After a fight, the canyon was full of corpses, all over the place, and the deaths were extremely miserable.

There were horse thieves inside, guards from caravanserans, and some hapless merchants.

Blood and water were mixed together, and many of them were no longer distinguishable from their original appearances.

Horse thieves are rampant all over the world, doing the business of killing people and goods, for them, the merchants and the people of Li are fish to be slaughtered, and they will be killed if they are killed, and they will not be merciful when they start.

If you want to get rich, you have to be ruthless, this is the most widely circulated saying among horse thieves and mountain thieves.

After being sacked by horse thieves, the caravan can be said to be greatly damaged, and the survivors were some valuable merchants, and those coachmen and handymen were basically brutally killed by horse thieves.

Merchants were the targets of horse thieves, and in general, they would bring back these valuable and wealthy merchants and make their families pay for ransom. So in general, horse thieves will choose to keep these rich merchants, and kill the rest of the useless people.

The brothers and sisters of the Fang family also survived because of their identity as merchants.

Lu Chen withdrew the Panlong Soft Sword back to his waist, looked at the corpse on the ground indifferently, and secretly shook his head and sighed: "These horse thieves have done a lot of evil, they really deserve to die!"

"Master, are you okay?" Luo Xiang rushed over from not far away, looking worried.

Lu Chen smiled: "Just these horse thieves, aren't they easy to clean up?"

"That's it, the master's martial arts are world-famous, these little deflated people are purely asking for their own death!" Luo Xiang patted his ass and laughed.

Lu Chen scolded with a smile: "Okay, don't be long-winded, everything that should be solved has been solved, let's go!"

At this moment, seven or eight embarrassed-looking merchants came over with a white-haired old man, clasped their fists and saluted, "Little brother, please stay!"

Lu Chen frowned slightly, and turned his head to look at the group of people: "Something?"

"Old Zhong Chunan is the leader of this kind of caravan. Thank you for the help of the strong man with his sword, everyone in our Sunny Day Caravan is grateful for your great kindness!"

Lu Chen said indifferently: "It's just a gesture, you don't have to be polite!"

"Little brother is extraordinary, just now thanks to your rescue, otherwise we would have been murdered by horse thieves, such a great kindness, it is really impossible for everyone to repay it. There are some silver taels here, which can be regarded as a little bit of our heart, I hope the little brother will accept it!" The white-haired old man took out a splendid money bag and presented it to Lu Chen with both hands, with a respectful expression.

Lu Chen glanced at the money bag and said coldly: "No need, you can keep this money for yourself, this place is not suitable for a long time, you better leave here early, maybe the horse thief will go back to move the rescuers!" He had ransacked a group of bandits before, and he didn't lack silver taels at all, so naturally he wouldn't take the money in his eyes.

"Little brother, what can I do about this! We old bones are old, so we can outrun those horse thieves who come and go like the wind!" Hearing Lu Chen's words, the faces of the white-haired old man and a group of people changed drastically, all of them looked sad, chattering, and annoying.

This wilderness is a place with no village in front of it, no shop in the back, no place to hide, and it is still more than a hundred miles away from the nearest county town, and it is about to get dark, and without the escort of the guards, the horse thieves will turn around and kill them, then they really have only one way to die.

These merchants were worried one by one, and they didn't know what to do.

Not far away, Fang Tianhao rushed to his sister Fang Yurou and said with a concerned face: "Little sister, how are you!"

"It's okay, it's just a little bit of skin!" Fang Yurou covered her injured arm, and the corners of her mouth barely showed a touch of indifference.

Seeing that his sister was fine, Fang Tianhao immediately breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, I was scared to death just now, if something happens to you, how can I explain to my dead parents in the future!"

"Isn't it okay, big brother, don't worry, we're safe!" Fang Yurou comforted with a pale face, thinking back to the scene just now surrounded by fierce horse thieves, she felt that she was about to despair.

Fang Tianhao said with a smile: "Yes, we are safe, just now a top master suddenly rushed in and killed dozens of those miscellaneous pieces, didn't you see it, that person is too powerful." ”

"Who is it, where is it, let's go and thank each other!" Fang Yurou said with a puzzled expression.

Fang Tianhao pointed to the grim young man who was surrounded by merchants not far away and said, "Look, it's the young man standing in the middle of the crowd!"

"Let's go, big brother, let's go over!" Fang Yurou said, she stood up and glanced at the corpses all over the ground, her heart full of shock. She knew very well how fierce those horse thieves were, how powerful that black-clothed young man should be if he could kill so many horse thieves in one go! If he hadn't killed them suddenly, their brother and sister would have been in a catastrophe.

The two brothers and sisters were very grateful to Lu Chen for rescuing him.

Fang Tianhao said with concern: "Don't worry, I'll bandage your wound first!"

Not far away, those merchants saw that Lu Chen and the two were leaving, and they were immediately anxious.

The white-haired old man took the lead in kneeling down, and the rest of the merchants also knelt down, pleading with a pleading face: "Little brother, please send the Buddha to the West Heaven, and then take us all for a ride, and the caravan on a sunny day will definitely be rewarded!"

There are dangers on the way, and I don't know how many horse thieves have beaten them, and without the protection of the masters, if a group of unarmed merchants continue to move forward together, it will definitely be more than lucky.

At this time, the importance of having a master escort is self-evident.

They had just seen Lu Chen's terrifying strength, as soon as the purple soft sword came out, killing those horse thieves was as clean as chopping straw, with such a terrifying master escorting them, who would dare to fight them?

Therefore, the most important thing for the group of them now is to convince the young man in front of them to escort them for a ride.

Lu Chen heard their pleading, frowned and said, "There are so many of you, and you are still carrying those goods, how to go, it will delay my time too much!"

He rescued them, he was already very benevolent, and escorted them out of here together, the speed of the journey would definitely slow down, and he had nothing to do with these people, how could he agree casually.

The white-haired old man said: "We don't want those goods, just us, as long as you escort us to Qu County, which is the closest to Sunset Canyon, it will be."

"Yes, yes, we don't want these goods, just take us for a ride!"

"Little brother, chivalrous heart, good people will definitely have good rewards!" When the rest of the merchants saw the white-haired old man say this, they hurriedly opened their mouths and agreed.

Having been robbed once by those murderous horse thieves, they have been completely frightened, at this time, who cares about those goods? It's nice to be alive to go back and see your family.

Lu Chen looked at the poor group of people, and there was a trace of hesitation in his heart.

"Master, let's take this group of people with us. They are also quite pitiful, and if they fall into the hands of horse thieves, it will be miserable! Luo Xiang said on the side.

At this time, the brothers and sisters of the Fang family also walked over with their support, and saw a group of people kneeling down in front of Lu Chen, with a pleading look on their faces, and their eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

Lu Chen pondered for a while and said: "I have no duty to escort you, if I stop by the way, I will follow you! ”

"That's for sure!"

Hearing that the other party had agreed to go with them, a group of merchants were overjoyed and nodded busily.

"Little brother, thank you for saving you with righteousness, our Fang brothers and sisters are grateful!" Fang Tianhao walked over with his sister Fang Yurou and said respectfully.

"En!" Lu Chen glanced at them, and then said, "Let's go, don't waste time!"

When the brothers and sisters of the Fang family heard this, they hurriedly responded, and their hearts suddenly felt a lot easier.

With this young master escort, at least, the rest of the journey should be a little more stable.

The merchants hurriedly packed up, each rode a fast horse to gather around Lu Chen, and slowly walked towards Sunset Canyon. The rest of the corpses and goods lay quietly in the canyon, telling the story of what had just happened.

Not long after Lu Chen left, on a cliff in Sunset Canyon, several mysterious people wearing black robes suddenly appeared, and their chests were embroidered with flames and clouds.

"Elder, those two brothers and sisters are the remnants of the Fang family!" said a sturdy man pointing to a group of people walking slowly under the canyon, and the direction of his finger was Fang Tianhao's brother and sister.

The person standing in front of him was a middle-aged man with a cold appearance and white eyebrows, with a long golden whip wrapped around his waist, and eight arc-shaped blades diagonally inserted behind his back, exuding a fierce momentum all over his body.

"Did you find something?" Xu Ye said coldly.

The big man replied: "Elder Qiqi, I searched the Fang family's mansion, and the brothers dug three feet into the ground but didn't find that thing! But when Fang Ming was dying, a pair of children who were covering him fled, and his subordinates thought that the thing must be on the two of them. ”

The middle-aged man with white eyebrows frowned slightly, and said with a cold expression: "Keep up with them, the Fang family can't let one go!"

The big man next to him said, "Elder, you also saw it just now, it is not difficult for the brothers and sisters of the Fang family to solve it. I'm afraid that the young master will stop me!"

They all saw the scene of Lu Chen's slaughter of horse thieves, and a group of them were taken aback, they were able to deal with thirty or forty horse thieves in one go, this kind of skill is really powerful, they can't act rashly!

The white-eyed middle-aged man sneered: "Waste, one person will scare you all, you are still an elite disciple of my Divine Fire Sect!"

"Elder Xu's lesson is right, if you are old and out of the horse, you must be able to catch it!" In the face of the ridicule of the white-eyed middle-aged, those big men could only laugh.

The white-eyed middle-aged man looked down at the team slowly passing by the canyon, and said coldly: "Keep an eye on them, that young man will be handed over to me to deal with, what my Divine Fire Sect wants, no one in the world can stop it!"

"Yes, my subordinates obey orders!" the big men said respectfully.

At dusk, the procession walked slowly forward, one by one weak and listless, this group of merchants was obviously tortured by horse thieves.

Lu Chen rode a horse and walked in front of the team, silent.

Fang Tianhao, one of the Fang family's brothers and sisters, seemed to intend to have a good relationship with Lu Chen, a master, and kept getting close to him.

"Brother Lu, where are you going?" Fang Tianhao rode forward and walked side by side with Lu Chen.

Lu Chen looked ahead indifferently: "Youzhou!"

"Oh, what a coincidence, our brother and sister are also going to Youzhou, let's stop by!" Fang Tianhao said with a smile.

Lu Chen didn't say anything, and kept thinking about other things in his heart.

"I don't know where Brother Lu is from?" Fang Tianhao continued to ask.

Lu Chen frowned slightly, and glanced at him: "Qingzhou!"

"It turns out that Brother Lu is from Qingzhou, I went to Qingzhou with my father in the early years, and I have been to some places in Baima County, but I know a lot about some customs and customs in Qingzhou. It is a well-known and wealthy place in the Central Plains, and it has always been under the jurisdiction of the Liuyun Sword Sect, and there are very few horse thieves and rogues appearing, but it is much more stable than this place!" Fang Tianhao said endlessly, his tone seemed to be extremely familiar with Lu Chen.

Lu Chen glanced at him in surprise: "Oh, that's the case, how much do you know about the Liuyun Sword Sect?"

"Brother Lu wants to know, as far as I know, the Liuyun Sword Sect is one of the eight major sects, with monstrous power and great influence, and is the most famous sect in the world. For many years, it has been known as a holy place for people who practice martial arts all over the world!"

Fang Tianhao shook his head and sighed: "It's a pity, since the Peerless Sword Saint disappeared, the Liuyun Sword Sect has been in decline and has gone to the road of decline, and there is no more such thing as it was back then! ”

"Well, it turns out that you also know the Peerless Sword Saint!" Lu Chen said with some surprise.

Seeing that Lu Chen was interested in the Peerless Sword Saint, Fang Tianhao smiled slightly: "Brother Lu, this is something I don't know, our family has some relationship with the Peerless Sword Saint in the early years!"

"What, your family has some relationship with the Peerless Sword Saint, what's going on?" Lu Chen was surprised by Fang Tianhao's words, he never knew that when his grandfather was in the world, he actually had an intersection with the Fang family, which immediately aroused his interest.

Fang Tianhao saw Lu Chen's look of surprise, and a sense of pride suddenly appeared in his heart: "This is a long story, I remember that my father mentioned to me that when my grandfather traveled to Kyushu, he had already met the peerless sword saint Lu Xuanfeng, perhaps because the two of them were heroic and dry, and they smelled the same, and they drank and talked happily along the way, carried out life and death training, and helped each other, and with the accumulation of time, the two established a deep friendship." Later, the two entered a deep mountain, broke into the tomb of a super strong man, risked their lives to avoid many mechanisms, and finally obtained two precious priceless treasures!"

When Lu Chen heard this, his eyes lit up: "What is it!"

"I'm sorry, these are my family secrets, and there are some things I can't talk about in detail. I only know that back then, the Peerless Sword Saint got a heavy sword called 'Xuanqing', which ranked twenty-first on the sword list, attracting the covetousness of countless strong people, and later it led to a bloody storm. And after my grandfather got another treasure, he retreated bravely and retreated to the mountains and forests!" Fang Tianhao said with some subtlety.

"I see, your grandfather got the treasure and retired at the right time, but it is smart!" Lu Chen nodded thoughtfully, he didn't expect that the Xuanqing heavy sword behind him would have such a background.