Chapter 145: Military Prodigy

Ying was very curious, and could hardly imagine that Nan Qinghuan had just been retreating the enemy, but Ying didn't understand what that treasure of hers was so powerful? The Tribe members, seeing that no one was shooting arrows, all stepped out and looked up at the sky, discovering that they had all withdrawn, and the crowd cheered, "Great, Heaven's Daughter, your Divine artifact is truly amazing, it scared the Flying People away."

Those several large mirrors this time greatly helped Nan Qinghuan, but the Ancient People didn't recognize mirrors; seeing several white beams of light above the mirrors, they thought they were the Goddess's holy relics, able to become those lights to deal with the Flying People.

Everyone admired her even more, almost to the point of kneeling and kowtowing.

"Qinghuan?"

Nan Qinghuan didn't know how to explain to Ying; these were just a few ordinary mirrors, but they had never seen them.

"Ying, that thing is called a mirror, not a Divine artifact."

"Mirror?"

Ying truly didn't understand; Nan Qinghuan knew he had a hundred thousand whys, but now was not the time to explain them.

She only knew that as long as a mirror was placed on the ground, reflecting sunlight would threaten people in midair; as long as the sun shone, those Flying People couldn't see the ground below and thus couldn't shoot arrows at the Tribe.

"Exactly, a mirror can reflect everything."

Ying searched within his memory and found himself completely unfamiliar with mirrors.

"Qinghuan, your treasure is too amazing."

Nan Qinghuan felt rather bitter; fortunately she had obtained several large mirrors from the void, otherwise she still wouldn't know how to end today.

Yao's gaze had also been fixed on Nan Qinghuan in Ying's arms; he heard her words, and like Ying, he didn't understand what a mirror was. He only thought it was a kind of magical instrument that could frighten the Rongdi's flying generals into a rout; if this treasure, Heaven's Daughter, were to stay, then he would never again fear the Rongdi Flying People tribe.

As long as he didn't launch aerial ambushes, in ground combat he wouldn't lose to the Rongdi.

Nan Qinghuan tried to get down from Ying's embrace, but Ying wouldn't allow it; he wanted everyone to know, including Yao, that Nan Qinghuan was his, and no one should dare make a move.

Because Yao approached, Ying held her even tighter.

"Heaven's Daughter, this treasure called a mirror really helped us a lot."

Nan Qinghuan looked at Yao, feeling a bit embarrassed, wondering what to tell her—say that the mirror isn't really a treasure, that she merely used simple glass refraction, a physical principle to repel the enemy? But the Ancient People wouldn't understand that.

"As long as it repels the enemy, that's enough; it's not a Divine artifact, I…"

"Qinghuan, you don't need to say it."

Ying didn't understand, and Yao understood even less; it must be said that Ying was still targeting Yao, even somewhat hostile. Even if the secret of Qinghuan's treasure were to be told, it could only be told to him alone, not revealed to other members of the Tribe.

Nan Qinghuan: "…"

Yao, seeing Ying's restraint, dared not ask further, gave a bitter smile, "If you consider it a secret, then you don't need to say it; I understand."

"Ah, monster"

Suddenly, behind them, A Qi let out a horrified scream and kept retreating, because she saw a ferocious female demon inside the mirror staring at her; whatever she did, that female did too. "Heaven's Daughter, monster, monster!"

A Qi, frightened, fell hard onto the ground, and the monster inside the mirror also fell onto the ground, staring at her with the same terror.

All the Tribe's eyes turned to the A Qi inside the mirror, and A Lei exclaimed, "This Divine artifact actually contains A Qi! A Qi, is that you? How did you get inside?"

"Me?"

"It seems A Qi was locked inside."

"Locked inside?"

A Qi's image appeared inside the mirror, but A Qi thought it was a monster; seeing the Tribe puzzled, Nan Qinghuan hurriedly broke free from Ying's arms; this time Ying didn't restrain her, but gently set her down.

"Careful"

Nan Qinghuan was speechless; the man basically treated her like a baby, so she hurried to A Qi's side, and when she saw A Qi treating herself as a monster and being so frightened, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

So cute.

"A Qi, stand up for me; look and see if that's you inside, why are you treating yourself as a monster?"

"Is this monster me?"

"Haha, A Qi, you call yourself a monster; you're so adorably foolish."

A Qi, mocked by others, immediately stopped; she still couldn't understand how she ended up inside, stomping in anger, "No laughing, none of you may laugh."

"A Qi, look—are you beautiful?"

The tense atmosphere had relaxed considerably because of A Qi's cluelessness, but over on the Rongdi side, when he heard a few Tribe members say that Nan Qinghuan had produced a Divine artifact that pierced their eyes, he became seething with rage, almost killing those Tribe members.

He looked furious, tossed his stone axe, "Useless, all a bunch of useless ones. Where did she get a Divine artifact? If there were a Divine artifact, would I have caught her?"

Rongdi didn't believe Nan Qinghuan possessed any treasure; it must have been his own people slacking off.

"Chief, it's true; that thing blinds the eyes so nothing can be seen. We can't shoot arrows in the air; if you don't believe, go see for yourself."

"How dare you, daring to argue when you're incompetent. I, Rongdi, don't buy this; everyone roll down, I'll go see for myself."

Saying that, Rongdi prepared to fly up into the sky himself to see what kind of magical instrument it was. He didn't believe Nan Qinghuan could conjure any magical instrument; otherwise, how could he have trapped her in the Tribe for a whole day? "Chief, don't go; that thing is ominous."

Ji Nü also returned from outside; she had seen with her own eyes how powerful that thing was. She glanced at the few people kneeling on the ground, "Chief, I also saw it; nothing can be seen in the air, it's true."

Once calmed, Rongdi realized the Tribe members weren't lying or slacking; with Ji Nü's testimony, Rongdi began to believe some of it. He coldly asked, "Where is the second squad, how far have they advanced?"

He swore he would definitely capture Nan Qinghuan and kill Ying; this time he would not tolerate it.

Ji Nü's expression was very grim, "Chief, Ying took those two wild beasts and guarded the wolf Tribe's gate; our people were all killed."

"Detestable."

Rongdi, angry and exasperated, "What a Ying, how could he think of helping the wolf Tribe? Isn't he the one who hates the wolf Tribe the most?"

Ji Nü, seeing this, immediately added fuel, "I heard Nan Qinghuan instigated it; otherwise Ying wouldn't have helped the wolf Tribe."

"Nan Qinghuan"

Rongdi coldly chewed on her name, wishing he could capture her now and swallow her whole, so she would never run again.

She rejected him, and let him lose face before the Tribe, unable to lift his head before his father.

He would settle this debt with her.

Ji Nü, seeing her gritted teeth, continued to provoke, "Chief, don't be angry; I have a method we can try, which will both cause Ying pain and allow Nan Qinghuan to return to you."

This naturally piqued Rongdi's interest; he narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze coldly fixed on Ji Nü, "What method?"

In Ji Nü's eyes flickered a hint of hurt; yes, as long as she mentioned that female's name, Rongdi would be very interested.

She hurriedly said, "How about we abandon the attack on the Wolf Tribe, let them live a few more days, and now we send troops to strike the Ying Tribe? I am confident we can capture the tribe within three days. By then, Ying hasn't heard the news yet; they are still foolishly preparing to go back. We will wait in the Ying Tribe for them to walk into the trap. Haven't you always wanted Ying's copper‑making secret? Once we take the tribe, everything will be ours, right?"