Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

It can be said that one does not feel the pain of traveling through mountains and rivers, as one will feel energetic when one has something to look forward to. One can enjoy oneself in happy places and find joy in difficult places.

Chu Xiaomu looked at this group of young people who were about the same age as him, all laughing and talking happily. He felt completely different from the depressed and miserable look he had felt at the Jiaoshan Mine. He was filled with a sense of pride and satisfaction. He thought that it was all worth it to endure more hardship and fatigue if he could save so many people from this miserable place.

As they were talking, they came to a flat land covered with wormwood grass that was more than one meter tall. Chu Xiaomu asked everyone to keep quiet and quietly walked through the wormwood grass to the west side of the official road from Jinyang City to Bicheng. Under the moonlight, the official road was only about 15 to 16 feet wide and gray-black in color. It went from the northeast to a mountain bend and then went straight to the southwest.

Just as they were about to cross, they heard a series of clattering sounds in the distance, which sounded like the sound of horses galloping. They quickly crouched in the grass, holding their breath and waiting for the group of horses to pass by.

The group of riders came very fast, rushing over from a distance in a flash, passing by everyone's eyes. There were only about 20 or 30 riders, but they were like hundreds of thousands of horses galloping, the sound of their hooves was so loud that it made people tremble with fear.

For fear of being discovered, everyone lay in the bushes without moving, not daring to breathe.

The horses were all wearing cloaks, and it was impossible to tell what color they were in the dim moonlight. The wind rustled them as they galloped. They all held a weapon like a spear or a lance in their hands, and their postures were neat and majestic. They didn't look like warriors from Jinyang City. These riders were all wearing silver armor, which glowed silvery-white in the moonlight, making them easy to identify.

After the group of riders walked away, Chu Xiaomu waved his hand and everyone hurriedly crossed the official road. The east side of the official road was also covered with tall wormwood like the west side, but this side was lower in terrain, and because of the heavy rain in the past few days, a lot of water accumulated in the wormwood, making it muddy. Everyone had to walk in it with one foot high and one foot low, which was very inconvenient, and everyone complained bitterly.

But after walking only ten or twenty feet, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves coming back. Everyone panicked and quickened their pace to run away, but this muddy ground was different from the usual dry ground. The faster they tried to run, the slower they ran. Some people even fell in the mud and couldn't help cursing the sky and the earth.

In an instant, a group of riders rushed over and stopped on the official road behind the crowd. One of them asked loudly, "Is it the hero from Xiao Tushan?"

Chu Xiaomu and the others huddled in the bushes, not daring to breathe.

The man waited for a while, and seeing that no one spoke, he asked again, "Is He Bazitou here? My general has something to say to him." Still no one answered.

The man snorted coldly, and said, "My general said that you are all heroes and you have to do this business. If you surrender to our city and return the robbed property, we will let it go. If you rob the carriages and merchants in our city, we are not afraid of offending you even if you have ten such people backing you up!" The man spoke in a loud and clear voice, and you could tell he had an extraordinary demeanor without even looking at him.

After waiting for a while, seeing that everyone was still hiding in the grass without making a sound, another person in the horse team whispered: "Central Army, the border matter is more important, let these minions go with them. When we have time, flatten their little Tushan!"

The lieutenant general didn't say much. He turned his horse around and rode away, saying in a loud voice as he left: "Go back and tell your captain He Cang to think about it carefully and say that it was General Yang Luo from Bicheng who said this!" The voice was like thunder, rang from north to south, and cut through the black night sky.

The horse was running very fast. When the first word "回" came out, the group of riders were still on the official road not far behind Chu Xiaomu and others. When the last word "话" fell, they were already 40 or 50 feet away. Seeing the horse running so fast, Chu Xiaomu and others were all amazed.

When everyone heard that this group of people were from Bicheng, they wanted to call out to them, but they had already gone far away.

Yang Luo led the group of riders and came and went quickly, with a swift and clear manner, without any dragging, and the people in the mud were all impressed. Chu Xiaomu thought: "A real man should be like this, it seems that we have to go to Bicheng."

Hai Wuqing muttered, "I've heard that the cavalry of Bicheng is powerful. Even though I can't see clearly at night, I can guess that they are indeed very powerful. They are much more powerful than those of Jinyang City and Xihai City."

Yang Dou said proudly: "Don't you see what the leader's surname is? It's the same as mine, Yang! With our Yang family around, how can we not be impressive?"

Huai Xiaomeng smiled contemptuously and said, "What nonsense! What does this have to do with whether your surname is Yang or not?"

Hai Wuqing stared at Yang Dou with his big bulging eyes and said, "Your last name is also Yang. With you here, why are we so unlucky that we can't get out of the mud."

Yang Dou was speechless for a moment, and then he said, "Although my last name is Yang, we are not led by me, but by Mu Tou..."

Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "Maybe your name is not well chosen. There are so many other characters to choose from, but you chose 'dou'. Aren't we all going to fall down with you?" Everyone had been holding back their laughter for a long time, but finally couldn't help laughing out loud. Fortunately, they were far away from the official road and the surrounding areas were wide open, so no one noticed.

Huai Xiaomeng did not forget to add another blow, saying: "I was wondering why I have been so unlucky recently, it turns out that there is a big fool like you standing by."

Chu Xiaomu changed the subject and said, "This guy is really amazing. He found us even when we were hiding in the bushes."

Yu Aqi said, "It is said that some people can develop a kind of intuition about different places around them after activating the Force, which is called 'Heavenly Observation'. I heard that Yang Luo gained this ability after activating the Force." Yang Dou became very interested in what he said, and put his arm around Yu Aqi's shoulders and asked him how to activate the Force and gain Heavenly Observation.

Yu Aqi smiled and said, "If I knew how to activate the Force, I would have rescued you from Jiaoshan a long time ago. Why wait until yesterday?" He added, "I only know that it is very difficult. It seems that there are things like 'nourishing qi' and 'opening tendons'. If there is no one to guide you, it is basically impossible to activate the Force."

When they walked out of the muddy wormwood field, there happened to be a stream nearby, so they washed their hands, feet and shoes in the stream. After walking in the mountains for a while, they were all very tired, so they randomly found a place to sleep and rest to replenish their energy.

They did not get up until the sun was high in the sky the next day before they continued their journey. After walking for half a day, they arrived at the foot of Xiaotu Mountain. Everyone had heard Yang Luo from Bicheng say that there was a heroic bandit leader on Xiaotu Mountain. Chu Huaiyang and the other two did not know what a "bandit leader" was. After asking Yu Aqi and others, they learned that it was a group of refugees who gathered together, swore brotherhood to each other, and engaged in robbing merchants. The leader of the bandits was called a "bandit leader".