Chapter 71: The Evil Revealed in Desperation

Silently and expressionlessly, he looked at Baihe.
Baihe touched his almost shoulder-length broken right shoulder, blood gushing out. The intense pain made him roll on the snow, his white clothes tainted with blood and mud, resembling a wounded dog.
He let out a deep and agonizing roar from his mouth.
Everyone, including Shi Jin Yi, was stunned in place.
At this moment, all that was left in her mind was blankness and an immense fear.
Baihe rolled several times and suddenly stopped his body. He staggered to his feet and quickly used his only left hand to cover several acupoints on his right shoulder, stopping the bleeding.
The severe pain and excessive bleeding turned his once handsome face into a pale and gruesome grimace.
"You... you aren't poisoned?"
白河浑身颤抖目光怨毒的盯住沈默，他此时内心的震惊已经远超出了肉体的痛苦。
"This is impossible, this is impossible!"
White River gnashed his teeth and screamed, "My Soul-Stealing Nail has never failed before, but why aren't you poisoned?"
He was furious and terrified, with no solution in sight.
"Silently, he said, 'It's not that you missed your shot, it's just that your poison is of no use to me.'"
"Suddenly, he slowly extended his hand, opening his palm towards Baihe, revealing a sharp nail over two inches long in the center of his palm."
Baihe's expression changed, and that was his Soul-stealing Nail.
The Soul-stealing Nail, dipped in a deadly poison, was supposed to still be in Shenmo's body, but now it was in his hands.
Obviously, silently, the poison nail was quietly forced out with true yuan.
Baihe looked at Silently with an incredulous expression, and his twisted and fierce face instantly became even darker. He shouted angrily, "So you've been pretending all along! You've never let your guard down on me!"
"We have just met for the first time, and under such strange circumstances. What makes you think I would easily believe what you say?" Shen Mo glanced at the dark corner near the house on the street and said coldly, "Moreover, your acting is too clumsy and full of flaws. In fact, you should have listened to your accomplice. If you had attacked me at that time, perhaps you would have had a 10% chance of success."
One hundred percent sure?
Baihe seemed to be struck by lightning and staggered back two steps. He felt his self-esteem had suffered a devastating blow, and then his eyes immediately flickered as he looked around.
"You don't have to look anymore." Shenmo snorted coldly and said, "I have to admit that your companion, Night Raven, is indeed a terrible assassin. But now he is already injured by my blade, I'm afraid he won't easily make a move in a short time."
The expression of terror flashed across Baihe's face, and the sudden change caught her off guard. However, Yaya did not immediately react, indicating that the unexpected knife attack from Shenmo had indeed injured Yaya.
The raven had been secretly monitoring the situation on the street all along, but even though he was cautious, he probably didn't expect that Silence would suddenly launch an attack. Moreover, the raven also did not realize that Silence had been secretly observing him and had already identified his hiding place, which is why he was able to accurately strike him with a blade faster than lightning in that split second.
This sudden change has actually been calculating silently all along.
Baihe's heart has already sunk into the abyss.
He suddenly grimaced and said, "Even if my poison is of no use to you, my acupoint technique will definitely not go wrong, and you will definitely not be able to untie it easily by yourself..."
He suddenly fell silent, as he realized that saying these words now would obviously be meaningless, because Shenmo was standing unharmed in front of him.
But Baihe still couldn't understand.
Silently and calmly, he said, "Your poisoned darts did not miss their mark, and your technique in targeting vital points is indeed impressive, which surprises me somewhat. However, though your technique is skillful, you have not sealed off the acupoints you intended to."
Baihe was stunned by the words and opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
How is this possible! His best skill is the "Fu Hua Hand" technique, which excels in sealing meridians and acupoints. He can accurately locate hundreds of acupoints in the human body even with his eyes closed. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to make a mistake in the acupoint.
白河瞪大了眼睛，像看怪物一样的看着沈默，他忽然想到了什么，顿时失口叫道：“我的点穴手法绝对不可能出错，除非你能够提前移开了那些穴道的位置，可是你又如何能提前预判出我要点的是哪几个穴道……？”
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt like even he found it hard to believe.
But that is almost the only explanation.
Silently raising his eyebrows, he calmly said, "Although the play you acted in is terrible, it seems like your brain isn't completely stupid."
Baihe's mind suddenly exploded, causing his whole body to tremble and almost lose his balance.
The people present were also shocked, especially Tian Wangye and the others. They were all martial arts experts and knew about this advanced skill in the martial arts world that could change the position of one's meridians. However, although this skill existed, not many people in the martial arts world could practice it. This skill required extremely profound internal strength as the foundation for cultivation. Countless martial artists in the world spend their whole lives and still don't have the ability to reach the stage where they can freely change the position of their meridians.
The oldest in the field, Tian Wangye, although he also practices internal martial arts and has profound skills, he is still far from reaching the level of being able to freely manipulate his meridian locations and change his body structure.
Now, although Shen Mo did not give a clear answer, his words are already an affirmative answer.
In the eyes of Tian Wangye and others, the person in front of them looks like he is only around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, yet he has already mastered this legendary martial arts skill.
It is even more unbelievable that Shenmo can predict in advance the acupoints that will be targeted on his body, and can move the acupoints even faster than the attacker. Without extraordinary internal cultivation and exceptional reflexes, it would be impossible to achieve such a level of mastery in manipulating acupoints.
Not only is his swordsmanship superb, but his internal martial arts cultivation is also unfathomable. However, why have we never heard of such an extraordinary figure in the martial arts world?
An incredibly mysterious aura suddenly enveloped Shen Mo, causing everyone's gaze to fixate on him and unable to shift even a fraction.
Shi Jinyi had long experienced the terror of silence, so now she stood stiffly among the crowd, filled with fear and intense hatred.
Suddenly, Shi Jinyi became particularly curious about the origins of silence.
In Baihe's eyes at this moment, silence is already a monster.
"This is impossible..." Baihe's mind was in chaos, and the immense shock made him ignore the pain in his severed arm. With a ferocious expression, he angrily shouted, "Are you a human or a ghost?"
沈默漠然说道：“你何不问问你自己，到底是人还是鬼？”
“我不相信你没有中毒，你在吓唬我！”
白河咬牙切齿，几乎就要跳起来，“就算你的功力再高，没有我的解药，你支持不了多久。”
With a cold sneer, he said, "Since your poison has no effect on me, naturally I don't need your antidote. But I believe you'll need it."
Before his words even fell, he flicked his wrist, and the Soul-stealing Nail silently shot out from his palm.
白河来不及有半点反应，他的左胸上就炸开一团血雾，那枚窃魂钉就已经射进了他的骨肉。
白河身受重创在先精神正处于恍惚之际，而沈默出手实在太快，他根本没有任何防御，也经不起窃魂钉上所附带的强悍力道，顿时被余劲震得倒飞丈许，又一次狼狈的摔倒在地。
"Silence, you son of a bitch!"
Bai He cursed loudly, feeling dizzy and sensing a chilling pain surging through his meridians. The remaining poison from the Soul-stealing Nail had penetrated his body.
He had never imagined that one day his deadly Soul-stealing Nail would actually poison himself.
Of course, he knew how powerful the toxin was, so he cursed vehemently while swiftly reaching into his pocket and taking out a small black bottle. With one hand, he uncorked it.
可是他的手颤抖得实在太厉害，瓶塞虽然拨开了，但是却没能拿稳，药瓶脱手掉在了污泥雪地中。
白河狼狈不堪的慌忙扑倒在地，像疯狗抢食一般的将那药瓶捡起，一股脑的将瓶中的药倒入了口中。
Shi Jinyi, hiding in the crowd, looked terrified.
Baihe swallowed the antidote, he fell to the ground, suddenly using one hand to violently hammer the snowy ground, shouting in a heart-wrenching and fierce voice: "Silence, I will definitely kill you, kill you!"
He has been insulted twice in a row and has completely lost his composure.
However, he has lost the ability to resort to violence.
Silently, expressionless and without speaking.
At this time, Tian Wangye finally regained his senses slightly. He frowned and looked at Baihe, and finally looked at Silently, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you really the Silently?"
Shenmo turned his body aside and looked at Tian Wangye, nodding his head.
"Since you are Shenmo, then who is he?"
Tian Wangye pointed at Baihe.
Shenmo slowly stretched out his hand and pointed at Shijin Yi, saying coldly, "If you want to know, why not ask her?"
Shi Jinyi's heart trembled, and her face instantly changed.
She could clearly feel the gazes of those around her like daggers.
Tian Wangye's brows furrowed even tighter, and he said in a low voice, "What exactly do you want to say?"
Sinny calmly said, "If I were to say that this woman is a traitor in the Sunset Racecourse, would any of you believe me?"
He had already said this once before, but back then, no one would believe him.
Now he said it again, but this time everyone present started to doubt in their hearts.
He fell silent and slowly said, "Today, I saw the steward of Yan Shuyang at the Sunset Racecourse. Before he died, he asked me to go to Fufeng Villa and deliver a message to Lord Tian."
Tian Wangno was shocked and asked urgently, "Have you really been to the Sunset Racecourse?"
Silently nodded slightly.
Suddenly, Shi Hongyao asked, "You said you've seen Qing Cheng, do you have any evidence?"
Shenmo said quietly, "I have no evidence because he is already dead."
Shi Hongyao was secretly shocked and said in a deep voice, "How did he die?"
Shenmo replied, "He died by my hand."
Everyone's face changed.
Shi Hongyao's eagle-like sharp eyes became colder and he snorted, "So, you're really the murderer?"
Shen Mo said indifferently, "I killed him because he wanted to kill me, and he was also one of the traitors at the Sunset Racecourse. If it wasn't for him, maybe Yan Shouyang wouldn't have died so quickly."
"In that case, why did you say that Qi Cheng asked you to go to Fufeng Manor to deliver the message?" Yu Zhongzhao suddenly questioned.
Shenmo replied briefly and decisively, "Because he regretted being a traitor before his death."
Yu Zhongzhao frowned.
Shi Hongyao's face immediately turned dark.
Shi Jinyi's heart trembled violently.
Tian Wangye asked in a low voice, "So, the reason why you appeared here, could it be that you have come to seek revenge on the Fengfeng Mountain Villa for me, sir?"
Nodding in silence.
Tian Wangye suddenly fell silent, his brows furrowed as he looked towards Shi Jinyi with a dubious expression.
Everyone could sense that there were still many hidden secrets behind the events they had experienced today.
If silence is really the killer, then he could have taken the opportunity to escape with the martial arts he has displayed. But after injuring two people in an instant, he chose to return here again.
If he wants to leave, none of the people on this street can stop him.
If he is truly the murderer and is pretending to be calm here, even if his martial arts are superb, does he really have the confidence to kill over a hundred people here?
Moreover, the appearance of Baihe is indeed too coincidental, and the signs he displayed are highly suspicious.
Although the people present are not sure what kind of connection exists between Baihe and Silence, it can be observed from their conversation that Baihe did come for Silence.
可是沈默却说石锦依是严家的叛徒，这也的确令人难以置信。
但是看沈默那气定神闲的神态，似乎并没有其他异常。
Tian Wang looked at the slightly panicked Shi Jin Yi and asked in a deep voice, "Madam Yan, what happened exactly?"
His attitude towards Shi Jin Yi had already changed from "Little Shi" to "Madam Yan," which was quite evident.
Shi Jinyi took a deep breath and suddenly pointed at Shen Mo, shouting in a stern voice: "You devil, stop spilling blood here! As a powerless woman, how could I possibly kill someone? I am the young lady of the Yan family. Everyone in the whole area knows that Yan Feng and I are a perfect match of talent and beauty. We have been loving and caring for each other these years. How could I possibly be a traitor?"
She suddenly turned pale and cried out in pain: "Master Tian, can't you see that he is relying on his superior martial arts to falsely accuse and frame you? You have all had a close relationship with our Yan family, but now are you really afraid to uphold justice and let the real culprit act so arrogantly?"
田望野脸色变了一变。
就在此时，白河忽然大叫一声，他猛然看向石锦依，满脸复杂的表情，喃喃问道：“石凰，你说的可是真的么？难道你真的已经爱上了那个人了不成？”
他目光失望中带着幽怨，不仅身体在颤抖，语气也在颤抖。
石锦依终于忍不住脸色大变。她没想到在这个要命的关头，白河竟然会问出这么一句话来。
她不由得朝白河投去了一个难以置信的眼神。
在场众人闻言，顿时反应过来，大家脸色大变，同时不自主的退后了一步，拉开了和石锦依的距离。
"You actually know him?"
A cold voice suddenly sounded, it was Xue Yue's voice.
"I've long felt that something was off with you, turns out you really have a problem!" Xue Yue's face turned pale, and he sternly interrogated Shi Jin Yi, "Tell the truth already!"
石锦依没有说话，这个时候，她已经无话可说。
“你敢不说，就别怪小爷心狠手辣了。”
薛越怒急攻心，再也按捺不住狂乱的怒火，挺剑就刺向了石锦依。
He has already identified Shi Jinyi as the real culprit, and even if she is not, the incident at Luori Horse Racing Course is certainly related to her.
Shi Jinyi was shocked and saw the flashing sword light in front of her, and the sharp sword qi was already attacking her face.
In a critical moment, driven by instinct, Shi Jinyi suddenly dodged sideways, trying to avoid Xue Yue's soft sword.
In her haste, she had forgotten the restrictions of her skill, and with her movement, although she evaded the blade, she also triggered the true qi within her body. The extremely cold and oppressive qi of the knife-qi in the nine acupuncture points immediately ignited the "Nine Layers of Mount Guan" technique, causing the true qi sealed within the nine acupuncture points to violently reverse and fiercely collide and expand, almost bursting out of her body.
Shi Jinyi suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and her delicate body trembled.
"Who dares to harm her?"
Baihe suddenly shouted loudly, like a madman, he bounced up from the ground, waving his hand, and three Soul-stealing Nails shot through the air towards Xue Yue, who was about to draw his sword again.
但此刻他纵然无比愤怒，可重伤在身功力已经大打折扣，出手的速度和准头也远不及平常。三枚毒钉有两枚分别被于钟朝和曹雄挥动银钩和金刀挡开，另一枚被早有察觉的薛越闪身避开，那枚毒钉却射中了不远处的一个银钩门弟子的心口，顿时惨叫一声仰面栽倒，却是眼见不活了。现场立刻大乱骚动起来。
Upon witnessing his disciple being struck by a poisoned dart and killed, Yu Zhongzhao, who is usually calm and composed, suddenly turned red in the face and sternly shouted, "You little punk, how dare you attack and take the life of my apprentice!"
他眼中已有杀机。
忽然就见人影一闪，时鸿尧眨眼间就掠到了石锦依身边，探手如鹰爪，一爪就将石锦依肩头按住，在鹰爪功的压迫之下，后者顿时半边身体一麻，立刻动弹不得。
石锦依脸色骤变。
白河见暗恋多年的女人受制于人，顿时怒不可遏，他厉声向于钟朝喝道：“你若敢动她一根寒毛，我定让你们死无葬身之地！”
“住口！”田望野大步上前，戟指白河喝叱道：“你们到底是什么人？”
长街中百多人顿时调转兵器，齐刷刷的将白河团团围住。
Baihe looked around coldly with a grimace on his face, and suddenly burst out in a sinister laughter.
At this moment, even those who are not clear about the specific situation can already feel something unusual from Baihe's expression and words. Shijin Yi's efforts were restrained, and now he was captured by Shihongyao. Thinking about his calculations ending up in failure, he suddenly felt disheartened.
The purpose of tonight's game is not complicated: firstly, the Demon Cult intends to use Yan Shouyang's token to instigate infighting among the five most powerful gangs outside the Great Wall, allowing the Holy Sect to profit from it and achieve control over the martial world in the area at a very low cost.
Secondly, Chongyuan wants to take advantage of the downfall of the Sunset Racetrack and blame Shenmo for it, using the combined power of the five gang factions from the frontier to force him to reveal his true identity.
The first thing is a crucial matter that must be completed before the Holy Transmission enters the Central Plains, concerning the issue of future retreat, and it is of utmost importance.
And the second thing, it is actually due to some kind of personal selfishness of Chongyuan, but why he wants to know the origin of Silence is unknown. In Chongyuan's imagination, Silence is a person with extraordinary martial arts and calm thinking, and he will not easily be influenced by external forces in his decisions and judgments. So if you want to reveal his secrets only by personal strength, it is unlikely. Therefore, Chongyuan wants to use "the overall situation" to force him to reveal his identity.
This "momentum" refers to the united force of the five major gangs outside the Great Wall. Just imagine, no matter how proud and arrogant a person is, they would not dare to easily make enemies with the whole martial arts community outside the Great Wall. And this is precisely Chongyuan's calculation.
但远在那座破庙内的崇渊，只怕也没想到，沈默竟会如此难缠，他们的布局虽然仓促，但大体的目的几乎已经达到，唯一的差错就在于，实施计划的人太小看了沈默。
Because no one can imagine it, although Shēnmò is young, if we talk about his experience and knowledge of the rivers and lakes, even Yánshǒuyáng and Tiánwàngyě, who have spent most of their lives in the rivers and lakes, can't compare to him by three or four tenths. And no one can imagine Shēnmò's identity and background.
Shi Jinyi had long known that Shen Mo was formidable and terrifying. She originally thought that with the help of Baihe and Night Crow, Shen Mo would not be able to be their opponent no matter how powerful he was. But now it seems that the calculative one has already been calculated by the one being calculated, so it appears that Shen Mo's abilities are truly unimaginable.
She looked up at the encircled Baihe River, feeling a hint of helplessness and apology in her heart.
She knew that Baihe had always held a grudge against her undercover mission at the Luori Racetrack. He had always cared for and liked her, but she married another man because of her mission. Baihe had already sensed that she had fallen in love with that man, which was a blow to Baihe far greater than losing an arm.
But even so, when the layout has lost its meaning and Baihe saw Shijin Yi being controlled by Shi Hongyao, he still did not choose to leave alone, which has already explained everything.
So, Shi Jinyi had helplessness and deep apology in her heart.
Suddenly, Shi Jinyi shouted, "Baihe, hurry and go, don't worry about me!"
Tears suddenly flowed from her eyes, and she smiled bitterly, saying, "I didn't tell you, but I was seriously injured by Shen Mo before. I'm afraid I won't live long, so you should go quickly..."
Upon hearing this, Baihe was first startled, then he looked at Shenmo sharply, almost spewing fire from his eyes.
Shenmo remained expressionless.
Upon hearing Shijinyin's words, everyone couldn't help but be shocked and angry. Shihongyao couldn't help but tighten his fingers and said in a deep voice, "So you are all in cahoots, daring to play so many people like monkeys. You are truly despicable!"
石锦依被他抓得感觉整个肩膀都快要碎了，她紧咬着银牙，脸色一阵苍白，却是强忍住痛楚没有发出半点声音。
薛越猛的跳出来，厉声叫道：“你这个贱人，我爹是不是你杀的？”
石锦依猛的转头看向怒不可遏的薛越，忽然冷冷一笑。
薛越怒吼一声，“老子要杀了你！”
他挺剑就要冲向石锦依。
于钟朝闪身挡在他身前，沉声道：“贤侄且慢动手，我们还有很多事需要她交代清楚。”
薛越咬牙切齿，却还是忍住了动手的冲动。
白河狰狞表情忽然缓和，他看着石锦依笑道：“石凰，你不用担心，他们不敢动你。”
石锦依看着他，与他目光相对，忽然也微微一笑。
白河悠悠道：“等他们都死了，我就带你离开。”
田望野大怒，沉声道：“事已至此，你还敢口出狂言！你若不将事情如实交代，今日你们谁也别想离开！”
白河忽然阴恻恻的一笑，说道：“你们不是想知道我们是什么人吗？那为何不让沈默告诉你们？”
田望野猛然看向沈默。
沈默脸上虽无表情，可是说话的声音却已经有了沉重之意，他缓缓说道： “他们两人，都是魔教中人。”
“魔教？”
田望野没有反应过来。其他人也同样。
白河忽然厉声尖叫道：“圣仪天启，旷照千秋。煌煌万世，传吾光明。”
话音未落，他猛然高举独臂，手中紧握着一只圆筒一样的东西。
然后一道青烟从那圆筒中飞射向暗夜的天空，随即在最高处炸开一团绚丽的烟花。
所有人都不由得望向了天空中那一团烟花。
就在此时，长街的另一头，忽然传来了一阵马蹄声。
人们的情绪已经紧绷到了极点，此刻顿时如临大敌，纷纷转头看向马蹄声传来的方向。
马蹄声不紧不慢的缓缓靠近，不多时，大家都看到从街头的黑暗中，正有两匹马小跑着奔来。
等所有人都看清那两匹马时，都不由又吃了一惊。
马背上有人，但是却是两个死人。
因为那两个人已经没有了头。
可是无头的尸体还稳稳的坐在马背上。
“老天，那不是我们双旗门的兄弟吗……？”
一声惊叫声陡然自人群中爆发出来。薛越心头一凛，他也看清了那马背上的两个人，从衣着可以看出，正是刚才他派去打探消息的两个双旗门亲信。
所有人都不由倒吸一口凉气。
倒马坎外面竟有埋伏！
“你们的死期到了……”
白河厉声尖叫狂笑，同一时间，所有人都好像听到了一阵幽远绵长的声音。
那声音似笛似箫，却又毫无音律节奏可言，不知从何处传来，却盈盈绕绕的回荡在整个倒马坎的周围。
那如箫似笛的声音传到所有人的耳中，初时只觉得杂乱无章，但片刻之后，众人就只觉得那声音音调开始变得急促凄厉，仿佛蕴含着某种诡异的力量，竟让所有人的心跳都跟着加快了速度。
与此同时，只听得又有人惊叫道：“他们怎么出来了？”
沈默循声望去，就看到街旁那被他一刀破开了墙壁的民宅外，正站着六个铁枪门的弟子。
离得最近的几个银钩门弟子忽然发现，那几个铁枪门弟子还是那副活死人的模样，只是那空洞的眼眶内，忽然有诡异的血光陡然一现。
沈默的脸色突然一变。
“大家小心，开始戒备！”
田望野已经察觉出了危险，立刻大声提醒。
他刚一说完，所有人都同时听到了另外一种声音。
在盈盈绕绕的诡秘之音中，整个倒马坎周围都同时传来了一阵密集的脚步声，脚步声由远而近仿佛千军万马，顷刻间就已经到了这条长街之外。
那些脚步声就如同寒夜里的一团阴云，层层叠叠的将所有人都包围住。
白河忽然发出一声厉啸。
而迎合着他的长啸之声的，是那充盈天地的诡秘之音蓦然一急，尖厉之音直窜云空。
随着这一声尖厉却又高亢的音节，长街外无数的脚步声更加迅急，不过眨眼之间，人们就看到了令人头皮发麻的一幕。
就见长街两头，还有两边众多的民宅巷道之中，猛然冲出来一群密集的人影。
那些密集的人影行动敏捷，口中都发出一阵阵令人心悸低沉咆哮，宛如饥饿的野兽一般。
白河眼中爆闪出兴奋而冷酷的目光，他指着沈默厉声叫道：“沈默，这些人够你杀吗？”
沈默脸色早已经沉了下去，他的手已经紧握住了刀柄。