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Qingzhou.

Three riders were galloping along the mountain road.

The Spring Festival was still some time away, but the southern mountains and forests were already lush and green.

The leading strongman steered his horse to the top of the mountain, tightened his reins, and stopped.

A young man and a beautiful woman followed behind.

The three of them stood on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the official road below.

"Look, those are the people of the Taiping Dao," the burly Yan Ju said, pointing to the long line of people on the official road that looked like ants.

From their perspective, the people on the official road were densely packed and difficult to count.

They all wore yellow turbans and held yellow flags, and they walked along the official road like a long yellow dragon winding along.

In particular, wherever the Taiping Dao passed, a large number of believers would gather, making the yellow dragon even larger.

"It's really hard to imagine."

"When we first went to Taiyang County, we only thought of the Taiping Dao as a small, unknown sect."

"Who would have thought that its appeal and influence would be so great, that the Great Virtuous Teacher could gather so many people for a single trip."

Yun Liao chewed on a blade of grass, marveling.

These words resonated with the three of them.

The last time they saw the Taiping Dao, it only had influence within Taiyang County.

But now, the Taiping Dao was about to extend its influence to the entire Qingzhou.

And looking at the current posture of the Taiping Dao, it indeed had the ability to do so.

Beside him.

Hua Lanyue asked:

"Senior Brother, I heard that the Taiping Dao and the Yang family are at odds, and the two sides have become irreconcilable."

"Now that the Taiping Dao is advancing into Qingzhou Prefecture, it is even more necessary to confront the Yang family head-on."

"From a benefit point of view, the Taiping Dao and our Guiyi Sect are on the same side, and this negotiation of ours will definitely go smoothly."

The matter of the Taiping Dao confronting the Yang family had already caused a stir in Qingzhou.

It is said that even the direct granddaughter sent by the Yang family to negotiate with the Taiping Dao had gone and never returned.

This matter naturally also aroused the attention of the Guiyi Sect.

One of the purposes of the three people coming here this time was to win over the Taiping Dao to fight against the Yang family and the Senluo Sect together.

Yan Ju said:

"Don't forget that our primary task this time is to investigate the mysterious expert who killed Bao Chao."

"The Taiping Dao's affairs are the icing on the cake, and it doesn't matter if it doesn't work out."

That day, in the county government office of Taiyang County, Yan Ju and the other two were injured by Bao Chao and thought they were about to die.

But who knew that an expert wearing a metal skull mask would descend from the sky and kill Bao Chao with a strange weapon.

At that time, Yan Ju and the other two only thought that the skull mask man was an expert sent by the sect to support them.

But when the three returned to the sect and told their master about this, they realized that the skull mask man had nothing to do with the Guiyi Sect at all.

An expert of unknown origin suddenly killed an elder of the Senluo Sect and indirectly saved three members of the Guiyi Sect.

This was no small matter.

Therefore, the Guiyi Sect immediately sent Yan Ju and the other two to investigate the whereabouts of the mysterious expert.

The three of them investigated Taiyang County thoroughly, but found nothing.

"Senior Brother, there are also some experts in this Taiping Dao."

"We must be more cautious in this negotiation."

"After all, we still know too little about the Taiping Dao."

Originally, the three of them did not associate the Taiping Dao with the martial arts world.

But it was not until they heard in Taiyang County that the Taiping Dao had actually sacrificed a seventh-rank martial artist to the heavens.

They then realized that there were many martial arts experts in the Taiping Dao.

Hua Lanyue suddenly said:

"Senior Brother, maybe that mysterious expert is from the Taiping Dao."

Yan Ju shook his head slightly when he heard this.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought of this.

But the Taiping Dao had many believers, and there were many people and eyes, so it was difficult to hide any real experts.

The skull mask man's shape was too outstanding, and it was difficult not to be noticed.

Yan Ju had also bribed believers in the Taiping Dao to investigate, and he was very sure that there was no such person as the skull mask man in the Taiping Dao.

"Okay, we will look for an opportunity to negotiate tonight."

"Master has instructed that this matter should not be known to too many people. We should find the location of the Great Virtuous Teacher directly and then go over to negotiate directly."

"After the matter is completed, we will immediately go to Qingzhou Prefecture. The sect will have an operation in Qingzhou Prefecture recently, and we will all participate at that time."

After Yan Ju finished speaking, he didn't explain much, just shook the reins and rode away.

When Yun Liao and Hua Lanyue saw this, they also hurriedly rode their horses to catch up.

Not long after the three of them rode away.

Two figures suddenly appeared where they had stayed.

These two people were like ghosts, and they appeared in place silently.

One of the middle-aged men was more than eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and a thick back, and his muscle lines were smooth and not exaggerated. Every inch of his skin contained amazing explosive power.

The other old man was wearing a washed-out blue gown. Although the fabric was old, it was clean and tidy. His gray hair was tied up casually with a polished bamboo hairpin, and a few strands of silver hair danced lightly in the wind.

Their eyes were fixed on the direction in which Yan Ju and the other two had left.

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice:

"I don't know who killed Bao Chao, but by following these three juniors from the Guiyi Sect, we will definitely be able to find the murderer."

"No matter who the murderer is, if he dares to kill my sect's elder, my Senluo Sect will definitely make him pay with blood!"

Relying on their feet, the two were able to secretly follow the three people riding horses without falling behind, and even without being discovered.

It was evident that the lightness skills of these two had reached an unbelievable level.

The old man then shifted his gaze, looking towards the Taiping Road's group on the official road down the mountain:

"The Yang family's ability to make money is equivalent to a money tree, and the Sect Leader has ordered that they must be protected."

"This Taiping Road doesn't know what got into them, constantly opposing the Yang family, causing the Yang family's business to suffer very serious losses recently."

"We've come this time to see if we can subdue the Great Virtuous Teacher and take him for our own use."

"If we can't, then kill him, but we must not let him threaten the Yang family."

As the two were talking, several riders had already spurred their horses to follow.

When these riders saw the two, they hurriedly dismounted and saluted:

"Greetings, Elders!"

It turned out that these two were actually Elders of the Senluo Sect.

The middle-aged man was named Tang Ren, and the old man was named Fei Chengwen.

Of the Senluo Sect's four great Elders, Bao Chao had already been killed, causing the Senluo Sect to suffer heavy losses.

The Sect Leader ordered that they must retaliate in kind.

According to intelligence, the mysterious assassin who killed Bao Chao probably had martial arts skills comparable to Bao Chao, and relied on strange weapons to cause Bao Chao's tragic death.

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In order to ensure nothing went wrong and to guard against the Guiyi Sect causing trouble, the Sect Leader secretly sent out two Elders at once.

Immediately.

Tang Ren waved his hand:

"Follow them. These three little brats from the Guiyi Sect want to contact the Great Virtuous Teacher. Maybe the expert who killed Elder Bao will also appear."

"We'll wait until they meet before taking action and wiping them out in one fell swoop!"

After Tang Ren gave the order, a group of Senluo Sect disciples immediately dispersed.

Their movements were agile and well-trained, and they were obviously elites of the sect.

Tang Ren and Fei Chengwen then used their lightness skills and quickly disappeared from the spot.

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On the official road.

The Taiping Road's group finally stopped to rest.

As the Yellow Turban soldiers began to dig stoves and cook, wisps of smoke began to rise slowly.

In the middle of the group, a yellow wooden sedan chair lifted its curtain, revealing Liang Jin's handsome face.

His gaze focused on an open space not far away.

In the open space, a young girl was confronting a middle-aged man with a saber.

It was Lu Qiannan and Miao Yuanzheng.

Lu Qiannan gave a delicate shout, held her spear and suddenly stepped forward, taking the initiative to attack Miao Yuanzheng.

"Good move!"

Miao Yuanzheng praised, then raised his long saber and fought with Lu Qiannan.

The two were at about the same level, which made their fight inseparable.

The Yellow Turban soldiers watching around also clapped and cheered.

Lu Qiannan failed to play a role in the last incident against Sun Yundu, which made her feel deeply ashamed.

Especially since she knew her weakness was the lack of experience in fighting with experts.

So during this time, whenever she had time, she would seize the opportunity to spar with Miao Yuanzheng and conduct actual combat.

Even now on the road, she never slacked off.

What puzzled Liang Jin slightly was.

Lu Qiannan, as a girl, did not like those soft martial arts, but preferred fierce and tyrannical martial arts.

So Liang Jin did not hide anything, and taught Lu Qiannan the "Northern Overlord Six Harmonies Spear", "Great Subduing Demon Fist" and "Soldiers Heard of Clumsy Speed."

Lu Qiannan practiced martial arts diligently during the day, and at night she lay on the cold jade bed with Liang Jin to improve her realm.

So the current Lu Qiannan was no longer what she used to be, and could actually fight back and forth with Miao Yuanzheng.

As for Miao Yuanzheng.

His saber technique emphasized frontal and fierce combat, with a slight lack of flexibility.

Simply put, he liked to stand his ground and output.

This caused him to often be at a disadvantage when facing agile experts.

But Miao Yuanzheng was already very accustomed to his own saber technique. Forcibly making up for his shortcomings was not as good as playing to his strengths.

So Liang Jin taught him the "Iron Cauldron Golden Body Skill" to enhance his defensive ability and his ability to survive while standing his ground and outputting.

Lu Qiannan and Miao Yuanzheng were the two people most loyal to Liang Jin.

The increase in their strength would only benefit Liang Jin.

So Liang Jin would not be stingy with Xuan-level manuals.

On the other side.

Yu Jing, Yuan Qiao, and Chai Wende were also watching.

As warriors who had newly joined the Taiping Road, the three were full of curiosity about everything about the Taiping Road.

At this time, they were watching the battle in the arena while discussing.

Yu Jing, as the highest-ranking sixth-rank warrior, his opinion was naturally the most convincing:

"This little girl's martial arts have improved really fast!"

"At first, she couldn't last five moves under Miao Yuanzheng."

"Later, she was able to fight Miao Yuanzheng for more than a quarter of an hour."

"Now, she can actually fight Miao Yuanzheng evenly."

"It seems that she has really worked hard at practicing martial arts these days."

Yuan Qiao and Chai Wende both nodded.

They had also witnessed Lu Qiannan's rapid growth with their own eyes.

At this time, on the flat ground, Lu Qiannan and Miao Yuanzheng were fighting more and more inextricably.

One was a fierce and powerful spear technique, and the other was a wide-open and closing saber technique.

This kind of head-on fighting style was particularly exciting.

In the arena where the two were fighting and sparring, dust was flying and fallen leaves were dancing.

The sound of weapons colliding was also endless.

Yuan Qiao suddenly asked:

"Yu Jing, who do you think will win?"