Above the source of Tao

The next day's time.

Chu Xiaoxiao and Yun Chang'an came to the pass of Yaoguang Mountain. The day before, the two had agreed to meet at the pass.

So Yun Chang'an came to the mountain pass early, waiting for Senior Sister Chu's arrival. When he had nothing to do, Yun Chang'an started practicing boxing before the sun rose. At this time, Yun Chang'an's boxing skills had reached perfection, and he had practiced the Setting Sun boxing technique to perfection.

After he finished this set of boxing, the sun had already risen. Only then did Chu Xiaoxiao arrive late and walk to Yun Chang'an's side.

"I've kept you waiting, brother." Chu Xiaoxiao said to Yun Changan very apologetically.

Yun Chang'an didn't care. He put away his boxing skills and went down the mountain with her. They came to the reception desk at the sect gate and met Elder Yu. After greeting Elder Yu, the two took out the task jade slip and handed it over.

After checking again to make sure everything was correct, he let the two leave the sect.

"Elder Yu is still as leisurely as ever." Thinking back to when Yun Changan first came to the sect, he was sitting on his rattan chair, basking in the sun.

Now when I see him again, he still looks the same, but he looks a little older than before.

"Elder Yu was injured for the sect before and has a hidden illness. The sect leader couldn't bear to see him leave the sect and wait for death, so he arranged a sinecure for him and let him live out his days here."

I learned from Senior Sister Chu that at the last Hundred Sects Conference, in order to protect the disciples within the sect, a conflict broke out with other sects, which led to the injury.

Previously, Elder Yu was a very talented disciple of the sect. However, after he was injured and could not be cured, he gradually became unable to practice.

Yun Chang'an lamented the experiences of others and felt a little sad himself. He sacrificed his own future for the sect and was a man worthy of respect. He also had a little more awe in his heart for Elder Yu.

After more than ten days of traveling, the two of them came to a forest. This forest was very vast and was called the Hundred Thousand Miles Ebony Forest. All the trees in the forest were ebony trees, which were very black. Anyone who went deep into it would feel a terrifying aura in the air.

The sky in the forest is always dark and boundless, bringing only fear to people.

"Let's camp here." Chu Xiaoxiao chose a very spacious place and set up camp.

"As long as we pass this forest, we can reach the Chu Zhao Dynasty in a few days."

The two men were roasting a fire on the ground, and on the fire was a fat wild rabbit. This wild rabbit was one that Yun Changan had spent a long time to catch.

The two of them ate and talked at the same time.

"Senior Sister Chu, this mission doesn't seem that simple."

“How come you see?”

"Logically, if it was done by a mortal, there shouldn't be no trace left. These people disappeared inexplicably, so it must not be human-caused."

Yun Chang'an told Senior Sister Chu what he had guessed. She also felt that Yun Chang'an was right, but she still had to wait until she got there to know the whole story.

"After entering the city, let's not alert the enemy first. Let's investigate secretly and see what happens."

Yun Chang'an also agreed with Senior Sister Chu's words, and the two nodded in tacit understanding.

At this time, they heard a noisy sound coming from the forest in the distance. For a moment, the two of them became alert. There were many Yuan Beasts in the forest, including some powerful Yuan Beasts.

Therefore, after entering the Ebony Forest, the two of them always walked around the center. If they encountered a Yuan Beast, they would avoid the Yuan Beast in the forest and take a detour.

Hearing a noise in the forest at this time was not a good sign, so the two of them pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

"This sound sounds like a human voice. Let's go and take a look."

After hearing the sound in the distance, the two decided to find out what was going on.

He leaped onto a tall ebony tree and looked in the distance towards the direction where the sound came from.

Not far away, on a path in another woods, there was a group of people and horses, about seven or eight horse-drawn carriages carrying goods, like a freight convoy.

Yun Chang'an often saw such caravans in Shanglin City. They were usually merchants who hired escort agencies to escort the goods they needed from other places, or to escort the goods to other places.

After the escort is completed, the merchant will pay a certain amount of money to the escort agency. If the goods are lost or abandoned during the escort, the escort agency will be responsible for half of the loss of the goods, and the merchant will be responsible for the other half.

If the merchants do not want to bear this unnecessary loss, they will pay more money to the escort agency and let them bear all the losses caused by accidental loss of goods, while the merchants themselves will not bear any losses.

This is clearly stated in the letter of responsibility signed before the escort mission is confirmed. Both parties have discussed and confirmed this, which will make the escort mission cooperation successful.

Of course, the regulations vary from place to place, and it depends on local customs and rules, and they are not rigid.

The convoy over there seemed to have encountered something and was in a panic. The convoy was not well organized like a normal convoy. Instead, it looked very chaotic. The horses were being controlled by someone and formed into a circle.

There is also a double-horse carriage in the center. This carriage is for passengers. The four sides of the carriage are wrapped with expensive and exquisite high-quality silk. There are four square windows on both sides, which can only allow one person to stick his head out. The curtains are also divided into two sides, decorated with gold thread patterns and embroidered with exquisite flower and bird patterns, showing an extraordinary temperament of noble elegance.

Yun Chang'an had never ridden in such a luxurious carriage. In Shanglin City, he often saw luxurious carriages like the one in front of him from afar on the streets.

The two of them watched from the tree for a while, and after hesitating for a long time, they decided to go forward and check it out.

When we got closer, we found that the convoy was surrounded by a group of very strange-looking wolves. The wolf had three heads, and each one seemed to be able to think independently. The wolf in the middle seemed to be their boss, and no one dared to refute it.

Its head is gray-black, its limbs are thick and long, and its body is covered with black hair. Its eyes are fierce and red, as if it wants to eat everyone in front of it.

Among the besieged crowd, there was a middle-aged man with a mustache and a Huarong hat on his head. He was confronting the wolves with a knife. He seemed to be injured and his breathing was unstable. There was a trickle of blood on the knife, which looked like the wolf's blood.

"Little beast, dare to block the way, everyone protect the master's safety."

The middle-aged man shouted loudly and called out to the dozens of his men. Those men showed panic on their faces, but still held their machetes in their hands and formed a circle around the carriage in the center.

Seeing this, the wolf leader standing at the front growled, as if to launch an attack. The middle-aged man also shouted and went forward with a knife to fight with it.