Chapter 84 - I Kept My Promise

Anghus and Chamis heard Xinyi and wondered why a pretty lady sounded funny. Her voice was the complete opposite of her angelic face. But kept the thought by themselves.

"Sir! We need to go now if you want to save the army," shouted Anghus.

"What's wrong with me?" Xinyi said again and cupped her mouth again. She hated the way she spoke but could not control the speed of her mouth.

"Xinyi, let's go."

Xinyi only nodded and ran but… Zoooomed!!! In a blink of an eye, she bolted out from their sight .

"Whoa! How can you run so fast? Are you Chiangdas with super speed?"

Ming didn't answer because her speed was sickening, faster than him. Is this another side effect that the panda said?

At this moment, Xinyi ended reaching the cave where the giant centipede lived. The huge insect jumped in shock to see Xinyi standing in front of him out of nowhere while the Hutyuns were right behind her.

"Queen... slow... down." Wheezing sounds resounded in the cave as rainbow-colored speck of dust floated up and down beside her. Half of them lost their l.u.s.ter and slowly fell on the ground.

"Why are you here, my lady?" asked the puzzled centipede.

Xinyi was about to reply but was afraid to hear her speedy talk and only spoke in her mind. But she was in for another shock. She spoke the same way through telepathy. The centipede ended having multiple question marks in his face, trying to figure out what she said. 

Out of embarrassment, Xinyi didn't explain or tarry anymore and thought of walking slow but after making a step, she felt her feet weighed nothing and zoomed without breaks. 

The great thing was, her eyesight was very sharp and saw herself running around trees but could still swerved around with ease. Then dashed on rivers without getting wet and passed by a n.a.k.e.d couple doing what they should do in the privacy of their rooms on a grassy mound. 

Good thing her sudden passing caused her to miss most of their acts. However, she had difficulty forgetting the two bodies entwined together… and she rapidly shook her head to erase such an intimate scene from her mind. 

Then she saw herself going up a mountain. She tried putting on breaks and ended standing on a snowy peak and had no inkling where she was. Frustration clawed on her.

"What's wrong with me? Why is this happening?" Xinyi shouted at the top of her lungs  out of desperation. Then a rumbling roar sounded high up the mountain. She turned her head and saw a snow avalanche coming.

"Oh, oh," the Hutyuns cried. "Run, my queen."

"Oh, no." Xinyi regretted forgetting to control her emotions again while the avalanche was fast approaching.

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Back at Ming, he wanted to run after Xinyi but couldn't leave Anghus behind. Not now when General Lofey's life was in danger but prayed that Xinyi will be fine. So he decided delivering this guy to Nianshi first. He turned to Chamis, saying, "You stay here and don't follow us if you want nothing will happen to this man." 

After speaking, he carried Anghus like a sack on his shoulders and ran off without waiting for Chamis to reply.

"O-kay. Just bring Anghus back alive." Chamis's voice trailed. He meant to say it to Ming, but they had left in a blink of an eye, leaving him speaking to himself. Then he heard his helpless comrades m.o.a.ned in pain.

"Wait for a while, my brothers. Our leader Anghus will be back with the doctor."

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In Anjing Pavilion.

Lei Lifen and Lei An heard the blast and alarm bells rang in their minds. Both of them ran out from the pavilion and saw the flying birds above somewhere far away.

"Ma, I thought the war is over?" 

"It is..." She walked in rapid steps and shouted on her shoulders. "An, get all the maids to my pavilion. Don't come out unless you think everything is safe."

Lei An wanted to know what caused the explosion but knew she couldn't help even if she was there and faced Gu Dai, who was with them the whole time. "Gather the maids to Ma's place. I'll wait for you there." The maid half-bowed and ran off. Lei An followed behind.

Lifen met Zhai along the way and both of them ate the fruits and darted out. 

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Ming found Xionmao feeding a weak Nianshi with water from a bamboo tube. Nianshi was leaning against a tree with a paled face. His chest heaved up and down accompanied by wheezing sounds. Then they heard a humming vibration. In that very moment, Ming and Nianshi cupped their ears and fell on the ground unconscious. 

"The governor and this man are Chiangdas," said Anghus aloud. And gasped in horror after noticing the panda staring at him. 

Xionmao sensed a trace of the Wag stone's power clinging on Anghus body and understood why Ming brought him. He abruptly wrote on the ground. "Stop the illusion trap now or I will kill you." And growled, displaying his sharp teeth in purpose and let his sharp claws rung a *Ting* as he let it stand out directly at Anghus. 

The latter's knees immediately lost its strength and fell on the ground bottom first. Fear sn.a.k.e.d him when he saw the panda became hostile and might pounce him to death with those sharp nails.

Anghus shuddered. "Please, don't kill me. Let me bury the stones again and unbury them in the proper sequence."  

Xionmao threw the stone to him and growled again to warn the man. Anghus buried the right pair of stones on the ground at once and the humming sound calmed.  Ming and Nianshi's faces relaxed. 

Again, the panda wrote on the ground. "Tell me where to go and I'll bring you there." 

Anghus nodded, picking the last pair of stones thrown at him. "Bring me where you took these stones." Without saying a word, Xionmao hauled Anghus and in an instant, the human sack saw a hole in front of him. A minute after, the stones were back under the dirt. 

"Bring me behind the kitchen."

Xionmao carried him from one place to another until they unburied the last pair and went back to Nianshi and Ming's side. 

At the exact moment, Lifen and Zhai arrived and saw Ming lying, feeling nauseous. But Nianshi was already back in his senses but remained seated. 

"What happened here?" asked Lifen to Xionmao. The latter didn't reply but moved his snout toward Zhai. 

"Oh!" Lifen forgot Zhai didn't know Xionmao and Nianshi. She looked back at the two and both nodded in affirmation. At first, she thought of telling Zhai the whole truth but a bit hesitant. She ended by saying that the panda was the being who gave her the herbs while Nianshi was with Xinyi. 

Zhai suspected she lied or hid more information for a reason and the mother knew her son well. Hence, Lifen added, "I will explain everything after we're done here."

Zhai, as a man of few words simply grinned .

Anghus wondered who were the two new persons but he couldn't help from staring at Lifen's beautiful face while Zhai helped Ming to stand up. This scene reminded him of Chamis and his sicked men and nstantly fell prostrate. 

"I kept my promise. Please... help my men now, governor."