<strong><u>Chapter 945: Han n, Han Xue</u></strong>


    Xiao Yan endured a day of extremely painful bumps on the carriage before a thread of Dou Qi finally appeared in his empty body. Although this Dou Qi was still extremely weak, it still managed to support him by randomly taking things out of his Storage Ring. Additionally, an entire day of nursing enabled him to alight from the carriage and walk despite his injuries showing little improvement. He no longer needed to lie in the carriage like a corpse.


    Xiao Yan gently twisted his arm after standing up from the carriage. The slight pain that was faintly transmitted from it caused him to smile bitterly. At this moment, he was currently at his weakest point in many years. Of course, despite his body being weak, anyone who had ill intention toward him would end up swallowing a bitter pill. Forget about the Earth Demon Puppet hidden within his Storage Ring. Even Xiao Yan himself was not as powerless as he appeared on the surface. After all, he was also a high tier alchemist on top of being a Dou practitioner. His Spiritual Strength was not the least bit inferior even whenpared with some elite Dou Zongs.


    Although he did not dare to say that he was able to contend with an elite Dou Zong with just his Spiritual Strength, an ordinary expert Dou Huang would not be able to gain much of an advantage over Xiao Yan.


    With these trump cards, Xiao Yan’s confidence in his heart increased a little. He wiped his face before opening the curtain of the carriage.


    After the carriage’s curtain was pulled open, numerous covered carriages appeared in his eyes. There was a dark-ck bull-like Magical Beast with two horns on its head pulling the carriages at the front. The two sides of the carriages had numerous human figures on horseback. Most of these people had naked arms and wore rough skin clothes, which appeared sturdy. Behind them were weapons that contained a cold glow as they flickered ringly under the sun...


    “Oh, this little fellow has actually survived? Ha ha, Ceng Niu, you have damn well lost to the old me this time around.”


    Numerous gazes from both sides of the carriage were shot over when Xiao Yan opened the curtain. They were immediately startled. A joyous, wildughter was also emitted from the mouth of arge man not far away.


    Thisrge man had a somewhat sturdy built. His naked arm was filled with various kinds of scars. A ghost-headedrge de, that contained some chillness, on his back had a bright-redness adhering to it.


    “Dammit, I’ve seen a ghost. This little fellow is able to survive despite suffering such serious injuries, he is really lucky...” A skinny-looking man immediately shook his head helplessly after theughter from therge man sounded. After which, he red at the man and snappily said, “What are you howling for. The old me doesn’t care about this little bit of money. However, despite winning this little amount of money, it is still not enough for you to have more rides with the tender women in the brothels...”


    “Who asked you to bother about the old me...” Therge man scolded. After which, he rode his horse forward and came in front of Xiao Yan. His gaze swept over thetter before he smiled and said, “Little fellow, I am called Gui Tou (Ghost Head), people call me Old Ghost. I was the first person to discover you in that northern desert. However, you need not thank me. The money I won earlier is enough of a thank you gift. Ha ha.”


    “Thank you very much big brother Gui Tou. I am Xiao Yan.” Xiao Yan smiled as he sat down with his back leaning against the carriage. Most of the people whom he had met during these years were old cunning fellows. Their strengths were so great that they were terrifying. He had not made much contact with someone at such a low level for quite a long time. This caused him to recall those mercenaries when he was helping his father manage the marketce in Wu Tang City back then. They were simr to these people in front of him, appearing rough, and uninhibited.


    With Xiao Yan’s spiritual strength, he was naturally able to tell that the strongest among theserge men in front of him was at the Dou Ling ss while the weakest was merely a Da Dou Shi. This Gui Tou in front of him was only around a two star Dou Ling.


    “Ha ha, on ount of you calling me big brother, I will protect you along this journey. However, little fellow Xiao Yan, this body of yours really cannot make it. You should train more in the future. If you don’t possess a little strength in the Central ins, you will be looked down upon by others...” Xiao Yan’s act of calling Gui Tuo ‘big brother’ seemed to have caused him to be extremely happy. After which, he nced at Xiao Yan’s body, frowned, and chastised. His tone was one used when reprimanding someone from a younger generation. This caused Xiao Yan to slightly grin.


    “Gui Tou, you should cease randomly grumbling around here and teaching others nonsense...” The sound of horse hooves was transmitted from the front not long after Gui Tou’s voice sounded. Immediately, Han Chong’s chiding voice rang out.


    “Hee hee, it is not as though I have said anything wrong.” Gui Tou drylyughed and replied upon seeing Han Chong.


    Han Chong ignored this fellow. His gaze turned to Xiao Yan, saw his much betterplexation, and he involuntarily smiled as he said, “Good. Little brother Xiao Yan, despite suffering such serious injuries, you are actually able to walk after two days.”


    Xiao Yan smiled. He randomly found an excuse and smiled as he said, “I have a strong life...”


    Han Chong was a simple and honest person. He did not bother too much on this matter. Looking at the sky, he loudly said, “It is bing dark soon. Xiao-jie (youngdy) has said to prepare to set up camp. Gui Tou, you will lead a couple of people and see if there is any good spots nearby. Liang Ya, you will lead some people to patrol around. Gang Bei, you will lead a couple of people...”


    Clearly, Han Chong had quite a high position within this convoy, Numerous orders were emitted from his mouth with no one voicing any objections. All of them uttered ‘yes sir’ in a strange manner before leading their people away.


    Han Chong also sighed in relief after the orders were issued. He smiled and asked Xiao Yan, “Can you walk?”


    Xiao Yan nodded. He leaped down from the carriage. Although his footsteps staggered a little, he still managed to stabilize itself. Seeing this, Han Chong bitterlyughed as he said, “Looks like you still need to recuperate. After suffering such serious injuries, it is extremely difficult for you to recoverpletely. If any sequ were to remain, it is likely that your training in the future will be troublesome...”


    Xiao Yan smiled and indicated for Han Chong not to be worried when he heard the concern in his voice.


    Han Chong ceased saying anything more after seeing that Xiao Yan was so open-minded. He quietly sighed and turned around, preparing to gather people to set up camp.


    This convoy was quite efficient. Within less than half an hour, numerous white-colored tents appeared on a small hill. There was also a fence surrounding the tents, and a medicinal powder that repealed poisonous insects was scattered outside the fence.


    Xiao Yan did not do much work due to the weary state of his body. He randomly walked to a spot in the camp before sitting down. His gaze slowly swept around him.


    ording to what Han Chong had mentioned, this convoy should belong to the n’s guards of some whatever Tian Bei City Han n. The goods on the carriages should be things that they were escorting. The strength of this convoy was mostly at the Dou Ling ss, with a couple of them being at the peak of the Dou Ling ss. They were simr to Han Chong. Of course, the owner of the strongest aura would naturally not be missed by Xiao Yan...


    As he thought of this, Xiao Yan’s gaze was involuntarily thrown to a carriage among the many carriages. That carriage was clearly much more luxuriouspared to the others. There was even a faint serene fragrance being transmitted from it. It was clearly upied by ady. The thing that caused Xiao Yan to pay attention to it was that there was an aura that had reached a three star Dou Wang within the carriage. This person was the strongest person within the convoy.


    “Creak..”


    While Xiao Yan was focusing on it, the tightly shut carriage suddenly opened, and a long sleek leg appeared in Xiao Yan’s eyes.


    Xiao Yan was startled and his gaze slowly shifted up. Surprise clearly shed across his eyes. It was unexpected that the owner of the three star Dou Wang aura was actually such a young, pretty person.


    Thedy had willow-like eyebrows. Her skin was snow-like, and she was blessed with a tall figure. She was wearing purple clothes. Under the cover of the purple clothes was an exceptionally voluminous body with well-proportioned curves. The onlycking aspect was that her face carried a chillness. Her pretty eyes possessed a stern-feeling.


    Nevertheless, Xiao Yan suddenly had a faint feeling that thisdy’s face seemed a little familiar... however, he was also absolutely certain that this was the first time he saw her.


    The numerous surrounding gazes had gathered on thisdy the moment she appeared. There was the usual heat within these gazes. However, most of them were respectful.


    Thisdy’s beautiful eyes slowly swept over the campsite the moment she descended the carriage. Anyone who was seen by her immediately acted as though they were working. This caused Xiao Yan to having difficulty stopping himself fromughing as he watched them.


    While Xiao Yan felt that the scene wasical, thedy’s gaze suddenly paused on him. Her eyebrows were slightly vertical as she slowly walked over. A momentter, her long sleek legs appeared in front of Xiao Yan. Her somewhat icy-cold voice was emitted, “You are the person whom Han Chong had rescued during the journey, right?”


    “Aye.” Xiao Yan nodded his head. He wanted to stand up out of politeness, but the weariness within his body caused him to bitterlyugh. His body shook a little before he ended up sitting back down.


    The eyebrows of thedy were knit even more tightly together when she saw Xiao Yan in such a weak state. She spoke in a faint voice, “There are rules within the convoy of my Han n. The convoy does not support any idle people who do nothing. On ount of you being injured, I shall not say anything more. However, I hope that you will not sit down and do nothing even if you only have the strength to put up fences. Do you understand?”


    It was the first time that Xiao Yan had met such a stern and serious woman in so many years. This caused him to be able to neitherugh nor cry. Since when had he actually be an idle person? However, he could only nod his head despite thinking this in his heart.


    Thedy’s face softened a little upon seeing Xiao Yan nod his head. She randomly tossed something to him and said, “I am called Han Xue, and I am currently the person managing this convoy. You can look for me if you have any issues in the future. If you perform well this time, I might be able to allow you to join the guard of the Han n when we arrive at Tian Bei City. Although it will not allow you to gain a huge fortune, it will at least enable you to survive. This is a little healing medicine and should have some effect on your injuries. Additionally, we will be passing through the territory of the demon snake Xia Mang. You should be careful. Hide in the carriage and don’te out.”


    After saying this, Han Xue walked past Xiao Yan. After which, she walked into a tent.


    Xiao Yan smiled after receiving the jade bottle Han Xue tossed over. Although thisdy was stern and appeared somewhat cold and indifferent, she seemed to be a good person. No wonder the people here had great respect for her.


    However... what was the matter with that thread of familiar feeling?


    Xiao Yan involuntarily frowned when he thought until this point... it was impossible for him to know her...