"Xue Ying, what exactly did you discover?" Zong Ling trusted Xue Ying, but still felt utterly confused.
"I don't know either." Dongbo Xue Ying shook his head, "It's just a feeling. If we stay there any longer, we might lose our lives at any moment."
"The headquarters of the Crescent Blade Alliance has been in that mountain for so many years, and it's been fine, hasn't it?" Zong Ling was puzzled.
"I don't know about that." Dongbo Xue Ying smiled, "Forget about it, Uncle Zong. Now that we've accomplished our mission, it's time to go home."
"Right, it's time to go home." Zong Ling also smiled happily.
The two walked side by side toward the camp.
The camp was home to a hundred-man squad of soldiers from the Xue Ying territory.
"Lord."
"Lord." The soldiers guarding the territory all respectfully called out. Soon, the captain of the hundred-man squad, Yang Cheng, came to greet them.
Captain Yang Cheng said in surprise, "Lord, Lord Zong Ling, why are you returning so early today? Usually, you come back at night, but it's still early now."
Dongbo Xue Ying smiled.
They had entered the Destruction Mountains early in the morning to kill the Silver Moon Wolf pack, and after slaying the wolf king, they returned. They were only slightly delayed by the Crescent Blade Alliance, so it was indeed still a couple of hours before nightfall.
"Captain Yang Cheng," Dongbo Xue Ying said, "Uncle Zong and I are preparing to leave now and head back to the Xue Ying territory. You will continue to stay here and return tomorrow during the day."
"Back to the Xue Ying territory?" Captain Yang Cheng's face lit up with joy. Camping out in the cold was no match for the comfort of being inside a castle.
"Yes," Zong Ling said, "I and the Lord will return first. You must take good care of the soldiers."
"Rest assured, Lord Zong Ling." Captain Yang Cheng patted his chest in assurance.
Soon,
Dongbo Xue Ying and Zong Ling each mounted a Frostwind foal and began their journey back to the Xue Ying territory!
The Frostwind magical foals had excellent endurance and load-bearing capacity. Although the Silver Moon Wolf King's fur weighed nearly two thousand pounds, the Frostwind foals still maintained a fast pace throughout the journey. When the foals got tired, Dongbo Xue Ying and Zong Ling would switch mounts to let the foals rest.
...
It was already dark.
On the flat and frozen road, the two Frostwind foals turned into two gusts of wind, racing forward at high speed.
"Almost there." Dongbo Xue Ying saw a towering mountain in the distance, which was named 'Xue Shi Mountain' after himself and his brother!
"Finally back." Zong Ling also smiled.
"Right now, Qing Shi should be having dinner." Dongbo Xue Ying was in high spirits. The purpose of this trip to the Destruction Mountains was fully achieved, and the results were even better than expected. At least the matter of his brother's apprenticeship was definitely settled.
The two Frostwind foals galloped up the mountain path.
Following the mountain path, they kept climbing.
"Lord." At the checkpoint on the mountain path, there were soldiers guarding. They immediately recognized the two Frostwind foals carrying their Lord and Lord Zong Ling, and were very respectful.
Without any hindrance, they galloped all the way to the castle gate.
"Open the gate!"
Dongbo Xue Ying shouted from his horse.
"Ah, it's the Lord." The patrolling soldiers quickly recognized him, "Quick, lower the drawbridge and open the castle gate."
"Master Qing Shi, Master Qing Shi, the Lord is back, the Lord is back." Servants inside the castle also shouted and quickly went to inform.
Rumble~~~
The castle drawbridge was slowly lowered, and the gate was forcefully pushed open by the soldiers.
At the open gate, Dongbo Xue Ying looked ahead and saw a boy, dressed warmly like a little bear, happily running towards him.
"Brother." Qing Shi's eyes lit up with excitement.
"Ha ha." Dongbo Xue Ying dismounted and handed the horse to a nearby soldier.
He immediately smiled and watched Qing Shi run up, then picked up his brother. Despite carrying the nearly two-thousand-pound wolf king's fur, Dongbo Xue Ying, a powerful knight, found it easy to hold his brother.
"Brother, you said you'd be back in ten to fifteen days, but it's been eighteen days." Qing Shi said, including the travel time, it was indeed eighteen days.
"Delayed, delayed. Have you had dinner yet?" Dongbo Xue Ying asked.
"About to eat, then I heard brother was back." Qing Shi was excited, then his eyes lit up, "Brother, what fur are you carrying? It's so beautiful, so white, so soft." He even reached out to touch it.
"This fur isn't completely cleaned yet. Once it's cleaned, I'll let you play with it." Dongbo Xue Ying said, "Come, let's go have dinner."
He carried his brother into the castle.
At the castle gate, another person appeared, the mighty lion-man Tong San. Tong San was grinning, truly happy. Seeing Zong Ling and Xue Ying return, and even carrying the huge Silver Moon Wolf King's fur, he knew that this trip must have been a great success. With his years of adventuring experience, he immediately recognized that the fur must belong to the Silver Moon Wolf King; ordinary wolves didn't have such large or beautiful fur!
"Uncle Zong, Uncle Tong, let's go have dinner together." Dongbo Xue Ying said.
"Let's go, together." Tong San and Zong Ling also laughed heartily.
"Roar, brother is back, back." Held by Dongbo Xue Ying, Qing Shi happily cheered.
...
On the other side,
The core members of the Crescent Blade Alliance were all wiped out, with heavy casualties. The remaining minor members naturally rolled up some treasures from the headquarters and scattered to escape! After they escaped, the news that the 'Crescent Blade Alliance had been eradicated by the young Lord of the Xue Ying territory' spread like wildfire.
Late at night,
Yishui City, Longshan Tower.
"Lord Si An." The white-haired old man You Tu stood outside a room, speaking in a low voice.
The black-haired middle-aged man yawned, half-asleep, and said casually, "You Tu, you woke me up in the middle of the night. What's the matter?"
"Lord Si An, something big has happened in our Yishui City!" The white-haired old man said in a low voice.
"Big, what big thing?" Lord Si An was puzzled.
"The Crescent Blade Alliance, it's been wiped out!" The white-haired old man said softly.
Lord Si An was stunned.
The Crescent Blade Alliance?
The largest and strongest band of bandits in the entire Yishui City territory, led by the powerful Meteor Knight 'Crescent Blade' Gai Bin, with a group of Heaven Rank mages and Heaven Rank knights, was wiped out?
"Is the information correct?" Lord Si An was somewhat disbelieving, "The Crescent Blade Alliance led by Gai Bin? They are very cunning and would flee at the slightest sign of trouble. How could they be wiped out?"
"Yes, it's the Crescent Blade Alliance led by Gai Bin." The white-haired old man nodded, "Even Gai Bin himself was killed! All the Heaven Rank and Earth Rank mages and knights, as well as most of the ordinary knights and mages of the Crescent Blade Alliance, were all wiped out! And it was done by one person."
"Who?" Lord Si An asked.
"The young Lord who is said to be obsessed with spear training." The white-haired old man said in a low voice, "Dongbo Xue Ying!"
Lord Si An was shocked.
One person, wiping out the entire Crescent Blade Alliance?
What kind of strength is that? At least Meteor Rank, or even possibly a Silver Moon Knight!
"Where is the detailed dossier?" Lord Si An asked.
"Here." The white-haired old man immediately presented the dossier, "The news just came in. Our people from Longshan Tower have already captured a few remaining ordinary bandits from the Crescent Blade Alliance and will bring them to see the tower lord tomorrow."
Lord Si An flipped through the dossier, no longer feeling the slightest bit tired, completely awake.
Longshan Tower had the most extensive intelligence network.
The preliminary intelligence already almost completely recorded the situation at the time.
"If the intelligence is true, the current top expert in Yishui City is probably this young Lord." Lord Si An murmured, "It's hard to imagine, how old is he? The couple Dongbo Liemoyu gave birth to an extraordinary son!"