"You will enter as the Young Master of Duanshui Villa in Item A, and the identities of your teammates will be generated on this basis. Are you sure? "
"Yes," Bai Xiaowen said with narrowed eyes.
"Your identity has been confirmed. The elite challenge mission has been generated."
"Elite side mission: Revenge, start."
"Mission objective: Find out the culprit of the Duanshui Villa massacre and eliminate him."
"Mission difficulty: S."
"Mission reward: Unknown."
"Mission duration: None (equivalent to the remaining time you will stay in the Sword Song Bitwall)."
Bai Xiaowen and the other three were suddenly stunned.
"This … Duanshui Villa has been destroyed?" Li Shuyi murmured.
"Well, I knew we wouldn't be so lucky." Qiao Rui shook his head.
Bai Xiaowen's brows relaxed and he said, "Shuyi, do you remember the last time we took a ticket with the prefix 'Famous Family' and entered the Kane Bitwall?"
"Of course I remember."
"Last time we chose to enter as the Lord of Whitestone. A lord of a territory sounds very impressive, but when we actually entered, we realized that the Whitestone Territory at that time was not even a village town. It was extremely poor."
Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "This is because the identity drawn is' Famous Family '. It only determines one's family background and does not have the corresponding power and status. Therefore, it will inevitably assign us an identity that has lost its foundation, so we can't easily rely on our identity to borrow the power of the people in the Spiritual World."
"If I had known, I would have chosen the Flowery Sect. At least we have a foundation," Qiao Rui said.
"Otherwise, the Flowery Sect is probably not in a good situation. They will either have two or three members, big or small, or kill each other. In the end, they will not let us have our way," Bai Xiaowen said with a smile. "In fact, the destruction of Duanshui Villa is not completely a bad thing. After we enter, there will be no restrictions on what we do, and we will naturally gain the sympathy of the decent martial arts world … Don't you think that in martial arts novels, the teenagers who appear with a blood feud are the template of the protagonist?"
"No, I remember there was a martial arts novel in the Christian era. There was a young master of an escort agency who also appeared with a blood feud. In the end, he castrated himself to practice swordsmanship. He's not the main character of the book, "Li Shuyi said.
"Alright …" Bai Xiaowen shook his head and laughed. "Let's cut to the chase. Next, choose your surname. Well, I can't use the Kail Blum anymore, so I'll use the surname Bai. I'll still hide the middle word. Let's call it Bai Wen. "
"My name is Li Shuyi." Li Shuyi followed suit. However, the rules of the Spirit Realm rejected it. Li Shuyi had to use the same surname as Bai Xiaowen.
"Then let's call him Bai Yi." Li Shuyi pouted. She didn't feel this way when she used her English surname, but when she used her Chinese surname with Bai Xiaowen's surname, she felt a little awkward. Bai Xiaowen joked, "Why don't you call yourself Bai Li Shi …" Before she could finish, she was punched by Li Shuyi.
"My surname is Bai Rui. A young master should have some maids serving him. It's normal for maids to follow their master's surname." Qiao Rui blinked and chose the name Bai Rui without hesitation.
"I don't dare to treat Sister Qiao as a servant." Bai Xiaowen laughed.
Finally, it was Han Xu's turn. He thought for a while in silence and chose the name Bai Jiu for himself.
After choosing their names, the rules of the Spirit Realm automatically matched the identities of the other three. They were all maids or servants.
The void dissipated. The four people and two eagles of the White Phoenix team officially entered the martial arts world called Sword Song.
The smell of burnt coal entered their nostrils. When they opened their eyes, they saw a fire hundreds of meters in front of them. There were constant shouts of "fire!" and other noises.
Bai Xiaowen and the other three looked at each other. Memories of their original owners floated in their minds. For a moment, Qiao Rui, Li Shuyi, and Han Xu closed their eyes and frowned slightly as they absorbed and digested the memory information.
Bai Xiaowen looked around. The default appearance of the four people in the Spirit Realm was a set of martial arts clothes. There were four horses behind them, with saddles and saddles. In addition, there were longbows and feathered arrows hanging from them. Two white eagles followed closely behind them.
Behind one of the horses, there were a few pheasants, hares, and the like. They were all killed by arrows.
"Don't be in a hurry to recall the information of our original owners. Let's hurry to the fire." Bai Xiaowen stopped them in a low voice. "If I'm not wrong, our original owners should have gone out to hunt, so they escaped. The place where the fire broke out should be Duanshui Villa. The people in this town probably recognize us. It's against common sense to be so stupid as to not put out the fire when their own house is on fire. "
When the Awakened entered the Spirit Realm, it was best to disguise themselves as natives. If they went against common sense, there was a possibility that they would be exposed.
The four people mounted their horses one after another. The two white eagles screeched and flew into the sky, rushing toward the fire.
The voices behind them chased after them.
"Which house caught the fire?"
"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 big. Such a big family property is gone …" The words seemed to be regretful, but in fact, there was a hint of schadenfreude.
Although Bai Xiaowen was galloping on his horse, he could still hear them clearly. However, he didn't pay attention to them. In this world, there were many onlookers and few people who helped others. There were many who harbored evil intentions and few who bemoaned the state of the universe and pitied the fate of mankind. The Duanshui Villa was probably a big local rich family, so it was inevitable that it would arouse the jealousy of others.
The four people rushed to the front of the fire and saw that the fire was gradually getting smaller, revealing the broken walls and ruins after the fire. Everywhere was charred black. It turned out that the villa had basically been burned to the ground, and the surrounding area of the Duanshui Villa was empty. There was no combustible material, so the fire was weak.
Around them, onlookers dressed in ancient clothing surrounded the fire from a distance and pointed at it. Bai Xiaowen whispered, "Shuyi and Sister Qiao, stay here. I'll go in with Old Han."
Under everyone's gaze, it was reasonable for the "Young Master of the Duanshui Villa" Bai Wen to rush into the fire and be chased by the "loyal servant" Bai Jiu. The onlookers talked one after another, while Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi looked at their horses and listened attentively to the discussions around them.
Bai Xiaowen and Han Xu held their breaths and rushed into the ruins. They only saw charred corpses lying on the ground, their faces indistinguishable. No matter where they were, no matter how rich or wealthy they were, they were all burned clean by the flames.
Bai Xiaowen and Han Xu looked at each other. Both of them had a trace of worry in their eyes. It didn't matter if they couldn't get the family's wealth, but it was really a headache to find clues from the ashes.
"Judging from the layout of the dilapidated houses, this should be the middle courtyard. Then, after passing through the middle gate, it should be the backyard." Bai Xiaowen passed through an arch that was burned black. "The backyard has the most charred corpses. If there are no clues here, then it will be difficult to find."
Han Xu followed silently. When they reached the vicinity of a rockery, he suddenly said, "There are traces here."
Bai Xiaowen walked over. It turned out that the rockery was located in a small pond. Although the fire spread, it only evaporated a lot of the pond water and didn't damage the rockery. On the rockery, there were several slash marks made by sharp weapons that looked new.
Bai Xiaowen examined carefully. Suddenly, he walked around the small pond and quickly arrived at the shady side of the rockery. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's here. Old Han, come and help."
In the shady side of the pond, there was a floating corpse. The corpse was wearing a brocade robe and a jade belt. At first glance, it was obvious that the corpse wasn't an ordinary servant. The floating corpse's blood had already flowed out and dyed the nearby pond 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 from being soaked in water, but his appearance could still be seen. It was a middle-aged man in his forties with three strands of long beard. His face was full of fear and his eyes were open.
"It's a bit like your default appearance," Han Xu said.
Bai Xiaowen understood and said, "This should be my cheap father … In the original owner's memory, the owner of the Duanshui Mountain Villa was called Bai Hanjiang. His Duanshui Mountain Villa's Duanshui Sword Technique made a name for himself in Hebei. It was called 'One Sword Breaks the River'. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't save his family. "
Han Xu didn't know how to respond to Bai Xiaowen's lamentation. He simply remained silent and carefully examined Bai Hanjiang's corpse.
"Both arms are fractured … the bones in his legs are also broken. There are bruises all over his body, but the fatal wound is on his chest. "
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "Old Han, you missed something." He lifted the sleeve of Bai Hanjiang's robe.
Han Xu's whole body shook. It turned out that Bai Hanjiang's thumbs on his left and right palms had been cut off by a sharp weapon, revealing the eerie finger bones.
Bai Xiaowen looked at the place where the fingers had been cut off and seemed to be deep in thought. He straightened up and took a few steps back to observe the rockery, as if he was calculating his position.
A few seconds later, Bai Xiaowen suddenly walked to the right and groped among the blackened ruins of bricks and stones. Han Xu didn't understand his intentions, but he had always been a man of few words. If Bai Xiaowen didn't take the initiative to say anything, he wouldn't ask either. Instead, he walked over to help Bai Xiaowen push away the rubble and debris.
"Characters!" Han Xu suddenly said as he pushed away a piece of collapsed earth and stone.
Bai Xiaowen's sharp eyes had already seen clearly that it was the character for "name". It was actually written in blood and was the size of a fist.
"There must be some words next to it." Bai Xiaowen moved to the right and found another character for "xu". Han Xu also came to help and quickly cleared away all the earth and stones near the wall. Suddenly, a line of words appeared, from right to left, forming a sentence.
"Splitting the river with one sword, undeserving of its reputation."
On the far right of these words, there was a skull drawn in blood, which was quite charming. What was even stranger was that there was a picture of a blood sword stuck diagonally on the skull.
"It seems that this is the biggest clue." Bai Xiaowen looked at the wall deeply and imprinted the picture and the words in his mind.
Although the backyard was large, they could only find charred corpses everywhere. There were no other clues. After about fifteen minutes, the fire had been extinguished. Qiao Rui and Li Shuyi led the four horses and called out "Young Master" as they walked into the ruins.
Bai Xiaowen couldn't help laughing. "You guys got into character pretty quickly."
"How was it? Did you find any clues?" Qiao Rui asked.
Bai Xiaowen's time to hold his breath had come to an end. He coughed slightly as he breathed in the embers of the fire. He waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this first. This is not the place to talk. Let's dig a grave and bury all the corpses in the villa. "
"You're kind-hearted." Li Shuyi said.
Qiao Rui shook his head. "Burying these people is a matter of course. If we don't do anything about it, we'll be deviating from the norm and be despised by others."
Li Shuyi suddenly understood. "I forgot that we're from the villa."
Bai Xiaowen said as he dug a hole, "Since I'm the Young Master of the villa and want to gain the sympathy of the orthodox martial arts world, of course I have to do some work. According to the ancient traditions of Hua Xia, death is the most important thing, and being buried is peace. If I can't even do this, I'll most likely be criticized by others for being heartless and unscrupulous. "
The four of them worked together for two hours and finally finished digging a large grave. Including Bai Hanjiang, a total of 24 corpses were moved into the grave. They covered it with new soil and erected tombstones.
Bai Xiaowen used the soil as incense, and the four of them knelt and kowtowed. A heavy and solemn feeling welled up in them. They were somewhat immersed in their identities. Thinking of the corpses that had died with their eyes open, they unconsciously felt a sense of hatred for the murderers.
Only Bai Xiaowen didn't feel this way. As the brains of the team, his first priority was to remain calm. Naturally, he wouldn't be disturbed by abnormal emotions.
"Being the Young Master of the villa didn't give me any money or treasures. Fortunately, I have four fine horses that can be sold for a good price. No matter what, let's leave this town first. "Bai Xiaowen said.
Everyone in this town "knew" Young Master Bai Xiaowen. If he stayed here, he would have to pretend to be sad all the time. Bai Xiaowen wasn't an actor. Of course, leaving was the best plan.
"Where should we go?" Li Shuyi asked.
"To a big city nearby. The more populated it is, the better." Bai Xiaowen said.
The four of them quickly left the town. Amidst the discussions of the townspeople, they stirred up clouds of dust and quickly disappeared.
At noon that day, the four members of the White Phoenix Squad rode their fine horses and arrived at Luanzhou City. Bai Xiaowen found a horse market and sold the horses for some money. However, it showed that they couldn't be brought out of this dimension. This was normal.
Bai Xiaowen and the other three went to a cloth store to make mourning clothes and put them on.
"Unlucky, unlucky." Li Shuyi spat.
Bai Xiaowen's waist was still wrapped with a hemp rope and a white cloth band on his head. He said helplessly in the team channel, "Just treat it as if you're acting 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 if it's a teahouse or a restaurant. "Bai Xiaowen said.
The largest restaurant in Luanzhou City was located on Xiushui Street in the south of the city. It was called "Taibai Lou".
Bai Xiaowen and the other three entered the restaurant. A waiter came up to them and bowed. He said with a smile, "Dear guests, please sit here. What would you like to order?"
Bai Xiaowen sat down. Qiao Rui and Han Xu stood behind him. Li Shuyi was about to sit down, but Qiao Rui secretly pulled him. He could only stand up angrily.
Bai Xiaowen held back his laughter. His face was full of pain. His voice was hoarse and low. "The villa has encountered a great change. You are still willing to follow. This shows your loyalty. From now on, you and I don't need to care about the difference between master and servant. Sit together. "
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