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Chapter 460: Relaxation and Tension

The two men ran for six or seven miles in one breath. Just when Malu thought they were safe, he heard the sound of horse hooves behind him.

Gu Qingyi's expression changed slightly, "Those guys actually chased so far."

Although the bandits from the Black Tiger Camp came down the mountain later than the two men, their mounts were faster and more importantly, the riders on horseback were better riders.

Listening to the sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer behind her, Gu Qingyi looked around, trying to see if there was any hiding place around, but the next moment, she saw two packages flying from the side.

Gu Qingyi subconsciously reached out to take the package and found that it contained the treasures that Malu had found from the treasure house of the Black Tiger Village.

The latter winked at her and said, "You go back first, and we'll meet at the old place in a week."

Without waiting for her to answer, Malu turned over and jumped off the horse, then grabbed a handful of stones from the ground.

When the bandits behind him approached, he raised his hand and the stones shot out under the impetus of his internal force, hitting the bandits on the heads and faces!

Without exception, all the dozen or so robbers were hit by the stones, and the next moment they were involved in the card game.

Malu has already obtained the secret medicine, so it doesn’t matter whether the opponent will launch a round-robin battle or not. At worst, he can just fight all the way until the countdown is over.

When Gu Qingyi saw Malu stop to fight the enemy and buy time for her to escape, she was deeply moved and wanted to come back by pulling the reins, but she heard Malu shouting from a distance.

"No, no, no, you go first and take the things back to Yuchang County. Also, remember to catch Geng Laoliu and don't let him get away. As for me, I have my own way to get away."

Gu Qingyi was still a little worried and watched from the side for a while. Until he saw Malu punch a kid, he felt relieved and said to Malu.

"Then be careful. I will find a bank to store these valuables for you. I guarantee that you will have nothing less when you come back next time."

"Yeah, yeah." Malu nodded and swung out the Soul-Breaking Spear with his backhand, poking a hole in the chest of a robber.

It took him about a cup of tea to deal with the group of robbers in front of him, but he encountered another group right after that.

Millipede used the same trick again and shot stones to stop them all. Then another big fight broke out. This time, the third group of people arrived before they finished fighting.

This time, Coach Song led the team personally. Perhaps because of the previous draw, Coach Song was very confident. He shouted, "Let me do it," and rushed forward with his Guandao in hand.

However, as soon as they started fighting, they found something wrong. This He seemed much stronger than before. With one sword strike, one third of his health bar was gone.

Coach Song could no longer find the excitement of fighting for sixteen rounds and meeting a worthy opponent. In the end, he relied on the minions around him to barely hold on for three rounds, but in the third round, he was beheaded by Malu.

The death of Coach Song finally made the other bandits feel afraid.

The main reason was that after so many people fought one after another, Malu's health was only reduced by less than half, which means that it would take thirty or forty people to kill him together.

The Black Tiger Village could gather so many bandits, but not so many horses. Most of the horses in the village had been taken away by Du Dalang before, and the rest were all here.

The remaining bandits saw that a master like Song Jiaotou had been killed by Malu, and they didn't know when the reinforcements would arrive, so they naturally didn't want to go forward to die, and just shouted and cursed not far away. Malu ignored them, and when no one came up, he squatted there and started to touch the corpse. He looked down on the martial arts of these bandits, but he could still collect the wealth on them.

Malu finally gathered together more than one hundred taels of silver, found his own packhorse, and rode it to continue heading towards Yuchang County.

The bandits shouted and cursed for a while, probably realizing that they could not do anything to Malu. In addition, as they were getting closer and closer to the official road, they were also afraid of encountering a large merchant caravan or other martial artists. They huddled together and whispered for a while, and finally retreated silently.

Malu was not in a hurry to return to the county town. He rode for a while and met an acquaintance on the roadside.

It was Han Guangzhong, with whom I had shared a car before, who was sitting in a stone pavilion drinking tea.

Malu thought he was crazy. Who would drink tea before dawn?

Han Guangzhong was also a little surprised to see Malu's clothes stained with blood. He seemed to have not expected that someone would give up his good sleep and go out to kill people before dawn.

But he still said hello to Ma Lu, "Young Master Ma, how are you? Did you go to Wanshan Temple to see the maple leaves? Did you try the pickled cypress duck at Zuiyan Tower? Or did you go to study the wordless stele like everyone else?"

Malu shook his head. "I have something important to do, so I don't have time to look at maple leaves and stone tablets. I did eat the duck, though. It tasted good, but not as good as you say."

"The Zaobai duck from Zuiyanlou is not delicious enough?" Han Guangzhong was stunned. "You are either bragging, or the food you ate before is better than even the emperor can compare to it."

"I always tell the truth." After fighting all night, Malu was thirsty, so he tied his horse aside and went into the pavilion to ask for tea.

Han Guangzhong did not refuse and personally poured three cups of tea for Malu. After drinking three cups, Malu felt a lot more comfortable in his throat and then he spoke again, "What are you doing here?"

"Wait and see the sunrise." Han Guangzhong said.

"Ah," Malu looked around, "This place is neither on a mountain nor by the sea. There is no village or shop nearby. How can there be a good sunrise here?"

“It is precisely because there is no village or shop in the distance that the sunrise here is even more worth seeing.”

Han Guangzhong shook his head and said, "Think of the sunrise in the famous mountains and rivers. Millions of people admire it, and famous people compose poems for it. But the sunrise here belongs to me alone."

Malu glanced at him sideways and said, "I think you are just idle."

Han Guangzhong smiled slightly, "I do have some free time, unlike you who are always busy, but being impatient does not necessarily mean you can get what you want. Alternating between tension and relaxation is the way to be a good scholar and a good martial artist.

“Sometimes you should stop and take a break instead of being led by others. This will allow you to notice more things that you don’t usually notice. Maybe the answer you are looking for is right in front of you.”

"Hmm?" Malu stroked his chin. "Why do I feel like you have something else to say? Do you know something about the conflict between the Beggars' Sect and the Tianlong Sect?"

Han Guangzhong shook his head. "I am just a commoner. How can I understand these grudges in the martial arts world? I have seen a lot and know that all the principles in this world have something in common."

"You'd better be true, because I hate the Riddler the most." Malu said.

(End of this chapter)