The distance from Jinling City to that city along the north-south corridor was still five to six hundred li, and there were no strongholds along the way to resupply.
Under normal circumstances, it would take three to five days to arrive.
Fengqingzi and his group advanced slowly with two carriages. One carriage was loaded with a large amount of supplies and food, while the other was carrying a lordly figure.
That's right. Out of the eight people, only Jiang Moran could sit in the carriage, while Ning Qingzhu could occasionally climb in by acting cute and spoiled.
Don't ask why he was so overbearing; if you asked, the answer was that a lion's territory allowed no encroachment.
Zhang Wuji was the only other person who had barely managed to get onto a carriage.
After instigating Fengqingzi to also act cute, he had been beaten half to death by the swordsman and successfully ended up lying in a corner of the supply carriage.
Li Lu also joined them. He had already planned to head to the North, and since it was on the way, he wanted to see this city that had been shrouded in mystery.
And most importantly, there was no longer any need to scale mountains and cross ridges.
“Senior Li Lu, do you know if there's anything fun to do in the North?” Ning Qingzhu asked Li Lu curiously.
The others turned to look as well. Few from the Central Plains would travel to the North for no good reason. Endless mountains separated the two lands; of the refugees who had tried to force their way over from the North, those buried beneath the snowy mountains probably numbered in the millions.
This path could be called an unprecedented miracle; it could potentially open up trade between the north and the south.
Li Lu pondered for a moment before speaking, “The North is very desolate and extremely cold. Unlike the snow in the Central Plains, the snow there never melts. As far as the eye can see, it is a vast expanse of white. It does not look suitable for ordinary people to live.”
“Years ago, I went to the North because I was entrusted by someone to treat a person's illness.”
“I see...” Ning Qingzhu nodded.
The others immediately imagined a desolate picture. The willpower and physical constitution of those who survived in such an environment must far exceed those of ordinary people.
No wonder the Northern Emperor was so powerful. One could only imagine the deep heritage of an empire established upon an icy wasteland.
“And then? And then? Why are you only talking about the environment? Tell us what you did to treat that person,” Jiang Moran said as he pulled open the curtain, a piece of beef jerky hanging from his mouth.
Hehehe, I've finally got the chance to expose your past secrets.
Seeing his expression, Li Lu knew that if he didn't finish the story today, this matter would probably never end.
“Ahem, it was merely a gravely ill woman.”
Jiang Moran rolled his eyes. He wasn't buying it. For someone to make the world's Number One Poison Master willingly scale mountains and cross ridges to see them, they were definitely not ordinary.
Just as he wanted to say more, Old Chen's voice suddenly rang out from the front.
“Everyone, there's a carriage blocking the road ahead,” Old Chen shouted back.
Hearing this, the others looked over. Sure enough, they saw a carriage blocking the road, with several figures standing beside it.
Upon seeing them, those figures actively waved their hands at them.
“Senior, are we heading over?” Fengqingzi turned to ask Jiang Moran.
“We were going to take this road anyway, so let's go,” Jiang Moran said indifferently. It wasn't as if they were afraid of those people trying to harm them; that would be too much of a joke.
The two carriages continued forward. However, as they drew closer, Qiu Zhiya and Xu Qing actually saw a familiar face.
Mo Lin?!
“You fat bastard!” Xu Qing glared at him with ferocious eyes.
It was indeed Mo Lin, the one who had sold them out. He also saw Xu Qing and the others and couldn't help but be startled. He hadn't expected to run into them by such a coincidence.
Qiang! The sound of twin blades unsheathing rang out. Xu Qing's gaze was ice-cold. Today, he was going to make good on his words from that day.
Seeing this, the members of Mo Lin's group were all taken aback. Among them, a burly, muscular man stepped forward and said in a deep voice, “Meeting is fate, so why must you be so aggressive?”
“Aggressive?” Xu Qing sneered. “You should ask that fat bastard next to you what 'good deeds' he did before you speak.”
The burly man frowned. Instead of questioning Mo Lin, he felt that his own reputation was being challenged.
With his famous reputation as Blood Axe, someone was actually giving him no face at all, which made him very displeased.
“Are you really refusing to show some respect?”
Xu Qing did not speak. His twin blades simply flashed with cold light as he slashed toward the burly man, a sudden glint of cold steel sending a shuddering chill down one's spine.
“They're finally fighting! I want to see blood run like a river!” Jiang Moran said excitedly. Wasn't this much more interesting than just traveling?
He didn't lower his voice at all, which made the expressions of the other people over there turn exceptionally ugly. Especially the man carrying a long-shafted great saber on his back, who glared at Jiang Moran with dark eyes.
“One of our carriage wheels was damaged, so we intended to travel with you out of goodwill. I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful!” he said, his tone thick with anger.
Travel together... Jiang Moran cast a disgusted look at them. Their own group was already weak enough; who would want to add a bunch of useless trash on top of that?
To put it bluntly, letting them join would only drag down his class.
Jiang Moran's disgusted look deeply stung the man's pride. At an age where his ambition reached as high as the heavens, how could he stand such treatment?
Sweeping the long-shafted great saber off his back, the man pointed it straight at Jiang Moran and barked angrily, “You! Step out and fight me!”
Seeing this, Fengqingzi and the others were thoroughly amused. The corners of everyone's mouths curved upward by a few unit pixels.
Jiang Moran raised an eyebrow. Why did this guy want to fight the final boss right from the start? He was truly greedy.
“Fengqingzi, go! Show this kid what you've got,” Jiang Moran commanded like a Pokémon Trainer.
What! The man instantly felt humiliated. His challenge was actually tossed to someone else; this was undoubtedly an act of contempt!
Brandishing the long-shafted great saber in his hands, he used the momentum to leap into the air.
The great saber spun a half-circle in the air and chopped straight toward the carriage, carrying the grand momentum of splitting Mount Hua. This strike was immensely heavy and powerful, by no means a mere flashy technique.
Ding! A crisp ring echoed throughout the area. The man's long-shafted great saber was deflected by a massive force.
The man's face changed. A faint, numbing pain spread through his arms, but he still gripped the long-shafted great saber tightly, spinning it in half a circle to redirect the massive force.
Fengqingzi holding his long sword, landed steadily on the ground and looked at the man expressionlessly.
The gentle breeze ruffled his white robe, making him look like a sword immortal descending upon the mortal world.
How strong... The man was secretly shocked by Fengqingzi's strength. A shallow nick had appeared on his long-shafted great saber, yet the tip of the opponent's sword remained completely undamaged.
With just a single clash, the difference between the two was instantly clear!
While he was still trapped in shock, a head rolled to his feet.
The man looked down subconsciously. He saw the burly man's head, filled with unwillingness, staring at him even in death.
Xu Qing stepped onto the burly man's corpse expressionlessly, looking at the man with cold indifference. Crimson blood dripped down his twin blades onto the ground, making rhythmic, pattering sounds.
At this moment, the gap between the two sides was instantly clear at a glance.
Mo Lin's face turned increasingly pale. He had previously set up Qiu Zhiya. If he were caught by them now, even death would probably be a luxury.
He could already foresee his own end...
“My good brothers.”
Just then, a seductive voice echoed from the carriage opposite them, so enchanting that it made one's bones turn soft just hearing it.
In the next moment, a fair, slender jade foot slowly stepped out of the carriage, followed by a pair of long, shapely legs as flawless as mutton-fat jade.
When the woman fully emerged from the carriage, only four words remained in everyone's minds.
———Absolutely devastatingly beautiful!
Her face possessed a heart-stopping beauty that made it impossible for anyone to look away. Just a brief glance at her was enough to make one's heart race uncontrollably.
She flashed a sweet, captivating smile at everyone, and her charming voice rang out in their ears once more.
“Please don't make things difficult for me anymore~”
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