Chapter 336 Big Mistake, That Kind of Mistake

Liu Sheng was very upset.

Such distress did not stem from the defeat of the war against the Chen Kingdom.

Even though Cui Ting's defeat had frightened him for a period of time, what was surprising was that the hall did not have any intention of blaming him. On the contrary, a large number of people had been transferred to his hands, allowing him to set up the forces in Great Xia. There was even a faint intention to promote it to the Ten Halls of Yama.

Liu Sheng quickly recovered from his initial confusion. Cui Ting's defeat made Lord Guozhu need Liu Sheng's secret support even more. As for the matter of Senluo Palace expanding its foundation in Great Xia, Lord Guozhu naturally did not dare to slack off at all. Everything went smoothly beyond Liu Sheng's expectations.

As for whether it was worth it to exchange the destruction of 200,000 elite footmen for such a situation, it was far beyond Liu Sheng's consideration.

What really annoyed Liu Sheng was his half-demon body.

Although his Half Demon Body had brought great benefits to his cultivation, It had only been two years since the Gu Forest had awakened. However, his cultivation had soared all the way to the sixth realm. However, the problem was that his Half Demon Body was incomplete and lacked one of the most important things. As for what it was, the hall kept it a secret and refused to mention it. This also caused him to need to devour a large amount of demonic energy on time in order to maintain his life.

Meanwhile, Dark Asura Hall was a very large place, but it was also a place with a strict hierarchy.

The various organizations under him were completely different. Among them, the Gu Forest that was responsible for capturing monsters and cultivating Shuras was distributed in the Great Zhou's Qing Province, and the demonic energy Liu Sheng needed came from this place to Great Xia.

Originally, as Great Zhou and Great Xia began to trade, although the border checks were strict, this kind of thing was not difficult. As long as the price was suitable, a large number of merchants were willing to do this business.

However, a month ago, something unexpected happened.

Several caravans responsible for transporting demon cores died in the deer horn plains between Xia and Zhou. At first, Liu Sheng did not take it seriously and only thought it was an ordinary bandit. However, he gradually discovered that the villains seemed to be only targeting the caravans that wanted to carry demon cores, and their methods were ruthless. They did not leave any survivors, nor did they care about the belongings carried by the caravans. Instead, they only kidnapped all the demon cores that were wrapped beneath them.

For this reason, Liu Sheng specially sent out several elite purple-clothed Asura Messengers to disguise themselves as caravans to investigate the situation. However, the other party did not seem to care about the origins of these Asura Messengers and accepted them one by one.

Aware of the seriousness of the problem, Liu Sheng tried to ask for help from the Dark Asura Palace's headquarters. However, it seemed that because of the high position of the Heavenly Policy Palace, the Dark Asura Palace's internal staff moved frequently. He ignored Liu Sheng's matter and only wrote him four words in his reply.

Seeing that Great Xia was storing fewer and fewer demon cores, Liu Sheng had no choice but to temporarily let go of the things in his hands and decided to personally understand this matter.

…

Xu Han was not a drunkard.

However, when this escort revealed his appearance in front of everyone, Xu Han couldn't help but be stunned.

This escort is a woman.

She was dressed in a bright red leather skinny suit. Apart from the key parts, her snow-white abdomen, jade-like arms, and even most of her calves were exposed calmly.

She looked to be in her early twenties. Emei had bright eyes, a straight nose, and beautiful lips. Her long black hair was tied into a ponytail and fell straight down.

Even Xu Han, who had seen beauties like Ye Hongjian and Fang Ziyu before, had to admit that the woman in front of him was a peerless beauty.

What surprised Xu Han was the contrast between the beautiful appearance of this woman and the imaginary image of a tall horse like that Hu Ma. Xu Han quickly recovered from this contrast and concentrated on counting the goods on the carriage.

The young attendants were obviously as surprised as Xu Han. When they saw the woman's appearance clearly, they all stood there dumbfounded.

Even Boss Gan, who had seen this woman before, gulped down a mouthful of saliva. Only then did he put away the saliva in his eyes and quickly won. With a flattering expression, he said, "Is Miss Zhen living a safe life? That lord?"

However, the red-clothed woman glared fiercely at the other party just as she spat out the words "Master". Boss Gan, who knew that he had misspoken, was stunned, so he stopped speaking embarrassedly.

"Call them over here." At that time, the woman surnamed Zhen looked at the few people in the distance and said, but her body casually sat down beside the fire.

Including Hu Ma, the four burly men rushed over like docile sheep. They sat down beside the woman, but they couldn't find the slightest bit of their usual presumptuousness in their eyes.

Although Xu Han was counting the goods at the side, the corner of his eyes was secretly staring at this place. It was not because of anything else. It was just that he needed this caravan to cover up the last pass to Great Xia. Knowing their plan, Xu Han could also make some plans for himself.

However, at this glance, he discovered some extremely interesting phenomena.

Logically speaking, Boss Gan and the escort team could be considered to be in a master-employee relationship. Obviously, Boss Gan was acting as if he was the servant at the moment. He could be said to be submissive to this female escort surnamed Zhen. He almost knelt down and called her aunt.

Xu Han was secretly curious about the strange relationship between the two sides, and Boss Gan had also told the woman all the news he had heard from the merchants.

"You mean how many more caravans died on the antler plains?" The female escort frowned. Even if it was a troubled look, it still had a different flavor on her face, causing the other staff to be unable to turn their eyes away.

Boss Gan knew what this female fiend was capable of. He hurriedly glared fiercely at those attendants before saying, "That's right! You said that if they wanted money, it would be fine, but they didn't take a penny. They said that the goods of those caravans were clearly placed there, but people died to the bottom. Could it be that there really be some kind of monster that specifically harmed them?"

When he said this, Boss Gan had a look of sorrow on his face. Obviously, after receiving such news one after another, he felt a little guilty in his heart.

"What, Boss Gan wants to turn around?" The female escort's eyes narrowed when she heard this. "Do you have to think about it clearly? Will Boss Gan be able to bear the cost of delaying the goods?"

The four extremely tall escorts' eyes turned cold as they looked at Boss Gan with a sinister smile on their lips.

"This …" Boss Gan's expression immediately changed and he hurriedly waved his hand. "How dare this little one? I just want to discuss this route with Miss Zhen. If I don't want to change it, I'm afraid that if I'm not afraid of ten thousand yuan …"

Hearing this, the cold expression on the female escort's face slowly dissipated. She stretched out her hand and said, "Bring me the map."

Immediately, Hu Ma hurriedly took out a map made of sheepskin from his bosom and handed it to the woman.

The woman skillfully took the sheepskin map and unfolded it in front of her.

"This is the route that crosses the antlers. It only takes five days to reach Great Xia."

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to draw on the map, pointing out the approximate shape of the route. Then, she pointed her finger at a certain spot on the map. "And this is also the place where the calamity that those merchants mentioned happened. In addition to the previous few incidents, it happened within a radius of five kilometers."

"If we want to bypass this place, we have to avoid the deer horn plains and take a detour through the Egret Forest at the foot of Ya Qi Mountain. It will take more than ten days for us to make this detour."

At this point, the woman stopped and looked up at Boss Gan.

The middle-aged man was stunned and was about to ask why he stopped when he suddenly came to his senses.

"I understand. Don't worry, Miss Zhen. I won't be stingy with the extra money I should give you!" He quickly smiled and said.

However, this was originally meant to be extremely flattering, but it did not bring about the effect that Boss Gan had expected.

"What are you talking about! Is my girl missing that piece of sh*t from you?" Hu Ma, who was standing at the side, immediately stood up and cursed at Boss Gan angrily.

'"Eh…" Boss Gan didn't want to know why his good intentions had attracted such treatment, but he didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he looked at Hu Ma in puzzlement and carefully asked, "Then… Your Excellency means…"

'"The Egret Forest is no more complicated than the antler plains. The terrain is much more complicated than mountain forests. Your carriage is difficult to walk. There are many places that require manpower to move. In this process, can you ensure that those goods are in good condition and not damaged?" The one who spoke this time was the woman in red. She stared at the middle-aged man in front of her with her eyes as bright as torches, as if she could see through his thoughts at a glance.

"This" Boss Gan's expression immediately changed. He hesitated a little, but he quickly weighed the weight between his life and the goods. "Miss Zhen, don't worry. I will definitely let the staff do this beautifully."

"I hope so." When the woman heard this, she nodded her head, but did not comment on it.

However, Hu Ma's scolding caused the surrounding attendants to look sideways at this place. Obviously, they were rather indignant at the fate of their master.

"What are you looking at? Be careful, I'll leave you in the wilderness in front of the village and feed you to the wolves!" Hu Ma was obviously angry. He saw everyone's gazes and immediately shouted loudly. When those attendants heard this, they hurriedly withdrew their gazes as if they had been electrocuted.

Only one person was still staring at this place.

Hu Ma, who was accustomed to such a domineering gaze, looked like a provocation. His eyes narrowed as he looked at the place with a ferocious light, only to see that the person who was looking at this place was the so-called escort that Boss Gan had invited over earlier.

In Hu Ma's eyes, the youth with a black cat who was quiet was a swindler with a sword on his back.

Originally, he was extremely disdainful of this young man. After a few provocative words, the other party was extremely obedient. This made Hu Ma even more certain that this young man was a useless soft persimmon. Seeing that he was still looking at this place, Hu Ma thought that he had finally found an opportunity to properly fix this young man. He immediately laughed sinisterly.

"What? Brat, what do you think is wrong with what my boss said?" Hu Ma asked. His tone was frivolous, but his fists the size of casseroles clenched into clenches. He thought that as long as Xu Han said nothing, he would greet the other party without hesitation.

However, thinking about Xu Han's cowardly performance along the way, Hu Ma did not feel that the other party dared to do so. Thinking like this, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

"Of course not." As he had expected, the youth shook his head decisively as soon as he heard this.

Hu Ma cursed softheartedly in his heart. He was about to withdraw his fist from his hand, and was about to curse a few times when the youth's voice sounded again.

"It's not anything wrong, it's all wrong." The youth said calmly, seemingly feeling that such a statement was somewhat inappropriate, so he added another sentence at the end.

"A big mistake."

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