ATBLM [QT] Chapter 145.1

Spring thunder burst and the rain became heavier, covering up the fighting in the forest.

There were flashes of swords and screams. The blood was washed away by the rain, gathering into strips of blood and slowly seeping into the ground.

Ling Yuan and Liu Xingfeng lured away most of the men in black, leaving the remaining few to be dealt with by the guards.

Jiang Rui and Ningxiang didn’t know martial arts, so they hid under the carriage and were safe for the time being.

Miss Gu and Young Master Gu were hiding in another carriage. Young Master Gu was so frightened that he cried like a ghost. Suddenly, a sharp sword flew across the air and plunged straight into the wood next to his ear. The whites of his eyes rolled up, his whole body trembled a few times, and he fainted with the smell of urine emanating from his body.

Jiang Rui paid close attention to the battle situation. There were about thirty enemies in total, and there were more than a dozen people attacking Ling Yuan. Although he was highly skilled in martial arts and had strong internal energy, he was not agile enough in a wheelchair. His two fists were no match for their four hands, and he was slowly forced to the edge of the cliff.

The scene was frightening, but he still remained calm and steady, striking out steadily and accurately, one sword at a time.

Liu Xingfeng was already a little stretched to deal with seven or eight Demon Cult by himself, and he had to be distracted to take care of his cousins. He was really struggling to deal with it. He had suffered multiple injuries. He saw that Ling Yuan was in danger, but he couldn’t help him. He was anxious for a while.

It had rained a few times in the beginning of spring, so the land was loose. The cliff could not withstand the weight of more than a dozen people. When no one noticed, it slowly opened a few cracks.

Jiang Rui was paying attention to that side and immediately said: “Owner, be careful!”

But it was too late. Ling Yuan killed the last man in black, but before he could leave the edge of the cliff, his whole body and wheelchair were carried down by a large flow of mud!

“Brother Ling!” Liu Xingfeng exclaimed, in grief and anger, he became more ruthless in his attacks.

But only a whistle was heard, and the group of men in black seemed to have received some signal and retreated as quickly as they came, leaving behind the corpses of their companions.

Jiang Rui ran to the edge of the cliff and looked down. Because of the white mist lingering in the mountain forest, the scene a few feet below could not be seen clearly. She didn’t know what was underneath, and no trace of Ling Yuan was found.

She frowned slightly, not only worried about Ling Yuan’s safety but also felt that this matter was weird.

She had seen another side of Ling Yuan. Although he didn’t take action at that time, what was certain was that his skills were far more than what he showed today. Before falling off the cliff, he could obviously save himself with his ability, but for some reason, he allowed himself to fall.

Did he have another purpose?

If falling off the cliff was his intention, then wouldn’t today’s surprise attack be as simple as it seemed?

“Brother Ling!” Liu Xingfeng limped and ran to the cliff, shouting loudly.

Jiang Rui also shouted together: “The Owner of the village–”

The only response to the two of them was echoes between the mountains and the wild.

Liu Xingfeng sat on the ground, punched the ground a few times, then wiped his face, and stood up.

The current situation was not optimistic. Although the enemy had retreated, on their side, Ling Yuan had fallen off the cliff. Life and death were unknown. A group of guards were dead or injured. He himself had many wounds. There were also women and children in the team.

If those Demon Cult’s people came back to attack them again, they would have no power to fight back. Now they could only rush to get reinforcements in the rain.

“Sanniang, let’s go. Let’s find someone to rescue Brother Ling.”

“No,” Jiang Rui shook her head, “Young Master Liu will take everyone back to heal the wounds and let someone come to save the Owner. I will go down and have a look now.”

Liu Xingfeng was taken aback and hurriedly stopped her: “How can you, a woman, ensure safety in the wilderness? You’d better come with us.”

“Thank you, Young Master Liu, for your concern, but I have made up my mind.”

She returned to the carriage, and under Ningxiang’s hesitant gaze, she took a few bottles of wound medicine, dry food, and fire dumplings. She packed them into a small cloth bag and carried it on her back.

Then, she picked up a dagger from the body of a man in black and stuck it in her waist. Finally, she picked up a wooden stick and walked slowly down a steep path on the edge of the cliff, walking slowly down the vine.

Liu Xingfeng stared at her firm back in a daze, unable to say anything to persuade her to stay.

It seemed that he really got to know her today.

She is just a little cook, a lonely and weak woman, but she is braver and more decisive than many so-called seven-foot men and knows more about kindness and righteousness than many people who talk about loyalty.

In the spring, the vegetation grew vigorously. Jiang Rui used a wooden stick to explore the path, grabbing the grass blades on the roadside with one hand and slowly moving downward.

Although the place where Ling Yuan falls was a cliff, there were steep slopes on both sides of the cliff. She was walking down the steep slope now. The road conditions were very bad, but it was not difficult for her.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, she still couldn’t see the bottom of the valley. Looking up, she saw that it was completely white, and she couldn’t see the top of the cliff. After walking for another quarter of an hour, she suddenly heard the sound of gurgling water. It turned out that there was a creek at the bottom.

The clouds and mist only lingered on the mountainside, and the view at the bottom of the valley was clear. Jiang Rui stood by the stream and judged the direction, then she slowly searched upstream along the stream.

Beside a pile of mud, she found Ling Yuan’s wheelchair. She looked around but saw no one else.

“The Owner of the village… The Owner of the village…” Jiang Rui put her hands around her mouth and shouted, and echoes came from the valley.

 

 

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