Chapter 31: War Preparations!

  "Lu'er, don't be naughty, stay here." Xia Lin softly advised.

  Lu'er shook her head again, with tears in her eyes, making Xia Lin's prepared scolding words impossible to say.

  Dazhuang saw this and scratched his head: "Young master, I can protect Miss Lü'er."

  "Huh?" Xia Lin was taken aback.

  Dazhuang hastily said: "When you went up, I took Miss Lü'er and hid on the side. They couldn't find us. I've been growing up here since childhood, and I'm very familiar with this mountain. They absolutely can't catch up with me."

  Xia Lin looked at him for a moment, then turned back to look at Lü'er, nodded helplessly and said, "Alright, you can follow, but be careful."

  "Alright."

  Green burst into tears and laughed, her little head nodding vigorously.

  Everything is ready, looking at the hundred Black Wind Gang disciples following behind him, as well as Da Zhuang and Lü Er, then turning back to look at the villagers of Xiaoyue Village, including the village chief, every single person's eyes are filled with expectation and hope.

  Xia Lin suddenly felt a heavy sense of responsibility, this battle, he absolutely could not lose!

  "Let's go!"

  Xia Lin let out a loud whoop and led the crowd away into the distance, leaving behind the small mountain village's hundreds of villagers looking on with blessings.

  ……

  "Whoosh!"

  A sharp, piercing sound cut through the air, and a heavily armored giant of a man, who had been cutting down everyone in his path, suddenly shuddered all over, his eyes flashing with an incredulous expression.

  An arrow was firmly stuck in his forehead, and although he wore a full suit of armor that protected his body, it could not protect his head.

  "The master of the Monkey Spirit Village is dead! Brothers, attack!"

  "Kill!"

  A chilling voice came, the disciples of Yuling Fortress collapsed instantly, and they couldn't resist at all. Some disciples had hastily abandoned their weapons, while others simply lay on the ground, shouting surrender.

  "I surrender!"

  "I surrender too!"

  Unfortunately, however, the other side did not relax in the slightest because they gave up their resistance, and the slaughter continued. After a moment, all the disciples of Yuanling Village were killed.

  A young man walked out indifferently from the side, with a huge bow on his back and an expressionless face, surprisingly it was Hei Feng Zhai, Xia Ming.

  It was he who shot the arrow at the critical moment, and with one arrow, he killed the master of the eightfold tempered Yuling Mountain stronghold on the spot, making all the mountain stronghold disciples convinced.

  "Boss, they've already gone down to search. Judging from the style of this mountain stronghold, they must have plundered a lot of wealth from the people. It's likely that we'll take first place this time." A mountain stronghold disciple walked forward and said to Xia Ming.

  Xia Ming's face remained unchanged with a cold expression: "Distribute the silver to the surrounding villagers, and only keep the spiritual grass and cultivation materials."

  "This... boss, gave it to them, what can we do? The brothers have worked hard for a long time, it's not easy..." the mountain stronghold disciple said with some grievance.

  Xia Ming shook his head and stopped talking, the mountain stronghold disciple could only reluctantly retreat and go execute his orders.

  That's Xia Ming, a typical introverted young man with a cold exterior and warm interior. If it were Xia Lin facing the same situation, the outcome would be completely different.

  Everyone has their own unique charm.

  Mission accomplished, Xia Ming.

  In the same way, in two other directions of Linjiang City, Xia Yang and Xia Yan, a brother and sister, also faced the same situation, each with their own target, a small mountain stronghold that was notorious for its evil deeds.

  The strength of the leader of the mountain stronghold was also tempered eightfold, similar to that of the two men. After several clashes, he was easily beheaded.

  Then plundered all resources in the mountain stronghold.

  Summer sun, mission objective, accomplished.

  Xia Yan, mission objective, accomplished.

  If their three enemies were still normal, then what Du Xia was facing was a completely different situation.

  "Get out!"

  Xia Cheng rode a horse to the front, looking at the fat man in front of him and said: "Liu Fugui, your family is wealthy, but you have committed many crimes. This time, I will definitely not let you escape, brothers, up!"

  "Hmph." Liu Fugui sneered and looked at the young, fearsome youth in front of him. He turned to his guards behind him and said, "Take care of him!"

  Both sides clashed instantly.

  Then they fought quickly and went quickly, in just a short moment, Liu Fugui's guards were gone, while Xia Cheng's side was unscathed.

  "This... how is this possible?" Liu Fugui said in disbelief, but was soon directly killed by Xia Cheng, without even giving him a chance to retort.

  Liu Fugui died, and the Black Wind Gang's disciples rushed in, charging into his mansion.

  Among them were Liu Fugui's family members, servants, and concubines. However, these people were easily won over by the mountain bandits who followed them. Except for Liu Fugui's first wife, who killed herself after seeing her husband die, the other concubines did not have this courage. One by one, they changed their expressions, put on a smile, and treated the group of mountain bandits as masters.

  "Haha, Big Brother is indeed formidable!"

  "It's not possible, following the boss means there's meat to eat."

  "Hey, Heifeng Village, who can compare with our boss?"

  "Hey pretty girl, don't run away, haha..."

  Xia Cheng heard the commotion inside the courtyard, and couldn't help but smile slightly, feeling extremely pleased with himself. The Black Wind Fortress had countless Xia family disciples, but who could compare to him?

  In terms of strength, he is first-rate, with a physique that has been tempered to the ninth level, approaching the realm of the vortex, and is capable of instantly killing anyone, making him the undisputed number one.

  When it comes to winning people's hearts, he is also the first. Just listen to the reactions of his subordinates and you will know. Every person who follows him has food to eat and wine to drink. He absolutely won't treat any subordinate unfairly, with absolute loyalty.

  As for the backer, it also belongs to him being the best. Although Xia Lin has a Xia Man as his backer, what about that? The one standing behind him is the Second Elder! What can Xia Man do, he can only stand on one side.

  So now he just wants a bright and upright first place.

  Majestically take the number one fake mountain stronghold, and then make everyone surrender.

  As for the target of this mission, it was also beyond his expectation. It turned out to be a very wealthy local tyrant who had committed many evil deeds and harmed his neighbors, so he was put on the blacklist by Heifeng Gang.

  Even the guardian's strength was only tempered to seven levels, and his overall strength was slightly weaker than others' task goals. However, it must be known that Xia Cheng had a tempered strength of nine levels! A tempered strength of nine levels against a tempered strength of seven levels is basically a matter of one move.

  This task was originally prepared for Xia Lin, the weakest in terms of strength. After all, Xia Lin's surface strength is only tempered to the fourth level. However, after being swapped by the Second Elder, it ended up in Xia Cheng's hands.

  As for what is called "not quite right", unfortunately, in the eyes of this second young master, everything he does is just right.

  The snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits.

  What's more important is that at this time, what he needs to do next is to recuperate and build up his strength within the manor, accumulate resources, and then wait for Xia Lin and others to fight each other to the death before making his move.

  But is it easy to be an angler?

  If they knew that Xia Cheng and his party's strength had collectively risen, I wonder if Xia Cheng still has the leisure to wait calmly like a fisherman?

  ……

  On a small hill, a team of over 100 people was quickly walking through a passageway inside the mountain. They were making their way through the winding tunnel in the mountain and soon reached the other side of the passageway.

  He slowly walked out from inside and took a look around, Summer Lin couldn't help but be shocked, this place was actually...

  Sun Zhong also walked out and saw Xia Lin's stunned expression with some curiosity, looking into the distance, he was also shocked.

  This place is several meters above the ground, although a big uncle blocked the passage tightly, but from here, the situation hundreds of meters away can be seen clearly.

  Little Mountain Village!

  This is actually inside Xiaoyao Village!

  The road led by Da Zhuang started from the foot of a small mountain and actually went straight here!

  "What's this road?" Xia Lin asked with some confusion.

  A big and bitter smile: "It was me and several brothers in the village who dug it out over these years."

  Xia Lin and Sun Zhong exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes. The tunnel they had dug out... which spanned over ten miles, was actually dug out by them, what great endurance and persistence it required.

  "Now that we've dug through, why don't we go and rescue them?" Green asked in puzzlement.

  Dazhuang shook his head, a flash of sorrow and indignation in his eyes: "Can't save, if one person runs away from a cell, the others will be killed. In other words, unless I can rescue everyone at the same time, otherwise..."

  Lu'er shook her head: "They... how could they be like this."

  "The damned thing!"

  Summer glanced faintly at the distant mountain bandits who were drinking and eating meat, a cold smile in her heart: "Don't worry,

  They won't live for much longer."

  "Green, Da Zhuang, you two hide behind the corridor, don't be seen."

  "En, okay." Lǜér nodded.

  "Sun Zhong, lead the disciples down quietly, this place is only a hundred meters away from the main hall of Xiaoyao Village, remember not to make any noise, for the sake of the villagers of Xiaoyao Village, do not be careless." Xia Lin continued to issue orders.

  "Yes!" Sun Zhong replied softly.

  Concealing his figure, Xia Lin jumped down first, and one by one, the Black Wind Gang disciples quietly walked out of this passage, then descended silently along this huge tree.

  Soon, all of Hei Feng Zhai's disciples came down from the passageway, and Leng Yan looked at them coldly as they waited in the distance.

  In the distance, the mountain bandits were drinking and eating meat, quietly unaware of the crisis that was approaching.

  With a glance at his subordinates who were all ready, Xia Lin turned around and gave an order: "Prepare."

  The disciples of Heifeng Village drew out their large knives one by one, cold light gleaming.

  "Wait..."

  Xia's ears suddenly moved, and he hastily stopped the crowd who were about to take action.

  As his blood circulation was about to recover, his senses became more and more acute. Just now, he clearly heard some movements coming over and immediately called on everyone to wait a moment.