Chapter 278: Chasing
"Okay!" Qin Ziling nodded decisively.
What you hear is not as good as what you see.
There are many eyes outside staring at the Zhu Mansion, so it is impossible for him to show his strength to Zhu Huiqin here.
However, once he reaches the uninhabited mountainous area, he will be able to fully demonstrate his strength, so there is no need to waste words here.
Seeing Qin Ziling nodded and agreed very straightforwardly, Zhu Huiqin felt greatly relieved, but also a little disappointed.
In the end, you still have to flee alone!
Soon, Qin Ziling and Zhu Huiqin left the Zhu Mansion on clouded leopard horses and headed towards the east city gate.
"What a stupid woman! She has no vigilance at all and dares to leave so brazenly." On the upper floor of a restaurant, a middle-aged man with long hair, broad shoulders and a narrow waist, with surging blood all over his body, gave people the feeling of a ferocious beast hidden in his body. He stood by the railing, looking at the backs of Zhu Huiqin and Qin Ziling as they left, with a disdainful sneer on his face.
"This woman has a firm mind and profound cultivation. Her strength should have reached the quasi-grandmaster level. Lord Dugu had better not underestimate her." An old man in blue, who was Mo, the chief steward of the Judge's Mansion, said lightly.
"Don't worry, Manager Mo. This time, our Dugu, Chang and Che families have joined forces and sent out a total of ten great Qi Refining Masters and Great Martial Masters. Among them, there are four with late-stage cultivation. In addition to me, the quasi-grandmaster Che Yanhong from the Che family is also coming. Could it be possible that she can get away?" Dugu Zhi said disapprovingly.
"Even Che Yanhong is here, so there won't be any problem." Manager Mo nodded when he heard this.
"By the way, who was the man who left with Zhu Huiqin?" Dugu Zhi asked.
"His name is Qin Feng. I heard he is an old friend from Xiyun Prefecture." Manager Mo replied.
"There are only a few powerful people in Xiyunzhou, and I have basically met all of them. Since this person is an old friend from Xiyunzhou and an unknown person, there is no need to worry about him." Dugu Zhi said with a curl of his lips when he heard this.
"Your people can also go out now. My Wind-Catching Eagle will always be flying over you to guide you." said Chief Steward Mo.
"The Wind-Catching Falcon trained by Manager Mo is truly amazing. Until now I still can't figure out how you were able to do something to Zhu Huiqin without letting her sense it, while your Wind-Catching Falcon was able to lock onto her in mid-air. Could it be that you really have the magical ability to catch shadows?" Dugu Zhi said.
"It's just a trivial trick that is not presentable. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Lord Gudu." Butler Mo bowed slightly.
Dugu Zhi saw that Manager Mo had answered every detail and knew that he would not get anything out of him, so he laughed, waved his hand, and left the restaurant with a great martial artist in the late Bone Refining stage and a great martial artist in the middle Bone Refining stage.
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Eighty miles away from the East City Gate, a vast mountain range stretches across the earth like a giant dragon, stretching for thousands of miles.
This mountain range is one of the 18 major mountain ranges in the Great Qi State, named Changlao Mountain Range.
Although there are almost no exotic beasts in this mountain range, it is vast and continuous, with mountains connected to each other, and it also hides many unknown dangerous places.
After Qin Ziling and Zhu Huiqin left the provincial capital, they quickly turned from the official road into the wilderness trail.
The clouded leopard horse is a rare beast. When it runs, its four hooves create clouds and smoke. Even though there are slopes and potholes in the wilderness from time to time, the clouded leopard horse can run as if it were walking on flat ground.
Soon, Qin Ziling and Zhu Huiqin rode their clouded leopard horses further and further away from the official road and away from populated areas.
The view became increasingly desolate, with weeds and bushes growing everywhere. Often, you wouldn't see a single person for several miles.
The people who were tracking them were hiding at first, but later on, they no longer hid and just hung far behind them without launching an attack.
Obviously , they either thought this place was too close to the provincial capital, or they were not worried at all that Zhu Huiqin could escape.
"There has been an eagle following us in the sky." Qin Ziling looked up at the wind-catching eagle circling high in the sky and said.
"I know, that's Manager Mo's Wind-Catching Eagle. I never thought that this old thief Jin Yuan would be so hypocritical, insidious and vicious. It's a pity that my mentor trusted him so much and my Zhu family helped him so much back then." Zhu Huiqin said with a cold expression.
"That's why he wants to kill you as soon as possible!" Qin Ziling said.
"I don't know how that old thief Mo made his Wind-Catching Hawk lock onto me. Now, even if I really go deep into the mountains and forests, they can track me. But it's better this way. This Wind-Catching Hawk can only lock onto me. They are very scattered now, so let's split up here." Zhu Huiqin said decisively.
"Sister Zhu, you don't really think that Xiao Qing only values my talent and strength, right?" Qin Ziling said lightly.
Zhu Huiqin trembled slightly when she heard this, but quickly said, "Your words are enough, but it's not necessary. You and Xiao Qing are both talented and young, and you will achieve great things in the future. If one day you are strong enough, just help me get revenge."
"In fact, my current strength is strong enough, at least it is enough for those who want to surround and kill you." Qin Ziling said.
Zhu Huiqin was silent for a long time before she said, "That's good. They don't know that you also have the strength of a quasi-grandmaster. Once we enter Changlao Mountain, we can take advantage of the complex terrain inside and join forces to launch a sudden attack and kill them by surprise.
After you seriously injure a few of them, you should leave immediately and don't fight them to the death. This way, my burden will be much lighter. It will be enough to support us until Taiyuezhou."
"This Changlao Mountain is high and has deep forests. It's a good place!" Qin Ziling said with his eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at the Changlao Mountain which was getting closer and closer.
"If there weren't wind-catching eagles in the sky that could lock onto me, how would they have found me if I had to dive into Changlao Mountain?" Zhu Huiqin turned her head to take a look at Gu Duzhi and others who were hanging far behind and had not yet launched an attack. There was a hint of hatred and unwillingness in her eyes.
Qin Ziling smiled without comment, then shook the reins, and the clouded leopard horse galloped towards Changlao Mountain at a faster speed.
Soon, the two arrived at Changlao Mountain.
At this moment, a red figure rose into the sky from the forest, then stood leisurely on the crown of a big tree, overlooking Qin Ziling and Zhu Huiqin below.
"Why did you come just now? I have been waiting for you for a long time!" A soft voice with an indescribable alluring tone floated from the air.
"Che Yanhong!" Zhu Huiqin's face suddenly changed.
"Zhu Huiqin, how are you? Is the man next to you your lover? Wow, he looks quite nice. Can I borrow him for a few days?" said Che Yanhong, the woman in red on the tree canopy.
After that, Che Yanhong hooked her little finger at Qin Ziling again and said in a tender voice: "What's so good about a woman like Zhu Huiqin, who has a stern face all day long and looks like a saint with no desires. You'd better come to me. I promise you will be so happy that you will die."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ziling looked up at Che Yanhong. She was wearing a translucent red gauze skirt. She had a plump figure, her fair skin was faintly visible, her face was pretty, and her eyes were watery. A single glance from her could capture a man's heart.
"Tsk tsk, such a figure and such a pretty face, she's definitely a top-notch beauty!" Qin Ziling admired in his heart, but said, "Girl, it's been a bit cold these days. You're wearing so little and standing so high, be careful not to catch a cold!"
Zhu Huiqin wanted to laugh but couldn't when she heard that, and her heart was sinking.
Che Yanhong, the eldest daughter of the Che family, has been practicing in the Tianxiang Sect since she was young. She is a well-known quasi-grandmaster of Qi training.
Even more powerful than Dugu Zhi, who was leading the team behind him and surrounding them from all sides.
Dugu Zhi is a quasi-grandmaster of martial arts.
Originally, if there was only one quasi-grandmaster, Dugu Zhi, plus the eight great martial artists and great Qi-refining masters from the Dugu and Chang families who came with him, Zhu Huiqin still had the confidence that she and Qin Ziling, the two quasi-grandmasters, could injure a few of them if they suddenly attacked.
But with Che Yanhong in charge, the situation is completely different.
"Oh my, I didn't expect that little brother is so caring! You know what, with this wind blowing, I do feel a little cold. But it's too high here, I'm so scared, can you come up and carry me down?" Che Yanhong was not angry at Qin Ziling's teasing at all. On the contrary, she hugged her bare arms and said pitifully.
