Chapter 223 Cooperation
Chapter 223 Cooperation
By using certain means, Xu Jian sent Master Sun out of the pavilion.
Of course, he couldn't let him leave unscathed so easily. Otherwise, if the Pavilion Master knew that he was pretending to obey but actually disobeying, he would definitely be in trouble.
So he created an accident, injured himself, disguised himself as Master Sun, deceived him, attacked him and escaped. He had set an ambush on the way Master Sun was escaping, so whether he could escape successfully depended on his luck.
Only after Master Sun left did Xu Jian take the information that Master Sun had given him back to his room to take a closer look.
After reading the information, Xu Jian's hands were shaking.
I never thought that his amnesia was caused by the Pavilion Master.
"Why? I don't understand." Xu Jian lowered his eyes in confusion, staring at the information in his hand, finding it difficult to digest the news.
Suddenly he thought of Rong Su. He was plotted against that day and was tricked into a dark valley by a strange woman.
The woman mentioned the only relative he remembered after he lost his memory, his brother Xu Cao, and the woman also mentioned that Xu Cao had done nothing wrong to him, but told him that it was the leader of the Secret Shadow Pavilion who sold him to his brother.
In order to find out the truth, Xu Jian planned to find the strange woman, because he could conclude that this person must know something that he could not know.
In this way, in addition to completing the tasks assigned to him by the Pavilion Master, Xu Jian would go to the tea stall every day at noon, waiting for the woman and the man named Ajin.
I waited like this for two days.
Xu Lan arrived here at noon, sat down to drink tea, and waited patiently.
Suddenly, a small stone rolled over from somewhere and landed at his feet.
Xu Jian moved slightly and lowered his eyes to look in the direction where the stone was rolling.
When he saw Ajin's figure, his eyes moved slightly, and he immediately stood up from the chair and chased in the direction where Ajin disappeared.
The dark valley I caught up with was still the same one.
The man named Ajin disappeared again. Xu Jian looked around and spoke in a heavy voice.
"I know it's you. Since you've already led me here, why don't you show yourself quickly?"
His voice echoed endlessly in the dark valley, and the echo was lingering. He almost thought he had seen it wrong just now, and he was the only one here.
Soon, just when he was extremely anxious, two figures walked out from the darkness, one in front and one behind.
Through the cracks in the dark valley, the light coming in from the outside world made it possible to clearly see the figure in front.
There was a man and a woman. The man was naturally the one who pretended to be Lin Youyin, a young man from a wealthy family that day. In fact, he was a man named Ajin.
And the woman was probably the person behind all this, hiding in the dark that day.
Xu Jian stared at Rong Su without blinking, eager to see her face clearly.
Rong Su had long expected Xu Jian to come to see her, but she didn't expect him to come to her so soon.
She also specially reserved two days for Xu Jian.
If he didn't find anything by then, she wouldn't mind doing him a favor.
Rong Su stepped out of the dark place and slowly raised his head to look at Xu Jian.
The moment Xu Jian saw Rong Su, he became alert: "Are you Rong Su, the Heavenly Phoenix girl?"
This person is exactly the prey that Sun Tang wants to catch. Now he is right in front of him. How can he not be on guard?
Rong Su was not surprised to see that Xu Jian was so wary of her. After all, his companions had just come to capture her not long ago.
Seeing that Xu Jian had some murderous intentions, Ajin immediately drew out his sword and pointed it at him, his face full of vigilance.
Seeing Ajin take out the sword, Rong Su raised her hand to stop him. Ajin looked at her a little confused.
"Ajin, put down your weapons. Deputy Envoy Xu will soon be our ally. We shouldn't treat our allies in such a disrespectful way."
After hearing Rong Su's words, Xu Jian said coldly: "Who is your ally? Don't forget, we, the Secret Shadow Pavilion, are the enemy who destroyed your Bai Tiaomen."
With the demise of Bai Tiao Men in advance, Rong Su's expression turned cold for a moment, but returned to normal in just a moment, as if the previous expression had never appeared at all.
She smiled faintly, looked at Xu Jian, and said softly, "No. The Secret Shadow Pavilion and I are indeed enemies. But you and I will become allies."
Rong Su was so sure that Xu Jian began to wonder. He thought of something and stared at her: "You know about Xu Cao, and you also know that I am coming to find you."
Xu Jian's answer satisfied her. She clapped her hands and then said with a smile, "As expected, you are a smart person. Since you are a smart person, I think you should also know that smart people should do smart things. For example, cooperate with me."
"Why do you want me to cooperate with you? Just because you know about Xu Cao? Haha, you take Xu Cao too seriously. A cold-blooded person like him is not worthy of my concern at all." When Xu Cao was mentioned, Xu Jian's emotions always seemed to become uncontrollably irritable and unhappy.
Rong Su narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then walked towards Xu Jian step by step.
Seeing her take action, Xu Jian drew his sword and pointed it at her, warning her, "Stop right there! Don't come over here! Also, tell me what you know, or don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Girl, be careful!" When Ajin saw Xu Jian take out his sword, he did not hesitate and also took out his weapon and pointed it at Xu Jian.
Rong Su frowned slightly and said to Ajin, "Ajin, I told you not to show your weapons to your allies."
Ajin was worried about Rong Su and wary of Xu Jian. He held the weapon in his hand and hesitated for a moment before putting it down, but he still didn't dare to take his eyes off Xu Jian.
Xu Jian found Rong Su's behavior ridiculous. He didn't think that he would become an ally of Rong Su. At this moment, he just wanted to know what he wanted to know as soon as possible, and then try his best to capture Rong Su and bring him back to report to the Pavilion Master.
Rong Su could probably guess what Xu Jian was thinking, not from his expression, but from associating certain things with him.
He stopped eight feet away from Xu Kan.
Rong Su looked at Xu Jian, who was wary of her, and said softly, "Xu Cao has been captured by the Master of the Secret Shadow Pavilion and is hidden. If you don't believe me, you can go back and investigate. I believe you can find out if you want. After all, the Master of the Secret Shadow Pavilion still trusts you very much. I will stay near the tea stall for two days. If you don't come to see me after two days, then there will be no more talks between us."
Seeing Xu Jian's shocked face, she continued, "If we're not allies, then we'll be enemies. I don't show mercy to my enemies, and sooner or later, the Secret Shadow Pavilion will disappear from this world."
Before Xu Jian could digest this matter, Rong Su gave him Chaos Powder while he was still in a state of surprise. When his consciousness was slightly dazed, she and Ajin had already left the Dark Valley.
When Xu Jian regained consciousness, he used his sword to push away the powder floating in the air and wanted to chase after them, but Rong Su and the others were no longer visible.
At this moment, he stood there in a daze, lowering his head to look at the ground, and whispered softly: "How could it be? The Pavilion Master captured Xu Cao?"
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Two days passed.
Near a small tea stall.
Ajin squatted in the grass, looking up from time to time and looking towards the small tea stall through the gaps in the haystack.
"Girl, it's been two days. Do you think that boy will come?"
Rong Su stood behind a tree, arms folded, staring into the distance. She said softly, "I don't know. But I can only wait two days. If they refuse to cooperate, then I'll have to find another way."
Ajin has been following Rong Su for the past few days. From her actions, he has no idea what she wants to do, but one thing he can tell is that she is smarter than him.
However, he felt that it shouldn't be so troublesome, so he suggested: "Girl, I know you want to seek revenge on the Secret Shadow Pavilion. The worst that can happen is to just charge in. I can help you."
When Rong Su heard what Ajin said, she felt that he was sometimes too simple, even too naive.
She shook her head, rejecting his idea. "No. First, there are more than one or two Secret Shadow Pavilion masters. Even if you have high martial arts skills, if you barge in rashly, their masters will definitely catch wind of it and come. By then, we might be dead before we even see the Secret Shadow Pavilion Master. Secondly, I want to kill more than just the Secret Shadow Pavilion Master. I want the entire Secret Shadow Pavilion to be wiped out. Buried with my Hundred Sects."
When she spoke the last part, Rong Su's voice was as cold as the ice and snow in the cold winter, which made people shiver.
As Ajin listened, he couldn't help but tremble his body.
At this moment, A Jin saw Xu Jian and said in surprise, "He's here!"
When Rong Su saw Xu Jian, a sinister sneer flashed across his eyes.
Then, Ajin followed Rong Su's instructions and led Xu Jian to the dark valley again.
This time when Xu Jian saw Rong Su, there was no hostility on his face. His expression was calm, even a little complicated.
Rong Su didn't say anything, just looked at Xu Jian, waiting for him to speak first.
Xu Jian was silent for a moment, then looked at Rong Su with a rather heavy and distressed tone, "Do you know why Xu Cao sold me to the Secret Shadow Pavilion as a killer?"
Hearing Xu Jian's words, Rong Su showed no expression on his face, but was a little surprised in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the leader of the Secret Shadow Pavilion used such lies to cultivate Xu Jian's hatred for Xu Cao, and then took advantage of Xu Jian who was in trouble after being abandoned by his relatives, gave him some trust and care, and controlled him step by step.
Now, in order to prevent Xu Cao from finding Xu Jian, he set a trap to lure Xu Cao over, captured him and imprisoned him.
Although Rong Su didn't know where that person had locked Xu Cao up, he was certain that Xu Cao was definitely in the Secret Shadow Pavilion.
Seeing Xu Jian's sad face and his eagerness to know the truth, Rong Su felt a little sorry for him.
"Xu Cao never sold you out. He has been looking for you since you got separated from him. He just didn't expect that he would be captured because of the information he found about you." Rong Su told Xu Lan everything she knew.
After hearing these things, Xu Lan's face turned pale and shocked. He almost fell and staggered two steps.
Ajin kindly stepped forward and offered him a hand to support him, but Xu Jian found it hard to accept it for a moment and his emotions were a little agitated, so he shook off Ajin's hand.
After seeing Ajin's stunned face, Xu Jian realized that he had taken his anger out on an innocent person, and hurriedly apologized to Ajin. However, his look of apology was mixed with grief, which gave him an extremely strange feeling.
Ajin didn't care about this and shook his head at him.
Xu Jian lowered his head, covered his face with his hands, and said solemnly: "The Pavilion Master deceived me. Brother did not sell me to the Secret Shadow Pavilion to be a killer. It was my fault. I actually hated my brother for so many years..."
As he spoke, he began to hit his head frantically with his fists.
"It's all my fault. It's all my fault for forgetting everything. It's all my fault for my brain. It's all my fault!"
He used a lot of force and soon his face was swollen.
Ah Jin couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he quickly stepped forward and grabbed his hand, saying in a tut-tut tone, "Hey, is hitting yourself any use? You might as well find a way to save your brother and apologize to him in person."
Xu Jian's eyes were red as he roared, "But! But I don't know where the Pavilion Master has imprisoned my brother! I already know that the Pavilion Master has imprisoned my brother, but I, I don't have the courage to ask the Pavilion Master..."
Ah Jin couldn't understand and looked at him with a puzzled look: "Why don't you have the courage? He's your brother."
Rong Su could understand Xu Jian's feelings. One was the Pavilion Master who raised her and was like a father to her, and the other was her own brother.
It is indeed difficult for Xu Jian to decide how to let go, but he has to make a choice no matter what.
And his choice is the key to whether she can destroy the Secret Shadow Pavilion.
"Xu Lian. You should understand the temperament of the leader of the Miying Pavilion. What will he do if the killing weapon he has worked so hard to cultivate could leave the Miying Pavilion at any time because of an outsider?" Rong Su took two steps closer, stared at Xu Lian, and said in a faint voice.
Xu Jian's expression suddenly froze, and at that moment, Rong Su could feel that he must have figured it out.
Ah Jin, like a fool, looked puzzled. He looked at Xu Jian, then at Rong Su, and then asked, "How do I do it?"
Xu Jian didn't know whether he was answering Ajin's question or answering the question in his heart.
"He would torture and then kill his brother without hesitation."
Ajin was slightly surprised.
The answer was clear. Rong Su looked at Xu Jian and said seriously, "Let's work together. I'll help you rescue Xu Cao, and you just need to help me find the weakness of the leader of the Secret Shadow Pavilion."
Xu Jian was confused, but he knew very well in his heart that even if he didn't remember everything now, he couldn't just watch his brother die like that.
Without hesitation, he nodded to Rong Su: "Okay, I promise you. Then how should I contact you after I find it?"
Rong Su looked at Ajin. Ajin received her gaze and took out a small whistle made of wood carving and handed it to Xu Lan.
"This can summon a carrier pigeon. You can contact me through it. Xu Jian, I'll be waiting for your news. Also, Xu Jian, please arrange for A Jin to enter the Secret Shadow Pavilion and cooperate with you as soon as possible, otherwise Xu Cao might be in great danger."
Xu Jian listened to Rong Su's words, took the whistle, his expression became more serious, and he held the whistle tightly.
"I see."
Left the dark valley.
Rong Su returned to Hutoumen, but did not find Xiao Hei. She couldn't help but wonder. These days, she seemed to have discovered that Xiao Hei always hid during the day and came out at night.
Although she was puzzled, she still had a lot of things to prepare. In order to destroy the Secret Shadow Pavilion as soon as possible and avenge all the disciples of the Hundred Sects, she also had to find Aku, Anaan and others as soon as possible.
So she quickly forgot about Xiao Hei's strange behavior.
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