This will be very dangerous, a fight to the death is inevitable!
Su Changqing had already prepared two packets of lime powder in his sleeves. He took a deep breath, ready to go up the mountain to eliminate the bandits.
Suddenly, his senses alerted him to the movement of others.
Su Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly, and he leaped onto a tree.
The banyan tree, lush and verdant, concealed his presence.
From the dense forest, a rustling sound emerged, followed by the footsteps of dozens of people.
"We've caught a big fish today. I've seen this merchant caravan before; it belongs to the Huazhou Jin Yi Merchant Guild. It seems they've all come today..."
Nearly a hundred desperate bandits, armed with steel swords, approached with hunched backs.
The leader had a long beard, wielded a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and moved with the imposing presence of a dragon, his Blood Essence surging like a dragon's.
He had a distinguished appearance with arched brows and piercing eyes, comparing himself to the Martial Saint Guan Gong. This was Jiang Tianfeng, the chieftain of Tianfeng Village.
"This Jin Yi Merchant Guild belongs to the Lin family. Their wealth is nearly thirty thousand taels, and I heard they're preparing to move into Chang'an City. They must have brought all their wealth this time."
"Chieftain, we can't let such a fat sheep escape," a scholar-like man beside him said coldly.
Jiang Tianfeng narrowed his eyes. He was naturally cautious and didn't want to provoke important figures.
"Have you investigated? Does this Lin family have any other backing?"
"The Lin family's backing is none other than the Fuwei Escort Agency. Lin Zhennan and Lin Xiangyang are brothers; one handles business, and the other manages the escort agency. Both of them are useless."
"They may have a big reputation, but they are actually weak and pathetic," the scholar scoffed.
"Even if we kill Lin Xiangyang, Lin Zhennan will absolutely not dare to seek revenge."
"Lin Xiangyang's wife died in his early years, and he never remarried. His wife seemed to have some background, but we haven't investigated it yet. But she was just a woman."
"His daughter, Lin Yuchan, is said to be exceptionally beautiful, captivatingly fragrant, and as soft as boneless. She must be in this carriage."
Before joining Tianfeng Village, the deputy chieftain was a scholar who failed the imperial examinations in Great Shang.
He claimed to be weary of the Great Shang officialdom, considered himself a romantic, and was skilled in planning, which is why Jiang Tianfeng appointed him as his deputy.
In reality, he was a mere yes-man.
Jiang Tianfeng's eyes turned cold, and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade flashed with a chilling glint, pointing directly at the carriage at the foot of the mountain.
"Then, kill!"
The neighing of horses echoed as the Tianfeng Village bandits launched their full assault.
Lin Xiangyang's expression suddenly changed. He looked outside and saw nearly a hundred bandits surrounding them, their blood staining the sandy earth.
The escorts hired at a high price by the Jin Yi Merchant Guild were no match for them!
Jiang Tianfeng could operate with impunity here precisely because of these hundred fierce bandits!
Even ordinary small sects were no match for him.
"Chan'er, you must escape quickly."
"Father, there's no escape."
The father and daughter got out of the carriage from the rear. Lin Yuchan's body trembled slightly as she looked at the unfolding battle ahead, then stared blankly at Lin Xiangyang.
"Father, if you had let me notify Aunt Hong, we wouldn't be in this disaster today. My Lin family's century-old foundation is ruined in one fell swoop!"
Lin Xiangyang was also filled with regret at this moment. He was related by marriage to the Central King. If he had swallowed his pride and requested some military protection...
How could he have dragged his daughter into such a predicament?
He hadn't expected Jiang Tianfeng's subordinates to be so terrifying.
In a one-to-one hundred confrontation, the guards he hired at great expense were utterly vulnerable.
Each of them looked terrified, their hands trembling as they held their swords, scattering and fleeing.
The deputy chieftain, though thin, wielded a large saber and had reached the sixth level of True Qi cultivation, making him invincible against ordinary people.
He casually decapitated a Lin family servant, grabbed the man's long hair, and dragged the bloody head over, blood splashing and splattering along the way.
A scene of utter brutality.
This was simply a one-sided massacre.
His saber, stained red with blood, gazed indifferently at Lin Xiangyang behind the carriage.
"Stay put obediently. Once my Tianfeng Village finishes dealing with these trash, we'll come for you father and daughter."
On the banyan tree, Su Changqing stood on a branch, watching silently. He had initially thought the escort team hired by the Chen family would be strong, especially since that woman in white called the Central Queen Mother Aunt Hong.
He hadn't expected them to be routed so quickly.
"Jiang Tianfeng must be dealt with last. He cultivates the Profound Heaven True Qi, and he doesn't seem to intend to act yet. This is my chance."
Su Changqing no longer hesitated. He stepped off the treetop, fully unleashing the Four Seasons Cloud Falling Steps.
The area at the foot of the mountain was now completely cleared. Except for the Lin family father and daughter standing there, everyone else was dead, men, women, old, and young, not a single soul spared.
The bandits of Tianfeng Village were clearly ruthless.
"Patriarch Lin, I know your brother is Lin Zhennan of the Fuwei Escort Agency. Although his reputation is great, and Lin Yuantu shook the martial world, and the Bixie Sword Manual is very famous, it's a pity that in the hands of you two brothers, it has completely deteriorated."
The vice-leader stared at Lin Xiangyang and sneered.
Lin Yuantu's reputation was renowned throughout the martial world for twenty years; he founded the foremost escort agency.
His two sons were worse than each other.
"You are also a scholar, and I presume you have sought official success. Can you spare my daughter?"
"Sought official success? The officialdom of Great Shang is so corrupt. With the Imperial Guard, East Factory, and West Factory above, will there ever be a day for me to rise?" the scholar sneered.
He too had once yearned to serve the country and the people, to bring peace for all generations.
Despite scoring top marks, he had offended the treacherous minister Qin Hui, who forcibly suppressed his results, keeping them undisclosed.
Lin Xiangyang took a deep breath and took out a box from his embrace. Inside was the Thousand Year Golden Silkworm Silk.
A light screen appeared before Su Changqing's eyes.
[Name]: Qing Jiang [Realm]: True Qi Realm, Eighth Level [Destiny]: Great Villain (Green), East Factory Mole (Green), Arrogant (Green) [Life Script]: (Bixie Sword Manual Act I Great Villain) Failed to achieve official status, harbored resentment towards Great Shang's treacherous minister Qin Hui, severed his own genitals, joined the East Factory, and infiltrated True Martial Mountain to uncover Jiang Tianfeng's secrets. Later, he attacked Lin family's merchant caravan. At night, Lin Zhennan rode three fast horses to exhaustion in one night, offering half a genuine transmission level Bixie Sword Manual to exchange for his niece, Lin Yuchan. Lin Yuchan was already dead. Lin Zhennan fled in disarray. Qing Jiang later mastered the Bixie Sword Manual, his cultivation advancing by leaps and bounds. With his shadowless Thousand Year Golden Silkworm Silk, he occupied True Martial Mountain for twenty years, his name echoing through the ages.
"I never expected that the small True Martial Mountain would hide a bigger fish than Jiang Tianfeng?"
Su Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly.
Like himself, he possessed the villain's Destiny. Apart from Ye Tian, this was the first time he had encountered someone like this.
"To practice this art, one must first castrate oneself..."
"I don't want the Bixie Sword Manual. Even the Sunflower Manual is only a peer to the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art in terms of genuine transmission level cultivation techniques. But I am determined to have this Thousand Year Golden Silkworm Silk!"
Su Changqing's eyes narrowed slightly.
The Thousand Year Golden Silkworm Silk was impervious to water and fire, as soft as steel wire yet as hard as iron, and could be infused with True Qi.
If this Thousand Year Golden Silkworm Silk were paired with the Purple Blood Soft Sword, it could be both soft and hard, its speed ghost-like, enabling instant assassination.
With this item, he would have enough confidence to deal with Ye Tian's Seven Orifices Exquisite Body.
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