Once I enter the pass, great Confucian scholars will surely debate the classics for me.

Zhou Qingfeng and Jin Wei flew close to the ground, rapidly breaking through to the east. They were now deeply surrounded, with seventy cultivators at the Fiend Realm and two cultivators at the Poison Realm lurking around them, ready to strike at any moment. If they were even a little slow, they could be killed. Escaping was the priority, so they dared not slow down.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already flown a hundred miles away using their physical bodies. As expected, they were attacked by demons along the way, but they reacted quickly and decisively, avoiding any entanglement and continuing to break through to the east.

In the middle of a lush bamboo forest, the two were suddenly stopped by a group of cultivators.

"Stop! Routine procedure! Land and undergo inspection!" Seven cultivators at the Devouring Fiend Realm surrounded Zhou Qingfeng and Jin Wei in a fan shape, and reprimanded them. Their orders were that anyone passing through this area must be thoroughly searched, and anyone who resisted would be killed without mercy.

Zhou Qingfeng stared at them coldly, without saying a word.

Jin Wei raised his sword and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing? What authority do you have to conduct this inspection?"

The squad leader said, "That's none of your business. We're just following orders to inspect. If you don't cooperate, that's resisting the law."

Jin Wei said, "Ha, you don't look like government officials to me, you look more like a bunch of highway robbers!"

The squad leader sneered, "You won't listen to reason, so here we are. Get him! Seize him! If he resists, kill him without mercy."

Jin Wei drew his Truth Sword, showing no fear whatsoever, and immediately engaged the seven-man ambush team in fierce combat.

Zhou Qingfeng stood calmly in place, watching Jin Wei fight the enemy.

Seeing that his five teammates had completely suppressed Jin Wei, two enemies decisively turned around and attacked Zhou Qingfeng.

Zhou Qingfeng watched the enemy attack indifferently, without even blinking, treating the enemy as nothing and showing no respect for anyone!

At that moment, a barely audible voice rang out: "Please turn around, baby!"

"Whoosh!" A flying dagger that could cleave immortals instantly flew out from the depths of the lush bamboo forest, piercing the hearts of two enemies at a strange and tricky angle. Just as the enemies' life palaces were about to leave their bodies and try to escape, the flying daggers pierced and shattered their life palaces with precise succession.

Finally, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife transformed into a streak of light, ambushing the five enemies who were entangled with Jin Wei from behind. In an instant, it swiftly pierced through the hearts and shattered the life palaces of all five enemies like a string of candied hawthorns. After all the enemies were dead, a stream of quicksand gathered around Zhou Qingfeng and formed a white-robed youth.

The young man in white was exceptionally dashing, with the Immortal-Slaying Gourd at his waist and a folding fan in his hand. The Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife slowly hovered in the young man's palm before he threw it into the Immortal-Slaying Gourd. He smiled and looked at Zhou Qingfeng, saying, "Brother, how was my performance as a bodyguard? I guess I did a pretty good job."

Zhou Qingfeng chuckled: "Not bad. How do you plan to help me break through?"

Xiao Hongyun said, "I have already arranged a safe route for you on your way home. Follow me."

Jin Wei sheathed his sword and, without saying a word, quickly followed Zhou Qingfeng and Xiao Hongyun away from the place. When they arrived at a small house by the river, Xiao Hongyun took out two sets of smelly, patched clothes, along with a begging stick, a broken bowl, and a bottle of Transformation Pill.

Zhou Qingfeng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the things on the table. He guessed what was going on, but couldn't quite accept it: "Old Xiao, what do you mean by this?"

Xiao Hongyun's lips curled up slightly: "Isn't it obvious? I'll have you mortals pretend to be beggars. Beggars are smelly and poor, nobody cares, not even bandits want to rob them. Nobody cares when they walk on the street, and even if they die on the roadside, nobody will collect their bodies. Pretending to be mortal beggars is the safest thing to do."

“If you take another Mortal Transformation Pill, you can completely disguise yourselves as ordinary people. As long as you don’t use your magic power or blood energy, this Mortal Transformation Pill will continue to work. I’ve prepared two. This thing is expensive and impractical. I’ll ask you to reimburse me later.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng pursed his lips, frowned, and was genuinely repulsed.

Because the beggar's clothes were so smelly, getting close to them felt like your eyes were being irritated by the stench.

Xiao Hongyun hooked his arm around Zhou Qingfeng's shoulder and said, "Brother, I'm not asking you to keep playing the role of a beggar. As long as you reach the next safe house I arrange for you, you can change your identity. Don't worry, I've already made arrangements for you. I guarantee you'll have a smooth journey home."

"Alright, Jin Wei, put it on!" Zhou Qingfeng was a man who could bend and stretch, valuing his life above all else. He decisively took off his heavy armor and robes, quickly changed into beggar's clothes, and shed his mental burden. He could switch smoothly and freely between a noble young master and a beggar.

"Alright, young master." Jin Wei also began to take off his clothes and change into beggar's clothes. As he changed, he said, "Lord Xiao, I really couldn't have imagined it was you. I thought the person secretly protecting me was Mr. Liao, Xi Hongchen, or Zhiqi. I never thought it was you."

Xiao Hongyun smiled slightly: "Because no one expected it to be me, Old Zhou eventually approached me privately, hoping that I could secretly protect him on his secret trips and return home. I asked him why it was me, and guess what he said."

Jin Wei bent down to put on his pants, but still looked up curiously and asked, "What did the young master say?"

Xiao Hongyun said with a smile, "Because he thinks I'm a cunning old fox who comes and goes without a trace, so he thinks it's safest and most secure for me to secretly protect him. On the other hand, compared to others, he trusts me more, at least I won't betray him."

Jin Wei nodded repeatedly: "Oh, that's right. Lord Xiao and the young master have known each other since they were young. They came from the city lord's mansion together, shared weal and woe, and their friendship is indeed extraordinary."

While the two were talking, Zhou Qingfeng had already changed his clothes and put all his valuables into a tattered bag.

"Grandpa, please give me some money." Zhou Qingfeng, holding a broken wooden stick, a tattered bowl, and a tattered cloth bag on his back, launched into an impromptu performance: "I haven't eaten for days, grandpa, have pity on me, I'm so hungry, please give me some money, grandpa..."

Xiao Hongyun stroked his chin, frowned, and said, "Hiss, it still feels like something's missing, not real enough."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng raised his hand and turned around: "What do I look like?"

Xiao Hongyun frowned and pondered, realizing something was amiss. He then reached out and ruffled Zhou Qingfeng's hair, ran out of the house, grabbed two clumps of mud from the muddy ground outside the hut, and smeared them directly on Zhou Qingfeng's face and neck, ignoring Zhou Qingfeng's reaction.

Finally, he wiped the mud off his palms onto Zhou Qingfeng's beggar clothes before looking Zhou Qingfeng up and down, quite pleased with his handiwork.

Xiao Hongyun said, "Not bad, not bad. Now you look a bit like a real beggar. You're dirty, smelly, and poor. People will probably avoid you on the street. Nobody will care about you anymore."

"You still look kind of handsome, though. I suggest you disfigure yourself. Do you want me to destroy your face with a knife?"

"Just to be safe, Lao Zhou, we can just go back and fix it. With your handsome face, it's really hard to believe you're a beggar."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng smiled slightly and said, "Oh, I don't accept your suggestion."