On the gloomy mountain road, a team of more than twenty people drove silently southward.

At the head of the team was a young man who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, and although he was dressed in extremely ordinary clothes, he had a noble air all over his body.

Behind the young man, exactly twenty people followed to protect him, and these twenty people carried all kinds of weapons, although they were also wearing ordinary clothes, but their bodies revealed a sense of slaughter.

The young man and his party followed a caravan out of the West City Gate, and they left the caravan and turned to the north not long after they left the gate.

The young man and his party were cautious, and after a short time of marching north, they turned west again...... After turning several times, he finally went straight to the south where his final destination was.

The boy rode fast on his horse, but from time to time he looked behind him to see if anyone had caught up, and he looked like a frightened bird.

found that there was no movement behind him, but the young man was still a little worried and couldn't let go. He struck the sitted horse hard, hoping that the horse, which had used all his strength, would be faster.

The other twenty people were also nervous, all of them were soldiers, checking the wind and grass around them from time to time.

"Appeal ......"

The boy was startled when he saw a faint fire not far ahead, and hurriedly stopped his horse. Because the twenty people behind followed very closely, someone almost couldn't stop and bumped into each other in time.

The young man didn't care about the people behind him at all, looked at the looming fire in front of him with a solemn expression, and frowned: "In this wilderness, there are people camping here?"

A middle-aged man with two swords at his waist at the head of the twenty people drove his horse to the young man's side, and also looked solemnly at the fire in front of him.

"Xiao Wang......" As soon as the middle-aged man spoke, he noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly changed his words: "Young master, don't be impatient." Their blatant fire was supposed to be a passing caravan. ”

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, looked left and right, and said, "Can you go around?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "The road ahead is a must-go, and if you take a detour, you need to walk back for several hours." ”

The young man frowned and said, "Commander Han, send someone to check it out." If it's a caravan, we'll take a path and move on. ”

The middle-aged man known as the commander of Han nodded, beckoned behind him, and five people rode out and went straight to the firelight.

The young man, Commander Han and the others waited anxiously for a while, and the five people who had gone there returned smoothly.

"Bingxiao...... Young Master Bing, there are less than forty people camped in front of him, with more than ten carriages, there is no doubt that it should be a passing caravan. ”

When the young man heard this, he relaxed slightly, and rode forward.

"Keep on your way. ”

Commander Han led the others to follow the boy.

After a short time, the young man and the others came to the camped caravan, and he slowed down slightly to look at the people of the caravan.

The caravan consisted of more than thirty people, all wearing cloaks with cloaks, and all except for a white-haired boy at the head of the caravan hid their faces in cloaks.

This caravan is none other than Murong Ye and his party. The white-haired young man led by him is naturally Murong Ye.

At the same time that the young man was looking at Murong Ye and his party, Murong Ye was also looking at the young man blatantly. Because of the assistance system, the sapphire was in a package hanging from the horse where the boy was sitting.

The young man carefully looked at Murong Ye and the others, and with a "groan" in his heart, he secretly became vigilant. Although he also felt that Murong Ye and the others were indeed a caravan through observation, he felt that the dress and momentum of Murong Ye and the others were enough to show that this caravan was definitely not an ordinary caravan.

Commander Han drove his horse to the middle of the young man and Murong Ye and the others, blocking Murong Ye's gaze at the young man, his expression became more and more solemn, and he obviously also discovered the extraordinary cultivation of Murong Ye and the others.

Murong Ye looked at the small movements of the young man and Han Commander with a smile, and said with a smile: "Why is this prince in such a hurry and doesn't rest at night? If you don't mind, you can rest here for one night." ”

When the young man saw Murong Ye speak, his mind quickly turned, and then replied: "The elders in the family are seriously ill and are anxious to go back to visit. Thank you for borrowing the road, we are one step ahead. ”

After the young man finished speaking, he sat on his horse and bowed to Murong Ye, and then spurred his horse away. Commander Han and the others followed closely and quickly left.

Murong Ye looked at the group of people who walked away and sighed. He originally wanted to go with these people, and then find an opportunity to lead the topic to the sapphire, but he didn't want the young man to talk at all, and left in a hurry.

Murong Ye stared at the red dot farther and farther away, and the thinker should catch up now, or wait for tomorrow to wait for the second time to meet.

Considering the vigilance of the unknown young man and his guards just now, Murong Ye felt that it was better not to chase after him directly, so as not to provoke those people and cause unnecessary conflicts.

So, Murong Ye decided to spend the night here and go to find the young man and his party tomorrow.

Murong Ye had dinner with everyone and began to cultivate. Of course, he didn't forget to let the auxiliary system track the traces of the sapphires in real time, so that he wouldn't find the traces of the sapphires early tomorrow morning. If so, then he will have a lot of fun.

Wang Teng and the other thirty-six guards of the White Tiger were faithfully guarding all around, without a trace of doubts and doubts about Murong Ye's strange actions.

After Xiaoya and Xiaoyue had dinner, they went to a tent hand in hand and whispered. Although they were also curious about where Murong Ye was going, no one dared to ask Murong Ye directly.

Murong Ye and the others' camp instantly fell silent.

......

The young man who was speeding towards the south looked back at the road behind him several times, and finally felt a little more at ease after finding that Murong Ye and his party had not caught up, and there was no special movement behind him.

The young man and his party continued to hurry, and the sky became darker and darker.

Commander Han looked at the increasingly dark sky and proposed, "Young Master, do you think we should rest for a few hours and wait for dawn before we leave? ”

After calling the wrong man several times, Commander Han finally began to get used to calling the young man "young master" instead of "little prince".

The young man thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay, then take a break." It is not convenient for us to go to the passing cities to buy new horses so as not to be exposed, and this place is a few days away from the White City, so we don't have to rush as hard as we used to. ”

Commander Han arranged for his subordinates to set up improvised tents and set up sentry posts.

The boy found a stone and sat down, looking at the dark night quietly. His thoughts were mixed, thinking about the incident of Baicheng for a while, thinking about whether there were any flaws left along the way that could trace their tracks, and thinking carefully about whether the caravan of Murong Ye and the others he encountered was a hidden pursuer......

After arranging various matters, Commander Han came to the young man's side and opened his mouth to say something, but after hesitating, he still didn't speak.

The young man noticed that Commander Han wanted to speak and stopped, took a deep breath to calm down his chaotic thoughts, and said, "Commander Han, there is nothing wrong with speaking. ”

Commander Han hesitated, but gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master, our journey to the Dawn Martial Arts Academy is a long way. Even if there is no pursuit from the White City, there are still various potential dangers on the road. Half of the caravan just now was a martial artist in the Grandmaster realm, and there were even two Grandmaster Late Stage, whose strength far surpassed ours. My subordinates thought they might as well hire this caravan to escort us on a ride. ”

The young man glanced at the road from afar, thought about it quickly, shook his head and said, "A caravan of such strength is naturally not an ordinary caravan, and it may not be something that can be moved with a little money. Moreover, those people are of unknown origin, and rash contact with them may not be impossible to lure wolves into the house. ”

Commander Han thought for a while, nodded and said, "What the young master said is reasonable, but his subordinates are not thoughtful, please punish the young master." ”

The young man smiled and said with relief: "Commander Han, don't blame yourself. You and you risked your life to escort me south, doing your best, and this proposal is also to increase the safety and security of my son, why is it wrong?"

Commander Han arched his hand to the young man and said, "Young Master is polite, this is where my duty lies. ”

"We left the White City under the cover of the caravan, and then left the caravan for fear that the pursuers of the White City would catch us according to the caravan's tracks. Now that we have traveled in many directions and headed south for a few days, it would be a good idea to find another caravan to cover our movements. But ......"

The young man paused here and said meaningfully, "However, everyone in that caravan just now had a smell of blood that was about to dissipate, and it was obvious that there had been a battle recently. And they deliberately wear cloaks to hide their identities, and there may be unexpected dangers when we walk with them. ”

"Young Master Gaojian!"

Commander Han complimented as usual, and then thought that it was inappropriate to say this while on the run, and hurriedly carefully observed the young man's expression. I was relieved to find that the boy looked at the night sky silently and did not react.

The young man naturally heard Commander Han's compliment, and although he didn't change anything on the surface, there was a trace of sourness in his heart. In the bottom of his heart, he couldn't help but laugh at himself.

If I had a high view, I wouldn't have watched my father fall into a trap. Not only is he powerless to save his father, but he also has to flee in embarrassment like a lost dog, how can he say it!

The young man sighed in his heart, and his eyes were filled with deep sadness!

......

Early the next morning, after Murong Ye finished his cultivation, he took a look and found that the azure sapphire was still within the visual range of the map projection.

Everyone simply cleaned up and followed Murong Ye to the south without hurrying.

Murong Ye led the team to follow the sapphire from a distance, not rushing to catch up, nor letting the sapphire get out of the detection range of the auxiliary system.

The two teams, separated by several kilometers, walked the same road, one after the other, went straight south.

......

The capital of the Xue Kingdom, Baicheng.

The bright moonlight sprinkled on the silver-white snow, shimmering with an alternative and charming color.

Ou Yangmingli walked out of a remote courtyard with a blood-dripping sword, and through the courtyard gate, he could see dozens of corpses in the courtyard, dyeing the snow bright red.

This small courtyard is a stronghold of the Xu family, and the corpses in the courtyard are all sent by the Xu family to kidnap Murong Ye.

There are still seven or eight strongholds like this in Baicheng, and they have all been uprooted by Ouyang Mingli and the Ouyang family, Si Jianfeng, and the Murong family tonight.

This night, Ou Yangmingli's saber was stained with blood.

On this night, hundreds of people lost their lives in the White City.

On this night, several delicate and huge red flowers bloomed on the land of Baicheng.

On this night, a woman stood at the window of the inn and looked at the white city at night, and watched it all night.

This woman has a common name, called Han Yuli.

No matter how biting the cold wind was, Han Yuli didn't leave the window one step.