The food indeed contained poison.
But it was not fatal.
At most, it would cause someone to fall into a coma.
This caught Chen Nan by surprise.
He hadn't expected a traitor within the Wang family's merchant caravan.
At the same time, he understood why the bridge on the official road had been destroyed.
Someone wanted to force the Wang family members into Mount Luoyan.
And thus, fall into the hands of those mountain bandits!
As for who the mole was.
It was obvious.
Besides the one named Wang Fu, it couldn't be anyone else.
"Feign unconsciousness in a moment."
"Don't make any rash moves."
Chen Nan sent messages to Di Ting and Guo Yu.
If the bandits of Mount Luoyan were only after money.
He certainly wouldn't interfere.
But if they intended to rob and kill.
Then he definitely had to intervene.
Even though they were strangers who met by chance.
The young lady of the Wang family was kind-hearted.
He absolutely would not stand by and watch her be murdered by bandits.
Just as the Wang family caravan members were eating dinner, vigilant of their surroundings.
One by one, their eyes closed, and they fell into a coma.
In less than a minute.
Everyone had fallen unconscious.
Subsequently.
Wang Fu, who had been in a coma, opened his eyes, a sinister smile appearing on his face.
He looked at Wang Lan.
His inner ardor was not concealed at all.
Shamelessly, he squeezed Wang Lan...
Then.
He took out a Cloud-Piercing Arrow from his embrace.
And released it directly!
Whee!
Accompanied by a sharp sound.
A signal flare burst in the night sky.
About five minutes later.
The sound of hooves echoed from deep within the mountains.
A moment later.
Wu Tian, the second-in-command of Mount Luoyan, along with over twenty bandits, arrived in full force, weapons in hand.
Wang Fu quickly led a horse and moved the carriage elsewhere.
Creating an opening in the circle.
"Wang Fu, you've done a good job!" Wu Tian looked at Wang Fu with gratification. "As agreed, we from Mount Luoyan will not touch these goods, but Wang Lan must be brought back to the mountain to become our leader's wife."
"As for the Wang family's affairs."
"If you can eliminate Wang Lan's father."
"We from Mount Luoyan will support you to become the patriarch of the Wang family."
Wang Fu was overjoyed. "Thank you, Second Master..."
Pfft!
Without any warning.
A long sword pierced through his chest.
A large portion of it emerged before his eyes.
Crimson blood dripped continuously.
He turned back in terror.
Only to see that at some point.
Wang Lan had already woken up.
Her eyes were filled with frost.
Pfft!
Wang Lan pulled out the sword from Wang Fu's body and said through gritted teeth, "I've long suspected there was a traitor in the family, but I never thought it was you!"
The Wang family's business had been troubled lately.
Several shipments of goods had been robbed.
Because of this.
Wang Lan herself was escorting the goods to Guangling Prefecture.
She wanted to see who was betraying the Wang family.
And leaking the Wang family's cargo routes to the villains.
Only.
She hadn't expected.
That person was Wang Fu.
This was her own uncle!
Wang Fu fell to the ground in terror.
Spitting blood from his mouth.
He hadn't expected Wang Lan to be guarding against him.
"You traitor."
"The Wang family treated you well."
"Yet you want to devour the foundation of our Wang family."
"And you even molested me."
Wang Lan's anger grew as she spoke, and with a swing of her sword, a heart-wrenching scream followed.
Wang Fu's hands were neatly severed.
"Second Master, save me, save me!" Wang Fu's face was sallow, and he pleaded with Wu Tian.
Wu Tian drew his sword.
Wang Fu's head flew through the air.
Then it heavily struck the ground.
Wang Fu's eyes were wide with terror as he glared at Wu Tian.
He never dreamed.
That he would die at the hands of the other party.
After severing Wang Fu's head with a single sword strike, Wu Tian smiled at Wang Lan. "I truly didn't expect Miss Wang to be a formidable woman!"
"You knew this might be a trap, yet you still jumped into it?"
"Do you think you alone can fight all of us?" he said, a disdainful smile appearing on his face.
Wang Lan calmly asked, "Who says I'm alone?"
Before her words could even fall, the people who had been unconscious suddenly opened their eyes.
With lightning speed, they grabbed the weapons beside them and plunged them into the chests of the bandits.
In an instant.
All the bandits Wu Tian had brought died.
The situation instantly reversed.
Wu Tian looked at Wang Lan in disbelief. "I never expected, truly never expected, that you, woman, had such means."
"If I'm not mistaken, you must have given them an antidote beforehand, right?"
"However."
"Even so, what does it matter?"
"How can mere mortals like you defeat me?"
"I am a peak Qi Absorption realm expert!" he roared with laughter, unleashing a powerful aura.
Sensing the aura Wu Tian emitted.
Wang Lan and the others looked grave.
Cultivators were beings far above mortals.
Any cultivator could easily control the life and death of mortals.
Seeing their fearful eyes, Wu Tian said, "If you agree to join Mount Luoyan, I can spare your lives."
"Otherwise."
"Next year today will be your death anniversary."
His gaze was cold as a knife.
Causing everyone to feel anxious and uneasy.
At this moment.
A middle-aged man roared in anger. "The Wang family has treated us well, you will never make us betray our master, even if you kill us all, we will never let you harm our young lady."
Saying this, he brandished his saber and slashed at Wu Tian.
"Seeking death!"
Wu Tian's eyes narrowed, and he kicked the man away for over ten meters.
In front of cultivators.
Ordinary people were indeed like ants.
Wu Tian spoke, "Miss Wang, my leader has long been infatuated with you. If you are willing to come up to the mountain."
"I can let all of you go."
"Otherwise, I will have to send these people on their way."
"As the eldest daughter of the Wang family."
"The future matriarch of the Wang family."
"You wouldn't want to see them die tragically before your eyes, would you?"
He had a playful smile on his face.
Wang Lan's face turned ashen.
She naturally did not want to go up the mountain with them.
Because she knew that once she went to Mount Luoyan.
She would never be able to leave again in her lifetime.
But she did not doubt Wu Tian's words.
These bandits would indeed do as they said.
If she did not obey him.
He would truly kill these people from the Wang family.
She hesitated for a moment, her gaze firm. "Alright, as long as you let these Wang family members go, I will go up the mountain with you."
"Young Lady, you can't do this!"
"Yes, Young Lady, you can't do this!"
The Wang family members were all nervous, not wanting Wang Lan to become the bride of Mount Luoyan because of them.
Wang Lan said coldly, "My decision is made. You all take the goods and leave this place quickly!"
"No matter what, do not delay the delivery deadline...!"
Before she could finish speaking.
She saw Wu Tian kill a middle-aged man with a sword strike.
Because of the close proximity.
Blood even splattered her face.
"Sorry, I was just joking with you." Wu Tian grinned with a chilling smile. "I don't plan to let any of these people go!"
Chen Nan cleared his throat and slowly walked out from the darkness. "Does that include the two of us?"