Facing Yongzhen's question in a soft tone, Lu Xiao shrugged indifferently: "I just wanted to go to Mount Kumgang Xianfeng Temple to watch the sunrise tomorrow morning. On the way, I happened to see a strange little man trying to climb the tower.
side."
"Short?"
Yongzhen's expression became heavy: "Luanbo people? Where are the others?"
Lu Xiao pointed behind him with his thumb: "When I called him from behind, the short man seemed to be suddenly startled. He accidentally slipped and fell into the depths of the valley. I was very happy about this.
Feel sorry."
Lu Xiao's black humorous jokes obviously did not convince Yongzhen. The elegant pharmacist looked at Lu Xiao with increasingly wary eyes.
"You can easily defeat the Luanbo people in Xianfeng Temple. I guess you are not an ordinary person."
"Let me ask again, what is your purpose in approaching Lord Kuro?"
Lu Xiao rolled his eyes and jumped off the bookshelf.
His actions aroused Yongzhen's alert, and Miss Pharmacist suddenly pulled out a short knife from under her wide sleeves, pointing the blade directly at Lu Xiao.
"Don't get excited, I really have no ill intentions, and I have no interest in your Long Yin's power to steal your head."
Looking past Yongzhen who was standing in front of Jiulang, Lu Xiao turned his attention to Longyin Yuzi, who looked puzzled.
"Kuroro, right?"
"Um."
"I want to ask you a question."
Lu Xiao knelt down to look level with Jiulang, and at the same time expressed his attitude to Yongzhen in this seemingly unguarded posture.
"You seem to be very disgusted with the power of Dragon Yin that you possess. Have you ever thought about getting rid of this power and returning to an ordinary life?"
Jiulang's dim eyes suddenly lit up, but then he smiled bitterly: "Of course I have thought about it, but it is simply impossible."
"The Yuzi who possesses the power of Dragon Yin and those who receive the blessing from Yuzi cannot die. They can only linger in the world forever and become the focus of competition between all parties."
Lu Xiao smiled kindly at Jiulang, and glanced at Yongzhen with a meaningful look: "Long Yin's power can indeed give people immortality, but everything in the world will have things that are mutually reinforcing and incompatible.
.”
"Long Yin's power is no exception...right, Miss Yongzhen?"
Yongzhen's eyes flickered when he looked at Lu Xiao: "Who...are you?"
Lu Xiao stood up straight from the crouching position again, opened his hands to signal to the two of them: "As you can see, he is an ordinary Mingguo man."
"However, the power of Longyin did not originate from Ashina. I have heard similar legends in my hometown. At the end of the story, it was mentioned that a great hero ended up holding a long sword that can cut off the power of immortality.
To avoid the disaster caused by Long Yin."
"I believe that the power of Long Yin in the Weiming Kingdom should also have corresponding restraints, as long as we can find it..."
Jiulang asked hurriedly: "Can we end the covetousness of Long Yin's power by all forces? Let Wei Ming country regain its previous peace?"
"Well..."
Lu Xiao scratched his cheek with his index finger in embarrassment: "There is no problem in ending the covetousness of Long Yin's power by all parties, but if I want to restore Ashina's calmness... this is not a question I can answer."
Yongzhen took back the dagger in his hand, and his watery eyes fixed on Lu Xiao for a while.
"Sir Jiulang, everything depends on human effort. Even if Long Yin's power is eliminated, the internal and external troubles faced by Ashina will not be easily eliminated."
"If you decide to get rid of the trouble of Long Yin's power, Yongzhen will stand by your side and help Master Jiulang find a proper way."
‘That’s not right.’
Lu Xiao complained in her heart, 'You represent Isshin Ashina's opinion. You don't want Genichiro to use Long Yin's power to protect Ashina, so you are positive about Kuro's killing of the immortal.'
During the Warring States Period in Japan, the epidemic was suppressed from below, and Isshin, who was seriously ill, had entered his final years. If nothing unexpected happened, the future inheritance rights of Ashina Kingdom would inevitably fall into the hands of Genichiro.
In the face of internal and external troubles, Genichiro intends to take over the power in advance and use Long Yin's power to repel the invasion of the inner government.
Many high-ranking officials within the Weiming Kingdom also agreed with his belief in defending the motherland by any means necessary, including the fierce general Lu Xiao had met before, Masataka of the Ghost Court Criminal Division.
Even many people from the Eagles who originally belonged to Isshin have joined Genichiro's camp. Isshin, the nominal leader of the country, has been largely ignored. He has fewer and fewer credible people at his disposal. Nagama is
The most important card in his hand.
Although Yongzhen speaks slowly and behaves elegantly, she looks like a lady, but in fact she comes from a humble background just like Genichiro.
After being adopted by a kind-hearted person, Yongzhen has been learning pharmacology from the famous pharmacist Doxuan. Together with his master Doxuan, he has been treating Ashina Isshin for many years. After Doxuan passed away, he took over the master's position and continued to nurse Isshin's body.
Ashina Isshin is an open-minded martial artist who does not stick to any school. Over the years, he has passed on his original Ashina-ryu swordsmanship to many people, including his grandson Genichiro.
Ashina Yishin saw Yongzhen's talent in swordsmanship and taught her his understanding of Ashina's swordsmanship without reservation.
Nagama, who is extremely talented, does not have a strong physique like Genichiro. Based on the force-generating techniques that are most suitable for her, she integrated Ashina's swordsmanship and created a set of soft swordsmanship that is most suitable for her.
Lu Xiao had previously learned Western-style fighting techniques. Compared to the more skillful Eastern moves, Lu Xiao pursued efficiency in combat and lacked a lot of enthusiasm in handling the subtleties.
Once she got into a fight with Yongzhen, who had fully used her skills and abilities, Lu Xiao was not sure whether she could defeat her by relying on her stronger physical fitness.
After all, many of the Eastern moves pursue the skill of using skill to strike a powerful blow, and to move a thousand pounds with four ounces.
It's not that the precocious Kurang doesn't know that Yongzhen is Isshin's agent, but there are too few people he can trust at the moment. In order to escape from captivity, he can only rely on Isshin's help to get out of the predicament.
"Yongzhen, I want to ask you to do me a favor."
Jiulang pulled out a letter from the desk and said solemnly to Yongzhen: "Please give this letter to my ninja. After three years of absence, I need his help again."
No matter how much help Yongzhen provided to him, there was always only one person that Kuro trusted in his heart the most, the ninja who desperately protected him at the Hirata mansion three years ago, and the wolf who was resurrected by him with the power of Dragon Yin.
After the attack on Hirata's mansion three years ago, Wolf was regarded as a traitor suspect by Genichiro and imprisoned alone at the bottom of a dry well.
The loyal wolf never thought of escaping without further orders from his master.
Yongzhen took the envelope from Jiulang's hand and thought about it, and finally nodded and agreed to his request: "I know, I will tell him what Lord Jiulang means."
"As for you... hmm?"
When Yongzhen turned around and tried to talk to Lu Xiao, there was no trace of Lu Xiao in the Star Observation Tower.
'when?'
Yongzhen had never let down her guard against Lu Xiao, but she had no idea when Lu Xiao disappeared.