After leaving the valley, Li Fan carried the broken sword and chased after the enemy into the forest.

Anyone who comes here will die!

Whoever it is.

The little silver wolf followed behind, no longer whimpering.

......

In the mountains and forests, He Bo's body lay to one side.

Liu Huzheng took out a rope and tied Wang Ximeng up.

"How dare you! Do you even know who I am?"

Lin Yufu roared, his voice sharp but his tone weak: "My father is Lin Kaitai from Guangnan County, and my master is Qian Decai, the leader of the Black Tiger Hall of the Shahe Gang!"

"You dare arrest me?"

Snap!

He Bao slapped him across the face.

He held the knife to Lin Yufu's neck and grinned maliciously, "Do you know who your grandfather is?"

"I have no idea!"

Lin Yufu really wanted to stand up for himself, but when he saw He Bao's fierce and menacing appearance, his courage was instantly extinguished.

He Bao grinned, picked up Lin Yufu, and said fiercely, "Do you think anyone will know who did it if I, your grandfather, kill you?"

"I...I don't know!"

Lin Yufu's face turned deathly pale and his whole body trembled like a leaf.

"Heh, young master of the Lin family, a fifth-grade Qi cultivation master, a genius martial artist of the Shahe Gang, I think you're just a complete idiot!"

As He Bao was speaking, he suddenly felt a wet touch on the back of his foot.

Looking down, he saw that Lin Yufu was urinating.

"Damn it, you actually peed your pants from fear. What bad luck! These are brand new shoes that I just snatched."

He Bao rolled up his sleeves and started shooting with both hands.

"Third brother, stop messing around, knock him out and get out of here!"

Urged on by Liu Hu, He Bao knocked Lin Yufu unconscious with a single punch.

The two led Wang Ximeng and Lin Yufu to a canyon, and then rode away on horseback along another route out of the mountains.

......

Li Fan chased the horses to the canyon, looked at the long stretch of hoofprints, and then turned and left.

He returned to the valley, pulled out his broken sword, collected the arrows, used the sword to erase the arrow wounds on the demon tiger, and then left the valley.

When he reached a wide river, he sank his iron bow, arrows, and broken sword into the river.

......

"Damn it, those few scoundrels from Black Wind Village."

"The village has been wiped out, and they even went to Qingyang Mountain to kidnap the young master of the Lin family and Miss Wang from the county town."

"Now it's all the same, everyone has to hide in these corners and tighten their belts to get by!"

On Qingfeng Slope, a man dressed in a tattered rag and wearing a straw hat squatted on the hillside, cursing and swearing.

"Wang Qiang, if you, an idiot, are exposed, do you think the boss will kill you!"

In the grass on the hillside, a thin man looked up and glanced at the man in the straw hat.

"Alright, I've hidden it, okay!"

Just as Wang Qiang was about to lie down, a rider suddenly sped towards them from the distance along the county road.

He nudged the man next to him and said, "Gao Yuan, take a look and see if that's a scout from the Tieshan Martial Arts School?"

"That's right, they're from the Iron Mountain Martial Arts School!"

"You're finally here. You stay here and keep watch, I'll go back and inform the boss!"

......

On the county road, more than twenty riders guarded the four carriages.

A large flag was planted on the carriage.

The flag bears the four large characters "Tieshan Martial Arts School".

Behind them followed several caravans, each with several men dressed as warriors.

At the very front of the group, two burly middle-aged men were chatting idly.

"Brother Hu, you should really take care of Xiao Fei!"

"He's making friends with all sorts of people. Even the vast Iron Mountain Martial Arts School can't withstand his reckless behavior!"

"That kid's so down on his luck he's forced to forge knives at a blacksmith's shop, and Xiao Fei still wants to invite him to the Iron Mountain Martial Arts School as a martial arts instructor? Isn't that just ridiculous?"

"Yang Huai, Xiao Fei is still young, it's fine if he wants to make some friends!"

Hu Yidao waved his hand and said with a smile, "The martial arts school doesn't mind having one more mouth to feed."

"Sigh, Brother Hu, you're just spoiling him!"

Seeing this, Yang Huai said nothing more, after all, Tieshan Martial Arts School belonged to the Hu family.

......

Among the caravans, the carriage bearing the "Yang Family Shop" flag looked the most shabby.

Indeed, that was the case. Apart from an elderly man driving the caravan, the only guard in the entire convoy was Li Fan, who rode a thin horse.

After leaving Qingyang Mountain, he settled in Liuyang Town, fifty miles away from Qingyang Town, and forged a knife there.

Finally, he encountered this group returning to Guangnan County, and in the end, only Yangjiapuzi was willing to hire him as a guard.

Of course, the reward was simply to take him to the county town.

Li Fan didn't mind; besides being on the way, it was also convenient.

It's hard to get into trouble if you're with this team.

The leading Tieshan Martial Arts School is one of the two most famous martial arts schools in Guangnan County.

The items they were escorting this time were private silver payments from various towns to the county magistrate.

In addition, Hu Yidao, the son of the owner of the Tieshan Martial Arts School and a sixth-rank martial artist, personally escorted them.

Li Fan couldn't imagine which bandits would be so blind as to rob him.

The reason they knew this information was naturally because of Hu Fei, who was constantly talking beside them.

Hu Fei, 20 years old, a third-rank marrow cleansing martial artist, is the son of Hu Yidao.

"Brother Fan, your dog isn't very good quality. When we get back to the county, I'll give you a purebred German Shepherd."

"Waaah!"

The little silver wolf standing on the horse bared its teeth and growled, its eyes full of hostility as it looked at Hu Fei.

"This little thing is quite intelligent!"

Hu Fei reached out and slapped it, and just as the little silver wolf was about to pounce, a hand lifted it up.

"Either behave yourself, or get down there and run away!"

Li Fan did not let it rush out, after all, the little silver wolf was still wild.

In the valley, the fifth-rank martial artist was bitten through the throat without warning.

If I don't keep him in check, Hu Fei might really get killed.

Upon hearing Li Fan's words, the little silver wolf immediately lay down quietly.

"Brother Fan, think about it. Go back to the county town and join the Tieshan Martial Arts School. It'll be ten taels of silver a month."

"If you feel it's not enough, I can ask my grandpa to add more for you!"

"Xiao Fei, your father needs to see you. Go see him!"

Just then, Yang Huai spurred his horse and came to the rear.

"Okay, Uncle Yang, I'll go now!"

After Hu Fei left, Yang Huai warned Li Fan, "Kid, no matter who you are, I advise you to stay away from Xiao Fei."

"Although he may be foolish and rich, we old guys at Tieshan Martial Arts School are not fools."

"First, he's smarter than you."

"Second, get as far away as you can after you've said that."

Li Fan glanced at Yang Huai but didn't give him a friendly look.

"Kid, are you looking for a beating...?"

"Uncle Yang, I'll say it one last time: who I make friends with is my business!"

Hu Fei, who had originally left, returned. He looked at Yang Huai with a serious expression and said, "Your duty is to escort the goods well."

“I respect every elder, but that doesn’t mean you can interfere in my affairs!”

Yang Huai's face turned bright red instantly. He glared at Li Fan fiercely, then turned and went back to the group.

"Brother Fan, Uncle Yang is just outspoken. He doesn't mean any harm, so don't hold a grudge against him!"

Hu Fei solemnly said, "On his behalf, I apologize to you. I'm sorry!"

"There's no need, you can go ahead!"