Chapter 30 “Alchemy”

Chapter 30 “Alchemy”

Meng Qi was attacked from both sides, but Meng Qi did not panic. He used his long sword to drive away the salesman's long sword. Then, he lowered his body and allowed the old man's dagger to stab his back. He also let the old man Hu Qin's thin sword hit him. It failed to hit the vital part of the vest and was stabbed a little above.

As a result, the woman in the couple lost her throat and hit Meng Qi on the chin. There was no problem with the knife, and it cut directly into Meng Qi's legs.

Although the salesman on the front didn't succeed, a smug sneer appeared on his face involuntarily. He had deliberately exposed flaws in his costume and planned this siege!

Puff puff puff, a series of defeating sounds sounded, and the salesman's smile froze on his face.

He saw that the weapons of his companions were all like piercing iron blocks, and could only penetrate a little, with a little blood coming out. However, the young monk withdrew his long knife and took advantage of the situation to "sweep the world" with one move.

A head flew up, and blood rushed like a waterfall. The salesman's eyes were filled with blood, and he saw the headless body of the woman in the couple swaying and falling softly to the ground.

"He actually has such profound horizontal kung fu!" The salesman regretted it. He never thought that such a young monk could develop such profound horizontal kung fu!

Meng Qi didn't pay attention to the old man Hu Qin and the old man from the tea shop behind him. He suddenly took a step forward diagonally, just blocking the place where the man with the knife retreated. He swung the long knife down, and blood spurted out again, stained with blood. filled his white leggings.

Then, his steps slipped and he bumped back strangely, passing by the old man from the tea shop.

His head flew around, blood spurted out, but Meng Qi only had a shallow scar on his chest.

Seeing this scene, the salesman was so frightened that he lost his usual calmness, turned around in a hurry, and ran away like a ghost.

Suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he saw a handsome young monk standing in front of him.

"Go to hell!" He stabbed Meng Qi between the eyebrows in panic, not daring to argue with him.

Meng Qi, who had an injury on his chin, gritted his teeth and smiled, looking particularly ferocious. He raised his left hand and directly grasped the salesman's sword. Regardless of the blood flowing from the sword's blade, he pulled back hard and swung the sword.

"No..." The salesman's scream stopped abruptly, and blood spurted from his throat all over Meng Qi's head and face.

The old man Hu Qin on the other side trembled all over, screamed strangely, and ran away, leaving Meng Qi unable to catch up.

Is this just exchanging a small injury for a big one? After the battle, Meng Qi exhaled a breath of turbid air, wiped the blood on his face, and walked towards the remaining living people in the tea shop.

The rich young master and his maids and guards stared at this scene with their mouths open. They did not realize what was happening until streams of blood spurted out and heads fell to the ground one by one. The monk who seemed to have walked out of the Abi Blood Prison arrived. In front of them, they came to their senses, trembling with fear, and knelt down to beg for mercy.

"Master, Master, I have always worshiped Buddha devoutly, so please spare me this miserable life." The rich young man said with tears streaming down his face.

"The poor monk just wants to ask for directions. I wonder how to get to Shaohua Mountain?" Meng Qi said with a smile, but against the backdrop of his face covered in blood, the rich young master and others felt that this smile was extremely scary and ferocious.

One of the guards barely restrained his trembling and honestly told Meng Qi the news.

Meng Qi nodded slightly and said with a bad taste: "The poor monk observes that all the donors are destined to be my Buddha..."

"No, Master! I don't want to see the Buddha yet. I have an eighty-year-old grandmother and a three-year-old child. I will give you whatever you want!" The rich young man cried in fright.

"The poor monk just wants to borrow the benefactor's horse. I wonder if the benefactor is willing to have such a good relationship?" The more frightened they became, the more enthusiastic Meng Qi became in playing the role of "eminent monk".

The young master from the rich family looked at the blood on Meng Qi's face, but he dared not say he was unwilling: "Master wants to have a good relationship, but I can't get it. I can take the horse away."

"The poor monk is not a bandit. This jade pendant is given to you as a mortgage for borrowing the horse." Meng Qi saw that it was getting late and stopped scaring them.

The rich young master suddenly burst into tears again: "Master, I am willing to give it! This is a gift to the Buddha, how can I take your pledge!"

He waved his hands desperately, unwilling to accept the jade pendant. He suspected that this was a test for the monk. If he really wanted the jade pendant, his head would be in danger.

Meng Qi was startled: "Amitabha, this poor monk thanks the benefactor for his kindness."

The rich young master breathed a long sigh of relief: "I should thank you for your enlightenment."

Meng Qi suddenly thought of a famous line, so he looked at the rich young master's luggage with a half-smile but not a smile: "The poor monk observes that the donor's property is also destined to me, the Buddha."

The rich young master looked sad and tried to look pious, and handed the silver bag to Meng Qi: "I also ask the master to use this powder to mold a golden body to save the world."

He actually gave it... Is this what alms feel like? Meng Qi curled his lips and said no more. He called Qi Zhengyan and others to come over and separately inspected the body, looking for dry food and clean water.

After a while, Xiang Hui led the four horses, tied the dry food and water he found to both sides of the saddle, and then looked at Meng Qi who had just bandaged the wound with a smile: "Monk, when are we going to set off? There are only three horses. It’s a deadline, so it won’t be too late…”

Meng Qi nodded lightly: "Let's go now."

To be honest, Meng Qi always thought that after witnessing the battle just now, Xiang Hui's attitude towards him would change greatly. After all, in this battle, his strength was fully demonstrated, but he only had the energy to practice Kung Fu. The accomplished person is in the same realm as Xiang Hui. Who knew that he would still be so flattering and flattering.

Maybe he felt unsure of defeating himself?

Upon hearing Meng Qi's answer, Xiang Hui immediately got on his horse, held the reins skillfully, and waited for departure.

Meng Qi looked at the horses in front of him and felt a little uneasy. After all, he had never ridden a horse before, but he was also skilled in martial arts and was agile. If he was just traveling without riding, he would not be afraid.

"Master..." Suddenly, the girl Xiao Zi timidly spoke.

Meng Qi and Qi Zhengyan turned to look, but neither spoke.

Xiao Zi said in annoyance, "Master, I, I don't know how to ride a horse."

This is a problem. Meng Qi frowned slightly and looked at Xiao Zi. She was just an ordinary girl. She might not be able to learn to ride a horse in her eagerness.

At this time, Meng Qi suddenly thought of Jiang Zhiwei's words when he suggested that he learn Qing Gong first, and he felt that it made sense. If you can't even keep up with others, how can others protect you in an emergency? Even if the other party really has a kind of Bodhisattva heart!

Seeing Meng Qi and Qi Zhengyan frowning and saying nothing, Xiao Zi suddenly became nervous and said with a trembling voice: "Master, I, I can learn to ride a horse, don't leave me!"

She is not familiar with the place here, so she can only hold on to Meng Qi, who seems kind and kind, even if they have only known each other for a short time, otherwise if they are left here, they will be raped soon. Then go and sell it to other places such as **, with no power to resist at all.

Meng Qi looked her up and down and found a lot of blood on her clothes. He understood that it was from when she inspected the body just now as instructed.

Recalling that although Xiao Zi was afraid of corpses, she still gritted her teeth and worked hard to complete the task, Meng Qi sighed inwardly, God helps those who help themselves...

"I'm afraid it's too late to learn how to ride a horse. Miss Zi, if you don't mind, let's ride with the monk." Meng Qi deliberately announced a Buddhist name to show his identity as a monk, so that Xiao Zi would not hesitate about the relationship between men and women. Defend.

Although this way, Meng Qi felt that he could leave her without any burden, but since he wanted to be a good person, he still tried his best to consider the details at the beginning.

Xiao Zi was stunned for a moment, and then her eyes as black as paint were covered with a layer of mist. She clasped her hands together and said, "Master Bodhisattva is kind-hearted. My little lady, I would like to thank you in advance."

Xiang Hui, who was behind Meng Qi, curled his lips subconsciously. According to his opinion, such a helpless girl should not be taken with him at all, just find a place to have fun and leave her there.

Qi Zhengyan did not stop Meng Qi's decision, and kept his serious face. He just nodded slightly when looking at Meng Qi.

"Miss Xiao Zi, sit in the back and remember to tighten my monk's robe." Meng Qi offered his hand and let Xiao Zi get on the horse.

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt something in his heart. It seemed a bit too much to allow an unfamiliar person to sit behind him, so he changed his words and said, "Miss Xiao Zi, you'd better sit in front. The monk is worried that you will be thrown off."

Xiao Zi had no objection and moved to the front of the saddle. Meng Qi got on the horse, crossed his arms and held the reins.

Xiao Zi's face was blushing, but she was not too shy. After all, Meng Qi was still a twelve or thirteen year old child.

Qi Zhengyan rode a horse and led a horse, nodding slightly: "Junior Brother Zhending, I am worried that you have too little experience in the world."

Meng Qi knew that he was referring to his decision to let Xiao Zi sit in front of him instead of behind him. He said sarcastically: "It's really too little. I was deceived by that salesman before. But the most wrong thing is not this, but that I shouldn't have gone to tea at all." Asking for directions in a shop, if we stop random pedestrians on the road and ask, we will basically not encounter pursuers..."

After the battle, he carefully recalled the process, reviewed the gains and losses, and discovered many childish aspects of his actions.

Meng Qi clearly knew that his talent was definitely not as good as Jiang Zhiwei, Zhang Yuanshan and others. If he didn't make up for it by making progress three times a day, his future prospects would be worrying.

After listening to Meng Qi's words quietly, Qi Zhengyan turned his head, looked ahead, and whispered: "I was also negligent."

Phew, Meng Qi chuckled secretly, without saying much, took off his jade pendant and threw it behind him, directly into the rich man's arms.

Then, he rode his horse forward and laughed loudly amidst the clatter of hooves: "This is the horse's money."

The rich man caught the jade pendant in a daze and watched Meng Qi in gray monk robe disappear far away on the road in the dust. After a while, he murmured to himself: "He actually gave me the money..."

This jade pendant is transparent and moist, and it is worth a lot at first glance.

He never thought that in this situation, the little monk who killed people like a fool would actually give him money without any hesitation!

Not to mention the monks who often beg for alms, ordinary people would definitely be greedy and take advantage of them!

"Young Master, he seems to be more like a monk than the senior monks who usually come here..." The beautiful maid was at a loss.

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"Not alms?" Qi Zhengyan was a little surprised as he watched Meng Qi throw out the jade pendant, "This is the world of reincarnation, so you can follow the authority in emergencies."

Anyway, no one here knows me and others, and they will leave after completing the task.

Meng Qi put away his usual smile and said seriously: "If you indulge your desires and do things that go against your principles when there is no one around and in a strange place, what is the difference between that and having no principles? In the world of reincarnation Here, I think we should stick to ourselves, otherwise after completing missions again and again, sooner or later, our temperament will change drastically, we will transform into Shura and fall into the sea of ​​misery forever."

He didn't have any thoughts that were too complete or deep in his bones. He just felt that he should stick to himself and not end up becoming a guy that he wanted to kill.

Besides, because of the little jade Buddha, he didn't want to carry that jade pendant with him.

Qi Zhengyan raised his head, looked at the road ahead, and said in a slightly sad tone: "Can you insist on it? If the task issued by the 'Lord of Six Paths of Reincarnation' is contrary to your bottom line, and you will be obliterated if you don't complete it, are you willing to die to become a benevolent person? Become a Buddha immediately. ?”

"This..." The extreme situation imagined by Qi Zhengyan made it difficult for Meng Qi to answer, so he could only sigh and said, "It is impossible to imagine now. We will only know when the time comes... But we also need to save more good deeds to prevent deductions for mission failures. "

With the sound of horse hooves and dust flying, Meng Qi and Qi Zhengyan fell silent again and concentrated on their way.

Two days later, the four of them were not far from Shaolin. Since they were not considerate of horse power, they seemed to have escaped their pursuers without encountering a fight.

"At the intersection ahead, we abandon our horses and head into the mountains. We just have to climb over this forest and we will be there." Meng Qi told Xiang Hui and Xiao Zi about his and Qi Zhengyan's decision.

Judging from the current signs, the pursuers seemed not to have expected that they and the others were running so fast and could not catch up for a while. However, both Meng Qi and Qi Zhengyan believed that the other party would not lack long-distance communication methods such as carrier pigeons, and they could notify the nearby area in advance. The master intercepted them at the main road, so they could no longer take the main road.

And if you go over mountains and ridges, there are "roads" everywhere. No matter how many masters Duoercha has, they can't completely block it. Even if his army arrives, it will be the same!

Xiao Zi and Xiang Hui had no objections to their decision.

At this time, it was approaching evening, the rain was heavy, and the road ahead was almost invisible. Meng Qi suddenly felt that his horse tripped something, and flew directly into the air, throwing himself and Xiao Zi away.

Then, dozens of white-feathered long arrows made a strange whine, passed through the rain curtain, and headed straight for Meng Qi, Qi Zhengyan and others from the woods beside the road.