Wei An rode the one-horned rhinoceros and left Gusu Mountain. About half an hour later, he arrived at the county seat of Xiyang County.
He found an escort agency.
"Guest officer, escort?"
The people from the escort agency greeted me warmly.
Wei An nodded, pointed at the one-horned rhinoceros and said, "My mount is the property of the Pantian Sect. I want you to deliver it safely to the Pantian Sect. Can you do it?"
"Oh, escorting live animals!"
The people in the escort agency understood and said hesitantly: "Don't worry, sir, we have also done this job of escorting live animals, but at this price, just..."
“It doesn’t matter if it’s more expensive.”
Wei An was wealthy and paid the reward on the spot.
"Thank you for your patronage, sir. We promise to complete the mission." The people from the escort agency were overjoyed and quickly signed a note.
Wei An gently stroked the one-horned rhino's head a few times and whispered: "Old man, I hope we can all return to Pantian Sect alive."
"Huh!"
The one-horned rhinoceros made a sound of unknown meaning. I wonder if it understood it.
To be honest, it is relatively safe for Wei An to come to Xiyang County from Pantian Sect.
First, his mission was just to celebrate his birthday. The importance of the mission was deliberately downplayed by Liu Shenfeng. At first glance, it seemed insignificant;
Secondly, Liu Shenfeng did a good job of keeping it secret, so not many people knew about it.
In addition, Wei An carefully covered his tracks along the way and was basically calm.
But on the way back...
"Tianzhenguan and Xuankongsi wear a pair of trousers. Xu Gengdao and Ruhua both know that I went to pay my birthday. As long as one of them leaks my whereabouts to the Demon Slayer Alliance, I will be hunted down."
Wei An had long realized that it was easy to go out for this mission but difficult to return home, so he had to be fully prepared.
His horse, the One-Horned Rhinoceros, was too eye-catching, so he had no choice but to abandon it in order to conceal his whereabouts.
Therefore, Wei An entrusted the one-horned rhinoceros to the escort agency.
Next, Wei An walked into the downtown area. The streets were full of people and he blended into the chaotic crowd.
"Hey, are you being followed?"
While walking, Wei An suddenly stopped.
In vain, shadows of people appeared in front, back, left and right of him.
Eight people who stood still appeared, all in teams of two, surrounding him on all sides, completely trapping him in the middle.
"The Demon-Slaying Alliance is on business, all the rest, get out of here!"
A loud roar came out immediately, the sound was as terrifying as a wild beast, and it instantly drowned out the noise of the riot.
Pedestrians on the street, with their ears ringing and fear in their hearts, scrambled to escape, crowding each other and forming a chaotic mess.
Although the scene was in chaos, the eight people remained motionless from beginning to end, staring at Wei An.
It doesn't take a moment.
All the people on the street were gone, roadside vendors abandoned their stalls, and all the shops on the street were closed.
The noisy commotion quickly became deserted, with only the sound of howling wind passing through the empty streets.
"The Demon Slayer Alliance came so quickly..."
Wei An sighed softly, held the long-handled battle ax in his right hand, danced it twice, and assumed a fighting posture.
Seeing this, there was a one-eyed old man in a white coat among the eight people, and he said: "Zhang Sanqiao, right? I, Wang Jiqing, am the captain of Team 7, Team 3 of the 11th Team of the Demon Slayer Alliance. We are blocking here.
I have no other intention with you, I just want you to come with us."
Wei An asked: "Where to go?"
Wang Jiqing continued: "Of course you will come back to the Demon Slayer Alliance with us."
"What to do?"
"The Demon Slayer Alliance knows very little about artificial blood warriors like you. As long as you help us understand and explore the secrets of artificial blood warriors, we will not treat you badly."
Wang Jiqing grinned.
Wei An understood, shook his head and said, "I bet you guys want to use me as a test subject. I'm sorry, but I can't bear to obey."
"Hmph, can I help you?"
Wang Jiqing sneered, raised his hand, swung it down suddenly, and shouted: "Catch the alive ones, come on!"
Eight people immediately stepped forward, and Wei An immediately raised his long-handled battle ax.
"stop!"
Suddenly, a voice came, interrupting the siege of Wang Jiqing and others.
Wei An tilted his head and walked over.
Then he saw a middle-aged man in blue shirt appearing on the street. It was the man he met in front of the gate of Gusu Castle. He remembered that his surname was Liu and his first name was unknown.
"Mr. Liu Qi!"
Wang Jiqing recognized the other party, his expression changed, and he cupped his hands and said: "The Demon Slayer Alliance is doing something, and I would like to ask Mr. Liu Qi to make it easier."
Liu Qi walked up to Wang Jiqing step by step and said coldly: "Zhang Sanqiao is the guest of the old Gusu clan leader. If something happens to him in Xiyang County, the Gusu clan will be disgraced."
Wang Jiqing's face tensed up and he continued: "We are only targeting the artificial blood warriors. We have no intention of offending the Gusu clan. Please don't misunderstand us."
Liu Qi was indifferent to this and said with a cold face: "Before Zhang Sanqiao leaves Xiyang County, whoever touches him will be my Liu Qi's enemy. You must first ask about the sword in my hand."
At this moment, he did have a sword in his hand, but it was a wooden sword.
[Item: Wooden Sword]
[Level: Level 2 Dark Iron]
Liu Qi raised the wooden sword and spoke two words from between his teeth: "Shijie!"
Suddenly, a strange and extraordinary aura burst out, and a dazzling light burst out from the wooden sword.
Wang Jiqing and others retreated in shock.
At this time, Liu Qi's mighty pressure was so powerful that it was enough to make third-level masters look at him with suspicion.
"Mr. Liu Qi, calm down, we will leave now."
Wang Jiqing took a deep breath, glared at Wei An fiercely, and turned around with anger on his face.
Seeing this scene, Wei An cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Liu Qi, for helping us out."
Liu Qi put away the wooden sword, and Shi Jie was relieved. The pressure on him disappeared in an instant, and he smiled and said: "No need to thank me, this is what the old patriarch meant."
Wei An paused for a moment and took the opportunity to ask: "May I ask Mr. Liu Qi, what level of spiritual warrior are you? How much strength has increased since the beginning of the solution?"
The corner of Liu Qi's lips curled up slightly, and she smiled and said: "The old patriarch is indeed right, you are really a very nervous person. Just now you were facing a life and death crisis, but in the next moment you want to ask for advice on how to practice."
Wei An said seriously: "I'm a bit of a martial arts idiot, and I have nothing else to focus on except practicing."
"……All right."
Liu Qi clasped his hands behind his back and said slowly: "In fact, there is no clear grade classification for Confucian people's cultivation, only a vague description.
Moreover, what is very funny is that the hierarchy of spiritual cultivation was not drawn up by Confucian people, but by Taoist people, and it is called ‘Three Flowers Gathering at the Top’.”
Three flowers!
In Taoism, three flowers refer to the human spirit.
Liu Qi raised her hand, tapped the spot between his eyebrows, and said, "Look carefully."
"The beginning of solution!"
At this moment, Liu Qi burst out with powerful pressure.
At the same time, the color of the blood vessels under his skin deepened between his eyebrows, and the outline of a tree faintly emerged, with a small flower blooming on the tree.
"Three-flowered trees are also called three-flowered trees. There are three flowers that can bloom on the tree, namely the human flower, the ground flower, and the ceiling flower!"
"When your spirit undergoes the first level of transformation, the three-flower tree totem will be condensed between the eyebrows, and a human flower will be condensed. After deepening your practice and gradually upgrading, the ground flowers and ceiling flowers will bloom."
"When the human flower blooms, you can use the initial release. The combat power that can be unleashed varies from person to person. Some are very weak and cannot beat the sixth level, while some are very strong. For example, my strength is comparable to the peak mortal blood level master of the third level."
"Based on this, the blooming of earth flowers corresponds to the swastika solution, and the blooming of the smallpox corresponds to the military solution.
Generally speaking, the strength of an Earth Flower master is comparable to that of the second grade, and the strength of a smallpox master is comparable to the first grade.
Of course, once the smallpox master is defeated, he will definitely die!
Therefore, smallpox masters often only use swastika fighting, and their strength also varies from person to person, and most can reach the fighting power of a first-level warrior."
Wei An understood and finally had a clearer understanding of spiritual cultivation.
He cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Mr. Liu Qi, for your guidance."
"Well, farewell."
Liu Qi also handed over his hand, "You can leave Xiyang County safely, but you have to walk the rest of the way on your own."
"clear."
Wei An turned around and quickly left the county town.
"Quick, follow him."
Wang Jiqing and others did not go far. They waited until Wei An and Liu Qi separated and then followed them immediately.
One person is running in front, and a group of people are chasing behind!
Wei An had no fear in his heart, was not in a hurry or was slow, and moved at the normal speed of a fifth-level warrior.
Wang Jiqing and others were in hot pursuit.
After dark, Wei An got into the woods and disappeared.
Wang Jiqing and others had to spread out to search.
Who would have thought that it would be the next day.
Wang Jiqing found that the two team members had not returned, so he looked around and found only two broken bodies.
These two people, one was in the fifth grade and the other was in the sixth grade, died miserably after being hacked by an axe.
"Damn it!"
Wang Jiqing was furious, "Zhang Sanqiao, do you think you can escape?"
Two days later!
Wei An found that the number of people following him had increased, from eight to more than a hundred.
Obviously, Wang Jiqing did not expect that the old patriarch of Gusu would interfere with them. The problem that eight people could solve easily at first suddenly became difficult.
After all, it would take a lot of manpower and material resources to catch a mouse running around in the vast world.
"Hey, how did they find me?"
At this time, Wei An had long been disguised as an old man in his sixties, and his appearance had changed drastically.
However, the people from the Demon Slayer Alliance found him accurately and formed a circle of encirclement.
Wei An moved, and the encirclement also moved.
As long as he leaves Xiyang County, there is no doubt that the encirclement will be closed immediately, just like catching a turtle in an urn, he can be easily captured.
"Is there no use in disguise?" Wei An felt strange, suspecting that the Demon Slayer Alliance had a unique tracking method.
"Mostly, the smell!!"
Wei An checked his belongings and found no problems, and the Demon Slayer Alliance was not so powerful that they could make marks on his salute or body.
Therefore, the only way for the Demon Slayer Alliance to track him is through his scent.
This is also true.
Wang Jiqing got the white Confucian clothes that Wei An had worn for two days in Gusu Castle. The smell of Wei An himself remained on the clothes.
Afterwards, they used hounds to conduct scent tracking and easily identified Wei An's direction and even found Wei An's footprints.
A person may be able to disguise himself or change his body shape.
But often, for the convenience of movement, they will not change the size and shape of their feet, and always ignore their own footprints.
After going back and forth, Wang Jiqing and others quickly found Wei An.
"This Zhang Sanqiao is not simple, he is actually a master of disguise."
Wang Jiqing clicked his tongue and exclaimed, "No wonder the Pantian Sect chose him to come to celebrate his birthday. He has a unique skill."
"However, you underestimated our Demon Slayer Alliance!"
"Do you really think that with this little skill, you can escape from the clutches of me, Wang Jiqing?"