Chapter 121 (2/2)
“We need to ask her about their background”
“Huuan Yushi+ killed the injured woman and cut off the two corpse’s heads Those were her essential trophies, and she wanted to take theot another unspeakable reason to keep the woht kno to remove the Peripheral Force But even if she were still alive, he would not get the chance to ask her alone
The five teenagers were captured purely by chance
The three huts in the Oasis were the places where Barren Sect trained their Priht disciples of ordinary martial arts and one Master shi+fu All the disciples were killed by the teenagers from Golden Roc Fort while the shi+fu was round chamber
That three red-robed women were there for routine inspections One day earlier or later the teenagers went there, they wouldn’t have run into them
As Gu Shenwei had expected, the knockout powder those woreed not to use anymore Compared with the effect of the ordinary knockout powder in the Fort, the effects of Mercy Powder lasted longer The red-robed women mixed the poith the food and forced the captives to eat it every ers would gradually lose their Internal Strength within 10 days
The Barren Sect and the Golden Roc Fort had been into a feud for ins of this sect It was said that the Barren Sect was once a subordinate of the Golden Roc Fort and betrayed the Fort when the fifth Supree Then it set up its own sect but finally iped out by the sixth Supre
However, a few years later, the Barren Sect risen from the ashes and from the sect canificantly affected the stability of the entire Western Region Finally, several s ca
In the Four Truths Temple outside Jade City, the Golden Roc Fort entered into an inviolable agreement with the Barren Sect The Golden Roc Fort promised not to use theit able to stay in Jade City The Barren Sect voluntarily retreated into the desert
Few people remembered the details of that event All in all, the Barren Sect vanished in Jianghu and did not show up again for decades
As for the reason why they left the desert to reappear in Jianghu and why they forced the people of Golden Roc Fort walked southward into the desert, none of the teenagers knew it
When the three red-robed wohter was one of the captives, they iht As for the boy who had fallen into their trap, they took it for granted that the Master shi+fu could kill hinored hireerowled She recalled the Barren Sect when being questioned Before that, She never associated the black-robed wo-disappeared sect
Only Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus knew that it was not the first time for the disciples of the Barren Sect to leave the desert, as Maotten into Golden Roc Fort
The five teenagers were naturally unable to take revenge, and the escaped woer even ers could only walk forward They drank a lot of water by the riverside, which was one of the best ways to weaken the effect of the Mercy Powder After crossing the river, they walked ard along the bank for a while before turning toward the southwest, hoping they could make their way to Jade City by feet
No one kne long the tramp would be
Gu Shenas the only one that equipped with a saber a the six Liuhua took back his favorite short boithout saying a grateful word The crossboas handed over to Shangguan Ru while the longboas given to Shangguan Yushi+, with less than 20 arrows left
Gu Shenwei gave his dagger to Maid Lotus and Wildhorse could only be unarht without rest, identifying their direction from the black mountains in the south They did not stop until next noon Gu Shenwei felt like he had just closed his eyes before he akened Liuhua hunted several birds, and everyone shared a part of the raw er
Their Internal Strength had recovered, but it helped theuan Ru was the first one to break down For she was so young and never suffered like this, she could not withstand theher forward After a long hen Shangguan Ru decided to rest in any case, everyone was relieved
Starting with Wildhorse, the four brown-belt assassins kept watch in turns
Gu Shenas the last one He sat in the grass on the high ground, enduring the lingering sleepiness and mosquito bites When he looked at the crescent moon, he felt as if his , even the htforward idea
He fell asleep, but the sight before his eyes remained the same only that he was not sleepy any in the cloud With the noise of flying insects becah the grass and the ethereal sound of the flute
He was confused that he did not like the instruments such as the flute, but why he heard theup, he tried to wave away the illusory scene before his eyes several times, but he failed At last, he had to push his eyes open with his fingers
It was still the sa came
A tall woh Gu Shenwei didn’t know her, he began to let his guard down seeing her s breeze He then s her poke at his chest with one finger
Gu Shenwei closed his eyes and fell into sleep again, unburdened and dreauan Yushi+ coh everyone was in a sound sleep and nobody woke up in tiht…” Gu Shenwei said But while speaking, he thought it hed at
Sure enough, Shangguan Yushi+ snorted diset that the slave boy had saved her life “What wohtmare for you fears the Barren Sect so much”
The others shook their heads as well, indicating that they saw nothing Refreshed a bit, Shangguan Ru asked with a smile, “Tell me, Who did you dream of?”
Gu Shenwei forced a smile “I can’t remember”
Actually, he distinctly remembered that woman’s face, a face of fantastic beauty and clear-cut facial features that on no account could he see her just in the dream