Everyone's first reaction was that these people were robbers and had colluded with people in the restaurant, so they knew they were here.
"Who are you?" Yao Jianyu stood up and asked.
"Who is this person? You don't deserve to know, arrest them all." said the sturdy man.
Everyone showed their weapons, flashed their bodies, and started fighting with the soldiers. Most of these soldiers' cultivation levels were between the ninth and eighth levels. They were naturally not their opponents when fighting alone, but they were better in numbers.
, and there was no way to use any tricks in this restaurant, and for a while, a deadlock actually formed.
A fierce light flashed in the eyes of the sturdy man, and he swung the thick long knife and attacked Yao Jianyu. He showed his energy and slashed at Yao Jianyu.
Dang! Dang! Dang!
The sound of swords clashing was endless. The energy of the two men was revealed, and the entire restaurant was shaking as they attacked, as if it was about to collapse at any time.
Seeing this, the sturdy man flew out of the restaurant, landed on the street outside, and shouted: "Come here to fight."
Yao Jianyu snorted and flew out, fighting with him, his energy fully exposed and roaring continuously.
boom!
After fighting for a while, the burly man was blown away by Yao Jianyu's burst of energy. His energy and blood surged, and he fell to the ground, making him feel dizzy.
Some of the thirty or forty soldiers were blown away from the restaurant.
"It hurts your hands, retreat first!" shouted the sturdy man, got up from the ground and ran away first.
Seeing this, other people also fled one after another, like birds and beasts scattering.
Yao Jianyu arrested the restaurant owner for interrogation. The restaurant owner was trembling and said, "It's none of my business. I was forced to do it, otherwise I wouldn't be able to open my restaurant here."
"Who are they?" Yao Jianyu asked.
"These people are all members of the Liu family. The Liu family controls almost the entire Qiongzhou. They are like local emperors in Qiongzhou," the restaurant owner said.
The Liu family? They should be members of the same clan as Senior Sister Liu. Everyone’s hearts were moved.
"Then why do they want to arrest us?" Yao Jianyu asked.
"Anyone who enters Qiongzhou will be controlled and plundered by the Liu family. If it's better, they may let you go back and let you do business with them. If it's worse, they will be killed directly and all their property will be robbed."
The restaurant owner said.
"Why are they doing this?" Yao Jianyu frowned.
"Because Qiongzhou is located by the sea, there are very few fields that can be planted, and the territory they control is also very large. There are many people who need to rely on them for food. It is impossible to survive without some robbery." The restaurant owner said.
"The government here doesn't care about these things?"
"Don't dare to take care of it! Those officials who come here are all assigned officials. They have little power and have to rely on the Liu family to survive."
Everyone nodded, "In this way, the Liu family has become a local emperor here."
"They won't give up if they don't catch you. Today is just a test, and more powerful masters may come next," the restaurant owner said.
"Who are the experts in the Liu family?" Meng Xing asked.
"We don't know this. It's a secret of the Liu family, and no one else knows about it."
"Have you ever seen such a woman come here?" Meng Xing asked, holding Liu Shiyun's portrait.
"This woman is so beautiful, like a fairy." The restaurant owner exclaimed, his eyes almost straight.
"I asked you if you have seen it before?"
"No, no! Where have I seen such a fairy? If I have seen it, I will definitely have an impression." The restaurant owner said nonchalantly.
After asking some more questions, everyone also learned something about Qiongzhou and the Liu family.
Qiongzhou is adjacent to the sea, and the terrain is remote. It is difficult to make a living by fishing and hunting. Therefore, anyone who passes through Qiongzhou and has some money will be robbed. Some of them may let you go if they like it. If they don't, they may directly
Robbery and murder.
Of course, if it was those passing merchants who could do business with them, they would stay. As for those who could not do business, they would directly plunder their property.
Therefore, the Liu family is like a local emperor in Qiongzhou, and almost controls the entire Qiongzhou.
After the restaurant owner left, everyone looked at each other in shock.
Yang Xiaochui asked with some confusion: "Isn't Senior Sister Liu a young lady from a scholarly family? Why does it sound like the Liu family is a bandit leader?"
This is what everyone is confused about. This is completely different from the Liu family in everyone's mind.
"Also, didn't Senior Sister Liu say that her family suffered a catastrophe, so she was sent to our Zhenwu Sect to practice martial arts? Her family suffered a catastrophe, how come there is still this Liu family who is like a local emperor?" Gu Qingzhuo also said
He expressed his doubts.
"Did Senior Sister Liu lie to us? The Liu family in Qiongzhou she mentioned was not the Liu family of her family at all?"
"It is also possible that there is a scholarly Liu family in Qiongzhou, but that Liu family was wiped out by the current Liu family."
People of the same race will fight endlessly as long as their fundamental interests are involved, just like princes will fight to the death in order to compete for the throne.
After everyone discussed for a long time, Gu Qingzhuo came to patrol for half the night, and everyone else went to bed.
What happened tonight has also made everyone vigilant, so one person must keep watch to prevent the Liu family from killing people in the middle of the night while everyone is still sleeping.
The next day, Meng Xing and others continued to move forward. Along the way, everyone always felt that someone was watching them, so they all moved forward cautiously.
By the evening, everyone was no longer planning to stay in the restaurant, so they followed Meng Xing's wishes and set up camp in the wild. Meng Xing took out the formation plate carved by Zhuo Lingyan, arranged an formation as big as a house, and surrounded the camp.
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"Meng Xing, don't you know how to arrange formations by yourself? Why can you do it again now?" Yang Xiaochui asked in surprise.
"I recently got to know other more powerful formation masters through Chen Jinshu. That formation master can draw this kind of formation. As long as he knows a little about the formation, he can cast this fixed formation. I asked that formation master to
I made some arrays like this for emergencies." Meng Xing said half-truthfully.
"That's it. People from the Taoist sect are really amazing, they even have such fantastic ideas." Yang Xiaochui said in amazement.
Taoism has existed since ancient times and has a long history of development. Naturally, it cannot be compared to the martial arts system.
Even the magical system of the barbarians, where gods grant power, has probably been developed longer than the martial arts system.
Everyone felt a lot more at ease under the protection of this formation, so they rested or practiced in their respective tents.
After resting for an hour, they heard loud shouts of killing outside. Everyone stood on the edge of the formation and watched the situation outside.
I saw hundreds of people standing in front, holding torches and holding weapons, bows and arrows, in a daze.
The burly man was asking several people: "Where are those people? Why are they missing?"
"I saw them camping here, then resting, and never leaving. How could they disappear?"
"Did they grow wings and fly away?"
"This is impossible! Even if it flies away, we can still see it."
Those people all said blankly.
The sturdy man looked in front, waved his hand and said: "Go and search in front, they should have just escaped not far away."
The gangsters rushed straight towards them, entering the formation one after another, and quickly disappeared.
"There's a ghost! There's a ghost!" Some gangsters realized something was wrong and quickly retreated.
The burly man's hair stood on end as he looked at the place where his men disappeared.