Chapter 70: Banditry
Looking at the pile of introductory materials about the Golden Tooth Horse Thief, Xiao Ning's face became extremely solemn. He believed that Mu Yun and Chen Feng must have screened it first when they got the news, and the rest must be something they felt very important. The Golden Tooth Horse Thief can have so much news that Mu Yun and Chen Feng attach importance to, it must not be so easy to deal with.
"Xiao Ning, you must be careful this time, the person I sent to inquire about the news came back and said that a few days ago, the Golden Tooth Horse Thief had made another big vote, it seems that it was a caravan of which sect, and the leader of the fifth peak of the Law Realm in the caravan died directly. What's more, this Golden Tooth Horse Thief seems to have been recruiting troops and horses everywhere recently, and many loose cultivation masters have gathered in the Golden Tooth Mountain Range, and some have even directly taken refuge in the Golden Tooth Horse Thief and become official members!" Mu Yun's face was extremely solemn, just as Xiao Ning thought, he had indeed read these materials before handing them over to Xiao Ning, and it was precisely because of this that he felt that this Golden Tooth Horse Thief must be strange.
"Actually, I should have thought of this a long time ago, the Nine Elders are in charge of the mission hall, otherwise they won't give me any good tasks, the golden armor crocodile and the thousand poisonous python are not easy for them to control, so I asked me to exterminate the horse thieves, if I didn't guess wrong, I'm afraid they have already colluded with this group of horse thieves, just waiting for me to go!" Hearing the words of Mu Yun and Chen Feng, Xiao Ning had actually guessed the doorway.
Xiao Ning has been at the outer gate of the Five Elements Gate for ten years, and he has also seen a lot of scheming. Although Xiao Ning never said it, that didn't mean he really didn't know.
"If this is the case, then you are in danger, if not, I will go to the Sixth Elder and ask him to help you talk and change the task!" Mu Yun's face became very solemn, now the intention of the Ninth Elder is becoming more and more obvious, and the means of eliminating dissidents are also becoming more and more negative.
"I think this matter is probably not only Elder Nine, you two help me to check, who has been in contact with Elder Nine Dongfang Zhaori these days!" Xiao Ning pondered for a while and said.
In the depths of his heart, there was always a feeling that the Nine Elders were not the only ones who were calculating him this time, and there must be other people involved in it.
"Let's go check the two of us!" Mu Yun and Chen Feng didn't stay long, the two of them just did what they said, and left Xiao Ning's cave mansion like a smoke.
Due to some reasons of the Sixth Elder and the Eighth Elder, Mu Yun and Chen Feng are not like Xiao Ning at home, they are more sociable, so in the Five Elements Sect, these two people still have a very wide network.
Xiao Ning asked them to check the news, and soon there was a result, but this result made Xiao Ning's brows furrow even tighter.
"I've heard for a long time that Hua Chao has an elder brother, Hua Xiong, but I didn't expect him to join forces with the Nine Elders!" Xiao Ning said coldly.
"Senior Brother Xiao, I just said that Hua Xiong and the Ninth Elder Dongfang Zhaori had been in contact during this time, but I didn't say that they were united!" Mu Yun and Chen Feng didn't understand why Xiao Ning insisted that it was Hua Xiong who was united with the Nine Elders, because there were several heavyweights who had also been in contact with the Nine Elders.
"The reason is very simple, because I don't have a deep grudge against other people, only this Hua Xiong, I once injured his younger brother, presumably this kid is looking for Hua Xiong. Xiao Ning analyzed.
"If that's the case, wouldn't it be okay for him to find you directly, wouldn't it be easy to defeat you with his current cultivation?" Mu Yun wondered.
It stands to reason that Hua Xiong's strength is very strong, the person who is the third in the gold list of the inner disciples of the Five Elements Sect must be strong, although Xiao Ning is not weak, but after all, the foundation is still shallow, Hua Xiong wants to give his younger brother anger, as long as he comes forward to defeat Xiao Ning, why bother to find the Nine Elders to unite, this is what Mu Yun and Chen Feng can't figure out.
"Unless he finds me directly in a life-and-death battle, he won't be able to kill me at all, but in a life-and-death battle, I'm afraid that this kid still has some concerns, so he will find the Ninth Elder!" Xiao Ning analyzed.
Hua Chao was not lightly injured, perhaps this Hua Xiong had already had murderous intentions towards him, so he thought of uniting with the Nine Elders to facilitate his own death.
This was Xiao Ning's analysis, and Mu Yun and Chen Feng were also shocked after hearing it, but they felt that what Xiao Ning said was not unreasonable, this Hua Xiong did have a reason to unite with the Nine Elders, and even more reason to put Xiao Ning to death.
"In this case, you can't go even more, I'll go to the Sixth Elder and the Eighth Elder, and let them go to the Ninth Elder and let him remove your mission!" Mu Yun finished speaking, pulling Chen Feng and about to go out.
"No need, even if you find the Sixth Elder and the Eighth Elder, my crisis this time can be resolved, but next time. Now that Hua Xiong has found the Nine Elders Alliance, he already has the intention to kill me, so even if he escapes this time, they will still think of other ways to keep troublesome with me. Rather than this, it is better for me to take on their challenge this time!" Xiao Ning's eyes flashed with a hint of murderous intent, since the other party wanted to deal with him, of course he would not be polite to the other party.
According to Xiao Ning's speculation, the Nine Elders and Hua Xiong must have a very deep relationship with the Golden Tooth Horse Thief in the Golden Tooth Mountain Range, and even colluded with each other, so now they want to remember the hand of the Golden Tooth Horse Thief and want to get rid of themselves. Since this golden-toothed horse thief has colluded with the Nine Elders and Hua Xiong, then removing the thorn of the golden-toothed horse thief is also a deterrent to the Nine Elders and Hua Xiong.
Now Xiao Ning's strength is not enough to compete with Hua Xiong and the Nine Elders, but it doesn't mean that he has to retreat.
"I'm afraid that this will be very dangerous, and now the Golden Tooth Horse Thief must have set up many traps in the Golden Tooth Mountain Range, just waiting for you to send them to the door!" Mu Yun said.
"I naturally know this, but I'm not stupid, of course I can't be stupid and just kill the Golden Tooth Horse Thief's lair, now I still have enough time, I want to sneak into the Golden Tooth Mountain Range, and then look for opportunities!" Xiao Ning of course also knows that the Golden Tooth Mountain Range is the land of the tiger's mouth, and if you want to produce the Golden Tooth Horse Thief, you must be careful step by step.
"We know you've made up your mind, and now we can only remind you to be more careful!" Mu Yun and Chen Feng sighed slightly, they really wanted to go out on this mission with Xiao Ning, but with their cultivation, not only could they not help, but they would also become a burden to Xiao Ning. On this point, the two of them are still self-aware.
Xiao Ning didn't say much, and left the inner door of the Five Elements Gate the next day.
Out of the inner gate of the Five Elements Gate, Xiao Ning did not go directly to the direction of the Golden Tooth Horse Thief, but went straight to the Xiling Wasteland in a big circle. After entering the Xiling Wasteland, Xiao Ning's speed increased and he crossed the Longyuan River.
Arriving on the other side of the Longyuan River, a smile appeared on Xiao Ning's face.
The Longyuan River is turbulent, and not everyone can cross it. Xiao Ning squatted by the river for three days in a row, and during these three days, he tried his best to hide himself from others.
Three days later, Xiao Ning's figure reappeared. Because after the people who followed him confirmed that he had crossed the Longyuan River, they left on their own.
This time, Xiao Ning kept an eye on it, and came to the Xiling Wasteland first, in order to create an illusion that he was going to pass through the Xiling Wasteland to kill the Thousand Poisonous Python and the Golden Armor Crocodile, in this case, the other party's eyeliner might be put on the Xiling Wasteland.
The Xiling Wasteland is vast and boundless, let them find those eyeliners casually.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ning walked all the way along the bank of the Longyuan River, walked out for a hundred miles, but returned to the other side of the river.
His first stop was to go to the Golden Tooth Mountains to find trouble with the Golden Tooth horse thieves. Although Xiao Ning seems to be very kind, he is very strong, and he has to gnaw the hardest bones first.
In order not to attract the attention of others, Xiao Ning deliberately slowed down, and also changed his appearance, shuttling through the mountains, like a seasoned hunter. From the Five Elements Gate to the Golden Tooth Mountain Range, Xiao Ning walked for a month.
This month, Xiao Ning didn't mean to grind, he explored every place he passed by, especially some forces near the Golden Tooth Mountain Range, and he explored them one by one.
There are also three forces near the Golden Tooth Mountain Range, namely the Wanma Gang, Qingfeng Village and Tianqi Mountain, all of which are famous horse thief forces. Several major forces are entangled with each other, fighting for territory almost every day, among which the relationship between the Ten Thousand Horse Gang and the Golden Tooth Horse Thieves is the most unharmonious, the forces of the two sides are similar, and the territory is not far apart, which makes the two horse thieves look at each other unpleasantly.
After getting this news, Xiao Ning's mind moved, maybe he could use the relationship between the two horse thieves to do something.
Xiao Ning knew that it was not realistic to fight with the entire Golden Tooth Horse Thief force with his own power, and the only way was to make the scene chaotic, so that he might have a chance.
"How do you want to cause a conflict between the two great horse thieves?" Xiao Ning began to ponder, but this was obviously not an easy task, and a conflict of interests had to be provoked.
As for how to provoke a conflict of interest between the two sides, it is a matter that Xiao Ning has to worry about. For two days in a row, Xiao Ning was planning, proposing and pushing the plan, and then deducing and overthrowing it. It wasn't until two days later that it was decided to go with the most direct solution.
This is also a helpless move, Xiao Ning is now alone, and it feels a little inappropriate to make any big moves, which is more likely to arouse the suspicion of others, so he still decided to use the most ordinary and direct method, that is, he pretended to be a golden-toothed horse thief to assassinate a leader of the Wanma Gang, and the Wanma Gang has already been investigated, not as well-defended as the golden-toothed horse thief.
In fact, Xiao Ning also had contradictions when he made this decision, but he still convinced himself. If you want to blame it, the Wanma Gang should not be a horse thief. In this world, there is a horse thief who has clean hands and which one is not covered with blood.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ning's heart was ruthless, and his body quickly disappeared into the mountains and forests, and he finally made up his mind to launch a bandit suppression operation in this Golden Tooth Mountain.