Chapter 187.2 (1/2)

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187.2 – Qing [1]

–the fight didn't start.

Although weapons were drawn, but the two sides just confront each other silently, without igniting the fuse of the fight.

Both sides are waiting for the signal that symbolizes the start of the fight. In other words, as long as Guan Qi's doesn't wave his hand, the standstill won't devolve into a fight.

Time seems like it has been elongated.

This quiet, where you can hear a needle drop, is really nerve-wrecking.

Then, a quarter of an hour pa.s.sed, but the two sides are still at a standstill.

Will we fight or what? Isn't he tired after holding up his hand for so long? A little fed up with being on alert for the fight, Xue Qilin began to suspect that nothing will happen.

At the moment when she thought this–

The sound of horseshoes — the sound of horseshoes rapidly approaching rang.

In this quiet place, the sound is particularly resounding.

Although it was only for a blink of an eye, but Xue Qilin coincidentally saw Chen Yong smack his lips when the sound rang.

What the h.e.l.l… that's a bit weird! Xue Qilin narrowed her eyes.

Before long, a horse finally barged into everyone's view. Riding the horse is a travel-worn, lightly-equipped soldier. There is a small triangular flag with the word “order” erected behind him. He should be an orderly.

Everyone watched from their peripheral vision as the orderly intruded between the two sides.

“Emergency order!”

The orderly reined in his horse and turned towards Guan Qi. The cloud of dust stirred by the horse blurred their figures.

“Great General Gong's emergency order!”

The orderly shouted loudly, and then dismounted his horse. While walking rapidly towards Guan Qi, he fished out a letter with an official doc.u.ment from a cloth bag behind him.

“The great general's emergency order?”

Guan Qi took the doc.u.ment and asked the orderly in a tone of uncertainty.

“Yes, it's a 600 li [2] urgency.”

Xue Qilin exchanged a look with Qi Qiqi, wondering what to do.

Generally speaking, urgent doc.u.ments are “300 li urgency”, which means that the person responsible for the delivery of the doc.u.ment must travel 300 li a day. 600 li urgency is considered to be an extremely urgent and serious level.

What sort of order requires a 600 li urgency? Xue Qilin mused.

Guan Qi comforted the orderly by saying “thank you for your hard work, have some water”, and then took off the waterskin tied around his waist and threw it to the other party. After the orderly expressed his grat.i.tude, he took his horse and the waterskin and retreated to rest.

“Temple Master Qi, you don't mind?”

Guan Qi turned to Qi Qiqi and asked this out of politeness. Qi Qiqi nodded lightly and made a “go ahead” gesture.

“Don't mind me.”

“I'm deeply grateful.”

Guan Qi quickly opened the doc.u.ment and read it. During this time, everyone present remained motionless and silent as if frozen.

The content of the doc.u.ment seems to be very brief. Before long, Guan Qi finished reading the doc.u.ment and put it back in the envelope.

He released a long sigh and a.s.sumed an expression of relief.

“Temple Master Qi, sorry to have bothered you.”

Before Qi Qiqi could ask what happened, Guan Qi turned around without hesitation, and then mounted his horse. With the rains in hand, he prompted the horse to turn around. As he turned with his horse around, he glanced apologetically at the people of the Merak Temple.

Then–

“Retreat!”

He shouted loudly and issued a strange command.