Chapter 496

A bit behind was an alien lord with a strange face and uncoordinated features; that person was Mu Chang.

Zhao Chi had seen him up close once before.

This time he looked even uglier.

Beside Mu Chang were two alien women riding horses; honestly, they were even uglier.

They had very obvious wolf-race characteristics.

If they really turned into wolves, it would definitely be more acceptable than now.

Looking like this now was really awkward.

Behind them were 50 alien lords.

All riding horses, wearing various armors; they should all be special armors worth a fortune.

Behind the lords were several hundred alien soldiers, all wearing alien armor.

Zhao Chi was a bit puzzled; didn’t they turn into werewolves when fighting?

Then what was the purpose of them wearing armor and holding weapons?

Could it be that they still fought in human form?

Or, when they turned into werewolves, could these armors and weapons be directly fused into their bodies?

Oh!

Possible!

No wonder he couldn’t injure those werewolves when attacking them before; could it be because they fused with their armor?

It looked like he was hitting the werewolf, but in reality, he was hitting the armor?

And the reason Yan Ping was so hard to kill was because his armor’s durability was extremely high? Or did it have some more special effect?

Zhao Chi didn’t know.

Everything was just a guess for now.

But he felt it was at least one of the possibilities.

And why did 50 lords come this time? What for?

So many alien lords were definitely not coming for Xiliu Village; with the strength of these aliens, they didn’t need so many people to wipe out Xiliu Village.

Just Fog Corridor and those 12 lords might be able to do it.

Maybe they were just passing through?

Zhao Chi kept guessing, but had no clue.

Mu Chang and the others got closer and closer.

Fog Corridor and the others in front performed a wolf-race military salute.

The human lords on both sides began to wave yellow flags.

Mu Chang seemed to be in a good mood, grinning as he rode his horse in, waving to the lords on both sides as he walked.

The horses passed, yellow dust floating.

A bit choking.

Don’t know why they didn’t take a spiritual vehicle?

Maybe riding a horse was more majestic?

Mu Chang and the others didn’t stop, riding directly into the village.

Fog Corridor and the others immediately followed.

“You guys, you can disperse!”

Fog Corridor waved his hand and also entered the village.

The lords on both sides looked at each other, not knowing what would happen next.

But it was nothing more than three things: war, taxes, suppression.

It could be one of them, or all three.

The villagers dispersed.

Zhao Chi saw Fourth Uncle Zhao Zhao Qiye go directly to the Xiao family, and several other families also went to the Xiao family’s side.

Maybe they went to discuss the situation of the caravan.

Although there had been many conflicts between the four families before, fortunately, several families maintained decency in the general direction and didn’t completely tear their faces and go to war.

Now that a greater conflict was invading, everyone could sit down and cooperate for common interests.

The lords all dispersed.

Su Qin followed Zhao Chi.

She didn’t speak, just followed.

Zhao Chi smiled: “You go back first, open the permissions for me, I’ll go to your territory to find you in a while.”

Su Qin said happily: “Mm, it’s already past 5 o’clock, then you can eat at my place before going back?”

“Mm, alright.”

“What do you mean ‘alright’? Why is your tone so reluctant?”

“No… I’m worried about Mu Chang and those people, I guess our burden will increase again.”

Su Qin nodded: “Yeah, nothing good happens when you see them, but it’s a good thing you can come to my place for dinner today. Then I’ll go back first, you hurry over too.”

“Good, I’ll be there right away.”

Su Qin immediately opened the permissions for him, and only then did she leave.

Zhao Chi also returned to the territory quickly.

Gu Qing and the others were also preparing dinner.

A few days ago, Fang Li and the others had finished building the kitchen.

The kitchen was spacious, and although it had ordinary stoves, the design and layout were very reasonable.

There were ten independent stoves, each with two auxiliary stoves.

It was more than enough to cook for hundreds of people.

But there were no female chefs specifically promoted yet; the female villagers these past few days had all been converted into female militia.

Temporarily, Yang Lu’s hunting group was cooking.

Gu Qing also often went in to help.

Although she wasn’t a chef, she had been cooking for Zhao Chi every day for a month, and her culinary skills had accumulated to 4 points.

Today, Zhuang Ya actually entered the kitchen too.

It seemed she was actually quite professional, and Gu Qing was helping her.

Zhuang Ya had been practicing Fireball and Sea of Fire arts continuously these past few days, very diligently.

Women who are sensitive inside generally have very strong self-esteem.

And she also had the personality trait of being proud.

This made her self-esteem even stronger, and she was even more unwilling to admit defeat.

Originally, he thought the personality of being proud and sensitive together was very average.

But now it seemed that these two personalities could also be paired.

Because she was sensitive, her self-esteem was strong.

Because she was proud, her self-esteem was even stronger.

These two personalities added together strengthened Zhuang Ya’s self-esteem to a very high position.

This was both a good thing and a bad thing.

The good thing was that it could keep her motivated, spurring herself to constantly improve.

But the bad thing was that it was easy to collapse.

It was very possible to collapse completely and give up on herself.

However, with Zhao Chi here, Zhuang Ya wouldn’t collapse.

With the Carefree Spring +125% mood, it was impossible for her to feel low.

Plus, Zhao Chi had now learned the Encouragement Art, which could directly increase Zhuang Ya’s morale by 60%, keeping her morale from flagging.

In this way, Zhuang Ya would only be affected by positive effects.

After a few days of training, Zhuang Ya could already control flames quite skillfully.

Not only could she spray fire with her palms, she could also spray fire with her fingers.

She was extending her index finger, a beam of flame spraying from her fingertip, roasting the meat in front of her until it sizzled with oil.