Chapter 84: Effortless

On the official road in Shu, Zhao Ju and Li Yizhen rode side by side. The sky was gloomy, like a lid that was about to be pressed down on the ground. It was going to rain.

After running for a few days, they were less than two hundred miles away from Jinguan City. Zhao Ju and Li Yizhen climbed up and looked far away. There was only a low hill and a forest that spread to the horizon in the distance. The two looked at each other and saw in each other's eyes that they didn't want to stop here.

Zhao Ju took the lead in reining in his horse, threw the reins, and galloped towards the distant hill. Li Yizhen held the reins tightly in his hand and followed closely behind.

The horse was the main means for the two to travel, and it was also a precious animal. Rain and wind could make the horse sick, so the two could only run to Jinguan City. Although Zhao could fly in the air with the blessing of true qi, it was not very good to jump around in the woods with a fat man of the same sex.

Let's ride a horse. It's not only comfortable, but at least it looks better. Therefore, it was imperative to go to the short mountain to find a place for the horses to shelter from the rain and rest.

Fortunately, although the short mountain was small, there was a cave that was neither too big nor too small, which was more than enough for two people and two horses. As soon as the two entered the cave, there were a few thunders outside, followed by heavy rain. Seeing this scene, the two couldn't help but shout "good luck".

The rain outside the cave was getting heavier, and the rain fell on the rocks, and the "pa pa" sound was endless, even the two people sitting in the cave could hear it clearly. Zhao started a fire early, and Li Yizhen sat by the fire, hugging his knees and leisurely warming up the tiredness of the day.

The two horses behind him ate grass quietly, and from time to time they nudged each other a few times. The cave fell into silence for a while, leaving only the crackling sound of wood bursting in the fire, the chewing sound of the two horses, and the rustling sound of rain outside the cave.

"Big Brother, let's find a place to rest. We can bear it, but the horses can't."

"Yes, Brother, I don't think the rain will stop for a while. Even if it stops, it will be dark. The horses will be exhausted after traveling day and night."

The voice came from afar, mixed with the sound of rain, almost inaudible. Li Yizheng, who was leaning against the wall to warm himself in the cave, naturally didn't hear such a subtle sound. Instead, Zhao Jue, who was standing next to him, suddenly raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. But he still didn't plan to release his true energy. He didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend, and it would be bad to alert the enemy.

The voice stopped for a while before it continued, "It's not that I don't want to stop, but in this desolate mountain, where is there a place to take shelter from the rain and rest?"

The voice in the distance stopped again, as if he was hesitating about something, but the sound of horse hooves sounded in just a moment.

"Brother, I saw a dark cave entrance not far away. I wonder if it is a cave."

"Oh? There is always a way out."

"Yes, thanks to the ancestors, we can finally take shelter from the rain and rest for a while."

When Zhao heard the three people stop talking and turn around to walk towards the cave, his hands on the fire paused. He stood up and looked at the cave entrance involuntarily.

Soon, after a sound of horse hooves, three horses came to the cave entrance in the rain. The leader wore a green Taoist robe and tied his hair with a wooden hairpin. After leading the horse into the cave first, he saw someone in the cave, stopped immediately, raised his hand to stop the two people behind him from coming in. Seeing that the two people in the cave did not show any hostility, he bowed and saluted.

"You two, the three of us are disciples of Qingcheng Mountain. We went down the mountain to visit friends. On the way back, we happened to encounter heavy rain. We saw a cave here and wanted to come in to take shelter and rest. I didn't expect you two to get there first. I wonder if you can make it easier and give us three brothers some space?"

The moment the person walked into the cave, Zhao Jue took a look at the person in the weak firelight. It was just a simple glance, and Zhao Jue suddenly felt that the person looked familiar. Li Yizheng next to him was about to speak, but Zhao Jue held his shoulder with one hand. Thinking of the interceptions and fights on the road in the past few days, Li Yizheng didn't understand why Zhao Jue did that, but he still kept his mouth shut.

"You said you are a disciple of Mount Qingcheng. May I ask which Taoist master is your master?"

"My master's name is Chengjing."

"Oh, so you are the disciple of Taoist Chengjing." Zhao became interested and asked in confusion, "I wonder who Taoist Wang Jiwei is to you."

Hearing this, the three people all had surprised expressions on their faces. The Taoist master who took the lead smiled and said, "I am Wang Jiwei, but I feel unfamiliar to my friends. I wonder where I have seen or heard of me?"

Before Wang Jiwei finished speaking, Zhao had already smiled. He didn't expect to meet him in the wilderness. It seems that he has good luck. No wonder he felt familiar at first sight, but he couldn't remember it in a short time. Now that he heard the three words Wang Jiwei, his memory suddenly became clear.

Lu Wenyu had seen this face for him in the duty room of Zhaoyu! Two thousand taels, it was easy to get.

Although it was in the wilderness, Li Yizheng was still beside him. If he wanted to kill someone, he had to have a reasonable explanation. So Zhao's expression suddenly changed, he looked at the three people coldly, and smiled, "Are you really Wang Jiwei?"

"How can this be false? My senior brother is Wang Jiwei, absolutely genuine!" The junior brother behind Wang Jiwei said hurriedly, with a bit of urgency in his tone.

"I said you are not Wang Jiwei!" Zhao's face changed and shouted angrily.

"Wang Jiwei is the most talented disciple in Qingcheng Mountain in a hundred years. Would he let go of the mountain? Even if he went down the mountain, he should have someone to protect him all the way to prevent accidents, but you don't even have a guard. What? You took the heirloom treasure to the street and exhibited it without a guard? Are all the people in Qingcheng Mountain stupid?"

"It can be seen that you are a fake!"

Wang Jiwei and the other three stayed where they were, unable to even utter a rebuttal for a while. The land of Shu is full of bandits who are not good at martial arts. Wang Jiwei is of the fourth rank. What kind of protection does he need? Even if you can't fight, can't you still run away?

But before the three of them could react, Zhao continued to shout, "I think you are bandits wearing Taoist robes!"

Before the three of them could react, Zhao's true energy poured out like water from a bursting river. He rushed towards the three of them unreasonably.

"Third rank!" Wang Jiwei was shocked. A master like this who has opened the door to martial arts would not let down his body and attack those below the third rank, and he is so unreasonable.

But before he could think about it carefully, Zhao was already in front of him. Wang Jiwei could only hold one with each hand and kept retreating on his feet until he was in the rain outside the cave. Pushing the two of them away, he turned around and rushed out in the opposite direction, shouting "Run!"

Zhao stopped at the entrance of the cave, smiled disdainfully, and ran? A few people who don't even have true energy are nothing more than bigger ants, how can they run away?

Although he thought so in his heart, Zhao Jiu did not move slowly. With a tap of his toes, he immediately turned into an afterimage and went straight towards Wang Jiwei.

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