Chapter 118: Forest Person

"Then do you want to inject more blood to try?"

"Wait until we rest in a while."

"Okay."

"By the way," after being quiet for a while, Pei Ye suddenly said, "You just asked if it was Scarlet Shadow or Ice Dew, but actually in the energy center, they aren't separated very much."

"What do you mean?"

"It's just that originally Scarlet Shadow was at the bottom of the energy center, but after Ice Dew broke the seed, that Scarlet Shadow swam up, and now it's very close to Ice Dew. I wonder if they have any connection."

"... I don't know."

"Alright, anyway, there's nothing unusual," Seeing Pei Ye said indifferently, suddenly frowning, "Is our horse getting slower?"

He lowered his head.

"Hoo! ——"

"Hoo! ——"

"Hoo! ——"

The huge panting sound like a bellows sounded from under his crotch; the horse he was riding was still jolting violently, but at some point, the frequency was no longer a leopard, but a small boat in the waves.

Undulating slowly.

Seeing Pei Ye then realized that this horse body was already drenched in sweat; reaching out to wipe it, the skin was hot to the touch, and his palm was slippery.

Leaning forward to look at the horse's head, the horse's face looked like it was dying, with no majesty left at all.

"..." Seeing Pei Ye inexplicably thought of the four words "easy to exhaust when showing off" from *Xia Gu Can*.

It had only been two or three quarter-hours!

No wonder the groom returned two taels to Lord Chang; returning five taels would have been too little.

It was a silver-plated pewter spearhead.

Seeing Pei Ye was speechless, pulled the reins, let it stop running, and started walking slowly.

After walking for more than half an hour like this, the horse finally recovered, and Seeing Pei Ye clamped his legs on the horse's belly, finally able to gallop for a while.

From Fenghuai to Bowang Prefecture City, one must first cross over a hundred miles of uninhabited mountain roads before it can be considered out of the "Peach Blossom Spring" and into the true human realm.

And then one can pass through a small village; this is already the boundary of Can County. Seven or eight miles ahead of the small village is Anxin Town. Besides people entering and leaving Fenghuai often settling here halfway, people from Xu Gu and Shao County also occasionally pass through here, which can be considered a small traffic intersection.

But at this time, it is still not considered out of the mountains; one must walk another half day of mountain roads until reaching the plains just before leaving Can County, and once out of Can County, it is the boundary of the prefecture city.

Seeing Pei Ye's original intention was to reach Anxin Town in one day, but at this time, more than half the day had passed and he had only walked fifty miles, and the further he went, the less the horse's strength became; he would definitely have to stay up until dark.

The good news is that the sky gets dark later this season.

Resting his feet under a tree at noon and eating some dry food, he got on the horse again to hurry on his way.

Running, walking, and stopping along the way, perhaps the "running" stage was indeed fast enough; by the time the sun was dim, he had actually walked over a hundred miles.

But at this time, even the speed during "running" was less than half of what it was at the beginning.

By the time the sun fell behind the western mountains and the bright moon rose, with the light changing from orange to cold white, there was still a mountain to cross before reaching Anxin Town.

And the horse could no longer walk no matter what.

Seeing Pei Ye sighed, simply flipped off the horse, led it, and found an open space by the side of the road.

As soon as the luggage was unloaded, the majestic jujube-red horse lay down on the ground.

Looking at this horse drenched in sweat and panting, Seeing Pei Ye pulled it hard and said helplessly: "Wait a bit before lying down, I'll lead you below, there's water and grass."

The horse looked at him weakly, hung its head, and was unwilling to move even if it died.

Seeing Pei Ye had to give up, letting it lie on the side, while he kicked his legs and twisted his body, exercising his waist and thighs that were stiff from long riding.

Then he sat on a stone, poked the black cat beside him, and turned his head to expose his neck.

The black cat leaped onto his shoulder and bit down decisively.

"Hiss—" Seeing Pei Ye grinned. He felt the pain in his neck, but suddenly frowned and said, "That's not right, you inject blood into me, shouldn't you cut a wound on yourself? I just need to hold you and suck with my mouth."

The black cat biting his neck raised a green eye to think about that scene and said: "In the end, you still want to eat me."

"..." Seeing Pei Ye was about to speak, but suddenly pressed his Dantian and said in surprise, "I feel it!"

"Hm?"

"I feel something extra in my Dantian," Seeing Pei Ye focused his attention to feel it, "I can also feel the blood you injected, they are gathering toward the Dantian..."

The blood in the Dantian seemed to congeal under the gathering of Chiying, and even grow. Seeing Pei Ye could feel it accumulating and solidifying bit by bit, like molten iron injected into an invisible mold; slowly the shape at the bottom came out, seeming to indicate a somewhat irregular spherical shape.

A steady stream of heat flowed in from his neck, merging into the Dantian; Seeing Pei Ye's feeling of it became more and more obvious and clear, and he watched with fascination as the shape of this thing was cast bit by bit.

This "ball" was very small, about the same as a small branch of the meridian tree.

Seeing Pei Ye was watching intently when suddenly he was stunned; the heat flow stopped.

He turned his head blankly: "Continue, why is it gone?"

The black dragon was silent for a while: "My blood is limited, Seeing Pei Ye."

"Oh."

Seeing Pei Ye touched his lower abdomen with some lingering desire, feeling that at this speed, it would take at least four or five more times: "Then when is the next time? How long do you need to rest?"

The black cat looked at him listlessly: "A long time."

"Alright." Seeing Pei Ye flicked his fingers empty twice again, imagining the gorgeous ghostly fire flying out from his fingertips.

Afterward, he untied the bundle, took out dry food and dried meat, and started swallowing it with water, occasionally tearing a strand to feed the black cat.

Halfway through eating, the black cat suddenly raised its head alertly and looked at the forest behind it.

The next moment, Seeing Pei Ye also heard the rustling sound of the bushes being disturbed.

He immediately gripped the sword hilt and turned his head, frowning.

Five or six zhang away, bushes and branches were being squeezed by something.

Seeing Pei Ye stood up and looked intently. If it were a tiger or leopard, it should have discovered him from further away and then hidden its tracks to sneak over to prey. Such unmasked movement suggested it didn't know there was anyone here at all.

Getting closer and closer, when it was three or four zhang away, the bushes suddenly stopped disturbing, as if it had discovered this person and cat.

But it didn't run away in fright like a deer or musk deer, nor did it stand and observe like a tiger or leopard; instead, after pausing for a few breaths, it continued to come toward this side.

Soon "it" revealed its true appearance—first a leg with tattered cloth strips poked out from the bushes, then a hand reached out to grab a tree trunk, and finally, with a push of one hand and one leg, the whole body was brought out.

Thus, a disheveled young man stood in front of the person and cat.

His hair was messy, with sticky broken leaves and withered branches, as well as clumping yellow mud. His clothes should have been blue, but at this time they looked black and yellow, and the sword on his back was already crooked and about to fall.

Further down, half a bare leg was exposed under the pants with several holes, on which there were several scratches of different lengths, some already scabbed, and some still showing blood color.

The young man had a face that looked quite good, but at this time it was all dust, mud, and sweat, especially the two blackened eye sockets that were deeply sunken, his eyes dull and listless.

Seeing Pei Ye recognized this dullness; it had nothing to do with his brain or personality, it was purely because he hadn't slept for a long time.

Seeing Pei Ye looked at the person who came and slowly loosened his grip on the sword hilt.

The two looked at each other silently for a while until Seeing Pei Ye finished chewing the food in his mouth. He swallowed, raised his hand, and took another bite of dried meat.

Then he saw the young man staring straight at his mouth.

Seeing Pei Ye looked at the food in his hand, tried to pass it forward: "Do you want—"

"Robbery," the young man said.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 119 =====