"You will enter as item a: the young master of Broken Water Villa, and the identities of your teammates will be generated based on this. Are you sure?"
"Yes." Bai Xiaowen said with narrowed eyes.
"The entry identity has been determined, and the elite challenge mission has been generated."
"Elite side mission: revenge, start."
"Mission goal: find out the culprit of the massacre at Duanshui Villa and eliminate him."
"Task difficulty: s."
"Task reward: unknown."
"Mission period: None (equal to the remaining time of your stay in the world of Sword Song Plane)."
Bai Xiaowen and the four others were stunned immediately.
"This... Duanshui Villa has been wiped out?" Li Shuyi murmured.
"Okay, I knew I wasn't that lucky." Qiao Rui shook her head.
Bai Xiaowen's brows widened instead and he said: "Shuyi, do you still remember the last time we took a ticket with the affix of 'famous family' and entered the world of Kane's plane?"
"Of course I remember."
"Last time we chose to enter as Lord Baishi. Being the lord of a territory sounds so majestic, but when we actually entered it, we realized that the Baishi Territory at that time was not even a village and was extremely poor."
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "This is because the identity drawn is a 'famous family', which only determines the family background without the corresponding power and status, so we will inevitably be assigned an identity that has lost its foundation, so that we cannot easily rely on our identity."
Borrow the power of figures from the spiritual world.”
"I knew I would choose the Huajian sect. At least I have the foundation." Qiao Rui said.
"Otherwise, the Huajian sect is probably in bad shape. Either there are two or three big and small kittens, or members of the same sect are killing each other. It won't let us get what we want," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "Actually, the destruction of Duanshui Villa is not a completely bad thing.
, after we enter, there will be no constraints on what we do, and we will naturally get sympathy points from the decent martial arts community... Don’t you think that in martial arts, the young man who takes a blood feud as soon as he appears is the template for the protagonist?"
"No, I remember there was a martial arts book in the AD era. In it, there was a young master from the escort agency. He was also involved in a blood feud as soon as he appeared on the scene. In the end, he committed suicide in order to practice swordsmanship. The protagonist of that book was not him." Li Shuyi said.
"Okay..." Bai Xiaowen shook his head and laughed, "Without further ado, let's choose a surname. Well, the Skelboom I have been using can no longer be used, so I will use the surname Bai, and still hide the middle character.
Just call me Bai Wen."
"My name is Li Yi." Li Shuyi followed suit. However, the rules of the spiritual world rejected it. Li Shuyi must use the same surname as Bai Xiaowen.
"Then let's call her Bai Yi." Li Shuyi pouted. She didn't feel it when using an English surname, but when using a Chinese surname, it was always a bit awkward with Bai Xiaowen's surname. Bai Xiaowen joked: "Why don't you call me Bai
Li..." Before she could finish her words, she was punched by Li Shuyi.
"The captain and I have the same surnames. A young master must have some maids to serve him. It is normal for a maid to take the master's surname." Qiao Rui blinked and chose the name "Bai Rui" without any hesitation.
"I don't dare to think of Sister Qiao as a human being." Bai Xiaowen laughed.
Finally, it was Han Xu. He thought for a moment in silence and chose the name "Bai Jiu" for himself.
After choosing the names, the rules of the spirit world automatically matched the identities of the other three people, who were all maids, servants and the like.
The void dissipated, and the White Phoenix team of four and two eagles officially entered this martial arts plane world called "Sword Song".
The smell of coke entered their noses. When they opened their eyes, they found flames hundreds of meters in front of them. There were constant shouts of "water leakage" and the noise of people.
Bai Xiaowen and the four looked at each other, and pieces of memories of the original owner floated in their minds. For a while, Qiao Rui, Li Shuyi and Han Xu closed their eyes and frowned slightly, absorbing and digesting these memory information.
Bai Xiaowen took a look around, and saw that the four people's default transformed appearance in the spirit world was a suit of powerful clothing, with four horses behind them, complete with saddles and harness. In addition, there were long bows and arrows hanging, and two white eagles followed them step by step.
Behind one of the horses hung several pheasants, hares, and the like, all of which were shot to death by arrows.
"Don't rush to recall the information about the original owner. Let's rush to the fire scene quickly." Bai Xiaowen stopped a few people in a low voice, "If my guess is correct, our original owners should have gone out hunting, so they escaped.
One disaster. The place where the fire broke out should be Duanshui Villa. People in this town probably recognize us. It goes against common sense to be stupid and not put out the fire when your house catches fire."
When an awakened person enters the spiritual world, it is best to pretend to be an aborigine. If you go against common sense, you may be exposed.
The four people got on their horses one after another, and the two white eagles flew into the sky with a chirp, and rushed towards the fire scene.
The voices behind me chased after him:
"Which company is the one that cheats?"
"Looking at the intensity of the fire, it must be the Bai family!"
"How could the Bai family be so careless and let the fire burn so hard, and not a single penny of the huge family fortune is left..." The words seemed to be regretful, but in fact they were a bit gloating.
Although Bai Xiaowen was galloping, he could hear it clearly. However, he ignored it. There are many people in this world who are looking for customers, few who help others, many who have malicious intentions, and few who are compassionate. Duanshui Villa is probably a wealthy local.
Having a household will inevitably make people jealous.
The four people rushed to the fire scene, only to see that the fire gradually became smaller, and the burned ruins were revealed, and everything was scorched black. It turned out that the villa had basically been incinerated into white ground, and the area around the Duanshui Villa was covered with ashes.
In the open space, there is no combustible material, and the flames are unable to sustain themselves.
Onlookers dressed in ancient clothes gathered around the fire scene and pointed. Bai Xiaowen whispered: "Shuyi and Sister Qiao stay, I will go in with Lao Han."
In full view of everyone, Bai Wen, the "young master of Broken Water Villa", rushed into the scene of the fire, followed by "loyal servant" Bai Jiu, which was quite reasonable. The idlers were talking to each other, while Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi looked at the horses.
While listening attentively to the discussions of the people around you.
Here Bai Xiaowen and Han Xu held their breath and rushed into the ruins, only to see charred corpses lying on the ground, their faces indistinguishable. All the rich and powerful people and their wealth were completely burned by the flames.
Bai Xiaowen and Han Xu looked at each other, with a hint of sadness in their eyes. It didn't matter if the family couldn't get the wealth, but how to get clues among the ashes was really a headache.
"Judging from the layout of the dilapidated house, this should be the middle courtyard, and after passing the middle gate, it should be the backyard." Bai Xiaowen walked through a burnt black arch. "The backyard has the most charred corpses. If there are no charred corpses here,
Clues are hard to find."
Han Xu followed silently, walked to a rockery, and suddenly said: "There are traces here."
Bai Xiaowen walked over and found that the rockery was located in a small pond. Although the fire spread, it only evaporated a lot of water in the pond and did not damage the rockery. On the rockery, there were traces of being chopped with several sharp weapons, which looked like new.
Bai Xiaowen looked carefully and suddenly walked around the small pond and soon reached the shady side of the rockery. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This is it. Old Han is here to help."
In the shady side of the pool, there was a floating corpse. It looked like an ordinary servant in a brocade robe and jade belt. The blood from the floating corpse had dried up, dyeing the nearby pool water red.
With Han Xu's help, Bai Xiaowen fished out the floating corpse and placed it on the ground.
The floating corpse was slightly wrinkled by the soaking, but its appearance could still be seen. It was a middle-aged man in his forties, with three long beards, a face full of fear, and a pair of eyes that had never been closed.
"It's a bit similar to your default transformed appearance." Han Xu said.
Bai Xiaowen realized clearly in his heart and said: "This should be me, the cheap daddy who cuts through the identity... In the memory of the original owner, the owner of Duanshui Villa is named Bai Hanjiang. He has made a big name in Hebei with his Duanshui Sword Technique. He is known as
'One sword cuts off the river'. Unexpectedly, we still couldn't save the whole family."
Han Xu didn't know how to respond to Bai Xiaowen's emotion, so he simply remained silent and carefully inspected Bai Hanjiang's body.
"Both arms were broken...leg bones were also broken. There were bruises all over the body, but the fatal injury was on the chest."
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "Old Han, you still missed a little bit." He lifted up Bai Hanjiang's sleeves.
Han Xu was shocked. It turned out that Bai Hanjiang's left and right palms and two thumbs had been cut off with sharp tools, exposing the thick phalanges.
Bai Xiaowen looked at the place where his finger was broken, thoughtfully. He straightened up, took a few steps back to observe the rockery, and seemed to be calculating the direction.
A few seconds later, Bai Xiaowen suddenly walked to the right, groping among the charred ruins of bricks and stones. Han Xu didn't understand his intention, but he was always taciturn, so Bai Xiaowen didn't take the initiative to say anything, nor did he ask, but walked over to help.
Bai Xiaowen pushed aside the rocks and broken bricks.
"Word!" Han Xu pushed aside a piece of collapsed earth and stone and said suddenly.
Bai Xiaowen's sharp eyes have already seen clearly that this is a "name" written in blood, about the size of a fist.
"There must be some text next to it." Bai Xiaowen pulled away the earth and rocks to the right and got another word "empty". Han Xu also came to help and quickly cleared away all the earth and rocks near the wall. Suddenly a line of text appeared, from
From right to left, they form one sentence:
"A sword cuts a river, and a wave gains a false reputation."
On the far right side of the eight characters, there is a skull painted with blood, which is quite charming. What is even stranger is that there is a blood sword pattern inserted diagonally on the skull.
"It seems that this is the biggest clue." Bai Xiaowen took a deep look at the wall and imprinted the portrait and the text in his mind.
Although the backyard was large, when I searched everywhere, I could only see charred corpses and no other clues. After about a quarter of an hour, the fire was extinguished. Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi led four horses while calling "Master"
, while walking into the ruins.
Bai Xiaowen laughed and said, "You guys got into the act pretty quickly."
"How's it going? Did you find any clues?" Qiao Rui asked.
Bai Xiaowen's breath-holding time has expired. He breathed the air of the embers of the fire and coughed slightly. He waved his hands and said: "Don't talk about these things yet, this is not the place to talk. Let's dig a grave and bury all the dead bodies in the villa."
"
"You have good intentions." Li Shuyi said.
Qiao Rui shook her head: "Burying these people is a matter of course. To ignore them is to be deviant and to be looked down upon."
Li Shuyi suddenly realized: "We forgot that our identity is from the Villa."
Bai Xiaowen said while digging a hole: "Since I have the background of the young master of this villa, and later I want to get the sympathy of the decent martial arts community, of course I have to put in some work. According to our ancient Chinese tradition, death is the most important thing, and burial is the most important thing. If we continue to
If you can't do this, you will probably be stabbed in the spine and scolded as a wolf."
The four of them worked together for two hours, and finally dug a large tomb. A total of twenty-four corpses, including Bai Hanjiang, were moved into it, covered with new soil, and tombstones were erected.
Bai Xiaowen kneaded some earth to make incense, and the four of them knelt down and kowtowed. A heavy and solemn feeling arose, and several of them assumed their identities. Thinking of the dead bodies, they unconsciously felt a sense of hatred for the murderer.
Only Bai Xiaowen didn't feel this way. As the brains of the team, calmness is his top priority and he would naturally not be disturbed by abnormal emotions.
"As the young master of the villa, I didn't get any gold or silver, but fortunately I have four horses, which can be sold for a good price. Anyway, let's leave this town first." Bai Xiaowen said.
Everyone in this town "knows" the young master Bai Wen. If he stays here, he will have to pretend to be sad and sad all the time. Bai Xiaowen is not an actor, so leaving is of course the best option.
"Where are we going?" Li Shuyi asked.
"If you go to a nearby big city, the more densely populated the better." Bai Xiaowen said.
The four cavalrymen quickly left the town. Amidst the discussions of the townspeople, puffs of smoke and dust were raised and quickly disappeared.
At noon that day, four members of the White Phoenix team rode horses and arrived at Luanzhou City. Bai Xiaowen found a horse market, sold the horses, and got some money, but they all said "cannot be taken out of this plane." This is normal.
Bai Xiaowen and the other three went to Cloth Village to make a mourning robe and put it on.
"It's bad luck, bad luck." Li Shuyi sighed twice.
Bai Xiaowen still had a hemp rope wrapped around his waist and a white cloth band on his head. He said helplessly on the team channel: "Just pretend to be in a TV series."
"Captain, where are we going now?" Qiao Rui asked in the team channel.
"The most lively place in Luanzhou City. It doesn't matter just teahouses or restaurants." Bai Xiaowen said.
The largest restaurant in Luanzhou City is located on Xiushui Street in the south of the city and is called "Taibai Tower".
Bai Xiaowen and the four of them entered the restaurant. A waiter had already come up to him, nodded and bowed, and said with a smile on his face: "Sir, please sit here. What would you like?"
Bai Xiaowen sat down, and Qiao Rui and Han Xu stood behind him. Li Shuyi was about to sit down, but was pulled by Qiao Rui without leaving any trace, and she had to stand up angrily.
Bai Xiaowen suppressed his laughter, but his face was filled with pain, and his voice was hoarse and low: "The villa has undergone great changes, and you are still willing to follow it, which shows your loyalty. From now on, you and I don't need to care about the difference between master and servant, let's sit together."
Qiao Rui still wanted to say something, but Li Shuyi immediately said: "Yes, Master." She sat down politely.