The night on the grassland is quiet and peaceful, and the heaven and earth seem to dissolve into a layer of ink.
Dugu Xiaotian's swordsmanship became chaotic. He stabbed forward randomly, chopped randomly, and swung randomly, without any plan.
Gradually, he forgot the basic sword styles in the military, the gale sword technique, Arhat Fist, and Tai Chi.
The sea appeared in his mind, the breeze appeared, the pine forest appeared, and the drizzle appeared;
These pictures were so lifelike that he seemed to be immersed in them, waving the sword freely and freely.
After a while, the blue air ball in Xiaotian's mind flickered several times. His sword slowed down, and sometimes there was a breeze blowing on the sword, sometimes drizzle, sometimes bursts of pines, and sometimes rolling waves.
"Breeze sword style, drizzle sword style, green pine sword style, big wave sword style;" Dugu Xiaotian muttered to himself. When the sword light changed, he only had four sword skills, which he used back and forth.
The boundless grassland is a piece of emerald green. When illuminated by the morning light, it looks like it has been brushed with a layer of gold powder. With the bursts of morning wind, blue waves are set off.
The sheep bleated loudly.
Dugu Xiaotian woke up and couldn't help but smile bitterly. This time he realized that he had been practicing sword practice for five hours. He felt that his whole body was full of energy and internal energy.
"Brother Qiao once told me that every time I break through the third level of internal energy, it is a big breakthrough. From the sixth level to the seventh level, it is a rapid improvement." Dugu Xiaotian thought to himself. "My Hongmeng Jin broke through from the sixth level.
When I reached the seventh level, I felt that my inner strength was twice as strong, and it was true!"
Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and the moon fly by. Xiaotian has been wandering on the prairie for a month.
The prairie is vast and boundless, and often no herdsmen are seen for three to five days. Xiaotian trusts the horse and gradually can no longer distinguish the south, east, north, and where he is. He has exchanged tents, flint, salt and other necessary things with the herdsmen.
Dugu Xiaotian now has high martial arts skills, so he relies on hunting to supplement his food. Fortunately, there are many bison and wild horses on the grassland, which is inexhaustible.
When he saw the lake, he drew enough water, caught a few big fish, and ate happily, feeling at ease.
There would be some robbers and bandits on the grassland occasionally. When Dugu Xiaotian saw them, he only punished them without harming their lives. Sometimes when he met poor herdsmen, he would also give some small pieces of silver to them.
That night, Dugu Xiaotian set up his tent beside a small lake and was meditating and practicing Qigong.
"Papa", two faint sounds came to Xiaotian's ears. Qiao Wanyun once gave Xiaotian some tips on how to travel in the world. Before Xiaotian goes to bed every night, he must place dry branches and small branches in a radius of one mile around the place where he sleeps.
Wood chips and other items were used as a warning, but now they came in handy.
There was another soft "crack" sound, and Dugu Xiaotian didn't hesitate anymore, picked up the Pingtian Sword, took his baggage, and lurked toward the southwest.
In a moment, Xiaotian already understood the current situation. Four groups of people, each with more than ten people, slowly surrounded Dugu Xiaotian's tent in a fan shape from the four directions, east, west, north and south.
"These people all have a calm aura. They are obviously experts sent by the imperial court." Xiaotian thought to himself. "There are more than 50 people here, and they are no match for them."
Dugu Xiaotian's body spread out, like catkins in the wind, floating to the southwest.
The group in the southwest corner is led by Liu Hongsheng. In this group there is a master of the eighth level of internal strength, and the rest are all masters of the seventh level of internal strength.
"Huh?" Li Mingchang, who was at the eighth level of inner strength, shouted in a low voice, "Something's happening!" As soon as his voice fell, a black shadow passed over the heads of the surrounding experts.
Li Mingchang didn't hesitate anymore, shook his hand, and used the "starry sky" technique to shoot a cloud of iron caltrops at the black shadow.
Dugu Xiaotian's long sword danced, and the iron caltrops blew against the tree like the wind, being carried aside by a dark force.
Taking advantage of this gap, two masters of the seventh level of internal strength attacked Dugu Xiaotian from the left and right with one sword and one sword. "The swords and swords are combined, and the two are mutually reinforcing." The swords produced two completely opposite forces, which stirred up each other and hit Dugu Xiaotian.
sky.
"Big Wave Sword Style!" At this critical moment, Dugu Xiaotian did not dare to delay. He used the Hongmeng Jin of his long sword to face the attacking sword with a surging sword style.
"Bang!" The Pingtian Sword hit the shore like a huge wave, and the two forces offset each other. The two swordsmen were delighted. Suddenly, there was another inner force coming from the Pingtian Sword, "The sea is double folded."
wave"!
"Bang", the two masters were shaken by the second dark force and vomited blood and retreated, blocking the masters who continued to surround them. Several masters behind them quickly supported the two men.
Dugu Xiaotian relied on the force of the counter-shock on his sword, and disappeared into the dark night of the grassland with a whoosh like a breeze. Liu Hongsheng roared, and everyone hurriedly chased Xiaotian in the direction where he disappeared.
Three days later, Dugu Xiaotian was exhausted and sat next to a small natural oasis, doing exercises and regulating his breath.
The master group sent by the imperial court is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also has capable people who are good at tracking.
In the past few days, I encountered their pursuit many times. Although several people were seriously injured, I could never escape their pursuit.
"Xilulu", more than twenty brown wild horses came running beside the oasis. They didn't care about Xiaotian and drank the lake water.
"God help me!" Dugu Xiaotian filled his skin with water and jumped onto the back of the most majestic wild horse among the horses.
The wild horses on the grassland are extremely difficult to tame. Just as the wild horse was about to jump up and down, a hand firmly pressed its head. The laughing sky used Hongmeng Jin to subdue this majestic wild horse in a moment.
"Only by entering the desert can we escape their pursuit." Dugu Xiaotian thought to himself, and immediately pulled his horse's mane and galloped away to the north.
The leader of this group of wild horses was subdued by Xiaotian, and the other twenty or so wild horses also ran north with them.
After burning incense, a large group of people rushed to the small oasis. After the ambush that night, the follow-up support troops of Ouchi Jinyiwei had also arrived, bringing forty camels, fifty horses, tents, and food to Liu Hongsheng and others.
water etc.
"Helimu, investigate carefully!" Liu Hongsheng ordered.
After saying that, he turned around and saluted an old man with gray hair and a boyish face, "Master Zhang, let's rest here for a while until we can identify the traces of the criminal before we start chasing him." Hearing this, the old man nodded in agreement.
Master Zhang, whose real name is Zhang Shouren, is a famous figure in the Kongtong sect. His "Seven Injury Boxing" is unique in the martial arts world, and he is known as "the number one person in the capital".
"Sir!" Helimu investigated for a long time and found something. "The criminal encountered a herd of wild horses here. Judging from the hoof prints, there were about twenty horses. The criminal probably robbed the wild horses and headed north to enter.
The depths of the Great Gobi Desert are hiding from us.”
Liu Hongsheng frowned deeply when he heard this.
There is no human habitation within thousands of miles of the Great Gobi Desert, and there is a lack of water. Sandstorms are rampant, the sun is scorching during the day, and the bone-chilling cold is at night, making it extremely difficult to track.
After a long while, Zhang Shouren said slowly: "Although the Great Gobi Desert is extremely difficult for local Mongolians to survive, the criminal is highly skilled in martial arts and has profound internal strength, so his life is definitely not in danger."
Liu Hongsheng gritted his teeth and said, "All masters with inner strength level seven or above will take five local Mongolian guides and enter the desert together. The others will be on standby here."
At that moment, everyone was divided into two groups. Zhang Shouren and Liu Hongsheng led 20 masters with internal strength of level 7 or above, followed by five Mongolian guides, leading more than 30 camels, and continued to chase north. The remaining Jinyiwei experts and the Mongolian surrenderers