Bai Ruozhu got up after sleeping for a few hours. She turned on the big screen to check the situation outside, but it was still pitch black, and the visible distance was limited.
She found so Red Fruit to make dicine; both she and Achun needed to replenish their Qi Blood.
As she busied herself, ti flew by, and soon it was daylight. Jiang Yichun and Little Dengdeng also woke up.
Jiang Yichun imdiately took on the role of a good father, washing Little Dengdeng’s face and brushing his teeth, then he started making breakfast.
Bai Ruozhu smiled and continued to prepare the dicine. Just then, a massive explosion sound suddenly ca from the "big screen."
"Ah..." Little Dengdeng covered his ears in fright, "Mom, what happened?"
Bai Ruozhu stared at the "big screen" intently, her hands began to tremble, "Soone from the Jiuli Clan went out and triggered the Fire-Thunder..."
Jiang Yichun dropped the bowl and spoon in his hands and rushed over, staring intensely, "Who is it?"
"I can’t see anymore, but earlier there was blood on the ground, and now it’s all charred over there." As Bai Ruozhu spoke, her eyes turned red.
Her heart ached terribly. No matter who it was, it was a human life just gone like that!
She used to not consider herself a mber of the Jiuli people and didn’t have much affection for the Jiuli Clan, but after going through storms together and facing rebellion and terrifying monsters, she unknowingly developed feelings for the Jiuli.
Jiang Yichun patted her shoulder and said softly, "Don’t think too much about it. At least the Jiuli Clan now knows there’s danger outside."
"Mm." Bai Ruozhu responded sullenly, her eyes fixed on the explosion site in the distance, but it was too far for her to discern anything.
The situation wasn’t good; this incident disproved her previous assumption that triggering one Fire-Thunder wouldn’t cause all of them to explode in succession. It’s unknown how the Quanrong Clan had arranged the Fire-Thunder Array.
"Perhaps the people from Wei Hall can spot a flaw. No array is without flaws," Jiang Yichun suggested.
Bai Ruozhu felt a sense of relief and her mood lifted a little.
Gao Zhou and his group’s hiding place was startled by the explosion, with Gao Zhou even fearing that sothing had happened to Bai Ruozhu again. Fortunately, they cald down once they saw the location of the explosion.
"Could it be that the range of the Fire-Thunders is very wide, which is why our master wouldn’t let us go over?" Yizi speculated.
"There must be sothing we don’t know." Jianqi frowned.
Bai Ruozhu lost her appetite for breakfast and, after saying a few words to Little Dengdeng, she planned to leave with Jiang Yichun and return to where they had parted from Gao Zhou.
This ti, the two didn’t encounter any fierce attacks, probably because their sudden disappearance made the enemy think they had fled elsewhere.
However, there were a lot more Quanrong patrols in the area. Jiang Yichun pointed to the shoes of a distant Quanrong person and gestured to Bai Ruozhu, indicating that he would go over, knock that person out, and steal the shoes.
Bai Ruozhu hurriedly pulled his sleeve and shook her head, afraid that there might be a Fire-Thunder under that person’s feet. They couldn’t determine where Fire-Thunders were located in the current situation.
"It’s safer if I go," Bai Ruozhu mouthed to Jiang Yichun.
Jiang Yichun shook his head imdiately, unwilling to let his wife take such risks.
He pulled Bai Ruozhu down a little and flicked a copper coin from his hand.
The distant Quanrong person noticed the movent and imdiately walked in the direction the copper coin had co from.
Jiang Yichun flicked another copper coin, landing much closer, as if sothing was moving in their direction.
The Quanrong person beca more vigilant and walked over cautiously.
When he reached the right distance, Jiang Yichun infused his inner strength into the copper coin and forcefully shot it out.
The Quanrong person grunted and collapsed on the ground.
"Achun, you did it!" Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but praise, though she had inner strength and knew so martial arts techniques, she didn’t possess the skill to use secret weapons like that.
It required vision, wrist strength, and precision; she simply didn’t have that capability. She could hit a person, but she could never make soone faint silently.
Jiang Yichun wore a look of pride; it had been a long ti since he’d been admired by his wife like this.
He carefully dragged the unconscious person to a hidden spot and then, with a quick motion, he twisted the person’s neck.
Bai Ruozhu was shocked but soon understood—it wouldn’t do to be soft-hearted, not killing this person or that person, only for them to later cause harm to her or her family and friends.
Then Jiang Yichun took off the person’s boots and put them on his feet, turning to Bai Ruozhu and saying, "Wait here, I’m going to fetch another pair of shoes."
Bai Ruozhu nodded, "Be careful."
Normally, he would insist on giving her sothing first, but not this ti. If she wore the shoes to protect against Fire-Thunder explosions, she would definitely go get another pair for him, but he wouldn’t agree to let her take risks.
Bai Ruozhu felt warmth in her heart but also worry. However, Jiang Yichun returned shortly with an extra pair of boots in hand.
"They’re a bit big; you can wear them over your shoes," Jiang Yichun said quietly.
"Okay."
Bai Ruozhu quickly put on the boots, giving them more safety as they walked. A little later, they finally returned to the place where they had separated from Gao Zhou.
"Are you guys okay?" Gao Zhou ca up to ask.
"Fine, but the Quanrong people are too insidious. They even have Fire-Thunders underground where they stand. We almost fell into their trap," Jiang Yichun explained briefly and showed Gao Zhou the boots he had taken.
"Then we need to quickly get so boots, lest the Quanrong people beco aware and either take precautions or use counterfeit boots to harm us," Gao Zhou stated.
Bai Ruozhu nodded eagerly, "Let’s go find so of the Quanrong patrols right away."
Soon they managed to get another pair of boots for Gao Zhou to wear, and in four hours, everyone managed to obtain boots, plus three extra pairs.
But that was the limit, as it was difficult to find solitary Quanrong people nearby, and venturing further in would be too dangerous. No one could ensure that simply wearing these boots wouldn’t trigger the Fire-Thunders.
Everyone had to find a place to discuss the next step, but just then a flock of ssenger Pigeons suddenly flew out from the Jiuli Clan Barrier entrance.
Bai Ruozhu and the others were stunned by the scene; this must be all the ssenger Pigeons from the Jiuli Clan, if not the vast majority.
Imdiately, many Dark Arrows were shot from all directions, causing the pigeons to fall from the sky, so with blood-stained bellies still flapping their wings, only to crash eventually.
The sound of chanisms mingled with the pigeons’ cries of pain, creating a bloody and cruel picture that made Bai Ruozhu shed tears.
The people inside the Jiuli Clan must be shedding tears too. Those pigeons were their ssengers, like friends, but now they could only resort to this desperate asure to send ssages. Only with many pigeons flying simultaneously could a few perhaps escape by chance.
Finally, a pigeon managed to escape and flew into the distance, but its body was bloodstained, and it seed to have barely any strength left...
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