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

Ningcha, a member of the resistance, led the way, with Zhou Qingfeng and Xiaolingtong following behind. They traveled through the wilderness and forests, where there were many swamps, poisonous insects and wild beasts, as well as medicinal herbs everywhere.

Zhou Qingfeng surveyed his surroundings with an unperturbed expression. Everywhere there were signs of battle: severed limbs, splattered blood on the grass and tree trunks, several soldiers stripped of their armor, their corpses used as kebabs and impaled on stakes, or disemboweled and hanged from tree trunks.

Xiao Lingtong followed beside him. Such a horrific scene did not frighten him at all, having crawled out of a pile of corpses. His shifty-eyed face showed only sharpness and cleverness. He said, "Your resistance is quite ruthless. People are already dead, why be so cruel?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Cha was about to speak when she turned around and saw Zhou Qingfeng's indifferent face. She immediately felt a dull pain in her ribs. The two broken ribs reminded her that Zhou Qingfeng's warning was no joke. If she said another word, she would break another rib.

So, she could only snort coldly to express her dissatisfaction.

In reality, the local resistance forces viewed Cai Guozhong and his Hell Legion as rebels. Therefore, traitors should be executed in the most cruel, brutal, and vicious way, and their corpses should be hung up to warn everyone that this is the fate of traitors.

In the eyes of the hundreds and thousands of native soldiers of the Hell Legion, they were protecting the country and its people and resisting foreign invasion. The rebels were the internal traitors because they did not think about resisting foreign enemies but instead launched attacks against them. The two sides hated each other and each considered the other to be a rebel.

Ning Cha remained silent and continued to lead the way. After passing through a desolate forest, they came to a cliff and jumped down. There was a protruding rock platform below the cliff. Zhou Qingfeng followed closely behind, keeping Ning Cha in his sight at all times.

Seeing this, Xiaolingtong also jumped down.

"Who's there!" the sentry guarding the cave entrance immediately asked.

Ning Cha turned to look at Zhou Qingfeng, her eyes questioning.

Zhou Qingfeng stood diagonally behind Ning Cha, ready to use her as a shield if necessary: ​​"Miss Ning, don't try anything funny. I don't intend to kill anyone today, nor do I want to make enemies with your resistance. I just want to talk to your leader."

Ning Cha, having received permission to speak, slowly replied, "It's me, Ning Cha. There's a guy who wants to see our leader. I don't know what his purpose is, but he doesn't seem to be a member of the rebels. He wants to talk to our leader, so I'll take him in to meet him."

The guard came out, frowned, and said, "Ning Cha, the leader ordered you to ambush and kill the enemy on the outskirts. How could you bring an outsider to our secret camp? What if this guy is backed by rebels? Wouldn't we be wiped out in one fell swoop? You didn't think things through."

Ning Cha said coldly, "Nonsense, do you think I'm brainless? I led him around the perimeter several times to make sure no rebels were following us before bringing him to our camp. Don't worry, this is our territory. He can't cause any trouble. Stand your post and I'll take him inside."

Upon hearing this, the resistance members on guard duty said nothing more, watching Ning Cha lead Zhou Qingfeng and Xiao Lingtong deeper into the cave. Inside the cave, there were guards every three steps and sentries every five steps. The equipment of each resistance member was old and outdated, and their cultivation levels were generally at the Turbid Food Realm and the Disaster Food Realm.

The armor and weapons worn by these rebel members were mostly cobbled together from various sources, making them appear to be a motley crew of militia. This suggests that the rebels were indeed living a very difficult life, being extremely poor and destitute.

However, as they continued deeper in, they discovered that the rebels had indeed chosen an excellent hiding place. It was a natural cave with many forks in the road, which would inevitably provide many escape routes. Even if outsiders discovered the entrance at the edge of the cliff, it would be extremely difficult for them to surround and wipe them out.

As you go deeper, you can see a large amount of supplies along the way, as well as many elite armored soldiers.

Along the way, they encountered at least one or two hundred elite soldiers at the Fiend Realm. These elite soldiers of the resistance were almost all equipped with uniform Fiend-level light armor and weapons. Including the low-level miscellaneous soldiers on the periphery, there were at least a thousand of them.

“We will meet the leader soon, but I don’t know who you are yet.” Ning Cha, back on her own turf, seemed completely at ease and extremely confident. She didn’t even take Zhou Qingfeng’s warning to heart, because she was certain that Zhou Qingfeng wouldn’t beat her up again.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng said calmly, "My name is Jiang Dong. You have no right to know about other things. I only talk to your leader."

Ning Cha clutched her lower back and abdomen, remaining silent. She quickened her pace, passing through one narrow passage after another, until she arrived at a spacious cave. Braziers burned throughout the cave, and staircases were built into the rock walls around the cave, connecting to various entrances and exits.

Beside the brazier stood guards, each wielding a double-handed axe and clad in full golden armor.

In the very center was a seat, upon which sat a man draped in a bearskin and clad in white scale armor. The man was unkempt, with a thick beard, sharp and piercing eyes, exuding an imposing and extraordinary aura, as he calmly gazed at the military map laid out on the long table.

“Leader…” Ning Cha walked up naturally, whispered a few words in the leader’s ear, and then stood aside and said, “Jiang Dong, this is Fan Li, the leader of our resistance army. He is the one who led us, the people of Yumi, to resist the external invaders and eliminate the traitors and villains!”

Leader Fan Li calmly looked at Zhou Qingfeng, who was dozens of steps away, and said indifferently, "Since we want to talk, can you put away your weapons?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng slung the Zhuxian Bow over his shoulder, put the arrows into his pouch, and clasped his hands in a salute: "I am a wandering cultivator from Jiangdong. I have met Leader Fan here. In order to meet Leader Fan, I had a slight misunderstanding and dispute with Miss Ningcha. I hope Leader Fan will forgive me."

Leader Fan Li nodded: "Skip these tedious formalities and just say it: what brings you to see me?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingfeng said directly, "Cai Guozhong assigned me to solve the problem of repeated robberies of the logistics supply channels. Now it has been found that it was the work of the resistance army. I would like to discuss with Leader Fan and ask you not to lead the team to rob his logistics supplies anymore."

Upon hearing this, Leader Fan Li narrowed his eyes, rested his elbows on his hands behind his back, and sized up Zhou Qingfeng with his palms supporting his chin. Suddenly, he smiled and said, "I don't know who gave you the courage and resources, nor do I know what important reason you have for daring to interfere in our war."

After saying that, Fan Li waved his hand: "There's no need for words with the people sent by the rebels. Just drag them away and behead them."

Upon hearing this, the guards standing around in full golden armor quickly approached Zhou Qingfeng and Xiaolingtong, wielding double axes.

Xiao Lingtong raised his hands in fright: "Don't kill me! I'm a Yumi person, I'm a commoner, I have nothing to do with him."

Zhou Qingfeng remained calm and composed under pressure, and declared loudly, "Leader Fan, if you kill me, you will regret it deeply, for you are courting your own destruction!"