"Two elders, thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to successfully participate in this treasure fair. I will express my gratitude to you to the Han family when I get back."
Chu Nan walked in the mountains and smiled respectfully at Zhou Tong and Yu Ronghua beside him, "I am very satisfied with this trip. I owe you two a favor. If you have any needs in the future, I will try my best to satisfy them."
"Mr. Chu, you're welcome. It's our duty to bring you to the treasure fair. You don't have to do this."
Zhou Tong responded politely, "We have already left Yunxi Valley, but we have just received news that rocks have collapsed in the mountain forest where we originally parked our car, and the mountain road has been blocked, so we have to change the way to get on the bus and go around another road.
On one side of the mountain, walk more."
Chu Nan nodded and didn't think much about it.
After all, the mountain roads here are rugged, and occasional landslides are normal. It is not impossible to change the location of the ride.
So after leaving Yunxi Valley not far away, the three of them did not return along the route they came from. Instead, they turned around and walked deep into the sparsely populated mountain forest.
The three of them were all warriors, so there was no problem with their physical fitness for climbing mountains. Before they knew it, they had climbed over the mountains and reached the depths of the mountains.
Chu Nan glanced at the endless forest and couldn't help but said suspiciously, "Elder Zhou, why does it feel like this place is getting more and more remote?
Where is the car waiting?”
"It's right ahead, you can see it through the forest."
Zhou Tong stretched out his hand and pointed forward, "We'll be there in about ten miles' walk."
"Okay, let's go."
Chu Nan nodded and said as he walked, "Elder Zhou, you and Elder Yu are elders of the Han family, but they are not from the Han family, right?
I don’t know what sect you two belong to?”
"Haha, the two of us made an agreement after entering the Han family not to reveal any information related to our sect, so I'm sorry, Mr. Chu."
Yu Ronghua replied with a smile, "If Mr. Chu really wants to know, it will be until the agreement between us and the Han family expires."
"Oh, it's okay, I'm just curious."
Chu Nan smiled and said, "Actually... it's like this. After seeing the breadth and depth of martial arts this time, I especially want to recruit a few warriors like the Han family to protect me and my family.
Of course, don’t get me wrong, people as powerful as the two elders are definitely not qualified to recruit, but if they are some disciples from the sect, there should be no problem, right?"
When Zhou Tong heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Chu may not understand that our relationship with the Han family is not a pure employment relationship, but a cooperative relationship.
We can give what the Han family cannot have, and the Han family can also give us what the martial arts sect cannot have. This is called resource complementarity, and you..." Chu Nan understood what Zhou Tong meant, but he didn't say that you have everything.
Don’t you still want to recruit warriors to work for you?
It's just a daydream.
"I'm just talking casually, it doesn't matter if it doesn't work."
Chu Nan smiled awkwardly and didn't mention it again.
"I am very relieved that Mr. Chu noticed his own safety.
As the saying goes, flies don't bite perfect eggs. Mr. Chu, you are carrying two spiritual herbs now, so you may not become the target of attacks by some forces, so you have to stay vigilant."
Elder Yu Ronghua said with a smile, "Don't run around. It will be very dangerous if you are out of the protection of the two of us."
"Don't worry, Elder Yu, I won't run around."
Chu Nan hurriedly expressed his position.
"That would be perfect.
Come on, Mr. Chu, get to the car as early as possible for safety.
In these wild mountains, no one can guarantee that nothing unexpected will happen."
Elder Zhou Tong stretched out his hand to signal, and walked faster than before.
Just when Chu Nan was about to follow up, several lightning-fast sounds pierced the air suddenly came from the woods. His sixth sense instantly sensed the crisis, and his body and subconscious automatically reacted and stepped aside! "Whoosh whoosh!"
..." Several sharp arrows passed through the air, passed in front of Chu Nan, and were nailed to the tree trunk not far away, shaking violently! There was an ambush! Almost instantly, Chu Nan became nervous.
Tense, the whole person entered a fighting state! "Be careful!!"
Several more arrows rained down quickly. Amidst Zhou Tong's shouts of warning not far away, Chu Nan rolled several times in a row and barely managed to avoid the intensive shooting of arrows, and focused all his attention on it.
Among the woods on the side.
"I'll deal with it!"
Zhou Tong shouted, and leaped up like a tiger descending a mountain. He stepped on the tree trunk and used his strength to push towards the enemy who was shooting a cold arrow to the side.
Soon, the assassinating enemy retreated amidst the sound of killing, and Zhou Tong pursued him farther and farther until he could no longer see his trace in the woods.
"Don't worry, Elder Zhou Tong is very skilled in martial arts, they will not be opponents.
It seems that our whereabouts have been exposed, we have to get to the boarding location and leave here quickly, let’s go.”
Yu Ronghua looked around cautiously and made an analysis to Chu Nan.
Chu Nan also felt that it made sense. Although he didn't know who wanted to assassinate him, at least the facts in front of him were beyond doubt. It was always a good thing to leave here early to gain safety.
The two of them quickened their pace, both wanting to walk through the forest as quickly as possible.
But before the two of them could run very far, Yu Ronghua suddenly made a dodge and avoided the trap made by the entire row of bamboo tips that suddenly lit up! “Kill!!”
A low shout came from all around, the sound of drawing a sword sounded, and two black shadows fell from the sky. They didn't care about Yu Ronghua who was so close at hand. Instead, they came towards Chu Nan mercilessly! When Chu Nan saw the rapid speed of the two people's movements, he was stunned.
He knew that he was definitely not a good person, but he was still a top-notch warrior. Compared with them, he, who was only an average warrior, would definitely be at a disadvantage.
And if you want to fight, you must naturally be able to leapfrog the challenge, so Chu Nan almost did not hesitate to take out the colorful spirit stone, hoping to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in it to make himself stronger! However, before he could actually take action,
, Yu Ronghua's figure with a sword wind had already rushed towards him, and while the shadow was still moving, he overtook the two killers, stopped them abruptly, and soon they fought together.
With the strength of Yu Ronghua and other warriors, there seemed to be no problem in fighting one against two. The two sides soon became inseparable. Chu Nan just wanted to help, but unexpectedly Yu Ronghua forced the two of them away with a sword and turned around and said,
"Mr. Chu, please leave this forest quickly. It's too dangerous here. Zhou Tong and I will withstand their attack and we'll be there soon!"
Chu Nan thought the same thing. His average strength as a warrior was obviously not good enough. Instead of staying here and doing no harm, it would be better to run away and relieve the pressure on the two elders.
"Okay, Elder Yu, please be careful."
Chu Nan made a decision quickly, and after saying that, he ran towards the direction where the car was parked and disappeared into the forest without looking back.
Chu Nan used all his strength to suck the milk, and the speed was indeed very fast.
The woods were retreating rapidly around him, but he vaguely felt that the danger was not far away from him.
"Whizzing!"
Just when he ran about a few miles and reached the edge of the forest, a sharp arrow suddenly flew out from the grass again and went straight to Chu Nan's heart! Chu Nan had already been nervous, so he would naturally act in time if a hidden arrow was coming.
After reacting, he drew out the dragon and phoenix dagger and swung it out to block. His body also began to change and jump, trying desperately to avoid the sharp arrows.
The dragon and phoenix daggers cut iron like paper, and the hidden arrows that were shot were cut off immediately by the swing of the dagger, posing no threat at all.
"kill!!"
However, before Chu Nan could deal with the hidden arrows, low killing cries rang out from all directions in the woods.
From the four directions of southeast, northwest, Chu Nan saw four fast-moving black figures, waving their gleaming swords towards him, slashing at him crazily!