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âOf course I believe you, Lord,â Peng Jiuyuan said.
Zhou Shu didnât know if he really believed him.
Peng Jiuyuan said hesitantly, âIâve already dealt with the village chief, but Lord, the village chief and the others are easy to deal with. When the big shots of the Dong family arrive, Iâm afraid they wonât believe me easily. Lord, youâre not from the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom after allâ¦â
âWhat do you mean?â Zhou Shu looked at Peng Jiuyuan calmly.
âNow, the experts of the Dong family have sealed off the nearby towns. If we leave Boundary Bridge Village now, we might encounter them directly. But if we stay here, when they search the village, you will also be discovered by themâ¦â
âLord, do you want to go to the back mountain to hide for a period of time? After this matter is over, Iâll accompany you to where you want to go,â Peng Jiuyuan said guiltily.
Zhou Shu looked at Peng Jiuyuan with a faint smile.
Peng Jiuyuan lowered his head in shame. His Peng familyâs ancestral teachings were for him to listen to Zhou Shuâs orders, but what he was doing now was considering the safety of the villagers of Boundary Bridge Village and himself. Deep down, he didnât treat Zhou Shu as his master.
âAre you afraid that Iâll implicate the people of Boundary Bridge Village?â Zhou Shu said. âOr do you think Iâm afraid of the Dong family?â
âLord, please forgive me!â Peng Jiuyuan knelt on one knee. âThe people of
Boundary Bridge Village are innocent. They donât know what happened. 1ââ
âThereâs no need to explain.â Zhou Shu shook his head. âYour Peng family has been around for more than twenty generations. Itâs only right that you donât agree with the ancestral teachings.â
âItâs not like that, IâIâ Peng Jiuyuan explained in a panic.
âUncle Peng, you donât have to be nervous.â Zhou Shu revealed a smile. âI mean everything I say. I have never regarded you as my subordinate, and I donât want you to sacrifice anything for me. If not for the special circumstances, I might not even ask for your help.
âYou have lived in Boundary Bridge Village for decades. If you donât have any feelings for the villagers here, Iâll be a little disappointed.â
âLord, 1ââ Peng Jiuyuan was ashamed.
âAlright, I know about the Dong family. Donât worry. Iâll settle this matter myself.â Zhou Shu smiled indifferently. âHelp me prepare a map of the nearby towns. I will leave Boundary Bridge Village first and not implicate this place.â While Zhou Shu and Peng Jiuyuan were talking, about fifty kilometers away from Boundary Bridge Village, in a small city, a person dressed as a mountain dweller knelt on the ground nervously.
In front of him was a group of knights riding strange beasts. They were wearing fiery red armor and holding spears in their hands. They had strict bearings.
âAre you saying that thereâs an outsider in your village whoâs injured and has the ability to heal people?â the leading knight said coldly as he looked at the kneeling mountain dweller.
âYes,â the mountain dwellers said with a trembling voice. âI saw it with my own eyes. The foot-long and several-inch-deep wound healed in a few breaths.â âHuh?â The leading knight frowned slightly. âLead the way!â
He raised his hand and waved it. The mountain dweller had already been swept up by a light and landed on the back of a strange beast.
Then the dozens of knights left the city like a gust of wind and sped toward Boundary Bridge Village.
On the mountain path, a figure walked step by step with a wooden walking stick in his hand.
This person was Zhou Shu.
After he left Boundary Bridge Village, he didnât leave directly. Instead, he followed the mountain path up to a mountain peak that he had long planned.
It was only a few kilometers away from Boundary Bridge Village. In the past, Zhou Shu would have been able to reach it in an instant.
But now, he could only travel on foot step by step. After walking for a long time, he had only walked half the distance.
Peng Jiuyuan didnât follow him. According to the agreement between the two of them, Peng Jiuyuan would meet up with him after the Dong family searched Boundary Bridge Village.
As for whether Peng Jiuyuan would really come, Zhou Shu didnât care.
Peng Jiuyuan could do whatever he wanted to do. Anyone else could too.
At worst, Zhou Shu would get someone elseâs help.
With the divine ability Unparalleled Benevolence, Zhou Shu could nurture an expert at any time.
Boundary Bridge Village, Naihe Bridge, connecting the two worlds of life and death⦠Zhou Shu stopped under a big tree and panted slightly. He looked at the distant mountain peak. Could the Legendary Armament Canon have brought me to the Zhu Rong Heavenly Kingdom for this purpose?
Originally, he thought that the Legendary Armament Canon had brought him here because of Peng Jiuyuan.
But from the looks of it, that might not be the case.
I want to see what secrets Boundary Bridge Village is hiding.
Zhou Shu rested for a moment, picked up his walking stick, and continued to walk toward the top of the mountain. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
As for the Dong family, Zhou Shu had never taken them seriously.
At this moment, a team of knights had already arrived at Boundary Bridge Village.
âIs this the place?â the leading knight asked the mountain dweller.
The mountain dweller rolled off the back of the mutated beast and landed on the ground. He hurriedly said, âThis is the place. That person is at Peng Jiuyuanâs house.â
At this moment, a figure rushed over and shouted, âDong Ergou!â
The mountain dweller who had brought the knights over shuddered. But he saw the knights behind him and immediately felt confident..