Chapter 24: The River Map and the Luoshu

This change happened too suddenly. From the moment I sensed the murderous intent, to the moment I pushed Hu Zi away and dodged the arrows, to the moment the man in black rushed out of the bushes and leaped up like a leopard, stabbing me in the heart with a dagger in hand, it took only about two seconds. In

such a short time, the man in black changed his tactics one after another, first asking for directions with arrows, then striking with lightning speed. It was obvious that he either wanted to kill me, or just to disable me, or at least make me lose my ability to move.

But no matter which one it was, I couldn't bear it.

The dagger flashing with cold murderous intent was getting closer and closer to my heart. The cold moonlight reflected on the dagger, making the blade of the dagger flash with a cold light.

I squinted my eyes slightly because of the shaking, and then took a step back with my right leg, and kicked hard on the ground to accumulate strength. Then, I threw away the demon pill in my hand and clasped my hands together.

A trembling sound of "hum" sounded, and the tip of the dagger stopped only two centimeters away from my heart. At this moment, it was shaking constantly, and my clasped hands were tightly grasping the wrist of the man in black holding the dagger.

The man in black was shocked, obviously not expecting that I could take his move. He immediately shouted and wanted to draw his knife and retreat.

But my hands were like iron clamps, tightly holding his wrists. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get away.

I gritted my teeth and looked at him gloomily. When I saw his outfit clearly, I couldn't help but be stunned.

"It's you!" I was surprised, because I had fought with this man before. He was the man in black who sneaked into my house and threw arrows from the Warring States Period at me.

He was wearing a black nightgown and a black veil on his face, revealing only a pair of gloomy eyes, which were staring straight at me at this moment.

"Who are you? Why do you want to kill me? And what do you want from my family?" I held his wrist and asked a series of questions in a hurry.

But he didn't say anything, just looked at me coldly, then he suddenly stretched out his other hand from behind, shook his wrist, and immediately heard a sound of breaking air.

I was startled, and without thinking too much, I let go of his wrist holding the dagger, and then threw it directly to the side.

Almost at the moment when I just fell down, I heard a "clang" sound, I turned my head and saw an arrow was nailed into a tree trunk. The force was so strong that the arrow was completely embedded. If it hit me, the end can be imagined.

"Damn, he wants to kill me!" I was secretly shocked, but the doubts in my heart became more and more intense.

I must not know this person, why did he use such a heavy hand right from the start, trying to kill me?

Could it be that he is my master's enemy?

Or, my senior sister has been in trouble outside these years, and someone came to find her?

Just as I was thinking wildly, Hu Zi suddenly rushed out from the bushes beside me. I don't know where he touched a brick. After rushing out, he hit the black-clothed man on the back of the head without saying a word.

Maybe the black-clothed man's attention was on me, and he relaxed his vigilance against Hu Zi, or maybe the black-clothed man didn't take Hu Zi seriously at all.

In short, Hu Zi actually rushed behind the black-clothed man, and then...

A muffled "bang" sound was heard, and the brick was smashed into pieces, splashing debris all over the sky.

I was slightly startled, thinking to myself, damn, this black-clothed man is so fierce, he won't be knocked down by Hu Zi in the end, right?

Even Hu Zi was stunned. He obviously didn't expect that he could actually succeed in the sneak attack.

But the next moment, my heart sank.

Because this man in black was as calm as ever. He didn't even hum. He just frowned slightly, then shook his head to shake off the brick fragments on his head, then slowly turned around and looked at Hu Zi.

"Ah, this..." Hu Zi was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth, and then suddenly squeezed out a sentence: "Hey, I said I was passing by, do you believe it?"

"Guess whether I believe it or not?" The man in black laughed sinisterly.

"Hu Zi, run!" I shouted, and Hu Zi also reacted, threw away the small piece of brick left in his hand, turned around and was about to run.

But it was too late.

The man in black suddenly attacked, grabbing Hu Zi's throat with lightning speed. Then, his eyes fixed, and he lifted Hu Zi up with one arm.

"Hehe..."

Hu Zi was lifted in the air, his legs kicked randomly, his mouth opened wide, making a choking sound, and in just a moment, his face was swollen and red. Seeing this,

I hurriedly stood up and rushed towards the man in black, but the man in black shouted coldly: "Stop, if you dare to take another step forward, believe it or not, I will kill him."

The man in black's voice was sinister, with an indescribable coldness. After speaking at this moment, he turned his head and looked at me with his gloomy eyes.

I stopped in my tracks and asked with a gloomy face: "Who are you? I have no grudges against you. Why do you keep bothering me?"

"Don't worry about who I am. I have no grudges against you. I came to you just to ask if you are the 732nd generation disciple of the Walking Yin Man? The descendant of the Thousand Character Generation?"

The words of the man in black startled me.

The 732nd generation disciple of the Walking Yin Man, the descendant of the Thousand Character Generation?

What does he mean?

Is he talking about my master?

Although I grew up with my master since I was a child, and my master taught me martial arts and Taoism, he never told me where he learned from, let alone his master, so I have no idea what the man in black meant by the Walking Yin Man.

But if he said the descendant of the Thousand Character Generation... this is really possible.

I follow my master's surname, Zhang, and my given name is Qianyu.

And this Qian is most likely the Qianzi generation that the man in black mentioned.

Seeing me in a daze, the man in black smiled coldly and said, "Why, you still don't want to talk? Don't blame me for being rude."

As he finished speaking, he added strength to his hands again, and there was a continuous "crackling" sound, and Huzi's neck began to bend unnaturally. It was obvious that if I didn't speak again, Huzi's neck would be broken.

I swallowed nervously and said, "I don't understand what you mean. I grew up with my master, and he taught me, but he never mentioned where he learned from, let alone any ghost walkers."

"You don't know?" The man in black frowned slightly and said, "Then did your master tell you about a book?"

I suddenly understood what he said. At this moment, I had basically judged the purpose of the man in black.

I'm afraid he came for the book he mentioned.

But I have too many books at home, all kinds of Taoist classics, annotations on magic, annotations on talismans, etc., almost filling up several cabinets.

Which book is he asking about?

"My master has a lot of books in his collection. Which one are you asking about?"

I never thought that after hearing what I said, the man in black would name a book I had never heard of before.

"Hetu Luoshu!"