236 Mens Tribulation in Life (1/2)

With the appearance of the World Tree, the main road that leads to Azure Verdant Plains had been disconnected and a new road was required to be built around it in the future.

This empty grassland region the World Tree was found in, used to be the fiefdom of an old Baron. Just twenty miles southwest of the World Tree was a town by the name of Grasscrest Town with a moderate population of 5000 people.

Leon and his group of palace guards did not stop by this town. After finding their general direction, they made a straight line for the Capital. However, they had underestimated the distance between them.

The Capital was not situated in the center of its vast territory but relatively closer to the Great Wall in the west.

A great distance had to be covered to reach the Capital from the eastern borders.

Given that Leon had limitless energy to burn to fly at his greatest speed, it would just be a matter of hours to reach the Capital.

However, he was traveling by foot and with a group of slow palace guards. A matter of hours had been stretched a few days.

A steam-powered vehicle running at full throttle would still be quicker at this point because machines do not tire as they do.

At this moment, Leon and the palace guards were taking a break by the main road, hoping for a random vehicle to pass them by so they could hitch a ride. Oh, how they had fallen.

Leon was not tired and could keep going, but he had to consider the state of his palace guards, who ran in full suits of armor.

The memory of the prince pulling pill bottles out of thin air still lingered on their minds, but Leon made no comment when the question was raised. In the end, it was not their place to dig into the secrets of royalty.

While the palace guards quietly cultivated during the rest, Leon did the same.

Pseudo-Grandmist energy was refined and used to temper his meridians, one strand at a time.

Learning from his past mistakes, he did not attempt to temper his meridians with multiple strands at once.

Not only would it put him into shock with his eyes rolling back from the pain again, but he would also be giving the palace guards all a heart attack.

After two repetitions, Leon sighed and stopped.

'It's too slow!'

If he wants to make great progress in Body Forging, the pain was something he needed to get used to.

Leon adjusted his plans and decided to gather whatever dry branches he could find in the surrounding.

Where there are trees, there are bound to be branches.

The grassland was vast and fertile, but it was not completely flat and empty. Occasional trees and shrubs can be seen growing in various parts of it.

Leon was naturally prepared to resort to primitive means to start a fire for pill refining.

”Leon!”

Leon pricked his ears as he heard his name being faintly called in the distance by two familiar voices. He turned with suspicions, but his eyes glowered with pleasant surprises right after.

”What are you both doing here? Shouldn't you both be in the Capital?”

The nearby palace guards looked at each other confusion. The prince didn't know? Through their slight interaction with the logistics group, they were made aware of the situation in the eastern borders.

”Did no one report the news to his Highness that her Majesty and both Miss Aria and Miss Lynne were at the eastern borders?”

One of the palace guards awkwardly scratched his head and said, ”The prince said to absolutely not disturb him unless it is urgent back then.”

The palace guard did not mention that he had forgotten about it after.

The rest was speechless. It is not urgent, but it is pretty damn important, no? If the Queen is not important then they do not know what is, not to mention the war that started.

Aria and Lynne were ready to dive into his arms the moment they found him, but they awkwardly froze when they realize that they were not alone in the wild. There was a group of palace guards nearby watching them.

At the end of the day, they were both ladies with a certain amount of reservations. They did not dare to display public affections wantonly. Despite that, it did not hide the longing and affections they had in their eyes.

”Alright, I know you both have missed me. I missed you both too. Come, my darlings.”

Leon had dropped the bunch of dry branches, dusted his hands and spread his arms wide open to embrace them, but despite doing all this, none of the two ladies moved.