Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 181: Will having more people help?
If Xu Qingyan could follow the path to where Fourteen fainted and find the place where Fourteen was hurt, he would definitely not come back for a while.
Although Xu Qingyan had not been here for long, Tang Zheng still understood his style of doing things. He would either bring back the conclusion that "it cannot be found" or he would definitely bring back the exact location of the incident. He would not find it halfway and then run back to give Tang Zheng an ambiguous answer.
Tang Zheng took a short rest and went to the martial arts training ground to continue practicing his method of accumulating power and applying pressure.
He had already mastered the second volume of Dagger Skills, except for the two new moves. What he was practicing now was just the opening move in conjunction with the power accumulation and pressure method.
He didn't practice very fast, but his star power was slowly gathering and piling up.
“Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-six…two thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight…three thousand…” When his star power had passed three thousand strands, the sky was already very dark.
Tang Zheng's method of accumulating power and applying pressure once again increased the pressure of the star power by slowing down the speed of the star power's circulation and slowly applying pressure, thereby once again increasing the distance and damage of the starting move.
However, now he didn't know to what extent it had improved.
Tang Zheng walked back to his cottage in the night and saw a figure in a long gown standing in his yard under the moonlight, holding his sword and leaning against a big banyan tree.
The two-headed Tibetan mastiff star behind Xu Qingyan had not yet gone out, and his surroundings were illuminated by the bright starlight.
"Let's talk inside." Tang Zheng went in and lit the lamp, and called a servant to call Tang Xiaotang over.
Xu Qingyan walked into the room, sat down, put down his sword, and looked at Tang Zheng: "It's been a long time since we last met. Your cultivation has improved a lot."
Tang Zheng smiled and said, "You have a good nose."
Xu Qingyan didn't care about Tang Zheng's slander and didn't say anything else.
The two waited for a while before Tang Xiaotang arrived. He walked in and saw Xu Qingyan, then asked, "Did you find him?"
"If you're asking about the murderer who hurt the child, he's found him." Xu Qingyan replied.
"Okay, okay, okay..." Tang Xiaotang said yes three times, "Where is the murderer?"
"Kill him." Xu Qingyan came up with another answer.
"..." Tang Xiaotang was choked immediately, "Kill...kill?"
"I used him to find the track of a convoy. We don't need him anymore. Besides, the tracking speed will be very slow with him." Xu Qingyan explained based on the facts.
There's no use in carrying him around, he'd be a burden, so I just killed him.
Tang Xiaotang's eyelids twitched. This was indeed Xu Qingyan's style.
"Just tell me directly, where did you find it? What is the specific situation?" Tang Zheng said, tapping his fingers on the table.
"The Hojo Camp. An abandoned camp near Wulong Town." Xu Qingyan said, "There are many wheel tracks near the camp. I went close to listen to the guards at the gate talking, and there were many children inside."
"Are they all orphans?" Tang Zheng tightened his fingers.
When Tang Xiaotang looked at Tang Zheng and asked this question, her eyes flashed in a very rare way.
In her eyes, Tang Zheng always had an insincere smile on his face, and it was rare to see such seriousness in his eyes...
Xu Qingyan shook his head: "No. Judging from the direction of the wheel tracks, there are directions to many nearby villages, but I didn't check them one by one. I didn't have time."
"Did you see the child with your own eyes?" Tang Zheng asked.
"No." Xu Qingyan said, "There are a lot of people in the camp, about 20 to 30. You, take someone who is good at night fighting with you, and then there will be three of us."
"There are so many people... and only three of them are going?" Tang Xiaotang stared.
"Will having a lot of people help?" Xu Qingyan asked back.
During Lu Huang's night banquet, Tang Zheng was about to take Lan Shaoze's head, and he could take Lan Shaoze's head!
Xu Qingyan, who had experienced the entire cause and effect of the Lan Shaoze incident, knew very well that for Tang Zheng, the only question was "whether I want to go or not", and as long as he decided to go, no matter how many people there were, it would be useless.
"Where is the Hojo camp?" Tang Zheng asked, "Is it far?"
"On horseback, one hour." Xu Qingyan replied. Of course, he used the speed of the Snow Region Warhorse to calculate.
Tang Zheng retracted the fan dagger in his hand and waved it to create a gust of wind.
He stood up and said to Tang Xiaotang, "Call Azhi, let's go."
"Brother Zixie can go too..." said Tang Xiaotang.
"Let's choose Azhi." Tang Zhengdao.
"Uh..." Tang Xiaotang asked, "Why?"
"Because he's smaller. A horse can run faster if it carries less weight." Tang Zheng answered casually, "Think about it, if we bring Tigris with us...how long will it take to get there?"
Wulong Town, Bailianfang.
Luo Fei, who had just laid down on the bed, felt a deep malice coming from a distance.
"Ah-choo. Ah-choo." His nose felt itchy and he sneezed several times.
…
In fact, after Tang Zixie's astrological talent awakened, he was also quite good in night combat, but Azhi had more combat experience. Moreover, because he was younger, he could be a smaller target and was more suitable for this mission . Therefore, Tang Zheng chose Azhi to form a team.
Of course, another important reason is that Azhi is easier to bully.
Tang Zheng took Tang Xiaotang and mounted their horses, while Xu Qingyan took Azhi, and the four of them rode directly to the abandoned camp in the mountains.
Ah Zhi was dragged out of the house for no apparent reason, and then put on the horse for no apparent reason. He was completely confused. It was not until the Snow Region Warhorse had already left Tangjiabao that he asked, "What happened?"
"Kidnapping." Xu Qingyan answered concisely.
"..." Tang Xiaotang immediately stroked his forehead. Isn't he afraid of causing ambiguity by speaking so briefly?
In the end, it was Tang Xiaotang who recounted the story in detail, from the first time they went to Wuqing Mountain and hunted six-eared white deer, to the present time when Thirteen was missing, the other children were kidnapped, and Fourteen risked being seriously injured to escape and seek help.
Ah Zhi didn't think Tang Zheng would kidnap him at first, so the point he was listening to was not here at all: "You mean, there is a wild child in the mountains who has reached the middle level of the second star?"
"yes……"
"The guy you rescued who's about my age is already at the peak of one star?"
"yes……"
"Interesting, they are just slightly worse than me." Azhi said thoughtfully.
He was born with one star, and a lot of cultivation resources were piled up on him along the way. He had surpassed two stars when he was twelve years old, and he would probably be able to break through to three stars when he was sixteen. Looking at the entire continent, he was already a rare figure.
But the "Thirteen" in the mountain had apparently reached the two-star level when he was about the same age as him, and when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he also had the hope of breaking through to the three-star level. And the "Fourteen" was already at the peak of the one-star level, and if he could successfully break through to the two-star level, it would only be a matter of time.
Azhi is very competitive.
The talents of the two savages were almost as good as his, which made him snort coldly several times with a very unpleasant look on his face.
"Their methods of cultivation are different. They have demonic fire behind them. Cultivating demonic power is more dangerous than cultivating star power. The failure rate is high, but the speed is fast." Xu Qingyan heard Azhi's hum and added a few more words to the point.
But Xu Qingyan's words made Tang Zheng feel uneasy.
Because what Xu Qingyan said was interesting, as if he was quite an expert on how to cultivate demonic power?
…
The Hojo Camp was a frontline camp left behind when the border line had not yet been pushed northward.
However, Tang Zheng had only read about the border line being pushed northward in history books and was not clear about the details.
"It's right in front. How do we enter?" Xu Qingyan had already dismounted.
"Close the camp..." Tang Zheng took a look at the structure of the gate, "Main gate!"
"The main entrance?" Tang Xiaotang opened her mouth slightly.
"Xiaotang, you stay here. If anyone slips out of the door, kill them without mercy." Tang Zheng waved at Xu Qingyan and Azhi.
Tang Xiaotang stared at Tang Zheng, Xu Qingyan and Azhi in amazement, and they actually rushed in like this!
Where's the plan? Where's the strategy? Nothing at all?!
Night, camp.
The two guards at the door saw what was happening, but they didn't react at first.
"Two guards, one is at the peak of one star, and the other is two stars. That's quite a lot!" Tang Zheng's eyes turned cold, and his whole body was surging with rich star power.
Although he had just advanced to the advanced two-star level, his more solid star veins and more powerful star power allowed him to look at a two-star low-level guard without even raising an eyebrow.
At this moment, Tang Zheng finally found a little bit of the feeling of killing the monsters.
Since coming to Xingyao Continent, except for the battle with Tian Meng in Fengmen Village, it has basically been one boss after another, leaving him with no time to breathe.
"Where is the child imprisoned?" Before the two guards could react, the one at the peak of the one-star level had his neck cut, and the one at the beginner level of the two-star level had a dagger across his neck by Tang Zhengyi, "One, two...three!"
The two-star beginner warrior was still thinking about when Tang Zheng came behind him and what was going on with the fan across his neck...
Before he could answer his question, he felt a strong star power tearing his skin apart easily...
A warm feeling surged from his body, and his eyes quickly lost their luster.
"Kill?" Azhi asked.
"Ask him where the child is first. If he doesn't answer within three breaths, kill him directly." Tang Zheng replied, shaking off the blood on the dagger.
Hearing the noise coming from the door, the entire camp was brightly lit by the light of stars.
Tang Xiaotang, who was standing at the door and watching from afar, gasped and lit up.
Even the weakest one among them is at the peak of one star!
Nearly half of the warriors have reached the two-star level, and there are even several at the peak of the two-star level!
"Wulong Town...where did this group of people come from?" Tang Xiaotang's face turned slightly pale.
Xu Qingyan had already risen like a star and rushed directly into the camp.
Without further ado, get started.
Tang Zheng and Xu Qingyan did not retreat but advanced. The moment they attacked, the camp was crowded with people and no one could react.
Just two people with a child dared to start a fight!
