Chapter 74 I want to live!
Five people returned.
It only took ten days to get here at full speed. Now Cao Jinxing plans to go back in twenty days, slacking off as much as possible!
It's time to rest and stop along the way.
More than ten days later, the five people left Baoyang County and embarked on the official road back to Shuntian Prefecture.
"Finally I'm back."
Lu Jiaming let out a long sigh: "It's been more than a month, and I've been on the road most of the time. I've got calluses on my thighs from riding horses!"
“This is just the beginning.”
Gu Yanzhu smiled and said, "At least you still have time to rest. Last year, in the north, Altan Khan attacked Datong four times, Liaoyang three times, and Ningxia once in two months. It was really tiring to fight the enemy non-stop with the border troops. Alas."
"Damn Tartars!"
Lu Jiaming cursed.
"The horse market is open this year, and things are a little more honest."
Gu Yanzhu said: "But I heard that the border is still in chaos. I hope it can be maintained for a while."
The five men galloped on their horses.
suddenly.
"Oh~"
Cao Jinxing pulled the reins, and the Ferghana horse raised its hooves high and stopped.
The other four riders hurriedly stopped and looked back.
"My Lord, what is wrong?"
"Be quiet and listen."
Cao Jinxing frowned, tilted his ear slightly, and murmured, "It seems like there is the sound of flying insects... getting closer!"
He turned around suddenly.
Gu Yanzhu and others hurriedly drew their swords and looked over.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, there was nothing in sight. On both sides of the official road, there were dense forests. The breeze blew past, and the tender green leaves made a rustling sound...
There are no bugs?
Although they were surprised, they believed in Cao Jinxing's judgment. The four of them stood in four directions, guarding Cao Jinxing, ready to fight.
Could it be an ambush by the people from Xilinglou?
Cao Jinxing held the hilt of the knife with a frown on his face.
Because of Qingming Baidu?
Or is it because of the southwest incident?
"coming."
Cao Jinxing's face was cold as he uttered these two words, his eyes like an eagle looking towards the dense forest to the west.
A blood-red figure suddenly rushed out from the dense forest!
Following closely was a group of hundreds and thousands of fiery red flying insects that looked like fireflies!
They flew through the woods at a very fast speed, carrying tiny flames, burning the green leaves on both sides until they were charred black!
"Huainan Yang Linqian... I beg, I beg my friends to lend a helping hand..." The man was covered in blood, and his luxurious clothes were full of sword and knife wounds.
He was completely exhausted, and just as he emerged from the dense forest he fell to the ground, slipped under the horse's feet, and fainted.
A group of fireflies behind me flew over!
Yang Linqian...
Huainan Yang Family...
The sour scholar Yang Linqing who sold him the flute quickly flashed through Cao Jinxing's mind . At a quick glance, he saw that the two men had similar facial features and should be blood relatives.
"careful!"
The flaming flying insects pounced over!
One of them fell on the back of the horse under Lu Jiaming, burning the horse so much that it neighed loudly. In the blink of an eye, a black scar the size of a fist was burned!
"What the hell is this!"
Gu Yanzhu and the others were shocked.
If one bug has such power, would you still be able to survive if all of them fell on you at the same time?
The four of them were completely panicked.
There were too many insects, covering the sky and the sun, and they were about to fall on everyone when suddenly a cold flute sounded.
moment!
The frosty air radiates in all directions!
Cao Jinxing sat on the horse's back, holding the dragon shark bone flute to his lips with both hands. With the infusion of internal force, the flute glowed faintly and the flute music rang out!
——Eight hundred years after the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, "Snowland Besieged City" reappears in the world!
With just a few brief notes, a cold and gloomy mood has spread.
All the people and animals within a radius of eighty meters suddenly felt dazed, as if they saw heavy snow falling from the sky. They were walking against the flow in the boundless snowy area, with the north wind blowing coldly and the frost scraping their bones!
cold!
Bitingly cold!
Sun Lang and Su Yunsheng, who had the lowest cultivation among the five, were shivering from the cold.
It was clearly early summer, but the two of them felt as if they were in the cold winter of December. They were so cold that their noses and tears were running, and they were shivering with their arms around each other!
It seemed like just a moment, but also like a long time had passed.
The flute sound in my ears disappeared.
The four of them shuddered at the same time.
Open your eyes and take a look.
It was still the same world, with the same blue sky, white clouds and green trees, but all the flying insects in the sky had been frozen into ice crystals!
It covered the ground like hail!
"Take him with you!"
Cao Jinxing put down the flute, frowned and said, "Go!"
Anyone who can control this kind of flying insect is definitely not an ordinary person. Cao Jinxing was too lazy to confront them just because of a disciple of Huainan Yang family - you can't refine the [Creation Pill], I'm lucky enough that I didn't care about you bringing trouble to me!
"drive!"
Cao Jinxing took the lead.
The other four people reacted and without caring about the strange sound wave secret technique of the shocked adult, Sun Lang quickly picked up the man and put him behind the horse, and the four riders disappeared on the official road.
Not long.
The three men in black followed the trail of blood out of the dense forest and saw the remaining traces of frost on the official road, as well as a group of [Burning Flame Insects] frozen into ice crystals.
"this!"
The leader in the front had his pupils constricted.
He never expected it to turn out like this: "These are 1,300 [Flame Insects]... How is this possible... Quickly notify the adults!"
He looked solemn, and a man behind him hurriedly pulled out the arrow from his waist and shot it into the sky.
"What's wrong?"
Soon, a young man's voice was heard in the dense forest: "Have you got the [Keting Di]? Why hasn't my treasure flown back yet..."
“…”
The leader's mouth twitched, he couldn't come back...
It turned into hail...
Before he could say anything, a young man in his twenties walked out of the woods. He was wearing a silk dress and holding a paper fan with the words "Serve the country with loyalty and devotion" written on it.
Hou Rong looked relaxed and carefree. He was in a good mood until he saw the familiar hailstones on the ground...
Snap!
The folding fan in his hand fell to the ground.
"this!"
He was stunned at first, a little bit unbelieving, wondering if he had seen it wrong, so he closed his eyes, opened them, closed them again, and opened them again...
"what happened?!"
Hou Rong finally confirmed that his treasure had turned into ice. He was panicked and angry. He pulled the leader over and said, "Who did it? Who did it? The general spent five thousand taels of gold to buy this! And... Tell me! Who did it? I'm going to skin him alive!"
His eyes were bloodshot and he was furious.
The leader said in embarrassment: "Sir, it was already like this when we arrived..."
Seeing Hou Rong's unfriendly expression, the leader quickly added: "However, when we were chasing after them, we also heard a flute sound! At that time, we thought it was played by the nearby mountain people. Now thinking back, the tune was bleak and the mood was extremely cold. It was probably used to ward off the [Burning Flame Insect]!"
"nonsense!"
Hou Rong said angrily: "There are 1,300 [Flame Insects]. Are we going to kill them one by one? Idiot, idiot! Why didn't you stop them at that time!"
“…”
Damn it, I can’t predict the future!
The leader cursed in his heart but didn't dare to speak.
Hou Rong roared twice, took out a scarlet bamboo flute from his waist, and threw it to the leader: "What song? Play it for me! Only a few sects know how to use sonic energy! I want to see which sect's disciples dare to touch my things!"
“…”
The leader was also good at playing music, so he took the flute and played a short piece.
"etc!"
Hou Rong's expression suddenly changed, and he stared at him like a poisonous snake, making people panic. He spoke word by word:
"Are you sure you didn't blow it wrong just now?"
"No."
The leader said, "The sound of the flute was very short, but I did hear it clearly. That's it."
Hou Rong stopped talking. He started walking back and forth, faster and faster!
“Sir, you…”
"shut up!"
Hou Rong shouted angrily, his voice trembling with excitement, his eyes red as blood, looking around, searching for clues, and muttering nervously: "Quick! Find him! You must find him! You must find him for me!!!"
"grown ups!"
At this time, another man in black pointed to the ground and said, "There are a few new hoof prints here, as big as bowls, they look like they were made by a Ferghana horse."
Hou Rong suddenly turned around, stared at the hoof prints, and then looked in the direction of the hoof prints.
"Chase!"
Hou Rong suppressed his excitement and shouted, "Chase him! I want him alive!"
