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Chapter 451 Crouching Tiger Hill

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Before they arrived at Crouching Tiger Hill, they had already removed all items on their person that might reveal their identities.

Gu Qingyi wrapped them in oiled paper, planning to bury them in the ground. However, before she began, she saw the plastic bag in Ma Lu's hand and pointed, "You're not getting rid of this?"

"No, no, I still need this."

Ma Lu said. He hadn't forgotten the main task at hand; he still hadn't collected the ingredients for the trip.

The reason he suggested Crouching Tiger Hill, aside from investigating the death of Liu Huozui, was to acquire more goods from the robbers there.

He had no choice; the secret medicine was prohibitively expensive. Relying solely on purchasing from the Hundred Herbs Sect's pharmacy using Silver Coin would put too much financial strain, and both the Beggars' Sect and the Heavenly Dragon Sect had already been exploited once by him. It wasn't feasible to skim off them a second time so soon.

So, Ma Lu had no choice but to set his sights on the robbers of Crouching Tiger Hill. After all, the robbers also needed to cultivate their martial arts, so the stronghold was sure to have secret medicine stored away.

Moreover, robbing robbers couldn't be considered robbery; this was executing justice on Heaven's behalf.

After Gu Qingyi finished burying the items, she and Ma Lu continued walking up towards Crouching Tiger Hill.

Perhaps knowing the area was rife with banditry, they encountered very few people along the way.

However, as they neared the foothill of Crouching Tiger Hill, they came upon an inn.

To call it an inn was a bit of a stretch, as it was just a crude shack, within which there were a total of six people.

An elderly man and his grandson running the place and four patrons drinking.

Three of the customers had fierce and sinister faces and looked like no good, robust men sitting together at a table. Their weapons were carelessly thrown at their feet as they guzzled rice wine.

Separately, a man dressed like a businessman sat at another table, gnawing on a roast meat bun.

Gu Qingyi was not surprised by the three rough-looking men, but the clean-cut, slightly chubby businessman caught her attention, compelling her to take a few more glances. Explore more at My Virtual Library Empire

When the businessman noticed Gu Qingyi looking over, he smiled broadly at her.

"You must be wondering why I am in this forsaken place."@@@@

"Well said," the little granddaughter of the drinks seller clapped her hands, her large watery eyes roving over Ma Lu with curiosity.

However, afterwards, her grandfather waved his hand dismissively, "Go on, go on, Lock, don't stir up trouble." After saying that, he looked at Ma Lu again, "Do you know which village those three men were from?"

"Which one?"

"Black Tiger Village. The men from that village were formidable soldiers in the army before they turned to banditry on Crouching Tiger Hill. They're vicious and fierce, unflinching in killing, and their village chief Yao Guang is a lustful demon. He's already tainted many women's purity.

"You better hurry and take your wife and leave. Otherwise, when their people come, you won't be able to.""

Ma Lu felt a surge of excitement at this news. He had been wondering how to get into Black Tiger Village, and now their people had come right to him.

But then Ma Lu realized a serious problem and pointed at the body on the ground, "Who's this man?"

"I know him, his name is Wang Shun, nicknamed Iron Head." Geng Lao Liu interjected, "What about it?"

"Nothing." Hearing that the three were from Black Tiger Village, Ma Lu had briefly worried he might have accidentally killed Qin Feng with a single strike, which would have been quite the story.

Fortunately, such a dramatic event had not occurred.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade the two to leave, the old drinks seller said no more. Then, probably in less than the time it took to drink a cup of tea, another group of people charged down from the mountain.

There were about twenty or thirty of them, including the two who had previously run away. One pointed at Ma Lu and said, "It's him, he's the one who killed Iron Head!"

Hearing this, the rest immediately swarmed forward, surrounding Ma Lu and Gu Qingyi.

The leader, holding a huge Mo Blade, didn't rush to act but first greeted the grandfather and granddaughter selling drinks.

"Lao Sha, pour me a jar of yellow wine. I'll come drink after I've slaughtered this kid."

After saying this, he shouldered his Mo Blade and marched toward Ma Lu, attacking without a word, with a blade strike, and after six exchanges, he was lying on the ground as well.

This time, however, Ma Lu held back, leaving him with 10 points of health.

Being new to the area, and an unfamiliar face, whether it was to build his persona or to display his own worth, it was necessary to take down a minion.

But Ma Lu's goal was still to enter Black Tiger Village, so he couldn't afford to offend the people of Black Tiger Village too badly.