Chapter 1158

Thinking it over, it wasn't really that much of a loss.

"That's great, Master." Little Red quickly climbed onto Lin Cheng's shoulder and affectionately nuzzled his face, then hopped back to the ground and used a special call to gather the Green Foxes, immediately leading them toward their new home.

The number of Green Foxes was around three hundred; compared to the once ten-thousand-strong Green Fox clan, this number was pitifully small.

However, Little Red believed that in the future, within the canyon space, the Green Fox population would only multiply.

For now, all she had to do was follow her master with peace of mind.

Returning to Beast Pen City, Lin Cheng bought large quantities of fruits and vegetables at the market to feed the Green Fox clan in the canyon space. Just as Little Red had said, compared to magical beast meat, the Green Foxes still preferred eating vegetables and fruits.

At the same time, General Ji Xia also reported to Lord Xuan Wuji the matter of Master Jianong poisoning himself to death, lamenting his decisiveness.

Perhaps he knew he couldn't escape, or perhaps he knew too much — misfortune should not extend to his family.

He could only choose to poison himself to death.

Lord Xuan Wuji sighed, looked at the letter he was halfway through writing, and said nothing.

After a long while, he reorganized his words and said, "You must be setting off again."

"Lin Cheng still plans to head to Boulder Bastion City; there's a high chance he'll settle down there," General Ji Xia answered truthfully. After these days of being together, she was still clear about Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui's plans for the future.

"Is that so? I thought you'd go to the Imperial Capital. When do you leave?" Lord Xuan Wuji chuckled softly — it really did fit Lin Cheng's style of doing things.

Boulder Bastion was the most prosperous economic city center of the Empire, with a majority of the population being foreigners from other kingdoms; developing there was indeed very good.

On one hand, it was the gateway to the Empire, convenient for him to run off at any time; if nothing happened, he would naturally stay there all along.

But if something were to happen, leaving Boulder Bastion City, within less than a day's journey, he would already be out of the country.

"We'll set off tomorrow."

"I understand. You may go."

This time, Lord Xuan Wuji did not go to see Lin Cheng off.

On one hand, he was busy with affairs; on the other hand, the main force behind this incident was still the Eternal Night Legion — Lin Cheng had merely discovered the matter — and he didn't want Lin Cheng exposed too early in certain people's eyes.

As always, it was treated as the Eternal Night Legion having discovered and handled the matter.

Lin Cheng did have merit, but no matter how great the merit, compared to General Ji Xia, it still fell short.

Early the next morning.

Lin Cheng and his party set off once again. From Beast Pen City to the Empire's gateway, Boulder Bastion City, there were two routes they could take.

One route was to take the Imperial official road directly, advancing all the way — even riding mechanical wolves, it would take at least five days to reach Boulder Bastion City. They would pass through villages along the way, but would not encounter any cities, making supplies limited.

The other route was by water.

About half a day's carriage journey from here, they could reach Lucina Dock. Taking a ship, it would only take three days to reach Mo Li Dock beside the Empire's Boulder Bastion City, and from there, disembarking and traveling just another half a day would get them to Boulder Bastion City — very convenient.

Hearing that they could depart by ship, Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui, having grown up this much, had never actually ridden on a boat before.

The two excitedly discussed it and directly decided to take the water route, just to experience what sailing felt like.

General Ji Xia, on the other hand, didn't feel much about it. Although she herself had never gone out to sea either, she had heard soldiers in the legion say that sailing was a very boring affair — fishing was probably the only way to pass the time.