Starting as a centurion, he fought his way through the chaos of the world.

Chapter 26 Something happened

Lu Ming felt his body was very hot, and white vapor rose from his skin.

Before we knew it, it had gotten dark.

When he opened his eyes again, he clearly felt that the power within his body had increased. Lu Ming had broken through and reached the peak of the early stage of Blood Refining. Although he had not reached the middle stage of Blood Refining, his momentum had already been greatly enhanced.

Even if they encounter a late-stage peak Blood Transfer expert who hasn't grasped the essence of power, they are confident of a fight.

Most importantly, the "Dragon Elephant Strength" greatly increased his strength.

An ordinary early-stage Blood Refining Realm cultivator possesses the strength of ten thousand jin, making them a killing machine on the battlefield. However, his strength reached eighteen thousand jin, comparable to the late-stage Blood Refining Realm cultivator.

This is also where his confidence comes from.

As he slowly stood up, Lu Ming could clearly hear the sound of his blood flowing through his body, like the Yangtze River, surging endlessly.

"call!"

After exhaling a breath of stale air, he walked outside.

On an early autumn night, the courtyard was filled with the chirping of cicadas, and the scent of grass and trees wafted through the air.

The two maids were dozing off.

Li Xirou sat on a stone bench under a tree, her hands supporting her chin, seemingly lost in thought.

When she saw Lu Ming, a fleeting look of surprise crossed her face.

"My lord, you're out."

As he spoke, he lifted the cover off the stone table, revealing steaming hot food.

It's obviously been hot many times already.

"Now that I'm out, you can eat and go to sleep on your own while I'm cultivating. You don't have to wait for me all the time."

Lu Ming stepped forward and patted Li Xirou's head.

Looking at her slightly sleepy face, he showed a hint of doting affection.

"I can't sleep alone without my husband," Li Xirou whispered, a blush rising on her face.

It inexplicably ignited a fire in Lu Ming's heart.

However, soon after, hunger struck.

Seeing the delicious food on the table, they began to eat and drink heartily.

"My brother-in-law's convoy will be passing through Fenglei Town again tomorrow."

"Would you like to see it?" Lu Ming asked, looking up as he chewed on a piece of meat.

After a moment of silence, Li Xirou said sadly, "I'm not going. My brother-in-law doesn't seem to want to talk to me right now."

His wife's disappointment troubled Lu Ming.

"Things will get better in the future."

he said with a smile.

He sat up straight, poured himself a glass of wine, and solemnly said, "I will definitely make you a woman that everyone envies."

He drank the wine in one gulp.

After dinner, Lu Ming couldn't wait to pull Li Xirou back to their room to rest.

It is dozens of miles away from Fenglei Town.

In the dark forest, a large number of bandits were running around. They came from Moyun Village, and their leader was a master at the peak of the late stage of Bone Forging.

A large, dark crowd followed behind him.

They gripped long swords, their eyes gleaming with a chilling light.

Finally, they stopped by the roadside on their way to the prefectural city.

"Third Master, isn't this being a bit too cautious? It's just asking those caravans to pay extra tolls, do we really need so many of us?" A disheveled bandit grinned, the moonlight illuminating his pockmarked face.

It looked somewhat ferocious.

"What do you know? Besides adding silver, we also need the Li family's goods this time. They brought back a lot of cotton wadding from the south. The weather is getting cold, and the brothers on the mountain need to buy some new clothes."

Otherwise, who knows how many people would freeze to death in winter.

Moreover, they've recently gotten in touch with a military officer in the prefectural city, and I've heard he's quite influential. They've paid their travel expenses reluctantly several times. The chieftain wants to give him a warning, lest the Li family have other ideas and the other families become disobedient, which would be troublesome.

Third Master was a middle-aged man with a long, sharp face and triangular eyes, but he was quite popular in the village.

They weren't too harsh on the people in the village.

So his subordinates sometimes dared to ask him questions.

However, it would be a mistake to assume that the other party is easy to talk to. Among the several chieftains, the third one was known for his ruthlessness.

He has killed so many people that he has lost count.

"Third Master is right. The lords in the village really have no complaints about us."

Lu Ming was unaware of all this, and he slept soundly that night.

For the next few days, besides going to Li Yan's house for meals, he spent his time training his men.

The entire Qianhusuo area continues to be a scene of vigorous development.

However, within the Li family, an uproar ensued.

The head of the Li family, who is also Li Xirou's father, sat in the upper position in the living room.

His face was gloomy, and although he was trying his best not to get angry, his trembling hands revealed his fury.

Li Xiyue's husband, who was once sunny and magnanimous, was now kneeling on the ground, disheveled and filthy.

Three days ago, on that stretch of road in Fenglei Town, all the goods I was carrying were robbed, and several of my men and guards died.

"Uncle, we've already paid the toll, but they still want us to leave the goods behind. Considering the importance of these goods, I tried to explain, but I didn't expect the people from Moyun Village to start a massacre!"

Li Xiyue's husband, Zhang Ming, explained.

If he hadn't escaped in time, the people of Moyun Village would probably have killed him too.

Thinking about it now, I still feel a chill down my spine.

"Incompetence is incompetence. What excuses are you making? Do you know what this order means? It's a military order. If we can't deliver on time, even if our Li family has the connections of Xi Yu's husband's family and won't bear any responsibility, we can forget about getting any more orders from the city guards!"

Li Xiyu is the second daughter of the Li family and the second younger sister of Xirou. She is now engaged to the son of the Blood Feather Captain.

That's why the Li family had the opportunity to get the city guard's procurement orders. But they never expected that they would mess it up on their first try.

Zhang Ming's father-in-law scolded him angrily, expressing his disappointment.

At the same time, he stole glances at his older brother.

After all, it was the son-in-law who made the mistake.

He didn't want his older brother to actually punish him.

"Alright, Second Brother, it's a miracle that Zhang Ming is back. I'll go find the Captain and see how to handle this. They dare to rob the city guards' goods; Moyun Village is getting bolder and bolder!"

After the head of the Li family finished speaking, he stood up and walked outside.

In Fenglei Town, Lu Ming had just finished training his men and officially issued them their Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword).

As soon as it got dark, Zhang Meng rushed over.

"Did something happen?"

"My lord, I heard that a few days ago, the Li family's goods were robbed by the people of Moyun Village, and many people died. It seems that the goods were ordered by the city guards. The garrison commander has said that he will wipe out Moyun Village."

Lu Ming raised an eyebrow. If Moyun Village could really be wiped out, that would be a good thing.

To save myself the trouble.

Do you think it can succeed?

"I doubt it. The city guards of the prefecture are good at bullying the common people, but they're not good enough to fight Moyun Village. They've fought it before, and in the end, they were all slaughtered and ran away in a panic."

Zhang Meng said with some disdain, clearly not having a high opinion of the city guards.

"Let's wait and see. It's good if we can deplete some of it. When we start fighting Moyun Village, the pressure will be less." Lu Ming said in a low voice. He had no intention of handing over the grain.

Every year, countless people in Fenglei Town starve to death because these mountain villages demand food.

He couldn't bring himself to plunder grain from the people and send it to the bandits.

As for joining forces with the city guards to attack Moyun Village, Lu Ming had no such idea. He was just a centurion, and he had worked hard to train his army. He didn't want to let others command him as cannon fodder.

Moreover, the Mo Dao soldiers have just received their weapons, so it's best for them to practice for a while.

Then, Lu Ming looked at Zhang Meng and said, "In the coming days, inquire about news from Moyun Village. Report any disturbances immediately."

"Yes, sir!" Zhang Meng replied and carefully retreated.

Lu Ming then returned to the backyard.

I need to consolidate my cultivation level.

Furthermore, after these few days of training, he felt his Qi and blood had increased again. He would try to break through to the mid-stage of the Blood Transformation Realm, which would make attacking Moyun Village much safer.

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