Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 545 The road is rough
Li Xuan looked at the Seven Bears of Beiling curiously.

The seven big men were all wearing bear skins and had bear heads as decorations on their heads. Coupled with their lifelike bodies, they really looked like seven blind bears that had turned into spirits.

The first person was wearing white bear skin, and the other six were wearing black bear skins. It was quite orderly.

"We, the Seven Heroes of Beiling, have always been strict about the rules of the road. As long as you cooperate well, we will not make things difficult for you."

When White Bear boss spoke out, the six brothers behind him all grinned grimly, not looking like good guys at all.

This caravan was obviously formed by several groups. Several team leaders gathered together, running around in a panic. The guards they hired surrounded them in the middle, protecting them tightly.

It can be seen that these guards still have some professionalism. At least they did not scatter and run for their lives.

"My lords, the Seven Bears of North Ridge are full of evil, committing murder, arson and looting. If we disobey them, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave North Ridge."

Some of the guards began to persuade the masters to spend money to avoid disaster.

"Gentlemen, it's not that we merchants are stingy, but who in Jiling Prefecture doesn't know the notoriety of the Seven Bears of Beiling?"

"We agree to use the money to save our lives, but there are women in the car. They will definitely find them when they confiscate the goods later."

"The Seven Bears of Beiling are so cruel that they even spared an 80-year-old woman, so how could they let our family go?"

Li Xuan, who was eavesdropping in the tree, silently widened his eyes and thought it was outrageous.

When the guards heard this, they all fell silent.

Although they also have twenty or thirty good fighters, they are powerless against the outlaw masters like the Seven Bears of Beiling.

When traveling in the world, no one wants to fight with others.

You only have one life, but you can make endless money.

But they abandoned their employer and left, and there was no need to continue working in this business.

These guards all have some accomplishments, but they choose to work as guards because they don't want to do evil.

If you have a bad reputation once, you may never get any work again.

After all, no one dares to put their life in the hands of people like them who abandon their employers.

The leaders of the guards exchanged glances, not knowing what to do.

But while they were dawdling, the Seven Bears of Beiling had already exhausted all their patience.

"Grandpa will count to three. Those who are still standing here will have their heads cut off!"

"three……"

The Seven Bears of Beiling started counting down on their own, which scared the caravan out of their wits.

The caravan didn't bother to discuss anything and quickly abandoned the carriages and ran away. The guards also breathed a sigh of relief and fled with them as if they were protecting their employer.

But when the Seven Bears of Beiling saw several women jumping down from the carriage, they immediately changed their minds.

"one!"

He was counting hesitantly, but finally he called out one.

"time up!"

"Leave the women here, kill all the others!"

The boss in white bear skin gave an order.

He didn't need to give any orders, as his brothers' eyes lit up when they saw the women's backs.

They are all wanted criminals in Daxing and cannot enter the city at all. They beg for money in the wilderness every day. It takes a long time for them to meet a woman. Now, their eyes are green like hungry wolves seeing fat meat.

The caravan thought they had escaped the disaster, but they didn't expect the seven bears of Beiling to change their expressions faster than turning the pages of a book. They were shocked and angry, and they only wished their parents had given them two more legs. They kicked the ground with all their might to escape, kicking away a circle of smoke.

But their speed was too slow in front of the Seven Bears of Beiling.

These blind bears looked stout and clumsy, but they jumped high up and down a few times and immediately caught up with the crowd.

These people ignored the armed guards and rushed directly towards the women, fearing that if they were slow they would miss their turn.

Although the guards drew their weapons, they were only protecting themselves. While being on guard against the Seven Bears of Beiling, they fled without slowing down at all.

Li Xuan secretly shook his head, and seeing that he could not continue to watch, he turned into a black afterimage the next moment.

Everyone saw a flash of lightning, and the seven bears of Beiling fell to the ground stiffly as if struck by lightning. Their bodies had actually begun to stiffen.

"I thought I was so powerful, but it turns out I'm only at the peak of the seventh rank."

Li Xuan curled his lips, feeling bored. He dispersed the icy breath on his claws and continued on his way.

Looking back now, he really thought too much.

How powerful can the robbers in the wild mountains be?

It’s just that Li Xuan was used to the intensity of the capital and couldn’t adapt to it for a while.

The leader of the Seven Bears of Beiling is only at the peak of the seventh rank, and the rest are between the seventh and eighth ranks.

But these seven robbers were already capable of making people tremble in fear in Jiling Prefecture.

As for those guards, if Li Xuan was not mistaken, there were even a few ordinary people among them who had no cultivation at all and were just showing off their weapons to scare people.

No wonder the guards were so afraid of the Seven Bears of Beiling. Even though they were outnumbered, they were still slaughtered unilaterally.

"The ups and downs in this world are too big."

Li Xuan had already moved away from the place where the seven bears of Beiling were killed and continued on his way to the capital.

But after the seven bears of Beiling were killed, the riots on the official road continued.

Some people are so busy running that they don't even dare to look back.

However, the guards who were on guard against the Seven Bears of Beiling and the ordinary people who fell behind discovered something was wrong.

"Dad, don't run away."

"Those bad guys seem to be dead!"

A young girl who was carried on her father's shoulders and running away reminded him.

"What nonsense are you talking about? If you don't run away now, you're going to die here!"

The father and daughter ran the slowest, and the father carrying his daughter did not dare to stop for a moment.

But he gradually discovered that more and more people running in front of him turned around and stopped, and he couldn't help but stop out of curiosity.

Looking back, I saw that the seven Beiling bears who were so arrogant just now had frozen in place, their faces were pale and their bodies were frozen solid.

This looks like he is deader than dead.

"I seemed to see a flash of black lightning just now, and then all these people stopped moving."

The girl who was carried on her father's shoulders happened to be looking back and witnessed the magical scene.

Upon hearing this, some of the caravan quickly knelt down on the ground and shouted at the top of their lungs:
"I don't know which hero has come to help me, please show yourself so that we can thank you in person!"

When the others heard this, they immediately followed suit and knelt down to express their gratitude, not knowing where they were facing.

The person who could kill the Seven Bears of Beiling and rescue them is definitely not a bad person.

If you have the opportunity to make friends with such a skilled hero, your safety on the rest of the journey may be guaranteed.

As for the guards, they were more concerned that if they could have such a great hero as their master, it would be a lifetime blessing.

At the very least, just making yourself familiar to the hero will be a great topic of conversation in the future. When you say that you have met the hero once, I don't know how many people will be envious of you.

But even though they knelt and thanked for a long time, no one came out.

Everyone also knows that the hero should be gone.

The Seven Bears of Beiling who wanted to kill them were just a piece of cake for them, and it was not worth it for them to stay and accept their gratitude.

"It seems that he is a mysterious master who is hard to find." Someone got up from the ground with regret.

"Anyway, I saved my life today, so I have to thank this hero."

"What about the bodies of the Seven Bears of North Ridge?"

Speaking of this, many people swallowed their saliva.

The Seven Bears of Beiling are all wanted criminals, and the total bounty is not a small amount.

The heads of these seven people combined are more valuable than the caravan's cargo.

"Don't make any plans that shouldn't be made. Killing yourself is a small matter, but implicateing innocent people is a big matter. In my opinion, we should hand it over to the court and report the whole incident truthfully. We can't be greedy for this money!" suggested a caravan leader.

"Yes, the hero saved our lives. Isn't it repaying kindness with enmity to take credit for it?"

The caravan leader reached a consensus, and the guards argued for a while, but they also agreed immediately.

Anyone with experience in the underworld knows that acting in an upright manner is not just for a good reputation, but also to avoid offending people as much as possible. Otherwise, if you anger someone you shouldn't anger for the sake of taking advantage, you may even lose your life.

Not all heroes are heroic and careless. There are also many petty-minded people. If you make people hate you, your career in the martial arts world will be over.

Li Xuan, who had left this place long ago, naturally didn't know that they had such an argument and had already driven them away hundreds of miles away.

On the rest of the journey, Li Xuan would fight back whenever he saw injustice. He was no match for his enemy and left behind only a shadow.

After all, who would want to be a thief if they are really capable?

Li Xuan rushed all the way to the capital, and gained a lot of understanding about the strength of the grassroots warriors in the world.

If you ask me, there are quite a few brave ones!

There are many people who dare to travel around the world with weapons without even crossing the threshold of the ninth rank and without possessing the slightest bit of Qi and blood power.

I don’t know whether to say these people are fearless or stupid.

The more remote the area, the more thieves there are.

In more chaotic areas, you can see a group of them every three or five miles. It is obvious that the market is oversaturated.

But even so, there are still so many people gathering together to rob people.

As Li Xuan looked along the way, he discovered something was wrong.

Not all people do evil out of necessity, many do it out of helplessness.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have come to rob people with farm tools, right?

His clothes were ragged and if you didn't know him well you would think he was a disciple of the Beggars' Sect.

By the way, it is not clear whether there is a Li Xuan from the Beggars’ Sect in Daxing.

But if no one has established it yet, it has excellent development prospects.

"I've only heard of disasters in the south, how come people in the north can't survive?"

The more Li Xuan looked, the more confused he became. He hadn't seen any signs of natural disasters along the way, but there were still a lot of refugees.

When encountering these bandits with little killing power doing evil, Li Xuan simply scared them unconscious and did not make things too difficult for them.

Because these people do not seem to have the basic qualities of robbers, at least their scouting and lurking methods are outrageous.

Who would walk on the mountain paths in the wilderness?
They just lay there in the grass without moving, and several groups of them even took a nap there.

"What happened to these refugees?"

"If it's not a natural disaster, could it be a man-made disaster?"

Li Xuan had some doubts in his heart, but as he was in a hurry to get on with his journey, he didn't have time to explore them.

When I get back to the capital, I can go ask Manager Shang to see if he knows what’s going on here.

Li Xuan sped all the way, taking out the map every once in a while to compare the landmarks.

The most prominent landmark is naturally the town. When Li Xuan finds a large city on the road, he will take out the map to make sure that he has not deviated from his position.

Although it was his first time to travel far away alone, Li Xuan quickly mastered the skills. At least he was not a directionally challenged person and would not lose his way home.

After rushing all the way and doing his best to help others, Li Xuan finally saw the outline of the capital city at midnight.

He saw many cities along the way and found that the capital was the most prosperous and magnificent.

“It is worthy of being the capital of a country.”

Only after seeing the conditions outside did Li Xuan realize the benefits of the capital.

Li Xuan quickened his pace and returned to the palace.

He first went to Jingyang Palace to take a look and found that the two girls were sleeping soundly.

Seeing that the two girls at home were safe and sound, Li Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Whenever he was away from home, he couldn't help but worry about whether Princess Ankang and Yu'er were doing well.

Now that I'm home, I can finally let go of my worries.

Li Xuan did not disturb the two girls' sweet dreams. He just concealed his breath, secretly kissed their foreheads, and then planned to slip out to find Manager Shang.

"Well……"

"Axuan..."

After kissing Princess Ankang, the little girl began to talk in her sleep.

When Li Xuan saw that the little girl still dreamed of him, he immediately smiled with satisfaction.

But Princess Ankang's subsequent talking in her sleep made Li Xuan's smile freeze.

"What delicious food did you bring me?"

“Hey, hey, hey…”

Li Xuan suddenly realized that he had returned in such a hurry that he seemed to have forgotten to buy some local specialties.

"Oops!"

Li Xuan was extremely alert, slipped out quietly, and then disappeared.

……

Half an hour later.

Butler Shang, who was lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

"Axuan?"

There was a soft meow from outside the window.

The familiar voice made Butler Shang smile.

He sat up from the bed and put on the flowery clothes on the hanger beside him.

"come in."

Then, the window flipped open and Li Xuan appeared in Manager Shang's room.

In the past, when Li Xuan came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he always talked to Shang Zongguan in his yard and rarely went into the house.

Butler Shang's room was simply furnished. Apart from the necessary furniture, there were only a few flowers and potted plants.

Manager Shang reached out and touched Li Xuan, then looked at the dark night outside.

"Today is exactly the ten-day period, right?"

"Feng'er is quite trustworthy and didn't keep you for long."

Seeing that only Li Xuan appeared in front of him, Manager Shang immediately guessed that Li Xuan had returned first.

Li Xuan didn't waste any words and directly handed the letter that Zhao Feng had prepared earlier to the hands of General Manager Shang.

When Manager Shang took the letter and saw the sealing wax on it, his expression changed.

"It seems like you have gained a lot this time."

"Ah Xuan, follow me to Ganlu Temple to meet the emperor."

Li Xuan was stunned. He didn't expect that they would have to meet Emperor Yongyuan so late.

Before Li Xuan left, Zhao Feng simply asked him to give the letter to Chief Steward Shang, saying that Chief Steward Shang would handle it.

But judging from the current situation, this letter had to be opened and read by Emperor Yongyuan himself.

"Ah Xuan, wait a moment."

After Manager Shang finished speaking, he immediately put on his clothes, looking neat and clean.

Walking to the door, Manager Shang closed his eyes, as if he was adjusting his state or organizing his thoughts.

Anyway, after a few breaths, Manager Shang opened his eyes and took Li Xuan to Ganlu Palace.

"Okay, Xuan, let's go!"

After the preparations were completed, the chief monk Li Xuan came to the Ganlu Hall.

Manager Shang simply took Li Xuan to the door, and before anyone could inform them, the eunuch Wang Xi, who was in charge of lighting, came out.

"Wenfu, why do you need to see the emperor so late at night?"

"Zhao Feng, the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, sent back a secret letter from the northern border, sealed with a dragon seal and wax. We dare not delay."

Wang Xi heard what Shang Zongguan said, nodded silently, and only left two words for them:
"Hold on."

(End of this chapter)