Outside the city gates

A woman in a cloak, with a sword in her arms, slumped under a pine tree beside the road, her face obscured by a thin veil that drooped, and by her side were three horses tied to the stump of a tree.

Half an hour later, there was a sound of killing in the direction of the city gate, and I saw someone rushing out of the city gate with a red coat on his shoulder, and when the man saw the woman under the tree, he immediately rushed towards her.

The woman got up and untied the reins from the stump, jumped on the horse, and when the man came near, she threw out the reins of the other two horses, and said with some surprise: "I really let you escape, I thought it was just a vain wait." ”

Qingluan asked herself that in the face of such a siege, even she would not be able to escape, and the reason why she was waiting outside the city was nothing more than to fulfill her duties to the client. The siege in the city involved the government, so it was naturally her duty to retreat and not obstruct the government's handling of the case.

Everything she does is a matter of duty.

As for whether Ba Fenghan and the others could get out of the city alive, that was not something she was considering.

It's just that now that they have escaped, they still need her to escort them in the next few days, and as for whether they can escape, it depends on the creation of the two.

Cheng Xue, who had been put down, saw that Ba Fenghan did not answer, and also chose to be silent, she was not in the mood to talk to Qingluan at this time.

"Can you ride a horse?" asked Ba Fenghan when he suddenly looked at Cheng Xue.

Cheng Xue nodded and took the reins he handed over.

The two stepped on the stirrups and got on their horses, and walked towards the official road leading to the imperial capital one after the other.

Qingluan glanced in the direction of the city gate, where there were a few breaths that made her feel palpitations, and then stopped staying, and rode her horse to chase after the two people who were ahead.

After they left the half-pillar incense, as the barricade martial artist inside the city gate died, a huge vulture xenomorph rose from the sky in Hanxiao City, and the old man in white sitting cross-legged on the back of the bird could be faintly seen.

The vulture, which was as big as a bull, hovered over the city for a moment, then flapped its wings to the north.

Not long after, Zhao Zetao and eight disciples of the Lizong drove their horses out of the city.

"Senior Brother Zhao, after so long, are you still catching up?" asked a disciple.

Zhao Zetao tightened his reins and looked at the vulture hovering in the air in the distance, "Elder Mo has taken a ride first, that vulture will show us the way, they can't escape." ”

He glanced at the fellow who had just asked him, and then hurried ahead of the crowd and took the lead in the direction of the vulture.

"So positive, are you afraid that we won't be able to rob him of his credit?" A disciple looked at Zhao Zetao's back, his face showed a little unhappiness, and said to the person who asked him earlier: "You still call him senior brother, is he worthy?"

"He entered the sect earlier than me, and his realm is higher than mine, so he is respected as a senior brother. The man sneered and said, "He's just an outer disciple, what do you have to do with him, and you're not afraid of losing the face of the inner door." ”

The others smiled at each other when they heard this, and drove their horses to chase after Zhao Zetao.

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The official road to the imperial capital is flanked by lush pine and cypress trees.

As far as the eye can see, the sky and the earth are the same color, only the verdant pines and cypresses add a touch of life to the white wasteland.

In the green ocean, the wide official road stretches into the distance like a long winding dragon, with no end in sight.

The three of them had been running non-stop for several hours, and the three horses were gradually becoming weak, and their speed was greatly reduced.

"It's not a way to go on like this," Ba Fenghan said to Qingluan, "Do you know how far the imperial court post is?"

"It's about three miles ahead. "Qingluan has been employed by the auction for a long time, and he is extremely familiar with the situation around Hanxiao City.

"Could it be that you are going to rob the horses of the inn?" but there was no doubt in her words, and she seemed sure that Bafenghan would do it.

Three miles is not too far, and you can already see the post station on the side of the road in front of you as you speak.

There were two soldiers standing at the door with halberds, and when they saw the three of them riding straight here, they were about to come forward and ask questions.

However, until the three riders came closer, the speed did not slow down in the slightest.

"Bold, dare to break through?!" one of the soldiers shouted as he stabbed at Ba Fenghan on horseback with his halberd.

Ba Fenghan didn't even dodge, reaching out and holding the halberd in front of him. At the same time, the cold power of the ice spirit attached to the blade began to spread, and in the blink of an eye, it touched the soldier holding the halberd.

After being invaded by the cold power of the ice spirit, the soldier's face became bloodless, pale and terrifying, and after only a few moments, he was completely lifeless.

At the same time, an ice spike condensed in the palm of Ba Fenghan's right hand, shot out and nailed into the forehead of another soldier, instantly falling to the ground and dying.

"All the bells and whistles. Qingluan on horseback held his sword in both hands, and did not make a move against the people in the official government, but just glanced at the two soldiers who were killed by Ba Fenghan and teased.

Bafenghan turned a deaf ear to this, and after pushing away the halberd in front of him, the soldier immediately fell to the ground.

After this incident, none of the others in the post station dared to continue to stop him. The three of them turned over and dismounted, and went straight to the stable in full view of everyone, and there happened to be three of them.

After Ba Fenghan and the others changed their horses, they took some dry food from the post station, and then continued to run along the official road.

Since Cheng Xue had never practiced martial arts, and he couldn't rely on spiritual power to support him like a spiritual cultivator, the group would occasionally stop to rest for a while.

After a day and night, the three of them finally left the jurisdiction of Cold Xiao City, but none of them took it lightly.

During a pause, Qingluan looked up again and looked through the gap at the sky obscured by the lush branches of pines and cypresses on both sides.

Along the way, Bai Fenghan had already noticed her abnormality, and after Qingluan retracted his gaze, he asked aloud, "What did you find?"

When Cheng Xue heard this, she also set her eyes here.

Qingluan glanced at Cheng Xue, hesitated for a moment and then said to Ba Fenghan: "I'm not sure either, but there is always a feeling of being watched along the way, and this feeling is getting stronger and stronger." ”

She paused and continued: "Maybe my three souls are all Luanniao, and they are more sensitive by nature, so I have a delusion about the outside world. ”

Ba Feng Han nodded, "Regardless of whether your feelings are wrong or not, the government and Lizong of Hanxiao City will not let us go." ”

He glanced at Cheng Xue and continued: "It's not a way to escape along the official road, sooner or later we will be caught up, we have to bypass the official road in front of us, go straight into the territory of Xuzhou County, and then rush to the imperial capital from there." ”

Qingluan was thinking about it when he heard this, and when he raised his head and saw him looking at Songbai in the west, he couldn't help but think of a possibility, and exclaimed, "Are you crazy?!"

Bai Fenghan retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "If you bypass the official road in the shortest time, you can only pass through the Warcraft Forest, and if you do this, you may still have a chance to live, otherwise when they catch up, it will only be a dead end." ”

He continued: "What's more, we only need to pass through the periphery of the forest, the real high-level demonic beasts, the territory is in the depths of the forest, and most of the activities on the periphery are low-level demonic beasts without territory. ”

Qingluan was about to speak but was interrupted by Cheng Xue, "No matter what you decide, I will be with you." ”

She looked at Ba Fenghan, a tired smile on her somewhat pale face.

Qingluan sneered: "You don't know the danger of the Warcraft Forest, have you ever seen your companion being torn to pieces by a demonic beast that likes to eat human flesh, and you can only watch your own flesh and blood being slowly chewed and swallowed by the beasts?

But you're right, what else can you do but be with him? It's useless at all, it's just a drag bottle. ”

Cheng Xue lowered her head and stopped talking, she wanted to refute, but she found that deep down she seemed to feel that what Qingluan said was not wrong, from beginning to end, why hadn't she been dragging down the man in front of her.

"That's enough!" Ba Fenghan's face was gloomy as water, and he said to Qingluan: "After ten days, you can leave on your own, if we die early, you can also be freed, but before that, don't forget the identity of your guard, I advise you to shut up about other things." ”

Qingluan held his sword in both hands, leaned his back against the trunk of the tree and said no more.

Ba Fenghan stepped on his horse in stirrups, tightened the reins, and said to the two people on the side of the road, "Let's go to the Warcraft Forest." ”