Ji Wushang stood up from the ground with trembling legs. He had just been kneeling so badly. He never expected that Huangfu Ting was such a devil! But Ji Wushang had already seen Huangfu Ting have someone light an incense stick next to him and stick it in the ground!
Ji Wushang was startled and struggled to pull Ji Wusi, who was now on the ground, to his feet. Ji Wusi was no longer being held down, but looking at the wounds on his body, Ji Wushang felt nothing but heartache. "How could you be so careless!"
"Sister," Ji Wusi cried, "Wu Zi really wants to fulfill his promise from back then, to hunt a tiger for you!"
"I won't say any more, it's only the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!" Ji Wushang glanced at the incense on the ground and quickly helped Ji Wusi out.
Huangfu Ting kept looking at her, his lips curled in disdain.
"Prepare twenty arrows for me," he said with a smile. "Have someone follow them."
"yes."
Ji Wushang led Ji Wusi up the mountain, but looking at everything on the mountain, he didn't know how to hide. There was no way down the mountain, and going up the mountain only meant being searched. If Huangfu Ting ordered people to search the mountain, he would definitely find him and Wuzi in less than half an hour!
"Sister, what should we do?" Ji Wusi asked, looking at the large beads of cold sweat on Ji Wushang's forehead.
"What can we do?" Ji Wushang smiled at him. "Being able to die with Wu Zi is not a bad thing."
"Sister, it's Wu Zi's fault that you've been dragged into this!" Ji Wusi's eyes were filled with fear, but a glimmer of light also shone within them. "Why don't I go and kill him!"
"You can't touch him." The lightning-fast movement when he pinched his chin just now was something he had never seen before. Ji Wushang couldn't fathom how high his martial arts skills were!
Ji Wushang said, "Let's move forward again." Half an incense stick's time must have passed, and he would surely be leading his men to catch up soon.
There are probably many spies and informants serving him on this mountain!
Ji Wushang led Ji Wusi for quite a distance, until they came upon a small stream. The water was crystal clear, reflecting the afternoon sun. However, Ji Wushang knew that the mountain stream was much colder, and if they fell in, they would experience a bone-chilling cold! But they had no choice!
It's about looking towards the end of the stream, which meanders downstream.
"Sister, did you discover that the Second Prince has brought people here?" Ji Wusi said, and immediately picked up some branches from the ground to use as weapons.
Ji Wushang shook his head, "We'll just stay here. You sit here and rest. Don't move around or talk. Make sure you conserve your energy, understand?"
"Yes." Ji Wusi looked at Ji Wushang's serious face and knew she wasn't joking, so he also became serious.
Ji Wushang glanced at the terrain and, seeing the protruding bushes, said, "Let's go hide there."
"Yes." Ji Wusi followed Ji Wushang forward, and then they sat together in the grass. Ji Wushang even lay down on the grass and looked at the sky.
“Sister…” Ji Wusi couldn’t help but think of asking.
"Have you forgotten what I said?" Ji Wushang asked coldly. There might be spies here too, so these blankets would definitely tell Huangfu Ting everything they saw and heard!
Huangfu Ting was still sitting on the high seat, but he was touching the arrowheads of his twenty feathered arrows. The arrowheads were extremely sharp and gleamed coldly.
Without even looking up, Huangfu Ting knew the scout had returned. He carefully put away the arrow and said, "Speak."
"Your Highness, the brother and sister stopped near the stream and rested in the grass."
"Huh?" Is she out of her mind? With just one command, her men can completely surround the stream area, and then she only needs two arrows to easily send them to hell!
"What did they say?" Huangfu Ting asked calmly.
"Miss Ji seemed to have told Young Master Ji not to speak, saying something about conserving his energy."
"Hmph!" Huangfu Ting sneered, waving his hand to order his men to continue scouting. Conserve their energy! Did they think they could wait until their own men caught up before trying to escape? What a joke! Their men would certainly give them a proper burial!
However, killing her would be a bit of a pity. But for a proud animal, the best way is to tame it. If it cannot be tamed, then it must be destroyed!
Huangfu Ting stared at the incense stick on the ground, now completely burned out. He rose from his high seat, his eyes gleaming with excitement, as if he were about to hunt down the most precious prey!
"Let's go." His thin lips moved slightly.
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When Yi Yunmu Chen woke up in the morning, she couldn't find Bei Gong Jue Shi. She felt a little disappointed that he had left without a word. But what she should be worried about was whether he had paid for the room. If he hadn't, wouldn't she be arrested and taken to the yamen in no time?
Just then, someone knocked on the door. "Excuse me, has Young Master Chen Mu woken up?"
Yi Yun Muchen heard the waiter's voice. After thinking for a moment, she decided to open the door. If he came to make things difficult for her or ask her for money, she would knock him unconscious and leave!
"What is it?" Yi Yunmu Chen opened the door and asked coldly.
"Here's the thing, Young Master Bei has already left. He said he's paid for the room. And here's your bundle." With that, the waiter presented the bundle.
Looking at the somewhat heavy bundle, Yi Yun Muchen felt a surge of excitement. This man was still quite good to her. She wondered what was inside. Silver? If it was silver, that would be wonderful; she wouldn't have to go hungry!
"Oh, thank you!" Yi Yunmu Chen concealed her excitement, took the bundle, and closed the door after the waiter left.
Upon carefully opening the bundle, they discovered it contained only some dried rations! Yi Yun Muchen immediately deflated.
"Why buy all this stuff without leaving a single penny! I don't like it!" Yi Yun Muchen thought to herself, annoyed. She retied her bundle, tidied herself up briefly, and then went out.
But when she touched the jade belt in her waistband, she discovered that the half of the crescent-shaped jade was missing! That was her favorite jade pendant! It was a gift from her father to celebrate her fourteenth birthday! Now that it's lost, what should she do?
Yi Yun Muchen became extremely anxious and frantically searched the surrounding area. But how could he have just found it? He thought it might be in the City God Temple, but that temple was quite far from where he was looking!
Should we walk back? There's not enough time; I still need to find Yiyun Upper City!
Otherwise, who knows what this brother might do? He had already disappeared! It was so hard to find out about him... Yi Yun Muchen gritted her teeth, picked up the bundle, and went out.
If it's lost, I'll just have to look for it again later...
Yi Yun Muchen was in a terrible mood. She opened the map, thinking about finding a direction to leave the city, but looking at the map, she didn't know where to go.
Her memory wasn't very good. Although Bei Gong Jue Shi had explained it twice, Yi Yun Muchen was in a bad mood, so how could she remember anything?
You can only go by feeling.
It was already late autumn, early winter, so why was it still so hot?! Yi Yunmu Chen cursed the heavens as she walked. Finally, she was so tired that she even stopped cursing.
Sitting by the roadside, Yi Yun Muchen took a break. They still had several cities to pass! Yi Yun Muchen groaned inwardly, wondering how long this would take.
This city is rather terrifying. Yi Yun Muchen felt something was off the moment he entered, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.
There were very few people around; you could count them on one hand. Yi Yun Muchen casually found a small shed and sat down. "Waiter, a bowl of water, please."
"Alright!" The waiter immediately placed the bowl in front of Yi Yun Muchen and poured tea into it. "What would you like to eat, sir?"
"Could you please heat up the dry rations I brought?" Yi Yun Muchen had already cursed Bei Gong Jue Shi a thousand times in his heart. Why did he give him dry rations instead of silver?
"Well, sir, you'd better go somewhere else! Our little shop can't afford it!" The waiter was quite good-natured.
"Well, never mind!" Yi Yun Muchen said regretfully, but immediately picked up the tea and finished it. He needed to drink some water before leaving, otherwise he would die of thirst!
"Hehe!" The waiter suddenly looked at Yi Yun Muchen in a sinister way. Yi Yun Muchen immediately felt something was wrong and tried to take out the medicine from his pocket, but he was already too weak to move!
"You, all of you!" Yi Yunmu Chen shouted angrily, "I don't have any money on me, why did you drug me like this!"
"We don't want your money, we want your flesh!" The waiter nodded, and at that moment, two fat, burly men came out.
"Outsider! Can't you see we're short of people here? It's because people eat people! We take turns eating them, we eat unsuspecting outsiders, because here, besides human flesh, we have nothing else!" The waiter's smile was somewhat sinister.
"What did you say? There were so many people buying and selling at the market just now!" Yi Yun Muchen said, turning back to look. The people on the street were all buying meat! The vendors were chopping meat!
Were they exchanging meat to eat?
Yi Yun Muchen was startled. Why hadn't Bei Gong Jue Shi mentioned such a cannibalistic city last night?
"Bring it in!" The waiter's expression changed instantly. "Fresh human flesh to eat, how wonderful!"
"Let me go! My flesh is ugly and smelly! It definitely won't taste good! If you want to eat, just eat the original!" Yi Yun Muchen tried to get rid of them, but she was still dragged away by these two fat men.
Yi Yun Muchen panicked and cried out, "Help! Help me!"
The people on the street seemed to have gotten used to such sounds, and instead turned to look at Yi Yunmu Chen with greedy eyes!
Yi Yunmu Chen felt even more fearful.
If I were to really die like this, wouldn't all my previous efforts have been in vain?
Just then, a cloaked figure suddenly flashed in from outside the city. He kicked away the two people carrying Yi Yun Muchen, then helped Yi Yun Muchen up. He removed his cloak, revealing his heterochromatic eyes, and coldly scanned the greedy cannibals around him who were trying to snatch him away. Those people had never seen such a pair of ruthless heterochromatic eyes before, especially those red eyes that had become bloodshot!
The people around them stepped back.
"Bei Gong Jue Shi!" Yi Yun Muchen exclaimed.
Bei Gong Jue Shi didn't answer, but instead hoisted the person onto his shoulder.
"Hey! You can't carry me like that!" Yi Yun Muchen blushed instantly.
"Are you sure you can walk?" Bei Gong Jue Shi glanced at her coldly, put his left arm around her waist, picked up her bundle with his right hand, and immediately headed out of the city.
The people around them didn't want to let them leave; this was practically easy prey! And now there were two of them! One was short, but looked incredibly tender and delicious! The other was tall and could be steamed; such a tall person could feed them for several meals!
Bei Gong Jue Shi didn't mind the people surrounding him at all. His eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the people in front of him, and he even smiled. "If you want to die, you can stand in my way." His sexy thin lips moved slightly.
Yi Yun Muchen's heart skipped a beat. Was he about to go on a killing spree? She had only ever seen him kill once, when he killed those black corpses. This time, he…
Instead of leaving, more and more people gathered around them, seemingly determined to block their way out.
With greedy expressions on their faces, Yi Yun Muchen looked up and saw that those people were all baring their teeth and grinning, unlike ordinary people!
"Jue Shi, let's run away?" Yi Yun Muchen whispered in his ear, "Who are these people? Why would they eat people like this?"
"An ancient tribe that lives by cannibalism. They are warlike and possess formidable physiques." Bei Gong Jue Shi said softly at this moment, "Later, you must hold on tight to me."
"I don't have the strength," Yi Yunmu Chen said immediately, sensing that he seemed a little nervous.
"Close your eyes and don't watch me fight," he said softly.
Yi Yun Muchen was shocked. Why didn't she want to see him fight? She was about to ask him, but Bei Gong Jueshi had already rushed outside like a gust of wind!
Yi Yun Muchen had no choice but to close her eyes! She could hear the wind howling in her ears! Before she could react, she smelled the stench of blood carried on the wind! She opened her eyes and saw a long sword in Bei Gong Jue Shi's hand, seemingly appearing out of nowhere. Every time he wielded that sword, blood would inevitably splatter!
However, he could only move one hand after all. Even though he was incredibly brave, he gradually became at a disadvantage because he had to take care of Yi Yun Muchen!
"Watch out behind you!" Yi Yun Muchen shouted at him. Someone had just been planning to kill him from behind!
Bei Gong Jueshi thrust his sharp longsword backward, and blood instantly stained his back.
His eyes were bloodshot, and he became violent. Even Yi Yun Muchen felt a little scared. However, he knew he couldn't linger in the fight! These people had amazing stamina; he couldn't afford to drag it out!
Instantly, he tightened his grip on Yi Yun Muchen's waist with his left hand, raised his sword forward, gathered his strength, and rushed towards the city gate!
The people around them knew what they were thinking, but since the city gate was only made of stone and not made of wood, they could only keep pestering them.
Finally, Bei Gong Jue Shi led Yi Yun Mu Chen out.
After walking for a long time and feeling completely exhausted, Bei Gong Jue Shi finally put Yi Yun Muchen down and placed her aside. He then lay back on the ground, panting heavily.
"Thank you." Yi Yunmu looked at him apologetically, moved her body, and realized that she was only slowly recovering.
However, Bei Gong Jue Shi did not react at all. Yi Yun Muchen felt strange, so she went to check, only to find that Bei Gong Jue Shi had fainted!
Immediately, Yi Yun Muchen was shocked. She immediately cupped his head in her hands, looking him over from left to right. "Bei Gong Jue Shi, are you alright?" she asked, shaking him gently. However, he still did not wake up.