Chapter 3: Hello, Miss

The destruction of the Blood Wolf Hall quickly caused panic among all forces in Black Shicheng.

They quickly united to avoid being defeated one by one.

However, at this time, the culprit was already standing on a sand dune twenty miles outside the city, riding a horse, looking into the distance to the southeast.

The Mang Mountains lay across the earth like a giant dragon.

Crossing the Mang Mountains is the southern region of Mangzhou, and it is rumored that there is another scene there.

The climate is hot and humid, with undulating mountains everywhere, lush forests, dangerous mountains and evil waters, shrouded in miasma, wolves, insects, tigers, and leopards running rampant, poisonous things raging, and even demonic beasts appearing.

"Li Cheng!"

Xia Daoming gazed into the distance for a long time, suddenly spat out two words, then whipped his horse, rushed down the sand dune, and headed straight for the southeast.

Li Cheng is located in the southern region of Mangzhou and is a large city in Mangzhou.

It is rumored that the forces in the city are intertwined, with many strong people, not only Great Martial Masters of the fifth rank and above, but even Martial Dao Grandmasters of the ninth rank and above.

Martial Masters are divided into twelve ranks. Ranks one to four are also known as Small Martial Masters, ranks five to eight are Great Martial Masters, ranks nine to eleven are Martial Dao Grandmasters, and rank twelve is separately called Great Grandmaster.

Qiu Zhiheng learned the "Dragon Snake Art" in Li Cheng back then, but his talent was limited, and he couldn't even touch the threshold of a fifth-rank Wu Shi by the age of thirty, and he happened to offend a powerful person, so he had no choice but to flee to Black Shicheng and open a martial hall to make a living.

Ranks five to eight are the Great Wu Shi realm, and there are other deeper force operation techniques.

Qiu Zhiheng was only a fourth-rank Wu Shi and did not have the force operation techniques for after the fourth rank of the "Dragon Snake Art".

Now Xia Daoming was also a fourth-rank Wu Shi, and his meridians had already been strengthened to the ninth level. As long as he went to Li Cheng to find the martial hall where Qiu Zhiheng learned martial arts back then and learned the subsequent techniques, once the first-level meridians completely completed the ninth-level strengthening, he would be able to step into the fifth-rank Great Wu Shi realm.

However, it was thousands of miles to Li Cheng, not to mention the long journey, and there were many bandits along the way, as well as many poisonous insects and fierce beasts.

Especially the section of the road crossing the Mang Mountains, it is rumored to be extremely dangerous. Many traveling merchants dare not walk alone and need to form groups at the foot of the Mang Mountains before they dare to set off into the mountains.

And the most critical thing was not these, but the fact that Xia Daoming had never been far from Black Shicheng, let alone Li Cheng, which was thousands of miles away. He had never even been to many places hundreds of miles away, only hearing people talk about them.

This further increased the difficulty and danger of his trip.

Fortunately, Xia Daoming was no longer what he used to be. Not to mention a fourth-rank Wu Shi, even a fifth-rank Wu Shi, as long as it wasn't a particularly powerful one, he was confident that he could defeat them by relying on his powerful force.

Not only that, after looting the Blood Wolf Hall, he made a fortune. The banknotes and scattered gold and silver on his body added up to more than five thousand taels, enough for his expenses along the way, as well as for settling down and apprenticing after arriving in Li Cheng.

This was also where Xia Daoming's confidence lay.

Thirty days later.

Under the scorching sun, Xia Daoming hung a horse bag on his shoulder, tied a leather water bag around his waist, stood alone on an earthen mound in the Gobi Desert, and looked into the distance.

The wind blew up the sand and dust of the Gobi Desert, showing a light-distorting haze under the sun, like a hazy colored gauze covering the Gobi Desert that could not be seen at a glance.

White bones could be seen everywhere, blindingly white and terrifying in the sunlight.

A few bare, stunted trees without a single leaf swayed powerlessly in the wind and sand.

Xia Daoming licked his somewhat cracked lips, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

He was lost.

Logically speaking, he should have arrived at the next resting place, Eya City, two days ago.

But he hadn't seen a trace of people for two days.

Yesterday, it rained on top of the leaky house, and the horse that had been his transport for thirty days was suddenly attacked by a rattlesnake and died in the desert.

"I hope I can see a trace of people before dark, otherwise I'll have to spend the night in the desert again." Xia Daoming glanced at the fiery red sun gradually setting in the west and continued to move towards the southeast.

Li Cheng and the Mang Mountains were both located in the southeast.

Now that he was lost and unable to distinguish the path, he could only move forward in the general direction.

Just as he walked down the earthen mound, Xia Daoming heard the sound of horse hooves coming from behind.

Xia Daoming couldn't help but feel refreshed, hurriedly turned around, and saw a woman riding a horse rushing down the earthen mound.

"Hello, Miss!" Seeing this, Xia Daoming hurriedly waved and shouted.

The woman soon discovered Xia Daoming, her expression changed drastically, and she actually pulled and shook the reins, galloping towards the other side.

"Miss, don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, I just want to ask for directions." Seeing this, Xia Daoming hurriedly shouted, while shouting and chasing after the woman.

There was no other way, having been lost for two days, it was not easy to run into a person, so how could he let it go easily?

It was just that he was carrying things, so how could he outrun a horse with four legs?

Just as he watched the person and horse about to disappear into the dust, suddenly, the horse stumbled and collapsed with a crash.

Fortunately, the woman was agile, pressed her hand on the horse's back, and the whole person flew to the ground.

Looking back at the horse, it was already foaming at the mouth; it turned out to be exhausted from overwork.

The woman's expression changed drastically, a trace of despair appearing in her eyes, while Xia Daoming saw this and felt happy in his heart, walking quickly towards the woman while shouting: "Miss, don't misunderstand, I'm lost, I just want to ask you about..."

Before he finished speaking, Xia Daoming's expression changed drastically.

Only to see the earth shaking, and the sound of horse hooves rising from far to near with a crash.

Sand and dust rose into the sky like wolf smoke.

On the earthen mound where Xia Daoming had just stood, there was one more person and one more horse.

The person on the horse was a withered, sallow-faced old man in gray clothes who looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness.

But it was such an old man whose eyes were bright and spirited, sharp as a sword.

At this time, he was looking down at Xia Daoming and the woman from a high position, as if a fierce beast was sizing up its prey.

Not only that, behind and to the left and right of Xia Daoming, five people riding horses appeared one after another.

These people were not like the old man, looking down at Xia Daoming and the woman from a high position, but quickly dismounted and approached the two step by step in an encircling manner.

"Elder Liao, your target is me, so don't implicate the innocent!" The woman said to the old man who was still riding the horse on the earthen mound while leaning towards Xia Daoming.

Only then did Xia Daoming notice that the other party was a young woman with skin like snow, eyebrows like paintings, five features that were very beautiful, and at the same time, a figure that was aggressively well-endowed.

A graceful lady is a gentleman's good match.

At another time, Xia Daoming would have had to take another look, but at this time he had no heart to appreciate it, but secretly probed and judged the cultivation of the six people.

From the characteristics of the force aura emitted by the five people walking, Xia Daoming quickly made a judgment.

These five people, except for one who was a third-rank Wu Shi, the remaining four were all fourth-rank Martial Masters.

But the old man riding the horse on the earthen mound, Xia Daoming could not see through his cultivation, which meant he was at least a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi.

"Tsk tsk, being able to think about the life and death of an innocent person at this time, Miss Ji is really beautiful and even kinder! However, you also know that our Liao family is doing this temporarily and it cannot see the light, so I'm sorry, the old man cannot agree to your request.

But don't worry, the old man will let someone give him a quick death! Of course, you'd better not try to escape again, and don't play any tricks of threatening with death.

As long as you obediently go back with the old man, hand over the prescription, and help us refine medicine well, the old man guarantees that no one will touch a hair on your head. If not, even if you die by suicide, the old man will not let your corpse go.

You are a smart person, go back with the old man, not only can you keep your innocence, but there is also some hope." Elder Liao said.

Ji Wenyue indeed had thoughts of suicide, but upon hearing Elder Liao say that he would not even let her corpse go, thinking that her corpse would be defiled after her death, her limbs turned cold, and her heart sank into the bottomless abyss.

"What is that old man's cultivation?" Just when Ji Wenyue didn't even dare to seek death, a man's voice rang in her ear.

It turned out that, under the continuous approach of the five people, the two had unknowingly leaned together.

"Fifth-rank Great Wu Shi!" Ji Wenyue said with despair on her face.

"Fifth-rank Great Wu Shi!" Xia Daoming's eyes lit up, and his heart suddenly became active.

A fifth-rank Wu Shi nearing sixty, no matter how powerful, his blood and force were ultimately going downhill.

As long as the tactics were used properly, it was not impossible to leave him behind!

"That's right, a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi, four fourth-ranks, and one third-rank. This time I am basically doomed, but you are not their target after all, and you are a fourth-rank Wu Shi. You take this amulet, drip a drop of blood on it, and then we split up and rush out regardless of everything, perhaps there is still hope of escape." Ji Wenyue said with a bitter smile.

Before Ji Wenyue's voice had even faded, Xia Daoming felt something stuffed into his hand that felt a bit like animal skin and a bit like paper.

"This is..." Xia Daoming glanced at it quickly, speechless in his heart.

Because what Ji Wenyue stuffed into his hand was actually a talisman filled with strange runes.

This thing, in the world he transmigrated from, was collectively called the deceptive "ghost-drawn talisman".

As a result, at this critical moment of life and death, Ji Wenyue actually stuffed such a thing to him.

Sure enough, big breasts and no brain!

Still engaging in feudal superstition at this time!

Just as Xia Daoming was secretly slandering, suddenly his eyes widened, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight, and even forgot that there were strong enemies surrounding him.

Only to see Ji Wenyue also had a "ghost-drawn talisman" in her hand at some point, and a drop of blood dripped on it.

Then the ghost-drawn talisman actually burned without fire, and then turned into a layer of pale golden light that shrouded Ji Wenyue.

"Kill!"

Ji Wenyue shouted, and the whole person was like a furious tigress, rushing towards a fourth-rank Wu Shi who was constantly approaching in front.

Before she rushed over, Ji Wenyue had already swung her fist fiercely.

The fist was wrapped in a golden light shield, shining brightly in the sun, with a very different momentum.

"Damn, Heavenly Horse Meteor Fist!"

Xia Daoming almost blurted out in surprise.

PS: Finally set off again, I hope new and old book friends will like it, and please help to collect and tell others. During the public version period, basically one chapter in the morning and one chapter in the evening, thank you.

Three chapters today, no update tonight. ===== CHAPTER 4 =====