Xiang Biao was still wallowing in self-pity, crying uncontrollably.
Lu Qing'an and his group of four were staring at each other in bewilderment at the band of mountain bandits who had come to rescue them.
"you......"
"You, you, you..."
"Emma! Isn't that...?"
Upon seeing the two familiar faces of Ah Da and Ah Er, Yu immediately reached out and slapped his thigh hard.
Completely forgetting that he was still holding a Gatling gun, he pulled the trigger with his other hand.
Fortunately, as he slapped his thigh, the gun barrel tilted slightly, and the bullet grazed Xiang Biao's cheek.
Still immersed in grief, Xiang Biao felt a burning sensation as the bullet grazed his cheek and immediately cried out in alarm.
But nobody cared.
Yu Ye had already run ahead by now.
After recognizing Ah Da and Ah Er's familiar faces, a bright smile immediately appeared on his face.
"When those few lackeys said that the Invincible Sect people had come, I thought it was my junior sister and senior brother."
"I never thought we'd meet again."
Holding a torch, Ah Da's usually unchanging face showed a hint of shyness. "We never expected to meet our benefactor here."
"Fellow Daoist Sheng, you didn't come?"
Ah Er tiptoed and glanced behind Lu Qing'an and the other three.
After confirming that Sheng Ning hadn't come along, a hint of regret immediately appeared in his eyes. "I wanted to show her what my brother and I had accomplished over the past six months."
Meeting Ah Da and Ah Er was an accident.
Lu Qing'an still remembers the first time he met A Da and A Er, when they were so fanatical about the demon race.
He also remembered that his junior sister had given them a large sum of spirit stones and opened a mercenary shop in Youyun City.
Youyun City is currently occupied by the Demon Clan...
"Why did you all end up in the mountains?"
Lu Jingshen's question left Ada and A'er looking worried.
A-Da glanced at Xiang Biao and his group, who were about to sneak away, and a hint of ferocity appeared in his eyes. "Go, take Xiang Biao and the others back to the village."
Xiang Biao, who was about to sneak away, still had tears on his face.
He didn't show any joy when he heard that A-Da was going to take him back to the village.
He wanted to speak out in rebuttal, and he wanted to fight back.
When he thought about the consequences of his previous struggles, the struggle on his face instantly faded.
Despite being restrained by Ah Da's men, Xiang Biao didn't forget to turn around and glare fiercely at the four of them as he passed by Lu Qing'an.
"If I had known you were old acquaintances of these lunatics, I should have killed you all first!"
As his words fell, a slap echoed through the mountains and forests.
Ah Er raised his hand and slapped Xiang Biao hard across the head, saying in a deep voice, "You dare to lay a hand on my and my brother's benefactors? You're tired of living!"
"Go and lock Xiang Biao in the water dungeon alone. As for the others, do it the old way."
The cultivators who captured him were all at the mid-to-late stage of the Golden Core realm, while Xiang Biao, only at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, was no match for them.
Left with no other choice, he could only let them torment him. Before he was taken away, his cries of indignation echoed throughout the mountains and forests.
Seeing this, Lu Qingan couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his nose.
Ah Da, Ah Er, and the others seemed completely at ease, as if they had done this countless times before and it had become a habit.
"Talk as we walk?"
Ah Da made a 'please' gesture.
Lu Qingan nodded. "We need to leave for the Lotus Sect before dawn. There's something that can't be delayed."
Encountering Ah Da and the others in the mountains was truly unexpected for Lu Qing'an and his companions.
As Ah Da and the others walked towards the direction of the village.
Along the way, Lu Qing'an and his companions learned a great deal about what happened on the mainland when they left for the Northern Region.
"You've returned rather late. Youyun City was massacred by the demons and is now a dead city. And the mercenary shop that Fellow Daoist Sheng built for us before..."
"When the demons attacked, the shop had just started to develop. Many of the employees died at the hands of the demons while trying to save the people in the city."
"Later, when we had no other choice, Ah Er and I took the few remaining men and ran into the mountains, thinking that we would go out again when things returned to normal on the mainland."
"Who would have thought that we would meet so many disciples from various minor sects here? They are all now members of the shop."
When Ah Da finished speaking, his tone was clearly excited.
He turned around and introduced the four people beside him, including Lu Qing'an.
"Because of the uneven distribution of resources on the mainland, all resources were concentrated on the four major sects, causing many smaller sects to collapse."
"When I met Ah Er and them, they were discussing opening a new sect."
Ah Er nodded in agreement, "Then my brother and I brainwashed them, oh no, we told them that instead of setting up a new sect, we should open a mercenary shop."
"As long as we are paid with spirit stones, we will do it. This is faster and more convenient than passively obtaining resources by opening a new sect."
After listening to the two brothers recount their recent experiences, Lu Qing'an and his companions felt even more strongly that life was not easy for cultivators in small sects or independent cultivators.
We all come from all over the country, and we all entered the path because of the motto: punish evil and promote good, uphold justice, and save all living beings.
Since the establishment of new sects is for the benefit of all people, and the creation of mercenaries is also for the benefit of all people, why not trade in a fair manner?
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