Ye Feng looked toward the source of the noise and discovered it was connected to a narrow alley off the main road.
The alley was about three feet wide with almost no pedestrians.
A few ters from the mouth of the alley, a girl was being punched and kicked by five young thugs. One of the thugs' hands was being fiercely bitten by the girl, who refused to let go.
"Ah! Stop her! If this continues, she's going to bite my hand off."
The thug whose wrist was bitten cried out in pain.
The other four thugs continued to punch and kick the girl viciously, creating dull thudding sounds. If this had continued, they might have killed her.
"How dare you!"
"Let go of that girl!"
Ye Feng could no longer stand by and shouted angrily.
The few thugs were startled at once, and then turned their attention to the elegant and extraordinary Ye Feng, and finally, their gaze settled on the pouch of silver at his waist.
"Hey!"
"Here cos a ddler."
"Brothers, let's take him down, rob his money, and sell this stinky woman to a brothel. We'd make a fortune."
The thugs began to cackle maliciously.
"But if we do this, we'll get arrested by the authorities!" one timorous thug shrank back.
Smack smack smack!
The thug whose wrist was being bitten kicked the girl in the stomach, making her groan and finally releasing her bite.
Then, he looked at Ye Feng with a sinister smile.
"What's there to fear?"
"After this job, we'll have money and then go a few dozen miles outside the city to take over Black Wind Mountain and establish a stronghold."
"I've even thought of a na for our stronghold. It'll be called Black Wind Stronghold. How imposing does that sound?"
Hearing this, Ye Feng's eyes widened.
Black Wind Stronghold?
My god! These thugs were actually the founders of Black Wind Stronghold. In ten years, they would cultivate leaders with Blade Intent and archers with Cultivation Level.
Ye Feng was greatly shocked.
"If I kill them now, does that an Black Wind Stronghold will never exist?" he thought to himself.
However, the thugs didn't give Ye Feng ti to ponder. They already picked up bricks and charged at him.
"Damn! They're using bricks now, that's cheating!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng's expression changed, and he quickly grabbed the small pouch at his waist, throwing ten taels of silver out.
"It's really silver!"
Two thugs were distracted by the money and imdiately bent down to pick it up, giving Ye Feng an opportunity.
Swoosh!
Although Ye Feng couldn't use his Cultivation Level and his physical strength was only slightly stronger than the average person's, he had extensive combat experience.
He swiftly charged forward with a knee and an elbow strike, easily taking down one thug.
"You're asking for it!"
Another thug swung a brick at him, but Ye Feng executed a sweeping leg kick, sending the man flying several ters before crashing into a wall.
"You've fallen into my trap!"
The two thugs picking up the money realized what was happening and tried to stand, but Ye Feng grabbed a brick and knocked them out on the spot.
"You, you, you! You must be a skilled fighter!"
The thug who had been bitten by the girl turned pale with fright and attempted to flee.
"Think you can escape? Dream on!"
Ye Feng charged up to him, knocked him down, and smacked him with the brick, not knowing if he would survive.
Only then did Ye Feng breathe a sigh of relief.
"In ten years, Black Wind Stronghold will have two cultivators, who would be hard to defeat with a mortal's body, but right now, these are just ordinary thugs—one brick each," Ye Feng muttered to himself.
"They know people in the governnt, follow quickly!" At that mont, the girl on the ground suddenly grabbed Ye Feng's hand, giving him a jolt.
The next mont.
Ye Feng's pupils dilated, and uncontrollably, he was pulled by the girl and started running toward the outskirts of the city.
"Don't be in such a hurry to leave!" Ye Feng exclaid anxiously.
He hadn't had ti to confirm whether the five mbers of Black Wind Stronghold were dead or alive. If they weren't, what would he do?
Ten years later, these people would definitely be a disaster.
But after the girl grabbed his wrist, Ye Feng found that he couldn't control his movents and could only rush towards the outskirts of the city with her, soon leaving Mortal City.
In the city,
A constable ard with a blade walked into an alley and saw five young n lying on the ground, imdiately becoming furious.
"Who the hell dared to lay a hand on my cousin?"
The constable started to curse.
If Shen Yu, Shi Lei, Han Yonghui, and Zhang Tianyuan had been there, they would have recognized this constable.
This person was none other than the leader of the Black Wind Stronghold!
...
Ten miles outside the city.
After running to this place with Ye Feng, the girl finally stopped and pointed to a mountain village not far away, saying, "We should be safe here."
Ye Feng was speechless.
He was originally supposed to undergo the centennial Mortal Transformation assessnt in Mortal City, but now, the girl had taken him out of the city.
This ant that the content of the assessnt might change.
"What... what's going on here?" Thinking of this, Ye Feng turned to look at the girl's face beside him and suddenly beca startled.
Because the girl's face seed to be shrouded in a layer of mist, he could only see the rough outline; as for the specific features, he couldn't see them at all.
"What's wrong with ?"
The girl gently touched her own face, curiously asking.
Ye Feng was about to ask, but he furrowed his brow.
Upon entering Mortal City, he had encountered people from the Black Wind Stronghold and a girl whose true appearance he couldn't see, different from Shi Lei, the Black Tortoise Clan, and all the others participating in the assessnt.
This ant that he had encountered a variable!
The key to passing the assessnt might be hidden in this mysterious girl before him.
"It's nothing; you look beautiful." To avoid arousing the girl's suspicion, Ye Feng could only say that.
"Really?" The girl's face blushed.
However, Ye Feng couldn't see this.
"Those ruffian youths have a lot of influence in Mortal City; you helped , so it's best not to enter the city again. From now on, just live in the village with !" The girl said with a smile.
"Okay," Ye Feng nodded.
A mont later.
The two headed towards the nearby mountain village.
On the way, Ye Feng asked, "Why did you go to the city, and how did those ruffian youths bully you?"
"I am a sericulturist; I needed to go to the city to find buyers. Unfortunately, those ruffian youths spotted , leading to what happened later."
Saying this, the girl looked at Ye Feng, her eyes seemingly sparkling with stars, "I really want to thank you today. If it weren't for you stepping in, I'm afraid I might have been sold to a brothel."
Ye Feng smiled and said aningfully:
"I can't stand people who, after gaining strength, bully the weak. With great power should co the responsibility to support the fragile, not to bully them."
Hearing this, the girl nodded in agreent.
"My na is Ye Feng; what's yours?"
"My na is Yu Jie, 'Yu' as in rain, and 'Jie' as in pure." After saying this, the girl pressed her lips gently.
"Yu Jie? What a good na!" Ye Feng nodded.
Before long,
The two arrived at the deepest part of the mountain village.
Located in a valley, the scenery was picturesque and serene with rice fields, corn fields, bamboo groves, pine forests, persimmon trees, and mulberry trees...
In short, the valley hosted a wide variety of plants.
"This is my ho," Yu Jie pointed out.
Ye Feng looked over and saw a courtyard built from wood, tiles, and bamboo, situated on a raised area about half a ter taller than its surroundings and covering an acre.
There were two bamboo houses, one thatched cottage, and three wooden houses.
Around the yard, there were also two rings of bamboo fence covered with climbing ivy and morning glory, blooming enchantingly.
"What a pastoral paradise!"
Seeing this, Ye Feng's eyes lit up, and he felt a very unique sensation inside, as if triggering so secret.
Thump! Thump!
Even his heartbeat suddenly sped up several tis, causing Ye Feng to roll his eyes and faint.
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