Immediately, Li Yao, led by the beautiful silkworm maiden, headed to a nearby market town.
On the way to the market town, Li Yao kept talking to the beautiful silkworm girl, learning the language of this era.
He quickly mastered the language of the era.
Upon arriving in the town, Li Yao encountered a group of local thugs.
Mei Can Niang said that these thugs and ruffians were just Jiao Du's cronies.
At this moment, these thugs saw Li Yao and Mei Can Niang together, but did not notice their leader Jiao Du. They sensed something was wrong, grabbed their swords, and surrounded Li Yao and Mei Can Niang.
The beautiful silkworm girl turned pale with fright and said in a trembling voice, "Let's run!"
Li Yao smiled and said, "These few little bastards don't have the right to make me run away."
At this moment, Li Yao and Mei Can Niang were surrounded by a group of thugs.
One of the thugs pointed at Li Yao and demanded of Mei Can Niang, "Mei Can Niang, where is Brother Jiao? Who is this scoundrel?"
Li Yao laughed loudly and said, "Your Brother Jiao has already died under my blade."
The local thugs were taken aback and drew their swords, shouting that they wanted to avenge Brother Jiao.
At this moment, many people on the street heard the commotion and quickly gathered around to watch the excitement.
Seeing that Li Yao was all alone and unarmed, yet facing more than twenty thugs wielding swords, they all felt sorry for him.
In their eyes, even if Li Yao didn't die, he would be crippled by this group of thugs.
At this moment, two thugs swung their swords at Li Yao from the left and right.
Li Yao quickly ducked and slipped between the two thugs.
At the same time, he used a move called "disarming a thug with bare hands" to take the sword from one of the thugs and then swept it horizontally.
A sword beam swept across the throats of the two thugs.
Suddenly, they collapsed to the ground, looking completely bewildered, and died.
The remaining thugs looked at each other, stunned by Li Yao's astonishing speed.
The onlookers were initially stunned into silence, but then erupted into enthusiastic cheers.
A strange light gleamed in the eyes of the beautiful silkworm girl.
Li Yao's gaze fell on the remaining thugs.
The thugs couldn't help but take a few steps back, a sense of fear creeping into their hearts.
"Run!"
I don't know who called out first.
Immediately afterwards, the thugs all rushed off to run away.
"Trying to run? No way!"
Li Yao pounced on the thugs like a tiger descending from the mountain.
Puff puff puff...
With a swift movement, the sword fell!
In the blink of an eye, more than twenty thugs lay dead on the ground.
The onlookers cheered and then swarmed forward, kicking and stomping on the bodies of the thugs.
Because these thugs often bullied them, and now that Li Yao has killed them, they have the audacity to kick and stomp on the thugs' corpses to vent their anger.
The beautiful silkworm girl's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "My God, you are so brave!"
Li Yao tossed the broken sword in his hand to the ground, glanced around, picked up all the attribute orbs on the ground, and said indifferently, "What kind of bravery is it to just swat a few flies?"
Subsequently, Li Yao spent thirty copper coins to buy a fine horse.
The money for buying the horse came from gold ingots he brought from the world of Embroidered Spring Blade.
I didn't bring much, just two gold ingots.
However, it's enough for him to spend for a while in the world of A Step into the Past.
Li Yao gave the beautiful silkworm girl fifty copper coins and sent her away, reluctant to part with him.
Afterwards, he asked someone in the town to draw him a map to Handan.
Now that he has arrived in the world of A Step into the Past, his first priority is naturally to go to Handan.
Strangely, he did not encounter Tao Fang, who had come to buy horses.
Could Xiang Shaolong's death have caused some deviations in the plot?
Never mind, let's go check out Handan City first.
So Li Yao rode his horse and set off alone for Handan.
Chapter 35 An unexpected encounter with Yuan Zong, a friendly sparring session
The horses galloped, their hooves flying!
Li Yao rode his steed, galloping along a sparsely populated road.
Now, his riding skills are becoming more and more proficient.
As Li Yao rode his horse along the way, he discovered that the world was desolate and vast, with many places yet to be developed by humans, and everywhere there were primeval forests or virgin mountains.
If it weren't for the need to transport troops during wartime, we probably wouldn't even have a road under our feet.
Li Yao had been traveling on horseback for five days.
Along the way, he confirmed that he had not gone the wrong way by using a simple map and asking the occasional traveling merchant he encountered.
Glug glug...
Li Yao felt a rumbling sound in his abdomen.
It's time to eat.
Li Yao looked around and found a forest not far from the road.
At this time, many places were in a primitive state.
Therefore, there are many kinds of plants and animals here.
Moreover, there were many plants and animals that Li Yao had never seen in later generations.
Presumably, due to subsequent human activities, these plants and animals completely disappeared from the earth.
Li Yao rode his horse and galloped towards the mountain forest.
Soon, he arrived in the mountains and forests.
After tying the horse up, he searched the ground for a few stones of suitable size.
Then, he climbed up a big tree, listening to all directions and observing everything around him.
Now his five senses are exceptionally sharp; he can hear any sound and see any movement around him.
Soon, he heard a faint rustling sound coming from not far away.
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw what appeared to be animals moving about in the grass in the distance.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Three pebbles, like bullets, pierced through the air and flew towards the grass.
Coo coo coo...
An animal struggled and cried out a few times, then fell silent.
Just as Li Yao was about to jump down from the tree, his ears twitched and his face tightened. "Someone's here!"
Immediately, his sharp gaze shot towards the road behind him.
A middle-aged man dressed in hemp clothing and carrying two black longswords walked towards them.
The man was tall, of average appearance, with a calm expression, but his eyes were bright and piercing.
A look of surprise flashed in the man's eyes, and he clapped his hands in praise: "Excellent skills, excellent skills!"
Li Yao jumped down from the tree, smiled slightly, and said, "It's just a trivial skill, not worth mentioning."
The man's eyes immediately lit up, and he exclaimed, "A mere trifle! Nothing to boast about! Brilliant, brilliant, brother, your words are truly astonishing."
Li Yao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized.
"A trivial skill, not worth mentioning" are well-known idioms in later generations, so it's not surprising that he said them casually.
However, for people more than two thousand years ago, these classic idioms were simply amazing.
Li Yao smiled and walked towards the prey he had just shot with a stone, casually saying, "Brother, you flatter me. I just happened to get it by chance!"
The man's eyes lit up again, and he exclaimed, "Brother, your four words 'a stroke of genius' are truly wonderful. You are a man of great talent, and I admire you greatly."
Li Yao immediately stopped in his tracks, stared at Yuan Zong, and blurted out, "You are Yuan Zong?!"
Li Yao never expected that the middle-aged man in front of him was actually Yuan Zong, the Grand Master of the Mohist Guild.
Originally, Xiang Shaolong's chance encounter with Yuan Zong was a great opportunity.
Now, Xiang Shaolong was accidentally killed by him, which led to his unexpected encounter with Yuan Zong.
Does this mean he stole Xiang Shaolong's luck and thus gained Xiang Shaolong's opportunity?
Yuan Zong was surprised and quickly asked, "You know me?"
Li Yao shook his head and said, "I don't know him."
Yuan Zong was both amused and exasperated. "You don't recognize me, so why are you staring at me with such a surprised look?"
Li Yao walked over to his prey and discovered that he had shot a pheasant.
He picked up the pheasant and said as he walked, "Although I have never met you, I have heard of your great name. You are the current leader of the Mohist Guild. Now your Mohist Guild has split into three organizations, named after the region, called 'Qi Mohist,' 'Chu Mohist,' and 'Zhao Mohist.' Recently, you have been hunted down by Yan Ping, the leader of Zhao Mohist."
Yuan Zong's expression changed drastically, and he became wary, asking, "How did you know all this?"