After leaving the abbot's house, Li Nanke and Helan Xiaoxiao hurried to the back mountain and found the apricot grove mentioned by the abbot.
The almond trees are tall and straight, with straight trunks, like the long legs of a giant.
The ground is covered with a thin layer of apricot petals.
The aroma is refreshing.
"The ninth tree...just this one...knock seven times..."
Li Nanke found the ninth tree and knocked seven times with moderate force. With a dull rumble, a secret door in a cave appeared next to it.
"How about I go in first and take a look?"
Helan Xiaoxiao suggested.
"No."
Li Nanke, who was concerned about Nie Ying's safety, opened the secret door and followed the steps extending down into the cave.
The cave is very wide, with torches burning on the stone walls.
There was a musky-like smell in the air.
After walking for a while, the two came to a stone house about ten square meters in size.
Four female corpses were hung in the stone house.
All naked.
The abdomen was cut open and almost all the organs inside were removed.
Nie Ying was not among them.
"Who did this? It's too vicious." Helan Xiaoxiao said angrily, her voice trembling slightly, and her anger was mixed with fear.
Even though she was used to seeing red rain monsters, the scene in front of her was extremely uncomfortable.
With a gloomy face, Li Nanke opened the side door and continued moving forward.
After walking a few steps, I bumped into someone.
He was an ugly man with a tough build and a big hammer in his hand, with blood stains on his body.
They are probably the guards here.
Seeing the sudden appearance of Li Nanke, the big man was stunned. He was about to ask, but he heard Li Nanke say coldly: "Shut up!"
The big man closed his lips and was unable to speak.
He stared at Li Nanke in horror, swung the big hammer in his hand and was about to hit him.
"Stand still!"
Another order.
The big man seemed to have been cast a immobilization spell and remained motionless.
puff!
The light of the knife flashed.
The big man's ugly head fell from his neck.
Li Nanke didn't even bother to interrogate, he put away his knife and stepped on the blood and continued to move forward.
After walking for more than ten meters, the big man's body suddenly fell to the ground.
After that, three separate patrol guards appeared one after another, but they were all killed by Li Nanke in the same way without making any sound.
Soon, Li Nanke came to an iron door.
Standing in front of the door was a half-naked man with scars all over his body. He was also holding a large hammer in his hand, which was still dripping with blood.
Lying at the man's feet was a female corpse, her head completely smashed.
The woman's abdominal cavity was also hollowed out.
Judging from body shape, he is fatter than Nie Ying.
Seeing Li Nanke who appeared without any warning, the half-naked man's eyes flashed fiercely, and as soon as he took a step forward, he heard two orders.
"stop!"
"Shut up!"
The man could not speak or move.
In the past two days, Li Nanke has been practicing his "command" ability with Meng Xiaotu.
I found that I could only force some basic actions.
For example, lie down, open your mouth, spread your legs, etc.
Or let her do simple things.
For example, asking her to take off her clothes is okay. But asking her to do a striptease is definitely not okay.
In short, it is simply not feasible to "command" other people's thoughts on a deep level.
And the "command" lasts for about two minutes.
The other party will be free after more than two minutes.
Li Nanke was very lucky to have captured He Panjun without any foreplay. If he had delayed, he would have been killed by the woman.
Just as Li Nanke was about to draw his knife and chop at the half-naked man in front of him, a patrolling guard carrying a knife suddenly appeared at the corner behind him.
Seeing the scene in front of him, the guard was stunned for a moment and hurriedly raised his knife to strike.
"stop!"
Li Nanke calmly issued the order.
The guard holding the knife froze on the spot, keeping the action of raising the knife, his eyes filled with fear.
But before Li Nanke could give the order to "shut up," the half-naked man he had just "ordered" suddenly hit him from behind with a sledgehammer.
The cold wind and the smell of blood roared out from the hammer.
Li Nanke did not expect this situation at all.
boom!
Just as the hammer was about to be swung down, the half-naked man seemed to have been hit by something. His body suddenly swayed to the side and staggered two steps.
The hammer fell against Li Nanke's shoulder, making a dull crackling sound on the ground.
Countless rubbles flew up.
A big hole was made in the ground.
It’s Xiaoxiao!
Li Nanke, who broke out in a cold sweat, saw the actions of the half-naked man and immediately understood what was going on.
Seeing the opponent swinging the hammer and hitting him again, Li Nanke shouted: "Don't move!"
The half-naked man held the hammer motionless.
But the other man carrying a knife resumed his action and immediately took out the wooden whistle from his waist and blew it hard, preparing to send out an alarm signal.
"What the hell, it turns out you can only 'order' one."
Li Nanke suddenly realized.
In the past two days, I only remembered to train the little rabbit alone. I never thought about training two people at the same time, and I almost lost my life.
Li Nanke quickly ordered the half-naked man: "Kill him!"
Whoosh!
The half-naked man threw the hammer in his hand and made a dent in his companion's chest.
The latter flew out upside down and died.
Li Nanke breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and before the "order" expired, he picked up the knife and chopped off the half-naked man's head.
However, the man carrying the knife had already blown the whistle, and the other guards were probably alerted, so they could only continue to rush in.
It's a pity that Xiaoxiao doesn't have the "invisibility" ability.
Otherwise it is really invincible.
Li Nanke sighed again and said to the air: "Thank you just now, Xiaoxiao."
"You're welcome."
Although Xiaoxiao smiled sweetly, there was a hint of pain in her voice.
"Are you OK."
Li Nanke noticed something was wrong and asked with concern.
Helan Xiaoxiao said with relief: "It's okay, husband. I accidentally twisted my foot when I bumped into him just now, but I can leave. Let's go and save Xiaoying."
Sprained your foot?
It was not easy to check the opponent's injuries at this time, so Li Nanke nodded and could only continue moving forward.
Li Nanke, who had learned from his experience this time, deliberately slowed down his pace, observing the situation while exercising his "orders" in a reasonable manner, and was no longer as reckless as before.
With the help of Helan Xiaoxiao, the two of them worked together to eliminate sixteen guards with good cultivation.
I wouldn't have dared to think about this before.
"Hongyu's ability... is really powerful." Li Nanke was filled with emotion.
After killing sixteen guards, the two never encountered other guards again.
Li Nanke did not dare to let down his guard. Whenever he encountered any house or corner in a blind spot, he would ask Helan Xiaoxiao to check it out first.
Only enter or move forward after confirming that it is safe.
The disemboweled corpses of women can be seen everywhere in the house.
Li Nanke identified each body one by one, but never found Nie Ying, which relieved his tense nerves a lot.
Until the two came to a cell.
Nie Ying was still missing in the cell, but a young man was shackled here.
The man was depressed and had many scars on his body.
Looks very weak.
Li Nanke came to the man, observed carefully, and found that the man's face was very handsome, similar to Nie Ying in two or three parts, and he suddenly had a guess in his mind.
"Where is Nie Ying?"
The man who heard the question slowly opened his eyes. When he saw Li Nanke, his eyes widened slightly. Then he became emotional and shouted weakly: