Without further ado, the Jiang Fu acted as the host, and the grandfather and grandson pair set off with Gou Liang's party from Pan Long Island in the Eastern Sea.
As expected, the journey was not peaceful.
Fortunately, the Demonic Sect disciples in the vanguard had limited skills and were not difficult to deal with. Even He Cong, who was worried that Tang Nuo would be injured, allowed him to test his skills. Yue Qian had yet to make a move. He leaned against the carriage and was responsible for protecting Gou Liang and Jiang Su Xi, occasionally giving pointers to Situ Bai as he watched the battle.
On this day, the two successive attacks delayed their journey. Seeing that they would not be able to reach the next town, the party chose an open area that was not easy to set up traps for the night.
Because of the hot weather, the rations that they had replenished the day before had gone bad.
Gou Liang was picky about food, but he always ate whatever he had and never wasted anything. However, Yue Qian could not bear to see him put such smelly food into his beautiful mouth. He personally went to the mountains to catch wild animals and roasted them over a fire.
After three years of living alone in the desert, he believed that he had developed good cooking skills. Originally, he wanted to show off his skills to please Gou Liang, but the latter frowned when he saw his posture.
He took over the position of head chef in disgust. He did not know how Gou Liang did it, but in a short while, the pheasants, hares, and grilled fish on the rack emitted an irresistible aroma.
Even Zhu Fengyi, who was standing guard in the distance, looked over, not to mention Tang Nuo, who was crouching on the side and swallowing his saliva.
"Delicious!"
"Miss Ye, your cooking skills are really good!"
"Yes, Miss Ye is so virtuous. My eldest martial brother will be blessed in the future!"
"Miss Ye is really intelligent and skillful. Junior martial brother Yue, your luck really makes your senior martial brother envious."
The party ate until their mouths were full of oil, praising one after another.
Old Senior Jiang also teased, "Your luck is really good. I wonder when you will invite this old man to a cup of wine? Haha. "
Yue Qian looked at Gou Liang, whose expression was as usual, and scratched his head, not knowing how to answer. Gou Liang smiled and looked at him playfully. "Why are you looking at me? Don't tell me you don't want to marry me and want to marry me?"
Yue Qian blushed, and everyone burst into laughter.
Unexpectedly, the excitement of the night had just begun.
Being surrounded by the Devil Cult, even the Yue Qian could not sit idly by this time. He raised his sword and said to Mr. Jiang, "Senior, please protect Ye Gui."
Naturally, Old Jiang agreed.
Jiang Su Xi was naive. She nervously squeezed her grandfather's arm and hid behind him. Her eyes were locked on the Yue Qian, but she could barely see him make a move. Wherever he passed, the Devil Sect members fell to the ground. Those people didn't even have time to cry out before he took their lives.
"Brother Yue Qian is so awesome!"
She couldn't help praising him. Then she thought of something and looked at Gou Liang apologetically.
Old Jiang smiled. "Bai Xiaosheng said that the South has shooting stars and the North has wild lights. It wasn't a lie. Although the Imperial Sword League unified all the major sword sects in the North and South, only the fast Southern Mountain Sword Sect and the wild and domineering Northern Plains Sword Sect are at the top. The South Sword Yue Qian's sword is famous in Jianghu. Its speed is not inferior to Brother Situ's, and its wildness is not inferior to the Northern Plains Sword Sect. It is also very suitable for practicing the Northern Plains Sword Sect. For this Chief Xia, he often wrung his hands and was jealous of your Uncle Situ. "
But today, it seemed that the Yue Qian's growth in the past five years was fast beyond his expectations.
Gou Liang smiled slightly. Looking at the way the Yue Qian used the sword, he felt a little nostalgic.
But no matter how fast the Yue Qian's sword was, it could not defeat the Devil Cult members who gathered and killed more and more.
Old Jiang sneered. "The Devil Cult really thinks highly of this old man. What a big move!"
He was forced to participate in the battle, but there were two people behind him to protect, so it was inevitable that his hands and feet were tied. Seeing a loophole, the Left Protector, who was hiding in the dark, went straight for Jiang Su Xi! Old Jiang was shocked. He grabbed his granddaughter and put her behind him. Only then did he realize that the opponent's target was not Jiang Su Xi, but Gou Liang!
"Sister Ye!"
Seeing Gou Liang being taken away, Jiang Su Xi screamed.
At the same time, the burning flame suddenly fell to one side, and a figure that was so fast that it could barely be seen turned around to attack. Dozens of Sword Qi burst forth, forcing the Left Protector to let go of his hand, and Gou Liang fell from midair.
Yue Qian hugged his waist and tightly clasped him to his chest. Gou Liang had filmed many such scenes, but the beautiful slow-motion scenes in the movies were all nonsense. Gou Liang had just raised his head, but before he could make eye contact with Yue Qian, he had already landed steadily on the ground. The latter asked anxiously, "Are you hurt?"
Gou Liang shook his head. Yue Qian breathed a sigh of relief. He hugged Gou Liang tightly and did not intend to let him go. He would not let him go again.
The Devil Cult's attack stopped. Situ Bai and the other three returned to defend. Yue Qian pointed his sword at the Devil Cult and said loudly, "Left Protector, why are you still hiding? Could it be that you were injured so badly last time that you are afraid that I will take your head this time? "
The Left Protector appeared and sneered, "If I had not exhausted my internal energy last time, how could I have let you succeed in your sneak attack? If you know what's good for you, hand over the woman next to you! If so, the Devil Cult will not make things difficult for the Jiang family in the future. I will let you go. "
He Cong and the others were shocked when they heard this. They had never expected that the Devil Cult's goal was not the "Lingxi Zither Score", but Gou Liang.
Yue Qian laughed, "When did the Devil Cult keep its promises? Left Protector's words are ridiculous."
The Left Protector did not dare to look directly at Gou Liang. He only said, "You refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. Do you really think that I can't do anything to you?"
He waved his hand and a whistle sounded. Suddenly, there was a rustling sound on the ground.
Old Jiang's expression changed greatly, "Not good, it's the Ten Thousand Snakes Array of the Five Poisons Sect!"
Zhu Fengyi immediately used his flute to resist, but he had only become the first disciple after the death of Xia Xinya's first husband, Ye Yu. It had only been a few years, and he had not mastered the profound sound attack technique. Although he could interfere with the whistle for a moment, it still caused the poisonous creature to rush in their direction.
They were ready for battle. Unexpectedly, the poisonous creature stopped three steps away from them. It looked like it wanted to get closer but did not dare to.
The Left Protector was shocked. He looked at Gou Liang. He did not know what method he had used, but he suddenly had a bad premonition.
Gou Liang leaned against Yue Qian's chest and looked at the Left Protector with a smile, "You want to use poisonous creatures to deal with me? Do you want to die faster?"
This was the first time he had spoken since he had faced the Devil Cult. His slow and smiling tone suddenly reminded the Left Protector of many unpleasant scenes. The original owner's power was still there, so he was afraid before the battle.
"Want to leave?" Gou Liang laughed even more happily, "Isn't it too late?"
He raised his hand and pinched a flying leaf with two fingers. He put it to his mouth and gently blew.
Suddenly, the flat-headed snake that had raised its head fiercely flicked its tongue, as if it had been greatly stimulated. It became anxious.
The whistle that had driven the poisonous snake stopped abruptly. Then, a heart-wrenching scream came from the crowd. The people of the Devil Cult watched helplessly as the snake driver was bitten by his own poisonous snake. He was strangled by the poisonous snake, and in an instant, there was a trace of blood. He hurriedly ran away. The poisonous snake that was supposed to bite Gou Liang and the others turned around and rushed towards them. They were suddenly shocked!
"Retreat!"
The Left Protector shouted as he ran away with his fastest speed. He did not want to continue fighting.
Gou Liang raised his eyebrows at Yue Qian. The latter understood and said, "Be careful." He then chased after the Left Protector.
After a while, Gou Liang put down the leaf and looked at the people of the Devil Cult who were tightly entangled by the snakes. For some reason, the poisonous snakes opened their mouths and revealed their poisonous fangs, but they did not bite.
Gou Liang laughed, "If I remember correctly, Jiangbei is the territory of the Hehuan Sect. Why is the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect showing off their power here today?"
A snake suddenly licked the nose of one of the people. That person was scared out of his wits and his eyes became cross-eyed. He said with a trembling voice, "Miss, please understand. We were ordered by the Left Protector. We didn't mean to offend you."
"Yes, I remember now. The Left Protector is ugly and has never been liked by the Hehuan Sect. So, go find that Nian Nujiao and tell her not to cause trouble for the Jiang Family. Along the way, I can't eat or sleep well because of these fleas. If one day I'm in a bad mood, I'll get rid of her precious male pet by the roots so that she can also have a taste of being unable to sleep well at night. "
After saying this, Gou Liang looked at them, "Do you understand my words?"
"Yes, we understand!"
"Then why haven't you scrammed yet?"
That person escaped from the tiger's mouth and did not dare to stay for a moment. He hurriedly led everyone away. However, he heard Gou Liang say again, "Leave the king snake behind and look after your pet. If it scares the children, you'll suffer retribution."
That person's heart was bleeding, but he could only leave the king snake behind.
The Devil Cult disciples and the snakes dispersed, and the crisis was averted. Not to mention Zhu Fengyi and the others, even Old Jiang was somewhat stunned.
On the other hand, Jiang Suxi, whose face was pale, looked at Gou Liang playing with the thick king snake and cried, "Sister Ye, Sister Ye, this snake, this snake …"
Gou Liang looked back and smiled, "Don't be afraid. The king snake is the most poisonous, but its meat is the most delicious. We ate too much oil tonight. It's just right to stew it into a soup. "
Everyone shuddered at this smile.
Gou Liang did what he said and really killed the king snake. When he was about to take the snake's gallbladder, Yue Qian came back with a dignified face, "That guy escaped!"
"Come here."
Gou Liang called.
"Eldest, eldest martial brother!"
Situ Bai cried out involuntarily. Seeing the puzzled Yue Qian and Gou Liang looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, he quickly covered his mouth.
Yue Qian walked towards Gou Liang and laughed at his junior martial brother, "What are you doing in a panic — oh? Oh! "
Gou Liang stuffed the snake's gallbladder into his mouth and lightly patted his chest. Yue Qian was caught off guard and swallowed it. Immediately, his entire face wrinkled.
"What, what is this, cough, cough, cough!"
Gou Liang's bloody hand wiped Yue Qian's lips, leaving a bright red line, "It's a great tonic. The taste isn't bad, right?"
Yue Qian hurriedly fetched some water to drink and spat a few times. Gou Liang laughed when he saw this, but Yue Qian wiped his mouth and said with a frown, "It's such a disgusting thing, but the taste is actually a bit familiar. I think I've eaten it before."
Gou Liang stopped teasing him and the expression on his face became much gentler. He said, "This is the king snake's gallbladder that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect meticulously raised with medicine and poison. After eating it, you will be immune to all poisons. In the future, those poisonous creatures will not dare to approach your body."
Yue Qian heard this and the look of disdain on his face immediately disappeared. He stepped forward and said, "Why didn't you leave it for yourself?"
Gou Liang raised his hand and Yue Qian tacitly poured water for him to wash his hands. Then, he consciously went to wash the king snake.
Gou Liang wiped his hands and said, "I don't need it."
Yue Qian saw that he was not being careless and was relieved. He then asked about the Demon Sect disciples.
Tang Nuo interrupted, "They were all let go by Miss Ye! Miss Ye, just now, you clearly could have caught them all in one net. Why did you — — "
"Junior Brother!"
He Cong scolded. Tang Nuo remembered how powerful Gou Liang was and immediately regretted speaking too quickly. He quickly hid behind his senior brother and did not say anything.
Yue Qian did not understand and asked Situ Bai to explain the situation. After listening, Yue Qian also felt that it was a pity, but he did not question Gou Liang's actions.
Gou Liang raised his eyebrows, "What, you feel that it's a pity that I didn't kill them?"
Yue Qian shook his head and laughed, "I thought that you would be happy after killing the Demon Sect disciples."
While saying that, he briefly told Jiang Lao and the others about Gou Liang's background. When they found out that Gou Liang's family had also been destroyed by the Devil Cult, they all felt a sense of sympathy for him, so they let go of their grudges.
Old Jiang was even more hateful, "The Demon Sect's fanatics will die a horrible death one day!"
His only son had died in the hands of the Demon Sect. He had the same personal experience as Gou Liang and the Yue Qian, so he deeply hated the Demon Sect.
Jiang Su Xi comforted her grandfather's back and asked doubtfully, "Sister Ye, then why didn't you kill these people to avenge your family?"
Her constitution was not good and was not suitable for martial arts. She only learned some life-saving moves and qinggong. If not for that, she would have killed a few Demon Sect disciples to comfort her father's soul in heaven. She really could not understand Gou Liang's actions.
"Back then, other than this Left Protector, even Bao Shi was killed. What's there to hate about these motley crew?" Gou Liang tossed the snake into the pot. "I don't like killing people," he said. Don't those Demon Sect disciples have parents and don't have any relatives? If you kill them, won't their families also kill you for revenge? "
Tang Nuo said, "How is that the same? Everyone has the right to kill the Demon Sect members! All these years, they killed for no reason in order to snatch the secret manuals. If we don't fight back, are we just going to sit and wait for death? "
Gou Liang said, "That's your righteous people's business. What does it have to do with me? They have no enmity with me. If I kill them, I'll have to bury their bodies. It's tiring. "
They did not expect him to say such a reason and were embarrassed.
Elder Jiang said, "Miss, your surname is Ye. This old man looks at your age. Twenty years ago, it seems that only the eldest son of the Tang family was killed … But this old man vaguely remembers that the Tang and Ye families should have given birth to a young master. I wonder who you are?"
Hearing this, Tang Nuo, Zhu Fengyi, and Tang Nuo were all shocked. The way they looked at Gou Liang changed.
What happened back then was related to the Fanyin Pavilion and the Jiuyin Pavilion, so they naturally cared.
Gou Liang said with a smile, "It's just an old matter. There's no point in talking about it."
Zhu Fengyi said, "What you used just now was the secret technique of the Fanyin Pavilion — Peach Zombie Li Dai?"
The Peach Zombie Li Dai technique was to use one's own sound attack to cover the opponent's sound and replace the opponent's attack, returning it double.
This technique was created 50 years ago when the previous Fanyin Pavilion Master fought against the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. At that time, it was used to block the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's detoxification sound and make the poisons bite back. However, this technique was too profound. After the previous Fanyin Pavilion Master passed away, even his master had only made some progress in this technique. He did not expect to see the scene in the sect's secret history reappear today.
Gou Liang did not answer and only focused on boiling the soup.
He Cong also said, "Miss Ye doesn't have any internal energy. How can she use sound attacks to fight against such a powerful Demonic Snake Detoxification Sound?"
Yue Qian saw that Gou Liang was getting impatient and hurriedly said, "Alright, you don't need to ask about Ye Gui's private matters. The snake soup is almost done. Third Shidi, go get a bowl. It's good that we ate too much at night. The snake soup should be sweet. "
Before he could finish speaking, Situ Bai had already moved far away. Tang Nuo even retched. The others' faces were also very bad.
Yue Qian was completely unmoved by tonight's scene of ten thousand snakes dancing wildly. Seeing that they were not willing to drink, he accompanied Gou Liang to finish the pot of soup and ate the king snake clean. He did not know if it was because the effects of the king snake were too good, but Yue Qian felt his blood boil. He quickly sat down to meditate. After absorbing the effects of the medicine, he unexpectedly found that his internal energy had become even purer.
Seeing that Situ Bai was keeping watch, Yue Qian returned to Gou Liang's side.
He was very careful, but Gou Liang was still startled awake. Seeing that it was Yue Qian, the murderous aura in his eyes dissipated. He became a little dazed again. He rested his head on Yue Qian's thigh and hugged his waist. Soon, his breathing became lighter.
Yue Qian had a lot on his mind and was not sleepy at all. His fingers unconsciously stroked Yue Qian's sideburns. After struggling for a while, he sent him a secret message, "The Tang family that Elder Jiang was talking about, is it yours …?"
The history of the Demon Sect's scourge on the righteous sects was one of the necessary lessons for the righteous disciples. Before the Yue Clan met with disaster, Yue Qian had heard his master talk about the tragedy that shook the Jianghu twenty years ago.
The eldest son and first disciple of the Jiuyin Clan, the second daughter of the Sanskrit Pavilion's master. The marriage of the two heaven's favored children was a much-told story at that time.
After their marriage, they were very loving and quickly gave birth to a child.
That child was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. It was said that his bones and tendons were not inferior to Yue Qian's. When he was born, he was regarded as a treasure by the Sanskrit Pavilion and the Jiuyin Tower. The two old Clan Masters fought to raise him personally and take him in as their disciple. Because of this, the two Clan Masters and their in-laws, who had been good friends for their entire lives, even fought several times.
Unexpectedly, the child was only two years old when he was buried in the hands of the Demon Sect along with his parents.
Others did not know, but he knew that Gou Liang was a man. After hearing Elder Jiang's words, Yue Qian was almost immediately sure that he was the descendant of the famous Tang family's first disciple.
He should have grown up under everyone's expectations and protection, but he had disappeared from the Jianghu for many years. Who knew how he had survived …
Thinking of this, Yue Qian felt a bit of heartache.
Gou Liang pressed against his abdomen and gently rubbed against it. He whispered, "Don't be noisy …"
But he did not deny Yue Qian's words. It was not a coincidence that he used this trick today. It was best that Yue Qian found out about the original owner's identity.
Situ Bai looked at his eldest senior brother and Miss Ye's intimate appearance. Thinking of his little sister's vow to marry his eldest senior brother, he felt a headache. Moreover, this Miss Ye's temperament was very fierce. She did things according to her preferences without any scruples. But seeing his eldest senior brother's current appearance, Situ Bai could only suppress the worry in his heart.
In the night, Zhu Fengyi slowly opened her eyes and looked at the two people snuggling together. Then, she closed her eyes again.
It seemed that for this martial arts convention, Master would have to personally come.