novelaction #522 - One month later
#522 - One month later
Chapter 519: One Month Later
Biao Bureaus (security companies) inherently interact with all sorts of people, and although Chen Ping came from a wealthy family, he wasn't exactly nobility.
His ancestors were nobles, but the benefits of being a noble fade after five generations.
By his generation, he hadn't inherited the family's title.
Therefore, his grandfather separated from the family and, with the help of the family's influence, established the Dragon-Tiger Biao Bureau, borrowing the name of Dragon-Tiger Mountain.
Although he wasn't a noble, his relationship with the main family wasn't bad, and he had significant influence in Jinling City.
It's said that separating from the family means living separately, but does that mean his grandfather wasn't his grandfather after the separation?
Wasn't he still a descendant of the Jinling Chen family?
Wasn't he still the grandson of the Chen family's old patriarch?
In fact, even after noble families separate, their relationships remain intertwined.
The collateral lines rely on the strength of the main family for their livelihoods, and the direct line doesn't mind the collateral lines using some of their power to develop, because going back five generations, they all share the same ancestor.
If the collateral lines can grow stronger, it also benefits the direct line.
The direct line is like the trunk of a tree, and the countless collateral lines are like the countless branches and leaves.
Although the branches and leaves wither and grow constantly, they are closely related to the direct line.
The two sides are inherently intertwined.
Chen Ping was impressed when he saw Zhang Chen's tattered coarse linen clothes and his calm demeanor in the face of his own family.
Humble origins are not a disgrace; being able to adapt and remain unfazed by honor or disgrace is what makes a great man.
Chen Ping offered to cover all of Zhang Chen's expenses for the journey south.
Zhang Chen hesitated for a moment and then agreed.
Since the other party had already said so, refusing would likely lead to animosity.
Seeing Zhang Chen nod in agreement, Chen Ping was overjoyed and immediately sent people to bring Zhang Shi and the others over.
Then, he cleared out two campsites in the center of the Biao Bureau to house Zhang Chen's family.
Zhang Chen and Zhang Fei shared one campsite, while Zhang Shi and Zhang Tuowei and Chengyu shared the other.
At this time, the family gathered in Zhang Shi's campsite.
Zhang Shi looked at Zhang Chen with a serious expression: "Why is the Biao Bureau treating us so well?"
She didn't know that Zhang Chen had saved Chen Ping's life.
Seeing the Biao Bureau showing goodwill for no reason, she felt uneasy and came to ask Zhang Chen.
"I have some connections with that Young Master Chen Ping.
Just enjoy it; I have my own reasons," Zhang Chen said.
Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhang Shi relaxed.
At this moment, a member of the Biao Bureau brought clean water and new clothes for the family to wash and change.
Zhang Chen didn't refuse but carefully cleaned the dirt from his body, revealing his fair and delicate skin.
Then, he carefully arranged his hair and tied it up with a hairpin.
Looking at the silk fabrics sent by the Chen family, Zhang Chen shook his head and took out the coarse linen clothes he had prepared from his package and carefully put them on.
Zhang Fei, who had also washed up, saw that Zhang Chen wasn't wearing the silk clothes and followed suit, taking out coarse linen clothes from his package and putting them on.
Then, his eyes turned to Zhang Chen: "Brother, your skin is really too good; it's like jade."
In Zhang Fei's eyes, Zhang Chen's skin was delicate and fair, reflecting the candlelight, like the finest white jade.
"Let's sleep!" Zhang Chen flicked his finger to extinguish the lamp, then sat cross-legged in the tent and continued to cultivate.
He wanted to strive to cross the endless sea as soon as possible and then obtain the power of Divine Might.
Tonight, the Gambling Fox and that mysterious man had actually fixed his Immovable Seal for a moment, causing him to miss the opportunity to kill them both.
Zhang Chen began to be vigilant.
The night passed, and with the noisy sounds of the morning, Zhang Chen's family got up to wash up.
People from the Biao Bureau brought breakfast for the family to eat.
After breakfast, the Biao Bureau's large team began to pack up their tents and once again embarked on the journey south, leaving behind only countless corpses, buried forever in the yellow earth.
Zhang Chen looked at the Biao Bureau's formation and muttered:
"Interesting!"
The Biao Bureau's march was like an army setting out, the formation orderly and containing a certain pattern.
Zhang Chen was now sitting in a donkey cart, and his family members all had covered carriages provided by the Biao Bureau, which were protected in the center of the Biao Bureau.
In the distance, the large team was still vast, stirring up clouds of dust, and the edge couldn't be seen at a glance.
A member of the team drove the carriage, and Chen Ping, lying in the carriage, passed by Zhang Chen's donkey cart and greeted him: "Brother Zhang, did you rest well last night?"
"Thank you for your care; this is probably the best night I've had in recent days," Zhang Chen cupped his fist in salute: "Young Chief Biao is too kind."
"Hey, why are you being so polite with me? I'll treat you to a drink when my injury heals," Chen Ping chatted with Zhang Chen for a while, and then the carriage gradually moved away.
Not long after the human tribe left, Chai Chuanxin and Zhuge Cheng appeared in the same spot.
Chai Chuanxin squatted on the ground and began to cast a secret technique, but after a moment, Chai Chuanxin's expression changed drastically as he stood up from the ground, his eyes full of disbelief: "How is that possible! There isn't even a drop of blood underground!"
"Could it be that your secret technique is wrong?" Zhuge Cheng's expression was not good.
"Absolutely impossible.
I have used this secret technique several times and there is absolutely no possibility of error.
Young Master, please wait here for a moment, I will go and come back."
Chai Chuanxin directly used the technique of material nothingness to drill into the ground, and returned a moment later with a look of embarrassment: "There is not a drop of blood underground!
It's as if the battle last night never happened."
"Someone must have secretly used supernatural powers to collect the blood.
Someone in the Biao Bureau's team can absorb blood, and we were doing the work for them last night."
Chai Chuanxin cursed angrily, his voice full of anger.
Zhuge Cheng's face was ugly: "Damn it, this must be related to the person who took action last night.
When I catch up with the Biao Bureau's team, I will fight with them to get this bad breath out of my heart."
Chai Chuanxin quickly grabbed Zhuge Cheng's sleeve: "No!
That person has too many methods, he doesn't look like an ordinary bloodline user, nor does he look like an ordinary cultivator, we can't rashly take action.
But they are just some blood food, now there are countless monsters and refugees in the entire northern region, we can plan again, it's just a delay of a month or so."
The two disappeared into the barren mountains, only their words floating in the mountains: "Brother Chai, are you so afraid of that kid?"
"When I see that person, I feel a chill in my heart, I always feel that something is wrong, and there seems to be a force in the dark urging me to run away," Chai Chuanxin said.
...
The sound of the carriage wheels sounded, and the large team was like a long dragon, completely out of sight.
Zhang Chen sat in the carriage, basking in the sun in the sky, and felt very comfortable looking at the grass on the roadside.
It had been a month since the last attack, and the green grass on the ground had re-sprouted, and the trees had come back to life, growing lush green leaves.
Since the last attack, the Biao Bureau's large team had experienced several attacks in the middle, all of which were monsters from outside the pass, and all of them were repelled by the Biao Bureau's elite.
I have to say that the Dragon-Tiger Biao Bureau has some skills, and it is also strong to be able to repeatedly defeat those monster teams.
"Young Master Zhang, my young chief Biao invites you to drink."
At this time, a member of the team came from a distance, stood in front of Zhang Chen's donkey cart, and greeted him with a smile.
Zhang Chen turned his head and glanced at the member of the team, whose name was: Chen Daxue.
He was an orphan adopted by the Chen family, and because he was picked up on a snowy holiday, he was named Daxue.
He had become acquainted with the people of the Dragon-Tiger Biao Bureau this month, and everyone knew that Zhang Chen had saved their young chief Biao's life, especially after hearing that Zhang Chen, a mortal who did not understand martial arts, actually rushed into the beast tide with a torch regardless of the danger of the beast tide to drive away the beast, which made this group of knife-licking men respect Zhang Chen by three points.
The men who run the rivers and lakes respect the kind of person who values promises and takes life lightly the most.
Although Zhang Chen was a poor family child, he was also respected by this group of镖师s (bodyguards).
Especially Zhang Chen's skin was delicate, like a noble young master.
Although he was dressed in coarse linen clothes, he could not hide his indescribable temperament, and everyone was very curious about Zhang Chen.
Moreover, everyone is running the rivers and lakes, and there are no nobles, all of them are the lower nine streams who lick blood with their knives, so there is no saying that they look down on people.
"Tell your young master, I'll go!" Zhang Chen replied with a smile.
Chen Ping's injury had also healed, and he would come to Zhang Chen for a drink from time to time, and the two of them gradually became acquainted, at least they could be regarded as friends.
Zhang Chen felt that Chen Ping was a very interesting person.
No matter who he met, he could talk to the other person, and every time he talked, he would make the other person feel like a spring breeze, with a feeling of physical and mental comfort.
The most important thing is that Chen Ping kept his word, and he took good care of Zhang Chen this month.
There must be wine and meat for three meals a day, and it is difficult for Zhang Chen not to make this friend.
Zhang Chen jumped off the donkey cart and shouted to the donkey cart: "Zhang Fei, you come down and drive the cart."
A shadow窜 (darted) out of the carriage and landed on the ground.
Zhang Fei, who had lost a lot of weight, grabbed the reins and said with a sad face: "Brother, my current gongfa (cultivation method) has reached a bottleneck, please let me rest for a while."
After a month of cultivation, Zhang Fei's martial arts had entered the door, and he began to understand the skills of exerting force.
His body had lost a lot of weight and he looked very delicate.
Zhang Chen ignored Zhang Fei's complaints and just strode forward.
Chen Ping had already arranged the camp in front, and the members of the Biao Bureau were resting in the middle.
When Zhang Chen arrived, Chen Ping was煮酒 (boiling wine).
Seeing Zhang Chen's arrival, he grinned: "You kid come quickly, you are lucky today, I just dug out a坛 (jar) of 美酒 (fine wine) from a village not far away, it's probably ten years old, let's taste it."
Zhang Chen was not polite and sat opposite Chen Ping.
Looking at the grilled meat on the table, he picked up a meat skewer and ate it: "Where are we now?"
"It will take about four months to get out of 平边王's (King Pingbian's) territory.
It will take another six months to get out of the northern region," Chen Ping said.
The territory occupied by King Pingbian is only a part of the northern region, not the entire northern region: "If we persevere for another four months, we will be safe."
"Four months, it's hard to endure!" Zhang Chen muttered, and then asked: "How are the casualties?"
Chen Ping's face darkened when he heard this, and he sighed softly: "It's okay, you don't have to worry, I will definitely bring you back to Jinling safely!"