C40 revisit

Yuan Chiying and Qing Ling traveled for about half a month, and other than a few random passersby, they did not meet any blind people. The two finally arrived at Liaofeng.

Liaofeng was the same as always, there were no major changes. It was already early in the morning, and the mist on the mountain was surrounding the area, shading the trees. The two of them walked side by side, towards the mountainside.

"I haven't seen him for the better part of a year. I wonder if Qiu Mingxuan is still at the autumn gate stronghold." Yuan Chiying muttered in his heart.

At the autumn gate stronghold, two men were standing in front of the big gate with bright eyes. Yuan Chiying and Qing Ling's figures gradually revealed themselves, and slowly walked towards the two men.

"Halt!" One of the men shouted when he saw this.

Yuan Chiying smiled, he did not mind at all, and spoke to the man: "I'll have to trouble you to inform him, tell him that an old friend is here to see you."

The man frowned, and looked at Yuan Chiying warily. Suddenly, another man beside him asked with an uncertain tone: "You are Yuan Chiying?"

More than half a year ago, Yuan Chiying had helped the autumn gate to destroy the Li Mansion's stronghold at the peak of the Liaofeng in one go. Furthermore, Yuan Chiying had single-handedly stirred up the enemies behind him and killed hundreds of them with his own strength.

Through that battle, Yuan Chiying's name had long ago spread throughout the entire autumn gate, it was just that on that night, there were not many who truly saw Yuan Chiying's face, and most of the people in the autumn gate only spread his name, while Yuan Chiying's image continued to grow through those voices. In the Liaofeng, other than Young Clan Master Qiu Mingxuan, only Yuan Chiying had the highest reputation. It was just that after that night, the latter had left the autumn gate.

Yuan Chiying revealed a surprised look and said: "You know me?"

He quickly stepped forward and extended his slightly rough palm, saying: "My name is Qiu Ji. The news of your battle with the several hundred cultivators of the Li Mansion that night has long been spread throughout the autumn gate. Coincidentally, I saw you in the crowd that night."

Yuan Chiying slightly smiled, as he reached out his left hand to grasp Qiu Ji's rough hand, and said. "To think that I've already become a famous person."

"Looking at my memory, I'll go find the Young Clan Master right now." Qiu Ji slapped his forehead as he suddenly said.

After which, he quickly left. Not long later, an imposing young man in white clothes with steps as fast as the wind came from the foothold.

"Haha, Brother Yuan, you're finally back."

Qiu Mingxuan's candid laughter spread, but before he even arrived, a voice came out first.

Qiu Mingxuan's bearing was still as extraordinary as usual. As he neared, his handsome face carried an astonished expression as he sized up the Yuan Chiying in front of him.

After not seeing Yuan Chiying for such a long time, Yuan Chiying's temperament was completely different from half a year ago, especially that pair of eyes, which were bright and seemed to have starlight flashing within. Even after staring at that pair of eyes for a while, the self-assuming Qiu Mingxuan who had extraordinary strength, couldn't help but be attracted by the light in those eyes.

Seeing Qiu Mingxuan's expression, Yuan Chiying laughed and said: "Big Brother Qiu, are you going to recognize me soon?"

"Brat, you have indeed changed a lot. Not only me, I'm afraid that even the princess might not be able to recognize you at first glance." Qiu Mingxuan replied with a smile.

"Come, Big Brother Qiu, let me introduce you."

It was only then that Qiu Mingxuan truly noticed the red-clothed female standing behind Yuan Chiying; following Yuan Chiying's gaze, when Qiu Mingxuan saw the red-clothed female, his face immediately revealed an expression of shock, as his eyes went wide open.

"This can't be?"

Yuan Chiying was very satisfied with Qiu Mingxuan's reaction. Back then, at the auction house of the Celestial Merchant Guild, Qiu Mingxuan had also met with Qing Ling once. After all, the latter gave off a very breathtaking feeling.

After being stunned for a moment, Qiu Mingxuan was worthy of being the young master of the autumn gate. Furthermore, he already had someone he belonged to, so this kind of loss of composure did not last long before he slowly reached out his clean palm. He looked at Qing Ling politely and said: "Welcome, young lady."

However, Qing Ling did not seem to mind, she nodded and greeted her gently, to be able to make Qing Ling do this, it was all thanks to Qiu Mingxuan being Yuan Chiying's friend.

Seeing that Qing Ling had no intention to shake hands with him, Qiu Mingxuan did not know what to do with the palm that was paused in the air.

Fortunately, Yuan Chiying managed to resolve the awkwardness in time and tried to smooth things over. "Big Brother Qiu, are you not going to invite us in?"

"Oh, yes! Right! Right! "Look at my memory." Qiu Mingxuan withdrew his clean palm and slapped his forehead as he spoke.

Qiu Mingxuan was walking in front as he led Yuan Chiying and Qing Ling into the stronghold. Along the way, many men and women curiously watched, a few fiery hot gazes occasionally sweeping towards Qing Ling who was beside Yuan Chiying.

The current autumn gate's overall strength was twice as large as it was half a year ago, and the number of people had increased from the previous three hundred, to five hundred now, and the strength of the new people were all quite impressive. Naturally, these new people had never seen Yuan Chiying before, and they all looked at him with curiosity.

"Did you feel that the autumn gate has become stronger?" Qiu Mingxuan said with a smile.

Through the observations made along the way, Yuan Chiying nodded his head in agreement, and then said: "With the abilities of the Big Brother Qiu, it's not surprising that it has developed to such a scale in half a year."

"Of these two hundred new disciples, half of them were young men and women who were not fully absorbed by the Li Mansion, and the remaining hundred were drawn from the autumn gate." Qiu Mingxuan slowly said.

Although Qiu Mingxuan's tone was light, but if he did not encounter big trouble, with the original three hundred people in the autumn gate, he would definitely be able to control the entire Liaofeng, so there was no need for him to send more people into the sect.

While the two of them were conversing, under the curious gazes of the crowd, they slowly walked into the Meeting Room. The three people sat down, and Yuan Chiying continued to ask: "Big Brother Qiu, did you encounter any difficulty?"

Ever since the Li Mansion's stronghold was destroyed, logically speaking, even if no one was sent out additional people, the autumn gate would still have absolute strength to occupy this mountain, unless …

Qiu Mingxuan was quiet for a moment, then said: "Something did happen during this period of time."

After pausing for a moment, Qiu Mingxuan continued, "Three months ago, the Li Mansion sent a group of people out. These people were people that the Li Mansion had recruited through various methods, and there were only two hundred of them.

"Hmm? Big Brother Qiu, are you really unable to handle such a small number of people? " Yuan Chiying asked somewhat curiously.

A look of helplessness flashed across Qiu Mingxuan's face as he continued to speak, "If it was a direct confrontation, these people would naturally not be our autumn gate's opponents, but the enemy just so happened to be fighting us in a guerrilla battle, and even chose to take action when we were relaxed. There was even one time, in order to eliminate them, I led a large portion of the autumn gate's people to chase after them, but in the end, they were all taken advantage of by the nearby Li Mansion Cultivators.

Hearing that, Yuan Chiying caressed his lower jaw with his left hand and carefully analyzed: "If that's the case, then among this group of people, there seems to be an existence that's good at scheming. Furthermore, this person seems to be very familiar with your character, Big Brother Qiu."

Qiu Mingxuan nodded his head, accepting Yuan Chiying's words, and said: "That's why the Li Mansion used these two hundred people to fight with us for nearly three months, and I do not dare to leave the stronghold rashly, and also because of that, just a few days ago, I requested for a hundred cultivators to be transferred here. There aren't many in the autumn gate, and the division of labor is clear, so these hundred cultivators took an entire month to gather. Furthermore, in order to protect the villagers at the bottom of the mountain from harm, I have also sent an additional 100 cultivators to constantly guard the mountain day and night. "

Yuan Chiying thought for a moment, then asked: "Does Big Brother Qiu know where these people are staying?"

"Their distribution of personnel is very scattered, and usually they operate in groups of ten. Their average strength is at the Six Merak Spirit Building Realm realm, and the strength of the majority of the members in the sect are somewhat inferior. "Moreover, these people are all very alert and would usually attack a little bit. If we were in another place, they wouldn't attack us unless we were hiding in our base." Qiu Mingxuan said with a slight headache.

"We've been fighting against each other for close to three months, and at least a hundred cultivators from the stronghold have been killed by them. We've only killed twenty of them."

"If that's the case, then it is indeed a thorny problem. Big Brother Qiu, I have an idea." Yuan Chiying's eyes flashed as a light flashed across his mind.

Yuan Chiying then explained his thoughts to Qiu Mingxuan. The two of them plotted for a full four hours and finally, most of the details were finalized. Then, Qiu Mingxuan got up and left the Meeting Room.

Yuan Chiying took out the beef from the spatial ring and placed it on the table before eating with Qing Ling. According to Yuan Chiying's plan, there would probably be a fierce battle tonight.

In the blink of an eye, night quietly descended, and the autumn gate's stronghold continued to move forward unhurriedly. Qiu Mingxuan, carrying with him a gust of wind and dust, pushed open the doors of the conference hall and quickly entered.

"Brother Yuan, everything has been arranged. It will depend on your performance tonight."

Qiu Mingxuan said with a smile. He had complete confidence in Yuan Chiying's abilities, furthermore, he had an unfathomable woman by his side. As a result, to a large extent, Yuan Chiying's own safety was not to be worried at all.

Just then, the hall's door was pushed open once again, a familiar figure quickly entered. It was Qiu Hai who had a conflict with Yuan Chiying previously, but he was no longer a guard, he was now in charge of collecting information.

"Sovereign, there's movement at the bottom of the mountain."

Qiu Hai was also startled when he saw Yuan Chiying sitting on the chair. He was a little surprised, and after nodding his head towards Yuan Chiying, he opened his mouth and reported to him.

Qiu Mingxuan's mind shook, and he ordered: "Come good, Qiu Hai, take fifty people with you."

Then, he walked out by himself. Not long later, a huge crowd of three hundred cultivators gathered outside the foothold. With Qiu Mingxuan's command, the three hundred cultivators followed Qiu Mingxuan and headed down the mountain.