Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 88 Old Friend
A familiar breath came with the wind from the whip, wrapping her in a trance.

"Why would you, the dignified Chiyue and Yunjiang, make things difficult for an unarmed man?" The man spoke calmly, his voice as melodious as a spring.

Pei Nai hadn't turned around yet, but his heart was already shocked, and a warm feeling surged up over him, with a smile on his face.

Sikouxiu's attack has been interrupted.

Han Ruize retracted the long whip, and the whip cut against the wind, with a beautiful aura.

Although he was not holding the Hunxi Whip, the power of the Wanyue Blood Whip could still penetrate other long whips, carrying the evil spirit of the Zhejiao Duzhi, and threaten everyone.

Pei Nai turned around to look and saw Han Ruize riding on the horse, his eyes not on her.

A group of people in cloth came on horseback from a distance.

They pulled the rope and stopped behind Han Ruize. Pei Nai was very familiar with the faces of these people.

"Your Excellency is the leader of the Five Mountains and the successor of the Ten Thousand Mountains Blood Whip - Han Ruize?" Luan Xiao looked at Han Ruize.

Han Ruize neither admitted nor denied it. "There are rumors that the destination of the Wu army's expedition this time is Huayun Village. Seeing you two now has confirmed that the rumors are true. Since the war is imminent, I wonder what you two are doing by trespassing into the Tianyao border?"

Si Kou Xiu looked at Pei Nai and uttered two words in Wu language.

Pei Nai and most of the others were confused and didn't know what it meant, but Han Ruize and the other two people beside him suddenly changed their expressions.

Han Ruize obviously didn't believe him.

His gaze just turned and fell on Pei Nai, and the complexity in his eyes was barely noticeable.

Pei Nai showed no expression.

Because she was thinking about one thing: How come Han Ruize learned the Wu language in the ten years when she was away?
"Why? Master Han, don't you believe it?"

Luan Xiao laughed and mocked, but he did not release the string of the longbow that was aimed at Du Ling.

Han Ruize sneered, "I buried her myself, so you know how ridiculous your words are."

Han Ruize showed a hint of anger on his face, perhaps because they mentioned Pei Nai.

The long whip loosened again, and he said unhappily: "It's been a long time since the whip has drawn blood, why don't you two join in?"

"Arrogant!" Si Kou Xiu uttered a rare word from Tian Yao, and with a swing of his hammer, he launched an offensive and headed straight towards Han Ruize.

But at the same time, Luan Xiao called him to stop.

Luan Xiao spoke a few words in the Wu language seriously. Although he didn't know the content clearly, he saw that Si Kou Xiu's murderous intent was gradually easing.

The Mingsuo meteor hammer finally hit the ground and stopped.

"We will have a fight eventually, but not now!" As soon as Luan Xiao said this, the longbow in his hand suddenly pointed downward, and the sharp arrow flew off the string and hit the black mechanism under Du Ling's feet.

All the black pieces tightened instantly, and the top circle of pieces turned inward, cutting the flesh on Du Ling's legs.

Du Ling was unable to move and was in agony. Veins on his forehead were throbbing, but he never uttered a single groan.

Si Kou Xiu made a gesture and everyone quickly retreated.

The people behind Han Ruize were about to chase after him, but were stopped by him.

Luan Xiao glanced at Du Ling's legs and said, "The mechanism is poisonous. It will take effect within half an hour. By then, the poison will attack the heart. Even the arrival of the Great Luo Immortal will be useless. You should hurry up and save people. We will see each other soon!"

As soon as the last note fell, explosions were heard from both sides.

The cliff collapsed and countless rubble rolled down, bringing with it dust that covered the sun and blocked everyone's view.

When everything stopped, there was no trace of the enemy.

Fortunately, the collapsed area was some distance away from them, and apart from the horses being frightened, no one was injured.

Pei Nai didn't have time to reminisce with Han Ruize and others, and ran towards Du Ling first.

The soldiers behind Han Ruize who had originally left the Pei family army also dismounted and rushed over to check Du Ling's leg injury.

Someone asked a question that had puzzled them for a long time, "Girl, why is our general's Guimo Spear in your hand?"

"I got it back from Gu Jinheng. Stop talking nonsense and lend a hand. Saving people is the most important thing!" Pei Nai still lowered his head with concentration.

Everyone looked at each other, but didn't say much and came up to help.

"Why is it a little different from the mechanism I encountered at the Dengyun Conference?" Pei Nai murmured, and then took out a dagger from his waist.

Although she was talking to herself, her words were heard by everyone.

"Is this girl the heroine who, as the rumors say, defeated Xing Xiaoren and Zhang Licheng's son Zhang Sheng at the Dengyun Conference?" someone else asked.

Pei Nai gave a perfunctory "hmm".

Following this sound, she exerted force on the dagger in her hand, and after a crisp sound, the mechanism was finally removed.

Someone had already supported Du Ling before her.

"How do you feel?" Pei Nai asked him.

Du Ling shook his head. "It's Liuguang Powder. My physique is different from that of ordinary people. The poison spreads very quickly in my body. I can't hold out for that long. You go first and be careful of other ambushes."

"How long does it take to get to the nearest clinic?" Pei Nai asked others anxiously.

"There is no town nearby. It will take about an incense stick of time to get to the nearest clinic by horseback. But ordinary clinics don't have an antidote for such a poison." Someone answered her.

"Can you still use the Prajna Step?" Pei Nai asked with a frown.

Du Ling shook his head again, "It's too late, leave as soon as possible, don't worry about me." Pei Nai thought of a solution quickly in his mind, "I will help you seal your meridians first, this may delay the onset of the poison. You should not move around, wait for us here, we will find an antidote as soon as possible."

"No need." Du Ling raised his hand to stop him, his expression becoming more painful.

Others beside him also advised: "Yes, there is no other way. Who would carry the antidote for Liuguang Powder with them in this remote place?"

He deliberately showed an exaggerated look of worry, but there was an obvious smile in his tone.

It is especially humorous and makes people around laugh.

Pei Nai looked up in confusion, only to see another old friend being pushed from behind and forced to take a step forward.

"Stop teasing them. Even if he is Gu Jinheng's man, we still have to unite against the enemy now that we are facing a common hatred." Han Ruize had dismounted from his horse at some point and was standing behind his old friend.

Under the gaze of everyone, the old friend opened his outer robe, revealing all kinds of bottles and jars inside.

Pei Nai was stunned.

Someone explained: "He married a girl from Qilu country. She was born into a big family with poison and magic. She was afraid that he would have an accident, so she prepared all kinds of antidotes for him every time he went out."

Pei Nai was happy, "Great, Li Lan, you married a good wife!"

Li Lan froze as he was rummaging through his robes for the antidote, and the smiles of the others also froze abruptly.

"How do you know his name is Li Lan?" someone asked.

Pei Nai scratched his head, not knowing where to start. "Did Si Kou Xiu just say that I am Pei Nai?"

The two people who understood the Wu language nodded.

"He didn't say anything nonsense anyway." Pei Nai added.

Everyone looked at her blankly, then turned to look in Han Ruize's direction.

Pei Nai waved his hands hesitantly, "Save people first, save people first, these things can't be explained in a short time."

But everyone's expressions had become indifferent, as if she had accidentally touched the reverse scales of countless people.

Li Lan stopped the treatment and looked at Han Ruize, waiting for his instructions.

"What is Gu Jinheng's purpose in sending you here?" Han Ruize said expressionlessly.

"He sent me? If he hadn't been poisoned and unconscious, I would probably still be in Chaoyang and unable to escape."

Pei Nai turned around and responded to him seriously, "I don't know how to make you believe in this kind of weird stuff, but Gu Jinheng is also a person who considers the overall situation. He won't trip you up at such a critical moment, right?"

Someone snorted coldly and continued, "That's not necessarily true! I think he would do anything for the general's body."

"Zhang Ming!" Han Ruize shouted at him.

Pei Nai became more and more helpless. How could she make them recognize her as quickly as Gu Jinheng and Xiao Mingyi?

She was just worrying when Han Ruize continued, "You guys should detoxify him first, Miss Tang? Come with me."

Pei Nai wasn't worried either.

Although no one believed her, she understood that the people in the world who deserved her trust the most were all here.
So she stood up without hesitation, gave up the seat closest to Du Ling, and walked to the outside of the crowd with Han Ruize.

I never thought that at this moment, Pei Nai would be unusually nervous.

Han Ruize stood there, tall and slender, his appearance still the same as before, as if not bound by time.

The only thing that has changed is that the youthful clarity is no longer there in Ruyue's eyes.

He stared at Pei Nai, and there was a depth in his eyes that Pei Nai had never seen before.

Pei Nai smiled at him as usual, then lowered his eyes and saw the blood still oozing from his palm.

One glance at Pei Nai told him what had happened.

When the Wanyue Blood Whip fails to draw blood after being whipped, most people will use the whip to make a bloody wound in the palm of their palm in order to retract the whip.

This is the self-reflection that the Han family has been required to do for generations.

Pei Nai felt a little distressed, "It's your own Tianze Whip, not the Hunxi Whip, it shouldn't be that serious, right?"

She could feel Han Ruize's breathing stagnated.

At the same time, she also realized that people called Han Ruize's whip the nameless whip, and Tianze whip was the original name of this whip.

For some reasons, Han Ruize only told the outside world that his whip had no name.

Over time, people began to call this whip the nameless whip.

Even within the Pei family army, few people knew the name of the Tianze Whip.

"How can I make you believe that I'm back?"

Pei Nai brought the topic back to the topic, and at the same time she said what she thought was the only feasible solution after thinking for a long time, "How about... a fight?"

Han Ruize still remained silent, but suddenly took a step forward.

Pei Nai also hurriedly took a step back, "Don't do it now, I don't even have my spear anymore, let me prepare--"

Her words were interrupted by Han Ruize's sudden action.

His embrace seemed to embed her into his body.

That kind of obsession and tenacity lasts for a long time
(End of this chapter)