My Pretty Campus Queen

"The food is poisoned!"

As soon as Ru Nian finished speaking, she blacked out and fell unconscious.

At this moment, Gu Yuxin also began to lose consciousness. After calling out a few times, Wu Guangzu held Gu Yuxin, who was limp on the ground, in his arms. At this moment, Gu Yuxin lay just over his chest and didn’t fall hard.

This was the only thing Wu Guangzu could do for her when he was still conscious, and only after everyone fainted did the four people nearby cautiously step forward.

The boss was still quite careful. When he walked to the crowd, he deliberately shouted twice, "Ah! What’s wrong with everyone? What happened here? Hey! Wake up!"

After a few minutes passed without seeing any movement, the boss waved his hand backward, signifying for everyone to come over and conduct a search. Although everyone was unconscious, these people weren’t exactly wicked or villainous; they were only after some money. So, when it came to Gu Yuxin, the boss let the boss lady take action.

But to their disappointment, after searching for quite a while, they found less than a thousand yuan among the seven people in total. The boss shook his head and resigned himself to bad luck.

"Boss, what should we do with these people, toss them out, or capture them?" one of the lackeys said.

"Throw them out... wait a moment."

The boss suddenly thought of something; these people carried swords, indicating they belonged to some sects. Having already offended them, if they were tossed out and woke up the next day, wouldn’t they come back for revenge? In their anger, who knows, they might kill us.

So, after weighing his options, the boss decided it was better to tie them up first, anyway, it was so late. Soon after, they’d find a cart and dump them by the bandits’ lair, leaving them to deal with it. Those mountain bandits feared neither heaven nor earth, and since there was a woman among the captives, she’d be the bandits’ favorite; any conflict that arose would shift their focus away from him.

Thinking of this, the boss chuckled to himself, feeling like a tactician as such a brilliant plan came to him. Thus, he waved his hand and said, "Tie them all up, then drag them to the Fire Dragon Stronghold. Dump them there and leave."

"Heh heh, got it, boss!"

With that, the two servants, along with the boss lady and boss, got to work. Before long, everything was settled, and the two followers pushed the cart toward the stronghold.

In fact, the Fire Dragon Stronghold was close to here. After leaving the inn and walking about a kilometer south, then down a slope, it was not long before reaching it. The two inn servants swiftly completed their task and returned to the inn.

No more guests were expected tonight, so the boss closed the shop, turned off the lights, and everyone went to rest.

Inside Fire Dragon Stronghold.

A middle-aged man with long whiskers and one eye sat on a tiger-skin chair, feeling a bit gloomy. He picked up his wine cup intending to drink, but then set it back down, shaking his head and sighed, "Ah, the recent haul has been bleak. Everywhere there are just refugees, and robbing them is useless, having to feed them every day instead."

"Uncle, why don’t we join the army? Now, with the Sabina people occupying half of Huaxia, if this continues, we bandits might starve to death, plus among the hundreds of brothers in the Fire Dragon Gang, many have parents displaced by the Sabina forces. Now they have no heart for robbery."

The speaker, a young man similar in age to Wu Guangzu, was Tan Batian.

After completing his trials, Tan Batian originally planned to stay at the Celestial Pill Sect to continue cultivating, but upon hearing news of his parents being persecuted by Sabina forces, he sought refuge with his bandit uncle.

However, after staying for two days, he learned from his uncle that recently, all around were refugees. The rich and corrupt hid, making their former plans of robbing the rich to aid the poor impossible.

Tan Batian’s uncle, Xiao Feng, was a sturdy man, a former general wounded by stray arrows in battle, losing an eye, leading to his retirement from the military life. After the decline of the Xiao Family, he resorted to becoming a bandit, but he only targeted the wealthy and unjust gains.

He distributed part of the plunder to the poor, and he continued this way for three years.

But ever since Sabina’s invasion of Huaxia, making life unbearable, refugees everywhere, many righteous individuals, upon learning of Xiao Feng’s character, came to support him.

Last time, after rescuing Wu Guangzu and heading to Hundred Flowers Valley, and once Wu Guangzu’s injuries healed, hurried back to the Assassin Group. To be honest, Xiao Qing was very reluctant, with many things wanting to say to Wu Guangzu, but with no time.

"Ah, now what’s the use of joining the army? The border forces have been halted outside by Sabina’s army, and with food supplies cut off, they’re on the verge of collapse."

Xiao Feng was also deeply concerned about the nation’s military but felt powerless given their weak position.

"Uncle, I think considering the current situation, we should unite with the Central Plains Martial Arts, rally forces together against foreign enemies, and drive the Sabina out of Huaxia," Tan Batian said excitedly.

"It’s not that I don’t want to, but under the current circumstances, we can’t even take care of our meals, how can we expect the brothers to resist foreign enemies? The most pressing need now is for food," said Xiao Feng incisively.

While the two were engaged in conversation, a servant reported: "Report, boss, there’s a cart outside, don’t know where it came from, but there seem to be several people on it."

"A cart?"

Xiao Feng was surprised, his eyes darted, and he said, "Quickly, take me to see."

The group went out and reached the stronghold’s entrance, where not far away was a two-wheeled cart with several people lying in a disarray on it. Xiao Feng focused his gaze to see that there was a woman among them.

So he immediately went over and placed his hand near the woman’s nose to check her breathing.

"Fortunately, they’re all alive."

Xiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief and then instructed, "You guys, push the cart into the stronghold and help them into the house."

Xiao Feng was a formidable figure. His current strength was at the Celestial Dao seven stars; he was a hero who once swept through the enemy ranks single-handedly. However, having not practiced for years, his prowess had slightly declined.

Just now, checking Gu Yuxin’s breath, he knew she’d been knocked out by drugs, nothing serious.

The seven people were brought into the main hall, lying on the ground. Seeing that Gu Yuxin was innately beautiful, Xiao Feng felt she wasn’t ordinary, so he helped her to a seat and covered her with a coat to prevent her from catching a cold.

Then Xiao Feng instructed his followers to apply cooling ointment on their temples; this could speed up their awakening. After a while, Wu Guangzu and Ru Nian woke up first, their cultivation levels relatively high; additionally, Wu Guangzu’s Secretless Divine Skill had reached the sixth layer, making him a Celestial Dao seven-star as well, but due to inner strength not fully stabilized, he hadn’t progressed to the Celestial Dao Great Perfection.

"Ah! Where is this place, and who are you?"

Wu Guangzu, upon awakening, saw so many people looking at him with hostile eyes, he immediately became alert.

Ru Nian followed her third senior brother, slowly standing up, her feet not idle as she gently nudged the unconscious Ding Kong junior brother and the remaining junior brothers on the ground.