Robbery on the Road

P.S. Sorry, there was no update yesterday.

On the broad road, seven or eight carriages were slowly moving along. Overhead, Lie Yang blazed high in the sky, the scorching sunlight baking the outdoors around the carriages until everyone was drenched in sweat. Irritated curses kept ringing out along the green road.

At the very front of the convoy, inside a carriage, Jia Lie Nu sat cross-legged. No matter how the carriage jolted, his body remained unmoving, though his face looked somewhat impatient.

Two full days of travel had truly worn down someone like him, who was used to comfort and privilege, leaving him rather impatient.

"It's all because of that damned Xiao Family. Sooner or later, I'll bring you all down." He cursed through gritted teeth.

If not for the Xiao Family interfering, and that damned Miter Auction House too, he would not have had to travel nearly a hundred li all the way to Trane City to buy Medicinal Herbs.

Jia Lie Nu glanced slightly behind him, his gaze passing through the carriage window toward the various low-grade Medicinal Herbs neatly piled up in the rear. A trace of helplessness appeared on his expressionless face. Though a Storage Ring could make transportation extremely convenient, a low-grade Storage Ring only had two or three square meters of space inside. To fit all those Medicinal Herbs in, they would probably need at least five Storage Rings. However, Storage Rings were expensive and rare. Even the entire Jia Lie Family only had a mere two, so they could only choose these cumbersome vehicles to transport the Medicinal Herbs.

He blinked tiredly. Jia Lie Nu had only just been about to take a short nap when he suddenly sensed the carriage come to a stop, and faint curses came from ahead.

His brows furrowed. Just as Jia Lie Nu was about to call someone over to ask what was happening, a Jia Lie Family guard ran over from the front, lifted the curtain, and said, "Elder, two Black-robed people are blocking the road ahead for no reason. They're strong and have injured several of our brothers."

Hearing this, Jia Lie Nu's expression darkened slightly. They had already entered the territory of Wutan City by now. Who would dare intercept them here?

A cold gleam flashed through his eyes. Jia Lie Nu nodded slightly, leaped down from the carriage, and quickly walked to the front of the convoy. In the middle of the road stood two Black-robed people. Their faces could not be seen, but Jia Lie Nu could still sense a faint, ill-intentioned gaze beneath those black robes.

"Who are you two? Why are you blocking our way?" Jia Lie Nu's gaze swept over the Black-robed people as he asked in a deep voice.

"You're people of the Jia Lie Family, aren't you?" From beneath the black robe on the left, an aged voice slowly rang out.

Jia Lie Nu's face twitched slightly. With a gloomy expression, he waved his arm, and the dozens of guards behind him immediately drew the weapons at their waists, staring at those two mysterious Black-robed people of unknown origin with hostile faces.

"Mm, looks like we found the right ones!" Seeing Jia Lie Nu's reaction, the Black-robed person smiled faintly. The two Black-robed people slowly walked toward the convoy.

Jia Lie Nu stared coldly at the approaching Black-robed people. He snatched a huge crossbow from the guard beside him, pulled with his arm until the bow bent like a full moon, then loosened his hand. The arrow turned into a fierce gust of force and shot craftily toward the Black-robed person's throat.

The arrow carried a heart-oppressing whistling sound as it tore through the air. However, when it reached the Black-robed person on the left, a pale-white flame suddenly burned out of thin air. The arrow pierced into the flame and instantly turned into black powder.

Seeing this scene, Jia Lie Nu's expression changed slightly, and unease rose in his heart. It seemed that Black-robed person's strength was at least at the Da Dou Shi level, and to his right, there was another expert whose depths were unknown.

Slowly letting out a breath, Jia Lie Nu took a deep-blue spear from the attendant behind him. Pale blue Dou Qi burst from his body and condensed around him into a layer of spiked Dou Qi armor.

The spear trembled, as if a sky full of watery mist had been shaken loose, and even the dry air was covered with a layer of moisture.

At the level of Da Dou Shi, one could already influence the surrounding environment with one's own attribute Dou Qi.

Gripping the spear tightly, Jia Lie Nu stared fixedly at the Black-robed person. After slightly adjusting his body, his foot suddenly stomped against the ground, and his figure transformed into a streak of blue light, charging straight toward the ever-nearing Black-robed person.

In midair, Jia Lie Nu's face was solemn. The spear in his hand suddenly danced, blossoming with streaks of light. With a tremor of the spear, bursts of whistling, air-piercing sounds actually rang out.

"Layered Waves!"

This Fighting Skill was the highest-level Fighting Skill Jia Lie Nu could currently master. Long years of training had already allowed him to refine this Fighting Skill to the point of perfection. If he used it at full strength, even an opponent who was a six-star Da Dou Shi would not dare underestimate it lightly.

Yet at this moment, Jia Lie Nu was somewhat lacking in confidence. The two Black-robed people before him were like bottomless pits. Merely standing near their edge was unusually oppressive and uncomfortable.

As Jia Lie Nu's shout fell, a blue giant wave formed from energy instantly surged out from within the spear, which was rich with blue light. The giant wave rushed into the sky, around ten zhang high, before abruptly smashing toward the two Black-robed people standing motionless in place.

Near the convoy, seeing their elder unleash such divine might, proud cheers immediately rang out one after another. Along the way, they had also encountered several groups of bandits. However, without exception, those bandits had all become dead souls beneath Jia Lie Nu's spear. In many people's eyes, now, two more would probably be added.

The blue giant wave rolled across the sky. Within the wave, a tiny bright point suddenly flared, and a spear stabbed swiftly toward the top of the Black-robed person on the left's head.

"Die!" Seeing his target close at hand, a savage look flashed across Jia Lie Nu's face. He smiled coldly, and the force on the spear in his hand surged wildly.

"Qingyun, boy, I'll deal with this person. I'll leave the rest of the small fry to you." Just as the spear was about to arrive, that faint aged voice sounded once more.

The Black-robed person on the right only nodded. His figure suddenly flashed, as if turning into a gust of wild wind, and darted out of the attack range of "Layered Waves."

"You people!" Jia Lie Nu flew into a rage, almost spitting fire from his eyes. If that Black-robed person was also a Da Dou Shi, then the guards stationed beside the vehicles would not be able to resist at all. They would be like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

"Heh heh, you dare get distracted while fighting this old man?" In front of Jia Lie Nu, the Black-robed person who had kept his head lowered slowly raised it. A handsome young face flashed into Jia Lie Nu's eyes beneath the sunlight.

"You... you're that one from the Xiao Family..."

"Isn't it a pleasant surprise? Unexpected, isn't it?" Xiao Yan smiled faintly, and in that very instant, pale-white flames swept across heaven and earth like an eruption of fire.

At this time, on the other side, Lin Qingyun held the Chaotic Fire in his hand, as if aided by a god. Ordinary guards were simply no match for him in a single exchange. Even though a few among these guards had hidden strength at the Dou Shi level, they still could not escape the fate of death.

Before long, the ground was covered in ash. At this time, Xiao Yan also slowly walked over, having already taken off his cloak.

"Heh heh, if that old fellow Jia Lie Bi finds out, he'll probably die of anger." He reached out and touched the boxes piled on the carriages. A faint, distinctive fragrance of Medicinal Herbs could be smelled.

"What I want isn't limited to just these." Lin Qingyun smiled faintly.

"Old man, put away all the Medicinal Herbs here. They'll be of great use," Lin Qingyun said.

"Hmph, you brat, you're actually ordering me around now." An aged voice came from all directions, and to Xiao Yan's right, a faint ghostly figure quietly emerged.

Though his mouth said no, Medicine Elder acted very quickly. After several trips back and forth, all the boxes filling nearly ten carriages entered the Storage Ring in Xiao Yan's hand.

"Phew, let's go. Time to rob the Jia Lie Family!" Lin Qingyun held his head in both hands, humming a little tune as he strolled leisurely at the very front.

Xiao Yan also had to jog for a while before catching up, muttering, "Didn't we already rob them?"

"Young man, you're still too young!"

Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.