Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 145 Grandma Xun
Did he endure such pain all year round when he was learning martial arts under Li Sanniang?

Otherwise, how can one remain silent despite being in such pain?

He didn't even groan.

The sweat on Gu Jinheng's forehead flowed down Pei Nai's fingers.

The skin has almost no blood color of a living person, it is frighteningly white, yet has a morbid beauty.

Pei Nai's heart was beating wildly. He knew clearly that he shouldn't do this, but he still lost his mind and rubbed his lips with his thumb without anyone noticing.

Instead of rejecting it, Gu Jinheng took her finger into his mouth and bit it gently with his teeth.

It seemed like he was venting his own pain, but it also seemed more like he was responding to Pei Nai.

Han Ruize, Da Xian and others were nearby.

Everyone was extremely tired and sat on the ground, seizing the opportunity to rest and replenish their energy.

Especially Han Ruize. Although the poison had been cured, it also damaged his vitality, causing his internal breath to become disordered and he could not fully recover in a short time.

He was leaning against the stone wall, his brows furrowed as he closed his eyes and adjusted his internal strength.

A tingling and tingling sensation came from his fingertips. Surrounded by people, Pei Nai felt an unbearable itchiness extending from his hands to his heart.

This also made her ears red.

I don’t know if Gu Jinheng noticed her reaction. He just blinked and didn’t say anything.

Reason made her withdraw her fingers, and Pei Nai asked the people around her, "Is there any cold water and a handkerchief? I will wipe him and lower his temperature."

The guards went to find the natives and quickly brought back a basin of water and a clean white towel.

Pei Nai dipped the handkerchief in the water, took it out and wrung it dry, then used it to wipe Gu Jinheng's forehead and neck.

Pei Nai suddenly felt that this scene looked familiar.

Then she realized that when she was drunk in Huayun Village that day, it was Gu Jinheng who wiped her face clean bit by bit.

It’s just that today the roles are swapped and the people being taken care of are swapped.

Pei Nai thought about it and licked his lips subconsciously, but then Gu Jinheng pinched his hand.

There was something flowing in his eyes.

Pei Nai no longer dared to tease him and obediently wiped his skin to relieve his high fever.

Finally, Zhang Sheng's companion came over to pass on the message.

The poisoned civilians and Tianyao soldiers have all been properly accommodated and received acupuncture treatment, and each of them has a soldier from the Valley Kingdom beside them to press the acupoints and accompany them throughout the process.

Only at this moment did Gu Jinheng finally withdraw his alchemy energy.

The overwhelming pressure made the hairs of countless people in the corridors of the four districts stand on end.

Pei Nai breathed a sigh of relief, and her heart was finally at ease. However, the first thing Gu Jinheng did after he recovered was to hold the back of Pei Nai's head with his hands and kissed her hard.

His lips pressed against Pei Nai's cool lips with an urgency that he had longed for.

The tongue pried open the gap between Pei Nai's mouth and went straight in, enveloping every inch of her skin.

With an imperceptible "revenge" and the satisfaction of finally getting what you longed for.

Was it a response to her previous flirtation? In front of everyone.

The redness on Pei Nai's cheeks spread to the tips of her ears and the back of her neck. She thought to herself, what a shame.

Han Ruize said angrily, "I don't think he's tired enough. He can hold on for a few more hours."

"Heh." Da Xi'an sneered and continued, "That's true."

Da Xi Shangle covered his mouth with his hands and laughed so hard that his whole body trembled in Shao Liran's arms, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

Shao Liran hugged her shoulders back, as usual, with a smile on his face, listening quietly without making any comments.

Huyan Weizhao stood with his back against the stone wall and looked away at this moment.

Ju Liancheng coughed a few times, signaling Pei Nai and the others to stop, but Ju Yan turned around and glared at him.

This time even Luo Yuanying couldn't help but laugh.

For no reason, just because this short-lived "victory" was hard-won and it was a rare moment of relaxation for them.

The people in the underground city brought them food, and Pei Nai and others filled their stomachs.

Although the conditions were limited, the food was not the most delicious. But it was the special flavor of the people in the valley, and for them who were almost exhausted from hunger, it was the ultimate delicacy.

Soon Zhang Sheng led his men back. He didn't even have time to eat before he said to Pei Nai and the others, "The entrance to the meteorite site is at the junction of Area 2 and Area 3, but the 'tail flower' grows in the bottom few layers of the meteorite. We need Grandma Xun to lead the way for us."

"Granny Xun?" Pei Nai grasped the key point.

Zhang Sheng nodded. "The rules for entering each level of the meteorite ruins are different. Without her, the maze inside is so complicated that it's hard to predict the life or death of those who enter."

Daxian asked: "Where is she now?"

"She is in Area 2, but..." Lu Xulan didn't know how to start.

Zhang Sheng added for him: "Grandma Xun has a very strange temper. In the past, only my father could hire her."

"Earlier today, Qi Yuebai, Qu Mufeng, Tao Jiangtianfu, Zhou Yuliang, and a group of righteous men entered the ruins without inviting her. Their lives and deaths are unknown at the moment."

"Qu Mufeng and Zhou Yuliang?!" Pei Nai asked in surprise, "When did they come to the Valley Kingdom?"

Zhang Sheng had only been here for a short while, but he had already figured out the reason. "After the country was destroyed, the people in the martial arts world spontaneously organized a rescue team, with hundreds of people in total. It just so happened that someone from the Valley Country led them in through the hidden door in the giant wall."

Just as he said, once he entered the dungeon, he would be able to obtain enough key information.

Han Ruize was puzzled by their behavior and asked, "What are they doing deep inside the meteorite?"

Zhang Sheng explained the origin: "After a noble was initially poisoned, she smelled a sachet containing pollen from the 'tail flower'. The poison in her body was suppressed. Although she was not detoxified, she retained her human consciousness."

"Plus, Lei Lai Weng's poison was developed in a meteorite site in the western border. People thought that the meteorite in the Valley Country had the same origin as Lei Lai Weng, and perhaps they could find an antidote there. So 25 people volunteered to be a death squad, led by Qu Mufeng and Zhou Yuliang, and went deep into the meteorite veins to look for the 'tail flower'."

"Good news, 'Weidahua' is almost the final ingredient." Da Xi Shangle concluded.

Luo Yuanying continued: "Bad news, Grandma Xun is difficult to deal with."

"There is one more piece of good news." Zhang Sheng looked around and made sure there were no outsiders. Then he lowered his voice and said, "The location of the Hunshu fragment is also underground at the meteorite site, not far from the 'Tail Daihua'."

Pei Nai looked at him like a frightened animal.

Zhang Sheng thought he had said something wrong. Why did Pei Nai react like this? "What's wrong?"

Pei Nai said: "This is really not good news."

"Indeed." Daxian agreed, "If you say its whereabouts are unknown, that would be good news."

Pei Nai wiped Zhang Sheng's neck to scare him for a moment, then retracted his presumptuous attitude and asked, "So why is Grandma Xun unwilling to take people down? Is she afraid of danger?"

Zhang Sheng shook his head in denial.

He looked at Huyan Weizhao at this time, and calmed down before saying, "Grandma Xun escaped from the palace of the Wu clan's kingdom."

Just this one sentence was like a bolt from the blue.

Huyan Weizhao strode over and grabbed Zhang Sheng by the collar. "What did you say? This person is from Yuecang's palace?"

Zhong Lin and Lu Xulan quickly pulled him away.

Lu Xulan was a little confused and just thought that Huyan Weizhao and the Wu clan god had an old feud.

He persuaded, "Grandma Xun escaped from the Wu clan's palace more than fifty years ago. She is a native of the Valley Country. When she was young, she was captured by the Wu clan while playing outside and was offered to the Wu clan's God King at the time. She was abused. She is an innocent victim. Calm down!"

"Of course I know! No one knows better than me that they are all victims!" Huyan Weizhao was very emotional, with bloodshot eyes.

Lu Xulan was confused, "Then what about you?"

"She knows the way to the palace of the Wu clan's divine kingdom. She can lead the way for me. I want to go and save people!" Huyan Weizhao gritted his teeth.

Pei Nai grabbed Hu Yanweizhao's clothes and pulled him back. "There is no way out. Even if you go in, you won't be able to come out alive. To save your daughter and the other girls, we have to kill Yue Cang, defeat the Wu clan, and rescue them from the palace in an upright manner. This is the only feasible way!"

The sound of gold hitting the ground was like a stick hitting Huyan Weizhao on the head.

Only then did he calm down.

He was so rude and impolite, but no one present could blame him.

If anyone’s own flesh and blood were being tortured by Yue Cang, they would surely not be able to remain sane.

"I'm sorry, I was overly emotional at the time." Huyan Weizhao apologized to Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Sheng waved his hand, "It's okay. Grandma Xun had a hard life in the first half of her life. After escaping from the Wu clan palace, her personality changed completely. She became gloomy and crazy. She is very difficult to talk to. We can only try. I hope she can give us this face."

At this time, Senior Zhong, the holy monk from Zhongchuan, entered the underground city along with the people at the end of the team and was walking slowly towards them.

(End of this chapter)