sjar Chapter 43 The Flute's Sound Emerges from the Pass
Chapter 43 The Flute's Sound Emerges from the Pass
Li Lianhua arrived at the back mountain and saw the poisonous miasma that had been raising the poisonous insects that had bitten Yu Qiushuang's face. She wondered if it was the work of the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance's Medicine Demon.
The miasma was so powerful that birds in flight were instantly poisoned and fell to the ground, leading to the speculation that a great figure was hidden within the miasma.
Li Lianhua had been searching for his senior brother, Shan Gudao, for many years after his martial arts were crippled and he escaped, disappearing without a trace. For all these years, Li Lianhua had been looking for him, albeit only as a side effect.
But I still want to find him, ask him why he faked his death back then, and avenge the fifty-eight brothers of Sigumen who died because of the battle he instigated.
However, Shan Gu Dao's ability to conceal his tracks was simply too high. Over the years, there had been no clues whatsoever. Helpless, Li Lianhua had no choice but to look for clues from the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, the other side of Shan Gu Dao's feigned death.
After taking an antidote and sealing several major acupoints on her body, Li Lianhua placed the fox spirit outside the poisonous miasma and leisurely walked inside.
Fifteen minutes later, Li Lianhua saw a huge natural cave. The cave was overgrown with weeds and looked deserted. The entrance to the cave was almost completely obscured, and Li Lianhua would have almost missed it if she hadn't been so observant.
Just as Li Lianhua was about to approach, a loud bang was heard, and a huge rock flew towards him.
Li Lianhua swiftly spun around, and before the stone even landed, she was already beside the boulder. Seeing someone heading towards the cave entrance out of the corner of her eye, she used the momentum to hide behind a rock in the grass.
"Congratulations on Your Excellency's recovery and return from seclusion." Two voices came from behind the stone.
The newcomers were none other than the renowned beauty of the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance's Holy Maiden, Jiao Liqiao, and her subordinate, Xue Gong.
Before the Venerable One could emerge, the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance Medicine Demon discovered Li Lianhua hiding behind the weeds. The Medicine Demon immediately threw out his precious poisonous insects, intending to silence her.
Li Lianhua was trying to figure out how to avoid the crisis without revealing her situation when she was rescued by Fang Duobing and Shi Shui who arrived at the scene.
Two people were no match for three. The opponents wanted to kill them to silence them, but then Di Feisheng, the leader of the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, came out of the cave and left with a few people.
Li Lianhua never expected that Di Feisheng was still alive. Ten years ago, during the East China Sea battle, the poison in her body, Bi Cha, flared up, and she was injured by Di Feisheng, falling into the sea.
Di Feisheng was also seriously injured by himself and thought he had died in the sea. He didn't expect to meet him here. However, it seemed that his injuries had not healed and his internal strength was not as good as before.
But thinking about it, I haven't died yet, so how can I be sure that the other person can die? Besides, the poison from the green tea in my body has already been cured. After years of cultivation, Yangzhou Man has already broken through his original realm and reached the point of returning to simplicity.
Di Feisheng may have been seriously injured in that great battle and came to the back mountain of Yucheng to recuperate, only emerging from seclusion today.
Thinking of this, Li Lianhua saw Fang Duobing rushing over, so she pretended to have been injured by the boulder and fainted.
When he woke up again, Fang Duobing was by his side. He felt sorry for having seen the Medicine Demon leave with Di Feisheng and for having wrongly accused Li Lianhua of being the Medicine Demon. However, Li Lianhua did not care before, and she did not care now either.
In the courtyard, Li Lianhua saw her former friend Xiao Zijin, as well as the woman she had admired in her youth, Qiao Wanmian, the most beautiful woman in the martial arts world, who later wrote her a farewell letter.
Now, after ten years apart, the two held hands tightly and chatted happily. Upon seeing this, Li Lianhua took a step back and hid behind a pillar, unwilling to go forward and disturb them.
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Li Lianhua guessed that Di Feisheng would definitely go to the First-Class Tomb to find the rare elixir of Guanyin's Tears, which greatly increases one's power and can revive someone who is on the verge of death, in order to heal his previous injuries.
He was sure he would meet him there, so he rode the Lotus Pavilion toward the First-Class Tomb.
Originally, Fang Duobing was supposed to be left behind, drugged and abandoned by the roadside, while he went to Yipinfen alone to find someone. However, Fang Duobing had been warned beforehand and was already on guard, so he couldn't abandon him and had no choice but to take him with him on the journey.
Unfortunately, while inquiring about information at the black market antique shop, they were threatened with poison by Lord Wei Zhuang and became his captive. Although neither of them was poisoned, they were outnumbered, and Li Lianhua was also considering going with them.
Finally, Li Lianhua, Fang Duobing, and some tomb raiders were forced to enter the First-Class Tomb to search for Guanyin's Weeping.
Wu You followed the coachman and had a very pleasant journey from Jiaozhou City to Xiangzhou Prefecture City. Traveling every day was already quite unpleasant.
With the help of Wu You's silver, the half-month journey was covered by Wu You and the coachman Uncle Zhang, who spent their days sightseeing and enjoying the scenery. When they came across a beautiful place, they would go there to take a special trip.
Then half a month passed, and the journey was less than halfway completed, and the direction of progress had deviated from the original trajectory by more than a little bit.
The two passed through a small town at noon and planned to buy some supplies before continuing their journey and resting at the next destination.
While Wu You was shopping, he heard about a strange case in the area. A few days ago, seven headless corpses appeared in the nearby Puchu Mountain. The constables said that the person who saw them could still move.
It is said that they were all tomb raiders who died because they wanted to raid that First-Class Tomb, which was notoriously evil.
Upon hearing "First-Class Tomb," Wu You knew that the story involved Li Lianhua and Di Feisheng fighting over Guanyin's Weeping, and that Di Feisheng was later poisoned by Li Lianhua.
But I don't know where the story is now, or whether Li Lianhua and the others have arrived here yet.
Wu You wanted to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible.
However, it was already noon, and the rumors were still quite frightening, as they would have to travel a long way through the night before finding an inn.
After discussing it with Uncle Zhang, the coachman, they decided to rest in the town tonight and set off early the next morning. Both were afraid of encountering a headless corpse on the road that night.
The next morning, Wu You packed the dry food he had bought the day before. Although there was space in the old house to store things, Uncle Zhang, an outsider, was with them, and they would be eating together along the way, so Wu You couldn't pack everything in. He put the things that needed to be put in the carriage.
After the carriage had been running all morning, Wu You and Uncle Zhang rested by the roadside, baking dry biscuits and heating water.
Wu You originally didn't plan to get off the bus to eat anything; she just wanted to grab a quick bite and get away from the place as soon as possible.
But since the horse was carrying those things and two people, it needed to rest before continuing its journey, so it had to sit down and rest for a while.
While they were eating, a group of more than a dozen people suddenly appeared from the other side of the mountain and headed towards them. Wu You was a little puzzled; he had specifically asked Uncle Zhang to choose a less crowded route, so why were there still people coming?
Wu You quickly stuffed the pancake into her mouth, then took off the fox mask from her waist and put it on. "Uncle Zhang, I'll go into the carriage first. You can eat slowly." Then she sat back in the carriage. She left those people to Uncle Zhang to deal with; perhaps they were just passing by?
Although no one recognizes him here, he might stumble upon someone else's business someday. Wu You just wants to be a homebody and avoid trouble, so he usually wears this mask, only taking it off when eating.
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