Chapter 21: Baked Pancakes

"Are we really on the right path? Why does it feel like the road ahead is getting more and more remote?"

Gu Jue held an umbrella in one hand and used a sword in the other to clear the grass and branches in front of him.

"Well, maybe it will be fine after we climb over this mountain."

No matter what, there will always be a way out when the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally straighten out when it reaches the bridge.

The road was originally quite wide, but it became narrower and more remote as they walked along. The road was overgrown with weeds. Who is walking on this road?

When it got dark, they were still in the dense forest. They had been circling for a long time but couldn't get out.

This dense forest seemed to be overgrown with weeds and there were few signs of people. Gu Jue checked all around and decided that it was safer to sleep on a tree.

He found a very sturdy tree, the trunk of which was about as big as two adult men could hug together. He

jumped up. Yu Chi stood under the tree and looked up at him. He pulled his white fox fur coat and stretched out his hand towards Gu Jue on the tree.

Gu Jue then realized that Yu Chi could not get up, so he jumped down again, picked up Yu Chi and put him on a branch that was thick enough.

Then he found a piece of steamed cake and gave it to Yu Chi.

Yu Chi glanced at Gu Jue while holding the steamed cake, took a bite calmly, and said, "Hmm, it's a bit hard.

" "When did you buy it?"

Gu Jue took out another piece himself.

"When I bought the umbrella, I

bought it just in case." Just in case, he really got it right.

After sleeping on the tree for a night, to be honest, I didn't sleep very well.

The next day, they were also in the dense forest, looking for a way out. They searched for a long time, until Gu Jue's stomach made a sound, but they still couldn't find it.

Gu Jue took out two more steamed buns.

"How much did you buy?"

Gu Jue opened his cloak. There was a cloth bag hanging on his waist with a thin rope. He opened it and showed it to Yu Chi. There were two steamed buns inside.

"Three meals a day must be guaranteed, right?"

"Just in case, you have understood the meaning of just in case."

Gu Jue laughed twice. It was not

until dusk that they were sure that they were lost in the dense forest.

It was not snowing now, so they put away the umbrella and gave it to Yu Chi, while Gu Jue led the way for Yu Chi.

After walking for a long time, when the night completely enveloped the earth, they finally saw a small river and planned to repair by the river.

Yu Chi leaned the umbrella against a tree, and just as he put it down, he was pulled aside by Gu Jue. With a smile on his face, he stood behind Gu Jue.

Where Yu Chi had just stood, there stood a dark shadow, holding a sword in his hand, with the blade pierced into the tree.

He pulled out the sword and walked towards them again.

Gu Jue took off his cloak and gave it to Yu Chi. It was the one Yu Chi bought for him. It was the first time he wore such fine material, and it would not be worth it if he damaged it.

He drew out his sword and went straight to the black shadow.

The sound of the weapons colliding was very clear in the dark night. Wherever the sword light passed, branches were chopped off, snow fell, there were sounds of swords breaking through the wind, and there were sounds of water splashing.

Yu Chi's eyes followed the two fighting figures, watching them from near to far, and then from far to near.

He didn't know who this black shadow was, but as soon as he appeared, the long sword was pointed directly at his head. It would not be a pretty way to die.

There was only a crisp sound, the sound of the sword blade breaking.

Yu Chi's heart tightened for a rare moment.

Whose sword was broken?

The sounds of swords colliding became less frequent, only two sounds, and from time to time the sound of cloth being cut could be heard.

Not long after, there was a sudden surge of sword energy in front, the sound of iron colliding was dense and incessant, and the snow on the trees fell down.

There was a "plop", the sound stopped, and everything around became quiet.

Gu Jue returned to Yu Chi and pulled at his sleeves.

"There are two cuts."

He was glad that he took off his cloak and gave it to Yu Chi at the beginning. Yu Chi lowered his eyes and looked at him.

"Are you injured?"

Gu Jue raised the sword in his hand calmly.

"No, the sword is broken."

The man just now was very powerful. The realm of swordsmanship is divided into four levels. Gu Jue had always been at the peak of the second level, with a sword in hand and a sword in the heart.

But he had not been able to move forward. He didn't know why until just now.

When he was fighting with that man, his sword broke. He was a little passive for a while, but he thought that Yu Chi was still behind him, so he couldn't retreat. He held the broken sword and fought the opponent.

In just a moment, he suddenly realized in his heart that he had found his swordsmanship and broke through to the third level. There was no sword in his hand, but there was a sword in his heart.

"I'll take you to buy a better one later."

Yu Chi handed him the cloak and added at the end.

"If we get out."

Gu Jue put the broken sword back into the scabbard, took the cloak and put it on.

"Then take the broken sword first, the broken blade is also a blade."

Anyway, it's enough to scare people.

The man who was just knocked into the river by Gu Jue climbed up, soaking wet, and staggered towards them step by step.

Gu Jue raised his hand to protect Yu Chi behind him, his eyes fixed on the black shadow.

The black shadow stood in front of them, stretched out his hand to them, and put it down when he saw their vigilance.

"Sorry, just now..."

His voice was hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

"You are not a human, but a fierce ghost."

Gu Jue's voice was cold.

He discovered during the fight just now that as an inhuman being, there are two ways to walk in the human world. One is to practice human swordsmanship, spells, formations, etc., to condense internal strength and spiritual energy to better conceal oneself. Although this path is difficult to walk, it allows one to walk openly on the street and is extremely difficult to be discovered. This is the method taken by Gu Jue.

The second type is to not conceal their own aura at all, but find it difficult to integrate into the human world. People who take the second path are usually unwilling to have too many interactions with others.

Of course, there are also dignitaries who will raise one or two non-human creatures in their mansions. After all, they are difficult to kill, resistant to attacks, and very capable. They sign a blood contract with them to drive them.

Unlike Gu Jue, the fierce ghost on the opposite side has not cultivated internal strength, and what he uses is pure ghost energy.

"How long have you been in?"

The fierce ghost still held the sword in his hand, which was a little shaky and about to fall. The blade was full of black air, full of ominousness.

Gu Jue's vigilant posture relaxed for a moment. He didn't understand why the other party asked this question, but he no longer felt malice from the other party.

"Two days."

"Two days... Two days, have you found a way out?"

Yu Chi grabbed Gu Jue's wrist that was lying in front of him and pulled his hand down.

"No, are you trapped here too?"

Li Gui was a little frustrated.

"Yes, I am also trapped here. The forest under your feet is a huge maze. It is very close to Yuque Pass. The terrain is complex and there are few people. It is very suitable for hiding and ambushing. The original purpose of this maze was to trap the barbarian army set up by the generals of Yuque Pass when the barbarians invaded our territory thirty years ago."

"You know it very well. Could it be that your predecessor was a soldier on the battlefield?"

After listening to Yu Chi's words, he shook his head and sat down directly on the spot.

His clothes were still wet, which made people shudder in this cold winter night, but he could not feel the cold.

"My young lady told me."

"After our great victory, the barbarians were driven out, and the maze here was abandoned."

"Until not long ago, I learned that there was a deserted village deep in the forest. The people in the deserted village guarded this maze. Year after year, no one knew that there were hundreds of people living in this forest."

Gu Jue and Yu Chi looked at each other.

"Then how did you know?"

Li Gui threw the sword with black air in his hand aside.

"He told me."

"A sword?"

Gu Jue had heard that there were swords that could communicate with spirits, but he had never seen one. At this moment, he glanced at the sword on the ground with some disbelief.

"It's a sword, but when he told me, he was still a person."

At this moment, the clouds dispersed, revealing a bright moon. The moonlight fell on Li Gui, his pupils were dark, and he stared straight at Gu Jue.

"I killed a half-baked old Taoist priest and refined it into my sword."

In front of the more powerful ghosts and monsters, ordinary humans are too fragile.

Just like fish on the chopping board and lambs to be slaughtered.

Li Gui stepped on the hilt of the sword and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

"My name is Jiang Si..."

My lady's, a secret guard.