Chapter 60

That night.

Xia Daoming and the girls exchanged zither skills until late at night.

Very happy.

The next day.

Xia Daoming first went to the Jingxin Teahouse on Qingshi Street and left a letter for Ji Wenyue, telling her that he was leaving Li Cheng for a period of time.

Qingshi Street was originally the territory of the Ji clan.

Manager He of the Jingxin Teahouse had a distant relative relationship with the Ji clan.

Ever since Xia Daoming and Ji Wenyue designated the Jingxin Teahouse as their place for "secret meetings," Manager He had changed from only being able to borrow the opportunity to visit the Ji clan during festivals to being a relative who often visited Ji Wenyue's elder's house.

Not to mention in the Qingshi Street area, he even had some status in the entire Yongchun Square.

Xia Daoming handed the letter to Manager He, and he would naturally go to visit Ji Wenyue, which saved him worry.

After leaving a letter for Ji Wenyue, Xia Daoming specifically went to the Qianjiao Martial Arts Hall.

After all, he was going on a long journey, and although Senior Brother Yuchi and the others already knew, he still needed to greet Master in person.

"You don't know how interesting it was when Yuchi Xiao ran to tell me that you had advanced to a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi and looked so surprised.

I didn't even dare to tell him that you are actually already a seventh-rank Great Wu Shi! Otherwise, I don't know how surprised this kid would be, haha!" Seeing Xia Daoming come over, Liang Jingtang said happily and proudly.

At the end, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Seeing Liang Jingtang's proud and happy face, Xia Daoming also felt a little proud in his heart.

"Master, disciple came to tell you that I am going on a long journey today, and it will probably take a month or so to come back." Xia Daoming said.

"Go, go!" Liang Jingtang waved his hand.

"Master, don't you need to give your disciple a few words of advice?" Xia Daoming felt that he had been neglected.

"Do you still need Master's advice? Are you trying to tease me? Go! Go!" Liang Jingtang glared when he heard this.

Damn, he killed an eighth-rank when he was sixth-rank!

Still need advice?

I should go and advise those guys who provoke you on the way!

"Then I will trouble Master to take care of Xia He and the other three." Xia Daoming bowed slightly and then turned to leave.

Returning to the front yard, Xia Daoming exchanged a few more pleasantries with Yuchi Xiao before leaving.

An hour later.

Xia Daoming and Liu Qiaolian were already riding on the mountain road outside the city, one person and one horse. Looking back, Li Cheng had already shrunk into a small shadow under the sun.

In the past, in order to make a living and save money for Liu Zhong to practice martial arts, Liu Qiaolian often worked as a foot traveler, traveling between the north and south, sleeping in the open, and sometimes encountering robbers and beasts, so she had to fight, and her life was very hard.

Ever since she followed Xia Daoming, her life had stabilized.

It's just that she was used to moving while in stillness.

Used to running around outside all year round, after a long period of stability, living a young mistress's life without worrying about food and clothing all day, Liu Qiaolian was a bit unaccustomed to it.

Today, she finally went out with her master again, and her revenge was imminent, so Liu Qiaolian was in high spirits, humming small tunes from time to time, picking wild flowers, and galloping on horseback from time to time, making silver-bell-like joyful laughter.

Seeing Liu Qiaolian like a lark released from a cage, Xia Daoming felt a bit self-reproachful.

"It seems that Lian'er was stifled by being locked at home. Next time, I must accompany her to shop in the city and go out for an outing from time to time!"

Just as Xia Daoming was reproaching himself, he saw Liu Qiaolian turn her horse back.

"Master, someone is coming ahead." Liu Qiaolian said.

"Let them come." Xia Daoming smiled, his gaze still passing over Liu Qiaolian and looking toward the direction of the mountain road below.

On the mountain road ahead, a young man in white was riding a horse slowly, guarded by four followers, one in front and one behind.

Xia Daoming was now an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi, and an extremely powerful one at that.

His gaze was sharp.

At a glance, he could vaguely "see" that the four followers had not weak qi, blood, and force fluctuations.

Even though they were still a little distance away, Xia Daoming could roughly judge that among the four followers, one was a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi, and the other three were fifth-rank Great Martial Masters.

From the surface, such a follower lineup could not compare to Xu Shixiong's travel style back then, but in terms of combat power, it was even better.

On the contrary, the young man in white had qi and blood aura that was almost non-existent, as if he were a scholar with no strength to truss a chicken, which could not be compared with Xu Shixiong at all.

Xia Daoming's eyes, covered by the black gauze of his bamboo hat, narrowed instantly.

The method of hiding the dragon and concealing the form was fully operated, trying his best to restrain and hide most of his qi, blood, and force aura, only vaguely emitting the force aura of a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi.

Poor scholars, rich martial artists!

In this world, martial arts are popular, and few wealthy families don't practice martial arts. Even if they don't have martial arts talent, they have to smash money to get some qi, blood, and force.

This man in white's qi, blood, and force fluctuations were actually almost non-existent.

There must be a demon if something is abnormal.

Xia Daoming had to be on guard.

The two groups of people soon met head-on and then brushed past each other.

The man looked like a white horse and white clothes from a distance, graceful, but up close, he found that he was actually an ugly man with a kidney-shaped face, garlic nose, and squinting eyes.

The ugly man in white's eyes almost swept over Xia Daoming, but he stared at Liu Qiaolian's good figure for a long time.

Even after the two sides brushed past each other, he kept looking back.

"If the young master likes that woman, we will go and grab that woman for the young master to enjoy now." The only sixth-rank Great Wu Shi said when he saw this.

Hearing this, the ugly man in white felt a slight movement in his heart. He came from a wealthy family and later joined an immortal sect, so he didn't worry about not having women, but he liked to play with this kind of unexpected beauty.

His four follower warriors also knew this hobby of their master, and they often helped hunt for beauty on the way.

However, the ugly man in white finally waved his hand and said: "Forget it, we'll be in Li Cheng soon, so it's not appropriate to cause extra trouble!"

After saying that, the ugly man in white looked back at the graceful back that was going away.

That figure was plump and graceful, like a ripe peach, emitting an alluring fragrance, which was exactly the type he liked.

"Master, the gaze of that man just now was so sharp and so hateful!" Liu Qiaolian's pretty face under the bamboo hat turned slightly pale.

"A graceful lady is a gentleman's pursuit! It's normal for a girl as beautiful and well-figured as my Lian'er to attract men's attention when traveling outside.

It's just that the man is indeed a bit strange; he clearly doesn't have any powerful force fluctuation aura, but he gave me a dangerous feeling.

You said his gaze was sharp; it seems my intuition is not wrong. That guy is definitely strange." Xia Daoming said, turning his head to look in the direction where the ugly man in white disappeared, which was exactly the direction of Li Cheng.

Night fell.

Li Cheng, Ding clan secret room.

Not only Ding clan head Ding Bangcheng, Badao Sect master Gong Zhonghou, Lin clan head Lin Zhaonan, the three giants of Li Cheng were all there, but the ugly man in white whom Xia Daoming met on the road during the day was also present.

"Since Shan'er is back, it's time for all parties to express their stance!" Ding Bangcheng said.

"That's right, this battle concerns the survival of our three clans and the Xu clan, and we absolutely do not allow any other forces to stand by and suddenly intervene at a critical moment." Gong Zhonghou said in a deep voice.

"The Ji clan suddenly had three sixth-rank Great Martial Masters emerge one after another a few days ago. I specifically asked my informants to inquire in secret, only to find out that the Ji clan recently refined a medicinal pill called the Phoenix Cry Pill.

This pill not only has the effect of greatly increasing cultivation for sixth-rank Great Martial Masters, but also has a miraculous effect on fifth-rank Great Martial Masters breaking through to the sixth-rank Great Wu Shi realm." Lin Zhaonan said.

"Phoenix Cry Pill!" Ding Chu Shan, the ugly man in white, who was the grandson of the Ding clan head, raised his eyebrows slightly, revealing a hint of surprise.