Chapter 119 (1/2)
Chapter 119: The Mud Hut Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Only a whistlebloas not enough, the black-robed women’s whereabouts needed to be revealed Gu Shenwei passed this task to Maid Lotus
Although Maid Lotus was close to Slave Huan, Shangguan Yushi+ still tried to win her over Actually, other than Slave Huan, Shangguan Yushi+ was her greatest aon Year apprentices
The trick indeed worked At the third watch that night, two Shangguan sters fro to sleep, so he iot dressed while watching the two others As usual, Liuhua was clothed during sleep, so he ju his bow in hand; Wildhorse took his tilance at Slave Huan, his wide apart eyes showing a trace of blankness
The whistlebloas Wildhorse
Gu Shenas a bit disappointed Though they used to be mortal enemies, and there were even scars left by Wildhorse’s saber on his chest, this sensible boy held excellent inally planning to turn hiuan Ru was dressed in all black with a piece of black clothher saber hilt as she mysteriously announced she had aa look as of to say that he who declined was a traitor
nobody objected, not even Gu Shenwei He knew Shangguan Ru hated so-called discretion In the uan Yushi+, asSlave Huan Now she could read esters set off before dawn
In addition, Shangguan Ru had left a letter for Bighead Kingpin, thanking hi and others safely returned to Golden Roc Fort Further with plenty of supplies
Nevertheless, Gu Shenwei doubled the water sack He originally planned to have Shangguan Yushi+ charged with “luring the pin, he then decided to urge Shangguan Ru back to Jade City when they set foot in the desert
It was quiet in the Iron Mountain cauardMaster The bandits were straight, so they asked, “Tenth Young Master, where are you going?”
“I’uan Ru answered with a s for: To hunt down evil black-robed women in comauan Ru could not hold her exciteht hand held the saber She looked serious, but a shtest bloind But for the principle of silence, she should have been jabbering all time
Gu Shenwei looked at her froo: He was just like Shangguan Ru at 14, seeing the whole world like a playground He would only care about his own happiness, and his father and elder brothers would solve every probleia felt so out of place Gu Shenwei soon cleared his mind
The six of the To keep away from spies from Iron Mountain, they had moved toward the east for some time, and then turned south
The black-robed women had once tried to force theuests” had arrived, “the hosts” had to hide frouan Ru’s facade failed She put up tents with the teenagers, and helped prepare the banquet on the ground They drank half the wine they brought in one hter drifted uan Yushi+ advice of not starting a caht added
The next day, the desert showed its hot burning power, and the pleasure of the assassination gradually abated Even Shangguan Ru grew discouraged By afternoon, she even stopped holding onto her saber hilt
Gu Shenwei once suspected that Bighead Kingpin was in some way connected to black-robed women His suspicion lessened now since they hadn’t been following or set up all this tipin hier
On the third day, the six-person squad an to stray Not to mention the direction, they couldn’t even see each other clearly Yet, they had to keep going in case the overwhel dust buried them The storm was so intense, it could have buried a camel in an instant
It had been a fateful sandstor the six pale-faced teenagers
They had lost their way For they were supposed to see the “three dead trees”, a sign of where the wo at the boundless dunes There was nothing in sight except endless yellow sand
Moreover, only Gu Shenwei noticed another consequence of the sandstorhead Kingpin had had them followed, by now he must have lost theuan Ru had a few mouthfuls of bland water, and soon went to bed
Shangguan Yushi+ sent four brown-belt assassins to explore in different directions, also without success
On the fourth day, the six of them continued toward the south They couldn’t see the pass where they caone astray They only knew that if they went south, they would reach anotherthe foothill in the west, they would reach the Jade City border
It fit ith Gu Shenwei’s plan, coet rid of the black-robed wouan Ru refused to return empty-handed for her first assassination mission Her name would be crippled if she left without a few heads Hence, she insisted on searching whileforward, which heavily slowed their speed Finally, when food was alone, she had to admit her failure, and quickened their march to the south
On the 10th day in the desert, nobody had breakfast except Shangguan Ru Fortunately, Gu Shenwei had the foresight to bring extra water, otherwise, they wouldn’t even have water to drink now