Chapter 16: The Appearance of the Swordsman

On the muddy border path, the hooves of several fast horses trampled through the yellow muddy puddles on the ground, and the muddy water splashed against the green grass on both sides of the road.

Immediately, a few people with hideous faces galloped south.

Their goal is the only post station between the Wasteland and the Lancang Daze.

The sound of a galloping horse sounded loudly, swiftly like thunder from far to near, breaking the tranquility of [Mapo Station].

The horse's hooves kicked up the dust in the sky and swept up the sky like a whirlwind, revealing several strong black-armored knights.

Some of them are naked, some are wearing leather or animal skins, and they are wearing all kinds of hideous and terrifying warrior helmets on their heads, with longbows and quivers on their backs, and long arrows are inserted into them.

It was noon, the sun was shining, the earth was hot, the main street of [Mapo Station] Huangyang Avenue was quite lively, in addition to the residents of the town, there were many foreign tourists and businessmen.

But when the sound of hooves came together, after seeing the faces of the people coming, the crowd took their children and shouted for their mothers, and after the chaos, the whole street was immediately silent, and everyone took refuge in the buildings or in the alleys.

"Why did this group of, a bunch of murderous things that don't blink suddenly come to this place? Do you want to slaughter this station?"

It was too late, but it was too soon, and the soldiers and bandits of the Deserted Country rushed to the entrance of Huangyang Avenue on the main street.

After running into the long street, the riding speed of the barren country soldiers and bandits did not decrease but increased, the leader of the one-eyed desolate man, snorted, the horse whip in his hand was raised in the air, whistling in the sky, falling heavily, pumping on the horse stock, the healthy horse roared in pain, the arrow-like charge, rushed to the other end of the long street, the remaining two followed suit, the shouts came and fell, and the three horses swept through like a storm, making people feel a tragic feeling, and the momentum was overwhelming.

At this moment, a little white dog was frightened, and ran out of a side alley in a frenzied manner, just in time to meet the galloping horse in the midst of the lightning and fire.

The one-eyed desolate man who took the lead was frightened and bounced his front hooves, the one-eyed desolate man was not in a hurry, and the reins were pulled, and the centaurs jumped forward at the same time, and the gods crossed the galloping white dog, when the centaurs were still in the air, a long-armed desolate man behind bent the bow and arrows, and the sharp arrows flashed, and in an instant they would rush to the side of the road under a white dog on the wall, nailed into the wall alive.

The long-armed desolate man cheered, continued to speed up, and caught up with the leading one-eyed desolate man, and in the blink of an eye, the three of them turned into several small black dots.

The three of them came and went like a whirlwind, leaving behind a cloud of dust.

The crowd of [Mapo Station] came out of the closed house and secretly said lucky.

The people saw the masterpiece left behind by the trio again.

The tail of the arrow exposed on the wall shook slightly, and the blood of the white dog was still dripping, and there was a pool of blood red on the ground.

The white dog was actually released by Chi Chao, and he was to test the strength of the three of them.

From the arrow that shot into the earthen wall, Chi Chao could see that the archery skills of that long-armed desolate man were already at the level of the archery master.

At the same time, in the attic of [Yunxiao Tower], the largest restaurant in [Mapo Station], a swordsman wearing a black gauze hat was watching the soldiers and bandits of the wasteland country go away.

The scene just now was still hovering in his mind, the swordsman was about ten or eighty nine years old, tall and thin, his hands and feet were longer than ordinary people, his movements were dexterous, and the movement of his eyes made people feel that he was an unusual character.

At the same time, he peered through the window on the Guanyun Tower, and there were a few more bold townspeople and outsiders, and the timid ones shrank in their seats.

It was lunch, a dozen tables were full of people, but there was silence, the little two also stopped running, the war broke out, everyone was in a heavy mood, the short but terrible scream of the white dog before his death seemed to remind them of the same fate that they might encounter in the future, and many people's faces were still coming from a picture of the coming end of the world.

Such a terrible enemy, just the one of his men who shoots arrows, is a great deterrent to this young man who is determined to slash the enemy.

While the swordsman was observing the outside of the street, every move of all kinds of people in the restaurant could not escape his ears and eyes in the slightest, and one of them, a tall and ordinarily dressed visitor sitting on the wall, was born with an extraordinary appearance, a solemn bearing, and an extraordinary person.

This person is Chi Chao, the person the soldiers and bandits of the wasteland are looking for.

When the soldiers of the desert country galloped by, this man did not show any uneasiness of the others, nor did he get up and leave his seat to watch, but do not see him sitting in his seat and not moving, but his fingers tapping rhythmically on the wooden table, such a way of observing with sound is really appalling, and it is impossible to draw such an inference if it were not for a master of observation such as a swordsman.

The shock in the swordsman's heart is really indescribable, and there are even more doubts in his heart, first the soldiers and bandits of the wasteland appeared here inexplicably, and the white dog that suddenly sprang out of the alley, and even the abnormal drinker in the restaurant, are the three related, or is it purely a coincidence?

At this time, Chi Chao got up to meet the accounts, walked to the counter, and chatted with the shopkeeper for a few words, others sounded like a distant visitor, asking about the nearby scenic spots, but listening to the swordsman's ears, he knew that this person was a very experienced master, and in the unkind question and answer, he had figured out the information he wanted, and because the question was not limited to a certain goal, he did not have to worry about others exploring his true destination, and he was extremely sophisticated.

At this time, the swordsman had made up his mind, hoping to track down the purpose of the desolate country's soldiers and bandits on this seemingly unrelated person.

Another reason is that Chi Chao does not have the aura of a cultivator on his body, and the swordsman asks Chi Chao if he can use his own force as a threat.

Chi Chao stepped down from the restaurant and walked slowly to the direction where the soldiers and bandits of the Wasteland had disappeared just now.

The swordsman waited for him to go away and quickly went downstairs.

The swordsman walked out of the avenue, turned into a horizontal alley, and unfolded his body, quickly interspersing through the alley like a ghost, tracking the traces of Chi Chao.

As the swordsman walked, he took off his clothes and reversed them to wear them, and then took out a spice and smeared it on his clothes, these complex movements were all carried out at the same time under his gallop, so when he saw Chi Chao's back again, Gao Chi Chao had already walked out of the [Mapo Station], and the swordsman also changed from the dress of a warrior to an authentic peasant with a dark complexion, such as the change of magic.

On the one hand, the swordsman used the big trees and grass beside the road to cover his hiding, on the other hand, he did not dare to follow too closely, because he still had a great fear of Chi Chao, and if he missed it, he was afraid that he would have to worry about his life, but the swordsman was very confident in his tracking skills and wandering methods, and he asked himself if he would escape in a sudden situation, even if the enemy's speed was twenty times faster, he could only let him cry out in vain.

At this time, Chi Chao suddenly turned from the avenue to [Lancang Daze] into a branch road, and the swordsman was very hesitant.

He's been here for five days, and he's familiar with the surrounding environment, and they, the experts who are good at tracking and detection, need to have superhuman memories to get twice the result with half the effort.

To go to [Lancang Daze], it only takes three days to take the avenue, and it takes five days to take the branch road.

Although the branch road takes more time, the branch road is a yellow sand hilly area.

Therefore, when the swordsman saw the direction set by Chi Chao, he knew that there were no tall trees in that area, which was not conducive to his concealed whereabouts, and if he continued to follow, he would have to hang the other party far away by virtue of the direction of the scent footprints, and it was difficult to approach.

Thinking of this, the swordsman himself knew that he had to make a quick decision.

In fact, if the target was not so unfathomable, the swordsman would not have to worry so much.

At this moment, a powerful murderous aura shaped like a real thing rushed from behind him, and the swordsman was horrified, and without thinking too much, he rushed forward.

He stepped forward like an arrow, and in an instant he moved forward a distance of more than twenty feet, and the shadows of the trees on both sides retreated sharply.

He exerted his physical strength to the limit, but the murderous aura followed him, neither more nor less, no matter how fast he rushed forward, it threatened him tightly all the time.

Under the passage of Chi Chao's reeds across the river, the speed of the swordsman is like that of a snail.

The swordsman immediately made a decision and stopped, such a dodge, there was no chance to get rid of it, if he didn't stop, he didn't need to fake his hands on others, he would be tired and collapsed.

But after the swordsman stopped, the murderous aura remained behind him.

Of course, the swordsman knew that he was much inferior to what he had just done.

He is now a proficient-level cultivator, and his whole body soul power is not much, and the dodge just now consumes six or seven out of ten, but now he has no chance to breathe, and the murderous aura surging behind him is like

The wind and waves rushed towards him wave after wave, and the swordsman lost the opportunity, even if he faced thousands of troops, he would not be like this.

Suddenly, the murderous aura slowed slightly, and the swordsman withdrew a kick from the brink of collapse, and a calm voice behind him said, "Who are you?"

The swordsman had a glimmer of hope in his heart, and hurriedly replied, "I am a villager from Shuiyu Township on the border of Guiguo."

The swordsman behind Chi Chao groaned slightly, the swordsman's whole body was light, the pressure suddenly disappeared, and he quickly turned his head.

In front of him, Zhuo stood the person he was tracking, and there was no weapon in his hand. Could it be that this person can emit such a murderous aura without the help of a blade?

The swordsman hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Thank you seniors for your mercy."

After looking at the swordsman, Chi Chao said, "Don't be polite, if I hadn't seen that you didn't show your murderous intent just now, you would have really turned into a ghost now."

The swordsman knew that he had turned around at the Ghost Gate, and suddenly, his mind moved, and he remembered a person according to Chi Chao's appearance, and said in a dumbfounded voice, "You...... Are you one of the Four Gentlemen......... Chi Chao?"

Chi Chao smiled slightly and said, "If it's really a person from Guiguo, I was surprised when I knew who I was, instead of my eyes shining like I saw money."

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The swordsman smiled awkwardly.

"Tell me, why are you tracking me?" Chi Chao asked. "What is your purpose?"

The swordsman told Chi Chao about the soldiers and bandits of the Wasteland one by one, and at the same time said that he had a deep hatred for the soldiers and bandits of the Wasteland, and tracked Chi Chao completely because he saw that Chi Chao had no fear of the soldiers and bandits of the Wasteland, and he immediately became suspicious.

That's when I had the idea of tracking down Chi Chao, and I wanted to see what kind of identity Chi Chao was.