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Although following a merchant caravan was one way to seek fortune, it was generally not the preferred choice, as most cultivated alone.
Chen Qing walked past the caravan and came to the front, deciding to distance himself from Song Yuqing.
Ling Jiu was on her way; she possessed a Qi Gu.
Chen Qing immediately stood at the windward spot, opened his mouth, and began inhaling air ferociously, to prevent exposing his bronze body too quickly when fighting Ling Jiu, thereby revealing his Taiyi identity.
As long as he did not reveal himself as Taiyi, the entire caravan could still be used by him.
Once exposed, the caravan would likely abandon him immediately.
Though he was not necessarily afraid, traveling with a caravan, having more people to explore the road was always better.
Not even a quarter-hour had passed when the sounds of battle reached from the front.
Hao Changchuan, covered in blood, came running back, shouting, "There's an ambush ahead, it's the Taiping Sect."
