Chapter 17 The Turning Point
Hu Qingpeng bid farewell to the Anonymous and pushed the moving stone wall back to its original position. After confirming that there was no flaw left, he returned along the original path. This secret path was designed for escaping in an emergency. No one had ever used it after the excavation was completed. Today, it was God's will. In fact, even Chen Tianlei didn't know the existence of this secret path, otherwise the Anonymous would have been transferred away.
When he arrived at the exit, through the gap between the branches and leaves of the vines, he saw that the night was dark and the water surface reflected the silver moonlight. It turned out that three or four hours had passed without realizing it. Hu Qingpeng felt hungry, and there seemed to be a handful of hunger in his lower abdomen, which was so uncomfortable that it would be. He scooped up the cool stream water, drank it all his heart's content, suppressed the feeling of hunger, and then pushed away the vines and quietly looked at the situation in the valley.
The valley is filled with mist, the white rocks reflect the faint moonlight, and the scenery around them is blurred and difficult to distinguish. The calls of various wild beasts, insects and birds are one after another, as if they are working hard to perform a music of nature, with a unique and charming rhythm and endless changes.
Hu Qingpeng carefully crossed the stream, quickly jumped into the woods, and ran towards the villa. Not long after running in the dark, a murderous aura suddenly surged from the front, causing him to stand upside down. Hu Qingpeng immediately stopped vigilant and set off the posture of greeting the enemy as taught by the Anonymous. He had no hope of returning to the villa safely, and sooner or later he would have to confront his uncle head-on, so he was not panicked.
Qin Tianri, who was masked in black, jumped off the tree, and the single sword flashed in his hand, looking at Hu Qingpeng in surprise. He couldn't figure out why he could always detect danger in advance, and even escaped his life repeatedly. He sneered: "You can really keep your breath, which made me wait for four hours before showing up! This time I see what tricks you can use!" With a single sword, he shook his face with three swords, and he didn't even let him say a word.
Hu Qingpeng originally expected that the opponent would use Hengshan sword technique to attack, but Qin Tianri used the authentic Shaolin Luohan sword technique. His moves were powerful and powerful, and they were completely different from the sword technique of this sect. The trick he had thought of was useless at this time. He hurriedly launched the crane dance technique and quickly flashed out the range covered by the sword energy. Qin Tianri was afraid that he would take the opportunity to slip away again, and pressed forward like a shadow, and attacked nine swords in a blink of an eye.
Hu Qingpeng jumped left and right, and with the help of the protection of trees, he avoided the blade several times when he was unable to make any noise, and was shocked to sweat. Qin Tianri did not have the ability to have a divine eye and could not see things like Hu Qingpeng in the dark night. He was about to kill the opponent with a knife, but unexpectedly a branch suddenly swept across, causing him to have to change his moves to block it. After repeated mistakes, Qin Tianri was full of anger and was unwilling to use unfamiliar sword techniques to kill the enemy. He used the sword as a sword to use the proud trick in Hengshan's sword technique and let it go ruthlessly.
Hu Qingpeng was waiting for this moment. Seeing the opponent's moves suddenly change, he used a "sword slash" to attack. It was one of the killer moves mentioned by Anonymous. With a bounce under his feet, he suddenly turned back into advance, and flashed to the dead corner of the opponent's attack. The iron axe in his right hand swung out like lightning, and it slashed at the weakest point of the blade's strength. Qin Tianri was shocked and could kick the opponent's chest with his left script. Unexpectedly, Hu Qingpeng had expected that his body would turn around and trickle to him. The handle of the axe turned back and hit him hard on the Zhangmen acupoint.
Qin Tianri's acupoint was controlled, and he was unable to move immediately. He was surprised and embarrassed. He stared at Hu Qingpeng in disbelief and almost fainted. He had been practicing sword for more than 20 years and was considered the number one figure in the world. He was subdued by his nephew tonight, which was a great shame that he would never forget! Fortunately, no outsiders saw it, otherwise he would bit his tongue and commit suicide on the spot. He shouted angrily: "Hu Qingpeng, what evil martial arts are you using? Let me go!"
Hu Qingpeng took two steps back and shook his head and said, "If I untie your acupoints, will you spare me and not kill me? Fourth Master Uncle, just stay here quietly. With your skills, you can untie your acupoints within an hour."
Qin Tianri said: "Slow down! What's the name of the move you used just now?" He carefully recalled Hu Qingpeng's counterattack, the direction, angle and timing of his attack, which happened to target the flaws in his sword move. Even if the two fought again and repeated the moves just now, he still could not escape the failure. But his martial arts and sword skills were obviously much higher than Hu Qingpeng, so why did he lose to the other party? The more he thought about it, the more strange he felt, and a shadow of fear appeared in his heart. Could it be that Hu Qingpeng got some advice from a master? Could it be the person he guessed?
Of course, Hu Qingpeng would not tell him the whole story, and said, "Uncle Fourth, I just happened to win half a move, so you don't have to be upset. Besides, it was a trick I created temporarily. Without a formal name, it made Uncle Master laugh!"
Qin Tianri laughed and said, "You Hu Qingpeng, you can actually create your own tricks in the face of the battle and defeat me cleanly. It seems that you are so talented that you are unparalleled in the world! I sent a genius like you, why worry about not being able to lead the martial arts world?"
Hu Qingpeng's face was hot, and he couldn't hear the ridicule in his words, but the anonymous sword-giving matter was extremely secret and could not be revealed at all. He said, "The Fourth Master Uncle has been too much, Qingpeng is ashamed of it! When the truth is revealed, someone will answer the doubts in Uncle Uncle's heart." Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly felt a murderous aura pointing directly at the vital point of the vest and immediately rolled away on the ground. At this moment, a sword light suddenly appeared behind him, and the sword energy fell, drawing deep sword marks at the place where he had stopped. As long as he reacted a little slower, blood was already splattering five steps.
"Uncle Sixth Master!" Hu Qingpeng guessed who came when he fell to the ground and rolled. He couldn't help but regret it. Why didn't he leave early? No wonder Qin Tianri laughed loudly, it turned out to be intentionally covering up the sound that Liu Tianyue Qian made when he was close. In terms of experience in the world, he was still far behind the other side!
Liu Tianyue's sword that must be killed was gone, and she exclaimed in surprise, and her murderous intent became even stronger. Hu Qingpeng performed so well. If he didn't kill him at this time, it would be even more rare to achieve success in learning swords in the future. The sword was like a storm, rolling wildly towards Hu Qingpeng who was still rolling on the ground, but he saw the sword light dazzlingly and scattered.
Hu Qingpeng rolled out more than ten feet away and was blocked by the trees. Before he could get up, he felt the cold wind over his body, and the sword energy sang loudly, and his whole body felt like he fell into an ice cave. No matter how good the tricks of the Anonymous Sect were, in this case, he could not find the opponent's flaws to fight back. Hu Qingpeng slapped the trunk in desperation, and flew backwards with the force, and landed at Liu Tianyue's feet, and used the axe to slash her lower plate.
Liu Tianyue jumped up, and the sword ticked, and the iron axe was hit. The two of them had an internal force to fight each other, and they could no longer take any tricks. Hu Qingpeng's five fingers shook violently, and the iron axe fell to the ground, and blood spurted out. His internal force was not as deep as the other party. In the end, his battle was decided immediately. If it weren't for the secret protection of the alien true energy in his body, this sword could completely destroy his meridians.
Liu Tianyue sneered, "I think you are still showing off?" The sword shook lightly, and a "show of the geese passing by" stabbed into his throat.
Hu Qingpeng hurriedly shouted: "Wait! You will regret it if you kill me!"
Liu Tianyue fell to the ground, the tip of the sword pointed directly at the vital point of his throat, and his eyebrows frowned slightly: "Oh, I want to hear your reasons." Anyway, it is easy to kill Hu Qingpeng at this time, so I am not afraid that he will use any cleverness to get away with it.
Hu Qingpeng's throat was invaded by cold sword energy, like flesh on the chopping board, and he did not dare to make any abnormal movements to avoid misunderstandings from the other party. He said seriously: "Two uncles, you want to kill me, but you are afraid that your secret will be leaked. But if you kill me, the leader of the sect will see the suicide note I wrote by myself tomorrow at the latest! As for the content of the suicide note, you can guess one or two without me telling it too much, right?"
Liu Tianyue was shocked and exchanged a look with Qin Tianri. His hand holding the sword trembled unconsciously. Yinya almost bit her on the spot and said angrily: "You actually wrote... our matter in words?! Tell me quickly, where did you put that suicide note?" If Chen Tianlei saw the black-and-white "audio letter" and the fact that Hu Qingpeng died for no reason, how could he not suspect that they were having an affair? She never dreamed that this hateful disciple had such a vicious hand!
Hu Qingpeng observed his words and expressions, knowing that she had begun to take the bait, Fangcun was already messed up, and smiled and said, "Uncle Six, I am not a fool! If I told you the whereabouts of this letter, can I still live in this world? I knew you would not let me go easily, so I wrote a letter, wrote down the scene I saw in detail, and handed it to others for safekeeping. I told him that if I died of a bad life, I would immediately hand the letter to the head of the sect. After the head of the sect read my letter, he would naturally know who the murderer was."
Liu Tianyue said with hatred: "Hu Qingpeng, you are so cunning!"
Hu Qingpeng said: "I just want to save my life and never thought of going against the two uncles! If you hadn't forced each other, I wouldn't have made such a bad decision!"
Liu Tianyue snorted angrily, the sword flowers trembled, sealed the seven acupoints of Hu Qingpeng, and then untied the acupoints for Qin Tianri, asking, "Fourth Senior Brother, you have heard this little devil's words just now, what should we do now? If the second Senior Brother knows about this, then we..." He couldn't help but shudder at this point, obviously thinking about the severity of the consequences. For a woman, reputation is more precious than life. If her husband knows about her love, she will be completely finished in this life.
A cruel and resolute cold light flashed in Qin Tianri's eyes. He walked over and kicked Hu Qingpeng hard, and said coldly: "Hu Qingpeng, you didn't lie to us, are you?"
Hu Qingpeng said reluctantly: "My nephew's life has been held in his hand by his uncle. How dare I not tell the truth? Fourth Master, as long as you let me go, I will never tell your secret! After all, I just want to practice martial arts well, and it's not my turn to worry about other things."
Qin Tianri clenched his fists, crackling his knuckles, and sneered: "After that being said, I am unable to sleep or eat when I am holding my secret in your hand? If I live with fear every day and night, what fun is there to be? I whispered proudly in the world and aroused my revenge. I never thought of being wronged and asked me to bow my head to you, the younger generation, that would never work!"
Hu Qingpeng's heart sank. Could it be that he would rather burn both jade than compromise? His acupoints were sealed and there was no one in the field. It seemed that he was doomed this time!
Qin Tianri looked back and said to Liu Tianyue: "Junior sister, there is no turning back when it comes to the bow. So far, let's just leave Hengshan! As long as we change our name and surname, with our ability, where can we go to the world? If we can live together and live a life of only envying mandarin ducks but not immortals, how free and happy it would be. Isn't it better than the sneaky ones now?"
Liu Tianyue said in a trembling voice: "Do you want me to leave Qinghua and elope with you?"
Qin Tianri said: "That's it! Junior sister, why are you hesitating? In this world, I am the only one who likes you wholeheartedly. Have you forgotten the happiness of being together? For you, I am willing to give up my reputation and stay away from the world completely!"
Liu Tianyue said: "Senior brother, I don't doubt your intentions. But if I leave like this, how will Qinghua have the face to get married in the future? Do you still have the reputation of Hengshan Sect? We can't be so selfish!"
Qin Tianri said: "Now Hu Qingpeng knows the secret between you and me. Let's take a step back, even if the second senior brother saw the letter, he would never tell others the secret. Because the second senior brother is the head of the first sect, he will not be able to promote this matter and make others laugh at him for being incompetent. On the contrary, he also needs to find reasonable reasons to explain why you are missing so as not to arouse suspicion from the world. Therefore, as long as you kill this kid and escape down the mountain overnight, no one in the world will know the truth, no one will doubt you and me, and will not implicate the reputation of the Hengshan Sect. The sea of people is vast, even if the second senior brother is powerful, he will not be able to find us with his own strength."
Liu Tianyue admitted that what he said made sense, but asking her to give up her current identity at once and leave her husband and daughter forever is a difficult choice for her. Once she leaves Hengshan, it means she will withdraw from the world from now on. What will she rely on to make a living in the future? She is no longer a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She must seriously consider the consequences. If she makes a hasty decision, she will not have any regrets in the future.
Seeing her hesitant and guessing that she still had many concerns, Qin Tianri couldn't help but feel anxious. He glanced at Hu Qingpeng, showed his murderous intention, and slashed his chest with a knife, deliberately cutting off Liu Tianyue's retreat. As long as Hu Qingpeng died, Liu Tianyue would have to leave Hengshan.
Liu Tianyue was shocked and shouted: "Senior Brother, don't kill him!"
Qin Tianri ignored her call, and the steel knife still slashed. Hu Qingpeng watched the blade fall and he was bound to die. The images of countless people flashed in his mind, and he sighed in his heart that he could no longer see them. At this moment, a strong wind sounded suddenly, and a stone suddenly shot and hit the knife. With a loud sound, the stone shattered, Qin Tianri couldn't hold on to the hilt, and the steel knife flew out of his hand and disappeared into the forest. Suddenly, the three of them were surprised or happy, and were all surprised.
Qin Tianri changed his color in horror and shouted, "Who is it?" Liu Tianyue jumped behind him, protected his chest with a long sword, and looked vigilantly at the direction where the stone flew out.
Hu Qingpeng couldn't help but secretly complained that he was lucky. Who kindly saved his life? Could it be Uncle Mo?
A low and majestic voice sounded in the darkness of the forest: "I didn't expect that the great hero of Hengshan would collude to murder his disciples! If this news spreads to the world, the two generals on the planet will be very glorious!" His voice was erratic, like east and west, and he could not understand the location where he was hiding.
Qin and Liu were both looking at each other and sweating profusely. This mysterious figure may have been invisible for a long time and all heard their conversation. It turned out that he thought that killing Hu Qingpeng could keep the secret, but he didn't know that Cheng Yaojin came out on the way, and more and more people were informed! This person's intention was unpredictable, but judging from the two hands he showed, his martial arts skills were only stronger than them, and even if they joined forces, they might not win each other.
Qin Tianri was nervous and said loudly: "What do you want to do to say anything, why pretend to be a ghost?"
The man in the forest laughed in a low voice: "I happened to pass by here and happened to hear the wonderful conversation between the two of you. I did not come to spy on your own. Please do not misunderstand me. As long as you swear not to make things difficult for this little brother, I will never interfere in the housework of your Hengshan School, and I will not reveal everything I saw tonight. Isn't my request too much, right?"
Qin and Liu frowned at the same time. What is Hu Qingpeng's origin? He has actually been protected by mysterious masters! If their relationship is very deep, how can there be a chance to kill Hu Qingpeng to silence him? Qin Tianri asked back: "What if we don't agree?"
The man sneered, "If you refuse to swear, the world is so great, do you think you can really find a place to hide? As long as I make a sound of the wind, you will immediately become a public enemy of the martial arts world and everyone will be punished. No one is a child anymore, so there is no need to act voluntarily. Make a decision quickly!"
Qin Tianri had all kinds of thoughts in his mind, weighing the pros and cons, and finally was forced to bow his head. With such a powerful master invisible place, he was not even sure whether he could kill Hu Qingpeng, so how could he have the capital to bargain with others? Even if Hu Qingpeng was killed at this time, their secrets could not be kept. Then wouldn't kill Hu Qingpeng be a waste of time? He sighed: "If Hu Qingpeng promised not to expose this matter, we can naturally spare his life."
The man said, "Isn't this simple? Brother, please agree first!" Hu Qingpeng hurriedly vowed to keep the secret strictly, and if there is any violation, the sky will hit the sky and thunder.
Qin Tianri and Liu Tianyue had to swore to ensure that the well water will not interfere in the future. The two of them immediately untied Hu Qingpeng's acupoints and left unhappily. Hu Qingpeng escaped from death, and his joy could not be described in his heart. He jumped and shouted: "Senior, where are you? I want to kowtow to you and thank you!"
But when the director heard the distance laughed, the sound of leaping through the air sounded, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye. Only Lin Tao was heard. Hu Qingpeng looked sadly, full of gratitude for the mysterious master who came and went. If he hadn't appeared in time, he would have become a new guest in the underworld. I wonder who this person was? Did he happen to pass by or did he intentionally do it?
Chapter completed!