I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 93: Avoid taking detours
Kong Chun, Tang Dawei and others stood at the foot of the hillside, looking up in a daze at Xie Yuan who was standing alone on the hillside.

In the distance, a single peak stood out like a hook, cliffs and rocks were flying, and trees were dense. Outside the forest, blood had turned the dead grass red and dyed the loess red.

There were corpses all over the hillside, and among the corpses, a handsome young man in black tights was covered in blood. He stood quietly with a knife in his hand, but his expression was very calm, as if he was not the one who had just experienced the battle.

Xie Yuan strode down the hillside, leaned against the escort vehicle amid the shocked and admiring gazes of his colleagues, and bared his teeth:
"Brother Chun, help me take care of my wound. The others, take stock of the battlefield, repair the knives, and search the bodies. We need to leave as soon as possible."

It feels good to show off, but it really hurts.

The few people were suddenly awakened and quickly divided the work.

It’s not their fault that they are unprofessional. The five escorts are all experienced veteran escorts who have experienced many battles, big and small.

But precisely because of this, they were so shocked to see Xie Yuan defeat the enemy alone.

In all the battles they had experienced, they had never seen a person who could crush his peers like Xie Yuan could, fighting ten enemies at the same level.

This was totally inconsistent with their understanding. They thought they were doomed to fail today, but Xie Yuan took care of all the opponents by himself.

Thanks to the escort master and the five flag-waving porters for this escort...

Kong Chun applied medicine to Xie Yuan with admiration and sighed:

"Brother Yuan, why do I feel like you're even more powerful than the escort leader?"

"The escort leader would not suffer these injuries."

Xie Yuan laughed and asked Kong Chun to treat his back injury, while he applied medicine to his right arm with his left hand to stop the bleeding.

The right hand was stabbed twice in a row, the injury was not serious, but it was difficult to exert force; fortunately, the opponent only had a few soldiers left and was already scared, so the knife in the left hand was enough.

The knife wound on the back is deeper, so that bandit is obviously stronger.

However, these injuries are not serious.

With the Golden Bell protecting his body, even if the opponent was at the second level of training, a full-strength sword attack would have most of its power offset, and only cause minor injuries.

This magical power is indeed quite powerful, but I didn't practice it long enough, otherwise I would have only suffered superficial injuries today. If I didn't have this skill, I would have been in much more trouble.

Even though Xie Yuan was very powerful, he could not withstand the random attacks of ten people. In a siege, the enemy would not pretend to be busy behind their backs.

You have to practice diligently when you go back.

After this battle, Xie Yuan was glad that he had practiced the Golden Bell Cover. External skills were indeed important in a melee, and his tolerance for error increased greatly. So he decided to go back and practice more.

In addition, he recalled that although it was not difficult to deal with ordinary two-trained people, his efficiency in group battles was too low. If he had better skills and killing moves, and could fight against many people alone, today would not be so dangerous.

Xie Yuan silently summed up, and after the wound was treated, several escorts came back and reported:
"The people are dead, no one is found alive. There is nothing else except these broken knives. Pah, these bandits are so poor."

Xie Yuan nodded slightly. It was expected that there were no spoils of war. Even if these bandits had savings, it was unlikely that they would carry them with them.

It’s a pity that I couldn’t find anyone who could speak up and ask why the village wanted to attack the escort agency again?

Moreover, they had taken a detour to be safe, but were still intercepted. Jigong Mountain was not a small hill, and it was reasonable that with only a hundred people, they should not have been able to reach here.

If they were to roam outside the mountain, would they need such a strong team? Twenty bandits, ten of them were second-class warriors, accounting for more than 20% of the mountain stronghold's number, and I'm afraid their strength was nearly half of the mountain stronghold's.

Xie Yuan had some doubts, but he put them aside for the moment and would talk about it later.

At this time, Tang Dawei and the others looked at each other and said ashamedly:
"Thank you, Master Escort. We were unable to intervene in the battle you were in during the second training, and we caused you to get hurt..."

Xie Yuan waved his hand to stop him:

"Two practitioners against two practitioners, one practitioner against one practitioner, that's how it should be. It's also important that you help me contain the other bandits so that I can focus on the enemy."

The others blushed even more when they heard this. They were not holding back those Yilian bandits at all; they were simply scared away.

In this battle, they really didn't contribute much except watching the escort car and cheering. However, Xie Yuan didn't blame them. Today's encounter was obviously beyond the standard. Their intervention would only cause trouble.

He waved his hand:

"Let's go! Leave this trail as soon as possible. They have fled back to report the news. Although this place is probably not close to the village in the mountains, we can't delay any longer."

Several people rode horses and drove carriages, moving quickly along the Jade River.

After most of the day, the terrain on both sides gradually became flat, and we finally left the Jigong Mountain and arrived at the plain.

The road ahead was flat and Yulin County could be seen in the distance. Xie Yuan and his companions finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, Xie Yuan had an idea and looked back.

There is a gently sloping platform near the foot of Jigong Mountain facing Yulin, which is neither too far nor too close.

With his eyesight, he could see that there was a group of people standing on the platform. Leading them was a big man with a beard as thick as steel needles, who was looking at him from a distance.

The big man looked extremely gloomy, staring at Xie Yuan intently. But Xie Yuan just glanced at him calmly, turned around, and rode on.

Boss Song was silent for a long time before he gritted his teeth and said:

"Good, running fast, very good...

"Don't let me catch you, or I'll skin you alive and sacrifice you to my brothers!"

Xie Yuan told his companions what he had just seen. They were all slightly shocked, but fortunately they escaped in time.

Thanks to Xie Yuan's quick reaction. The five people all thought that although they would leave the mountain as soon as possible, Xie Yuan's judgment was accurate and his reliability was almost as good as that of other veteran escorts or even escort leaders.

How many darts has he taken? Well, but he won again this time... It is normal for a dart to grow fast when encountering a bandit.

The escort team entered Yulin County, handed over the escorted goods, and then rested for a night.

Xie Yuan recovered from his injuries a little, and everyone completed their mission, so they relaxed in Yulin, which was as prosperous as Yunzhao.

The gambling house and the brothel were naturally the best places for escorts who often walked on tightrope to relax. However, Xie Yuan was not interested in these things and just rested in the inn.

The next day, the escort team rode back to Yunzhao. The unusual movements in the mountain stronghold made people alert, so Xie Yuan naturally took a long detour, which was dozens of miles away from Jigong Mountain. It took him another day to return to the escort agency for the handover.

"Did the Song people in Jigong Mountain turn against you... and intercepted you outside the mountain?"

Zhao Xingyang touched his chin and nodded slightly:

"I understand. These bandits are very sharp-eyed nowadays... Xiao Xie, you did a good job. You are indeed the treasure of our Longteng Escort Agency. Ten second-level training points can be converted into a second-level merit for you. Think about how to use it!"

He patted Xie Yuan on the shoulder and smiled.

Xie Yuan corrected honestly:

"I only killed nine, and one escaped."

"Rounding it off, that's ten. Don't we have so many left? Let's round it up to meet the regulations."

Zhao Xingyang said nonchalantly, and spoke loudly on purpose.

In the record room, Lu Zhenyu was also nearby. His brows twitched as he listened, but he didn't say anything in the end.

"By the way, there is a big box that was sent from Yunzhou Prefecture these days. It is now in your room. Well, it is quite heavy."

Zhao Xingyang blinked and laughed:
"Not bad, not bad. You understand the truth at such a young age. You can avoid decades of detours!"

(End of this chapter)