303 Returning Home with Youth (1/2)

Chapter 303: Returning Home with Youth

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Ning Que lowered his head and arranged his luggage which was scattered on the ground. He asked, ”Can you walk?”

Mo Shanshan looked delicate as her face was more haggard than usual. She smiled shyly.

Ye Hongyu leaned against the wall tiredly and frowned slightly. It was obvious that she could not move yet.

It was one thing to be seriously injured, but there was another reason that made it difficult for them to walk. It was hunger. The three empty stomachs were so empty they could not even gurgle.

Ning Que sighed, ”Why are we so hungry? How many days were we unconscious for?”

Mo Shanshan shook her head. ”I don't know.”

Ning Que pressed down on his abdomen lightly with his palm. After a moment, he said, ”It's been four days.”

Mo Shanshan squinted at him as if she wanted to look at him more clearly. She asked puzzledly, ”You can know just by doing that?”

Ye Hongyu who had been silent suddenly interrupted. ”Have you gone hungry often?”

Ning Que who had opened his luggage once more answered flippantly after hearing that. He said, ”I might not be as knowledgeable in states as you guys, but there is no one as knowledgeable as I am about going hungry.”

Ye Hongyu said contemptuously, ”I do not know where your disgusting confidence came from, that you'd dare brag about going hungry when you have not experienced a childhood like mine.”

Ning Que was furious that Taoist woman who looked as if she was born with a silver spoon had questioned the suffering he had experienced. He lectured, ”How would a woman like you know what it was like during the great drought?”

Ye Hongyu smiled mockingly and was prepared to reply.

Mo Shanshan sighed and looked at the two helplessly, ”Is this even worth arguing over?”

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The reminiscence of their childhood suffering ended. Ning Que proved that his memory and fear of hunger was stronger than Ye Hongyu with fact as he pulled out some food from his luggage.

He always had a mountain of luggage beside him.

The Big Black Horse would carry it when he was around, and if he wasn't, Ning Que would carry it himself. No matter whether they were climbing the dangerously tall Tianqi Mountains, no matter what dangers they faced, he would never abandon these pieces of luggage. He understood the importance of being prepared. There was medication, weapons and a sleeping bag he fashioned himself as well as food.

Ye Hongyu leaned against the stone wall and looked at the guy who tossed out various items from his luggage like he was moving homes. There was a strange look in her expression. When she saw the long slender black box with his arrows in them, the look in her eyes deepened.

That box held the arrows that had crippled Long Qing.

These powerful weapons had made her suffer outside the Front Gate.

he did not know which sect could make such arrows and did not remember when such a powerful arrow had appeared. She had dedicated her entire life to cultivation. Together with her surprise, came puzzlement and curiosity. She wanted to ask Ning Que, but knew that it was a life-saving ability of his, and so she could not bring herself to ask.

Ning Que handed her a piece of dried meat and a small pouch of water. He said, ”The meat made by the Desolate Man is better than that of the army. Eat it with the water, but do not eat too much and chew slowly.”

With that, he walked to Mo Shanshan's side and sat down. He tore the dried meat into strips and gave it to her.

Mo Shanshan smiled lightly and shook her head. She tried to lift her weak arm and raised it to her mouth. Ning Que shook his head and insisted on feeding her the strip of meat before raising the pouch of water to her lips and fed her with some water.

Ye Hongyu did not notice what was happening beside her. She stared at the dried meat that was as hard as a rock in a daze.

She had experienced many hardships in this life and witnessed many tragic events. It was reasonable to say that she should be able to overcome anything. However, when she looked at the dried meat and felt its texture, she could not help but think of the dried corpses in the Bone Mountain and Divine Lord Lotus, whose fingers that were like the dried corpses and his cold dry lips.

She frowned slightly and stared at the dried meat as if she was staring at the Tomes of Arcane. After some time, she took a deep breath and delivered the meat into her mouth before chewing mechanically.

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After eating, drinking and resting, the three had recovered some energy and were prepared to leave. It was then when they encountered a new problem. Perhaps it was due to the breaking of the Confinement Formation or due to some other reasons, but the path forward into the Devil's Palace had collapsed completely. They wouldn't be able to clear the path forcefully with their current physical states.

Ning Que looked at the rocks blocking their way completely. He thought for a moment before turning towards the opposite wall.

There were two iron chains on the stone wall. They were the two chains that had kept Master Lotus chained in the place to endure the sufferings and torture of the world for the past decades. Now that the Confinement had broken and that Lotus was dead, there was but just rust left on the chains. The Fu character and aura had long dissipated and they were but just ordinary chains.

Ning Que gripped the chains with two hands and breathed in deeply. He moved the aura in his lower abdomen out secretly and pulled at the chains with all his might. There was a loud bang, and the stone wall fell, revealing a deep passageway behind it.