Cang Yun and Li Qiming chatted for a while before having lunch together. Li Qiming's attitude was surprisingly good. Cang Yun didn't say anything. In the afternoon, everyone woke up and Li Qiming gathered everyone.
"Pack up and follow me into the mountain later.”Li Qiming said.
Xing Tian was the first to get angry. Are you a monkey? Why are you entering the mountain again?"
Li Qiming did not scold Xing Tian. Instead, he said,""I have a few friends who live in the mountains. It was a large village, so it was not very difficult to enter the mountain this time.”
Xing Tian wanted to say something but was interrupted by Li Qiming."Don't say anything else. Just walk less.”
Li Qiming flicked his sleeves and left. Cang Yun pulled Liu Shan to the side and asked,"Brother Liu, your young master has friends in the mountains?”
"I've never heard of our young master having friends in the mountains."”
Cang Yun told Liu Shan and Xing Tian about what he saw at noon and told them to be wary of Li Qi Ming.
In the afternoon, Li Qiming brought Cang Yun and the others into the mountain. Li Qiming was very familiar with the terrain here. He led the group left and right. It seemed that this was not the first time they had come here. After walking for less than four hours, the sky had just turned dark when a large stockade appeared in front of them.
The gate was made of huge rocks and there were fortifications built like a city wall. There were also people patrolling on the city wall. On the gate of the village were written the words Black Sky Village. The lackey saw a group of people coming down from the village gate and shouted,"Who are you? Black Sky Stronghold, quickly leave."
Li Qiming pulled his horse and shouted,"Hurry up and report to your chief that your friend surnamed Li is here.”
"Just you wait." The lackey shouted and quickly ran to report. Not long after, they heard a commotion and the thick gate slowly opened. A burly man with a beard and a leather cloak came out with many minions to welcome Li Qiming.
"Haha, Young Master Li, you're finally here. It's been a long time since we last met, and I thought you'd forgotten about me.”The person spoke enthusiastically as he walked.
Li Qiming also dismounted." Big Brother Xu, you're treating me like an outsider. I naturally miss you very much."”As he spoke, he went up to him warmly and hugged Chief Xu. They seemed very intimate.
"Come, let's talk inside." Chief Xu pulled Li Qiming into the stronghold. Cang Yun and the others followed in as attendants.
Black Sky Stronghold was very big. After everyone entered the main gate, they walked for a few more miles and passed through a few gates before arriving at the interior of Black Sky Stronghold. Black Sky Stronghold occupied a large area. Back then, Chief Xu had occupied an entire canyon and built village gates at both ends, claiming the mountain as his king. After many years of construction, Black Sky Stronghold was quite large. It had complete internal facilities and was both offensive and defensive.
That night, Fortress Lord Xu invited Li Qiming to a banquet. The banquet was sumptuous. Cang Yun and Xing Tian were treated as servants and sat in the side hall with Liu Shan and the others. Cang Yun was happy to do so as he did not want to be too close to Li Qiming. Of course, he couldn't let go of the food and wine here, and he couldn't let go of such public funds. After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Li Qiming was dragged into the room by Stronghold Chieftain Xu for a deep chat. Liu Shan followed him as his personal attendant. Cang Yun and Xing Tian returned to their rooms to rest.
After entering the room arranged by the Black Sky Stronghold, Cang Yun closed the door and went to the window to see if anyone was eavesdropping. After confirming that there was no one, he approached Xing Tian and said,"Are you drunk?"
" You look down on me too much," Xing Tian said with a smile." Don't forget what we do for a living."”
"That's good. This Black Sky Stronghold should be a bandit's lair. Why would Li Qiming come here?”Cang Yun said.
Xing Tian touched his chin with his hand." It's hard to say. Based on my decades of experience, this is a big case."”
"Stop talking nonsense. Moreover, the Fort Master here is very powerful. He's only wearing such thin clothes in this weather.”Cang Yun said.
"He's still an expert. Don't care about him.”Xing Tian lay down on the bed.”
Cang Yun didn't object and also lay down on the bed to rest.
After an unknown period of time, when the two of them were half-asleep, someone gently knocked on the door. Cang Yun and Xing Tian reacted very quickly. They flipped over and jumped to the ground. Cang Yun walked to the door and asked,"Who is it?"
"I am Liu Shan."
"Brother Liu, come in quickly."”
Liu Shan entered the house in a flash, his face full of anxiety.
Seeing Liu Shan's expression, Cang Yun asked,"Big Brother Liu, why are you so flustered?”
Liu Shan gulped and looked around warily. Cang Yun said,"I checked. No one was eavesdropping.”
Liu Shan's mind calmed down a little." Hurry up and leave, you two."”
"What happened? Big Brother Liu, please explain yourself first." Xing Tian said.
"It's too late. You two, run for your lives.”Liu Shan said anxiously.
"Brother Liu, don't be anxious. Your brother still has some self-protection ability. You should explain it clearly first."”
Liu Shan thought about Cang Yun's ability and said,"Alright, but it's best for the two of you to leave. When I was serving Li Qiming, I overheard him discussing something with Xu Sen. I've been serving Li Qiming for a long time, but he doesn't hide things from me sometimes. He probably thinks that a weak person like me won't tell anyone.”Liu Shan laughed at himself and continued,"I just found out that Li Qiming came out to collude with Xu Sen to do something big.”At this point, Liu Shan's body trembled.
"What is it?" Xing Tian asked.
"Li Qiming, he, he wants to rob Xu Sen of his birthday!”Liu Shan's voice was agitated, and his body was trembling.
Cang Yun does not know what is the birthday program, request to explain.
Xing Tian also swallowed his saliva. This was a serious crime of exterminating the entire clan? The birthday scroll was a birthday gift for the old emperor, and he dared to rob it. He wondered if his father, Li Gang, knew about it.”
Only now did Cang Yun realize the seriousness of the matter. At the same time, he reevaluated Li Qiming in his heart.
Liu Shan said," Li Qiming also said that the two of you were going to protect him to the Black Sky Stronghold. It's useless now. He might kill the two of you tonight, so leave quickly."”
"So that's how it is." Cang Yun laughed coldly.”At the same time, all the mysteries in his heart had been answered. This was the reason why Li Qiming had specially come to find him and Xing Tian. After all, this matter could not be known to the people in the prefect's mansion. If the news was accidentally leaked, it would be a serious crime to exterminate the entire clan. He and Xing Tian were outsiders, so Li Qiming could find a reason to let them be bodyguards. Then, they could clean up after they arrived at the place. When they returned, they could say that they were eaten by bandits or demons on the way. Dead people could not testify. Li Qiming's purpose of taking the small path was to avoid detection and to appear in Black Sky Village without anyone noticing. As for deliberately concealing the purpose of this trip, that was a given.
"Big Brother Liu, let's go together. We'll go back and take a look at his book and copy his entire family.”Xing Tian said fiercely.
"No, I have to return to Li Qiming's side immediately. If I leave for too long, he will definitely become suspicious.”Liu Shan said. At the same time, he took out a heavy cloth bag and stuffed it into Xing Tian's hand."Brother, this is the money I've saved up during this period of time. If I can't go back, you can send it to my mother and take care of my sister. Liu Shan's tears began to flow.
"Brother Liu, what are you doing?”" Take it back," Xing Tian said anxiously." If you say so, I won't leave. I can't implicate you."”
Cang Yun also said,"Right, Big Brother Liu, how can we put you in danger?"”
Liu Shan held Xing Tian's hand tightly and said," Brother, listen to me. Take it, take it." It's worth it for the two of you to do this. Take it. I'll go back first. The two of you, leave quickly, leave quickly."
Liu Shan shook his head and left in a panic. After returning to Li Qiming's place, Li Qiming glanced at Liu Shan,"Liu San, where did you go?"
Liu Shan tried his best to remain calm." Young Master, my stomach is not working. I went to the toilet just now."”
"Oh, is that so? Go and rest. You've worked hard these past few days.”Li Qiming waved his hand.
"Thank you, Young Master." Liu Shan heaved a sigh of relief and retreated.
Cang Yun and Xing Tian were not so calm in the room. They did not expect things to change so quickly, especially when Liu Shan left.
"What should we do?" Xing Tian asked.
"We can't just leave like this. We'll just wait for the people from Black Sky Village to come. At least we won't be caught off guard.”Cang Yun said.
" Yes," Xing Tian said." We can't implicate Big Brother Liu. He's already taken a huge risk to come here."”
Cang Yun looked outside through the window. He was very calm. "The people from the Black Sky Gang might not come tonight, but from now on, I want to make sure that you always have a talisman on you."”
Xing Tian trusted Cang Yun's talismans very much. He had experienced it himself. He knew that mountain bandits were usually not very capable. They only dared to fight with their lives on the line. Otherwise, they would not have occupied the mountain to be king. After all, this was a very risky job. Who knows, they might be pacified by the Chinese Dynasty one day.
"That's not bad, but can't you draw a permanent talisman? It was so troublesome to keep adding.”Xing Tian said as he looked outside.
"Permanent Talisman?" This was the first time Cang Yun had heard of this concept. The Spiritual Talisman Record did not even mention it. After hearing Xing Tian's words, his heart moved and he had a hint of understanding. He gave up on this idea and said,"No, I've never heard of a permanent rune. The rune will dissipate eventually.”
"Then why don't you just engrave the runes on me?" Xing Tian smiled. Then it wouldn't have disappeared, right?"
"This, this…" Xing Tian's joke made Cang Yun speechless."That's right. If I carve the talisman on my body, will it last forever? Why didn't I think of that?"
Seeing Cang Yun in a daze, Xing Tian found it funny.""I was just casually saying it. Did you take it seriously? I didn't learn Talisman Taoism, I was just talking nonsense.”
"Sometimes, breakthroughs depend on enlightenment. What I didn't think of, maybe you can.”"If I break through because of this, all the credit will be yours."”
" Alright," Xing Tian said with a bright smile." You can just buy me a drink."”
"Haha, no problem! Glass Body Protection!”Cang Yun blessed Xing Tian with two Glaze Protective Talismans and blessed himself with one.
Before Xing Tian could react, countless arrows had already shot into the house.
Thousands of arrows shot out from outside the house, shattering all the furnishings in the house. The arrows landed on the two of them, and they continuously shot out seven-colored light spots.
After a few rounds of volleys, the attacks outside the house stopped. Only Cang Yun and Xing Tian were still standing in the room.
Black Sky Village was here.
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