The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 94: Flying Cloud Pirates (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote for the monthly ticket and recommend the ticket)

puff!
The swords clashed, but there was no sound of metal clashing.

Instead, it made a sound like a sharp knife cutting into tofu.

Bao Tong's precious sword, which was worth hundreds of gold, was directly cut into two, and the cut was smooth and neat.

"This……"

Bao Tong stared at the scene in amazement. The surging force coming from his hand caused his palm to crack, and the remaining half of the long sword almost slipped out of his hand.

For a moment he was completely stunned and his eyeballs almost fell to the ground.

As a Feiyun thief who has been robbing houses for many years, the knife is his livelihood tool and is directly related to his life. Of course, he cannot use a broken knife.

This sword was purchased at a huge cost by him through the He family’s connections.

How could it be cut off with just one knife?

Even if the opponent also has a precious sword in his hand, it would be impossible to do this.

unless--

Swish!
After realizing what was happening, Bao Tong didn't hesitate at all. He dropped the broken knife in his hand in an instant, leaped back suddenly, and ran away as if he was flying, as if he was escaping for his life.

Damn He family!
Are you guys trying to kill me?

Is this the person you are talking about whose cultivation level is only the second stage of body tempering and who has at most mastered the first level of sword power?
The knife in his hand was cut off with a speed as swift as the wind and an indestructible sharpness, which was clearly the power of artistic conception!

And there is more than one artistic conception!
The move just now combined at least two artistic conceptions!
Can I deal with such a monster?
Do you deserve it?

Bao Tong now wishes he could have two more legs. He has begun to regret why he came here alone.

Even a lion needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit. How could I be so arrogant as to come here alone?
If I could bring a few more people...

Although they cannot defeat a terrifying existence that has mastered two state of mind, at least they can buy themselves some time to escape.

Bursting at full speed, Bao Tong escaped more than a hundred feet in an instant and was about to enter the dense forest.

There was a glimmer of hope in his eyes. He thought that as long as he could escape into the dense forest, he might be able to escape with his familiarity with the terrain.

This is the hope of life.

But at this moment, a creepy voice sounded in his ears, almost as if it was coming right next to his ear.

"Can you leave?"

The voice was very calm, but gave people a cold feeling.

In an instant, Bao Tong felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave.

A terrifying sense of crisis made all the hairs on his body stand up.

The directness and instinct acquired through countless life-and-death battles allowed him to lunge forward with all his might.

puff!
Bao Tong only felt his body lighten, and when he looked down, he found two hairy legs falling down.

"what!"

Bao Tong let out a shrill scream.

A knife hit his shoulder horizontally, and he even heard the sound of bones breaking.

Then he came crashing down.

"Spare...spare my life..."

Bao Tong hugged his thigh and rolled on the ground in pain.

His legs were broken at the knees.

Su Mu stood in front of Bao Tong with a calm expression.

This man was extremely ruthless when he attacked just now, and it was obvious that he was a murderer.

He is ruthless when killing others, but when it comes to himself, he is so afraid of death.

"I...I'll tell you who asked me to come here, can you spare my life..."

Bao Tong spoke with difficulty, even if his legs were broken, he still wanted to live.

puff!

The Qiu Shui knife swept across Bao Tong's neck.

Bao Tong's voice stopped abruptly, and a clear line of blood appeared on his throat.

His eyes suddenly bulged out and he uttered a few unpleasant hoarse sounds unwillingly. His body twitched for a while and he was completely lifeless.

Two kinds of artistic conception, even if they are warriors at the fourth level of body tempering, unless they have perfected bone tempering, or have also mastered the artistic conception, killing them by oneself is like slaughtering chickens and dogs.

Su Mu looked calm.

There is no need to ask who asked him to come. Who else could it be other than the He family?
"Capture the head..."

Constable Chen Er and others arrived late.

They rushed over when they heard the noise, but it took some time to climb up the cliff.

By the time they arrived, everything was over.

Looking at the body on the ground, the detectives were all a little surprised and confused.

Are some criminals targeting them?

They secretly groaned, this was really like adding insult to injury.

The mules and horses are injured, the carts are broken down, and now even the bandits have arrived.

How can we transport these supplies?

If Su Mu had not established prestige in their hearts in the past period of time, I am afraid that some constables would have deserted by now.

"Bao Tong! He is Bao Tong!"

At this time, a brave constable stared at Bao Tong's face and exclaimed in surprise.

"I've seen his wanted poster. He's Bao Tong, number 81 on the wanted list!
He actually died at the hands of Captain Su!"

The detectives, who were originally in low spirits, suddenly regained hope.

Captain Su was able to kill the 81st-ranked criminal on the wanted list, so what bandits are they afraid of?
"Captain Su, Bao Tong is here. Is it Feiyun Bandit who is targeting us?"

The constable who recognized Bao Tong asked nervously.

"There's no one else around."

Su Mu said calmly.

Having mastered the artistic conception of Xunfeng, the wind between heaven and earth is like a fish in water to Su Mu.

He can detect any movement within a certain range.

Just before Bao Tong appeared, Su Mu had actually already noticed his presence.

Unless one's strength is far superior to Su Mu's, no one can escape his perception within a certain range.

Among the Feiyun Thieves, there shouldn't be anyone whose strength is far greater than his.

Su Mu has not measured this perception range carefully, but it is estimated to be up to a hundred feet in radius. If it is a flat place, the distance will be even greater.

It was also because of this that he was sure that there were no other Feiyun Thieves lurking around.

"Is the car repaired?"

Su Mu asked casually.

Without his instructions, the bold constable quickly began to touch Bao Tong's body.

The things that were found were naturally presented to Su Mu.

That's status.

He no longer even needs to do things like touching corpses himself.

He put the thing into his arms without even looking at it, then turned to Chen Er and asked.

"We managed to repair the cart, but the mules and horses were injured and I'm afraid they can't pull the cart anymore."

Chen Er said quickly.

"It's okay. Bao Tong brought his mount over there."

Su Mu raised his hand and pointed, speaking casually.

Chen Er and several constables went in the direction Su Mu pointed out. After a meal, they came back with a pony.

"Captain, this is good!"

Chen Er looked excited and shouted from a distance.

"This is a dragon-turtle horse. It is said to be the offspring of a dragon and a turtle and a horse."

Su Mu: "..."

"This kind of horse has infinite horsepower and is the best at carrying loads. Its endurance is much stronger than the mules and horses in our Nancheng Division. It is easy for it to pull a large cart."

Chen Er couldn't let go and stroked the dragon turtle horse's neck, as if he was stroking his lover.

"Can you control it?" Su Mu asked.

As far as he knew, the better the horse, the more difficult it was to tame.

"can!"

Chen Er said affirmatively, "The Dragon Turtle Horse has a gentle temperament. As long as you understand its habits, you can make it obedient."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Hitch the cart and let's go."

Su Mu said.

"Captain, we also found this on the Dragon Turtle Horse."

Chen Er was just about to harness the carriage when he suddenly remembered something. He slapped his head and handed a piece of parchment to Su Mu.

"This should be what Bao Tong left behind. The Feiyun Bandits are active outside the Daxing Mountains. They are very familiar with the terrain nearby. This should be the topographic map they drew."

Chen Er said.

This was found in the backpack on the dragon turtle horse's back.

Bao Tong had obviously caught up with them riding on the dragon turtle horse. He must have thought that it wouldn't take long to assassinate Su Mu, so he tied the dragon turtle horse not far away and did not even take off the backpack on the horse's back.

However, apart from a map, there were only a water bag and dried meat in the backpack, and no other valuables.

Su Mu took the parchment, opened it and compared it with the map in his hand.

The map that Feiyundao took was much more detailed than the one in Su Mu's hand.

Not only are many roads marked on it, but dangerous places are also marked with red circles.

Su Mu compared them and found that some of the places marked with red circles were exactly the supply points of Wuling City.

After thinking about it, he understood that the Feiyun Bandits were bandits. No matter whether they were the city defense forces of Wuling City or the Taiping Duwei and Taiping Xiaowei of the Taiping Division, they were all dangerous factors to them, so they naturally had to avoid them when they were active.

Also, I don’t know what the dangers of those red circles are.

However, Su Mu had no intention of exploring.

He compared the two maps and quickly locked on the destination for the supply transportation.

"There is a shorter route on Baotong's map. Let's take another route."

After a long time, Su Mu spoke slowly.

…………

"The second one hasn't come back yet?"

On the outskirts of Daxing Mountain, in a hidden cave, a group of strong men gathered together, eating large chunks of meat and drinking large bowls of wine.

The big man sitting at the top suddenly said, "Is he spending the night in the city again?
I've told him many times that even if he enters Wuling City, he should not spend the night in the city. It would be very troublesome if he was targeted.

If you want to play with women, just catch a few and bring them into the mountains."

This person is none other than Yan Zhu, the leader of Feiyun Bandits.

"Boss, the second in command didn't stay overnight in the city."

One of the gangsters said, "The He family paid the second in command to kill someone, and the second in command went on his own."

"You went there by yourself?"

Yan Zhu frowned.

"The second in command said that it was a guy at the second level of Body Tempering, and he could handle it by himself, so he didn't let us follow."

The gangster said.

Upon hearing that it was the second stage of Body Tempering, Yan Zhu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where did he go to kill someone? Go and pick him up with some of your men."

Yan Zhu said, "There has been some unrest in the mountains lately, so don't let anything go wrong."

"The second in command wanted to kill a constable from the South City Division. The constable was responsible for escorting supplies to the supply point of the Wuling City Defense Army in the mountains. The route they took was not far."

The gangster said, "Second in command should be almost done by now, let's go pick him up."

After saying that, the bandit walked out with his two brothers.

After a while, the gangsters came back in a hurry.

"Boss, something bad has happened. The second in command has been killed!"

From a distance, the gangsters shouted in panic.

"what?!"

Yan Zhu's face changed drastically. He leapt up and stepped in front of the bandits.

Then he saw the corpse being carried by the bandits. Who else could it be but Bao Tong?
Both legs were broken at the knees, his neck was cut in half by a knife, and there were marks of being bitten by wild beasts on his body.

"Second brother!"

Yan Zhu only felt a pain in his heart and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

"The boss!"

The Feiyun thieves all stepped forward and supported the staggering Yan Zhu.

It took a while for Yan Zhu to recover. His eyes were red and he grabbed the Feiyun thief who came first.

"Tell me, who is the person that Second Brother is going to kill?!"

He said coldly, his tone as cold as the air in the coldest days of winter.

The Feiyun thief turned pale with fright.

"Big...Big Boss, the second in command is going to kill the head of the South City Police Department, I think his name is Su Mu."

He stammered, "The He family said that the other party is only at the second level of body tempering, but has mastered a kind of sword power."

"fart!"

Yan Zhu was furious. Could the Second Level of Body Tempering kill his second brother?
In this case, either the other party has an expert around him, or he is hiding his strength.

“The He family!”

Yan Zhu gritted his teeth. It was the He family's wrong information that killed his second brother. He would slowly settle the score with the He family.

Now, he wants to cut the murderer who killed his second brother into pieces!

Outsiders all thought that Yan Zhu and Bao Tong were just the boss and second in command of Feiyun Bandits, but in fact, Yan Zhu was Bao Tong's half-brother.

When Bao Tong was young, his family fell into poverty, and it was Yan Zhu who became a bandit and relied on robbing to support Bao Tong's martial arts training.

Originally Yan Zhu hoped that Bao Tong would take another path and learn martial arts to become an officer. Bao Tong's aptitude was better than his. At the age of thirty, he was not weaker than him who was over forty.

According to Yan Zhu's plan, he would wait until Bao Tong became an official and then slowly clear his name.

However, Bao Tong had a hot temper and was not a kind person. Once he killed someone in the inner city and was wanted by the government.

Since then he ran away from the city and joined the Feiyun Pirates.

Bao Tong's personality is more suitable for Feiyun Pirates, and he thrives among them.

Bao Tong was raised by Yan Zhu since he was a child, who was like a brother and a father to him.

Now that such a younger brother has been killed, how can Yan Zhu not be angry?
"Get your weapons! I want to kill every last one of that team of detectives!"

Yan Zhu said through gritted teeth.

…………

After changing the route, with the dragon turtle horses carrying the load, Su Mu and his group moved 20% faster than before.

"Chen Er, is there any way to cover up our whereabouts?"

Looking at the winding mountain road and the dense jungle, Su Mu spoke thoughtfully.

"It would be better to have some traces that we went in other directions."

"Captain, are you worried that someone is chasing us, so you want to mislead them?"

Chen Er thought for a while and said, he was not a fool. He could not survive in the circle of detectives in Nancheng Division if he was too dumb.

“Be prepared.”

Su Mu nodded and said, "In the Daxing Mountains, it is never too cautious."

"Let me try. My father taught me some methods. I don't know if they will work."

Chen Er hesitated for a moment and said.

"Just do your best. When we return to Wuling City this time, I will record your merit."

Su Mu patted his shoulder and said.

"Captain, just look at me!"

Chen Er was somewhat flattered, patting his chest and speaking with high morale.

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