Volume 1: Storm in the Western Region Chapter 93: The Power of Prediction
Looking at the face under the mask, Zhao Rang had no reaction.
Instead, it was the other party who spoke first and asked:
"You already knew this?"
Zhao Rang responded with a smile:
"It can't be earlier, but at least before you come, I know you will take action sooner or later."
Under the mask, it was the deputy shopkeeper who had been busy around Zhao Rang these past few days.
"When did you find out?"
Zhao Rang thought for a while and said:
"Since the first time I tested you, you have shown a total of three kinds of skills. The first is knife skills, and the second is short fighting and grappling."
"What about the third type?"
Zhao Rang stopped abruptly, and the deputy shopkeeper asked.
"The third type is your brain!"
From the beginning to the end, the deputy shopkeeper acted too calmly. An ordinary clerk, even if he had some cultivation, would never be able to do what he did when encountering such an earth-shattering event. Zhao Rang asked himself, even if
Not even myself!
To be able to do this, you either don't care, or you know all the details. Otherwise, how could you not even be a little panicked?
The deputy shopkeeper lowered his head and looked at the Ghost King mask that he threw on the ground, and then looked at Zhao Rang. He unscrewed the bottom end of the sword hilt with his left hand, took out a small dark purple pill from it, pinched it on his fingertips, and said to Zhao Rang
said:
"This is Tongtianwan."
Zhao Rang squinted his eyes and took a closer look. He thought it was just an ordinary pill, nothing special.
"Although I expected that you should be one of Hong Jiang's, I didn't expect that like Shen Liushu, you would take the Tongtian Pill and completely betray yourself."
There was a hint of regret in Zhao Rang's words.
Basically, he felt that the deputy shopkeeper was a pretty good person.
Even if he is a Hong Jiang person, belongs to the Broken God Religion, and stands on the opposite side of himself, it is still good.
But now Zhao Rang doesn't think so.
Because people who have taken Tongtian Pills can no longer be considered human beings.
"I don't."
The deputy shopkeeper did not acknowledge what Zhao Rang said, but he did not use a rebuttal tone. His words were as cold and lonely as his expression.
"I'm not from the Broken God Cult, I just made a deal with Hong Jiang."
"Tongtianwan?"
Zhao Rang asked.
This time the deputy shopkeeper nodded and said:
"I help her with things, and she gives me Tongtian Pills."
Zhao Rang didn't believe it anymore and said with a sneer:
"How can there be room for this thing to be contaminated? The so-called transaction is your excuse to comfort yourself, right?"
The deputy shopkeeper still shook his head, raised his head, threw the Tongtian Pill into his mouth, swallowed it, and then explained:
"Tongtianwan can give me what I want. Hongjiang can't, and neither can the divine religion, so it's just a transaction, not an excuse!"
In just one sentence, the deputy shopkeeper's expression changed into a gentle smile, as if he was enjoying the caress of his lover.
Zhao Rang knew that Tongtian Pill was at work, but he didn't know what the deputy shopkeeper wanted!
He only noticed that the sword energy that was crisscrossing the deputy shopkeeper's body shattered with a "click" when a smile appeared on his face, like a sharp cone breaking through the ice!
Instead, it was Ling Yun’s sword intent!
The sword edge was slightly sideways, beauty and cruelty intertwined with each other.
The deputy shopkeeper slashed at Zhao Rang with his sword, but before it reached him, the tip of the sword suddenly dropped, and with a strong stroke in the puddle on the ground, a curtain of water was raised, standing in front of Zhao Rang, covering him
Sight.
Zhao Rang hurriedly dodged sideways, but saw that the tip of the sword had pierced the water curtain and was waiting where he wanted to dodge just now.
Fortunately, Zhao Rang stopped in time, otherwise it would be no different than committing suicide!
After discovering that Zhao Rang had discovered his intentions, the deputy shopkeeper no longer held back.
The long sword was swung in the air, and a long electric light flashed in front of Zhao Rang's eyes, which made his eyes hurt as if they had been stung by a bee.
However, in the midst of the lightning and flint, Zhao Rang still dodged this lightning-fast sword.
But when he just regained his vision, he saw the deputy shopkeeper's other hand was like a tiger's claw, grabbing him head-on.
Zhao Rang held the scabbard with both hands, pushed it out suddenly, and got stuck in Shopkeeper Fu's tiger's mouth. Then, with a surge of energy, he knocked back the tiger's claw on his hand!
Just as he was about to draw his sword, the opponent didn't give Zhao Rang any room to breathe.
Moreover, even though he had a sword in his hand, the deputy shopkeeper just bullied him. It was really against common sense.
Zhao Rang's cultivation is all about the blade. Facing an opponent who is good at playing cautiously, he will really not be able to gain favor!
From the moment the sword tip pierced the water curtain just now, Zhao Rang had a vague feeling, as if his thoughts could be directly seen by the opponent, and he restrained himself just right every time he made his killing move.
Thinking of this, Zhao Rang suddenly had an idea.
He saw the deputy shopkeeper leaning over and rolling over, rushing towards him, trying to clamp his waist.
This is a capture method that can quickly defeat the enemy.
While lowering his body, he could not only avoid Zhao Rang's counterattack, but also use his own momentum to rush forward, making Zhao Rang unstable and unable to draw his sword!
If it can be done, Zhao Rang can be captured in one fell swoop, locked under his body, and then use the technique of dividing the muscles and bones to completely lose Zhao Rang's ability to use needles.
Obviously, compared to swordsmanship, the deputy shopkeeper is more confident in his short fighting and grappling.
But the idea Zhao Rang came up with was nothing.
When the deputy shopkeeper rushed towards him, he felt empty in his heart and stood upright, as if he was unable to react to the sudden collision.
When the deputy shopkeeper's fingertips had touched Zhao Rang's clothes, he suddenly drew his sword, rose into the air, turned around with a strange python, mobilized all his strength, and struck hard!
Then he changed the sword to a backhand grip, so that it can be used both offensively and defensively, just like the blade is hidden behind the back, and the sword can be drawn out quickly, especially for the deputy shopkeeper's close-fitting style!
Now all he had to do was wait for the deputy shopkeeper to clamp his arms around his waist, and then Zhao Rang could stab him from above, stabbing him to the core!
Unexpectedly, the deputy shopkeeper actually changed his moves in the air. He used his left hand on the ground to hold the sword in one hand, and held the sword in his backhand. He made a horizontal move behind his back, just in time to stop Zhao Rang's stabbing blade!
Zhao Rang was shocked and quickly used his body skills to retreat repeatedly to distance himself from him.
The deputy shopkeeper stood up calmly, shook off the rainwater on his hands, and said:
"I can see all your next moves, whether you think about it or not! This is what Tongtian Wan brings to me, this is the ultimate martial arts realm I pursue!"
"As long as I have Tongtian Pill, I can see how you want to use the sword. I can even see the light of my sword blooming in your pupils, and then cut off your nose! Hahaha..."
The deputy shopkeeper is already a bit crazy.
If what he said had been put in front of him, Zhao Rang would definitely have scoffed at it, but just now he really felt it...
Could it be that if you take Tongtian Pills, you can master a secret? Otherwise, how could he predict in advance what he was thinking in his heart and what he would do at the next moment?