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He rested on top of a tall tower in Heavenly Sword City for the night. Early the next morning, he bought some horses, dried food and water from the city, and stayed at the gates of Heavenly Sword City to await the team that would escort Zhu Qingyun back to the Divine Martial City.

Leng Jun was still worried about Zhu Qingyun's safety, he did not believe that Li Sicong would let this matter go. He dared to cause a ruckus at the Divine Martial City, and would even put the Minister of Finance of a remote sect like Bamboo City in his eyes.

Along the way, Leng Jun met several groups of people with Earthly God Palace, who had a better understanding of their strength. Not to mention those four God Envoys, even Li Sicong and Lin Musen whom he had fought against were not people that ordinary people could deal with. Although Zhu Qingyun was only a God Clan cultivator, she wasn't someone from the Divine Palace. The Eastern Sword Sect Sect Master might not be willing to escort him personally. And would those ordinary Swordsman s be these opponents who had activated the Natal Elemental Energy experts? The answer, of course, was no.

The sky was a bit dark. Even though it was close to noon, the sun still couldn't be seen. The sky was slowly filled with dark clouds. It seemed like it would rain at any time. The wind was blowing strongly. On the streets of Heavenly Sword City, many pedestrians held their hats in one hand and their clothes in the other. They bent over and hurried on their way.

Leng Jun saw that it was almost time, and rode out of Heavenly Sword City alone. Leng Jun spurred his horse to run wildly, and only stopped when he reached a hill not far from Heavenly Sword City.

Looking down from the mountain top, he could see the entirety of Heavenly Sword City. At the southern end of Heavenly Sword City, a group of over a hundred people had already stopped at the entrance of Bamboo City. These people were all riding big horses with long swords hanging from their waists. They were all dressed in Swordsman robes with the symbols of the Eastern Sword Sect embroidered on them, looking very majestic and powerful.

In the middle of the group, there were two palanquins, one was gold, the other was red. It was obvious that these two palanquins were prepared for Bamboo City and Zhu Qingyun.

Zhu Qingyun walked out of the door with a slow look of worry on her face. She already knew that Leng Jun had left, but she did not know the details of his departure. She only thought that Leng Jun was really ruthless, that he didn't even want to stay for one more day, and didn't even say a word of farewell.

On top of the hill, Leng Jun naturally could not see all of this, and he could not even see Zhu Qingyun's appearance clearly. He could only confirm that it was Zhu Qingyun's team that was escorting him. Looking from afar, he prayed silently in his heart, hoping that Zhu Qingyun's journey would be safe and sound.

Of course, it was impossible for Leng Jun to leave just like that. He had already made up his mind that he would protect Zhu Qingyun until he arrived at the Divine Martial City safely. In order to not make things difficult for Zhu Qingyun, Leng Jun decided to only stand guard in the dark. Just like this, Leng Jun silently watched Zhu Qingyun from the mountain top as he set off for his homeward journey.

The gloomy weather in Heavenly Sword City did not bring Zhu Qingyun the same dark fate. Their first day's journey was considered smooth, the rain in the sky did not come down, and they did not encounter any dangers along the way. They passed by without any wind or danger until dusk, when Zhu Qingyun and her group rested temporarily in a small town.

Leng Jun had arrived at this small town before them. Right now, he was searching all around the small town but didn't find anything dangerous. After Zhu Qingyun and the rest arrived, Leng Jun observed their resting place again. After discovering that the security was tight, and that nothing unexpected would happen, Leng Jun spurred his horse to leave the town. He also found a high point outside the town where he could observe the situation of the team at any time to rest.

It was not a good night. The rain that had accumulated during the day finally broke out during the night. The torrential rain poured down and there was no place to hide from the rain. Leng Jun was originally resting while leaning against a large tree.

Leng Jun could not bear Zhu Qingyun's handmade long robe to be drenched in the rain, so he took it off, carefully folded it and placed it in his waterproof fish skin pocket.

Other than that robe, Leng Jun no longer had anything else to replace it. Because the coarse clothes that he bought from the old fisherman stained the blood and filth on Zhu Qingyun's clothes, Leng Jun was afraid that she would fall in love with the scenery and thus, discard them long ago. The robe Yiyanying gifted him was also forgotten by him on the "Ghost Island" because he was overjoyed upon receiving the robe Zhu Qingyun had sewn personally for him.

The current Leng Jun could only lower his upper body and let the violent winds and torrential rain beat upon his body. However, he still had no regrets.

Fortunately, the next morning, the dark clouds dispersed and were replaced by a sunny day.

In the small town, everything was normal for the convoy that escorted Zhu Qingyun. After eating breakfast early, they started to pack up and leave.

Just as Leng Jun wanted to lead his horse to continue exploring the road ahead, he discovered from afar that a group of people was thinking of the direction of the hill. This group of people were all dressed in tight uniforms, and each of them carried a strange looking weapon. It seemed that they were not the good guys.

Most of these people were cold and handsome, but he recognized one of them. It was a fat man with an oily face, sitting on a large chariot. To his left and right, there was a beautiful woman in each of his arms. This person was none other than the person who had taken Zhu Qing hostage in the mountains two days ago, Ye Chang, and threatened Leng Jun.

It turned out that Ye Chang wasn't dead that day, he was only severely injured. He never thought that Zhu Qingyun would have such powerful spirit force. Knowing that he was no match for him, he pretended to be heavily injured and fainted. After Leng Jun carried the unconscious Zhu Qingyun and left, he rode on the mule that Leng Jun left behind and went to call for reinforcements.

He was not far from the mountain when he met a group of people. This group of people were none other than the Sea Serpent Combat Regiment that Li Sicong had requested for help back then.

The leader of the Sea Serpent Group, Jin Changchong, wanted to curry favor with, so he did not hold back when chasing after Leng Jun. However, after searching for half a month in the sea, not only were there no traces of the two, his vice-captain had even mysteriously disappeared.

When they heard the news later on that Leng Jun and Zhu Qingyun were already ashore, and the ship they were on was their Sea Serpent Group's ship, they guessed that their Vice Leader had probably been killed.

No matter if he wanted to avenge his vice-captain or continue to climb onto Li Sicong's branch, he could not let Leng Jun and Zhu Qingyun go. Hence, in the end, he made a decision. The Sea Serpent Group abandoned the sea shore and wanted to capture Leng Jun and Zhu Qingyun.

Jin Changchong and the rest went ashore to look for Leng Jun and Zhu Qingyun. On the way, they coincidentally bumped into Ye Chang who had just escaped. Ye Chang wanted to help him gain some merits so that he could seek revenge. Jin Changchong had the same thought, so the two of them clapped together and Ye Chang led the way, chasing after Leng Jun and Zhu Qingyun's tracks.

However, they did not expect Leng Jun to change his path midway. They had to search for an entire day before they got the news and went to Heavenly Sword City. They had been wrong for a long time, so they had no choice but to turn around and intercept him.

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