Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 194: Survivors in the Wasteland

Thousands of miles of barren land, desolate wasteland.

Every mountain and river in Lu State records the pain of national disaster. There is no trace of people and the plants and trees are full of sorrow.

They walked in Lu State for another three days and finally arrived at the foot of the Yuelu Mountains, which was the entrance to the secret realm of Lu State.

It was almost dark, and going into the mountains late at night would make it impossible to observe the surrounding situation and could easily lead to danger, so they decided to camp at the foot of the mountain for the night and set off early the next morning.

When the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

Most people had already rested in the tents, but Pei Nai was still practicing shooting in the woods outside.

Suddenly a breeze blew by.

Pei Nai detected the human breath by the movement of the wind.

She turned her head to look at the bushes behind her on the left, whistled confidently with her left index finger and thumb, and then rushed towards the person hiding in the woods with her gun.

She was moving very fast, and the two people behind the bushes fell backwards to the ground. Pei Nai's spear was almost about to cut them down, but suddenly he felt something was wrong and stopped at their necks.

Han Ruize, Huyan Weizhao and the soldiers of the Pei family army heard her whistle and rushed over from the camp.

With the help of the torch in Han Ruize's hand, Pei Nai could see clearly the situation under the gun.

Those were four bright and clear eyes, like dewdrops under the morning sun, ignorant and moist.

The fire in his eyes was reflecting Pei Nai's figure.

They were actually two children, a boy and a girl, about six or seven years old. Judging from their appearance, they looked like local children from the State of Lu.

"There are still survivors in the territory of Lu State?!" Pei Nai exclaimed.

The two children did not understand what she said, but they were terrified of being discovered and sat there trembling.

The state of Lu borders Qi and Lu, so the Lu dialect has many similarities with the Qi and Lu dialects.

Han Ruize has lived in Huayun Village for many years and often interacted with foreigners, so he also knew Qilu language, so he asked them: "Where are you from?"

The two children, a boy and a girl, looked at each other and said nothing, although they were deeply frightened.

They probably kept it secret for fear of exposing the hiding place of the survivors.

But there are other possibilities, such as the Wu tribe spared their lives, provided them with food and water, and took advantage of the children's mental disabilities to train them as spies.

"What is your purpose in spying on us?" Han Ruize asked again.

The two children still didn't speak.

Pei Nai looked at the two of them and said, "Then come with us. You can't prove your identity, and you won't tell us where you came from or where the camp is. We can't let you leave."

After Han Ruize finished translating for her, the two young children from Lu State became even more frightened.

Pei Nai waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to take the two children to the tent, "Hao Ye, you and Zhao Wenjia take them back to Huayun Village first, and set off early tomorrow morning."

The two soldiers took the order and just as they walked back a few steps, they heard dense and chaotic sound of horse hooves in the distance.

Pei Nai and the others all picked up their weapons, prepared to fight, and protected the child in the center.

Those who came were either holding torches or holding bows and arrows with their arrows on the strings, pointing directly at the people of Pei Nai.

The cavalry came in large numbers and with great momentum. They surrounded Pei Nai and his men on horseback. Luo Yuanying and the silver-armored guards of Duke Duan Ding's mansion heard the noise and rushed over immediately, surrounding the enemy from the opposite side.

The two sides are facing each other, and the situation is tense.

At this moment, the two children pushed away the Pei family soldiers in front of them and rushed into the enemy's team.

A woman dismounted, held her child in her arms, and looked at them warily.

Pei Nai looked around and saw that almost all of them looked like Lu people. The leader looked at the weapons in Pei Nai and Han Ruize's hands and said in Tianyao language, "Zhu Bei Gun and Wan Yue Blood Whip?"

He quickly gestured to his men to lay down their weapons.

"Who are you? Why do you recognize our weapons?" Pei Nai was still skeptical.

Although the Zhubei Spear and the Hunxi Whip are world-famous, people from other countries have never seen them and it is difficult for them to recognize them at a glance.

The man, who was about 40 or 50 years old, jumped off his horse and walked up to them, and replied, "I once fought side by side with Pei Hao and Han Runlin."

Han Runlin is Han Ruize's father, who died more than 20 years ago. Judging from this man's age, it is fitting.

"May I ask your name?" Han Ruize asked.

The man replied: "My name literally translated in Tianyao dialect is: Chai Yaojin."

Pei Nai and Han Ruize looked at each other.

They had heard of his name. Although he could not be considered a general of the State of Lu, he had a certain prestige among the generals of the State of Lu because of his long experience.

Pei Nai wasn't sure yet whether to believe him.

Because according to the information from Tianyao and Qilu's scouts, there are no traces of survivors in the territory of Lu State, not to mention that they are about to enter the secret territory of Lu State, the timing is too special.

"General Chai, do you have a military badge as proof?" Luo Yuanying had walked near Pei Nai while they were talking, and spoke at this time to relieve Pei Nai's worries.

General Chai took out a wide plaque carved from gold and wood from his waist and handed it to Luo Yuanying.

Luo Yuanying took it and looked at it carefully, then handed it back to Chai Yaojin, and then said to Pei Nai, "No problem."

Pei Nai nodded and asked, "General Chai, how did you survive the search by the Wu tribe's cavalry? Do you have a fixed place to go?"

"There is a fortress called Linluyuan. It was built by the Valley Kingdom more than a hundred years ago in cooperation with the Lu Kingdom to explore secrets. The entrance is hidden." Chai Yaojin answered Pei Nai's question.

He then continued to ask: "Are you all here for the Linshang Water in the secret territory of Lu Kingdom?"

Pei Nai responded: "Yes, are you familiar with the road?"

Chai Yaojin shook his head. "Only the Saint Clan who guard the secret realm knew the way to Linshangshui Waterfall, but they were unwilling to compromise with the Wu Clan and were almost exterminated. Only one or two members of the clan escaped to Tianyao and Qilu. But as far as I know, there are only three or five people in the Saint Clan who are familiar with the way, and they all died at the hands of the Wu Clan."

This is consistent with what Gu Jinheng and his team had found. Pei Nai said, "We met one of their tribesmen, the Jingjue Divine Monk from Tianyao. He showed us the map of the secret realm with his death."

Chai Yaojin was a little puzzled. After all, they all knew that the Wu tribe attacked the Lu Kingdom because Lin was injured in the water.

It was just a holy water of unknown use, but it brought disaster to the Kingdom of Lu.

What's the crime of holding a jade?
He asked, "What can Linshangshui do? Why did it drive the Wu clan so crazy? Why did you even come all the way here to get it?"

Chai Yaojin's gaze lingered between Pei Nai and Han Ruize.

He guessed: "Can Linshang Water make people immortal?"

Pei Nai shook his head and gave an answer that surprised Chai Yaojin and everyone else: "No, on the contrary, its effect is to destroy longevity."

She feels that the survivors who have lost their homes and loved ones have the right to know the truth.

What's more, now that things have come to this, people are talking about it.

If she doesn't explain the situation, the world's speculation about Lin Shangshui will cause greater trouble to the twenty-one regions of the Valley Kingdom and the secret realm of the Lu Kingdom.

Chai Yaojin was stunned. The people around him recalled in Tianyao language: "The holy water was once offered to the Wu clan god, causing him to faint for several days. When he woke up again, he killed the nine clans of the offerer and then ordered an attack on the Lu Kingdom."

Without Pei Nai's detailed explanation, they speculated step by step.

"So, the Wu clan's God is an immortal?" Chai Yaojin widened his eyes and pointed out this shocking truth.

(End of this chapter)