Meeting Murong Canghai Again

This day.

Li Qiming was about to head to the training grounds to practice his martial arts.

At the entrance, he ran into Senior Brother Qin Yu.

"Junior brother, get ready. You're coming with me on a mission tomorrow," Qin Yu said.

"Understood. May I ask, Senior Brother Qin, what kind of mission is it?"

Li Qiming was still a bit worried.

"Don't worry, it's just an escort mission commissioned by the Qi Family's Weiyuan Escort Agency to the martial hall. It's a routine job... there's almost no risk involved."

Qin Yu reassured him.

He continued to explain the details.

Li Qiming gradually understood that the martial hall accepted commissions from various major powers. In this case, the Weiyuan Escort Agency had taken on a massive order and, as an extra layer of insurance, had paid a hefty sum to have the Dragon Roar Martial Hall send martial artists to accompany the shipment.

It wasn't really about the strength of the Dragon Roar Martial Hall disciples, but rather the status of the martial hall itself!

When escorting goods, seeing disciples from the Dragon Roar Martial Hall in the ranks meant many troubles would simply vanish!

A person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree.

At the very least, within a hundred-mile radius, few people were blind enough to offend the Dragon Roar Martial Hall.

"Alright, I will definitely be there tomorrow!" Only then did Li Qiming feel relieved and agree.

Senior Brother Qin Yu had said that completing this mission would grant him one hundred contribution points directly. With his monthly quota secured, he wouldn't have to take on any more missions for the rest of the month.

How delightful.

The next day.

At the gates of Dragon Spring City.

A large group of people had gathered there. There were about twenty of them, all of whom were Blood Refining realm martial artists, with a few at the Bone Refining realm among them.

This group consisted of the escort martial artists from the Weiyuan Escort Agency.

The man leading them was an elderly man with a dignified appearance and a solemn gaze, who was at the Organ Refining realm.

It was none other than Murong Canghai!

Murong Canghai sat on horseback, his eyes fixed on the city gate.

Soon, Qin Yu, Li Qiming, Wang Liang, Mo Su, and the others arrived on horseback from the city gate.

"Junior Qin Yu greets Senior Murong!" Qin Yu cupped his fists, his attitude very respectful.

Li Qiming and the others followed suit.

"Heh, you all will have to work hard on this trip," Murong Canghai said indifferently, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Hearing the old man speak, Li Qiming was stunned. He would never forget this voice, even in death—it was Murong Canghai!

The Blood Dragon Pill had been snatched from this very old man's hands.

He couldn't help but feel a slight sense of irony; he and this old man were truly fated!

Qin Yu brought the few newcomers into the ranks. This time, he had brought all the newcomers he could, including Li Qiming, to help them earn some contribution points.

However, Qin Yu noticed that the escort team still hadn't moved.

Murong Canghai sat upright on his horse like a statue, his gaze still fixed on the city gate.

Was there someone else?

Qin Yu couldn't help but frown. Who was Senior Murong waiting for?

A moment later, a familiar figure rode toward them.

"Senior Brother?" Qin Yu's eyes widened in surprise.

The person who arrived was none other than the head senior brother, Shen Changsheng!

He was at the peak of the Bone Refining realm, hailed as the strongest person below the Organ Refining realm, a true disciple of the Dragon Roar Martial Hall who could even hold his own against an Organ Refining martial artist—Shen Changsheng!

Qin Yu couldn't help but exchange a glance with Li Qiming beside him.

Both of them keenly sensed that this escort mission was not as simple as it appeared on the surface!

What kind of "massive order" had the Weiyuan Escort Agency received that it even managed to bring in Shen Changsheng?!

Li Qiming's heart sank, and he felt an immediate urge to back out.

However, if he really quit now, he would certainly have no future in the martial hall.

It would also put Qin Yu in an awkward position.

Well, perhaps it wasn't necessarily dangerous; after all, with Shen Changsheng and Murong Canghai joining forces, it was equivalent to having two Organ Refining martial artists protecting them.

In the ranks, there were also seven or eight Bone Refining realm martial artists!

There are over twenty martial artists in the Blood Refining Realm remaining!

What a massive lineup this is!

Plus, with the influence buff of the Dragon Roar Martial Hall...

It shouldn't be a big problem!

"Senior Murong, what exactly is the precious treasure we are escorting this time? Can you reveal a little bit now?"

After exchanging greetings, Shen Changsheng couldn't help but ask.

This was also the question on the minds of Li Qiming and the others.

"Changsheng, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but I've signed a non-disclosure agreement with the client. It's an industry rule—I can't say!"

"The only thing I can reveal to you is this: this time, we are escorting two people."

As he spoke, Murong Canghai looked toward the only carriage in the middle of the convoy.

The carriage was rather elegant and covered with white gauze; one could vaguely see two figures inside, who appeared to be women.

"People... are the hardest things to escort." Shen Changsheng frowned slightly.

If it were cargo, it would be fine, but if it's people, they might not be as obedient as cargo!

"Rest assured, brother. As long as this mission is completed, I am willing to gift my unique skill, the Canghai Blade Art, to the Dragon Roar Martial Hall, and there will also be ten thousand taels of silver as a reward!"

Murong Canghai said in a deep voice.

"Truly?" Shen Changsheng's eyes lit up, and he said in disbelief.

He didn't care much about the ten thousand taels of silver.

But.

Who in Dragon Spring City didn't know that while Murong Canghai's natural aptitude was average, his talent for the blade was once in a century!

The Canghai Blade Art he created himself was a top-tier second-rate martial art. In other places, one could easily establish a sect based on this blade technique alone!

What made countless people envious was that although Murong Canghai's Canghai Blade Art was not yet fully mature, its core was definitely at the level of a first-rate martial art, because Murong Canghai had used this technique to master the blade intent!

People have presence, blood energy has might, and the blade, too, has blade intent!

It could be said that against opponents of the same level, Murong Canghai could easily win precisely because he had mastered blade intent!

"Naturally, it is true! My word has always been as heavy as a mountain!" Murong Canghai said solemnly.

Last time, when the Blood Dragon Pill was intercepted by a mysterious expert, he had been too angry to speak out, and his progress in the Organ Refining Realm had faltered and become unstable; in recent days, the blood energy within his body had suffered a massive decline.

Once this job was completed, the woman in the carriage had promised him a precious pill comparable to the Blood Dragon Pill, which would not only stabilize his Organ Refining Realm but might even help him break through!

For this reason, Murong Canghai had risked everything to take on this "big order," even paying out his entire fortune—tens of thousands of taels of silver, plus his unique secret manual—just to hire the Dragon Roar Martial Hall and get Shen Changsheng to take action!

The group slowly set off on the road.

"Don't worry, it's nothing."

Seeing that a few of the newcomers seemed a bit nervous, Qin Yu spoke up to comfort them.

"With the senior brothers here, I'm not nervous at all," Mo Su said.

"Senior Brother Qin, where are we going this time?" Wang Liang couldn't help but ask.

Li Qiming also couldn't help but fix his gaze on him; this was also what he wanted to know.

"It's neither close nor far—about two hundred miles. We'll take a main road and finally cross a mountain to reach the Zhennan Prefecture City," Qin Yu said.

Li Qiming also knew that this martial arts world was ruled by the Great Yan Dynasty, and the entire landmass was immense, divided from small to large into: villages and towns, cities, prefecture cities, provinces, regions, and circuits.

And Dragon Spring City was merely an extremely remote city in Cang Province of the Southern Region.

The "Zhennan" Prefecture City that Qin Yu spoke of was a truly grand city, considered the capital of Cang Province.

Naturally, it was a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers resided; all kinds of treasures, top-tier martial arts, and experts from all walks of life gathered there!