Start with a red name

Chapter 156: Quick and swift, the burden is shifted

The reason why Geng Xuan was stunned was naturally because of the name Liu Yueji.

Seeing him using the nickname "Liu Huaer" to make fun of himself, Geng Xuan wanted to make a joke, if you remove the middle character of your real name, the effect will be different.

However, before he could utter this sentence, Geng Xuan managed to hold back and swallowed the words back.

He looked at Sheng Xiang and Gu Yuqun and asked:

"Have you planned the first stop?"

The two looked at each other, and it seemed as if an invisible ball was passed back and forth between them.

In the end, Sheng Xiangqi was one step ahead and picked up the "ball". He looked at Geng Xuan and replied respectfully:
“After discussion between the two of us, we decided to make Tainingji our first stop.

Although it is not the closest to Wanping Market, there are two other markets around it, which are not far from Taining Market.

More importantly, there is a small river connecting these three markets, which is very convenient for transporting grain.”

After hearing Sheng Xiang's answer, Geng Xuan was very satisfied.

He had never thought of using convenient water transportation to improve the efficiency of grain transportation, but now he took the initiative to point it out.

From this we can see that in this matter, the subjective initiative of the two has been fully mobilized.

"Okay, in that case, our first stop will be Taining Market."

Just as he was about to set off, Geng Xuan suddenly remembered something. He turned his head to look at Liu Yueji beside him and said solemnly:
“The purpose of your trip is just to help me transport food.

I don't want anyone to take advantage of the situation and do something else!

If anyone takes advantage of the opportunity I gave him to go to other markets to burn, kill and loot, then I will not only kill that person, but also all those who went with him.

...But I still hope that this won't happen.

This time you came out to help me, and I don't want it to end with blood on the knife.

I heard that you are quite capable, so I will hand this matter over to you. I hope you can shoulder this responsibility.

If someone still violates my taboo, I will hold you responsible no matter what the reason is!"

Having said that, without giving Liu Yueji a chance to speak, the Xuanyou horse under his crotch had already rushed out.

The other Xuanyou horses followed closely behind and soon disappeared from the sight of Liu Yueji and others.

Liu Yueji, who opened her mouth to speak but ended up with a mouthful of dust, hasn't said anything yet.

A shabby bearded man with two axes on his back looked at the direction where Geng Xuan and the others were going. He stared with his eyes as big as copper bells and said indignantly:
"Brother, isn't this too much of a bully?!
...Or, let's not go this time. Let's get away quickly while these bad guys leave.

Let's leave Wanpingji, well, let's just leave Yueluyuan directly.

This guy killed so many people in Wuyou Palace. I don’t think Yue Luyuan will have peace from now on.

Didn’t Guo Jie write to us saying that he had taken root in Yuanjing and asked us to go over to help?
Why don't we just go to Yuanjing and have some fun? I don't believe this vicious guy can chase me to Yuanjing and chop off my head!"

This big man looked like he could eat a child alive, but he was a chatterbox and started chattering non-stop right next to Liu Yueji.

Liu Yueji didn't answer at all. He withdrew his gaze from the distance, jumped up as if his butt was on fire, and rushed into the crowd.

He ran around and yelled loudly.

"Did you all hear it? Did you all hear it?

Now, everyone, stand still and follow the rules. No one is allowed to move around without my order.

...And you, you, and the rest of you, if anyone can't control his crotch and takes out his penis when he sees a woman, I will cut it off with my own hands and feed it to the dog!

...Asshole, who told you to wander around? How dare you act on your own now? What will happen when you get to Tainingji?
You idiots, you are still glaring at me. If you don’t want to be implicated by him, kill him right now!
......"

There was a lot of excitement.

Two quarters of an hour later, the team officially set off, with Yuanzhou horses pulling carriages and galloping on the road to Tainingji.

Originally from various forces within Wanpingji, these small groups with different origins have barely formed an operational entity.

Liu Yueji, who was originally just a member of the rangers, has become the leader of the entire team.

Although many people were dissatisfied with his practice of using chicken feathers as a token of authority, they all looked dissatisfied and indignant, as if they just refused to accept the result.

But in action, they all followed him obediently.

No one says things like “I’m none of your business” or “You have no right to control me” anymore.

……

When leaving Wanpingji, neither the men nor the horses were wearing armor.

The Xuanyou cavalry did not stop until they had traveled most of the way and arrived at a wasteland nearly ten miles away from Tainingji.

Continuous actions made everyone proficient in all processes.

Everyone first put on full body armor on Xuanyou Horse as quickly as possible, and then assisted and cooperated with each other to quickly put on the armor on themselves.

After everything was ready, the team set off again.

Geng Xuan rode his horse in front, intentionally controlling the speed of the horse.

Even so, it didn't take the group much time to reach the outside of Taining Market.

From a distance, Tainingji has high walls and a majestic main gate similar to Wanpingji.

What surprised Geng Xuan was that Tainingji did not take any precautionary measures.

The gate was open. As dusk was approaching, people were coming in and out of the open gate from time to time, completely unaware that the sharp blade had already descended over the entire Tainingji.

Accustomed to the efficient and agile information transmission of Wuyou Palace, Geng Xuan was a little uncomfortable with the sluggishness of Tainingji for a while.

Geng Xuan, who had already prepared a plan to force his way into Wanping Village and replicated it in Taining Village, felt as if he had been preparing his punch for a long time, but it ended up hitting nothing but a bunch of empty air.

Riding on Xuanyou's horse, looking at Tainingji in the distance, Geng Xuan was thinking in his heart.

At this moment, the heavy armor on Geng Xuan had been carefully cleaned.

But although the bloodstains had been completely removed, the strong smell of blood did not seem to have dissipated much.

Wearing such a full body armor and breathing the air filtered through the armor, the smell of iron, blood, and gunpowder went straight into his lungs. Geng Xuan felt that his heart had also become much colder and harder.

As the sun gradually darkened, the number of people entering and leaving the Taining Market Gate became increasingly sparse.

Geng Xuan shouted softly, "Let's go."

He took the lead and rushed towards Tainingji.

Dozens of Xuanyou iron cavalry followed closely behind him.

Perhaps it was because the Xuanyou cavalry was too fast, or perhaps it was because the Taining guards were too careless.

It was not until Geng Xuan rode his horse to within two hundred steps of the open main gate of Tainingji that two Tainingji guards who were standing casually on the left and right turned their heads in surprise to look in the direction where he was leading his team.

The impact of this sudden scene was too great for them. By the time they reacted, they were terrified and wanted to do something.

The two flying knives thrown by Geng Xuan had already flown into the air and accurately pierced into the two men's eyebrows.

The two men, with their eyes wide open, had not yet fallen to the ground when Geng Xuan had already ridden past them and rushed into the huge doorway at the main gate of Tainingji.

The next moment, the Xuanyou cavalry had passed through the several-meter-thick doorway and entered Tainingji.

A peddler was standing in the middle of the road, carrying a load on his shoulder and walking out with some wilted vegetables in his bamboo basket.

He watched as one after another armored iron horses taller than humans, carrying riders wearing icy armor, rushed out of the doorway and rushed towards him.

With that terrifying speed and huge physique, it seemed as if he would be easily crushed into a blood bubble in the next moment.

This horrifying scene that one could not even imagine in dreams actually happened before their eyes. The vendor was completely frightened and stood there in a daze, without any intention of dodging or avoiding.

Looking at this peddler with a load on his shoulder who was blocking the road right in front of him and looked like he was about to go home from the market.

Geng Xuan did not slow down his horse, but instead whipped the whip at the vendor.

The whip was swung like a snake, winding in the air and soon wrapped around the peddler.

Feeling the force fed back from the tip of the whip, Geng Xuan had a feeling that he only needed to give the hand holding the whip a slight shake, and the long whip in his hand would be able to tear the peddler's body into pieces.

One piece in the east, one piece in the west.

However, Geng Xuan naturally did not do so. He just pulled the peddler to the side of the road.

When the long whip that was coiled around the peddler retracted like a snake, the peddler still stood there in a daze.

The load on his shoulders and the leftover vegetables in the two baskets remained in their original state without any change.

The only thing that has changed is the vendor's foothold.

When the last Xuanyou iron cavalry passed by him, everything in front of him "restored" to normal, and the peddler, who had lost his soul, finally "came back to life".

He turned his head to look in the direction where the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry disappeared. Apart from the faint sound of horse hooves, he could no longer see anything.

Then he looked down at his body again. He held the burden on his shoulder with one hand and patted his body with the other hand, as if he still couldn't believe the fact that his body had not suffered any damage.

But soon, he realized what a fool he was doing, and he let out a strange cry and ran towards the market gate in front of him.

I saw two market guards, who usually had to be addressed as "Master" respectfully, lying on the ground with their eyes open.

The sounds coming out of his mouth became more weird and his feet moved faster.

However, even now, when he was running for his life, he did not throw away the burden on his shoulders.

Soon after this peddler escaped from Taining Market, more and more people rushed out of Taining Market through the open gate.

……

The deeper we went into Tainingji, the more people were blocked on the road, and they were so frightened that they couldn't move at all.

In order to clear the road, Geng Xuan had to swing the whip in his hand frequently.

In the end, he never even took back the whip in his hand.

The horsewhip was like a living snake, moving back and forth quickly in the void in front of him and on both sides.

And every time they move around, one or more people will be caught in the whip circle.

Geng Xuan also didn't have time to properly place them on both sides of the road.

The whip would act like a spring from time to time, ejecting those caught in the whip's circle.

If you are lucky, you can still stand when you land.

Those who are unlucky have to roll on the ground twice before they can get up from the ground in a mess.

In addition, there are those who have particularly bad luck.

Once thrown out, they could never get up again and turned into cold corpses lying on the roadside.

These are the "lucky ones" who are right in front of his path, with red names on their heads and whose red luck contributions exceed twenty points.

——Because Yueluyuan is different from Chiwu Mountain, Geng Xuan adjusted the "kill line" upwards a bit.

Even so, when Geng Xuan, under the guidance of Sheng Xiang and Gu Yuqun, led the Xuanyou Iron Cavalry to the core area of Tainingji, the street outside the main entrance of Taining Pavilion, more than a dozen people unfortunately became the souls killed by his whip.

Nearly half of them were dressed as market guards.

The other half, judging by their attire, included people of various identities.

When he arrived outside Taining Pavilion, Geng Xuan did not stop, but rode his horse directly into the gate of Taining Pavilion.

The horse's hooves kicked as it galloped through the empty courtyard until a tall staircase appeared in front of it. Only then did Geng Xuan stop Xuanyou's horse.

Xuanyouma stopped, but Geng Xuan did not stop.

His figure still swept forward at an extremely fast speed, cutting through the void, and his heavily armored body crashed into the tightly closed door of the hall.

"boom--"

There was a loud bang and wood chips flew everywhere.

When Geng Xuan landed, he stood in the main hall.

Pairs of stunned and shocked eyes were all focused on Geng Xuan, who was wearing cold armor.

Through the door that was knocked down by Geng Xuan's powerful slam, one could clearly see more Xuanyou cavalry entering the yard and gathering at the steps behind Geng Xuan.

Although we couldn't see the specific faces clearly, we could feel the eyes looking into the hall through the cold iron armor, and everyone felt the chill going through their bones.

"It's actually true!"

"It's actually true!"

"..."

From time to time, someone's lips trembled and he murmured, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost on his face.

In the depressing and silent atmosphere, an old man who looked to be over 60 years old suddenly stood up.

The beard under his chin trembled constantly, and he stretched out his hand like a halberd, pointing at Geng Xuan.

Not only was his beard shaking, but the arm pointing at Geng Xuan was also shaking.

Not only was I angry, I was also afraid.

I only heard him gritting his teeth and shouting:

"Who are you? Why did you break into our Tainingji confidential place? Are you thinking that there is no one in Tainingji?!"

Geng Xuan scanned the entire room and his gaze stopped on the old man.

To be more precise, it was the red name on the old man's head, which was much darker than that of any other person in the room.

Geng Xuan guessed that this man's behavior at this moment was more of a bluff.

At this moment when everyone was silent in shock, the voice of Tainingji was heard.

If he responded to the other party, there was a high possibility that the other party would immediately back off.

However, Geng Xuan had no intention of giving this "slope" to the other party.

So, he didn't answer.

When the other party gritted his teeth and shouted angrily, he directly attacked the old man.

The other party obviously didn't expect that he would attack so decisively without even saying a word.

His cultivation strength was already far inferior to Geng Xuan's, not to mention that he was old and could not rely on his muscles and bones.

When he saw the knife-like light falling towards him, he realized that he had to respond.

It's already too late.

The old man's head, with his eyes open, shot up into the sky, and blood from his broken neck gushed into the sky like a fountain.

The powerful physical strength of the marrow refining realm caused the spurting blood to directly hit the roof.

Then it was blocked by the roof and bounced back.

The blood scattered like raindrops, falling and splashing all over the hall.

Everyone gathered in the hall, even those sitting in the most remote seats, had their faces covered in the misty blood rain.

This scene shocked everyone in the room.

Many people's stomachs instinctively twitched when they smelled the sweet and fishy smell of blood from an old friend.

Judging from his appearance, he will vomit all over the place in the next moment.

At this moment, a voice came from inside the iron armor.

This was also the first sentence the iron-armored man uttered after breaking into the hall.

"Shut up!"

The voice coming from inside the armor was not only cold, but also seemed to carry a smell of rust.

Faced with the life-and-death crisis, those whose stomachs were churning took over by force and suppressed their bodies' instinctive reactions.

……

"Who is the Grand Master?"

After everyone in the hall had struggled out of their intense emotions and physical reactions, Geng Xuan asked again.

No one speaks.

However, everyone's eyes were focused on the headless corpse, whose blood had almost been sprayed out but still remained standing.

Geng Xuan understood.

"Da da da--"

Geng Xuan's footsteps were like thrilling drumbeats, striking hard on the hearts of everyone in the hall.

He took a step and turned, first glancing at the sky outside which had already darkened completely, then sweeping his eyes over everyone in the hall.

"You are still having a closed-door meeting at this time. You must be discussing something very important, right?... What are you discussing?" Geng Xuan asked.

No one spoke to answer.

Geng Xuan looked at a man whose face was blurred by the blood mist and whose features were hard to see clearly, and said, "You tell me."

The man's facial features, covered in blood mist, were visibly distorted.

But he still managed to remain calm and said:

"I…we were talking about you."

"Ok?"

“Just…just an hour ago, we heard some rumors coming from the direction of Wanpingji.

Because some of them were too exaggerated and bizarre, I... we didn't believe it.

But because the matter is too serious, the Grand Master still invited us all to discuss it."

The man suppressed his fear and explained the matter in general terms.

Geng Xuan nodded, thinking that he had come at the right time.

His gaze swept over the people in the hall again, and finally stopped at the two people who had the most red names on their heads, except for the grand hall owner who had already been delisted.

Question: "Are you two the bosses?"

One of them immediately waved his hand and said, "I'm not."

As he spoke, his eyes had already fallen on the other person opposite.

The man's face trembled uncontrollably, but he did not open his mouth to refute.

The concentration of red names above his head was second only to the two people that Geng Xuan was staring at.

Geng Xuan glanced at the man twice, and his gaze fell again on the person he had mistakenly identified because of the famous name on his head.

Question: "What is your identity?"

The man said quickly:
"I am not a powerful figure in Taining Village. I cannot even enter the gate of Taining Village on weekdays. This time I was forcibly dragged here by the owner of the village."

This person's answer was very vague and he did not clearly answer the question "Who am I?"

But Geng Xuan already understood that this was a knight-errant like Liu Yueji.

Moreover, he should be the type who has great appeal among the knights in Tainingji.

The reason why he didn't answer directly was because Youxiaer's overall reputation was negative.

The red mark of killing on his head, which is even more intense than that of the marrow refining master, cannot be caused by saving the dying and healing the wounded.

He didn't dare to lie in front of so many people who knew him well, so he could only respond with vague words.

Geng Xuan had no ill feelings towards the group of knights.

In fact, if he shifted his gaze away from the specific people who did evil and looked at the group itself, Geng Xuan would even feel some pity in his heart.

However, if a place suddenly becomes weak and chaotic.

Adding fuel to the fire, fishing in troubled waters, adding fuel to the fire...

Behind these things, there are always rangers, and they are often the main players.

Chaos, to them, is more fascinating than order.

Just when this person was about to say something, Geng Xuan, who was thinking these things in his mind, suddenly stretched out his finger and flicked it, and a stream of powerful energy as if it were real shot out.

Before the person could react, it penetrated into his forehead.

【64 points of good luck and 5 points of bad luck. 】

Amid the stunned and horrified gazes of the others, Geng Xuan withdrew his hand.

To the two chairmen:

"The situation outside is a bit chaotic right now. Please arrange for someone to maintain it."

Not only did the two chairmen open their eyes wide, but everyone else also had expressions of disbelief and incomprehension.

Obviously, Geng Xuan, who killed people at will and was regarded as a "murderer" and a "cold-blooded butcher", should not have issued such an order.

This is not the way the same person should think.

If they knew that Geng Xuan rode his horse into Taining Village and did everything he could to avoid trampling or injuring pedestrians on the way to Taining Pavilion, they would probably find it even more incredible.

"Um?!"

Seeing that the two did not respond, Geng Xuan let out a strong nasal sound.

The two masters shuddered and immediately came to their senses.

As if there were springs under his buttocks, he immediately jumped up from his seat, clasped his hands and responded:

"We'll do it right away."

Having said that, he quickly rushed out of the hall.

The moment they rushed out of the hall, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

To maintain order on the streets which are rapidly falling into chaos?

The two of them had no time to think about this, as their minds had already drifted away from Taining Gathering.

Just then, a voice flew out from the hall behind them.

"Sheng Xiang, Gu Yuqun, the two of you follow them."

The two masters, who had just rushed out of the hall and were ready to flee as soon as they left Taining Hall, paused when they heard this.

Looking at the two old acquaintances approaching quickly from both sides, flames of anger immediately burned in their eyes.

If looks could kill, the bodies of Sheng Xiang and Gu Yuqun would have been burned to ashes.

Under the fierce gazes of the two men, Sheng Xiang and Gu Yuqun, who had been mentally prepared, felt bitter in their hearts but their faces were cold.

Gu Yuqun extended his hand and guided them, "Please go ahead, both of you."

After Sheng Xiang and Gu Yuqun accompanied the two Taining masters out of Taining Hall, Geng Xuan looked at the other people in the hall and asked:
"Where is the base of Wuyou Palace in Tainingji?"

Everyone in the hall looked at each other, but no one answered.

For them, this question is naturally not difficult to answer.

But they don’t dare!

Although the man in front of them was ferocious and terrifying, the Wuyou Palace was an existence that they were deeply wary of and even terrified of.

No one dared to answer this question under so many eyes.

"Ok?"

Geng Xuan hummed in dissatisfaction, looked at the most famous person present, and directly called on his name, "You go ahead."

Hearing this, the man trembled and said tremblingly:

"Sir, I don't know... uh..."

His answer obviously did not satisfy Geng Xuan.

Therefore, Geng Xuan no longer needed his answer.

With a casual wave of his hand, he sent the man away.

His eyes moved and once again fixed on the person with the highest concentration of red names among the remaining people.

If this person continues to be stubborn, he doesn't mind canceling his account immediately and continuing to look for the next person with the "most popular name".

He even felt that this was a good way to carry out targeted "pruning" of the senior management of Taining Group.

To his disappointment, the imminent threat of death ultimately outweighed his fear of Wuyou Palace, and the man surrendered.

"I...I'll take you there right now!"

"lead the way."

Geng Xuan followed this person out of the hall and saw that everyone else was staying in the hall without moving. He immediately asked:
"Why, you don't want to go with me?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall felt as if the chairs under their buttocks had turned into stoves. They immediately jumped up and followed Geng Xuan closely.

I was afraid that if I ran too slowly, it would cause some misunderstanding.

After a while, Geng Xuan arrived at a huge mansion in a secluded location in Tainingji.

To his disappointment, when they entered, they didn't find any people, let alone a bird.

He also didn't think that it was the guide who was causing trouble. Moreover, after just a casual walk around, Geng Xuan found several clues indicating that this was the base of Dingxing Hall in Wuyou Palace.

Among them, the most obvious feature is a pigeon cage with exquisite workmanship.

However, the pigeon cage is now empty, without even a single pigeon.

From some traces of daily life, it can be seen that all the personnel in this stronghold had been evacuated half a day ago.

Moreover, although the retreat was hasty, it was not chaotic.

Although a lot of gains were found in the study and the underground secret room, no skills, gold, silver, portable pills and medicines were left.

Apparently, these were taken away during the retreat.

"This reaction speed is very fast!"

Judging from various signs, the retreat of this stronghold was at most two or three hours later than the last reinforcement of Geng Xuan's army that rushed to Wanpingji.

While searching for clues, Geng Xuan also found two entrances to underground tunnels.

If it were any other time, Geng Xuan would really like to go for a stroll down there.

Let’s see what the similarities and differences are between Yueluyuan’s underground network and the underground network around Chiwu Mountain.

At this critical juncture when every second counts, we naturally have to give up.

After finding nothing, Geng Xuan and his companions left the Wuyou Palace stronghold, and just in time saw Sheng Xiang and Gu Yuqun "accompanying" two Tainingji masters with livid faces rushing towards them.

The two Taining chiefs looked unhappy the moment they saw Geng Xuan.

The negative emotions on his face that were so strong that they almost turned into water and flowed down disappeared completely immediately.

It makes people wonder whether the dark clouds just now were just an illusion.

"You guys are here? Are you done?

Nothing trouble happened, right?

In that case, let’s get down to business.”

Upon hearing this, all the senior executives of Taining Group looked at each other in bewilderment.

Business?

So everything we did before was just an appetizer?!

Geng Xuan didn't want to explain it again himself, so he gestured to Sheng Xiang and said, "Tell them the details."

Under the sharp gazes, Sheng Xiang gritted his teeth and told them the real purpose of their trip to Tainingji.

To sum it up in one sentence, it means: "Hand over all the food you have hoarded!"

Amidst the shocked and bewildered eyes, Geng Xuan said "kindly":
"Don't worry, we only take the surplus food. We will still leave rations for you. We will make sure you won't go hungry."

After saying this, seeing that no one had taken action to respond, Geng Xuan clapped his hands and said:
"Okay, don't just stand there.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy.

We have to hurry to the next market, so please don't waste my time."

Perhaps Geng Xuan's urging was effective, or perhaps it was just to get rid of this plague god as soon as possible.

After Geng Xuan said that he would leave and go to "cause trouble" at the next market as long as certain conditions were met, the top leaders of Taining Market and the heads of various forces immediately took action.

……

When the large army led by Liu Yueji drove the Yuanzhou horses and dragged empty carriages into Tainingji.

I saw that Tainingji was a scene of bustling work.

Bright flames illuminated every street, and endless streams of people were moving through the streets.

They either used horse-drawn carriages, or pushed carts by human hands, or even carried them directly on their shoulders...

Cartloads and bags of grain were gathered in an open area like streams flowing into a lake.

When Liu Yueji and others arrived, the grain had been sorted and piled into small hills.

Moreover, these "hills" are still growing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Liu Yueji suppressed her pounding heart and stepped forward to estimate the existing grain pile and the subsequent quantity.

Then he immediately found Geng Xuan and said:

"Boss, the amount of food is much more than we expected.

With the limited manpower we have now, it is impossible to transport all of it in one go."

Geng Xuan asked: "What suggestions do you have?"

Liu Yueji said:

"Either transfer it in multiple times, or increase the number of transfer staff."

Geng Xuan said: "I don't require that all the goods must be transported at once, but I hope to reduce the number of transfers as much as possible."

"Then we need to increase the number of people responsible for transportation," Liu Yueji suggested.

"How can we increase it? It's impossible to just find a group of people at random, right?"

Simply piling up numbers is meaningless.

If there is a lack of effective control, the more people there are, the lower the efficiency will be, rather than increasing it.

Liu Yueji said hurriedly: "I know someone who has great prestige in Tainingji. As long as we can convince him, we will be able to add a few hundred more people in no time."

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "Then go and try it. Find the person and see what he says."

Liu Yueji bowed and immediately slipped into the crowd.

Looking at the movements, there is really a lot of energy in his whole body.

But within a cup of tea, when Liu Yueji appeared in front of Geng Xuan again, all her energy had disappeared completely.

My legs became weak and my eyes became wandering.

"Why, didn't you reach an agreement?" Geng Xuan asked.

Liu Yueji glanced at him, and when she saw his gaze, she suddenly felt a chill on her neck. She couldn't help but shrink her neck and said:

"he died."

"Ah? Dead? When did he die?" Geng Xuan asked subconsciously.

"Just now." Liu Yueji said softly.

Geng Xuan frowned when he heard this.

"He died just now? What a coincidence?... Could it be that he was targeting me? Did he not want me to transport the food too quickly?"

He even thought of the deserted Wuyou Palace.

Liu Yueji hurriedly said, "No, no, don't think too much about it. There is nothing suspicious about his death."

"Hmm?... You just got here, why are you so sure?" Geng Xuan stared at Liu Yueji with narrowed eyes.

Liu Yueji looked down at the ground, as if looking for a crack or something that could provide an escape route.

Under Geng Xuan's silent gaze, he finally gave a clear answer.

"Because you were the one who killed him."

"I killed them?... I didn't kill many people in total?!" Geng Xuan frowned.

But soon, he thought of something.

Ask: "The person you are looking for is not called Pei Qisong, right?"

"Yes, it's him." Liu Yueji said hurriedly.

He looked at Geng Xuan in surprise, as if puzzled that he could actually call out this name.

Geng Xuan nodded. If this was the person Liu Yueji was looking for, then he was indeed the one who killed him.

Even the name "Pei Qisong" was something he had just found when searching for Hongyun's income.

He was the one who, although not the head of the marrow refining hall, had even more red names above his head. After guessing his identity as a ranger, he didn't want him to take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, so he was killed by him.

I didn't expect the boomerang to be in front of me so soon.

Geng Xuan didn't think it was a big deal that killing this man at that time had brought him a little trouble now.

This reminded him of something else.

He looked at Liu Yueji and asked:

"You, and a few others close to you, why didn't you obey Qin Hexuan's orders?"

If Liu Yueji was there at the time, even if he had luckily survived, with the concentration of red names above his head, he would definitely not be able to escape when the one out of ten draw was made.

There is a high probability that the first one to be picked out will be.

Although the other few people did not have as many red names as Liu Yueji, if they also obeyed Qin Hexuan's call, their lives would definitely be in danger.

Since he had already missed the opportunity, Geng Xuan had no intention of making up for it later.

But he was indeed curious about it.

He asked casually, but Liu Yueji felt a chill in her heart.

He felt like he was being stared at with mocking eyes by a giant beast that he had no way of resisting.

The barbed tongue seemed to be moving around him casually and harmlessly, but it could wrap around him and swallow him into its bloody mouth at any time.

But this question cannot be left unanswered.

Liu Yueji could only whisper:
"I felt there was danger, so as soon as Qin Hexuan's transfer order came, I secretly notified a few close friends to hide underground in advance."

Geng Xuan suddenly realized that he had never expected that Liu Yueji was also gifted and had an ability to sense danger far beyond other people.

But this is even stranger.

"In that case, why don't you continue to hide and come out after we leave Wanpingji?"

"I thought the danger was over." Liu Yueji said helplessly.

Does it sometimes work and sometimes not?

Geng Xuan nodded.

But Geng Xuan thought again, as far as the result is concerned, Liu Yueji, who came out at that time, was indeed not in danger of life again.

Adhering to the attitude of no double punishment for the same crime, even though this guy had a very eye-catching red name on his head, he forced himself to restrain himself and did not take action against him.

Even Liu Yueji, who saved her life from his own hands, got a lot of opportunities in disguise.

Although, Geng Xuan's purpose was just to save trouble, not to give him an opportunity.

But as far as the results are concerned, this is the fact.

If you look at it from this perspective, it's not just "sometimes effective, sometimes not effective"; it's actually too effective!

Thinking all this in his mind, Geng Xuan did not reply, but just stared at Liu Yueji.

Liu Yueji just felt uncomfortable all over. The imagination about the giant beast, the long barbed tongue, and the bloody mouth became more vivid and specific, and the pressure in his heart became greater and greater.

"Boss?" he asked.

Geng Xuan stopped thinking and felt the fear in Liu Yueji's heart. Geng Xuan suddenly had some ideas.

"You should know the scale of the grain I want to transport this time, right?"

Liu Yueji nodded and said, "I know."

"This is not an easy task." Geng Xuan said again.

"Yes." Liu Yueji responded.

"But I still want to complete it in the shortest time possible." Geng Xuan said.

"Yeah." Liu Yueji nodded again.

“I don’t want to invest too much time and effort into this yet.”

Liu Yueji nodded slightly and made an imperceptible "hmm" sound.

Geng Xuan stared at Liu Yueji and said:
"I want to entrust this matter to you. I only want the results, and you will be in charge of the details.

What I can give you is a promise of safety.

You can focus on your work and don't have to worry about anything else.

Second, I have the manpower I can mobilize now. As long as you have a need and it is reasonable, you can tell me.

All I need is to transfer as much food as possible from Yueluyuan to Chiwushan in the shortest possible time."

Hearing the heavy burden that suddenly fell on her shoulders, Liu Yueji did not show any emotions such as shock, distraction, or bewilderment.

Instead, he looked up at Geng Xuan seriously, and after confirming that he was not joking, he began to think seriously.

After a few breaths, Geng Xuan asked, "How is it, can you take on this burden?"

Liu Yueji finished thinking, looked at Geng Xuan, and stared at him.

From this moment, you can see that he is different from others.

He was clearly a person who had not even stepped into the marrow refining stage, and he was clearly scared to death, but at this moment, he had the courage to look Geng Xuan in the eye, without a trace of hesitation or evasion in his eyes.

Geng Xuan didn't feel offended and looked at him calmly.

So Liu Yueji nodded seriously and said:
"Thank you for thinking so highly of me... I'm willing to give it a try!"

Geng Xuan nodded and said:

"it is good!"

……

After discussing the matter, Geng Xuan did not chat with Liu Yueji anymore, but met up with Sheng Xiang and Gu Yuqun to listen to their reports.

Now that the task of transporting grain had been handed over, what he had to do became very simple.

Get as much surplus food as possible from these markets.

　Ranked 98th in the fantasy category list, haha, only two places away from the death line. I want to ask for monthly tickets and try to hold on for one more day, but I also want everyone to save the monthly tickets for the double vote period at the end of the month. I am hesitant...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)