At the foot of Yuanlaifeng.
The execution team that received the order is starting to climb the mountain.
"The Sky Sword Team is mainly divided into three groups. One is the Taihua Group, which is composed of elites and is responsible for carrying out the important tasks of the Palace Master and Captain. There is also the Group Blade Group to which most people belong."
"The last one is the execution team that serves as the vanguard and is responsible for taking the lead in disrupting the enemy's formation and chasing down the enemy."
Ling Zhengzhi explained to Bai Xiuping on the side.
In this way, the nature of the execution team is similar to that of the Lingyun team.
Bai Xiuping asked: "The members of the execution team seem to be younger than other teams. Why is this?"
Ling Zhengzhi suddenly fell silent, lowered his head and said nothing. After a moment, he slowly said: "None of the members of the execution team have family members."
"Everyone has lost their loved ones since childhood. Many of them are orphans. They have grown up in Jianyuan Palace since childhood. The young lady treats everyone as family, so she is special in our hearts."
Bai Xiuping finally understood why the people in the execution team were particularly hostile to him. From this point of view, it was reasonable.
"But can you stop talking to me?"
Ling Zhengzhi glanced at the young leader and said helplessly: "Everyone has already started to show off to me."
The people in the execution team originally looked down on Ling Zhengzhi, but now that they saw the young leader always talking to Ling Zhengzhi, they thought they had a good relationship, so they became even more dissatisfied with him.
Gong Taihe, who was in front of him, turned around and said sarcastically: "Huh, it turns out that people are divided into groups and birds of a feather flock together. Two people with similar odors are piled together."
"Ling Zhengzhi, this is where you used to live. When you come here, you must take good care of the young leader."
Ling Zhengzhi immediately replied nervously: "Yes, senior brother!"
"Have you lived here before?"
Bai Xiuping stared at him and asked.
The place looked deserted, the land was unplantable, and it was hard to imagine how it could be inhabited.
Ling Zhengzhi still lowered his head and nodded blankly: "It was a long time ago. Before I could remember, I heard that I lived here, but I have no memory."
In other words, he had family to take care of him.
Bai Xiuping shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter. In Mingjiao, who doesn't have his or her own story?"
Xiao Nanfeng, who grew up in Beili but was forced to sell to the Ming Cult for unknown reasons, and Zhuang Fangliang, who used to be the captain of the guard directly in front of the Guangming Palace, but his wife was killed and he spent more than ten years like a madman.
And Nalan Jingzhi, a counselor who was once famous in the Central Plains martial arts world, has now become such a desolate person, hiding in the Shiwan Mountain.
In Mingjiao, no one will care about your past, and no one will pity you for it.
"Execution team, all stop and salute."
The leader, Lu Deming, shouted.
Countless swords are stuck on the ground in front of them. These swords have experienced countless winds and suns. The sharp swords of the past are now rusty.
Bai Xiuping stepped forward and said, "These swords are probably the unnamed tombstones of the members of the execution team."
Lu Deming was shocked and nodded in surprise: "How did you know?"
"These are the people who cannot escape Yuan Lai Peak."
His eyes were dim and always focused on the sword. Due to the incident at Yuanlaifeng, too many siblings died because of this.
"Yuanlaifeng killed your brothers, and Ling Zhengzhi, who grew up in this place, became the target of your exclusion?"
"Everyone just needs someone to vent their anger on."
"It's not right to do this."
Lu Deming gritted his teeth and said: "I know, everyone knows, so even if everyone ignores him and is unfriendly to him, they will not drive him away."
Everyone knew that the death of the members of the execution team had nothing to do with Ling Zhengzhi. They transferred their anger at their own powerlessness to Ling Zhengzhi.
Bai Xiuping sneered. He didn't drive away just because Ling Zhengzhi was a fool. He glanced at him sideways and said, "This is the execution team? Be lenient in disciplining yourself and being strict in treating others?"
Lu Deming, who was hit in a sore spot, said angrily: "You clearly don't understand anything, why are you making such rash comments?"
"Do you want to pride yourself on being noble and criticize vulgar people like us from a moral high point? Or are you saying that because he is the only one talking to you, you want to fight for him?"
Lu Deming turned around and glared at Bai Xiuping fiercely, shouting: "Young Master, do you need me to say more about your character?"
"Don't forget, you treated my sister..."
Bai Xiuping waved his hand and interrupted: "I do feel sorry for your sister, but that doesn't stop me from looking down on your cowardly and unjust behavior."
Bai Xiuping knew that he was in the wrong when he proposed to cancel the engagement this time. No matter how the people in Jianyuan Palace treated him, he was not angry at all. However, Bai Xiuping was a little angry at the execution team's behavior of bullying his own people.
Lu Deming snorted coldly when he saw Bai Xiuping acting like a gentleman and speaking righteously.
"You have been practicing in the Demon Cave for a while. Did you just change your mind there and suddenly realized that you were wrong and wanted to make up for the troubles you had caused before?"
"Then you are really amazing, you are noble."
Bai Xiuping said calmly: "As long as you are a human being, you will change. I can't always be that ridiculous person."
The mountain wind blew the sword, and the whine echoed.
Lu Deming was silent for a while and said slowly: "The danger on the mountain is beyond your imagination. Just wait here for a while and then leave on your own. I won't tell the palace master."
Lu Deming calmed down and said something that surprised Bai Xiuping.
He was the one who brought people to Yangming Palace to cause trouble in the first place, but now he is allowed to leave?
Just as Bai Xiuping knew he was wronged by Lu Liuqing, he, Lu Deming, also felt guilty towards Ling Zhengzhi.
But what was even more surprising was that Bai Xiuping chuckled and said, "No, now that you say it, I'm even more curious about this mountain."
The Yuanlaifeng mountain is steep and surrounded by heavy fog. From the foot of the mountain, it is impossible to see the true appearance of the mountain.
"We'll rest here tonight."
After sunset, it was not advisable to continue climbing. Lu Deming led the execution team to a cave.
There was a rustling sound, and Gong Taihe climbed out of the hole and said, "Damn it, it seems that all the weasels have been eaten."
"Well, it looks like we're going to be hungry for the next two days."
"There is no other way, what can we do?"
The members of the execution team who heard Gong Taihe's words shook their heads and sighed.
Only then did Bai Xiuping realize that the execution team had to obtain drinking water and food by themselves when they went up the mountain this time. This was also one of the training methods for the execution team.
Weasels are the main food for the execution team. Now that they are gone, they will naturally have to starve.
Gong Taihe frowned and said, "Team leader, what should we do now?"
Lu Deming had no choice but to shake his head and said: "We can only ask everyone to go to bed early and delay the fasting state as much as possible."
"that's all?"
Bai Xiuping stepped forward and said, "Didn't you say that this training is very dangerous? The mountain winds at Yuanlai Peak are freezing and cold. You want them to be hungry and cold while training?"
Being given instructions by an outsider who knew nothing, Lu Deming was displeased and said: "As long as you rely on your willpower and internal strength, you can survive."
"Don't you even have this awareness and just follow me?"
Bai Xiuping sighed and walked directly through the crowd towards the pothole without saying anything else.
"What do you want to do now? Didn't you hear the team leader's order to go to bed early?"
Ji Xinrong glared at Bai Xiuping fiercely.
Gong Taihe sneered: "Don't worry about him, how can this young master endure hunger and cold?"
Bai Xiuping rummaged around in the hole for a while, and after a while, he suddenly said: "Found it."
"What?"
"No, you can't, right senior brother?"
Gong Taihe couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. It would be too embarrassing if the young leader found the weasel instead of finding it himself.
He quickly rushed to the pothole, lowered his head and shouted, "Damn it, there's obviously nothing down there, I've searched everywhere!"
Suddenly a red and black snake swooped out and spit out its snake tongue towards Gong Taihe. Gong Taihe was startled.
"Wow!"
With a clang, Gong Taihe was frightened and stepped back and fell to the ground.
Gong Taihe said in panic: "Chi, red-faced snake, what are you doing!"
Bai Xiuping said blankly: "What do you mean? Isn't this just the food found?"
After that, he grabbed the red-faced snake and stood up, walking towards the crowd.
"Hurry up and throw it back."
"Why?"
As Bai Xiuping moved forward, the execution team kept retreating. Gong Taihe shouted: "Throw it away first, and I will explain to you, no, it is better to kill it, hurry up!"
Bai Xiuping said with a smile: "This is food, how can we throw it away?"
"If you're hungry, just go down and grab them. There are a lot of them down there."
The people in the execution team were stunned when they heard this, their faces were embarrassed, as if they were struck by lightning, and they said in disbelief: "You can't..."
