"Whether it's father and son, husband and wife, friends, master and servant... as long as the trust and affection between you and others is deeper than that of everyone else here, you're not far from being on the list." Xie Chuncan sneered. "Back then, there was a guy named 'Hao Hua Cai' on the list. I thought it was a grudge he had with his parents in a previous life that led him to come up with such a name. Who knew that 'Hao Hua Cai' was actually a palm-sized golden-haired monkey!"
Luo Jiujiang was stunned when he heard this: "Even pets are not allowed?"
Xie Chuncan said angrily, "Even weapons are useless. I've been on the list three times in a row just for this Fallen Feather Bow... If it weren't for the fact that the reward for my situation is ranked third, not much more than killing a normal person, and no one can kill me, you would have been dragged away and eaten by those good dogs raised by Lu Qi a few days ago."
"So rather than having you put on the wanted list and killed by someone else, I'd rather end it with my own hands."
Xie Chuncan bent his finger on the bow and flicked it, his eyes revealing a certain indifference that had been tempered by the long time spent in this place of death. "At least I can keep your body intact and bury you in the snow. I won't cut off your head and parade it around the city, drooling, fawning like a house dog and asking for a reward."
Luo Jiujiang said after a while: "Brother Xie, do you think that if I defeat you, I won't die?"
"If you beat me, we'll probably die together. But now you can walk behind me, and I won't have to worry about what happens after I die."
"I understand." Luo Jiujiang sighed deeply, "Now I understand everything."
He understood that Xie Chuncan had become a little neurotic because of this damn place.
People like Luo Jiujiang would generally resist with all their might when they hear this "ruthless arrest". The worst case scenario is that the two brothers would be tied together and die one after the other. Although this result is tragic, it is better than not allowing people to have any hope or support in their hearts.
However, Xie Chuncan's first reaction when he heard "Jue Qing Ji" was that anyone on the list would definitely die.
Luo Jiujiang didn't know what Xie Chuncan had been through, but he knew with a quick guess that a seven-year-old who had lived in such a place for eleven years must have many unpleasant memories. And this completely distorted world structure must have influenced Xie Chuncan's thinking.
He constantly scorned those who exploited others' feelings for reward, and seemingly had no desire to wag his tail and seek refuge in the upper realms at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment. However, his own way of thinking and perspective on things were already distorted and extreme. If those people were domesticated dogs wagging their tails for mercy, he was like a lone wolf who had been wandering alone for a long time.
Luo Jiujiang didn't know whether Xie Chuncan realized this: most people in this world have been tamed into beasts without conscience and without bottom line, while the very few people who still have their original intentions like Xie Chuncan have become vigilant and cold-blooded frightened beasts.
I have to leave this damn place, the sooner the better, Luo Jiujiang thought deeply.
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This time, Xie Chuncan really did not hold back at all.
Luo Jiujiang slashed left and right, creating a hail of blades that rained down, deflecting seven of Xie Chuncan's arrows in a row. Seeing the eighth arrow coming with such force, Luo Jiujiang refused to resist. He bent at the waist and somersaulted in the air, narrowly missing the arrow.
Without waiting for his body to stretch out, Luo Jiujiang grasped a flexible branch with his left hand, used the force to pull his body upwards, and kicked away the two arrows that Xie Chuncan was following him like a shadow with his legs. He let out a long and clear whistle: "Brother Xie, there is something I have wanted to say for a long time-"
Luo Jiujiang forced the killing power of sound into a line, and shot it straight into Xie Chuncan's ears like an arrow: "Why do you chant about meeting each other when you show up on weekdays? As the saying goes, 'I am like a spring silkworm spinning a thread'*1..."
Xie Chuncan was disturbed by his killing sound, and not only the bow and arrow in his hand, but even the branches under his feet trembled. However, the next moment, he drew the bow with his backhand without hesitation, and five long arrows flew out without thinking!
Under this dangerous attack, Luo Jiujiang was forced to shut up.
It was the first time since he learned the sound killing technique that his sound killing technique was forcibly interrupted by someone's most violent attack.
Of these five arrows, two were aimed at the face, two at the chest and abdomen, and the last, with a malicious intent, struck squarely at the pubic bone. In such a tense and urgent situation, Luo Jiujiang didn't even have time to curse. His mind was almost blank, his eyes and heart filled with the trajectory of these five arrows.
At the crucial moment, Luo Jiujiang remained calm. He twisted his body in mid-air with a strange, serpentine motion, the same as when he had snatched the knife from the armpit of the burly man who had torn his left arm away. His body was stretched flat, and he managed to squeeze out from between the two feathered arrows fired at his chest and abdomen.
At the same time, Luo Jiujiang calmly lowered and raised his head, and the remaining two feather arrows shot out, brushing against his scalp and the back of his neck, and broke off a piece of Luo Jiujiang's hair that was floating in the air.
The last and longest arrow gradually enlarged in Luo Jiujiang's field of vision. Luo Jiujiang only had one time to strike. If he could not stop the arrow completely, but simply split it in two, he would not only lose some of the parts that distinguished his gender, but also die because of the loss of his ability to move.
At this moment, it seemed as if the whole world had fallen silent. Luo Jiujiang was completely focused, with only this arrow in his eyes.
The spiritual power has been running to the extreme, and the mind has been emptied to the extreme.
Luo Jiujiang seemed to hear a slight snapping sound in his ears, like the sound of an invisible barrier being broken.
Unprecedented strength filled Luo Jiujiang's whole body, and abundant spiritual power naturally flowed out from Luo Jiujiang's knife-holding hand. He first used a little force to deflect the arrow, and then used three slashes of the knife to cut it into four pieces.
It was not until the remains of the feather arrow fell on the snow, making a slight sound, that Luo Jiujiang came back to his senses from that distant and mysterious experience.
He has established his foundation.
The next moment after realizing this, he heard an exclamation from Xie Chuncan not far away.
...Based on his understanding of Xie Chuncan, this exclamation was definitely not meant to praise him for his good timing and beautiful knife skills.
The author has something to say: *1 My concubine is like a spring silkworm spinning a thread, quoted from "Ru Meng Ling" by Wang Yisun of the Song Dynasty
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Regarding some of the messages yesterday, Mr. Han, who is diligent, dedicated, enthusiastic and pays taxes on time, said that he will reserve the final right to enter the dreams of the people and pursue accountability.
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