Because there were so many horse thieves, and they were carrying people and treasures robbed from the caravan, and they were cursing and laughing all the way, so their speed was not very fast. Long Xiangtian and the other man didn't even have to move very fast and followed closely behind.
The horse thieves soon found their lair, but Long Xiangtian did not follow them in directly. After all, he still planned to make a plan first and deal with Yan Qingwu by the way.
"Qingwu, you'd better not go in with me." Long Xiangtian said seriously.
"No, Brother Xiangtian, I want to go too. I want to rescue Zi'er and the others with my own hands," Yan Qingwu said stubbornly.
Originally, Long Xiangtian wanted to persuade Yan Qingwu again, but seeing Yan Qingwu with red eyes but a stubborn look, he was somewhat moved. It seemed that Yan Qingwu had really grown up, and he could not protect her all the time. He should let her get in touch with the dark side of the world.
Now that he had figured it out, Long Xiangtian also began to sneak in with Yan Qingwu under the cover of night. Actually, although there were not many patrolmen in this den of horse thieves, there were still some. However, the horse thieves had just robbed a convoy today and were in a good mood. Now they were drinking and eating meat in the hall, and even the gate guards ran over. The horse thieves leaders also turned a blind eye to this kind of thing.
This also provided great convenience for Long Xiangtian and the other two to infiltrate, but Long Xiangtian did not take it lightly. After all, the key places were still guarded by horse thieves.
Long Xiangtian carefully walked around the thieves' den for a long time and roughly figured out the layout and defense of the den. It might be that the big shots of the horse thieves were all having a good time, and those who stayed behind were mostly ordinary people with low cultivation. This made Long Xiangtian feel a lot more relieved.
"Qingwu, I have a plan now. There are too many of these bandits. It will not work if we just fight them head-on. We must outsmart them."
"Outsmart? How?" Yan Qingwu also trusted Long Xiangtian very much. When she heard Long Xiangtian say that he had a plan, she immediately became happy.
"We are now split into two groups. I just saw a large room. The bandits took out all the wine and meat from it. I think it must be where they store food. I will create some commotion to attract the bandits. Once you hear the news, take advantage of the chaos to rescue Zi'er and the others. You can lead them to flee to Yueyang Mountain, and we will meet again then."
"But... is it okay on your side?" Yan Qingwu was very worried after hearing Long Xiangtian's plan. After all, according to the plan, Long Xiangtian's side was the most dangerous.
"Don't worry, don't forget who your brother Xiangtian is. I am at the Guanli realm. These little bandits were easily wiped out in front of me."
Seeing Long Xiangtian's proud look, Yan Qingwu couldn't help but laugh, but her confidence in Long Xiangtian was reduced a little. Since Long Xiangtian had made such a plan, he must have his own sense of proportion.
"Then Brother Xiangtian, be careful." Yan Qingwu still reminded Long Xiangtian with concern. "Yes." Long Xiangtian answered firmly and walked towards the granary.
Long Xiangtian did not act rashly when he walked to the granary. After all, it was easy to cause chaos. However, the most important thing was how to buy more time to rescue Yan Qingwu.
Long Xiangtian, who was hiding in the dark, looked carefully at the guard of the granary. There seemed to be only one. After all, although the granary was important, these things were far less important than treasures in the eyes of horse thieves.
"Sky-lifting Palm"
Now that he had figured out the guard's strength, Long Xiangtian felt relieved. He shot out and was in front of the guard in the blink of an eye. He slammed out with one palm, and a golden light flashed. The guard died without even having time to utter a cry, his eyes full of fear and disbelief.
Long Xiangtian quickly dragged the corpse into the granary. Looking at the countless grain and wine in the granary, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Long Xiangtian put all the wine into the storage magic weapon, leaving only about five or six jars that looked more exquisite. As he opened the jars one by one, the aroma of the wine filled the entire granary. Long Xiangtian couldn't help but lift up a jar and took a big gulp.
"Good wine, what a pity."
Long Xiangtian had never thought that there would be such good wine in this den of thieves. He always felt it was a pity when he thought of his plan, but there was nothing he could do. He had to pour all the five or six jars of wine on the food, and directly turned the mysterious energy in his body into flames, and threw the fire on the food.
The flame transformed from the mysterious energy was already unusual, and with the help of a lot of wine, it started a raging fire in an instant. This was also thanks to the books about the transformation of mysterious energy into fire that Long Xiangtian had read before when he was practicing "The God-Destroying Finger". After all, not all flames can burn so quickly.
Long Xiangtian looked at his "masterpiece" and felt that it was still not good enough. He quietly escaped before the fire started. However, Long Xiangtian did not escape from the den of thieves. He just set fire to various houses and tents. Soon the fire attracted the attention of the bandits.
"Someone, someone, there's a fire."
The flames and shouting woke many horse thieves from their drunkenness. They looked around in panic. Some of them reacted quickly and started to put out the fire. However, it was surprising that the fire was not only difficult to extinguish, but also had a certain degree of aggressiveness. Once accidentally infected, it was extremely difficult to extinguish.
What made the bandits even more panic soon happened. The fire got bigger and bigger. Every time they rushed to put out the fire, there was always another fire. It was obvious that someone was setting the fire. This made the bandits very angry and they vowed to catch the arsonist and cut him into pieces.
However, the horse thieves were in the open while Long Xiangtian was in the dark, and Long Xiangtian's cultivation was very high, so these ordinary horse thieves could not discover him at all.
Yan Qingwu, who was hiding, heard the horse thieves' shouting and knew that Long Xiangtian's plan had succeeded, so she also began to act.
Just as Long Xiangtian and Yan Qingwu began their plans, several people who were sitting and drinking in the hall in the center of the horse thieves' camp also noticed the commotion.
"Zhao Wenxing! What happened outside?" The person who spoke was the horse thief leader that Long Xiangtian had noticed before.
Soon, a man who had long since sobered up rushed in from outside and said, "Report to the boss, there is a fire outside."
Hearing that it was just a fire, the bandit leader was a little surprised, but he thought someone had accidentally set something on fire and didn't pay much attention to it. Besides, the man sitting next to him was a mysterious and distinguished adult. Even he himself didn't know who this man was, and he had never seen his face. After all, this mysterious man always wore a mask. So he also wanted to show himself in front of the adult.
This bandit leader was a miserable man. His real name was Yuan Sheng. He used to be a small leader of this bandit group, living a life that was not rich but romantic. No one expected that this man next to him would appear and easily kill the previous leader of Yuan Sheng, and also kill many people who were dissatisfied with him, shocking the entire bandit group with thunderous means.
Although Yuan Sheng was a small figure, he was quite clever. He knew he couldn't resist, so he began to please the mysterious man around him. The mysterious man didn't treat him badly, and made him the leader of the bandit group. He gave him many benefits, and even the cultivation level of Guanli Realm was helped by the mysterious man. But the high-ranking officials of the bandit group knew that Yuan Sheng was just a puppet.
But it’s strange that the mysterious man paid so much, but Yuansheng and the others didn’t ask for anything.