Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 922 - 922 312 You Dont Take the Road to Heaven

Chapter 922: Chapter 312: You Don’t Take the Road to Heaven [Combined Two in One] Chapter 922: Chapter 312: You Don’t Take the Road to Heaven [Combined Two in One] This lady clearly was traveling for the first time, too lively for her own good, riding her little white horse, sometimes ahead, sometimes falling behind.

Little did she know, her second uncle had already made up his mind that once they got home, he would lock the girl up and never bring her out again.

Being an escort with a woman who’s all charm and beauty… isn’t that just like carrying dynamite with you?

He kept blaming himself internally for his big brother spoiling his daughter rotten.

Fortunately, nothing eventful happened during the four hundred li, which they managed to cover in just two days and three nights.

Ah, naturally, they don’t travel at night in the escort business.

In escorting, it’s not about speed, as long as you deliver the goods safely within the time limit!

For some unknown reason, the red-clad Miss Qi always found time to chat with Feng Yin.

Under the circumstances, Feng Yin had no choice but to adjust their schedule, letting the little ones sleep during the day, and only sneak out at night.

The six little snakes entrusted by the Snake Emperor were getting smarter and more agile, hissing around the Ghostly Soul Snake and calling it ‘mama’ every day.

It seems as long as there’s one awake, they can chase the little snakes to the point where they have nowhere to run in the sky or on the ground.

‘Mama’ my ass, I’m a freaking male snake, alright!

The escorts stayed one night in a small town, during which Qi Jianyun held a meeting throughout the night.

The main point was naturally that they would pass through Black Rock Mountain tomorrow.

This Black Rock Mountain happened to be the most treacherous stretch of the journey.

Once they were over Black Rock Mountain, the rest of the way would be bright and open, and it could almost be said that the mission would be complete.

“This time, we cannot be optimistic,” Qi Jianyun said in a grave voice.

“Over the years, we’ve escorted cargos through here several times, and the strongmen of Black Rock Mountain have never shown us any courtesy. Even if we haven’t come to blows, most of the time they let us go only after taking a hefty toll.”

“And this time, it might be even more perilous.”

One of the heads born to the trade asked, “Has the strongman of Black Rock Mountain never considered Old Master Zhao’s reputation?”

Qi Jianyun’s face revealed a bitter smile, “Our family’s Old Master Zhao has influence, and the strongmen do show some mercy—that’s true. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t been robbed. It just means we haven’t been openly attacked and robbed that often, but it doesn’t mean it’s never happened.”

“The boss of Black Rock Mountain, known as ‘Black Dagger,’ once let slip during one of our passages: We’ll definitely give face to Old Master Zhao Sihai, but we’ve been doing that for generations, and have been doing it for many years!”

“Debts of gratitude are always hard to repay, but no matter how great the debt, there comes a day when it must be settled, doesn’t it? How can we go on giving face like this forever? If you come, you want face; if he comes, he wants face too; then, we might as well give up and become good citizens, what’s the point of being a mountain king? Do you really think the northwestern wind can fill our stomachs?”

“My grandfather gave face to Old Zhao all his life, my father gave face to Old Zhao all his life, and now it’s my turn; how much longer does your honor expect to use his reputation?”

Qi Jianyun coughed, “That’s exactly what Black Dagger said at the time.”

One of the escort heads scratched his head, mumbling, “Well, there is some sense to that…”

This immediately drew angry glares from everyone.

“As for this escort mission… although I haven’t actually seen the cargo, it is said… it’s something that can deal with Black Dagger… So, the cause and effect between this journey and Black Dagger are not insignificant. If Black Dagger doesn’t know the details, that’s fine, but if he does… this matter will probably not end well.”

Everyone fell silent.

So this peaceful journey was actually fraught with immense danger waiting for them?

“How could something that can deal with Black Dagger be entrusted to an escort agency?”

These words of Qi Rong’er reflected her confusion, as she inquired, “Wouldn’t it have been better to just send an expert to stealthily take it back?”

Qi Rong’er’s question was exactly what everyone wanted to ask, and they all found it to make perfect sense.

“I do not know the reason behind it, and we in the peaceful escort trade never ask about the purpose of the goods. But that’s no longer important. What is important is that the item is now in our hands.”

Qi Jianyun sighed, glancing at his niece, feeling more and more that there was something wrong with her mind.

In fact, Qi Jianyun himself had already guessed it was likely that the cargo owner might be using their Sihai Escort Bureau as a decoy.

Or perhaps it should be said, as a tool to attract the other party’s attention.

The real item might very well be traveling by another route.

But such words were absolutely not to be spoken aloud.

The next morning.

Everyone in the escort bureau rose early to continue the journey.

With the escort flag flying high, the caravan moved forward.

After a short time, they had already reached a place not far from Black Rock Mountain.

As they drew closer to their destination, everyone became increasingly anxious, even the leading muleteer dared not call out loudly.

What if Black Dagger hadn’t planned to come out, only to be drawn out by their own shouting? Whom could they possibly blame for that?

In fact, Black Dagger’s real name was not ‘Black Dagger’, but he earned the nickname because his blade was both fierce and nefarious, never failing to target a person’s head or… a rather lower head. That’s how he got such a notorious nickname.

As the nickname grew more famous, his real name was virtually forgotten…

One might even say that there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names!

As time went on, they had already passed halfway through the jurisdiction of Black Rock Mountain.

Qi Rong’er’s tense heart finally began to relax a bit, whispering, “There’s been no sign of anything so far, does that mean there won’t be trouble?”