302 WHERE AM I?
Where am I?
That was perhaps the question that had arisen in Bai Chen’s mind after he had walked for hours since he left the Xinyang Imperial Palace.
He did leave the palace, but he actually had no destination. Now, he remembered everything that happened before he died in the ancient world and reincarnated into the modern world. He also knew that he wasn’t sent to an unknown world after he died in the modern world but was only sent back to his original world. However, he still didn’t know what he should do after leaving Wu Jinhai.
Yes, he was only thinking about how he could get away from Wu Jinhai without thinking deeply about what he should do after leaving that man’s side.
He left with nothing and walked from the palace into this unknown forest. At first, he walked through the residential area of Wu Li, but then the number of residential areas decreased, and now he was in an unfamiliar forest when it was already night.
Of course, the darkness wasn’t his enemy as he could still see his surroundings with the help of his blue eyes, but he knew there might be an enemy out there after him.
“I also cannot return to Dong Lang. Emperor Wu Shun said that there is a barrier around Dong Lang, and not even his men can break through that barrier. I believe a weak werewolf like me won’t be able to break the barrier either.”
Bai Chen actually wanted to return to Dong Lang, thinking that he might be able to gather more information about the Black Werewolf Clan if he could return to the empire. After all, the one causing trouble all along was the head of the Black Werewolf Clan, and that was why Bai Chen knew that returning to Dong Lang would be able to answer his questions.
However, how could he return to Dong Lang when he didn’t even know the way to return? True, he had regained his memory, but before he finally killed himself in the Forbidden Forest, he had never visited the Wu Li palace, and that was why he had no idea where to go after he left the palace.
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“I don’t see anyone here, and I believe I’m very far from the Imperial Palace of Xinyang now. If someone with bad intentions were to try to attack me, surely no one would help me,” Bai Chen suddenly looked frightened as he quickened his pace as if speeding up his steps would be able to take him out of the forest.
He was indeed in the forest now, but somehow he was certain that it was not the one near Mount Heping. He didn’t feel the cold air in this forest, and that was why it was very different from the air he had felt yesterday in the forest near the snow mountain.
In this forest, he somehow felt the air was warm, so he was certain that he had made the wrong decision just now. Because of that, he finally stopped walking while panting heavily either because he was scared or maybe he was just too tired, and then he decided to turn around and try to return to where he entered the forest earlier.
If he managed to find the place where he entered the forest earlier, then he would be able to get out of the woods, and he would try to find the right way to go to Dong Lang afterward.
Bai Chen then continued walking in a different direction this time, and he suddenly realized that he wasn’t even carrying any weapons now. He was enraged by everything after regaining his memory, and that was why he even forgot to bring Wu Jiang.
Sure enough, he received the sword named Wu Jiang from Wu Jinhai, but the white crystal on the hilt originally belonged to him, and he didn’t think he needed to return the sword to its owner because of that.
Unfortunately, he forgot to bring his sword with him, and that was why he would have to find another way to fight if bad people suddenly appear before him.
“Perhaps I shouldn’t rush to leave Xinyang Imperial Palace. The situation in Dong Lang is quite dangerous now, and if I’m alone outside Xinyang Imperial Palace, no one can guarantee my safety. Even Wu Jinhai hurriedly brought me back to his palace last night, and it must be because of danger lurking out there, right?”
When Bai Chen had a fright in his heart, he suddenly thought of the masked man again, and his steps stopped. Even after remembering what happened to him in his previous life where he killed himself because Wu Jinhai betrayed him, he still thought of that man, and the Werewolf Prince silently cursed himself as he looked ahead blankly.
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He was no longer running hurriedly to find a way out of the forest, and his heart was torn between the old memories and the new memories he had of Wu Jinhai. After he returned to this ancient world and repeated his previous life in this world, Wu Jinhai treated him even better than how that man had treated him in his previous life, and that was why Bai Chen was torn between the two kinds of memories.
Wu Jinhai had indeed betrayed him in his previous life to the point where he decided to commit suicide, but the Wu Jinhai in his current life seemed to value him the most. Had that man only acted toward him before he would betray him once again?
Bai Chen didn’t know the answer to his question, and that was why he looked like he was at a crossroads where he didn’t know whether he should go right or left. Or maybe he just needed to turn around instead of choosing one road?
A heavy sigh escaped his lips as he still couldn’t make up his mind, but one thing he could decide right now was how he should get out of this forest as quickly as possible. Thus, he was about to bring his feet to continue walking, but then someone suddenly appeared in front of him, causing him to freeze in place.
His pair of blue eyes were fixated on the figure’s eyes, and his lips muttered, “Wu Jinhai?”