Chapter 298 The Evil Wind Rises
The sun is shining brightly, and it feels warm on my body.
When he was in Guanshan Town in the past, Li Guohuai’s favorite thing was to sit on a comfortable recliner in the bright sunshine and lie there for most of the day.
It seems that this scorching warmth can relieve the old skin and wrinkles all over the body.
Moreover, in that drowsy state, he always dreamed of the first half of his life, with its wars, battles, bloodshed and mountains of corpses! Until the day of his 87th birthday, he suddenly became some kind of combat swordsman.
At first he thought that the leader of Tianjian Sect was a fool, and that was probably what most people thought.
But now——
"Li Guohuai, seventh branch, confirmed landmark, the big willow tree three hundred feet away."
A mighty and deep voice interrupted Li Guohuai's thoughts. It was the team leader. Well, he always thought so, but in fact, according to the rules of Tianjianmen, he should call Zhu Ti "Senior Brother".
Just because the other party stayed in the illusion for an extra month and nine days? Pah!
Li Guohuai spat bitterly in his heart. He was not convinced by anyone but the long years and the passing of time, because these would really torture an ambitious and unstoppable veteran until he was left with only one breath.
"Yes! Senior Brother Pig!"
Li Guohuai said loudly, without deliberately emphasizing the syllables of the word "pig" because he knew it was meaningless if the other person was a young man, if he was also a young man - well, the old man was just like that.
Li Guohuai quickly ran towards the big willow tree three hundred feet away. He swore that he was not so agile even when he was 18 years old. He felt like a gust of wind. His magic power was really a good thing.
While his thoughts were scattered, Li Guohuai was keeping an eye on all directions and listening carefully to all the movements around him. He was an old soldier who had served as the chief scout at the border of Da Qi for 35 years. When he was old, he followed one of his generals to Guanshan Town to retire.
So he refused to submit to anyone, including the general.
Suddenly, Li Guohuai stopped and quickly locked his eyes on the front. He patrolled this place every three days, so he knew all the conditions in every area with his eyes closed. This was the confidence of a scout leader.
And now, he could see at a glance that something was passing by on the seemingly unchanged hillside ahead.
"Is there something going on?"
Zhu Ti brought his men over. They were a small team consisting of a direct disciple and nine combat sword practitioners. They would be on duty for one month and be responsible for one area, such as the throat of the trade route three hundred miles south of Longtou Peak.
When Guanshan Town was still in decline, there would be caravans passing through here every few days, but now there have been no caravans for almost four months.
Li Guohuai didn't say anything, he just leaped forward, then turned around and stood where he was. If he were in the mortal world, he would have amazed everyone with his skills and been revered as a hero. What a pity.
Li Guohuai was holding a grass in his hand. Three of the five leaves were dead. This was very common and no one would notice anything if it was placed in a meadow.
Even Zhu Ti and others thought so.
"This is not a normal death. The soil and water here are suitable, and there are no insect pests. When I came here the day before yesterday, it was still green, but today, it has died."
"What's the meaning?"
"I don't know. There are too many secrets in the world of immortal cultivators. I'm just a beginner, so how can I know anything? But I can bet with my head that in the past three days, something did pass by here and then stopped on that hill for a while, because that hill is the farthest place nearby. If you don't believe it, go to that hill and you will definitely find more of this dead weed."
Li Guohuai finished speaking in a very low voice and at a very fast speed. He exchanged glances with everyone including Zhu Ti. No one said anything else, and no one even looked at the hill that Li Guohuai was talking about.
It seemed as if they had reached some kind of tacit understanding invisibly.
But to outsiders, it seemed that they were just taking a short rest here and then continuing on their journey.
After climbing over a mountain, you can see a wide loess road. This is the road that leads directly to Ye Ning City. Everyone in the team is very familiar with it because they have walked here more than once.
"There's a caravan!"
A combat swordsman suddenly shouted in a low voice, and everyone looked towards the end of the loess road. Sure enough, a moment later they saw a cloud of dust. Based on experience, it was a small caravan.
"Brother Pig, what do you think?"
Li Guohuai couldn't help asking, and was eager to try it out. After all, what he was carrying on his back was a genuine ordinary sword, and he had personally sensed it in the Sword Valley. That special sense of familiarity was as if it was a part of his body.
"There are two possibilities. First, the caravan has a sign. Second, the caravan may be a button. I prefer the second possibility."
Zhu Ti said calmly that what he said were all jargon, a sign of a spy was a spy, and a button meant fraud.
Because before he retired in Guanshan Town, he was the overlord of the green forest. There was nothing he could not handle, both by land and sea. However, this identity was not important. What was important was that he knew what it meant to retreat at the height of one's career, so he is still living well now.
"Hehe, it's been nearly five months of silence. Has Ye Ningcheng finally mustered up the courage to stir up trouble? I know that young city lord, he's a coward, but if Ye Ningcheng really wants to get involved in our Tianjian Sect, he will be well prepared. After all, we are 10,000 miles apart. If he doesn't move, it's fine. But if he does, it will be a thunderbolt."
Another combat swordsman said in a casual tone, as if he was chatting about family matters.
"Well, has everyone made a decision? Do it or not?"
Zhu Ti asked casually.
"Dry!"
"Pan him!"
"Don't let go of the wrong person!"
The old guys are murderous! None of them are safe.
Then they lined up on the hill, exuding murderous intent, which frightened the caravan so much that it stopped more than ten miles away as if facing a powerful enemy.
At this time, Li Guohuai and the other three sword cultivators seemed to be in sync with each other. They simultaneously summoned their own swords and sent five sword energies of the Nine Mountains soaring into the sky. However, they did not strike the caravan, but an unknown hill eight hundred meters away from them! The five sword energies were enough to flatten the hill, but only a flash of light passed by, and the five sword energies returned in vain. However, the hill also revealed its true appearance.
More than a hundred green-faced, fang-toothed demon soldiers were hiding there.
“Swoosh~Boom!”
The warning talisman penetrated the sky for thousands of meters and resounded throughout the sky. Almost at the same time, hundreds of demon soldiers rushed out. At the same time, hundreds of demon soldiers also rushed out from the caravan in the distance.
The truth seems to have come to light, but no one cares anymore!
(End of this chapter)
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