The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 051
Chapter 051 Walk Out of the Mountains
Cloud Continent was divided into nine prefectures. After coming out of the Lianyun Mountain Range, he entered the Dongyuan Prefecture.
Looking around, the terrain gradually flattened out. The towering mountains had disappeared, and the trees no longer covered the sky.
“I’m finally out!” Li Qing sighed. This was the first time in his life that he had left the Lianyun Mountain Range and arrived in the outside world. I wonder how wonderful this place will be.
Their destination, Cloud Continent City, was located in the center of Cloud Continent, and it was far away. After pinpointing the direction, they continued on their journey at a fast speed, striving to arrive as soon as possible.
After walking for more than half a day, he didn’t even see a single person along the way. Li Qing couldn’t help but mutter in a low voice, “Why doesn’t there seem to be many people outside?”
Liu Ke’er smiled and said, “Don’t worry, we haven’t reached a crowded place yet.”
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At dusk, they finally saw a village in front of them and couldn’t help but be very happy.
“We finally see people. It’s getting late. Let’s stay in this village for the night.” Li Qing said.
After the discussion was settled, they walked into the village. Passing by the village entrance, he saw a stone tablet with the words “Ancient River Village” written on it. Thinking about it, this should be the name of the village.
Walking into this village, it was very quiet, smoke curling up from the cooking, the traffic on the roads, chickens and dogs heard of each other. One room after another was situated in a crisscrossed manner.
Under the setting sun, a beautiful landscape painting was formed. It had a different flavor and was filled with a rich aura of life.
They arrived at the door of a small farmhouse. Li Qing went forward and knocked lightly on the door.
After a while, the door opened and a dark, honest looking middle-aged man walked out.
Li Qing cupped his hands and said politely, “The two of us are passing through this place. We want to find a place to stay for the night. I wonder if it would be convenient for us.”
The middle-aged man looked at the two people in front of him for a while. Seeing that they did not look like bad people, he smiled slightly and said, “Of course, please come in.”
The courtyard was very big, and there were some chickens and ducks that were croaking and howling. It was very lively. When they entered the room, they saw a middle-aged woman and a child sitting there. The room was neatly tidied, and the tables and wooden stools were cleanly wiped.
The middle-aged woman also had a simple and honest appearance. She wore a simple and clean coarse dress. The child, who was about five or six years old, was staring at the two strangers with wide eyes and curiosity. After the host explained the situation to his wife, the hostess warmly received the guests and poured them a cup of hot tea.
The child said loudly, “Big sister is so beautiful. Is she a fairy in the sky?”
Everyone laughed. Liu Ke’er pinched the child’s face and said, “Little brother is so cute! What’s your name?”
“My name is Little Tiger Head!” The child said in a milky voice.
“So cute.” She touched Little Tiger’s head and teased him.
They sat down and chatted for a while. After talking, he found out that this place was indeed called the Ancient River Village. The people in the village were basically all surnamed Gu. The middle-aged man was called Gu Yunjin.
In the vicinity of the Ancient River Village, there were many other villages that were connected. Further east, there was a city called Dongchang City, which was the largest city in this area.
During this period, Gu Yunjin revealed one more thing. He said that there was a gang of horse bandits nearby. They were known as Black Wind Mountain Strongholds. They often robbed nearby villages to collect protection fees. They were extremely arrogant and unscrupulous.
“Oh? How many of them are there?” Li Qing asked.
“I heard that there are several hundred people. The three leaders are all powerful experts. No one nearby is their opponent.” Gu Yunjin whispered, as if he was afraid that others would hear him. “Also, I just received news today that Santai Village, a few dozen miles away, refused to pay the protection fee. I never thought that this Black Wind Village would go crazy and slaughter all the thousands of people in Santai Village!”
“What? Slaughter Village!” Li Qing was shocked and killing intent flashed in his eyes. I didn’t expect such a horrible thing to happen. These horse bandits really deserve to die!
“Don’t tell me nobody cares?” He couldn’t help but ask, his heart furious.
“Who cares? There’s nothing we can do about it. This place isn’t that important. Who would have enough to eat and stay meddlesome?” Gu Yunjin sighed and said, “The entire Dongyuan Prefecture has always been in chaos. There are three major cities and dozens of important towns in the prefecture. The conquest has been going on for many years. They can’t handle their own affairs, so how can they care about our lives?”
“The world outside is so chaotic.” Li Qing couldn’t help but sigh. In the Lianyun Mountain Range, the main source of danger was demonic beasts. Outside, the source of danger was humans. Sometimes, humans were even more terrifying and cruel than demonic beasts.
“You must be careful when you walk on the road. Don’t encounter this group of horse bandits. Otherwise, there will be bad luck, especially when this girl is so beautiful and attractive.” Gu Yunjin warned.
Li Qing nodded, but he thought to himself, “Don’t let me encounter these horse bandits! If I encounter them, I will definitely kill them all.”
At night.
The night in the country was very quiet and peaceful. The surroundings were pitch-black, and one or two barks could be heard from time to time.
Li Qing and Liu Ke’er were lying on the same bed, separated by a distance.
There weren’t many rooms in this family, only one room was vacant, so they shared the same room for the night. It didn’t matter to them, it wasn’t the first time anyway.
“I really want to find an opportunity to kill all those horse bandits!” Li Qing’s mood was difficult to calm down. Every time he thought about the matter of Tu Village, his heart would be filled with rage.
“If you want to do it, then do it. No matter what you do, I will support it.” Liu Ke’er looked at him gently.
“I’m afraid this will waste a lot of time. It’s very troublesome.” Li Qing sighed and said, “Let’s talk about it in the future. If you have the chance, do it. Perhaps you will encounter this group of horse thieves on the way. Then let’s get rid of them.”
There were too many unfair facts in this world, and it was impossible to care about everything. It could only be considered as doing one’s best to do so when they encountered each other.
Nothing happened overnight.
The next morning, Li Qing and Liu Ke’er woke up early. When they arrived at the courtyard, they saw that the hostess was already busy with her work.
“You’re awake? Did you sleep well last night?” She asked.
“Very good.” Li Qing nodded and smiled.
After walking out of the courtyard, he saw a group of strong men practicing in the open space of the village. Gu Yunjin was also there.
“Drink!”
“Ha!”
The muscular men were practicing their spear techniques, saber techniques, fist techniques, and so on. There were also people who were carrying heavy objects such as stone locks and rolling iron balls to endure their strength. These people were robust, bare-chested, sweating profusely and panting heavily.
The women were doing the laundry, cooking, taking care of the children and other household chores.
Men worked hard to protect the village, while women allowed men to have no worries about the future and had a clear division of labour.
Li Qing walked over and watched with interest for a while. When Gu Yunjin saw Li Qing, he stopped practicing and walked over. He wiped his sweat and said, “Right now, we have to train every day to improve our ability to protect ourselves. Especially after the news of the Horse Gang Slaughtering Village spread, the villagers trained even harder so that they wouldn’t be unable to resist the Horse Gang.”
Li Qing nodded and said, “Where did you learn all these spear techniques and saber techniques?”
Gu Yunjin laughed and said, “How did you learn this? These are some crop tricks that our village came up with. It’s not worth mentioning. I’ll make you laugh.”
Li Qing also smiled. This was indeed the case. The moves were extremely crude, and it was useless even if he practiced them.
He hesitated for a moment and then said, “I am skilled in saber techniques. Perhaps I can teach you a set of saber techniques to practice. I wonder if you are willing to learn it?”
“Saber Technique!” Gu Yunjin’s eyes lit up and he said, “If that’s the case, then that would be great!” He did not think that Li Qing would deceive him, because it was not beneficial. Moreover, Li Qing gave off an extraordinary feeling. He should be a capable person.
As he spoke, Gu Yunjin impatiently walked to the middle of the training ground and shouted to everyone, “Everyone, stop. I have something to say.”
Everyone stopped and looked at Gu Yunjin. He said, “I have a friend who is skilled in saber arts and wants to teach everyone a set of saber techniques. Everyone, come and learn it.”
When they heard this, they all surrounded him and saw Li Qing. A young man was unconvinced and said, “How powerful can this person be at such a young age? He really overestimated himself by wanting to teach us saber techniques.”
Li Qing smiled and said, “If you don’t accept it, I can compete with you.”
“Alright! I’ll be right back.” This young man didn’t have any ill intentions, he was just impulsive and arrogant. This was the way things were going in the village. It was straight to and fro, and if they were not convinced, they would directly bring it up.
The two of them stood in the arena and the young man shouted, “Be careful, look at the knife!” As he spoke, he slashed out with his saber. This saber strike was quite fast and powerful. It was considered quite good for ordinary people.
Li Qing, however, did not care. He extended his hand and the saber flew out. Then, a palm print appeared and hit the young man’s chest, sending him flying.
Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy.
“So powerful!” Everyone was shocked. They could tell that Li Qing had knocked down the young man without even exerting much strength. His strength was definitely not weak, and they couldn’t help but feel admiration in their hearts.
The young man fell to the ground, but he was not injured. He stood up and was very convinced. He cupped his hands and said, “You’re so powerful. You’re a hundred times stronger than me. I overestimated myself.”
Since they were convinced, Li Qing stopped talking nonsense and began to practice a set of saber techniques. Everyone watched attentively, afraid that they would miss a single action.
Of course, the saber technique he taught him was the basic saber technique he had learned at Yan Yang Peak. He had practiced this saber technique for many years and was already familiar with it. Although it was only the foundation, it had gone through countless years of tempering and tempering on Yan Yang Peak. In the end, the essence of the saber style was countless times better than the crop style of Gu He Village.
Moreover, this saber technique was not difficult to learn. It was used to lay the foundation and was suitable for them.
Speaking of higher-level saber techniques, Li Qing knew them as well, but he couldn’t spread them out, and they couldn’t learn them either.
Next, Li Qing spent the whole morning teaching them this basic saber technique. I believe that if they keep practicing this saber technique, it will be more than enough to deal with ordinary people.
After finishing these things, Li Qing planned to take his leave. The villagers asked him to stay for a few more days. However, Li Qing had something important to do and had to leave.
Just as Li Qing and Liu Ke’er were about to leave, the earth suddenly trembled.
“Horse hooves!” Everyone’s expressions changed drastically.
