On a mountain trail.

A modest carriage drove slowly, with occasional undulations on the uneven road, and the body jolted from time to time.

The front and rear curtains swayed back and forth.

Uncle Hong, who was sitting at the front of the carriage, sometimes waved a leather whip, sometimes watched vigilantly to the left and right, and skillfully drove the carriage.

That's when it happened.

In the dense grass on both sides of the path, a group of people rushed out with great vigour.

This group of people, including men and women, old and young, about a dozen people, rushed out of the grass, without a word of nonsense, directly divided into two groups, one group to kill Uncle Hong, and the other group to rush towards the carriage.

"Phew!"

Uncle Hong suddenly lifted the reins, stopped the carriage, and shouted, "There are bandits!" ”

Inside the carriage.

Ling Jiuqiu and Fang Qingyi had already stopped cultivating and chatted a few words from time to time.

After three days of getting along, they got to know each other a lot, and they no longer had the same strangeness and embarrassment.

Hearing the shouting at this time, the two immediately lifted the curtain and rushed out from the front and back of the carriage respectively.

Order Jiuqiu to activate the martial soul and draw the sword out of the sheath.

The dozen or so bandits who attacked were originally menacing, but when they saw the Da Ding outlined by the blue true qi on the surface of Jiuqiu's body, they instantly fell into a panic.

"The other party is the Spirit Sea Realm, withdraw!"

These dozen or so people were originally a rabble, but at this time, they behaved as ordering, and under this shout, they turned around and fled almost at the same time.

But Ling Jiuqiu didn't spare the other party at all, and jumped out of the carriage directly, heading straight for the big man who shouted just now.

The body quickly broke through the air, like a sharp arrow, and like a meteor that came into the world.

"Whew!"

The air is rapidly expelled.

A shrill whistling sound suddenly rang out.

The big man's face changed wildly, and he hurriedly turned around, holding the knife in both hands across his chest.

"Whew!"

The supreme Xuanqi long sword, shrouded in blue true qi, directly cut the big sword and the big man's body in two.

Before the upper half of Dahan's body could hit the ground, Ling Jiuqiu reached out with his left hand and pinched his head.

Refining the Soul Ding, plundering!

A stream of golden energy quickly poured into Dahan's mind, wrapping one of the mini wind wolves and pulling him directly back into the Soul Refining Ding.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

The Soul Refining Ding in Jiuqiu's mind was still refining, so he rushed to the next target non-stop, like chopping melons and vegetables, killing more than a dozen bandits within a minute, and refining all the martial souls of all of them into the flame mark.

After a simple loot.

He stacked all the corpses together, and the palm of his right hand was against the corpse pile, and the blazing flames erupted, devouring all the corpses like a fiery dragon.

Soon, all the corpses were reduced to ashes.

"Let's go!"

Ling Jiuqiu calmly returned to the carriage.

In the past three days, they have encountered five waves of bandits, with only three or five people at the lowest and more than 20 at the most, so that Jiuqiu will kill all the bandits every time and destroy their corpses.

Fang Qingyi didn't show any abnormality about this, but sighed:

"Bandits in the wild are indeed rampant, although the power of the imperial court is strong, but it is scattered in tens of millions of square kilometers of territory, and there is really no power against these locust-like bandits."

In Fang Qingyi's opinion, the reason why Ling Jiuqiu was so ruthless against the bandits was either because of a sense of justice or because he hated the bandits.

As a catcher in Yongquan City, she also participated in several crackdowns with the city guards, and from the perspective of the court, she thought that it was her duty to suppress bandits.

The proliferation of bandits in the wilderness is naturally related to the ineffective suppression of bandits in the imperial court.

Ling Jiuqiu, who hated bandits, might feel that the court was incompetent, and then she would be dissatisfied with her as a head catcher, so Fang Qingyi felt that she needed to explain.

Although she has warned herself many times in her heart to keep a normal heart and get along with Ling Jiuqiu, she still cares too much about Ling Jiuqiu's opinion.

Perhaps, this is licking the dog.

Of course, Fang Qingyi hadn't heard the word licking dog, but she just felt that she seemed to be a little humble and unconfident in front of Ling Jiuqiu.

But she couldn't control her thoughts.

Ling Jiuqiu said calmly: "There is a steady stream of bandits, and their identities are difficult to define, some seemingly peaceful and friendly travelers may suddenly turn into bandits at special times, and then continue to travel around as normal travelers. ”

"Besides, the bandits are doing unprofitable trading, although it is risky, but they make money faster than any industry."

"Even if it is the imperial court, it is impossible to eliminate the birth of bandits, how can it be completely eliminated?"

In fact, what Ling Jiuqiu didn't say was that behind the large bandit forces outside the city, there were often major gangs or family forces involved, and even local officials in the imperial court were also directly involved.

The more money comes quickly like this, and the more it is hidden in the shadows, the more complicated the forces behind it, how can it be easily exterminated by the imperial court?

Ling Jiuqiu has no interest in completely eliminating the bandits, but he will not let go of any of the ones that provoke him.

Fang Qingyi sighed lightly: "That's true, if you don't have enough strength, going far away is simply asking for your own death." ”

As she spoke, she looked at Ling Jiuqiu: "Fortunately, I am escorted by you, otherwise, with my strength, I may not be able to reach Ruidong City safely." ”

Ling Jiuqiu waved his hand: "You're welcome, anyway, I happened to be on the way, but it was the city lord who arranged the carriage and arranged for Uncle Hong to send me, it should be that I am grateful." ”

In the mountain road, the field of vision is not wide, and they may encounter bandits at any time, and the two of them have no intention of cultivating, just chatting casually.

About an hour later.

Uncle Hong's voice came from the front of the car: "Miss, Young Master Jiuqiu, you have now walked out of the mountain road." ”

"Okay."

Fang Qingyi replied.

After a while, Uncle Hong continued: "The Taihang Mountains are ahead, should we take a shortcut or take the avenue?" ”

Ling Jiuqiu looked at Fang Qingyi suspiciously.

The latter explained: "The Taihang Mountains stretch for more than a thousand kilometers, spanning the land of the four regions, and many cities have to pass through them, and over time, many bandits were born, and it has become the hometown of famous bandits, claiming that there are hundreds of thousands of bandits, among which there are even strong masters of the Innate Realm. ”

After speaking, she asked Uncle Hong in front of the car, "How long does it take to walk the avenue?" Will it delay the enrollment of Jiuqiu? ”

"That's not going to happen, according to the original route, if you take the avenue, you can get to Ruidong City in about half a month, and then go to Tongyuan City, it's completely in time, but the time is tighter."

Fang Qingyi looked at Ling Jiuqiu and asked with his eyes, waiting for his decision.

Ling Jiuqiu asked, "How long does it take to cut corners?" ”

"It's about five days, it's a narrow trail between dozens of mountains, it's much shorter, but it's much more likely to encounter bandits, and there's no city stop along the way, so you have to spend the night in it."

After a pause, Uncle Hong's slightly hoarse voice continued to sound: "I'm just worried that Young Master Jiuqiu is in a hurry, and I'm afraid of delaying Young Master Jiuqiu's admission, and I see that Young Master Jiuqiu's strength is indeed extremely strong, so I asked this question." ”

"If Young Master Jiuqiu wasn't in such a hurry, the old servant wouldn't recommend taking a shortcut."