Jiaohua

Chapter 1662 I'll Kill for You
With the help of his apprentice and Liu Jia, Master Banjiu hobbled forward, searching for a way.

Meanwhile, Danxianzhou, after assassinating more than thirty people along the way, finally found the camp of the captured disciples at the foot of the neighboring mountain.

Besides the disciples sent out by Master Banjiu and Master Bailu to investigate the water source, there were also two other disciples, a man and a woman, who were Bei Xingze's subordinates.

Coincidentally, just as Danxianzhou arrived, he saw Zhili rushing over from the other side.

Before Zhili realized he was being watched, Danxianzhou patted him on the shoulder. Zhili retaliated with a punch, but Danxianzhou grabbed his wrist firmly.

Upon recognizing Tan Xianzhou, Zhi Li was overjoyed and whispered, "Master Tan, it's you!"

After explaining the whole story in a few words, Danxianzhou breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that Liu Jia and Banjiu Immortal Master were in a safe place: "I hadn't been able to find Liu Jia for so long, I thought something had happened to him! It's so good, Abbot Dan, you appeared just in time. I was at my wit's end and didn't know what to do, but I didn't expect that you and my master would be here! I missed my master so much!"

Danxianzhou smiled and said, "Your senior sister will be here soon too."

Zhili was shocked: "My senior sister? Wasn't she going to the Northwest?"

"Yes, but your master summoned her."

"...Master is so insensible!"

Danxianzhou raised an eyebrow: "You really have no tact when it comes to talking."

"Master Dan, why did my master do this? My junior sister is the commander-in-chief of the three armies. She is so busy with military affairs that she wishes she could split herself in two to make the most of it."

Danxianzhou said, "I don't know, but your master must have a reason for doing this."

No sooner had the words left her mouth than a young woman strode out of the camp.

The young woman was wearing cloth armor and a tight-fitting outfit, but her face was fair and delicate, with drawn eyebrows and painted lips, clearly indicating that she was a woman.

After the young woman came out, she looked around and spotted a soldier in the crowd. She quickly went over and called out to him.

Zhili whispered, "That's Xie Qiniang, Xie Zhong's goddaughter. Her original surname was Liu, but she changed it after she married Xie Zhong."

Danxianzhou said, "You know quite a lot."

"Because Fang Yiping is Brother Shen's man, he tells Brother Shen everything."

"Shen Lie?"

"Correct."

Danxianzhou lowered his voice: "He is truly handsome. I saw him once in the Northwest and was amazed by his appearance."

Zhili frowned and glanced at Danxianzhou: "Brother Shen has so many admirable qualities, why are you bringing up his appearance now?"

“Let’s not talk about that,” Danxianzhou looked back ahead, “You should have said earlier that there were our people inside.”

“I haven’t figured out how to contact Fang Yiping yet. This matter cannot be taken lightly. Most of the soldiers in Fang’s army obey Fang Yinai’s orders. In addition, Xie Zhong has a deadpan tongue. He is too good at inciting and bewitching people. If we don’t have a complete countermeasure, I’m afraid we will implicate Fang Yiping.”

At this moment, Xie Qiniang finished speaking with the soldier and prepared to go back.

Just as she turned to leave, she seemed to sense something and suddenly glanced at Zhili and Danxianzhou.

But no matter how fast she is, she can never catch up with Zhili and Danxianzhou.

Xie Qiniang frowned and stared for a while, then called over a soldier: "Find three men who are good at climbing mountains and send them up that hillside quickly!"

As the three soldiers swiftly climbed the hillside, Xie Qiniang's eyes never left the hilltop.

Three soldiers came up and looked around, then called out to Xie Qiniang from afar, "Miss, there's no one here!"

Xie Qiniang said, "The three of you stand there and keep a close watch on the surroundings. If there is any unusual movement, call out immediately!"

"Yes!"

Zhili and Danxianzhou hid behind a leeward slope, less than twenty paces away from the three soldiers.

Taking advantage of the rising wind, Danxianzhou whispered to Zhili, "What should we do next?"

Zhili said, "Let's observe first and see how things develop."

Danxianzhou frowned: "This matter is not something we can simply observe; those disciples' lives are in imminent danger." "Then, shall we force our way in and rescue them first?"

Danxianzhou said, "That was my original plan, but now I think it's not a good idea. Even if I can force my way in and out, their skills are not as good as mine, and they may already be injured. I can't take them out."

Zhili glanced at Danxianzhou and suddenly threw a punch.

Caught completely off guard, Danxianzhou took a solid blow to the eye socket.

Fortunately, he remained calm and simply covered his eyes with his hands without making a sound.

"You brat, what are you doing!" Danxianzhou called out to Zhili in a low voice.

Zhili said guiltily, "Master Dan, I just wanted to test your reaction and see who is faster between us."

Danxianzhou immediately threw a punch as well, but Zhili quickly dodged it with incredible speed.

Danxianzhou said angrily, "Fine, fine, I am not as good as you, but that's not surprising. Your Liling sect is known for its agility."

Zhili said, "Then I'll go distract them, and you go inside to rescue people. Let's split up. I'm fast and can run."

"But they have bows and arrows. Can you outrun them?"

"It's better to give it a try than to send you to dodge arrows."

Without hesitation, Zhili picked up a stone and threw it at the three soldiers above.

The three soldiers immediately turned around, but before they could see who it was, Danxianzhou rushed forward and struck two soldiers on the back of the neck with a palm strike from each side. Then, he swiftly reached out and twisted the throat of the last soldier.

The three soldiers fell to the ground almost simultaneously.

The guards below, who had been watching from above, were thrown into chaos, shouting that there was an assassin.

After killing the people, Danxianzhou squatted down and said to Zhili, "Your Liling sect doesn't like killing, but your senior sister is leading troops, so we have no choice but to kill. I'll kill these three for you first!"

Fragmented with gratitude: "Master Dan, please be very careful!"

"Go on, brat, but don't get into trouble, or I won't be able to explain it to your master."

"It's alright, my master is easygoing!"

After saying that, Zhili got up and went out to distract others.

Both he and Danxianzhou were dressed in coarse, thin clothes of muted, dark colors. Given Danxianzhou's speed earlier, the people couldn't distinguish them in a short time and assumed they were the same person, so they immediately chased after him.

Danxianzhou squatted on the ground, quickly dragged away a soldier's corpse, and stripped off his cloth armor to put it on.

Xie Qiniang, who had just entered a large tent, ran out again and saw Zhili darting around on the hillside. She was overjoyed, knowing that her intuition was right!

"Fire!" Xie Qiniang shouted to the soldiers around her, "Quickly, fire the arrows!"

The soldiers immediately went to fetch bows and arrows.

Xie Qiniang quickly returned to the main tent, where Xie Zhong was studying several maps they had just acquired the day before. He asked casually, "What happened outside?"

“A villager with decent kung fu suddenly appeared and killed three of our soldiers in one go. Don’t worry, Godfather, we will definitely kill him.”

Xie Zhongdao: "Has the General returned?"

"not yet."

An advisor beside him said, "Lord Xie, the villagers of this tomb-guarding village don't seem stupid. The general just sent people over and then transferred a hundred more away, and these villagers came alone, trying to disrupt us."

Xie Zhong said to Xie Qiniang, "Send a few men to the General to see what happened. Also send someone to the county to find the Second General and tell him to gather the main force and come over immediately. Our actions this time are too big and will easily attract the attention of other military forces. Tonight, we must use our army to flatten these villages and take this piece of meat first, so that others won't come to steal it."

"Yes!"

Xie Qiniang turned and left. Xie Zhong then said to one of his men, "Go and see if those villagers next door are willing to lead the way for us. Keep the two who agree first, and kill the rest. If none of them are willing, you can decide how to kill them, but leave two alive."

"Yes!"