The falcon knows the way, and the place it stops must be where Mo Yunhan and Ye Qi went up the mountain.
Jiang Qingwan looked for a long time but couldn't find any signs of forced entry or vandalism.
Could this formation automatically regenerate?
If that's the case, the person who set up the formation must be a master.
To confirm whether the formation is truly intact, one must reach the top.
Only by looking from a high vantage point can one discern some clues.
"Let's go into the mountains."
She stood up, and the pain in her legs made her tremble as soon as she moved them.
The insides of my legs must have been chafed raw by the saddle.
Once we save Mo Yunhan, we must pay him a reward of one thousand taels of gold, otherwise we will suffer a huge loss.
She used a pain-relieving talisman on herself, and finally felt a little better.
Akamori followed behind her, but was thrown back by a powerful force.
Seeing Jiang Qingwan's relaxed demeanor, he was caught off guard and nearly fell backward.
Jiang Qingwan stood in the formation and looked at him.
"Oh dear, I forgot, although you are very skilled in martial arts, you can't get in."
Akamori felt that this woman was retaliating against him for ignoring him earlier.
He suddenly gathered his inner strength in his palm and raised his hand to smash.
Jiang Qingwan quickly called for a halt.
"This formation cannot be broken by brute force."
She took out a blank talisman from her purse, drew a few strokes in the air, and then stretched her hand out of the array.
"Stick it on your body."
Akamori looked at the still blank talisman and pursed his lips.
"Hurry up!"
Jiang Qingwan urged, her little hands trembling slightly.
Akamori took it and patted it on his body. The talisman on his fingertip miraculously disappeared without leaving a speck of dust.
His eyes, hidden beneath the mask, revealed a look of surprise.
"You...you are really a Taoist master?"
Jiang Qingwan raised her chin.
"Of course, I'm super powerful, so don't try to outsmart me. I have a hundred ways to kill you without anyone knowing."
There is a master by my side, but I don't know his purpose.
It's really not a very comfortable thing.
Akamori found it amusing.
Even Yan Yunqing had to be on high alert when sparring with him.
This woman, who couldn't even kill a chicken, actually dared to threaten him.
He stepped forward again, and this time, there was no resistance.
He stretched his shoulders and drew a dark dagger from his waist.
Do you know how many people this dagger has killed?
Jiang Qingwan subconsciously took half a step back.
The dagger, now gleaming red with a chilling, malevolent aura, was emanating from it.
It is definitely stained with the blood of more than a hundred people.
She coughed softly, "I advise you not to carry such a weapon with you. The evil energy on it will invade your body and affect your destiny."
Akamori started killing people when he was six years old.
They didn't hold back on these words at all.
He deliberately closed the dagger and put it back into his waistband.
Jiang Qingwan secretly rolled her eyes and looked up at the towering mountain again.
Some resignedly sighed, "Let's crawl."
There are no roads at all on Xuanling Mountain. Even at the foot of the mountain, there is only overgrown vegetation and piles of rocks.
Even a nimble hunter would find it difficult to climb up, let alone Jiang Qingwan.
After walking for about half an incense stick's time, I turned around and could still clearly see the falcon's large horse head.
Akamori was speechless.
"At your pace, you won't reach the top of the mountain in three days."
Jiang Qingwan stopped, panting, and wiped her sweat while leaning against a small tree. She looked extremely disheveled.
In contrast, Akamori was completely untouched by even a single weed, standing lightly on a rock, looking down at her with a disdainful expression.
The thin lips beneath the mask parted slightly. "What a formidable Taoist master."
Jiang Qingwan chuckled twice.
Suddenly she opened her arms to him.
"Carry me on your back."
Akamori was so startled that he took a step back.
Is this woman insane?
As the future Ninth Prince's consort, she doesn't even know basic propriety, morality, and female virtues.
He refused coldly.
"The Emperor Emeritus ordered me to protect you, but he did not give any instructions on this matter."
After saying that, he turned to leave, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest, and his feet seemed to be rooted to the ground.
He narrowed his eyes, and a murderous aura suddenly surged around him.
"You plotted against me?"
Jiang Qingwan held a talisman between her fair fingers.
"Yes, you're so powerful. What if you disobey me? Wouldn't I have to entrust my life to you? Now I'll give you three choices: either kill me, shut up and carry me up the mountain, or I'll slowly climb while you suffer. In three days, Mo Yunhan and everyone from the Ninth Prince's Mansion will have their heads chopped off, and I'll send you back to the Emperor Emeritus to report back."
Akamori joined the Red Armor Guard at the age of ten and followed the retired emperor in battles for twenty-one years. Now, as the leader of the Red Armor Guard, this is the first time he has been successfully coerced.
She's still this little girl whose bones he could crush with a single finger.
Jiang Qingwan rubbed her fingers together again.
Then came the excruciating pain.
Clearly, the threat is real.
"Okay, I'll carry you."
Under his gaze, Jiang Qingwan gathered spiritual energy at her fingertips, causing the talisman she was holding to disappear into thin air.
After dissuading him from taking it, she opened her arms again.
Akamori regained the strength in his legs and strode closer.
Amid Jiang Qingwan's exclamation, he hoisted her onto his shoulder, lightly pushed off the ground, and used his lightness skill to its maximum speed, rushing towards the mountaintop.
A jumble of branches rained down on them.
Jiang Qingwan urgently activated the protective array around her body to avoid being whipped into a pig's head.
While this can be avoided, the bumps and jolts cannot be avoided.
After holding it in for a long time, he couldn't hold it in any longer and vomited all over Akamori.
The hurried footsteps suddenly stopped.
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