Chapter 89 Zhou Bangrui
This young man used the breath-concealing method to hide his cultivation, but Cao Jinxing learned the "Yin Yuan Jue", which is almost the most difficult and strongest breath-concealing method. Looking at other similar martial arts, there are many flaws!
He could tell the man's true level of cultivation at a glance.
People in the martial arts world have internal strength and are full of true qi. Their level of cultivation can be known by just the touch of their true qi.
The more advanced the breath-holding method is, the better it can conceal one’s true Qi and become closer to “nothingness”.
The person in front of me’s “Breath-Containing Technique” is pretty good, but unfortunately it’s still not good enough.
"I didn't expect that we are from the same hometown. My name is Zhou Bangrui, may I know your name? Now that we are in a foreign land together, you and I must help each other. "
The young man said with a smile.
"should."
Cao Jinxing bowed and said, "I am Wang Wu, your younger brother. I hope that Brother Zhou will take good care of me."
"Ha ha."
Zhou Bangrui smiled kindly, thinking that this kid couldn't even choose a pseudonym, and was probably trying to pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger.
Cao Jinxing smiled back, thinking that this boy had chosen such a solemn name, these three characters were probably related to his real name.
"This luggage looks heavy enough, can I help you?"
"No, just some tea leaves. To be honest, this is not enough to make a fuss. I see that Brother Zhou has quite a lot of luggage, right?"
"It's just coarse salt. It's something that we Central Plains people don't like, so it's most suitable for fooling the Mongols."
The two men seemed free and easy, but neither of them let the other get close. Both sides knew that there were weapons inside!
It’s probably a highly recognizable weapon that can be easily seen at a glance!
Zhou Bangrui said calmly: "Now Liaodong is surrounded by bandits, brother is very brave, daring to face the challenge alone..."
You want money over life? Who are you kidding?
Cao Jinxing disagreed and said, "Life forces me to do it. Besides, being bitten by a snake once and being afraid of ropes for ten years is not what a real man should do!"
Life is not easy. There are many people who snatch food from the tiger's mouth. Do you think it's your turn to sneer and ridicule me?
Um?
Zhou Bangrui raised his eyebrows. The person who said this didn't seem to have any ill intentions...
Cao Jinxing threw his luggage on the bed, then lay down on it with his eyes closed to rest. He had been traveling for a whole day and night, and even he was a little tired, so it was a good opportunity for him to take these two days to rest up.
Zhou Bangrui stopped talking, took out a bag of peanuts and ate and drank, seeming to be thinking about something.
A quarter of an hour later, the caravan porters came back to rest after their meal. They were all grown men who had been traveling all day. As soon as they took off their boots, the stink immediately filled the air and they began snoring loudly.
Zhou Bangrui frowned slightly and looked back at Cao Jinxing, his expression remaining unchanged.
"interesting……"
Soon it was midnight, the full moon was high in the sky, and suddenly a very faint sound was heard in the yard, which sounded like the yard where goods were stored.
Cao Jinxing and Zhou Bangrui opened their eyes one after another.
"To the toilet?"
"Let's go together!"
Cao Jinxing got up and left.
Zhou Bangrui reached into his bag and pulled out a long black cloth cover, which looked like two short sticks.
As a result, when he turned around, he saw Cao Jinxing's half-smile.
Zhou Bangrui said with a stiff face: "For self-defense, you must also be careful when going to the toilet!"
"Well, you can take it then."
Cao Jinxing pushed the door open and went out.
"Well, Brother Wang, you don't need to bring any weapons?" Zhou Bangrui took a look at his bag. Is there no weapon in it?
Cao Jinxing waved his hand and said, "No need, I have learned some farming skills, so I can do it with my bare hands."
"oh……"
The two men rushed out of the dormitory quickly, saying they were going to the toilet, but in the end neither of them went that way, and they went straight to the yard where the strange noise came from.
The more Zhou Bangrui looked at him, the weirder it seemed to him. This kid named Wang had incredibly high martial arts skills and walked silently, like a ghost!
Although he looks like he has no internal strength, his martial arts skills are actually no less than mine!
The two of them went up to the roof quietly at the same time, hid behind the chimney and looked into the yard.
A dozen large boxes were piled in the southwest corner, containing the caravan's goods, including silk, tea, cotton cloth, and so on.
The outer layer is covered with wire mesh, and twelve large bells are tied with natural silk under the mesh.
It will make a sound at the slightest disturbance.
Although the silk of the silkworm looks thin and can be easily broken, it is actually very flexible. If you use a sword to break it, it will trigger the copper bell instead.
A congenital master from the Thunderbolt Hall was holding a musket and resting with his eyes closed. There were eight other skilled guards, each with a musket in hand, scattered around the periphery.
The precautions are very strict!
But they didn't notice that there was a shadowy figure covered in a black robe, as lithe as a snake, silently climbing over the wall and approaching the box, sniffing and touching to confirm what was inside.
That pair of snake eyes glowing green, and that set of strange boneless soft skills, really looked like a black python moving silently and swiftly along the ground!
The two were shocked.
"Snake Bone Technique"!
This set of martial arts is very famous in Liaodong, because it is the unique martial arts of Green Ear, the last of the Eight Horses of the Wanma Gang!
The eight strongest men in the Wanma Gang were given the name "Eight Horses" and were known as the kings of horses.
They are Chiji, Daoli, Baiyi, Yulun, Shanzi, Quhuang, Hualiu and Luer.
Green Ear has the lowest strength, only at the fourth level of the Innate Realm, but he possesses the magical art of snake bones, which he uses to assassinate and spy, and he is always successful. He once assassinated a horse thief at the eighth level of the Innate Realm for the Wanma Gang, and became famous for a while!
It’s actually him!
Zhou Bangrui sent a voice message: "Brother Wang, we have encountered some thieves. I am a little scared. Do you think they will attack the caravan?"
"I'm afraid too."
Cao Jinxing also transmitted the message, "But it can still hold out for a while. I'm a curious person, so I want to follow and see who is behind this."
Zhou Bangrui said: "What a coincidence, I am also curious about the behind-the-scenes..."
Cao Jinxing simply interrupted him: "Don't be curious. You are not good at Qinggong."
“…”
"Go back and wait. I'll go take a look and tell you later."
"...Then Brother Wang, you must keep your word, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight."
While the two of them were communicating, Green Ear had already finished the inventory and quietly climbed over the courtyard wall.
Cao Jinxing took out a piece of black cloth from his arms, covered his face, and disappeared in an instant.
The extremely fast speed left an afterimage, and under the night sky, it was like a cloud of black smoke following closely!
Zhou Bangrui was shocked, what a fast speed!
He wanted to follow, but was afraid that his lightness skills would hinder him, so he had to go back to the dormitory first.
The green-eared snake moves very fast, but Cao Jin moves even faster!
After a while, I followed him to a very large courtyard. From a distance, I could see the "galloping horse flag" flying on the large square in the center of the courtyard!
Ten thousand horse gang!
The "black snake" climbed over the wall and rushed into a room in the northwest corner of the compound.
Cao Jinxing quietly leaned against the window, practicing the "Hidden Yuan Jue" to restrain his breath, and looked inside through the gap in the window.
Green Ear took off his black robe, walked to the table, took out a pen and paper, and quickly wrote a few lines.
From beginning to end , his eyes were always erect and glowing green.
Soon, after finishing the message, he took a carrier pigeon out of the cage, placed the written letter on the pigeon's legs and released it.
The carrier pigeon flew straight north.
After doing all this , the green light in Green Ear's eyes disappeared, and his pupils returned to normal, but his eyes were numb and his limbs were stiff. Then he suddenly closed his eyes, went to bed like a sleepwalker, took off his clothes, covered himself with a quilt, and fell into a deep sleep.
He looked relaxed and was sleeping soundly.
It seems like I have never been out...
Not only him, the entire Wanma Gang was silent, with only the sound of snoring coming from time to time in the dark night.
Cao Jinxing suddenly felt a chill.
"Is this collective hypnosis? Work when there's work to do, sleep when there's no work to do, and still be a hero when you wake up the next day... Since the Golden Flame Snake is psychic and can be controlled remotely with thoughts, why write a letter?"
Cao Jinxing thought of this, looked at the carrier pigeon flying farther and farther away, and suddenly accelerated at lightning speed. He stepped on the ground, and shot up into the air!
The carrier pigeon was still intent on flying forward, when suddenly a hand reached out from below, gently grasped its wings, and quickly carried it away from the Wanma Gang's territory.
"do not move."
The carrier pigeon was still struggling, but Cao Jinxing flicked it and it immediately became quiet.
Cao Jinxing took the letter off its leg and unfolded it. It was written in plain language: [Master: There are eighty-three people in the new caravan, one Tongyou, five Xiantian, and twenty-two Houtian, just enough. They are escorting thirty thousand rolls of high-quality silk, ten thousand rolls of Songjiang cotton cloth, three hundred kilograms of tea, and several boxes of grain and wine.]
"Owner……"
Cao Jinxing looked at the words above and thought to himself: "The snake corpse is controlled by the snake mother and should not have its own consciousness... This is not Green Ear's tone, but the snake mother's tone! The Golden Flame Snake Snake Mother is psychic and can understand human language. She can issue conscious commands to the snake corpse, but after all, humans cannot understand animal language, and it is not as convenient as controlling the snake corpse to communicate with the snake master... This is the letter that the snake mother asked Green Ear to write to the snake master! Then the destination of the letter should be their nest..."
Cao Jinxing's heart trembled, and he looked to the north: "Will Shen Xiang be there? Should I follow him directly, or... No!"
Cao Jinxing frowned and recalled the whole incident: "Even if we don't count the people from the Wanma Gang, the snake corpses known so far include Wu Yunfeng and Shen Xiang. In addition, there will be the chief escort of the escort agency, all of whom are at the Tongyou realm! If we go there rashly, if something goes wrong, we're afraid we'll both die there. We can't take this risk..."
Before, it was “no one was seen alive, no body was found dead”, and the letter also said “just enough”, so it should not be a murder.
At least it's not just killing people.
This gives me the opportunity to sneak in...
There are so many pigeons at Green Ear's place, and there must be some that go back and forth between the nest and the Wanma Gang. At worst, we can catch another one and let it fly away. If you force us, anything will work. It's better not to alert the snake now, and it's better to be safe.
Thinking of this, Cao Jinxing turned his gaze to the paper in his hand and muttered to himself: "What the hell are you doing..."
…
Cao Jinxing put the letter back, released the carrier pigeon, and returned to Wenhe Inn.
Just as I was about to go back to the dormitory, I suddenly felt something was wrong. I turned my head and saw Zhou Bangrui walking out from the dark corner with a bitter face, and there was someone following him.
The third leader of the Thunderbolt Hall, Lei Zongliang!
"What a brilliant breath-holding technique, what a brilliant lightness skill!"
Lei Zongliang was in his early thirties, dressed in a tight suit, with a half-smile on his face: "I never thought that my small caravan had such a hidden talent... If I hadn't seen this kid sneaking around, I wouldn't have known when a master like you sneaked in... How about it, Brother Wang, let's have a chat?"
“…”
Cao Jinxing was completely speechless and gave Zhou Bangrui a look of disgust that said "You're so useless".
Zhou Bangrui's mouth twitched and he lowered his head in shame.
"good."
Cao Jinxing clasped his fists and said, "I just happen to have something important to discuss with Master Lei. It's a serious matter, so please move outside the store..."
