Li Hong chose to build the city at the foot of Taiyi Mountain because he knew better than anyone how important Taiyi Mountain's vast and boundless resources were.
In the previous life, Taiyi Mountain was still being mined because it was one of the largest gold mines in China. It also contained other metal and non-metallic minerals, building materials and stones, which were all Taiyi Mountain’s most valuable treasures.
With his experience from nine reincarnations and ten lives, if he didn't build the city at the foot of Taiyi Mountain, he would be really crazy.
A group of more than a dozen people walked slowly on the mountain path, but for some reason, Li Hong felt more and more frightened. A dangerous aura made him feel very uncomfortable.
He stepped forward and silently took Wu Mei's hand, looked around vigilantly, and whispered to the palace maids: "Xiao Han, Bai Lu, protect mother. Lian Tie, have your people be alert, I always feel something is wrong."
The sun was shining directly on the mountain path. The birds singing in the woods on both sides had stopped singing at some point, and even the chirping of insects in the grass was only heard occasionally.
The guard ran back from the front road and said, "The rocks ahead have collapsed and we can't pass through."
Li Hong frowned and said decisively: "Lian Tie, Ban Mei, and Xun Lan will protect the mother. Bai Lu and Xiao Han will take four people to cover the rear. The six of you will follow me to open the way."
"Hong'er..." Wu Mei also felt something was wrong, as if there were many eyes staring at her in the dark.
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"Don't worry, mother. Everything will be fine. Here, take this." Li Hong took out a swallow-wing crossbow, secured the arrow for Wu Mei, and handed it to her.
A dozen people began to slowly retreat down the mountain. Wu Mei was protected in the middle, with her maids Banmei and Xunlan occupying the left and right. Li Hong and Lian Tie were in front of her, and six guards led the way. Bai Lu, Xiao Han and four guards were at the end, protecting Wu Mei from behind.
The entire forest was silent. The unusual and eerie atmosphere became thicker and thicker. Wu Mei's brows were furrowed more and more, but there was no trace of panic on her face. She followed Lian Tie and Li Hong steadily, and slowly walked down the mountain.
In the wide valley ahead, Li Hong suddenly hesitated. Using the mountain path as a cover, Li Hong signaled everyone to stop, looked around, and said calmly, "Don't go any further."
"How can we do that? Are we just going to sit here and wait to die?" Wu Mei held Li Hong's shoulders, pulled him into her arms, and said vigilantly.
"The enemy has no crossbows, so they cut off the way up the mountain. See that wide area in front? That's where they chose to start. I guarantee that if we go further, the road will have been cut off." Li Hong said firmly, and patted Wu Mei's hand on his shoulder.
"What should we do now?" Wu Mei asked softly.
"Wait. When they can no longer hold back, they will naturally rush out. We now have a geographical advantage, and it will be difficult for them to attack from above or below. Only in this way can we remain invincible."
As Li Hong spoke, he motioned for everyone to retreat. The place they had just passed was relatively flat, and there were large rocks on both sides of the mountain path that could be used for defense, like a small mountain gate. Only there was the safest place.
Seeing that everyone had entered a relatively open mountain path and occupied a favorable position, Li Hong looked up at the sky, then looked at the dense forests on both sides, and said, "Bai Lu, send a purple distress signal."
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Li Hong raised the danger level to the highest level. This was enough to show that Li Hong took the danger very seriously. Moreover, he had already felt that a strong murderous aura was gradually spreading in the woods on both sides of the mountain road.
Almost at the same time, when Bai Lu's whistle arrow rushed into the sky with purple fireworks, shadowy figures began to appear in the dense woods on both sides, and weapons occasionally reflected a cold light in the sunlight that penetrated through the forest.
Wu Mei looked coldly at the masked men in black who rushed out. At the moment, she was not in the mood to guess who was trying to assassinate her. She was only concerned about how many people there were and whether the dozen or so people she had could handle it.
There was no sound of shouting or killing, only the occasional sound of weapons colliding when two people collided, and the muffled groans after being killed.
Li Hong did not fire the two Yanchi crossbows in his hands. He would not fire indiscriminately before he was sure of the number of enemies.
Li Hong only felt a flash before his eyes, and Lian Tie next to him left only a residual shadow in his sight, while the whole person had rushed to the edge of the mountain path.
There are no weapons in their hands, but those hands are more deadly than any weapons!
The two arms, like poisonous snakes, twisted and turned unconventionally. Before the enemy could react, one hand had already strangled the enemy's neck.
Without waiting for the enemy to fall, Lian Tie bent over and stabbed the man behind him in the heart with his elbow like a thorn, causing the man to groan and curl up on the ground in pain.
The entire mountain path was eerily quiet. Apart from the sound of weapons breaking through the air and muffled groans, the occasional sound of bones being broken could be heard.
Enemies were coming from all directions. Bai Lu and Xiao Han each held a dagger shot by Li Hong, which looked like the scythe of the god of death. Their graceful bodies moved gently and softly among the enemies, and every move brought out a handful of blood.
The ten guards were obviously carefully selected by Lian Tie. They remained calm even when surrounded by three or four people. Even when they were hit or stabbed by swords, the expressions on their faces did not change at all.
As his pupils shrank and flashed with the light of death, he grabbed the enemy's sword that was stabbing into his body with one hand and raised his other hand to cut off the enemy's head. Before he could retract his arm, another enemy who came over chopped off his arm with a knife.
With a muffled groan, at the moment when he could no longer maintain his balance, he suddenly pulled out the sword that was stuck in his body, and pulled another person to take the blame for him. At this time, he was stabbed twice from behind, and then he slowly fell to the ground.
Li Hong looked at the bloody scene in front of him and shook his head unconsciously. He nudged Wu Mei with his shoulder and gestured for him to go to the top of the mountain. This place should be not far from the Zongsheng Palace. He hoped to get some help.
Wu Mei was also looking at him. When their eyes met, both of them showed calmness and composure. Under the protection of Banmei and Xunlan, they slowly continued to walk up the mountain.
But there were also many enemies rushing down from the mountain. At this time, Lian Tie twisted the neck of an enemy, jumped up, and flew towards Wu Mei. While he was in the air, his two feet were like sledgehammers, kicking the enemies on the head one by one.
After being kicked, the unsuspecting enemy uncontrollably crashed into the rocks on the nearby mountain path, and either suffered a bloody head and lost his combat effectiveness, or suddenly fainted.
Lian Tie knew what to do without waiting for Li Hong's order. He grabbed two swords, one in each hand, and together with Banmei and Xunlan, he fearlessly blocked the enemy from approaching.
The three men tried hard to open a gap in the densely packed crowd, but there were too many enemies and they couldn't break through all at once.
Li Hong and Wu Mei had only walked about ten steps forward at this time.
Quietly watching the brutal and silent killing scene, Li Hong's eyes passed through the crowd, and he raised his arm quickly and steadily. A cold light flew through his hand and quickly shot towards the outermost edge of the encirclement.
The enemy on the outermost side of the encirclement was obviously a leader. When he saw the cold light flashing in Li Hong's hand, he immediately raised his knife to block it. With a "ding" sound, the cold light was separated and shot into the temple of the unsuspecting enemy next to him, who immediately fell to the ground.
Li Hong was filled with even more murderous intent. Without waiting for the man to react, after the first arrow was blocked, he immediately fired the second and third arrows. The second arrow was blocked again, but the third arrow did not give the enemy a chance to breathe and hit the man's throat with incredible accuracy.
Immediately, blood oozed out from between the man's fingers, soaking his black clothes, and he fell down slowly with unwillingness.
As the man was shot by Li Hong, the enemies on the mountain road suddenly panicked. Under the attack of Lian Tie, Ban Mei, Xun Lan, Bai Lu and Xiao Han, a gap was opened.
Li Hong said nothing, and quickly took out a row of arrows from his waist. He quickly strung three arrows, then took Wu Mei's hand and slowly walked forward.
The dense forests and narrow mountain paths on both sides were now littered with corpses. Of the ten original guards, only three were left holding on.
Bai Lu's face was also pale, with a long wound on her waist and abdomen that was bleeding, and the dagger in her hand was not as swift and sharp as it was at the beginning.
A man came out from the side and stabbed Bai Lu silently with a sword from behind. When Bai Lu noticed it, it was too late to turn around. At this moment, a cold light flashed, and the sword was about an inch away from her back. Suddenly, it softened, and a small arrow hit her temple.
Li Hong frowned, glanced at Bai Lu's miserable appearance, took a deep breath, pulled Wu Mei and continued to move forward without looking back. At this moment, he knew that he could not stay and he could not save Bai Lu.
Lian Tie's sword brought out three waves of blood, which made Wu Mei and Li Hong walk forward a few steps quickly!
Banmei and Xunlan were equally fierce with their swords in their hands, and they tried their best to point at the enemy's wrists. At this moment, they were willing to kill but not strong enough, and all they could do was to make the enemy lose their fighting power as much as possible.
Xiaohan had been separated by the crowd and had lost contact with Bailu. He was also besieged by three men in black. Every move was aimed at Xiaohan's fatal points. Xiaohan relied on his erratic body movements and the cover of the trees in the woods. For a while, the three men were unable to do anything to him.
Lian Tie groaned, waking up Li Hong who was looking in the direction of Xiaohan. Turning back, he saw Wu Meiru, just like himself just now, quickly raising and lowering the Yanchi crossbow in her hand. A ray of cold light flew past and shot into the shoulder of the enemy behind Lian Tie, buying Lian Tie some favorable time in a flash.
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