Outside Daliang City, in the dense forest.
"Master! What's wrong with you?"
Ma Le looked surprised when he saw Li Zhiwu's face was bloodless.
He knew that his master was a martial artist in the martial arts realm. He was not the top martial artist in Daliang City, but he was definitely not weak.
It's really rare to get injured.
Li Zhiwu said casually: "Nothing, I had a fight with Emperor Jian'an."
Everyone knows that the national destiny of the Zhao family of Wei State has not yet been cut off, but Master actually dares to confront the King of Wei in the palace?
Ma Le was silent after hearing this answer.
Li Zhiwu ordered: "Get ready to go back."
Ma Le didn't ask about the reason behind it, and whispered behind him.
There was a rustling sound.
The other warriors who had been ambush in advance emerged from the dense forest one by one.
"Let them disperse. Now that the fifth prince has successfully returned to the palace, there is no point in staying here any longer." Li Zhiwu ordered: "In addition, if I hear any news about today's incident outside, let them Be careful about the lives of your family members.”
These warriors are forces he secretly cultivated outside and belong to his private force, so they obey his words.
Ma Le hesitated and said, "Master, you are injured now. Do you want to leave some manpower to escort you?"
Li Zhiwu glanced at Ma Le and said, "In your eyes, is Master You so unbearable?"
"Master is naturally unparalleled in the eyes of his disciples." Ma Le hurriedly took a step back and knelt down and said, "Disciple just thinks that we should be careful. Master is injured, and disciples are worried that Emperor Jian'an will take the opportunity to attack on the road. It’s not good for Master.”
Li Zhiwu sneered: "Emperor Jian'an, he wouldn't dare to give him ten more courages."
"But what you said makes sense. It's always right to be careful on the road. So many people are really conspicuous, so just leave two or three escorts, and everyone else should go back."
Ma Le nodded and said, "Yes, Master."
He is not the only one in the main sect who has cultivated personal power like him, and it has almost become an unspoken rule in the sect.
But everyone does it in private, and he can't be too public.
It's better to keep a low profile.
Ma Le handled all the following matters step by step.
For safety reasons, he deliberately left behind the two warriors with the highest level of cultivation.
An innate martial artist, a martial artist with a ninth level of knowledge.
Coupled with his eighth-level cultivation, Ma Le felt that it should be enough to cope with emergencies on the road.
Li Zhiwu looked a little impatient and said: "It's only about an hour away, why are you procrastinating like this?"
"Master, the disciple has made arrangements."
Li Zhiwu said in a calm tone: "You are indeed the most calm among all my disciples, but you are too timid and will not achieve great things in the future."
Ma Le cupped his fists and said, "Disciple, please remember Master's teachings."
"Let's go."
…
In Daliang City, Zhao Hongming kept walking.
His figure flickered in and out of the crowd.
While walking, Zhao Hongming secretly adjusted the shape of the muscles on his face, and soon turned into the appearance of another mature and handsome man.
With Huang Mi Xing's ability, Zhao Hongming moved very quickly.
However, he chased him all the way and found no trace of Li Zhiwu.
He stood in the crowd and paused, murmuring to himself: "Are you still too late?"
Ahead, a group of warriors passed by.
"It's hard to come to Daliang this time, how can we not have a good time, brothers?"
"That's right. Elder Li doesn't have any use for me, it's just what we want."
"It's just a pain for my second brother and the others."
"Hey, don't worry about this. Let's go for a walk. Let's go to Goulan and listen to music."
"Brother, you won't fall into it, will you? Listen to me, the girls in Goulan are like sand. No matter how much money you spend, you can't control them at all."
"What's wrong with it? Just make the sand wet that you can't hold, and that's fine, right?"
"This...brother makes sense!"
They walked together and talked loudly in the street.
Zhao Hongming's five senses were sensitive, and he could hear all their conversations even though they were far apart.
From their mouths, he vaguely felt that these people might have some relationship with Li Zhiwu.
Zhao Hongming followed him silently without expression.
Seeing that there were not many people around, he took a decisive step and stood in front of a few people, blocking their way.
The smiles on the faces of these warriors faded little by little, and they said in a bad tone: "What do you mean, Your Excellency?"
"I have offended some heroes." Zhao Hongming said politely: "I want to ask something. Is the Elder Li you are talking about the elder Li Zhiwu of the same sect?"
"I have a clan brother in my family who heard that Elder Li has a high prestige in the Zhengyi Sect and plans to visit him. However, he has been struggling with no connections. I just heard you mention Elder Li, so I came here to find out more."
When these warriors heard that they wanted to go through the back door, their expressions softened slightly, and they denied: "You heard wrong, we didn't say Elder Li of Lao Shizi!"
wrong.
Seeing how hard they tried to deny it, Zhao Hongming knew immediately that he was inseparable.
"Excuse me. By the way, I would like to ask which way is easier to take from Daliang to Zhengyimen."
A martial artist said impatiently: "Just take the official road north of Lishan Mountain."
"Thank you guys."
Zhao Hongming crossed his fists and walked quickly outside the city.
One of the warriors looked at Zhao Hongming's leaving figure and said, "There is something wrong with this man. I feel that he is deliberately asking for news about Elder Li, as if he is going to chase Elder Li."
"I guess he just wants to hug Elder Li's lap."
"Do you think it's possible that Emperor Jian'an sent him to kill Elder Li?"
"How is it possible? Elder Li has a martial arts level and a few brothers to help him. There are very few people who can touch him."
"But now Elder Li is injured, it's hard to tell."
"Don't worry about this. Even if Elder Li is injured, he is still stronger than us, so worry about it. Let's go!"
Zhao Hongming did not stop in Daliang and quickly walked out of the city.
There were many roads leading to Zhengyimen. If he really had to choose, he really didn't know which way Li Zhiwu would leave.
But thanks to those people, he generally had a direction.
Generally speaking, when asking for directions, people will subconsciously answer the road they just walked.
Zhao Hongming guessed that they probably walked along the road on the north side of Lishan Mountain.
He remained silent and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
Compared with the official road in East Lake, the official road on the north side of Lishan Mountain is much more densely forested, and some roads are narrow and difficult to navigate.
Ma Le and others chose to sneak in the dense forest in order to ambush, so they did not ride horses and only relied on the legs and feet of the warriors to move forward.
Now, when they returned to the main gate, they could only walk back on their legs. In addition, Li Zhiwu was injured, and they could not increase their speed at all.
Li Zhiwu was walking on the road, took out an elixir and swallowed it, using his true energy to relieve the injuries in his body.
At this moment, his steps stopped.
Ma Lezai said hurriedly: "What's wrong, Master?"
"It seems like someone is chasing me, very fast."
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