The caravan entered the misty forest, and the speed was not slow.
In the carriage, Bei Gongxue sat quietly without saying a word, while Lin Xiao and the honest young man sat side by side, chatting without a word.
After talking, we learned that the honest young man’s name was Chu Feng, and the skinny young man’s name was Chu Nan. The two came from a remote town and were brothers who depended on each other.
Five years ago, Chu Feng came to the Imperial City to study art. After practicing hard, he finally passed the examination of Jiangxing Academy and successfully became a student of Jiangxing Academy.
After that, he returned to his hometown and took Chu Nan out, and the two prepared to settle down in the imperial city.
They met this caravan on the way and headed to the imperial city together, relying on each other.
In addition, Lin Xiao also learned from Chu Feng.
In the imperial city, there is a strict hierarchy.
Under the Da Qin royal family, families are divided into three levels: first-rate families, second-rate families and small, inferior families.
Among them, the Gu family is clearly a first-class family, with a history of nearly a hundred years and a rich foundation.
As for Jiangxing Academy, it is a special existence.
Behind Jiangxing Academy are the top powerful forces in the Imperial City. It can be said that it is complicated. While they promote the academy, they are also secretly cultivating their own influence.
Therefore, competition within Jiangxing Academy is fierce, and there are often frictions and fights.
In fact, the Great Qin royal family also attaches great importance to the development of Jiangxing Academy, and often sends princes and princesses to the academy together for training.
"In Jiangxing Academy, there are many geniuses and monsters from the entire Great Qin Dynasty. Once you can stand out, your future will be unlimited, but the difficulty will be extremely high."
Chu Feng gave a bitter smile and sighed: "I have an average talent. I have been practicing hard for more than ten years, and then I went to the imperial city to study for five years. I barely passed the examination. Whether I can graduate smoothly in the future is questionable."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao did not make fun of Chu Feng, he had already become accustomed to it.
It should be noted that the world is huge and there are hundreds of millions of warriors.
There are only a few true geniuses.
Most people are different from Chu Feng, with mediocre talents, and can only stand out through hard training.
Seeing that Lin Xiao didn't speak, Chu Feng asked: "Brother Xiao, when you go to the Imperial City this time, do you also want to learn from a teacher and prepare to be admitted to Jiangxing Academy?"
In order to make things easier, Lin Xiao not only disguised himself, but also changed his name to Xiao Lin, which was double insurance.
"Maybe." Lin Xiao said something Chu Feng couldn't understand.
Before leaving Qingyang City, the Great Elder made a list.
The list contains many family forces for Lin Xiao to screen and investigate to find out who rescued Lin Changyuan and Lin Xiyao.
As a former student of Jiangxing Academy, Lin Changyuan was naturally included in the list.
"Jiangxing Academy only recruits students once a year, so you may have to wait until next year." At this time, Chu Nan emerged from the curtain, his tone a bit gloating.
"Nandi!"
Chu Feng glared at Chu Nan, and then said: "Brother Xiao is still young. It doesn't matter if you wait one more year. With your current talent, you will definitely become a general student."
Lin Xiao smiled casually and did not respond.
At this time, the caravan had penetrated deep into the misty forest, and the thick fog filled the eyes, making it difficult to determine the direction.
All the caravan guards cheered up and held the weapons in their hands tightly. Chu Feng was no exception. He carefully looked around and saw that the heavy sword had already been unsheathed.
Lin Xiao sat in the carriage, closing his eyes and meditating.
After integrating the information he had just obtained in order to enter the imperial city, he immediately began to search for the whereabouts of Lin Changyuan and Lin Xiyao.
Buzz!
At this moment, Lin Xiao suddenly opened his eyes and murmured: "Someone is coming!"
Almost at the same moment——
There was a rumbling sound, the trembling of hoofbeats, and the whole caravan felt like it was shaking.
Outside the carriage, Chu Feng stretched out his hand to signal the caravan to stop, but the trembling sound became more and more intense.
"After waiting for a few days, a fat sheep finally came to the door. All of you put down your weapons, otherwise don't blame us for being ruthless!"
Following an arrogant voice, figures continued to appear from all directions, quickly surrounding the entire caravan and completely blocking their retreat.
"It's horse thieves!" One of the guards shouted in horror. There were many horse thieves in this group, more than fifty people in total.
"Brother..." Chu Nan's face turned pale and he hid behind Chu Feng in a panic.
"Don't be afraid, leave it to us to handle it." Chu Feng said comfortingly. At the same time, a guard stepped forward, preparing to negotiate with the horse thieves.
"Dear heroes, we..."
The caravan guard had just opened his mouth, but before he could finish speaking, a blood arrow spurted out from his throat, and he fell off his horse, becoming silent for an instant.
The bloody scene they broke into plunged the caravan into deathly silence, with many people trembling and looking horrified.
These horse thieves are so cruel. They kill without saying a word without any mercy.
"I asked you to put down your weapons, but you don't listen. You still want to negotiate terms, are you seeking death?" The leader of the horse thieves said in a lazy tone. He withdrew his long knife and licked the blood on it, lazily and arrogantly.
Seeing this, the crowd felt even more frightened, and the depressing and depressing atmosphere gave them a strong sense of despair.
"You guys, don't be too arrogant, my brother is a Jiangxing student!" Chu Nan gritted his teeth and shouted softly at the leader of the horse thieves.
"That's right. Chu Feng is a student of Jiangxing Academy. If you dare to take action, you have offended Jiangxing Academy!"
"Get out of the way, otherwise you will regret it!"
Everyone seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. Everyone, led by Chu Feng, shouted angrily at the horse thief.
"Jianxing student?"
The leader of the horse thieves raised his eyebrows, glanced at Chu Feng, and then burst into laughter.
When he smiled, the other horse thieves also laughed.
Laughter echoed throughout the space, filled with ridicule and disdain, making the atmosphere even more depressing.
"Why are you laughing?" Chu Nan snorted.
"Isn't it funny that an entire caravan actually relies on a little guy whose cultivation is only at the late stage of the Yuan Qi realm?" The leader of the horse thief still had a smile on his face.
"Chief, this guy is a Jiangxing student, should we give him some face?"
"What Jiang Xing student is, he might be a fake. Even if he is really a Jiang Xing student, it doesn't matter. Here in the wilderness, who knows that it was us?"
"Jiangxing students in the late stage of Yuanqi realm are still young. They are probably the kind at the end of a crane."
The horse thieves cheered each other, and finally burst into laughter again, not paying attention to Chu Feng at all.
"You, you..." Chu Nan's face was livid with anger. He was about to speak, but was pushed back into the carriage by Chu Feng.
"Brother Xiao, I will hold off the horse thief later. You can take the opportunity to rush out and leave directly. Don't worry about me. Even if I die, I will not let you get hurt."
Chu Feng said seriously to Lin Xiao, dodged, jumped directly onto the horse, and held the heavy sword in his right hand, with blue veins popping out, obviously ready for a fight to the death.
"elder brother!"
Chu Nan leaned out of the curtain, and while looking at Chu Feng's dying figure, he shouted at the caravan guards: "Why are you standing there in a daze? Do you want to watch my brother die?"
After the words fell, the guards showed shame on their faces, but no one stepped forward.
There are many horse thieves, and they are all cold-blooded and ruthless desperadoes. They are no match at all.
More importantly, the horse thief leader is filled with the power of qi and blood, which shows that his cultivation has reached the early stage of qi and blood realm and he can control the power of qi and blood.
The gap in combat power between the two sides was too great. Even if they charged forward, they would only end up dead.
"You guys are a bunch of white-eyed wolves!" Chu Nan roared again, with tears streaking down his face.
Lin Xiao was sitting in the carriage and sighed slightly when he saw this scene.
The next moment, his figure disappeared and appeared directly in front of the leader of the horse thieves.
"I don't have much time. I'll give you five seconds to get out of here immediately, or you will die!"
Lin Xiao looked down at the group of horse thieves, his voice full of impatience and indifference.
