Chapter 610 Look at Each Other and Smile

Five days later.

Xu Han sat in the mansion of the City Lord of Tong City and looked at the thousand people standing in front of him. His gaze swept over them one by one. After a long while, he finally said the first thing the two of them had said since they met.

"I will take you away," he said.

It wasn't an invitation, it wasn't a thought. He was saying that he wanted to. There was no room for discussion, no intention to worry about the other party's thoughts. He was like a monarch, reading out his will in a calm and sure tone.

Hearing this, Fang Ziyu and the others couldn't help but frown. The delay of these five days was already long enough. In fact, they had already killed three batches of scouts sent by Yuan Xiucheng in these five days. If Yuan Xiucheng wasn't a fool, a large number of pursuers would probably be arriving in Tongcheng by now.

Although these 1,000 people were much stronger than those ordinary people who had been bewitched, their cultivation levels were still uneven. Bring them along would definitely add a lot of trouble to this already difficult journey south.

Most of them couldn't understand why the usually cautious Xu Han would make such a decision.

The leader of the group was a woman in her early twenties. She wore a green gown and was called Ning Yan. After hearing Xu Han's words, she looked at Xue Lian beside her, then raised her eyes to look at Li Dingxian beside Xu Han. Finally, she said, "Alright."

Of course, after saying those words, she said, "But we have to bring the thirty thousand people of Tongcheng."

Before Xu Han could reply, Liu Sheng frowned. There were only a dozen of them in total, and the one thousand people brought by this woman named Ning Yan did not exceed eight hundred. Moreover, their cultivation was mostly below the Nether Opening Realm. To bring thirty thousand people out of Jing Zhou with such a lineup was no different from fantasy.

"Not only that." However, before the shock in their hearts could fully rise, Ning Yan said again, "We still need to pass through Xiting, Yumian, and Chengzhong. There are about 130,000 people in these three cities. We also need to take them all away."

"What a joke!" Hearing this, Fang Ziyu couldn't hold back any longer. He stood up and said unhappily to Ning Yan, "How many people are there in total? Not to mention 130,000, even if you are a thousand, we won't be able to take them away!"

Ning Yan's eyes sank when she heard this. She cupped her hands towards Xu Han and said, "If that's the case, I can only trouble Lord Xu to take a step forward."

The threat in his words was naturally overwhelming. With everyone's understanding of Xu Han, it was impossible for them to accept such a condition. Therefore, everyone turned their gazes to Xu Han at this moment.

The youth seemed to have sensed this. He smiled and played with the teacup in his hand. "I've been waiting here for five days. Those who wanted to kill me have already sharpened their swords and taken such a big risk. I'm not here to bargain with you. You can take away the civilians here."

"We have to leave tomorrow morning. You can go prepare to relocate these civilians. Take as many as you want with you. But if you don't want to, you can't take them away, and you can't take them with you."

Ning Yan frowned, "How can that be? A single night's worth of time isn't enough to convince so many people. Those Saint Weapons from before…"

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Xu Han.

"I told you before, I'm not here to bargain with you. Tomorrow morning, I can't care how many people you bring, but if you lose one person, I will go to the south of Jingzhou, kill one person, go to another city, and slaughter one city! If you don't believe me, you can let the civilians try it with your lives."

After saying that, Xu Han stood up and walked into the City Lord's Mansion without turning back, leaving no room for Ning Yan and the others to discuss.

Everyone looked at each other in astonishment. Whether it was Fang Ziyu or Ning Yan, none of them could understand why Xu Han was so obsessed with taking them away.

…

The next day.

Ning Yan, Xue Lian, and the others still arrived on schedule, but the number of people they brought who were willing to leave with them was less than a thousand. This was the result of Li Dingxian pulling Jiang Lai along the streets and persuading them to do so. If they were allowed to do it in one night, Xu Han estimated that the number would be reduced by several times.

Of course, it was worth mentioning that most of these 1,000 people were couples with young children. To them, it probably didn't matter which family's flag was planted on the city wall. It was hard for them to understand whether the so-called holy medicine was good or not. They just didn't want their children to participate in the dangerous baptism of the Sacred Palace.

Xu Han could clearly see what they were thinking, but he did not say anything dissatisfied with the appearance of these 1,000 people. He only asked Ning Yan and the others to send out their men to look after these people, and then led the army that had expanded to more than 2,000 people to start their journey south again.

There were more than two thousand people, some of whom were ordinary people without any cultivation. Some of the younger children were naturally moving at an unusually slow speed. In a full day's time, they had only walked less than eighty kilometers. This was done under Xu Han's intentional urging.

If this continued, it would only take four days to reach the border. At this moment, it would probably take half a month.

After nightfall, everyone found a place to camp. Everyone who had been tired all day did not have much energy to do anything else. After dinner, most of them fell asleep. Xu Han also sat in front of a fire and hugged Xuan'er as he looked at the fire, or at the people who fell asleep behind the fire. His gaze was dazed.

At that time, a youth of his age sat beside him. Xu Han turned to look at him and smiled. He asked, "Have you been exhausted these past few days?"

The youth shook his head and said, "The Dark Asura Palace spent a lot of effort to create a Demigod Seed like me. I'm afraid that the great figures of the Dark Asura Palace will be so angry that their feet will jump."

Hearing this, Xu Han nodded and stopped talking.

He stretched out his hand and fiddled with the fire in front of him. After a few breaths, he said, "Don't you want to ask why I'm asking for trouble?"

Liu Sheng shook his head and said, "There is never a lack of trouble in this world. If you don't look for him, he will come back to look for you. I believe you have a reason to do so. That's enough."

Hearing this, Xu Han was slightly stunned, but he was intrigued and asked, "Then why do you believe me?"

This question caused Liu Sheng to remain silent for a long time. He tilted his head and thought for a moment. Suddenly, he looked at Xu Han, "I am a person who has no past. Whether it is Shangyun City you mentioned or the memories of my younger brothers and sisters, I have no impression."

"But I feel that the Liu Sheng you spoke of is a very good person. I don't remember him, but becoming him may not be a bad thing, especially for me, who is completely blank."

"Since you want to be Liu Sheng, then I think that the Liu Sheng you speak of…"

Liu Sheng paused for a moment. His pitch-black pupils shone with flames, burning and burning.

He said again, "I think I will trust you so much."

Xu Han had probably never expected Liu Sheng to say such a thing. He shook his head with a laugh and could only say, "Thank you."

As usual, the two of them fell into silence once again after saying those words.

However, this silence did not last long. The flames in front of them suddenly started to jump slightly. Immediately after, the dry wood on the ground began to tremble. Xuan'er and Aowu raised their heads and the yellow monkey also jumped onto the treetops. At that time, they all looked vigilantly at a certain place behind them.

Xu Han and Liu Sheng also seemed to feel something at this moment. They looked at each other and stood up, looking in the same direction.

Da! Dada!

The faint sound of horse hooves began to come, and the ground trembled even more violently. The sleeping crowd was woken up by the sound of horse hooves.

Ning Yan and the others were quite calm. Naturally, they knew who the person was. They also understood how powerful the other party was. Although their faces were ugly for a moment, they had not yet reached the point of panicking. Compared to the ordinary people, their faces were deathly pale, and fear and despair began to spread.

Xu Han took a deep look at them and said to Li Dingxian, "Those who look after you are ready to take them away first."

Hearing this, Li Dingxian was stunned. He was about to dispatch everyone, but he thought of something. He turned to Xu Han and asked, "What about you?"

Probably because of the urgency of the situation, Li Dingxian's tone became a bit louder when he asked this question, so much so that everyone around him listened to his words. Therefore, it was inevitable that everyone turned to look at Xu Han at this moment.

At this time, Xu Han had already stood up. A black cat landed on his shoulder. Beside him, a black dog was shaking its sleeping fur. Xu Han stretched out one hand and the pitch black sword suddenly appeared in his hand. He grinned at the crowd and said, "Everyone I brought out will die behind me according to Xu Han's rules."

Perhaps they hadn't thought that Xu Han, who had behaved cruelly or even ruthlessly, would say such words at this moment. Everyone was stunned, but Xu Han didn't have the intention to wait for them to digest these words. He looked at Meng Liang and the others and warned, "Perhaps there are still obstacles ahead. I'll trouble Senior Brother and everyone to open up the way for these people."

After saying that, he looked at Liu Sheng and asked, "What about you?"

Liu Sheng blinked his eyes and smiled, "If Liu Sheng were here, what do you think he would do?"

Xu Han was stunned for a moment before a smile appeared on his face.

The two youths looked at each other and smiled. The thing in their eyes was like the Gu Forest in Upper Cloud City a few years ago.

It was scorching hot and clean, and it was clear to see the bottom.

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