The starry sky of Goulongbang clan is extremely bright, but it is not ranked among the best in the Great Wilderness. The starry sky of the academy is much brighter than here. It is the center of the Great Wilderness, the purest place, where people and air are infected. The Great Wild Beast Forest is slightly inferior, but this sky covered with dark clouds shows some rare hazy beauty, like a wild man with a gentle heart, facing all things without showing it, only showing a little bit in the dead of night.

Ah Zhu looked up like Xia Xiao, and saw very few stars, so she looked around and set her sights on a tree not far away. The tree was blown by the night wind, making a rustling sound. She originally wanted to camp there, but Xia Xiao said that the tree was too obvious on the grassland, like an especially obvious live target, so she moved some distance away. Now thinking about it, it seems to make some sense.

The leaves turned into black shadows, swaying in the air. Ah Zhu was distracted by the sight, like a noble princess who had never stepped into the mortal world, seeing people playing Cuju on the streets. She was curious and inspired, and wanted to try it, but had some reservations.

No matter what Ah Zhu did, Xia Xiao just looked up at the starry sky. Compared with the former, he was indeed just an ordinary person. He wanted to go up the mountain, climb to the top of the mountain, jump to the top of the cloud, and then go beyond the wilderness, turning into an existence brighter than the stars. But Ah Zhu came from the end of what Xia Xiao wanted to go, and cherished the present more.

The two sat with their arms together, looking at different things under the dark night sky. They were thinking their own thoughts and didn't speak for a long time. Xia Xiao didn't expect Ah Zhu to be so quiet when she was awake. When he turned his head, he saw that she had fallen asleep leaning slightly on his arm. He knew that she wouldn't be quiet so easily. But he got up at night because he had something on his mind, because of Shu Shuang, but why did she?

Xia Xiao never took Ah Zhu's feelings for him seriously. He just sat there quietly and fell asleep like that until dawn. The morning star has color in the daytime, but it is too dark. Just like Xia Xiao and the night, he thinks about the girl in his heart, but he is suppressed by things and hides it in his heart.

The two men rode on inferior horses, staggering towards the west. The place they were going to was the imperial capital of the Goulongbang clan, which was still very far away. It would be great if they could arrive at the end of this month when the grassland sprouted new buds.

“Are there so few people in this country?”

Along the way, Ah Zhu was Xia Xiao's only pleasure. Although he didn't want to admit it and was even a little annoyed, Ah Zhu would ask a lot of questions to make him less bored. Xia Xiao was not a person who was afraid of boredom, but this road was too long and too bleak. Without color, there was only an extremely empty gray.

"Not a few, but the grassland is too big."

“Why not build a city on such a flat place?”

“There aren’t that many people.”

"Then give birth."

Xia Xiao smiled evilly and looked at Ah Zhu, making her blush and look away. There was some shyness in her eyes. She didn't dare to think about such questions. She was still young. Grandma said that those were adults' matters and she couldn't discuss them too much. As for giving birth, it was not difficult. A fast man could sow seeds in three minutes or even less, and the rest was left to the woman. However, whether she could afford to raise the baby was still a huge problem.

After a while, the horse couldn't move anymore. Xia Xiao and Ah Zhu stopped to rest, and Ah Zhu muttered and cursed:

"How useless and lazy!"

The inferior horses understood, but dared not to react. They just lowered their heads to eat grass, thinking that if they ate more this time and kept shitting, they wouldn't have to hurry. Unless a knife was placed on their necks, they would not yield.

After a quarter of an hour's rest, Ah Zhu led the bad horse and cursed:

"Hurry up, lazy horse!"

Xia Xiao stood aside and saw Ah Zhu pushing his feet on the ground, trying his best but unable to lead the horse away, and couldn't help laughing. Ah Zhu got angry and saw that Xia Xiao didn't come to help, so he put his hands on his hips, as if accusing the latter of a crime.

"Why are you standing there? Come and help!"

Although Ah Zhu had a crush on Xia Xiao, her temper did not allow her to be a gentle girl all the time. When she was unhappy, she would quarrel. She wanted to let Xia Xiao know that she was angry. Not only did she not come to help her, but she also watched the show and laughed at her. It was really too much. If she had known this would happen, she should have eaten up the biscuits in the morning and let Xia Xiao go hungry!

"If you are tougher, it will naturally obey you."

Upon hearing this, Ah Zhu drew out the short dagger from his waist, widened his eyes and pointed at the inferior horse.

"Hurry up, let's go!"

She acted as if she would kill you and eat your wine if you didn't cooperate. But in the eyes of the bad horse, it was just a show. With such thin arms and legs, what could it do? The bad horse tilted its head and made an extremely contemptuous expression. Xia Xiao saw it and waited for the show. This horse, who had been among the horse thieves for many years, really had a story and was so human.

Two inferior horses had crooked heads, and one had no tail. Xia Xiao's horse was the latter, and now he was riding on it, not daring to make any sound. This horse had accompanied the horse thieves across the grassland countless times, had seen countless kinds of people, and had also experienced some failures. Its tail was the painful price it paid after it intercepted a convoy and encountered a cultivator. Xia Xiao now was similar to the cultivator back then.

"Walk!"

Ah Zhu shouted and was about to stab the knife in his hand into the neck of the crooked-headed horse, but what kind of storms had it not seen?

“It’s so infuriating!”

Ah Zhu put away the dagger and stamped his feet in anger. Seeing this, Xia Xiao stared at the crooked-headed inferior horse. In his pupils, which were shining with cold light, there was a scene like an ice cave, which made the inferior horse stand still. The previous lazy look disappeared in an instant. It felt that Xia Xiao was a butcher. That was the look that only a butcher would have, telling it where to cut and how to kill it completely in the shortest time. That look was too terrifying, and the inferior horse immediately moved. After being ridden by Ah Zhu, it did not dare to make a sound.

"snort!"

Ah Zhu had just learned to ride a horse, and she was not very good at it. If it hadn't been for Xia Xiao's guidance, something would have happened long ago. But she was lively and quickly mastered the essentials, riding the horse forward. Xia Xiao shook his head secretly, not understanding why she was angry. But girls often don't need a reason to be angry, and a girl like Ah Zhu who is good at arguing doesn't need a reason to be angry.

The inferior horses that could only run for two hours on weekdays ran for three hours today. When they were exhausted and panting, Xia Xiao looked at the distance and said to Ah Zhu:

"There are horse thieves again."

Although not many people like this specialty of the Goulongbang clan, and even their own people hate it, the quantity is astonishingly large. Many people flock to it, thinking that if they can have meat to eat and money to spend, why bother to work so hard? This idea was resisted by many people at first, but later many people accepted it, and even indulged themselves and became horse thieves. But this kind of thing is a desperate life.

"Is it far from us?"

Ah Zhu looked around and saw no trace of the horse thieves, but Xia Xiao touched the ground with one hand, facing west, and said:

"At a distance of two kilometers, they surrounded a convoy."

"Shall we go rescue them?"

Ah Zhu looked at Xia Xiao. This kind of thing required him to make the decision because she couldn't beat them. Last time, they broke into the horse thieves' den, ate some meat, and took away two horses. As for the horse thieves, they were all defeated by Xia Xiao alone. This time, they were in front of them, doing something that was against the will of heaven and earth. Should they go to help?

"I don't want to go."

"But Master said that with great power comes great responsibility."

Ah Zhu was a little insecure, she vaguely felt that Xia Xiao, with a stiff face, would teach her a lesson. Although he was a man of few words, he understood a lot of principles.

"Then go ahead."

Ah Zhu was a little surprised. She actually wanted to go. She wanted to save people. But Xia Xiao was not so resistant. The convoy that could be subdued by such a bandit must not be a powerful person, let alone the upper echelons of the Gou Longbang clan. As long as there was no possibility of exposing his identity, he would save them.

Riding on horses, they could no longer run, but Xia Xiao pulled out his shining broadsword and made them fight for their lives.

"You'll have a good meal this time."

Ah Zhu heard Xia Xiao's murmur and asked:

"Who are you talking to?"

"it."

Xia Xiao looked at the broadsword and felt that it was a little different from before, but she couldn't tell what was wrong. She could only blame herself for being too sensitive. But in Ah Zhu's eyes, Xia Xiao was even more mysterious. Both men and women were charming with a mysterious veil. She looked at Xia Xiao and saw him take off his backpack very neatly, and after getting off the horse, he also led his own horse.

"Protect yourself and don't stay too far away from me."

Ah Zhu nodded quickly. Xia Xiao held the Pu Dao and turned his wrist. The sharp Pu Dao also drew a sharp arc in the air, making the cold light flash in front of the two horses. Xia Xiao's momentum was obviously that if you dare to run, you will die! They naturally did not dare to run, and followed Ah Zhu obediently, watching her carrying the backpack and moving forward, as if to chase Xia Xiao's footsteps. But the latter suddenly stopped, wanting to see some extremely bad scene.

Turning his head, Xia Xiao had an ugly expression and spoke coldly.

"Stand here and don't move a step forward."