Starting from the imperial palace guards, his clones spread all over the world

#253 - Starving people everywhere

By now, these two experts from the Six Doors were well aware that they were no match for Liang Jin.

They wanted to escape.

But just now, they had been shaken by Liang Jin's 'Crane's Cry,' suffering internal injuries. Their brains and ears were still buzzing, making it difficult even to steady themselves.

Let alone escape.

Liang Jin then slowly walked past them.

One of the Six Doors experts couldn't help but ask Liang Jin in astonishment:

"You… why do you know our Six Doors' 'Hidden Dragon in the Abyss'?"

This Six Doors expert had already guessed that Liang Jin must have concealed his cultivation aura to successfully infiltrate the prisoners at the execution ground.

And among all the martial arts that could conceal one's cultivation, throughout the entire Great Qian territory, he had never heard of any other besides the Six Doors' 'Hidden Dragon in the Abyss.'

After walking a few steps, he saw a well by the roadside.

Liang Jin went over and used the reflection in the water to clearly see the appearance of this clone.

This clone was actually a middle-aged man, looking at least forty or fifty years old.

His skin was dark, and his build was sturdy. He wasn't as handsome and imposing as the Great Virtuous Teacher's clone, nor as ordinary and unremarkable as Meng Xinghun's clone, nor as ugly and outrageous as Xiong Ba's clone.

Overall, his appearance was quite average.

He had a broad forehead, a square mouth, and especially a pair of phoenix eyes that were piercingly bright.

Although he couldn't be called handsome, he had a unique heroic spirit.

"A bit older, so be it."

Liang Jin sighed slightly, then continued to leave.

He didn't really care about his appearance.

As for whether the clone was young, it didn't matter.

As long as he wasn't given a baby clone that couldn't do anything, or a frail old man plagued by illness, it was all fine.

The group of prisoners also closely followed behind Liang Jin. They seized a few horses along the way and rode with Liang Jin towards the outside of the city.

The two Six Doors experts watched the departing figures of Liang Jin and the others, both angry and shocked.

After a long while, when they recovered, they issued an order:

"Immediately issue a wanted warrant!"

"Post the portraits of these bandits in various states and issue a nationwide wanted notice!"

"Especially that expert with the highest martial arts, be sure to bring him to justice!"

"We are not his match, we must request assistance from the Six Doors headquarters!"

Following the orders of the two experts, the power of the government was immediately and rapidly mobilized.

…

On the other side.

Liang Jin and the others had already ridden out of the city.

Although it was already dusk, Liang Jin still felt the weather was exceptionally dry.

Especially outside Zhongsong City, a large number of people were gathered.

These people were disheveled, each leading the old and carrying the young, looking travel-worn, as if they had been traveling for a long time.

Moreover, their faces were pale with hunger, and they were skinny, obviously suffering from long-term malnutrition.

Liang Jin had seen too many people like this.

Disaster victims!

Only disaster victims would look like this.

Liang Jin glanced around and found that even the bark of the trees near the road was gone.

It was now spring, and the green grass was originally sprouting.

But as far as the eye could see, it was all yellow earth. Where could one see lush green grass?

He even saw some disaster victims digging in the soil, looking for grass roots.

The appearance of Liang Jin and the others made the eyes of the disaster victims light up.

These disaster victims stared at the horses ridden by Liang Jin and the others, each swallowing saliva, their eyes shining.

Some of the disaster victims were even holding knives, trying to surround Liang Jin and the others.

But very quickly.

The disaster victims were suddenly startled and scattered in a panic.

It turned out that they saw government soldiers chasing out of the city, chasing after Liang Jin and the others.

But these government soldiers did not dare to approach Liang Jin and the others, only hanging far away, seemingly only intending to keep track of Liang Jin and the others' whereabouts.

Liang Jin continued to ride forward.

But then, many corpses appeared on both sides of the road.

As night approached, a pack of wild dogs were gnawing on the corpses, their eyes glowing eerily in the dim environment.

These wild dogs were not even afraid of people.

When Liang Jin and the others passed by, they even raised their heads, baring their teeth and growling softly.

"Corpses everywhere?"

Liang Jin frowned as he watched this scene:

"Is there a drought happening here?"

Liang Jin roughly knew what was happening here when he saw the scene before him.

The situation here was similar to the plague-ridden Qingzhou at first glance, but completely different.

Qingzhou had lush vegetation, obviously not lacking water.

But Liang Jin hadn't seen much greenery along the way, and the yellow earth was full of cracks.

Such a situation would only occur if the drought was severe.

His words caused the accompanying prisoners to be full of doubt.

A strong man said:

"This hero doesn't know there's a drought here?"

"Did the hero come from out of town, or has he been locked up in prison for too long?"

Liang Jin asked:

"How long has the drought been going on?"

Throughout history, the season with the highest frequency of droughts is spring, followed by summer.

It was only just entering spring, and even if there was a drought, it shouldn't be to the extent of what was happening before his eyes.

The strong man replied:

"There has been a severe drought for two whole years."

Liang Jin understood in his heart.

He glanced at the group of prisoners around him and asked:

"So you guys robbed official grain?"

Upon hearing this, the man showed an angry expression on his face.

He stretched out his hand, pointed to the corpses all over the ground, and said in a deep voice:

“The government has grain, but they don't use it for disaster relief, nor do they distribute it to the people, and they just watch so many people starve to death.”

“We couldn’t stand to see it, so naturally we had to rob the government granary, so that more people wouldn’t just collapse by the roadside and rot in the fields.”

“It's just that we didn't expect that there were experts in the team escorting the official grain this time, so we suffered a big loss.”

A look of indignation also appeared on the faces of the prisoners.

Liang Jin also sighed inwardly.

Zhongsong City is located in Changzhou, the central hinterland of Daqian, and it has been experiencing a severe drought for two years.

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But Liang Jin had never heard of any related news.

Either the officials here are deceiving their superiors and concealing the truth, or the imperial court really doesn't pay attention.

At this moment, the strong man cupped his fist at Liang Jin:

“May I ask the hero's honorable name!”

“If it weren’t for the hero's help today, I’m afraid our heads would have already fallen to the ground.”

Liang Jin pondered slightly upon hearing this.

He is probably already on the wanted list of the government, and his portrait has probably been posted everywhere.

This identity will be difficult to clear in a short time.

Being a bandit is being a bandit, Liang Jin doesn't mind.

But even if he is a bandit, he must be the biggest bandit leader.

Bandit leader…

Liang Jin's eyes lit up, and he replied:

“My name is Song Jiang.”

The prisoners were in awe when they heard this:

“So it's Hero Song!”

“I have long heard of Hero Song's name. Seeing you today, you really live up to your reputation!”

Liang Jin couldn't help but complain in his heart.

These guys probably don't know that this name was just taken by him.

He immediately said:

“May I know the names of you heroes?”

The prisoners then reported their names one after another.

Afterwards, one of them, who seemed to be the leader, a man calling himself “Iron Fist” Lei Zhen, said:

“Hero Song, I don’t know what your plans are next, where do you intend to go?”

Liang Jin was completely unfamiliar with this area, and of course he had no plans.

So he asked in return:

“What suggestions do you heroes have?”

Lei Zhen replied:

“Of course, we still have to continue robbing grain to help the people.”

“It’s just that we have now been targeted by the government, and the Six Doors will definitely not let it go.”

“We probably have to avoid the limelight in the short term. If we wander outside, we will probably be captured by the Six Doors sooner or later.”

“But I know a place, Yan Gang Mountain. A group of Green Forest heroes have built Yan Gang Stronghold, and are also doing the work of robbing official grain to save the people.”

“We can temporarily go and take refuge with them, and come out to act again after we have avoided the limelight.”

Liang Jin had nowhere to go now, and had no objection to this.

He had not yet come into contact with the Green Forest heroes of this world, and he could just take this opportunity to see them.

He immediately agreed and was about to set off with everyone.

At this time.

Suddenly, only a burst of horses' hooves was heard in the distance.

Everyone knew that the officers and soldiers who had been hanging in the distance were approaching again.

This group of officers and soldiers were very cunning.

They had been following all the way from Zhongsong City. When they saw Liang Jin and others speed up, they sped up, and when Liang Jin and others slowed down, they slowed down, always maintaining a safe distance.

And when the prisoners wanted to fight them fiercely, they turned their horses and fled without any hesitation. When the prisoners left, they would follow again.

Along the way, this group of officers and soldiers kept releasing signal arrows to transmit information, and also made marks along the way.

Obviously, they were providing the support troops with the escape route of the prisoners.

When the prisoners saw this, killing intent flickered in their eyes:

“It seems we have to get rid of these officers and soldiers first.”

“Otherwise, it won’t be a solution if they keep following us like this.”

Although these prisoners were all martial artists, and there were even two fifth-rank martial artists among them, it was impossible to use light skills all the time while traveling for a long time. It was still more labor-saving to ride a horse.

It was naturally easy for a fifth-rank martial artist to escape alone, but taking other martial artists to travel together would undoubtedly greatly slow down the speed.

If this group of officers and soldiers were not resolved, it would only cause more trouble for everyone.

Liang Jin had no objection to this either.

With Liang Jin's current light skills, killing this group of officers and soldiers was simply as easy as flipping his hand.

The reason why he didn't go on a killing spree before was just because he hadn't figured out the situation yet, and killing people at will would not do any good.

At this time, another fifth-rank martial artist, known as “Cloud Wing Flying Eagle” E Xuan, said:

“This group of officers and soldiers look like veterans. It may not be easy to ambush them, and it will waste too much time instead.”

“It’s better to hurry up and go to Dianzi Ping in front. There will naturally be helpers in that place.”

When everyone heard this, they seemed to understand what Yunyi Flying Eagle E Xuan meant, and immediately agreed.

Liang Jin didn't know what they were talking about, anyway, he would just follow them.

So everyone continued on their way.

While riding on horseback, Liang Jin checked the characteristics of this clone [Nine Void No Boundary].

Just looking at the name of this characteristic, Liang Jin couldn't understand what it meant.

Unlike other characteristics, just looking at the name, you can know the general meaning.

But the name [Nine Void No Boundary] always feels like it's very awesome.

As for whether it's really that awesome, you can only know after using it.

Immediately, Liang Jin checked the specific information.

But this look made Liang Jin feel astonished:

“This characteristic… is it so magical?”