Chapter 1 Three Days

They traveled rapidly for three days, only resting briefly at night, and spending the rest of the time on the road.

The only burden, Helian Baozhu, sat on Fan Li's shoulders the entire time. The rest were no ordinary people, so their travel speed was naturally extremely fast.

A Tong and A Mu were afraid that complications would arise if they lingered, and that they would be pursued by the Secret Intelligence Division again, so they deliberately quickened their pace.

Zheng Fan's side was also afraid of complications, and at the same time, he didn't want to fight with the Secret Intelligence Division again, so he followed their pace as a matter of course.

Three days later,

when A Tong pointed to the mountain peak in front,

and said:

"Geda Mountain is here."

Zheng Fan was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, stop, and rub his already sore ankles.

In fact, a person's endurance is much stronger than a horse's, but people are not beasts after all. If Zheng Fan didn't have the strength of a seventh-rank martial artist, coupled with the experience of fighting in the north and south, he might not have been able to keep up with this forced march, and would probably have had to be pulled along by his demon kings. There was no way he could have been so relaxed.

Geda Mountain was right ahead. A Tong and A Mu decided to rest here for the night and enter the mountain tomorrow.

According to the results of the nightly conversations over the past few days, there should be a nominally savage village in Geda Mountain, but in reality, it was Helian's "secret base."

The Helian family had been operating this second stronghold for a long time.

Fan Li placed Helian Baozhu inside the tent. Helian Baozhu hadn't spoken these past few days. She had actually been hypnotized by the blind man to forget that she could speak for a period of time, subconsciously believing that she was mute.

This wasn't a big problem. After a month or so, as long as something happened unintentionally, or she was slightly stimulated, she would be able to speak again.

It was better for everyone if she couldn't speak right now.

The brothers A Tong and A Mu seemed to have never left the Tianduan Mountains. They had a kind of simplicity in their bones, that is, stubbornness, so they were very trusting of Fan Li.

They really regarded Zheng Fan and the others as escorts for Helian Baozhu into the mountains, so they trusted them completely. Sometimes this trust was so simple that Zheng Fan felt a little embarrassed.

A bonfire was lit, and three wild rabbits were placed on the rack to roast.

They were already very close to Geda Mountain, and in the depths of the Tianduan Mountains, so they no longer had to worry about the Yan people's Secret Intelligence Division detecting them. Everyone was finally able to say goodbye to dry food and eat something hot.

When the rabbits were almost roasted, A Tong, who was on guard, suddenly returned and whispered:

"Someone's coming!"

Without saying a word, everyone immediately drew their weapons and prepared themselves.

However, soon, a cry came from the woods on the west side.

A Tong was stunned for a moment, and immediately called back.

Immediately afterward, a response came from the other side.

The vigilance on A Tong's face disappeared completely, and he smiled: "It's okay, it's our own people."

Zheng Fan then sat down again, but the other demon kings remained vigilant, because their identities were fake, so the so-called "own people" might very well be the enemy.

The person who had been beside Helian Baozhu and had gone to Geda Mountain to report should have been the leader of this group of guards, but he had been chased by the Secret Intelligence Division on the way. Although he had successfully reached Geda Mountain to report, he had died soon after, so no one could prove that Zheng Fan and the others were imposters at this moment.

But after all, it was better to be careful. During the chats at night when they rested, if the blind man hadn't known a lot about the Three Jins area and the Helian family through reading official reports and various records, they would probably have given themselves away long ago.

Before long, a burly man dressed in animal skins walked out from the west side. Behind the burly man were three other people, one pulling a cart, a woman standing beside it, and an old man lying on the cart.

However, this old man seemed to have smelled the aroma of roasted meat, and directly jumped off the cart with incredible agility. He rushed to the fire and directly used a branch to pick out a rabbit,

and cursed:

"It'll be overcooked if you roast it any longer, the meat will be too old, alas, wasting things, wasting things. Huhu, so hot, so hot..."

Yao Zizhan unceremoniously occupied a roasted rabbit and began to eat,

while continuing to mutter:

"Only sprinkled with salt? It's pure, but this old man still prefers something with a stronger flavor. It's a pity that the spices I brought with me ran out a few days ago, otherwise I could have let you taste my craftsmanship."

Zheng Fan and the demon kings beside him didn't have any objections to this old man who was eating their food.

It wasn't because their spiritual state had reached the point of being so charitable,

but purely because when they saw the lame man pulling the cart,

a trace of stiffness appeared on Zheng Fan and the others' faces.

Fortunately, the stiffness on everyone's faces was only momentary,

but Chen Daxia had been stiff the entire time,

but perhaps because Chen Daxia's face was always stiff, no one else around him noticed.

"Come, come, come and eat together, eat together."

Yao Zizhan shouted at Chen Daxia and the woman.

The woman walked over and sat down beside him.

Chen Daxia walked up to Zheng Fan and scanned them one by one.

"Hey, old sir, I happen to have three kinds of spices on me, would you like some?"

"Bring them, bring them, bring them here quickly while it's hot!"

Yao Zizhan was very eager.

Zheng Fan immediately began searching, and finally took out two small cloth bags and handed them over, apologetically saying:

"I'm sorry, I remembered wrongly, there are only two kinds of spices left out of the three."

"That's also extremely good, it's better than nothing."

Yao Zizhan took the spices and began to add them.

Chen Daxia sat down slowly on the side, looking thoughtful.

At this time, A Tong introduced:

"This is Gesang, the number one warrior of my tribe!"

The burly man took the initiative to walk over, first patted his chest at Zheng Fan and the others, and then his gaze began to wander, eventually landing on Helian Baozhu.

"Plop!"

The burly man knelt down to Helian Baozhu,

and sincerely said:

"Gesang greets the young master!"

Helian Baozhu was startled and looked around uneasily, without speaking.

Gesang looked at Helian Baozhu in surprise. At this time, the blind man opened his mouth to explain:

"Miss was frightened on the road and needs some time to recover."

Hearing this, Gesang was furious and punched the ground. The earth didn't tremble, but a stone under his fist was directly crushed.

This kind of ability to make light work of heavy tasks proved that his strength was definitely above sixth rank!

"Damn Yan dogs, Miss, don't worry, one day we will protect Miss and drive all the Yan dogs out!"

When Gesang swore to Helian Baozhu,

Yao Zizhan raised his head, reached out and wiped his greasy mouth, and said:

"Helian Baozhu? Helian Xiongbi's daughter?"

Gesang turned his head to look at Yao Zizhan, nodded, and said:

"Master Yao, this is indeed our young master."

Saying that, Gesang pointed to Yao Zizhan and introduced him to A Tong and Zheng Fan and the others:

"Everyone, this is the world-renowned Master Yao Zizhan, a close friend of the family head for decades."

Zheng Fan looked at Yao Zizhan in surprise,

Huh?

This old man is the great literary figure of this world?

He had often heard of Yao Zizhan before. By comparison, he was like Su Dongpo in his world.

But how could he be here?

Three rabbits were naturally not enough for everyone to share. Yao Zizhan ate two and a half by himself, and gave the remaining half to the woman. Zheng Fan and the others could only continue to eat dry food.

Chen Daxia got up and left the campfire, looking like he was going to relieve himself.

Zheng Fan pointed to Chen Daxia's back and said:

"Is that one a swordsman?"

Yao Zizhan nodded and smiled: "This old man once helped him more than ten years ago. This time, he specially escorted me into the mountains. Don't look at his limp, but his swordsmanship is so amazing that even I am amazed."

"Oh, may this junior ask what rank is Master Yao?"

Yao Zizhan coughed and said:

"Can't someone who doesn't know martial arts be amazed?"

"..." Zheng Fan.

At this time, the woman who hadn't said much before opened her mouth and said:

"Warriors, you've had a hard journey, where did you enter the mountains from?"

Zheng Fan frowned slightly. This woman's words had a very strong interrogative tone.

And they couldn't stand close scrutiny.

The blind man suddenly stood up at this time, pointed at the woman, and scolded:

"Brother Gesang, this woman is no ordinary person, she's a Silver Armor Guard!"

Hearing this, Gesang, who had been sitting there, suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze like lightning, staring at the woman.

The woman panicked for a moment. She clearly wanted to probe the background of this group of guards, but who would have thought that someone among them would directly reveal her identity.

Gesang slowly stood up, and A Tong and A Mu behind him also moved closer.

"Master Yao, is this true?"

The woman also stood up, her left hand on her waist, while her gaze began to subconsciously scan Chen Daxia, who had left earlier.

But presumably Chen Daxia was shy and had run to a relatively far place to pee,

so he hadn't returned yet.

Yao Zizhan took a sip of wine and nodded nonchalantly, saying:

"Of course, this old man can be considered a treasure of Qian, how can I come here across mountains and ridges without a capable guard by my side?

Besides, my official family wouldn't be at ease, so he sent Miss Su to be this old man's... concubine.

Hahaha, you understand, my Great Qian's Silver Armor Guards like to send wives to dignitaries, I, this old man, am old and weak, but I can't refuse the official family's kindness, so I can only wrong Miss Su.

I didn't intend to hide this matter, I originally planned to tell the village chief tomorrow after entering the mountain, because Miss Su is also carrying a secret decree from my official family.

If the Helian family wants to rise again, my Great Qian will naturally help out, after all, we have a common enemy."

Yao Zizhan spoke very frankly.

Gesang's gaze couldn't help but become gentler;

But at this time,

the blind man sneered disdainfully:

"Help out? What ability do you Qian people have to help, being beaten into that state by sixty thousand Yan dogs."

Yao Zizhan smiled and didn't speak,

But Miss Su beside him directly said:

"That's still much better than your clan being exterminated in ten days."

Yao Zizhan's face suddenly changed, and he secretly thought something was wrong.

"Clang!"

Gesang's figure directly appeared in front of Miss Su, and his whole person directly slammed into her.

"Bang!"

Miss Su staggered back several steps, blood dripping from the corner of her mouth, while Gesang stood still.

"Master Yao, although I was born in this mountain, I also respect Master Yao's talent, but this female Silver Armor Guard, I don't care how you talk to the village chief tomorrow;

But tonight,

I don't want to hear another word from your mouth, otherwise, you die!"

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Still owe two chapters, don't panic, Long remembers.