Chapter 384: Thorough Protection (1/2)
Bai Luochu could hear the embarrassment in Pei Rumo’s voice and she wanted to tease him about it. However, she decided against it. Now that he had already done so much for her, it wouldn’t be nice for her to make fun of him.
Despite being able to sit down with Bai Luochu for a proper meal, Pei Rumo didn’t start eating straight away. He picked out her favorite dishes one by one and placed them into her bowl. He didn’t stop until her bowl was filled.
Bai Luochu picked up her bowl and realized it was full. She knew that Pei Rumo had been busy serving her and with his personality, he wouldn’t eat until she started. “You need to eat too. Stop giving me all the food.”
Pei Rumo shook his head and chided, “You suffered too much these few days and you need to replenish your strength. The soldiers might think that I’ve mistreated you seeing as how you lost so much weight.”
Hearing what Pei Rumo said, Bai Luochu burst out into giggles, “Hahaha, what nonsense! If your soldiers think that I’ve lost weight, they would think that I’m being picky about the food in the Desolate Region. They wouldn’t blame Your First Highness!”
“That’s hard to say…”
“Why would you say that? Aren’t I the outsider when it comes to your army?” Bai Luochu didn’t seem to care that she was the outcast.
“They treated you like an outsider initially but that’s not the case now.” Pei Rumo placed his chopsticks down and continued to explain, “The troops under me are straightforward men and they haven’t seen much of the world other than the battlefield. They are a little slow when it comes to dealing with people and they never thought that a woman would be able to keep up with them on the battlefield. Moreover this is your first time joining the expedition and it’s nothing strange for them to see you as an outsider. However, didn’t you realize that the situation changed after you brought them out of the fog? They started to listen to your orders and they are even treating you as their superior.”
“They seem afraid of me more than anything else. They witnessed the scene where I used my spiritual energy to kill all the demonic beasts attacking us and it was a gory scene to behold. A normal lady wouldn’t be able to do such things. However, it’s nothing strange for them to be afraid of me. People will always fear the unknown…” This scene wasn’t new to Bai Luochu. After all, her sect was annihilated due to the fact that the members cultivated much faster than disciples of other factions. It was the reason they were hailed as an evil sect and the so-called righteous sects killed them off in order to feel more at ease.
Pei Rumo fell into silence after hearing Bai Luochu’s explanation. He didn’t know why, but Bai Luochu emitted a type of melancholic aura after she became blind. Her personality also experienced a huge change.
After a short while, Pei Rumo spoke up again, “That’s fine. If they are afraid of you, they will not dare to bully you. After the campaign to conquer the Desolate Region you probably won’t interact with them anyway.”
Bai Luochu mused, “Aren’t you afraid that they will start spreading news about me in the capital? Won’t they say that Divine Physician Bai is a terrifying female witch? I might turn into an evil witch if the rumor spreads all over the city.”
The same thing happened in her past life. She had outstanding strength when she was young and everyone gave her the name of the evil dao witch. It was human nature to label everyone stronger than them as a monster and work towards that goal. They wanted to stand on the peak of the world like those ‘monsters’ but they slander the ‘monsters’ every chance they get. It was all to keep their pathetic sense of pride or whatever they had left.