At the foot of Xiguguan Mountain, a small town inn.
At this time, the atmosphere at Liang Sheng's table was a little awkward, because the food ordered by the caravan had not been served yet, but they had traveled for another day and were already hungry and thirsty. A confidant guard looked at the food in front of him and couldn't help but swallow it.
Swallow your saliva.
Seeing this, Liang Sheng couldn't help but smile and said: "Since this brother you said you are willing to help me pay for the wine, if you don't mind that I have already eaten, then let's eat together."
After saying that, Liang Sheng directly picked up the wine pot and filled the wine glasses with wine in front of several people. Seeing this, the owner of the caravan did not hesitate and immediately expressed his thanks, then picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.
happy.
He is also a free and easy person.
Since the owner of the caravan had already drank, the two guards were no longer polite. As soon as the men drank the wine, the atmosphere immediately became more lively. At this time, the owner of the caravan also started to talk.
The owner of the caravan was polite at first, but for some reason the conversation didn't stop, and the close guards didn't even feel anything was wrong at this moment.
He is the eldest son of a big family in the southwest. His surname is Chu Mingchen. This time he is transporting bulk goods to the north. Today, he walked to the small town of Xiguguan. It was already getting late and heavy rain was approaching, so he planned to rest for the night in Xiguguan.
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However, when Chu Chen talked about his eldest son's identity, he couldn't help but feel a hint of bitterness in the corner of his mouth, and the wine in his glass felt a little bitter.
Then the food ordered by the caravan began to come out and was brought to the table by the innkeepers one after another. Liang Sheng and Chu Chen’s master and servant continued to eat and drink together. For some reason, Chu Chen became more and more happy as they chatted. If it weren’t for the last trace of reason, he might not even be able to eat and drink together.
I have to tell the details of my family.
When he was full of wine and food, Liang Sheng stopped his chopsticks and said with a smile: "I learned a lot from what Brother Chu said. Since we are so close to each other and Brother Chu is ready to help me pay for the meal, I can't help but express my gratitude."
As he said that, he took out an exquisite talisman from his sleeve and handed it to Chu Chen, "This is the amulet I asked for from the eminent monk. I heard that it can help you calm down after being illuminated. I think Brother Chu seems to have no energy recently."
Sleep well, but it comes in handy."
Chu Chen was about to refuse, after all it was just a meal, but Liang Sheng had already patted the talisman on Chu Chen's hand, and then the other party really didn't pay, and then directly asked the innkeeper for a room and went upstairs to rest.
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Before going upstairs, Liang Sheng smiled and said to Chu Chen, "Brother Chu, my talisman is really useful after being turned on. You will definitely be able to sleep peacefully tonight."
Seeing this, Chu Chen accepted it and took a look at the talisman paper in his hand. There was nothing special about it, so he stuffed it into his sleeve without paying much attention to it. He then happily helped Liang Sheng pay for the food and drinks.
At this time, when he sat down again, he was shocked to realize that something was wrong. He actually said so much to a stranger. This was not like his original character.
Are you feeling too stressed recently? Do you want to talk to a stranger to relieve the stress accumulated in your heart?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, the eldest son of the Southwest family, ha.
Liang Sheng had returned to the inn room at this time, but he was still sighing. He didn't expect that there were such similar people in the world. Is there really reincarnation? Or are they just similar flowers in the world?
Liang Sheng had no answer at the moment, but his memory began to surge, and then a name emerged in his mind——
Zhang Rongjun......
This name is really too old. This Chu Chen is almost exactly the same as the young Zhang Rongjun, even the habit of holding up the chopsticks with his little finger when eating is exactly the same.
That's why he was stunned when he saw the other person before. Originally, he was planning to leave Xiguguan today. Although the heavy rain was approaching, how could he get close to him?
But because Chu Chen's appearance aroused his emotions, he planned to stay for one night. Although things were different and people might just resemble a flower, it was still considered a "meeting of old friends."
Furthermore, the other party talked so much under his own mental induction, and he seemed to be in some trouble. Since he encountered it, he could solve it casually, which would be regarded as settling the cause and effect.
After all, I don’t have many friends, Zhang Rongjun is one of them...
On the other side, Chu Chen was also confused at this moment. The other party was young and had no luggage. He originally thought that the other party was a guest who had already stayed at the inn.
But the other party only asked for a room from the shopkeeper after dinner. This is a bit unreasonable. If he is traveling a long distance, how can he not have luggage?
But if it’s not a long journey, then why stay in an inn instead of going home?
This town is not big, and Chu Chen's caravan has a lot of people eating and drinking, which is a lot of wealth for the innkeeper. Since they came in, the innkeeper's smile has not stopped.
Therefore, with Chu Chen's ability to make lies after traveling all over the country for many years, and the shopkeeper's desire to please this big customer, he could easily trick him into saying something.
In fact, the shopkeeper is not familiar with Brother Liang who is sharing the table at all, and he only arrived today. It seems that the other party may also have some problems.
Although the other party seemed to have no problem after just having dinner, the goods this time were a bit special, so Chu Chen still had to be careful.
"Let the brothers be more alert at night. I have a bad feeling. I'm afraid something might happen at night. As long as we reach Kyoto safely this time, I won't treat the brothers badly."
"Yes, Master."
Then, Chu Chen returned to his room, looked at the gloomy sky, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
I'm afraid it will rain heavily tonight.
night.
Liang Sheng was not sleeping at the moment. It was already pouring rain outside, and he stood quietly looking out the window at the vast dark night, listening to the patter of rain hitting the roof, but the rain seemed to be blocked by an invisible force and could not enter at all.
room.
In the inn yard, the guards of Chu Chen's caravan were patrolling outside the inn to prevent problems with the carriage cargo that had been wrapped in oilcloth.
At this moment, there was a thunder, and then the sky and the earth suddenly became bright.
Liang Sheng's eyes seemed to have penetrated the vast night, looking at the group of people in raincoats sprinting towards them from the distance.
Their purpose was very clear and they came straight to the small town inn. Among the caravans, the guards were still patrolling in rotation and did not dare to be careless at all. However, the rain was getting heavier and heavier.
The heavy rain has arrived, and it will be a murderous night.
…
Chu Chen was sleeping, and he didn't know what kind of nightmare he had. He suddenly opened his eyes and gasped for air.
After waking up, he thought of the talisman given by Liang Sheng and what the other party said, and couldn't help but shake his head.
How can I sleep peacefully tonight?
He suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and since he was not sleepy at the moment, he got up, touched the oil lamp, lit it, and walked out with the oil lamp.
The confidant guards who were already guarding the door were immediately alert. When they saw the young master coming out, they were relieved but also a little confused.
"Let's go out with me and take a look."
"Yes, Master."
No one among the caravan guards in the yard was lazy, but took turns to rest. When the guards on patrol saw someone approaching, they immediately became alert and raised their long swords.
"who?"
When they saw it was Chu Chen and the others, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief and saluted quickly.
"Master."
"Are you okay?"
"No problem, the goods have been wrapped tightly in tarpaulin, and there was no movement tonight. There shouldn't be any unexpected situations."
"That's good."
Chu Chen couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Unless he died, there couldn't be any problems with the goods. This was a gift he wanted to give to an important person in Kyoto, so there couldn't be any mistakes.
At this moment, there was another thunder, followed by a burst of silver light. Chu Chen had already turned around and was about to go back to the house, when he saw a dark shadow out of the corner of his eye.
"who?"
In an instant, Chu Chen was alert, holding an oil lamp and turned to the corner where the black shadow appeared just now, wanting to see what was going on.
"Master, don't move. Xiao Li, you go over and take a look first. Be careful."
The confidant guard stopped Chu Chen and immediately ordered the guard who was patrolling just now to go over and take a look. Xiao Li immediately walked over there after hearing this.
As soon as they reached the corner, a silver light shot straight up. The guard didn't react at all, and his body was separated directly. The head fell to the ground and blood soaked the ground along with the rain.
What a fast knife!
"Enemy attack!"
Chu Chen's confidant guards immediately shouted a frantic warning, and the patrolling caravan guards immediately became confused. The guards who had been taking turns to rest were sleeping in their clothes. At this time, they also grabbed their weapons and jumped up.
In the inn, the shopkeeper and the waiter were also hiding in the backyard and shivering. The guard's voice just now also woke them up.
But they don't dare to come out now, for fear of seeing something they shouldn't see and getting into big trouble.
At this time, the joy of meeting the big customer during the day has disappeared. The innkeeper just prays to the gods to protect him and never run into big trouble.
When the conversation turned to Chu Chen, as they gave a warning, the person hiding in the darkness simply stopped hiding and walked out directly.
They were all dressed in raincoats and their faces were covered with black scarves, so their faces couldn't be seen clearly, but Chu Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"Guard Gao, I didn't expect you to come too."
The person taking the lead on the opposite side suddenly straightened his body, then relaxed again. He no longer concealed his identity and directly pulled off his scarf.
"Young Master, I'm just following orders. Don't blame me."
"Haha, I don't blame you. You were the bodyguard of my Chu family who assassinated me. I don't blame you hahahaha!"
At this moment, Chu Chen suddenly bent over with laughter, laughing so hard that he burst into tears, and then his laughter suddenly stopped.
"Are you a guard of my Chu family, or a lackey of that bitch!?"
Hearing this, Gao Wei could only remain silent, but he raised the knife in his hand and rushed towards Chu Chen.
The others behind him immediately rushed towards Chu Chen's guards as if their machines were wound up, filled with murderous intent.
The next moment, Gao Weiwei's sword slashed straight at Chu Chen, but was blocked by Chu Chen's guard. However, when Gao Weiwei saw this, he smiled ferociously.
Chu Chen's close guards instantly felt something was wrong, but they couldn't react at all. Then an unparalleled force hit every part of his body along the long knife.
Then he flew out directly, and before his consciousness fell into darkness, he only had time to yell: "The eighth level of the day after tomorrow! When did you break through!?"
When Chu Chen heard this, his body went cold. Gao Weiwei had actually broken through to the eighth level of the acquired world. At this time, Gao Weiwei did not look at the guard who was knocked away by him. Instead, he looked at Chu Chen and said softly:
"Master, don't blame me. My wife asked me to break through to the eighth level of the acquired world. I have to listen to her instructions. Don't worry, Master, my sword is very fast and you won't feel any pain."
The next moment, the sword flashed like silver light. He was indeed not lying. The sword was very fast. However, Chu Chen moved his body and dodged the sword.
Um?
When Gao Wei saw this, he couldn't help but couldn't believe it. Only then did he pay attention to Chu Chen. Chu Chen said in surprise: "The seventh level of the day after tomorrow!? Master, you hide it so deeply!"
But Chu Chen had a wry smile on his face. Even though he had hidden his clumsiness so far, he still couldn't escape the woman's pursuit. What could he do?
Then he saw that Gao Wei was no longer holding back, and this time Chu Chen couldn't escape at all, so he subconsciously closed his eyes and waited for death.
I still can’t escape after all!
Immediately afterwards, the long knife exploded, Gao Wei's whole body was shaken violently, and he flew out involuntarily and fell to the ground.
How can this be?
Chu Chen didn't feel any pain as he expected, so he couldn't help but open his eyes in confusion. At this time, he looked at the slight light around him, and he was full of confusion.
Then he seemed to remember something, reached into his sleeves, and took out a piece of talisman paper, which was shining with a faint light.
Turns out that’s it!
At this time, he remembered what Liang Sheng had said before that he would have a good dream, and suddenly realized that he had met a strange person?
But soon the sound of the battlefield brought him back to reality. Gao Weifei was still lying on the ground motionless. He didn't know why he felt angry in his heart, which made him pick up the knife of a dead guard on the ground and walk towards Gao Weifei step by step.
Of course, the enemy and we who were fighting together unexpectedly stopped with a tacit understanding. They all looked at Chu Chen and saw that his whole body was shining with light. Under the heavy rain, he did not even get a trace of rain.
miracle!
Some timid masked men knelt down directly, and the next moment, all the masked men knelt down.
Because Chu Chen chopped Gao Weiwei with one knife!
The master of the eighth level acquired died so easily!
Chu Chen held the knife at this time and continued walking step by step without stopping. The next moment he raised the knife and dropped it, throwing another human head high!
Finally, some masked men reacted, but Chu Chen, who no longer hides himself in the seventh level of the day after tomorrow, combined with the dim light around him, how could he let them escape?
In the end, all the masked men died, and the guards' adoring eyes focused on Chu Chen. Chu Chen did not look at them, but walked towards the confidant who had been in front of him and was shot away by the high guard.
At this time, the confidant guard opened his eyes angrily, but there was no sound at all. Chu Chen gently used his hand to help him close his eyes, then stood up and was silent for a moment.
"Clean it up, don't scare the innkeeper, and burn the brothers' bodies into ashes as much as possible. We want to take them home."
"Yes, young master."
The guards were treating Chu Chen like a god. At this moment, the glimmer of light on Chu Chen's body finally disappeared. He wanted to go find Liang Sheng, but finally stopped in front of his door.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth and prepared to knock on the door, but as soon as his hand touched the door, the door opened automatically and it was already empty inside.
But there was only a jade bottle and a note on the table.
"After this separation, the cause and effect of old friends has been broken. Don't think about who I am and treat it like a chance meeting..."
Old friend?
When he saw the first few sentences on the note, he was a little confused. He couldn't remember where he and the master had met.
But when he read the end of the note, he no longer cared so much about it, because the note explained what was in the jade bottle.
Barrier breaking pill!
It allows people to have a chance of breaking through the innate realm in the ninth level of acquired life. If it fails, it will be half a step to innate. Then there is another barrier-breaking pill that can definitely break through the innate realm.
Chu Chen opened the jade bottle and looked at the ten barrier-breaking pills. He did not doubt that they were poison. After all, why would he lie to himself with the other party's magical methods?
In shock, he almost couldn't help shouting to the sky. His long-cherished wish for many years was finally fulfilled today.
Bitch, go to hell!
Thanks to the second cute newbie for the 100 point reward, pen refill