Chapter 186: Chapter One Hundred and Eighty-Six

This place is already very close to the Border Camp.

Once night falls, she would take Dahuang and the others and continue on their way.

These past few days, they had traveled at night and found a grove to rest in during the day.

Thinking that she would see Big Brother soon, Cheng Qiuluo, who had traveled the whole night, was so excited that she had not a single thought of resting.

"Roar roar."

"Dahuang?"

A massive tiger head leaned over, a tree branch clamped in its mouth, four or five wild fruits hanging from the branch, the leaves and fruit glistening, droplets still running down them.

Clearly it had been rinsed in a stream..

Cheng Qiuluo took them with a smile, rubbed the tiger head twice, happily wiped the water from the wild fruit, and took a bite.

The sweet juice burst across her tongue, and she narrowed her eyes slightly and let out a comfortable sigh.

Delicious!

"Thank you, Dahuang!"

Dahuang lowered its head and nuzzled her, then circled her twice, finally pointing its head in one direction to signal her to follow.

Seeing this, Cheng Qiuluo's expression grew serious.

"Did you find something?"

She stuffed the half-eaten fruit into her mouth, brushed the grass bits off her clothes, and followed behind Dahuang.

Dahuang led her through several twists and turns, finally arriving beneath a tree, and nudged her with its head.

Seeing the rope hidden beneath the dead leaves and grass roots, Cheng Qiuluo's expression sharpened slightly.

She patted Dahuang's head.

"You all back off a bit."

Then she crouched down, drew her Dagger, and carefully dug downward.

Soon a jar was revealed.

Carefully sniffing the smell inside, Cheng Qiuluo's eyes widened slightly.

Gunpowder?!

She looked around, surveying the surrounding terrain.

This place was different from the little valley they had been in earlier, and was also some distance from the valley's entrance.

Setting up an ambush here was indeed the sort of thing Big Brother would do.

And judging by the traces, it had only just been buried not long ago.

Realizing this, Cheng Qiuluo hammered her own head with a look of frustration.

If only she had been a little faster, wouldn't she have already seen Big Brother by now.

Regret was pointless, so she once again lightly and carefully reburied the jar, cleaned up the traces, and only then cautiously retreated.

Seeming to sense her agitated, unsettled mood, Dahuang lowered its head and nuzzled her hand.

"Roar roar."

She reached out and patted the massive tiger head.

"I'm fine, Dahuang. We're not going to find Big Brother tonight!"

Cheng Qiuluo gazed into the distance with burning eyes.

She was going to give Big Brother a surprise!

……

Western Border.

Zhou Old General led the Cheng Family Army toward Nan Jing.

Midway, the troops split into two groups.

Zhou Old General took the greater part of the Cheng Family Army and continued on toward Nan Jing.

Cheng Chengxuan, meanwhile, led his troops to wait and rendezvous with Cheng Old Madam's party.

"What about those Muyuan Kingdom soldiers? Have they gone back?"

Cheng Chengxuan slowly shook his head.

"Not yet. They need to wait for the National Lord of Muyuan Kingdom's Imperial Decree before they can set out, but…"

As he spoke, an indescribable expression crossed his face.

An Luo was puzzled and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"I keep feeling that the Shunhe Emperor will stir up some new trouble."

Finished speaking, he shook his head; now was not the time to talk about these things.

He decided to set these worries aside for the moment.

"Alright, let's not talk about these things. It's rare that nothing's happening today, and the scenery here isn't bad. Shall we go for a walk?"

An Luo nodded eagerly, her face full of anticipation.

"Mm-mm, yes!"

Cheng Chengxuan rode his Horse slowly toward a small grove in the distance, while An Luo watched the scenery along the way with curious novelty on the screen.

"Look, there's a little deer over there!"

"Careful! Isn't that a snake on that tree?"

"Wow! Was that a little rabbit that just darted past?"

An Luo chattered on without a pause.

And Cheng Chengxuan had a smile on his lips, responding to every single one of her words.

"Yes."

"Alright, I see it. Don't worry, it'll be fine."

"... Do you want one? I'll go catch one for you."

An Luo shook her head.

"No need."

A casual glance, his gaze landing on a certain spot, Cheng Chengxuan tightened the reins and brought the white Horse to a halt.

"Whoa!"

He looked at the graceful figure on the Light Screen.

"Want some fruit?"

"Sure!"

She also wanted to taste what ancient, purely natural, pollution-free fruit was like.

Cheng Chengxuan swung himself off the Horse, tied it to a tree, and walked slowly over to the fruit-bearing tree.

Limited by the screen, An Luo could only take a rough look.

"Most of them are still green. There don't seem to be many ripe ones."

Cheng Chengxuan gave her a slight smile and pointed at a certain branch.

"Found them."

Saying that, he stamped heavily on the ground, channeled his Lightness Skill, his figure nimbly landing among the branches. With a grab, a branch laden with red fruit was torn off.

Then, he leaped down, his body spinning twice in the air, his robes fluttering, and landed lightly on the ground.

This elegant Prince's Son, the white-robed swordsman descending from the heavens—An Luo stared, dumbstruck, for quite a while.

Look at that face, those shoulders, that waist, those long legs...

An Luo's eyes were sparkling, fixed on him without a blink, her hands clapping away.

"Wow! So amazing! So cool!"

A certain customer service rep:...

Can't bear to watch, really can't bear to watch!

Cheng Chengxuan, who had been watching her closely, naturally hadn't missed her stunned expression just now, and the tips of his ears flushed slightly red.

Miss An's expression just now was rather cute.

And a certain customer service rep in the system:...

Heh!

Scheming man!

If I hadn't found the best filming position, could your little show-off scheme have gone so smoothly?

Forget it, help others to the very end.

When the two of them were unaware, the screen quietly shifted a little.

An Luo only felt a few red dots flash past. She scratched back through the screen twice, but saw nothing.

Did her eyes play tricks on her just now?

The customer service rep quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily I'm quick-witted.

Cheng Chengxuan had no idea he had almost been exposed. At this moment, he was squatting by a stream upstream, carefully washing the fruit clean, then thoughtfully wrapping them in a handkerchief, and sending them to An Luo through the gift channel.

"Try them. This kind of fruit tastes pretty good."

An Luo picked one up and put it in her mouth. With a gentle bite of her teeth, the juice burst between her teeth, and she narrowed her eyes slightly, like a satisfied little cat.

Mm! Plenty of juice, with a special clean sweetness.

"Delicious!"

Saying that, she popped another one into her mouth.

Seeing her eat so happily, Cheng Chengxuan tossed one into his own mouth as well.

It was clearly still that same kind of fruit—he had eaten countless ones over the years on campaigns.

But this time, it was very, very sweet, sweet enough to reach the heart...

Nan Jing.

"Retreat, quick!"

Xu Zhongquan, clutching the wound on his chest, rode his Horse leading his men to flee into the valley.

Because of his serious injury, his usually yellowish-brown skin had turned slightly pale. He glanced back at the Nanjiang army pursuing them, nearly grinding his teeth to dust, cursing inwardly.

These bastards, they've sent out more than half the Military Camp, dead set on wiping us all out in this one battle, huh?!

Fine, then let's see if you've got the ability!

He looked at the valley ahead, the killing intent in his eyes almost solidifying into substance.

Almost there!