Chapter 294 Snowy Night Chase (Part 2)

Zhao Ya reached out and grasped the exposed tail of the arrow, and used a lot of strength to pull it off the tree.

The crossbow arrow was only about 20 centimeters long, black all over, and was also made of an unknown metal. It was heavy in the hand and very heavy.

Zhao Ya looked at it carefully for a while and found that the arrowhead was in the shape of a cross and was extremely sharp. Even if it pierced through several large trees, it was still intact.

This should also be the work of the Mechanical Sect.

Seeing this, Zhao Ya couldn't help but become more interested in the Mechanical Sect, because this crossbow arrow represented an extremely advanced metal smelting process.

In addition to this almost black technology-like hand crossbow, Zhao Ya really wanted to know what else the people of the Mechanical Sect couldn't make.

After groping for a while, Zhao Ya successfully tied the hand crossbow to his arm, and then gently pushed the crossbow arrow into the firing hole.

Accompanied by the sound of gears turning and springs tightening, the crossbow arrow was reloaded.

Not only that, there is also a safety switch at the wrist to prevent accidental firing.

With this hand crossbow, Zhao Ya's shortcomings in long-range attacks were greatly made up.

Although there was only one crossbow arrow, as long as it was used properly, it would play a decisive role at a critical moment.

Zhao Ya played with it for a while and then returned with satisfaction.

At the same time, Hei Yunzi was lying on the snow, still trying to regulate his blood and qi, trying to escape from here.

Although the process was difficult, some results were seen under the unremitting efforts.

The originally scattered blood and qi were regrouped, and the left leg and right hand finally regained some consciousness.

Hei Zizi was overjoyed. Although most of his bones and tendons were injured, and he would feel extremely painful when he moved a little, compared with his life, these pains were nothing.

Relying on strong willpower, Hei Yunzi moved his body little by little.

He remembered that there was a gentle slope not far ahead. As long as he could climb there, he could roll down the mountain by inertia, and his chances of escaping would be greatly increased.

With this little hope, Hei Yunzi gritted his teeth and moved, but at this moment, a wisp of cold wind blew, and then he heard a sigh from his side.

"Why are you doing this? Even when your legs and feet were intact, you couldn't run faster than me, let alone now?"

Hearing this voice, Hei Yunzi felt that the blood in his body froze instantly.

The thing he feared the most really happened.

But when he turned his head with difficulty, he saw a tall and graceful boy.

Although his facial features were very similar to the man just now, this boy looked younger.

Hei Yunzi looked confused.

Zhao Ya knew that Hei Yunzi was wondering about the changes in himself.

After all, he had been away for more than a quarter of an hour, but he had undergone huge changes. This matter would be a little confusing for anyone.

He was too lazy to explain, but walked in front of Hei Yunzi.

"I didn't want to kill you, after all, if I took you back alive, my master might give me more rewards, but now I can't let you go."

I got a hand crossbow and a lot of level 8 dried meat from Heiyunzi, which are not allowed to be seen in public.

Although Canglong Temple also has an unspoken rule that the things obtained when going out on a mission are considered as extra rewards for the mission executors, Canglong Temple generally does not interfere too much.

But this time is different. The hand crossbow seized this time is a rare and powerful weapon. Zhao Ya intends to use it as his secret weapon.

In this case, Heiyunzi can't be kept.

Because if Heiyunzi is taken back, he will tell the story again, wouldn't it be directly exposed?

After hearing what Zhao Ya said, Heiyunzi's face was full of despair, but in the end he didn't say a word of begging for mercy.

He also knew that it was useless to say anything at this point.

Anyway, he has eaten and played in the past few years, and it won't be a loss if he really dies.

But he still has something to say before he dies.

"Can you tell me your name, so that I can understand?" Hei Yunzi asked in a deep voice.

Seeing Hei Yunzi who was so tough even when he was about to die, Zhao Ya smiled, stretched out his hand to pull out the cold iron knife, and said two words fiercely.

"No!"

After that, the knife came out like the wind, and instantly cut through Hei Yunzi's neck.

Hei Yunzi was stunned, and obviously did not expect that the young man in front of him would play such an unconventional card.

Logically, shouldn't he say a few nonsense words to show his prestige at this time?

Why did he just draw his knife?

But these questions were quickly defeated by the surging darkness.

A blood line spread from the neck, and then the head was rushed out by the gushing blood.

Zhao Ya reached out to take the flying head in the air, dodged the blood, and then looked at Hei Yunzi's head.

He saw that his face was still frozen with the shock and confusion before death.

Zhao Ya said calmly: "What's the point of knowing ghosts or not? If they die, they die. Why bother with so much trouble?"

Although Zhao Ya has not seen any supernatural events since he traveled through time, who can guarantee that there is really no evil magic in this world?

What if this guy asks for his name and then uses some evil magic, wouldn't that be embarrassing for him?

Even if there is only a slight possibility, Zhao Ya is unwilling to take that risk.

Zhao Ya had already searched Hei Yunzi's body and found all his belongings, so he ignored the corpse on the ground and just took off his coat and wrapped up his head.

It was so cold that there was no need to worry about the head rotting. As for the corpse, it would soon be eaten by the extremely hungry snow wolves and wild dogs.

After confirming that there was nothing left at the scene, Zhao Ya tied Hei Yunzi's head to his waist and rushed back.

Hei Yunzi was dead, but his men were still there.

These were the bandits who had followed Hei Yunzi for many years. They all had lives on their hands, so naturally none of them could be spared.

Although chasing Hei Yunzi and practicing later wasted some time, Zhao Ya was not worried that these people would run away.

Because the smell of the medicine bait on them was so obvious in the cold forest, it was just like a torch in the dark. Zhao Ya could find them by following the smell without even any effort.

After returning to the place where he met Geng Ying and others, Zhao Ya stood in the wind and sniffed carefully.

After a moment, Zhao Ya suddenly opened his eyes and chased in one direction.

The smell in this direction was the strongest. It was obviously not left by one person, but several people who fled together in groups.

This made it easier for Zhao Ya to take action.

Although these people had been running for a long time, it was not a problem for Zhao Ya, who had an absolute advantage in body movement.

In just one stick of incense, Zhao Ya caught up with the fleeing bandits, as many as eleven or twelve of them.

Coincidentally, one of them was Geng Ying.

But at this time, Geng Ying was in a very bad state, and there was no more prestige than before.

Zhao Ya was too lazy to talk nonsense to this group of people. He drew out his knife and cut them one by one, harvesting the lives of this group of people like cutting melons and vegetables.

Some of these bandits shouted for mercy in fear, some drew their swords and fought back with pale faces, and some even knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic to beg for mercy.

But Zhao Ya ignored them. After all, no one who could become a bandit would be a good person.

Soon, these bandits were lying in the snow in all directions, and the blood dyed the snow red.

The last one to die was Geng Ying. He wanted to hide in the pile of dead bodies and pretend to be dead to save his life, but Zhao Ya didn't give him the chance at all. He picked him up and cut off his head with a knife.

The same was true for other bandits.

Soon, more than a dozen heads were piled together.

Zhao Ya then followed the smell to several other places, and finally wiped out all the bandits under Hei Yunzi.

After doing this, Zhao Ya piled these people's heads into a pile and marked a location, intending to let his master deal with it after returning to Canglong Temple.

At this time, the sky was about to dawn. Although he had been tossing all night, Zhao Ya did not feel tired at all, but was in high spirits.

He first changed his face in the woods, trying to cover up his current state as much as possible, and then without stopping for a moment, he took advantage of the last darkness before dawn and ran quickly towards Canglong Temple.

Although the speed was very fast, it was already bright when they returned to Canglong Temple.

The young disciples were sweeping the floor in front of the mountain gate early in the morning.

I don’t know why they sweep the floor every day, but the front of the mountain gate is still so dirty.

When they saw Zhao Ya coming back from outside the mountain, these young disciples were surprised and avoided him.

Zhao Ya ignored them and walked straight past.

After he left, these young monks gathered together again and whispered.

"This senior brother Zhao did not return for a night without reporting. Elder Xia of Chuanwu Hall was furious and said he would rectify the temple rules. I didn’t expect him to come back so openly?"

"Who knows? I guess there will be a good show to watch."

Although the voices of these young disciples were small, they still floated to Zhao Ya's ears.

Hmm?

How did Xia Jiye know that he did not return for a night?

He was also furious and said he would rectify the temple rules. What temple rules were he rectifying?

Didn't he look at what his Chuanwu Hall had become?

But Zhao Ya was not stupid. He understood that Xia Jiye was taking advantage of the situation. Just like the previous malicious isolation, he was deliberately targeting him.

But Zhao Ya was not afraid at all. He walked into the temple with his head held high.

As expected.

After entering, Zhao Ya clearly felt that many people were pointing fingers at him.

Especially those disciples of Chuanwu Hall, many of them were looking at him with gloating eyes.

Only Gui Xuanqing looked worried and winked at him desperately.

Zhao Ya knew that Gui Xuanqing should be informing him, and the meaning was obviously to let him stay away.

Zhao Ya just smiled back and walked towards the courtyard where he lived.

From a distance, Zhao Ya saw a group of people gathered in front of his courtyard.

Who else could it be if not Xia Jiye who was talking loudly?

He said with spit flying: "See, Zhao Ya hasn't come back yet, and according to the guards at the door, he went out yesterday afternoon under the pretext of completing a mission for his master."

"He was alone outside for a whole night, and no one was watching. Who can guarantee what will happen? If he relies on his own strength and does something evil, wouldn't it tarnish the reputation of our Canglong Temple?"

"So I think this boy has seriously violated the temple rules and must be severely punished."

Those who gathered around him were basically his people, and they would naturally agree with what he said.

"That's right! He should be severely punished!"

"I agree!"

Just when the crowd was "excited", Zhao Ya came back.

When Xia Jiye saw him, he was stunned at first.

Because he didn't expect Zhao Ya to come back so blatantly.

But he soon reacted and pointed at Zhao Ya.

"Okay, you dare to come back. Tell me, have you been out all night?"

Zhao Ya nodded naturally, "Yes, I did just come back."

Xia Jiye was delighted, and his voice instantly rose eight degrees.

"Everyone, listen, don't say that I wronged him, he himself admitted that he hadn't been back all night, tell me, what did you do outside? Did you take the opportunity to steal flowers and willows, and do shameful things?"

This speculation was very vicious, and it was obvious that he wanted to push Zhao Ya into the fire pit.

Zhao Ya certainly understood Xia Jiye's intention, but he didn't panic, just spread his hands.

"I went to the Contribution Office yesterday to get a mission from my master, and then I went out to carry out the mission. I didn't expect to encounter some problems, so I couldn't get back at night. Why? Is this not okay?"

"Of course not, who knows if you are going out to do something wrong under the name of doing the mission from your master." Xia Jiye sneered, but soon his smile became stiff.

Because just after he finished speaking, Zhao Ya's eyes suddenly became extremely deep, like two eyes of bottomless pools of water.

Even Xia Jiye couldn't help but be shocked by such eyes.

However, this scene was fleeting, and then Zhao Ya returned to normal, and then said lightly.

"Elder Xia, I admit that it was my fault for not reporting that I didn't return overnight, but without any evidence, it's a bit too much to speculate at will?"

At this time, Xia Jiye also woke up, and his heart was shocked and angry.

What shocked him was the momentum that Zhao Ya showed just now, even he was shocked by it.

What made him angry was that he dared to accuse him in person, which was simply a direct challenge to his authority.

If this could not be handled properly, then he would not be the elder of the martial arts hall.

Therefore, he sneered sinisterly, "What a good person who makes random guesses without real evidence. According to what you said, you went out all night and did not come back. It was my fault for questioning you?"

"I didn't say that, but if you insist on understanding it that way, I can't help it." Zhao Ya said lightly.

"Zhao Ya, don't be too arrogant. I am your martial arts elder. What is your attitude?" Xia Jiye asked sternly.

Zhao Ya was not frightened by his momentum at all, but smiled.

"Then what attitude do you want me to have?"

"You..."

Xia Jiye was about to speak when he heard footsteps in the distance, and then saw Qin Jianji and his disciple Tian Yixin rushing over.

"What's going on?" Qin Jianji asked immediately after arriving.

Xia Jiye sneered, "You'll have to ask this precious disciple you recruited."