Chapter 147: Breakthrough Before the Battle

A distant meteor flew in, dragging a long tail, like a brilliant sharp blade cutting open the night sky and the breaking dawn.

From far to near, Chen Ji's face was illuminated bit by bit by the meteor's light, until the sky was as bright as day.

Tian Ma's arrow, with brute force, shot through the Ba Men Jin Suo Array!

Tian Ma.

Chen Ji had finally waited for them.

After the meteor's vector strike passed through the formation array, it seemed to grow eyes, slightly changing its trajectory and flying straight towards Feng Mister's face.

Feng Mister stood with his hands behind his back, raising his head and remaining unmoved in the face of the arrow's vector.

"Jiang Yan!"

Jiang Yan took out several cinnabar talismans from his sleeve and threw them towards the sky. After briefly hovering in the air, the talismans flew straight towards the arrow's vector as if they had spirits.

Six sheets of talismans flew out consecutively, and only then did the meteor's vector collide with a handful of stars in the night sky.

"Truly beautiful..."

Feng Mister praised.

Chen Ji carefully scrutinized the other party.

Feng Mister's green shirt had been sitting for a long time, yet there wasn't a single wrinkle.

The other party was calm and composed, his expression unchanged, and he didn't take Tian Ma's arrival to heart.

It was as if whether Tian Ma came or not, nothing would change.

Calm!

Feng Mister was overly calm.

At this time, Feng Mister looked towards Chen Ji and asked with a smile: "Young man, I calculated the time. Tian Ma must have set out the first time you were attacked. They were able to arrive just in time. The Mi Die Si is far away in Luo City, how could they know about what happened here, and how could they be so timely?"

Chen Ji also looked at Feng Mister and answered honestly: "It should be that the Liu family had a traitor who leaked your ambush plan to the Mi Die Si. Feng Mister, you must thoroughly investigate this traitor. If they are not removed, I fear it will become a big problem."

Feng Mister appeared to suddenly understand: "So that's how it is. But you seemed to know that Tian Ma would come, so you only stalled for time with such effort."

Chen Ji's heart tightened: "I didn't know he would come, I just lived for one moment at a time."

Feng Mister smiled: "Then I still have one doubt. The identities of the Shang San Yao are noble. They can mobilize the inner court's Twelve Departments and Twenty-Four Yamens, and they can execute first and report later. Such characters, why would they come back to save you?"

Chen Ji remained silent.

Feng Mister laughed: "Young man, the time I spent waiting for Tian Ma with you earlier counts as a little respect for the last remaining bit of chivalry in the world. But Tian Ma came all this way to save you. This means you are a very important person, and I must kill you."

The next moment, Chen Ji turned around and ran madly in the direction from which the meteor's vector had come.

Tian Ma was still far away, he had to live before Tian Ma arrived.

Jiang Yan saw him escape and suddenly threw out nine sheets of cinnabar talismans.

The cinnabar talismans hovered in the air for a moment. Then, like red and yellow mixed birds, they shot towards him at high speed.

The mountain wind was strong, and the talismans howled.

At the moment of critical danger, Chen Ji concentrated his spirit and turned back to meet the strike with one knife, two knives, three knives, six knives.

The bright snowy blade drew winding white lines in the air, cutting open each cinnabar talisman.

When the blade's edge cut open the talisman, the talisman floated down lightly on the fallen leaves like a deflated ball.

But Chen Ji only had time to chop out six knives, the remaining three sheets had already shot in front of him.

He twisted his body on the spot, exerting force to avoid vital points.

The seventh talisman cut across his shoulder, the eighth talisman cut across his waist, both leaving a trail of blood.

The ninth talisman flew past Chen Ji's ear, merely cutting off a strand of his hair.

However, before he could relax, he saw that the talisman actually turned around and flew back towards the back of his head.

The talisman drawn on this ninth sheet was different from the others.

The first eight cinnabar talismans were all foreshadowing, the ninth sheet was the conclusion.

Chen Ji turned his head to look, wanting to lift his knife to block, but could only watch with wide eyes as the talisman came towards him, inching closer.

A meteor's vector flew from the side, bringing strong wind, rolling dry leaves, and striking through the talisman in front of Chen Ji's nose tip, nailing the talisman onto a tree trunk not far away, turning into a handful of stars.

Chen Ji's face and cheeks were scraped painful by the strong wind, and the scattered strands of hair from his temples shook incessantly.

He heard footsteps nearby, originally, and when he turned his head again, he saw Jin Zhu gasping for breath, blocking in front of him, staring at Feng Mister as if facing a great enemy.

Chen Ji propped up his knife and stood, suddenly letting out a long breath.

This was the first time he had seen Jin Zhu and felt a sense of relief.

Finally, reinforcements had arrived.

Jin Zhu didn't look at him, but looked at Feng Mister with a fake smile and said: "Good evening, Feng Mister. It's so late, why aren't you sleeping at home and running out to kill people?"

Feng Mister smiled and replied: "Good evening."

In the mountain forest, there was the sound of footsteps stepping on dry leaves. Chen Ji looked over, and in the shadows of the forest, Tian Ma slowly walked out dressed in white, stepping on dry leaves, blocking in front of him and Jin Zhu, looking expressionlessly at Feng Mister.

Jin Zhu also let out a breath.

Only then did Tian Ma make several hand signs to Feng Mister, then made a cold cutting gesture with his palm at his neck.

Feng Mister laughed heartily: "I don't understand, I don't understand."

Jin Zhu translated: "Tian Ma says, how about he invites everyone to eat a bowl of beef noodles, and this matter will be settled just like that?"

Tian Ma turned his head and looked at Jin Zhu.

Feng Mister didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "Although I don't understand hand signs, I also know that Tian Ma doesn't mean he wants to invite me to eat beef noodles, at least eating beef noodles doesn't require cutting off a neck."

Jin Zhu chuckled: "Just kidding, just kidding. Feng Mister, our Mi Die Si is the inner court's personal army. Being our enemy is a crime of rebellion. If we fight again tonight, no matter how big this world is, it won't tolerate you."

Feng Mister waved his hand dismissively, completely unconcerned, "Don't try to scare me with that. I only need to leave the three of you in this mountain. Who will know what I've done? Young man, the people you were waiting for have come. The people I was waiting for have also come."

As soon as his words fell, the sound of dense iron hooves and noise came from below the mountain.

The crowd looked into the distance and saw over a thousand people with torches and weapons rushing towards the mountain.

Not only were there people in Long Wang Gu below the mountain, but there were also over a thousand soldiers holding torches rushing towards the mountainside from above the mountain.

Chen Ji frowned.

Did Feng Mister intend to use himself to lure Tian Ma and Jin Zhu from the beginning?

That's not right, that's not right. How could the other party know that he could summon Jin Zhu using the Fu Yun Men Path?

At this time, Jin Zhu said to Tian Ma: "Quickly go, there are over a thousand soldiers in formation, we can't charge through."

Tian Ma seemed deaf, staring at Feng Mister without moving.

Jin Zhu was anxious.

He pulled Tian Ma's clothes and said in a low voice: "Are you crazy? This mountain is full of their people, it's important to run quickly, don't linger in battle."

But Tian Ma ignored him, directly drew his bow to full string, and shot one arrow each towards Feng Mister and Jiang Yan.

Jin Zhu was completely messed up.

Taking advantage of the chaos, he turned around and pulled Chen Ji to run.

Chen Ji turned his head to look, and Feng Mister by the green stone tilted his head to avoid the arrow, then looked at him with a half-smile.

There was no pursuit, no anger, only a smile that made it impossible to see through him.

He couldn't guess what the other party was thinking!

While the two were escaping, Jin Zhu turned his head and asked Chen Ji: "Did you break through in the battle just now?"

Chen Ji suddenly realized that not only the Fu Yun Men Path, but also the Shan Zhu Men Path would give Jin Zhu feedback on his cultivation.

He hummed: "I broke through. I just don't know what realm I am now!"

A joy appeared in Jin Zhu's eyes, completely forgetting the pain of being tormented for three hours earlier: "Hou Tian realm. Almost touching the threshold of Xian Tian. You are capable, kid. If you don't cultivate, that's fine, but once you cultivate, you are astonishing."

Chen Ji ran while casually asking: "How did you know I broke through in the battle, sir?"

Jin Zhu was startled and quickly made up a reason: "Even Feng Mister has come. If you didn't break through in the battle, you definitely wouldn't have survived until now."

As he spoke, he examined the whale knife in Chen Ji's hand, then turned his head to look at the talismans on the ground that had been divided into two.

Several points of doubt flashed in Jin Zhu's eyes, but after a moment of hesitation, he finally didn't ask anything.

Chen Ji asked: "Sir, aren't we going to worry about Tian Ma anymore?"

Jin Zhu gritted his teeth and said: "He insists on finding death, why should I care about him? In front of a military formation, even a master in the Shen Dao realm must retreat three steps. What ability does he have? Let him die here. We run."

Chen Ji discovered that Jin Zhu was a little absent-minded while escaping, constantly wanting to look at Tian Ma's battle.

But they could only see the flash of the meteor's light, yet they couldn't see clearly what was happening!

The two ran down the mountain and bumped head-on into a large group of soldiers who had come to capture them.

Jin Zhu pulled Chen Ji, turned around, covered his head, and scrambled away.

No matter how many directions the two changed, it was no help.

It seemed that the whole mountain was full of enemies.

Jin Zhu complained: "His mother, how did the Liu family arrange so many private soldiers here, wait, what sound?"

He heard a noisy sound from below the mountain, and some soldiers suddenly attacked and caused people to overturn horses and fall.

Chen Ji looked through the gaps in the forest, and under the moonlight, a huge black shadow knocked down the soldiers holding torches one by one, rushing straight towards the mountainside.

Torches fell on dry leaves, igniting a huge mountain fire, which was immediately spread by the wind towards the mountain.

Jin Zhu was surprised and uncertain: "What's wrong?"

Before Chen Ji could answer, a unrestrained shout came from the firelight: "Chen Ji!"

Jin Zhu suddenly looked at Chen Ji: "Is that the County Lord's voice?"

The voices of Shi Zi and Zhang Xia also came together: "Chen Ji. Chen Ji, where are you?"

Chen Ji rushed towards the firelight, but was pulled back by Jin Zhu: "Are you out of your mind, his mother. This mountain fire runs faster than people. What are you going to do?"

With a boom, a tall warhorse leaped up, crossing the sea of fire like a flying boat, and landed in front of Chen Ji.

Chen Ji looked up blankly, Shi Zi, the County Lord, and Zhang Xia were sitting on the horse, their faces black and dirty with dust, and behind them was the blazing fire leaping violently.

Bai Li said in surprise: "Ah. Chen Ji, we finally found you. Quickly, quickly get on the horse, we came to pick you up."

Chen Ji asked blankly: "Didn't I tell you to escape immediately? How did you rush here?"

Shi Zi laughed heartily: "How can you be a Jianghu child if you abandon your friends?"

Saying that, he bent down and stretched out his hand: "Quick, get on the horse."

Chen Ji turned his head to look at Jin Zhu: "Sir."

Jin Zhu took a deep breath and slowly retreated backwards: "You follow them, you must survive, his mother. Otherwise, this old man will lose big."

After saying that.

He turned around and ran towards the direction of Tian Ma's fight.

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