Chapter Ninety-Three Leaving and Returning

  Not long after Da Ge Zi and the Knight Skeletons retreated, the three of them caught up with the escort team.

  A massacre unfolded, a one-sided slaughter. The three of them unleashed their aura, overwhelming the escort team, which only consisted of Qi-refining cultivators at the high level, and annihilated them all.

  Then, the three of them searched the carriage, the bodies of the escorts, and their personal belongings one by one. After searching for three rounds, they still didn't find any clues, so the three of them reluctantly retreated.

  Guo Fei didn't dare to get too close, so he released his soul body ghost guard, letting it transform into a fog ball, and sent it through the grass thicket to investigate. With their cultivation level, as long as they didn't approach within fifty meters, they wouldn't be discovered.

  After the three men retreated, Guo Fei finally arrived at the scene and saw a field of corpses and scattered goods.

  From the description of Di Huang Gui Wei, Guo Fei knew that the three people should not have taken anything away. This made Guo Fei very suspicious, could it be that the Liu Ding Liu Jia Bing Zhen was not in this convoy?

  Guo Fei was still worried and searched again, but there was no gain. He picked up the two returning corpses and the ghost guard, and returned along the original route.

  Guo Fei walked back and forth while thinking, walking about five kilometers away. Suddenly, he stopped abruptly, then quickly returned to where he was hiding behind a large stone in the distance.

  "Thud, thud, thud!" As the eastern sky revealed its pale light, a five-colored deer carrying a warrior came galloping rapidly along the road. The warrior arrived at this place and saw the scattered corpses, seemingly without any surprise. With a flip of his body, he jumped off the deer, glanced down at the ground, then jumped to the corpse of a crossbowman, bent down, tore open the clothes on the man's thigh, revealing a thigh devoid of blood color. The warrior took out a dagger and made an incision in the man's thigh with one swift knife cut.

  His thigh was silently cut open, and a small leather pouch rolled out from inside. The man's face lit up with joy, and he quickly picked it up, turned around to mount the five-colored deer, and galloped away in the direction he came from.

  "Ah, so that's how it is!" Guo Fei thought to himself with a hint of excitement, his guesswork proving correct. Without a doubt, the Blackstone County Manor had long since set their sights on the Town Far Escort Bureau, but they couldn't make a move within the city walls. If they were to send someone to annihilate the merchants in the city, it would lead to misunderstandings with other organizations and merchants, affecting the stable development policy of Blackstone County. Secondly, even if they launched a surprise attack on the Town Far Escort Bureau, there was no guarantee they'd find such a small item, and it might even be destroyed by someone else.

  So they waited, waiting for the Zhentan Escort Agency to send out a convoy and then ambush it, catching them off guard. Only Guo Fei didn't know that this was already the nth wave of ambushes.

  The lord's manor has a plan, and the Town Far Escort Agency must have discovered it too, so they came up with this sacrifice of a few people to deceive heaven and cross the sea. In this way, Guo Fei will connect the events before and after, and he will understand. The big guy and the corpse soldier were able to enter the escort agency smoothly, it seems that they were prepared to let them die, otherwise it would be difficult for the two of them to mix in.

  According to Guo Fei's speculation, most of the escorts in the escort agency probably didn't know the details either. Perhaps the escorts carrying valuable goods knew a thing or two, but they must have been forced into it, or perhaps they were sacrificed for something else.

  Guo Fei's cautiousness brought him good luck, and it was precisely because the two corpse soldiers joined the escort agency smoothly that Guo Fei had doubts, which made him want to investigate further and not miss this opportunity. In Guo Fei's opinion, the fact that the two corpse soldiers could think of infiltrating the escort agency was already a big step forward. However, given their intelligence, it was unlikely that they could deceive the escort agency into trusting them.

  Kuo Fei let out a loud whistle and rode after the man, chasing him. Kuo Fei didn't immediately catch up to him, but instead followed from a distance, needing to get a bit further away from Blackstone County City. Once the people at the Manor House came to their senses, they would definitely come to investigate.

  The warrior riding the five-colored deer did not take the main road, but instead galloped down a secluded path. Guo Fei sped up and soon caught up with him.

  "Friend, why are you following me from so far away?" The man pulled on the reins of the five-colored deer and turned his body around.

  He wore a black leather armor, with a black hood on his head, making it impossible to see his true face. He also had a black cloak draped over him, giving off an eerie aura.

  "Leave the bag behind!" Guo Fei coldly snorted.

  "Heh heh. You're just a young punk who still reeks of your mother's milk, yet you dare to be so arrogant. Looking for death." The man let out a sinister laugh and suddenly rose into the air from the Five-Colored Deer, his two hands shooting out like withered bones towards Guo Fei's face, his palms instantly turning black as coal, looking extremely eerie.

  This person was fast and urgent, his body like wind and smoke, giving people a feeling of being elusive and traceless. Guo Fei dared not to be careless, his body also flew away from the Golden Hair Hou, the Xuan Tie sword automatically popped out of its scabbard in mid-air, flashing a fierce light into Guo Fei's hand, Guo Fei's Flowing Light Sword instantly struck out, a streak of light like a whip danced around him, forcing this person to retreat.

  "Wuzong!" This person exclaimed in surprise, with a look of incomprehension on his face. A Wuzong strongman as young as this was rarely seen outside of the children of great empires, great sects, and powerful families. Ordinary cultivators without access to superior techniques or cultivation resources were often stuck at the Yuanjing stage and couldn't reach the Wuzong realm.

  "Hand over the beast skin bag!" Guo Fei said coldly, sword in hand. Guo Fei knew in his heart that he was not a strong warrior of the Wu Zong, but after being promoted to Sword Guard, the sword shadow energy within him had undergone an upgrade transformation, greatly increasing his attack power.

  "Roar!" At the same time, Jīn Máo let out a sudden burst of speed, one claw knocked down the five-colored deer, and with one bite, he snapped its neck, opening his mouth wide.

  The man in black's facial muscles twitched, his palm stretched out, and from his pocket he pulled out a piece of animal hide. A flash of black light passed by, and his body suddenly disappeared.

  "Invisible!" Guo Fei was suddenly shocked, Guo Fei had read through the basic knowledge in the past few days and had seen this type of talisman before. It was a fourth-level "Invisibility Talisman", which wasn't an ordinary talisman. Its yuanqi was made from dark-attribute magical yuanqi.

  "Hiss!" A piercing sound came from the side, and the Xuan Tie sword automatically turned around to block it.

  "Clang!" A short sword and a dark iron sword collided, producing a fierce ringing sound.

  Guo Fei was shocked. If it weren't for the Xuan Tie sword having a sword spirit that could detect evil energy and protect his body, he would have been finished off.

  "Huh!" This person also seemed surprised that Guo Fei was able to dodge this sword.

  "Hiss!" A cold wind suddenly came from behind Guo Fei's buttocks, and Guo Fei's Xuan Tie sword discovered it in an instant, but it was too late, because the sword blade couldn't block the short sword from behind. However, its dangerous warning had been transmitted to Guo Fei.

  Kuang Fei suddenly jumped forward, but was still stabbed by a sword. A deep gash instantly appeared on his buttocks, and the pain was scorching hot. This was Kuang Fei's most severe injury recently, causing him to be greatly shaken. The man's attack power wasn't high, but the eerie stealth had put Kuang Fei in a dangerous situation.

  Guo Fei took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and slowly closed his eyes. For a long time, Guo Fei had always believed in his own eyes and feelings, neglecting the sharp insight of the Xuan Tie sword. At this moment, facing life and death, Guo Fei suddenly realized that sometimes human eyes are not as useful as the intent of the sword.

  Closing his eyes, he poured all his spiritual energy into the Xuan Tie Sword. A sense of resonance with the sword's spirit emerged. Guo Fei's reliance on the Xuan Tie Sword allowed a deep and stirring excitement to spread through his mind. The scenery within a hundred meters around him was reflected in his mind like a mirror image.

  In his mind, a dark shadow was jumping up strangely, and the short sword in his hand stabbed towards Guo Fei fiercely.