Lin Qingyuan, holding a shovel, charged towards the leader.
Beside the scruffy-bearded strongman, a nimble, sharp-mouthed fellow with monkey-like features saw this.
He suddenly shouted.
"Big Brother, he's going to grab you!"
The strongman's expression turned grim.
"Damn it, does he think I'm a pushover? You little brat, die!"
The strongman saw Lin Qingyuan was already upon him.
He brandished his rusty, dilapidated shovel and swung it towards Lin Qingyuan.
He raised his left axe to block the shovel.
His right axe swept horizontally.
It aimed straight for Lin Qingyuan's waist.
If this strike landed, Lin Qingyuan would surely be torn to shreds.
Chu Tian narrowed his eyes.
He thought, this kid is so boisterous, surely he's more than just these two moves?
But looking at his gait,
He didn't seem like a warrior at all.
His speed wasn't fast, and he had almost tripped over a stone just now.
But this kid dared to charge forward, would he really die just like that?
"Ah... quickly save him..."
Seventh Princess Lin Qiaoqiao, she was also quite skilled.
Of course, only among ordinary people.
Seeing the opponent's moves, and her familiarity with Lin Qingyuan,
She was naturally extremely worried.
However, Chu Tian did not move.
It wasn't that he didn't want to move, but in the instant Chu Tian's eyes narrowed,
He noticed a ripple from the shovel in the kid's hand.
That ripple was just like when Shou Shou and others had appeared before.
This seemingly ordinary, unremarkable shovel... possessed a weapon spirit!
A weapon with a weapon spirit was more than enough to deal with these commoners.
At the same time, the shoes the kid was wearing were also extraordinary.
When the strongman's axe swept over,
The shoes flashed, and Lin Qingyuan's body leaped high into the air.
The strongman's axe slid past him.
Lin Qingyuan seized the opportunity and performed a "Standing Chop to Mount Hua."
From top to bottom, he fiercely smashed the shovel onto the strongman's axe.
Clang...
A crisp sound.
Followed by a scream.
The strongman, holding the axe with one hand, had his palm explode into a mist of blood from the impact.
His axe also flew back.
It directly struck his own chest.
The massive double-bladed axe, half of its blade submerged, protruded from his back.
Lin Qingyuan, after landing, stared intently at the blood-covered strongman before him.
The strongman's eyes were wide open, but he was already dead.
Silence.
After a moment of silence,
A shrill cry...
"Ah... Boss is dead, tough opponent... Scatter!"
The voice came from the sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced fellow standing nearby.
His scream,
Startled Lin Qingyuan, who was still in a daze.
"I... I killed someone!"
The kid, snapping out of his stupor, took a step back.
After two steps back, he bent over and began to vomit.
Chu Tian rolled his eyes at the sight.
After waiting so long, you still haven't processed that you killed someone... Did you charge forward just to spar with them?
Chu Tian couldn't help but sigh, wondering what on earth this kid's brain was thinking.
These fellows were going to capture the two sisters and claim the bounty from the government.
A prince and princess of an enemy nation falling into enemy hands, could they survive?
However, Chu Tian didn't have time to bother with him now.
He let out a cold snort.
"Hmph... Whoever dares to run, all of you shall die!"
As he spoke, with bursts of roaring sound,
A phantom of a leopard appeared behind Chu Tian.
However, with his shout, the group of people looked back.
They wished even more that their parents had given them more legs.
Chu Tian, seeing that his shout was useless,
His expression immediately turned grim, and his body flickered.
Seventh Princess, only realized this when Chu Tian's body disappeared.
She quickly ran towards Lin Qingyuan.
And in the distant mountain forest, where the screams had been.
They lasted only a moment before silence fell.
Then, the sound of scattered footsteps.
It was the group of people who had just fled.
They were retreating step by step.
In front of them was Chu Tian, who had just left.
He leisurely walked back, step by step.
The group of people looked at Chu Tian as if he were a demon.
In an instant, their numbers had decreased by a third, all thanks to this man.
Anyone who attempted to escape had no exceptions, all perishing in the dense forest.
This naturally included the sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced fellow.
"L-Lord... we won't run... is there a chance to live?"
An elder, of advanced age, trembled, but he was slightly better off than those younger ones.
Seeing that Chu Tian, as he had said, wasn't killing them, he mustered the courage to speak.
"You are heading into the city, aren't you?"
Chu Tian forced them back, not answering the elder's question, and directly retorted.
"My lord, we are indeed going into the city! These are the escorts we hired this time; we are transporting a batch of goods for a noble this time!"
The elder respectfully answered Chu Tian's question and explained their purpose in detail.
As Lin Qiaoqiao had guessed.
This group was a convoy.
However, Chu Tian didn't think so.
He showed a sneering expression.
"Are you sure you are escorts? Judging by your tone, you all sound like bandits?"
Just now, the sharp-mouthed, monkey-faced fellow, upon seeing his leader dead.
Shouted: tough opponent, scatter.
This phrase, in Chu Tian's hometown, was bandit slang.
It meant the opponent was too strong, and it was time to run.
He didn't expect the language in this world to be so similar to Blue Star.
"This... my lord... business is bad these days, so we occasionally moonlight as escorts... that's all! However, I guarantee that although we have robbed convoys, we have only targeted official ones! We have never bullied civilians!"
Seeing Chu Tian expose him, the old fellow confessed everything in one go.
The young men beside him were all stunned.
Some even gently nudged the elder beside them.
This old man had just revealed all their secrets.
Not only did he admit to robbing convoys,
But he also stated that the convoys they robbed were all official ones.
This was a matter of losing one's head.
After all, they had robbed official convoys more than once.
Although they never left any clues each time they acted,
The authorities had offered a high reward for their capture.
Now that their affairs were known, if anyone else overheard them,
They would only have to flee for their lives.
They could not return to Lingfeng Escort Agency.
However, after the elder said this,
Chu Tian instead smiled.
"Old man, you are quite clever. By revealing your background to me, are you telling me that you definitely won't report these two to the authorities, right?
Are you afraid I won't keep my word and kill you?
I am not the kind of person you think I am. I am keeping you alive because I have a use for you. I have no interest in knowing what you have done.
I am keeping you alive because I have something for you to do.
If you do well, everyone will be happy.
If you don't do well, hehe..."
Chu Tian chuckled at the end.
The old man looked embarrassed.
However, his purpose was achieved; he revealed his own shortfalls to show good faith.
Since they were all going to die anyway, the old man had a cunning idea and decided to take a gamble.
By informing Chu Tian of their background, he intended to show his allegiance.