Murder and Arson in the Dark Night
Feilu. com updated:2011-4- 26 16:44:49 Words:2860
Under the night sky, he looked up at the moon, but he couldn't see any starlight. The only thing he could see was the waning moon in the east.
The hazy moonlight shone through the layers of clouds and onto the ground, vaguely outlining the edge of the horizon.
In the gloomy mountains, it was not as calm as this night. The mountain wind blew against the rice fields at the foot of the mountain, causing rustling sounds, sending a trace of coolness into this quiet wilderness.
A black shadow was leaning against an old locust tree at the foot of the mountain. The black night-traveling clothes tightly fused the person with the old locust tree. Even if someone was standing under the locust tree at this moment, it would be difficult to find the person on the tree.
"It's already past nine o'clock, and it's not far from nine o'clock. According to the information I've gathered these past two days, the person escorting the thousand-year-old blood essence from Crown Prince Peak should be here by now!”Looking up at the blurry waning moon in the sky, Wu Chen leaned against the locust tree and silently calculated the time.
Wu Chen, who was waiting for the medicine at the side, had heard what Li Jingyi had said unintentionally. Whether it was the value of the thousand-year-old blood essence or the fact that this matter was targeted at Crown Prince Peak, Wu Chen had a plan in his heart.
As the saying goes, humans have their own ways, and rats have their own ways. Although Wu Chen had just been released from the imperial prison and had yet to establish his own intelligence network, he still knew a lot about the rules of the martial world. After asking around, Wu Chen finally understood the rules.
Just as Li Jingyi had said, the thousand-year-old blood essence was originally the family treasure of the Zhao family in the south. It was unknown how the Crown Prince Peak found out about it. After understanding the great cultivation value of the thousand-year-old blood essence, the Crown Prince Peak sent three Weapon Refinement Realm martial artists to ask for it. Due to the Crown Prince Peak's power, the Zhao family had no choice but to hand over the thousand-year-old blood essence to avoid the disaster of extinction.
Although the Thousand-Year Blood Essence was obtained as promised, due to the huge cultivation value of the Thousand-Year Blood Essence, the three of them did not stop on their way back to the south. Otherwise, they would not have been able to get into Liang City. Anyone with a bit of power knew about this.
An ordinary person might not dare to take advantage of the treasure protected by three Weapon Refinement stage martial artists, but Wu Chen, who was also a Weapon Refinement stage martial artist, was not without any capital.
After all, Wu Chen had advanced to the Weapon Refinement stage through the transformation of his flesh and blood. Whether it was in terms of blood essence or strength, Wu Chen had far surpassed ordinary Weapon Refinement stage martial artists. In addition, the three of them had been greeted by many outlaws along the way north, so their mental and physical strength was at a relatively low level. Otherwise, Wu Chen would not have considered taking action. After all, Wu Chen's current strength was far from being a match for Crown Prince Peak.
Feeling the cold air of the autumn night, Wu Chen slowly merged his mind into the forest. With his current cultivation, he might not be able to understand everything that was happening in the forest, but he could still sense the commotion of a fight.
According to Wu Chen's understanding, Cangpo Ridge was the last dangerous pass on the way north to Shangliang. It had always been a place where people in the green forest robbed the rich and helped the poor. It was impossible for anyone who passed by here not to hand over some gold, silver, and soft goods. Furthermore, Wu Chen had heard that the head of the horse bandits in Cang Po Ridge, Zhang Mazi, was also interested in the thousand-year-old blood essence. It would be much easier for Wu Chen to do things if he had this group of people as his vanguard.
In reality, as Wu Chen understood, as the leader of the horse bandits in this area, Zhang Mazi had indeed taken notice of the thousand-year-old blood essence and had made quite a bit of preparations.
One had to know that as a cultivator's cultivation increased, the amount of vital qi they needed to consume every day would also increase. Similarly, the amount of vital qi they needed to accumulate in order to advance again was also shocking. Otherwise, a cultivator in the Artifact Refining stage would not have such a high status compared to the secular world. The process of absorbing Yuan Qi was too difficult. It could be said that if Wu Chen did not have the help of the Spirit Gathering Pill, with the Yuan Qi contained in the ingredients, it was a problem whether he could maintain his cultivation in the Artifact Refining stage.
However, the thousand-year blood essence could solve this urgent problem. The thousand-year blood essence was the same as ordinary medicinal herbs, and was nurtured by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. However, the Yuan Qi contained in it was easier for people to absorb.
If the vital qi contained in the thousand-year-old blood essence were to be converted into quantity, it would be enough to help an ordinary person cultivate from scratch to a solid foundation or even a higher realm. What was most important to cultivators was not their cultivation and longevity. As for money, it became dispensable when they stepped into this field. Because as long as one had cultivation and longevity, then money could be obtained again, but no amount of money could be exchanged for these. Otherwise, Crown Prince Peak wouldn't have offended the Zhao family in the south because of a piece of thousand-year-old blood essence. Although the Zhao family didn't have any military power, they were an influential family in Chen-Xing Country.
Due to this reason, the people from the Green Forest Sect wouldn't try to stop the three Weapon Refinement stage cultivators from protecting the thousand-year-old blood essence. The value of the blood essence was simply too great.
Just as Wu Chen was waiting carefully, the deep sound of hooves came from afar, breaking the silence of the mountains.
" Yu..." A sharp horse cry resounded throughout the entire mountain. At the same time, sparks of fire rose in the forest. Moreover, these sparks rushed towards the place where the horse cry came from at the first moment, as if forming an encirclement.
"I didn't expect it to be so fast! What was even more unexpected was that Zhang Mazi actually had so many people under him. This saved him a lot of effort.”After covering his face with the black cloth, Wu Chen's body did not move because of the change in the wilderness. Instead, he focused all his attention on the area where the horse was neighing, like a circle of torches.
"Who is coming? Tell me your name. I, Wang, will not kill nameless people.”Perhaps it was because they had seen this kind of thing many times, but the three warriors of Crown Prince Peak didn't show any signs of panic. Instead, they used the carriage as a cover to prepare to block the first wave of attacks.
"You rats, I'm afraid you have martial strength, but you did such a thing and still want to know my name! Are you worthy? Release the arrows!" A low voice rang out from the forest. Before the voice could fade away, a barrage of arrows rained down on the carriage. Even though Wu Chen was far away from the scene of the crime, the low sound of the bowstring made him break out in a cold sweat.
"Crossbow, good lord. The power of this thing is enough to seriously injure a martial artist at the Marrow Transformation stage. How long has this Zhang Mazi been able to run amok in the Liang area? It seems that he didn't rely on brute force.”
Bows and crossbows were sharp weapons that had always been strictly controlled by the military. Their terrifying lethality was enough for an ordinary person to have the ability to stop and kill a Marrow Transformation expert. Therefore, it was difficult to find a crossbow bolt among the people, let alone form a rain curtain of crossbow bolts.
Of course, it did not mean that anyone who had a bow had the right to win. After all, martial artists had to rely on their skills in addition to their cultivation.
"Zhang Mazi, you piece of trash. If you can't be one, I won't know! You actually dare to have designs on the Crown Prince? Zhang, don't you know that this is a matter of looting and extermination?”Facing the rain of arrows, the three warriors of Crown Prince Peak could only helplessly hide in the carriage, relying on the splints on the carriage to resist, even though they were skilled in martial arts. The horses without armor protection had already fallen under the rain of arrows.
"Wang Ding, Zhang Huqiang, Li Zhong, since you know me, why did you pretend not to know me just now? Hand over the blood essence so that I, Zhang Mazi, and my brothers can leave your corpse intact.”Zhang Mazi's voice came from all directions in the mountains, making it impossible to find Zhang Mazi's true body through his voice. At the same time, it also made Wang Ding and the other two lose the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
"Zhang Mazi, do you really think you can take the lives of us three brothers? You have a bow, and I have a Weapon Splitting Talisman given by the Crown Prince. Heaven and earth black and yellow, boundless positive yang, heaven and earth borrowing magic, weapon splitting talisman, explode!”Four golden lights flashed from Ma Ming's direction.
"Quickly hide!" Seeing the golden light flash, a black figure quickly flashed through the forest. Its speed was far faster than a Weapon Refinement stage martial artist, and only Wu Chen, who was standing in the distance, saw all of this.
However, all of this happened too quickly. The golden light landed on the ground and the black shadow did not arrive in time. Four huge fireballs exploded from the mountains. Even though they were far away, Wu Chen could still feel the heart-palpitating heat contained in the fireballs.
Wherever the fireballs passed by, the trees would spontaneously combust. At the same time, miserable figures fell from the trees one after another. At the moment they fell, their bodies were ignited by scorching flames. The originally quiet mountain was filled with heart-wrenching screams for a moment.
"Haha, Zhang Mazi, now you know how powerful we brothers are!”As the fireball exploded with a huge heat wave, Wang Ding and the other two jumped out of the carriage. The weapons in their hands were burning with a cold light.
"You bunch of trash, die for me!”Seeing his brothers, who were fine before, die tragically on the ground one by one, Zhang Mazi instantly fell into a rage in the face of such a huge contrast. He gripped the weapon in his hand tightly and charged towards Wang Ding and the other two.
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