I am the villain in the book

An hour later.

“Glug glug~”

The wheels rolled over the bluestone pavement, and dozens of riders escorted a carriage slowly away from the Princess's mansion.

Qin Zhengqiu and Chu Xianping, who had already returned, stood at the door to see them off, with a red fish floating beside them that no one else could see.

Because he was worried that Yan Luo would take advantage of his absence, Wei Changtian directly left Yingyu to act as a "door god".

In this way, at least Qin Zhengqiu and Chu Xianping would not fall into the illusion of inner demons, and end up like Pei Dajun.

“Sect Leader Qin, I wonder if you made eye contact with Yan Luo when you fought him?”

Withdrawing his gaze, Chu Xianping asked Qin Zhengqiu seemingly casually, “Did he use any special moves?”

“I did make eye contact.”

Qin Zhengqiu nodded: “But I didn’t notice anything unusual. As for moves... Yan Luo didn’t make a single move from beginning to end.”

“Is that so?”

Chu Xianping’s expression changed almost imperceptibly for a moment. He nodded and then said nothing more.

Wei Changtian had already told him about the relationship between Bai Youheng and Yan Luo, so Chu Xianping was not thinking about the question of "What exactly is Yan Luo?".

What he was really worried about now was the secret plot between Bai Youheng and Ning Yongnian.

From Chu Xianping's perspective, the reason why these two people could collude with each other must be based on a relationship of "pursuing their own goals and getting what they need".

And Ning Yongnian, as the ruler of a country, could not possibly be plotting something trivial.

So, what exactly do they want to do?

Outside Fengyuan City, on the official road.

The carriage swayed, and Li Wutong looked at Wei Changtian, who was sitting opposite her with his eyes closed to rest, and finally couldn't help but say after holding it in for a long time:

“Ahem, Young Master Wei, I have already informed the local governments along the way, and they will send people early tomorrow morning to search for Senior's whereabouts with all their strength.”

“Okay.”

Wei Changtian opened his eyes and reminded her: “Princess, don’t forget to have people go to the Western Desert to collect the bodies of the Stone Gate Escort Agency’s guards first.”

“I have already ordered them to do so.”

Li Wutong nodded, and then asked: “Young Master Wei, did you know the dead镖头?”

“Yes, we were old acquaintances.”

Wei Changtian was not willing to talk about this topic, and after responding with a sentence, he said nothing more.

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Li Wutong had no choice but to bring the topic back to Old Zhang Tou.

“Young Master Wei, I heard you say before that the senior we are looking for seems to be surnamed Zhang.”

“But the swordsman from sixty years ago was surnamed Zhou. Are you sure they are the same person?”

“Not sure.”

Wei Changtian shook his head calmly: “I told you a long time ago that this is just my guess.”

“But...”

Wei Changtian was a little speechless for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he reluctantly spat out a sentence.

“He might, perhaps, probably is my master.”

Might? Perhaps? Probably?

Li Wutong had never seen this kind of description of interpersonal relationships before, and couldn't help but be stunned: “Then is he your master or not?”

“He thinks he is...”

Wei Changtian's answer was more accurate this time: “I don’t think he is.”

“Can it be like this?!”

Li Wutong was greatly surprised and seemed to be very interested in the story between Wei Changtian and Old Zhang Tou.

However, Wei Changtian had no interest in telling her these things, and just closed his eyes again, while calling up the system interface in his mind.

【Remaining System Points: 1210】

【Items: God Strike*1; Puppet Pill*4; True Dragon Forehead Scale*1】

Alas, although he earned 200 points for injuring Yan Luo, the system points were still reduced by 300 because he bought "God Strike" before and failed to use it.

When he set off from Shu Prefecture a month ago, he had nearly 3000 points, but now, only one-third of it is left.

And Yan Luo has not been killed yet.

Speaking of which, although the Tiaoyue Sword can hurt Yan Luo, how can the latter be killed?

After thinking for a while, Wei Changtian came to a more reliable conclusion.

This should require practicing the Tiaoyue Swordsmanship to at least the "Small Perfection" or even the "Great Perfection" realm.

He has only practiced to "Pure", even with the dream path bonus, it will take at least several months to reach Small Perfection, which is definitely not enough.

And Qin Zhengqiu's speed is similar to his own, so in the end, he will probably have to rely on Old Zhang Tou to "斩阎罗".

But what if Old Zhang Tou is also unreliable...

Then he can only try to solve the problem from the "root cause".

The next day, the Western Desert.

When the sky was slightly bright, the strong wind that had been blowing all night finally stopped.

Agou opened his eyes in a daze, and woke up Old Zhang Tou, who was snoring loudly.

The two of them stared at each other with sleepy eyes for a while, and finally had no choice but to reluctantly get up and prepare to leave.

After all, they didn't bring anything except the treasured sword when they escaped last night. If they don't leave quickly, they will probably die of thirst in this desert sooner or later.

As for the group of assassins who are searching for them... they can't care about that now.

Half an hour later.

“Grandpa, I’m so tired!”

Agou asked, panting as he moved step by step in the yellow sand: “Do you think Senior Brother will send someone to find us again?”

“Hmph! Don’t expect that孽徒!”

Old Zhang Tou blew his beard and glared as he cursed: “Agou, remember, he is no longer your Senior Brother!”

“Oh, Grandpa, will Senior Brother buy me roast goose to eat after we get to Fengyuan City?”

“I told you he is no longer your Senior Brother! You...”

“Da da da! Da da da!”

The sudden sound of horses' hooves interrupted the conversation between the old and the young.

Old Zhang Tou listened to the sound getting closer and closer, and hurriedly pulled Agou to hide behind the back of a sand dune, while observing the situation in the distance.

Their current location is in the depths of the desert. If living people appear, then they are likely to be bandits.

And the fact is indeed so.

Although they didn't encounter the group of assassins from last night, Old Zhang Tou and Agou were unlucky enough to run into bandits who were about to go to "work" after walking for less than an hour.

And these bandits quickly discovered them.

“Da da da!”

“Da da da da!”

Less than ten breaths later.

Seven or eight ponies suitable for running in the desert surrounded them. A man with a veil looked at Old Zhang Tou and immediately ordered his subordinates:

“Kill the old one, take the young one back!”

“!!!”

It was already bad enough to encounter bandits, but these bandits actually wanted to kill him without saying a word.

Old Zhang Tou cursed inwardly, but he was not cowardly at all on his face, and even took a step forward and shouted angrily:

“Thieves, do you know who this old man’s disciple is?!”

“Hmm? Who is it?”

“Hehe, I’m afraid it will scare you out of your wits if I say it!”

“Oh, then don’t say it.”

“Wait, wait! This old man’s disciple is surnamed Wei, named Changtian! He is ruthless, vengeful, bloodthirsty...”