A sickly fellow ridiculed by the entire army? I'll be the most beautiful woman in the barracks!

As Wang Liefeng finished speaking, the man surnamed Liu stared intently at the IOU in Wang Liefeng's hand, a surge of joy welling up inside him.

"In that case, Wang Liefeng, you'd better return the IOU to me right away."

As he spoke, the man surnamed Liu reached out to take the IOU that was pressed under Wang Liefeng's hand.

Unexpectedly, Wang Liefeng clenched his fist, turned the note back into his hand, and then stretched his hand back to his chest.

Upon seeing this, the man surnamed Liu's face darkened. He glared at Wang Liefeng and said in a deep voice, "Wang Liefeng, what do you mean by this!"

"Get your IOU back, no problem, but there's one more condition."

"Wang Liefeng, don't push your luck!"

The man surnamed Liu lowered his voice and growled.

Wang Liefeng, however, seemed to have the man surnamed Liu completely under his control, and said with a faint smile, "Brother Liu, my request is very simple, you can rest assured."

The man surnamed Liu remained silent for a long while before finally saying, "You speak!"

"It's simple, you just need to take us to that iron ore mine."

"Why? Couldn't I just tell you the location directly?"

Wang Liefeng shook his head. "We're racing against time right now. If the address is wrong, it'll take several more days to go back and forth. We don't have that much time to waste."

The man surnamed Liu frowned and said, "No, it will take at least four days to go back and forth. How am I supposed to explain that to the general?"

"How you explain this to the general is your problem. If you can't handle it, I can go and speak to the general on your behalf."

Looking at the meaningful expression on Wang Liefeng's face, the man surnamed Liu felt a surge of anger, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

"Hmm," the man surnamed Liu finally gave Wang Liefeng a deep look and said coldly, "When are we leaving?"

"Let's leave tonight, the sooner the better!"

"Fine, give me back the IOU, and give me another half an hour!"

Wang Liefeng smiled and handed over the IOU. The man surnamed Liu took it and turned to leave.

Wang Liefeng wasn't afraid that the other party would deny it, unless the other party wasn't afraid that he would report it to General Yue.

Half an hour later, two fast horses headed from the Hexin camp toward the north gate.

After nightfall, the city gates were already closed, and Wang Liefeng and his companion stopped at the city gate.

The man surnamed Liu looked at Wang Liefeng with an expression of anticipation, thinking to himself, "I'd like to see how Wang Liefeng manages to get out of the city."

Wang Liefeng looked at the soldiers who came to question him and said in a deep voice, "Summon your captain. We are on the general's orders to leave the city on business. Let us through immediately!"

The soldier who had asked the question changed his expression and quickly turned and ran towards his captain.

Upon hearing Wang Liefeng's words, the man surnamed Liu's expression changed, and he lowered his voice, saying, "Wang Liefeng, what nonsense are you spouting! Are you out of your mind?!"

Wang Liefeng smiled faintly and said, "It's alright. You are a genuine general's personal guard, and no one will report this to the general over such a trivial matter. What are you afraid of?"

The man surnamed Liu's eyes were practically spitting fire. Just as he was about to continue speaking, he saw a captain-like soldier striding over, so the man surnamed Liu swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

"Oh? It's Commandant Wang. It's been a long time. What are you doing out here in the middle of the night?"

The captain, who strode over, squinted and asked.

Wang Liefeng pointed at the man surnamed Liu and laughed, "Commander Deng, what Commander Wang are you talking about now? We are just on the general's orders to run some errands. This is Lord Liu, the general's personal guard. You should have seen him before."

Upon hearing this, Commander Deng carefully examined the man surnamed Liu. By the moonlight, he could clearly see the man's appearance. He was indeed a personal guard who often accompanied the general, and he had seen him several times.

Commander Deng's expression turned serious, and he said politely, "Since it is the general's request, then we will let you pass immediately."

After saying that, he waved his hand, ordering his men to open the city gate. Once the gate was opened wide enough, Wang Liefeng and his companion led their warhorses out of the north gate without incident.

Wang Liefeng smiled and glanced at the gloomy-faced Meteor Man, then mounted his horse again and galloped away at high speed.

The man surnamed Liu cursed inwardly and followed after them.

Although Wang Liefeng had been drinking, he had spent many years in the Black Armor Camp and possessed superb horsemanship skills, which the man surnamed Liu could barely keep up with.

The two sped along the road, which the man surnamed Liu had just traveled back and forth on and was very familiar with, so they quickly approached the Black Mountain Pass.

On the afternoon of the second day, as the two were speeding along, their eyes suddenly sharpened. They saw billowing dust ahead, clearly indicating that a cavalry force was approaching their direction.

Wang Liefeng glanced around and found no suitable place to hide, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue speeding forward.

Soon the two teams met head-on. Wang Liefeng glanced at the iron cavalry rushing past him, a sinister expression flashing across his face.

He recognized their attire; they were cavalrymen under Zhao Daxuan's command. But instead of staying put at Black Mountain Pass, why were they heading towards Zhenbei City in such large numbers?

The Xuanjia cavalry, who brushed past Wang Liefeng and his companion, also scrutinized the two with a critical eye.

However, due to the urgency of the situation and the heavy workload, Li Changming had no time to pay attention to the two cavalrymen. He only glanced at them scrutinically as he passed by before ignoring them.

Seeing that the other party had only glanced at them scrutinizingly a few times before ignoring them, Wang Liefeng breathed a long sigh of relief.

If the other party stops them and asks them a few questions, it might cause a lot of trouble.

Fortunately, the opposing team consisted entirely of Zhao Daxuan's new recruits, who had never interacted with Wang Liefeng before and did not know him.

Therefore, when the two sides passed each other, they both kept their heads down and did not want to get involved in any extraneous details.

"Sir, those two men seemed to be heading towards Black Mountain Pass. Shouldn't we ask them what happened?"

A fellow villager standing next to Li Changming asked, "Ever since the people of Li Family Village joined the Xuanjia Raid, they no longer call Li Changming 'Big Brother,' but 'Sir'!"

Li Changming shook his head. "No need. They're probably just delivering a message or something. They pose no threat to Black Mountain Pass. We're pressed for time now, so let's not cause any more trouble."

The soldier beside Li Changming nodded, but he felt that one of the two cavalrymen looked strangely familiar, as if he had just seen him somewhere recently, but he just couldn't remember where.

Shaking his head, he stopped thinking about those two people and instead smiled, "Sir, it's getting late. We should stop and rest now, otherwise the sunset will be a problem."

Li Changming glanced at the sky, nodded, and said, "Well, let's travel for another fifteen minutes and then rest!"

On the other side, Wang Liefeng and his companion waited until they had distanced themselves from Li Changming's group before daring to speak.

"Wang Liefeng, why would these hundreds of Xuanjia cavalry head towards Zhenbei City at this time?"

Wang Liefeng rolled his eyes. "How would I know? You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?!"

Wang Liefeng thought about it several times in his mind, but he couldn't figure out why the other party was going to Zhenbei City.

The man surnamed Liu curled his lip, thinking to himself, "Isn't Wang Liefeng always boasting about how resourceful he is?"