Chapter 35: The Strange Archer

  Yang Feng's intimidation might work on ordinary people, but it had no effect on Long Fei, a special soldier with extremely strong psychological quality. Long Fei merely slightly cupped his hands and did not kneel down: "I am an official of the imperial court, you are all just commoners, when you see me, your superior, you do not kneel down, yet you want us to kneel down, aren't you rebelling?"

  "Hey, kid, don't show off your eloquence!" A big, dark figure stood up. The little guy was very dark, and in the light, he seemed to be reflecting some of it, only his two white eyeballs were visible when he stuck out his head: "Just the two of you, we can crush you with just one finger each!"

  "Right! Haha...". Everyone burst out laughing.

  Long Fei didn't panic, looked at the big black guy with a glance, sighed and said: "Looks like you're having bad luck today!" After that, he suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the big black guy. The big black guy saw Long Fei coming and immediately raised his fist to hit him. But he saw Long Fei jump high, stretching out two feet to kick his face. Just about to dodge, but unfortunately, the space was too small to exert himself, so he could only raise both hands to protect his face.

  Long Fei's feet slipped through Hei Da Ge's hands, one left and one right, clamping down on his neck. With a sudden twist of his waist, he stretched out both hands to grab Hei Da Ge's waist, and with a burst of strength, sent him tumbling over. As Hei Da Ge fell, Long Fei took advantage of the momentary loss of balance to steady himself on the ground.

  Everyone was stunned, this move made people's eyes dizzy. Hei Daiguo lay on the ground in pain**, while Long Fei stood there unscathed. This move was learned by Long Fei from TV, but it was Zhen Zidan's ultimate technique. To practice this move, he didn't know how many times he had been thrown to the ground, and his coach even criticized him. Although this move is beautiful and flashy, it can't defeat the enemy with one move, and it's easy for the opponent to grab the weakness and throw himself out.

  "Cough!" Someone coughed in the shadows. Two men came over and helped Hei Da Ge down. A short, yellow-faced man with beady eyes darting back and forth emerged from the shadows, revealing his appearance: "Not bad kung fu skills! I didn't think Li Yi had someone like this under him! Will Li Yi agree to our terms?"

  Long Fei was stunned, somewhat dizzy. He wasn't Li Hui's person, of course he didn't know the conditions between Li Hui and Yang Feng. Gao Shun said: "Except for one, all the others have been agreed to by General Zuo!"

  "Which one?"

  "After all the troops and horses have come down from the mountain, they need to be reorganized. The remaining Left General has already reported to the Grand Master, who has agreed that as long as a few leaders come down from the mountain, everyone will be appointed as generals and marquises. Those present will also be promoted in rank according to their positions!"

  "Fourth elder!" A voice called out, and the sly-looking man took a step back. A pale face appeared before Long Fei's eyes. Possibly due to the lighting, the person's face was a purplish hue, but his lips were a frightening red. The man glanced at Long Fei and Gao Shun: "Which one of you is the envoy?"

  "We are all!" Long Fei replied: "But they don't represent the same person!"

  "Oh? Then who do you represent?"

  "Can the general hear that Taishi wants to rebuild the Western Garden Eight Schools?" Long Fei heard Gao Shun's words and felt as if he had been deceived: "I am Long Fei, newly appointed as the Colonel of the Imperial Guard, this time I came up the mountain to ask you all to join the Western Garden Eight Schools!"

  "Commandant? Haha... " Another person burst out laughing, appearing in the bright light: "A small Commandant dares to try to pacify us? Li promised to make us Generals, what can you offer us?"

  Long Fei looked at the man, who was rough and unrefined, and knew he was a hot-tempered guy: "I may not be able to surpass Li in terms of official position, but I can guarantee that I will treat you all as my brothers, sharing joys and sorrows together!"

  "Haha... what a joke! Another lean figure emerged: "You're just a small school officer, what are you talking about wealth and glory? How much money do you have? How much grain do you have? How many women do you have?"

  Everyone burst out laughing. Long Fei still had a serious face: "In today's chaotic world, what are wealth and women? As long as you have an ambitious heart, these things will come sooner or later! Are you really willing to be under Li Xun's command? Just because I'm penniless now doesn't mean I'll always be that way. Li Xun is just a left general, who knows, maybe one day I'll become the great general!"

  "What a big tone!" The burly man sneered, "Young age, not small tone, and not afraid of the wind blowing off his tongue! Come on, get him out of here!"

  "Hold on!" The dead man's face had a pair of eyes that scanned up and down Long Fei's body: "Long Fei? Could it be the same Long Fei who defeated Wen Hou Lü Bu?"

  "Right on!"

  The dead man nodded: "Indeed, heroes emerge in their youth! Lü Bu can be called the world's number one fierce general, yet he was defeated by your hand. It seems you also have some skills!"

  "Big brother! You..."

  The dead man waved his hand and interrupted a few people. He said to Long Fei, "Since you're so fierce, let's see how it goes, maybe someone will follow you!"

  "It's settled!" Long Fei took a step forward: "As long as someone is willing to follow me, the few leaders are not allowed to stop them?"

  The dead man's face nodded: "I, Yang Feng, have always kept my word!"

  "Alright! You say, how does it compare?"

  Yang Feng sank into thought for half a day, then raised his head and said: "Apart from the move you used just now, what other skills do you have? You'd better say it, pick the most powerful one to say, I think it's suitable, let's start!"

  Long Fei thought for a long time. Not all of Yang Feng's subordinates were those brainless guys, and his previous move had intimidated some people, but a master like Yang Feng must have seen the flaws in it. If he didn't come up with something even more powerful, it would be hard to convince anyone. After thinking back and forth, he raised his head and said, "How about I take down the leader's head within three days?"

  "How dare you! Take this kid away!"

  Yang Feng smiled slightly and looked around: "He said he would take off my head in three days? Hehe, okay! If you really took off my head, the people of White Wolf Valley are yours to choose!"

  "Thanks, boss!"

  "Don't be in a hurry to thank!" Yang Feng hastily said: "What if you lose?"

  "If I lose, let the leader deal with me as he pleases!"

  "A gentleman's word is his bond!"

  "It's hard to catch up with a team of six horses!"

  When leaving the White Wolf Valley, Gao Shun had already told Long Fei and Yang Feng about the bet. The reason why Gao Shun spoke for Li Xue was not because he was on Li Xue's side, but because he wanted to use Li Xue's reputation to deceive the people on the mountain into going down the mountain, and then control the situation after entering the Eight Schools Camp, it would not be too late to explain to Yang Feng. However, he did not expect Long Fei to be a straightforward person, telling the whole truth. Now that things have come to this point, it's really quite difficult to deal with.

  "Big brother! I believe you can do it!" Wang Wei leaned in front of Long Fei: "In Pingzhou, weren't we just over a dozen people who ambushed the Black Mountain Army's 5,000-strong camp? This time will definitely work!"

  "Wait, a dozen or so people launched a surprise attack on an army of 5,000?" Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had never heard of such a thing before. Wang Wei was delighted, and with great relish, he told the story to Zhang Liao and Gao Shun in vivid detail. The two men listened with their mouths agape, staring at Long Fei in shock.

  This time is not like last time. Last time, with or without intention, I easily entered Yang Feng's camp. This time is a bet, the other side already knows that Tianlong will fly up the mountain, and they are on high alert, let alone the path to enter the mountain, they don't even know how to walk it, not to mention going to Yang Feng's room. If things go wrong, I might become one of Yang Feng's subordinates.

  Long Fei's mood was gloomy, and the others couldn't muster up any enthusiasm. The few of them slowly and quietly rode along, with only Wang Wei speaking occasionally. As they entered the city, the sky had just turned dark. The guards were about to close the gates when they saw Long Fei and his group galloping towards them, exchanging a glance before slowing down their pace. They had long heard about the hunting incident, and now that Long Fei was one of Dong Zhuo's favorites, keeping him out would risk losing their own heads. With forced smiles, they called out to "General Long" to open the gates and let Long Fei and his group enter the city.

  Watching Long Fei and others leave, the city gate guard let out a sigh of relief. Wu Chang said with a smile: "See, their faces don't look good, fortunately I reminded you, if we had locked those few masters outside, we would have been waiting to lose our heads!"

  Everyone nodded in agreement. The squad leader pretended to wipe the sweat from his forehead: "Alright, close the door!"

  "Hold the door! Hold the door!" On the official road, a middle-aged man with a bow and arrow slung over his shoulder rushed towards the city gate. The soldiers who were closing the gate didn't know what to do, so they turned around to look at their squad leader. The squad leader looked outside and saw that the man was dressed as a farmer, dusty from traveling far. He waved his hands repeatedly: "Close the door! Time is up, if Sir Wei finds out, we'll get another beating, hurry, close the door!"

  "Creak... creak..." The soldiers strained to push the massive city gate shut bit by bit. The person outside shouted loudly, but it had no effect whatsoever. In desperation, he took off his bow and arrow, drew the bow with his left arm forward and right arm backward while running. His right hand relaxed. A loud twang of the bowstring sounded. An arrow shot towards the city gate. The soldiers were frightened out of their wits and hastened to push harder, causing the gate to shut even faster.

  "Bang!" A loud noise. The entire city gate shook, and several soldiers who were closing the door were thrown out of the way. A figure flashed through the gap in the door and squeezed inside. He bowed his fist at Sergeant Wu, who was still stunned: "Thank you, sir!" After that, he turned around and left.

  Wu Chang was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. With a "clang" sound, he drew out his own sword and shouted loudly: "Someone has breached the city! Someone has breached the city! Come quickly! Someone has breached the city!"

  Soldiers patrolling nearby and gate guards rushed out with their weapons. They surrounded the man in the core. No matter how many times the man explained, the several soldiers lying on the ground were the best evidence. Xu Rong, who had just taken office as the central army lieutenant, encountered a major incident of breaking into the city on his first patrol. He hurriedly urged his horse to come and saw hundreds of soldiers surrounding a middle-aged man holding a bow and arrow, but no one dared to step forward, and he was somewhat puzzled in his heart.

  "Captain Xu of the Imperial Army has arrived!" someone shouted loudly. Xu Rong pushed through the crowd and entered the circle, looking at the man. Although Zhang was tall and large in stature, he wasn't burly, with only a bow and several arrows in his hand, and a half-grown child on his back. He beckoned to Wu Chang: "Is this the one who broke into the city?"

  "It's him!" replied Wu Zhang hastily.

  "How did he rush into the city?"

  "Fifty paces from the city gate, this man shot an arrow and hit the city gate, injuring several brothers who were closing the gate. He took advantage of the situation to rush into the city!" The squad leader dared not conceal anything and told everything truthfully.