Longevity: Start From The Entry Of Luck

Chapter 10: Taking Action

One day later.

Black Crow Ridge.

"This is the place. On that day, we were ambushed by the leader of the Black Wind Gang and another mysterious person just as we were about to leave this mountain," Gu Mo said, pointing ahead.

Old Ma still had doubts and asked, "For so many years, the leader of the Black Wind Gang and our former boss have had no conflicts. Why would they suddenly rob the convoy escorted by our former boss? Everyone knows our former boss's strength. Isn't he afraid of being implicated before our former boss dies?"

Jiang Yuan said, "There is only one explanation: whatever my father was escorting this time must have tempted him, or the mysterious person offered him a tempting condition."

Gu Mo nodded and said, "Indeed, that must be it. When we accepted the escort, the client paid us a tempting price."

"What price?"

"A deposit of one hundred taels of gold, and another one thousand taels of gold upon delivery."

Old Ma gasped, "Wow! Such a large sum? One thousand taels of gold is equivalent to ten thousand taels of silver. What could possibly be worth such a price in that small brocade box?"

"Is there something fishy about it?" Jiang Yuan suddenly asked.

Gu Mo thought for a moment and then shook his head, "There shouldn't be. Our boss has been escorting goods for many years and has a wealth of experience. People have asked him the same question before, and he said there was no problem."

Jiang Yuan nodded, trusting Jiang Zhenyuan's judgment. He had been traveling the rivers and lakes for so many years, and his experience was definitely richer than his own. His judgment would surely be more accurate than his own speculation.

Then Jiang Yuan asked, "Do you know what my father was escorting?"

Gu Mo shook his head, "No, we have never opened that brocade box. As escorts, we cannot pry into our client's goods. It's an iron rule!"

Jiang Yuan touched the brocade box on his body and felt a sense of curiosity. After thinking for a moment, he gave up. It wasn't worth it, and there was no need. Besides, he still had to deliver the goods himself. What would happen to the compensation for the twenty or so brothers from the escort agency who died here? Those escorts were the main support for their families, and their entire families relied on them. If there wasn't enough compensation, it was easy to imagine that many tragic things would happen. Since he had taken on this cause and effect, he had to thoroughly understand it.

Then Jiang Yuan said, "Let's go! Into the mountains, retrieve their bodies, and bring them back to Lin'an County. Let them rest in peace and return to their hometown."

Just then, Gu Mo suddenly spoke up, "Young Master, there are still some people following us from behind!"

"Leave them be. When something happens to my father, the whole city will know soon enough! As long as they don't come up and seek their own death, let them be."

"Yes!"

As Jiang Yuan and the others entered the forest, several masked figures appeared on the open ground.

Someone looked up and said, "Black Crow Ridge? This is the route Jiang Zhenyuan must pass through. It seems that Jiang Zhenyuan really fell into a trap here."

"Speculation is useless. We'll know once we go in and take a look!"

"Which faction do you belong to, brother?"

"The Mighty God Martial Hall!"

Haha! I don't believe you!

The person thought to himself.

Just as Jiang Yuan and the others entered Black Crow Ridge, the light instantly dimmed. From time to time, there were eerie cries of black crows in their ears, sending shivers down their spines.

"This place is clearly a dangerous place. How could our former boss choose this route?" Old Ma muttered.

"It's a necessary route," Gu Mo said.

After a while, Old Ma stared ahead with bloodshot eyes. Within a hundred meters, there were scattered bodies with injuries lying in all directions. Since they were all martial artists, their strength was extraordinary. Even though they had been dead for several days, they still emitted a strong aura. The black crows circling around them only dared to cautiously probe. Especially one of the bodies, even after several days, no black crow dared to approach.

In the next moment.

Old Ma took a deep breath and opened his throat in front of him.

"Roar!"

A furious roar.

Like a thunderbolt on the flat ground, a large group of crows flew into the sky in an instant.

Then, Old Ma walked over.

One by one, he touched their faces, his lips moved slightly, as if silently reciting their names.

Jiang Yuan couldn't understand Old Ma's feelings at this moment, but he could understand.

Among these people, some young talents were even seen by Old Ma growing up step by step.

For Old Ma, some were brothers, some were father and son.

He had been lonely for most of his life, and these people were the closest relatives to him.

In the distance.

Someone stood on a tree branch, seeing this scene, his expression froze.

"Sure enough, Jiang Zhenyuan is in trouble. It seems that many of the skilled people in the Zhenyuan Escort Agency are buried here!"

Below, someone with a strange figure slowly approached.

"What is he doing?" someone behind him spoke up.

"He's probably going to confirm whether Jiang Zhenyuan is among these corpses. We are so far away that we can't see their faces clearly."

On the other side.

Jiang Yuan felt the masked person behind him getting closer, and his eyebrows furrowed.

After a moment, Jiang Yuan said, "Gu Mo, take action!"

"Yes!"

Before the words fell.

Gu Mo's figure turned into a gust of wind and rushed towards the person behind him.

Not good!

The person felt the fierce killing intent emanating from Gu Mo, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he quickly retreated.

But the next moment.

He drew a mysterious iron rod from the black cloth on his back, gritted his teeth, and rushed towards Gu Mo.

"The Divine Might Staff! It seems that he is from the Divine Might Martial Hall!" someone in the distance commented.

Another person's face immediately filled with embarrassment because he had just pretended to be from the Divine Might Martial Hall in front of this person.

Fortunately, his face was covered with a black cloth, and no one could see his expression.

Someone was puzzled and said, "Why doesn't the person from the Divine Might Martial Hall escape? He actually chose to confront Gu Mo head-on. Gu Mo, the Quick Blade, is a master at the seventh level of Body Tempering, a higher level than the sixth level. How can he be Gu Mo's opponent?"

Then he said, "Wait! Gu Mo, why is he holding an ordinary iron sword? Could it be that he has abandoned his knife and switched to swordsmanship?"

"How is that possible?" someone sneered, "Gu Mo from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency, everyone knows that his knife skills are outstanding and he has great talent. How could a master who uses a knife like him abandon it and switch to swordsmanship?"

"As for why he didn't escape, didn't you notice the huge difference in their speed? Running away would expose his back and only lead to a faster death!"

In the midst of these discussions.

A scream suddenly came from a distance.

"How is this possible!" someone exclaimed in shock.

They saw that the person from the Divine Might Martial Hall in the distance had fallen to the ground, with a spurt of blood from his neck.

"What's going on? Did any of you see it clearly?"

The person looked confused.

"I only saw a flash of sword light, and that person from the Divine Might Martial Hall was beheaded along with his staff by a single sword," someone next to him swallowed and answered.

"How is this possible? Killing a master at the sixth level of Body Tempering with a single sword? Are you kidding me! When did Gu Mo become so terrifying? Moreover, he is not even using his expertise, just an extremely ordinary iron sword. How can he cut through the Divine Might Staff, the standard weapon of the Divine Might Martial Hall?"

Faced with this person's doubts, no one could provide an answer at this moment.

They were still in a state of confusion, and what they saw before them far exceeded their expectations.

They could imagine that this person was no match for Gu Mo, with a significant advantage of being at the seventh level of Body Tempering against the sixth level.

But no one could have expected that the person couldn't even last for one round and was killed by a single sword.

At the same time.

Gu Mo spoke from a distance, "My young master said, anyone who dares to approach will be killed without mercy!"

As soon as the last three words were spoken, a chill ran down everyone's necks.

The strongest among those who came here was only at the sixth level of Body Tempering.

With the previous example, who would dare to disregard his words?

If Gu Mo could kill the person from the Divine Might Martial Hall with a single sword, it wouldn't take much effort for him to kill them.

In the distance, Gu Mo coldly glanced at the people in the distance.

After confirming that they dared not make any more moves, he turned and left.

(End of this chapter)