CH 132

Trembling, Lv Xiucai was awakened by the cold. He looked drowsily at the campfire and saw that the fire was almost extinguished. He looked dissatisfied at the boy responsible for the night watch, who was nodding off.

But Lv Xiucai didn't dare to go over and scold him. His father had already warned him that these people were their future escorts, and he had to be careful not to have any conflicts with them if he wanted to continue following them.

Lv Xiucai got up with a dissatisfied expression, put enough firewood into the fire, and crawled back into his bed. But as soon as he closed his eyes and rested for a few seconds, he felt his father poking him with a cigarette.

"Wake up, go to the river and fetch water, it's getting bright."

Lv Xiucai howled, grabbing the blanket covering his head with both hands.

But the next second, the cigarette was no longer poking him, but knocking him.

"Hurry up! All you know is to be lazy! Do you want to be a useless man? You can't even afford to marry a wife!"

As the sun gradually rose, everyone around him woke up.

Bai Lingmiao rubbed her eyes and sat up from Chun Xiaoman's warm embrace, looking around for the familiar face. When she didn't see it, a hint of disappointment appeared on her face. She looked up to the distant mountain peak, where Li Huowang's destination was supposed to be according to Master Jingxin. If they couldn't meet him on the way, they would have to go to the mountain to ask.

Bai Lingmiao took her feet out of the blanket and put on her shoes and socks. They had to hurry and couldn't afford to be hungry. They had to be frugal and add more side dishes to eat less grain.

She and Xiaoman, along with Lv Zhuangyuan's daughter-in-law, went into the woods to dig wild vegetables. As spring turned into summer, the wild vegetables in the forest were abundant. In no time, Bai Lingmiao's basket was filled with Solomon's seal, wild onions, and wood ear mushrooms.

When they passed by a mushroom field, they didn't pick any. Bai Lingmiao could distinguish most wild vegetables, but mushrooms could be deadly, so she didn't dare to pick them, even though they looked normal and seemed to be non-toxic.

When she returned to the campfire with the washed vegetables, she saw that Yang Xiaohai had already cooked the noodle fish, which looked like tadpoles rolling in boiling water.

"It's okay, Sister Bai, I like cooking. Hehe." Yang Xiaohai said.

As the vegetables were already cooked, Bai Lingmiao tore them into small pieces and put them into the pot. With the last spoonful of lard melting in the pot, a bowl of vegetable noodle fish was ready.

Everyone ate their bowls of food noisily. At first, they each cooked their own food, but after a few days, they found it too troublesome and time-consuming. Finally, Lv Zhuangyuan suggested that they eat big pot meals together and take turns cooking.With a "swish," Lv Zhuangyuan sucked a fragrant fish noodle into his mouth and asked while chewing, "Miss Bai, did the Taoist priest come this way? Don't take the wrong path."

"No mistake, Master Jingxin said that Senior Li only has this way to go, and there is no other way." Bai Lingmiao answered firmly.

She was the first to notice that Li Huowang's reaction was a bit strange when he left.

When Senior Li talked to her, his face was no longer gloomy, but rather had a feeling of suddenly understanding. Every time she thought back to that feeling, she felt inexplicably scared.

That's why she brought the Lv family troupe that she met by chance and rushed towards the direction Li Huowang left. "Senior Li, please be safe..."

"As long as there's no problem, it's fine, it's fine. I'm just asking casually." Lv Zhuangyuan smiled.

Although he smiled on his face, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart. His confidence in avoiding the disaster by leaving the city was based on Li Huowang, but he found that everyone else was present except him when they met.

After walking for so long, he still hadn't seen his reliable escort, and he was really worried.

The big pot of wild vegetable fish noodles was quickly eaten up, and there was not even a drop of soup left. It was a waste to pour it away since there was oil in the soup.

After eating and drinking enough, they started to travel again.

The journey was boring, and a day passed like this. Except that the distant mountains became clearer, there was no other change.

The dimming sky made Bai Lingmiao notice that there seemed to be a light on the mountain in the distance.

"Have the people on the mountain seen Senior Li? Master Jingxin said that these people are very dangerous. Will Senior Li be in danger?"

That night, Bai Lingmiao took advantage of the firelight and sewed her shoes with a needle and thread. Traveling every day, it was natural for shoes to wear out.

Except for Zhao Wu, who was on watch, everyone else was asleep. Compared with the hustle and bustle during the day, everything around was quiet.

"Zhijian, your shoes are also worn out. Take them off and let me fix them." Bai Lingmiao said to the big guy holding an iron rod.

"Uh... uh... stinky!" Gao Zhijian shrank his feet back.

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"It's okay, take them off. Look, your toes are exposed. If you don't fix your shoes, they will fall apart." Bai Lingmiao stuttered.

After some reluctance, when he was about to take off his shoes, he suddenly grabbed the iron rod with both hands and shouted loudly towards the right side of the woods.

This shout startled everyone. When they were all awake, they immediately understood why Gao Zhijian did this.

From the dark woods came a certain sound, a sound of gnawing, accompanied by a ghostly wailing.

These two sounds appearing in the middle of the night in the forest made everyone feel creepy.

"Did we run into it again? Why am I so unlucky this year? Is it coming again?" Lv Zhuangyuan complained with a bitter face while wearing his clothes.

Then he turned his head and arched his hands towards Bai Lingmiao and the others, "Everyone, you are also the Taoist priest's junior brothers and sisters. In this situation, you should be able to handle it, right?"

As he finished speaking, the sound was getting closer and closer, as if separated by a thicket.The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and everyone picked up their weapons.

Suddenly, the bushes rustled, and a woman wearing a red hood and colorful clothes walked out from inside.

"Oh my god!! It's a female ghost!!" Lv Xiucai was so scared that he crawled under the carriage.

"What's wrong? What is it?" Bai Lingmiao asked cautiously of Twin Soul.

Twin Soul didn't say anything, just raised her right hand with long black nails and kept waving it, making Bai Lingmiao approach.