Chapter 173 and Chapter 174 gifts!

  Luoxue Ning still looked puzzled, Xiao Hong was too lazy to care. Although Xiao Hong felt a sense of familiarity with Luoxue Ning, he didn't have the habit of overthinking and couldn't recall it, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

  "By the way, how did you end up here? And who was it that attacked you just now?" Xiao Hong suddenly asked.

  Xiao Hong's question finally freed Luo Xue from her confusion, and she replied truthfully: "I suppose you also know that the target of this mission is Xiao Family Village. The one who ambushed me was Abtu, a very strong Da Yu Shi fifth level, and also the behind-the-scenes commander of this time's Weilin Public Country. However, several years ago, he attempted to break through to the Yu Hun boundary using extremely unconventional methods, but ended up failing and becoming seriously injured."

  "What secrets does Xiao's Village really have? And what is your mission?" Xiao Hong continued to ask.

  "Uh...this..." Luo Xue Ning hesitated for a moment.

  "Cut, women are indeed unpredictable. Just now they were life and death friends." Xiao Hong glanced at Luo Xue Ning with a slight curl of his lip.

  "Alright, I won't hide it from you either. Xiaojiacun village is hiding something, and to be honest, I'm not even sure what its purpose is. All I know is where it's hidden, and that it has something to do with the plague in Xiaojiacun village. My mission is to try and retrieve it without anyone noticing, and then hand it over to my master." Lu Xuenin said frankly.

  "What do you know about the plague?" Xiao Hong asked, this was what he cared most about.

  "It's not very clear, my master never mentioned it before, I just know that if you contract that strange disease, you will definitely die, and there is no cure." Lu Xue Ning responded.

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Hong didn't become overly disheartened. To put it bluntly, he had already grown numb to such words. At present, what Xiao Hong was interested in was still what exactly Luo Xue Ning was looking for.

  "So when are you planning to go get it?" Xiao Hong asked casually, pretending to be nonchalant.

  "It was originally set for today, but Cos betrayed the intelligence and I temporarily can't reunite with my army. It seems that it can only be cancelled temporarily. The current priority is how to return safely to the temporary headquarters." Lu Xue Ning said with a bitter face.

  "It's not necessarily the case, now that they know you're injured and at a dead end, they'll definitely think you're only focused on escaping with your life, and absolutely won't expect that you still have the mind to do other things. I estimate that the eighth layer is searching for you in the surrounding area, and earlier I could clearly see from the cave entrance that Ab Tu was injured, it's very likely that he'll return to some place in Tai Wu City to recover from his injuries. This can be said to be an opportunity." Xiao Hong said with a pretentious tone of casualness.

  "What you said makes some sense, but how are we going to leave this place? And can I trust you?" Luo Xue Ning asked after thinking for a moment.

  "The road I just blocked is the only way to get down the mountain, we can leave from there. As for when, it'll be a few hours later, I reckon they'll soon discover another exit and will come after us on their way. We'll take advantage of this opportunity to leave. Whether you believe me or not, suit yourself. However, didn't you say something about a life-and-death friendship just now?" Xiao Hong leaned against the rock wall, took over Luo Xue Ning's water bottle, and drank a few mouthfuls.

  "Alright, I'm asking for your help here, to complete the task together. Once it's done, I'll make sure you're well rewarded." Lu Xue Ning said cautiously, but despite having been deceived before, she still couldn't shake off that familiar feeling towards Xiao Hong, which made her instinctively trust him.

  "What's the benefit?" Xiao Hong asked.

  "I haven't thought it through, anyway after things are done, as long as you don't overdo it, whatever you want is fine, I owe you one." Luo Xue Ning responded. It can be said that the reason she wanted Xiao Hong's help was because of this. "Alright then." Xiao Hong thought for a moment before responding. In fact, even if Luo Xue Ning didn't promise him any benefits, Xiao Hong would still go. Now there was no one more curious than Xiao Hong about what exactly Luo Xue Ning was looking for, even if it was just to take a look.

  "Well, as usual, let's get our gear in order and deepen our understanding of each other." Luo Xue Ning said, taking out all five of the battle patterns she commonly used.

  Xiao Hong glanced at Luo Xue Ning's equipment and couldn't help but click his tongue, it was quite luxurious, in comparison, his own equipment looked shabby.

  Since the rights of the hidden body "启航冇水印" have been clarified, Xiao Hong also brought out his commonly used magic seals. As for the technique of seal within a seal, it can't be seen from the surface, and Xiao Hong will absolutely not explain it.

  "Level 9 Rose, Level 10 Ink, Level 10 Extreme, and Level 1 Hunter's Bow." Lu Xue Ning repeated Xiao Hong's introduction in a low voice, her head already full of black lines.

  "You're relying on these to stir up trouble in Taiwu City?" Luo Xue Ning asked incredulously. Indeed, Xiao Hong's battle tactics were ingenious, but the level was somewhat lacking, at least in Luo Xue Ning's eyes.

  "Is it?" Xiao Hong said vaguely, in fact when he was making waves and stirring up trouble, there weren't these battle scars.

  Lu Xue Ning didn't respond, thought for a moment, put on a helpless expression, then rummaged through her magic bag and finally took out a cyan battle emblem, placing it in front of Xiao Hong: "This is for you, it's a third-level Rider's emblem, I eliminated it myself, but it should still be somewhat useful to you."

  "What is this?" Xiao Hong looked at the seemingly old but intricately crafted magic pattern in his hand.

  "Don't underestimate it, this is the one my master Amiro made with his own hands in his early years. Although its level is a bit low and I've used it for a long time, the internal energy has been reduced to less than a dozen strands. It's estimated that it won't last much longer, but it should be able to hold on until this mission is completed. Its function is similar to my Shattered Sound War Pattern, both of which greatly amplify sound waves to strike the opponent. It's called Chen Yin." Luo Xue Ning introduced.

  "Wow." Xiao Hong couldn't help but exclaim, his eyes flashing with an unusual light. Among the six most famous and well-known old monsters in the Teg universe, Amiro's work was one of them, and now Xiao Hong had finally gotten his hands on it.

  From the perspective of Xiao Hong, the value of Chen Yin is not its combat power, but that it can extract many of Amiro's ideas from this battle pattern and use them for itself, just like obtaining a sample of Amiro.

  With this idea, Xiao Hong's heart suddenly burst into a fit of wild joy.

  "What else?" Xiao Hong suddenly asked.

  "What?" Luo Xue Ning's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, as Xiao Hong's words implied that he was asking her what else she had to offer. This made Luo Xue Ning somewhat unprepared - wasn't a personal demonic seal from Amiro enough?

  "Alright, here it is." Luoxue Ning was somewhat reluctant to part with it, but ultimately removed her golden pendant and placed it in front of Xiao Hong. The purpose of doing so was twofold: one, she had a request for Xiao Hong; two, she wanted to save face.

  Taking over the golden light of Luo Xue's dagger, Xiao Hong's expression suddenly brightened, and the workmanship was impeccable. On the mysterious metal that shone with a golden light, colorful gems were inlaid, and within the gems, there were faint patterns.

  He drew out a small, slender dagger with a silver blade and black etchings.

  "What is this sword?" Xiao Hong continued to ask, but at this time, Xiao Hong had already felt its extraordinariness.

  "This sword is called Jisu, apart from chopping and slashing, it can also collect elements on a daily basis, such as storing compressed air, which can be released when necessary to enhance the combat power of Suo Yue, for example, collecting water elements, and so on. In short, it's about collecting beneficial elements during peacetime and releasing them during battle, turning the surrounding area into one's own territory." Luo Xue Ning responded.

  Xiao Hong's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, and without a doubt, the knife was indeed extraordinary. If it could store a large amount of water, then using it with his own Dark Blue Magic Pearl would definitely have a significant bonus effect.

  "Huh? Give me this thing, what will you use?" Xiao Hong suddenly asked in a low voice.

  "Whatever, I'll give it to you. At this level of cultivation, the Gathering Essence is basically useless anyway. With the power of the Great Master, one can achieve an effect many times stronger than the Gathering Essence without needing to cultivate it." Luo Xue Ning looked at the Gathering Essence in Xiao Hong's hand and responded, her eyes showing a hint of reluctance. After all, she had been with the Gathering Essence for many years, and its appearance was also very beautiful. As they say, "familiarity breeds affection".

  "What are you going to do now, after all, you're not even a Grandmaster yet, just a fifth-level Master, still one level short. You don't have a sword in your hand, it's not good, is it?" Xiao Hong looked at the Jisù on his hand and asked.

  "Like this."

  Before Luo Xue Ning could speak, Xiao Hong directly handed the cheap broken armor magic knife at his waist to Luo Xue Ning: "You can use this for now."

  Xiao Hong directly and unceremoniously put Chen Yin into the magic pattern bag, and casually hung the gathered essence on his waist without any politeness.

  Lu Xue Ning took over the cheap broken armor knife, pulled out "Qihang Ruoshui Yin" to take a look, and didn't say much, hung it on his waist, then began to get straight to the point: "When do we start taking action?"

  "When the army of the Kingdom of Weilin has completely withdrawn, follow me." Xiao Hong responded, then put on his face mask and handed another pair of sunglasses to Lu Xue Ning, gesturing for her to follow him.

  Xiao Hong turned on the night vision goggles he had been wearing earlier, and in an instant, Luo Xue Ning felt that the dark world in front of her became much brighter.

  Looking at Xiao Hong walking in the front, in the complex and winding passageway, he was like a fish swimming around in all directions. After a while, he had already made Luo Xue Ning dizzy, and now they seemed to be heading downwards.

  At the same time, in Meilin Park in Taiwu City, Miao Chen and a dozen or so of the Miao family's confidants, who had shaken off two opponents, surrounded the outdoor toilet that Xiao Hong had brought earlier.

  Because Xiao Hong was wearing a black leather jacket with marks on it before, Miao Chen can easily find him.

  Chapter 174: Infiltration!

  As Miao Chen felt the scene, he basically didn't stop and quickly gave orders to launch a series of attacks on the outdoor toilet.

  In an instant, with dozens or hundreds of energy bodies flashing by, the outdoor toilet had turned into a sieve. However, there was not a single sound inside.

  "Go take a look." Miao Chen gestured to Shan Nan beside him.

  "Oh." Shannan responded with a single sound, then quickly arrived at the outdoor toilet that was like a sieve and kicked it open with one foot.

  At this time, people can clearly see that the outdoor toilet is empty, with only a tattered jacket casually thrown on top of the broken toilet.

  With this discovery, Miao Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, which was not beyond his expectations, but with a hint of resentment. Without a doubt, this time, he was thoroughly outsmarted by a certain student from the branch school, and while almost no harm was done to the branch school student, he ended up sacrificing Jian Qi instead.

  "Hey." Just then, Miao Chen's expression suddenly changed because he saw Shan Nan had reached out and grabbed the black leather jacket Xiao Hong left behind: "Don't move!"

  Miao Chen's reminder came a bit too late, for as soon as he spoke, Shan Nan had already picked up his clothes and the explosive magic pattern tightly wrapped in his black leather jacket had rolled out.

  After fully contacting with air, it suddenly exploded and formed a high-temperature fireball, engulfing the single south.

  In an instant, looking at the defenseless body of Shan Nan again, a raging flame had already been ignited by the "Qihang Water Mark", and while struggling, he also let out a heart-wrenching howl.

  Miao Chen's reaction was quite rapid, and while everyone was still in shock, Miao Chen had already used his driving force to control the dead spirit insects, hatching a large number of baby bugs that wrapped around Shan Nan's body, extinguishing the flames.

  However, looking at him again, his face was completely charred by the flames and he was on the verge of death. His clothes were burnt to a crisp and his skin was also unbearable to look at.

  "That damned branch school student, escaped and still didn't forget to use despicable tricks." Miao Chen said with extreme anger, then gestured to his subordinates to carry Shan Nan away and send him to the medical department.

  No doubt this time, Miao Chen basically didn't even touch Xiao Hong's hair, but himself ended up with one dead and one seriously injured. Looking at the only clue left by Xiao Hong, that leather jacket, it had been burned to ashes, almost nothing was left behind, including the specific appearance of a certain student from the branch school.

  At the same time, Xiao Hong took Luo Xue Ning through the winding mountain cave. After more than ten minutes of twists and turns, they finally arrived at a flat cave entrance. The entrance was shaped like a duck's beak, about five meters wide and less than half a meter high. Adults could only crawl in and out.

  Lu Xue Ning lowered her head and looked towards the entrance of the cave. From a distance of over ten meters, it was completely sealed off by dense weeds. The entrance was tightly attached to the ground, and from the outside, it looked almost like a crack.

  "This is the safest way out you've mentioned?" Luo Xue Ning asked aloud.

  "That's right, and the passage I sealed before is the only route to this cave entrance." Xiao Hong responded with an expressionless face, and took out a pair of mother-child warning magic patterns from the magic pattern package. After activation, Xiao Hong could see through the green small light screen that most areas of the screen were phosphorescent green, except for occasional flashes of light points from the edge zone.

  "It seems they haven't left yet, let's wait a bit longer." Xiao Hong leaned against a rock wall and responded, Luo Xue Ning did the same, it can be said that now she is really unfamiliar with this place, and can only follow Xiao Hong's arrangement.

  On the other side of the map, he had already been lifted onto the magic pattern car, his face pale, and his fingers covered with frost, occasionally making a few movements as if to activate the "Water Seal".

  Just now, Xiao Hong and Luo Xue Ning's attack can be said to have caused no significant harm to his body, but the driving force inside his "Qihang Water Seal" was severely damaged and is no longer as resilient as a normal person. Therefore, the previous attack undoubtedly caused another disturbance in his driving force, and the damage to him is not small. It's estimated that he won't be able to recover within a few months.

  "Yang Shun, now it's up to you. Remember not to let Luo Xue Ning off the hook, and don't let her return safely to Xi Jin District or reunite with her troops. In short, use any means necessary to force her to hand over the thing, then kill her. And that guy who ambushed me just now, take him out too." The panting Ab Tu, sitting in the car, instructed a man in his late 30s beside him.

  "Got it, sir." Yang Shun, the man who was called, responded with a serious expression, because he now understood that finding Luo Xue Ning would be somewhat difficult, but there was no intention of giving up.

  Looking at the magic pattern car leaving, Yang Shun immediately ordered the nearby troops to conduct a carpet search and ordered the troops patrolling the streets of Taiwu City to be vigilant and do their best to separate Luoxue Ning from Xijin District, not giving Luoxue Ning another chance to return.

  The search was so intense that it lasted until 2 am in the second half of the night. The Wehrmacht troops found the entrance to the cave, but those who entered did not come out again, even if they maintained contact.

  At the same time, they also found another entrance at the waist of the mountain.

  Such a discovery gave Yang Shun his first reaction, that Luo Xue Ning was very likely to have escaped from this entrance.

  "Leave one person behind and continue searching here. The rest of you go to other places to search." Yang Shun gave such an order.

  In the cave, Xiao Hong and Luo Xue Ning rested for a while on the rock wall, replenished their energy, and then restarted the warning magic pattern. Xiao Hong could clearly feel that the frequency of the light points had decreased significantly.

  "It's almost done." Xiao Hong gently patted the tip of Luo Xue Ning's foot, then quickly got up and crawled out through the duck-shaped cave entrance with light hands and feet.

  Lu Xue Ning, who had been closing her eyes and resting her mind, saw Xiao Hong's actions and followed behind him.

  "Remember to move quietly, I suspect the Wehrmacht soldiers haven't completely withdrawn. Let's try to sneak to Xiaojia Village, I know a secret path." Xiao Hong lowered his voice and said to Luo Xue Ning behind him, then carefully stuck his head out of the grass bush, looked around carefully after a while, and confirmed that there was no movement before slowly crawling out.

  Looking around again, confirming that there was no movement around them, Luo Xue Ning made a charging gesture with her hand, and the two of them charged into the forest dozens of meters away.

  In the woods, Xiao Hong's footsteps didn't stop, like a nimble fox, silent and soundless, darting between shrubs and tree trunks, and quickly turned into a narrow mountain valley.

  Luoxue Ning, who had been following Xiao Hong all along, saw that Xiao Hong was moving nimbly and quickly in the distance, without any hindrance. Her heart couldn't help but move, being able to control the wind pattern with such agility was indeed a freak.

  However, as for words of praise and the like, Lu Xue didn't need to say them. Although she hadn't been with Xiao Hong for long, Lu Xue could tell that Xiao Hong wasn't interested in flattery.

  In the woods, canyons and mountain slopes, Lu Xue Ning was completely dizzy, but when she looked at Xiao Hong, his footsteps were still agile.

  It wasn't until half an hour had passed that Xiao Hong's footsteps finally came to a stop.

  "Why aren't you leaving?" Luo Xue Ning asked in confusion as Xiao Hong stopped in his tracks.

  "We're here." Xiao Hong responded softly, then parted the withered grass in front of him, revealing the dilapidated houses of Xiao's village about a dozen meters away.

  It can be said that coming here, the visual impact on Xiao Hong is really huge, always making him think of those unbearable past and that kind of seemingly inescapable death.

  Lu Xue Ning, who was behind Xiao Hong, suddenly saw Xiao's village in front of her eyes. Her gaze showed a hint of surprise, but she still patted Xiao Hong's shoulder and whispered: "Now follow me."

  After speaking, Lu Xue Ning carefully stepped into Xiao Jia Village.

  It's been several years since the plague, but the eerie atmosphere in Xiaojia Village has not dissipated. In the waist-high weeds, you can occasionally kick up a skeleton.

  The ruined house entrance, even several skulls can be seen attached to the door frame, very scary, like a ghost village.

  Xiao Hong, walking behind Luo Xue Ning, narrowed his eyes and tried not to look at the scenery on both sides. It wasn't that he was afraid of the skeletal appearance, but rather that he didn't want to face it, because he could tell who lived in each house, and similarly, whose skeleton it was. There were childhood playmates, as well as relatives.

  Of course, Xiao Hong, who had grown up in Xiaojia Village since childhood, was familiar with everything in the village. He really couldn't think of where everyone would frantically search for something and what it could be.

  Soon, Luoxue Ning stopped in front of a well, which was located in the central area of the village. Most villagers would drink from this well, and it was said to be an ancient well that had been there for thousands of years.

  "Is it here?" Xiao Hong asked tentatively. He himself found it hard to imagine what was so special about this place.

  "Yes." Lu Xue Ning responded very briefly, then came to the wellhead, looked down and saw that the water in the well was still there, giving a feeling of being bottomless.

  "You stay here and guard me, get the thing, and we'll leave immediately." Lu Xue Ning responded, then took out a triangular magic seal, aimed at the water pool, and looked into the water pool again. Suddenly, countless bubbles appeared, and after a moment, rows of stone steps slowly emerged, and the energy membrane around them separated the water from the passage.

  Once again cautiously looked around, confirmed that there was no movement around, Luoxue Ning flew down the stairs and then disappeared into the darkness.

  At this time, Xiao Hong's eyes were changing as he looked at the entrance, and Xiao Hong was also full of doubts. Could it be that the plague had something to do with the water?

  No way.

  Xiao Hong's ancestors had been drinking this water for generations without any accidents, more importantly, the villagers near the river had been drinking the river water all year round and hadn't touched the well water, but they also died of the same plague.

  But what is the reason? Xiao Hong Bai thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out.