74: Double Gun General

Xiangping City.

Lin Yue and Li Mu walked out of the Heavenly Tier Teleportation Array.

“Captain, should we go back directly or rest for a bit?” Li Mu asked.

“Let’s go back directly,” Lin Yue said with a smile.

At this moment, he had Meng Yi’s reply letter tucked in his Pregnant, and to avoid any unforeseen complications, it was better to return to the Military Camp as soon as possible to report.

“Understood.” Li Mu nodded, and then the two went to the nearby horse stable.

“We’re here to pick up our horses.” Lin Yue handed the identification tag he received when depositing the horses to the stable hand and asked, “Are the horses alright?”

“Don’t worry, honored guests, we are a long-established business. Your horses are clearly extraordinary, and the manager specifically instructed me to feed them premium fodder and take good care of them.” The stable hand chuckled, then walked and said, “Honored guests, please wait a moment, I will bring the horses over now.”

Soon, the stable hand brought two white horses. Big Yellow, who had been lowering his head, caught a glimpse of Lin Yue. The moment he saw Lin Yue, Big Yellow neighed joyfully, broke free from the stable hand, and ran towards Lin Yue!

“Big Yellow, did you miss me!” Lin Yue said, stroking Big Yellow’s head with a smile.

Big Yellow kept nudging Lin Yue with his head, giving the most enthusiastic response!

“Sorry, how much does it cost for all these days?” After a playful moment, Lin Yue looked at the stable hand, whose clothes were covered in dust, and said apologetically.

“This fine steed of yours is truly remarkable!” The stable hand didn’t mind, patted the dust off his clothes, and praised Big Yellow.

He had worked here for almost ten years and seen countless horses, but he had genuinely never seen many fine steeds like this, and he couldn’t hide his delight!

“It’s one tael of silver in total. Because your precious horses are so expensive, the effort we need to put in is also much more than for ordinary horses, so the fee is a bit higher,” the stable hand said with a smile.

“That’s fine.” Lin Yue thought the price was reasonable and handed one tael of silver to the stable hand.

The stable hand took the money and said with a smile, “Do you need some fodder, honored guest? It’s all premium fodder, and our shop can give you some for free.”

“Thank you, we still have some.” Lin Yue had some fodder stored in his spatial ring, enough for the two horses to return to the Military Camp. He thanked him and then led the horses straight outside.

As they walked out the door, a middle-aged man walked towards them, brushing past him. Then the middle-aged man smiled at the stable hand and said, “Young man, quickly get me a top-grade precious horse!”

This shop not only offered horse boarding but also sold and rented horses. Lin Yue was accustomed to it, so he and Li Mu mounted their warhorses and rode out of the city.

After leaving the city gate, the two rode all the way, heading straight for the Military Camp!

“Captain, three li ahead there’s a river. If we miss this one, there won’t be another until the Military Camp,” Li Mu shouted.

“Got it, we’ll stop there for a bit,” Lin Yue shouted.

The two had been riding for most of the day, their stomachs rumbling. If they didn’t rest, even the warhorses couldn’t take it anymore!

Finally, they reached the vicinity of the river. Lin Yue and Li Mu dismounted to rest. They went to the riverbank to wash the warhorses’ mouths and noses, then took out some fodder to feed them.

After all this was done, Lin Yue took out water and food and ate with Li Mu.

The two rarely rested, lying in the shade of a tree, briefly closing their eyes to recuperate. But Big Yellow suddenly ran over, constantly nudging Lin Yue’s body with his head.

“Big Yellow, don’t mess around. We’ll set off after a short rest,” Lin Yue said with squinted eyes and a smile, pushing Big Yellow aside, thinking Big Yellow was just playful after being separated from him for a long time.

However, he and Li Mu rarely rested, and at this moment, they didn’t want to get up at all, only wanting to lie quietly.

But Big Yellow still wouldn’t stop. Lin Yue felt something was amiss; Big Yellow had never acted like this before!

He immediately got up and scanned the surroundings.

“What’s wrong, Captain?” Li Mu asked with squinted eyes.

“Don’t make a sound, let’s retreat!” Lin Yue whispered. It was summer, yet the surrounding trees and bushes were eerily silent, with no animal calls, which was clearly abnormal!

If Big Yellow hadn’t reminded him, he didn’t know how much longer it would take him to notice!

Li Mu was startled when he heard Lin Yue’s words, but he still pretended to be calm, slowly got up, and walked towards his warhorse.

“Whoosh!” An arrow whizzed through the air, aimed directly at Lin Yue!

Fortunately, Lin Yue had noticed and had been watching that spot. He immediately dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the arrow.

Then, a masked middle-aged man charged over on horseback, wielding twin spears!

“Run!” Lin Yue shouted!

The two vaulted onto their horses, almost simultaneously mounting their warhorses, and galloped away without looking back.

“Whoosh!” Lin Yue suddenly felt a cold wind blow across his back, and the back of his neck felt chilled!

Lin Yue instinctively bent down, and the spearhead grazed his clothes. He narrowly avoided this fatal blow!

But seeing that one spear thrust failed, the masked man again thrust his spear at Lin Yue!

Lin Yue drew his long blade and used it to block. The next moment, the masked man changed his thrust to a strike, aiming directly for Lin Yue’s head!

Lin Yue had nowhere to dodge and could only block with his blade.

“Bang!”

The immense force made Lin Yue’s tiger’s mouth tremble, and the Miao Blade flew out of his hand uncontrollably, rolling to the side!

He understood that the masked man’s strength was an inherent chasm that he could not imagine!

Even when sparring with Pan Feng on a regular basis, he had never felt such despair!

At this moment, he was unarmed, and the masked man, holding a spear in his left hand, stabbed at Lin Yue.

“Captain, hurry and leave!” Li Mu shouted.

“Get lost!” Lin Yue yelled!

The two of them were far from being his match, and the masked man’s target had been himself from the start. If he could lure Ding Yanping away, Li Mu would still have a chance at survival!

But at this moment of certain death, Li Mu still rushed over, wielding a long blade and slashing at the masked man. The masked man’s gaze shifted, his cold eyes fixed on Li Mu, and with a flick of his right-hand spear, Li Mu was knocked off his warhorse and fell to the ground!

“Hurry and leave!” Li Mu, spitting blood, said with difficulty.

“If we’re going to die, we die together!

Come at me!” Lin Yue roared at the masked man.

The masked man sneered, then charged again with his twin spears!

Lin Yue seized this gap to use his Art of Recognizing People on the masked man.

【Ding Yanping:

Identity: None

Martial Power: 93

Intelligence: 77

Command: 90

Politics: 70

Charm: 83】

It was actually the Twin Spear Great General, Ding Yanping!

The master of Twin Spears and Four Spearheads, the handsome Luo Cheng with the jade-like face and cold spear!

Lin Yue’s heart turned cold. Facing the First-rate Military General opposite him, he knew he couldn’t avoid his demise today.

It was just a pity for Li Mu, who was severely injured because he was implicated!

I’ve got it!

Lin Yue turned his horse around and galloped into the distance. The masked man’s target had always been him. As long as he could lure Ding Yanping away, Li Mu would still have a glimmer of hope!

The masked man frowned when he saw Lin Yue riding into the distance.

According to the Intelligence, this person’s horse was a Earth Tier warhorse. Once Lin Yue rode far away, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven for him to catch up!

So Ding Yanping, holding his twin spears, urged his warhorse to follow closely!

Lin Yue absolutely could not be allowed to escape!