Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 137 Gu Jinheng's Sadness
After explaining the origin of the matter and the current situation of the Valley Kingdom, Zhang Sheng promptly regained his composure and continued to introduce the geographical distribution of the Valley Kingdom.

The internal territory of the Valley Country is divided by three main horizontal and vertical passages.

All the machinery, military foundries and bases are built on these six huge channel lines.

The three east-west lines and the three north-south lines intersect with each other, like a regular sixteen-square chessboard.

The nine main cities of the Valley Kingdom are located at the intersection of the channel lines, which is the "chess piece landing point".

The royal capital of the Valley Kingdom, Steel City, is located at the central intersection of the casting lines.

The other eight subsidiary main cities were named "Qianshi City", "Kanyu City", "Genyue City", "Duiqi City", "Zhenlin City", "Kunjin City", "Liye City" and "Xunnong City" respectively based on the eight trigrams and the production content and geographical style they are responsible for.

The sixteen pieces of land separated by the casting lines and the giant roads are either forests, lakes, or sandy wilderness, with few people living there. The underground mineral veins are rich, providing materials for the major casting bases.

To the north of Gangdu and to the south of Kanyu City, there are still huge fragments of the flying rock that fell from outer space hundreds or thousands of years ago.

The diameter of this meteorite is far greater than the width of two main cities. Its bottom is buried underground, and its height and depth are unfathomable. It provides the Valley Kingdom with unique forging materials.

Countless magical weapons such as the Zhubei Spear, Xihan Knife, Nanqiang Sword, and Hunxi Whip were forged using the raw materials from this meteorite.

The main gates and side gates of the four outer walls of the Valley Kingdom are guarded by Wu troops.

Zhang Sheng and his men chose a secret entrance between the East Jumen Gate and the northeast side gate for the two Tianyao armies. This route was the easiest for the army to advance.

Zhang Sheng would remove the mechanisms for them in advance, and his companions would be dispersed in various sections of the team to assist the entire army in passing.

The soldiers had no objection to this.

After Zhang Sheng's plan was agreed to by Gu Jinheng, Pei Nai, Han Ruize and others, the meeting ended in time, leaving everyone time to eat and rest.

The army will set out early tomorrow morning.

After the others left, Pei Nai explained to Zhang Sheng the uses of the Hunshu slices.

Zhang Sheng was stunned for a long time after hearing this. With his quick wit, he quickly guessed the true identity of the Wu clan's God.

But he was also heartbroken about it.

The Hunshu tablets can bring the user back to life, but even if his father wore them before his death, they would be taken off by "Huyan Weizhao", thus losing the possibility of resurrection.

This is a dead end.

His father had never worn the Hunshu piece, so he kept it too.

In the suicide letter Zhang Licheng sent before being captured, the approximate location of the Hunshu fragments was mentioned.

The pieces of the tree are kept deep in the meteorite site.

The internal roads are complicated and difficult to distinguish. Being in it is like being in a fog. Only a few people can lead the way for them.

In addition, based on the intelligence from the Valley Kingdom, Zhang Sheng and his team also learned that the Wu tribe was looking for the "Tianyin Xuanling".

This is a gift given to the Valley Kingdom by the "Pure Enlightenment Monk" family who guards the secret realm of the Lu Kingdom. It can prevent attacks from mutated plants inside the secret realm of the Lu Kingdom.

It seems that after Yue Cang found the Hunshu piece in the Valley Kingdom, the destination of his next action will be the secret territory of Lu Kingdom.

After exchanging messages, everyone had a quick dinner and went back to their rooms to rest.

Pei Nai had just finished washing up and was about to rest when someone knocked on her door. She walked over, opened the door, and saw Gu Jinheng standing in the hazy night.

"Why are you here?" Pei Nai asked as he pulled him into the house.

Gu Jinheng stepped over the threshold, turned around to close the door, then turned around and hugged Pei Nai.

He expressed his sadness through actions.

"Can't sleep? Or what?" Pei Nai asked.

Gu Jinheng let her go, staring into her eyes with his bloodshot eyes, without saying a word, which made Pei Nai a little worried.

How come you became the little mute again?
Pei Nai was puzzled, so he asked, "Then sit down for a while? I'll go get you a cup of tea?"

Gu Jinheng did not refuse and followed her to sit down in front of the armchair in the room.

When Pei Nai was about to pour him some water, he stopped her. "Can I hug you if you don't want to drink water?" he asked in a low voice, pleading in his words.

Pei Nai couldn't resist him showing weakness like this, so she made a "hmm" sound and prepared to sit on his lap like last time.

However, she was supported by Gu Jinheng halfway, who picked her up very slowly and gently placed her horizontally on his thighs.

Are you afraid of touching the wound on her leg?

Sure enough, as soon as she sat down, Gu Jinheng's Yuan Qi flowed into her body, gathering around the wound on her leg, relieving her pain.

"Are you still blaming yourself for the saddle?" Pei Nai asked.

Gu Jinheng nodded and held Pei Nai's hand.

"Well, even a small cut on your hand would make me feel distressed. A friction injury like this on your leg during a long ride is no different from torture. I can't forgive myself."

As he spoke, he buried his head in Pei Nai's back again. He seemed to be shaking a little. "After the matter of the Valley Kingdom is settled, I will go to the wife of the commander of the Northern Border Army and ask for your saddle back, okay?"

Pei Nai didn't expect that this matter would become his obsession, so he said, "But the saddle is already someone else's property. It would be too rude to do so."

"I will exchange it with other things, regardless of the value, and give it to them. It's just that it's been used by someone else, so don't despise it." Gu Jinheng's voice became lower and lower, like a scolded child.

Pei Nai didn't want him to bow his head and ask others to do things for him.

He was such a proud man, how could he lose his face and compromise with others for her?
She hardened her heart and said, "I don't want it anymore. Don't go to them. It will be bad for you if this gets out."

"I don't care what others think, as long as you can avoid getting hurt. That thing originally belonged to you, but I didn't consider your feelings at the time and gave it to someone else without your permission." Gu Jinheng blamed himself.

He raised his head, looked at Pei Nai's profile, and continued, "I originally thought that you would only be used in the battle ten years ago. No matter where you go in the future, I will arrange a carriage for you and will not let you suffer again."

"But now you often have to ride for a long time, so you really need it. Can I take it back? As long as you don't mind."

"But I don't want it," Pernay insisted.

After she finished speaking, Gu Jinheng was speechless.

Then, a drop of water fell on the back of Pei Nai's hand.

Pei Nai realized something and looked up quickly, only to see that Gu Jinheng's eyes were filled with tears.

Pei Nai was also panicked. She had almost never seen Gu Jinheng cry, so she quickly reached out to wipe his eyes.

"Why are you crying? It's okay. We'll just have to ride for two or three more days. Once we reach the outer border of the Valley Country, we'll have to walk and we'll be able to recover."

Gu Jinheng hugged her without saying a word, bent down and put his head on her shoulder.

Pei Nai let him hold her and stroked his back with her hand.

After a long time, he recovered as usual and asked tentatively: "Can I sleep with you tonight? I want to help you relax your meridians so that you can rest better."

Seeing his current state, Pei Nai didn't dare to leave him alone to go back and dwell on this issue, so he agreed.

"It's almost time to rest. Do you want to go wash up?" Pei Nai asked.

Gu Jinheng answered her: "I have washed up."

Pei Nai suddenly realized and patted him, "Okay, so you had planned this all along."

Gu Jinheng broke into a smile, and his complexion finally looked better.

The two walked to the bed, Pei Nai got into the bed first, Gu Jinheng took off his coat, turned off the lights, lay down on the outside, and lifted the quilt to cover his body.

He came over and hugged Pei Nai from behind, and Yuan Qi wrapped Pei Nai from the inside out.

Pei Nai really liked falling asleep in such an environment, which made her feel extremely at ease, so she closed her eyes and said, "Rest well, see you tomorrow morning!"

"Yeah." Gu Jinheng placed a kiss on her hair, "Sweet dreams."

The divine energy of the Dandao passed through Pei Nai's blood and meridians, making her body light, as if she had fallen into the clouds, rising and falling freely, and soon Pei Nai fell into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)