Chapter 135: Identity Revealed, The Whole City Shocked
At dawn, the sun began its ascent.
"Wow, it's so beautiful!"
Sitting atop the ox cart, Little Yan exclaimed in wonder.
At this moment, Lu Qing and the others had left the forest and were in the midst of a plain.
Surrounding them were vast expanses of fields with many cottages nestled among them.
Lu Qing's ox cart was traveling on a wide official road through the center of these fields.
Being the golden autumn, the fields were a beautiful golden hue, no wonder Little Yan was so amazed.
Compared to the disjointed patches of rice fields to the east and west of Jiuli Village.
The sensation of vast contiguous rice paddies was truly stunning.
"Brother Lu Qing, a bit further ahead is the county city," said Ma Gu, pointing at the tall city walls in the distance.
Looking at the city in the distance, Lu Qing was somewhat surprised.
He had thought the county city wouldn't be very large, but he was wrong.
Just by looking at the height of the walls, he feared the county city was much larger than those so-called ancient cities he had seen on his travels in his previous life.
No wonder Master had said before that the city was another world.
Just from what was before his eyes,
compared to the area around Jiuli Village, the county city was indeed much more prosperous.
"Master, we are almost at the county city, so what should we do as we enter?"
Yesterday afternoon, they had set out from Jiuli Village, and with the ox cart's slow speed, a journey of more than a hundred miles was not short.
By the time they had covered most of the distance, it had already grown dark.
Traveling at night was difficult, and the county city's gates would be closed.
So, after nightfall, they found an abandoned kiln in the wilderness and stayed the night, waiting for the first glimpse of dawn before continuing their journey.
"Let's just go in like this. As long as we make it into the city, we will be safe," said the elder doctor.
Lu Qing nodded.
Master was an Innate Realm Martial Artist. As long as they made it inside the city, even if Wang Cangyi became aware, they could not do anything to them.
Unless he wished to unleash an Innate Realm battle within the city at all costs.
So Lu Qing and his companions all concealed their auras, hid their swords and knives on the ox cart, and tried to appear as if they were simple farmers entering the city for the market.
Mrs. Wei and Wei Zian's fair faces were even dusted with dirt to conceal their complexions, making them look like ordinary farmers and young farm lads.
The elder doctor, too, wore a bamboo hat to cover his face.
Following behind other people who were also entering the city for the early market, the ox cart slowly moved forward.
As they drew closer to the county city, everyone's hearts began to rise with apprehension.
Especially Mrs. Wei, whose heart pounded furiously.
She held Little Yan tightly, trying hard to calm her emotions and avoid showing any sign of weakness.
Lu Qing, seeing the city wall that stood dozens of meters tall, neatly stacked in front of them, understood why Ma Gu and the others had not suggested entering the city at night.
Even Martial Artists at the Muscle Bone Realm would find it difficult to climb over such tall, slick walls without alerting others.
Let alone with Mrs. Wei and her children.
The city walls grew ever closer, and the ox cart moved beyond the fields to the large open buffer zone outside the city.
However, just when they were about a hundred meters from the city gate, the elder doctor brought the ox cart to a halt.
At the same time, a slight movement came from the basket on Lu Qing's back.
"Master?" Lu Qing started with a shock.
"Alas, we still can't hide it after all," sighed the elder doctor.
Ma Gu and the others were greatly shocked and were about to ask in detail when they heard a long laugh coming from in front of them.
A figure suddenly appeared atop the city wall above the gate.
At the same time, a large group of soldiers emerged from within the city, dispersing the crowd and sealing off the gate.
The crowd, who had intended to enter the city, was suddenly scattered in panic; those who ran slowly were beaten until their noses bled and their faces swelled, with their belongings scattered all around.
Fortunately, those people were somewhat restrained, considering this was a county city, and did not dare to be too excessive, thankfully avoiding any fatalities.
Lu Qing watched this scene, and a trace of coldness gradually appeared in his eyes.
"This is too much. Where are the people from the County Lord Mansion? Are they just allowing these people to behave so wantonly?"
Even Ma Gu, standing beside him, couldn't bear to watch and indignantly exclaimed.
As for Mrs. Wei and her children, their hearts were filled with even more sorrow and anger.
With these people acting so arrogantly, they couldn't imagine what kind of bullying their home had suffered these past days.
Soon, the crowd that wanted to enter the city had been thoroughly dispersed, leaving only Lu Qing's lone ox cart still standing in place.
"Which fellow Innate Realm Expert is so polite, to give Wang such a big favor by personally delivering Wei Xinghe's wife and child? Wang is truly grateful," said the figure atop the gate in a loud voice.
Upon hearing this, the entire city was shocked.
The Tin Cang Clan had made such a show of sealing off the city gates, an action that was enough to draw the attention of all the forces within the city. They wondered what the new dragon crossing the river intended to do.
Hearing Wang Cangyi's words, it seemed that the Wei Family's matriarch and Young Master Wei had returned?
And that, in addition, it seemed to involve yet another Innate Realm Expert?
Instantly, all the forces within the city began to stir, rushing their experts towards the city gate.
"Another Innate Realm [Expert]?"
At the County Lord Mansion.
The Lord County Master, who was playing chess, was taken aback upon hearing Wang Cangyi's voice.
Since when had his secluded small city become so popular? Those elusive Innate Realm individuals were showing up one after the other.
"Let's go out and take a look," said the Cloth-clothed Youth sitting opposite, as he stood up and spoke indifferently.
"Zhi Rui, do you know something?"
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The Lord County Master looked at his friend's expression and quickly asked.
He recalled that this fellow had seemingly disappeared for a while yesterday.