After fifteen years of cultivation, he finally reached the pinnacle of the first rank!

Chapter 11 Passersby
"I see."

Li Musheng nodded suddenly, and Cang Yinyue began to take him along the deserted roads, deliberately avoiding some main roads.

Li Musheng didn't care about this.

After all, Chongzhou is close to Jingzhou, and they are only a few days away from Shangyang City, so it doesn't matter which way they go.

Moreover, through conversations with Cang Yinyue along the way, he had a general understanding of the entire situation in Dali.

There are nineteen states within the territory of Dali, with numerous martial arts sects and masters, and their forces are huge and complex, even able to compete with the imperial court.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire Dali is now in a state of co-governance by the government and the underworld.

The martial arts forces in the underworld were unwilling to provoke the imperial court. Surrounded by neighboring countries, the Dali imperial court did not have much to do with those underworld people who resorted to violence from time to time.

According to Cang Yinyue, the situation of the other four dynasties is similar to that of Dali.

The situation in Dawu in the north is even more serious. The entire dynasty is almost in the hands of a few top martial arts sects.

This is also the reason why Cang Yinyue is unwilling to deal with the Bloody Alliance. In the minds of some forces in the martial arts world, they actually do not take the imperial court seriously.

Of course, Cang Yinyue was not afraid, but he did not want to cause any more trouble and avoid uncontrollable factors on this trip.

The remote mountain road is not easy to walk on, but the scenery is beautiful.

Li Musheng's previous black-maned yellow horse was exhausted from traveling for many days, so it was sold halfway and replaced with a mule horse with better endurance.

Although this horse is cheap and not good-looking, it is very good at climbing rugged mountain roads. It can even climb some very winding sections of the road with its four legs.

"The breeze chases the clouds here, and the horse carries me to the top of the mountain!"

In the vast green mountains and forests, Li Musheng patted the horse's back and hummed a poem, walking with Cang Yinyue on the winding and steep path.

In the vast mountains and plains, the two people and two horses looked extremely small.

Cang Yinyue always had a cold expression and did not look around. As she walked along, she found that Li Musheng was a little strange.

Although because I have been staying in the martial arts gym in that small town, I have very little information and I need to ask her about many things.

But the other party has a strong ability to accept things, and can understand everything at once. Some of his insights are even very unique.

And from time to time, some words she had never heard of would pop up, and often when she thought about these words carefully, she found that they were extremely insightful.

Cang Yinyue saw many contradictions in Li Musheng.

For example, his martial arts, the acupressure techniques that even she feared, and his occasional jokes and the carefree attitude that seemed to show he had seen through the world...

Overall, it gives people a weird feeling.

"Eh? Miss Cang, look over there and see if there's anyone on the hill opposite?"

At this moment, Li Musheng suddenly spoke, interrupting Cang Yinyue's thoughts.

Her eyes flashed and she looked in the direction of the other person's finger.

Sure enough, I saw three people vaguely seen in the dense woods a few miles away, leading horses and hurrying along the mountain road.

The figures of the three people were sometimes obscured by thorn branches, but with a little identification, it could be seen that they were walking in the same direction as them.

"It seems that these people have the same idea as you and are planning to take a detour from here." Li Musheng said, touching his chin.

"The mountain roads in this area are extremely hidden. It's impossible for ordinary people to think like me and go to Jingzhou from here."

A glint of insight flashed in Cang Yinyue's eyes, but when she turned her gaze, she saw Li Musheng patting his horse's back and continuing on. He didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with suddenly encountering a group of strangers in this deep mountain forest.

"Be careful."

Cang Yinyue gave a reminder, but she was not too worried about Li Musheng.

After all, when she was caught off guard, even she couldn't resist the opponent's magical acupoint-pressing technique, so protecting herself should not be a problem.

Not long after, people on the opposite mountain road also discovered Li Musheng and Cang Yinyue.

The other party was very surprised and became extremely alert.

Not only did he keep staring at them, but his hand never left the hilt of the sword at his waist as he walked, as if he would draw his sword and kill them at any moment.

Finally, the two sides happened to meet at a fork in the road ahead.

For a moment, Li Musheng and his companions and the other three stopped.

Li Musheng looked at the people in front of him, two men and one woman.

A heroic woman in a green suit with a sword at her waist, a thin-faced young scholar carrying a book basket, and a middle-aged man wearing a conical hat and also carrying a sword.

Cang Yinyue was also observing the three people. She stared at the middle-aged man for a while, then paused for a moment on the woman and the scholar, and suddenly said:
"Which general do you serve under? Where are you currently stationed in the imperial capital?"

She asked this while looking at the middle-aged man, and after hearing this, the other party showed a look of surprise on his face.

Cang Yinyue explained calmly:
"Your steps are steady and powerful, and your breathing rhythm is clear. You must have practiced the Dali army's 'Mountain Shaking Fist', so you are probably a soldier."

"Also, although the sword in your hand looks ordinary overall, the style of the handle is very exquisite and unique. It must have come from the 'Yanbing Pavilion' in Shangyang City."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man's eyes changed, and then his aura suddenly rose rapidly, and the hand holding the hilt of the knife had a faint flow of martial arts energy.

He looked at Cang Yinyue and said in a deep voice:
"The young lady has a sharp eye. She can see through all of my background. She must be from the imperial capital and definitely not an ordinary woman. I wonder if the young lady is returning to Shangyang City this time?"

"Yes."

Cang Yinyue nodded, and suddenly sneered:
"It seems that you are a subordinate of General Wu'an, or belong to the Wu'an Army, or are a personal guard of his mansion."

Hearing this, Mengshan was shocked again.

He narrowed his eyes quietly, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and asked:

"How can you tell, girl?"

"Judging from your martial arts qi, you are practicing the 'Zhongyuan Gong', which is the main practice in the Wu'an Army."

Cang Yinyue's voice was flat as he sat upright on his horse, completely indifferent to the murderous intent the other party had just revealed.

Meng Shan was stunned for a moment, staring at Cang Yinyue in silence. After a long while, he slowly nodded:

"Even this can be recognized. It seems that the girl's identity and origin are not simple."

At this moment, Li Musheng, who had been standing next to him like a transparent person, suddenly clapped his hands lightly and exclaimed:

"Miss Cang is truly amazing. You can see the big picture from small details and have extensive knowledge. It's truly eye-opening. If the Six Gates don't invite you to handle the case, it's their loss."

After saying that, he glanced at the middle-aged man opposite him and said:
"I don't think you're bad people. Since we're going the same way, why don't you go together? You'll have someone to look after you along the way."

(End of this chapter)