He waited for a few more hours. The sky was dark red like fire, and the ground was golden. The sun was about to set, but An Guoxie had not come to take a look. He became more and more anxious, and faintly felt that something was wrong.
The waiter retreated into the shop and left through the back door. He had changed into a white robe and a white head-covering, a typical desert tramp.
He quickly passed through the town, bypassed the lake, and arrived at the area where the palace used to be. Then, he stepped into the temple that he saw An Guoxie enter last night.
As soon as he entered the temple, his heart sank. Even though a long time had passed, the air was still filled with a faint smell of blood, as well as an inexplicable and uncomfortable smell.
In the light of the setting sun, he searched the ground inch by inch. Suddenly, his eyes froze. On the ground in front of the tattered statue, there was a faint black spot.
Although it was obvious that someone had cleaned the traces, the blood was hidden very deeply. If it were not for the light of the setting sun shining on it, he would not have found it.
The horse bandit who disguised himself as a waiter was stunned. He did not need to check to know that it was the blood of An Guoxie. He was afraid that he was no longer in this world. After all, if he had killed someone, why would he bother to clean up the traces? As long as he did not kill the relatives of the boss, the disciples favored by the ancestors, or the heirs or important figures of the Snow Mountain Sect, the Jin Gang Temple, the Ashura Temple, or the Merriment Temple, who could do anything to him?
"Things are getting out of hand …" The horse bandit carefully sighed. This was no longer something he could handle!
One of the two disciples favored by the ancestors, a famous master on the Ranking List of Young Masters with Nine Apertures opened, had been killed so silently?
The murderer's strength was definitely far beyond his imagination!
He searched carefully for a while, but did not find any other clues. He did not dare to delay, so he quietly bypassed the shop and wrote a letter detailing what he had seen, heard, and his own speculation.
At night, he jumped to the woods beside the lake, pinched his lower lip, and whistled. After three long and two short sounds, a strange bird with a white head and black feathers flew out of the woods and landed happily on his shoulder. It patted its head with its wings in a very affectionate manner.
The horse bandit communicated with the strange bird for a while and fed it a few fresh meat strips. Then he tied the letter to its foot and let it flap its wings and fly into the sky.
The horse bandit stood still for a while, sighed softly, and quietly returned to the shop.
The next day, he sold goods in the shop as usual. In the evening, when he was about to close the shop under the shopkeeper's order, a tall middle-aged man appeared in front of him. He did not wear a headband and wore a black robe. He had short, coarse hair, and his face was covered with a beard. He wore a black eye patch on his left eye, and carried a narrow and evil black saber on his waist.
"Boss." The horse bandit lowered his head and shouted respectfully. He used the language of the Western Region instead of the unwritten language of the Great Jin Dynasty on the trade route.
He used the language. His voice was hoarse, but had as, as, as, as he was. Western as could he was, as a, as a. Long
The man was Ze Luoju, one of the three horse bandits of the Immensity Sea. He was a disciple of the Crying Elder and a master of the Exterior, nicknamed "Evil Blade of the Immensity Sea".
An Guoxie was a master with Nine Apertures opened. He was one of the two most powerful men in the Crying Elder's faction, besides Ze Luoju and Yan Shiche. His death was of great importance, so Ze Luoju came in person after receiving the secret letter.
The horse bandit did not dare to say anything. He glanced at the shopkeeper and found that he did not notice anything, as if there was no Ze Luoju at the door. The horse bandit sighed in his heart. He was indeed the Evil Blade of the Immensity Sea.
He hurriedly closed the door and left from the back, bringing Ze Luoju into the temple.
Ze Luoju looked at the barely noticeable bloodstain on the ground and slowly took off his blindfold. His empty left eye suddenly lit up with a dark green light, as if there were fishes swimming and circling in it. Suddenly, the temple was filled with the cries of ghosts, and the atmosphere became gloomy and gloomy.
His left eye had been dug out by the Crying Elder, but it was a blessing in disguise. He had practiced a very difficult Godly Kung Fu, "Nether Evil Eye", which was also one of the origins of his nickname.
The green light became brighter and brighter, and the whole temple seemed to be illuminated by the green light. The horse bandit was trembling with fear.
Ze Luoju watched for a while, then turned around and walked out of the temple. He walked slowly to the small lake and raised his hand. A strong wind rolled up, and a whirlpool appeared in the lake.
Whoosh! The whirlpool quickly expanded and suddenly exploded. White waves rushed into the sky, and two stones were brought up.
A headless body and a broken head were tied to the stones.
The horse bandit stared at the corpse. Although the face was badly mutilated by the fish in the lake, the symbolic white hair clearly proved that he was An Guoxie. He had been killed!
"Good job. I've wanted to kill this son of a bitch for a long time." Ze Luoju said in a flat voice, "But no matter how he deserves to be killed, we have to do it!"
His "Nether Evil Eye" could not identify wounds, so he put on the blindfold again and squatted beside the corpse to examine it carefully.
"There are wounds between the eyebrows and cheeks, but they were deliberately damaged and eaten by the fish. I can't determine what kind of Kung Fu caused them, nor can I determine whether it was the cause of death …" Ze Luoju whispered to himself, and the horse bandit was smart enough not to answer.
"There are hidden weapon wounds, and he was poisoned. His heart was seriously damaged, which should be one of the main causes of death. There are traces of poison gas in his meridians and signs of internal Qi dissipating before his death …" Ze Luoju said, half thinking and half observing.
"His bones are completely softened, which should be done when he was dodging knives and swords. To make the son of a bitch do this, either his strength completely suppressed him, or he came in a hurry and couldn't react in time … There are signs of the Violent Sand Super Skill reversing. Combined with what I said, it should be to resist the effects of poison and Qi dissipating. If his strength could suppress him, he wouldn't have to go through so much trouble …"
Ze Luoju clapped his hands and stood up. He said to the horse bandit, "The murderer's strength is less than Six Apertures, and he is good at using poison and hidden weapons. He is a man of forbearance, and his bladesmanship and sword art should be very good. An Guoxie made a mistake and was not on guard, so he was suffocated by the Qi dissipating poison and attacked when he was unprepared. The blade and sword were just a cover, and the secret hidden weapon was the cause of death. However, from the deliberate damage of the blade and sword wounds, he must have the unique skills of the blade and sword, so we can't ignore it. "
"Boss, it should be that little monk. At his age, he should have just opened his Eye Apertures. What should we do?" the horse bandit asked.
"We can't underestimate him. I will give the order to all brothers in the Immensity Sea to kill this thief together." Ze Luoju had many things to deal with in the Immensity Sea. Seeing that the murderer's strength was not as strong as he had imagined, and that he killed An Guoxie with many tricks, he did not intend to kill him personally.
But even so, a third of the horse bandits in the Immensity Sea would still be hunting and killing, which was a very terrible thing!
Among these horse bandits, there were countless masters who had enlightened the Apertures, and they were all desperadoes who were familiar with the terrain. They roared, gathered, and communicated with each other. If they were caught by a group of horse bandits and could not escape from the Immensity Sea in time or hide their tracks, even a master who had opened Nine Apertures could die here.
"Yes, boss." The horse bandit did not dare to look directly at Ze Luoju's sharp right eye.
…
In Quicksand Town, Mengqi in a white Confucian robe and Gu Changqing, who looked like a weak scholar, returned on horseback, like two scholars traveling far away.
"Finally here." Gu Changqing heaved a sigh of relief.
On the way, he made mistakes several times, and arrived at Quicksand Town one day later than expected.
The corner of Mengqi's mouth twitched. This guy seemed a little unreliable. Would it be self-defeating to rely on him to find the Junior Brother in the depths of the Immensity Sea?
"Well, finally here." Mengqi no longer used the monk's words.
Hearing Mengqi's answer, Gu Changqing said awkwardly, "My experience is shallow. It's not that I don't know the terrain well enough. You see, we have finally arrived at Quicksand Town, haven't we?"
"Yes." Mengqi nodded for his sake.
The poplar trees stood on the side of the road in various shapes. Quicksand Town seemed to get rid of the influence of the battle between Xuan Bei and the Crying Elder.
Mengqi and Gu Changqing stepped into the "Immensity Sea First Hotel" together. The first thing they saw was the beautiful and mature Qu Jiuniang beside the counter, but with an abnormally bad personality.
Qu Jiuniang was indifferent, lying on the counter with a lazy and seductive look. Many customers swallowed their saliva, but did not dare to look at her.
"Manager, I want to ask for some information." Mengqi wore a gauze hat to hide the fact that he had no hair.
"No information." Qu Jiuniang was straightforward and did not want to talk at all. This was a place to eat and stay, and there were many places to ask for information!
Mengqi once again had the impulse to teach her a lesson. It was too bad. But thinking that she might be a master of the Exterior, he suppressed his anger and took out an emerald. "Manager, I am willing to pay a high price."
As soon as she saw the emerald of obviously extraordinary quality, Qu Jiuniang's eyes suddenly lit up. She suddenly became more and more charming.
"You should have taken it out earlier. Money is easy to negotiate!" Qu Jiuniang said with disappointment.
This was the first time she looked at Mengqi since she came in. As soon as she finished speaking, her expression changed slightly. She carefully looked at Mengqi from head to toe. She looked at his eyes, ears, skin, hands, the dark red Buddhist Commandment Blade hanging at his waist and the long sword wrapped in a pale gold scabbard, which made Mengqi anxious. What was she looking at?
Then, Qu Jiuniang's expression returned to normal. She said indifferently, "Since you want to ask for information, go to the room, in case you are heard by others."
Mengqi had no objection at all. The information he asked for was likely to expose his identity, and there were probably horse bandits spies here.
Qu Jiuniang walked out of the counter and went upstairs first. Her waist was slender, and her back was graceful. She walked leisurely like a willow in the wind. Mengqi and Gu Changqing hurriedly followed her.
Some customers laughed in a low voice. "Since when do we have to go to the room to ask for information? I remember that Jiuniang never had such a rule. "
"It turns out that Jiuniang likes this kind of gigolo. He is the most nourishing, hehe." They laughed wretchedly.
Qu Jiuniang frowned. She picked up the wooden basin that the waiter was wiping the table and splashed it over. "Nourish your mother!"
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