Lianyun Stronghold, Broken Saber Sect's Yan Que

Dong dong dong.

With a creak, the door opened.

"Senior Sister Fang Rou?"

Su Chen was taken aback, looking at Fang Rou standing at the door. Today, she was wearing a light yellow dress, tall and graceful.

A gentle breeze caressed her cheeks, ruffling her hair. Fang Rou raised her slender hand to smooth it back.

Seeing Su Chen, she chuckled softly, "Junior Brother Su Chen, I've come to you today because I have something to discuss with you."

Su Chen opened the door, intending to invite Fang Rou inside, but she waved her hand, saying, "No need, it'll only take a few words."

"Senior Sister, please speak."

"It's like this, Junior Brother, recently my family's merchant caravan has encountered some trouble..."

Soon, Fang Rou told Su Chen the whole story.

The matter was not complicated.

When the Fang family's caravan passed through Lianyun Mountain, they were robbed by a band of bandits who took all their goods and detained the Fang family's guards.

They sent a message to the Fang family, demanding five hundred taels of silver as ransom to redeem the goods and hostages.

Otherwise, they would kill the guards.

The Fang family ultimately chose to compromise, planning to take five hundred taels of silver to redeem the goods and people.

However, fearing that the bandits would not keep their word, they decided to seek out martial artists to accompany them.

And that was Fang Rou's purpose in coming to Su Chen.

Originally, she had not intended to find Su Chen, after all, with Su Chen's strength, he might not be able to help.

But yesterday, she inadvertently learned from Qin Hao that Su Chen had actually made a breakthrough, which made her consider it.

Moreover, Fang Rou's father later stated that the more people who went, the better.

Even without strength, they could strengthen their momentum and make the bandits afraid.

That's why she came to find Su Chen early this morning.

Of course, this trip was not for nothing. Fang Rou said that she would pay Su Chen five taels of silver.

After speaking, Fang Rou looked at Su Chen, and seeing his silence, she felt a little disappointed.

It seemed that Su Chen was planning to refuse.

However, as soon as this thought arose, Fang Rou heard Su Chen say, "No problem, when is it?"

"Ah, depart at noon tomorrow!"

Fang Rou smiled and told him the time and place.

"But Junior Brother, it's more than fifty li from here to Lianyun Mountain, we will rest at an inn for one night on the way, you need to be prepared."

Su Chen nodded, then Fang Rou told Su Chen some details, and then turned to leave.

After watching Fang Rou leave, Su Chen closed the door. He had originally planned to go out today, but now it seemed impossible.

"Five taels of silver, although not much, is probably about right considering the value I've shown so far, so there's no need to dwell on it too much."

After all, Fang Rou had previously offered him a price of fifteen taels. Now that the Fang family's merchant caravan was in trouble, he should do his part.

As for the money, it was probably because the Fang family was worried that something might go wrong, so they offered this price.

Otherwise, just to redeem people, they wouldn't need so many people, nor would they need to give extra silver.

The day passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon the next day.

Taking advantage of the time in the morning, Su Chen used up the last packet of Qi Blood Powder, then simply packed a few clothes, closed the door, and left.

Su Chen had thought about bringing the Steel Saber with him, but the Steel Saber was difficult to hide, so he gave up.

However, he put the overcoat into his package, in case there was a problem, it would be convenient to use.

Arriving at the Fang family's mansion, Su Chen realized that his Senior Sister was so rich, the mansion she lived in was more luxurious than the government office.

"Junior Brother Su!"

Dozens of people were already standing at the gate of the Fang family, Fang Rou was standing among them. Seeing Su Chen, she greeted him and asked him to come over.

Su Chen walked over, his eyes were quickly attracted by a middle-aged man, the other party had a knife on his waist, and exuded a fierce aura.

"Senior Sister Fang Rou!" Su Chen greeted.

Fang Rou nodded and said, "Junior Brother, just follow me then."

"Senior Sister also plans to go?" Su Chen was stunned.

"Of course, but I'm just going to join in the fun, what's wrong, Junior Brother, can't I go?" Fang Rou said lightly, humming.

Su Chen wisely did not speak.

Fang Rou didn't care, after saying a few words to Su Chen, she turned around and went to work.

About a quarter of an hour later, the team was ready and ready to go.

Taking advantage of the gap, Su Chen looked around, sizing up the crowd.

Soon he discovered that the entire team was roughly divided into two parts, one part was the Fang family's guards, and the other part was martial artists like Su Chen.

Most of the Fang family's guards were ordinary people, probably as Fang Rou said, they were pulled to boost the momentum.

Su Chen didn't recognize any of the other martial artists, he just glanced around and then stopped paying attention.

In addition, if he was not mistaken, the leader this time was the man with the knife.

Fang Rou's father was a slightly wealthy man with a friendly appearance.

After talking with the man with the knife for a few words, he cupped his hands towards everyone: "This time, I will trouble everyone!"

The martial artists responded with clasped fists one by one.

The man with the knife nodded towards Fang Rou's father and said to the people behind him, "Let's go!"

The group left in a mighty manner.

After leaving the city, Su Chen suddenly smelled a fragrance in his nostrils. He turned his head and saw that it was Fang Rou walking to his side.

Fang Rou was probably also going on a long trip for the first time. After walking for a while, the excitement she had at the beginning disappeared from her face.

Seeing Su Chen looking at her, a smile appeared on her face.

After leaving the city, the road became uneven, but fortunately, everyone was traveling light, so they were not walking slowly.

Because it was more than fifty miles to Lianyun Mountain, and they had set off at noon.

So at night, they would temporarily stay overnight in a small town near Lianyun Mountain to recharge their energy.

At the beginning, the whole team seemed a bit quiet.

However, as the journey increased, everyone became familiar with each other, and the conversations in the team gradually increased.

Although Su Chen didn't speak, he kept listening. From these people's mouths, he learned the identity of the man with the saber.

The man with the saber was called Yan Que, and he was from the Broken Saber Sect.

The Broken Saber Sect was a force in White Stone City that was no weaker than the Hong Family Martial Hall.

Because there were two Practice Strength Perfection martial artists under its banner, its overall status and strength were higher than the Hong Family Martial Hall.

Yan Que was the younger brother of the Broken Saber Sect's master, and his strength was probably no worse than Hong Ming's.

The reason why he came to lead the team this time was because Yan Que's wife was Fang Rou's aunt, so the two families were considered in-laws.

It was precisely because of this relationship with the Broken Saber Sect that the Fang family was able to grow their business bigger and bigger in White Stone City, even extending it to the state capital.

Yan Que's arrival obviously gave the entire team a shot in the arm.

This could be seen from the awe that flashed across everyone's faces from time to time.

During this time, Fang Rou was probably a little bored, so she found Su Chen to chat.

However, Su Chen ended the conversation with his perfunctory responses.

In this way, everyone traveled until evening and finally arrived at the small town at the foot of Lianyun Mountain.