Chapter 205: One Man Guards The Pass
Seeing Lu Yun dart out, Uncle Bao and the two guards hurriedly followed close behind. In the blink of an eye, the four of them blocked between the caravan and the dock.
“Who are you, daring to block the Xie Clan’s caravan!” The group of people felt somewhat guilty, and upon seeing someone blocking their path, they were first startled. Only after seeing that there were just four opponents did they calm down a bit and angrily shouted: “If you want to learn from bandits and rob on the road, you still need to look at your target clearly!”
The caravan had over thirty mule-drawn wagons, and including the drivers and guards, there were fully one or two hundred people. Lu Yun and his group had only four, and they were old and young at that. Even adding the two dogs, they still looked like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
“The Lu Clan’s money isn’t so easy to swallow!” Lu Yun didn’t cover his face and stood openly in front of the caravan. Though the opponents outnumbered him greatly, he regarded them as nothing. He said loudly: “Leave the carriages behind and depart quickly, and you may keep your lives!”
“Hahaha!” The group of guards burst into loud laughter as if hearing the biggest joke, saying: “You dare to threaten us? Kid, even if you want to die, this isn’t the way to go about it!” Though they said that, upon hearing Lu Yun declare his clan as the Lu Clan, they were still somewhat hesitant and didn’t dare to attack rashly.
“Enough nonsense, just finish him off!” Unexpectedly, at that moment, a vicious female voice rang out. Lu Yun looked toward the voice and saw the carriage curtain in the middle carriage lifted, revealing Xie Min’s beautiful face covered in frost.
Xie Min was in a very bad mood. She had originally been keeping those three hundred thousand taels of gold for Lu Jian, but after Lu Jian met with an accident, Xie Min developed the idea of keeping the huge sum for herself. Although she was the Xie Clan’s direct daughter and had inherited much of her husband’s estate, she couldn’t resist her daily extravagance and squandering her wealth!
Swallowing those three hundred thousand taels of gold would allow Xie Min to continue her life of luxury for another twenty or thirty years. If she used the wealth to buy properties and generate more money, she wouldn’t have to worry for the rest of her life. Thinking of this, Xie Min was fully determined: she absolutely could not spit out this gold again.
But the Lu Clan had lost a huge sum and was investigating vigorously, so Xie Min was very worried that her relationship with Lu Jian couldn’t be hidden, and the Lu Clan would eventually trace it back to her. Thus, Xie Min grew more tense day by day, fearing that the Lu Clan would come knocking, seize her gold, and ruin her reputation.
Therefore, Xie Min had seduced Pei Yukou, wanting this husband’s younger brother who had been infatuated with her for many years to help guard her home. But even after Pei Yukou arrived at Cuihe Garden, Xie Min still felt uneasy… Pei Yukou was only an Earth Rank Grandmaster after all, and not enough to withstand the Lu Clan’s pressure.
If it were his older brother Pei Yuqiu here instead, Xie Min could naturally put her heart at ease. Unfortunately, that Heavenly Rank Grandmaster had no interest in her whatsoever…
Thus, Xie Min finally decided to transport the gold out of the Capital City first, but not to Jiangnan—rather to Guangzhong. The Xie Clan originated from Guangzhong, where she had deep connections. Whether storing or handling this wealth, it would be much easier there than elsewhere.
To this end, Xie Min racked her brains, openly repairing the plank roads while secretly crossing at Chencang. She had Pei Yukou lead a fake caravan eastward, while she secretly took her subordinates through the secret passage she had used for secret meetings with Lu Jian in the past, smuggling the three hundred thousand taels of gold to Qing Feng Garden. Then from the empty Qing Feng Garden, they loaded it onto wagons outside and transported it to the western dock. Just as success was in sight, Lu Yun killed them halfway!
By the light of the torches, Xie Min could clearly see Lu Yun’s unforgettable face. She had long harbored hatred for this boy who injured her nephew, and seeing him pop up again to ruin her plans, Xie Min flew into a rage. A burst of evil fire burned away all reason, and she actually ordered them to kill Lu Yun to silence him!
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“Yes!” Several guards acknowledged the order, immediately drawing their weapons and charging at Lu Yun with ferocious grins. With their own master backing them, they were eager to bully these arrogant scions of noble clans.
They had thought that the old man and the two warriors holding the dogs would hurriedly step in front of the youth. Who knew that upon seeing the enemies charge, the three actually retreated a step, leaving the youth to face them alone!
“Overreaching!” The several guards let out strange yells, their weapons coming at Lu Yun from different directions.
Lu Yun faced the incoming enemies with a solemn expression, lightly stroking the Precious Sword at his waist. Everyone saw only a flash of cold light in the night sky, and the weapons in the guards’ hands clattered to the ground one after another as they cried out in pain, clutching their wrists!
Looking again, Lu Yun already held his long sword, the tip pointing downward, still dripping with glaring blood droplets.
“What fast swordplay!” Xie Min’s subordinates immediately dropped their contempt for Lu Yun and drew their weapons warily, treating him as a formidable enemy.
The night wind blew Lu Yun’s white robes flapping loudly. He maintained his sword-holding stance, standing alone before the caravan. At this moment, no one felt any contempt like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; instead, they sensed one man guarding the pass, ten thousand unable to pass.
“Attack together!” Seeing so many of her own people intimidated by a mere fledgling youth, Xie Min shrieked in fury: “Take him down!”
This time, dozens of guards charged at Lu Yun together. Even a fierce tiger couldn’t withstand a pack of wolves—they didn’t believe so many people still couldn’t handle this sixteen- or seventeen-year-old youth!
At this moment, Lu Yun moved as well. Fearlessly wielding his sword, he charged into the enemy group in the blink of an eye. The guards hurriedly swung their weapons at Lu Yun, but they saw him in white robes fluttering, graceful as a startled swan, sword light flashing like a roaming dragon. He moved freely through the enemy ranks without anyone touching the hem of his clothes; instead, they were constantly stabbed in the wrists, their weapons dropping one after another.
In just a few breaths, Lu Yun had struck over ten guards, all precisely in the wrists, rendering them unable to fight—this was even harder than killing them outright!
Moreover, Lu Yun had accomplished all this with Black Rank strength. His swordplay was so exquisite and his movement technique so superb that it reached an inconceivable level.
Not only were Xie Min’s subordinates all stunned, even Uncle Bao couldn’t help but stare in astonishment. He had watched Lu Yun grow up and sparred with him countless times, knowing Lu Yun always relied on profound cultivation to overpower with strength. He had never seen Lu Yun handle things so effortlessly, relying solely on exquisite movement techniques and moves to fight many alone—including several Black Rank experts comparable to his current strength.
Uncle Bao naturally knew this was all thanks to Lu Xian. Lu Xian was formerly known as the Haoran Sword, naturally dominating the world with swordplay. But back then, Lu Xian’s style was bold and powerful, upright and fierce. The swordplay and movement technique he now taught Lu Yun were elegant and carefree, precise to the extreme—clearly, in the over ten years since they last met, Lu Xian’s comprehension of the Martial Arts Path had advanced another level.
Uncle Bao couldn’t help but feel a pang of sadness, thinking to himself: ‘Truly, goods compared are thrown away, people compared are dead.’ He had diligently taught Lu Yun for ten years, yet it couldn’t match Lu Xian teaching for just a month or so…
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After knocking down over ten weapons, Lu Yun didn’t press the attack but instead broke through the enemy formation and charged into the caravan. Amid the exclamations of the drivers and guards, his long sword flashed, slicing a carriage’s wheel in half. The carriage immediately lost balance and toppled to the ground with a crash. The boxes loaded on it fell to the ground, shattering with a crack, and the gold ingots inside spilled all over the place.
Upon seeing those gold ingots, Uncle Bao immediately followed Lu Yun’s prior instructions and set off a firework.
With a whoosh, the silver-white firework exploded in the night sky—what a sight of silver flowers on fiery trees!
“Oh no, he’s called for reinforcements!” Xie Min was greatly alarmed and shrieked her order: “Don’t tangle with him, scatter and flee!” Now she no longer dared hope to swallow all the gold—whatever she could keep was fine!
How could Lu Yun let her escape? Before being surrounded, he leaped onto the next carriage and swung his sword again, severing that carriage’s wheel as well.
The front was just a rural dock, and the road wasn’t wide—barely enough for two carriages abreast. With Lu Yun destroying these two carriages, the caravan was immediately unable to proceed.
“Quick, stop this kid!” Seeing Lu Yun flying toward her again, Xie Min screamed in fright.
The guards hurriedly surrounded and protected Xie Min, but they saw Lu Yun leap up like a great peng, arriving above the crowd in an instant. Then his toes lightly touched the top of Xie Min’s carriage before he vaulted over it, pouncing toward the rear of the caravan.
Xie Min could clearly see the contemptuous smile on Lu Yun’s face as he passed over her head.
