The next morning, the rain stopped, and the sound of horses' hooves could be heard outside the inn. The people of the Yuchi family were ready to set off, while Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, and Tang Xiaoxi slowly finished their breakfast of bread and vegetable soup. Then they walked out of the door and took the reins of the horses from the hands of the inn's waiter.
Yuchi Cai stepped forward and said with a smile, "Young Master Lin Zhi, we are ready to set off."
"Yes." Lin Muyu nodded and said, "My apologies, Young Lord Yuchi. My two cousins and I woke up rather late, sorry to keep you waiting."
"I didn't wait long. You're too polite!"
Yuchi Cai stepped forward and glanced at the horses of Lin Muyu and the others. A trace of surprise flashed across his face as he said, "Young Master Lin Zhi, your horses don't look like the horses of the commoners. They aren't frightened in the face of strangers and their hooves are steady. They look like well-trained … war horses, right?"
Lin Muyu nodded and thought quickly. Then she replied, "Yes, our Lin family is also a famous and scholarly family in Lanyan City, so my father bought a few warhorses for me and my two cousins in private. Haha, this kind of thing is extremely common in Lanyan City."
"Yes, yes!"
Yuchi Cai was a little embarrassed. There were countless famous families in Lanyan City, and he had no way to check whether there was a Lin family one by one. He could only be fooled by Lin Muyu.
Everyone mounted their horses one by one and began to hurry on.
…
The autumn wind was warm and cool. This was the provincial road of Tianshu Province. There was an endless stream of pedestrians on the road. There were businessmen coming and going, travelers on horseback, and more wandering mercenaries carrying weapons and wearing rough armor. Lin Muyu roughly counted along the way and saw at least hundreds of wandering mercenaries. Most of these wandering mercenaries did not ride horses. After all, horses were very expensive, and ordinary mercenaries did not have the financial resources to afford them.
As if seeing the emotion in Lin Muyu's eyes, Yuchi Cai rode side by side and said with a smile, "Since the chaos of the Yihe Kingdom four years ago, the people's livelihood has withered. Many people can't make a living, so they can only put down their hoes, forge a weapon, and join the ranks of wandering mercenaries. They seek revenge and do things everywhere. I don't know how many people have died. Now the food production in Tianshu Province is less than half of what it was four years ago, but the number of mercenaries is five times that of four years ago!"
"Young Master Yuchi, do these mercenaries also want to go to Yunling to find the Heavenly Weapon?" Qin Yin asked.
"Yes."
Yuchi Cai took another look at Qin Yin's beautiful face and couldn't help but feel excited. He said, "Legend has it that this Heavenly Weapon fell from outer space. Perhaps it is a Heavenly Weapon. If you can get this Heavenly Weapon, you can use it to practice peerless martial arts. At the very least, you can offer it to Her Highness, Qin Yin, and you won't lose the chance to be a noble. Everyone has the same dream, that is, to use this Heavenly Weapon to change their lives."
Lin Muyu smiled and did not speak. She just held the reins of the war horse and looked at the green mountains and fields around her leisurely, as well as enjoying the late autumn fruits and the fragrance of the fields on both sides of the official road.
Yuchi Cai's heart was beating like a drum. He tried to detect Lin Muyu's power with his spiritual mind, but he could only feel that he could not see the depth of this person's power. It was like a pool of water. It could be as still as a pool, or it could be as monstrous as the sky. There was no way to predict it. The two beautiful girls beside him were the same. They could not see any clues about their power.
"Cough, cough …"
Yuchi Cai smiled a little awkwardly and said, "Last night, I saw Young Master Lin Zhi easily defeat a few mercenaries. Judging from Young Master's cultivation, you should at least be a Battle-Saint, right?"
Lin Muyu smiled modestly. "It's alright, it's alright."
Yuchi Cai cursed in his heart. What kind of answer was that? So he rubbed his nose resentfully and said, "Young Master Lin Zhi should know that seizing the Divine Weapon on the Cloud Ridge this time is not that simple. There are already many forces and experts on the continent who have set foot in the Heaven's Pivot Province."
"Oh?" Lin Muyu's interest was piqued. "Who are they?"
Yuchi Cai said, "The Sect Master of the Ice Extreme Sect, Xu Yi, is at the peak of the Law of Ice. It is said that he has brought more than a dozen experts from the Ice Extreme Sect from the snowy region of the Cloud Ridge Province. Also, the Sect Master of the Giant Rock Sect, Ouyang Qing, has also led his disciples into the Cloud Ridge. In addition, more than a dozen large and small clans from the Heaven's Pivot Province, North Ridge Province, South Ridge Province, and Cloud Province have all sent people to the Heaven's Pivot Province. It is said that even the South Ridge Yihe Nation has sent the peak experts from the House of Chivalry to the Cloud Ridge."
As he spoke, Yuchi Cai pondered for a moment and said, "It's not that easy to seize the Divine Weapon from the hands of so many experts!"
"So many people …" Lin Muyu narrowed her eyes. "There are so many opponents. Young Master, are you confident?"
Yuchi Cai looked a little embarrassed and said, "My cultivation is too shallow. I'm afraid I won't be able to stand out among the experts from the various clans and sects. So … we need to gather all our strength to fight against them. Young Master Lin Zhi, Yuchi Cai would like to invite you to join our team and search for the Divine Weapon together."
"If we really obtain the Divine Weapon, how will we distribute it?" Lin Muyu asked.
Yuchi Cai was stunned and said, "That's easy … As long as Young Master Lin Zhi can help the Ten Thousand Swords Village obtain the Divine Weapon, Yuchi Cai is willing to offer half of the village's wealth to Young Master. It's about … 700,000 Jinyin coins. Young Master, are you willing?"
Lin Muyu shook her head. "Forget it. Let's go our separate ways after we reach the Yun Mountains. Actually, I also want to see what the legendary Divine Weapon looks like."
Yuchi Cai's voice was a little shaky as he said, "Since Young Master Yuchi is a prominent family in the imperial capital, you must know about the Yuchi family in the Tianshu Province. Ever since the family head surrendered to the Yihe Nation and was defeated, the Yuchi family has been in a state of decline. Yuchi Cai wants to rely on his own strength to restore the Yuchi family's former prestige. Therefore, this weapon is very important to me. I believe that Young Master Lin Zhi must be an expert. If I, Yuchi Cai, really obtain this Divine Weapon, I hope that Young Master will show mercy."
Lin Muyu frowned and said, "Alright. If Young Master Yuchi really obtains the Divine Weapon, I promise I won't do anything to you. But I won't protect you either."
Yuchi Cai sighed. "Thank you for your honesty, Young Master."
…
After a day and a night, the group entered the barren mountains. They were already close to the Yun Mountains and were surrounded by deep jungles. Endless fiery red maple trees covered the mountains, and the roads had disappeared. The warhorses could only tread slowly on the mountain roads. Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, and Tang Xiaoxi's Endless Forest warhorses could still endure the hardships, but the horses of Yuchi Cai and the others were a little tired, especially the retainers, who were already lagging far behind.
"We've entered the Yun Mountains."
Yuchi Cai's face was dewy. He cupped his hands and said, "Young Master Lin Zhi, let's part ways here. I wish you good luck!"
Lin Muyu also cupped her hands and said, "Alright, let's part ways here. Xiao Yin, Xiao Xi, let's go! "
"Yes!"
The three spurred their warhorses together. Immediately, the horses neighed and galloped through the mountains, disappearing from Yuchi Cai and the others' sight in the blink of an eye.
"Sigh …"
Yuchi Cai sighed. One of the retainers asked, "Young Master, what's so great about this Lin Zhi that you treat him so politely? I've never seen you so polite to anyone before."
Yuchi Cai looked at him coldly and said, "This person's aura is stable, and the power in his body is not released. Did you see that just now? Every time the maple leaves fell on him, they would fly away on their own. These leaves couldn't land on him at all. And it's the same with those two stunning beauties. The leaves couldn't land on them at all."
"This … What does this mean?" The retainer was stunned.
Yuchi Cai's eyes shone. "It means that their bodies are covered with battle armor energy. These three people are all above the Heavenly King level. This is too scary … Maybe they've already stepped into the Saint realm!"
"My god …" The retainer's face instantly turned pale.
Although there were many cultivators on the Shattered Cauldron Continent, those who could cultivate to the Heavenly King level were basically the masters of the major families and sects, or generals in the army. Although there were countless people who came to the Cloud Ridge in search of treasures, the appearance of three Heavenly Kings at the same time was still a little shocking.
Yuchi Cai lived in the Myriad Sword Manor, so his horizons weren't wide. To him, a Heavenly King was already an extremely terrifying existence. However, he didn't know how shocked and horrified he would be if he knew that Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, and the transformed Tang Xiaoxi were all at the Saint realm.
… …
Rustle, rustle …
Just as Yuchi Cai had said, these fallen leaves danced on the battle armor around Lin Muyu, Qin Yin, and Tang Xiaoxi. Lin Muyu grabbed the reins, and the warhorse walked through the mountains, causing it to lose its balance between going up and down. She had to hold on to the reins, or she would accidentally fall off the horse's back.
She slowly activated her Spirit Meridian Technique, and suddenly, about a dozen or so dense auras appeared up ahead. Lin Muyu couldn't help but have a cold look in her eyes, and she said in a low voice, "Xiao Yin, Xiao Xi, be careful. It seems that someone is ambushing us."
"Ambush?" Qin Yin was taken aback. "Why?"
Lin Muyu smiled faintly. "To us, we're here to search for treasures, but to some vicious mercenaries, we're their treasures. Be careful."
"Yes!"
Sure enough, a few sharp arrows whizzed through the wind, heading straight for Lin Muyu and Qin Yin. There was an ambush under those maple leaves, and a dozen mercenaries held longbows in their hands and fired a series of arrows.
Unfortunately, the ones they encountered were all Saint-level experts.
Bang, bang, bang …
All the arrows were deflected by the golden gourd's walls. Lin Muyu did not even draw her sword. She suddenly spun around and leaped off her warhorse. Her Saint's Qi whirled, and under the pressure of the Saint realm, leaves flew up into the sky. Lin Muyu's boots stepped on the fallen leaves as she slowly walked forward. She said indifferently, "I have no enmity with you, why did you harm me?"
… …
The leading wandering mercenary raised his hand and drew the longsword on his back. His eyes were filled with greed and fear, and he smiled sinisterly. "You can only blame yourself for riding three good horses, and those two beautiful girls, I want them!"
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