Chapter Ninety-Five: Before Departure

  "This Bai Rui's swordsmanship is indeed sharp. With internal power combined with sword techniques, it can probably exert about 70% of its martial arts power. As for that scar-faced man, he was far inferior, and in his panic, one knife resisted, but it was completely unorganized."

  Xia Yan saw Bai Rui draw his sword and secretly thought to himself.

  "Hmm"

  Bai Rui's sword tip slightly deviated, dodging the scar-faced man's weapon and directly stabbing into his arm. The sword tip touched, and the entire left arm of the scar-faced man was cut off.

  Blood flowed freely for a time.

  "Ah!" Scarface stared blankly and looked carefully at the arm that had fallen to the ground before letting out a miserable cry, his face instantly turning deathly pale.

  "Brothers, kill them!" One of Scarface's brothers, who had just come to after Scarface's arm was severed, yelled with a large knife in his hand.

  "Hmmph!"

  Bai Hua's body suddenly charged forward with a horizontal momentum, his entire aura bursting out abruptly. The long sword in his hand seemed like a spiritual snake, continuously poking several times in front of him.

  Those few people only felt a slight chill in their throat, the sword energy invading their body, and their body suddenly stiffened. They weren't stupid either, knowing that the opponent had shown mercy, otherwise they wouldn't have even had a chance to resist before being taken down.

  Scarface clutched his aching head with his broken arm, bumping and colliding as he sat on a stool, with beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolling down his forehead.

  Bai Hua's body finally stopped moving, her face cold as she stared at the few people in front of her.

  "Hmph, if you don't scram, next time I make a move, it won't just be a warning!" Bai Hua's face was icy cold.

  At this time, Scarface and several others suddenly came to their senses. The few people they had bumped into were not simple characters at all, and were not something they could handle.

  Xia Yan assessed in her heart, Bai Hua had probably opened up about a hundred meridians, while Bai Rui should be around ninety martial arts meridians. The sword techniques of the two were the same, both being top-notch classics among non-mainstream martial skills.

  A loud crash, Knife Scarface was carried out amidst wails and screams by several pale-faced brothers, the severed arm was also taken away, leaving only some dark red blood on the ground.

  Inside the bar, the crowd watched in amazement as they also realized the strength of Bai Hua's four people. The little girl who looked so agile and quick actually had such a domineering sword technique, cutting off the knife-scarred face's arm with one sword. A series of soft gasps came from all directions, and when the crowd looked at Bai Rui again, their eyes no longer had the fiery lust they had before.

  In their eyes, actual strength is far more intimidating than legal rules!

  "A few of you are really strong, I was worried about you just now, it seems my worry is completely unnecessary. Hehe, you should be even more ruthless." At this time, the red-clothed boss lady walked out from behind the counter again, with a smile on her face restored.

  "Haha, the thing just now was provoked by the other party first, my brothers and I absolutely did not mean to make trouble in the bar!" Bai Hua said with a smile to the boss.

  The boss laughed and said: "This is natural, however, you guys must be careful, these people may avenge you."

  As soon as she finished speaking, several people walked in from the front door, wearing armor and with sharp eyes like fierce beasts, exuding a strong killing intent, their eyes scanning the crowd inside the bar.

  "What just happened?" the leader asked the landlady in a low voice.

  The red-clothed boss lady hurriedly smiled and said, "Sir, it's all right now. Just now, a few troublemakers wanted to make trouble in the bar, but they've been taken care of by these good men."

  When the boss's wife said this, the man in armor immediately cast his eyes on Bai Hua and others.

  Birch nodded slightly towards the person with a smile on his face.

  "Well, in that case, since nothing's wrong, we'll be off then!"

  After finishing speaking, several people turned around and hurried away again.

  After a few people left, the boss's wife smiled and explained to everyone: "These are the town's guards. We pay them a certain protection fee. If someone makes trouble, they will send someone to take care of it."

  Birch nodded, "It should be so!"

  "Hehe, now we can't even drink wine, let's go."

  As they spoke, Bai Hua took out a silver coin from his own purse and handed it to the landlady. The landlady accepted the coin with a smile and said welcome back next time.

  When Xia Yan left, the red-clothed boss's wife gave him a flirtatious glance again.

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  "You were scared just now, weren't you?" A few people came out of the bar, and Bai Tui saw Xia Yan being silent, and asked in a low voice with a smile.

  Xia Yan was taken aback for a moment, then smiled lightly and said, "No, I was just thinking that your martial skills are all very strong."

  "Hey, you're scared, aren't you? Don't admit it, we'll just tease you. But what you said is right, my brother's martial skills are really formidable." Bai Rui first scolded with a hint of anger, then spoke with a pleased tone.

  "Damn it, what bad luck! Can't even drink well. Big brother, when are we leaving tomorrow?"

  When Bai Rui finished speaking, Xia Yan could only smile wryly and shake his head, no longer arguing. It wasn't until Zhang Long said this that Xia Yan perked up his ears.

  "Tomorrow morning we set out, and by noon we should be able to pass through the checkpoint into the Devil's Forest. This time, we'll be staying in the Devil's Forest for nearly a month, so let's prepare our dry rations and water." Bai Hu said calmly.

  "By the way, Xia Yan brothers, which city are you from?" Bai Hua asked again, turning his gaze to Xia Yan.

  Xia Yan's eyes flashed and he smiled: "I am from Yushui City."

  Yushui City and Baiqing City are both county cities, under the jurisdiction of Ziyecheng. The distance between these two cities is not too far, taking a horse-drawn carriage would take about three to four days. If riding a fast horse alone, it can be reached in one day.

  "It turns out you're from Yushui City, Xia Yan brothers. How many of your meridians have been opened? You dare to come to the Forest of Sin at such a young age, what great courage." Bai Hua nodded in praise.

  Xia Yan's body was just ordinary clothes, Bai Hua and others did not think that Xia Yan would be a child of a large family. If he were really a child of a large family, he would not have entered the forest of evil alone at such a young age.

  It's like the Lu family, who hired a mercenary troop to protect their children. The Lu family is only a second-rate family in Baiqing City and doesn't have a strong guard of its own.

  "I'll be attacking the Spirit Master soon." Xia Yan said with a smile.

  It may be because Bai Hua's conduct was very good that Xia Yan did not intentionally conceal his own strength.

  But as soon as he said this, Bai Hua burst out laughing in disbelief.

  "Wow, you really dare to talk big and even try to break through the Spiritual Master realm? Haha, I'm dying from laughter!"

  Zhang Long opened his big mouth, and the light in his eyes flashed as he looked at Xia Yan: "Brother Xia Yan, it's not that I look down on you, but with your current state, you're still trying to challenge a Spirit Master? I think, at most, you'll only reach the Tempering Bone stage!"

  Zhao Min also hooked the corner of her mouth, although she didn't say anything, but it was clear that she didn't believe Xia Yan's words.

  Xia Yan could only smile helplessly, he told the truth, but Bai Hua and others did not believe him.

  Followed Bai Hua to the inn where everyone settled, Xia Yan also got a room. Because it was still early, several people sat in the courtyard of the inn and had tea together for a while. Xia Yan did hear a lot of information about the Forest of Sin from Bai Rui's mouth, and he understood something about the Forest of Sin in his heart.

  Other mercenaries in this protection mission, Xia Yan also saw most of them. Bai Hua and they seemed to be not very familiar with each other either, when meeting, it was just a casual nod and greeting before passing by.

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