Chapter 3 The Mysterious Man in Black
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Xu Ruian and Xiao Ming continued to move forward and came to a lake. There was a pavilion by the lake, so they sat down in the pavilion and prepared to rest for a while.
Xiao Ming's brows were always furrowed, and he said, "We must be more careful."
Xu Ruian looked at Xiao Ming and asked, "Xiao Ming, what's wrong?"
Xiao Ming shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just always feel that something is going to happen."
"Don't think about it, I think our current situation should be fine."
"But it's too quiet here, even the roar of wild animals or the cry of ghosts can't be heard," Xiao Ming said.
"You're right, it's really too quiet here."
"Let's go up, I'm worried..."
"Don't worry, I believe in your ability, we can definitely save Ying'er." Xiao Ming patted Xu Ruian's shoulder.
"Yeah."
"I'll get some water." Xiao Ming stood up and said, "It's very desolate here. I need to drink something to replenish my energy."
"Okay."
Xiao Ming walked to the lake with the kettle. Seeing the clear water of the lake, which had been abandoned for a long time, he felt very strange.
Xiao Ming looked at Xu Ruian, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Xu Ruian glanced at him and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"Do you love her?" Xiao Ming stared into Xu Ruian's eyes and asked.
Xu Ruian was stunned and said, "Whether I love her or not, I have to rescue her."
Xiao Ming smiled and said, "You are a good man."
"Thank you."
Xu Ruian took the kettle from Xiao Ming's hand and drank most of it.
Xiao Ming looked at Xu Ruian and suddenly asked, "Ruian, do you think we can win?"
Xu Ruian was stunned. He had never thought about this question. But he still said, "We can win."
At that time, Xiao Ming noticed something on the lake. He looked closely, and it seemed to be a straw hat.
He hurried over to check where the straw hat fell into the water, but it was blocked by a stone and fell onto the shore.
"It's an old man's hat." Xiao Ming said, "It looks like it has been here for a long time. I wonder whose old man it is."
"This place is blocked. Who could be here?" Xu Ruian asked.
Xiao Ming thought for a moment, then said, "Why don't you use the spirit-chasing technique on this hat to see if you can find any clues?"
Xu Ruian looked at the straw hat, was silent for a moment, then picked up the hat and said, "Okay."
Xu Ruian closed his eyes and used his mind to drive the spirit-chasing technique.
An image of an old man appeared in Xu Ruian's mind. He was standing by the lake, holding a fishing rod in his hand, leisurely fishing.
Xu Ruian carefully observed the old man's every move.
He had gray hair, wore a slightly washed white shirt, and wore a pair of old-fashioned glasses. His face was full of wrinkles, the corners of his mouth drooped a little, and his skin was rough, but his eyes were bright.
The old man stood motionless by the lake, like a sculpture.
Xu Ruian carefully observed the old man's every move, not missing a single detail.
Xu Ruian watched from a distance, his eyes unblinking.
Suddenly, Xu Ruian saw ripples on the lake, and a gust of wind blew, bringing a fishy smell.
The old man's fishing rod shook, as if frightened.
Xu Ruian saw the bait floating up, and he quickly reached out to grab the hook.
At this time, the old man also came to his senses and quickly put the fishing rod back to his waist.
The old man's movements seemed very hasty, and it seemed that he was also afraid that the hook would be taken away.
At this time, something seemed to be moving towards the shore of the lake, and the target was the old man.
At this moment, a huge python suddenly jumped out, opening its bloody mouth to swallow the old man at a very fast speed.
"Ah! Help!" The old man cried out in terror. He threw the fishing rod with all his strength and ran away.
"Save me! Save me! Save me!" The old man ran desperately, but his legs were not in good condition. He saw the python getting closer and closer.
The python chased after the old man's buttocks, biting the old man's buttocks with its bloody mouth, and tightly wrapped the old man. The old man struggled with his last bit of strength, but he could not get rid of the python and gradually lost consciousness.
A scream sounded, but it soon disappeared.
The soul chasing was over. Xu Ruian looked at Xiao Ming who was drawing water by the lake and shouted: "Xiao Ming, don't get close to that lake!"
Xiao Ming was stunned for a while when he heard Xu Ruian's words, but he saw a huge python crawling towards him not far from the lake, and the body of the python was still oozing black blood.
Xiao Ming quickly took out a piece of talisman and threw it into the water. In an instant, the talisman paper burned with flames.
Xiao Ming threw the branch in his hand at the python. The python felt pain and immediately swung its tail, throwing Xiao Ming away. Xu Ruian saw this scene and immediately threw the rope in his hand at the python's head, and the rope was tied firmly to the python's head.
"Xiao Ming!" Xu Ruian shouted loudly.
Xiao Ming shook for a while, but was not injured.
Xu Ruian saw all this and felt relieved a little, but his heart was lifted again. Because he knew that the python could not be defeated so easily.
After the python shook Xiao Ming off, it continued to chase Xu Ruian.
Xu Ruian hurriedly turned around and ran forward, but the python still followed closely. Xu Ruian ran for a while and felt that the python behind him was about to catch up, so he stopped and prepared to fight with the python.
The python also stopped, staring at Xu Ruian fiercely with a pair of eyes, like an angry lion.
Xu Ruian threw the rope into the air, and the rope changed into three ropes with the wind, shooting in three different directions, but none of these ropes could stop the python's pursuit.
The python opened its mouth and pounced on Xu Ruian.
Xu Ruian raised his hand, and a long sword appeared in his palm.
The sword was unsheathed, and the sword energy was everywhere!
This is a very profound Taoist method, a Taoist method called the Soul-Chasing Sword Technique, and its attack method is very simple and practical.
Xu Ruian waved the Soul-Chasing Sword, leaving blood marks on the python's body one after another. The python was in unbearable pain and kept rolling on the ground, trying to escape from Xu Ruian's attack range.
After Xu Ruian used one move, he waved another move, the second move of the Soul-Chasing Sword Technique!
The sword came out like a rainbow, cutting through the sky!
The sword energy was crisscrossed, cutting through the clouds in the sky, and the sword energy slashed towards the python's neck! The python screamed miserably and fell to the ground.
Xu Ruian waved his hand and the sword disappeared. He was about to leave when he heard a loud noise from behind. The snake was not dead, but twisted its body and pounced on Xu Ruian.
With a "bang", the snake's head was hit by something, its brain burst, its skull shattered, and blood gushed out, dyeing the entire lake red.
Xu Ruian looked back and saw a man in a black windbreaker and a black hood standing behind him, holding a shotgun in his hand. Xu Ruian wanted to see his face clearly, but found that he was still wearing a black mask.
"Who are you?" Xu Ruian asked.
"Why did you enter this mountain?" The man asked, as if he didn't hear his question.
"I'm here to save people," Xu Ruian said.
"Save people? How do you save them?" The man sneered.
"I naturally have a way, is it your business?" Xu Ruian snorted.
The man thought for a moment and said, "I advise you to go down the mountain."
"Who are you?"
The man did not answer, but said, "If you want to go back alive, you'd better listen to me, otherwise you will regret it."
After the man finished speaking, he walked to the other side.
"Hey!" Xu Ruian shouted and ran towards the man, but the man had already disappeared.
"What a strange guy," Xu Ruian muttered and turned away.
"Ruian!" Suddenly, Xiao Ming's voice sounded in Xu Ruian's ear, and Xu Ruian was stunned.
I saw Xiao Ming had already run up from the lake, holding a wooden sword in his hand.
Xu Ruian asked, "Are you okay?"
Xiao Ming smiled and said, "I'm fine, I'm not injured."
Xu Ruian looked at Xiao Ming with some dissatisfaction in his eyes, "I'm worried about you. Look at you, the python almost ate you just now. How can you still stand in front of me?"
Xiao Ming smiled and said, "Of course I can stand up, because I have a protective shield on my body. And I'm not injured, if you don't believe me, look." Xiao Ming said, stretched out his hand to open his sleeve, and saw a piece of white skin exposed to the air. Xu Ruian looked at Xiao Ming's arm, and it was indeed not injured.
Xu Ruian was relieved and continued to walk up the mountain with Xiao Ming.
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