Tianjihong also nodded. He was very concerned about Shopkeeper Lin, who had taken care of himself and his brother many times in the past two years. If the former was allowed to be intercepted by Na Gian Biao without knowing it, and any unpleasantness would result, Lin Rong would probably not be Na Gian Biao's opponent with his half-assed strength.
Since Li Ming didn't know when he would return from this trip, after giving some instructions before leaving, the two agreed to meet in the village two days later at the latest during the Tianbao Pavilion auction. After saying that, the two of them started to act separately. Due to the special situation, Tianjihong did not dare to leave his younger brother at home easily, so he took the latter with him to the head of the village and temporarily sent Tianji Fei to the head of Huai Village. at home.
The words were divided into two parts. Shopkeeper Lin and his son Lin Rong, who had arrived early in the morning, were already on the road to Dongsheng Town after a long journey. Because they were worried about possible attacks by spiritual beasts around them, the two of them marched with caution and caution. However, the journey was unexpectedly smooth, until the two were about to arrive when Tianjihong returned from the mountains and forests two days ago. At the fork in the road, Lin Rong, who was half a monk, realized that the situation around him was a little subtle.
Speaking of which, Lin Rong's cultivation level is only at the late stage of the Body Refining Realm. However, because he has been working as a messenger for many years and travels to and from the village and the outside world all year round, he is still very sensitive to the surrounding sensations; he has also been in Dongsheng for a long time. Zhenzhong has condensed his own fighting soul, and in terms of soul power cultivation, he will not be much weaker than Tianjihong who started later.
At this time, when he suddenly realized that the birds and beasts in the forest had stopped making noise, Lin Rong immediately realized that something was wrong. His first reaction was to protect his unarmed father behind him. Just as he was about to open his mouth to warn Shopkeeper Lin that the danger was coming, he heard a "crack" in the dense forest beside him, and six or seven masked black figures leaping into the air from the bushes holding knives. In the blink of an eye, a few people surrounded the Lin family father and son in the center.
"Who are you? How dare you rob in the street in broad daylight?" Lin Rong scolded sternly. For the sake of safety, I and my father took the main road where caravans usually pass by. In all my years as a messenger, I have never seen such a blatant bandit who dared to intercept travelers on the street.
However, no one in the few black shadows that gradually surrounded them made a sound. Only the movement of a few people intentionally or unintentionally exposed the retreat route of the besieged father and son in the center. Lin Rong, who had some combat experience, He immediately detected the loopholes in the encirclement, so he quickly pushed his father behind him to the less guarded rear, and secretly used his fingers to signal the latter to break out from behind.
However, shopkeeper Lin behind him shook his head slightly and said in a low voice: "We can't just return to the village like this. We must do what the village chief told us to accomplish, otherwise we will go back in vain today and don't know Several lives will be lost at the hands of that beast."
Lin Rong paused and nodded to express his understanding, then whispered back: "Dad, just go back with confidence. I took a look at the general level of these guys and they are not too high. As long as you can escape safely, I am fully confident." You can deal with these guys. Even if you can't defeat them, it won't take much to escape from these guys. You quickly go back to the village and inform the village chief that they are wary of this group of desperadoes, and leave the matter in Dongsheng Town to me. Me."
Shopkeeper Lin had no better solution at this time, so he could only follow Lin Rong's instructions and slowly retreat towards the back of the encirclement. At this time, Lin Rong, whose nerves were always tense, was finally surprised to find that as the two gradually broke out to the rear, the black figures beside them not only did not suddenly attack, but instead deliberately gave way to a path. , as if he wanted to let the two of them go on purpose.
For such a group of strange robbers who had no intention of killing anyone and were silent and did not make any demands, Lin Rong seemed to feel something unusual in his subconscious. However, with the crisis and the important mission on his shoulders, he had no time to think. The reason is that we still plan to proceed according to the original plan. Anyway, these people had no intention of harming the father and son at this time. Lin Rong, who was worried about the safety of his father behind him, was also happy to see such a scene.
When he sensed that the two were about to escape the siege of the robbers, Lin Rong knew that if the people he encountered at this moment did not take action, there would be no chance, so he did not think further about the reason why the other party was not moving, and directly changed He was cowering before and shouted loudly to let his father behind him run for his life. He immediately took out a short gun from his storage bag as a weapon and attacked the people in front of him first.
Behind him, shopkeeper Lin, who was in a heart-to-heart relationship with his father and son, immediately understood. He stood up and ran towards the dense forest covered by bushes. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the sight of several people. On the other hand, the masked robbers were obviously not prepared at all for Lin Rong, who was attacking them. They did not expect at all in their plan that the young man in front of them, whose cultivation level was no higher than the Body Refining Realm, would dare to risk it. Taking huge risks to attack them.
However, as good players, they quickly reacted. The order they received was to block the father and son's way to Dongsheng Town at all costs. If necessary, they could get permission to deal with them on the spot. . It was just not their original intention to let one of them go back and report the news. If Lin Rong was killed here, as soon as shopkeeper Lin went back and told the matter, his group and the Donglin Village would definitely become friends. The feud would never end in a sea of blood. This was not what their group wanted to see.
Therefore, fortunately, there were such concerns. Unless it was absolutely necessary, several people were still unwilling to kill Lin Rong, who was attacking him. This gave the latter a fleeting opportunity. It's a pity that Lin Rong, who had taken the opportunity and advantage, was still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of cultivation. In addition, he was outnumbered by one against seven. After seizing the opportunity at the beginning and stabbing two of them with a short spear, It would be very difficult for Lin Rong to find such a rare fighter plane.
Lin Rong also understood that he could no longer be entangled at this time. The few people who were on guard quickly got rid of the dilemma of being passively beaten at the beginning and began to gradually gain the upper hand. What made him even more uneasy was that the opponent was obviously well prepared. The two shots he luckily hit both hit the opponent's arm or thigh. This obviously could hardly endanger the opponent's life. At most, it could only delay the opponent. offensive rhythm. The few times it stabbed the opponent's body were obviously blocked by the opponent's inner armor and did not cause any obvious damage.
Seeing the faces of the people in front of him gradually darken, and no longer showing mercy as before, Lin Rong, who suddenly felt the pressure doubled, knew it was time for him to escape. After feinting a shot at the face of one of them, causing the people on the right to step back subconsciously, Lin Rong quickly took out a broken talisman that had been prepared in his hand.
Compared with Tianjihong, who was so wealthy that he swept away all the treasures in the stall, Lin Rong obviously did not have such strong financial resources to equip himself with a life-saving artifact like the Escape Talisman, the Hidden Shadow Talisman. However, as a messenger who is out all year round, he still has some life-saving tools in his hands.
At this time, the talisman he sacrificed in mid-air is called the "Mist Talisman". Its function is to use the stimulation of spiritual power to generate a fog that temporarily blocks the perception of soul power within a range of about ten meters around the body. The opponent's detection leaves you with a chance to escape. Of course, we can know from this description that compared to a life-saving weapon like the latent shadow talisman, this fog talisman is obviously of much lower quality, and its normal price on the market is only one-third of the former.
In addition to being able to deceive ordinary monks with low soul power cultivation, this fog talisman's soul power blocking effect is effective for both the enemy and us at the same time. This means that if one is not careful, if the person who casts it is on his back and wanders around in the fog. , it’s easy to lose track of your own direction or even directly collide with your opponent. Even if you really succeed in escaping, the time that this fog can last is very short. If the other party accidentally notices the escape route, and your own cultivation is not as good as the other party, you will still be caught up by the latter. Compared with the latent shadow talisman for stable escape, it is really different.
Fortunately, the cultivation levels of the people in front of Lin Rong were not too high, and Lin Rong himself had experience in using the mist talisman. He had already determined a suitable escape route through perception before he used the talisman. . So while a few people were dizzy by the fog that filled the sky, Lin Rong quietly approached the promising breakout route beside him, ducked and passed between the two masked men who were unprepared, and then quickly activated The spiritual energy all over his body flew towards Dongsheng Town.
The effect of the fog only lasted less than two minutes. Even before that, one or two of the seven people had escaped from the coverage of the fog by accident. However, these two people were not the leaders. Before receiving the order, the two people did not directly pursue the fleeing Lin Rong, but first rescued their companions who were trapped in the fog.
"Captain, that kid escaped. Should we catch up?" After a few minutes, when everyone finally woke up, one of them quickly asked the leader of the group.
"Well...this kid can't escape the palm of his hand. For safety reasons, Team Leader Qian personally set up a second line of defense there early. However, what he told us is to do our best to prevent anyone from Donglin Village from arriving. People from Dongsheng Town, let’s not chase that kid, just leave him to deal with it on his own.” The leader said, then stretched out his hand and nodded at the two people beside him.
"You two quickly catch up with the shopkeeper who escaped before, and make sure that this guy doesn't take a detour through the forest to Dongsheng Town. The remaining people will continue to block the area with me, keeping an eye on the road at all times, and don't let anyone go from the east. People from the village!”
