Under the gentle hillside, a group of six horses galloped over.
"Brother Shang, the water and grass here are plentiful. After a long day's journey, we can rest here for a while and let the horses catch their breath. How about it?"
The first person tightened the reins and said loudly.
I saw that he had big ears and should have looked dignified and majestic, but his slender neck ruined this feeling.
Following him was a martial artist with a broad forehead and narrow eyes. Seeing this, he quickly slowed down his mount.
Although there was some anxiety on his face at this time, the fatigue in his expression did not seem to be fake. Moreover, after several days of searching, he also heard some complaints from the team. At this time, he heard the patrol captain When he opened his mouth, he just muttered for a moment and said, "Everything will follow Brother Ji's orders!"
Captain Ji laughed loudly when he heard this, and said loudly: "Dismount everyone, let's rest on the spot for an hour!"
The other four riders cheered and dismounted after hearing this.
The broad-foreheaded martial artist moved his lips when he heard the words, but he could only smile bitterly and was speechless in the end.
This is a patrol team from Tongyou Peak, affiliated with the Guards Department of Tongyou Academy.
This patrol team has a total of five people. The captain Ji Shengnai is in the late stage of Wuji Realm. The deputy captain Jiang Changyu is in the early stage of Wuji Realm. The remaining three riders are also senior Wuyuan Realm warriors.
However, there was one more person in the team at this time. This person's name was Shang Quan, and he was a member of the Shang family.
The purpose of following the patrol team this time was to find the whereabouts of the missing Shang Xia.
Ji Sheng took off the water bag from the red cloud beast, raised his head and drank half of the bag in one breath. From his slender neck, he could clearly see the rapid movement of his throat.
Wiping the green stubble on his chin, Ji Sheng threw the water bag to one of his men and said, "Brother Shang, since we defeated the martial arts cultivators from the Fengyan tribe three days ago, has there been any other news about Shang?" Come?"
Shang Quan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Ji, I have been following your actions these past three days. If I really want to have any news, how can I hide it from you?"
"Yes, alas!"
Ji Sheng sighed softly and lay half on the ground, stretching his legs as straight as possible.
"Those Cangling martial arts cultivators have been defeated long ago. If your young master is still alive, he should be climbing to Tongyou Peak by now, right?"
Shang Quan's expression changed, and he suddenly turned around and glared at the speaker: "Brother Jiang, what do you mean by this?"
Ji Sheng smiled at the side and grabbed a grass leaf from the ground and held it in his mouth.
Jiang Changyu, who was glared at by Shang Quan, chuckled and said: "Brother Shang, don't be angry. Let's discuss the matter. There are so many people dead in the two war areas. Is it a new thing for a person to die on Tongyou Peak? What if it wasn't the one who disappeared this time? You merchant son, do you think our patrol of the Tongyou Road can search with such great fanfare for so many days?"
Shang Quan's face showed anger: "Tongyou Academy will not give up any student who may be alive. Moreover, it is not only Shang Xia who is missing, but also more than a dozen students from Room C!"
Ji Sheng lay on the grass with his head in his hands, looking at the birds circling in the sky, as if he didn't hear the quarrel between the two at all.
Jiang Changyu smiled disapprovingly and said: "Of course the college will not give up on any potential student, so what Brother Shang should do now is probably to go to the Fengyan tribe to negotiate for redemption, instead of following us like orders. waste time!"
"you--"
Shang Quan pointed at Jiang Changyu angrily, but saw a mocking smile on the corner of this man's mouth.
So he snorted heavily, turned to look at Ji Sheng, and said, "Brother Ji, what do you say?"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Ji Sheng suddenly sat up from the grass, with his head raised and his face still solemn, saying: "No, we are being targeted!"
"who?"
"Where?"
The two people who were arguing just now became alert almost at the same time.
Three patrolling martial arts cultivators who were feeding not far away were walking quickly towards this side leading six red cloud beasts.
Normally, the patrols patrolling the Tongyou Road are usually a team of five people.
Tongyou Academy inherits a unique set of secret techniques for joint attack, which can combine the power of five people to carry out cross-level challenges.
Taking Ji Sheng's patrol team as an example, two Wuji realms plus three Wuyuan realms, with the blessing of the secret technique of joint attack, are enough to compete with or even defeat a martial artist in the early stage of the Wuyuan realm.
If they can use the Red Cloud Beast to charge in formation, then their strength may increase by another three points.
This is just an ordinary patrol riding on the quiet road.
It is said that the Imperial Guard also has an elite patrol stationed at Tongyou Peak.
In this elite patrol, for every five-person elite team, all members have a cultivation level above the Martial Ultimate Realm.
Such a team has used the secret technique of joint attack and has several records of killing Wu Yi Jing Cangling martial arts cultivators. It is said that they have also experienced the experience of escaping from the hands of martial arts cultivators in the late Wu Yi Jing stage.
Of course, such elite patrols usually do not appear in Tongyou Road. More often, they appear in the chaotic area in front of Tongyou Peak, wandering on the edge of a life-and-death fight with the extraordinary martial arts cultivators of the Cangling Realm. .
At this time, Ji Sheng suddenly noticed that the prying eyes from a distance were falling on him again, so he stood up suddenly and shouted: "Who is there, come out!"
The team members behind Ji Sheng almost acted as a reflex and stood in their respective positions according to the secret technique of combined attack.
Shang Quan has been completely excluded from this joint attack formation at this time. Once he meets the enemy, he can only face it independently.
At this time, behind a rock a hundred feet away in the direction Ji Sheng was looking, a man stood up, waved to them, and trotted towards them.
"But the Tongyou Peak patrol? Uncle Quan? It's me, I'm Shang Xia!"
As the sound came, the person coming was getting closer and closer to them. If it wasn't the Shang Xia they were looking for, who could it be?
"Xia'er, it's Xia'er!"
Shang Quan looked at Shang Xia, who was unharmed, and laughed with relief, and hurried forward to meet him.
But just after taking two steps, Shang Quan suddenly stopped, turned back to look at Jiang Changyu, who looked a little unnatural, and said: "It seems that Shang does not need to waste any more time, but there is no need to negotiate for redemption. But Brother Jiang has to continue running to find the whereabouts of other missing people, and maybe even go to the Fengyan tribe to negotiate and redeem people!"
These words were like a slap on Jiang Changyu's face.
Shang Quan gave a long laugh and turned around to meet Shang Xia.
Jiang Changyu, who was behind him, looked at the scene where the uncle and nephew reunited, his face turned livid, and he let out a cold snort.
…………
After Shang Xia led everyone to leave the closed valley, he discovered that they had no idea which direction to go in order to reach Tongyou Peak.
Although Shang Xia had been reminded before, just go to the highest mountain and you can succeed.
But now that so many people are following him, Shang Xia has many more constraints.
In desperation, Shang Xia could only lead everyone back to the place where they were initially attacked, and then proceed in the same direction as the convoy to Tongyou Peak.
Fortunately, Shang Xia was able to rely on the vigilance of the mutated swifts, allowing them to avoid danger many times, and they made it all the way without any danger.
Despite this, in order to avoid danger as much as possible, Shang Xia often walked to the front and kept a certain distance from those behind.
Until Shang Xia met Ji Sheng and others who were dismounting to rest on this gentle slope.
Originally, Shang Xia wanted to further confirm the identities of several people, but he soon discovered an acquaintance among the six people, who was his uncle Shang Quan.
Now there is no doubt about the identities of these people, and Shang Xia can even confirm that these people should also be looking for them.
Even though Shang Xia had gone through life and death this time, he had quite a bit of experience, and he was suddenly very excited. His energy was slightly disturbed after he had just advanced, and he was noticed by the alert Ji Sheng.
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"Just come back, just come back!"
Shang Quan laughed loudly while patting his nephew on the shoulder.
At this moment, a strange and sinister voice came through: "It is indeed a good thing. It also saves us the trouble of having to patrol the Netherworld Road. In order to find a person who escaped from the battle, we delayed the main task of patrolling the Netherworld Road."
Shang Quan suddenly turned his head and glared at the person who spoke.
Shang Xia also looked at the speaker with some surprise, and asked with confusion on his face: "Who is this...?"
Shang Quan forced a smile and said, "Come on, Xia'er, let me introduce you..."
"Rover team?"
Shang Xia directly interrupted the clan uncle's words and said: "I'm not interested in listening to their introduction. A group of people who even let their opponents come and go and eat useless snacks in their own back garden are just showing off!"
"you--"
Not only Jiang Changyu, who had just spoken, but also the rest of the patrol team also glared at Shang Xia at this time.
However, what Shang Xia said was true. Letting people from the Fengyan tribe sneak into Tongyou Road, intercept the convoy, and cause many casualties in Tongyou Academy. This was the dereliction of duty of the Tongyou Road patrol.
In fact, ever since the news of the convoy being hijacked and the heavy casualties among the people escorting the convoy spread back to Tongyou Peak, the patrol has been under unimaginable accusations and pressure.
Even the boss of Tongyou Peak's patrol supervisor, Ji Wenlong, the deputy director of Tongyou Academy, personally arrived at Tongyou Peak a few days ago to take charge.
Ji Sheng, the captain of the patrol team, originally planned not to participate in such a verbal dispute, but as soon as Shang Xia opened his mouth, the entire patrol team was involved, but he could not pretend not to hear.
"shit!"
Ji Sheng said angrily: "What do you know that you dare to accuse the entire patrol?"
Jiang Changyu rolled his eyes at the side and sneered: "What kind of status does he have? Naturally, he has the right not to take us patrollers seriously!"
This is a time when Shengsheng wants to escalate the conflict between the merchant and the entire patrol.
Shang Quan's expression changed, and he immediately reprimanded: "How presumptuous! Who do you think you are, dare to sow discord between merchants and patrols? Don't forget, the patrols are short of manpower, and it is our merchants who are the first to help!"
"Brother Shang, don't be upset, my subordinates are just ignorant!"
After saying that, Ji Sheng turned around and glared at Jiang Changyu, telling him to shut up.
Shang Quan also turned to explain to Shang Xia: "There was a reason for the incident that day. Most of the manpower on the patrol was redeployed in advance, which directly led to the shortage of manpower for patrolling the Netherworld Road. This allowed Cangling martial cultivator to take advantage of the loophole."
As for the reason why most of the patrolmen were redeployed, Shang Quan did not say, nor did Shang Xia ask.
After finding Shang Xia, Shang Quan was relieved and said to Ji Sheng: "Brother Ji, look at this... what are your plans next?"
Ji Sheng understood that Shang Quan had no intention of continuing to patrol with everyone after he found the person. Although he felt unhappy, he understood his mood and said: "Since nephew Shang has been found, then Brother Shang will take him back to Tongtong first." Go to Youfeng, it will save Uncle Ke from worrying."
Shang Quan looked happy and said, "Thank you so much for Brother Ji. When my nephew is sent back to Tongyou Peak, Shang will definitely come back to help Brother Ji!"
Before Ji Sheng opened his mouth, Jiang Changyu's voice came over again: "Hey, out of the seventeen missing members of Room C, only one of them, Quan Xu Quanwei, has returned. What a blessing!"
Shang Xia suddenly stood still and looked at Jiang Changyu carefully.
Ji Sheng said in a deep voice: "Shut up!"
Jiang Changyu stood up, ignoring Ji Sheng's eyes to stop him, and said: "What, do you dare to do it but not admit it? Do you dare to say that you were not the first to escape that day? Everyone else was resisting desperately, and your classmate was captured. There has been no news yet, but you are back unscathed now. It is really not worth the loss of those who were killed and injured!"
