The end of the Wuqi Mountains extending to the west gradually decreases into hills when reaching the border of Qingzhou. From here, Yangzhou is all the way south. If you cross here and continue to go west, you will leave Qingzhou and enter Jizhou.

Although there was an official road here, during the battle with Xidi in the 75th year of Dakan, in order to slow down the Qingzhou reinforcements entering Jizhou, thirty-two shamans joined forces to cast spells. The heavy rain fell here for five days and five nights, and also changed the soil texture and landforms, creating a large area of ​​inaccessible swamps among these hills. Although some places have slowly dried over more than ten years, the official road has long been abandoned. Moreover, the opening of the Grand Canal ten years ago also made transportation between Qingzhou and Jizhou very convenient, and few people walked on this old road again.

Xiao Xia hasn't left for a long time. I remember the last time I left was about six years ago. After hearing the master said that this place was recently, I wanted to take a shortcut alone and go directly to Jizhou. As a result, I was almost swallowed by a giant python in this swamp. After he escaped from danger, he vowed not to take such an inexplicable shortcut again. I didn't expect that there would be a day to go back to this path now.

The reason is that it is really lately. It only takes two or three days to pass through here and then it will be in Jizhou.

It has been five days since he left the black wood forest. Within five days, he ran from Luoshui City at the eastern end of Qingzhou to the western end, and in two days he could leave Qingzhou, Xiaoxia felt that his journey was fast enough. At least the news in Luoshui City must not be as fast as he did. However, he still felt that it was not fast enough. Although he had tried his best to eliminate the footprints in the woods and all the traces left by himself, the longer he had been in this world, the more he understood that only by being cautious and cautious, the longer he could live.

"Master Xia, why do you still have to rush to the road? I'm very bored. I also want to take a shower. The things you painted on my face are very smelly, and the things you wear on my head are also very heavy."

This is the twelfth time that the girl in white has complained today. No, she is not a girl in white, but a girl named Mingyue. She is no longer wearing the white clothes, but a set of military uniforms commonly seen by the female heroes in the martial arts world. She is a size bigger and looks a little bloated and fat. She also has a golden hairpin and a very bright red flower on her head, and two pieces of rouge are rubbed on her face.

"Miss Mingyue, those things cost me ten taels of silver, and I can buy ten bags of apples that you like to eat." Xiaoxia sighed. Of course, these things were arranged by him for Miss Mingyue, but of course they were not to dress her up more beautifully. Her current outfit and some yellowed potions are completely different from before. Even the Li Daxia, who almost glared out his eyes when he saw her, if he was still alive, he might not have any extra thoughts when he saw her again.

"And I think the horse is tired of running." The girl Mingyue stuck her head out, looked at the horse riding beneath her, and patted the horse's head with her hands. "Mah, horse, I'm so sorry, I'm making you so tired of running. Don't blame Taoist Xia, he is afraid of being chased by bad people..."

As she said that, Miss Mingyue suddenly thought of a good idea, her eyes lit up, and she slapped her hands: "By the way, I can carry you, I won't run slower than the horse. No one here can see you, so you don't have to be embarrassed. Horses don't have to be so tired."

"..." Xiao Xia rolled her eyes. So far, I don't know whether it is right or wrong to take this Mingyue girl to escape with her, but at least one thing is that it is not too boring along the way.

Speaking of which, the road under the feet is indeed becoming increasingly difficult to walk. The official road is almost invisible among the bushes of short trees and shrubs, and there are more and more hills in front of them. It is only a matter of time before abandoning the horse. Xiao Xia was a little hesitant. Mingyue’s suggestion seems to be a good idea. Although it seems a bit inappropriate for a young man to be carried by a young girl, no one can see it. In addition, this Mingyue girl cannot be considered a complete girl. Isn’t there any Taoist master who has taken the monsters to take it as a mount? But what should I say... What Mingyue girl said makes sense. The horse has been miserable along the way, and I can’t bear to ride it anymore, so I will ride you...

Just as she was thinking about how to speak about this, Xiao Xia suddenly felt shocked, and the horse under her neighed and threw him out.

Triple Marso! How could it be chased so quickly?

From the way the horse screamed and the horse fell down, Xiao Xia knew what was going on in the air. She tightened her heart, and her hand was touched by her waist, and a Qingfeng body talisman was already in her hand. The divine thoughts were thrilling, and as the talisman flaming into ashes, a whirlwind surrounded him. When he stumbled and rolled on the ground and stood up, he had pulled out the Rainbow Shadow Sword in his right hand, and another mid-grade spiritual talisman in his left hand, waiting for hidden weapons flying all over the sky or the martial arts masters who rushed forward.

Sure enough, more than ten people rushed out from behind the bushes not far away. These people shouted, and in addition to swords, guns, sticks, they were actually holding a few powerful crossbows. They ran to the front of the front of the weapons, and the front of the crossbows, and they were still quite well-organized.

Xiao Xia was stunned. He recognized that the hands of these people were all military crossbows.

Wars between the Yongji Prefectures and Xidi are common, and with the mixed dragons and snakes in the Liuzi Camp in Yongzhou, it is not very rare to lose some of these military equipment. Of course, military equipment is indeed much sharper than ordinary Jianghu Gu's things, but Xiao Xia felt relieved after seeing it, because those who are willing to use these will definitely not be masters. Instead of masters, it will definitely not be the Luoshui Gang.

"Is it a horse thief?" It seems that this is the only explanation. Although Xiao Xia doesn't understand why there are horse thieves setting up ambush in this place where birds do not lay eggs.

"They are two kids~! They are all careful, they seem to have some skills. This kid seems to have some magic and do something to do. Don't let them get away~!"

It was indeed a horse thief, or a group of experienced horse thieves. The leader waved his hand and set up a formation, while the one behind aimed at the crossbow but did not fire, but just intimidated him. The one in front directly rushed towards Xiao Xia with a weapon.

Xiao Xia looked back and saw that he didn't fall, and the girl Mingyue must have disappeared. However, the two horses fell off their legs and were lying on the ground with a bitter slut. The girl squatted beside her and seemed to be fiddling with their injuries, and she didn't even look at them. And these horse thieves obviously regarded Xiao Xia, who had a long sword in his hand and lit a talisman in the air, as if she was the most difficult one.

Fortunately, it was just a horse thief. There was no need to waste this medium-grade talisman. A Qingfeng Body Protector is only a capital of two silver, so it is enough to deal with them. Xiao Xia took the talisman back into his waist and quickly met the horse thief who rushed in front, holding a sword in both hands and slashed out with all his strength.

A clear light passed by, without even a trace of noise. The horse thief's hands and half of his face flew out in the clear light together with the spear on his hands. The horse thief also made a piercing move with his broken arm, and then he jumped on the spot like cramps, half of his mouth let out a strange howl, and fell to the ground and rolled around.

As expected, a good sword is worth five thousand taels of silver and two top-grade treasures. Xiao Xia sighed inwardly, but his hands did not stop. He took advantage of the opportunity of several horse thieves behind him to rush back into it. He waved his sword with both hands and slashed again. The two horse thieves screamed and fell to the ground, and the weapons used to block them were cut off and fell.

There were a few sharp sounds of wind breaking through the air. The horse thief holding a crossbow behind him also reacted, and the powerful crossbow in his hand shot at Xiao Xia. The horse thief had a good head, and it didn't shoot at a distance of more than ten or twenty feet. The crossbow arrows all flew towards Xiao Xia's head, face, chest and abdomen. However, as soon as he approached Xiao Xia's side, the whirlwind suddenly accelerated, blowing these crossbow arrows away. At most, two of them were inserted through the shoulder and scratched their clothes and brought out two blood marks.

Xiao Xia knew the power of the military crossbow. He drew the Qingfeng body protector talisman by himself. Of course he knew better. Although the power of the talisman was probably almost exhausted after blowing these few crossbow arrows, the horse thieves behind him would not know. Seeing that the crossbow arrows were ineffective, the other party would not care about it, so naturally they would not take any more time to get the arrow. Xiao Xia took this opportunity to retaliate into the group of horse thieves, relying on the sharpness of the Hongying Sword in his hand and slashed randomly. The blockers were invincible. Whether it was sword robbing, leather armor protective gear, or even wooden shields wrapped in iron, they were broken, and the broken limbs and broken arms flew around and screamed in succession. Instead, the horse thieves were scrambling and the horse thieves who were approaching Xiao Xia were all retreating.

"I have a big idea~! The weapons in my hand are powerful~! Brothers, don't panic~! Wait for me to call..." The leader of the horse thief shouted, "Don't panic, but he was a little panic. He took out a firework from his arms while retreating. But before he could use it, a flame first came out of Xiao Xia's hand and exploded on his face.

Another three taels of silver. Xiao Xia shouted in his heart. He had been paying attention to this leader. These horse thieves were equipped with a proper advance and retreat, and were definitely not a mob that would make do with the temporary arrangement. The horse thieves rarely came out in a single stock. These dozen people must be the periphery sent by a group of horse thieves to guard them, which means there was a large group of horse thieves nearby. When he saw the leader pulling out a fireworks to report the news, he immediately took out a fire explosion talisman and threw it over. This was just a talisman of the fourth grade of Fire Xing. Although it might not be fatal, it would be fine if he was dizzy and fell to the ground.

Sure enough, the head of the horse thief who was hit by the bombing fell back without even snorting, but some of the firelights that exploded also splashed onto the fireworks in his hand. With a loud bang, a large ball of fireworks exploded beside the two horse thieves, igniting all their clothes and hair. The two horse thieves immediately screamed and rolled on the ground. As soon as they put out the flames, Xiao Xia, who caught up, kicked them in the head and neck and kicked them faint.

The remaining horse thief finally lost the slightest fighting spirit and turned around and ran towards the hills in the distance. Xiao Xia did not chase him. He stood and took a few breaths of heavy breaths, which was also exhausting a lot.

Xiao Xia was inevitably a little energetic when he shook his long sword. Although his skills were indeed worse than those masters, he was not a good deal in the two years in Liuzi Camp. He was used to fighting in battle formations and fighting alone, and the martial arts masters who were used to fighting alone were far inferior to him. His skills were actually not much higher than these horse thieves, but with these experiences, he could kill more than a dozen horse thieves in one go with the rainbow shadow sword in his hand.

It’s a pity that the Hongying Sword is just a sword no matter how sharp it is. If there is such a situation next time, it cannot be used like this again. Xiao Xia looked at the undetectable scars on the sword’s blade and felt secretly heartbroken. The one-handed sword that was known to be the thick-backed machete on the battle formation was chopped by him. If it weren’t for the extraordinary texture of the sword, whether it was the old guardian Zeng or the Lord Zhou Mu, who had witnessed him using this sword in this way, would probably have slapped him into meat sauce without saying a word.

Turning around and walking back to the two horses, Mingyue had already connected the broken legs of the two horses. I don’t know what magical powers she used. The two horses could stand up slowly and rubbed their heads and necks against her slowly. Seeing Xiaoxia coming back, she was not surprised at all, just saying, “Have you avenged the horse? The horse can’t run anymore, so I will carry you in the future.”

"This kind of thing... let's talk about it later." Xiao Xia frowned and looked at the direction where the horse thief fled. The sound of fireworks just now must have been heard. Turning around and taking a detour now is not a good idea. It is safest to go to Jizhou through here as soon as possible.

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