Free Web NovelChapter 241: Chapter 239: Provoke Me Again and I’ll Destroy You
The owner of the carriage house Qin Li and his companions visited balked at the idea of crossing the battlefront and initially refused to agree. Only after Qin Li offered a substantial sum of gold did he finally nod.
The driver they sent was also a brave man tempted by a hefty reward.
Due to years of war, all contact between the two nations had essentially been severed. The borders were completely sealed. To cross, one not only had to bribe the border guards with silver but also find a sparsely populated route.
For Qin Li, however, this was no problem at all. He told the driver to take whichever road was most direct.
’Take the most direct road? Isn’t that a death wish?!’ the driver thought.
The most direct route between the New Qin Empire and the Great Qi Kingdom was also the most heavily fortified, with a massive military presence. A young master dressed like Qin Li, traveling with two devastatingly beautiful women, was practically serving himself up on a platter!
Those guards wouldn’t care which prominent family you came from. As long as you weren’t part of the New Qin Empire’s Imperial Family, they would hold you in complete contempt.
In the end, Qin Li had no choice but to give the driver a small demonstration. It was nothing much—with a mere flick of his finger, a wave of Power blasted a nearby boulder taller than a man into dust.
The driver, nearly scared out of his wits, finally realized that this handsome and elegant young man was actually a peerless, hidden master!
Now, he finally had some courage and was no longer afraid.
Shangguan Shiyu grew quiet with a returning traveler’s anxiety. The Little Fox, who had spent the last two years with Qin Li and was becoming more and more human, also kept to herself upon seeing that both Qin Li and Shangguan Shiyu seemed preoccupied.
More than half a month later, they finally reached the border. Although he knew of Qin Li’s strength, the driver was still extremely anxious. There were tens of thousands of border guards—their sheer numbers were overwhelming. If this wealthy young master didn’t possess such incredible abilities, and hadn’t casually produced one hundred taels of gold to hire his carriage, he would never have made this trip.
If he returned from this alive and unharmed, he would be set for life! The driver was a common man, and he thought in terms of a common man’s dreams.
"Halt!" a stern voice shouted.
Sure enough, the carriage was stopped at the border checkpoint. The driver forced a smile and slipped a hundred-tael silver note into the guard’s hand.
The guard glanced at it and froze. A hundred taels of silver was no small sum! To an ordinary person, it was a fortune!
His greed stirred, he pocketed the silver note without a change in expression and asked, "Who’s in the carriage? Don’t you know the border is sealed?"
The driver chuckled. "A young master from a prominent family, taking his family to the Great Qi Kingdom to visit relatives. If you could see your way to letting us pass, Officer, there will be another generous reward on my return!"
The guard was indeed tempted. Although the war was tense and normal trade between the two nations had ceased, there were always people who needed to cross the border. As long as they weren’t anyone of consequence, the guards were happy to accept some silver to look the other way.
The guard nodded slightly. "Let me see who’s inside first."
Without waiting for the driver to respond, the guard climbed onto the large carriage, which was drawn by four strong horses. The moment he pulled open the door, he gulped, his eyes glazed over, and he nearly started drooling.
"Is everything alright, Officer?" The driver thought there shouldn’t be a problem. ’After all, that’s one hundred taels of silver. A poor family couldn’t earn that much in a lifetime! Since this guard is on duty here, his pay can’t be much. There’s no way he wasn’t tempted.’
"What are you shouting about? Get lost!" With a BANG, the guard slammed the carriage door shut. He then announced loudly, "This carriage needs to be taken to the barracks for inspection! I suspect the occupants are enemy spies!"
The driver stood there, dumbfounded and on the verge of tears. "Officer, you can’t do this! I just..."
SLAP!
The guard slapped the driver hard across the face, his voice bone-chilling. "You just what?"
Clutching his face, the driver pleaded, "Officer, I was wrong, I deserve to be punished! Please, let me go!"
"Hmph. Nobody’s going to do anything to you. You can scram!" The guard sneered, then moved to take the reins and lead the carriage toward the barracks.
’If I can offer those two peerless beauties inside to the Garrison General, what’s one hundred taels of silver in comparison? I could at least get promoted to Vice General! My career would take off from there!’
’This guard didn’t believe for a second that the people in the carriage were from any great family. When do scions of a true great clan ever travel without a large retinue of attendants and bodyguards? How could they possibly be on the road alone? They’re clearly from some minor family. It’s just your bad luck to have run into me!’
As the guard was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly felt the atmosphere turn strange. His breathing became difficult, and all sounds seemed to recede into the distance. A look of sheer terror flashed in his eyes. He wanted to scream, but found he couldn’t make a sound.
The driver, still holding his face, watched with a look of utter disbelief, as if he were seeing a ghost. The burly guard just stood there, motionless, for a long moment before collapsing to the ground with a THUD, his condition unknown.
Just then, the young master’s calm voice came from inside the carriage. "Driver, get back on and let’s get moving."
"Ah, right, right... Huh? Sir, where are we heading?" The driver snapped back to his senses, his face twisting in distress as he asked. ’Are we really going to force our way through the border?’ he thought. ’How is that any different from suicide?’ But to his dismay, that was exactly what the man in the carriage had in mind.
"We’re crossing the border, of course! Don’t worry, just drive. When we get to our destination, I’ll give you another one hundred taels of gold!" The driver nearly fell off his seat. He bit his tongue hard and grimaced, his face a mask of shock and disbelief. Just then, the disturbance finally caught the attention of the other border guards. A dozen men, weapons in hand, began to advance on them.
’The driver could have wept. ’One hundred taels of gold! How many acres of land could I buy with that? How many wives could I marry? But you have to be alive to spend it!’
"Are you waiting for something?" a crisp, female voice came from inside the carriage. The driver flinched and instinctively raised his whip.
CRACK!
A sharp sound echoed.
The four powerful horses reared up and charged toward the open gates of the border crossing.
"What are you doing? Is this a rebellion?!"
"Damn it, stop them! They’re forcing their way through!"
"Are you trying to get killed? Stop now! Or I’ll give the order to fire!"
"Shoot the horses first! We can deal with the people later!"
"Oh no, they killed Li Laoer..."
Angry shouts erupted one after another. The driver cowered in his seat, terrified, but he had also decided to go for broke. ’The worst that can happen is I make this trip and never return!’ he thought. ’With one hundred taels of gold, I can be a rich man anywhere! Where can’t I marry a wife with big tits and a big ass?’
’Fuck it, I’m all in!’
The crowd of border guards charged the carriage, weapons in hand. But before they could even get close, an immense aura erupted from within. Instantly, the weaker soldiers vomited blood and dropped dead on the spot. The slightly stronger ones who remained felt as if their chests had been smashed by a sledgehammer.
"No! There’s a master in the carriage! Quick, report to the General!" someone shrieked with all their might before collapsing, unable to hold on any longer as they coughed up blood.
A murderous aura radiated ceaselessly from Linghu Feiyue.
Qin Li said with a hint of resignation, "Alright, that’s enough. Retract your aura now, you’ve had your fun. You’re scaring the horses so badly they don’t dare run, and we still have to travel." fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Only then did Linghu Feiyue playfully stick out her tongue. She shrank back, leaned against the soft couch, and withdrew her aura.
The four horses finally, unsteadily, began to move forward again. Just the faintest wisp of Linghu Feiyue’s lingering aura had nearly scared them to death. This was only because Qin Li was protecting them with his own aura; otherwise, the group would have had to continue on foot.
Just then, a large number of soldiers approached from the distance. All of them held powerful crossbows, stopping about thirty paces away and aiming their weapons at the carriage.
Someone shouted, "Stop immediately! If you don’t, we’ll let the arrows fly!"
"Ignore them. Just keep driving. It’s fine," Qin Li said nonchalantly.
The driver could barely speak. Trembling, he lowered the protective panels on either side of his seat, having already decided to risk it all. ’Fortune is found in danger,’ he thought. ’If I survive this, I’ll be a rich man!’
"Yah!"
The guards on the other side were livid. A leader mounted on a tall horse gave a cold command: "Fire!"
The force of the heavy crossbows was immense, their power terrifying. Not even a Celestial Level Martial Artist would dare to face a volley of ten thousand arrows head-on!
The air filled with a dreadful whistling sound as a swarm of arrows, like a plague of locusts, descended upon the carriage.
In the eyes of Qin Li and his two companions, however, the arrows moved as slowly as snails. They paid them no mind. Little Fox expanded her Protective Gang Qi, enveloping the entire carriage and all four horses within it.
Sensing the mortal danger, the four powerful horses ran for their lives. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
The arrows struck the Protective Gang Qi, making a series of THWACKING sounds, but all of them were deflected. In an instant, the carriage was bristling with crossbow bolts, yet it remained completely unharmed.
Suddenly, a vast aura surged from the far distance, followed by a cold, sinister voice. "Who dares to storm the border? I am Cui Zhongyue, a Tributor for the Royal Family of the New Qin Empire! Stop now if you wish to live!"
Cui Zhongyue’s speed was incredible. He shot toward the carriage like a bolt of lightning, his sword erupting with a blast of frigid air as he slashed down at it.
The group of guards breathed a collective sigh of relief, smiles spreading across their faces. ’Our savior is here!’ they thought.
BOOM!
With a tremendous roar, Cui Zhongyue’s body was sent flying backward through the air, blood spraying wildly from his mouth!
He crashed to the ground with a THUD, his body smashed into a bloody pulp.
Everyone stood there, dumbfounded, the smiles frozen on their faces. A soft voice drifted from the carriage. "Go tell Cui Qi that if he doesn’t withdraw his troops from here, I’ll go destroy him myself!"
