At the very front, someone was galloping wildly on horseback!
The exact opposite of those behind him!
His clothes were in tatters, and he cut a wretched figure. From time to time, he looked back, his face filled with panic and helplessness!
He held a riding whip in his hand, continuously lashing the horned horse beneath him!
Urging it to go faster!
Trying to widen the distance between himself and the people behind him!
Suddenly, he spotted Jiang Yi and his group!
A glimmer of light appeared in his eyes!
Fixing his gaze on Jiang Yi's direction, he raised his whip and immediately lashed down hard several times.
The horse screamed in pain and charged toward them!
For a moment, he actually succeeded in opening a gap of several yards.
Then, a scornful laugh came from behind him!
"You can't escape!"
"This game is about time...
To end!"
One of the people behind him took a crimson greatbow from his back.
He held the bow in his left hand and drew an arrow with his right!
His arms spread wide as he nocked the arrow and pulled the string to its fullest!
Crack!
It was like thunder exploding beside their ears!
All they saw was a streak of crimson lightning flash before their eyes!
Tearing through the air, unstoppable in its sharpness!
The figure at the very front had his chest effortlessly pierced through.
After a scream!
He fell from the horned horse, rolling seven or eight times before finally coming to a stop.
By sheer coincidence, he landed not far from Jiang Yi!
Immediately afterward!
There came another clang!
Amid that sound, neither gold nor metal!
The bundle on his chest came loose, and an irregular jade-colored cylinder fell out.
After rolling several times!
It actually came to Jiang Yi's feet!
[Detected Earth-tier mid-grade martial art—Glass Diamond Body. Record it?] [Required lifespan: 3 years.]
Jiang Yi: "???"
A treasure-delivering boy?
Had a pie fallen from the heavens?
"Record it!"
With a thought from Jiang Yi, he recorded it before lowering his head to look at the jade object by his feet.
How was that a pillar?
It was clearly a humanoid sculpture, seated cross-legged with both hands forming seals.
Its entire body was crystalline and translucent, gleaming with a glass-like luster.
Under the faint light, it cast a pale projection.
Upon closer inspection!
Tiny words, as small as fly heads, could be seen floating within that projection.
Obviously!
That was the Earth-tier mid-grade martial art he had just recorded!
The Li Family group rode their horned horses slowly up before them.
They looked down from above, their faces full of arrogance!
The leading young man lowered his head to look at Jiang Yi, making no attempt to conceal the disdain in his eyes.
He seemed to possess an inborn sense of superiority!
With a casual flick of his hand, he threw down a piece of fine silk.
"Kid, pick that thing up, wrap it properly, and bring it to me!"
Jiang Yi: "..."
Taking an inch when given a foot, were they?!!
Seeing that Jiang Yi did not move, Huang Qi signaled an escort beside him to step forward and pick it up.
Then, he raised his hands in salute and said:
"I am Huang Qi of the Huang Family Escort Agency. Greetings to the talented members of the Li Family."
"Oh? The Huang Family? That rings a bell!"
"They made their name through escorting cargo. They're a major affiliated force of the Hegemon Body Sect..."
"Huang Qi, is it? No need for formalities!"
The Li Family members did not move in the slightest, merely exchanging a few words!
Let alone dismounting from their horses!
It had to be said!
The Li Family was truly arrogant.
Yet they possessed the capital to be arrogant.
Huang Qi felt a spark of anger in his heart!
Though none of it showed on his face, his demeanor visibly turned colder.
At that moment, the escort Huang Qi had signaled had already wrapped up the jade sculpture and handed it over.
One rider stepped forward, used his sword to pick it up, and hung it from the side of his horned horse!
"That's settled. Let's go, let's go!"
"Third Young Master, that kid seemed to have seen it..."
Someone spoke up, reminding the leading youth.
Upon hearing this!
The leading youth gave Jiang Yi an indifferent glance and smiled faintly, thick mockery spilling from his expression.
"So he saw it!"
"Could he possibly learn it after merely taking a few looks?"
"What a colossal joke!"
"Kid, you're quite lucky, but keep your mouth shut. Remember—
What should be said, and what should not!"
"Hahahaha!"
Then, he turned his horse around. His attendants followed one after another, riding away in succession.
Hooves struck the ground, rumbling in waves!
Dust rose everywhere in an instant!
Surging straight toward Jiang Yi and his group!
The neighing gradually faded into the distance...
Before long, they vanished from sight.
"That was Third Young Master Li just now, wasn't it? One of Rock Mountain City's renowned martial arts geniuses."
"Damn it!"
"He really is as arrogant as the rumors say!"
"I heard his cultivation has already broken through to the second level of the Blood Qi Realm!"
"Heh!"
"The main thing is that he was born into a good family. Who told him to be born into the Li Family?
If you ask me, even a pig could ascend to heaven there..."
The escorts had clearly recognized the young man. They whispered among themselves!
Some were envious, while others were indignant!
"Enough!"
"We should get going too. Pick up the pace and try to reach Rock Mountain City before nightfall!"
Huang Qi's expression was not much better!
Suppressing the anger in his heart, he urged the escorts to quickly pack up and get back on the road.
Yet for some reason!
His heart was always gripped by a sense of foreboding!
Little did he know!
After the Li Family group had traveled some distance!
An old man at the rear moved closer to the middle-aged man beside him and whispered something.
A cold gleam immediately flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes!
After nodding toward the old man!
He jumped directly from his horse, turned around, and walked back.
"You're... from the Li Family?"
Huang Qi led the escorts onward!
But before they had gone far, they saw a middle-aged man standing squarely in the middle of the road.
Blocking their path!
"That's right!"
The middle-aged man looked at the group before him indifferently. Without concealing anything, he nodded in reply.
"What do you want?"
That ominous premonition had actually come true!
Huang Qi stared fixedly at the middle-aged man, wariness appearing on his face.
He could sense it!
They were both in the Blood Qi Realm, yet the man's aura gave him an unfathomable feeling!
He was likely even stronger than Huang Qi!
"Naturally—kill all of you!"
A sinister smile appeared on the middle-aged man's face!
He raised a hand and slowly drew a treasure sword from his back.
Its body was silver-white, patterned with snowflakes!
Buzz!!!
He moved!
Holding the silver sword, he shook its blade. A keen cold light flashed forth, radiating a bone-piercing chill.
The moment his cultivation was revealed!
Huang Qi's pupils involuntarily contracted!
"This is... the fourth level of the Blood Qi Realm!"
This was bad!!!
His cultivation was two levels higher than Huang Qi's. He was absolutely not someone Huang Qi could handle.
"I'll hold him back. You all...
Split up and run!"
Huang Qi shouted in a low voice, taking his weapon from his horse—a tiger-head great spear.
It was pitch-black throughout, forged from high-quality black iron!
Gritting his teeth, he was just about to meet the enemy head-on.
A hand pressed down on his shoulder, and a calm voice sounded beside his ear.
"Uncle Qi, let me handle this!"
Before Huang Qi could speak, a tall, straight figure had already leaped out!
His body was like a soaring swan!
As he raised his hand, weapons clanged and hummed, and a stream of silver light shot across the sky.
Boom!!!
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