Chapter 169: Strike at Will

Jiang Yin was a very outgoing person. Seeing Gu Xia's surprised look, he said, "Excuse me, my friend. My friend is a bit stubborn, but he is actually a very talented person."

"This is not stubbornness, but principled. I admire him very much."

Gu Xia's words were true. He really admired people who could do things he couldn't do.

"Haha, my friend, you have a good vision."

Jiang Yin continued to talk, and Gu Xia responded from time to time.

From his words, Gu Xia learned that both of them were sons of merchants, but the Jiang family's business was getting bigger and bigger, while the Chu family went bankrupt due to an accident.

The difference in status did not affect their friendship, so they took the exam together.

Suddenly, the vendor came over and said with a smile, "Dear guests, can you hurry up? We are about to close the stall."

Jiang Yin glanced at the big sun in the sky and asked in confusion, "Why is the store closing at noon?"

Vendor: "Young master, you don't know. In the past few months, bandits have been rampant within a hundred miles nearby, and there are even people who cut off roads in broad daylight.

A few days ago, a caravan was robbed and dozens of people were killed. It was so miserable!

If it weren't for a meal, I wouldn't dare to come out, so I have to close this stall early."

Jiang Yin was surprised when he heard this, "Ah? If I had known that there were strong men here, I would have hired a bodyguard to accompany me."

He put down the teacup and was about to leave, and said to Gu Xia, "This friend should also leave quickly, your life is important."

"Don't worry, I have my own way to protect myself." Gu Xia chuckled, poured another cup of tea, and planned to drink the last cup.

In an instant, there was a sound of horse hooves trampling in the distance.

Swish! ! !

Then a whistling arrow flew over, making a piercing whistle.

The vendor's face changed when he heard it.

"Oh no! It's a bandit!"

Then more than 20 people came on horseback, stepping on the dust, waving long swords and sharp blades in their hands, surrounding this place.

The leader, a vicious man with a tattoo on his face, laughed: "Hahaha! Everyone! We in Jinglong Village only rob money, not kill people!

As long as you don't resist, hand over your money and women obediently, I will keep you safe!

Of course, if anyone wants to escape..."

The man looked at a scholar who was trying to escape into the forest quietly on the side of the road.

Then a horse thief galloped over, waving the shining long sword in his hand.

"Ah!"

The fleeing scholar was stabbed in the heart with a knife, screamed, fell down with blood all over his body, and died.

The leader of the horse thieves sneered, "The runaways are just like him!

I know that you are all people who want to pass the imperial examinations. If you ruin your bright future for a little money..."

"Shut up! Evil thief! I'm not afraid of you!" Then a scholar shouted.

His guard stood out with a long knife in his hand.

Several horse thieves dismounted and surrounded him, swinging their long knives.

There were a few clangs.

The horse thieves' long knives cut through the guards' clothes, but they couldn't hurt him. Instead, the guards killed two horse thieves with two backhanded knives.

The scholars around him couldn't help but show joy.

"Hmph! Golden Bell Cover!"

The leader of the horse thieves dismounted himself when he saw this, went up and knocked the guards' weapons away with a knife, and kicked them to the ground with a kick.

"...An enlightened master!" The guard spat out a mouthful of blood and said in surprise.

"Hmph, you just knew? Be more discerning in your next life!" The leader of the horse thieves chopped off the guards' heads with a knife, and looked at the scholar who had just spoken.

"Spare my life! Spare my life! I'll give you money!" The scholar knelt down in panic.

Puff!

The leader of the horse thieves climbed onto his horse with two heads in his hands and smiled cruelly: "Now can you all cooperate?"

The scholars who were just talking loudly were now silent.

The horse thieves searched them one by one and took away their belongings.

They soon searched Jiang Yin and Chu Wushu.

Jiang Yin handed over the money obediently, but Chu Wushu was unwilling to hand over a jade pendant that was close to his body.

"Stop! This is the only relic of my mother! I can't give it to you!"

"Go to hell! Do you want to die?" The horse thief took the jade pendant and kicked the thin Chu Wushu to the ground.

Chu Wushu's eyes immediately turned red, and he wanted to pounce on the horse thief, but was held tightly by Jiang Yin.

"Don't be impulsive, don't lose! Life is important! We'll find a way later!"

"Bah! Poor boy, do you think I need your jade pendant?"

The horse thief was playing with the jade pendant with pride, and looked at the person next to him.

The young man sat down, poured a cup of tea, and drank it leisurely as if he didn't know someone was robbing him.

"Hey! You guys are still drinking? Robbery, hand over the money, or I'll chop off your hand!" The horse thief slapped the teacup in the young man's hand.

"Really? All my money is in it." The young man took out a brocade bag.

"Damn! Another poor guy!" The horse thief grabbed the brocade bag and found that it was very dry, and immediately cursed.

"You don't even have a big dollar."

The horse thief opened the brocade bag and took a look.

A red light flew out of the bag, so fast that the horse thief didn't have time to react, and the red light swept across his body.

"What's going on?"

The horse thief suddenly found that the sky was spinning, and then he saw the terrified eyes of his companions, but he didn't understand why his companions were so tall, like giants.

"Monster...monster!"

All the horse thieves looked at Gu Xia, and saw him dragging a floating small sword in one hand, picking up the storage bag from the headless corpse of the horse thief and putting it back in his arms.

"Don't be afraid! Let's go together, the evil spirit can restrain his magic!"

The horse thief boss did know something, and knew that soul cultivators were afraid of the yang evil spirit, but he only knew a little bit.

A group of horse thieves surrounded them with steel knives, hoping to win by a random fight.

Unfortunately, they were too weak, so weak that Gu Xia didn't even think about stretching his muscles.

The Feihong sword in Gu Xia's hand soared into the air, turning into a blood-colored stream of light, circling the horse thieves.

In an instant, all the horse thieves stopped.

Then, big heads rolled down, headless bodies fell down, blood gushed out, and even formed a puddle on the road.

Seeing this, the horse thief leader knew that he had kicked the iron plate and was extremely horrified.

He rode his horse without looking back and wanted to escape, but after running a few steps, Feihong pierced through his back.

After easily solving the horse thieves, Gu Xia took back the flying sword, picked up the teacup on the table and drank it all, then rode leisurely on his horse and slowly left.

The few saved scholars had not yet reacted and stayed where they were.

"Wait! Sword Immortal! Wait!" Jiang Yin ran over.

Gu Xia: "What's the matter?"

Jiang Yin: "Thank you for saving me, Sword Immortal! What's your name?"

Gu Xia: "My last name is Gu and my given name is Xia. But don't get me wrong, I'm not saving you, they just disturbed me while I was drinking tea."

At this time, Chu Wushu found the jade pendant from the corpse and came over, saying: "Thank you, Sword Immortal, for retrieving my mother's relics for me. I will definitely repay you in the future!"

Jiang Yin also said: "Can you leave your immortal address so that I can repay you in the future?"

"Hehe, we will meet if we are destined to."

Gu Xia rode forward on his horse, and he didn't care.

After all, what kind of reward could two weak scholars give him? Killing the horse thief just now was just a matter of convenience.