At night, the ground was still extremely hot, so Ma Xiaoyu had to spread a thin blanket on the ground, only then did she feel a little more and Yin Xiu leaned against the fire, drinking sip after sip of the sweet potato liquor they brought back from Malaysia. Yin Xiu threw a handful of firewood into the fire from time to time. After drinking a pot of wine, Ma Xiaoyu's face inevitably turned red. "What methods did you use to make Bai Fenghuang reveal those secrets?" Yin Xiu asked curiously, "I feel like she's not the type to speak easily." "Do you know her well?" Ma Xiaoyu glanced at him and said, "Anyway, I didn't hit her." "Of course you didn't, you even let them go." "Hmm? Do you still want to kill them?" Ma Xiaoyu smiled and said, "It's not necessary, is it? They are just two girls who know nothing and haven't caused us any trouble. Why should we bother with them so much?"
"Then what methods did you use?" Yin Xiu was still curious. "that is……" Ma Xiaoyu's face turned red again, and she finally turned the topic back to the Taoist temple in Jiaozhi. "Tell me, is what Bai Fenghuang said true? Is the secret of becoming an immortal hidden in that Taoist temple?" "Well……" Yin Xiu lowered his head and thought for a long time before answering cautiously: "Maybe it's true, or maybe it's just another fantasy dream about Kunlun." "Kunlun..." Ma Xiaoyu thought again of what she had experienced in Kunlun before, and felt that it was just like what Yin Xiu said, just a dream after drinking. However, there was a jade pendant hanging inside her clothes, between her chest. Everything about Kunlun is real. Then it seems that becoming an immortal in this era is not impossible. Or to some extent, Yin Xiu and she both had the opportunity to become immortals at a certain moment. As long as the two of them nodded, or made a request, saying something like, "Please let us stay in Kunlun!", the guardian priests would definitely agree to them. Because "eternal life" is only the most basic reward for those who enter Kunlun. As long as you stay on Kunlun, you can break away from all causes and effects, remove yourself from the long river of time, and no longer be affected by birth, aging, sickness and death. Although it seemed a pity to everyone, neither Ma Xiaoyu nor Yin Xiu regretted their decision. Leaving Kunlun made them become ordinary people again, falling from the clouds in the sky back to the ordinary ground. But it seems that there is nothing wrong with all this. As long as you feel satisfied, everywhere is a paradise. However, there was definitely no reason for Yin Xiu and the others to go to that Taoist temple first.
The first priority at the moment is to find Liu Banxian and others. Thinking of the paper figure that was almost reduced to ashes, even someone like Yin Xiu couldn't help but feel a little anxious. So after knowing they were going to Jiaozhi, the two of them traveled almost non-stop. Only at night did they have the opportunity to sit together, drink some wine and chat. Ma Xiaoyu gradually felt that here, Yin Xiu's serious side seemed to become more and more obvious. In comparison, the previously relaxed, carefree and unrestrained Yin Xiu seemed to be deliberately hidden and suppressed by him. Could it be that this trip made him feel too much pressure? Is it because Liu Banxian and the other two are currently unknown whether they are alive or dead, or because I am by his side? No matter how she tried to convince herself, Ma Xiaoyu was still clearly aware that the reckless and wanton adventure she had taken before would gradually disappear after Xiandu emerged from under the water. Xiandu turned into a huge shadow, looming over everyone, and it was also a heavy stone pressing on Yin Xiu's heart. In order to get everything back on track, what needs to be eradicated is not the control of the imperial court, but Xiandu, because Xiandu is a behemoth with a longer history than any other dynasty. In other words, it is history itself, all the recorded and unrecorded history is related to them. They hide somewhere, often acting as spectators, watching the changes on the chessboard. But more often than not, at those critical moments, they will take over the position of the chess player and place the decisive move on the board themselves. This is the terrifying thing about Xiandu. Only when the immortals completely retreat behind the scenes will there be space for the dragon to fly freely. If Yin Xiu chose this path, he was destined to become not only an enemy of the imperial court, but also an enemy of the orthodox tradition of the Central Plains. Even with so many people around him, Yoon Soo will be the loneliest person in the world because he is against the world. Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel sorry for him and worried about him. When Yin Xiu was looking at the fire, Ma Xiaoyu gently leaned her head on his shoulder, making Yin Xiu feel the weight on his shoulder. "Are you sleepy?" Yin Xiu turned around. Ma Xiaoyu didn't respond, but just raised her head and closed her eyes. Yin Xiu couldn't help but be moved. He gently placed his hand on her chin and lowered her head. Just then, a burst of hurried horse hoof sounds came, and it seemed to be a cavalry. Yin Xiu looked over there and saw that the horse team did not light torches or carry any other lighting, which meant that they were completely relying on natural light to find their way and move forward in the dark. If a team did this at night, there would be only one reason, that is, someone had lit a lamp ahead to provide them with direction and coordinates. This is - a night raid! Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu immediately separated and stood up to the sides. The moment he stood up, Yin Xiu kicked the fire away, and the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness. The cavalry rushed here without hesitation or stopping. Amid the sound of horse hooves, there were bursts of low growls, like those of wild beasts.
At the same time, the fishy wind blew directly into Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu's faces. It was a familiar smell and both of them reacted instantly. Coming towards them are zombies! And there’s more than one! The wind was whistling, and a horse ran straight towards Yin Xiu. Yin Xiu threw a punch and hit the fast horse on the head. There was a crisp sound, which spread from the horse's head to its neck, back, buttocks, and then to its limbs. The horse's bones were broken and its muscles were torn. It died without even a cry. The cavalrymen followed their horses and fell onto Yin Xiu. At this moment, several horses rushed towards him side by side. Yin Xiu dodged by rolling sideways. As he tumbled, another horse rushed towards him. The "cavalryman" riding the horse opened his mouth and exhaled a breath of white air towards him. After another roll, Yin Xiu hooked his foot on the saddle, used his waist strength to climb onto the horse, and sat behind the cavalryman. As soon as his hand rested on the man's shoulder, Yin Xiu tore off a piece of rotten meat. Sensing the movement, the zombie turned its head 180 degrees and bit Yin Xiu's neck. "Fuck you!" Yin Xiu pushed his shoulder towards the zombie's lower jaw, and the zombie's upper and lower rows of teeth collided with each other, splashing green water. Then, Yin Xiu stretched out his hands, pushed and probed, grabbed the zombie's head, twisted it to the right, and turned the zombie's head back. When he controlled the zombie, two zombies on the left and right rode their horses towards Yin Xiu. Judging from the posture, it seemed that he was going to smash Yin Xiu and his horse into a meat pie, breaking their bones and flesh. At this time, Yin Xiucai saw clearly the reason why these zombies could serve as "cavalry". Because the lower half of their bodies has been chopped off and they have no feet. Only the upper body is connected and fixed to the horse's back. An extremely vicious and malicious design turned these zombies into another kind of terrible and twisted monsters, riding on horses as fast as the wind and moving freely. Yin Xiu stepped on the saddle and at the same time put his hands on the zombie's shoulders and flew high. boom! ! Three horses, three zombies collided with each other. Zombies are dead things, but horses are living creatures with vivid flesh and blood. After colliding with each other, the horses let out wailing sounds and the zombies also made terrible collision sounds. Yin Xiu somersaulted in the air and landed, kneeling on his feet, riding on the zombie's shoulders, squeezing the horse, which already had broken bones, until its four legs finally broke and it knelt heavily on the ground. Yin Xiu opened his arms, grabbed the heads of the other two zombies in one hand, and slammed them together.
As the muffled sound was heard, Yin Xiu hit the zombie with his knee, and the zombie's head, which had already rotated 180 degrees twice, twisted again exaggeratedly. This time, Yin Xiu used his powerful strength to pull its head off. The red, yellow and green lights reflected in Yin Xiu's eyes. Ma Xiaoyu lit up the three-color ruler in his hand, and with the other hand, he was holding a talisman paper and was knocking a zombie off the horse's back. Yin Xiu just glanced over there and then dealt with the zombie in front of him again. He held one in each hand, and no matter how the two zombies struggled, they couldn't touch him. "Damn it." Yin Xiu covered his hands with blue and white dragon and tiger qi and squeezed hard. The heads of the two zombies made a series of noises, cracks appeared on their heads, and finally they sank. They opened their mouths and spewed out black air, and became completely silent. After dealing with the three zombies, Yin Xiu jumped up again, opened his sleeves, and a single-molecule silk thread shot out from his sleeves, hitting the zombie right in the middle of its eyebrows. Then he took advantage of the momentum and used it to rush towards the zombie. When the zombies saw the "living creature" coming, they screamed excitedly, waving their hands up and down, and clawing in the air. However, Yin Xiu did not let this excitement last too long. He kicked the zombie in the air with great force and pierced its heart. The kick was so powerful that the zombie, which was originally tightly connected to the horse, broke the chain and flew backwards like a rag bag and fell to the ground. Yin Xiu did not chase the zombies, but took the horse first. He turned the horse's head and ran towards Ma Xiaoyu. When Ma Xiaoyu saw Yin Xiu, she walked over to him and stretched out her hand. Yin Xiu reached out and grabbed Ma Xiaoyu. Ma Xiaoyu took back the three-colored ruler, jumped onto the horse, and sat right in front of Yin Xiu, making hand gestures. "Those who are approaching, fighting, and fighting are all arrayed in front to punish evil!" Her body was glowing with golden light, and a vast amount of magical power was mobilized as she chanted. The zombies showed no fear at all and just drove their horses towards here. The zombie, with only half of its body left, dug grooves in the ground with its claws and flew towards Yin Xiu at a rapid speed. Ma Xiaoyu could no longer see these things. She just stretched out her hand gently, and a golden dragon leaped out with her as the center. boom! boom! boom! There were a series of explosions, and the zombies' bodies were torn into pieces, as if a bomb had exploded inside their bodies, completely destroying them. "Shut up!" Yin Xiu grabbed the horse's neck and forced the frightened horse to stop. Ma Xiaoyu threw a piece of talisman paper into the firewood beside her. With a slight hissing sound, the flames started burning again, illuminating the surroundings. The debris everywhere, horse corpses, internal organs, zombie bodies, and body fluids mixed together, giving off a strange and extremely foul smell. Even a seasoned butcher would probably vomit upon smelling this odor. Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu used the dragon and tiger qi to protect their heart meridians and each of them chanted a heart-clearing spell, which made their complexion look a little better.
Yin Xiu didn't rush to look at the zombies, but pulled out a knife from a horse's bag. He drew a spell in the air towards a horse that was lying on the ground, gasping for breath and in great pain, and then inserted the knife into the horse's heart. The horse didn't even struggle, and as the blood flowed out, its pupils dilated rapidly. After killing these injured and gasping horses one by one and reducing their pain, Yin Xiu threw the knife in his hand to the ground. "You've done what's best for them." Ma Xiaoyu said seriously: "Instead of watching them struggle in pain, and with each struggle, the wounds are torn and the pain increases, it is better to just put an end to them. This is not a good thing, but it is merciful enough." "rest assured." Yin Xiu's heart was as calm as a lake. "I've seen everything. Don't worry about me being affected so much." Seeing him like this, Ma Xiaoyu felt relieved. He handed over a blood-stained token that was taken from the zombie's body. The token has four big characters "Jiaozhou Inspection" written in regular script. Look at the clothes of these zombies. They are not wearing burial clothes, but clothes for "living people". These people seemed to be soldiers before they turned into zombies, and judging from their uniforms, these were not the attire of the Central Plains army. Judging from the token, it is obvious that these zombies belong to the officers and soldiers of Jiaozhi, and they probably died recently, and were not turned into zombies by being controlled by others after death. Ma Xiaoyu found the familiar bite marks on the neck of one of the zombies - two small holes. Needless to say, other zombies must have similar scars on their bodies. A zombie bit the soldiers, causing them to transform into zombies. Later, someone used special methods to tie these soldiers who had turned into zombies to horses, turning them into monsters as fast as the wind. And they released them into this uninhabited wilderness, letting them chase and bite strangers. What kind of person could have such disgusting, perverted ideas, and be so imaginative as to put them into practice? Ma Xiaoyu had a bad feeling in her heart. (End of this chapter)