Chapter 44 The Trail 6

Group 4

"Gu Xiang, you better not die on me!!!" Chu Yang is carrying Gu Xiang on his back and ran quickly to the sound of water. She was able to make it to the river and squeeze some of the bee's poison out of him but the poison has spread through his body already.

"There has to be something about this in the paper!" Chu Yang was reading so fast trying to find the cure of this poison but there was nothing that said anything.

"I'm guessing the poison will get to him in a less than a day. It's getting dark. I'll get camp ready and hopefully find something on the way." Chu Yang grabbed Gu Xiang and climbed a tree where there was thick vine to hide their body.

"I'll go hunting, He needs all the help he can get." And left to go find food.

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Group 3

It was dark and Zhang Haocun has started the campfire. Xie Rong was cleaning up the birds and fish they also caught along the way to grill. He then pierces sticks to the fish and gave it to Zhang Haocun to grill.

"How are we going to preserve the hearts? I forgot to ask Master how to preserve the hearts." Xie Rong was finishing up and Zhang Haocun was confused at what he means.

"Preserve? Why?" Zhang Haocun was the one holding the paper and took it out of his pocket.

"I mean, we still have maybe about 2 days before we will reach home. By then, it probably mold up and rot away."

"Gosh, I didn't think of that. How is meat stored for the winter?"

"It's not. The animal is alive until we kill to eat it."

"How are we going to do it…" They couldn't think of any other way.

Zhang Haocun couldn't think of another way. "We might have to kill keep them alive until we reach home to have them fresh."

"We really have to go back to the sleeping side of the forest? Wouldn't we be to far away then?"

"Good point…"

"Let's think of that tomorrow. We need our sleep. We might have to get the other animals near the house then."

"Right. Good night."

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Group 1

"It's good, we have 3 of the 8 herbs already." Wu Lang said as they set up their camp. Wei Ru was starting the fire while Wu Lang was looking at the paper to plan for tomorrow's schedule.

"Hey… are you really trusting her?" Wei Ru looked at Wu Lang. "It's too suspicious. Why would she do that for us? Give us food, clothes and even a place to live. Do you understand?"

"It's true. When I first met her, I also thought the same. She was the one in charge of my safety when we first set out to our new home. I was afraid she might hurt me like how my previous master did to me but strangely enough, she assured that I will be okay the whole time I was with her."

"She could be lying to us and leading us to death." Wei Ru wasn't convinced with the answer Wu Lang gave.

"Then the look she gave us would have a hint of coldness. I seen people who would gave the same expression but you can still feel the chill in the air. She didn't feel that way at all." Wu Lang looked at Wei Ru this time and looked straight in his eyes saying, "Every time I'm around her, she gives me a sense of safety like how my older sister used to give me." Wu Lang looked down on the ground.

Wei Ru's heart and mind swirls in emotions. He can tell that Lin Yu Yan wasn't going to hurt them but his mind is still cautious after what has happened in his past.

"You haven't been around her as much as I have so maybe you don't know. But I'm sure she will be okay with your mind set as well." Wu Lang wanted Wei Ru to not worry.

Wei Ru still doesn't know what to think of Lin Yu Yan, if he should trust her or not. But before he can think anymore about Lin Yu Yan, they heard a loud noise and a Giant Green Snake with diamond-pattern back slithered out of the bush and approached them and bit Wei Ru.