Chapter 3: Distress in the Valley

The mighty caravan was heading eastward towards the border of Jianyun Prefecture, and Xu Sheng, who was walking in the team, began to look at the team seriously.

Different from ordinary guest merchants, although the atmosphere of this caravan was dull, the uniform movement of the swagger, as if it had been professionally trained, coupled with the not weak Xuan Qi fluctuations in everyone's body, made Xu Sheng secretly surprised.

"This old brother, little brother Xu Sheng. After some observation, Xu Sheng looked at the middle-aged man walking beside him and said, "Dare to ask where we are going?"

Glancing at the young man who came forward to talk, the middle-aged man's eyes were bright, staring at the front and shaking his head, and he was silent.

After a while, with the voice of Steward Li, who was walking in front of the carriage in front, "Get off the horse and rest." "The caravan, which had been marching non-stop for a morning, finally stopped at noon.

Seeing the resting team, he just stopped to replenish some water, Xu Sheng's expression tightened, and he hurriedly pulled up Lu Xiaoqi, who was sitting on the ground by the carriage, and looked around in a decent manner.

"Two little brothers, sit down and rest. ”

"Dude. Xu Sheng turned his head and saw the man walking beside him looking at him, and said loudly: "My brothers and sisters have just joined the caravan, and there are some inconsiderate places, please forgive me." ”

"Little brother, my name is Li Jiang. The man rolled up his sleeves, revealing his bronze arm intertwined with scars, patted Xu Sheng's shoulder, his loud voice was like rolling thunder, and said with a smile: "I'm not a few years older than you, you just call me Brother Jiang, and we will do this precautionary thing." ”

"Little brother, thank you Brother Jiang for your care. Xu Sheng took the water bladder thrown by Li Jiang, handed it to Lu Xiaoqi behind him, and said loudly: "The two of us don't know how to speak, but we have the strength, if there is anything to contribute, you can just give orders." ”

"With Brother Xu Sheng's words, brother, I will never treat you as an outsider. Li Jiang sat down next to Xu Sheng and said softly: "Since the eldest lady left you here, I, who is my elder brother, will naturally explain the situation of the caravan to you." ”

Pointing to the figure in front of the team, Li Jiang said: "Do you see the one on horseback? His name is Li Hai, Xuanzong's fourth-grade cultivator, and he is the deputy captain of our caravan." ”

"Four-grade Xuanzong?" Listening to Li Jiang's introduction, Xu Sheng said: "Deputy Team Li is not very old, and it is really unbelievable that he has such a cultivation." ”

"Brother Xu Sheng doesn't have to be envious. Looking at the young man in front of him, Li Jiang laughed and said: "When you have nothing to do, my brother will teach you some exercises for Xuanqi cultivation, as long as you study hard and practice hard to achieve success in the future, you will be above the four grades of Xuanzong." ”

Xu Sheng thanked Brother Jiang for his love. ”

"It's all a brother who eats in a pot, what is there to thank you for. Li Jiang swept his gaze over Lu Xiaoqi, and then looked at Xu Sheng, who was beside him, with beautiful eyebrows, and said, "So please also ask the two of you to unite the caravan, and don't hold a grudge against Li Hai's reckless behavior of getting up early." ”

"Although my brothers and sisters have a hard life, they are by no means small-bellied people. Hearing Li Jiang mention the matter of getting up early, Xu Sheng said: "How can you be dissatisfied because of a little misunderstanding." ”

"Brother Xu is really a hearty person. Seeing that Xu Sheng was not obsessed with the previous matter, Li Jiang said happily: "Don't look at our caravan, there are not many people, but they are all chivalrous and courageous, if the two of you need anything in the future, just ask my brother to open up." ”

"All the men got on the horse and continued to go. ”

"Two brothers, it's time to go. Before Li Jiang's words fell, Steward Li's voice suddenly came, and he helped Xu Sheng and Lu Xiaoqi up, and did not forget to advise: "I hope that the two brothers will not say too much when they are in a hurry, so as not to affect the order of our caravan." ”

Xu Sheng nodded, looked at the carriage that was protected by the team, and walked towards the mountains in the distance without saying a word.

After walking through the rugged mountain road, Lehi, who was in front of the procession, suddenly raised his arm and shook it, and the whole caravan seemed to have received some kind of instruction, and in a hurry, he tiptoed to wrap cotton wool around the horses' hooves.

"There's Captain Lao Lijiang. Steward Li turned around, looked at Li Jiang, who turned around and walked to the back of the caravan, and nodded, "Be careful." ”

Looking at the caravan's different way of traveling, coupled with the previous unreasonable behavior, Xu Sheng seemed to realize something, looked at the Shenchong Mountain not far away, smiled at Lu Xiaoqi behind him, and followed the caravan towards the pass not far away.

Entering the pass of the Immortal Mountain, the narrow valley suddenly became much wider, and the caravan, which was still a little tired, became nervous for a while, and was engrossed in the surroundings.

In the time of a stick of incense, the air in the valley was silent and terrible, and this inexplicable depression began to slowly dissipate when it got closer and closer to the mouth of the valley.

"It's a long journey, why don't you stop and take a break in this beautiful place?"

Just as the whole caravan was about to raise its arms and shout, the strange calm that had been silent in the valley was broken in front of the valley mouth that was just a stone's throw away.

The sudden sound caused everyone in the caravan to look sideways. After a commotion, the cliff as far as the eye could see was full of dense people.

"You have come from afar, if I don't greet you personally. In the roar of the tiger that shook the mountains and forests, a handsome man in a white robe jumped down from the steep cliff and said with a smile: "Isn't it worth the fatigue of this silent boat?"

"Mr. Miao is busy with affairs, how dare I, the Li Chamber of Commerce, disturb more. Seeing that in the twilight of the night, the spotless man in white walked slowly, Steward Li hurriedly took out the brocade bag embroidered with the words "Li Chamber of Commerce" from his cuffs, stepped forward and stuffed it into the hand of the man in white, and said respectfully: "Be careful, please accept it." ”

"It's still a friend of the Li Chamber of Commerce who is sincere. The piercing young man snorted coldly, got up and sat on the back of the huge tiger pet, threw up the brocade bag in his hand, listened to the crisp metal impact, and said lightly: "I, Miao Hu and you, are also old acquaintances, and today I have brought so many brothers to wait for a long time, and this little bit of heart is naturally indispensable." ”

"I hope that Lord Miao will raise his noble hand and let us go for the time being. Glancing at the carriage in the middle of the caravan, Steward Li said yes again and again, and said, "I will thank the Li Chamber of Commerce for his day." ”

"Mr. Li doesn't need to be polite, since I, Miao, have accepted your money to buy the road, naturally I won't block your way. Miao Hu, who was sitting on the back of the tiger pet, stroked his sleeves and looked at the carriageway in the middle of the caravan: "But before that, the people in this car must be left." ”

"Mr. Miao, don't laugh. Seeing Miao Hu walking towards the middle of the caravan, Steward Li hurriedly took out a money bag from his waist, stepped forward and said, "Please also ask Mr. Miao to let us go." ”

Looking at the carriage not far away, Miao Hu took the money bag handed by Steward Li and flicked his fingers, and several golden lights flew straight towards the carriage that Miss Ying'er was riding in.

"Mr. Li, I'll pay you all the wine money. Patting the three patterns on the top of the tiger pet's head, Miao Hu smiled: "I, Miao, talk counts, as long as you keep the people in the car, I will ensure that your Li Chamber of Commerce is unimpeded." ”

"What a shameless man. ”

Seeing Miao Hu on the tiger pet jumping up, the anger in Steward Li's heart suddenly burst out, and he stepped out with an arrow and rushed towards the white shadow that fell on the roof of the shed.

In an instant, the cries were everywhere, and the figures rushing down on both sides of the cliff, like a torrent in the rainy season, instantly submerged the Li caravan, including Xu Sheng.

"Big brother. Kicking away the oncoming mountain bandits, Lu Xiaoqi asked urgently, "What should we do now?"

"Don't be in a hurry to do it first, let's see the situation. Xu Sheng, who sometimes leaned left and sometimes retreated, flashed the sharp blades that slashed at him one by one, and said unhurriedly: "What kind of climate can a non-streamed Nine-Rank Xuanzong, plus a tiger in the early stage of the fourth order, become." ”

Although the Li Chamber of Commerce was desperate to meet the enemy, the menacing mountain bandits and villains were still like a tide, constantly approaching the carriage.

Miao Hu, who was entangled with Xuanzong's Jiupin Steward Li, even summoned the tiger pet who was wandering in the crowd, and rushed towards Steward Li with his teeth and claws, so that he had no time to care about the safety of the figure in the carriage.

"Xiaoqi. Seeing the grappling that had just been evenly divided, with the addition of the tiger pet, Steward Li was instantly at a disadvantage, and Xu Sheng hurriedly called: "Go and help Steward Li." ”

Hearing Xu Sheng's voice, Lu Xiaoqi kicked off the sharp soldiers who were cutting towards him, grabbed the collar of the mountain bandit in front of him, and slashed towards the tiger that was holding Steward Li.

"Thank you for your help. Steward Li, who was living for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, looked at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of him, and said in surprise: "Why are you?"

Lu Xiaoqi smiled slightly, slapped out another palm, and the tiger that attacked again finally smashed to the ground with seven orifice bleeding, except for the sad howl, there was no trace of strength to get up.

"Please save my young lady. Looking at the calm and calm Lu Xiaoqi, Steward Li leaned over and hugged his fists and said, "It was me Li Lao'er who had no eyes before, please forgive me." ”

"Steward Li doesn't need to panic. Lu Xiaoqi glanced at Xu Sheng, who was not far away, and stood up with Steward Li and said, "Miss Ying'er has a bodhisattva heart, and she will be able to escape this catastrophe." ”

When Lu Xiaoqi helped Steward Li to stand up, Miao Hu, who was dressed in a white robe, flashed by, and instantly came to Miss Ying'er's carriage.

"What a wonderful man. Looking at the cold light stabbed in his chest, the white figure flashed at the waist, hugged the galloping girl into his arms, and said with a smile: "With such a hot temper, it is really difficult to withstand as an ordinary person." ”

"Miss......"