Seeing Li Mu and Caicai being so close, Ula Budo, the stout middle-aged man, was displeased. He whispered something to a sturdy general in red leather armor beside him.
That general looked at Li Mu as if he wanted to memorize Li Mu's appearance.
Li Mu didn't care at all.
"Little brother, you look unfamiliar." Zhou An looked at Li Mu.
Wu Beichen was about to say something, but Li Mu beat him to it. "Oh, I'm just a traveling merchant from another place. I just arrived in Longcheng Pass today. General Wu used to take care of my business, so I came to visit you today."
Li Mu didn't want to expose his whereabouts unless he had to.
Zhou An chuckled.
"Recently, the border area is very tense. Some spies have sneaked into Longcheng Pass. It's not safe in the city. Little brother, you came to Longcheng Pass to do business at this time. You are really bold. Haha, but you still have to be careful. After all, weapons have no eyes."
There was not the slightest fluctuation of internal qi on Li Mu, and his clothes were obviously different from those in the border area. Therefore, in Zhou An's eyes, he probably belonged to the old-fashioned style of Granny Cai and Caicai. Moreover, Li Mu looked so young that he was probably only a few years older than Caicai. Therefore, the two of them could also be described as a pair of childhood sweethearts. Caicai's intimate attitude toward Li Mu just now seemed to further confirm that.
"Thank you for the reminder, General Zhou," Li Mu said calmly, still sitting where he was.
Zhou An raised his eyebrows. He wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything in the end.
He ignored Li Mu and turned to Caicai and Granny Cai, saying, "You two, Ambassador Ula Budo has a noble status on the vast pasture. His status is equal to that of the imperial prince. He very much hopes to adopt Caicai as his daughter and take her to the pasture for training. As long as you two agree, we can set off tomorrow. Caicai doesn't like to practice sword, does she? The Spider Shrine has a great status on the pasture and has countless secret skills. Caicai can choose whatever she wants … Haha, I don't know how many people envy Caicai's luck."
Granny Cai shook her head.
Caicai also said, "I've said many times that I don't want to go to the pasture, and I don't want to be adopted by the pasture people."
"You only have one chance." Zhou An's expression gradually turned cold.
Wu Beichen bellowed angrily, "General Zhou, why do you insist on giving Caicai to this prairie man again and again? Does the frontier of the Western Qin Empire have to rely on sending young girls to the pasture people to maintain its security? "
Zhou An said expressionlessly, "I'm also thinking for Caicai's sake. She's still too young and doesn't know how to cherish her."
"Please leave." Caicai was very fed up with the people in front of her. She directly asked them to leave.
Zhou An sighed. He turned around and translated Caicai's words to Ula Buduo and the others.
The few grassland warriors looked angry. They wanted to say something, but Ula Buduo waved his hand, smiled coldly, and left.
Zhou An also shook his head and left with the soldiers of the Iron Sword Camp.
Wu Beichen and the others all looked indignant.
When Li Mu saw that, he also understood that the border army of the Great Qin Empire claimed to be united for hundreds of years, but in fact, it was not as harmonious as the rumors said. It seemed to prove that the current Western Qin Empire was really declining.
An hour later, Li Mu left the yard of Caicai and her granddaughter.
Caicai reluctantly walked Li Mu to the entrance of the alley.
Li Mu politely declined Caicai, Wu Beichen, and the others' offer to see him off. On his way back, he was still pondering whether he should try to persuade Granny Cai and her granddaughter to leave the border area. Because Li Mu sensed an extremely weird atmosphere in Longcheng Pass, as if it was the last calm before the storm.
At that time, it was already late at night.
In an alley about 100 meters away from the Longcheng Inn, Li Mu suddenly stopped.
Because four more figures blocked his way.
There was still about an hour before the night curfew in Longcheng Pass. There were few people on the street. Therefore, when those four figures showed up and lined up, Li Mu knew they were deliberately blocking his way. Moreover, the most important thing was that Li Mu had seen those four people before — they were the four pasture warriors behind Ula Buduo, the ambassador of the Spider Shrine.
Li Mu smiled.
He didn't want to ask for the reason, but directly walked up to them.
A few breaths later, Li Mu walked out of the alley.
In the dark and long alley behind him, there were only four piles of ashes that could not be seen with the naked eye.
When Li Mu returned to the Longcheng Inn and met Guo Yuqing, he was surprised to learn that Qiu Yin the Broadsword Man did not come and there was no news about him. But he was not in a hurry. Although they had only known each other for a short time, they both believed in Qiu Yin's character. He did not deliberately stand Li Mu up. Perhaps he really ran into an emergency. Therefore, they could wait a little longer.
The night grew darker.
After the curfew on the street was completely imposed, the entire Longcheng Pass fell into a long silence. The lights in every corner gradually went out, and the darkness completely enveloped the place.
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"Brother Mu will come to save me."
It was a winter night. In the depths of the pasture, the first heavy snow of the year had been falling for two hours. At first, it was light snow, but later, it became heavy. The withered yellow pasture was covered by white snowflakes. As far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of whiteness shrouded in darkness.
On a grassy hill more than 100 meters high, Shangguan Yuting, who was wearing a white silk dress and holding the little white fox Daji in her arms, said stubbornly and proudly to Jiang Qiubai, who was sitting not far away from her, with long blond hair and a handsome face.
"Ruff." The little white fox shrank in Daji's arms and showed its snow-white sharp teeth to Jiang Qiubai as if to help him.
Jiang Qiubai had been looking up at the sky.
The starry sky over the pasture was particularly bright. Even in the long winter night of heavy snow, fist-sized stars could still be seen twinkling in the sky. Since he entered the pasture, the man looked at the sky from time to time, as if he were a traveler longing for his hometown.
"You've said it a thousand times. I know Li Mu will come to save you, because he is indeed a responsible man. However, I'm waiting for him. So, you don't have to emphasize it to me. "Jiang Qiubai's voice was very magnetic.
Ignoring the fact that he broke the Knife Hut's tactical deployment and robbed people, Shangguan Yuting and the little white fox Daji almost reached a consensus. He was a handsome and charming man.
With him as the center, within a radius of 100 meters, no snowflakes could get in. The temperature was as warm as spring. Even the withered flowers and plants around him had regrown.
A strange law was circulating within a radius of 100 meters.
"Brother Mu will definitely beat you." Shangguan Yuting added.
Jiang Qiubai smiled and said, "Really? I'm also looking forward to the feeling of being defeated. How does it feel? "
The little white fox Daji chirped, which meant, "You're really good at bragging."
She showed her white teeth and chirped at Jiang Qiubai, full of threat.
Jiang Qiubai looked at the little white fox with a smile and said, "Little guy is so cute." As he spoke, he suddenly opened his mouth. His two canine teeth, which were not long before, suddenly became longer and thicker. They stretched out from his mouth like the sharp teeth of a wolf king, with a kind of blood-colored saliva.
At that moment, Jiang Qiubai's handsome face suddenly became ferocious and violent. The aura of a primitive beast made the whole prairie tremble. But it was only for a second.
It was an extremely horrible beastification.
The little white fox was so scared that it shivered and immediately shrank into Shangguan Yuting's arms, burying its head in Shangguan Yuting's chest like an ostrich.
Jiang Qiubai withdrew his teeth, and his face became handsome and elegant again. Between his eyebrows, he said proudly, "Let's see who is afraid of who."
Shangguan Yuting comforted the little white fox, for it was Brother Mu's favorite pet. Then, she said angrily, "You're such a great master, but you're threatening a little beast. You're bullying the weak. How abominable!"
"Little beast?" With a smile in his eyes, Jiang Qiubai said, "If the original bloodline of the Nine-tailed is a little beast, then there are not many big beasts on this continent."
Shangguan Yuting looked at the little white fox suspiciously and said, "The Nine-tailed bloodline?"
She was even purer than Li Mu in Jianghu.
Jiang Qiubai nodded and said, "It seems that you don't know. Well, your Brother Mu doesn't tell you everything."
A trace of contempt appeared on Shangguan Yuting's beautiful face.
"Do you want to shake Brother Mu's position in my heart with this childish trick?" "Brother Mu doesn't tell me, there must be a reason. No matter what Brother Mu does, it is right."
Jiang Qiubai did not say anything.
He suddenly realized another thing.
His wolf beast transformation only lasted for a moment, but his aura was extremely terrible. Even the original bloodline of the Nine-tailed bloodline was scared and shivered. But why did Shangguan Yuting, who had just reached the Natural Realm, not react at all? Logically speaking, in that fleeting moment, this girl who looked like a fairy from the Toad Palace should have been scared to death.
"What's going on?"
Jiang Qiubai fixed his eyes on Shangguan Yuting and looked her up and down. Then, his eyes slightly narrowed.
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A shrill scream woke up Longcheng Pass, which was still in the dead silence of the night.
Then, several balls of fire soared to the sky from various places in Longcheng Pass, illuminating the dark night sky. Then, in the midst of military drums and battle cries, the border soldiers in moon-white armor rushed out of the camp, broke through several lines of defense, and turned into a moon-white torrent, rushing toward the east gate of Longcheng Pass …
"The Iron Sword Camp is rebelling."
"Zhou An is rebelling."
Angry and mournful roars sounded from all over the city.
No one expected that the first crisis in the border area since the rise of the Western Qin was caused by the border army. The fire burning in the night sky of the Longcheng Pass ignited a catastrophe that swept the entire Divine Land.
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