At this moment, apart from the pain caused by the long sword that penetrated his right lung, Lin Ji felt the continuous loss of energy and blood in his body.
His whole aura shrank at an extremely fast speed, and even his soul closed his eyes in his dantian, as if resisting something.
"What's going on?" Lin Ji's pupils narrowed and he looked at the man with the Chinese character face in front of him.
He couldn't figure out what was wrong. The other person was obviously only in the day travel realm, but facing this person, how could his body suddenly become so unresponsive.
Soon, the Chinese-character face pulled out the long sword, bringing out blood foam. Lin Ji's body no longer had any support, and he had to kneel on the ground.
"Ahem."
"Those who steal the Holy Fire can only atone for their sins with their lives." said the Chinese character face.
But just as he was raising his sword and preparing to kill Lin Ji, a generous figure suddenly stood in front of Lin Ji.
It's Qin Jinsong.
Previously, Guozilian's attack was too sudden, and no one expected that Lin Ji would be unable to resist.
But when Qin Jinsong came to Lin Ji, he didn't make a move. Instead, he seemed to be frozen in place.
At the same time, Lu Nanting also arrived...
But he didn't have any scruples. He held a large sword without a scabbard in his hand and fell from the sky.
The sword fell, and the phantom of the sword, which was more than ten meters long, flickered faintly. He shot with all his strength.
The edge of this knife was extremely powerful, and the blade's light was filled with such extreme bloody murderous intent that the faces of several people present turned pale.
"It's so murderous. My father-in-law is so powerful." Lin Ji had already stepped aside, healing his wounds while marveling at Lu Nanting's methods.
On the other side, Qin Jinsong also had to retreat.
The man with the Chinese character raised his sword horizontally and faced the huge sword shadow.
There was a loud noise and dust flew up.
The figure with the Chinese character face flew out upside down, with blood stains on the corners of his mouth.
With one strike, Lu Nanting was not ready to give up, and soon pursued him again.
"Hmph! There are differences even though we are both traveling on a day trip. Although I don't know what method you used to hurt Lin Ji, but in front of me, you will not have any more luck this night!"
As soon as the words fell, Lu Nanting had already arrived in front of Guo Zilian.
His sword skills were wide open and closed, and every time the sword fell, a scarlet afterimage flashed out. In just a few breaths, the Chinese-character face was already a little tired of dealing with it.
Although there were no injuries on his body, looking at the way he was fighting and retreating but unwilling to escape, it seemed that defeat would be a matter of seconds.
Soon, Lu Nanting found an opportunity and landed a knife on Guozilian's chest.
Blood spattered everywhere, and the knife wound directly penetrated Guozixian's upper body. He fell to the ground, breathing heavily.
But just when Lu Nanting was about to ruthlessly destroy the Chinese character face, Qin Jinsong suddenly appeared in front of the Chinese character face.
"Huh? What are you doing?" Lu Nanting's sword stopped.
"I recognize this guy." Qin Jinsong smiled bitterly.
"Do you recognize it?" Lu Nanting was startled.
Qin Jinsong asked Lu Nanting to calm down, and then turned back to look at the face with the Chinese character lying on the ground.
At the same time, the man with the Chinese character also looked at Qin Jinsong. The knife wound on his chest was still bleeding, but there was a smile on his face.
"Long time no see, Jinsong."
"What are you doing?" Qin Jinsong sighed.
"Brother Zhang."
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Beiguan City, Yunzhou General Office.
Guozi Lian has been locked up in a cell, his cultivation level has been banned, and there are doctors from Supervisor Tiansi watching over him. He can't escape, and he can't die.
Qin Jinsong took Lin Ji and Lu Nanting back to the meeting hall.
"He is Zhang Jing, the chief arrester of Yunzhou thirty years ago, and my former immediate boss." Qin Jinsong said with a hint of nostalgia in his tone.
As he spoke, he looked at Lin Ji again, then suddenly stood up and bowed to Lin Ji.
"Master Qin, what are you doing..." Lin Ji was stunned and wanted to avoid this gift.
But Qin Jinsong was resolute and even used his spiritual energy to restrain Lin Ji.
This restriction was of course a no-brainer in Lin Ji's eyes, but he did not resist and waited for the next step.
"Brother Lin, do you remember what happened to Zhang Qixian?" Qin Jinsong said after saluting.
"Is it a green pear fruit?"
Qin Jinsong nodded and said: "I deceived Brother Lin about this matter. The green pear fruit does have the effect of increasing one's cultivation, but more importantly, this fruit can make people pure and quiet, without distracting thoughts."
"Zhang Qixian took the fruit in advance to save people."
Hearing this, Lin Ji and Lu Nanting looked at each other but neither spoke.
Qin Jinsong continued: "This matter is also related to me. Back then, I was a small catcher in the county below Yunzhou. Thanks to Chief Inspector Zhang Jing, I was transferred to Beiguan City and became his catcher.
head."
"I won't go into details about what happened in between. Later, my cultivation progressed rapidly, and I broke through to the fifth realm in a few years. At that time, Mr. Zhang had just broken through from the fourth realm to the fifth realm."
"It happened that when the original Yunzhou town official retired, I was designated as the successor, but the superiors only gave Zhang Jing a star, and he was not even allowed to take orders."
It was simple to say this, but Lin Ji knew that the real thing would definitely not be such a few words, and there might be many hidden secrets in it.
It is impossible to say that Qin Jinsong's identity as a member of the Qin family was also at play.
"This matter was extremely unfair to Zhang Jing. He was bent on climbing the ladder, but in the end he was stepped on by me, a latecomer, so he became dissatisfied, resigned and left."
Speaking of this, Qin Jinsong shook his head and said: "I thought he went south, but who would have thought that he went north to Beihuang and joined the Holy Fire Sect."
"Is this related to the Holy Fire Cult?" Lin Ji's brows suddenly wrinkled.
Qin Jinsong nodded and said, "Brother Lin, does he have a holy fire on his body?"
This matter was originally a secret, but the fact that he had been to the Holy Fire Secret Realm would not be hidden from the third-grade town officials, so it was not surprising that Qin Jinsong knew about it.
"have."
"That's right." Qin Jinsong said, "Zhang Jing is the fire seeker of the Holy Fire Sect. His purpose is to recover the lost holy fire, so it is natural for you to find Brother Lin."
Hearing this, Lin Ji didn't think anything was wrong at first.
But Lu Nanting’s expression changed on the side.
Lin Ji may have only a little knowledge of things going on in the north, but as the general of Zhenbei, Lu Nanting naturally knows much more than Lin Ji.
"Is Zhang Jing the fire seeker?!" Lu Nanting stood up suddenly, his expression extremely ugly.
Qin Jinsong sighed.
"Why, is there any trouble in this matter?" Lin Ji was startled by Lu Nanting's reaction.
Lu Nanting looked at Lin Ji and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"The matter is related to the Holy Fire Cult and the Fire Seekers...trouble?"
"It's more than just trouble! It may not be anything to us, but to you... it's a big trouble!"