"You pretty boy, if you know what's good for you, surrender now and follow me up the mountain. Otherwise, I'll use my sword to deal with you!"
As soon as he said this, the group of bandits behind him burst into laughter.
But the next moment, their laughter stopped abruptly.
Xuan Xiao, the pretty boy mentioned by the black-faced bandit, jumped into the air from his horse's back, appeared in front of them in an instant, and slashed at the black-faced bandit with a knife.
The black-faced bandit's pupils shrank, and his potential burst out in the critical moment, blocking in front of him with the big knife in his hand.
The blades collided, making a sharp and piercing sound.
The black-faced bandit was pushed back several steps, but Xuan Xiao stood firmly in place. What surprised him was that his knife actually made a cut!
Although his sword was not a peerless weapon, it was made by a master weapon refiner who took several days to make it. It had been with him for many years. In the past, even if he encountered opponents who were much stronger than him, his weapon would not be damaged. But today, it was disfigured by a bandit's sword!
"Haha, kid, have you seen how powerful my grandpa is?" The black-faced bandit shook his intact sword, feeling very proud.
Xuan Xiao ignored him and continued to attack him.
Although the bandit's weapons were beyond his expectations, the weapons were only auxiliary and the bandit's own strength was not to be feared.
The black-faced bandit obviously knew this and didn't dare to fight Xuan Xiao anymore. His knuckles were still numb from the previous blow. This guy was definitely a master!
"Come on, everyone!"
At the command of the black-faced bandit, the group of bandits behind him immediately raised their weapons and attacked Xuan Xiao.
At this time, Xuanqing and Xuanming also joined the battle.
They were sent by Pei Ji to be by Xue Huan's side as guards to escort her to Beijing, so they must have strong martial arts skills, much stronger than those wild bandits.
Even though the bandits were numerous and their weapons were ridiculously sharp, they were quickly defeated by the absolute strength of Xuan Xiao and the other two, and many of them fell.
Xue Huan and the other two stayed calmly in the carriage, watching the one-sided battle.
Although Xue Huan knew that Xuan Xiao and the other two were very skilled in martial arts, she had never seen them with her own eyes and had no concrete idea of how strong they were. Now that she had seen them, she couldn't help but compare herself with them.
If we put aside the means she possessed as a cultivator, she would not be a match for any of Xuan Xiao and the other two in terms of force. After all, they had all been practicing martial arts since childhood, and the moves they had practiced were deadly. She was far inferior in terms of experience in fighting the enemy.
Although she had made some progress in using the Snowflake Knife, she estimated that she would never be able to kill as decisively as Xuan Xiao and the others, because she could not cut people like cutting melons or vegetables.
A bandit sneaked up and tried to take the people in the car hostage.
Unfortunately, when he lifted the curtain of the car, he was kicked out by Ah Man and fainted after landing.
Not long after, Xuan Xiao and the other two returned. Those bandits were either dead or injured, and had no fighting capacity left.
Xue Huan asked, "Are you not hurt?"
Xuan Xiao and the other two all shook their heads.
"Young Master, I found that the weapons of these bandits are very sophisticated." Xuan Xiao presented a knife, which was the one used by the black-faced bandit.
He then showed her his knife with a notch on it, and said, "The notch on my knife was caused by this knife."
Xue Huan took the knife. The blade was like water, shining with a cold light, and her face was clearly reflected on it.
She tried it and found that the knife could really cut hair and chop iron like mud!
This is something that only the legendary divine weapon and sharp blade can do, but now such a knife appears in the hands of a bandit.
The most shocking thing is that it’s not just the knife in the hands of the black-faced bandit that’s like this, the weapons of other bandits are also like this!
Xuan Xiao and his men collected all the bandits' weapons. There were fifteen in total, including knives, swords, hammers, daggers, and a variety of weapon types, but they all had one thing in common - extremely sharp, yet very tough.
This was logically impossible. After all, weapons were controlled items. Forging one or two weapons at a blacksmith shop was fine, but mass production was out of the question. Furthermore, when forging weapons, one had to provide proof of identity and leave their identification for easy tracking down.
Bandits are not good citizens and cannot forge weapons, so how did they get these weapons? If they were robbed, it is impossible for every stolen weapon to be so sophisticated, right?
There are no markings on this batch of weapons, but the style and shape look like they came from the same place.
It just so happened that there was still a survivor among the bandits. Xue Huan gave him a truth-telling talisman, and the bandit confessed everything.
The mountain stronghold where the bandits lived was called Lao Hu Zhai. The people in the stronghold accidentally discovered black iron ore in the mountains, so Lao Hu Zhai took the black iron ore for themselves, secretly used the black iron ore to make weapons, and secretly transported it out to sell on the black market, making a lot of money. The strength of Lao Hu Zhai was greatly increased.
Originally, the terrain occupied by Tiger Village was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Now that they had weapons made of black iron ore and a large amount of money and food, a group of bandits became more and more arrogant. Anyone passing through Huanying Mountain would most likely be robbed by them.
Because they had the advantage of weapons and were outnumbered, they succeeded most of the time.
They not only robbed property, but more importantly, they robbed people because they needed people to mine and do hard labor for them.
Tiger Village can be said to be a cancer entrenched in Huanying Mountain. The government has sent people to suppress the bandits, but they all ended in failure.
This time, seeing that Xue Huan and his group only had two guards and a coachman, Tiger Village also dispatched a dozen people for the sake of caution. They thought they had a sure win, but they didn't expect to encounter a tough opponent this time and the entire army was wiped out.
"The boss is getting married tonight and has a wedding banquet. He asked me to patrol the mountain and not let any outsiders sneak into the mountain."
"Marry a wife? Did you also kidnap that woman?"
"That's right, that woman was so beautiful that she was so stunning that we were all staring at her." The bandit licked his lips obscenely while speaking.
Now that she knew about this, Xue Huan had no reason to just sit back and do nothing. She said to Xuan Xiao and the others, "I want to go to the village and rescue the people."
Xuan Xiao: "Young Master, please do whatever you want. We will do whatever you want."
Xue Huan: "Okay, let's go to the Tiger Village and give it a try." She cast an illusion on herself and Xuan Xiao and the others, making them look like those bandits.
He put another puppet talisman on the bandit and said, "Lead the way."
The bandits were unable to resist and took the initiative to take a shortcut to the mountain stronghold.
Tiger Village is located inside a mountain shaped like a tiger. The entrance needs to be opened by a mechanism, and only people inside the village know how to open the mechanism.
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