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After the fog dissipated, the World Gate Mountain was unbearably beautiful. The sea of clouds rolled around the mountainside, the trees extended their branches, and in the World Gate Pass that had been eroded by autumn, the vitality of their youth was revealed.

Standing at the peak, even a person like Chang Lou couldn't help but feel a sense of pride. They couldn't help but want to praise the Vast Expanse River Mountain.

A look at the small mountains

Looking at the mountain peak that was as big as a stone and the people moving about like ants, Chang Lou finally understood a principle.

It was naturally cold to stand tall!

How many people were able to withstand the strong wind?

Who could stand at such a height all the time?

The mountain peak was too small!

He could already overtake the mountain if he didn't want to stay any longer. There was no need for him to express his unneeded arrogance here.

Not long after Chang Bai left the mountain, a person appeared on top of the mountain. He looked down arrogantly at the tiny earth, his face devoid of any emotion.

His eyes were deep and bright. He gazed at the small and lonely figure in the distance, and couldn't help but lower his head and ponder for a moment.

Along with a few birds that flew into the vast sea of clouds, that person disappeared from the peak of the mountain like a cool breeze and leisurely clouds, handing over that lonely and quiet place to someone else.

Once they left the World Gate, there would be no spring or autumn.

Chang Lou didn't believe this because it wasn't desolate. There were many pedestrians on the streets, and the streets were packed with people and bustling with noise and excitement.

In this endless Qingyang Desert, there were very few people who dared to venture out by themselves.

This desert was the same; it was easy to get lost without taking the Great Dao.

Chang Lou didn't dare to show off, nor did he want to show off. He directly walked onto the main road, and walked alone on the road to and fro. He felt extremely bitter in his heart.

"Hero, may I ask if you are alone?"

On this day, a fat merchant stopped him while walking.

"En!"

Chang Lou nodded. It was true that she was alone.

"Then would chivalrous hero be willing to make a small profit from this wine?"

The obese salesman smiled. His small eyes almost narrowed into slits. However, Chang Lou firmly believed that he would be able to get the money in for sure.

"I refuse!"

He was not a person who waded in troubled waters for money, and he did not lack it. Money was something that was hard to come by as long as you spent less money on.

Many merchants from the State of Jing went to the Azure Goat Empire to do business. The Azure Goat Desert was a land that had to be traversed through, hence mounted bandits ran rampant. The road was long, and there was no lack of bandits. These big merchants would hire some Demon Execution Masters or unaffiliated martial artists to help them store the goods.

Chang Lou wasn't a bad person, but she wasn't a saint either. She naturally wouldn't risk her life to protect the finances of others without reason.

The Qingyang Bandit Group was extremely bloodthirsty and was extremely troublesome to deal with. Chang Lou was very unwilling to provoke them.

He used to be one of the upper echelons, and he knew some of the merchants. These merchants were deceitful of each other's money, earning it from them was still the money of the poor commoners. Some of them were even more vicious than bandits.

What did it have to do with him!?

"Noble Hero, I'm willing to pay 10,000 gold and two gold. I hope that you can protect my family from the Golden Path to the Golden Path."

When the fat merchant saw that Chang Lou was not in a hurry, he clenched his teeth and called out a price of ten thousand taels of gold. He firmly believed that there was nothing that couldn't be solved with a hundred thousand gold. If there was, then it would definitely be this person who wasn't lacking in money.

A fat merchant who had been in business for countless years, who had seen countless people, had long trained his ability to read words and see expressions …

"Yes."

The man in front of him was walking alone for thousands of miles. He was either a capable man or a fool who didn't know anything about the world.

However, Chang Lou's white hair and clear, deep eyes made the fat merchant conclude that this person was an expert. At this time, there was one more expert to ensure that he was an expert, so the fat merchant would naturally fight for him with all his might.

"Young master?"

Chang Lou was stunned for a moment. From this fat merchant's accent, it sounded like he was wondering why Jing Guo brought his family to the Qing Yang Empire for business from thousands of miles away.

If they were to take their family along on this road, it would truly be considered a group challenge to the gates of hell. They probably wouldn't be able to find even one in a hundred.

"Yes!" The chivalrous hero doesn't know that bandits run rampant in Yunzhou in the south of Jingguo, and the exorbitant taxes are like the hairs on a cow. I can't stand doing small business, so I decided to take my family to settle down in the peaceful Qingyang Empire. "After we settle them down, we can be more at ease when we leave our homes."

The fat merchant wiped the sweat off his forehead. The scorching summer in the desert was unbearably hot. The sweat almost made people familiar with their sweat. The fat businessman was even more unable to endure it. His sweating appearance was really embarrassing.

The Cloud Prefecture in the southern part of Jing Country was relatively chaotic. The imperial government did not have strict jurisdiction, the government colluded with bandits, and the people lived in the hot water while the residents moved outside.

"Just what is the difference between a Qingyang sheep's Qingtian and a sky in Jing Country? How can it not make anyone feel the slightest bit of nostalgia?"

Looking at the people of Jing carrying their families along on their journey, Chang Lou could not help but ponder over it in the clear sky!

"I pity my mother, who is over 80 years old, and my baby, who is still in her cradle. I want to live and die with her!"

The fat merchant thought that Chang Lou was listening to her, his voice somewhat desolate.

"Hero, get on your horse!"

Seeing that his mother was eighty years old and his child was still in her infancy, Chang Lou reluctantly agreed to the fat merchant's request.

Chang Lou looked at the horse and shook his head.

In this yellow sand, he would rather walk on solid ground. The feeling of rubbing his feet against the sand made him feel that this was real, not as illusory as his dreams and stories.

"Head, don't try to put on a cold front like that. A chivalrous hero doesn't need to ride a horse!"

A bearded man with a red face mocked.

The fat merchant had previously asked a Demon Punisher master team to protect them. As the saying goes, 'going together' meant being enemies, so this burly man naturally didn't like the idea of going with them.

"Sigh!" They would not lose a single point of gold! I hope that everyone will sincerely cooperate to ensure that you will be safe and sound! "

The fat merchant hurried out to persuade him. He did not want to see his own men fighting before he saw it.

"Since we have obtained the boss' money, we will naturally help the chivalrous hero to defeat the bandits!"

The leader of the team reined in the reins and promised the merchant surnamed Ge.

This person seemed to be the leader of the group. He rode on a large horse. The northern wind fluttered his clothes and hair, making him appear extremely heroic.

However, the words he spoke made Chang Lou not feel the slightest bit of pride. Instead, it was filled with ridicule and suspicion.

Chang Lou didn't like showing off and didn't care too much about what these people thought of her. This kind of hatred was incomparably childish in his eyes.

"With this mentality, he must be an expert!"

Seeing Chang Lou's reaction, Merchant Ge secretly nodded his head.

"The mounted gangsters are here!"

With a single shout, the entire street suddenly became a mess.

After a while, the sound of a horse's hooves covered up the pedestrians' fear and uneasiness.

As the dust settled, a group of mounted gangsters holding weapons broke into the main road.