Death Valley, on the west side of Tianmu Mountain, comes out of the Shuquan enclosure. There are cliffs on both sides and the terrain is dangerous. Birds cannot cross them, and apes are worried about climbing rocks.

Death Valley was once called Pure Land. It is said that those who enter rarely come out alive. It is a place where beasts are buried in the forest. An emperor before believed that Pure Land was too gentle and changed it to Death Valley.

Xiao Jinyan, Chu Bieli and others, threw away the pursuers and entered the Valley of Death. They found a cave and hid in it while the night was dark.

The cave was not big, about three or four feet long, enough for them to hide. It was getting late, and the pursuers held torches and passed by them several times, fortunately they were extremely hidden here and did not reveal their hiding.

Xiao Jinyan said, "This time the other party is prepared. We have to find a way to escape from here as soon as possible. The longer we delay, the more unfavorable it will be for you."

The emperor was besieged by the imperial guards during his hunting journey. If this kind of thing spreads outside, it might cause some riots. The more such a moment, the more rumors will be. If you stay here for a few days, you might have changed hands when you go out again.

Chu Bieli said, "I thought it was Breguet who would do it, but I never expected that the Imperial Army I chose would betray me. I trusted him so much and even gave him money to train his troops secretly. Thinking about it this way, I am afraid that he and Chu Breguet would be together."

It was already cold winter, and it was extremely cold inside the cave.

The Ali brothers made a fire, but fortunately, they caught a few hares during the hunting afternoon, so the food problem was not a problem.

After eating some food, everyone recovered some energy.

Chu Bieli had no idea, and he said, "What should we do next?"

But Buda said, "Don't worry about the damn rebels, at worst I can rush out and fight with them. Kill one to make enough money, kill two to earn one."

Ali stopped him and said, "The courage of an ordinary man now needs to find a way to let people outside know that His Majesty is still alive."

Chu Bieli said to Xiao Jinyan, "Brother Xiao, you are the most skilled in martial arts among us. I want you to break through the encirclement and find Tongfang, the king of Zuoting. Although he is not my own, he does not deal with Chu Baoji. His army has the responsibility to defend the capital. Go and convince him and come and rescue him."

Ali hesitated: "I'm afraid that King Zuo Ting may not be willing to listen."

Buda said, "It would be great if Guo Yan was there. He knew many people in Beijing and would definitely be able to convince him."

Chu Bieli said, "If Chu Breege seizes power, the first unlucky person is Tong Fang, and he naturally knows how to weigh the pros and cons." After that, he took out a square seal from his arms, "This is my hand seal, and I will give you another seal."

Xiao Jinyan thought that if he was alone, it would be difficult to kill two thousand rebels, but it would be impossible to break through, so he agreed.

Suddenly, he felt a sense, and a master approached and whispered, "Someone is coming." He gestured to everyone to hold their breath and concentrate.

More than ten riders came here.

The person in charge was the masked general in black robe. Some subordinates said, "We followed the footprints and lost their traces when we got here. We should be near here and did not go far. The subordinates searched and must find them before dawn."

Xiao Jinyan thought to himself that they were careless, so they deliberately wiped off their footprints, but if the other party had someone who was good at tracking, it would be easy to infer their general position based on these clues.

The black-robed general said, "No need, they are here."

At the same time, Xiao Jinyan felt a warning in his heart, and the other party's true energy had locked himself in his mind. The black-robed general did not speak before he came to the cave.

Silence is more tormenting than exposing it.

Seeing that Buda was exposed, he shouted, "I'm fighting with you." He rushed out. Before he could get in front of him, the black-robed general waved his long sword. Under the heavy pressure, Buda could not take a step forward.

"Kneel down!"

Flipping, Buda's knees seemed to be out of control, and he knelt on the ground as if he was obedient. Some subordinates stepped forward, raised their swords and slashed. Chu Bieli said, "Stop!"

He walked out of the cave.

The black-robed general looked at him and said coldly, "Brother, are you safe?"

Chu Bieli looked at the black-robed general, was shocked and said in shock, "You... are you... Tang Buyi?"

"Haha!" the black-robed general smiled, "I didn't expect that if I haven't entered the Great Chu for twenty years, there will be some old friends who will recognize me."

Xiao Jinyan didn't know Tang Buyi, but the Ali brothers were already cold.

Tang Buyi, a lunatic Tang, was a figure as famous as Chu Kuangdao at that time. He was appointed as the Grand Marshal. He was powerful and had disciples everywhere. During the palace coup, Tang Buyi was implicated and his whole family was killed and he left an only daughter. He himself went crazy because of this incident and disappeared for twenty years. He did not expect to reappear in the world today.

Chu Bieli said, "I always thought you were dead."

Tang Buyi smiled and said, "For twenty years, I have no difference between dying and living. Today I promised someone else to take the head of your neck. Should you do it yourself, or should I help?"

Chu Bieli laughed, "Do it yourself and have enough food and clothing. But I am a lazy person, too lazy to die."

Tang Buyi took off his mask and showed a ferocious face. This was a handsome man who was famous in the capital back then, but now he looked at him with distorted facial features and looked a little creepy.

"I'll send you a ride!"

He pulled out the long sword and pointed at Chu Bieli slantedly. A sword energy gushed out of the long sword and came to Chu Bieli's chest in an instant.

Xiao Jinyan had already been on guard and punched the sword energy to resolve the crisis.

Tang Buyi looked up and down at Xiao Jinyan. His martial arts were only in the realm of hearing, and he could even confront him with a sword that stopped him head-on, and he couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Xiao Jinyan said, "If you want to take his life, first ask if the sword in my hand will agree."

"Oh? Then did your sword agree?"

Xiao Jinyan thought seriously for a moment and said, "I don't seem to have a sword."

Tang Buyi said, "Give me a clear word!"

"Why do I agree or not?"

Tang Buyi laughed unanimously, "Then ask the sword in my hand."

Xiao Jinyan said, "You don't have a sword in your hand."

Tang Buyi said lightly, "Shoot the arrow!"

Dangdangdangdang!

Xiao Jinyan blocked four flying arrows with a single sword in his hand. The swords and arrows touched each other, making a crisp sound. Xiao Jinyan felt numb and thought to himself that there were archery masters hidden among the rebels. Tang Buyi was already hard to deal with. If they were added, this time it would be a disaster, so he whispered to Ali, "I will hold them back, you can protect your Majesty and find an opportunity to escape here."

Buda said, "At worst, you can fight them."

Chu Bieli took two steps forward and said loudly, "I am the Emperor of Chu, who commands 300,000 powerful soldiers. If you retreat, I can forgive me..."

Whoosh!

Xiao Jinyan pulled him to the side, and the long arrow was immersed into the stone. He said, "At this point, your move is useless." He sent Chu Bieli to Ali and shouted, "Go away!"

After saying that, he picked up another knife and stopped the rebels in the center of the Valley of Death.

The cold wind blew and hit the face, like a knife cutting. Xiao Jinyan's eyes were firm, and he released the string power, gathering the true essence of heaven and earth around him.

One against two thousand.

This battle is not on the same order of magnitude, but Xiao Jinyan has no choice. Everyone present, with the highest martial arts skills, once they retreat, they will fall into a place of doom. Tonight, even the emperor will be killed, and this will inevitably be a battle that will never end.

Xiao Jinyan was accumulating strength and worshiping water in Dujiangyan. After realizing the way to hear the realm, his acupoints were opened all over his body. The true energy penetrated his body, like the water of the Yangtze River stored in a dam, and his whole person exuded a captivating momentum.

The true energy gathered around him and was well controlled one foot in front of him. It became increasingly dense, and the surrounding space seemed to be distorted.

For a moment, Tang Buyi also felt that the figure of the person in front of him seemed to have risen by a foot. He had been a little confused before, and the young man in front of him had actually hidden his strength very well.

Now that the arrow is on the string, I have to fire it.

Tang Buyi bet on his life and came to kill Chu Bieli. Once he failed, the consequences would be unimaginable. He ordered, "Kill him."

Twelve rebels surrounded Xiao Jinyan with weapons and rushed forward one meter away from him, and stabbed Xiao Jinyan at different vital points from twelve angles.

Xiao Jinyan's state of mind at this moment was like the white snow on Tianmu Mountain, dustless and filthy. In the sea of ​​consciousness, these dozens of people's killing moves were reflected one by one. Wherever his mind came, these people's movements seemed to have become very slow. He suddenly moved, and his whole body was like a swimming fish, flashing and swinging eleven swords.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

It was like a knife cutting a rag, but it was shocking. Eleven rebels, who maintained their previous posture, fell to the ground without even screaming, and died so hard that they could not die again.

Blood flowed between the throat.

The remaining rebel was stunned, with a look of fear in his eyes. Suddenly, with a "wow", he threw the long sword on the ground and ran back.

Tang Buyi stepped forward and killed him with one knife. "Those who retreated in the face of battle will be killed!" He waved his hand, and another group of people attacked Xiao Jinyan.

Xiao Jinyan knew that this battle would be extremely difficult, but he had no way out. He wanted to buy Chu Bieli and others for time to escape, so he used the least real energy for each knife, which could not only ensure that he could kill him with one knife, but not consume too much effort.

In the narrow valley, there was no sound of fighting, only the sound of swords, the sound of wind, the sound of torches burning, the sound of blood splashing, and the sound of corpses falling to the ground, but there was no sound of tearing and shouting.

Extremely silent.

A silent killing.

In a blink of an eye, more than 30 people died under Xiao Jinyan's sword.

Tang Buyi had no expression on his face and continued to send someone to attack. First, he had a wrong judgment on Xiao Jinyan's realm, and wanted to judge his martial arts through these. Second, he had to use wheel tactics to consume Xiao Jinyan's internal strength.

These soldiers are all elites in the army. Although they are not warriors, their strength is extremely strong. If you kill twenty or thirty people, your internal strength will be less than enough. If you can kill fifty people, it is the limit. Even if you reach the Zhixuan realm, the internal strength of a person's acupoint is limited, and at most, you can only kill 300 people. Only when a warrior reaches the Tongxiang realm can he be considered a real enemy of thousands of people.

As for the great masters who jump out of the three realms, they can call the wind and rain, trigger strange phenomena in the world, and integrate themselves with the world, and do non-human things like moving mountains, turning over seas, and cutting rivers. There is no essential difference between killing a thousand people and killing ten thousand people.

In half a stick of incense, nearly eighty people died under Xiao Jinyan's sword.

At this time, Xiao Jinyan was covered in blood, his long sword had rolled his blade, and he became no longer sharp. Even though he tried his best to save his energy, the high-intensity battle made Xiao Jinyan's true energy unsustainable.

Tang Buyi showed a sneer on his lips. Seeing that Xiao Jinyan was not strong enough, he continued, "If you kill this person, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and promoted to the third level."

When everyone heard this, they continued to follow one after another.

puff.

When Xiao Jinyan was blocking a person's throat, his internal force stagnated and his movements were half slower. He was stabbed in the shoulder by a spear, and blood flowed.

When everyone saw him hanging on the lottery, they tightened their attack even more and would never give Xiao Jinyan any chance to breathe. The four hundred acupoints were opened, and although the true energy of heaven and earth was continuous, his speed of swinging the knife became slower and slower.

Xiao Jinyan is a man, not a god.
To be continued...