Moonlight and wind

Chapter 231: Sword Victory and Injury

In the dense woods, the moisture in the air lingers like a veil, condensing on the tips of the leaves to form pearl-like water droplets.

A drop of water fell from the tip of the leaf and passed before Shan Zimo's eyes. Instantly, his inner strength surged, freezing the drop of water into an ice bead. Shan Zimo stretched out his hand, pinched it between his two fingers, and shot it towards Dao Sheng under the tree.

Dao Sheng sensed that something was coming and quickly stepped back to dodge. This step back happened to step on a trap beside him!

Three people were hanging neatly in the air.

"Aren't you familiar with your own traps?" Shan Zimo taunted, "Do you want us to help you?"

Shan Zimo rushed towards Shan Boyu again, and this time the force was just right, and Shan Boyu grabbed the tree trunk in one go.

Shan Boyu was as agile as a monkey. He climbed up, cut the rope around his feet with his small dagger, sat on a tree branch, climbed to the vicinity of Shan Zimo's rope, and pulled Shan Zimo up with force.

The two of them sat on the tree branch, feeling very proud.

"Do you want me to pull you up?" Shan Zimo asked with a smile.

Dao Sheng ignored him and continued to swing towards the tree trunk.

"Then let's go!" Shan Zimo shouted, "There may be ferocious beasts in the deep mountains and forests. You are a good choice here!"

After saying that, Shan Zimo and Shan Boyu slid down the tree, looked up at Dao Sheng, and said, "Goodbye!"

"Dan Zimo!" Dao Sheng was still in mid-air, "I won't let you go!"

"Come down first and we'll talk!" Shan Zimo waved his hand, and the two of them disappeared into the darkness of the dense forest.

After leaving Yanyu Town, Xuanyue and his group headed south. The climate near southern Xinjiang made these northerners a little uncomfortable.

"Jianyun," Yuwenlin's red face poked out of the carriage, "Let's go to the next post station and buy another carriage. Now that we are close to southern Xinjiang, the weather is really hot and humid. The ladies should also wear light clothes. It's better for the master and I to take another carriage."

"It's rare that the young master is so thoughtful!" Jianyun nodded.

"I'm just afraid that Zimo will blame me for not taking good care of Miss Que!" Yu Wenlin simply got out of the carriage and sat with Li.

"Master, look!" Li stood up and looked into the distance, "There seems to be a village over there!"

"Okay," Yuwen Lin lifted the curtain and said to Yijianhui, "Master, let's go to the village to rest for a while and see if we can buy a carriage."

"Okay, I'll follow Master Yuwen's arrangements!" Yi Yanhui's eyes were blurred by the heat.

"Master," Jian Yun became extremely alert as he approached the village, "something is not right!"

The village was eerily quiet, as if there was not a single sign of life.

"Young Master, you wait here, I'll go in and take a look." After Jian Yun said this, he rode his horse into the small village where Dan Zimo had slaughtered everyone.

After a while, Jian Yun rushed out with a look of fear on his face.

"Master, this village has been massacred!" Jian Yun urged Li to change direction, "We should not stay here for long!"

"Let's go!" Yu Wenlin looked at the silent village in horror and helped Li change direction.

"Should we report this matter?" After Xuanyue and his group left, several people walked out of the dense forest behind them and came to the village to check.

"This person is the Bone-Eroding Rakshasa," the mysterious man came to the small house and saw Quan Chengyu dead on the ground, "This demon has been eliminated and must be reported."

"Who did it?"

"Shan Zimo!"

“How come you see?”

"This is the cloth from his attendant's bag!" The mysterious man picked up a piece of cloth from the fence of the courtyard. "This cloth is the unique snow-white silk of the Snow Shadow Hall. Only disciples of the Snow Shadow Hall can use it."

"So, we are not far from Shan Zimo."

"At least we found his trace!"

Xuanyue and his group continued to head south, not caring about the hot and humid weather, and ran all the way.

He glanced at the carriage, opened the map of mountains and rivers with worried look on his face, and sighed softly.

"Master, is there any problem?" Xuanyue noticed Yike's confusion and asked softly.

"From the mountain and river map, although the Xinghewan we left before is the closest town to Yanyu Town, we are heading south now and gradually deviating from it, and the next town is still two or three days away." He was a little worried at first glance, "Not only can we not guarantee food and clothing, but even the horses can't rest. I'm afraid it will take longer."

"Then let's pay attention to the surrounding villages along the way, but we still have to be cautious." Jian Yun was still frightened when he thought of the village he had just passed. Judging from the traces of the battle, he alone could not protect a whole car of people.

Xuanyue's carriage then moved forward along the official road.

As night falls, the last ray of light in the sky quietly fades away.

"There is really no village to stay in nearby," Jian Yun went to check and came back to report, "There is only a dilapidated temple to stay in. I am afraid that the young lady and the young lady will be wronged."

"Brother Jianyun, it's okay," Xuanyue said softly, "Let's just rest there."

"It looks like someone often comes here!" Yuwenlin walked into the dilapidated temple and saw the extinguished bonfire and the remaining fish bones on the ground. "I'm afraid it's not some criminal or beggar."

Zi Ling'er took out food from the food box. At least she had something to eat.

Everyone sat around the burning campfire. The wet firewood made the flames grow and shrink, making crackling sounds.

"Hush!" Jian Yun, who was standing at the door, suddenly reminded softly, "Someone is coming!"

Everyone quickly picked up whatever they could find to protect themselves and hid behind the door.

In the darkness, a figure limped towards the ruined temple.

"This broken temple is really bustling!" The figure muttered coldly, "There are people coming every night! But no one is offering incense to you."

"Who is coming?" Jianyun showed his knife in front of him and questioned the figure loudly.

"I'm just passing by. Why can't I come to this dilapidated temple?"

"Brother Jianyun, please let this girl in." Xuanyue recognized the cold voice as belonging to a woman. "It looks like she is injured."

"Miss Que, where did this girl come from in this dense forest and wilderness?" Jian Yun was still very alert.

At this time, the figure had slowly walked to the door of the dilapidated temple, and the bonfire in the temple was reflected on her face.

The person who came was Dao Sheng who was hung in the air by Dan Zimo!

Dao Sheng's hat was on her back, and the sword at her waist was hanging low. There was a long tear at one corner of her black robe, and that side was where she had a limp.

"This girl is indeed injured!" Although Xuanyue came closer to take a look, the marbles were already caught in her hands behind her back, "Ling'er, help her in."

Zi Ling'er trotted to Dao Sheng's side, and then he could see her almost pale face. He helped her walk into the ruined temple and sat down by the bonfire.

Dao Sheng's right leg seemed to have been cut by a sharp weapon from the thigh to the ankle! Her robe was also torn, and the blood stuck to her leg!

"How did he get injured so badly?" Xuanyue asked with concern.

"I was framed by two bitches!"