Chapter 20: Crisis
Zhou Yao is 43 years old this year. He is thin and looks like a monkey. However, he has a pair of sharp eyes like a falcon, which makes people feel cold when they see it.
As a warrior of the fifth section of the Jindao, he belonged to the backbone of the Zhou family and made many contributions to the conquest of Zhongnan City. This time, Zhou Yao received an order from the young master Zhou Wenbo to go out of the city to chase a young man and a girl.
He mastered a middle-grade martial art of the yellow-grade martial art "Eagle Eye Kung", and was good at catching up. After leaving the city, he first checked from the abandoned corpse place of Butler Wu and Li Huyuan, and found some clues.
Zhou Yao also inspected the bodies of two colleagues early in the morning and found that their fatal injuries were all at the vital points of their throats.
A blade seals the throat!
The wound is narrow and small, up to three inches deep.
Zhou Yao thought for a moment and realized it immediately: he speculated that the starter should have mastered long-range attack martial arts, but his martial arts cultivation will not be much higher. Because after the flying blade entered his throat, it was obviously obstructed and rejected by the muscle tissue, and even soon showed a decline.
If the strength is sufficient, I believe that the sharp blade will penetrate the throat and penetrate it.
"Hmph, it's just a piece of force..."
By comparing the wound form and the deceased's own defense ability, Zhou Yao roughly learned about the power of the murderer.
As for why the warrior in the first section of the martial arts can kill the warrior in the second section, or even the third section of the martial arts, the answer is self-evident: sneak attack!
Surprisingly, if Zhou Yao stood still and let someone throw a flying knife or flying sword or something, it would probably die if he hit the throat.
The martial arts warrior is in the introductory stage of martial arts. Unless you practice specialized martial arts that target physical strength, your flesh and blood will still be very fragile, especially in some key points.
With a strong chest, Zhou Yao began a tracking procedure to follow the clues. Although the other party was just two little guys who were strong, he did not underestimate the carelessness, but maintained his usual caution.
This is a hunting hunt. If the hunter is not careful enough, he will often be bitten by the prey.
As an old man with rich experience, Zhou Yao understands this truth very well.
Along the way, he walked and stopped like a hunting dog with a keen sense of smell, and even his direction changed from time to time.
"Hey, it seems that I am heading towards Zhongnan Sword Mansion."
Zhou Yao suddenly stopped.
He was sure that the other party would not be a disciple of the Sword Mansion. First, the minimum threshold for recruiting disciples in the Sword Mansion is more than three stages of strength; second, if he is a disciple of the Sword Mansion, he would have returned to the mountain long ago and would never save people. He stayed outside for a long time.
"I should have wanted to escape to the Zhongnanshan area and be protected. No, I must not let them do it. If I go to Zhongnanshan, I will not be able to do it."
Zhongnan Sword Mansion, one of the ten sword mansions, was famous at its peak and ruled the vast southern territory in the wilderness. Although it is now in a dilemma, the lean camel is larger than a horse, which is far from what the Zhou family can violate. No matter how brave Zhou Yao is, he dare not take action to catch people near Zhongnan Mountain, so as not to violate the taboos.
"We have to speed up, see where you two little guys are running!"
A ruthless look flashed across his eyes, Zhou Yao's body was sensitive and he moved forward quickly.
...
Whoosh!
In the woods, a sharp sound of wind breaking sounded. A ray of light was seen passing through two pine trees as thick as a bowl, and finally nailed to the third tree without stopping.
Liang Qiufeng came over and observed carefully. He shook his head with regretful expression and murmured: "I still can't penetrate the three trunks, and my strength is still not enough!"
Yaoyao, who was watching from the side, opened her eyes wide and said, "Brother, your progress has been very great. Let's take a break for now."
Hearing this, Liang Qiufeng sat next to her, wiped her sweat first, then took out the cloth bag containing the spiritual rice, reached out and took out the expression, his face was stagnant, and only three spiritual rice grains were twisted out. He looked at her reluctantly for a few more times, and finally put it in his mouth and chewed it.
At this point, all the spiritual rice was consumed, and nothing was left.
He saved up not much food, only a few kilograms of food. It is a miracle to be used to practice and can support it until now. For some high-level warriors with wealth and wealth, a few kilograms of spiritual rice are probably a meal, and it will be gone if they burp.
The entrance of the spiritual rice turned into a cool breath, like water dripping into the sea, and disappeared in a flash. Since becoming a warrior and condensed into true energy, the spiritual energy contained in a few grains of spiritual rice has become very weak for Liang Qiufeng, and the benefits are pitifully small.
Warriors have more power than ordinary people, but their needs are far higher than ordinary people, and they will increase as their realm improves, making the amount of food and drink scary.
"Yaoyao, I think we should change places."
When Yaoyao heard this, her heart trembled. She was smart and immediately understood what Liang Qiufeng meant: You can't stay in a place for too long. The longer the time, the greater the danger, especially in recent days, several groups of hunters came to hunt in the mountains, and the two sides met...
Although the Zhou family warriors have not yet been chased, and although they have done enough camouflage skills along the way, there is no airtight wall in the world. The key is that the two of them are together and have a great goal. They are easily seen by those with a heart.
He nodded very well: "Then I'll go and clean up now."
Actually, there is nothing to clean up, but a few pieces of changing clothes were made into a bag and carried on them.
"Brother, what should I do next?"
The girl couldn't control her mind at all. The sky was so big that she felt sad that she had nowhere to go: the enemy was powerful, and they were too humble.
Liang Qiufeng said in a firm tone: "Yaoyao, don't worry. As long as we have firm beliefs, we will always break into our world."
He encountered difficulties, had experienced many times of life and death, and had a strong mind. Since childhood, he understood what kind of person he was and what he would do in the future. All he left was the word "persistence".
And some things, even if you die, have to go back and do—
must!
Listening to his calm words, Yaoyao was indeed much more stable.
After packing up, the two left the valley and continued to move towards Mount Zhongnan - they didn't have many choices, and going back to the absolute death path is equivalent to falling into the trap. The other two areas on the ground are desolate and unfamiliar, and they are full of dangers, which is not a wise place to go.
...
"Master Zhou, a hunter came to report in the morning and said that he saw a man and a woman living in a hut in the valley fifty miles ahead. I wonder if it was them?"
In a small town, there is a contact point for the Zhou family. Zhou Yao came to rest and inquire about the information. Sure enough, he got very important information.
He was excited and said, "Have you ever seen a portrait?"
In Zhongnan City, Zhou Wenbo issued an arrest warrant, asking the painter to depict the images of Yaoyao and Liang Qiufeng, and sent a quick horse to the public to offer rewards. The situation was quite large. As long as someone saw them, the two of them would reveal their traces, and even if they were careful, they would have flaws.
However, the portrait is not very realistic, Yaoyao is better, but Liang Qiufeng seems to be more ambiguous.
"By the way, it's five or sixty percent similar. I'm about to send my clever men to test, and you're here."
Zhou Yao raised his eyebrows: "I searched for it without any effort, and I will go there immediately!" He stood up suddenly, used his light skills, and left Luoyang Town with a ghostly light look.
Seeing this, the reporter couldn't help but amazed: "Awesome. It is said that Master Zhou is a martial artist of the fifth stage of the Strength. I don't know when and when can we practice to this level. With him, the two young men and women will never escape."
Chapter completed!