The line of sky was a crack on the cliff, straight to the top of the cliff. It was wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The widest part was two meters, and the narrower part was only half a meter. It could only accommodate one person. As he climbed, he felt the boulders on both sides pressing down on his head, and he could only see a line of sky above, magnificent and incomparable.
Li Feng took the lead, followed by Xu Aotian and the others. Xu Aotian couldn't help but admire the scenery here after arriving at One-Line-Sky. Just as everyone was about to enter, a soldier rushed over from behind and shouted,"Leader Li, Leader Li."
Li Feng frowned and asked,"What's the big deal?"”
The soldier pointed behind him and shouted,"They're catching up."”
"How many people are there?" Li Feng asked in shock.”
"About five or six hundred people. There were about 100 cavalrymen and the rest were infantry.”
Li Feng shouted at the people," Villagers! Everyone, hurry up! The pursuers are catching up!"”
When the commoners heard this, there was quite a commotion.
Xu Aotian frowned and asked,"How long will it take for all the citizens to pass?”
Li Feng roughly calculated and replied,"About fifteen minutes."
"How long will it take for the pursuers to arrive?" Xu Aotian asked again.”
Li Feng looked at the soldier who came to report. The soldier knew the opportunity and replied,"Cavalry only need the time to make two cups of tea while infantry need more than a quarter of an hour.”
"The cavalry won't take the risk to advance. They will definitely wait for the infantry." However, they would still arrive a little faster than the infantry.”
Xu Aotian did a rough calculation and said,"When all the commoners enter, the pursuers will arrive?”
"Yes, but this way, we won't have time to prepare."”
"What are you preparing?" Xu Aotian asked.”
Li Feng pointed to the top and said," I originally wanted the commoners to prepare some stones at the top of One Line's End of the World. When the pursuers come in, they can calmly throw the stones down from above to stop the pursuers."”
Xu Aotian looked at the top of the cliff, then turned to look at Fang Ziyu. Seeing Xu Aotian looking at him, Fang Ziyu shrugged his shoulders casually.
Xu Aotian smiled and said to Li Feng,"Let the commoners enter as soon as possible and let the commoners who entered first go up to prepare. The two of us will temporarily block the pursuers.”
"But they…" Li Feng was stunned.
Xu Aotian patted Li Feng's shoulder and said,""Big brother Li, don't worry. I think the two of us brothers should be able to stop them for a period of time.”
Li Feng's complicated expression kept shifting between Xu Aotian and Fang Ziyu. After a while, he sighed,"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you two brothers. Be careful. If you can't resist, retreat as soon as possible.”
Aotian Xu nodded, and Li Feng led the soldiers to prepare. Meanwhile, Xu Aotian and Fang Ziyu stood on the left and right of the passageway. The commoners brushed past them one by one. Li Feng had already sent people to inform Xu and Fang that they would risk their lives to block the enemy for the people. Everyone already knew that these two youths who had never met before would risk their lives to block the pursuers for them, so when they passed by the two, they could not help but reveal respectful gazes. When the beautiful village girl passed by, her gaze lingered on their faces for a few seconds before she said softly," Thank you," she said before lowering her head and walking quickly.
Under Li Feng's arrangement, the villagers followed order and did not have any chaotic scenes. When the last villager finally passed through, a cloud of sand and dust had already risen not far away.
Li Feng once again looked at the two of them deeply and said in a deep voice,"Be careful." After saying that, he quickly ran into the sky.
Xu Aotian and Fang Ziyu slowly approached each other and stood side by side at the entrance.
"Why bother?" Xu Aotian smiled bitterly.”
Fang Ziyu looked at Xu Aotian strangely and asked,"Isn't this what you wanted to do?"
"We saved them without hesitation, but after this, we will have an additional responsibility on our shoulders." Xu Aotian shook his head.”
"You're afraid that they'll pester you from now on?" Fang Ziyu said lightly.”
Xu Aotian smiled bitterly,"It's not that I'm afraid they'll pester me, but I can't bear to ignore them." You have to know that they have already been labeled as traitors. If I leave them alone, there's no need to say anything about Li Feng and the others. Those commoners…"
"So, you want to advance and retreat together with them?" Fang Ziyu interrupted.”
"Am I stupid?" Xu Aotian laughed dryly.”
"Since you want to help the people, why don't you start your own business?" Fang Ziyu shook his head.”
"I don't have that kind of ambition." Xu Aotian shook his head. Besides, we're all outsiders, so we can't care about these things.”
"I'm not asking you to be ambitious. I'm just advising you to establish your own power and create a peaceful sky for the people." At the very least, within your sphere of influence, the people can still live and work in peace.”
Xu Aotian looked at Fang Ziyu and frowned,"You have ill intentions."
Fang Ziyu smiled," I admit that I have my own selfish motives. I don't know how powerful my enemy is. I need my own support."”
Xu Aotian scratched his head in distress." Let me think about it. Sigh, to be honest, your proposal is very tempting."”
As they spoke, the pursuers had already closed in on them. An officer who seemed to be the leader shouted, and the cavalrymen pulled their horses to a halt. Not far behind the cavalrymen, a larger cloud of dust was flying in the air. It was obvious that more infantrymen had arrived.
The officer stared at Xu Aotian and Fang Ziyu coldly and shouted,""Are you two the two young Taoist priests mentioned in the report?”
Fang Ziyu snorted coldly. Xu Aotian stepped forward and said with a smile,"May I know how I should address you?"
The officer stared at Xu Aotian coldly. After a moment, he said,"Du Yuan."
"General Du, I don't know why you've mobilized so many people…"
Du Yuan waved his hand and shouted,"Cut the crap. Where are Li Feng and the rest of the rebels?"”
Xu Aotian shrugged his shoulders and said,"He ran away."”
As they spoke, the infantrymen behind them had already arrived. They lined up neatly in thirty rows, with more than twenty people in each row. Xu Aotian counted silently. Including the 100 cavalrymen, there were nearly 800 people.
"Are you going to surrender or should I send someone to tie you up?" Du Yuan asked in a deep voice.”
Xu Aotian nudged Fang Ziyu's waist with his elbow and smiled bitterly,"A great battle is coming."
"Haven't you killed enough people?" Fang Ziyu said lightly.”
Xu Aotian shook his head." In the past, I only killed two or three kittens and puppies. At most, I killed them once in the village." However, that time, it was also due to luck. He first killed their leader unexpectedly, and then ended the battle quickly when the group of people was shocked. If they hadn't been scared out of their wits and fought me, I wouldn't even know how I died.”
"You can use the same trick now," Fang Ziyu said softly.”
Xu Aotian pointed at the large number of heads in front of him and smiled,"Come on, killing a general from eight hundred people, do you really think I'm a god? The last time, the leader only let me kill him because he was standing close to me.”
The two of them talked softly, completely ignoring the enemy troops in front of them. Du Yuan saw that the two young boys treated him as if he was nothing, and he could not help but shout angrily,"Kill them!"
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