After Na Xin's explanation, they understood that the scavengers had killed the monsters with the help of Brando and Mister Liu. The Knights of Rosaleen could not help but look over curiously. After all, no matter where they were, swordsmen of the Celestial Realm were rare.
But that was it. They were the subordinates of Lord Rosaleen and would not make a fuss over one or two Celestial Realm masters.
After spending some time negotiating the price, the leader of the Knight, Kasav, finally led his men across the river from downstream. In less than fifteen minutes, they arrived at the Qiusangze River and met up with Brando and the rest.
As they walked closer, Brando saw that the wingless dragons these people were riding were similar to the bipedal land dragons of the Cruz people. Perhaps they were of the same species, but these wingless dragons were covered in a layer of fluffy feathers, which made them more suitable for survival and reproduction in the low-temperature environment of high latitudes.
The Knights of Rosaleen walked past him with their heads held high. Their arrogant expressions were the same as the other Knights he had seen in other regions, but Brando did not mind. He would not stoop to their level.
The Knights brought a trail of dust to the vicinity of the caravan before tightening their reins and slowing down. When they saw the mountain of black crystals in the camp, their eyes lit up and they whistled.
Na Xin hurriedly followed, afraid that these people would break the contract after seeing the wealth. His face was as black as iron, but he heard the leader of the Knight, Kasav, sitting on his mount, ask, "The battle was intense.
Do you need to make such a big fuss just to deal with seven or eight monsters? "
He sniffed and frowned as he looked at the traces on the battlefield.
Na Xin couldn't help but curse inwardly. His lazy subordinates were indeed slacking off. He hurriedly replied, "There were seven or eight Mutants. If it weren't for the friends we met along the way, you wouldn't have been able to see me."
"It's not a good thing to see you." Kasav snorted.
Na Xin could only smile apologetically. The wrinkles on her face seemed to have piled up together, making her look like a withered chrysanthemum. Fortunately, Kasav didn't intend to pursue the matter further. He looked around and didn't rush in to grab a handful of Black Crystals and stuff them into his pocket like his subordinates. He even looked happy and cheerful.
After all, he was different from his subordinates, so he had to maintain a bit of cultured and refined aristocratic etiquette, so that his table manners would not be too ugly. Besides, he would not miss out on a portion of the black crystals anyway, and the division of the profits had long been agreed upon. This time, it could be said that he had ruthlessly extorted a huge sum from the other party.
He grabbed the reins and placed his gloved hand on the hilt of his sword. He looked at the scavengers in the distance with vigilance. Although he didn't think that these outlaws would dare to come and cause trouble for them, it was a matter of cutting off people's money after all. He knew very well what greed would do to a person.
Fortunately, these trash were tactful today. They only looked at them from afar and did not intend to surround them. He felt a little strange and could not help but subconsciously look in the direction of Brando and the two Nine Phoenixes.
With one look, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Kasav's face revealed a doubtful expression. For a moment, he didn't pay attention to his subordinates. He pulled the reins to turn the ground dragon around and walked over to Mr. Liu and Huang Huo with his chin held high.
"Who are they?"
Kasav looked at the two and turned back to ask Na Xin.
Mr. Liu looked at this guy and narrowed his eyes slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Huang Huo stood behind Mr. Liu and looked up at this guy. She held her sword in one hand, and there was no trace of fear in her dark eyes.
Of course, a celestial swordswoman had no reason to fear a mere Knight.
Na Xin's heart skipped a beat. Last night, he knew that these two Nine Phoenixes were not to be trifled with. He had also ordered the others to keep their mouths shut. Fortunately, everyone knew what the Nine Phoenixes meant. They didn't need him to say anything to understand what could be said and what could not be said.
But at this time, he was slightly nervous. He wondered if this guy had discovered something. He replied without leaving a trace, "They are my guests. My name is Tormulo. He is also a guest who is traveling with us to Rosaleen."
"You are from the Nine Phoenixes?" Kasav looked back and asked Mr. Liu and Huang Huo, "What are your names?"
Huang Huo looked at him as if she was looking at an idiot. She didn't think he had the right to order her to say her name. How noble was the Jade Phoenix family? How could just anyone have the right to make her speak?
She couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with this guy. She turned around and left. She jumped into her carriage and pulled the curtain behind her. She didn't appear again.
"You can go," Mr. Liu replied gently. "There is nothing here."
Kasav couldn't help but feel a little suffocated. Judging from the other party's words, it was as if he had come to ask if they needed anything. Kasav's expression changed a few times, but he had a vague idea of what was going on.
His intuition was rarely wrong. When these two people spoke, they were pampered and had a condescending attitude. This wasn't something normal people could have. It was very difficult to fake it without long-term training. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of a possibility. He looked at the other party again, then turned around and left without a word.
Na Xin looked over and seemed to feel something. He wanted to go up and explain something, but was stopped by Brando.
"What does he mean?" Brando looked in the direction Kasav left and asked Na Xin.
"He might have recognized that Mr. Liu and the others are not ordinary. Sir, Mr. Liu and the others are too obvious. They can't hide from people who are observant." Na Xin sighed. "Sigh, Kasav's nose is too sharp. If only Benham was the one patrolling today."
"So what if he recognized them?"
"Nothing much. If they are unlucky, it will be very troublesome. The situation in Swift Plains is very complicated. I can't explain it clearly in a short time. Sir, but if Mr. Liu and the others get into trouble, I'm afraid we will also suffer."
"Suffer?"
Brando shook his head. Although he had calmed down a lot, he was not to the extent of being timid. He still didn't think that a mere Lord Rosaleen could cause him to suffer.
However, he obviously saw much further than this smuggler named Na Xin. In his opinion, Kasav had obviously sensed something, which was why he deliberately put on this show.
This was because when Kasav first saw Phoenix Fire, there was an obvious change in his eyes. Although he concealed it well, it still couldn't escape Saleen's eyes.
There was obviously something wrong, but Brando didn't intend to take the initiative to say it. First of all, this was Mr. Liu and Phoenix Fire's own business. He didn't need to meddle in other people's business.
Moreover, if they really got into trouble, it wasn't too late for him to intervene.
The Knight seemed to have ignored the existence of a 'foreigner' like him, but this was good. Brando didn't intend to pay attention to them either. After they quickly finished dividing the loot, they temporarily lent a portion of the wingless dragons to Na Xin. With the help of these Knight, the convoy finally got on the road again.
At this time, the sun had already crossed the midline of the sky.
Even though it was autumn, the sun was still scorching, shining on the banks of the Qiusangze River. After the sun dispelled the fog, the visibility in the vicinity became extremely high. Brando rode on a horse borrowed from Mr. Liu, slowly walking alongside the caravan while paying attention to the surrounding environment.
Compared to the eyesight of a normal person, he could easily see the ruins and wreckage of the charred village more than ten miles away. In some places, there was still smoke rising in spirals. The crystal clusters couldn't have caused such destruction. This was obviously the work of the humans. It seemed that the Rosaleen people were planning to give up on this land.
The 'strange monsters' had defeated Madara in the south of the Bone Field, and now they had appeared in the east of the Qiusangze River. The Rosaleen people obviously didn't think that they were better at fighting than the spirits. It seemed that the Lord had long planned to retreat to the other side of the strait.
It was just that this sudden attack had strengthened the Lord's determination.
This was not a wild guess, but a reasonable speculation based on what Naxin and the others said. But now, it seemed that this speculation was not far from the truth.
After Phoenix Fire returned to her carriage, she didn't appear again.
She hugged her sword and closed her eyes slightly, as if nothing in the surroundings could affect her mind.
The bumpy ride of the carriage did not affect Phoenix Fire's meditation. The ascetic training method of the Jade Phoenix was unimaginable to normal people. When they were 'meditating,' they often needed to train under a waterfall that weighed thousands of pounds. Compared to that, the current environment was not worth mentioning.
However, after 15 minutes, she suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes were as black as ink, and there seemed to be stars flashing in them.
"Mr. Liu, what do you want to remind me of?"
"You did very well just now, Second Lady." After a while, Mr. Liu's low voice came from outside the carriage. "The Knight just now looked strange. He might have recognized us."
"How could he recognize us? Has the Ghost Chariot arrived at Rosaleen?"
"Now that I think about it, this is the only possibility left."
"So, we leaked the news?"
"I haven't thought about it yet. It's also possible that we were discovered when we left Elm Harbor. They might have guessed our next route and prepared in advance —"
"When did the Ghost Chariot become so sharp?"
"This is the Swift Plains after all. If it's that person, it's not impossible."
"Is it the genius of the Ghost Chariot Clan that appears once in a thousand years?"
"Yes."
"Then what should we do next? Are we still going to Rosaleen?"
"We have to. This is the only place on this side of the strait. I don't know how they knew we would come here and not to Lubic."
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