After Shangguan Xiong's death, Zhengyi Fort's power waned, and the Iron Lady felt that now was a good opportunity.

Qiao Feng, the leader of the Beggars' Sect, was renowned for his chivalry and commanded the martial arts world, with countless heroes following him.

Over the years, Qiao Feng led the Beggars' Sect disciples to defend the border against the Jin invaders.

The people within the pass were all grateful.

However, overnight, rumors spread throughout the martial arts world that Qiao Feng had died in battle in Xiangyang.

Upon hearing this, the heroes of the martial arts world were all filled with grief and vowed to kill the Jin emperor Wanyan Honglie to avenge Qiao Feng.

Justice Fortress desperately needs Shangguan Hongyu to make a name for itself in the martial arts world.

Now is the best opportunity, and the Iron Lady hopes that Shangguan Hongyu can go to Xiangyang immediately.

Although Shangguan Hongyu greatly respected Qiao Feng, in her mind, the purpose of establishing Zhengyi Fortress was for her parents to retire there, not to turn Zhengyi Fortress into a martial arts sect that would constantly get involved in the conflicts of the martial arts world.

But seeing the Iron Lady's expectant look, Shangguan Hongyu couldn't bear to refuse.

"By the way, do you think you can contact the corpse-driver who helped us transport the corpses last time?" Iron Lady asked.

Shangguan Hongyu asked in surprise, "Why would you want to see him?"

"It's the height of summer now, and the weather is scorching. To prevent Master Qiao's body from rotting, the heroes are looking for a highly skilled corpse-driver to escort Master Qiao back to the Beggars' Sect," Iron Lady explained.

At that time, Zhengyibao wanted to transport the remains of Rama, and all the corpse drivers failed except for Bian Lang.

Iron Lady highly regarded Bian Lang's ability to transport corpses and believed that if Justice Fort hired Bian Lang, he would definitely be able to bring honor to Justice Fort.

If the entire martial arts world already knows about this, the experts at the Corpse-Driving Inn must have already set off for Xiangyang City.

The reputation of the Corpse-Driving Inn is too great, so the Beggars' Sect will most likely choose the experts from the Corpse-Driving Inn.

Most importantly, she really couldn't get in touch with Bian Lang.

I was able to get to know Bian Lang because of the recruitment notice issued by Justice Fortress at that time.

Now that the Beggars' Sect has issued a recruitment notice in Xiangyang City, the corpse drivers from the Corpse-Driving Inn will definitely go, and Bian Lang might go too.

Shangguan Hongyu had no intention of going, but thinking that she might meet Bian Lang again on this trip, her heart had already flown to Xiangyang.

She had made a promise with Bian Lang that he would come to see her at Zhengyi Fort whenever he had free time.

Will we miss it if we happen to be on the way?

Shangguan Hongyu was very conflicted.

Finally, under the Iron Lady's coercion, she had no choice but to leave Justice Fortress and travel to Xiangyang.

...

It was late at night.

Under the moonlight, Bian Lang walked slowly forward.

Behind him were three corpses.

Since finishing with Rama's remains, Corpse Brother hasn't issued any new missions, which means Bian Lang is still on rest.

These three corpses were essentially a side job that Bian Lang took on.

The reason is simple: we're broke.

Money is the hardest thing to spend.

The reward from Justice Fortress was generous, but it was all spent in no time.

A large portion of the expenses were used to help the poor and needy during the journey.

It is often said that a man with money is a hero, and a man without money is nothing; this saying is absolutely true.

The reward for delivering these three corpses to a town near Xiangyang City is twenty taels of silver.

When you have little money, you'll naturally be more frugal with it.

Upon hearing that Qiao Feng, the leader of the Beggars' Sect, had died in battle in Xiangyang, Bian Lang was greatly shocked.

Shouldn't the hero who died in the battle of Xiangyang be Guo Jing?

They also learned that the Beggars' Sect had issued a recruitment notice, seeking corpse drivers to send Qiao Feng's body back to the Beggars' Sect.

After driving the three corpses to their destination, they were getting closer to Xiangyang City, and Bian Lang decided to go and see what was going on.

China has a history of only five thousand years, but he has been driving corpses for nearly ten thousand years.

Under the control of the Corpse Brother, the world he inhabits is not like the old wave replacing the new; it is very likely that he will be in this world today and sent to another world tomorrow.

The last mission was to retrieve Rama's remains, which must have been in the world of Sword Rain.

Now that Qiao Feng has appeared in the martial arts world, it's very likely that he has already entered the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.

Thinking about all this, Bian Lang's heart still ached faintly.

If that's the case, it means he will never be able to meet Shangguan Hongyu again.

This is what it means to be destined to meet but not to be together.

Upon entering the corpse-driving inn, one finds a group of people already inside.

The group of people were all wearing Taoist robes, sitting against the wall, resting with their eyes closed.

Bian Lang drove the corpse in, which immediately startled the group of Taoist priests.

Bian Lang had the corpse stand against the wall behind the door, then turned around, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the Taoist priests, and said with a smile, "I'm so sorry for disturbing your rest."

The leader was a Taoist priest in a yellow robe, who clasped his hands in a fist and smiled, saying, "Fellow practitioners should support each other even more."

"Are you all corpse drivers too?" Bian Lang asked in astonishment.

A young Taoist priest in a green robe said with a proud look on his face, "We are all disciples of the Corpse-Driving Inn, and this is our master, Master Mu Cheng, who is also the elder in charge of transmitting skills at the Corpse-Driving Inn."

"So you're a senior from the Corpse Transport Inn, my apologies for my rudeness." Bian Lang clasped his hands in greeting again, then turned and went to the kitchen next door to cook.

Another young Taoist priest said, "Master, this boy is really rude."

"When you're out and about, don't cause trouble." Master Mu Cheng said, then returned to the other side of the wall, sat down, and continued to rest.

The Taoist priests exchanged glances, their eyes gleaming and their lips curling into sinister smiles.

After sensing that Master Mu Cheng had fallen asleep again, one of them stood up, tiptoed to the corpse behind the door, bit his finger, and gently touched the talisman on the corpse's forehead a few times.

After eating, Bian Lang also came here to sleep.

As soon as it was light, the people from the Corpse Transport Inn hurriedly left.

Bian Lang didn't wake up until the afternoon.

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