Chapter 8: Senior, I Won't Kill You

Junxian to Jianmen Pass.

It only takes ten days.

If you gallop without resting for a moment, it will be even shorter.

But this is clearly not possible. Even if people were made of iron, horses would get tired.

Plus, there are enemies intercepting and killing, so you must ensure sufficient physical strength, and enough rest is necessary.

Seeing Dou Changsheng sat on the ground, watching the horse eating grass, picked up the water bag and took a sip of cold water, then gnawed on a big pancake. The taste was naturally poor; it was mixed with a high proportion of wheat bran, and one bite made him feel obviously uncomfortable.

People who are used to eating fine bran have never eaten this. Even dogs wouldn't eat it.

Of course, that was when he transmigrated. Now that he has experienced hunger, he can understand it very well. For this bite to eat, he would do anything.

After drinking some water to smooth it down, Seeing Dou Changsheng personally untied another water bag and began to feed the horse.

Transmigration changes life. He has been a village boy and a horse slave.

Now he has also been a Jianghu young hero.

After eating a simple bite, Seeing Dou Changsheng felt much more comfortable, but fatigue also emerged.

He took the long way this time, which took about fifteen days, while the Black Hei Hei Ying Zunzhe and the others chose the main road, which took ten days.

They wasted seven days in Junxian, leaving a total of eight days of disposable time after subtracting fifteen days of travel.

Time is very tight, because this journey clearly won't be too smooth.

However, Seeing Dou Changsheng is not in a hurry, because he doesn't need to reach Jianmen Pass at all.

This journey is just to attract attention.

Seeing Dou Changsheng watched the horse eat its fill, then tied the horse's reins to a tree, and began to look for a place to rest.

Seeing Dou Changsheng didn't stay with the horse because the horse was too big a target and prone to making noise, attracting people who were chasing and killing him.

As for the loss of the horse, compared to his small life, it was no longer a consideration.

So he walked about three or four miles. Even if the enemy found the horse, they would mistakenly think he was nearby, and then search carefully step by step, finally searching for nothing.

Seeing Dou Changsheng looked at a tree with thick roots. As long as he cleaned it up and took some wild grass to cover it, he could hide his figure perfectly.

When Seeing Dou Changsheng lay down, he couldn't fall asleep for a while.

Many things happened today, and the main thing was killing.

Suddenly.

Seeing Dou Changsheng felt regretful.

Because he discovered he had forgotten to loot the corpses.

He was a poor ghost who couldn't find three taels of silver on his body, while Wang Xiong, even if he didn't have martial arts manuals, definitely had some silver.

Pretending to be cool for a moment is refreshing, but the aftermath is a crematorium.

The words of the seniors are indeed the truth.

Seeing Dou Changsheng, who was letting his imagination run wild, suddenly heard the sound of clanging.

This made Seeing Dou Changsheng energetic immediately, and he couldn't help but concentrate and focus on listening to the sounds outside the insect chirps.

As Seeing Dou Changsheng listened, he heard that it was the sound of iron clashing, which was the collision of weapons. Someone was fighting.

Seeing Dou Changsheng became vigilant, his heart raised, and he was ready to be fully prepared. He didn't believe in his luck and thought that staying with the horse would definitely cause trouble, but instead, the "treasure land" he chose had trouble.

I hope it's just passing by.

Five words emerged from Seeing Dou Changsheng's mind.

"Ai Haike, you are also a famous hero in the North. Today, I didn't expect you to kneel to the Demon Prime Minister and become his running dog."

"Military pay concerns the life and death of the North. You actually dare to rob it."

"There will be no place for you in the world."

An old voice rang out: "What do you know?"

"Since Yu Yun took charge as the Great General of the North, he has launched a great war every year, only constantly asking us for money and people."

"For more than ten years, two of my three sons have died in battle."

"My family fortune has been spent seven or eight out of ten."

"I ruined my family to relieve the disaster, only then did he achieve such glorious military merit."

"Now the Prime Minister is presiding over peace talks. As long as we pay some money every year, the Hu Ren will not move south again. This is so good."

"But Yu Yun disagrees."

"He actually submitted a request to fight."

"Giving this money to Yu Yun is giving, and giving it to the Hu Ren is also giving."

"If I give it to the Hu Ren, there is no need to fight, and I don't have to worry all day long, and this only son of mine won't die, leaving my Ai family without a successor."

"Zhao Manren, you are still young and don't understand the Prime Minister's good intentions."

"The North has been too bitter for so many years. The Prime Minister is not just seeking peace and avoiding war, but enduring humiliation to bear the burden, letting the North recuperate. Three years of gathering, three years of teaching—our Great Jin will be of one heart and one mind, and we can sweep away the demon atmosphere and build a hundred years of peace."

"Yu Yun is just a military ruffian; what does he know about governing the country? Only the Prime Minister can make the North peaceful and live a good life."

"Zhao Manren, hand over the military pay. I am a senior, so I won't make things difficult for you."

Zhao Manren said urgently, "The senior has been deceived by the Demon Prime Minister. The new wolf lord of the Hu Ren is young and successful, winning every battle, sweeping across the grassland, and is the hero of the grassland in a thousand years. But in his high spirits and sharp edge, he actually stopped fighting and didn't immediately move south, but instead gathered the various tribes of the grassland."

"Secretly winning over the martial artists of Great Jin and supporting the bandits and horse thieves in the North."

"Now, after years of preparation, as long as they break through Jianmen Pass, hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry will move south. Who can stop them?"

"The talk of peace is purely nonsense."

Ai Haike was furious and scolded, "Fart."

"The Hu Ren wolf lord welcomed the Living Buddha of the Western Regions into the grassland this year, promoting Buddhism and yearning for peace—the whole world knows this."

"This year, he even sent envoys to the capital to discuss the two countries becoming brotherly countries from now on and never raising troops again."

"But what about you?"

"You are slandering the Prime Minister."

"Isn't it because the Prime Minister advocates peace talks? If it succeeds, the Hu Ren will no longer move south. Without war, you won't be able to kill enemies and achieve merit, nor can you be ennobled and gain power and wealth."

"It is said that cutting off someone's wealth is like killing their parents."

Zhao Manren sighed, "The senior has been deceived by the Demon Prime Minister too deeply."

"The Demon Prime Minister started by offering his daughter to the palace; how could he be a good person?"

"How could such a person worry about the country and the people? Now he is forcing peace talks, but he has actually received money from the Hu Ren and took the initiative to transfer the Great General away, thereby creating a loophole in the North's defense and creating an opportunity for the Hu Ren to move south."

"The senior is confused."

Seeing Dou Changsheng watched the two people fighting all the way and constantly talking nonsense.

He only felt his scalp tingling and acid reflux in his heart.

This unlucky luck is truly unparalleled.

The military pay transported to Jianmen Pass is naturally not just this one share.

But every route is clearly extremely secret, yet he has encountered two routes in succession.

As for the rights and wrongs in their words, Seeing Dou Changsheng didn't consider them. He was a transmigrator; where would he get the worry for the country and the people? It was just that his butt decided his brain, and he naturally identified with the Great General of the North, Yu Yun. After all, it was the Shogunate that was paying him now.

He moved slowly, silently, and looked at the source of the sound through the gap.

Although the sky was dark, the moonlight was very bright, and because the two of them were close, Seeing Dou Changsheng could see that this Ai Haike was an old man with silver hair.

He held a big blade, and every blade move was open and closed, filled with power.

Zhao Manren was relatively young, about thirty years old, with a package wrapped around his back.

He held a long sword, his movements were light, and he kept wandering.

Zhao Manren couldn't beat this Ai Haike. Seeing Dou Changsheng had a judgment the moment he saw him.

It wasn't that Seeing Dou Changsheng's vision was accurate, but that this Zhao Manren's clothes were damaged in many places. It was clear that he was covered in scars, while Ai Haike was in good condition, and the big blade was used with great momentum.

Save?

Or not save?

Seeing Dou Changsheng instantly had doubts in his heart.

But in a flash, Seeing Dou Changsheng made a choice.

Look at the situation!

There was no complex reason, and it didn't involve morality.

It was purely because these two were Primordial martial artists, and he couldn't beat either of them.

If there was no opportunity, he would take action, but he wouldn't help Zhao Manren; instead, he would be a burden.

The thing he hated most in games was pig teammates.

Seeing Dou Changsheng moved slowly, silently, and also drew the long sword in his hand.

Then he began to wait patiently. He only knew one sword, so naturally, he had to be like a poisonous snake, waiting patiently in the grass, and when the prey revealed a flaw, he would open his bloody mouth and pounce.

Wang Xiong died under this move.

Seeing Dou Changsheng imitated the daytime, waiting for the opportunity.

Time passed bit by bit. Zhao Manren's true strength was no less than Ai Haike's, but he had encountered enemy attacks one after another, consuming a large amount of physical strength and Primordial internal Qi, plus his injuries, so he could barely support it for a while before he couldn't hold on.

He survived several desperate situations, and although he barely escaped, there were more scars on his body.

Heavy panting sounds kept entering Seeing Dou Changsheng's ears, proving that Zhao Manren was very close to Seeing Dou Changsheng. Seeing Dou Changsheng held his breath, his eyes focused on Ai Haike.

Ai Haike had a knife scar on his face, which looked relatively hideous. He was relatively thin, but his Primordial internal Qi was thick, and the big blade was powerful when swung.

Seeing Dou Changsheng watched as a blade was swung, reflecting the moonlight like a group of white practice blooming.

Seeing Dou Changsheng knew the opportunity had come.

He instantly thrust out a sword.

Primordial internal Qi surged out, poured into the long sword, and the sword tip spat out a Qi ray.

The three-inch Qi ray was pure white and arrogant.

Like a meteor piercing the sun, it shot straight toward Ai Haike's back.

If this sword hit, it would be enough to pierce Ai Haike's chest.

The pure white Primordial internal Qi, in the night, was like the light of the great sun, illuminating the four sides. Ai Haike had just swung a blade, and it was the moment when the old force was exhausted and the new force had not yet been born. His keen perception immediately sensed the fatal crisis coming from behind.

Ai Haike decisively abandoned the blade, without the idea of changing moves halfway. His decades of combat experience were telling him what was the best choice in this situation.

After abandoning the blade, Ai Haike twisted one of his feet strangely, and then his whole body instantly soared into the air, like a large bird flying into the sky.

A sword as fast as a meteor.

Suddenly missed.

Seeing Dou Changsheng was stunned.

He had prepared for this sword for a long time.

He simply hadn't expected the enemy to dodge in this way.

However, the results were quite fruitful, directly crippling the weapon in the enemy's hand.

Dou Mouren didn't use his sword again, but instead slowly inserted the three-foot long sword into the scabbard.

Looking at Ai Haike, who had landed in the distance and was looking at him vigilantly, he cupped his hands and said, "The senior has three sons, one guarding the home and two joining the army, sacrificing their lives for the country, a family of loyalty."

"It is admirable."

"Everyone in the North is grateful, and I am unwilling to take action against the senior."

"This sword is just a warning."

"Please, senior, leave by yourself!"

As long as he wasn't embarrassed, the one who was embarrassed would be someone else.

Ai Haike looked at Seeing Dou Changsheng and said unhappily, "Meddlesome boy."

"The Prime Minister's hundred-year plan is ruined in the hands of people like you."

Zhao Manren stepped forward and took the initiative to say, "No need to say more, the senior is already confused."

"With the little brother's thick Primordial internal Qi, if he doesn't leave, just catch him."

Ai Haike looked at Zhao Manren angrily and scolded directly, "You guy, you really know how to rely on power to bully others."

Finally, he looked at Seeing Dou Changsheng, his eyes revealing realization, and he had already recognized Seeing Dou Changsheng's background, sighing, "I received news during the day that a disciple of the Wang Clan of Xiangzhou had come in disguise, but I didn't expect to see him at night."

"Others say this sword has no killing intent and is just a warning, and I don't believe it."

"But the Wang Clan disciple—I believe it."

"The foundation of this sword is perfect, but the method of operating internal Qi is unfamiliar, causing the power to decrease. Otherwise, I would never have been able to dodge it."

"If you had used the Wang Clan's family-transmitted sword technique, I would have definitely died just now."

"I accept this favor."

"But there is one sentence that must be said."

"Your choice is wrong. Yu Yun is just a military ruffian who values military merit. The Shogunate has already sucked the North dry, and the imperial court can't hold on anymore."

"Now the North only respects the Shogunate and doesn't know there is an imperial court. It is already a country within a country. How can the imperial court tolerate Yu Yun?"

"For the sake of the world, for the sake of the North, peace talks are the way to long-term peace and stability."

Ai Haike didn't care about Seeing Dou Changsheng's answer and left a farewell before turning and leaving directly.

Zhao Manren looked at the departing Ai Haike and finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then looked at Seeing Dou Changsheng vigilantly. Before Zhao Manren could ask, Seeing Dou Changsheng took the initiative to say, "Brother Zhao, no need to be vigilant."

"I am also a person transporting military pay to Jianmen Pass."

"I am from the Black Hei Hei Ying Zunzhe's route."

Seeing Dou Changsheng explained, then deliberately kept his distance, and then continued, "Let's go our own ways and don't gather together."

"I won't ask about your affairs, and you don't ask about mine."

"No need to guard against each other and waste energy. Let's be well, and see you at Jianmen Pass!"

What kind of joke was this?

Being with this Zhao Manren meant trouble.

He couldn't even handle one route of pursuers; he didn't dare to think about how dangerous it would be if there were two routes.

Zhao Manren's retreating footsteps stopped, and he looked at Seeing Dou Changsheng with embarrassment. Just now, he had suspected that the other party was performing a double act with Ai Haike.

Watching the departing Seeing Dou Changsheng, he couldn't help but praise, "Heroic liver and righteous gall—nothing more than this." ===== CHAPTER 9 =====

Watching Seeing Dou Changsheng, who had already left, he couldn't help but praise, "Heroic liver and righteous gall, nothing more than this."