For the past two days, Yin Fang had been very busy. He had thought that Yin Tian 'er, who had been overworked, would rest for a few days. He hadn't expected that after the leaders of the West River Bandits left, Eldest Miss would call him over every few days and ask him questions.
At first, he didn't have a clue. Then, he realized that Eldest Miss was always talking about the West River Bandits. Could it be that she was subtly reminding him to be careful of them?
Thinking up to here, Yin Fang's hairs all stood on end. What kind of person was the Eldest Miss? Since she told me to be careful, then this West River Bandit must have some evil intentions towards my Yin Family. Thus, he hurriedly sent out two teams of guards to gather information, and then strengthened the security. He even officially incorporated the recruited martial artists into his team.
Soon, Yin Fang received news that the West River Bandits were gathering on a large scale. They were gathering at the Fiend God Stronghold, which was less than eighty li away from the exit of the West River Corridor.
When Yin Fang heard the news, he felt as if a string in his brain had snapped. When he came back to his senses, he rushed to Eldest Miss' carriage like the wind. He was so anxious that his insides were burning.
"What's wrong?" Yin Tian 'er's gentle voice came from inside the carriage. "Did the West River Bandits make a move?"
"Eldest Miss, it's just as you expected. The West River Bandits are gathering at the Fiend God Stronghold. They want to harm the Yin Family!"
Just as I expected? Harm the Yin Family? Yin Tian 'er thought about it for a long time before she understood everything. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. However, when she saw Yin Fang's face turn black, she felt a little guilty. Thus, she comforted him softly, "Don't worry. The West River Bandits aren't targeting us. Go and have a good rest."
"Ah?" Yin Fang's eyes widened. "They aren't targeting us?"
Yin Tian 'er smiled. "The West River Bandits' attitude has made everything clear. Yin Fang, you're worrying too much."
"Oh, oh. Then I'm relieved." Yin Fang was still a little confused. However, whatever Eldest Miss said, he would do. Thus, he heaved a sigh of relief and turned to leave.
"Wait." Yin Tian 'er hesitated for a while. Then, she called out to Yin Fang and asked, "Did you find out why the West River Bandits are gathering?"
"Eldest Miss, I don't know yet."
"Send someone to find out."
"Yes!"
As she watched Yin Fang leave, Yin Tian'er put down the curtains. Her bright eyes flashed with a hint of guilt. However, this little bit of guilt could not conceal the shock in her eyes that lasted for two days.
This was because she was eighty percent sure that the person the leader of the bandits was looking for was the youth who had rejected her good intentions and set off on his own.
That day, the young man had used all his strength to leave a 70% mark on the Power Stone. But now, she heard that he had killed an expert who was about to break through to the ninth level of the Brute Force Realm.
That day, this young man had used an excessively lecherous and lacking primordial yang face to make her loathe him. But now, this face was blossoming with astonishing radiance in Yin Tian'er's heart.
Even without your Yin Family, I can still walk through the Hexi Corridor!
At this moment, Yin Tian'er seemed to have guessed the meaning in the other party's eyes before they parted. Your Yin Family had used the massacre decades ago to exchange for the Zhuang Kang Avenue. I will use the massacre today to clear a bloody path!
Suddenly, Yin Tian'er's heart started pounding. She suddenly opened the curtains and looked towards the forest outside the avenue. That young man was there, walking side by side with the Yin Family's caravan. At this moment, she was almost certain that there was a gaze in the forest looking at her indifferently.
Almost, there was no gaze.
Yin Tian'er put down the curtains. The guilt in her eyes intensified. That gaze should have been there, but she had exposed it to the eyes of the West River Bandits.
Just as Yin Tian'er was blaming herself, a group of more than a hundred people entered from the other end of the Hexi Corridor.
This group of people were dressed in black and their faces were covered with black cloth. Only a hundred pairs of cold eyes could be seen. As they galloped, the sound of metal clashing could be heard from their bodies. The hundred of them advanced in an orderly manner as if they were one person.
After ten miles, the West River Bandits appeared. Before the West River Bandits could announce their names, a dozen riders split off from the group and dashed into the group of West River Bandits like arrows. In a few breaths, more than twenty West River Bandits had died tragically. Their broken limbs and body parts were scattered all over the ground.
After ten miles, the West River Bandits appeared again. After a few breaths, they left behind the corpses on the ground and the hundred riders increased their speed. Thirty miles, forty miles. When this group of people was close to the Fiend God Stronghold, the leader raised his hand. The hundred horses neighed and raised their heads high. Their front hooves landed on the ground at the same time, causing smoke to rise from the ground.
"Yin Family guards?" The leader narrowed his eyes and looked at the two people who had appeared in front of him in surprise. These two people were dressed as Yin Family guards and were looking cautiously from afar.
"Young Master Xu, should we get rid of them?"
The leader shook his head slightly and smiled. "Yin Tian'er is Yin Tian'er. She is so meticulous. This trip was not in vain."
"Haha! Young Master Xu, are you loving me because of my dog? " The man in black on the right of Young Master Xu grinned and laughed. "She is just a little girl. Even if she is your Ninth Madam, don't be so shameless to praise her!"
"Black Barbarian, can you be any louder?" The rider on the left of Young Master Xu shouted in a low voice. "Leaving the camp this time is prohibited by the military rules. If we didn't find out about Yin Tian'er's whereabouts from the Yin Family, Young Master Xu wouldn't have done this. Are you trying to let everyone know that the Song Army's First General disregarded the military rules and led his troops to steal a woman?"
"That's enough." Young Master Xu calmed his emotions and ordered, "This woman is smart. I like her and she is of great help to me. Qiu Ming, don't worry about the deal with that person. Pass down my order. If the Yin Family's caravan resists, kill them all!"
"Yes!"
Looking at Young Master Xu, Qiu Ming glanced at the confused Black Barbarian and smiled bitterly in his heart. He knew that Young Master Xu was trying to frame the River West Bandits and destroy the decades of peace between the Yin Family and the River West Bandits.
"Sigh, I wonder how badly Yin Rong will be tricked by Young Master Xu this time." Qiu Ming sighed.
"Bah! He would even betray his own niece. If Young Master Xu doesn't trick him, who else would he trick? "The Black Barbarian chuckled and shook the reins as he chased after Young Master Xu.
"What did you say?" Yin Tian'er suddenly stood up from the carriage, ignoring the pain in her head from being hit by the roof of the carriage. She asked in shock, "Killing cultivators?"
Yin Fang nodded with certainty and replied solemnly, "Eldest Miss, it is indeed so. The River West Bandits did not block the news. Instead, they spread the news that a martial artist was killing cultivators in the River West Corridor. It was simply infuriating. The River West Bandits are preparing to enforce justice on behalf of the heavens!"
"Killing cultivators, killing cultivators, that's right. If it's not killing cultivators, then how did you improve so quickly …"
Yin Tian'er sat down absentmindedly. Her eyes were filled with shock. Although she had never practiced martial arts, she knew that killing cultivators was the most vicious cultivation method. Even if it was the River West Bandits who did all sorts of evil, no one would approve of it. They would only be strangled by the martial artists of the world because all killing cultivators would eventually lose their humanity and become killing slaves.
"Eldest Miss, are you alright?" Yin Fang asked nervously when he saw that Yin Tian'er was acting strangely.
Yin Tian'er sighed and shook her head to show that she was fine. A moment later, she ordered, "Withdraw everyone … Eh, Chief Yin, did you hear that?"
Yin Fang suddenly turned his head and looked ahead. "Strange, such a uniform sound of horse hooves. Could it be the Mulan Army? But I haven't heard of the Mulan Army being mobilized recently. Eldest Miss, I'll send someone to take a look! "
For some reason, Yin Tian'er suddenly felt suffocated. She didn't know if it was because of the terror of hearing about killing cultivators for the first time or because of the sound of horse hooves that shook her heart.
Fifteen kilometers south of the Fiend God Stronghold, there was a broken cave with Xie Tian inside.
The cave was supposed to be quiet, but there was only the sound of his hurried breathing. It was very ear-piercing, like a broken bellows that were rapidly twitching. Occasionally, there were specks of blood that came out of his nose and mouth as he exhaled. In just twenty breaths, the ground two feet in front of him had turned dark red.
"Cough, cough … cough, cough …"
Finally, Xie Tian could not endure the pain in his lungs and coughed a few times. The result of his coughing was that on top of the dark red, there were a few clumps of solidified black blood.
Hearing the coughing that sounded like swords, Xie Tian knew that his lungs had suffered great damage. His eyes revealed traces of fear as he thought of Li Yuanyang's unparalleled palm strike.
Xie Tian's only thought was that he was no match for Li Yuanyang. He had been on the run for two days, and every time Li Yuanyang caught up to him, he would feel the same way. Every time, he would be injured, and each injury would be more severe than the last.
The other did not want him to die immediately and seemed to be toying with him. This was one of the things that Xie Tian had gained during the two days he had been on the run. Therefore, he did not run again this time because he did not have the strength to run again. He also did not set up any traps outside the cave. One reason was that it would be useless to set them up, and the second was that his gains from Dark Mist Mountain had been used up.
Therefore, when Xie Tian saw a pair of human legs appear at the entrance of the cave, he was not surprised. He just moved his body to make himself more comfortable, and at the same time let the [Cultivating Essence Art] circulate faster.
The [Cultivating Essence Art] had completely become his body's instinct. This was another thing that he had gained during the two days of running. Even if he did not move, the eighteen lines in his body would automatically pull his muscles to complete the three sets of movements of the [Cultivating Essence Art]. This was the only reason why he had survived.
"Finally, you stopped running. Thank you."
Li Yuanyang sighed. He circled around five feet away from Xie Tian a few times and found that there was only a water bottle beside Xie Tian. There was no trap. He let out a sigh of relief and counted on his fingers as he recalled, "Both legs and back were poisoned by my [Black Bone Poison] once. Your left shoulder was broken by my [Black Bone Fan], and your abdomen was hit by my [Meridian Pestle]. At that time, I seemed to have seen your intestines being stuffed in. Then two hours ago, you were hit by my [Black Killing Palm]."
"I can't run anymore," Xie Tian pursed his cracked lips and said weakly.
Li Yuanyang nodded in agreement. He sighed and said, "Not just you, even I, a person in the Inner Qi Realm, could not take running for two days. Actually, I admire you very much. You are determined, brave, intelligent, and especially your ability to learn is very strong. Really, there was a time when I followed behind you and I really could not bear to hurt you again."
If he was not humble, he would be like what Li Yuanyang said. Xie Tian thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Li Yuanyang laughed. He did not care about the demeanor of a master and sat on the ground. Then, he said with concern, "You can hold on, right? We still have to go to the Evil God Stockade later. I reckon you will be tortured by the leaders first, and then you will be tortured by Zhao Xuyang."
"I am very hungry and thirsty." Xie Tian glanced at the water bottle beside him. It was a pity that he did not have the strength to pick it up.
Li Yuanyang smiled. "No rush, no rush. I still have something to say. I will serve you food and drink after that. It is a pity that you killed Zhao Xuyang's only son. No one can save you. Otherwise, I would really want to be friends with you. Sigh, fate makes fools of people."
"Do you want to ask me about Yuanyang?"
Li Yuanyang's pupils shrank, but he did not avoid it. He nodded and asked with a smile, "Why do you say that?"
Xie Tian seemed to see Xie Yun again. He shook his head and said, "It is written on your face."
Li Yuanyang touched his pale cheeks sadly. His expression gradually became sorrowful. "Twenty-five years ago, I was the number one genius in Purple Willow City. I was 15 years old and at the eighth level of the Brute Force State. No one could defeat me in the Martial Arts Circle Competition. Unfortunately, the night before the finals, the Xu Family of Bianliang plotted against me. Not only did I lose my virginity, but I was also wanted. I had no choice but to become a thief in Hexi Corridor."
"What is virginity?"
Li Yuanyang finally made himself sad and wanted to use this to move Xie Tian. However, he was shocked by this question. He did not have the mood to pretend anymore. He said directly, "You lost your Yuanyang and are in a worse state than me. But I see that you are not tired at all. In fact, your endurance is surprisingly strong. I wonder what technique you are practicing. Can you teach me?"
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