Chapter 172: A Promise Worth a Thousand Gold

Shattered Domain.

A team of knights slowly passed through a small valley between two hills.

In the center of the team, a man who looked to be in his thirties with a short beard sat on his horse, scanning the hills on both sides, with sword light faintly flickering in the depths of his eyes.

A young knight beside him took out a handkerchief to wipe his face and complained: "Why is this ghost place so wet! Big Brother, are we really not notifying the Ningxi branch?"

The short-bearded man said: "Notify them for what? Those trash only know how to drink and sing. Why, do you want to go try?"

The young man said lazily: "What good goods can there be here? Not interested. When we win this battle and return to the Pass, what kind of women won't there be?"

"That's more like it."

The short-bearded man took out a map to look at, and then ordered a knight: "Notify the Zhang Assistant Regional Commander behind, let him take the auxiliary troops to build a camp one hundred li north of here, where two rivers meet, very easy to recognize. That will be the main camp for our operation this time, tell him to build it carefully."

The knight took the order and left the cavalry team, galloping towards the rear.

At this time, the vanguard of the cavalry team had already left the valley, suddenly stopped, and then a rider reported to the central army that someone was blocking the road to rob them.

The short-bearded man and the young man were both stunned, not expecting that it was only the second day of their horse bandit career, and they were actually robbed by their peers. The survival of horse bandits in the Western Domain was difficult, had it reached this point?

The two rode to the vanguard and saw hundreds of horse bandits in the open space ahead, all baring their teeth and looking fierce, some even hanging a few heads around their waists.

In the center of the horse bandits, a fat man with a face full of flesh shouted: "Listen up, you opposite! We are the number one horse bandits in the Western Domain, the Gale and Rain Group! If you are sensible, hand over your wealth, and your grandfather might be merciful and spare your lives. Otherwise, I... I will..."

Seeing more and more knights pouring out of the valley, the fat man's voice became smaller and smaller.

And the knights opposite were not only numerous, but all on black horses, and they were all wearing ink-green riding armor, all silent, full of murderous intent. Looking at his own side, not only was the number far inferior, but the formation was scattered, and the armor was also varied, quite individual.

The short-bearded man said to the young man: "You take fifty riders and test their quality."

The young man looked bored, casually pointed at fifty riders, and killed them.

A moment later, the young man brought the fat man back and threw him in front of the short-bearded man's horse. The fifty riders returned the same way they went out, with only two slightly injured. The hundreds of horse bandits were lying in corpses, and only a few dozen escaped quickly.

The reason why this battle took so much time was mainly because the horse bandits scattered as soon as they were charged, fleeing in all directions, and it took some time to chase them.

The fat man kowtowed repeatedly for mercy, the short-bearded man asked a few simple questions, and then nodded to the young man.

The young man drew a short knife and held it against the fat man's throat, saying: "Remember, my big brother is Xu Xinhui, and I am Wang Ziyan. After you go over there, reincarnate early, don't forget to come find us for revenge."

After saying that, he gently slashed and cut the fat man's throat.

Wang Ziyan flipped onto his horse and said: "Is this the famous horse bandit in the Western Domain? Too fragile! This guy didn't even take one of my knives."

"This guy is an Earth-rank Killing Dao Foundation, and he has cultivated to the late stage, actually not bad. I just asked, there are seven or eight such horse bandit groups in the Western Domain, everyone says they are the number one horse bandit, hehe."

Wang Ziyan said: "Big Brother, why don't the old guys above let us take down the realm?"

The short-bearded man shook his head and said: "This realm is not easy to fight, I heard there are several Primordial Palace cultivators inside."

Wang Ziyan snorted: "What's so great about the Primordial Palace? They brag every day about being the head of the immortal sects, but how is our Sword Palace any worse than them? Even if they have more people, Big Brother, you are the seventh Immortal Sword, and I am an Immortal Foundation. The two of us should have no problem taking on ten or so people from the Primordial Palace."

Even if the opposite side is all immortal foundations, our thousand riders don't fall behind in drills with the Dragon Fish Army, definitely at the level of the Great Tang Nine Armies. Those in the realm are just a mob, we block the Primordial Palace cultivators, and our brothers can shovel the realm. By then, only those few from the Primordial Palace will be left, what else can they play!"

Xu Xinhui said: "Don't be careless, I heard there are several geniuses on the opposite side."

Wang Ziyan laughed and said: "Geniuses? Who among us wasn't a genius back then? Now we are all out doing things, what's the use of geniuses, combat records are the truth!"

The short-bearded man smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

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At the foot of a small mountain in the Shattered Domain, there was a mine. The mine was quite large, almost digging open half a hill, several mine tunnels were bottomless, and the shacks where the miners lived occupied a large area.

At the gate of the mine, the Xu family's flag fluttered in the wind.

At this time, the sky was just brightening, the bell rang, and the miners, who were barely clothed, had finished breakfast and filed towards the mine shaft, and would be whipped by the overseer if they hesitated. They would work in the mine all day until sunset before they could come out.

There were guards holding swords and wearing armor everywhere around the mine, and over a dozen watchtowers were built on high ground, with a panoramic view of the surroundings. Each tower had archers, who never missed within two hundred zhang, and if the miners wanted to escape, it was nine deaths and one life. At this moment, the mine was very lively, and a new batch of miners had just been sent in.

But today, an unusually large number of people were sent, and the mine manager frowned, confirming with the caravan leader who sent the people over and over again if he had made a mistake.

The leader asked three questions and didn't know anything, just saying: "The Young Master, no, the Family Head gave me so many people, and the order was for me to send them to you, there is no other place. Now that I have sent the people to the destination, whether you can take them or not is your business, I can't control it!"

The mine manager said with a bitter face: "I can hold at most three thousand people here, but you sent me five thousand at once, how can I take them! The previous miners haven't died yet, where is there room for these people to live? Besides, it's easy to have trouble when there are many people, I only have one hundred guards here, how can I watch seven or eight thousand people?"

The leader thought it made sense, so he said: "Then I will allocate one hundred guards to you, first help you watch for a period of time, you hurry up and talk to the Family Head, and transfer some more guards over."

The manager was overjoyed and was about to thank him, when suddenly the alarm sounded!

The manager and the leader were shocked, and saw dozens of knights galloping like wind and fire from the end of the road in the distance. Although the number was not large, the momentum was soaring, actually running out the momentum of thousands of troops and horses!

This batch of knights came extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they rushed to the front of the mine.

Everyone wore masks, wrapped in cloaks, and rode first-class good horses, and the leader rode a gray-white-red three-colored horse, although the coat color was a bit mixed, it was exceptionally tall and spirited. It's just that these people's cloaks were a bit worn, obviously not doing very well.

The leading knight stood horizontally with his spear, and shouted: "Listen up, you all! We are the number one horse bandits in the Western Domain, the Maofei Zhan Tian Gang! Today we are here just to seek wealth, not to hurt lives. If you are sensible, obediently put down your weapons, otherwise swords and guns have no eyes, and this Daoist's hands are heavy, if you lose your life, you can only blame your own bad luck!"

The leader sneered, strode forward, and shouted: "Where did you hairy thieves come from, tired of living, daring to hit the idea of my Xu family's mine! And bragging about being the number one horse bandit in the Western Domain, I will just take your heads back to receive the reward!"

After the leader finished his harsh words, he strode forward, and just as he raised his broadsword over his head, he felt a flash before his eyes, and a spear had already pierced through his chest!

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"Slow as a turtle crawling." The knight cursed disdainfully, raised his hand to pick the leader into mid-air, and said loudly: "Whoever dares to resist again, this person is the example!"

The leader was also a mid-stage Dao Foundation cultivator, but he had no power to fight back, and was cleanly pierced to death by a spear. All the guards immediately knew that this group of horse bandits was fierce and not something they could resist, so they knelt down and begged for mercy in unison.

The Maofei Zhan Tian bandits were quite trustworthy and did not hurt anyone's life. Dozens of big bandits dismounted one after another, worked together, stripped all the guards naked, tied them up one by one, and loaded them into the carts.

Some guards felt something was wrong, but the fifty-first big bandit was watching on his horse, and the leader on the spear was not yet cold, so no one dared to resist, and they were obediently stripped naked and loaded into the carts.

The Maofei Zhan Tian big bandits then called out all the miners, and those who were working in the mine shaft were also called back, let them pack their things, and then pulled all the carefully selected rare mineral materials, and thus marched towards the north in a mighty way.

The miners in the mine were slaves, and a dozen would die every day, so they had to be replenished from time to time. They were used to being bullied, and knew that horse bandits were fierce and never blinked when killing, so they were all very docile.

The horse bandit leader also said that he wouldn't kill them, nor would he offer them as sacrifices, just let them change places to work, and when they arrived at the new place, they would add at least a large bowl of rice every day.

Hearing that they could eat an extra bowl, all the miners were overjoyed, wishing they could fly to the new place.

The team of thousands of people naturally walked slowly, and it took seven or eight days to reach the destination. This was the edge of the Azure Void Realm, and these people had not seen what the realm was like, and at this moment, seeing the bright mountains and waters in the distance, they were all dumbfounded.

At this time, a team of cultivators ran out of the realm, with over a hundred people, all dressed in bright clothes and with extraordinary cultivation.

A cultivator leading the team rode out of the ranks, with an extraordinary momentum, and bowed: "Cui Yu, currently serving as the commander of the Yong'an City Guard. Are you the number one righteous army in the Western Domain, the Maofei Zhan Tian Fifty Big Bandits?"

The leading knight rode horizontally with his spear, his voice shaking the wilderness: "Exactly! The goods have been brought, where is the immortal silver?"

"It has long been prepared!" Cui Yu waved his hand, and several knights lifted three large boxes, opened them in public, and suddenly the immortal light was dazzling, and they were full of immortal silver!

"Hahahaha!" The leading knight looked up to the sky and laughed, laughed for a long time, fully showing his vigorous Dao power, and said: "I have long heard that the Azure Void Realm is worth a thousand gold, and it is the most honest in doing business! Seeing it today, it is indeed well-deserved!"

Cui Yu smiled: "Easy to say, easy to say. This business was done very happily, I hope that next time the Maofei Zhan Tian group comes, we can do a five-box business."

The knight said in a deep voice: "Seven boxes!"

Cui Yu laughed loudly and said: "Then Cui will wait for the good news."

The styles of the two were completely different, the knight was full of dominance, but Cui Yu was quite gentle and polite. But the voices were spread far away, obviously the Dao power cultivation was extremely high, and Cui Yu did not fall behind at all.

The knight asked again: "I don't know what other business you do besides these people?"

Cui Yu said: "Minerals, immortal materials, grain, medicine, these are all collected. But mainly collecting people."

The knight didn't talk nonsense, said "Good," and then galloped away like the wind with the fifty big bandits.

The team of thousands of people marched all the way, naturally attracting countless spies from various forces. At this moment, I don't know how many pairs of eyes in the dark were watching here, taking the words of the two into their ears, and then quietly disappeared.

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