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Chapter 810 - 810 770 The City Lord's Escort Convoy

810: Chapter 770: The City Lord’s Escort Convoy 810: Chapter 770: The City Lord’s Escort Convoy On the main road in City South, five large carriages advanced in succession, heading toward the city gates.

The carriages were all quite large, each requiring four spirited horses for power.

Lu Chuan had left Dongfang Residence on a fine horse and made his way along the road at a gentle pace.

Soon, he caught sight of the caravan.

He followed closely behind.

After a while, he sped up to the city gates and directly led the way out of the city first.

By an old tree next to the city gates, Lu Chuan dismounted and tied his horse to the side.

Then, he began to observe the direction of the city gates.

He found a patch of grass and sat down cross-legged.

With no one nearby, Lu Chuan allowed his Divine Soul to leave his body and float into the air before flying toward the city’s interior.

Hovering in mid-air, Lu Chuan surveyed the tracks of the caravan below.

Immediately, he swooped down toward the first carriage and entered it.

Whoosh!!!

The light in front of him dimmed in an instant as Lu Chuan passed through the wooden boards and directly into the interior of the carriage.

Straight away, he saw the situation inside.

Inside the carriage, twelve soldiers clad in armor sat, all clutching their weapons tightly, prepared to fight at a moment’s notice.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan felt it odd that the carriage was actually transporting soldiers.

Moreover, judging by their bearing, these soldiers were elite, not merely ordinary rank-and-file.

Could it be that City Lord Wan Changdong had already sensed something and made preemptive preparations?

Was this just a decoy, waiting for him to make a move?

Lu Chuan left the first carriage and moved on to the second one.

The scene inside was much the same as in the first.

However, Lu Chuan happened to overhear a conversation between two soldiers.

“Do we really need to go to such lengths for this escort mission?”

“Who knows, we don’t even know what we are escorting.

Could it be gold?”

“That might be possible.

Maybe the carriages in the back are all loaded with gold.”

“The reward for this mission is substantial.

Since we’ve come out on a mission, let’s do our best.”

“Right.

When I was boarding the carriage, I vaguely heard sobbing from one of the carriages at the back.

It’s strange, isn’t it?

Maybe they’re carrying some criminals.”

“That’s not impossible either, but we can’t see the inside, so guessing now is useless.”

“Stop caring about that.

Think more about how to enjoy the reward afterward.”

“Exactly!

That’s what we should be pondering in earnest.”

“This mission is too easy.

Are there really still people in Forest City who dare to rob our carriages?”

“Indeed, even if it were the people from Dongfang Residence, they wouldn’t dare to lay a hand on our caravan, right?”

“Nonsense, even if you gave Dongfang Residence’s people ten thousand guts, they wouldn’t dare to make a move!”

“Who knows why the City Lord sent so many elite soldiers to escort us.

It really is a waste.”

“Let it be a waste, it’s better to be safe than sorry.”

The people on the carriage chatted leisurely, believing the escort mission to be ridiculously easy.

For a long time, all the powers within and around Forest City had dared not to offend the City Lord’s forces.

Over the years, not a single treasured item escorted by the City Guards, no matter how precious, had been targeted.

This complacency settled in, making them believe this escort mission too would proceed without a hitch, allowing them to easily earn their money.

After listening to their conversation, Lu Chuan continued to peer into the next carriage.

As soon as his Divine Soul surged into the carriage, he immediately saw that the cabin was packed with people, incredibly crowded, with nearly twenty people!

Lu Chuan’s face instantly took on a grave expression; the majority of these people were less than ten years old, with only a few older children vaguely visible.

Lu Chuan got serious — this convoy wasn’t any kind of bait or trap; they were really planning to transport the people out.

The City Lord had apparently also guessed that someone might attempt to hijack the transport, thus he had specially added more manpower.

This convoy, transporting only twenty people out of the city, would likely need five such teams to move everyone out.

Seeing this, Lu Chuan also inspected the two carriages in the back; those were also filled with elite and powerful soldiers.

This team was composed of four carriages to transport a single passenger carriage.

Lu Chuan’s Divine Soul returned to his body outside the city.

Lu Chuan stood up from the grass, scanned his surroundings, and confirmed that no one had come to disturb him just now.

He remounted his horse, planning to follow the convoy for a distance before seizing the opportunity to make a move.

He rode the horse under a tree, looking in the direction of the city gate.

Gradually, the convoy emerged, journeying along the road into the deep mountains and old forests.

Lu Chuan rode his horse, closely following behind them.

As evening drew on, the surrounding light dimmed, and torches were hung on the carriages.

Lu Chuan followed closely, and soon caught up with the convoy.

They had already left Forest City far behind, and there were hardly any other travelers to be seen; there was no better time to make a move.

If he continued to follow, there would only be the two parties on the road, making it easy for the others to notice something amiss.

Lu Chuan swiftly rode his horse forward, moving directly to the front of the convoy.

Lu Chuan pulled on the reins, turning the horse to face the convoy and stopped.

Seeing this, the coachman quickly grabbed the reins, bringing the carriage to a halt as well.

“Who are you?

Why are you blocking our way?

Do you know that this is a convoy dispatched personally by the City Lord?

By stopping the City Lord’s convoy, you are opposing the City Lord himself!”

Lu Chuan looked at the coachman and said, “Let everyone on the carriage get off, without a single person left behind!”

“And who do you think you are, barking orders at us?

Looks like you’re tired of living!”

The coachman shouted arrogantly.

The next moment, Lu Chuan raised his left hand, condensed the Divine Fire of the Sun in his palm, and, without hesitation, flicked the flames towards the coachman.

Whoosh!

The flame quickly landed on the coachman, instantly igniting a fierce fire!

“Ahhhh!!!”

The coachman screamed and fell off the carriage, rolling on the ground in agony; his screams were piercing and echoed throughout the valley.

Upon hearing the screams, the soldiers escorting the carriages swiftly jumped out, each wielding their weapons, and approached Lu Chuan.

One of them stepped forward, pointing his longsword towards Lu Chuan.

“Who are you, with the audacity of a bear’s heart and a leopard’s gall, daring to stop our carriage?

You must be seeking death!”

“We are the escort squad under the City Lord’s command; I am Yuh Tianshui, the captain of this squad.

By provoking us, you are courting death!”

“Not a single person in Forest City has ever dared to lay a hand on us; you truly have a death wish!”

The man named Yuh Tianshui pointed his sword at Lu Chuan, his demeanor extremely haughty.

Lu Chuan stared at him and asked, “What are you transporting in the third carriage?

Do you dare to tell me?”

The other soldiers whispered among themselves, also curious.

In the entire escort squad, only the captain knew what exactly was being transported in that single middle carriage.