Chapter 11: Life-and-death fight

Zhao Dehua rose like a rabbit and fell like a hawk, approaching the masked woman in an instant, his hands forming claws and striking straight at her vital points!

Don't look at his gentle and easy-to-talk-to appearance before, and think he is weak and easy to bully.

An old Jianghu hand is an old Jianghu hand; if there is no matter, don't look for trouble. But if you can't avoid it and start a fight, every move is a killing move.

This pair of claws he grabbed made a wind-breaking sound, wanting to lift the masked woman's skull and gouge out her eyeballs.

Facing this dangerous strike, the masked woman didn't dare to be careless, joined her fingers into a palm, and blocked Zhao Dehua's arms.

Bang!

The two arms collided, actually making a muffled sound, clearly both used their full strength.

Zhao Dehua's eyes condensed, secretly thinking it was bad.

He originally saw the masked woman was not old, and her internal and external cultivation should not be as good as his, so he came up with the plan of hard fighting and using strength to suppress people.

But after this exchange, he knew that the woman's cultivation was not inferior to his at all!

The masked woman blocked Zhao Dehua's arms, and her hands buckled toward Zhao Dehua's joints.

Zhao Dehua naturally couldn't let her subdue him, and the two passed a few moves of grappling, fingers and palms constantly attacking the other's vital points, and constantly being blocked. Both sides ran out of breath, and coincidentally fought a move, withdrawing and separating.

The two stood still, the masked woman's arms were scratched with a few wounds, and blood dripped out.

Zhao Dehua's right arm joint was also pecked by the masked woman's joined fingers, and at this moment, it was swollen and painful.

It looked like the masked woman was hurt more, but in fact, it was Zhao Dehua who suffered.

The masked woman's injury was on skin and flesh, not affecting her moves. But Zhao Dehua's injury was on tendons and bones, and his right arm would definitely not be as flexible as usual, so continuing to fight would be a loss.

But no matter what, blood had been seen, and the real fire had been fought.

The masked woman's killing intent was firm, Zhao Dehua's companion and daughter were lying behind him, and at this moment, there was no reason to stop and escape.

The two looked at each other, took a breath, and planned to rush at each other and continue to fight for life and death.

Just at this moment.

Click.

A light sound.

The two looked at each other, but it was Li Miao who didn't know when he was half-lying on the ground, supporting his face with his hand, staring at them without blinking.

The other hand was still throwing melon seed shells.

The masked woman and Zhao Dehua couldn't help but feel strange.

It's not that Li Miao not being hit by the sleeping smoke is anything particularly strange. The masked woman's sleeping smoke was originally picked according to the Wu Gong of Zhao Dehua's group, and didn't count the Li Miao who was passing by.

This world's Wu Gong is strange, experts are endless, who knows if Li Miao's internal cultivation is unique or his Wu Gong is high, wake up if he wakes up.

As long as Li Miao didn't move to interfere with their fight, just look if he wants to.

But, you look, what do you mean by eating melon seeds?

Still making sounds, it's too disrespectful! Is this treating them as juggling and selling art?

Was their life-and-death fight just now for you to pass the time?

Being watched by Li Miao while eating melon seeds, the original bitter and deep atmosphere suddenly became a bit funny, and the two's intention to fight for life and death faded.

The masked woman couldn't figure out what Li Miao was doing, and seeing that it was impossible, she flashed out the door without a word, and disappeared in an instant.

Zhao Dehua knew the truth of not chasing the poor bandit, so he didn't chase.

He turned back and walked to Li Miao, cupped his hands: "Thank you... sir."

The pause after "thank you" was really because he didn't know what to say.

To say "thank you for your help," Li Miao didn't do anything, and even watched him as a play. Do you still have to "thank you for your support"?

But the masked woman was indeed because of Li Miao's interruption that she left, so not saying thank you was not justified. After hesitating for a while, Zhao Dehua squeezed out a "thank you, sir."

Li Miao waved his hand: "No need." He turned over and lay down again.

His temperament was lazy and casual, and at this moment, seeing no excitement to watch, he was too lazy to say more, and directly wanted to continue sleeping.

This made Zhao Dehua awkward, thinking, what is this person's path, how can he not treat me as a person at all?

But to say go and pull people up, it's not necessary.

Not sure about Li Miao's Wu Gong, the sleeping smoke that knocked down the Huwei Dart Bureau, people inhaled it and were very energetic, this point showed the gap. Pull people up, what if they start a fight?

Zhao Dehua had to turn back to find his companions, first detoxifying, then assigning defense against the masked woman, tossing until dawn.

By dawn, Li Miao and the three got up to wash, Zhao Dehua didn't come to greet them, and packed his things and set off first.

Jianghu people have an unspoken rule: two teams meet by chance, and without knowing the other's background, it is best not to go on the road together. And when separating, the side with more people should go first, and the side with fewer people should go later.

This rule naturally has its rationality. Everyone is a stranger, walking on the road together, and still have to guard against you having evil intentions and suddenly starting, wasting energy. And the number of people generally represents strength, the side with fewer people goes first, what if the side with more people follows the traces?

Zhao Dehua knew this rule, consciously gathered his team and left first.

Actually, Li Miao and the three didn't care. Zhao Dehua and the masked woman's battle last night had long been seen through by Li Miao.

This Zhao Dehua's bone structure is average, but he wins because he is old and has practiced for a long time, his Wu Gong is okay, about a second-rate expert level in the Jianghu. He practices claw work, and the path he takes is vicious, which is the opposite of his easy-to-talk-to attitude.

This level of martial artist is no different from a petty thief in Li Miao's eyes.

Of course, Li Miao didn't have to set off early, so he waited for Zhao Dehua to leave, ate a meal, and set off unhurriedly.

The three of them rode their horses fast all the way, and finally arrived at a county town before the city gate fell at sunset.

Li Miao walked slowly in front with his hands behind his back, Wang Hai followed with the horses, talking to Xiao Si, making Xiao Si cover her mouth and laugh lightly.

After walking for a while, they finally found an inn and prepared to rest here for the night.

The three entered the door and heard a table of people "eh" a sound.

Li Miao looked over there and chuckled.

Because the people sitting there were Zhao Dehua's group, and the one who made the sound was Zhao Dehua's daughter, Zhao Ying, who was looking at them with a surprised face.

Obviously, the two groups of people were deliberately separated, but they happened to stay in the same inn.

Zhao Dehua saw Li Miao and the three enter, and he was also muttering in his heart. These three are strange, is there such a coincidence that they meet together for two consecutive days? Don't they have other plans?

Once the thought arose, it was difficult to calm down.

Zhao Dehua was originally tricked by the masked woman last night, and she ran away, and now he is in a state of nervous tension. Seeing Li Miao at this moment, it is hard not to think too much.

Wang Hai saw it clearly, he knew that pretending not to know now would make people think more. Li Miao is a temperament who doesn't care about anything, and Xiao Si is a little girl, so this welcoming and sending off still has to fall on him.

He took the initiative to step forward and greet:

"Gentlemen, it's really fate, we meet again."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 12 =====