Chapter 66: White Jade and Ginseng
Bang! A delicate brocade box fell from Yuan He's bosom, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
"Indeed on you!" The middle-aged man's eyes gleamed with a flash of light, and he said in a low voice. Then his figure flashed, and he came to the front of Yuan He, stretching out his big hand, just about to grab the brocade box.
Whoosh, a cold light rapidly shot over, clang, the middle-aged man's body instantly retreated, his iron palm facing the cold light and slapping it away, instantly scattering sparks and emitting a metallic ringing sound.
"Who?" The middle-aged man looked around sternly and said in a low voice.
"Give me the white jade ginseng!" A man wearing a dark green long shirt suddenly appeared on the other side of the street, loudly saying to the middle-aged man.
"Xiao Jiu of the Dark Gate!" The middle-aged man's eyebrows furrowed slightly, his eyes becoming even more somber.
"Your Iron Sand Palm is as powerful as a tiger's head! I've long admired your great name!" The approaching Xiao Jiu had an expressionless face, as if he held the upper hand.
"Unexpectedly, even you hidden gate have made a move!" Hu Tou did not dare to relax. The opponent was a master famous for his hidden weapons, and many heroes had fallen victim to the hidden gate's hidden weapons, serving as a warning!
"Tiger head, I'll take it!" Xiao Jiu said calmly, raising his head.
"Is it? I won't let go so easily!"
"Cough, cough, is it fun for you to bully the younger generation like this?" Suddenly, an old man with a face full of wrinkles appeared, leaning on his cane and coughing from time to time, as if his body was extremely weak and would fall down at any moment.
"Murderous Fiend!" Both Hu Tou and Xiao Jiu were shocked, never expecting another top-notch expert to appear.
"Murderous Old Man, didn't you come here to snatch the White Jade Ginseng? Stop pretending to be innocent!" Xiao Jiu said disdainfully to the old man who had just appeared. The Murderous Old Man may look frail and elderly, but when it comes to killing people, he shows no mercy, and has a particularly chilling method - he digs out the hearts of his victims and soaks them in wine. This method once made the Jianghu world tremble with fear, and those who heard about it couldn't help but feel their scalp numb.
"Stop all the nonsense, whoever gets it is theirs. If we wait any longer, there might be even more people showing up!" Hu's voice was like a loud bell, his true energy shook within him, and his clothes fluttered without wind. His large hand reached out once again towards Yuan He and Yuan Xi who were lying on the ground.
Clang, the cold light comes again, the tiger head palm is covered with a dark green metallic luster, the true energy runs, and there is a faint dark green gas wrapped around the four fingers. The tiger head palm swings, sparks splashing everywhere. The iron palm and hidden weapons emit a clear and crisp metal collision sound. With a loud clang, a star-shaped hidden weapon falls to the ground.
At this time, Jin Wu also came forward, and the sound of clashing steel rose sharply, as a chaotic battle began.
At this time, Pan Hao and others were on the sidelines, watching from the wall.
"Cough!" While lying on the ground, Yuan He coughed out fresh blood from time to time, looking extremely desolate. The brocade box fell outside his chest, but Yuan He was too weak to pick it up.
"Yuan He, Shixiong!" Qu Zhu looked over and immediately felt anxious, wanting to rush over to save him. However, with three powerful experts fighting beside Yuan He, it was impossible to get close to him.
"Now I just hope that Qu Shifu and the others return quickly, our Shen Jian Sect now only has Qu Shifu and Da Zhang Lao as top-notch experts!" The man in green clothes grasped Qing Feng tightly, his palms already covered in cold sweat.
"That's enough!" a warm and gentle voice sounded in the ears of the three who were fighting.
"Who?" The three people who were fighting suddenly separated, jumping several feet away. They cautiously looked in the direction where the voice came from. There stood four people, two men and two women, in the direction of the sound.
One of the men was dressed in a green tunic and held a long sword.
"Hmm!" The three of them gazed at the young man in green clothes with cold glints in their eyes, who was already trembling all over from fear.
"No, not me, it's him!" The man in green clothes was as if he had been pricked by needles all over his body, his hair standing on end. He hastily jumped back and pointed at Pan Hao. At this moment, he could be said to have hated Pan Hao thoroughly. If you want to die, don't drag me down with you! The example is lying on the ground.
"Huh!" The three of them looked at Pan Hao, a handsome young scholar entering their line of sight.
"That's right, it's me! I'm telling you, that's enough!" Pan Hao said with a smile, enunciating each word clearly. The three of them had an expression of utter disbelief, as if they didn't dare to believe that a weak and bookish scholar would dare to say such provocative words. Yuan He on the ground had an even more stunned expression, but suddenly felt great joy in his heart - this kid was looking for death!
"Looking for death!" As expected, the eyes of the three people who reacted instantly were filled with a fierce and murderous intent.
"Whoosh!" A cold light flashed by, and it was Xiao Jiu who had angrily struck out.
Pan Haoming's eyebrows furrowed, his eyes scanning the flying dark projectiles. Suddenly, the dark projectiles seemed to slow down in mid-air, as if trapped in a swamp. Then, a crisp sound rang out. The dark projectiles suddenly disintegrated into fragments and fell to the ground.
"What?!" The three of them were shocked. And the man in green clothes and Yuan He on the ground also showed an incredulous expression. "This scholar's martial arts are really high. It turns out that just now was all a pretence."
"Pan Big Brother seems to have become much more powerful!" Qu Zhu thought to herself.
"You scoundrel, how dare you lay a hand on Hao Ge!" Xi Wen's little girl voice was like pearls falling from her lips, soft and clear, with a hint of anger amidst the coquetry.
"Hmph!" The little girl let out a cold snort, her small white hand flexed and snapped, a clear and icy silver light flashed by. In the blink of an eye, it shot into Xiao Jiu's right shoulder.
"Poof!" Xiao Jiu's whole body shook, and he spat out a mouthful of warm, bright red blood. His eyes widened in shock, as if the sky had fallen, and he couldn't believe it.
" Innate?" Hu Tou and Sha Ren Weng also had an expression of extreme shock. The aura was out of the body, this absolutely wouldn't be wrong. But wasn't that a 12 or 13 year old little girl? If this little girl was innately talented, then what kind of realm was that scholar who just spoke from? Both of their heads were spinning wildly, staring wide-eyed and standing frozen in place.
"What? Innate?" Qu Zhu also couldn't help but turn her head to look at this girl who was a few years younger than herself. And the two men, Yuan He and the man in green clothes, were even more at a loss for words. They just felt that this world had suddenly become strange.
"Get your hands dirty!" Xi Wen had her two small hands tucked into her waist, her mouth pouting, looking very relieved.
"Qiu Zhu, take your ginseng and leave! I was planning to have dinner here, what a disappointment!" Pan Hao patted the little girl's head with a smile, saying to Qiu Zhu. Seeing that the whole street had already disappeared without knowing where they went, Pan Hao also felt a sense of desolation in his heart.
"Zhang Shixiong, help!" Qu Zhu hastily called out to a strong and agile man in green clothes standing beside her to come and assist.
"Ah, oh!" The man in the green robe finally reacted, kicking a nearby door open with a loud crash and using it as a makeshift stretcher to carry the heavily injured Yuan He.
"You two, come over and lift the stretcher!" Pan Hao pointed at Hu Tou and Sha Ren Weng, gesturing for them to come over.
"Us?" The two were suddenly shocked.
"It's just you two, that whatever Xiao Jiu, you can leave!" Pan Hao waved his hand with a completely nonchalant attitude.
Killing Lord and Tiger Head exchanged a glance, both seeing helplessness and bitter smiles in each other's eyes. Xiao Jiu covered his bloody wound and stumbled away.
"Zhu'er!" A thick voice came from afar.
"It's my father and the great elder!" Qu Zhu suddenly turned his head back with joy. He saw a middle-aged man wearing a tiger skin robe, tall in stature, stepping on the roof tiles, using his lightness skill to quickly rush towards Pan Hao and others. At the same time, not far away, an old man wearing a Taoist robe, with white hair and beard, was lightly floating behind him.
"Ah!" Pan Hao's eyes slightly lifted, and indeed he found that the middle-aged man wearing a tiger skin robe, who was now exceptionally skilled in martial arts, was the same man who had been on the verge of death due to snake venom poisoning back then. It seemed that the effect of the Washing Marrow Dan had enhanced his martial foundation, and his body had already undergone marrow washing, so within just over a year's time, he had transformed from an ordinary hunter to a top-notch master.
Bang! Qu Fu jumped down and hurried over. Another old man also floated down and walked over.
"What's going on?" Qu Bo was shocked when he saw Yuan He being carried away with serious injuries, and he quickly asked.
"What's going on? Murderous Maniac, ah! And Iron Sand Palm Tiger Head!" The old man in the Taoist robe looked at the two people carrying the stretcher and his mind was suddenly turned upside down. What was happening here?
"Great elder, Qu Shi Shu, it's like this!" The young man in green clothes with the surname Zhang excitedly recounted what had just happened.
"What's going on? Are they here to steal our ginseng?" As soon as the two men carrying a stretcher heard that, they immediately became angry. This ginseng was the result of Old Man Qu and the old man searching for over ten days in Daxing Mountain, and it had almost been stolen by these two people. When they heard that Xi Wen was a pre-heavenly expert, the two men were stunned on the spot. They had already thought that Old Man Qu's good fortune was surprising enough, but now this teenager was also...? However, the two men finally understood what was going on.
"Father, this is Pan Big Brother!" Qu Zhu excitedly introduced to her father.
"Pan Big Brother? Wait a minute, you're the one who delivered the hair wash to Qu Zhu!" Qu Father felt that this name was somewhat familiar, and after being stunned for a moment, he hastily asked.
"Ah ah, it was given by Brother Pan!" Qu Zhu smiled sweetly, apparently quite satisfied with her father's reaction.
"Such great kindness, I must give you a bow!" Qu father was about to kneel down after getting the affirmative answer.
"Uncle, don't be like this!" Pan Hao hastily stopped him, and a thought flashed in his mind - how could Qu Father's knees not bend at all? Qu Father also understood that this was Pan Hao's trick, and while being shocked, he no longer insisted.
"Who would have thought that the hero is a young man!" The elder beside him naturally knew what was going on with Qu's good fortune. Who would have thought that the person involved would actually appear before their eyes, and his cultivation was clearly immeasurable.
"What's this white ginseng? Good stuff! I wonder if it's for sale?" A young man wearing a blue long gown with a gentle face suddenly appeared, walking over with a smile.
"Su Jin Gongzi!" The Great Elder's eyebrows slightly furrowed as he revealed the man's identity.
