Underworld entries, starting with ghost stories.

Wu Qing was unfamiliar with martial arts, had limited physical strength, and had only recently learned to ride a horse.

When he got tired along the way, he had Mrs. Black and Mrs. White take turns carrying him.

After traveling all night, we finally arrived at the longleaf forest at dawn.

"Watch out, there's someone ahead!" Wu Qing suddenly shouted.

The sky was still only a hazy, gray light; neither Lady Black nor Lady White could see anything clearly yet.

They each took a black face mask to cover their faces before slowly moving forward.

A group of men, dressed in coarse clothes, were resting ahead.

There were about a hundred of them, with many wooden carts in the middle, loaded with wooden barrels, and piled with medicinal herbs. Many fine horses were also tied up by the trees.

They looked like just ordinary people working in the delivery industry.

Wu Qing squinted slightly as he looked at the wooden barrels loaded on the cart.

— "A bucket of imperial tribute".

Imperial tribute? What is that?

He was immediately alarmed.

In this era, "gang" usually referred to the silver taels offered as tribute.

Take, for example, the "Birthday Tribute" in the Water Margin.

Could these guys, who look like lowly江湖客 (jianghu ke, meaning江湖客, a term referring to ...

As they passed by.

The men looked relaxed and lazy, yet they were staring at him with wary eyes.

There were two more men inside, who appeared to be the leaders of these people. They were both around thirty years old and had sharp, eagle-like eyes.

But the tagline attached to them was "a man".

There's not much that can be done about it. The "I want to verify the card" function is rather specialized; it can directly detect the martial arts that someone wants to use and detect hidden ambush troops.

But for those whose origins he hasn't yet figured out, the system will only display prompts like "a man" or "a woman".

He could see the hints with his own eyes.

At this moment, Wu Qing was sitting in Madam Hei's lap.

Riding a horse all night is really tiring; this is much more comfortable.

As for the extra horses, they were temporarily led by Madam Bai.

The two leaders looked at the two women wearing masks, one of whom had a boy sitting in her arms.

The three people appeared to have just happened to be passing by.

The two leaders didn't cause any trouble and let them pass.

"Master!" Madam Hei whispered, "Those people are probably not ordinary martial artists. Their horses are too good. Ordinary martial artists at the bottom of society simply cannot afford to raise so many good horses."

Wu Qing nodded slightly.

As a legal advisor, even without relying on the card verification function, he began to strive to learn to think with his brain.

"The wooden barrels on their truck aren't filled with medicinal herbs!" he said. "Why would they leave medicinal herbs exposed like that for people to see? They're clearly filled with something else; the medicinal herbs are just left out in the open for people to see."

"Forget it, it's none of our business anyway!"

If you can't figure out who those people are, it's best not to cause trouble.

This is also a drawback of the license plate verification function. Whatever it is, a man, a woman, a little girl, a horse... I can understand these things at a glance, you don't need to tell me.

They continued riding forward.

Along the way, Wu Qing kept activating the license plate verification function and checking everywhere.

We crossed another mountain.

"Over there!" he suddenly pointed.

Mrs. Black and Mrs. White could not understand how he made that judgment.

But they could neither disbelieve nor disobey their master's words.

So he ran in the direction his master had pointed.

Upon arriving here, they found a group of bandits surrounding more than ten people.

More than ten martial artists were protecting a girl who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old.

These people looked exhausted, yet they still refused to leave.

The band of mountain bandits was numerous and powerful, and there was a tall and strong man who wielded a long-handled axe and rode a large horse. He was rugged and imposing.

The burly man laughed loudly: "These people are dressed well, they must all be rich."

"I made a good deal on my first try. Men, rob them all, don't leave them a single penny."

The bandits roared and moved closer to surround the people.

The warriors protecting the girl were quite skilled, but the bandits outnumbered them by a great deal.

Madam Hei said, "Master, that girl is Shan Ailian. Please wait here while we go and rescue her."

They found it! Wu Qing dismounted.

Madam Black and Madam White changed their clothes, covered themselves with black veils, and charged towards the bandits.

Madam Bai lowered her voice, making sure that Shan Ailian and the others couldn't recognize her original voice: "Miss Ailian, we have come to rescue you on the orders of Miss Dou."

The burly man exclaimed, "Good heavens, reinforcements?"

He squeezed his legs together and spurred his horse to intercept Madam Black and Madam White.

Madam Bai said, "Sister, I'll hold him off. You go and save the people."

She switched from sword to spear and charged at the burly man.

The burly man was incredibly strong. Although his skills were average, once he exerted his strength, he fought her to a standstill.

Wu Qing thought to himself, "Anyone who can be evenly matched with Madam Bai is definitely not an ordinary bandit."

Prior to this, he already knew that any martial artist with a rank was a trained practitioner, and even in the army, they would be at least a military officer.

I activated the license plate verification function, originally wanting to see what kind of kung fu the man was using.

But they discovered that the words on his body were actually gold.

—"A famous general."

What defines a great general?

Explain to me what the hell a famous general is?

What the hell do you mean by "a famous general"?

Wu Qing was completely stunned. This was the first time he had ever seen a golden word since he acquired the card verification skill.

Hey guys, I got the money out!

However, entries like "a famous general" left him completely baffled.

I've only ever heard of "only" being used for loli, but can "famous general" be used too?

The long-handled axe used by that famous general was extremely heavy, probably weighing fifty or sixty pounds. The strength of someone who could wield such a heavy axe was beyond doubt.

Madam Bai didn't dare to confront him directly.

However, his axe skills were rather ordinary, unlike Madam Bai's spear skills, which were clearly well-trained and more like self-taught. Therefore, despite his immense strength, he fought Madam Bai to a standstill, showing no signs of being a renowned general.

Wu Qing looked again and saw white words floating on the man's axe.

—"I think my axe technique is (outdated)!"

The blue label on Lady Bai's spear reads "Ma Family Spear Technique (Sixth Rank Martial Arts)".

Madam Bai was only at the seventh level, but she was currently using a spear technique that had reached the sixth level.

This marksmanship was a family technique that Ma Saifei passed down to the two sisters after taking them in.

Although Madam Bai could not yet fully utilize the Ma family's spear technique, the technique itself was extremely exquisite, swift as lightning, and deadly with every shot.

The burly man relied solely on superhuman strength to withstand Madam Bai's exquisite spear technique.

Wu Qing thought to himself, "What do you mean, 'I'm pondering axe techniques'? Did he come up with this axe technique out of his own wild imagination? No wonder it doesn't even have a grade; it's completely mediocre."

Then she thought, "Speaking of which, this big man, using such mediocre skills, was able to fight on equal terms with Madam Bai's sixth-rank spear technique. It seems he does have some skill."

Even so, the big man's martial arts skills were only average, and he gradually began to fall behind.

Suddenly, he roared, "You little hag, you've got some skills!"

With that roar, the inscription on his long-handled axe suddenly burst forth with golden light.

—"Three-pronged attack (extraordinary)!"