Chapter 218 Find them something to do
Tianbao glanced at the boy, then looked away and lowered his head.
He looks like a coward.
This caused the young girl to deliberately sneer, "Junior brother, how could you lose to her in the first round of the martial arts hall assessment? It seems that there is nothing special about you."
Xu Yang's face suddenly turned grim. This incident always made him extremely unhappy when it was mentioned. He smiled faintly, "The assessment was limited to a certain point at that time. Plus, she was a female disciple, so I didn't use my full strength in the first round."
"Yes, senior sister, senior brother Xu Yang regained the first place in the second round of competition. After the examiners combined the scores, senior brother Xu Yang also ranked first. How long have some of them just entered the gym? Being able to beat senior brother Xu Yang once is just luck, not real ability." Yu Hong, who came in with the same batch of newcomers, was sarcastic and looked at the brother and sister with displeasure.
Tianbao lowered her eyebrows and looked pleasant, with a pair of eyes hidden by her long eyelashes, which were quiet and calm.
What these people say is bullshit.
Bai Yu pursed his lips tightly as he stood beside his sister, looking angry but not daring to say anything, which caused the people over there who were talking even louder to laugh.
The laughter was shrill, and Bai Yu's eyelids drooped as he laughed, with a cold and sarcastic look surging in his eyes.
"Get ready, let's go!" The chief escort leader Gao Chong gave an order, and the team set off, walking on the long snow-covered road.
That night, the young lady of the escort agency who had shown off in the morning suddenly had her face swollen like a pig's head, and even her lips and tongue were swollen. She could not speak, drink water, or eat food.
The escort agency was in chaos.
The escort agency has a pass, so it is not difficult to enter Dai Viet.
The difficulty lies in the difficult road conditions in the cold winter. It took one and a half months to travel from Xindu to Longxi Bund, enter the country by water, go ashore, bypass the border town and enter the Yudu Ancient Road.
The New Year is over.
The snow still fell without stopping, and the snow on the Yudu Ancient Road was so thick that it could cover the back of the feet.
It was already evening when they arrived at the entrance of the ancient trail. Gao Chong did not rush in aggressively. Instead, he ordered the team to reorganize on the spot and eat and drink enough before continuing on their journey.
The entrance to the ancient road is surrounded by desolate land, with towering mountains covered with snow and forests full of dead trees.
The cold wind blew through the mountains and forests, and when it blew past my ears, the sound was as sharp as the howling of hundreds of ghosts.
The escorts stopped in front of a dead tree forest on the road to rest and recover their strength.
"Shiyu, Jiuer, you two brothers and sisters are good at martial arts and smart. Go ahead and explore the way. If there is nothing unusual, you can rest and then move forward a little." Gao Chong sat under a dead tree and gave the order casually while looking at the deep ancient road.
Two people on Xu Yang's side immediately showed expressions of gloating.
There were five newcomers accompanying this trip, and the chief escort called out to the brother and sister without any instructions. He was so targeted, it must be because Miss Miao had spoken to him.
Yu Hong nudged Han Wenbai's arm and said, "Hey, do you think they can come back after they go in?"
Han Wenbai raised the corner of his mouth and whispered, "If we can come back, it means the road ahead is safe. If we can't come back, it means there is something wrong ahead. At least we have explored the way."
"I say they deserve it. As new disciples, they insist on competing with the old disciples to show off their abilities. They're unpopular everywhere!"
Xu Yang didn't say anything. He just glanced coldly at the brother and sister and then looked away.
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Entering the ancient trail from the entrance, two long footprints are left on the snow.
Bai Yu looked back and saw that they were already far away from the entrance. They had not seen anything unusual on the way in. All they saw was emptiness and desolation.
"Tianbao, when your family was exiled, was it Uncle Ziyi who protected you along this ancient road?" Bai Yu asked.
Tian Bao hummed, "There are thirty-three peaks on the ancient road, and each peak has its own bandit camp, all of which are ruthless killers. My family encountered horse bandits at the other end of the ancient road."
"Then what?"
"Kill them all."
"How old were you then?"
"More than three months."
Bai Yu's mouth twitched and he stopped asking.
The snow on the ground was getting deeper and deeper, and it began to wrap around the calves. Every time they stepped on it, the soles of their shoes could be heard squeaking as the snow grains rolled over them. The cloth shoes they were wearing had long been soaked by the snow, and they were very cold.
"We need to go a little further, otherwise the team will know if we've been slacking off just by looking at our footprints." Bai Yu looked at the endless winding path ahead, feeling annoyed. "Tian Bao, why do I feel like we're like ascetic monks? We're not here for revenge, but for asceticism?"
"Remember this feeling, so that you can punch harder when we fight next time." The girl, who was shorter than him, raised her hand and patted his head.
Bai Yu: "..." Is he a puppy or a pet?
Tian Bao didn't accept his little complaint. She stopped and looked up at the mountain peaks beside her where the snow reflected the gray forest. The corner of her mouth raised slightly, "This place is about five miles from the entrance. Bai Yu, find them some work."
"What's the meaning?"
"The snow from the foot of this mountain upwards shows signs of being trampled."
"That means there are people on the mountain! A bandit camp!" Bai Yu immediately understood, curled his lips, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. "This time, let's see who will be the cannon fodder."
The escorts had already eaten at the entrance. They had set up a stove and were cooking. The hot food dispelled the coldness of traveling through the frost and snow.
My body warmed up and I talked more.
One escort craned his neck to peer into the ancient path. "Those new siblings have been in there for over half an hour, haven't they? There's been no movement at all. Could they have run into bandits?"
"It's been over half an hour. At their pace, they can explore ten miles of snowy road. They've gone this far... It's hard to say what the situation is."
Gao Chong's face darkened. "They have flares on them. If they are in real danger of death, they will use the flares to warn us. If there is no signal, we should be safe."
In fact, it is not safe even if the flare is not lit. It just means that there is no life-threatening danger temporarily.
As for what the situation is inside and whether Shi Yu and Jiuer can come back, it depends on their luck and their own abilities.
Guiyi Pavilion does not accept incompetent people.
As everyone was chatting casually, the sky began to darken. A flare suddenly rose into the air with a sharp sound and exploded in mid-air.
Gao Chong frowned and stood up, and the expressions of the other escorts also changed.
There is no fear, just a lot more seriousness.
"Chief escort, help! Horse bandits, there are horse bandits! They are chasing us!" The young man's figure stumbled into everyone's sight.
Behind him, there was a large group of people, holding big swords in their hands, looking fierce and rampant.
As the young man got closer, his expression became clearer. He was already pale with fear, his eyes red with fear and anger. "There were too many of them. I couldn't get my sister out. She's still in the ancient road! Please, Chief Escort, lead the team and rescue my sister!"
"You idiot, if there are horse bandits, just run away. We will rescue you when we hear the noise. It would be fine if you just led them here, but why did you set off the flare?" Before Gao Chong could reply, someone among the escorts started cursing.
What kind of idiot is this!
Once the flare is released, wouldn’t it be equivalent to luring out all the bandits from the Thirty-Three Peaks!
Even if they have good skills, they cannot guarantee that they can escape unscathed from the bandits in the Thirty-Three Villages!
Grass!
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