Lord of the Desert

Chapter 87
On the fifth day of December, early in the morning.

The frost on the window sill is very thick, and the sun is just facing the city.

"Er Qiu, are you up yet, where is anyone?"

In a small courtyard in the east of Jinhai City, Wu Guangzhi, dressed in brocade clothes and with a full stomach, wiped his face with ice water, shouted, and planned to kick the door of the room under the bed.

At this time, the courtyard door behind him was slammed open, making his liver tremble with fright.

"Who?"

Wu Guangzhi shouted in a low voice, instinctively wanting to pull out the steel knife hidden under the pile of firewood, but when he glanced back, he found that the person who entered the door was the second ball of his right hand.

"What are you doing, you bastard?"

He cursed angrily, and just breathed a sigh of relief when he was startled by the sound of Er Qiu closing the door.

"Boss, something serious happened!"

Before Wu Guangzhi could get angry, Er Qiu, a fat man, had rushed up to him in a few steps, and pulled his arm into the room.

"I went to buy breakfast at Dajiekou, guess what I saw?"

Er Qiu put two fires on the table and asked in a low voice.

Wu Guangzhi gave him a blank look, but without answering, he picked up a fire and put it in his mouth.

Erqiu can only ask and answer for himself.

"A bloody head was hung on the long pole at the gate of the Martial Arts Academy. I was still thinking of some poor person who rushed down to reincarnate in the cold winter months..."

"I didn't expect it to be our third master!"

Hearing this, Wu Guangzhi's face froze immediately.

He spat out the half-chewed fire on the ground, paced around and murmured: "The third family is dead? Didn't you say last time that you want to have a better life recently? Why is it blocked again?"

"I heard it wasn't blocked."

Er Qiu hurried to answer.

"Watching the excitement were the buyers from Chi's family. I heard from them that our people intercepted and killed the hunting team yesterday."

"There are dozens of dead children from each family, and even the second son of the Li family was disembowelled."

"The third master died in the hands of Hong Fan, the star king of the Hong family."

After Er Qiu finished speaking, he reached out to take the remaining fire, and suddenly saw his elder brother's face turned pale.

"Damn, it's over now..."

Wu Guangzhi gasped, and then his teeth chattered.

"The boss is so disrespectful!"

"We have stayed in Jinhai City to sell the stolen goods on behalf of the gang all these years. How much risk did we take?"

He rubbed his fatty belly.

"Ever since Ma Jingshan entered the Xiantian realm, people who met Jinhai have always stayed away from each other, and the well water does not violate the river water."

"Otherwise, why would the Li family, the Chi family, and the Jiaotong Hall accept our unidentified goods?"

"It's been less than a year since Ma Jingsha's death. They're suddenly doing this kind of beheading business, and they don't even talk to my brothers in advance, so that we can prepare early. They are really wolf-hearted!"

After Er Qiu heard the words, he also came back to his senses, and finally he didn't care about his hunger.

"Boss, we are usually so careful that we don't even keep a single pigeon, so maybe others won't be able to spot us, right?"

"Be careful to hit a ball? Are you taking him for a fool?"

Wu Guangzhi shouted and cursed.

"Our identities were not revealed, and others didn't ask too much. But with regard to the goods that usually leave, can someone who is interested still fail to guess?"

"No, the world is dangerous, we have to retreat!"

As he spoke, he took out a short knife from the bedside, and took out a bag of gold and silver from under the chamber pot in the corner, and finally picked up the only fire left on the table, and walked towards the door.

Pushing open the wooden door, there was already someone waiting in the yard.

Before Wu Guangzhi could open his mouth to beg for mercy, a silent air sword pierced through his knee, causing blood beads to burst out.

It was the Li family's Wind Chasing Sword.

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In the afternoon of the same day.

The sun was shining brightly, and the winter air was exceptionally dry.

The traveler walks through the sun and into the shade of the tree, just one step, as if passing through a season.

The long street in front of Li's house was crowded with cars and horses.

There are so many high-ranking people gathered in a non-yearly or festival, this kind of thing has not been seen in Jinhai City for a long time.

Li Family, Crane Hall.

Under the main seat, there are four rows of mahogany armchairs.

On the left and right, Hong Jian and Zheng Zhun took their seats respectively, followed by the Patriarchs led by Chi Zhuiyuan.

Hong Sheng attended the meeting with his father this time, and he also had a seat in the outer circle.

After everyone was seated, the host came out from the back of the hall, attracting a lot of attention.

Gein came not from the Li family Hegong, but the eldest son Li Shenji.

The young master of the Li family who always pays attention to his appearance has red and bloodshot eyes at this moment, and he seems to have been sleepless all night.

"Elders, my family lord suddenly heard the bad news last night, and was so distraught that he vomited blood on the spot, so I will take care of today's discussion."

He bowed to everyone and explained.

The so-called bad news is naturally the death of Li Xutuo.

"I invite you to come here today, there are two things to do."

Li Shenji said in a deep voice, leaning on the main seat tactfully, without actually taking the seat.

"The first is to explain to everyone the situation of the attack yesterday, so as to set the record straight..."

He started from the team's departure and return, and ended when the sea flight exited the snow valley.

The entire explanation lasted for half an hour - as the organizer of this session, the Li family's information was naturally the most detailed and accurate.

And until the end of the speech, there was still no noise in the Crane Hall.

Because everyone knows that since the Li family has invited so many key figures, they must not only give a running account, but also give a statement.

Sure enough, Li Shenji looked around at the crowd and spoke again.

"The second thing must be guessed by everyone."

"I am adjacent to a foreign race in Jinhai, and I have always responded blood for blood and tooth for tooth."

"Flying on the sea is violent and ruthless, it cuts off my business routes and kills my children, it is unbearable!"

His voice was already hoarse, and the words he spoke were like rusty iron piercing sand, with a bloody smell.

"That's why the Li family proposed here that all surnames in Jinhai join forces to send troops to wipe out Haifei and decapitate the sand bandits to comfort the dead!"

As soon as this remark came out, the followers were like thunder.

Especially the more than a dozen families whose core members died in this battle—such as Zheng Zhun, Chi Zhuiyuan, etc.—there was even more hatred in their voices.

The sound of the harmony receded like a tide, and the Crane Hall gradually became quiet.

Many people turned their attention to Hong Jian - he was one of the few who didn't speak just now.

"I don't know what Hong Shibo thinks?"

Li Shenji asked very respectfully.

It is well known that the Patriarch of the Hong family lives in seclusion all year round and does nothing.

But no matter how low-key he is, as long as he is innately cultivated, he is the undoubted Optimus pillar in Jinhai City.

"Flying on the sea has been a scourge to the Jinhai Desert for five years, and I naturally want to get rid of it quickly."

Hong Jian replied, speaking slowly.

"But the troublesome bandit has never been strong, but concealed and fast."

"Nephew wants to send troops, I have a question."

"Four hundred miles of golden sand and vast sea, the barren sand is endless, where is the old nest of flying on the sea?"

When this question was issued, the hall fell silent.

Wan Guangji only has a cultivation base of sympathy between heaven and man, and in terms of frontal combat power, he can only be ranked among the top five in Jinhai City.

The reason why he was able to rank No. 570 and second on the list of villains and be at ease was because he hid in the desert and the three caves of cunning rabbits.

When everyone was depressed, Li Shenji was confident.

"My Li family already cares about the location of Haifei's lair."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to bring a middle-aged man with a big belly and a lame leg from the back hall.

"This person's name is Wu Guangzhi, and his identity is the high-level leader of Haifei Fei, responsible for selling and purchasing stolen goods."

"Although he conceals his identity in every possible way, how can he stay in the city for a long time?"

"After this incident, he was about to escape, but I arranged for him to capture him in advance."

Li Shenji held up Wu Guangzhi's face and showed it to the crowd, and asked them to present a newly drawn map.

This picture is exactly the Jinhai Desert. Dozens of places are marked with a red pen, and the core places are marked with red crosses.

(End of this chapter)