"Strange, making a throat-slitting gesture, such a provocative act, doesn't fit with your cautious personality. Do you have a purpose?"
In the woods, Qing Chen and Uncle Li Dong t up, the latter asked with so curiosity.
Qing Chen explained, "I was worried they would run off. In case their hatred wasn't enough and they didn't co after , then my plan might not work well."
"Ah," Uncle Li Dong nodded, "Now that makes sense."
When the ntor and student walked side by side, the atmosphere suddenly beca much more relaxed, as if this place was not Taboo Land, but an ordinary forest.
"By the way, Master," Qing Chen asked, "have those wilderness people co in?"
"Only those from Fire Pit have co in. Judging by their current route, they are heading straight for the heart of Taboo Land. I always felt their sudden appearance near the Central Plains was likely aid at Qing Huai," Uncle Li Dong said.
"Aid at Qing Huai?" Qing Chen was puzzled.
"Of course, in the Shadow conflict, it's not just you who wants to kill him," Uncle Li Dong explained, "Perhaps soone from the Qing's Family traded interests with Fire Pit to have them help eliminate Qing Huai. That would actually be normal; just you and Qing Huai fighting back and forth would hardly look like a Shadow conflict."
"The Federation has contacts with the wilderness people too?" Qing Chen didn't understand.
"Of course there's contact. As long as there are interests driving it, anything strange could happen," Uncle Li Dong explained.
Qing Chen looked at Uncle Li Dong and asked, "What did that Fire Pit elder an by ancestral rewards? From his tone, it sounded like there were substantial benefits. How do these people get ancestral rewards?"
Uncle Li Dong glanced at Qing Chen, "What ancestors reward them with is their ancestors' business. What you can do is, if he thinks about killing you for a reward later, you send him to et his ancestors."
Qing Chen: "..."
At this ti, Uncle Li Dong said, "Rember though, Xiao Chen, just like the Federation, there are good and bad people everywhere. Or say, the bad blood between the wilderness and the Federation has been long-standing, in fact, you have long lost the ability to tell who's right and who's wrong.
For instance, the autumn hunt involves hunting wilderness people, to them these corporation heirs are no different from demons."
Qing Chen beca thoughtful.
Then, Uncle Li Dong took out a sealed bag, "Handle it yourself, but rember, once you've opened this sealed bag, you also need to prevent your bag from being found."
"Uh-huh," Qing Chen went off to deal with the physiological matter.
While he was carrying the sealed bag back, planning to think about where to bury it,
his gaze suddenly shifted to his teacher.
Uncle Li Dong imdiately grimaced, "Get away from , I'm not going to take care of that for you."
Qing Chen earnestly said, "But there's nowhere safer to put the sealed bag than with you, Teacher. A teacher for a day is a father for life. In my heart, I regard you as my father, and you said you regard as your son, so where in this world would a father despise his son?"
"You make a good point," Uncle Li Dong glared, "Can I take back what I said about regarding you as a son now?"
"It's probably too late," Qing Chen said.
Uncle Li Dong sighed and pointed at the crown of a large tree, "Throw it up there."
Qing Chen didn't understand but did as told.
To his surprise, after the sealed bag flew into the sky, a furry little paw reached out from the tree canopy and caught the sealed bag.
Then the tree canopy shook, and the furry little animal used the cover of the tree to hide its shape, speeding toward the heart of Taboo Land, and Qing Chen could just make out its large snow-white tail.
Qing Chen was curious, "Teacher, what animal is that?"
"You'll find out later," Uncle Li Dong said.
The young man glanced oddly at his teacher and suddenly realized that this teacher not only had absolute rule exemptions in Taboo Land 002, but also seed to have many strange friends.
Is this the ho field of a Knight?
"That's right," Uncle Li Dong said, "you need to be careful of that Cao Wei, the one close to Qing Huai."
"Oh?" Qing Chen was puzzled. His teacher had evidently investigated all the details before coming to kill, even knowing the na Cao Wei.
"I've looked at Cao Wei's information, and he's much harder to deal with than Qing Huai, a capable and valiant hand in warfare," Uncle Li Dong explained, "I feel that lad is hiding his clumsiness, waiting for you to make a mistake."
"Hmm, thank you, Teacher, for the reminder," Qing Chen glanced at Uncle Li Dong, "Shall I go and cause so more trouble then?"
"Go on, go on," Uncle Li Dong waved his hand.
Watching Qing Chen's retreating figure, he suddenly rembered a phrase—to be a parent or child is but to watch their backs as they walk away into the distance.
Am I a qualified master?
This was Uncle Li Dong's first ti as a master, so he was always a bit worried that he wasn't doing a good job.
He hesitated for a mont but finally decided to indulge once: "How about I just kill them for you directly, as a gift from your teacher?"
However, just at that mont, Qing Chen suddenly turned around and looked back at Uncle Li Dong, saying, "Teacher."
"Hmm?" Uncle Li Dong was taken aback.
"This ti I say I'll try on my own not because of stubbornness," Qing Chen said calmly, "Children who are always held while walking will grow slower than others. I know, Teacher, that you are about to embark on a very dangerous mission. You know it's perilous, so you introduced to Li Yinuo, letting know who to turn to if I encounter trouble in the future.
You also took to kill Qing Huai, helping remove an obstacle from my path to power. And then you've gone to great lengths to conceal my identity, fearing it would bring harm."
"I was thinking, your plans must take so ti to prepare; if I can grow fast enough, maybe I'll be able to help you when the ti cos."
"In your eyes, this master-apprentice relationship might be a shackle for , but I've never seen it that way," Qing Chen said.
The youth stood in the dim woods. Although he had not known Uncle Li Dong for long and they were not related by blood, he knew who truly had his best interests at heart.
Uncle Li Dong stood still, the young man's words echoing in his mind: If I can grow fast enough, maybe I'll be able to help you when the ti cos.
No wonder the youth, even after returning to the Outer World, trained against the clock, as if racing against ti.
Uncle Li Dong smiled and waved, "What are you talking about, silly? Hurry on then."
"Okay," Qing Chen walked into the woods.
...
In the woods, Cao Wei was personally cutting open the clothing of a dead soldier, leaving nothing behind.
As he sliced open the soldier's shirt, a strange Six-winged insect suddenly flew out from the torn garnt.
With quick reflexes, Cao Wei threw his dagger.
With a clink, the Six-winged insect, the size of an index finger, was pinned to the ground.
Normally, those Six-winged insects did not attack large organisms. Their bodily venom was designed to hunt other insects.
It was only when the rules of the Taboo Land were violated that they would attack.
Cao Wei pulled out the dagger from the ground and coldly said, "Stop the nonsense about supernatural beings in private. It's the Six-winged insect that killed them, not so demons or ghosts."
The soldiers' expressions eased slightly at this.
Cao Wei glanced at Commander Qing Huai: "Commander Qing Huai, shall I take two combat squads to pursue him?"
"No need to pursue," Commander Qing Huai shook his head calmly, "our urgent task now is to secure our previously discarded seal bags properly, and tell the soldiers to dig out all the bags and carry them in their packs.
Blind pursuit would only allow the enemy to lead us away from our post, knowing that they just have to find our burial pits to commit murder, while we are rely being led by the nose."
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