I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 426 Traveling Together
It's just dawn.

A group of people were walking slowly on the endless Gobi Desert.

Arriving in front of an uninhabited earth building, the knight on horseback lifted his cloak, and the faint morning light shone through the flying sand and onto his cold face.

"The desert is just ahead." The old man with a vicissitudes of life came forward on horseback, looking at the boundless desert ahead, and then said with a worried look on his face, "The desert is the territory of the Black Sand Bandits. They are brutal and cruel and have no humanity. The two female heroes..."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Liu Shijiu reined in his horse and stepped forward, glancing at the old man with disdain. "If we hadn't intervened last night, you would have been killed by those bandits."

When the old man heard Liu Nineteen mention what happened last night, he couldn't help but shrink his body, and a look of fear appeared on his face.

“Yes, yes, yes.” The old man bowed and thanked him immediately. “I would like to thank the two ladies for saving my life. I have no way to repay you for your kindness. I can only serve you like a slave in my next life…”

"Okay." Liu Shijiu interrupted the old man's chatter in time, and then threw something at him.

The old man took it and felt something heavy in his hand. He looked down and saw that it was a bulging purse.

After all, the old man had run the inn for so many years. He weighed the money in his hand and knew that there was no less than thirty taels of silver in the purse.

His originally cloudy eyes brightened up in an instant, and a smile broke out on his wrinkled face. Trying to suppress the joy in his heart, the old man was about to look up to thank him, but he found that there was no one around him.

He immediately looked forward and saw that the three men and six riders had already entered the desert.

The old man narrowed his eyes slightly, and his fingers couldn't help rubbing his purse a few times, then he reined in his horse and turned away.

……

After entering the desert, Liu Qi and his companions were all tightly wrapped in windproof cloaks to resist the flying sand.

The environment here is worse than expected.

Finally, at noon, the wind and sand gradually subsided, the originally dim sky also cleared up, and the warm sunshine fell on everyone.

Liu Nineteen was the first to take off his cloak. He then looked up to enjoy the sun bath and greedily breathed in the air without sand.

Tianxiang on the side also followed suit, tilting her head back and enjoying herself with a look of comfort.

Liu Qi was much calmer. She lifted her hood and looked around first, focusing her gaze behind her for a few seconds until she was sure there was nothing unusual. Only then did she look away.

After dealing with the dwarf with the rifle last night, Liu Qi took advantage of the fact that there was no one on the street and led a group of people straight to the city gate. As expected, they met the horses left by the thieves at the city gate.

After easily dealing with the bandits guarding the city gate, Liu Qi and his party simply took their horses and left the city. As for the horses that were not needed, they simply cut their reins and let them go.

Liu Qi glanced at Liu Shijiu and Tianxiang, and then suggested finding a place to rest for a while.

Liu Shijiu and Tianxiang were naturally eager to do so, and soon the three of them found a campsite.

It is not difficult to tell from the remaining campfire in the camp that the last group of people who rested here should not have been gone for long.

Liu Nineteen skillfully lit the bonfire, then took out some dry food and distributed it to Liu Qi and Tian Xiang.

"Ow—"

Liu Qi was chewing on a dry biscuit when she suddenly heard a sharp cry from the sky. She raised her eyes and saw a big eagle circling above her head.

Liu Nineteen also heard the eagle's cry in the sky, but she didn't think there was anything unusual.

"Pack up, pack up, and get ready to go." Liu Qi threw the half-eaten biscuit to Liu Shijiu, then stood up and said.

Liu Shijiu took the pancake easily. Although he was a little confused, he still followed Liu Qi's instructions obediently. He and Tianxiang packed up their things and got on their horses.

Liu Qi had already been waiting on horseback, her eyes fixed on the sky. A faint aura emanated from her body, rushing towards the eagle hovering in the sky...

At the same time, in a camp more than seventy miles away from Liu.

A bald man in tight-fitting clothes was standing on the roof of a dilapidated earth building. His face was gloomy and his eyes were staring blankly at the sky.

A man wearing the same clothes as the bald man came closer. He saw the solemnity on the bald man's face and asked, "Chief Escort, is there something wrong?"

The bald man turned around upon hearing this, revealing the words "Changfeng" embroidered on the shoulder of his clothes.

"Heiyu hasn't come back yet." The bald man said in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, his subordinate smiled with relief: "Head Escort, this is Hei Yu's hometown, what can happen to it?"

"That's right. Heiyu is not like our boss who is not interested in women. Maybe he is being affectionate with that little female bird right now!" The bodyguards sitting everywhere in the camp also agreed with a smile.

"Hahaha……"

The camp was suddenly filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

The stern-faced bald man couldn't help laughing and scolding upon hearing this: "What a bunch of disrespectful bastards!"

However, the worry in his eyes had not completely faded away. While chatting and laughing with his men, he still frequently looked toward the horizon.

About half an hour later, a black dot suddenly appeared in the distant sky.

The bald man standing on the earth building narrowed his eyes suddenly.

At the same time, other escorts in the camp also spotted the dark shadow on the horizon and shouted, "Captain, look! Hei Yu is back!"

He Wentian simply glanced at the excited escorts, then looked seriously at the approaching black shadow.

As the black shadow got closer, its true appearance was revealed, which was a huge eagle flapping its wings and flying high.

But when He Wentian saw his beloved pet return, instead of showing any joy, his face suddenly darkened. Then with a "boom", he jumped high from the earthen building and landed at the front of the camp.

The escorts in the camp then realized that something was wrong. They picked up their weapons, gathered out of the camp and stood behind the chief escort.

It was at this time that everyone saw a horse galloping towards them on the yellowish sand dunes in the distance.

A moment later, the biggest eagle in the world had arrived above the camp.

Following closely behind the big eagle came a man and a horse that were accompanying them on the ground.

"Uu——"

As the knight pulled the reins, the horse raised its front hooves high, and after a burst of violent neighing, the horse stopped ten steps away from He Wentian.

Liu Qi lifted his hood and glanced at the group of people in front of him.

"Changfeng Escort Agency." Liu Qi said softly.

He Wentian was also stunned for a moment after Liu Qi took off his hood. He seemed to have not expected that the person following Hei Yu would be a young girl.

However, the group of escorts were not as calm as He Wentian. When they saw Liu Qi's face, their eyes lit up. Although they had been out of seclusion for less than a day, they had already been escorting for half a month before entering Yumen Pass.

Although He Wentian always gets along well with his escort leaders on weekdays, he is still quite strict when it comes to setting rules, especially when escorting goods.

According to the rules of the Changfeng Escort Agency, escorts are not allowed to get close to women.

So don’t say that the person who appeared in front of the escorts now was Liu Qi. Any woman would be better than a fairy in the eyes of these escorts who have been holding back for more than half a month!
It wasn't the first time that Liu Qi was looked at with wanton eyes. She lightly dusted off her body and said, "My name is Liu Qi."

……

As soon as these four words came out, the scene fell into deathly silence.

Changfeng Escort Agency is considered a first-rate force in the martial arts world, so how could they not have heard of Liu Qi's name?

He Wentian's pupils shrank, and then he said loudly: "Liu Qi, Xu Yongyuan's niece?" Xu Yongyuan, the eldest uncle of the Xu family, used to be a bodyguard in Changfeng Escort Agency, and Xu Yongyuan's son Xu Qingjiang is still a bodyguard in Changfeng Escort Agency. The two families have some connection.

Liu Qi nodded slightly to acknowledge it.

"Ow—"

The big eagle continued to circle over the camp. As if it saw that the people below were not going to spare it, the big eagle let out a shrill scream.

He Wentian's face darkened, and he immediately said, "Miss Liu, can you please let go of He's beloved pet?"

"So it's Chief Escort He." Liu Qi removed the aura that was wrapped around the big eagle while speaking, and then said softly, "The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple. I'm sorry for the offense."

The big eagle that escaped from Liu Qi's breath suddenly let out a long and happy cry, then fell down rapidly and landed steadily on He Wentian's shoulder.

"Coo coo..." It first muttered to He Wentian, then suddenly turned its head and screamed at Liu Qi, with all its feathers standing up, looking very aggressive.

He Wentian stretched out his hand to comfort his beloved pet, and asked in a deep voice: "Miss Liu is going to Kunlun?"

Liu Qi replied calmly, "Yes, it seems that Chief Escort He and I have the same destination."

He Wentian understood the meaning of Liu Qi's words, and after a moment's silence, he said, "Xu Yongyuan has worked diligently for me for more than ten years... Since he is his family member, it is only right that I take care of him."

Liu Qi's eyes suddenly brightened: "Then it would be disrespectful to refuse."

……

That night, flames shot up into the sky in the camp.

Liu Nineteen sat around the campfire with a gloomy face, glancing towards the earthen building from time to time.

As for Tianxiang beside her, she was much happier. She was holding a big bone in her hand and chewing on it with her mouth full of oil.

Seeing this, the escort on the side couldn't help but laugh and said, "You little girls really think this desert is your backyard, and you want to pass through with just a few bags of dry food."

Liu Nineteen's expression became increasingly gloomy.

There was another small bonfire on the earth building.

Liu Qi and He Wentian sat around the campfire facing each other.

Liu Qi also held a piece of bone in her hand, but she ate it very politely, unlike Tianxiang, who got her mouth full of oil.

Sure enough, meat tastes better than dry bread.

He Wentian looked at Liu Qi gnawing on the bone intently, and a strange expression appeared on his face.

He hesitated for a moment, and when he saw that Liu Qi had finished gnawing on the bones, he asked, "Miss Liu, did you come here just for the food?"

Liu Qi asked as a matter of course: "Isn't this enough?"

He Wentian was silent.

After a moment, he asked again: "Miss Liu, aren't you afraid of running into the Black Sand Bandits?"

As soon as he said this, He Wentian regretted it in his heart!

What kind of ridiculous question is he asking? Why would a dignified Liu Qi be afraid of the Black Sand Bandits!

It can only be said that Liu Qi's appearance and age are too deceptive. Coupled with Xu Yongyuan's relationship, He Wentian always unconsciously forgets Liu Qi's reputation in the world.

Liu Qi didn't find it strange. If she had to blame someone, she should blame herself for not showing off her skills in front of this bald guy.

After gnawing on two bones in a row, Liu Qi wiped his hands with satisfaction and asked, "How many days are left to enter Kunlun Despair?"

He Wentian replied truthfully: "About ten days."

If you want to enter Kunlun Desperate Situation, you must first enter the Kunlun Mountains. The destination of He Wentian's escort is Shiye City under the Kunlun Mountains, which is also the location of the Western Region Tantric Buddhism.

Tantric Buddhism. Liu Qi’s knowledge of the Western Region Tantric Buddhism was limited to the Dharma King Tuoye who died at the hands of Feng Qun.

Speaking of which, Feng Qun and He Wentian are both from Shaolin.

It’s just that Feng Qun was an inner disciple who had taken the tonsure and observed the precepts, while He Wentian was a lay disciple who didn’t need to become a monk.

After the martial arts order was broken, Shaolin was forced to disband the Martial Monks' Academy and also dismissed all its lay disciples. It was for this reason that He Wentian's Changfeng Escort Agency recruited many Shaolin lay disciples and grew into the number one escort agency it is today.

Liu Qi had no interest in He Wentian's cargo. She simply wanted to hitch a ride with the Changfeng Escort Agency and ask the Changfeng Escort Agency to help her look after Liu Shijiu and Tianxiang.

Late at night, Liu Qi, Liu Shijiu and Tianxiang lived in the same tent.

Tianxiang has fallen into a deep sleep.

Liu Nineteen couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "Why do you have to be with the people from Changfeng Escort Agency? These stinky men always look at you and me with lustful eyes."

Liu Qi sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, and replied casually, "I don't know what the scene is like in Kunlun's desperate situation, but since it forced Gu Liancheng to find help, you can imagine how dangerous it is."

"After arriving at Shiye City, I will take Tianxiang into Kunlun Desperate Situation, and you will go back to Central Plains with Chief Escort He. If nothing unexpected happens, we will meet again in Central Plains."

When Liu Qi heard that he was not going to take her into the Kunlun Desperate Situation, Liu Nineteen was surprisingly not angry. She asked calmly, "Liu Qi, do you really want to learn from that tyrant and ascend to heaven?"

The tyrant that Liu Shijiu mentioned was naturally the Emperor of Qin.

Liu Qi didn't reply.

Seeing that Liu Qi did not respond for a long time, Liu Shijiu's eyes flashed with sadness in the darkness. Then she turned over and covered her head tightly with the quilt.

……

Liu Qi was moving forward in an orderly manner along with the Changfeng Escort Agency.

And in the deepest part of the desert, in a black city.

A man in colorful clothes walked down the platform slowly. Under the platform was a stretcher with a bloody figure on it.

Next to the stretcher, there was a big gun.

The man in colorful clothes walked up to the stretcher, covered his mouth and nose with disgust, looked at the stretcher's child-like body, then waved his hand to signal his men to carry it away.

"Was it He Wentian who did it?" A cold voice came quietly in the darkness.

The man in colorful clothes straightened up immediately, then looked around and replied slowly, "It shouldn't be. When the third brother led his men to attack Yumen Pass, He Wentian had already left. Someone else must have killed the third brother."

The man said with a disdainful smile: "It's ok that the third brother died, but Lin Xingguo also ran away. Isn't the money we spent wasted in vain?"

"Don't worry about the surname Lin. The most important thing right now is Kunlun."

The man in colorful clothes showed enthusiasm when he heard this: "You said that the road to heaven is really going to reappear in the world, then don't we also have the opportunity to enter the heaven and live forever?"

There was no other sound except the sound of the wind.

Just as impatience was faintly showing on the man's face, a familiar voice suddenly came to his ears: "Of course, as long as you do as I say, the day the road to heaven is opened will be the day for you and I to ascend to become gods!"

A few miles away from the Black City, in a narrow cave.

As the bonfire gradually grew, the scars on the head of the person sitting in the cave were particularly eye-catching in the shining firelight.

(End of this chapter)