Chapter 27
It's okay if you don't understand some things; there are many solutions.
When Shi Yunzhou suggested barging into the Gou family's residence, Xiao Mu was somewhat puzzled. No one knew what the Gou family was up to, or even how many cultivators were inside.
Xiao Mu, who could walk, jumped up and objected to the suggestion: "No way, that's suicide. You have no idea how ruthless that man is." If his main goal that day hadn't been to steal Miss Ma, he would already be in the cycle of reincarnation.
Xiao Mu raised his chin and pointed at Zhou Xuanzhi: "This is our idea."
He genuinely didn't understand, "Are you really sure?"
"Why not?" Zhou Xuanzhi knew that waiting indefinitely was not a solution, and he also wanted to take the initiative, but he hadn't figured out what to do yet.
"We couldn't infiltrate, but they didn't intend to kill us either." Leaving aside the fact that the Gou family didn't lay a hand on them during their time at the coffin shop, even the expert Xiao Mu encountered only managed to injure him. Even if his main objective was to kidnap someone, killing someone in the process would have been easy for him, yet he didn't.
Several people knew about these things, but they hadn't thought about them in detail.
Zhou Xuanzhi sat there, his hand stroking the jade pendant at his waist, seemingly lost in thought. After a long pause, he said, "If they truly fear us, even if we were to break into their Gou family's residence, we would at most be imprisoned. But if..."
Xiao Mu continued, "But if our guess is wrong, then everyone who broke into the Gou family will die." He disagreed with this method.
Zhou Xuanzhi looked at Xiao Mu and said, "So I'll have to trouble you."
Something about that didn't sound right at all. Suddenly, he felt two more gazes upon him. Zhou Xuanzhi and Shi Yunzhou were both looking at him. After so much time, they had gotten to know each other quite well.
"Are you all crazy? Why are you going to..." They themselves said that reinforcements would be coming, why can't they wait a bit? Xiao Mu stepped forward and said, "We can wait for that reinforcement you mentioned, until he arrives..."
“But Miss Ma might not be able to wait,” Zhou Xuanzhi objected. “We don’t even know why the Gou family insists on Miss Ma.”
"Besides, so many people died in Jianye Town, there has to be an explanation." Zhou Xuanzhi was also somewhat helpless. To be honest, he was also afraid, but these things had to be done by someone.
Seeing Zhou Xuanzhi's unyielding expression, and Shi Yunzhou's similar attitude, Xiao Mu stopped objecting. "I understand. Take care of yourselves."
Seeing that Xiao Mu had agreed, the two breathed a sigh of relief and handed him the three talismans. These talismans were vital to their lives; if anything happened to them, the talismans would spontaneously combust. He said, "I'll leave the rest to you."
"If we're not back by tomorrow, you'll have to figure it out yourself." Shi Yunzhou's calm and composed expression made Xiao Mu mistakenly believe that the two of them were not going deep into the Dragon Pool and Tiger Cave, but going to Guanxiang Peak for training.
He looked at the talisman in his hand, wanting to say a lot, but swallowed it back down: "Alright, be careful yourselves."
Breaking into the Gou family at night wasn't something they hadn't done before, and today was another familiar occurrence. However, the Gou family had recently had someone robbed, so how could they be unprepared? The night patrolmen were all cultivators, and the two of them got into a fight with them.
As Zhou Xuanzhi fought, he wondered why the Gou family could recruit so many cultivators as guards. The Gou couple he had met not long ago didn't seem to be anything special.
Fighting these cultivators didn't allow him to be distracted; their cultivation levels weren't high, but their attacks were extremely ruthless. He had just been careless, and a sword had cut his arm. This time, Zhou Xuanzhi focused his attention and carefully observed these people.
Dressed in the uniforms of the Gou family's guards, they worked together seamlessly, surrounding the two men.
Zhou Xuanzhi's fight with them was like punching cotton. When he attacked one person, others would come to his aid. After finally defeating one, he would stand up again with the help of those around him and recover his spiritual power.
They come from the same school, could they be from the same school as that master?
It was at this moment that the spiritual energy erupting from the inner courtyard injured everyone in the front courtyard. Zhou Xuanzhi could barely stand, using his sword to support himself and maintaining his balance, a metallic taste emanating from his throat.
And those who surrounded him were the same.
Shi Yunzhou stood up unsteadily, looked towards the inner courtyard, and asked, "What's going on here?"
A faint red glow emanated from the inner courtyard, and a decaying, sinister aura slowly spread to the front yard. Zhou Xuanzhi shuddered upon contact with that aura.
Shi Yunzhou also sensed it; the eerie aura made him break out in a cold sweat. He said, "Although we don't know what they're up to inside, we've definitely come to the right place today."
Only such shady dealings could create this rotten and sinister feeling. Shi Yunzhou pointed his sword at the people in front of him and said sternly, "Get out of the way or die!"
Clearly, these people weren't afraid. In the previous battle, no one had the upper hand; it was a draw. Shi Yunzhou naturally knew this, but the people who had drawn with him weren't just any ordinary individuals.
Before the others could form a proper formation, he thrust his weapon at one of them, and in the blink of an eye, the man was on the ground. This formation was crucial. Seeing Shi Yunzhou's actions, Zhou Xuanzhi gave the others no time to react, and they all attacked the person closest to them.
In the blink of an eye, several people fell to the ground, and they could no longer form their formation.
The fact that everyone managed to maintain the formation for so long and so well is naturally the result of their daily training. Even with a few people missing, they didn't panic and immediately set up another formation.
Shi Yunzhou smiled as he saw their behavior. One of them stepped forward and said, "This is more interesting. You go to the inner courtyard and leave this to me."
Zhou Xuanzhi glanced at Shi Yunzhou and then at the guards. Although their formation was impressive, it didn't give them much of an advantage.
"I'm going, be careful." Zhou Xuanzhi broke through from the side, and Shi Yunzhou covered his escape.
Since everyone was a cultivator, they naturally didn't want to be looked down upon, and some immediately stepped forward to intercept them. This disrupted their formation, and they were then defeated one by one.
When Zhou Xuanzhi went out, Shi Yunzhou stood behind them to block the cultivators.
When the cultivators could no longer see Zhou Xuanzhi, they stopped trying to intercept him and instead surrounded Shi Yunzhou.
Upon entering the inner courtyard, a foul stench filled the air, and Zhou Xuanzhi noticed the male corpse lying on the ground. Too much time had passed; even with the cultivators' help, the body had begun to decompose. Miss Ma lay beside the corpse, thankfully only unconscious.
A middle-aged man dressed in plain clothes stood between Gou Tingxuan and Miss Ma. It was probably this man who knocked Xiao Mu down.
Gou Tingxuan has been dead for so long and hasn't been buried yet; he probably wasn't arranged for a ghost marriage. Zhou Xuanzhi looked at the corpse on the ground, feeling a mix of emotions.
"I apologize for not welcoming you properly."
The sudden sound from behind made Zhou Xuanzhi turn around quickly, but he was still a step too slow. The person raised his hand and struck at Zhou Xuanzhi. Zhou Xuanzhi immediately drew his sword to block in front of him, deflecting some of the force.
Zhou Xuanzhi, sent flying, crashed into the barrier behind him and fell heavily to the ground. He stood up, drew his sword, and looked at the person who had attacked him. It was someone he knew—the effeminate young man sent by the Gou family from the coffin shop that day.
Zhou Xuanzhi looked at the effeminate man and then glanced back at the expert in the barrier behind him, pondering what these people wanted to do. Were they trying to arrange a ghost marriage or exchange one life for another? Impossible, the two of them were incompatible in every way, and it could easily lead to disaster.
The expert inside the barrier was displeased with the scene before him. This was a crucial moment and could not be disturbed. "It's up to you now."
Upon seeing the displeased person, the effeminate man dropped his playful demeanor and exuded a murderous aura. "Fine."
As he spoke, he struck Zhou Xuanzhi with another palm strike. When the two clashed, Zhou Xuanzhi realized that he had underestimated the situation.
No one in the Gou family is simple. Just by looking at the well-trained low-level cultivators in the front yard, one should know that the two people in the back yard are not simple either.
Holding a sword, he was being outmaneuvered by this unarmed man. Every move he made seemed to have been practiced a thousand times, yet it was all countered. Just who were these people? Since this set of sword techniques was useless, then let's try another. Tianyu Mountain has no shortage of sword techniques.
Zhou Xuanzhi then fought fiercely with the effeminate-looking man. Shi Yunzhou arrived and saw what the man in plain clothes was doing to Miss Ma, so he immediately stepped forward to stop them.
The previous speculation was indeed correct; the Gou family's actions were aimed at reviving Gou Tingxuan, their only hope. Seeing that the cultivators had already begun their operation, Zhou Xuanzhi grew increasingly anxious.
Shi Yunzhou then realized that a barrier had been erected around the man in plain clothes. In an instant, all the array diagrams he had learned at Tianyu Mountain flooded his mind. Since brute force was useless, he would try each array one by one. This place probably wouldn't be resolved so quickly; he could only hope that his senior brother would help him after dealing with this effeminate man.
Zhou Xuanzhi and the man stopped, their swords trembling. He panted heavily, staring at the man. The recent fierce fight had greatly depleted his spiritual energy; if he didn't defeat him next time, not only would they fail to save Miss Ma, but all three of them would die here today.
He glanced at Shi Yunzhou, who was still trying to break the barrier, and sighed inwardly, "I'm going to die here today." If his master hadn't vanished into thin air, he might still be able to see her. But there are no "ifs" in this world. But it doesn't matter. Thinking about it this way, there's nothing to be afraid of.
His sword was pointed at the man again.
The man looked at Zhou Xuanzhi's sword and laughed, "You really aren't afraid of death. Is it worth it?"
Without wasting words, Zhou Xuanzhi thrust his sword directly at the man. Missing his target, he replied, "What's it to you?"
Seeing Zhou Xuanzhi's state, the man stopped talking and a dagger appeared in his hand. "Since that's the case, then please face death!"
Even without weapons, Zhou Xuanzhi was no match for him; now, with this dagger in his hand, Zhou Xuanzhi was even less of a match. Before long, his body was covered in wounds.
In order to buy some time for Shi Yunzhou, Zhou Xuanzhi took advantage of the break to stop his bleeding and resumed fighting with the man. Every move he made seemed to be aimed at the sword techniques of Tianyu Mountain. Regardless of his cultivation level, his moves were superior to Shi Yunzhou's sword techniques in every aspect.
Could it be that these people are targeting Tianyu Mountain?
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