, she also carried hay for a while. She was already hungry and was eating happily. However, when she suddenly saw the two senior brothers staring at her, her face flashed for a moment.

I was a little confused, and for some reason, I stopped immediately.

The little fox saw this and stopped.

Lin Jue and his third senior brother touched swords.

The junior sister looked solemn and went to touch the sword.

"Boatman!"

"Okay! What's wrong, Master?" the boatman said as he walked in, holding a bowl of fish porridge in his hand and eating, "But the food is not satisfactory enough? The conditions on the boat are simple, and this is all..."

But I saw the third senior brother smiling.

"As the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger, but it is also lost in danger. One out of ten times you seek it, and nine out of ten times you go away." The third senior brother paused for a moment, still smiling, "What's more, coming back from the big ceremony

The Taoist priest, the boatman's pursuit of wealth is too risky."

"Huh?" The boatman was stunned, "What does the Taoist priest mean? Why can't I understand?"

"The poison in this porridge is colorless and tasteless. Even my junior sister who practices Yin and Yang spiritual magic can't taste it. If it weren't for my poor Taoism and my junior brother has learned how to take it, I'm afraid he will really be infected. It's ordinary.

Even if a Taoist who cultivates the spiritual arts of heaven and earth is not low-level and has no other skills, he will fall over with you, right?"

"laugh!"

Lin Jue had already drawn his iron sword.

"What do you mean, Master? What kind of poison?" The boatman was frightened for a moment, and his face was extremely panicked. "This little old man has been running boats on the water for half his life, how can he poison people?"

"..."

Lin Jue and the third senior brother looked at each other.

Lin Jue then remembered that the boatman on his boat had not caught any fish just now, but the fish came from the tent boat next to him.

At this time, the boatman also said:

"Could it be...could it be that there was something wrong with the fish we just collected from the boat next to us?"

The third senior brother is still smiling:

"The boatman is so good at acting! What a trick! Let's call out all the people on the boat next to us, otherwise the boatman is alone and will definitely not be able to leave today!"

"Taoist Master, this is..."

The boatman was still frightened and puzzled, and explained clumsily. As he spoke, his expression did not change, but he threw the bowl in his hand at them, and the hot porridge suddenly spread out like stars.

The boatman turned around and ran towards the deck of the boat.

Lin Jue quickly waved his sleeves.

"call!"

A strong wind suddenly arose in the boat. The wind was so strong that it blew up out of thin air. The wind was so strong that it blew the fish porridge back.

At the same time, the third senior brother exerted force under his feet, and his body immediately rushed forward. Following this momentum, he drew out his long sword and chased the boatman as if flying. It was a serious "Jade Girl Shuttle". With the skills in practice,

With his Taoist conduct, this Taoist robe, and his foundation in sword dancing, he is probably more elegant than many martial arts masters.

Seeing that the tip of the sword was about to catch up with the boatman's vest, the boatman turned around in an instant, and before he knew it, a short sword appeared in his hand.

The cold light of January in the cabin at dusk.

A bang!

The long sword was actually split open!

When the third brother saw that this boatman had some martial arts skills, regardless of whether he was high or low, he had no intention of fighting him at close quarters. He stepped on the ship's deck and flew back.

When he came back, his hands were already in his arms.

But before the bean soldiers were released, a roar of fire was heard on the left, and a pillar of fire, like a dragon, was already rushing forward.

There were a few more piercing sounds on the right.

The column of fire spread more and more as it moved forward, the heat wave rolled in, and the space on the canopy was huge. The boatman who was about to catch up with the third senior brother had no time to dive, so he had to raise his sleeves to cover his face in a hurry.

"boom!"

This fire is really hot!

While the boatman was suffering from severe pain, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. With many years of experience, he instinctively dodged sideways——

Then he saw an iron sword spinning and breaking through the flames, slashing right in front of the tip of his nose.

But then I felt a pain in my body.

"Pah! Pah!"

One after another, two sounds in a row, two feelings.

When he looked down, he saw two darts.

It looked like a dart with clothes, but there was no strip of cloth tied around it. It was thrown from such a short distance, and it seemed to be flying in a circle. Covered by the light of the flames and the sound of the sword being thrown, one hit the waist, and the other hit the waist.

One actually hit, but it was hit with the tail of a dart.

Fortunately, the dart is not very powerful and does not penetrate deeply.

"What a plan!"

The boatman pulled it out casually, looked up, and saw the young Taoist flicking his finger, as if popping a bean towards him.

What kind of hidden weapon is this?

The boatman instinctively wanted to hide, but he just started to tilt his head, and his eyes were still fixed on the bean, but he saw that as soon as he let go of the bean, it quickly grew in size, as if it grew in the wind. When it came to him, it had become a soldier.

It's like a magical skill.

The soldier held a round shield in his left hand and a long sword in his right hand, raising the long sword high to slash at him diagonally.

The boatman gasped and quickly raised his knife.

"when!"

But he didn't know how strong this armored man was. When the two swords collided, he was cut to the side and hit the stern of the cabin.

Boom!

The heavy footsteps made the boat sway.

The boatman really didn't dare to blink, so he aimed at the gap and stabbed him with his sword. However, he saw that the soldier's footsteps did not stop. He just raised his shield to block it. Instead, the force of the collision with the shield was so strong that he was knocked out of the cabin.

On the ship's side.

"hiss!"

The boatman felt severe pain in his waist, but he didn't dare to stop at all, and quickly rolled along the edge of the boat.

A bang!

A steel knife just hit the side of the ship!

It was exactly where he was just now.

The boatman just had the idea of ​​getting up, but before he could exert his strength, he quickly lay down again.

"brush!"

A steel knife slashed across him, almost touching his face.

The wind of the knife is biting and chilly.

The boatman kicked his legs, intending to push the soldier back, but unexpectedly he seemed to be pushed against a wall or a boulder.

The other party didn't move at all!

What a strong sense of oppression!

The boatman gritted his teeth, but he did not let go of the force on his legs. Instead, he continued to exert force, pushing himself outwards, rolling backwards, and finally regaining his balance at the stern of the boat.

The tented boat was trembling, and the sound of footsteps sounded like war drums.

Just as he stabilized his body, the soldier came in front of him again.

"What kind of magic is this?"

The boatman thought like this and quickly raised his knife.

In the blink of an eye, there have been several confrontations.

The boatman wanted to fight with him, but the other party's tactics were more like a military one. He just raised his knife to chop at him. The strength was not human-like at all, and he didn't care whether he was injured at all.

The good news is that I managed to kill the soldier myself.

The bad news is, it hit the armor.

The worse news is that he was also stabbed by this soldier.

One knife went from the left shoulder to the right chest.

It seems like I can't survive...

…

Not far from this tented boat, there was another tented boat parked. It was originally filled with a few idle people, and now they were all holding bows and arrows.

The movement on this boat lasted only a short time, but it was also noticed by the people on the other boat who were observing at any time. They were rocking the boat closer, and when they saw that the boatman was dead, they immediately fired a few arrows.

The target was the soldier on the bow of the ship.

Since the distance was not far, the arrow was very accurate and powerful, but the soldier didn't care at all and just turned around silently and walked back to the cabin.

The footsteps made the ship's plank thump.

A few more shivering sounds——

Three arrows were shot on the armor, and two were shot on the head. However, the armored man seemed not to be afraid of the pain at all. He only bent down and put his hand into the cabin. He seemed to have received something, then walked out and walked into the distance.

Throw.

The people on the boat next door could only see the soldier moving freely despite being hit by an arrow. They were a little surprised, but then they saw him making a throwing motion in this direction.

"What?"

It was hard to see clearly at dusk.

Just when I was wondering, these things quickly grew in size in the air. As soon as they got closer, they turned into several armored soldiers and flew towards this direction.

The charlatan holding the bow had just nocked the second arrow, and the charlatan drawing the sword had just pulled out his long sword. Suddenly his eyes widened, and he saw several tall and strong men, wearing fine steel armor, with bright red paint on their faces.

The armored soldier descended from the sky with a shield in one hand and a sword in the other. He had already assumed a sword-wielding posture in the air, turned around, and used the momentum to slash down with his long sword.

Such a knife can really cut through mountains and rocks.

It was just a one-sided massacre.

In the blink of an eye, the river became quiet again.

Only the boat in the distance didn't know what was going on. The people on the boat were holding fishing fires and stood on the bow of the boat, looking over here. However, they could only see the still water of the river, reflecting the skylight, and the two tent boats shaking slightly, making waves and creaking sounds.
Chapter completed!