Chapter 18: A Strategy to Lure the Enemy

Zuo Feng slowly revealed his plan. Zuo Hou frowned slightly, obviously disapproving of it. But he still listened patiently to what he had to say, and then he couldn't wait to speak.

"It's a bit too risky to do this. You are so sure that they will do what you guessed."

Zuo Feng shook his head slightly and said: "I'm not sure, but this is the only way at the moment. Now we can't tell which are 'people' and which are 'ghosts' in the village. It will undoubtedly be much safer if we go to the master, but those I’m afraid people will be alert immediately, and it will be even more detrimental to the village.”

Zuo Hou lowered his head hesitantly, and after a long while he hesitated and said: "Can't we use other slower methods? Even you yourself admit that there are too many variables in this."

Zuo Feng shook his head gloomily and said in a dry voice.

"I am not willing to take risks, but those people have not taken action against the village so far. It is definitely because of their conscience or that they have given up their plans. I am afraid it is just because after the massacre of Shenjia Village, they need a period of recovery and adjustment of deployment. Once they complete this, It will come with thunderous force, and the spies in the village have not yet been discovered, so I am afraid it will be difficult for the village to survive this crisis. "

After hearing these words, Zuo Hou reluctantly nodded with a slight bitterness in his mouth. He also agreed with what Zuo Feng said, but now that the safety of the village was entirely left to Zuo Feng alone, it made him feel helpless and uncomfortable.

After raising his head and staring deeply at Zuo Feng for a while, Zuo Hou realized that the young man in front of him was not as cold as he appeared. At least, his perseverance and determination towards the village were enough to make him admire him endlessly.

The two again agreed on some emergency response and contact methods, and then left separately.

In the next few days, it was as if nothing had happened to Zuo Feng, and he still resumed his routine of going to the mountains to practice hard every day, but he deliberately delayed his practice until very late every day.

The family didn't say much about Zuo Feng's diligence. He was such a crazy cultivator, so no one paid much attention to him. Only Chen Die would have worry in his eyes every day when he saw Zuo Feng.

Three days have passed since that secret meeting with Zuo Hou. In the past three days, the tail behind him has always followed, but the "cautious tail" has been very careful in tracking and monitoring, and will automatically give up after leaving the village for a certain distance. An extremely inappropriate feeling lingers in Zuo Feng's heart.

‘Could it be that there are some loopholes in my plan, or that my judgment is biased? ’

Zuo Feng left the village early on the fourth day, thinking constantly in his mind. He could hear the subtle footsteps behind him, and he knew the identity of the person without looking back.

After he climbed over a small slope outside the village, the tail behind him quietly retreated as usual.

"Bang"

Zuo Feng gritted his teeth and punched the big tree next to him. At this moment, he was extremely agitated. He originally planned to take the tails out of the village and then use force to subdue them, making sure to dig out all the secrets from their mouths, but the result was a huge disappointment.

As before, I meditated in the forest according to the "Unknown Kung Fu Technique" and then repeatedly pondered the tips on how to use Yunlang Palm. The last time I used it, it was like self-mutilation. Thinking about it now makes my teeth ache.

In the evening, Zuo Feng felt a little disappointed and was about to leave, but suddenly, a suffocating feeling that made people unable to breathe came over him.

Zuo Feng's hair suddenly stood up at this moment, his body shook and he jumped to the side, but he was still a step too late. As he jumped up, a line of blood splashed out along with the cold light of metal. If he hadn't dodged in time, there might have been a transparent hole in his shoulder.

Zuo Feng was injured, but he calmed down inside and his mind was running fast. He had already judged that the other party did not intend to take his life immediately. If he had reacted just a moment slower, he would have been seriously injured and temporarily lost resistance at most.

"Hey, little guy, I didn't expect you to be quite vigilant."

A hoarse voice sounded, and Zuo Feng could see clearly the speaker. He was a man covered in black clothes. Because he was wearing a mask, people could not clearly see his appearance, let alone his age.

Zuo Feng was stunned for a moment, but then his eyes became extremely cold. Because he had already seen from the other party's figure that he was the mysterious man who had sneak-attacked him a year ago.

Although he couldn't tell what the other party's cultivation level was, since he had just avoided his spiritual sense and came to him quietly, Zuo Feng had already understood that he had no chance to compete with the person in front of him.

Trying his best to calm down, he said coldly: "Great Elder Zuo Lie, are you finally willing to show your tail?"

The man in black visibly stiffened, then laughed twice. This time his voice became deeper, but it was completely different from when he spoke before. It was obvious that he had changed his voice in some way before.

He reached out and took off the hood, revealing the face of a cold old man. He was born with a pair of narrow eyes and was about fifty years old. Coupled with his cold temperament, he gave people the feeling of being in a deep city.

"Little guy, I always think you are not simple. I didn't expect you to be able to see my identity. It's good, it saves me the trouble of covering up."

Zuo Feng had only made some guesses before, but after seeing this face, he truly confirmed all his previous guesses. Seeing the other person's look of confidence.

Zuo Feng's heart moved slightly, and he slowly put his hand into his arms, groping inside, and took out a medicine bag after a long while.

The black-clothed old man on the opposite side did not stop him. He just looked at Zuo Feng with a smile as he applied the powder in the paper bag to the wound on his arm.

"You are the one who attacked me from behind and stabbed me."

Zuo Feng's face was gloomy and he spoke first.

"Little ghost, now you answer whatever I ask. But seeing that you are dying, I will simply answer your question. Yes, it was me who attacked you from behind, and even the sword in my hand."

Zuo Feng's eyes jumped slightly. Since the other party wanted to talk, he was naturally happy to see it. The longer the time dragged, the better it was for him.

"Boy, I was confident that my sword would kill you, so why did you survive?"

Zuo Feng looked calm and slowly said, "My heart is different from others because it grows on the right side." He patted his right chest. Although this was a lie, Zuo Feng was confident that he would not come to check it himself.

The great elder Zuo Lie stared at Zuo Feng without moving. He did not step forward to investigate but wanted to see some clues from his expression. However, after observing for a moment, he did not find anything wrong.

"Humph"

The great elder Zuo Lie snorted coldly, obviously very dissatisfied with this answer, but he suppressed his anger and continued to ask.

"Then why did you become a cripple and last for such a long time for a year."

Zuo Feng's expression was normal, but he was secretly surprised. Each of his questions pointed directly to his hidden secrets. He had a vague feeling that Zuo Lie seemed to know the items in the cave behind the waterfall. This made him both frightened and curious, but he still suppressed the intention to ask him, which would undoubtedly expose all his secrets.

"Cunning little ghost, then let me ask you, why can you break through your cultivation in the battle in the martial arts arena? It's only been a few days since you broke through from the fourth level of the strong body stage to the sixth level. Tell me, how did you do it?"

Zuo Feng secretly complained. This old guy kept asking questions, and he was in such a passive situation. Ignoring him was obviously the most unwise approach, but a bad answer would backfire. While he was thinking, the great elder Zuo Lie, with a sinister look and a faint sneer on his face, slowly approached Zuo Feng.

Staring at Zuo Lie who was approaching slowly with a heavy face, Zuo Feng thought self-deprecatingly in his heart.

‘I originally wanted to lure the enemy, but I didn’t expect it to play into the enemy’s hands. They wanted to capture me alive probably to dig out my secrets. But I was ridiculous enough to want to capture Zuo Cheng and the others alive, and ended up in the current situation. ’

When Zuo Lie was about ten feet away from Zuo Feng, he slowly raised his arm, and his five fingers stretched forward like hooks, it seemed that he wanted to capture Zuo Feng alive and torture him.

Zuo Feng knew that if he was controlled by the other party, he would not only be tortured, but he would still die in the end.

Gritting his teeth, he cursed in his heart, “The little beast is unreliable.” But at this critical moment, the fluctuation he had been expecting finally occurred in his arms. Feeling this fluctuation, Zuo Feng couldn't help but show a touch of joy on his face. As a breeze blew, Zuo Feng's smile slowly expanded.

When Zuo Lie noticed the boy's smile, he instinctively had a bad premonition, and his move was even faster to lock Zuo Feng's throat.

"Kacha"

Zuo Lie's big hand like an iron hook grabbed nothing, and even made a crisp sound of bone friction due to excessive force. His sight was slightly focused, and Zuo Feng in front of him disappeared strangely like smoke. He actually only caught a residual image of the other party.

After being stunned for a moment, Zuo Lie was surprised to see that Zuo Feng's thin figure slowly emerged not far away.

"This, what kind of ghost door is this... martial arts, body martial arts, you kid really hid a lot of secrets."

Zuo Lie was shocked at first, but soon calmed down. At first, he was still a little slurred, but suddenly remembered something and said loudly in surprise.

Then, with a hint of joy on his face, he flashed and rushed towards Zuo Feng like flying. Seeing the opponent's terrifying speed, although Zuo Feng still had a faint smile on his face, his heart was like a drunken ice cave.

That night, he discovered the fluctuations generated by the little beast after eating a little bottle cork, and unconsciously connected it with the martial arts of "Going Against the Wind". After his continuous exploration and research, he finally found a way to use this martial arts.

But the activation conditions are extremely troublesome, that is, the little beast must eat a little bottle cork fragments to generate fluctuations, so he was so slow when he took out the medicine bag before, and then deliberately led the other party to talk to delay time.

Until this moment, this "pseudo Going Against the Wind" was finally successfully activated.