Simultaneous travel: I am rampant in the domestic area

Chapter 234 Aunt Ao: How could you lie to me?

With her staff supporting her, Ao Gu slightly bent her knees, and a surge of powerful energy burst forth from her body. Her slit robe billowed uncontrollably in the wind, revealing two long, fair, and straight legs.

Worried that the other party was preparing some big move, Russell had no choice but to concentrate and observe closely, his eyes wide open, for fear that he might accidentally crash on this Gita.

But perhaps because his vision was too narrow, even after racking his brains, he could only see the two characters "长" and "白".

"Come again!"

With a low growl from Aogu, her beautiful figure, like that of a female leopard, shot out, her staff raised high, and a fierce air current suddenly condensed, causing a gale to sweep across the top of the dozens of meters-long Jita Mountain!
boom!
Knowing that his gentle strength had almost driven the girl to her wits' end, Russell did not choose to continue using the strategy of using light force to deflect heavy blows, but instead used his strength to confront her head-on.

The staff, the size of a human head, collided with the fist, but instead of a cracking bone, it produced a dull, booming sound. Before the sound even rang out, Ao Gu felt an irresistible force coming from the tip of the staff, causing her to be thrown backward uncontrollably, almost dropping the staff from her hand.

Duang!

After landing, Ao Gu retreated barefoot on the ground. Seeing that she was about to fall off the cliff, she immediately stuck her staff into the ground to stabilize herself.

That's it! Let's do it again!

Ao Gu's eyes were filled with unbridled joy. She suddenly ripped off the sash of her cloak and tossed it aside, revealing her slender waist. She also abandoned her staff and strode towards Russell.

Amidst the clash of fists and feet, the two figures moved erratically, and the sounds of explosions, like a barrage of firecrackers, were deafening.

As one of the few genius girls in the world who can rival Old Li in talent, Ao Gu is incredibly adept at seizing opportunities. Russell merely revealed a slight opening, and Ao Gu kicked out without hesitation. After kicking Russell away, her right leg immediately drew a beautiful arc, lifted high, and gently lowered.

Where is your spirit child?

She landed lightly, without even getting her clothes dirty. Russell couldn't help but ask curiously, "Even now, Ao Gu is only using the combination of the power of heaven and earth and her internal energy. He has been opening his spiritual sense for a long time, but he has not seen Ao Gu summon her spirit to join the battle."

"I'll tell you after I'm done fighting." Aogu indicated that she was in the heat of battle and didn't have time to answer your questions. She raised her hand and waved her staff back into her palm. Just as she was about to continue her fierce attack, Russell, who had been standing still, disappeared without a trace.

The power of heaven and earth resonated, and Ao Gu turned around without hesitation, holding her staff horizontally in front of her. In just an instant, she felt a huge, roaring airflow coming from behind her. Looking closely, a fair, jade-like fist suddenly enlarged in her field of vision, and the air trembled violently like the surface of water, boiling and twisting violently.

will die!

With a single punch, Ao Gu's pupils suddenly contracted, her mind went blank, and an immense fear exploded in her mind.

Fortunately, the punch didn't land on her head. Instead, it stopped in front of her forehead. Before she could figure out what was happening, the middle finger of the fist gathered its strength and struck her forehead hard.

As she was thrown backward, a buzzing sound rang in her mind, dispelling the great terror between life and death and bringing her back to her senses.

Awakening from her terror, Ao Gu's body jolted. She gradually regained feeling in her limbs, braced herself against the cliff face, stood up, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

Upon closer inspection, a fine layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her short, brown hair, past her ears, was also soaked with sweat.

"Hey, hey, snap out of it!" Seeing that Aunt Ao hadn't moved for a long time, Russell quickly raised his hand and waved it in front of Aunt Ao's eyes, thinking that he hadn't used much force at all, and that force was enough for Li Xingyun to withstand.

"I'm fine." Aogu's eyes regained their liveliness. She looked at Russell, no longer fearful of almost being beaten to death, but with a calm acceptance of defeat: "As expected of a warrior who can subdue the divine eagle Xiongkuru!"

Russell helped Ao Gu, who was limping, into the house and sat her down. He set up firewood and started boiling water. "Now you can tell me, right? Where is your spirit child?"

“Stay in the capital.” Ao Gu picked up her teacup and took small sips. The hot water warmed her cold body. “My father is seriously ill and needs Ling Yin to sustain him.”

"Oh." Russell nodded, not bothering to ask what Aogu's spiritual offspring was, but instead said, "Since your father is seriously ill, what are you doing here?"

“I’ve come to find you,” Ao Gu replied.

"?" Seeing that Russell was still puzzled, Aogu immediately explained, "The Queen Mother said that only the Balu Stone can cure Father's illness."

"Oh~" Russell understood then, because in the legends of the northern desert, only those who conquer the divine eagle Xiongkulu were able to enter Yinshan and take the Balu Stone. In the news he spread, he had conquered Xiongkulu, so the silly couple Aogu came to conquer him.

“So…” Aunt Ao looked at Russell: “Could you please accompany me to Yinshan?”

"Well, the problem is, I haven't even seen Xiongkuru yet. This was just a pretext I used to find him," Russell said, spreading his hands with a hint of apology.

They traveled a great distance from the capital to this remote tribe, carrying the hopes of a mother and daughter, to find the legendary warrior...

No, Aogu might fall for it, but Shuliduo is no pushover. She would never send Aogu here without any suspicion about this unsubstantiated rumor. Considering Aogu's previous statement that her spirit was keeping Yelü Abaoji alive, and that she herself was here because of a rumor.

So... barring any unforeseen circumstances, Yelü Abaoji most likely won't last until Aogu returns.

Alas, poor Yelü Abaoji.

The fates of both the fake Li and Yuanyuan changed, but this guy died many years earlier.

"How could you lie to me?" Upon hearing Russell's words, Ao Gu pressed her hands on the table in disbelief, leaned down, and suddenly widened her eyes, her bright bloodshot pupils filled with disbelief.

"Isn't this a matter of expediency in an emergency?" Russell wanted to ask Aogu, "So what?" He was equally helpless. He had intended to use her as bait to lure Jiang Chen, but inexplicably, he had ended up catching Aogu instead.

As for Yelü Abaoji, Russell wouldn't mind going to the capital to check on him if possible. After all, a monarch who is clearly not very bright is much simpler than a queen who is ruthless and ambitious.

The only problem now is whether this guy can hold out until Russell goes to Beijing. Russell's personal feeling is that it's very unlikely.

"The water's boiled, and the bathtub is in the back. Take a bath first, and I'll go to the Chu Te Department to borrow some clothes for you." Russell pointed to the cubicle in the room that was separated by a curtain. Ao Gu glanced at it but didn't refuse. She was sweating profusely and did need a bath.

Stepping out of the wooden house, Russell leaped off the cliff. This was the first time he had descended the mountain in ten days. Before he even landed, he spotted Abi halfway down the mountain, peering furtively up the rock face.

"Little girl, what are you looking at here?"

Russell, using the world's best light-footed skill, Cloud Stepping, stealthily crept up behind Abi and gently patted the girl's shoulder.

"A ghost!" The girl screamed as if she had seen a ghost, waving her arms and leaning back uncontrollably. Just as she was about to fall, she suddenly felt her collar being pulled up. When she opened her eyes, she found Russell looking at her with amusement.

"You...how did you get down here! Can you fly?" Abi asked in surprise.

“No one can fly, this is qinggong (lightness skill).” Russell pressed on the girl’s back to make sure she was standing on the stone steps. Abi’s eyes immediately sparkled: “You are really amazing, this is the most amazing qinggong I have ever seen.”

“That’s right.” Russell’s lips curled into a smug smile, then he asked, “I haven’t asked you yet, what are you doing lying here? Trying to spy on me?”

"Of course not... well, a little, but not entirely. My father asked me to tell you two guests that the Chute tribe is holding a banquet tonight, and to ask if you two would like to attend." Abi scratched his head sheepishly.

“The banquet… that’s fine, I’ll attend on time. I’ll go up and ask her about it later, but right now, you need to find her some clothes.” Russell thought for a moment. He had never seen a tribal gathering like this before, and it should be as interesting as he imagined.

"Huh? You guys fought up there and tore your clothes?" Abi found it strange. It wasn't that she hadn't fought with her friends before; at most, she would just stumble and fall. How could her clothes have been torn?

"Do you know where I can borrow clothes?" Russell asked, ruffling Abi's hair.

“My mother has some. Come to my house, and I’ll find it for you,” Abi said.

"Sure, which direction is your house in? Point it out to me."

"That's the tallest one over there."

Russell followed the direction Abi was pointing, pinpointed the location, grabbed her by the collar, and levitated through the air, each step covering more than ten meters. Abi was initially surprised, but quickly became excited: "Hey hey hey! You said you couldn't fly! I can fly now! Whoosh~"

Not long after, Russell returned to the mountaintop with his clothes. Aogu Shang was still soaking in the bathtub. With his internal energy maintaining the temperature, the water didn't cool down too quickly, so the thatched hut on the mountaintop was filled with rising steam.

"I've left the clothes on the table," Russell informed them. "The Chu Special Division is holding a banquet tonight and has invited the two of us."

"Thank you, I understand."

Ao Gu's voice came from behind the curtain, along with the splashing sound of water hitting the edge of the bathtub.

Russell didn't linger. He went outside, set up his bone flute, and began to play it by himself.

Hearing the familiar flute music coming from the mountain, Abi at the foot of the mountain happily found Yilijin, who was preparing for the banquet: "Father, the two guests on the mountain have agreed."

"Haha, Abi is indeed a good girl." Upon hearing this, Yi Lijin picked Abi up and kissed her on the face with his stubble-covered lips.

As a member of a tribe, Yi Lijin had many things to consider.

One example is the future of the tribe.

The Chute tribe had been weak for a long time. Since the Yuling tribe, its predecessor, was wiped out more than a hundred years ago, even after changing its name to Chute, it still could not reduce the covetousness of other powerful tribes. They urgently needed to find a strong enough backer to deter other tribes.

And he has already found the right person to act as his protector.

The first choice was not the Central Plains man who claimed to have conquered Xiongkulu, but the great shaman who had just arrived in the Chute tribe today.

People from the Central Plains are, after all, people from the Central Plains; there will come a day when they leave.

The Great Shaman was different; she was backed by the Northern Desert Royal Court.

Even if the great shaman cannot form a master-disciple relationship with the children in the tribe, just the fact that the great shaman is a guest of the Chute tribe today, and that he is raising the tiger flag, will make the surrounding tribes much more obedient.

"Tell the people that tonight they must show the best of the Chute tribe," Yi Lijin instructed the old man in priest's attire beside her. The old man was the shaman of the Chute tribe, but unfortunately, the Chute tribe's shamanic arts had long been lost, and his role was only to assist Yi Lijin in managing the tribe.

"Understood." The Chute tribe shaman nodded, equally excited. If they could please the Grand Shaman, their Chute tribe's shamanic arts might be able to be passed down again.

……

It was soon dusk.

In the square, a huge bonfire had already risen, crackling and popping, and a giant statue of a divine eagle stood in the center of the square.

"It's almost time, Abi, it's time to invite our two distinguished guests to take their seats."

At the beginning of the hour of You (5-7 PM), Yi Lijin looked at the banquet hall with satisfaction. If she could take this opportunity to establish a connection with the Northern Desert Royal Court, the Chute tribe would never have to worry about their future again.

"Alright!" Abi was equally excited and dashed out without saying a word. She wanted to experience that feeling of flying again.

“Yilijin.” Just then, the shaman of the Chute tribe appeared at the entrance of the venue with two tall men: “These two are from the Bali tribe. They got lost in the forest and want to stay here for the night.”

“Bali tribe?” Yi Lijin nodded. The Bali tribe was one of the few tribes that were on good terms with the Chute tribe. The Chute tribe could not stand idly by when the Bali tribe members were in trouble. “In that case, why don’t you two stay and rest for a few days? Our Chute tribe is holding a banquet today, and you two are welcome to attend.”

"This is wonderful!" The tall, thin man named Bali Shenyu gave a sickly smile, while Bali Shensu was much more normal. After thanking him, he followed the Chu Te tribe shaman to find a seat.

"Wait a minute, just a little longer." After they sat down, Bali Shensu repeatedly comforted them in a low voice.

He knew his younger brother was about to lose his temper.

Not only Bali Shenyu, but he himself was also almost unable to hold back.

However, due to the forbidden technique of the Feather Spirit Tribe, they still have to wait a while. The activation of the formation will take some time, so let the people of the Chu Te Tribe savor this last bit of pleasure.

"The distinguished guest has arrived!"

Half an hour later, Abi's clear voice rang out outside the venue, and her small figure moved excitedly in front of everyone, leading Russell and Aogu to their seats.

Sitting down to the left of the Chute chieftain, Russell immediately spotted the two Bali brothers in the corner.

It wasn't that they looked particularly striking, but rather that as soon as Russell arrived, he felt as if he had entered a strange field, the source of which was one of the two brothers. He immediately asked, "These two look unfamiliar; they don't seem to be from the Chute tribe."

“You’re right, these two are guests from the Bali tribe, here to stay at my Chute tribe,” Yi Lijin explained with a smile to the Bali brothers.

"Oh~ inside." Russell nodded, a slight smile playing on his lips. What a coincidence, running into each other like this.

(End of this chapter)