Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 82 Unexpected turning point, caught off guard
Lu Fan rushed all the way to the top of the mountain, encountering several waves of interception along the way.

Add up to dozens of people.

Looking at the clothes, they all look like horse thieves.

The strength is not too strong.

It should be dispatched from various horse thief teams to stand guard for that young master.

There are several pavilions built on the top of the mountain, and one of the pavilions is lit, and it is very bright, which looks much brighter than ordinary lights.

There were also puffs of smoke.

Lu Fan frowned when he smelled the pungent smell.

wrong.

Burning something.

It was probably something the other party was eager to destroy, but to Lu Fan, it was evidence.

Without hesitation, Lu Fan walked directly to the bright pavilion.

"stop!"

Dozens of men in black blocked the way.

"Clap clap clap!"

With a light flick of Lu Fan's finger, dozens of chess pieces popped up instantly, flying towards the men in black.

Every chess piece can accurately find a man in black and point to their vital points.

Sensing the danger, the men in black hurriedly waved their knives, trying to block the flying chess pieces.

But in vain.

"puff!"

"puff!"

The chess pieces hit the man in black one after another, making muffled noises.

"what!"

Screams sounded.

More than half of the men in black were killed or injured.

"Shh!"

The knife lights up.

Lu Fan swung his knife and charged into the crowd.

As the shadow of the knife flew, the men in black fell down one after another.

"who are you?"

With a loud shout, the short and fat man appeared in front of Lu Fan.

Lu Fan recognized the other party at a glance, it was the one surnamed Liao.

He didn't reply, but slashed at the opponent with a knife.

Since the person surnamed Liao came out, the person in the room should be the young master.

Busy burning something.

The one surnamed Liao was trying to buy time for the people in the house.

How could Lu Fan let the opponent succeed?
He wants to resolve the battle in the shortest possible time and rush into the house.

The man surnamed Liao also slashed out with a knife.

"call!"

Endless sword energy swept over.

But Lu Fan's knife was light and powerless.

The speed is faster.

In an instant, he passed through layers of saber energy and came to the person surnamed Liao.

It was as if those saber qi did not exist at all.

The man surnamed Liao was taken aback, but he didn't have time to withdraw the knife to resist, nor did he have time to change his moves, so he could only watch helplessly as the knife cut towards him.

Despair surged in his heart.

It’s over.

If this knife is cut for real, he will die without a doubt.

Lu Fan suddenly changed his move and turned the blade so that the edge of the blade was facing sideways.

"Snapped!"

The blade slapped the man surnamed Liao and sent him flying.

"boom!"

He fell heavily to the ground, spurting out a mouthful of blood.

Violent power poured into his body in an instant, completely sealing off his meridians, making him unable to move.

Who is this person?

Why is it so powerful?

He couldn't even block a move?
This strength is about to catch up with the young master, right?
But he is a few years younger than the son.

Is this person even more genius than the young master?
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Even if there were such people, they would not appear here.

The man surnamed Liao was horrified. He lay on the ground and turned his eyes, but he could only see Lu Fan's feet rapidly approaching the bright pavilion.

snort!
act recklessly.

There was a hint of cruelty in his eyes.

Lu Fan continued to move forward. From the opponent's shot just now, he could easily perceive the opponent's strength, which was only a fifth-rank cultivation base.

Therefore, he does not need to use all his strength to restrain the opponent.

It can even control the power just right.

Not fatally wounded, but unable to move.

The combat power is completely lost, and even if the closed meridian is untied, it will become difficult to move.

In other words, it is impossible for Liao to escape.

That's it, one more clue.

However, there is a bigger fish inside.

Lu Fan quickly rushed into the building and came to the bright room.

Surprisingly, there was no one in the room.

Instead, there is a brazier, and something is burning in the brazier.

Looks like a letter?
Lu Fan ran over quickly and saw what was inside. Apart from a pile of ashes, there were several letters that were burning.

It looked like it was going to burn out.

He put away the knife, and reached out to fish out the letter from the brazier.

Suddenly, a chill hit.

Lu Fan became alert and twisted his body.

"laugh!"

A sword appeared silently, stuck to Lu Fan's abdomen, and pierced his clothes.

Being so close made him feel a bone-chilling chill.

"what?"

There was a light hey sound in the darkness, and the person who drew the sword seemed a little surprised.

But then the blade turned and slashed towards Lu Fan's abdomen.

Lu Fan shrank his body back, and with a snort, his clothes were cut into several pieces.

The sword didn't stop, and the tip of the sword continued to move forward, piercing Lu Fan's heart.

He was not given a chance to breathe at all.

He dodged and dodged the sword.

But the sword stabbed at his back again.

Like a shadow.

Lu Fan was very surprised.

He had never been so embarrassed.

The opponent's sword moves were extremely subtle and varied, and after mastering the initiative, he always had the upper hand.

Let him only passively defend, and the danger is everywhere.

If it weren't for his agility, he would have been hit by countless swords.

Moreover, the opponent's sword was silent, but extremely fast.

The swordsmanship has at least reached the Dacheng state, or even the perfection state.

There is no leakage of power.

If such a sword stabs Lu Fan, even with his strong physical body, it may leave scars.

Therefore, he will not easily try to take the sword with his body.

You can only rely on body skills to seek opportunities.

"Shh!"

The knife lights up.

Lu Fan finally found an opportunity, drew out his knife, and slashed out casually.

"clang!"

There was a crisp sound when the swords intersected.

Immediately afterwards, violent forces met and exploded.

Lu Fan took several steps back before stabilizing his figure.

On the other hand, the opponent didn't take a step back, and even took advantage of his unstable foothold, he once again swung his sword and slashed at him.

High judgment.

So strong.

Lu Fan was even more surprised that the opponent's strength was far beyond his imagination.

At least a third-rank pinnacle?

Is it even possible to reach the second rank?

What surprised him was not only the strength of the opponent, but also the age of the opponent.

In the fight with this move just now, he finally met the opponent face to face and saw the opponent's face clearly.

This is a young man who looks like he is only about 20 years old, not a few years older than him.

Good-looking, but a little feminine.

Especially those eyes, full of viciousness and coldness.

Like the eyes of a poisonous snake, it makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Before he had time to think about it, Lu Fan barely swung his knife hastily.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, Lu Fan retreated a dozen steps before stopping.

Blood surged in the body.

"Humph!"

The man snorted coldly and was about to draw his sword again.

At this time, there were bursts of shouts outside.

"Lu Fan!"

"Lu Fan!"

"Where are you?"

The sound was very loud, and there were dozens of people.

"Your name is Lu Fan?"

The man suddenly withdrew his sword and glanced at Lu Fan coldly, "I remember you, I will spare you today, and I will take your life next time."

After speaking, he suddenly disappeared.

Ok?
gone?

Lu Fan hurried to the brazier and took out the residual letter inside.

"what!"

There was a scream outside.

Oops.

Lu Fan's heart tightened, and he took the knife and came outside the house.

I didn't see the figure of the man, but I saw Mr. Liao lying on the ground.

He hurried over and knelt down to check.

The one surnamed Liao was no longer breathing.

died!

Such an important witness was silenced.

What a cruel heart!

He didn't even spare his subordinates.

Lu Fan could already guess that the person who fought with him just now was the son Han Chuang mentioned.

And the one surnamed Liao is undoubtedly the son's subordinate.

The relationship between the two should be extremely close.

Otherwise, it is impossible for the young master to let the surname Liao deliver the order for him.

But even so, the strike was still merciless.

Just throw it away.

It has to be said that this person is extremely decisive.

Ruthless.

With this person's strength, even if he brought Liao's subordinates, he might not be unable to escape.

But he chose to kill him.

the reason is simple.

Don't want to take a risk.

Even if there was a slight risk, this person didn't want to leave with his subordinates.

After all, bringing a person with you will affect the speed, and it is very likely to be discovered by others. If you want to escape when you are being chased and intercepted, you may have to pay a high price.

It's much easier and more sure than being alone.

This shows that this person is extremely decisive, and he can abandon anyone for the sake of profit.

It is also possible that the person surnamed Liao is just a pawn in this person's hand.

Even if you give up, it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

You may have a lot of chess pieces like this in your hands.

Coupled with the young master's formidable strength, and the ability to make many horse thieves bow their heads to obey, it shows that this young master's identity is very unusual.

There must be a strong background and influence behind him.

Why does such a person have an intersection with horse thieves?
What's the point of controlling these horse thieves?
To make money?

Or for some shady business?
For example, a hundred girls.

What is the real identity of this young man?

What kind of power is behind it?
Lu Fan fell into deep thought.

He didn't go after him, knowing he couldn't catch up.

The opponent is not only stronger than him, but also faster than him.

According to his judgment, even if it was Ye Wuchen, he still couldn't catch up with him.

Therefore, it is impossible to catch that son this time.

Fortunately, he remembered the appearance of the other party, as well as the voice of the other party.

As long as they meet again in the future, he will definitely recognize each other.

While thinking, Lu Fan's hands were not idle, he turned over the body surnamed Liao, but only found some broken silver and a few bank notes.

Other than that, nothing was found.

"Lu Fan."

Yang Cheng ran over with all the Dragon Shadow Guards.

"Are you OK?"

"fine."

Lu Fan pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "This is the one surnamed Liao. He was silenced by the young master, but I didn't stop him."

"Young master ran away, I can't beat him, and I can't catch up with him."

Lu Fan sighed: "His strength is very strong, and his identity must not be simple."

"what?"

Everyone froze for a while, then remembered and comforted: "It's okay, just run away if you run away."

"With Han Chuang in his hands, sooner or later he will be able to find out the identity of the young master."

"It's time to catch him."

"You have already said that his identity is not simple, and his strength is inevitable."

"Even if you can't beat him temporarily, it doesn't matter."

"You will definitely surpass him in the future."

Everyone comforted Lu Fan a few words.

"I am fine."

Lu Fan shook his head lightly.

Although a little upset, he still has confidence in himself.

Now he is really not the son's opponent.

However, in the not-too-distant future, he will definitely surpass the young master, and will personally defeat and capture the opponent, and find out the identity and background of the opponent, as well as the forces behind him.

In this regard, he is convinced.

So, there is nothing to be discouraged, and a little setback is okay.

On the contrary, it aroused his fighting spirit even more.

No matter who the young master is or what his background is, he will get rid of this person sooner or later.

"By the way, how is Han Chuang?"

Lu Fan glanced at the crowd, but did not find Su Mu and Song Yu, and asked, "Are they still looking at Han Chuang?"

"Ah."

Yang Cheng nodded, "We have already joined the friendly army and passed the news to Commander. I believe that it will not take long for Commander to deal with it."

"In addition to Su Mu and Song Yu, there are also several friendly troops guarding Han Chuang together."

Pei Jun answered, "Don't worry, Han Chuang will never run away."

"Ah."

Lu Fan waved his hand, "Go and search in each room to see if you can find any useful clues?"

"Yes."

Everyone dispersed.

wrong.

Lu Fan suddenly had a doubt in his heart. Since the young master can kill Liao, will he kill Han Chuang to silence him?
probably not.

First of all, the other party may not know that Han Chuang is not dead.

It was even more impossible to guess that the exposure was caused by Han Chuang.

Don't forget, there are twelve chief thieves.

The other party can't silence each other one by one, can they?
How risky is that?

There is also the most important point, the young master is already in a tight siege, the most important thing to do at this moment is to escape.

After all, the opponent's strength is not strong enough to be unscrupulous.

If you really meet Li Yongtai, you won't be able to leave even if you want to.

As far as Lu Fan knew, Li Yongtai's strength was as strong as the first rank, much stronger than that young master.

The young master must not dare to take the risk to kill Han Chuang.

However, this is his guess after all.

He was still a little worried.

After all, the son ran away, and the surnamed Liao died, leaving only the clue of Han Chuang.

If Han Chuang dies again, the clues will be completely cut off.

This man is too important to die.

Thinking of this, he called out, "Yang Cheng."

"Hey."

Hearing the shout, Yang Cheng ran out.

"I'm going to see Han Chuang."

Lu Fan ordered: "You lead people to continue searching, and you must protect any useful clues."

"After the search, you will wait for me here and keep an eye on this corpse."

"Maybe this corpse is of use to us too."

While speaking, Lu Fan walked down the mountain.

"it is good."

Yang Cheng agreed.

……

……

Lu Fan went down the mountain, followed the cliff, and climbed up to the top of Han Chuang's mountain.

When he came to the top of the mountain, he quickly found the main hall and walked quickly to the bedroom.

Listening to the movement inside, he felt a little relieved.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

As he walked, he deliberately made some noise so that the people inside could hear him.

"Who?"

Song Yu was the first to hear the sound, and looked out the door with a vigilant expression.

"It's me, Lu Fan."

Lu Fan stepped into the room, only to see four or five people inside besides Su Mu and Song Yu.

"Oh."

"It is you."

"You're back."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Even if it is not the Dragon Shadow Guard, everyone has heard of Lu Fan's name.

Naturally know who he is.

"Is it okay?"

Lu Fan approached and saw that Han Chuang was chained to the bed, his eyes were closed, and he was breathing heavily.

"Can't die."

Su Mu said: "However, he was seriously injured, and his cultivation has been greatly damaged. Even if he recovers from his injuries in the future, his strength will not be restored to the original level."

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded, he was very clear in his heart.

This is what he did on purpose.

The first thing to do when catching jackals, tigers and leopards is to pull out their fangs and remove their sharp claws, so that they are incapable of hurting people.

After a while, there were slight footsteps.

Li Yongtai is here.

Lu Fan could tell who it was just by hearing the footsteps.

"I have seen the commander-in-chief."

"Ah."

Li Yongtai glanced at the crowd, finally turned his gaze to Lu Fan, walked to his side, and patted him lightly, "Good job!"

"My lord, let's take a step to talk."

"it is good."

The two walked out of the hall and came to the top of the mountain, with no one else around.

"My lord, it happened like this."

Lu Fan told Li Yongtai what happened tonight.

"Is there such a thing?"

Li Yongtai was greatly surprised, pondered for a moment, and nodded to Lu Fan, "Thanks to you, I found a big fish. Although I didn't catch it, it doesn't matter. As long as Han Chuang is around, I can catch this big fish sooner or later."

"My lord, I have not done well enough."

Lu Fan shook his head lightly, "Don't let that son run away, even the one surnamed Liao was silenced."

"It's not your fault."

Not only did Li Yongtai not complain, but he looked at Lu Fan with admiration, "You have done a very good job, and no one else could do as well as you."

While speaking, Li Yongtai sighed, and straightened Lu Fan's broken clothes, "After all, you are only alone, and the other party is so strong, you are lucky that you were not injured."

"You have to command the team to attack Han Chu's bandit soldiers, and you have to personally arrest Han Chuang, and at the same time, you have to take care of the young master in the back mountain."

"It's not easy to be able to do this."

"It's also that young master is too ruthless, and he didn't even let his subordinates go."

"If it were me, I might not be able to think of it and take precautions in advance."

"What's more, your strength is not as good as the opponent's."

"No matter which way you look at it, your actions tonight are impeccable."

Li Yongtai praised: "Sure enough, I saw the right person, you are indeed the most capable general under my command."

"My lord, shall we go to the back mountain to have a look?"

Lu Fan reminded: "Han Chuang, if you send more people to watch over him, don't let him die."

"Well, don't worry."

Li Yongtai faced the darkness and waved, "Come here."

"Yes."

From the darkness emerged a young man who appeared to be in his 30s, tall and thin.

Coupled with a black suit, it looks especially tall and thin.

In the darkness, like a ghost, suddenly appeared in front of Lu Fan.

Lu Fan was very surprised, he didn't perceive the existence of this person at all.

This shows that the opponent's strength is far superior to his.

Moreover, he had never seen this person before.

It seems that he is a master hidden beside Li Yongtai, who is usually responsible for protecting Li Yongtai.

Lu Fan felt relieved after thinking about it.

Although Li Yongtai is very powerful, he is human after all, and there are always times when he is negligent.

There is always one more person to protect you, and you can always have more security.

Especially Li Yongtai's special status, not only the leader of the Dragon Shadow Guard, but also the royal family.

So many big things have been done recently.

It must be hated by many people.

"Go and watch Han Chuang, and protect him secretly, don't let him be silenced."

Li Yongtai ordered, "Go."

"Yes."

As soon as the man finished speaking, he disappeared.

"Let's go."

Li Yongtai glanced at Lu Fan, "Go to the back mountain."

"Yes."

Lu Fan took the lead and walked in front.

At this moment, his mood was a little complicated.

Through what happened tonight, Li Yongtai obviously trusted him more.

He even saw the man in black beside him.

But at the same time, the relationship between the two has become closer.

In the future, if something happens to Li Yongtai, Lu Fan will definitely be implicated.

vice versa.

The two were walking on the road without speaking, each thinking about something.

Lu Fan knew that Li Yongtai would have many questions in his mind at this time.

Just like he was just now.

The mystery of the son's identity, the purpose of controlling the horse thief, etc., many questions will take time to answer.

It's not that easy to figure it out.

Come to the back mountain.

The two climbed to the top of the mountain.

Yang Cheng and the others were standing by the corpse, and when they saw the two coming up, they hurriedly saluted.

"I have seen the commander-in-chief."

"Don't be too polite."

Li Yongtai waved his hand, came to the corpse, and knelt down to investigate.

"He was killed by sword energy. The person who killed him was very strong, and at least had a third-rank cultivation."

"what?"

Everyone was astonished.

"So strong?"

"No wonder Lu Fan couldn't keep that person."

"It turned out to be a third-rank master."

When they looked at Lu Fan again, everyone's eyes were filled with admiration.

He broke into the enemy camp alone, beheaded hundreds of horse thieves, and captured a key person.

Although it fell short in the end, it cannot cover up Lu Fan's contribution.

On the contrary, being able to retreat completely under the sneak attack of a third-rank master, doesn't it mean that Lu Fan's strength is far stronger than they imagined?

If it were them, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to stop that man with a sword.

The gap is too big.

In less than a year, Lu Fan had already left them far behind.

Especially Song Yu, who has the most experience.

Although he lost to Lu Fan back then, the gap was not that big.

But now, Lu Fan is like a mountain in front of him, and he can only look up.

In the future, maybe he won't even be able to look up.

"Have you found out?"

Lu Fan glanced at the crowd and said, "Such as letters?"

"No."

Everyone shook their heads, "There are only some clothes, food, supplies, and a small amount of banknotes."

"Take all your clothes back."

Li Yongtai thought for a while and said, "As for the things you need, you should bring some with you."

"If you can't take it away, make detailed records."

"The same goes for food."

Li Yongtai pointed to the corpse on the ground, and said: "There is still this corpse, and I have to take it back."

"Although we haven't seen this person's appearance, there must be someone who has."

"After I go back, I will find the best painter to draw this person's appearance, and then offer a reward."

"I can't believe no one recognizes him."

"Humph!"

Li Yongtai snorted coldly and said, "Even if that Han Chuang doesn't open his mouth, I still have a way to find out the real identity of that young master."

"Yes."

Everyone agreed in unison and dispersed.

"My lord, here is an unfinished letter."

Only then did Lu Fan take out the letter and hand it to Li Yongtai, "I haven't had time to read it yet."

"Oh?"

Li Yongtai took the letter and looked at it, frowning.

It was originally an envelope, but it had already been burnt badly, and only a little bit of it remained unburned.

Not to mention half, not even a third.

He quickly opened the envelope, took out a few scraps of paper, and looked at it carefully with the moonlight.

(End of this chapter)