Mounted Bandits

Inside the carriage, Lu Mingyue was still thinking back on what Meng Hai had said yesterday. Outside, the escort convoy had barely traveled half an hour after leaving Cangzhou Prefectural City without incident when it encountered mounted bandits blocking the road.

"Well, well, the Evergreen Escort Agency! Now there's a rare sight!"

"Old Meng, that immortal cultivator didn't finish you off last time, and now you've found the guts to come outside the pass to make money again?"

"Hahaha, what unfortunate timing. This time, those immortal cultivators won't need to lift a finger. Our Tiger Head Gang is short on silver! Old Lu, hurry up and hand over the money to buy your lives!"

A band of twenty-two mounted bandits sat astride tall, powerful horses, curved sabers in hand. Every exposed arm bore a tiger-head tattoo.

This was the Tiger Head Gang, one of the mounted bandit gangs roaming outside the pass.

"Escort Chief Meng, this..."

Guo Ding, seated in the first carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at the mounted bandits surrounding them, a trace of nervousness appearing on his face.

"Don't worry, Master Guo. They're just a few little brats. Heh, when I, Meng Hai, was licking blood off a blade's edge, they were still pissing in the dirt and making mud pies!"

Meng Hai laughed as he spoke. That single remark darkened the faces of the two men blocking the way at the front.

"Three of you, stay by the carriages and protect our clients. Leave those two little bastards to me!"

Meng Hai wasted no words on the bandits. As he spoke, he slapped his horse's back and launched himself like an eagle at the Tiger Head Gang's chief and deputy chief, a dozen or so paces ahead.

Though the Evergreen Escort Agency had declined, it still had six horses. Each of the three carriages had one horse, two escorts drove carriages, and Meng Hai and his two sons rode the remaining three horses.

Now that Meng Hai had struck first, the other five followed suit, though they lunged at the Tiger Head Gang bandits surrounding them.

"You're courting death, Meng!"

"Kill him!"

The two brothers leading the Tiger Head Gang were furious. They had so many men, fully twice as many as the Evergreen Escort Agency, yet this old Meng still dared to attack first. He clearly thought nothing of the two brothers!

Clang!

Shing!

Both brothers drew the curved sabers at their horses' sides and leaped up as well, clashing with Meng Hai in midair.

Lu Mingyue finally got to see what Escort Chief Meng's bold declaration yesterday amounted to.

Meng Hai's weapon was an iron staff. Ordinarily, it could collapse into a single piece less than half a meter long, which he hung at his waist. Now, he drew it and twisted it to either side, turning it into an iron staff over two meters long that easily blocked the Tiger Head Gang brothers' combined saber attack.

"You two little bastards! Do you really think just anyone can climb onto your grandpa's head? Today, your grandpa will send you off to be reborn!"

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Most importantly, after blocking their attack, Meng Hai instantly gained the upper hand, swinging the iron staff in his hands and ruthlessly pinning the two men down.

"What incredible martial arts!"

In the middle carriage, Lu Mingyue had already lifted the curtain and was staring unblinkingly at Escort Chief Meng as he fought two opponents alone.

She had already intended to learn some martial arts after entering the immortal cultivation world.

After all, with her current cultivation, she would be little different from a mortal after casting just three to five spells.

If she could learn mortal martial arts, she would have one more means of keeping herself alive!

And Escort Chief Meng's martial arts were clearly not bad. Otherwise, even after the agency's decline, he could not have kept his place on Escort Agency Street without being driven out by the other agencies.

No, they're more than just good. They've practically reached the very summit!

After watching for only a short while, Lu Mingyue could not help taking it seriously, her eyes widening and shining intently.

The escort who had stayed on the carriage had long since noticed Lu Mingyue's actions, but he said nothing and merely gave a dismissive smile.

If their master's martial arts were so easy to learn, they would hardly count as profound. This young woman was rather naive!

"Ah!"

"Big Brother!"

While Lu Mingyue was "stealing lessons" in Meng Hai's martial arts, the fight between Meng Hai and the two brothers leading the Tiger Head Gang had already been decided.

"Meng Hai! You actually killed my big brother! I swear I won't rest until I've killed you!"

During their battle, Meng Hai deliberately exposed an opening, making the Tiger Head Gang's chief try to seize the chance to cut him down. Instead, Meng Hai smashed his skull with a blow of his staff, killing him on the spot.

"Since you hate me so much, this old man will send you on your way!"

Hearing the Tiger Head Gang deputy chief's hateful words, Meng Hai immediately swung his staff. In fewer than ten moves, he had caved in the deputy chief's chest.

"Chief!"

"Run! Both chiefs are dead!"

"Don't kill me! They forced me to become a bandit! I've never had any quarrel with you!"

Seeing their two chiefs, the strongest martial artists among them, meet violent deaths in less than a quarter of an hour, the remaining Tiger Head Gang bandits fled in terror.

Of course, only five bandits were still alive.

And that was only because three of the escorts had not joined the fighting. Otherwise, they would have been killed long before.

"Escort Master, should we pursue them?"

Watching the five men flee on horseback, Meng Hai's son could not help asking. They had inherited their martial arts from Meng Hai and were naturally no weaklings. They could not kill the Tiger Head Gang's chief and deputy chief, but killing a few ordinary bandits could not have been easier.

"No need!"

Meng Hai waved a hand, took two silver pouches, and led over the two fine horses belonging to the Tiger Head Gang's chief and deputy chief.

"Our first priority is to escort our four clients to Taiping City. Those few small fry aren't worth wasting our time on!"

"Our top priority is escorting our four clients to Taiping City. Those few nobodies aren't worth wasting our time on!"

Obeying his orders, the escorts each picked up the dead bandits' silver pouches and continued escorting the convoy on its way.

Inside the three carriages, the four travelers wore different expressions.

Guo Ding and Yang Qin exchanged a glance. Without needing to speak, each saw what the other was thinking.

Incredible, truly incredible. If I had martial arts that powerful too, when I encountered an immortal cultivator at the same cultivation level as me, could I defeat them while conserving most of my cultivation?

Lu Mingyue, meanwhile, was immensely excited. What the escort who had stayed behind to protect her had not expected was that, after becoming an immortal cultivator, not only had her five senses grown stronger, but her memory far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Thus, Lu Mingyue had already etched the battle between Meng Hai and the Tiger Head Gang's chief and deputy chief deeply into her mind.

Whenever she wished, she could watch that battle scene over and over again. This was hardly any different from studying under a master!

If the other side of Taiping City really does lead to the immortal cultivation world, I can study it properly then!

The convoy continued onward. Meng Hai had told them beforehand that Taiping City was a full half-month's journey from Cangzhou Prefectural City.

So Lu Mingyue was in no hurry.

The mounted bandits who appeared every day, and their fights with Meng Hai, became opportunities for Lu Mingyue to learn mortal martial arts!

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