Chapter 61 The Old Man and the Young Man
With thoughts racing through his mind, Pang Nuan instructed his confidant: "Let our people contact Yan Dan, the Crown Prince of Yan, as soon as possible. Compared to other people in Yan State, he and we have a much greater chance of cooperation as we both have what we need."

After thinking for a while, Pang Nuan said: "Send a message to Tian Guang, the leader of the Farmers' Clan, and ask him to mobilize his men to track down Ying Zifei."

The confidant nodded in agreement, turned around and left to do his work. Pang Nuan rubbed his forehead, then his eyes became firm, and he murmured: "Xinling Jun was defeated by you because he was too cautious."

"But I am different. If you want to find my weakness, then I am looking forward to your attack."

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No one likes to escape, but some people have to escape.

An old man and a young boy stopped at the fork in the road, looking at the person sitting cross-legged under a tree in front of them, both of them were on guard.

After gently squeezing the child's hand, the old man let go and touched the child's head, motioning him to move away.

The child looked worried, but when he saw the old man's gentle smile, he nodded and walked towards the side of the forest.

The old man walked towards the person sitting cross-legged over there, and his vigilance had reached its peak.

"Senior is very nervous."

The one sitting cross-legged here was Ying Zifei. He smiled and motioned for the old man to come over and sit down.

"Faced with someone like you, it's impossible not to be nervous."

The old man smiled slightly as he spoke, perhaps realizing that Ying Zifei did not have much murderous intent, he relaxed a little.

"Can I take this as a compliment from you?" Ying Zifei smiled, leaned against the tree trunk, and said lazily, "You shouldn't take this child away at this time. You must know that the people who are watching this child are those people who are hiding deep in Luowang."

The old man came over and sat cross-legged, chuckling and saying, "So what if I know? I have to take action anyway, right?"

"That child should have had his own way to go, instead of dying in that place."

Ying Zifei smiled upon hearing this and said, "It's the senior's style to act spontaneously."

"But are you ready to be hunted down by Luowang?"

The old man nodded and said calmly: "If you don't interfere, I think this child's chances of survival will be much better."

As he spoke, he stared at Ying Zifei and said meaningfully: "You are also changing the path of your destiny step by step. The path of Hei Bai Xuan Jian has changed. You are really capable."

Ying Zifei looked as if he had suffered a loss and said, "Senior, are you flattering me again?"

"You know, I suffered a great loss because of Black and White Xuan Jian."

Seeing him like this, the old man laughed and said jokingly: "But from what I know, your purpose seems to be to test the strength of some people."

"The big loss you mentioned must be the reason why we lost miserably."

The corners of Ying Zifei's mouth twitched, and he knew that this matter could not be concealed.

The so-called information closure simply means that you are not in that circle.

"Senior, you are not any better off than me." Ying Zifei said without mercy, smiling: "If I am not mistaken, your injuries are not light now."

"It seems that in order to take this child away, you almost couldn't leave the territory of Zhao State."

The old man was speechless. This guy really was good at rubbing salt into other people's wounds.

"Tell me, what is your purpose?" The old man didn't want to argue with this guy anymore. The longer he dragged on, the more likely he would not be able to leave the territory of Zhao State.

Ying Zifei smiled and flicked the scabbard of Chiyou Sword, saying: "Senior, aren't you afraid that I will take action? After all, this child's identity is worthy of my action."

"You won't." The old man said with certainty: "If it was just now, I think you would do it."

"But now, I have determined that you want to lure out some people by having me hunted down."

"Or," the old man stared at Ying Zifei and said with certainty, "Or, you don't want this child to fall into the hands of the Yin-Yang family or those forces now."

"As a schemer, you are sober, sober enough that you won't hold on to something that you can't control at this moment."

"The thing in Xinling Jun Wei Wuji's hand is the best example. If you really want to make a move, Wei Wuji's situation will definitely not escape your plan."

Ying Zifei really doesn't like having anything to do with these old foxes because it's too easy for their thoughts to be seen through.

"Senior, you guys are really annoying." Ying Zifei said a little depressed, and said speechlessly: "Wouldn't it be better to learn to be a little confused?"

The old man smiled and said, "So, although you have begun to show your talents in this world, it is still not your time yet."

Ying Zifei curled his lips and said helplessly: "It's really a judgment that I can't like."

Sitting up straight, Ying Zifei glanced at the child who had been looking over here, and said to the old man: "Senior, I don't need to block your way."

"But you must also promise to tell me the contents of the secret letter you received that year."

"Secret letter?" The old man's eyebrows jumped, and he immediately asked vigilantly: "Is your intelligence network so strong that you even know this?"

Ying Zifei shook his head and then nodded, reached out from his arms and took out the cloth that Guiguzi had given him when he was in Guiguzi, and handed it to the old man.

"Senior, I was tricked."

"I am afraid of death and trouble, so solving problems and getting rid of trouble is my first choice."

"In order to find out the secrets related to this thing, I have spent a lot of manpower and energy." The old man took the cloth, unfolded it and began to read it. After looking at it for a while, he frowned.

What the hell is this?
"Treasure map?" the old man asked uncertainly.

"I don't know." Ying Zifei shook his head and said, "It looks like a map, but it gives me the feeling of a formation."

As he spoke, Ying Zifei pointed at a few points on the map on the cloth and said, "Senior, does it look like a maze with a mountain as the center?"

The old man looked at it carefully and pondered, then tapped a few spots on the cloth with his fingers. Soon, his eyes sparkled and he said, "It looks like the maze in Qimen Dunjia."

"But such a masterpiece is not something that ordinary people can arrange."

Before he finished speaking, he thought of something and asked Ying Zifei: "Are you suspecting that there are other clues in the secret letter?"

Ying Zifei nodded and said, "Senior also participated in that battle back then."

"The person who escaped after the war had another encounter with Senior later on. Otherwise, Senior would not have made several attempts to find him after receiving the secret letter."

He looked at the old man, then rubbed his forehead and continued: "I guess there must be some clues in the secret letter that you received back then."

The old man recalled the contents of the secret letter in his mind. Soon, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and he said to Ying Zifei without hiding anything: "This is related."

"The secret letter delivered to me that year asked me to help find and protect someone."

"By the time I found the person, he had already been killed."

He pointed at the cloth and said, "If my guess is correct, this is what the man was carrying with him at the time."

"The people who were chasing him at the time were all looking for the secrets that came with the ship."

"The few people I had contact with were the ones who escaped after the initial battle. They were hunted down afterwards."

"They must have a secret, but after that war, they dare not trust anyone else."

The old man's eyes darkened when he said this, and he continued to say to Ying Zifei: "To be more precise, they seem to be protecting something."

"Overseas Immortal Mountain?" Ying Zifei murmured. The old man shook his head and said, "No, what they are protecting should not be related to those secret things."

"They give me the feeling that they are more like great sages who care about the people. That kind of peaceful and compassionate heart cannot be faked."

"Is that so?" Ying Zifei felt that he would have a lot more things to do.

"I will tell you the contents of the secret letter, please remember it." The old man inexplicably hoped that Ying Zifei could find the secret. His intuition told him that this would be a good thing.

A sudden impulse was his intuitive feeling at the moment.

One person spoke and the other listened. After taking it all in mind, Ying Zifei's brows relaxed a little. As expected, the content of the secret letter, in addition to a request for help, also contained some hints.

Picking up the Chiyou sword, Ying Zifei stood up and bowed to the old man, thanking him: "Thank you for telling me, senior."

The old man shook his head and said, "Be careful. Those people have never given up on tracking down the secret."

"After the battle that year, I had another encounter with those people."

"One of them said to me: Heaven's will is determined by human will, and human will determines Heaven's way."

"From this sentence, I know that if they really have a secret, that secret must be not simple."

Ying Zifei nodded slightly to show that he understood, and said to the old man: "Senior, please be careful too. With your injuries, even if you have the Hanguang Sword in your hand, it will be difficult to escape the siege."

The old man stood up, smiled and said, "Life and death go round and round, and it has its own way."

"I have already sent a letter to my old friend Xun Kuang. He will come to pick me up."

Ying Zifei nodded and said no more. He would not interfere in this fight for the time being. As for whether the old man could wait for Master Xun's support, it depended on their own abilities.

After paying his respects, Ying Zifei left. After he left, the old man frowned and sighed slightly.

If Ying Zifei can accurately find his whereabouts, it means those people can do so too.

The road ahead will be difficult!

The old man and the young man continued on their way. The young man looked at the direction where Ying Zifei left and said, "Isn't he an enemy?"

The old man nodded and smiled slightly, saying: "He is neither an enemy nor a friend."

"The people who are chasing us will be here again soon, right?" the young man said with a worried look in his eyes.

The old man rubbed the child's head. What a smart little guy.

"Child, for your own safety, you have to change your name and hide yourself from now on."

The sighing words were filled with helplessness. A trace of sadness flashed across the child's eyes, but he quickly hid it and said, "Then my name will be Lu."

“The road ahead is unknown, so let’s move towards the future in the name of ‘road’.”

"Lu?" The old man rubbed the child's head again and laughed, "What a good name!"

An old man and a young man walked forward. As the sun set, their backs became very long.

Thinking about the past makes me sad, and the road ahead is uncertain!
(End of this chapter)