227: encounter!

In the desert Gobi.

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu stood in the air.

Beside him was a Commander.

Marshal Xuan Hu glanced at the other party, hesitating, "When the battle begins, you don't need to follow."

After all, the other party was a Commander assassin.

The Commander said, "Understood," and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he was puzzled.

"Grand Marshal, why not set up the ambush right at the entrance to the Gobi desert? That way, Jiang Ning wouldn't be able to escape at all."

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu said softly, "Jiang Ning is arrogant but also very cautious. We cannot do anything that is easily exposed.

Although I am confident in killing him, I also hope to be more secure. Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. Achieving our goal with the smallest cost is the Dao of a Commander."

The Commander was confused.

"Grand Marshal, I don't understand. How do you know that Jiang Ning will definitely follow the merchant guild? What if he decides to abandon these merchants halfway and escape by himself?"

Following the merchant guild would take a long time to reach Cang Ling Domain, but a Nascent Soul Cultivator traveling alone would only need half a day.

If he were Jiang Ning, he would definitely go alone.

"He won't!" Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu chuckled, saying with great confidence, "I understand Jiang Ning. He is a man of principles, even a bit soft-hearted.

If he leaves, and this merchant guild encounters danger, they will be completely wiped out.

He won't leave; he will escort the merchant guild safely to Yellow Sand City!"

The Commander hummed in acknowledgment.

But he always felt that the Grand Marshal's meaning was that he had no principles... Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu waved his hand, dismissing his subordinate.

He looked at the vast desert.

He muttered to himself.

"Who knows that this desert was once created by the downfall of a Sect?"

In the distance, the scorching sun was crimson, like a blood-stained dagger.

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu thought of Dark Feather saying he would suffer a bloody calamity.

Dark Feather's divinations were always inaccurate, ten out of ten, a hundred out of a hundred... But at this critical juncture, although he claimed not to be afraid, he still felt a slight tremor in his heart.

Immediately, he laughed at himself.

"What am I thinking? He's just a Cultivator who has just entered the Nascent Soul Stage; at most, he's more troublesome than a typical Nascent Soul Stage - Early Phase Cultivator.

But for me, with full power, combined with favorable timing and terrain, I can easily crush him... There will be a bloody calamity, but it definitely won't be here. After this, I need to be careful of the Yingtong Merchant Guild and the Yaoguang Immortal Palace."

...At this moment.

The principled Jiang Ning was wondering when to escape.

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu's "trap" was located a hundred li from the entrance, while the "trap" they prepared for Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu was fifty li from the entrance.

It was just a bit off to the side.

Jiang Ning calculated the distance between the two locations.

"I can't delay any longer; it's now!"

Jiang Ning walked out of the carriage.

The people of the merchant guild immediately came forward.

"Senior, what do you need me to do?"

Jiang Ning shook his head.

"I sensed a Qi; I'll go scout ahead."

With that, he pretended to be a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and flew away on his sword.

The Tiance Military Prefecture assassins in the merchant guild: ???

He was a Golden Core Stage - Early Phase Cultivator. After Possession, although his strength was not there, his Divine Sense was still at the Golden Core level.

This area had been almost completely cleared to hunt Jiang Ning; where could there be any Qi?

Not good!

This guy was going to run away midway!

The plan had changed!

He immediately crushed his sound transmission jade slip.

"Grand Marshal, bad news, Jiang Ning ran off early!"

The original plan was to turn the merchant guild owner and these people into meat paste, but now there was no time to deal with them.

What if Jiang Ning really just went out for a stroll?

Under Divine Sense tracking, Jiang Ning had long since disappeared.

No one was there... He had lost him.

"Doggo, what are you thinking about! We're resting here!"

The merchant guild owner, seeing him motionless, slapped him on the head and scolded him with a laugh.

The assassin paused, then snapped back, grinning.

He then slapped the owner into a meat paste...

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu, who received the news: ???

He gritted his teeth.

Why had this person suddenly become unprincipled? Had he discovered something?

The speed of a Nascent Soul Cultivator is very fast, especially for someone like Jiang Ning who has mastered the Space Law; there is no room for even a second of hesitation.

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu could only abandon "thinking" and chase with all his might in the direction of Cang Ling Domain.

For this, he did not hesitate to use a consumable Spiritual Artifact.

With his figure flickering.

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu seemed to be directly traversing through a series of teleportation formations.

This was also the effect Jiang Ning wanted.

Their plan, upon closer inspection, was full of loopholes, so they had to win by speed, leaving the opponent no time to think.

A few breaths later.

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu arrived at the location of the "trap," which was Jiang Ning's safest "only path" back to Cang Ling Domain.

He took out a Spiritual Artifact.

He closed his eyes.

Then opened them again.

"Not this way."

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu bit his tongue, flicked a drop of blood from his tongue onto the Spiritual Artifact, then opened his eyes.

"Found him!"

Jiang Ning did not take this path but chose another, shorter route. Although dangerous, for a Nascent Soul Cultivator, it was nothing.

"When exactly was I discovered?"

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu pondered for a moment.

He didn't dare to think too much.

No matter what, now that he had found Jiang Ning's trace, he had to seize the opportunity, otherwise, there might not be such a good chance next time.

The "trap" was useless, but the gap in Realm was the ultimate kill!

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu was not worried.

He took out a Formation Plate again.

This time, after activating it, the Formation Plate shattered directly.

And he appeared before Jiang Ning.

Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu's smile was gentle.

"Jiang Ning, this is our third meeting, isn't it?"

Jiang Ning's scalp tingled.

He hadn't expected that even with his early departure, before reaching the predetermined location, Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu had managed to get ahead of him!

But on his face, he still smiled and said, "Yes, so this time, I specifically waited for you here.

Do you think I came alone?

Palace Lord, Family Head, come out; I have brought the person."

Marshal Xuan Hu was stunned.

Could Jiang Ning just be bait?

Yes, yes... otherwise, Jiang Ning had been hiding so well, how could he suddenly be discovered?!

And they had hidden so well, how could Jiang Ning, such a principled person, suddenly set off on his own?

All the coincidences seemed to have an explanation!

A bloody calamity... Marshal Xuan Hu frowned.

He sneered, "Are Yaoguang Immortal Palace and Yingtong Merchant Guild trying to break ties with my Tiance Military Prefecture?"

No one answered; there wasn't even a ripple in space.

Yellow sand flew everywhere.

And Jiang Ning took advantage of this moment of stunned silence, directly using Space Law to "bypass" Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu and continue fleeing towards the predetermined location.

Even Grand Marshal Marshal Xuan Hu, as foolish as he was, knew he had been tricked.

It was laughable that he had even imagined a grand drama.

He considered himself second only to the Grand Marshal in strategy throughout Xuanhuang Domain, yet today, he had been played by this greenhorn, which was truly a disgrace!

"You brat! How dare you harm my Dao Heart?!"