The road is vague

Chapter 45 Meeting Wang Ying Again
That evening, everyone from Jimin Hall held a welcome party for Li Mo in a private room at Fengshan Restaurant.

This is the most upscale restaurant in the town, right next to Jimin Hall, but this is the first time Li Mo has come in since it opened.

During the sumptuous dinner, Li Mo recounted his experiences over the past two years.

He went to the Eighteen Mountains to practice medicine, and then went to Anle City to detect his spiritual roots, and then he joined the Lingmu Sect. He narrated the story in a light-hearted way.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they learned that Li Mo had become a cultivator.

Even the martial arts world of the Eighteen Mountains is very far away for this peaceful town, not to mention the monks in the holy land of the immortal mountains.

Wang Pan opened his eyes wide, as if he was listening to a fairy tale.

"Li Mo, then can you tell me if I have spiritual roots and whether I can become a cultivator like you?"

"This……"

Li Mo looked embarrassed.

"This requires a special magical instrument to test, or a cultivation level above the Golden Core Stage. I am currently only a disciple in the Qi Training Stage."

Wang Ben, who is over 30 years old, looks very excited.

"Xiao Mo, do you know any magic? Show us some of your skills and open our eyes!"

Li Mo smiled and did not spoil the fun. He demonstrated the palm thunder on the spot.

When everyone saw this, they exclaimed in surprise. When they looked at Li Mo again, their eyes had become completely different, with a hint of reverence in them. They began to ask various questions about the cultivator.

Li Mo shared the basic knowledge he knew with everyone.

Everyone was fascinated and intoxicated by what they heard.

It was not until late at night that everyone left reluctantly.

Li Mo followed Wang Pan to his home to rest.

"By the way, Li Mo, do you still remember Wang Qi?"

"Your cousin who lives in Sanxigou?"

Wang Pan smiled and said, "Yes, that's her. That year we went on an outing together on the riverbank, and my parents wanted to introduce her to you. She's still single, but now that you're back, the past is over. Do you want me to arrange for you to get to know each other again?"

Wang Pan has grown a lot taller and looks much more mature.

Hearing this, Li Mo smiled and shook his head.

"Forget it. I didn't actually tell my brothers just now that I came back to carry out a mission for the sect. I stopped by to see you. I plan to go to Shanbei Village tomorrow to take a look and then go back. The mission time is very tight."

"what?"

After being stunned for a moment, Wang Pan couldn't help but sigh.

"Are you leaving again? I really envy you. You've been to so many places and met so many people, but I'm going to stay here for the rest of my life."

Wang Pan didn't mean it, but Li Mo took it seriously and kept it in mind.

the next day.

Li Mo left Hua'an Town and came to the vicinity of the former River God Temple.

He looked at the surging water of Tan River, murmured a few words, gently put down the wild flowers he had picked along the way, led the horse and continued to move forward.

Shanbei Village remains peaceful.

Several households of the Zhao family are still buried under large rocks. The villagers say it is a punishment from the land god, so they have not been excavated so far.

He returned to his house, opened the long-sealed door, and looked at the dusty tables, chairs, and mattresses inside. At this moment, time seemed to flow backwards, and he returned to his childhood, watching his mother mending clothes for him under the oil lamp, his eyes slightly moist.

"Mother."

After Li Mo cleaned the room, he closed the door again.

There was no one at Brother Zhang Qin's house, so Li Mo led the horse towards the Beishan Mountain on the other side of the river. It was not until noon that he arrived at his mother's grave. He took out the hoe that had been prepared long ago from the storage bag and removed the weeds nearby.

About half an hour later.

He finally cleaned up his mother's grave. Li Mo took out the tribute, placed it in front of his mother's grave, and murmured softly.

"Mom, I'm back to see you."

after awhile.

A few village women carrying hoes passed by in the distance, sighing as they walked.

"Old Zhang was less than 30 years old, how could he pass away like this, leaving behind mother and daughter? How are they going to live their lives in the future?"

"Yes, his girl was only four years old. She said she was gone, so she was gone."

"Have you heard? Old Zhang's relatives have all come to our house, saying that my mother and I are not members of the Old Zhang family and have no right to dispose of Old Zhang's property. They are planning to take it back into the clan."

"Oh my god, this is going to wipe out the entire family, and no one is doing anything about it!"

"How come no one is doing anything? After their mother went to the town to report it to the authorities, they sent someone over that same day. They said a similar thing happened a few years ago in Beishan Village across the river. Also, a mother and daughter were wiped out by their own family, and as a result, they suffered divine punishment, and their entire family was wiped out overnight."

"I heard about it too..."

Li Mo listened quietly to the idle chatter of several village women.

Not until they were far away did he look up at the sky, and his originally depressed mood seemed to relax a lot.

"Mom, did you hear that? This place is getting better and better. When I become an inspector, I will definitely work hard to make it even better."

Another half hour later.

Li Mo calmed himself down, mounted his horse and took one last look at the grave.

"Mom, I'm leaving."

A breeze blew by, and Li Mo rode away on his horse.

Two days later, he walked day and night along the main road and returned to Xinghua Village in Tongchao Town. He knocked on the door of the Xiong family next to the fish pond at the east end of the village.

After Li Mo explained his purpose, the old man immediately asked Xiong Shaoan to go into the house to get his bag and follow Li Mo away.

"Young man, keep these dry rations for the journey."

"Thank you very much."

Li Mo rode his horse and took Xiong Shaoan away.

Xiong Shaoan looked only twelve or thirteen years old. Li Mo was also his age when he became an apprentice at Jimin Hall and studied there for three years.

It can be seen that Xiong Shaoan's face is full of excitement and he is extremely looking forward to the outside world.

On the way, he couldn't help but ask, "Brother Li, can monks really fly in the sky?"

"Ah."

Li Mo didn't say much and maintained his cool and mysterious image.

After galloping for nearly an hour, Li Mo passed through a bamboo forest and suddenly pulled the reins, and the horse stopped.

There was a scene of more than 30 people confronting each other in front of them.

Each of these people was holding a weapon and looked like they were about to fight.

One group consisted of a dozen men, all dressed in uniform, escorting three carriages. They looked like members of the escort agency. The other group consisted of over twenty men, all fierce and sinister, filled with malevolent energy. They didn't look like petty thieves; could they be bandits from the Eighteen Mountains?

People from both sides also noticed Li Mo, but seeing that there were only two of them, they didn't pay much attention to him.

"It's hard work to be the head of the household."

"Hmph, the shopkeeper's hard work, just a vine?"

"The whole world is ringing!"

"It turns out to be Shopkeeper Lei, brighten your eyes."

"The Leishun Escort Agency has always valued harmony. Consider these ears of corn as a treat for everyone to drink tea."

The so-called eye-catching thing is to announce the name of the escort agency.

"Shopkeeper Lei is here to help, but this time is unusual. All of us brothers are watching closely, trying to identify the item in the box to see if it's what we want!"

Everyone in the escort agency looked at each other in confusion.

Finally, the head shopkeeper Lei responded: "It's not that I, Lei, am not open, but my eyes are already bright, and there is a bean in the box, which is really inconvenient. Let's do this..."

He negotiated in jargon and prepared to negotiate terms.

At this time.

However, they saw that Li Mo actually ignored the two parties who were in confrontation and negotiation, and walked over with Xiong Shaoan. They were stunned and looked at Li Mo in a daze.

Even the twenty or so bandits on the opposite side looked at Li Mo.

"stop!"

One of them shouted, "Did we let you go?"

Xiong Shaoan was a little frightened and kept shaking on the horse. Li Mo told him not to be afraid and said to the man in the distance in jargon: "Mushroom?"

Upon hearing this, the man burst into laughter.

According to the rules of the underworld, this is an impolite question, which roughly means: Who the hell are you?

When he saw that Li Mo's expression was still indifferent, his face instantly turned cold.

"The seven-striped dragon bends right and swings its vines."

Li Mo raised his eyebrows and ignored him, instead looking at the manager of Lei Shun Escort Agency standing beside him.

"Do these roadblocks all look like leaves?"

It means whether these bandits have portraits wanted by the government, and it also has a deeper meaning of asking whether they are unknown petty thieves or big-name bandits.

Shopkeeper Lei frowned and replied hesitantly, "Ya'er, open half your eyes and your legs will grow longer. Eat the bright green of your mind."

The direct meaning is that boys should travel more and be more sensible. Entering the underworld will lead to death. In this environment, the elders scold the younger ones and urge Li Mo to escape quickly. It can also be regarded as an indirect response to Li Mo that the people on the opposite sides are all wanted bandits by the government.

Hearing this, Li Mo grinned, dismounted, and walked to the opposite side.

"Ok?"

Seeing Li Mo holding a sharp sword and walking faster and faster, these bandits were a little shocked.

To Li Mo, these so-called bandits were nothing more than a group of mortal ants. He had gradually sensed the arrogance of the former Tianfu Sect inspector.

"Bright guy!"

The bandits seemed to sense something was amiss and drew their weapons.

Some ignorant people took the initiative to rush towards Li Mo, and the figures of the two sides crossed each other. Li Mo's movements were smooth and the ignorant bandit fell straight down. The other bandits were shocked. The people in the escort agency in the distance took a breath of cold air, realizing that they were facing a tough guy.

"Go together!"

Many bandits surrounded Li Mo.

But in Li Mo's view, this was as ridiculous as a group of sheep surrounding a wolf.

After he killed four people in succession, he found a scarred thief whose martial arts skills were quite impressive. Li Mo was unable to defeat him in a short time with his martial arts skills. Taking advantage of the battle between the two sides, other bandits attacked. While Li Mo was dodging, he killed two more people in succession, but he also suffered some external injuries.

"Humph."

Li Mo snorted coldly.

It would be difficult to deal with these people just by relying on martial arts skills, so he suddenly flashed with lightning, accompanied by a deafening roar, and Lei Nu appeared out of thin air like a hound.

This scene immediately made the surrounding bandits scream in horror.

After they realized that the person in front of them was a cultivator, they no longer cared about besieging Li Mo and fled in all directions.

Lei Nu moved at an incredible speed and pounced on the nearby bandits.

Anyone touched by it will be instantly electrocuted and paralyzed. Li Mo then launched a palm thunder and chased after the scarred man. The sword moves of both sides were evenly matched, but as his palm thunder took advantage of the momentum and struck, the scarred man instantly flew backwards, his whole body charred, and he died.

In the blink of an eye, the bandits fled in all directions.

Li Mo launched the Thunder Bomb Technique in a flash, and a fleeing horse thief fell to the ground on the spot.

After a while.

Because he had a mission to complete and he also had to protect Xiong Shaoan, Li Mo did not continue the pursuit. Instead, he began to collect the spoils here and unexpectedly found a lot of silver.

As for the remaining rough work, leave it to the people from the escort agency.

"I am Li Mo, a disciple of the Lingmu Sect. Since these bandits are wanted by the government, please bring the bodies with you and follow me to the nearest police station to report to them."

Seeing this, everyone in the Leishun Escort Agency was really frightened.

The battle between the two sides just now was not long, only about a quarter of an incense stick at most. This young man actually used thunder magic and killed so many thieves in one breath in the flash of lightning. This was really terrifying.

As for the people Li Mo killed with his martial arts, they were automatically ignored by these people.

The deterrence of magic to mortals is like the blood suppression of natural enemies. Unless it is a well-trained army, ordinary people will subconsciously flee after seeing it.

"Ah, okay, quick!"

After Manager Lei reacted, he quickly ordered his men to collect the bodies and report to the nearest authorities to collect the reward.

"I don't know how much reward I can get. I can exchange it all for spirit stones when the time comes."

Li Mo thought so in his heart.

He couldn't help but feel secretly delighted to have such an unexpected gain on his first mission.

But at this moment.

A woman's laughter was heard from the carriage.

"Hehe, Doctor Li, long time no see."

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, and when he saw a stunningly beautiful woman opening the curtain of the carriage and looking at him with a smile, he was immediately shocked.

"Wang Ying?"

This person was none other than Wang Ying, the Jade Fox of the Pingshan Society.

Li Mo also obtained the "Lingzhao Sword Manual" from her, and he didn't expect to meet her again.

(End of this chapter)