From a slave to the Great Qian Martial Saint

"Steward Chen, are you alright?"

Zhang Henian's deputy helped Chen Shi up and quickly asked him a question.

"Thankfully, the brothers arrived in time."

Chen Shi held the knife in one hand and covered his reopened wound with the other, saying with a wry smile.

The claim of "timely" was merely a polite remark by Chen Shi. In reality, the patrol team arrived more than an hour after the signal cannon was fired.

In other words, Chen Shi was incredibly strong. Despite being seriously injured, he fought against three opponents and still managed to hold out for more than an hour.

But his men weren't so lucky. The difference in strength was too great; eight died, and the remaining nine were all wounded, two of them seriously injured.

If the patrol team had arrived any later, these people would probably have been killed.

"Damn poachers, Manager Chen, don't worry, the brothers will definitely not let them get away with this."

The lieutenant, supporting Chen Shi, said through gritted teeth.

Chen Shi nodded, but inwardly he sneered. They were hardly poachers.

They are not only not poachers, but probably not even one of Feng Ji's men.

Although Feng Ji had many subordinates, according to Chen Shi's observation, most of them were low-level martial artists. However, the four who had just attacked them were all sixth-grade Divine Power Realm cultivators!

As for Feng Ji deliberately hiding his strength, that's unlikely. If he had four sixth-rank experts under his command, he would have been forced to fight to the death with Chen Shi last night, so it's impossible that he would still be hiding his strength.

In other words, these people come from other forces.

Fufeng Gathering!

Chen Shi's face darkened; he had already figured it out.

Although these four people were not wearing Fufeng Society masks, they all covered their faces with black cloths, clearly not wanting others to know their true identities, which was quite in line with the Fufeng Society's style.

Moreover, the Fufeng Society is also hunting down the Qilin!

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Chen Shi gave another bitter laugh, never expecting that he would make such a basic mistake and suffer such a great loss.

"Sir, what should we do next?"

After bandaging his wound, Zhang Sandao came over to ask a question, his face extremely pale, after all, he had almost lost his life.

Chen Shi looked at the others, and they were all pale-faced and still feeling lingering fear.

"Go down first"

After a moment's hesitation, Chen Shi sighed helplessly.

Whether it's Feng Ji or the Fufeng Society, he's injured now, and they'll be hard-pressed to deal with an attack.

Staying in the mountains would not only prevent us from searching, but it would also be extremely dangerous to search there.

There's no other way but to temporarily avoid the limelight and wait until the injury has healed before making further plans.

"yes!"

Everyone responded, secretly letting out a sigh of relief.

Next, we found a place with good feng shui to bury our deceased brothers. After a simple memorial service, it was already dawn. The group carried the two seriously injured brothers and followed the patrol team down the mountain.

The distance wasn't actually very far; around noon, we arrived at the military camp at the foot of the mountain.

"Steward Chen, what's wrong with you?"

Upon hearing the report from his subordinate, Zhang Henian rushed out to greet Chen Shi. Seeing that Chen Shi was covered in blood, he asked him with concern.

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."

Chen Shi smiled and waved his hand, then spoke.

"I'm afraid I'll be staying with General Zhang for a few days."

"Steward Chen, you are too kind. You are at home here. Please feel free to suggest anything you need, and I will do my best to do it."

"Thank you, General Zhang, cough cough~"

Chen Shi thanked him, then coughed involuntarily.

Seeing that Chen Shi's injuries were serious, Zhang Henian said no more and quickly ordered people to help Chen Shi to rest. In addition, Chen Shi's men also arranged for the camp doctor to treat him.

Inside the tent, Chen Shi sat cross-legged, silently circulating his Everlasting Spring Technique. As his blood and energy were depleted, the wound gradually healed, and the bleeding completely stopped after about fifteen minutes.

Chen Shi let out a soft sigh of relief and rested briefly before continuing to heal his injuries. Fortunately, his blood and energy were abundant, so he didn't need to worry about the Everlasting Spring Technique being depleted. Even so, it would probably take five or six days to fully recover.

Thinking of this, Chen Shi frowned again.

With the date set by Chilong drawing ever closer, there is still no sign of the array diagram, and time is running out.

Five or six days may not seem like much, but the problem is that he came to Yongqiu Mountain under the pretext of searching for the Qilin. If five or six days pass without any progress, Gu Tingshu might lose patience.

If he is recalled at that time, the search in Yongqiu Mountain will no longer be possible.

"Let's focus on recovering first."

But given the current situation, Chen Shi had no choice but to sigh helplessly and focus on recovering from his injuries first.

He then spent almost all his time practicing internal energy to heal his injuries.

The next morning, the soldiers brought some food. Chen Shi ate some porridge and then continued to treat his wounds.

Just as he finished practicing for two cycles, Zhang Henian's deputy general strode in.

"Steward Chen, the Marquis and his entourage have arrived!"

"My lord?"

Chen Shi looked surprised. Why did Gu Tingshu suddenly come?

Logically, Gu Tingshu should be in the Marquis's residence at this time, directing and searching for Qilin.

First it was the Marquis of Dingyuan's residence, then the Fufeng Association, and now even Gu Tingshu has come. Chen Shi's heart stirred. Could it be that the young Qilin is really in Yongqiu Mountain?

However, he didn't have time to think too much about it. He changed his clothes and immediately went to see Gu Tingshu.

Outside the main tent, the original soldiers had been replaced by guards from the Marquis of Jing'an's residence. When they saw Chen Shi coming, they did not stop him.

Chen Shi lifted the curtain and entered the main tent, where he saw Gu Tingshu sitting upright.

"Greetings, sir."

Chen Shi stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

Gu Tingshu looked up at Chen Shi and asked a question.

"I heard you were injured."

"It's my incompetence."

"What exactly happened?"

"It's Feng Ji."

Chen Shi, his face grim, recounted his conflict with Feng Ji.

Of course, to conceal his true strength, his direct confrontation with Feng Ji was only briefly mentioned. It wasn't stated that he injured Feng Ji, only that he was injured by Feng Ji.

"The Marquis of Dingyuan's residence, hmph."

After hearing Chen Shi's words, Gu Tingshu let out a heavy snort, his face icy cold.

Feng Ji first injured Gu Chenglie, and then returned Gu Hanying's draft letter. Although the two families were not yet enemies, they had already turned against each other.

Hearing that it was the Marquis of Dingyuan's mansion and Feng Ji again, how could Gu Tingshu not be furious?

"This is not your fault."

Since Feng Ji had come in person, and Chen Shi had only suffered minor injuries and had not died, Gu Tingshu thought that was already quite good.

"Take this pill and consume it."

Immediately afterwards, Gu Tingshu took out a palm-sized brocade box, which contained a vermilion pill.

"Master Xie"

Chen Shi stepped forward, took it, and swallowed it directly.

As the pill entered his stomach, he felt a cool sensation, as if spring water were enveloping his wound, and the burning, stinging pain instantly subsided by more than half. Moreover, Chen Shi could feel that the wound was healing much faster.

It truly lives up to its reputation as the secret healing medicine used by the Marquis of Jing'an.

"Your previous speculation was correct. I have received confirmation that the Qilin is currently in Yongqiu Mountain."

Gu Tingshu spoke again, glancing at Chen Shi's expression.

"You should focus on recovering from your injuries. I'll lead the others in the search."

"Thank you for your consideration, sir."

Chen Shi nodded and bowed again to express his gratitude.

Gu Tingshu waved his hand, saying nothing more, indicating that Chen Shi could leave.

As Chen Shi stepped out of the tent, he couldn't help but frown.

The Qilin was indeed in Yongqiu Mountain.

The Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion, the Fufeng Society, and other forces are all vying for the Qilin, and they are now gathered at Yongqiu Mountain.

Wouldn't that make finding the array diagram even more troublesome?