Chapter 84 Wolf Village

When the caravan stopped at night, Hua Zichen told Hua Kai that the Shen family members had left the Han family team and went to Jinan City first. Hua Kai could not help but start to be alert.

If the other party wanted to send someone home to report safety early, then riding a horse alone would be faster than following the caravan. If they wanted to curry favor with the Han family, that was not reasonable. How could they go halfway by themselves? The most important thing is that with the speed of the Shen family caravan, it would take at least more than ten days to reach Guang County. It was obviously too early to go home and report safety at this time.

"Kai'er, could it be that the Shen family went home to make plans to deal with us? If we go back safely this time, the family will be strong. The Shen family will not watch us develop." Hua Xing said beside Hua Kai.

"To deal with us, the best opportunity can only be Hutuo Mountain. Last year, I suspected that the Shen family knew the bandits in Hutuo Mountain. How could our caravan be in the middle of the caravan and only intercept us? At that time, the Shen family only needed to send out the Qi training realm to pretend, and our losses would not be so great." Wei Baotou said.

Hua Kai and his family were all lost in thought. If this was the case, then the caravan would be in danger. The terrain of Hutuo Mountain was complex, and it was impossible for the Hua family to defend all the dangerous areas.

"Let's talk about it when we get to Jinan City! The Han family must rest for at least one day in Jinan City!" Hua Kai thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a way to deal with the Shen family, so he could only walk and see.

Two days later at noon, the Guangxian merchant group arrived in Jinan City. Outside Jinan City were all markets for large and small transactions, with a variety of cattle, sheep, horses, furs and other goods innumerable. Who made Jinan City the largest city on the official road!

The caravan stopped in Jinan City for a day and a half. Hua Kai went to Jinan City to select some spiritual medicines and ordinary herbs for refining pills. Some medicines that were missing from the [Alchemy Room] were gathered together, and he could refine pills again.

In the evening, Hua Kai was thinking about how to resolve the crisis of the Shen family in the main account. At this time, his grandfather came in and said that the head of the Chen family wanted to see him.

The Chen family followed the Shen family to Jinan City this evening. They must stop in Jinan City for two days to rest and replenish supplies before they can continue their journey. The Hua family caravan will leave early tomorrow morning.

"Why is the head of the Chen family not in his caravan at this time? Why come to our caravan?" Hua Kai still remembered the arrogant look of the head of the Chen family when his father was buried last year.

"Head of the Hua family, I found that the Shen family might want to attack the Hua family. One of their Qi training masters saw the Hua family caravan that day and disappeared. The leader of the Shen family came to our caravan these days and said that the Hua family is a grasshopper after autumn and can't jump for a few days. This is to make all our families target the Hua family!" The head of the Chen family looked at Hua Kai and said excitedly.

"Oh! Then why did you tell me all this today? Aren't you afraid that the Shen family will know?" Hua Kai asked.

"No matter what, the Hua family and the Chen family are one of the eight villages outside Guang County. How can I ignore them?" The head of the Chen family said with a turn of his eyes.

Hua Kai knew that the head of the Chen family was also gambling. The Hua and Chen families were both eight major villages outside Guang County, and their common interests were much greater than those of the Shen family. If the Hua family could survive the crisis this time, they would definitely not forget the contribution of the Chen family, and the interest obtained by the Chen family would be much greater.

"Thank you, head of the Chen family, for telling me. The Hua family will be prepared. When the caravan returns home, please come to the Hua family more often!"

The head of the Chen family knew that the Hua family was going to start preparing, so he left quietly without staying for long.

Hua Kai called several core members of the family to the main account and told them what the head of the Chen family said.

"Hutuo Mountain has always been a thorn in the heart of the Hua family. Now our Hua family is not without any way to deal with the bandits in Hutuo Mountain. I plan to take this opportunity to defeat the bandits in Hutuo Mountain and avenge my father!"

After Hua Kai finished speaking, everyone was silent. It is not so easy to eliminate the bandits in Hutuo Mountain, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, no one will give up the opportunity.

"Kai'er, just tell us what you want to do! We will all support you." Hua Xing said on the side.

Everyone looked at Hua Kai and nodded vigorously.

Hua Kai slowly told everyone his ideas, but he was vague about some specific details, but everyone knew that Hua Kai would not fight a battle without confidence, and everyone agreed with Hua Kai's plan.

After the discussion, Hua Kai came to the Jia family alone. He planned to borrow people from the Jia family tonight. If the Hua family relied on their strength alone, it might not be hopeful to defeat the bandits in Hutuo Mountain.

"Captain Jia! These two [Peeling Yuan Pills] are the reward for this action. The Hua family needs the Jia family to send Jia Zhan and 15 core combat forces of the caravan. At that time, all the Qi training masters in Hutuo Mountain will be the responsibility of our Hua family. As long as the Jia family helps our caravan not to be broken by the bandits, it will be fine." Hua Kai came to the main account of the Jia family and said.

"Master Hua, as long as the Hua family needs it, the Jia family will definitely help, but the Hutuo Mountain bandits are not as easy as they seem. There are supporting families behind each bandit group. I heard that the biggest bandit is backed by the Tian family of Linzi City. Otherwise, the Qi family would have wiped out the entire Hutuo Mountain bandits long ago." The leader of the Jia family reminded.

"The Hua family has considered all this. My father died in Hutuo Mountain. Please don't tell the Han family about the plan!" Hua Kai said.

The Han family has a special relationship with the Shen family. Hua Kai doesn't know what the Han family's attitude will be between the Shen family and the Hua family. As long as the plan succeeds this time, even if the Han family is dissatisfied with it, Hua Kai is not afraid, because the Han family does not have a Xiantian realm.

After persuading the leader of the Jia family, Hua Kai came to the Ren family caravan. All the caravans in Guang County had received favors from the Hua family. After paying another [Peking Yuan Pill], the head of the Ren family also agreed to lead the team in person, with 6 family members of the late Kaiyuan stage or above, to help the Hua family deal with the bandits in Hutuo Mountain.

Back to the caravan, Grandpa also came back. The Hua family has borrowed masters from all caravans in Guang County except the Han family, a total of two Qi training realm, 19 Qi dynamic realm, and 46 late Kaiyuan realm.

Hua Kai also sent all the female slaves and children of the caravan to ten caravans, so that some women and children who have become official members and servants of the Hua family can act outside the caravan, and everything is done without anyone noticing.

After preparing everything, Hua Kai and his fifth uncle Hua Zichen took 30 official family members and 70 family reserve servants and left Jinan City just after dawn.

101 people came to Yulingguan, the border of Jinan State. Hua Kai paid 1 gold and 15 silver to pass the checkpoint because they had no pass.

They rode until noon, close to the range of Hutuo Mountain, and then Hua Kai slowly stopped.

"Xiao Qiang, can you feel where the Qi training realm of the Shen family is?" Hua Kai put Xiao Qiang down from his arms, and Xiao Qiang sniffed and looked into the distance.

Xiao Qiang's super tracking ability is his talent as a spirit beast. When the Hua family found that the captain of the Shen family's guards was in the Han family's caravan, Hua Kai let it remember the other party's smell.

Hua Kai looked at the direction indicated by Xiao Qiang, and asked his uncle Wu and Xiao Qiang to explore the way ahead. He took Han Jinsheng and others to follow slowly behind him.

The mountain road of Hutuo Mountain is very difficult to walk. If there is no one to lead the way, you may get lost in the mountain. Uncle Wu and Xiaoqiang had been gone for more than an hour. Hua Kai led the others to find a valley to hide. If the other party found a stranger entering Hutuo Mountain, the bandits might be alert.

Hua Kai sat cross-legged on the ground, switched to Xiaoqiang's perspective, and found that Uncle Wu was quietly approaching a hilltop, where there were two bandits on guard.

As a master in the late stage of Qi training, Uncle Wu could easily climb up the hilltop quietly. After killing one bandit, he was interrogating another bandit.

Knowing that there was nothing ahead, Hua Kai led everyone to lead the horse and walked carefully on the mountain road. Xiaoqiang and Uncle Wu came back soon.

"This Hutuo Mountain is far more complicated than we imagined. There are more than a dozen mountain strongholds of different sizes. Among them, the most powerful Evil Wolf Mountain has four people in the Qi training realm, and most of the other mountain strongholds have only one person in the Qi training realm. I think the one who attacked our caravan last year might be the Evil Wolf Stronghold!" Hua Zichen came to Hua Kai and said.

"Have you asked how to get to the Evil Wolf Village?"

"The Evil Wolf Village is about 20 miles away from here. It will take us half a day to get there." Hua Zichen told Hua Kai everything he knew.

"That should be correct. The master of the Shen family's Qi training realm may be in the Evil Wolf Village now. Let's set off quickly!" Hua Kai and others continued to move forward. Xiaoqiang was still exploring the way in the front. When he encountered bandits, he hid and waited for Hua Zichen to deal with them. Hua Kai waited until everything was safe before he led the large force to follow up.

When it was dark, everyone dismounted and ate dry food quietly. After passing that hilltop, it belonged to the Evil Wolf Village. Hua Kai closed his eyes and watched Xiaoqiang's first-person perspective.

Xiaoqiang had already determined that the person Hua Kai was looking for was not far from the hilltop. He approached quietly little by little. Even if the bandits found him, they would not care too much about him. There were many wolves of this size in the mountains.

Quietly passing a checkpoint guarded by two people, Xiaoqiang climbed up a 10-meter-high hillside. He saw a ten-acre mountain stronghold in the distance, and the lights were bright in the mountain stronghold. This was the Evil Wolf Stronghold!

Xiaoqiang lay in the weeds and stared at the distance quietly. The breath of the master of the Shen family's Qi training realm was there.

Hua Kai knew that Xiaoqiang had found the target and told him not to act rashly. As long as the Shen family's Qi training realm did not leave, the Evil Wolf Stronghold would not attack the Hua family caravan.

At this time, the captain of the Shen family's guards in the Evil Wolf Stronghold was sitting in the living room of the stronghold. Sitting above him was a big man in his 50s with a long scar on his face, which looked a little scary, but the two sides were happily chatting over wine.

"Big stronghold owner! This time the other party is a fat sheep, and a small family outside the city brought nearly 700 horses. There are at least 300 horses, and their family has at most 60 people this time..." The captain of the Shen family's guards said as he sat below.

"Only 60 people dare to bring so many goods. Are you sure they are just a small family, not a family of rank 6 or above?" The head of the Wolf Village asked in disbelief.

"Otherwise, why would I go to the Wolf Village to tell you! Their caravan bought more than 400 slaves on the grassland this time, and the entire caravan basically relies on slaves to work." The captain of the Shen family guards continued to instigate.

"How strong is their caravan? You should first tell us what price your Shen family is willing to pay!" The head of the Wolf Village is not stupid at all! How could a caravan that dares to do this walk all the way back from the grassland without strength.

"In fact, you are not unfamiliar with the other head of the village. It is the Hua family that the Wolf Village attacked last year. Their old man abdicated last year and gave the position of head of the family to his grandson who was just 12 years old. I heard that he has broken through to the Qi training realm. This year, the young head of the family will lead the team in person!" said the captain of the Shen family guards.

"The Hua family? I have some impression of them. Although the old guy was only at the Qidong realm at that time, he was very powerful. Well, I don't want any reward this time! We, the Evil Wolf Village, will take this job!"

In fact, all the villages in Hutuo Mountain have a tacit understanding, that is, if they encounter a powerful ordinary family, they will kill them, and they will generally not provoke the aristocratic family. This is the main reason why all the aristocratic families in Qi can tolerate their existence.