Chapter 90 - Maybe a Beauty is Thinking About Me (2/2)

Little White ate the roasted meat Ling Chuxi gave it with relish, then raised its small head and looked towards the spot in the distance where the two secret guards were hiding before turning once more and staring off into a far greater distance. Its ears twitched slightly.

There was a faint smell of blood upon the wind!

It seemed as though someone was coming this way.

After some time, the secret guards who remained in hiding picked up on this too. Shortly after they did, Ling Chuxi and the rest also noticed.

There was an urgency in pace alongside erratic breathing and heaving footsteps. Clearly, whoever was approaching was heavily wounded.

Ling Chuxi stood up cautiously and stared into the obscure night ahead. Ling Yichen’s hand drifted to the hilt of his sword which was still hanging by his waist. He was also acting with great caution. The fifth princess slid to the ground next to the fire and poked at it vigorously, making it flare bigger to illuminate their surroundings.

“Who goes there?” called Ling Yichen loudly in a severe tone.

The heavy footsteps neared. Once the person the running footsteps belonged to appeared before them and saw the three of them by the fire, a look of delight spread across his face. However, after studying them closely, he saw that they were just a bunch of youths who were still wet behind the ears and a look of disappointment washed the delight off his face. Even his eyes contained traces of despair.

Ling Chuxi and the rest also had a clear look at the fugitive who had appeared before them. He was a middle-aged man with a haggard face and a lifeless right arm which was swinging helplessly. Fresh blood had stained his whole arm red and his body was riddled with jagged wounds. His breathing rhythm was all over the place. This was a heavily injured man.

“Why? Could it be that the G.o.ds really want me to die?” cried out the injured man in despair as he dropped to his knees. Clearly, he had seen the fire from afar and had run all the way here seeking a.s.sistance. But, after seeing that Ling Chuxi and the rest were so young, he had felt they would not be able to help him and that there was no hope of salvation. He was dead meat!

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