While talking, Xiao Ding pulled my master and me forward.

Naturally, I walked forward with Xiao Ding without any thought, but at this moment, Master's face turned serious, and he stopped me in a low voice: "Chengyi."

I was stunned and stopped, not knowing what Master meant at this time.

But the master bowed solemnly to Xiao Ding, and then said: "This snake medicine was given to me by your grandfather when he was still alive. It is the most precious snake medicine inherited by your family! It is said that it can help you get out of trouble in times of crisis.

And if he is nearby, we will do our best to support him, no matter what, and we will live and die together. This is what grandpa said back then, right?"

Facing Master's words, Xiao Ding was a little anxious and said to my Master: "Grandpa Jiang, can we wait until we leave first?"

I don't quite understand Master. The situation is obviously very urgent, so why would he act like he's dragging his feet at this time? It is said that Master is originally a very decisive person.

But the master's expression was very serious, and he stood there and said: "In just a few minutes, Xiao Ding, what I want to say is that your grandfather and I have experienced life and death together. This belongs to our previous generation."

Commitment. Chengyi and I are in trouble now. Naturally, we need you here.

Help, this favor may just require you to delay us a little and point out a clear way to hide, instead of fulfilling your grandfather's promise to me. You also know that this group of pursuers is not ordinary, and this is also a big trouble.

If you are unable to do it, don't force it, I can't let my old friend down."

I understood what Master meant in an instant. Master didn’t want to drag Xiao Ding into the water, and when he got to this point, he had no choice but to ask Xiao Ding to help, but he didn’t want him to sink deeper.

I can understand Master's mood, just like my colleagues and I can sacrifice for each other without any burden! However, when it comes to our next generation, no one can do this.

So, thinking about it this way, I stopped.

After Xiao Ding heard these words, he grabbed my and Master's arms without refusal, and then forced us to take a step forward. He didn't have any heroic words, just one sentence: "This is my territory after all."

Son, how can I allow my grandfather's friends to be here, if their safety is in question? After you leave this area, I am indeed powerless, but my Shemen clan is on my own territory."

At this point, Xiao Ding stopped talking. He has his pride, but he is not too arrogant. There are some words that he cannot say out loud.

Having said this, the master sighed and stopped struggling. After all, mother-in-law and mother-in-law were not the nature of the master. However, as an elder, he solemnly bowed to Xiao Ding again.

Xiao Ding quickly helped his master up and said: "I didn't react before. How can I accept Grandpa Jiang's courtesy at this time? Grandpa will tell me in his dream to scold me to death, so let's go."

At this time, I felt a little dazed, as if I saw the shadow of the former Xiao Ding in the little Ding in front of me. It turns out that the essence of a person will never change.

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The master was very familiar with the road before, but after entering this canyon, the master was not familiar with the road. Instead, it was Xiao Ding who dragged us along. He did not lower his head to look at the road under his feet, but he led us to walk very smoothly.

, as if there is a bluestone path under your feet.

There is a slight rustling sound in my ears. I believe there are many snakes hidden here. As for what kind of snakes they are, I don’t think I would be interested in seeing them. After all, even if I am not afraid, snakes are still scary things.

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Along the way, Master was telling Xiao Ding some past events about Old Wu Tou'er. Before, I was wondering why Old Wu Tou'er and Xiao Ding didn't have the same name, but they were grandsons.

Later, I learned that the inheritance of the Shemen lineage, some like that of Young Master Xiao, is generally tied by blood relationship. Xiao Ding is not named Ding, but has a well-hidden first name, Wu.

Add a baby!

Because Old Wu Boss always wanted the Shemen lineage to flourish, and wished he had more people in his family, but the strange thing was that they had very few people, and not everyone was suitable for the inheritance of the Shemen lineage, so when it came to

Of Xiao Ding's generation, Xiao Ding is the only one left.

"Since you moved to this mountain to settle down, I still visit you often. I am familiar with the road before. This is the first time I have walked into this valley with my eyes open." Master couldn't help but sigh while chatting about the past.

One sentence.

No wonder the master was blinded after arriving at the valley. It turned out that the only thing he was familiar with was the previous road.

"Yes, this dense forest was originally the holy land of our Shemen lineage. Anyway, the mountain guardians here have gone. There must be new people to guard the mountain. Before, it was my second grandfather who guarded here, and then my grandfather. Now there are only

"I, then I set the rules, so it doesn't matter." Xiao Ding has a kind personality, and he doesn't seem to have much defensiveness, and he almost tells some things that outsiders don't know.

I was curious, so I asked: "In the past, whenever Master walked into this valley, did he have to be blindfolded? Is this valley a real holy land?"

"This valley is not, but it just hides a secret passage. Generally, we in the Snake Sect don't want to be born, so naturally we have to keep some secrets. Besides, it was the Second Master who set the rules here before, so how can we violate it so easily?

What about the reverse?" Xiao Ding said calmly.

"There is a secret passage, but Master and I have this thing on us." As I spoke, I opened my clothes and stared at a nail at an obvious vital point. The cold metallic luster looked like it in the moonlight.

It was so obvious that Xiao Ding saw it at a glance.

"What's that?" Xiao Ding raised his eyebrows in confusion and asked.

The master then said: "Thanks to Chengyi's reminder, I remembered this. There is a secret door on this nail. The pursuers can find our location through this nail. Doesn't that expose the secret of your Snake Sect lineage?"

?Although I don’t know why you have been guarding this mountain range for generations, I think it must be a great secret. Forget it, Xiao Ding, you”

But at this moment, Xiao Ding waved his hand to signal my master to calm down. He said with a smile: "If Grandpa Jiang is worried about this, then there is really no need. Although our Shemen lineage is thin,

But we don’t tolerate slights, and how could the tight secret passage be unprotected?”

"You mean?" The master seemed to have remembered something and raised his eyebrows slightly, but he was not sure.

"I belong to the Shemen sect and have always been on good terms with some Taoist sects. Grandpa Jiang, does he still remember one of the sects called Mingyang Sect?" Xiao Ding treated it as if it was commonplace and talked about something far away from us.

Yes, in fact, since my master didn't want me to enter this "grudge world" when I was young, and believed that all trivial matters should end with his generation, he told me very little about the inheritance of various forces, and even less about the secrets, so

I had never heard of Mingyangmen at all, so I thought Xiao Ding was going too far.

But the master obviously didn't think so. He exclaimed in surprise: "Mingyang Sect? You mean that person who is not ostentatious, who once had a great reputation and great glory in the unworldly Taoist inheritance. But later because of the election,

The one whose apprenticeship conditions were harsh, resulting in a sparse population, and the eventual decline of the sect?"

"It's that inheritance. We, the Snake Sect, are lucky. Among the ancestors of the previous generations, there were people who were good friends with people from the Mingyang Sect." Xiao Ding smiled a little happily, and it could be seen that he was always very concerned about it.

They are proud of the Shemen clan.

"Making friends with them? That's not easy! And them." The master seemed to think of something, and then slapped his forehead and said: "And they are famous for various formations! They have the same inheritance as me, Lao Li.

A more profound inheritance of formations, could it be said that your secret path is protected by their formations?"

"That's what I mean! Grandpa Jiang, do you think the secret door these people left on the nails will expose our secret passage?" Xiao Ding said with a smile.

By this time, we had reached the central part of the canyon. Not only was it overgrown with weeds, but even more amazing was the jagged rocks. It looked like a rock forest. Without lighting, it was even more dazzling.

I couldn't help but look back at the hilltop where we came down. The pursuers hadn't caught up yet, so it seemed we had plenty of time. Xiao Ding's words also made me feel particularly reassured, because in the inheritance of Taoist magic,

I don’t know how many times this tracking method has been passed down.

As a guardian formation, the first thing to guard against is this kind of tracking formation. If the formation sect that the master admires so much cannot even guard against such a tracking small secret door, then it is really ridiculous.

matter.

No wonder Xiao Ding is so calm. With his low-profile character, he would say that there is no room for such bold words in the Shemen territory that something will happen to us.

In this way, Master and I were completely relieved, feeling that we were freed from the most dangerous predicament, but Xiao Ding had already led us into the forest of rocks. While walking, he held tightly

He pulled us and followed his lead.
Chapter completed!