The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 270 Reunion

Last time, we talked about Li Yi just using Lingyin Mantra to control Langya to deal with a bunch of scum, but he was tricked by a burly middle-aged man and fell from the second floor. Who is this guy? Let's take a look together.

Li Yi looked up and down at the man with the scimitar in front of him. He was about 40 years old, with a weathered face, cold eyes, and a burly figure. He looked like someone who was not to be trifled with. He saluted and asked, "May I ask who you are?"

The man said calmly, "Are you Li Yi?" Li Yi nodded. The man said, "My name is Tie Ma. Someone is offering 10,000 taels of gold for your head. Please lend me your head."

Li Yi smiled and said, "Brother Tiema, can I ask who wants my head? How about this? I'll pay 20,000 gold for that person's head, okay?"

Tie Ma said indifferently: "Boy, this is not how you do business!" Then he swung his scimitar and chopped at Li Yi. Li Yi used the Vajra Divine Art to raise his hand to take the blow, and instantly knew that the man in front of him was at the peak of the fourth rank, and was not so easy to deal with.

If he could let go normally, he would naturally not be afraid, but now he has two children who need his full attention to protect, not to mention that this Iron Horse has brought a lot of people with him. Now is not the time to show off. A real man can bend and stretch. He should take action when it is time to take action, and admit defeat when it is time to admit defeat!

Thinking of this, Li Yi summoned the two-meter-tall image of Acalanatha, and swung his ten arms together to collapse the inn. He picked up Yuehua and Langya with the help of the falling rocks and smoke, and teleported them away with his words.

The three of them were teleported to the carriage that Li Yi had asked Zhang Biao to prepare in advance. He placed Langya and Yuehua in place and drove to the east of the city. Suddenly, an arrow with a note came. Li Yi reached out to catch the arrow and looked around, but he couldn't find the person who shot the arrow. He opened the note and saw four words: Chu people hired a murderer.

When Li Yi was wondering, Yuehua pulled open the car curtain and asked, "Brother, why are you running? Zhai Baishan is not your opponent. Why are you running away when you meet a guy you have never heard of?"

Langya endured the pain and said, "Sister Yuehua, if it were normal, the young master would definitely not run away. But if the young master is distracted to protect the two of us, I'm afraid he won't be able to move freely when fighting with the group called Tiema!"

Yuehua scolded: "You are the only one who understands! When you saw so many people rushing towards you just now, you were so scared that your hands and feet became weak and you almost peed your pants! Now you are getting stronger!" Langya was hit on the sore spot and kept silent.

Li Yi laughed and said, "How can you say that about Langya? If he hadn't protected you when you fell just now, you would have been injured. Langya, well done. It happened so suddenly that I didn't react, but you protected Yuehua. You're really good." Hearing this, Yuehua snorted coldly and stopped talking.

On the other side, the smoke and dust cleared, and several assassins looked around but did not see Li Yi and his two companions. They asked Tie Ma, "Should we chase them?"

Tie Ma brushed off the dust on his body and said, "No need, big brother will take 5,000 troops to guard them on the road back to Guazhou. If big brother goes out, are you still worried that the business will run away? Our work is done, let's pack up and go back to have a drink!"

Several people nodded in agreement. Tie Ma looked towards the east and chuckled, "Li Yi, huh, a third cultivator is just so-so. I really don't know how Zhai Baishan could be defeated by him." After saying that, he turned and left.

As soon as the fight broke out at the inn, Xiao Ziyi and Yu Jiu, who were originally heading to the south and north of the city, immediately changed their direction and headed west. Manager Zhou and Zhang Biao killed the scouts following them, and protected the convoy to the west wall, waiting for Li Yi.

Xiao Ziyi asked, "Aren't we going to the east wall? Why are we on the west side? Aunt Yun, did you take the wrong road, or can't you tell the directions?"

Liu Ruyun sighed and said, "Master Xiao, the most feared thing in the martial arts world is that the walls have ears. The eastern wall is for others to hear. We have to go from the west."

Xiao Ziyi snorted coldly: "He is just like Tao Zhongwen, calculating too much. He can't even be upright. How can he be called a gentleman!"

Liu Ruyun shook her head and said, "Many things cannot be solved in an upright manner. Your mother also schemed against others in the past, so don't think there is anything wrong with scheming!"

Xiao Ziyi was about to refute when she suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the east. Liu Ruyun said, "It seems they have reached the east. We just need to wait a while." As she said that, she jumped onto the beam and observed the movements around her.

The loud noise from the east was exactly Li Yi's strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. He drove with Langya and Yuehua to the east city wall, summoned the image of Acalanatha, smashed a section of the city wall with one punch, abandoned the car, and rushed to the west holding Langya and Yuehua.

The main force of Dunhuang City was led out of the city by Liang Quyi to ambush Li Yi on his way back to Guazhou, so the defense inside the city was not strict. It was already late at night, and Li Yi and his two men finally met up with the main force at the designated location.

Li Yi used the bat sound skill to explore the surroundings and said to Zhang Biao, "The outer city corresponding to this is the sheepfold, which is indeed the weakest place in defense, but it is not very useful for siege. Have you found any loopholes?"

Zhang Biao looked up at the 50-meter-high city wall and shook his head, saying, "We don't have enough time. We can only find this one."

Li Yi nodded and said, "It seems that it is not that easy to take Dunhuang. Let's go first and come back next time." After that, he used his words to teleport the carriages and horses and everyone to the outside of Dunhuang. They headed west until they were sure that there were no pursuers, and then they stopped to rest.

Liu Ruyun pushed hard and connected the bones of Langya. Li Yi used his Heavenly Soul to help him regrow his broken bones. Liu Ruyun looked at Li Yi in surprise and asked, "What is your current level of cultivation?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "It's hard to say, but there is definitely no opponent below the Transcendent Realm. Even those who have just entered the Transcendent Realm can fight."

"San Xiu is indeed a monster!"

Li Yi chuckled, turned around and asked Langya: "I remember you said you could find the Gu tribe of the Di clan, can you take us there now?"

Langya patted his calf and said, "No problem. Guo Guaizi and I were the ones who sent the child to them last time. We can find them by going northwest across the desert. It's only about a hundred miles away."

So, after a brief rest, Li Yi and his group followed Lang Ya to the northwest. Li Yi had a sack, so he didn't have to worry about food and water, and crossing the desert was not a difficult task.

When Li Yi and his party saw the camp and the sheep in the distance, Yuehua, Baozhu Faluo and others became excited. They jumped off the carriage, shouted, and rushed to the other side like crazy. However, Liu Ruyun, Zhou Guanjia and Zhang Huwei became nervous. After all, the Wei people were not very welcome on the grassland.

Li Yi smiled and said, "Don't be nervous. The grassland people are still very hospitable!" He looked towards the camp, only to see a group of cavalry rushing out of the camp. Li Yi jumped off the carriage without saying a word, used his Vajra magic power, dug a pit with one step, and leaped in three steps to the front of Yuehua and the others, stretching out his hand to stop them.

The cavalry from the opposite side had already surrounded them, but this team of cavalry was very funny. Not only were they all young people, but the leather armor they wore mostly did not fit them well.

A young man wearing leather armor rode out on his horse. Li Yi took a closer look and found that it was Gu Zhou! He was overjoyed and shouted, "Brother Gu Zhou! It's me! It's me, Li Yi!"

Gu Zhou looked for a long time but couldn't recognize her. Li Yi stretched out his hand and pulled Yuehua to his side, saying, "Brother Gu Zhou, even if you don't recognize me, you must recognize Yuehua!" He patted Yuehua on the back, and Yuehua saluted Gu Zhou.

Of course Gu Zhou remembered Yuehua. He exclaimed, "Sister Yuehua? Are you really Li Yi?" He jumped off the horse and ran over. The two hugged each other and laughed wildly, patting each other on the back. It took a long time for them to separate.

Gu Zhou punched Li Yi on the chest and laughed, "Hahaha, I haven't seen you for more than a year. How come you have changed? Hey, why did you come to the grassland?"

"That's a long story!"

Yuehua interrupted, "Brother promised to take me back to the grassland, and this time he is fulfilling his promise."

Li Yi smiled and said, "Yeah, that's right, I brought them here as soon as the weather got warmer!"

Gu Zhou looked at the other Di women behind Yuehua, patted Li Yi on the shoulder and said, "Okay! Okay! Brother Li Yi, since you are here on the grassland, don't rush to leave. Let's have a few drinks first, and then talk!"

There is a saying that cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle is fun, and drinking 300 cups is necessary. Of course, Gu Zhou only had cattle and sheep, and the wine was brought by Li Yi. In the big tent, Gu Zhou warmly entertained Li Yi and his party, making Zhou Zongguan, Zhang Biao, and Yu Jiu feel the hospitality of the grassland people, and Yuehua, Baozhu Faluo and others feel cordial. Li Yi and Gu Zhou also drank a lot. Everyone was full and drunk, but these two guys were still drinking. Li Yi asked others to leave, and Gu Zhou asked someone to help them arrange accommodation.

The two of them continued to drink in the tent. Li Yi asked, "Hey? Where's Brother Baishan? Why can't I see him?"

Gu Zhou's face darkened and he lamented, "Brother Baishan died in battle last year."

"What? Brother Baishan died in battle, what happened?"

Gu Zhou sighed and said, "This is a long story..."

In previous years, the nomadic peoples of the grasslands had a hard time during the winter, but in recent years, the Qiang and Di tribes had not plundered the border of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the relationship between the two sides was quite good. In addition, the Di tribe delegation bought food and wine in Guazhou when they returned from the Queen Mother’s birthday banquet the year before last, so they had a good winter. So before the beginning of winter last year, Gu Zhou’s father, Gu Hou, the chief of the Di tribe alliance, asked Gu Zhou to lead the team to the Wei State again to exchange cattle, sheep and horses for food and wine.

Although the trade took a lot of time, Gu Zhou was lucky to get enough food. When the team set out to return to the grassland, it was snowing. On the way home, Gu Zhou's team was robbed several times by the Di tribe alliance. Only thirteen people were left in the team of more than one hundred people, including Zhai Baishan.

When the thirteen people covered in blood told their experiences to their leader in grief and anger, Gu Hou was not angry, but unusually calm. Gu Hou just said calmly: "I understand, you go down and rest first."

Faced with the death of his good brother, the killing of his compatriots, and the disaster on the grassland, Gu Zhou was filled with resentment. He went to his father to cry, but Gu Hou had no intention of punishing those evildoers. Gu Zhou quarreled with his father, and he pointed at his father's nose and called him a bastard who had no humanity and did not understand brotherhood.

Gu Hou was furious and expelled Gu Zhou from the tribe, leaving him to wander the grassland alone. You have to know that the grassland was full of dangers at that time, and wandering alone on the grassland was tantamount to committing suicide. But Gu Zhou was still angry and actually left the alliance alone.

Two days later, Gu Zhou was caught up by a group of people. This group of people were the seeds left to him by his father Gu Hou. They were all the new forces of the Gu tribe. Most of them had just reached adulthood, and there were quite a few children. The one who took the lead in looking for Gu Zhou was Gu Ting, Gu Zhou's cousin, twenty years old, and he was already the oldest in this group of people. Gu Ting told Gu Zhou the whole story.

After the change on the grassland, the Zoroastrian priests asked the Qiangdi tribes to send their best forces to Tianshan to assist the high priest in sealing the Eternal Night Demon. However, each tribe had its own thoughts and did not want to send all their forces, so the process dragged on for three months. During this period, the Eternal Night Demon's minions occupied the Altai Mountains, cutting off the mountain pass through which they could seek help from the Xiongnu.

At the same time, plague, black magic wolves, and Eternal Night Flowers eroded the grassland. The tribes had eaten up all their food and began to eat cattle and sheep. If they continued to eat cattle and sheep, they would not be able to survive. The tribal alliance was in danger and could collapse at any time. Under such circumstances, Gu Zhou came back with food. Gu Hou's good brother Ma Xiong led his cavalry to rob the first round, and other tribes also robbed food one after another.

In fact, Gu Hou knew all of this, but as the chief, he had to find a way to preserve the tribal alliance, so he pretended that it had not happened until Gu Zhou found him and cried. Gu Hou took this as an opportunity to question the chiefs of other tribes, demanding that they send troops to Tianshan together, otherwise he would lead his troops to ask them for an explanation.