72. Crisis in the Night
Late at night, the quiet environment is a little eerie.
Ye Xuan was not in a hurry, it was not too far away from Guangyuan City at this moment, and Guangyuan City, as a big city, would close the city gate in the evening, and it would not open until dawn the next day. Ye Xuan knew that even if he arrived in Guangyuan City at this moment, he would not be able to enter the city, so he chose to stay here in the wild for a while and enter the city tomorrow. And as for the timing of his entry into the city, he had already chosen it - in the evening, when there was less crowding.
The closer he got to Yuanding Mountain, the more Ye Xuan felt the blood in his body boiling, and he knew that he was not far from the Sumeru Ring.
Here, it will be the first step in his re-emergence.
Although due to some reasons, his strength is rapidly improving at this stage, but the fact that he arrived at Yuandingshan nearly three months earlier than expected is enough to make up for this factor. Up to now, Ye Xuan could only hope that Zi Yan could get the alchemy materials he wanted, otherwise he could only let Zi Yan find a way to get a sword fetal nourishing pill for him.
Although he wanted the body of a Dao Infant more, if he had no choice, he could only be a sword cultivator.
Ye Xuan did not meditate and pranayama, but lay on the grass to sleep.
Others need to meditate for a long time to absorb aura to improve their own strength, but all this is not needed at all for Ye Xuan. With the dragon soul and Yuzao there, even if he didn't meditate, the aura would still pour into his body at a fixed rate, helping him improve his body, with the current situation, Ye Xuan was eager to improve his cultivation a little more slowly, how could it be possible to continue meditating.
Yuzao, which was curled up on Ye Xuan's stomach, suddenly shook its ears a few times, and then it quickly opened its eyes and raised its head to look at the southwest of the road.
This is an official road, and Gwangwon Castle regularly sends soldiers out to patrol, so the law and order is very good. At the northeast end of the road is the direction of Gwangwon Castle, while to the southwest is a three-way junction that leads to three other places.
As the most important city in Shengguang Province, Quang Nguyen City naturally has a very large flow of people, and there are many people who rush in the middle of the night.
But just as Yuzao looked up vigilantly, Ye Xuan, who had been sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up suddenly.
Compared to Yuzao's sensitive reaction, he was only a few dozen seconds slower, this is not to say that Ye Xuan's hearing is so good, but that the other party's movement speed is too fast, so fast that it is only a dozen seconds before and after, and he has already advanced a minimum distance of hundreds of meters.
Not far away, a burst of dust and mist finally came from the night, and the roar of fast horses galloping.
Ye Xuan casually took off the clothes on his body and wrapped the jade algae to prevent unnecessary trouble that might occur.
Under the light of the moon, the tamamoe emits a faint soft silver light, a bit like the light of snow jade, which is why it is given the name of the snow jade golden fox. Of course, when there is sunlight, the golden retriever on the Snow Jade Golden Retriever Fox will also emit a very dazzling luster, just like a burning golden flame, so this is Ye Xuan's real headache.
But even if there is no moonlight or sunlight, the beautiful fur of the snow jade golden retriever fox will still make it a kind of focus.
The galloping horses soon appeared in front of Ye Xuan's eyes.
It was a cavalry force of twelve people, and the leader was actually a woman, but there were three horsemen next to her, and it was clear that this woman was the core of the cavalry. And before they got close, Ye Xuan had already smelled a strong smell of blood, and judging from the blood stains on all of their clothes, the other party should have been attacked by something, and now he was on the verge of fleeing for his life.
"Bad luck!" Ye Xuan cursed, almost without thinking, he picked up Yuzao in one hand, picked up the Qingfeng Sword in the other, and ran quickly in the direction of Guangyuan City.
Although he didn't know what happened to the other party, Ye Xuan was also not interested in knowing. The only thing he knew was that if their opponents had designed a perfect ambush, they would never have been able to escape, so there would have to be someone else chasing them, or maybe some trap waiting for them. And no matter what kind of retreat their enemies prepared, Ye Xuan knew that if he continued to stay here, then his situation would definitely be very dangerous.
Therefore, he almost did not need to hesitate and immediately ran.
The destination of this team's advance is only Guangyuan City, and since they dare to run in this direction, it means that they are absolutely safe in Guangyuan City. This was also the reason why Ye Xuan would run towards Guangyuan City instead of running in other directions.
When it comes to this kind of combat intuition and experience, how could an ordinary person be richer than Ye Xuan.
"Miss, there seems to be a ...... ahead," said a rider who was following the woman, "and he ran in the direction of Gwangwon Castle." ”
"Is it enemy scouting?" the woman's voice had a distinctively ethereal tone.
"I don't know. The rider shook his head, obviously unable to confirm, "His strength should not be strong, do you want to take it?"
"Take it!" Without the slightest hesitation, the woman gave the order in a deep voice.
And during the whole process, this cavalry team was advancing rapidly, and it did not stop because Ye Xuan suddenly ran in front. From this point of view, this cavalry team is obviously confident in their own strength, and perhaps this is why they can successfully break through the ambush circle and break through.
After hearing the woman's command, the rider who had spoken earlier suddenly kicked the horse's belly with his legs folded, causing the horse under his crotch to speed up and sprint forward, and suddenly broke away from the group. In his right hand he carried a long-handled machete, a long weapon that resembled a rider attacking the enemy at the speed of a horse's dash, though it was usually not used by formally trained soldiers.
Therefore, from this point of view, this team is not a soldier, but only a team of a certain family.
This rider who rushed forward was the strongest in the entire team, and he was also the best at riding battles, although his strength was only in the Innate Second Realm, but as long as he was given enough charge acceleration, even if he was a master of the Innate Third and Fourth Realm, he would not dare to resist his attack head-on. And when he rode his horse and charged, the whole cavalry team could already predict the result, and if the other party was really the enemy, then the end was absolutely certain.
Out of this confidence and trust in strength, none of the rest of the team came out to catch up with the support, and they still maintained a dense formation and ran on the official road.
When Ye Xuan found each other, the distance between them was still a little distance, but no matter how hard he ran, it was impossible to outpace the horses after all.
So when he ran forward for hundreds of meters, he finally heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching, his strength had not reached the innate realm, so he was not able to perform the set of footwork he taught Qiao Yunfei, so Ye Xuan knew that he would be surpassed by the other party sooner or later. And what he thought about at the beginning was that he didn't have any trouble with the other party, and the other party would only surpass him and continue to run towards Guangyuan City, but the current development of the situation seemed to be somewhat unexpected for him.
"Thief, where to run!" said the rider on the horse, who galloped his horse.
Hearing the other party's shout, Ye Xuan knew what the problem was: at such a sensitive time, he suddenly came out and ran in the direction of Guangyuan City, no wonder the other party would regard himself as an enemy.
However, at the moment, Ye Xuan had no intention of fighting the other party, although he knew that the strength of the person chasing him was not very strong, but there were two strong people in the other party's team whose strength had reached the innate fifth realm, and these two people were the existence that really shocked Ye Xuan. If it weren't for these two people, even if this rider chased after him, Ye Xuan would not have any scruples, and he would always be able to run if he couldn't fight.
But now, with such two masters here, it is obvious that they will never be able to run.
"I, I don't have any money. Therefore, when he heard the rider's shout, Ye Xuan immediately stopped and stopped running forward.
Hearing Ye Xuan's words, the rider who was chasing Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then slowed down slightly, but the movements in his hands were still vigilant. He felt a little angry that Ye Xuan regarded himself and the others as robbers, but if he thought about it carefully, the smell of blood on the others was so strong, and he had just broken through, and the murderous aura on his body must be obvious, so it was natural to be regarded as a robber, but he was not sure if the other party still had any hidden tricks, so he still remained vigilant.
Seeing the other party's vigilance but not having the intention of killing himself, Ye Xuan finally quietly put away the silver needle that was tightly locked. If the other party showed killing intent, even if he couldn't escape, Ye Xuan would definitely not sit still, because this was not his style.
However, judging from the other party's point of view, Ye Xuan has a little bit of a good impression of this team that is not arbitrary.
"Who are you?" the rider asked, glancing back at his team, a little distance.
He had to make sure the imp in front of him was an enemy before the team arrived.
"I, I'm just going to Gwangwon Castle. However, it is getting late and I can't enter the city, so I can only spend the night here and enter the city tomorrow. Ye Xuan quickly explained, in this situation that is completely unpopular for this team, showing off his cleverness will only make the other party solve himself with a knife, Ye Xuan is not so stupid.
The rider glanced Ye Xuan up and down, obviously judging the truth of Ye Xuan's words. However, he still maintained a certain degree of distance, although the little ghost in front of him only had the strength of a first-class product, but if the distance was too close and the other party suddenly burst out, he would definitely not end well if he lacked enough space to move on the horse.
"Be careful!" But just as the rider was about to speak, Ye Xuan suddenly snorted.
When he heard this reminder, the rider knew that the situation was critical, and he immediately abandoned his horse and fled without hesitation, and the whole person jumped in the direction of Ye Xuan. But no matter how fast his reaction was, it was not as fast as the opponent's attack, and the dense arrows completely shot him into a porcupine in an instant, and the white horse under his crotch did not escape this fate.
【Cold and fever...... There's probably only one chapter left today. Thank you for your understanding. 】