Chapter 445

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Chapter 445: Unable to Bear Children

The fighting between the demonic soldiers quickly came to an end, with only two surviving. They kept a distance from each other and approached Crouching Tiger.

"Please spare my life," said the demonic soldier on the left.

"I say everything," said the soldier on the right.

Bai Wei asked, "Who sent you?"

"XiangliuQisui."

"Xiangliu clan?"

"Yes."

"What do you want?"

"We’re not sure, the lieutenant knows, but it’s already…"

"What do all of you know? Explain it clearly." Bai Wei pointed at the soldier on the left. "You stay aside."

He left two soldiers, creating a prisoner dilemma, so they wouldn’t dare to lie.

After asking a lot of questions, the soldiers shared some information with Bai Wei that he already knew. If they had been scouts, they might have known more, but Bai Wei had killed the black fox scout in case they could pass on any messages.

Basically, it was a pointless question.

The second soldier knew a black fox scout and had more information. He mentioned some hidden intelligence and found an expired strategic map on his companion. The map was from about five months ago, but it was still more accurate than the one the mercenaries had.

Bai Wei nodded and said, "You may leave now."

The two soldiers felt relieved and walked a few steps together before suddenly drawing their swords and attacking each other. One of them had his head separated from his body, and the other was severely injured but managed to make it to the lieutenant’s side, decapitating him before riding away on a horse.

Bai Wei glanced at the blood on his blade and calmly said, "The sword is poisoned. Looks like none of them will survive. Hopefully, they will encounter the black fox scout on their way, so that the information I deliberately left behind won’t be spread."

The poison on the blade is a specialty of the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom. Most weapons are coated with it, but there are different levels of poison. For his puppet body, the poison is like a cobra biting a wooden post; it won’t work unless it directly damages the soul.

A nearby mercenary saw this eerie act and took a few steps back in fear.

Bai Wei glanced at him and explained unnecessarily, "It’s a suicide pact, and it has nothing to do with me."

Isn’t killing each other the same as suicide?

This group of mercenaries often travels between Europa and the Non-Blood Continent, and it’s rare to see such skilled individuals at this level.

While there are many second-tier martial artists, they are still very rare, even among practitioners. As for first-tier, there are even fewer. Currently, there are only about twenty first-tier masters in the Ming Country, and that includes a group of elderly who are retired and enjoying their old age.

Similar to the Shogunate’s sword hunts, there are very few first-tier masters. The younger ones are usually affiliated with various martial arts schools and clans, being sponsored with high salaries. They often appear in matches, competing against each other to determine their rankings.

In other words, the survival environment for martial artists in the Ming Country is actually very good. Just like the mages in Europa, they often look down on being mercenaries.

They would rather come to the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom and make a living as assassins, rather than getting involved in mercenary work.

Evil practitioners also often come to the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, but most mercenaries are foreigners, with very few people from the Ming Country.

The Puma Mercenary Corps have encountered Holy Domain mages, and each of their spells is both stunning and deadly. However, it is extremely rare to see such effortless destruction of enemies in a casual manner.

Because their fighting styles are different, martial artists prefer to dance with swords, where life and death are in an instant. Even with confidence, they can easily end up in a difficult situation. On the other hand, mages are more reliable. Once they activate Holy Domain, no matter how the enemy attacks, their defenses can’t be broken, ensuring their victory.

Because of this, these warriors are even scarier. Mages have to use their skills before killing someone, but these master-level warriors only need to move a finger, and a few leaves can cut you into four pieces.

Tanis swallowed nervously, thinking about how to speak carefully.

Chao Lu took the initiative to say thank you, saying, "Thank you for saving my life. May I ask…"

Bai Wei sat on the tiger’s back, holding his cheek in his hand, looking down at Princess Bai Ze whom he hadn’t seen for a month, teasingly saying, "You’ve already forgotten about me so quickly?"

Chao Lu was slightly startled. She looked up and down and suddenly had a suspicion. She opened her mouth, then shook her head, thinking it was unlikely.

Dundun asked, "Mr. Bai?"

Bai Wei smiled and replied, "It’s me."

Dundun happily stood up, seeming to want to get closer.

Bai Wei also playfully patted the panda, but Crouching Tiger was not satisfied. It bumped the panda’s head, causing it to lose balance and flip backward.

The tiger growled contemptuously through its nose.

Bai Wei jumped off the tiger’s back, his puppet-like dark red eyes looking at Chao Lu and said, "Long time no see, don’t I even get a greeting?"

Princess Bai Ze looked troubled.

She didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, so she first lowered her head to hide her expression.

She quickly sorted out her complicated emotions and asked in confusion, "How did you end up here…?"

"To go sightseeing."

"Sightseeing?"

"What else? Did you expect me to come here to find you?" Bai Wei spoke through the bronze mask, without any expression, making it hard to tell if he was being genuine or fake.

"Oh…" Chao Lu naturally accepted this statement, but couldn’t help feeling a bit down.

Tanis watched in astonishment, thinking to himself, "My little princess, did you really take those words seriously? Where did your cleverness go?"

The brave man rode a fierce tiger down the mountain, braving all kinds of obstacles to chase after you. It seemed like he was coming directly for you!

She didn’t say she wasn’t envious, but she knew that this kind of fate had nothing to do with her. She had no reason to envy or compare herself to others.

Chao Lu quickly snapped back to her senses. "You really came to find me? But… why would you behave so recklessly? This is the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom, and you… How could you…"

Princess Bai Ze was very confused. She had already received so much kindness without being able to repay it, and now… What’s the meaning of helping me so much? What benefit do you gain from owing a debt of several lives that can never be repaid? Is it meaningful to keep staring at me? I can’t give birth to children right now… Go and find other women who are willing to help you have children! Why do you insist on focusing on me, a dying princess who has lost her country?

She really wanted to scold Bai Wei for being foolish, but the words couldn’t come out of her mouth.

Her face was too thin-skinned. She stood in place, clenching her fists, her fingertips turned pale. After a while, she couldn’t speak.

Tanis looked on in amazement. If this were a European girl, at this point, he would have just grabbed her and kissed her.

The mercenaries’ suspicions were mostly dispelled. Since he was one of them, it was easier to explain. With such a fierce warrior, it seemed like fate was not against me. At the very least, I had a way out.

Dundun spoke up, "How did you come here from Yingzhou, it’s so far?"

Bai Wei said, "This is my extra body outside."

Chao Lu asked, "Is your original body still…"

"Yes." Bai Wei replied briefly and implicitly, "So don’t worry about my safety."

Chao Lu breathed a sigh of relief, "That’s good."

She thought to herself, no wonder I didn’t recognize him, their auras are different.

"This is not the place to talk either." Bai Wei said, "There are many horses here, you all ride on them, move first, and then find a place to stay."

Everyone followed suit.

With horses, their speed immediately increased, and the number of people decreased by more than half, leaving only a dozen or so. They also moved faster.

Bai Wei found a spot halfway up the mountain, "We will rest here tonight, but before we sleep, we need to discuss the next route."

"Are we not going directly to Bai Ze Kingdom?" Tanis asked.

Bai Wei laid out the map he had just obtained, "It’s a long distance from here to Bai Ze Kingdom. Along the way, there will be chaos and we’ll have to pass through Xiangliu’s territory. We’ll also face the determined Lord Qiongqi and the heavily fortified Bai Ze Kingdom. It’s like a locked fortress that we can’t enter from the outside."

"We have considered flying… Demon Kingdom has giant birds."

"Perhaps you underestimate Lord Qiongqi’s determination to attack Yunmeng City," Bai Wei shook his head. "I’ve said this is a battlefield where no one can enter. And according to this trend, it will take you at least twenty days to pass through this large area and return to the entrance of Bai Ze Kingdom. But during these twenty days, Bai Ze Kingdom will definitely not be able to defend… because the gray tide is receding!"

The gray tide, which has lasted for nearly four months, is receding, with only another twenty or thirty days left. Once we enter February, global shipping will resume and Lord Qiongqi will certainly need to open up trade routes. He must conquer Bai Ze Kingdom, otherwise the military and political pressure will almost crush the kingdom’s internal affairs.

Chao Lu remained calm, as she had been mentally prepared and was not surprised at all. Hearing Bai Wei’s straightforward words, she wasn’t angry, but rather a bit surprised. When he said these things, his tone was first restrained and then pointed.

She asked cautiously, "Does Young Master Bai have any good solutions?"

Bai Wei moved his finger, "Yes, going back to Bai Ze Kingdom now would be suicide. If we want to survive, there is only one method…"

He pressed on a big gray area on the map and said, "Go to Liu State."

The former territory of Lord Bi Fang has now become a lawless and chaotic area. The seventeen cities have each fallen into self-governance, and the chaotic cities are in turmoil, making life unbearable for the people.

Tanis frowned and said, "But our agreement is to send her to Bai Ze Kingdom."

Bai Wei said, "So, you all need to continue going to Bai Ze Kingdom to distract the pursuers and find a place to hide, while I take her to Liu State!"

"Liu State… but even if we go to Liu State, we can’t return to Bai Ze Kingdom, right?"

"I never said that I wanted to go to Bai Ze Kingdom," Bai Wei said firmly. "I plan to cross Liu State and go directly to the royal court of the Yao tribe!"