After dawn, Xu Xing and Aunt Zhang had breakfast, prepared their luggage, hired another carriage, and left the city.

The government office of Nancheng County is located in Yu'an County west of Suning County. The Huzui Cliff that caused Zhang Cheng to disappear is also in Yu'an County. However, Huzui Cliff is located in the south of Yu'an County, near the sea.

It is about 80 miles from Suning City to Huzui Cliff, and it takes about two days to walk.

The carriage went west first. After reaching Yu'an County, Aunt Zhang felt resentful towards the people in the county and city government offices. She didn't want to go there, so she turned south and headed to Huzui Cliff.

The journey was early and late. Two days later, the carriage arrived at a fishing village near Huzui Cliff. Xu Xing, Aunt Zhang and the coachman stayed in the fishing village.

The next morning, Xu Xing asked Aunt Zhang to scatter some money and hired villagers from the fishing village to help find Zhang Cheng's traces.

The villagers in the fishing villages tried their best after getting the money. More than a dozen people spent a whole day walking around the Huzui Cliff, but nothing was discovered.

At dusk, Aunt Zhang sat on Huzui cliff, looking at the sea surging in the distance and the golden light on the sea shading by the sunset in the west, and her expression was stunned.

A gust of sea breeze blew, and Aunt Zhang suddenly said to Xu Xing beside her: "Xiaoxing, do you think Ah Cheng will really fall down the cliff?"

Xu Xing took a look down the cliff and initially estimated that it was more than one hundred meters away from the bottom of the cliff.

Even if the bottom of the cliff is full of sea surfaces and there are no rocks in the sea reefs, if a normal person falls from here, the probability of survival is really not high. In order not to make Aunt Zhang think too much, he said, "It shouldn't be possible?"

But Aunt Zhang suddenly said, "I think it will! I will get off the cliff tomorrow!"

Xu Xing said in surprise: "Auntie, this cliff is too high and steep, and there is no way to go down. If you want to get off the cliff, you can only use a rope. It is too dangerous to go down from here!"

Aunt Zhang said firmly: "It's okay, I'm not afraid of danger!"

Seeing that the dissuasion was fruitless, Xu Xing said, "Auntie, why not do this? I'll go down and take a look tomorrow. I'm still young and not very heavy. I tie my waist with a rope and put me down little by little. There should be no problem."

Aunt Zhang worriedly said, "How can that work? What if you encounter danger?"

Xu Xing smiled and said, "Auntie, you are not afraid. I am lighter than you. I should be safer if I go down. What are I afraid of?"

Aunt Zhang was so moved that she burst into tears and said, "Xiao Zhang, Auntie really doesn't know how to thank you..."

Xu Xing smiled and said, "When I find Brother Zhang, Aunt, just give me a few more steamed buns!"

Aunt Zhang wiped her tears and said, "Okay, okay, then, Auntie will steam the best steamed buns for you!"

That night, after Xu Xing and Aunt Zhang returned to the fishing village, they borrowed many ropes from the villagers and tied the ropes one by one, striving to be firm in each knot.

The next day, Aunt Zhang hired two villagers to help with the rope and came to Huzui Cliff again.

On the edge of the cliff, Xu Xing tied the rope under his armpits, and asked the two villagers to pull the rope and lower themselves bit by bit.

At first, every time he fell a distance, Aunt Zhang couldn't help but ask Xu Xing.

But as the weather gets deeper and the wind is howling in Shanghai, the other party's voice can no longer be heard clearly between the cliff.

After about ten minutes, Xu Xing arrived at the bottom of the cliff. There was a small bay at the bottom of the cliff. Xu Xing fell directly into the sea.

After entering the water, Xu walked with a rope and swam to the shore. Fortunately, the rope was long enough. After Xu pulled the rope to the shore, he tied it to a stone pillar.

At this time, the rope was still being placed down. Xu Xing tried to shout up a few times, but he didn't get any response, so he stopped shouting. After steaming the clothes on his body with internal force, he began to climb among the rugged rocks.

When he came down, Xu Xing could see clearly that the cliff was inclined and inward. At a distance from the bottom of the cliff, there was a cave. Xu Xing was planning to go to the cave to take a look.

When he was about to approach the cave, Xu Xing found that there seemed to be some man-made traces on the flat ground outside the cave.

This made Xu Xing's heart move slightly, and he quickly walked to the entrance of the cave and looked inside. The cave was darker and darker, and it was unclear for a moment.

Xu Xing thought about it and did not enter the cave immediately. Instead, he stood outside the cave more cautiously and shouted inside: "Is there anyone inside?"

After the voice came in, a weak but unconcealed voice came from the cave: "Who is outside? Are you brothers from the government office? You finally come to save me..."

The person who was talking in the cave walked out while talking.

As the voice of his speech gradually approached, a young man in a constable suit walked out of the cave.

The man seemed to have injuries on his leg and had some difficulty walking.

After seeing Xu Xing, the young man was slightly stunned and said, "Who are you?"

Xu Xing said: "Are you Zhang Cheng? My name is Xu Xing. Aunt Zhang asked me to help sell steamed buns at her stall. After Aunt Zhang heard about you, she had come to find you in person, right on the top of the cliff."

The young man was Zhang Cheng. He heard Xu Xing's words and said in surprise: "What did you say? My mother is here? Why did she come here?"

Xu Xing told Zhang Cheng about the obituary of the Flower Snake Gang and the Yamen.

After hearing that the yamen had already spread his death, Zhang Cheng seemed quite angry and muttered: "I am still alive, how can I say I am dead? Really, they don't send anyone down the cliff to save me!"

When Zhang Cheng heard that the Huashe Gang was bullying, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and wanted to kill all the people from the Huashe Gang immediately.

But Zhang Cheng didn't believe that Xu Xing was able to repel the Flower Snake Gang, thinking that Xu Xing was praising him so that he could appreciate it.

After Xu Xing said that, he asked Zhang Cheng again: "Brother Zhang, how did you fall to this cliff?"

When Zhang Cheng mentioned this, he looked very upset and said, "I chased the 'Flying Monkey' to Huzui Cliff. The 'Flying Monkey' was forced to the edge of the cliff by me and jumped off the cliff.

"I was eager to save him, but he did not expect that he was cheating and did not jump off the cliff at all. Instead, he used his light skills to swing on the edge of the cliff and returned to the cliff. He also pushed me and pushed me off the cliff!

"This 'Flying Monkey' is really cunning and hateful. If I meet him again next time, I will definitely arrest him and bring him to justice!"

Xu Xing looked at Zhang Cheng speechlessly, feeling that this person didn't seem very smart.

For a moment, Xu Xing also lost interest in asking more questions and said, "Brother Zhang, let's go up. Aunt Zhang is still waiting on the cliff!"

Zhang Cheng said after hearing this: "Oh, yes, yes, we'd better go up as soon as possible! Wait for me, I'll go back into the hole!"

Xu Xing waited outside the cave for a while, and saw that Zhang Cheng was not out for a long time, he was a little curious and followed him into the cave.

After entering the cave, the light suddenly dimmed. Xu Xing adapted a little and continued to move forward.

The cave is quite wide, maybe because it is near the sea, it is relatively humid and there are some water stains on the ground.

Xu walked for a while and saw Zhang Cheng talking alone in front of a pile of stones in the cave: "...Senior, I'm leaving. Thank you for your skills. After I go out, I will work hard to eliminate evil and promote good..."

Perhaps because he felt Xu Xing coming in, Zhang Cheng's voice was low, he said a few words in a hurry and stopped talking. He turned around and said embarrassedly: "Brother Xu Xing, you can't wait, so let's go now!"

Xu Xing looked at the pile of stones in the cave with some surprise and asked, "This is..."

Zhang Cheng said: "Oh, this one is piled up by me. When I fell down, I injured my right leg. Fortunately, there is this cave, so I planned to recover from it in the cave.

"When I entered the cave, I saw a bone in the cave and a sword next to it. Look, it's this one! But it's so sharp. I've stabbed many fish with this sword these days, so I didn't starve to death."

Zhang Cheng said, picked up a long sword on the ground next to him and pulled it out for Xu Xing to see.

As soon as the sword was unsheathed, a cold light shone, which made Xu Xing's skin feel a little painful.

Zhang Cheng seemed to have no feeling at all. He took the sword back to the scabbard and said to Xu Xing: "By the way, do you want to eat fish? I just pricked it today, it's very fresh!"

As he said that, he picked up a piece of cut raw fish from a clean stone slab next to him and handed it to Xu Xing.

Xu Xing shook his head, thanking Bumin.

I heard too much about raw meat in my previous life, and Xu Xing never ate raw meat.

Seeing that Xu Xing didn't eat it, Zhang Cheng stuffed the raw fish into his mouth and chewed it.

The two walked out of the cave together, and Xu Xing asked inadvertently: "When I first entered the cave, I seemed to hear you talk about some martial arts..."

"Oh, wait a moment!" Zhang Cheng took out two worn books from his arms and handed them to Xu Xing, saying, "That's these two! I fell out of his clothes when I moved the bone!"

Xu Xing hesitated and said, "You showed me this...the secret recipe of martial arts directly? Isn't that good? You can trust me so much?"

Zhang Cheng stuffed two books into Xu Xing's hand and said, "Why is it not good? If you are willing to come with my mother to save me, you must be a good person. My mother will not misjudgment! My mother can trust you, and of course I can trust you too!"

For a moment, Xu Xing didn't know what to say, so he had to lower his head and read the books in his hand.

One is called "Star Chasing the Electric Sword", which records a kind of sword technique; the other is called "Taibai Heart Method", which is obviously the mind method.

However, next to the cover page of "Taibai Xinfa", there are three smaller words: Refining Essence Chapter.

Maybe it is because of long-term moisture, the handwriting on the books is already a little blurred, and some places are not clear, so you need to guess and combine the context to roughly guess the meaning.

Xu Xing even had to be careful when turning the pages, for fear that he would turn the pages into pieces if he accidentally turned them over.

At first, Xu Xing didn't care too much about these two books, but after reading a few pages, he was a little surprised.

The techniques recorded in these two books are actually very exquisite, far more exquisite than the "Chaishan Eighteen Road" and "Kaohejin" that Xu Xing has learned so far!

After understanding this festival, Xu Xing looked at Zhang Cheng with a little envious and jealousy. Zhang Cheng's luck was so good!

Think about Zhang Cheng's experience: chasing a thief, accidentally fell off the cliff, but he didn't die after falling off the cliff, but instead saw the cave, and got martial arts secrets and swords in the cave... Except for the person who seems not very smart, no matter how you look at it, they are all the templates of the protagonist!

Oh, no, there is a not very smart protagonist in the martial arts story in my previous life!
Chapter completed!