Chapter 418: Fulfilling Grandmother's Last Wish

"Useful, it's useful." Xiao Dabao was energized now, pointing at the gun and saying smugly, "My marksmanship, if I dare call it second, no one dares call it first! I even taught a batch of disciples!"

Han Guiying was speechless.

She had to admit, Xiao Dabao's marksmanship was truly formidable.

Moreover, Xiao Dabao had dismantled all the sniper rifles and fire muskets in the camp to study them, then reassembled them, becoming intimately familiar with every single part.

She shoved the tablet into Xiao Dabao's hands, "The guns are handed over to you."

"No problem." Xiao Dabao was so happy his mouth crooked; he loved guns most of all and immediately began studying them, unable to put them down.

The group of Beijiang Army soldiers who came with him were all his disciples, and they hurried over to follow suit.

Xiao Dabao brought reinforcements from the Beijiang Camp, and Zhang Yu also brought the Peasant Army to assist.

Zhou Yanli also took the Tiger Tally and mobilized over a hundred thousand of the Yuan Family Army.

With the forces of several sides combined, plus the large batch of munitions Bai Wei sent, it was enough to fight the Imperial Army.

Li Zongguang also arrived, but he did not see Bai Wei in the camp.

"Prince of Northern Suppression, has Xiao Wei written to you?"

Xiao Moting knew he missed his granddaughter and quickly said, "I will write a note to Bai Wei right now."

He wrote a brief summary of the situation here on a note and passed it to Bai Wei.

Qingshan Village.

Bai Wei had not rested all night, having only dozed for a short while in the morning, and was now waiting anxiously.

She received Xiao Moting's note and was startled.

"Grandpa and Zhou Yanli have come too?"

Bai Wei thought for a moment and sent a note to Xiao Moting.

"Didn't Grandpa and the others go to settle the score with the traitors? Is the matter finished now? Is everything going smoothly on your end? Did you encounter any danger?"

Xiao Moting received the note and handed it directly to Li Zongguang.

"Old Master Li, write what you want to say to Bai Wei on the note, and I will help you pass it."

"Then many thanks to you." Li Zongguang let out a breath and began to write on the note.

The situation had been urgent earlier, and he hadn't had time to chat with Bai Wei in detail.

Now that there was a moment of respite, he finally had the time to talk with Bai Wei.

"Xiao Wei, we have already found Shi Yao and settled the score with the traitors. We encountered quite a few strong enemies, but they were all dealt with by Yanli."

Bai Wei replied on the note, "That's good. You two went over alone; I was really afraid you would get hurt. Shi Yao has quite a lot of weapons there."

Li Zongguang received the note but did not reply immediately; his brow furrowed imperceptibly.

He turned his head and glanced at Zhou Yanli, who was sitting in a chair, his eyes filled with worry.

"How... how is your condition?"

Sunlight bathed Zhou Yanli, but his handsome, peerless face had almost no color, white as if transparent, and even his lips had lost their color.

He was usually accustomed to standing, but he had been sitting for a long time now.

Zhou Yanli raised his eyes and said faintly, "I am fine. Tell the Goddess that everything is going smoothly."

Xiao Moting stood beside him and keenly caught a whiff of blood; the scent was faint, but he smelled it.

His eyes narrowed as he stared at Zhou Yanli.

"You are injured?"

Zhou Yanli said coldly, "A minor injury, it is of no consequence."

"There is a Military Doctor in the army; I will call the Military Doctor to treat your wound."

"No need." Zhou Yanli stood up and turned to walk out the door, "The great battle is imminent; the Prince of Northern Suppression should focus more on the war. Once the Imperial Army finishes resting, the battle will begin, at the latest by tomorrow. When the time comes, I will naturally have the Yuan Clan troops assist you; you had best not disappoint me."

A flash of white sleeves, and the figure was already far away.

Xiao Moting's brow, however, furrowed even tighter.

He had campaigned on the battlefield for many years and was very familiar with this kind of bloody scent.

I fear Zhou Yanli's injury is not the "minor injury" he claims.

Xiao Moting pondered for a moment, then looked up and shouted in a deep voice.

"Military Doctor, go treat Zhou Yanli's wounds and see where he is injured."

In Qingshan Village.

Bai Wei sat cross-legged on the bed, and upon learning that Grandpa and Zhou Yanli were doing well and were not injured, she finally let out a breath.

She had been worried the whole time, fearing that if the two of them went to settle the score alone, they would encounter danger.

Now it seemed she had worried in vain.

Zhou Yanli was the War God of the Divine Witch Tribe, and his skills were outrageously strong; he wouldn't be hurt by that bunch of Fusang People.

Bai Wei drank some coffee to refresh herself and sent another note to Grandpa.

The two chatted for over an hour.

Grandpa asked about her mother, Li Hong, and Bai Wei told Grandpa everything about the situation at home.

"Your mother did not inherit your grandmother's abilities; she is just an ordinary person. Even if your grandmother was a Goddess, not all descendants can inherit this ability. It is a treasure bestowed upon you by the heavens; you must cherish it well."

Bai Wei received the note and was shocked.

So, only Grandmother and she possessed the ability to travel through time.

Immediately after, she received another note from Grandpa.

"Your mother becoming like this is also because I was unable to be by her side to teach her; I feel ashamed toward her for this. Additionally, your uncle was adopted. Now that your mother has gone to find your uncle and chosen to live with them, she will have someone to look after her in the future. Even if I cannot return, I can rest easy."

Bai Wei was startled, "Grandpa, are you not coming back?"

"Ordinary people traveling through time and space encounter many dangers; if they hit a space-time turbulence, they will be teleported to other space-times, and they cannot control the teleportation destination. Your grandmother also observed the stars at night and studied for over half a year before finally choosing a suitable time, which allowed me to return to Daliang smoothly. Moreover, even when I traveled to Daliang, I couldn't control where I landed; I fell onto a cliff, hit my head, and that is how I lost my memory."

Bai Wei held the note her grandfather had sent back, her emotions complex.

So, her grandfather had lost his memory because he couldn't control the teleportation destination, teleporting onto a cliff and falling.

Only she could come and go freely and safely through time and space.

Furthermore, her grandmother had observed the stars at night and calculated the time, allowing her grandfather to travel back to Daliang only when the timing, location, and circumstances were all right; she herself did not know how to observe the stars, and if she were to rashly teleport a living person, she might very well kill them.

"Grandpa, then what about your family left behind in the modern era?"

"Decades have passed; my family in the modern era likely no longer remembers me. Besides, when I was with your grandmother, I had already severed ties with my family. Now that I have lived in Daliang for decades, I have my own friends and family here; staying in ancient times allows me to teach knowledge to the ancients and help them live better lives."

Bai Wei clutched the note, her mood complex.

Her grandmother had never told her about these past events; it turned out that her grandfather and grandmother had also faced opposition from their families when they were together.

Her grandfather had severed ties with his family before following her grandmother to the village.

She took the note and wrote, stroke by stroke.

"Grandpa, I admire you for being willing to stay in ancient times to teach the ancients culture and knowledge."

Her grandfather was a modern person, yet he was willing to stay in the resource-poor ancient times to teach the ancients; she could not achieve such a spirit of great love.

Bai Wei chatted with her grandfather for a while longer.

Her grandfather had now recovered his memory and was sending people to the seaside to search for the Divine Witch Tribe's Treasure Vault.

The people of the Divine Witch Tribe had always lived in Wushan, where the land and resources were barren, and they also faced natural disasters like flash floods and mudslides; the old Clan Leader intended to lead the tribespeople to migrate to the fertile seaside.

Therefore, the Treasure Vault where her grandmother teleported supplies was also chosen at the migration site.

It was a pity that before the Clan Leader could lead the tribespeople to migrate, they were wiped out by troops sent by the Emperor.

Her grandmother had sent her grandfather to ancient times also wanting him to help the Divine Witch Tribe.

Now her grandfather chose to stay in ancient times, firstly to help the ancient people, and secondly to fulfill her grandmother's dying wish: to find the Divine Witch Tribe members scattered among the common people and lead them to the fertile seaside to start a new life.