Chapter Twenty: Ingenious Rescue

  Cao Tianhao brought the three women all the way, originally planning to trade one life for another in times of crisis. How could he not do so now? He hastily agreed: "Alright, I'll let them go!"

  After finishing speaking, Cao Tianhao hastily beckoned to his subordinates, releasing the three women and having them come forward, while also ordering his subordinates to retreat, lest they arouse Xiao Ziyang's suspicion.

  As they got closer, Xiao Ziyang saw the faces of the three women clearly and couldn't help but be dazzled. These were indeed three stunningly beautiful women who had reached the extreme of beauty. None of them were very old, with the oldest being around 17 or 18 years old, the youngest looking like she was only 13 or 14 years old, and the other one being around 15 years old. They looked similar in appearance, probably sisters.

  Xiao Ziyang was originally a person with a very firm temperament, but when he saw these three women, he suddenly lost his mind. Fortunately, he quickly came back to himself, and fortunately, Cao Tianhao attached great importance to the Wugeng Dan in his hand and did not dare to act rashly.

  Xiao Ziyang's momentary distraction did not escape Cao Tianhao's eyes, but he didn't mind, thinking that Xiao Ziyang was just one of the sisters' pursuers. Seeing a beauty for the first time, he liked her in his heart and thought about getting close to her. How could he have expected that someone would fight with him to the death for a person they had never met before?

  The three people walked closer, and Xiao Ziyang saw that all three of them should have had their acupoints sealed.

  Xiao Ziyang said, "Cao is the head of the house, please trouble you to unblock their three people's acupoints and let them leave. I will stay here; after confirming that they are safe, I will naturally give you this Five More Dan."

  Cao Tianhao hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and snapped his fingers at the three sisters, and suddenly a sharp cracking sound filled the air.

  "True energy released!" Xiao Ziyang saw this and was secretly shocked in his heart, repeatedly calling it a fluke...

  Cao Tianhao's martial arts have actually reached such a realm, and he is probably already half a foot into the threshold of an absolute top master!

  With the sound of breaking through the air, the three sisters' acupoints were instantly unlocked.

  Xiao Ziyang said to the three of them: "You all go first, I'll follow soon!"

  At this time, the youngest woman suddenly spoke up: "Great hero, this evil thief is seriously injured, it's a good opportunity to take his life, why don't we four..."

  Xiao Ziyang angrily shouted: "Shut up! I, Zhang, am not a person who goes back on my word! Don't say any more, you all leave quickly!" In his heart, he was also secretly angry at this person for being ungrateful. To say nothing of the fact that even if the four of them joined forces, they might not necessarily be able to kill Cao Tianhao, and even if they could, how many of the four would be able to escape alive? Moreover, there were still more than 20 bandits on the other side watching with sinister intentions.

  The eldest of the sisters gently pulled her sister who still wanted to say something, and bowed slightly to Xiao Ziyang, saying: "Great kindness does not need to be thanked, I only hope that the benefactor will be careful, don't fall into the villain's sinister plot, my sisters and I will take our leave first."

  After finishing speaking, the three of them climbed up to the rooftop next door and gradually went far away. Among the three people's rapid movements, their martial arts skills were surprisingly not weak. No wonder they dared to speak out and want to take Cao Tianhao's life earlier.

  At this time, Cao Tianhao naturally also saw that Xiao Ziyang and the three sisters did not know each other, but he had no mind to care about that, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked Wugeng Dan when she would give it to him.

  Just then, Xiao Ziyang suddenly stretched out his finger and popped it, and the medicine pill flew towards a courtyard on the other side of the street. Cao Tianhao's eyes had never left the medicine pill, and when he saw it fly up, he rushed forward in pursuit.

  Xiao Ziyang took the opportunity to slip into a narrow alley behind him, turned around a corner, and without looking back, he rushed into a dog hole in the corner of a courtyard wall.

  This courtyard had been eyed by Xiao Ziyang since his arrival, and it had been abandoned for a long time. The courtyard was overgrown with deep weeds, and he plunged into the weeds, activated the turtle-breathing technique, and hid himself.

  Cao Tianhao rushed into the opposite courtyard, following the fragrance of medicine to find Wugeng Dan. Suddenly, he was overjoyed and had a sense of relief wash over him, as if he had narrowly escaped death.

  He immediately took five more dan, on the one hand operating to urge the medicine, on the other hand ordering his subordinates to help up two injured brothers and hurry towards the city gate.

  For some reason, Cao Tianhao felt a few hints of apprehension in his heart towards the rescuer with not particularly high martial arts skills from just now.

  His martial arts skills can be said to be unimpressive, but he is cunning and resourceful, barely forcing him into a desperate situation, and now thinking about it makes him feel a chill run down his spine.

  At the same time, he was also wary of the other person having precious items like Wugeng Dan and Feilong, guessing that this person's background must be extraordinary. With these two factors combined, he didn't have any intention of chasing after him to kill him. After hiding in the abandoned temple using his turtle-breathing technique for a short while, seeing no one was coming after him, Xiao Ziyang carefully got up and left.

  Xiao Ziyang had already calculated that Cao Tianhao would not come to kill him, as he was seriously injured and even with the healing elixir Wugeng Dan, it wouldn't be possible for him to recover immediately. His whereabouts were exposed and there were Hanmo Fortress soldiers chasing after him, so he didn't dare linger in the city for too long.

  Leaving the desolate hospital, Xiao Ziyang turned and twisted through the alleys, bypassing the battlefield, and didn't go to find his sister either. He left alone and returned to the Jiuru Inn.

  The next morning, Jin Dao Biao Ju bought some scarce goods in the mountainous counties as usual and left Shuo An City.

  The convoy headed north, and when approaching Wangshan Town, everyone couldn't help but worry that the road was still impassable due to evil spirits haunting Taofu Mountain.

  When they came, everyone didn't know the danger and walked over in a muddle. Now that they knew the truth, however, they didn't dare to rush back. It's human nature to feel afraid afterwards.

  When the convoy arrived at Wangshan Town, everyone was overjoyed to find that Taifushan Road had been opened.

  It was just ten days ago that the Weisuo of Wangshan Town sent a team of officials and soldiers into the mountains under the leadership of a young man. Seven days later, this team returned safely to Wangshan Town and posted a notice to reassure the people, saying that the evil spirits in Taifeng Mountain had been eliminated and everyone could now pass through with peace of mind.

  At first, everyone did not believe it, but after the officers and soldiers returned, there were successive caravans coming out of Taichu Mountain, and only then did people believe that the evil spirits in the mountain had indeed been eliminated.

  At this time, everyone was spreading rumors that the young man leading the officers and soldiers was the legendary immortal master!

  Xiao Ziyang pretended to be very curious, and after inquiring about a local who had seen the young soldier, he spent ten copper coins to ask him in detail about the youth's appearance.

  What surprised him greatly was that the young man leading the troops looked exactly like the young man he had met at Furei Hall in Shouan City!

  From Shuo An City to Wang Shan Town, the Golden Knife Bureau walked for eleven whole days on a journey of over a thousand miles. Could that young man have traversed thousands of miles in just one day? Were the legends about the immortal masters having the ability to fly through the sky and escape into the earth true?

  Xiao Ziyang's heart was suddenly filled with reverie.

  Jin Dao Biao Bureau rested in Wangshan Town for a night and entered Taifu Mountain Road early the next morning.

  Once again walking on this familiar mountain road, the people of Jindao Biaoju had their nerves stretched taut. Sometimes even startling a pheasant by the roadside could elicit a burst of sword unsheathing sounds. Only Xiao Ziyang looked utterly unbothered.