Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 17: Suspicion

The first ray of the rising sun shines on the body through the shade of the trees, bringing out little spots of light. Falling on Xi Canhen's face, the young man shook his head slightly, turned his face to the side and wanted to continue sleeping, but felt something pricking him.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a huge tiger head lying next to him, and the tiger's whiskers were piercing his face like steel needles.

A smile appeared on Xi Canhen's face, and she couldn't help but stretched out her hand and touched Xiaohu's forehead.

Maybe he didn’t like someone treating him like this, so Baoer turned over. The direction it turned over was towards Xi Canhen, and now it completely pressed Xi Canhen under it.

The weight of her body weighing hundreds of kilograms made Xi Canhen roll her eyes wildly: "Bao'er... Bao'er... you're crushing me to death!"

The shouts made Xiaohu wake up a little. He woke up dimly and saw Xi Canhen under him, so he tilted his head, as if wondering how he got under his belly.

Xi Canhen has begun to breathe out more and take in less air.

He waved his hand and patted the tiger feebly.

Xiaohu finally realized something was wrong with Xi Canhen, so he slowly stood up, shook his body, walked to the other side and continued to sleep, as if he was not impressed by Xi Canhen's weakness.

Xi Canhen sat up, covering her chest, and pointed at Xiaohu: "You... hello... the Shimen sect's assassins haven't killed me yet, you, the one who protects me, have to kill me first."

Xiaohu glanced at him lazily, tilted his head and continued to take a nap.

Xi Canhen was helpless and muttered: "You are cruel."

Having woken up anyway, Xi Canhen simply stood up, took out the long sword he carried with him, and started dancing in the forest.

The swordsmanship Tang Jie passed down to him automatically appeared in his mind, and Xi Canhen wielded it according to his memory.

After all, he is the person who opened the Jade Gate. Even if the spiritual space has not been opened, there is still spiritual energy circulating in the body. At this moment, he is dancing like a tiger and a tiger, and it is quite a bit like the sword energy.

Even if he is not a formal immortal cultivator, he at least has the air of a martial arts master.

After a sword dance, Xi Canhen sheathed her single sword and said to Xiaohu: "Bao'er, what do you think?"

The little tiger yawned lazily. The tiger's claws slapped on a tree and a piece of bark was taken off. The bark roared and flew towards Xi Canhen, who blocked it with his sword.

He had been practicing the twelve vertical sword postures for three days, and he was basically familiar with the sword path. At this moment, he naturally used the vertical sword posture to split the bark of the tree. Unexpectedly, the tip of the sword hit the bark of the tree, like It was like cutting on an iron block, but it knocked Xi Canhen's sword away, and hit Xi Canhen's body, and a strong force knocked him away.

Fortunately, this power was used very skillfully. It supported Xi Zhanhen and flew out without hurting him, only causing him to fall.

Xi Canhen sat up and said in surprise: "It's so amazing. Is this an immortal method?"

Xiaohu looked at him contemptuously.

But Xi Canhen had already rushed over, grabbed the little tiger and said, "Can you teach me?"

"Well..." Xiaohu suddenly felt the hair on his neck stand on end because of the boy's attentive look, and took a few steps back for the first time.

Do people worship tiger as their teacher? Do you want to have some face?

The little tiger turned its head and no longer wanted to look at him. No matter how much Ren Xi Canhen begged it, it just ignored him.

"Okay, if you don't want to teach me, I won't teach you." Seeing how indifferent it was to him, Xi Canhen stepped back helplessly.

As he was retreating, Xiao Hu suddenly turned his head to look at him, his eyes suddenly shining brightly.

Seeing it like this, Xi Canhen was stunned for a moment, and then a chill rose in his heart. He immediately knew something was wrong and ran forward without looking back.

At the same time, not far behind Xi Canhen, a black shadow suddenly appeared, rushed towards Xi Canhen at high speed, and slashed a sharp sword light at Xi Canhen.

Although Xi Canhen's reaction was quick, he was just an ordinary person in the end. The sword coming from behind carried the spiritual energy unique to cultivators, and he chased after Xi Canhen. Seeing that Xi Canhen couldn't dodge anymore.

"Roar!" Xiaohu roared violently.

The tiger king's roar was so powerful that the sword light in the air condensed slightly, as if time had stopped at this moment.

Xi Canhen turned over and rushed out, rolling on the spot. The light of the sword passed by his back and hit the tree opposite.

The sneak attacker missed a blow, grunted, and swept the sword across, stabbing Xi again with residual marks.

However, the first attack was ineffective, and the sneak attacker had actually missed the best opportunity. Just as Xi Canhen dodged the sword, the little tiger had already rushed up, its claws raised forward, and it was facing the attack. The swords clashed together.

Under the collision of force, the sneak attacker fell back with a groan.

While being knocked back by the little tiger's claw, the sneak attacker also screamed in disbelief: "High-grade demon tiger? How is this possible?"

It was only then that we could see clearly that the attacker was a strong man.

His name is Hong Antao, a third-generation disciple of the Shimen Sect, from the Linghu period. He was a hunter before joining the Shimen Sect and was good at tracking. That was why he was sent to hunt down Xi Canhen. He thought that assassinating an ordinary boy was just a trivial matter, but he didn't expect that there was a high-grade demon tiger beside this boy. Hong Antao was immediately terrified.

With his strength, he may not be a match for ordinary middle-grade monsters, let alone an elite high-grade monster tiger like Bao'er.

Seeing the demon tiger appear at this moment, Hong Antao yelled and turned around to run away. The little tiger could not let him run away so easily. He roared and chased after him. Its wings were stretched out, the wind and clouds were thundering, and its speed was many times faster than Hong Antao. It only took one sprint to reach behind Hong Antao, and it was about to take the shot with its claws lightly raised.

If this shot turns out to be true, even if Hong Antao takes multiple lives, it will be of no use.

However, at that moment, Hong Antao suddenly shouted, turned around and fired a cyan wind blade.

Xiaohu only glanced at it with disdain, and was about to ignore it when he realized that the blow was not aimed at himself, but at Xi Canhen behind him.

It was startled by this shock. No longer caring about Hong Antao's life or death, it turned around and spit out a bolt of lightning. It was the gale lightning blade. It hit the wind blade first and then the two air blades burst out immediately. A blaze of light.

Taking this opportunity, Hong Antao has escaped Xiaohu's attack.

Xiaohu was furious and chased after him to make up for it, but Hong Antao followed suit. He turned around and hit Xi Canhen again, forcing Xiaohu to come back for help again.

It is extremely rare for Xiaohu to have two attacks without any effect.

But this is the limit of what Hong Antao can do.

His biggest problem was that Xi Canhen was not in his hands. Two attacks had no effect, but Xi Canhen had been given enough time. The boy rolled and hid behind a big tree. , don’t give Hong Antao a chance to attack again.

Without the shield of Xi Canhen, Hong Antao's life came to an end almost immediately.

The roaring tiger shadow came on the wind, approaching in just a blink of an eye.

The huge tiger claws were raised and slapped on Hong Antao's face, beating the hunter's face to pieces with just one blow.

At this time, Xiaohu fell back to the ground and roared angrily at Hong Antao.

Although it successfully killed the assassin, it was not happy at all.

It’s just a Spirit Lake level, but it’s so unbearable that one of his attempts failed several times.

Looking back at Xi Canhen, the young man's head was exposed from behind.

Xiaohu suddenly felt that this young man was really too weak, so weak that as long as he existed, he would be holding him back.

Hmm, maybe I should teach him something.

Xiaohu realized proudly.

At least this kid must be able to protect himself when the next wave of attacks comes.

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Shimen Peak.

Liang Xingbang and Shi Jingzhai walked around anxiously in the room, until Yu Wanniang came in, they both greeted her and asked: "How is it?"

Yu Wanniang shook her head with a pale face.

The hearts of both of them sank at the same time. Shi Jingzhai said anxiously: "What do you mean by shaking your head? Are you talking?"

Yu Wanniang replied: "Lu Dong didn't come back, he and his men suddenly disappeared."

"Disappeared?" The two were stunned: "What about the townspeople?"

Yu Wanniang replied: "Nothing happened in the town. When the sun rose, everything went on as usual. The only ones missing were Lu Dong and the others."

Hearing this, the two of them gasped.

When things got to this point, Shi Jingzhai and Liang Xingbang realized that something was wrong no matter what.

If someone just accidentally obtained a piece of crystallized lugworm, then the collective disappearance of Lu Dong and others should not have happened anyway. This means that the matter is definitely not a coincidence, but someone is deliberately promoting it.

In this case, the nature of the matter is completely different. When they thought of this, the three of them felt uneasy at the same time.

Who is secretly against them?

Spreading news, creating rumors, or even secretly killing people from the Shimen Sect?

After thinking for a while, Shi Jingzhai said: "I think this matter is very suspicious to Tang Jie. After all, all this happened after Tang Jie came, and his mission is also prospecting. Could it be that he is in the mine? What did you find?"

Yu Wanniang asked: "If that's the case, why didn't he ask anything that night? Furthermore, if he found out something, why didn't he tell the Xiyue Sect directly, but did this?"

Shi Jingzhai couldn't answer this question, so he said angrily: "How do I know? From my perspective, I can tell after one trial."

Liang Xingbang snorted coldly: "Whether the matter is related to Tang Jie is still unknown, but I know that if we arrest Tang Jie, within three days, the real people of the Xiyue Sect will come and kill the Shimen Sect. Leave no chickens or dogs behind."

"I'm just afraid that this is the outcome if I don't catch him!" Shi Jingzhai shouted: "I couldn't find this person yesterday, and this happened that night. If you say it has nothing to do with him, I absolutely don't believe it."

Unexpectedly, Yu Wanniang's expression suddenly became wonderful: "I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with Tang Jie."

"Huh?" The two looked at Yu Wanniang together.

Yu Wanniang replied: "The two maids I arranged to stay with Tang Jie told me that Tang Jie came back last night, and he has been practicing since he came back and has never gone out again."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Shi Jingzhai asked urgently.

Yu Wanniang replied angrily: "I only found out this morning. That boy traveled around during the day and practiced Qigong at night. I have nothing to do to keep an eye on him every day?"

"Can you confirm that it's Tang Jie himself?" Shi Jingzhai always felt a little uneasy.

Yu Wanniang replied: "It must be without a doubt. Those two girls were originally specially arranged by me for Tang Jie. I had to try my best to seduce them one day, but the boy was devoted to the Tao and ignored him. . Even so, we are in contact every day, so you can’t be fooled by others.”

"I'm afraid that boy is not an easy man." Liang Xingbang said secretly.

"Senior brother, do you mean you have identified Tang Jie?"

Liang Xingbang hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head: "That's not true, actually..."

Actually, he didn't say anything, but at that moment, a thought arose in the three people's minds at the same time:

If the matter has nothing to do with Tang Jie, then who else will it have to do with?

The three people looked at each other, and suddenly their hearts trembled at the same time, but they didn't say anything.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkwardly silent. After a while, Shi Jingzhai chuckled and said, "Senior Brother Liang, I remember that you have always kept the crystalline silkworm, right?"

Liang Xingbang's face darkened: "Third Junior Brother, what do you mean by this?"

"Just asking, second senior brother, don't worry too much." Shi Jingzhai said with a smile.

Liang Xingbang snorted: "I'm afraid it's not me who is overly concerned, but someone else, right? I keep the crystallized lugworm well, but how much is the stock in my place? If you don't believe it, feel free to check it out. See if there is a piece missing. On the contrary, you are the person in charge of this excavation, Junior Brother Shi. It is not you who has the final say on how much you dig out. If there are one or two pieces that are dug out but not recorded in the account, it is not nothing. Maybe."

Shi Jingzhai said angrily: "You fart, I have to take off my clothes first every time I come in or out. No matter how many things I take out, they will fall into your eyes. Where else can I hide them? In my asshole? I risk my life." It is really unreasonable that danger has brought these benefits to everyone, but in exchange for such slander!"

Liang Xingbang also said angrily: "Didn't you tell me first?"

Yu Wanniang was busy trying to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, we are all our own people, why fight?"

Shi Jingzhai said angrily: "Mother Yu Wan, don't pretend that it's okay. You have a share in this matter. It was you who made the contact with that place, and you also took the sample stone. I gave it to you in the first place. Five yuan, and you didn’t get even one back. Who knows if this is one of them?”

Yu Wanniang was angry when she heard this: "Hey, why do you still have to rely on me for this matter? Aren't those pieces of crystallized lugworm used to get the letter and open the joints? It's easy for you to do this as a mother. ? If you have to deal with those guys who eat people without spitting out their bones, you can't let them grab the handle easily. There are so many things involved. From time to time, you have to let people take advantage. I can even feed you. I worked so hard to get things done, but in the end, why am I guilty again? This is really thankless."

The three of them looked at each other, sat down angrily, and ignored each other.

For a while, I felt that it was not a problem to continue like this. After all, Liang Xingbang said: "Do you think this matter has something to do with those guys?"

"Them?" Shi Jingzhai lowered his head and pondered: "It shouldn't be right, the price given to them is already very cheap."

But Yu Wanniang's eyes flashed: "It's hard to say, people are always greedy. If they can get one more point, they won't take one less. It's unknown if they are causing trouble. For example, borrowing money They let this matter out, creating pressure for us, and then took the opportunity to lower prices afterwards..."

Shi Jingzhai and Liang Xingbang gasped at the same time: "It can't be so dark, right?"

"It's hard to say." Yu Wanniang said worriedly: "This happened just after Tang Jie arrived. This may not be a coincidence, but someone wants to take the opportunity to force us. In the end, Tang Jie is just a student, even a formal official Not even his disciples, what ability does he have to discover our arrangement? Even if he discovered it, what reason would he have to do so? Besides, I also used the secret method of questioning the heart to find out his background. On the contrary, those guys, no matter their scheming, ability or motivation Only they can easily deal with Lu Dong and the others without making a sound."

"If this is really the case, things will be in trouble." Liang Xingbang said worriedly.

Yu Wanniang shook her head: "It may not be too troublesome. If they really did it, the matter would be simpler. What they want is nothing more than a cheaper price. As long as they are willing to lower the price, they should be able to solve the problem."

Shi Jingzhai said angrily: "You said it easily, do you know how much goods this is? This is Paili's accumulation for more than thirty years! Not only are there crystallized lugworms, but also the spiritual stones and other treasures that everyone has hoarded over the years. , it’s goods that can’t even be packed in a mustard bag. So many goods have been given to them at 60% of the market price, and you still want to keep them lower? How low do you want to keep them?"

Yu Wanniang was also angry: "Can it be done otherwise? Didn't you see that others have already bullied you?"

Shi Jingzhai shouted: "That's your problem too. In the final analysis, you're looking for the wrong person!"

Yu Wanniang went crazy: "Okay, then you go look for it. You have to find a sect that can take over this product that is worth tens of millions of dollars and dares to take over!"

Shi Jingzhai still wanted to scold, but was restrained by Liang Xingbang: "Okay, okay, why are we arguing again? Let's stop arguing. The matter has reached this point, and we have to find a solution. Isn't it not yet? Are you sure what happened? Wan Niang, I'm afraid I have to trouble you to make a trip. You contacted those people, and you still have to ask them if they did it. If so, what exactly is it? Plan."

The short and chubby Liang Xingbang usually looks less imposing than Shi Jingzhai, but he has always been a think-tank among this trio. Many of the ideas actually came from him. At this moment, he gave Yu Wanniang and Shi Jingzhai were willing to listen to their opinions.

At this moment, Yu Wanniang nodded solemnly: "I will contact them later."

Liang Xingbang continued: "In addition, if something like this happens, the goods can no longer be released, and the transaction must be completed as soon as possible. I will sleep in the warehouse these days and guard it day and night to prevent accidents. Lao Shi, go and keep an eye on Tang Jie."

"Why are you staring at him?" Shi Jingzhai was puzzled.

Liang Xingbang replied: "Although those maids said that Tang Jie was always there last night~IndoMTL.com~, the words of those **** alone are still not enough. When it comes to Tang Jie, you must be careful. ”

"Okay." Shi Jingzhai replied unwillingly.

Yu Wanniang asked: "What about the town?"

"The news can no longer be stopped, so we can only let it spread. Since there is no evidence, we can just treat it as rumors." At this point, Liang Xingbang figured out that it was useless to be anxious. Even if the Xiyue Sect really comes to ask, as long as there is no evidence, they can just insist that it is a rumor. The key is to clean up all the mess before that, otherwise leaving evidence of guilt is just asking for death.

"Finally, there is the boy selling lugworms. Although Ding Chao had sworn that boy was just an ordinary person, An Tao has not returned yet. Now it seems that it is not easy, so he still needs to send someone capable to kill him. That kid is like that." Liang Xingbang said.

Yu Wanniang frowned: "If it's really the person over there, wouldn't it be inappropriate to kill him like this?"

Liang Xingbang said with a sinister smile: "There is no need to worry about this. Since they dare to do tricks, they should also be aware of the consequences. Anyone who dares to harm our Shimen sect...will be killed without mercy!"