In the game "Covering the Sky," I can create nine kinds of immortal gold.

Chapter 129 A Messy Plot

Since he was already a first-level bodyguard, Zhang Taichu was the team leader this time. In addition to him, there were three second-level bodyguards, ten third-level bodyguards, and dozens of escorts.

It can be said that half of the entire Tiger Might Escort Agency's personnel were mobilized.

Of course, with so many people mobilized, the reward was also quite generous, a full one thousand taels!

This is definitely a huge deal for the escort agency! That's why they chose Zhang Taichu, the strongest fighter in the agency, to be the leader.

Although Zhang Taichu had lost all his magical power and could not use his divine sense, his powerful body, comparable to the Ancient Sacred Body, coupled with heavy weapons such as strong bows and greatswords, made him an absolute force to be reckoned with among mortals.

If this weren't a world of cultivation, but rather a world of ancient martial arts, and Zhang Taichu were equipped with heavy armor and a fine horse, he could absolutely single-handedly destroy an entire military camp.

In any army, he would be the kind of fierce general who could slay enemy generals and seize enemy flags.

Although the Big Dipper is the domain of cultivators, there is an unwritten rule that cultivators generally do not disturb the lives of mortals.

After all, mortals are the nourishment that sustains all cultivators. If mortals were wiped out, the cultivators would also have a very hard time.

Of course, rules are rules, but whether they are enforced depends entirely on the cultivator's mood.

"Brother Zhang, Black Wind Valley is just ahead. I heard that a group of bandits has recently appeared here and robbed many escort agencies."

A level-two bodyguard approached, but Zhang Taichu waved him off.

"If anything happens in a moment, just protect the goods; leave the rest to me!"

After giving his instructions, Zhang Taichu rode at the front of the convoy, leading it into Black Wind Valley.

As a result, they really did encounter robbers.

"Kill them! Loot all the goods, kill all the men, and capture the women to be your playthings!"

With a roar, a rain of arrows swept through the air, half of which were aimed at Zhang Taichu.

After cursing under his breath, Zhang Taichu took out a shield from beside the saddle and blocked all the arrows aimed at him.

At this moment, hundreds of bandits wielding swords and knives rushed out from both sides of the valley. Not only were these guys armed, but some of the leaders were even wearing iron armor!

Although these suits of armor were very damaged and clearly needed major repairs, they were still far superior to those of ordinary bandits.

"You even have armored vehicles. Looks like you've looted quite a few good things. In that case, there's not much room for negotiation."

Zhang Taichu hung the shield back up, then spurred his horse and charged out, carrying a lance in his hand!

One man and one horse charged into the crowd. In the next second, the bandit's body was sent flying like a sack of potatoes, and he was beaten to the side without a single blow.

"Prepare to die!"

The bandit leader was somewhat skilled in martial arts; he leaped more than three meters into the air, gripping his knife with both hands as he slashed at Zhang Taichu's head.

Zhang Taichu first knocked the knife out of his hand with a single blow, then struck him in the abdomen with a sweeping motion.

The sharp blade first cleaved through the opponent's iron armor, then cut open his stomach, and a section of intestines spilled out amidst the splattering blood.

Just when Zhang Taichu thought he had dealt with the other party, he didn't expect that the robber who had just fallen would instantly flip up and jump up, still howling as he charged over.

Not only that, but those henchmen who had been swept away by Zhang Taichu earlier actually got up and charged forward as if nothing had happened.

Zhang Taichu narrowed his eyes and noticed that one of the henchmen's left legs was bent at a 90-degree angle, which was definitely a serious fracture.

Even the most powerful person would have to lie on the ground screaming in pain, but this kid was different. Not only did he not utter a sound, but he also dragged his broken leg and rushed over quickly.

Yes, it was fast. The severed leg exerted force as if it felt no pain, looking just like a zombie.

"What happened? Are these robbers all on drugs?"

Unable to use his divine sense, Zhang Taichu could only rely on his experience to judge. He quickly discovered that the bandits' eyes were all bloodshot, with blood vessels covering their eyeballs.

That feeling was like the result of working consecutive night shifts.

Moreover, Zhang Taichu discovered through their encounters that many of the bandits' muscles were twitching, a sign of severe muscle fatigue, similar to cramps.

Anyone who exercises regularly knows that while muscle cramps are easy to treat, the pain they cause is real.

No matter what kind of exercise you're doing, if you get a cramp, you have to stop immediately and stretch, otherwise it will definitely be very painful.

But these bandits in front of me are still fighting even while they're cramping up, which doesn't seem normal at all!

"Monsters! They're all monsters!"

A gasp came from behind him. Zhang Taichu glanced around and saw something that shocked even him.

A bandit was cut in half at the waist by two bodyguards, his upper and lower body separated. But what horrified everyone was that even though his body was separated, the bandit's upper body was still wielding his sword and attacking.

Even the lower body is constantly moving, doing useless leg kicking exercises!

Zhang Taichu leaped off his horse, drew his sword, and beheaded the bandit leader before him with a single stroke.

His head flew several meters away, but what happened next was terrifying. The bandit leader, whose head had been cut off, was still able to attack him. The only difference was that he couldn't find the right direction, and all his attacks were stiff.

Such a bizarre scene is definitely not something an ordinary person could do!

"A cultivator intervened? Why would that be? Do cultivators also lack money? How is that possible! Or is it that the cultivators value the goods being transported in this shipment?"

At this point, all the bandits launched a suicidal attack, completely disregarding everything else, and would continue attacking even if their heads were chopped off.

Faced with such an attack, the bodyguards were no match for them and soon suffered heavy casualties.

"Forget the goods, charge out!"

Zhang Taichu remounted his horse and led the remaining镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) to break through the encirclement, completely ignoring the cartloads of goods and their owners.

He had already noticed that the owner of the goods hadn't even bothered to peek out after the robbers attacked. Clearly, this was a cultivator who had already used his divine sense to scan the surroundings and knew what was happening outside.

Zhang Taichu was extremely disgusted by this behavior of dragging mortals into the battles of cultivators, and since he had no magical power left, he couldn't be bothered to care.

Soon, Zhang Taichu broke through the encirclement and led the remaining dozen or so bodyguards and escorts outwards.

Just then, a figure descended from the sky and with a wave of his hand, dozens of strange birds with metallic sheen flew over and pounced on the bodyguards at high speed.

In the blink of an eye, all the bodyguards' heads were severed by the strange bird's sharp wings.

Zhang Taichu could have easily avoided the situation, but at the last moment he simply rolled off his horse.

As a result, I was hit on the back, my clothes were cut open, and I bled.

As for his horse, it was cut into steaks! It died a gruesome death on the spot.

Zhang Taichu pretended to struggle a couple of times, then lay down on the ground and didn't move.

Not only that, he also used the technique of feigning death, stopping his heartbeat, breathing, and pulse, and even rapidly losing body temperature, making him no different from a dead person.

Of course, if one were to scan carefully with divine sense, one could still see the clues, but that cultivator clearly did not take them mortals seriously. After succeeding in his attack, he stopped paying attention and flew to the carriage where the cargo owner was.

"Junior sister, do you think you can escape like this? We both discovered our grandmaster's treasure together. You actually want to keep it all for yourself? There's no such easy thing in the world!"

Dozens of metal birds flew around the cultivator. Zhang Taichu, who had quietly opened his eyes, realized that these birds were mechanical puppets, not living creatures such as demonic beasts or spirit pets.

"Mechanical puppets? That's rare in Shrouding the Heavens—he called the cargo owner his junior sister, which means they're from the same sect—wait, could those big crates being transported also contain mechanical puppets?"

Zhang Taichu muttered to himself, and at the same time, he suddenly discovered that his own seal had loosened—

A series of shattering sounds rang out, the carriage broke apart, the box shattered, and then several humanoid and animal-shaped puppets rushed out to protect a woman wearing a purple veil.

The woman in purple gauze was the owner of the goods and also the person who indirectly caused the deaths of all the bodyguards.

If it's ordinary cargo, then the镖师 (bodyguard/escort) is just doing a job for money, and if he dies, it can only be attributed to his inferior skills.

But the other party is clearly a cultivator, and it's very unfair to involve mortals in a battle between cultivators!

Both of them used mechanical puppets and called themselves senior and junior brothers and sisters, so it was obvious that the two were from the same school. Zhang Taichu learned about this in the following conversation.

To put it simply, both of them came from a small sect called the Puppet Sect.

Their master died long ago, and the two of them could only learn by themselves by relying on the sect's scriptures. By chance, they discovered a secluded place where the sect's predecessors had secluded themselves.

It contains not only the most powerful and lost Puppet Sect techniques, but also several precious mechanical puppets.

As the saying goes, one can only share hardship, not prosperity, so the two broke up.

The final result was a fierce battle between the two, in which the junior sister used despicable means such as poisoning to steal most of the cultivation techniques and all the precious puppets.

However, because her cultivation level was low when she turned against him, she was unable to kill her senior brother.

Meanwhile, the senior brother, relying on a small portion of the technique and his own talent, further improved his puppetry skills and began a long-distance pursuit of his junior sister.

The junior sister wanted to hire Tiger Might Escort Agency because she wanted to exploit an information gap, believing that cultivators would not travel with mortals, thus deceiving her senior brother.

But she never expected that her senior brother, whose puppetry skills had greatly improved, could already track her through puppets.

Therefore, strategy ultimately lost to power. After all, the world of "Covering the Sky" is dominated by strength. No matter how clever you are, it is not as good as having great strength.

What happened next was that the two disciples started fighting again.

In terms of puppetry, the senior brother is stronger, but in terms of the quality and lethality of the puppets, the junior sister has the advantage. Therefore, the battle between the two has reached a stalemate, and neither can defeat the other in a short period of time.

Just as the two were locked in a fierce battle, a terrifying aura suddenly erupted from their vicinity.

The two disciples stopped fighting at the same time and turned their heads in horror to look.

They saw Zhang Taichu, who had been lying on the ground pretending to be dead, slowly getting up. The aura emanating from him made the two of them sweat profusely, and they couldn't muster any will to resist.

"I never imagined that I would break through the final hurdle of tempering my heart in the mortal world only thanks to this melodramatic farce. Should I thank you? Or should I just wipe you all out?"

"senior----"

Zhang Taichu glared, and his senior brother's Wheel of Life was instantly shattered. His body, without any external injuries, fell from the sky, lifeless.

Seeing her senior brother instantly defeated by a single glance, the junior sister immediately knelt down and took out a jade slip.

"Senior, spare my life! I am willing to offer you the strongest cultivation technique of our sect!"

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