Chapter 1634
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Chapter 1634 [Heart-Returning Poison]
As the army advanced, the yellow sand of the northwestern frontier obscured the sky.
Lin Qiye rode on horseback, following beside the grain cart carrying Wu Quan, moving forward with the armored soldiers around him.
At this moment, Wu Quan was wrapped in a thick cocoon of vines, lying on the grain cart without making any sound. According to the white-haired elder who possessed healing forbidden ruins, his ability could maximize Wu Quan’s recovery speed. When the cocoon broke, he would be healed.
Judging from the cracks gradually spreading across the cocoon’s surface, Wu Quan was not far from awakening.
Besides Wu Quan, there was another person lying on the grain cart—Gongyang Wan, who had been knocked unconscious by Lin Qiye. It had been more than half a day since she fainted, and she still showed no signs of waking, as if she were dead.
“Marquis, that female prisoner…” Scholar Yan Zhong glanced at the grain cart, unable to resist reminding Huo Qubing.
“Ignore her,” Huo Qubing said calmly while riding. “Let her pretend. I want to see if she still has the determination to keep up this act when we reach the outskirts of Chang’an.”
“As expected of the Marquis. No matter how capable this female prisoner is, she cannot escape from the Marquis’s grasp,” Vice General Zhan Yuwu sighed admiringly.
Yan Zhong frowned as he looked into the distance, his expression gradually becoming serious:
“Marquis, the wind is getting stronger, seemingly coming from the desert to the north… I fear a sandstorm is approaching.”
“We’re already some distance from the desert. Could a sandstorm reach here?” Zhan Yuwu asked.
“I’m not sure, but to be safe, we should find a place to set up camp first. If the sandstorm isn’t severe, we can continue our journey afterward.”
“No need for such trouble,” Huo Qubing calmly replied. “Let the army continue forward. As for the sandstorm… don’t worry about it.”
Seeing Huo Qubing’s rock-steady demeanor, Yan Zhong and Zhan Yuwu exchanged glances but said nothing more. Since the Marquis had spoken, he surely had his methods.
As the army continued to advance, a gray sandstorm sky slowly approached. The howling gale carried bits of sand that stung people’s faces, and even the horses in the army began to grow restless.
This sandstorm was not small in scale. If it swept directly over the army, it would likely cause considerable damage.
All the soldiers turned to look at the figure mounted on horseback, standing motionless in the hurricane, gritting their teeth as they pushed forward bit by bit…
Without orders from the Marquis, they would follow military command and continue advancing.
“Marquis,” Yan Zhong called out, his scholar’s robes flapping violently in the wind as he turned to Huo Qubing with a worried expression.
Huo Qubing stared at the approaching yellow sandstorm, a faint light flashing in his eyes. Terrifying mental power surged from within him, and as he slowly raised his palm, the sky’s winds and clouds changed color!
At such close range, the aura emanating from Huo Qubing made the surrounding soldiers tremble involuntarily. That power, seemingly able to command everything, traveled miles to reach the sandstorm!
Huo Qubing’s raised palm suddenly clenched!
The surging sandstorm was suddenly torn into two halves from the center, rushing in different directions, but with much less force than before. The vast yellow sand even began to fall at a visible speed. In just seconds, this disaster-level sandstorm had dissipated.
Witnessing this miracle-like scene, the soldiers gaped in disbelief! Even Zhan Yuwu and Yan Zhong were no exception!
They knew the Marquis was strong, but they hadn’t imagined he was this powerful… affecting heaven and earth with a wave of his hand—how was this different from a deity?
On the grain cart, Gongyang Wan, who appeared to be in a dead faint, suddenly twitched her finger, her face turning pale.
Crack—
At the moment Huo Qubing released his power, a crisp breaking sound came from the vine cocoon.
Lin Qiye turned to look and saw that the vine cocoon on the grain cart had suddenly split open from the center. An aura extremely similar to Huo Qubing’s, sharing the same origin, shot skyward!
This was the fated connection between [Emperor of Dominion] and [Emperor of Dominion]. Huo Qubing’s action directly forced awake the royal ruins within Wu Quan. A hand extended from the cocoon, followed by Wu Quan’s figure slowly rising…
He looked around in confusion, then instinctively looked in Huo Qubing’s direction, who was simultaneously looking at him.
Separated by a hundred meters, their gazes met.
After a moment, Wu Quan frowned and shifted his gaze to Lin Qiye beside him, his eyes full of confusion.
“Brother Seven… where are we?”
Seeing Wu Quan awake and his injuries healed, Lin Qiye finally felt a weight lift from his heart. He briefly recounted what had happened, leaving the other wide-eyed with shock.
“We… traveled through time?”
“Yes.”
“Then what about Brother Qingzhu?”
“When [Holy Covenant] activated, he was steering the boat, so he probably wasn’t caught up in this.”
Wu Quan nodded, but being young, he still found it difficult to accept this bizarre reality… His curious gaze swept across the surroundings, finally settling on the unconscious female prisoner beside him.
“Who is—”
Before Wu Quan could finish, the female prisoner suddenly opened her eyes and shot up like a cannonball. The reactive force shattered the grain cart into pieces as she transformed into a streak of light rushing toward the distance!
Her movement was too fast, and her timing extremely cunning—right when everyone’s attention was on the newly awakened Wu Quan. Most soldiers didn’t even see what flew past, and even Lin Qiye, who reached out to grab her, only caught an afterimage.
Lin Qiye frowned and was about to pursue when her figure suddenly froze in mid-air!
A hundred meters away, Huo Qubing raised one hand in the air and made a slight beckoning gesture. Gongyang Wan uncontrollably flew backward until a tremendous force controlled her body, violently forcing her to kneel at the feet of Huo Qubing’s steed!
“Trying to leave already?” Huo Qubing said calmly. “Could it be that you don’t intend to fulfill your agreement with me?”
Gongyang Wan gritted her teeth, staring fixedly at Huo Qubing, despair appearing in her eyes.
She had actually been awake for some time. The reason she pretended to be unconscious was to find a suitable opportunity to escape—after all, no one wanted to swallow that [Heart-Returning Worm]. But after witnessing Huo Qubing’s power just now, she began to panic…
Huo Qubing was too strong, far stronger than she had imagined. Even if she hadn’t encountered Lin Qiye in Xue County, she could never have escaped those city walls. From the beginning, she had been manipulated in the palm of his hand.
Realizing this, she immediately panicked and tried to take advantage of the moment to leave, but still couldn’t escape Huo Qubing’s grasp.
“I… I just wanted to get up and move around a bit. Who said I was trying to leave?” Gongyang Wan said stubbornly.
Huo Qubing raised an eyebrow. “Oh? That’s good… Since you’re awake now, it’s time to fulfill our agreement.”
Huo Qubing flicked his finger, and a tiny shadow instantly flew out of nowhere, entering Gongyang Wan’s lips. Her pupils contracted slightly, and she bent over, violently retching, but no matter how hard she tried, the [Heart-Returning Worm] showed no sign of coming out.
“HUO QUBING!!!” Gongyang Wan raised her head and shouted angrily at him.
Huo Qubing gave her a calm glance, riding his steed forward unhurriedly:
“From now on, you will address me as ‘Marquis,’ just like the others.”
