In fact, disciples of the Beast Control Sect are not so casual when traveling.
When Xi Zhong arrived at the mountain gate, two disciples stationed there stopped Xi Zhong and asked him why he was out.
Now Xi Zhong actually wanted to go out because he wanted to go out, and there was no space teleportation array like he had before when he participated in the battle for resources, so Xi Zhong could only go through the mountain gate.
Xi Zhong smiled and told the reason for his travels. He did not hide it. He just wanted to find Leichi.
The two stationed disciples also knew that cultivating the Great Dao was a taboo for monks and they were not allowed to make in-depth inquiries. After registering Xi Zhong's behavior, they then conducted some ordinary inquiries.
For example, whether there is a protector, and checking whether Xi Zhong is on the protection list.
After the final investigation, the two disciples let Xi Zhong leave directly.
After Xi Zhong finally left the mountain gate, he was not in a hurry.
It took a total of two months and a journey of more than 9,000 miles. If Xi Zhong flew at full speed against the wind without any stops in between, it would only take half a day to get to the Leichi Valley.
So Xi Zhong planned to take advantage of this period of time to travel around and experience the customs and customs of this world.
After leaving the mountain gate, Yu Feng traveled to the nearest small town, then found a groom to buy a good horse, and then Xi Zhong began to walk slowly.
Moreover, Xi Zhong did not follow any of the official roads paved with bluestones. Instead, he specially selected some mountain paths and rode slowly on horseback.
After completely leaving the jurisdiction of the Beast Control Sect, we followed the map and headed north, which is the direction of Leichi Valley.
The mountain path was rugged and difficult to walk, but after Xi Zhong specially wrapped the horse's hooves with spiritual power, the horse ran particularly happily. Although the mountain road was rugged, the horse still walked as fast as flying and ran very briskly.
However, after walking for such a long time, Xi Zhong could not see any bandits along the way, let alone the kind of wild cultivator in the mountains and rivers who wanted profit rather than life.
Very boring.
After walking for a long time, Xi Zhong finally met a group of bandits at a fork in the official road.
But this group of bandits is an extremely special group of bandits.
The bandit has a sallow complexion, a haggard face, and a trembling body. He looks like he can't even hold the long sword in his hand.
There are only four bandits in total.
After they saw Xi Zhong coming slowly on horseback, their eyes immediately lit up.
Finally reached the goal.
And this kind of target looks easy to deal with.
First of all, you can tell by looking at his clothes. Although this young man in blue shirt does not come from a wealthy family, he is not too poor either. Otherwise, he would not have a jade pendant around his waist, let alone an extremely strong horse.
Son.
The second thing is to look at the age. One look at the appearance and you can tell that this young man in green shirt is not very old, which means he must have very little experience in traveling around the world.
Finally, they could clearly see that the young man in green shirt had an extremely obvious look of panic on his face after they discovered him.
So they felt that this young man in green shirt was definitely a good target for robbery.
In fact, none of these four thieves thought that in the eyes of the young man in green shirt, they looked more like refugees than bandits.
These four bandits, who did not look like their natural bandits, stopped Xi Zhong. A young man in the lead stood up and shouted loudly: "Get off your horse quickly! Otherwise, I will serve you with a knife!"
Xi Zhong could only pretend to be scared, "What do you guys want to do? I really don't have any money..."
Xi Zhong's fear directly made these four people more excited.
It seems that this kid is really a fledgling kid.
Then they became more courageous.
The young man who stood up directly ordered three other skinny subordinates to surround Xi Zhong, and then shouted sternly: "I told you to get off your horse quickly! Can't you hear me or something? Believe it or not, I'm really going to kill you with one knife!"
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"I'll get off, I'll get off!" Xi Zhong had no choice but to quickly cooperate with the acting, and quickly dismounted with a trembling face.
The young man grabbed Xi Zhong by the collar, and then threatened in a deep voice: "Boy, I believe you can see it now. Yes, the four brothers are out-and-out bandits! If you want to survive,
Hurry up and take out all the money you have, otherwise don’t blame the hatchets in your hands for not having eyesight!"
Xi Zhong suppressed a smile in his heart and felt that the scene now really looked like what was shown on TV.
However, he still had a trembling and frightened expression on the surface, and then he took out the backpack he had deliberately carried on his body and handed it to the four people in front of him.
The young man at the head grabbed the backpack directly from Xi Zhong's hand and couldn't wait to open it. He saw a change of clothes and a few taels of silver on the backpack.
His face suddenly turned ugly. Why was he still a poor man? He was clearly dressed so cleanly, and he didn't look like an ordinary kid.
This simply cannot accomplish the task assigned by the boss.
Nowadays, there is no money and food in the village. Many brothers now have to go down the mountain to see if they can meet some rich people or businessmen passing by.
"Brother, what's in the backpack?" a subordinate asked quickly.
Other subordinates also looked at the young man with hope.
As a result, the young man simply sighed, "Only a few taels of silver, this guy is poorer than us!"
"ah?"
Several guys were immediately stunned.
The target of love who finally met is still a poor man?
The young man rolled his eyes, and finally his eyes fell on Xi Zhong's fine horse.
When Xi Zhong saw this, he couldn't help but smile in his heart, "This guy has a good eye."
This horse was a good horse that cost Xi Zhong several hundred taels of silver to buy. It had no disease or disability and was in good health. If it were to be resold, it would cost at least one hundred taels of silver.
This young man can do it. Since he has no money, he will rob the horse.
The reason why Xi Zhong was able to continue the confrontation with these four bandits was actually that these four people had no murderous intention towards Xi Zhong from the beginning to the end.
This is very rare.
Generally speaking, in this kind of world, it is almost impossible to say that you have any compassion when you become a bandit.
If there was compassion, he would not become a bandit.
Now Xi Zhong was a little curious about the four people's cottage.
I don’t know what kind of copycat village can cultivate such a bandit who adheres to the rule of "rob wealth but not life".
At least this kind of bandit is not a heinous one, so Xi Zhong wanted to go and have a look.
So Xi Zhong immediately hugged his horse, looked at the young man with pleading eyes, and begged: "Brothers, I can give you everything I have, but can you let go of my horse?"
Son? This horse has been dependent on me for a long time, and I can’t bear to part with it!”
Listening to Xi Zhong's words, the young man frowned.
The other three subordinates did not dare to speak. They felt that the horse still had to be snatched. After all, the current situation in the village was very difficult.
Not only was his boss injured by the hostile copycat leader, but he also dispatched manpower to greatly restrict the scope of their copycat's activities, allowing them to intercept them at a place where few people passed by.
Originally, the scope of their Shanzhai's activities was very large. Although it was impossible to get rich suddenly, they could occasionally rob the rich and help the poor, and at the same time, they could keep some money to support their families. However, now they can only keep narrowing the scope of their activities.
The places that the caravan often passed by had to be given over to another mountain stronghold.
Moreover, the other village was engaged in a desperate business. Whether it was treating people or caravans, they killed and robbed them all. It was simply cruel.
And it was because of this that the owner of their village started a war with another village.
Therefore, their copycat village can only find itself in its current situation.
Now that he saw how much the young man in green shirt cherished the horse, the young man also fell silent.
He is not the cruel bandit from another village, otherwise he could go to some towns and do some shameful murder business.
But now we have finally encountered such a prey. It would be a pity if we just let it go...
So the young man said calmly: "If you want to exchange for the life of this horse, then you can only follow me to the stronghold, and then work in the stronghold for a month. After you are done, you can release the horse and the man together."
How about you go!?"
The other three subordinates wanted to say something.
But the young man just waved his hand to signal them to stop talking.
Then he looked at Xi Zhong.
Xi Zhong pretended to think for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, it's just a month's work! Are you really going to let me go when I'm done?"
The young man put the hatchet back into his waist and glanced at Xi Zhong, "I don't need to lie to you. If I really wanted your horse, I would have killed you long ago."
The world is so cruel.
Nowadays, even horses are more expensive than people.
After all, horses can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver, but what about people?
It seems that the most indispensable thing in this world is people, and they are still dead.
Xi Zhong could only nod silently, pretending to have a bitter look on his face.
The young man raised his head and glanced at the sky. Dusk was approaching.
He said to his three subordinates: "It's getting late, so hurry back to the village, otherwise the other brothers should worry about us."
The three subordinates nodded.
Then he turned around and left.
Xi Zhong followed silently behind him.
As they walked, Xi Zhong finally couldn't help but ask: "Won't you cover my eyes? What if I escape in the future and bring officers and soldiers here with me?"
Xi Zhong is really willing to commit suicide.
In the end, the young man just smiled indifferently, "This place is so remote that even the government is too lazy to send troops. If you can really attract officers and soldiers, you are a respectable person after all, but looking at how poor you are..."