Chapter 200 Gathering
Chapter 200 Gathering
Li Yuan didn't have anything to pack.
He also secretly exchanged several basic maps of the inner and outer cities of Gaoliu County with Zhou Jinzhong.
Early in the morning, Li Yuan had a meal with his brother and sister-in-law, then took Little Haozi to inform Wang Wenyuan.
Although Wang Wenyuan would take care of his second brother's family even without saying it, Li Yuan still mentioned it. He felt relieved after getting a response.
The promise of a top killer is still reassuring.
After bidding farewell to Wang Wenyuan, Li Yuan went to the weapon forging shop for a look. His skills in disguise were very sophisticated, and neither Fatty Sun nor Old Zhang recognized him.
However, Li Yuan still went around the two people's rooms and left some things for each of them.
"Although these famous jadeite knives and blue steel swords were made in the Weapon Forging Valley, Old Zhang should be able to tell what they are after just one look, right?"
Looking at the forging room in the distance, Li Yuan smiled.
The swords he made bore traces of Zhang Ben, which fulfilled old Zhang's obsession.
After staying for a while, Li Yuan turned around and left, going to Jinyi Pawnshop to redeem his pawned items.
He had been here before and pawned a silver note worth one hundred taels for ninety-three taels of silver for a period of three years. Now he had just redeemed it.
Seven taels of silver would be enough to cover my second brother's monthly allowance for two years. It would be convenient and not too much of a hassle.
All those things that happened when he beat Qian Bao up back then were nothing to him now.
"Golden clothes at night."
After walking out of Rongshengfang, Li Yuan looked back at the weapon forging shop. He felt a little unhappy, but he had no intention of showing up in public.
There are undercurrents in Zhelong Mansion, so it’s better to have less trouble than more.
"Squeak~"
The little mouse squeaked a few times in the sleeve, and it seemed to be reluctant to leave.
"Come back later."
After stuffing the little mouse back into his sleeve, Li Yuan looked up at the gloomy sky and turned to go to Chaiyufang.
Prepare to meet those two martial artists who possess famous weapons.
……
Chaiyufang is a place where all kinds of people mix together and has always been the most chaotic urban area in Gaoliu County. After the Chai and Yu gangs were destroyed more than a year ago, the area has been in turmoil for a long time.
“Freshly baked pancakes, buns, and tofu pudding!”
"The sharp blades produced by the Blacksmith Shop are on sale at a low price!"
"Come on, take a look at the rouge from Qingfangzhai. If you have women at home, come and look..."
……
In Chaiyufang, various hawking sounds could be heard one after another.
Two middle-aged men wearing ordinary coarse linen clothes were eating at a breakfast stall. Both of them were very silent and inconspicuous in the crowd.
"Could it be that those disciples from the Divine Weapon Valley have been killed? After all these days, not a single one has returned?"
The black-faced man frowned.
They waited in Gaoliu County for nearly two months, but there was no sign of the true disciple Li Yuan, not to mention the few menial disciples.
"Calm down."
The taller man wiped his mouth and said, "The entire Divine Weapon Valley is relocating. It's such a big event, there's no way those disciples wouldn't come back to take a look. We'll just wait."
"How long will this take?"
The dark-faced man looked sullen.
"It's such a bad weather. It's going to rain again. Let's go back."
After breakfast, the two saw that the weather was getting gloomy and had no desire to go anywhere else, so they quickly returned.
The two men were very cautious. They lived in an inconspicuous alley in Chaiyufang and even ran a legitimate business, seemingly no different from ordinary people.
"Who?"
The two were very alert. The moment they pushed the door open, they realized something was wrong. They turned back suddenly and heard the whistling of the wind.
A heavy hammer as big as a human head came crashing down.
Bang! !
With a loud bang that made one's teeth ache, the two men screamed in unison, coughing up blood, and the swords wrapped in cloth strips were knocked out of their hands.
Snapped!
Li Yuan reached out and took the two famous instruments. They were ordinary, but worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.
"you……"
"Li Yuan, you're back!"
With two blows of the hammer, the two horrified martial artists were knocked to the ground. Li Yuan then interrogated them with a serious face.
A famous weapon costs at least five thousand taels. Even in the inner sect of the Divine Weapon Valley, only some elite disciples have it. So these two people are naturally not ordinary people.
At first, the two men were still very stubborn, but they could not withstand the crushing of the heavy hammer. After screaming a few times, the identities of the two men were revealed.
"The remnants of Qianjun Cave?"
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, but was not too surprised.
After all, Qianjun Cave is a large sect with a history of more than a thousand years, so it is normal for a few fish to slip through the net.
These two men were lurking here, as expected, waiting for me to come back. However, although they were good at martial arts, they seemed to have no experience.
I've been back for more than 20 days, but I didn't notice anything.
"Remnants? Bah!"
The two men had ferocious faces. They laughed miserably and coughed up blood foam. "As long as there is one person left in Qianjun Cave, we will not let your Shenbing Valley go!"
"Don't try to get anything out of us!"
"I regret it! If I had known this would happen, I would have killed your entire family first..."
Bang!
Li Yuan wiped the blood off the hammer head expressionlessly and sighed inwardly.
Since he came to this world, he has always lacked a sense of security in his heart, and he really has no interest in fighting and killing.
how...
After quickly packing up, Li Yuan turned around and left quickly.
……
……
Click!
Dark clouds gathered and electric snakes rolled away.
In the rain, Li Yuan, wearing a bamboo hat, urged his horse to go forward. Riding alone in the wind and rain, he felt that traveling in the world was very hard.
Riding a horse is not a comfortable experience, and riding in the rain is even less so.
The official road was muddy, and the wind and rain were strong. His internal energy was not sufficient to cover his entire body all the time, and within a few hours, most of his body was wet.
It wasn't cold, but it didn't feel good.
"call!"
"Suck!"
On horseback, Li Yuan held the reins in one hand and lightly pressed the horse's mane with the other. After completing the great circulation of internal energy, his breathing became slow and long.
The internal energy circulates throughout the body and is in a state of explosion at all times.
But there is no way to explode all the time.
In order to naturally isolate himself from wind and rain, Li Yuan estimated that he would have to at least achieve the Great Form Transformation and transform his strength into Qi.
Huhu~
In the wind and rain, Li Yuan urged his horse to gallop. He had not learned how to ride a horse, but with his martial arts skills, he didn't really need to learn it.
He rode the horse, not fast, but very steadily and smoothly. No matter whether he was riding in the wilderness or on a muddy dirt road, he did not seem to be riding bumpy.
"Why did you choose such a place?"
Following the marks left by Fang Baoluo, Li Yuan walked further and further away, and soon deviated from the official road.
He was complaining in his heart as he walked in the rain. It was almost nightfall when he saw a tavern in the distance.
This tavern is far away from the official road, located on the outskirts of Fajiu Mountain and next to the Bishui Lake. It can be said to be remote.
In the rain and wind, only a lonely yellow wine flag was fluttering.
"Is this it?"
Li Yuan glanced around and saw a familiar mark, then he dismounted.
The tavern is not small, with two floors in the front and a small courtyard in the back. Upon closer inspection, it is not too remote.
There was a village in the distance, and a mountain road nearby, leading straight to the other side of Fajiu Mountain. In front and behind, there were patches of green wheat fields, stretching for more than ten miles. In the rain, there was silence.
"Brother Li!"
After tying the horse outside, Li Yuan walked in and immediately saw Liu Zheng and Wang Peiyao, both of whom looked very happy.
Yue Yunjin, Wu Ming and other disciples from Gaoliu County were all there.
"Where's Senior Brother Fang?"
Li Yuan looked around vigilantly and found that there were no other customers in the tavern, nor was there a shopkeeper or waiter.
Is this the hidden stronghold of Shenbing Valley?
"Senior Brother Fang went out to explore the way and hasn't come back yet."
Liu Zheng stepped forward quickly, took the hat and the package, and led Li Yuan to the second floor. A group of disciples from the Divine Weapon Valley also greeted him.
"This tavern is an abandoned post station. We renovated it and used it as a temporary place to stay."
Wang Peiyao has disguised himself and is now a waiter wearing shorts and a mustache.
Yue Yunjin and Wu Ming were also dressed similarly.
"Brother Li."
A disciple dressed as a shopkeeper smiled and bowed: "I am Luo Renshu."
"Senior Brother Luo is here too?"
Li Yuan nodded.
He had some impression of Luo Renshu. At first, he hung out with Zhao Yunsheng, and later he hung out with Shao Fangbai. He was not very noticeable.
It was not until Qianjun Cave offered a bounty and a large number of assassins invaded that they came to prominence and became the most elite disciples of the inner sect.
"anyone there?"
At this time, a sound was heard outside, and everyone became alert. Someone stepped forward to confirm and found that it was a passing caravan.
"Greet them as you should."
Luo Renshu glanced at Yue Yunjin and the others, gave them a few instructions, and then led Li Yuan to the private room.
This tavern doesn't have much business on normal days, but on rainy days, there might be customers coming.
"Brother Li, this is the intelligence from all sides of Zhelong Mansion in the past two months. Brother Fang left it for you."
In the room, Luo Renshu took out a thick stack of information.
Li Yuan took it and flipped through it, frowning slightly: "Master... was ambushed?"
In the past two months, the major events in Zhelong Mansion are nothing more than the Xuanbing finding its master, various forces searching for "Li Yuanba", and secretly hunting down and capturing the disciples of Shenbing Valley.
In addition, Han Chuijun came from Dechang Prefecture and started a killing spree under the banner of revenge for his disciples.
"It's mainly several assassin organizations including Cui Ming Lou. Elder Han offers a high reward for those assassin strongholds. Whenever he finds one, he uses thundering methods..."
Luo Renshu's face was full of admiration.
After Han Chuijun made his brazen move, he attracted the attention of most people. Otherwise, they might still be being hunted down.
Li Yuan flipped through the information.
Lao Han acted decisively and ruthlessly, but he acted in an orderly manner. He only targeted those killer organizations and always killed a lot of people.
The other sects had their disciples killed, but they could not take action openly and could only ambush in secret.
Lao Han took advantage of the situation and the two sides fought back and forth, with more than ten conflicts breaking out, and Lao Han suffered serious injuries.
"Are the elders here too?"
Li Yuan asked.
Although it was not mentioned in the intelligence, it is likely that Old Han would be overwhelmed if he had to do so many things alone.
"In addition to the Valley Master, several elders from the inner sect should have come. Otherwise, we would not be able to contain so many assassins and forces."
Luo Renshu was not sure either and could only express his own guess.
"Is that so?"
After reading the information, Li Yuan understood something.
It is already a stretch for the Divine Weapon Valley to fight against the eight branches of the Evil God Cult, not to mention the Huailong Palace and other forces that may add fuel to the flames.
Even if Old Han was wearing divine armor, he probably wouldn't stand a chance of winning.
The real purpose is probably to delay time and allow the disciples to evacuate, and the forces such as the Evil God Cult may not really want to capture the disciples of the Divine Weapon Valley.
It’s hard to say what the real purpose is, is it to lure out Lao Han and others?
Li Yuan was guessing in his heart that the sound of rain outside was getting heavier. Merchants passed by from time to time, and the tavern's business was pretty good.
It rained heavily all day and only gradually subsided in the evening. Some of the merchants who passed by to rest went to nearby villages to stay overnight, while others trudged through the mud to continue their journey.
Although the roads are difficult to travel on rainy days, there are relatively fewer bandits who block the road and rob people.
At night, Liu Zheng and Wang Peiyao prepared a table of wine and food. After running the restaurant business for two months, they had become quite skilled in cooking.
Li Yuan had been traveling for a whole day and was eating with gusto, but the rest of his fellow disciples were absent-minded.
Fang Baoluo did not come back that night.
Li Yuan did not wait and asked for a room, and did not delay his martial arts training and improvement of his constitution.
He found that he had a very easy-going personality and could adapt quickly no matter where he went.
Practice martial arts, look up intelligence, and before going to bed, release the little mouse to guard the night.
In this way, two or three days passed and Fang Baoluo still hadn't come back, but Li Yuan had adapted to life in this tavern.
This tavern is very remote. Except when it rains and passing merchants take the initiative to look for it, it has little business most of the time.
Otherwise, the previous post station would not have been abandoned.
……
"Senior Brother Fang hasn't come back yet."
With a piece of rag on her shoulder, Wang Peiyao lay on the table bored.
call!
Suddenly, a cold wind blew, and Wang Peiyao shivered immediately, feeling her hair standing up.
It was as if winter had arrived in an instant.
"Um?!"
Wang Peiyao started and opened her eyes.
Liu Zheng, Yue Yunjin and others in the lobby also stood up in shock.
But in front of the store, there was a man in black wearing a cloak. His facial features could not be seen, only a black scimitar on his waist, exuding a cold and aloof air that said "no entry allowed".
Master!
The person is not good!
Several people looked at each other and became alert.
"Please come in, sir."
Luo Renshu walked down from upstairs with a normal look on his face, as if he was really the owner of a roadside tavern, welcoming guests.
"The shopkeeper's."
The man in black said in a hoarse voice: "Why did you choose to open a tavern in such a deserted place?"
"Alas, many post stations were closed in the Dayun Dynasty, but the post stations in good locations are too expensive. Although this place is remote, it is cheap."
Luo Renshu smiled and explained: "From your accent, you are not from Zhelong Prefecture, right? Where are you from?"
"From Dechang Prefecture."
"Dechang Prefecture? I heard that Dechang Prefecture has been in turmoil recently and someone has blocked the mountain road. Is that true or not?"
"It's true that the mountain roads are blocked. Not only the mountain roads everywhere, I heard that many passes are also blocked."
"Ugh……"
As the two of them spoke, all the disciples of the Divine Weapon Valley in the hall came back to their senses and went about their business as usual.
"What would you like, sir?"
After talking for a few sentences, Luo Renshu's forehead was slightly sweaty. After talking for so long, this person didn't even take a step inside, but just blocked the door.
"What do you want?"
The man in black seemed to be answering, but also seemed to be talking to himself.
He glanced at the lobby and the second floor, and his hoarse voice turned cold and cruel:
"I want a true disciple from Shenbing Valley. Is there one?"
(End of this chapter)