Their footsteps were steady and unhurried. From time to time, they would step on the dead branches on the ground and make a crisp sound, startling the birds that were resting in the forest at night. With a flapping sound, they flew deeper into the night.
"Big Brother, we're almost there."
In the distance, they saw a dark shadow lurking in the forest like a giant beast. The person walking in front stopped and said in a low voice.
Another few dozen feet in front of them was the shack that Wu Ying and the others had agreed on.
"Big Brother, do you think that Brother Wu will be able to succeed?" A man with a long face glanced at the shack and whispered, "Big Brother, do you think that Brother Wu can succeed?"
"It is said that the person is only a weak scholar. Brother Wu's martial arts are not bad. Even if the three of you worked together, you might not be his match. I'm afraid this matter is foolproof." The person that the long-faced man called "Big Brother" was a tall man with several crisscrossed scars on his face. He said in a deep voice.
"That's true. With Brother Wu's skills, there shouldn't be any mishaps. I just don't know if he will be able to get the 'Ruyi Dew' formula out of him. I heard that the formula is very valuable." The long-faced man nodded.
"Hehe, Fourth Brother, why are you worried about this? Those scholars are the most cowardly. Let's first cut off one of his hands and one of his legs. Let's see if he wants his life or the formula." A knife-wielding man next to the long-faced man heard this and curled his lips in disdain.
The four of them had killed people for money many times in the past few years. No matter how tough a person was, after a few cuts, they would spill everything that should and shouldn't be said.
When the four of them committed the crime, they did not clean up the mess and were targeted by the government. They fled to Qing 'an Prefecture and met Wu Ying by chance. After getting to know each other, Wu Ying revealed some things to them. With the cooperation of the four of them, today's matter came about.
"Let's hurry over. If Brother Wu doesn't hold back and torments the scholar to death, our efforts today will be in vain." The long-faced man urged.
He wasn't worried about the scholar. In the past, the four of them had encountered a similar situation. Once, they had interrogated a rich man about the location of his treasury. In the end, they were too heavy-handed. Before they could get the answer, the rich man had already died, causing them to waste their efforts.
This Brother Wu had never done such a thing before. It was said that he had a lot of personal grudges with that scholar. If they killed him before they could get the formula out of him, then their dreams of getting rich would be shattered.
"Fourth Bro is right. Let's hurry over." Among the four of them, the thin man who had been silent all this while spoke up and took the lead to walk towards the shack.
The other three followed closely behind him.
In the shack, Li Yi almost threw up his gallbladder. He no longer looked at Wu Ying's body. His thigh was burning with pain, and the place where Wu Ying's palm hit his abdomen was even more painful. Most of the reason he vomited just now was probably because of that palm.
He had heard from Ruyi that after practicing martial arts and cultivating zhenqi, a light palm hit a person's body. On the surface, there would be no wound, but in fact, the internal organs would have been destroyed by the zhenqi. Li Yi felt that he was in this state now.
That bastard Wu Ying's palm just now was not light. Previously, when he saw Fang and the others send people flying with one punch, he felt that it was quite exciting. After experiencing it himself, there was only unspeakable pain.
Just now, he lifted up his clothes to take a look. There was already a bruised palm print there. He didn't know if he had suffered some internal injuries … After resting for a few minutes, his head began to feel dizzy again.
At this time, he began to understand why Li Xuan always brought so many guards with him when he went out. If he came back with Fang today, he wouldn't be in such a miserable state.
He stood up with some difficulty. He didn't look at Wu Ying who was lying on the ground again and walked straight outside.
Only God knew if Wu Ying had any accomplices. To deal with Wu Ying, he had used all his skills and almost died. Not to mention another person who knew martial arts, it would be difficult for him to deal with an ordinary person now.
"Brother Wu, we are here." A rough voice came from outside the shack.
Li Yi's footsteps stopped.
"Damn, what did I say came …" Li Yi cursed in his heart and held the knife in his hand tightly.
"Brother Wu?" Seeing that there was no sound coming from inside, the long-faced man asked again.
"Come in."
This time, there was a sound coming from inside the shack.
"Did you catch him?" The long-faced man's face showed a trace of joy as he walked into the shack.
The moonlight shone through the gap of the shack. He couldn't see the situation inside clearly. The long-faced man could only see a figure squatting there. As for the ground, he could faintly see a person lying on the ground.
"How was it? Did you get the formula?" The long-faced man was most concerned about this question. He strode over.
"I wasn't careful and killed him." The next words of "Brother Wu" caused the big man's expression to change.
"What?" What he worried about had really happened. The scar-faced man quickly walked over. "Let me see …"
He directly squatted down beside that "Brother Wu" and wanted to see the corpse.
At this time, there was suddenly an explosive sound coming from behind.
"Old Four, be careful!"
The long-faced man was lying on the ground. He heard his big brother's familiar voice. When he was about to turn around, a cold long knife was already on his neck.
"Don't move." The slightly muffled voice suddenly became clear.
"Brother Wu, you …" The long-faced man was shocked and angry. He slowly turned his head. Just as he was about to question that Brother Wu, his face changed again. "You, you are not Brother Wu!"
As if he had thought of something, he suddenly looked at the corpse on the ground. With the help of a few rays of moonlight, he saw a small arrow stuck in one eye, and the other eye was wide open. Wu Yingshi was already dead, and his face showed an expression of extreme disbelief.
That scholar …
The weak scholar that they thought had actually killed Wu Ying!
It was precisely because he was extremely confident in Wu Ying's martial art skill that he was worried that Wu Ying would not be able to capture the person, worried that he would use a heavy hand to kill the scholar, but he had never worried that Wu Ying would fail miserably and fall into the hands of the scholar.
Therefore, when he entered the shack, even though he felt that Brother Wu's voice was a little different today, he was only slightly puzzled. He did not think about it in any way.
But the scene in front of him proved that his previous worries were all for naught …
There was blood on the knife. It was likely that Wu Ying had died under this knife. Looking at the calm scholar, the long-faced man felt a chill from the bottom of his heart.
At the entrance of the shack, the three men looked at the scene in the shack with a face full of disbelief.
Wu Ying was dead. Old Four had a knife on his neck …
Was this the weak scholar that Wu Ying had mentioned?
"It's very uncomfortable to squat down. Please cooperate and stand up." As the few of them were shocked, the scholar's voice came over.
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