It wasn't until 230 people arrived that Qi Yunsheng gave the order to set off.
He temporarily incorporated Xue Zongwu's elite men under his command, and selected more than sixty strong men from the village. Then he went out from the west gate and followed the guidance of the Loving Mother Needle to track down the enemy.
The speed of these two hundred and thirty people was not slow, but it was not as fast as Qi Yunsheng himself.
Xue Zongwu's light body technique was taught by him. Qi Yunsheng had profound cultivation, long breath, and could run faster than a horse with all his strength.
But he made up his mind, never to take the lead or to be left alone, and moved forward together with the large army.
A few miles to the west after leaving Xiaotao Villa, you will find the famous Xing Lake in Mangzhou.
The lake was originally only a few dozen hectares. Mangzhou was widened and dredged five times and replenished with river water, making it the vast blue lake it is today.
When the team chased them here, they were blocked by the lake.
"The murderer may have escaped by boat." Bao Xin went to the lake for a quick walk and came back to report, "There are six small boats in Liao Village by the lake, each of which can carry six or seven people. Master, do you want to take a boat to chase him?
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Qi Yunsheng looked at the quiet lake in the night, squinted his eyes and thought for a few breaths, then shook his head: "Continue to travel by land, even if we take a detour. We are not in a hurry."
Xue Zongwu's martial arts skills have long been outstanding. Qi Yunsheng knew very well how powerful this disciple was. He was shocked when he heard the news that he had been killed just now.
Xue Zongwu is a general in charge of the army, and he possesses strong Yuan Power, which ordinary practitioners cannot compare to. Let's put it this way, there are not many people in the whole Yao Kingdom who have deeper Yuan Power than him.
And there are three lieutenants beside him, and they are also very powerful - although Xue Zongwu left the two strongest lieutenants in Shuangxi and did not bring them out.
Even so, they were still killed by Emperor Jiuyou.
The murderer's strength is truly unfathomable.
When tracking such a fierce man, Qi Yunsheng is also extra careful. He must not be frivolous and careless like Xue Zongwu and put himself in danger.
No matter how fierce Emperor Jiuyou is, there is no way he can charge into this team alone.
What's more, Qi Yunsheng himself is not easy to get along with.
Now, all he had to do was follow the murderer's direction, neither too fast nor too slowly, and he would catch up sooner or later.
He also sent people to the government to deliver the news. Officials and the army would soon arrive to join him and jointly search for the murderer of Xue Zongwu.
Naturally, no one dared to object to his decision.
But when they were about to go around the lake, Fu Wending, who was holding a copper bowl, shouted: "Master, wait a moment, the golden needle has moved."
The golden needle suddenly turned.
Before, its swing amplitude was very small, indicating that the murderer was moving at a constant speed in one direction; but now, it changes direction very quickly.
The golden needle points to the north.
Emperor Jiuyou went north again? Qi Yunsheng frowned.
But it was always a good thing not to have to go around Xinghu Lake. He gave the order and all the team members turned around and headed north.
The road to the north is not easy to walk. It is both mountainous and trough, especially when driving at such a dark night. It can range from sprained ankles to death. Fortunately, these more than 200 people are elites, especially Xue Zongwu's army.
Able to march at night.
After a short walk, you can overlook the jagged rocks on the north mountain of Xiaotao Villa, which is the starting point for He Lingchuan and the Weng brothers to spread their wings and glide——
They had arrived at the foot of the cliff to the north of Beishan. Looking up at the rocks at night, they looked like strange monsters.
It was pitch black everywhere, and Qi Yunsheng felt more and more strange as he walked.
At this moment, Fu Wending came over again holding a copper bowl: "Master, the golden needle is spinning around!"
Qi Yunsheng took a look and saw that the golden needle in the bowl was spinning rapidly, back and forth without any direction.
How is this going?
After all, he has held the Mother Needle for many years. After thinking about it for a moment, his face changed color:
"The murderer is very close to us!"
Emperor Jiuyou actually came back again, right next to them!
When the team heard this, everyone cheered up.
The scene when Emperor Jiuyou beheaded General Xue was witnessed by more than half of the people present. When they heard that the fierce man was coming again, everyone paid close attention.
Qi Yunsheng even considered whether Emperor Jiuyou discovered that he was being followed? Otherwise, why would he come back midway?
Immediately afterwards, the Mother Needle began to tremble.
This means that we are less than twenty feet away from the target!
"Alert!" Qi Yunsheng took a deep breath and moved his true power throughout his body to prevent Emperor Jiuyou from sneaking up on him. Witnesses just now had described to him that Emperor Jiuyou's attack was as fast as thunder.
However, the Mother Needle only trembled for a few times, then returned to a gentle state and began to rotate again——
The target is quickly moving away from them.
"Follow up, keep up quickly." After Qi Yunsheng finished speaking, he subconsciously stopped because the Merciful Mother Needle turned directly from due north to southeast!
No way?
Fu Wending pointed to the southeast and murmured: "Then, isn't that direction the Xiaotao Villa?"
Emperor Jiuyou has been on a journey, has he returned to Xiaotaoshan Villa again?
Next, the direction of the Mother Needle stabilized again, heading towards Xiaotaoshan Villa, changing only occasionally.
Qi Yunsheng's face turned ugly.
Wherever Emperor Jiuyou goes, he can follow him leisurely.
Only Xiaotao Villa can't do it! It's his portal and his foundation.
Many top-secret information about the Qi family and many dark secrets are hidden in the villa.
Once it is exposed, where will the Qi family have a place in the Yao Kingdom? Don't forget, there is still a Qingyang Supervisor who is eyeing them. If these things fall into her hands...
Qi Yunsheng finally realized Xue Zongwu's original fear.
But in order to track down the murderer, he brought out all the best men in the village. Now there are only ordinary servants and servants in the village, and there are dozens of guards, which pose no threat to Emperor Jiuyou.
Did that guy calculate his moves accurately before luring them away and sneaking into Xiaotao Mountain Villa?
However, they were in a low valley in the north, separated by a cliff from the north mountain of the villa, and there was no existing road. If these 230 people wanted to return to Xiaotao Villa, they had to first go around the west slope and then enter from the west gate. Not only did they have to make a good detour It's a big circle, and the way back will be even harder!
At this moment, two beams of fireworks suddenly appeared in the night sky in the southeast direction, both blue and red in color.
Warning! Xiaotao Villa is under attack.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Everyone looked at Qi Yunsheng: What should I do?
Qi Yunsheng was undecided.
In fact, there is another way to get back to Zhuangzi quickly:
Climb over the mountains and climb back directly from the valley below the cliff!
There is a "monkey path" there, which is the path that monkeys often take when going up and down the valley. Although Qi Yunsheng is over sixty years old, he is still more flexible than apes in the way of making light bodies, and the two disciples are no less generous.
They can go back over the mountain from here, which is more than twice as fast as going around the west slope.
But this will inevitably lead to separation from the main force.
Not all of Xue Zongwu's guard group are experts. It is impossible to climb back from this almost 90-degree cliff of 100 feet. The number of people who can climb back over the mountain with Qi Yunsheng is limited.
Could this be a trap? The opponent wants to isolate him and then attack him sneakily?
Will he make the same mistake as Xue Zongwu?
Qi Yunsheng was still hesitating, when suddenly there were several loud rumbling sounds not far away.
When everyone heard the sound, they looked up and saw the flames and black smoke rising above Xiaotao Mountain Villa!
Emperor Jiuyou is wreaking havoc in the villa again.
Is this the first time it has exploded tonight?
By listening to the sound and identifying the location, Qi Yunsheng was basically able to determine that it was in the north-central location. Maybe Liuxiangju exploded?
More than ten breaths later, there was another series of explosions, this time farther away.
Qi Yunsheng has been operating here for many years, and most of the Qi family's legacy and wealth are in Xiaotao Villa. But if Emperor Jiuyou continues to bomb like this, Xiaotao Villa will be destroyed.
He gritted his teeth, turned around and said, "Those who can climb mountains will come forward."
Let’s look at the number of people first.
Someone from Xue Zongwu's guard group heard the sound and came out.
In addition to Qi Yunsheng and two disciples, there are actually nearly thirty people who can climb the mountain. They are indeed the elites trained by Xue Zongwu.
Qi Yunsheng was overjoyed and felt at ease.
No matter how powerful Emperor Jiuyou is, there are only three of them, and one or two of them are wreaking havoc in Xiaotao Mountain Villa. How likely is it that they are lurking on the Monkey Trail to plot against Qi Yunsheng?
Okay, even if Emperor Jiuyou is really ambushing him on the mountain climbing road, and thirty or so of them fight against each other, still can't they win?
Qi Yunsheng himself has profound cultivation and has not met an opponent for a long time. He was just shocked by the death of Xue Zongwu tonight and is cautious by nature. But now that he thinks about it carefully, the power of Emperor Jiuyou can really defeat the two Qi Yunsheng.
Proud disciples, thirty elite soldiers?
To put the facts in perspective, why did Emperor Jiuyou choose Xiaotao Villa to attack? It was simply because Xue Zongwu would only bring a few people into the villa; on the other hand, Emperor Jiuyou was afraid of Xue Zongwu's large group of people and did not dare to attack his elite soldiers.
You start when you are surrounded and just want to wait for him to be alone.
Now that Qi Yunsheng has more than thirty elite soldiers by his side, what else is there to be afraid of?
Taking another hundred steps back, even if you can't defeat your side, you still can't run away?
After thinking about this, Qi Yunsheng calmed down and secretly laughed at himself for being too cautious again.
It's better to take a shortcut back. As long as you take the shortcut well, you can get there within a quarter of an hour.
"Walk."
He waved his hand and the two disciples took the lead.
More than 30 elite members of the Xue family army gathered around him and marched over the mountains and ridges.
The remaining hundreds of people couldn't climb the mountain, so they had to take a long way around to the west slope.
Looking at the dark rocks, Qi Yunsheng threw out an insect-shaped puppet and whispered the incantation.
This is also a magic weapon made of the Mother Needle. It looks like a toy, but when it is thrown on the ground, it makes a soft "bang" sound and turns into a four-foot-tall giant flea.
This thing looks a bit like a cricket, shiny and black, with short wings that can't fly, but good foot power. Qi Yunsheng and Fu Wending rode on it, walking up and down mountains as if they were walking on flat ground.
It cannot fight but is good at crawling and can exist for more than three quarters of an hour. It has no other problems except that it consumes too much energy.
It was a pity for Qi Yunsheng that the blue bird demon was killed by the enemy. Otherwise, with it flying for reconnaissance, the safety factor would be greatly increased.
Soon, the team climbed over several huge rocks.
Not to mention that Qi Yunsheng knew the monkey trail behind Xiaotao Mountain Villa very well. Both disciples had walked it more than once and were familiar with it. They knew that the most difficult and dangerous journey was at the front, while the road behind was relatively smooth.
Emperor Jiuyou never appeared, and Qi Yunsheng's tense heartstrings relaxed slightly.