In today's Tianxing Escort Agency, in addition to Ren Tianxing, Ren Qingluo and his daughter Ren Qingyu, there are dozens of escorts.
Among these dozens of escorts, there are four in the Dragon and Tiger Realm, twelve in the Spiritual Transformation Realm, and the rest are all in the True Qi Realm.
According to Ren Qingluo, there were originally nine Dragon and Tiger Realm bodyguards, all of whom were Ren Tianxing's loyal old subordinates. More than half of them were killed in the past few days, leaving only four.
During these five days, the Tianxing Escort Agency encountered several waves of attacks from monsters. Although Ling Xiao's cultivation had not recovered, his skills with hidden weapons were very powerful, and he secretly killed many third- and fourth-level monsters.
Although some people from the Tianxing Escort Agency were injured, no one died.
The morale, which had originally declined, began to gradually recover, and when Ren Tianxing said that they were only a hundred miles away from leaving the Ferocious Beast Mountain Range, everyone became extremely excited.
"Ling Xiao, come and have a drink!"
A big bearded man handed Ling Xiao a wine bag and laughed.
Ling Xiao took it with a smile and took a sip. Suddenly a spicy feeling rushed into his throat and at the same time a warm current flowed through his body, warming his hands and feet.
"Old Wu, this is really good wine!"
Ling Xiao nodded in praise and threw the wine bag to the big man again.
It was already dark at this moment, and it was very cold and gloomy in the Ferocious Beast Mountain Range.
Many escorts sat around the fire in groups of three or five, drinking and eating meat, looking very happy.
Because after daybreak, they will be able to completely walk out of this mountain range of ferocious beasts, and then they will be truly safe.
"Of course not! This wine is made by my niece Qingluo herself. It is made with various magical herbs. It is quite strong!"
Old Wu took it, took a sip, and laughed proudly.
Old Wu's name is Wu Dazhong. He is the one with the highest cultivation among the four Dragon-Tiger Realm bodyguards, having reached the eighth level of the Dragon-Tiger Realm. He is born with supernatural powers and is good at using a mountain-splitting axe. He is Ren Tianxing's most capable subordinate.
During these five days, Ling Xiao gradually became familiar with the people from Tianxing Escort Agency and had a good impression of this group of generous men.
"Old Wu, did you notice something wrong?"
Ling Xiao looked at the dark mountains and forests in the distance, with a faint light in his eyes.
"What's wrong? Ling Xiao, don't think too much. We will be able to leave this damn beast mountain range tomorrow. Then we can go to the best Wanhua Tower in Qinghua City. You can choose the best prostitute. I, Old Wu, will treat you!"
Old Wu smiled nonchalantly while drinking.
"Old Wu, in the past half month you have been in the Fierce Beast Mountain Range, you have encountered 32 attacks from ferocious beasts, killing five Dragon and Tiger Realm escorts, 13 Spiritual Transformation Realm escorts, and more than 20 True Qi Realm escorts. More than half of the Tianxing Escort Agency has been killed, and we have encountered two attacks from ferocious beasts almost every day! Do you really think this is a coincidence?"
Ling Xiao said lightly. Although the bonfires were brightly lit and the flames were burning fiercely, Ling Xiao did not feel a trace of warmth. Instead, he felt a sense of crisis looming over the place.
"Are you saying that someone is targeting our Tianxing Escort Agency?!"
Old Wu frowned, and a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.
So many old friends who had shared hardships with him for decades died during this escort mission. How could Old Wu not feel pain? But those old friends died at the hands of ferocious beasts, and most of those beasts were killed by them, which was also considered revenge. What could he do even if he felt pain
But now after hearing what Ling Xiao said, Old Wu also felt that something was wrong, as if there really was a pair of eyes watching them in secret, and wherever they went, the ferocious beasts would attack them.
Even someone as rough as Old Wu could sense that something was wrong.
"I have observed over the past few days that the route your escort company takes avoids the nests of some powerful beasts, but there are still third- and fourth-level monsters that appear, and even a few times fifth-level monsters have appeared. These high-level monsters rarely leave their nests, let alone attack you for no reason, so I'm afraid there is something fishy going on!"
Ling Xiao said slowly, he felt the crisis around him was getting stronger and stronger.
"I feel it too. I'm afraid someone is trying to frame our Tianxing Escort Agency this time!"
Ren Qingluo walked over at some point, looked at Ling Xiao with complicated eyes, and spoke slowly.
"But every time we escort our Tianxing Escort Agency, the roads we choose are very hidden. We should not be discovered, let alone attract monsters to attack us. Especially this time we are escorting from Dongyang City to Qinghua City. There are mostly mountains with beasts on the road. I really can't figure it out. If someone really conspired to frame our Tianxing Escort Agency, how did they do it?"
Ren Qingluo's eyes were full of doubt.
After being attacked by monsters for no reason many times in the past few days, Ren Qingluo naturally began to doubt.
But she had no evidence and couldn't find the source of the monster's attack, so although she had suspicions, there was nothing she could do.
Ling Xiao thought about it, and then he asked, "What kind of escort are you escorting this time? Can you let me see it?"
"Escort? Do you suspect there's something wrong with the cargo we're escorting this time?"
Ren Qingluo was very smart and guessed the problem immediately.
"I'm not sure either, it's just a guess. Can you let me see the goods you are escorting?" Ling Xiao asked.
Ren Qingluo struggled for a moment and felt a little embarrassed. After all, the rule of the escort agency was that they could not check the escorted goods privately. If they looked at the escorted goods, they would be breaking the rules.
But Ren Qingluo hesitated for only a moment, then said decisively: "Okay! I'll go find Daddy!"
Ren Qingluo also knew the seriousness of the matter, so she made a decision quickly.
Not long after, Ren Tianxing came over and looked at Ling Xiao with a serious expression and said, "Ling Xiao, do you suspect that there is something wrong with the goods we are escorting? They are all here. In fact, I have already checked them myself. They are all medicinal herbs. There is nothing wrong. Take a look!"
Ren Tianxing waved his hand, and immediately two people came carrying a huge iron box.
The lock had been pried open, revealing the medicinal herbs inside.
After all, not everyone in the ancient country of Great Wilderness has a storage bag. Storage bags are extremely precious. Only those martial arts holy places, royal treasures, and large families have storage bags, but they are also regarded as treasures.
Even though Ling Xiao obtained so many storage bags, they were all taken from the top leaders of the Hehuan Sect and the Heavenly Demon Palace. It is impossible for ordinary disciples to have storage bags.
Therefore, the existence of the escort agency still has special value.
Ling Xiao took a careful look and found that there were a lot of medicinal herbs in the iron box, more than a hundred kinds, but they were all ordinary elixirs. At most, they could only be used to refine mid-grade elixirs. There was nothing special about them.
(End of this chapter)