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Chapter 85 Kidnapping

Nestled among the mountains, dense forests and lush greenery provide shade.

Several people rode their horses along the rugged mountain path.

It was Xu Ning, Wei Changqing, and others who were on their way to Yunying City.

"I estimate we'll be back in Cloud Eagle City in another five or six days!"

Wei Changqing said to Xu Ning and the two younger men, "After another half day, when we reach the county town ahead, we will rest for a night and then continue our journey."

"The travel speed is much faster than I expected."

At this moment, Xu Ning was riding a top-quality horse with the bloodline of a demon beast.

One of the guards brought by Wei Binglin and Wei Zicheng was killed in battle, and his horse was temporarily lent to Xu Ning.

"Brother Xu, although you are older than me, once we arrive at the Yuansheng Sect, I will be your senior brother."

Wei Binglin joked, "I am an inner disciple of the Yuansheng Sect, while you are a newcomer to the sect and can only be an outer disciple."

"Then I'll have to ask Senior Brother Wei for help."

Xu Ning clasped his hands in a fist and smiled.

Although it was a long journey, having company made it less boring.

"Yuansheng Sect is the holy land of martial arts in our Feiyun Prefecture. Only there can we truly see what the right path of martial arts is."

Wei Binglin said, "Sects like Yuansheng Sect that can focus on cultivating their internal disciples are very rare. The surrounding major states are all divided and in conflict. Most of the energy of those sects is spent fighting enemies. A considerable number of their disciples have to risk their lives once they join a sect. Unlike our Yuansheng Sect, which is so stable."

"Original Sect..."

Hearing Wei Binglin say this, Xu Ning couldn't wait to see what the number one sect in Feiyun was like.

Da da da.

Suddenly, Xu Ning felt the horse beneath him slow down.

Not only Xu Ning, but all the horses beneath them stopped and stood still, appearing very uneasy.

"Third Uncle, what's going on?"

Wei Zicheng asked Wei Changqing.

At this moment, Wei Changqing's face was serious. He seemed to sense something and looked towards the distant horizon.

Yo!

A sharp, piercing cry rang out.

Suddenly, a gray-white raptor flew over the mountain and flapped its wings.

The raptor was enormous; when it spread its wings, it instantly blocked out the view above their heads.

"There's someone on that bird of prey's back!"

Wei Zicheng suddenly said.

Xu Ning looked closely and indeed saw two figures.

"It looks like they're coming for us!"

Wei Changqing realized something was wrong.

The greyish-white raptor circled above their heads.

"As expected, they are from the Wei family!"

The raptors descended, bringing with them gusts of strong wind.

A burly man with a face full of scars, his eyes were full of surprise.

In his hand, a cyan jade tablet shimmered with a faint light.

"It came so easily, now we don't need to kidnap anyone from Cloud Eagle City!"

The burly man laughed loudly.

His words made Xu Ning, Wei Changqing, and the others tense up.

They are the enemy!

"Stop talking nonsense and just do it!"

The other person on the back of the greyish-white raptor was an old woman dressed in a flowery dress. She held a grey wooden cane and looked very old.

"Okay, Mother-in-law!"

The burly man leaped into the air, landing easily from a height of several tens of meters.

"Who are you?"

Wei Changqing knew the visitor was up to no good: "My father is the patriarch of the Wei clan."

"The head of the Wei clan?"

Upon hearing this, the burly man was overjoyed: "So he's a direct descendant of the Wei family!"

He stepped forward, about to pull Wei Changqing off his horse.

Just then, Wei Binglin's five guards moved at the same time and surrounded the burly man.

Then, several men drew their knives and charged forward.

"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!"

With a mere wave of his arm, the burly man beheaded five skilled guards.

This scene gave Xu Ning a fright.

He knew very well that the weakest of the five guards was at the seventh level of the mortal realm, but before he could even see the burly man's method, the guards were killed.

"This is……"

Wei Changqing's pupils contracted: "It's true qi... This person is a Void Realm martial artist!"

Above the mortal realm lies the illusory realm!

"You idiot, how could you just kill someone like that?"

The old woman on the greyish-white raptor suddenly shouted angrily, "The Crystal Flame Mine is short-handed. Taking these few back will make them rare high-level laborers!"

"I was wrong, Mother-in-law."

The burly man scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

"Hurry up and capture those three descendants of the Wei family and that mortal realm martial artist, and bring them back with you."

The old woman urged.

The burly man received the order and pointed with both hands.

Several streams of true energy were unleashed.

"It's over..."

Xu Ning felt a sharp pain in her chest and then lost consciousness.

Clang clang clang clang.

All four men fell off their horses at the same time and lost consciousness.

At this moment, the greyish-white raptor landed, revealing its broad back.

The burly man, one in each hand, tossed the men onto the backs of the raptors.

"Walk!"

After the burly man boarded the bird's back, the raptor took flight, soaring into the clouds and flying south.

"Originally there were six high-level laborers, but you killed so many that only one is left!"

Soaring through the clouds, atop a raptor, the old woman still grumbled, "You don't know the value of money when you're not in charge of the household!"

"Grandma, they're just a few mortal realm martial artists, aren't they?"

The burly man seemed a little embarrassed: "When we get back to Jifeng Prefecture, I'll catch fifty for you!"

"Once we reach Jifeng Prefecture, with your strength, do you dare step out of the family's territory without me by your side?"

The old woman sneered, "With all the ridiculous things you've done, countless people outside the family compound want to kill you!"

The burly man fell silent.

"However, this trip went much more smoothly than I had imagined."

The old woman took the jade token from the burly man's hand, gently wiped it, and then put it away: "I didn't expect to sense the Wei family bloodline halfway there. This way, I won't have to risk kidnapping people in Yunying City."

"With the Wei family bloodline, the Dao seal can be slowly opened, and at that time, the entire clan will be able to comprehend it."

The old woman finally showed a satisfied smile.

"My mother-in-law has truly devoted herself to the family."

"It's amazing," the burly man sighed.

The old woman smiled and said nothing more.

The greyish-white raptors, like sharp arrows in the clouds, flew tirelessly toward Jifeng Prefecture.

……

Jifengzhou.

On a certain crystal flame mine.

Xu Ning wakes up.

Upon waking up, Xu Ning found himself in a cage, with shackles on his hands and feet.

On the other side of the cage, there was a man with disheveled hair and a numb gaze.

Seeing that Xu Ning had woken up, he merely glanced at her and then paid her no further attention.

"Where am I...?"

Xu Ning looked outside the cage.

In the distance, a huge hole could be seen at the base of a massive mountain.

People kept coming and going, carrying pickaxes and pushing carts full of glittering red stones, their faces showing signs of exhaustion.

Beside them stood people dressed in leather armor, each holding a long, barbed whip.

Those people had arrogant expressions, and their clothes had a character that Xu Ning didn't recognize printed on them.

This time, the character "监" (jian) in Feiyun Prefecture looks very similar to the character "监" (jian) in Feiyun Prefecture. Xu Ning guessed that those people might be supervisors.

"It seems they really have been brought to the mine..."

Before Xu Ning was knocked unconscious by the burly man, he had heard them mention that the Crystal Flame Mine was short-handed.

"Who exactly are those two people...?"

Xu Ning still felt lingering fear when he thought of how the burly man had killed several high-level mortal realm martial artists with a wave of his hand.

"I intended to go to the Gensei Sect, but I never expected to be implicated..."

Xu Ning had a general understanding of the situation at that time; the two people had come to find the Wei clan.

He was just a fellow professional, but he was caught off guard and sent to this Crystal Flame Mine.

As for Wei Changqing, Wei Binglin, and Wei Zicheng, they are probably being held hostage by someone, but no one knows where they are.

At this moment, Xu Ning was fully aware of his predicament.

"We need to find a way to escape..."

Xu Ning had no idea what she would face next.

However, he knew very well that suffering was highly probable.

Xu Ning first looked around and found that there were no supervisors around. The other person in the cage was also resting with his eyes closed.

His skin was dull, and as he channeled his inner strength, he delivered a chop to the shackles.

"hiss……"

Xu Ning felt a sharp pain in his hand, but the shackles remained intact.

He tried several more times, but it still didn't work.

"Don't bother trying, it's useless, you might as well save your energy."

Inside the cage, another person opened his eyes at some point and said to Xu Ning, "These shackles were specially made for us; they can't be opened."

Upon hearing this, Xu Ning remained silent for a moment.

He looked at the man and asked, "May I ask where this is, sir?"

Xu Ning sensed that the person's strength was no less than his own.

"Um?"

The man was clearly somewhat surprised.

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