The moonlight was dim, and the woods were gloomy.
Feng Jing stopped not far from Su Sheng, not too close to him and Cui Wuming.
"No one likes to live a life of hiding, but if you choose to hide, you have to choose where to hide."
Feng Jing spoke first, which was a response to Su Sheng's previous words.
Su Sheng said, "General Feng is truly capable of evading the Yiwen Society's search for nearly two years."
Feng Jing snorted coldly and said, "Isn't this all thanks to you?"
Su Sheng put her hands into her sleeves and looked up at the moonlight shining through the leaves.
Feng Jing continued, "Back then, I listened to you and avoided battle, thinking everything would go as you predicted, that Yang Qingzhi would be able to storm into Changsui. But in the end, you are nothing but rubbish!"
Cui Wuming, standing to the side, said coldly, "Feng Jing, back then no one held a sword to your neck and made you agree."
Feng Jingdao: "Am I out of my mind?"
Su Sheng stepped forward and said, "I never make excuses for failure, but we can't live in the past either. Now, our opportunity has come."
Feng Jing said, "Yang Zhanbei is bedridden and Yang Qingzhi stays indoors. The Yang family has already declined."
Su Sheng said, "What you want is the greatest power, and what I want is the lives of Zhao Cheng and Wen Tai. Although our goals are different, our direction is the same. I know that more and more people are secretly leaving you now. If you don't want to hide for the rest of your life and end up with no one by your side, then this is your last chance to turn things around."
"same……"
Su Sheng sighed, "This is also my last chance."
Feng Jing fell silent.
Su Sheng stopped talking and waited silently.
...
Hou Cang was a small country in the southwest of the eastern land, consisting of only seven prefectures, but the combined area of these seven prefectures was not even as large as the five and a half prefectures of Xi Jing today.
However, due to its easily defensible terrain and rugged mountain roads, it has historically been the place with the fewest wars.
The terrain in the north is relatively flat, but the further south you go, the more continuous the mountains become.
The capital city of Yundu is a city nestled in the mountains.
After entering the Houcang territory, Zhou Nuo sped up. Although the 100 Dragon Spear Guards were not very conspicuous after being disguised, they still tried to avoid trouble and quickly pass through the Houcang territory.
After traveling at high speed for two days and one night, seeing that everyone was a bit tired, Zhou Nuo stopped in a place called Jiuzhai Town and booked the largest inn for the Dragon Spear Guards to rest.
One hundred Dragon Spear Guards were divided into five groups, taking turns on guard duty to protect Zhou Nuo's safety.
After traveling for more than half a month, Zhou Nuo was actually exhausted, so he went to bed early as soon as it got dark.
She has decided that tomorrow morning, after getting up, she will keep going until she enters the Great Yue Kingdom before resting. She believes that after her brother receives the letter and knows her route, he will be waiting for her at the border between Great Yue and Hou Cang.
Zhou Chuan is now a Grandmaster. As long as we join forces with him, our safety will be guaranteed.
late at night.
There weren't many people in Jiuzhai Town, and there was little activity at night, a scene unlike anything seen in Yanchuan City or Changsui City—it was utterly silent.
Zhou Nuo rolled over, his ears twitched involuntarily, and he suddenly opened his eyes.
She slept soundly for the first half of the night and couldn't calculate the time, so she quickly got up, picked up the Spirit-Startling Bow, stood behind the window, and gently opened the window a crack.
Although she didn't hear anything, Zhou Nuo trusted her intuition, a habit she had developed over many years of wandering the martial arts world and a quality she possessed as a sharpshooter.
There was no sound downstairs.
But it was precisely because there was no movement that Zhou Nuo became even more vigilant. Logically speaking, there should have been twenty Dragon Spear Guards standing guard outside the inn.
But now there's nothing.
Zhou Nuo put on his quiver, drew his bow with his left hand and an arrow with his right, nocked the bowstring, and walked out, ready to shoot at any moment.
The entire inn was eerily quiet. When Zhou Nuo stepped out of his room, he caught a faint smell of blood.
She pushed open a door and saw the Dragon Spear Guards' corpses lying haphazardly inside, her pupils immediately contracting.
I went to several more rooms, and all of them showed the same thing.
She rushed downstairs and saw that the twenty Dragon Spear Guards who were supposed to be patrolling were all lying dead in the hall.
The hundred Dragon Spear Guards who came with her were all killed!
These one hundred Dragon Spear Guards were handpicked by Zhao Zhan, and included more than a dozen top-tier experts, yet they were all killed.
And it didn't cause any commotion.
This shows how powerful the person who made the move was!
Thump.
The sound of a cup clattering against a wooden table made Zhou Nuo look up sharply in the direction of the sound, only to see a person sitting in the corner.
The man was dressed in white, with his back to her, holding a book in his right hand and having just put down his wine glass with his left.
There is no doubt that he is the murderer, but after killing someone, he is here quietly reading a book.
"You're awake."
Zhou Nuo raised his bow and arrow, aiming at the man's back.
"The power of the Spirit-Startling Bow is great, and it will be even more powerful at such close range. But since I didn't take advantage of you while you were sleeping to ambush you, you shouldn't have pointed an arrow at my back."
The man turned around and smiled gently at Zhou Nuo.
Zhou Nuo's pupils contracted again.
Xu Qingshan!
Back then, Zhao Cheng was ambushed on his way back to Yanchuan City from the state banquet. It was Zhao Cheng who devised a plan that forced Xu Qingshan to kill Chen Chong and Yu Beipiao, allowing them to catch their breath.
In other words, it was precisely because Xu Qingshan was there that Zhao Cheng and the others escaped a disaster.
Later, during the Dajing Martial Arts Examination, Xu Qingshan and Zhou Chuan competed for the title of Martial Arts Champion, and Zhou Nuo watched the whole process.
Therefore, Zhou Nuo had a very deep impression of Xu Qingshan.
Zhou Nuo said, "You are the Impermanent Sword, not my brother, the Gentleman Sword. Why are you leaving me a chance?"
Xu Qingshan said, "That's not right. Although I'm not a gentleman swordsman, I'm not necessarily not a gentleman. It's fine if you're a man, but I really can't bring myself to attack a woman who's sleeping."
"But things are different now."
Xu Qingshan stood up, tucked the book into his waistband, and asked, "Did you sleep well?"
Before the word "ma" was even finished, Zhou Nuo narrowed his eyes and shot an arrow.
Xu Qingshan immediately grabbed the longsword from the wooden table and faced Zhou Nuo's arrow head-on.
when! ! !
Although the arrow was deflected, the longsword trembled, and Xu Qingshan's body was also shaken and slid backward.
"The Spirit-Startling Bow paired with a master archer, I've witnessed it all today. No wonder even the Swift Sword Master was wounded by your arrow."
Without saying much, Zhou Nuo fired two more arrows and then immediately jumped out of the window and fled.
Before Zhou Nuo had taken more than a few steps after running out of the inn, Xu Qingshan landed in front of him, his long sword pointing to the ground.
“If you come back with me obediently, I can spare your life and hand you over to Wen Hu for disposal.”
Zhou Nuo said sternly, "I am Zhao Cheng's woman, how can I fall into your hands?"
"Then there's nothing we can do."
Xu Qingshan sighed, and finally took the initiative to attack Zhou Nuo, saying, "Take care."
The moment Xu Qingshan drew his sword, Zhou Nuo felt an overwhelming sword aura envelop him, rendering him unable to move.
It was as if the moment Xu Qingshan decided to kill, the person he wanted to kill was already dead.
Impermanence is taking lives!
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