After galloping for four hours, the sky began to darken.
Zhuang Yan checked the map and found that the nearest place was Chenghua County, which was 800 miles away from here. He estimated that it would take more than a day to get there.
Zhuang Yan was not in a hurry because he felt that there was no danger for the time being. After night fell, he lit a fire in the forest by the roadside and prepared to make some food and rest for the night.
However, when something could happen, then no matter how small the probability was, it would definitely happen.
Just as Zhuang Yan finished preparing some food and was about to take a few bites, he heard the sound of hooves.
"Hyah, hyah, huff ~"
When he heard the sound of horse hooves, Zhuang Yan thought that it was someone passing by who was hurrying along in the dark, so he did not take it to heart.
"There's fire inside. Let's go in and see if it's the person we're looking for.”A shout was heard.
Zhuang Yan became alert."The other party came with a purpose."
Thinking of this, he did not care who the other party's target was. After a moment of hesitation, he decided to hide for the time being.
After throwing the food in his hand into the fire, Zhuang Yan used Carefree Travel and entered the dark forest. He hid on a big tree and quietly observed the direction of the fire.
After hiding in the forest for less than ten breaths, he saw seven people using extremely fast movement techniques to check the bonfire.
When Zhuang Yan saw this, his pupils constricted slightly."They are all cultivators."
Seven cultivators had appeared out of nowhere, and they were looking for someone. He couldn't help but think about it.
Therefore, he became even more careful. He hid his entire body behind the tree and lowered his breathing. At the same time, he was also thinking if these people were here for him.
"Deacon, look at this?"
The seven people surrounded the fire and turned their heads to look around, but they did not find anyone.
Lu Chen thought for a moment and ordered,"The fire is burning, which means that the master hasn't left for too long. Everyone, spread out and search the surroundings. The radius of one mile is the boundary.”
"Yes, sir!" The other six people replied in unison, and then scattered into the forest to search.
Lu Chen did not participate in the search. Instead, he found a place where the fire could not reach and hid. On the one hand, he was waiting for the owner of the fire. On the other hand, he was also coordinating in the middle so that he could provide timely support in case of any changes.
After watching those people spread out to search, Zhuang Yan quietly left the big tree he was hiding in and continued to retreat into the forest behind him. He did not go far before he caught up with one of the people who were searching in this direction.
He silently followed the man 200 feet away, planning to wait a little further away before finding an opportunity to capture him and ask him where he came from.
The insects in the forest that was shrouded in the dark night kept chirping, rising and falling, but because of the environment, it seemed a little quiet.
Zhuang Yan, who was following behind, was very patient and did not rush to attack. Now that the enemy was in the open and he was in the dark, it was better to plan and move in order to achieve success in one blow.
Soon, the person was already close to the one-mile boundary that Lu Chen had mentioned, but he still did not find anything.
At this moment, under the moonlight, it was not pitch black in the forest, so this person's guard was not raised to the highest.
"Sou ~~"
Suddenly, the sound of an object hitting a leaf rang out. The person immediately became alert and looked in the direction of the sound. At the same time, he held a sword in one hand and crept over.
However, before he could get close to the source of the sound, he saw an owl flapping its wings and flying up to the treetops. Seeing this, he heaved a sigh of relief and muttered,"So it's a night owl.”
Before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly froze and could not move. He swallowed the rest of his words and did not say them out loud.
Under the moonlight, a bright blade could be seen hanging on his neck. Zhuang Yan's knife was already at his throat.
Zhuang Yan had taken advantage of the moment when the man saw Nightingale slackening his guard to use the Divine Instant Steps, which was combined with the Water Cut and Wind Slash, to restrain him before he could react.
Zhuang Yan stood quietly behind him and did not go around to the front. At the same time, he asked in a hoarse voice,"Don't move. Answer my questions. Otherwise, die!”
The man stiffened, sweat dripping down his forehead, and his tongue was trembling as he said,"Yes, yes. Senior, spare my life. I will tell you everything I know.”
"Who are you?"
"I was just passing by."
Such an obvious lie was too unskilled.
Zhuang Yan exerted some force in his hand and made a shallow cut on the man's throat. He then continued to ask,"Answer again. I'll give you another chance.”
This action indeed frightened him. The sharp pain of the blade cutting through his skin made him even more afraid. He did not dare to hide it anymore and continued to tremble."I'm from the Lu family, and my name is Lu Qi. I'm here to kill a person called Zhuang Yan.”
"Zhuang Yan? I don't know him." Zhuang Yan's hoarse voice deliberately whispered.
It was because of this momentary distraction that he did not notice that Lu Qi, who was being held hostage, had secretly formed a seal with his right hand. When Zhuang Yan was not paying attention, he quietly planted a light spot on his right leg.
This series of actions was hidden and fast. In addition, Zhuang Yan was a little distracted and did not notice it.
Next, Zhuang Yan pretended to ask a few more questions. Although Lu Qi was a member of the Lu family, he was probably not a death warrior. In a moment of life and death, he answered whatever he asked without any hesitation.
。。。
After getting the information he wanted, Zhuang Yan left with a gloomy face. He did not kill Lu Qi but knocked him out and threw him somewhere.
After all, he was only a sixteen-year-old youth. He had never experienced killing and lacked some courage. He could not kill this person without any scruples.
As he fled in the dense forest, he felt a little heavy. Although he had guessed that someone would attack him, he did not expect the crisis to come so quickly. Moreover, it was a crisis brought about by Lu Huang, the leader of the current generation of the Lu family, a top family in Muzhou.
Although Zhuang Yan was also from a big family, his status in the Zhuang family was far inferior to Lu Huang's status in the Lu family. Moreover, the Zhuang family's strength was still inferior to the Lu family.
On the other side, Lu Qi, who had been knocked out by Zhuang Yan, did not return. The others noticed that something was wrong and followed the trail. Soon, they found him lying on the ground, unconscious.
After the few of them worked together to wake him up, they asked him what had happened.
Lu Qi was still in a daze. He thought that he would not be able to escape, but he did not expect Zhuang Yan to only knock him out and not kill him.
After silently praising his luck, he could not help but feel a little afraid.
"It was too dangerous!"
He told his teammates what had just happened, but when Lu Chen asked him about the appearance of the person who attacked him, Lu Qi stammered and could not answer.
"So you don't know who that person is?”Lu Chen frowned and confirmed it again.
After such a period of time, Lu Qi also recovered his senses. He hurriedly stood up and replied,"Deacon, when the person who attacked me wasn't paying attention, I placed a tracking spell on him.”
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