The forest land had long been dyed dark red by the blood of many. The fishy smell emanated from the depths of the earth, nearly solidifying into a wet, sticky substance in the air. It made every normal person in it feel like vomiting, but at the same time, it attracted a large number of similarly wet and rotten venomous snakes, which were eager to make a move. Their filthy mucus-covered heads emerged from their holes, green-eyed and fanged, spitting out saliva.

Peering through the looking glass, Gao Lin saw countless soft red bulges sprouting from the ground, densely packed like bamboo shoots. Goosebumps immediately appeared on his back, and he kicked his horse in the belly with one foot, rushing over. Although Liang Shu was wearing the poison-repelling powder prepared by Liu Xian’an, it seemed to be completely useless against these snakes. They first entangled themselves at Mu Zhe’s side, and then slowly climbed up his calves. At first glance, he looked as if he was wearing a wriggling suit of armor. 

Chang Xiaoqiu’s face paled, and he nearly vomited. Although there were many evil cults with evil ways, this scene was too disgusting. He stood up and went to step forward and help, but Cheng Suyue stopped him and said in a heavy voice: “You can’t evade those snakes. Go face the enemy in the west.”

“But the prince…..” Chang Xiaoqiu hesitated, but nodded in the end. “Okay.”

Dragging his injured leg, he got on his horse and went to the west side. At the same time, he didn’t forget to look back, just in time to catch sight of Liang Shu’s earth shattering sword.

Powerful internal force swept across, shaking the whole mountain as if it was set aflame by fireworks. Small red snakes fell from the air with a pitter-patter, blood splattering. And this clearly angered the snakes even more. Without even needing Mu Zhe to urge them, they took the initiative to lunge toward Liang Shu!

“Your Highness!” Gao Lin arrived in a timely manner and swept away the rain of snakes with his sword. Mu Zhe, covered in poison, moved his feet and slowly walked toward the two of them. A stiff smile appeared on his face, as evil and abnormal as the powerful Baifu Sect he wielded. Liang Shu didn’t wait for the opponent to get close, and took the lead to attack with his sword. He looked like a swimming dragon, leaping and turning in the air, and the cold light in his hand slashed straight at Mu Zhe’s head!

With a loud clang, the sword in Mu Zhe’s hand was knocked away. His arm went slightly numb and his whole body flew backwards. His feet left deep grooves in the ground, and the moment he stopped, the snakes on his body shot out like sharp arrows in the opposite direction!

A new batch of snakes quickly climbed onto Mu Zhe’s body.

Gao Lin was forced to evacuate temporarily due to the overwhelming poison. Liang Shu cut down a small tree, rolled up the crown of the tree with the blade of his sword, and swept it in a circular motion. The tree was immediately covered in venomous snakes. He didn’t pause for a moment. After clearing the obstacles, he directly attacked Mu Zhe again. Two peerless weapons collided. Those venomous snakes took the opportunity to crawl along the body of the sword, and with a twist of his wrist, Liang Shu wrung them to pieces one after another.

Mu Zhe pushed forward violently!

A strange internal force penetrated the body of the sword, like an invisible sharp arrow heading toward the veins! Liang Shu did not retreat, but attacked head-on. His internal strength was so strong that he could almost destroy a huge cliff, and he would not be forced back by this old poison now. As expected, new blood oozed from the corners of Mu Zhe’s mouth, but he had also learned a new secret.

“You are still injured,” Mu Zhe said. He smiled dryly and sinisterly. “You are seeking your own death!”

As his words fell, his whole body shook. The Gu snakes understood his order and immediately straightened their bodies, lunging toward the opposite side! Liang Shu glanced from the corner of his eye and saw that there were at least a thousand identical Gu creatures on the ground. Killing them in batches was not an option, so he changed his strategy and stepped on Mu Zhe’s shoulder while dodging. With a swish, he removed one of the opponent’s arms.

The smell of blood instantly became stronger. Mu Zhe no longer felt pain. He opened his other arm and pounced on Liang Shu like a mutilated vulture, the Gu snakes following his blood closely. Finally, one wrapped around Liang Shu’s leg and bared its thin fangs.

“Your Highness!” Cheng Suyue warned loudly.

Liang Shu knocked it away with his sword, but was hit in the chest by Mu Zhe. The old wound to his heart combined with the new one caused a sweet flavor in his throat. When he landed, he nearly lost his balance and had to insert his sword deep into the ground.

Cheng Suyue and Gao Lin tried to come help, but were repelled by the snakes driven by Mu Zhe. Liang Shu raised his head with gritted teeth. Clenching the hilt of his sword, he used the last of his strength to swing hard!

Boom!

Rubble and dust rose up into the sky, obscuring the eyes of everyone present. Mu Zhe looked at Liang Shu among the snakes and continued to laugh hoarsely. He took out a jade whistle from his sleeve and was about to blow it, when his entire person made a bang, as if he had been hit by a huge boulder falling from the sky!

Feng Xiaojin dragged him, breaking countless trees along the way. Gu snakes crawled toward his body one after another, biting through skin and flesh, but Feng Xiaojin seemed not to notice the pain at all. The wind blew off his silver mask, and except for his beautiful fox eyes, his entire face was covered in blood and wounds. Mu Zhe stared at him with wide eyes. Blood gushed out of his mouth, and he roared in pain and disbelief, saying: “You….you are not…..”

Feng Xiaojin put his face close to his, foreign him to clearly see the ugly face dripping with blood, his smile pale and taunting.

“You will never have her again,” He said viciously. “Even when we get to the underworld, this face will be completely gone.”

Mu Zhe said in a panic: “No…..no!

He reached out his hand to heal the wounds on the other person’s face, but was pierced through the heart with a sword. At last, under the bloody gaze of his “lover,” he died.

Feng Xiaojin tossed his limp body to the ground and staggered away. Then he knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and died as well.

Cheng Suyue helped Liang Shu leave the group of snakes, while Gao Lin brought oil from nearby and lit the forest on fire.

The disgusting smell of roasting flesh spread far to the other side of the forest. Liu Xian’an looked up at the faint red light hovering above and was a little anxious. The Imperial guard very much believed in the abilities of his prince, but just as he was about to go up and try to persuade him, the silver-white war horse had already galloped away with only a shadow left behind.

“……”

“C-chase, chase him!”

Liu Xian’an galloped his horse and raised his whip, riding the war horse at a speed that was like riding a dragon. In a clearing, Liang Shu was regulating his breath with his eyes closed. His qi and blood were blocked, and his heart was in severe pain. He could hardly sit up straight until he heard Cheng Suyue’s words in his ear: “Yi, Second Young Master Liu?”

Thus, Gao Lin watched helplessly as his family’s prince, who had just been beaten to the point of vomiting blood, suddenly stood up calmly, not forgetting to take his sleeve and wipe his face with it.

“……” What kind of martial arts miracle was this?

“Your Highness!” Liu Xian’an dismounted and ran over hastily. “Why is there fire?”

“Mu Zhe attracted a lot of Gu, so we’re burning them all.” Liang Shu caught him and said, “Mu Zhe is dead. Feng Xiaojin is dead. Our battle is finally over.”

Liu Xian’an pinched his mouth open.

Gao Lin: “……”

Cheng Suyue: “……”

The Imperial guards: “……”

Liang Shu leaned back slightly: “How about we kiss when we go back.”

Liu Xian’an asked: “Did you vomit blood?”

Liang Shu raised his eyebrows slightly, trying to muddle through. He had wiped his face, but he couldn’t rinse his mouth.

Liu Xian’an took his wrist. The more he tested his pulse, the more frightened he became. He raised his head and looked at Liang Shu, who was still smiling indifferently: “Just kidding. I….. ahem…..might have a slight problem.”

He couldn’t tease anymore, and his vision went black. If not for Liu Xian’an’s support, Liang Shu would have fallen to the ground. But even though he was sitting down in disarray, Liang Shu did not forget to regain ground for himself, saying firmly with a frown: “The old injury flared up, it’s unimportant.”

“Unimportant?”

“Important, important.”

When it came to coaxing his wife, His Royal Highness Xiao Wang was very obedient. He even ignored that there was a circle of subordinates around him, buried his head in the other’s shoulder, and fainted in advance to avoid being scolded more.

Gao Lin was in awe: “Second Young Master Liu is still wearing his armor. Doesn’t our prince feel uncomfortable?”

Cheng Suyue: “Who knows, maybe he doesn’t mind.”

Liu Xian’an called for a stretcher and carried this person out of the dense forest.

The evil cult that had been entrenched in the southwest for many years was uprooted by the Yan army. This naturally didn’t mean that the war was over and that they could completely settle down. There were still many related matters that needed to be dealt with in the future, such as counting the property that the Baifu Sect had collected over the years, hunting down the remaining cult believers, and purging the southwest officialdom based on the list of these believers.

In short, there were many things that were messy, trivial, and required a lot of time and energy.

Gao Lin was really going bald. He grabbed his sister and discussed in detail whether the prince was actually injured so seriously. Although he looks extremely weak and haggard every time we go to visit, as if he couldn’t lift half a chicken, I saw that Second Young Master Liu doesn’t look very worried, ah. Do you think there is a possibility that our prince is just pretending because he doesn’t want to work?

Cheng Suyue replied: “I think so too.”

“Then this is too much.” Gao Lin complained with blood and tears, “It’s been two months. Our prince has been lying in bed for two full months. When he only had half a breath left in the northwest, he only stayed in bed for ten days. How can he leave everything to me now?”

“There was no Second Young Master Liu in the northwest,” Cheng Suyue said. “Forget it, the prince has been busy for many years and finally found some fun that isn’t fighting. You just be magnanimous and do all the work. Besides, the prince isn’t doing nothing. Didn’t he go to the warehouse in a wheelchair to count the money the day before yesterday?”

Gao Lin corrected: “That isn’t called counting money, but admiring money.”

He had only looked around, and then left with satisfaction.

Just as they were talking, Ku You happened to step through the courtyard door. Covering his eyes in a timely manner, he said: “I’m still afraid of light. I really can’t read words, so I’ll go ahead and go back to sleep.”

Gao Lin: “…..You get back here!”

You don’t have a wife, so what qualifications do you have to not work?

Liang Shu reclined in bed, carefully thinking about how to spend the money, and then quickly put on an ill appearance as soon as his sweetheart entered the room.

When he was in the dense forest that day, his qi and blood flowed backward, and his muscles were damaged. He had lost most of his life, but still had to hold on. Now that his injuries had been healed, he had become so delicate that he couldn’t be blown by a puff of wind. In the late summer and early autumn weather, he would recline in bed and cough a couple of times when he had nothing to do. In Gao Lin’s words, the palace empress did not have this sort of behavior after childbirth.

Liu Xian’an didn’t expose him, and was too lazy to expose him, because the injury was not fully healed yet. After watching him take medicine, he stuffed a candy into his mouth.

Liang Shu pulled this person over and fed him the bittersweet taste between his lips. He licked his darling again and asked indistinctly: “Are your brother and sister coming back soon?”

Liu Xian’an said: “En, counting the days, it should be soon.”

After the Yan army’s victory, Liu Xianche stayed by Liang Shu’s side until he was out of danger, and then went into the forest with his sister to study the various exotic flowers, grasses, poisonous insects, and fungi. The people of the Scimitar Silver Moon Tribe guided them, working diligently along the way. Liu Nanyuan asked secretly: “Ge, you’re not planning to marry another family’s girl. Isn’t it bad for us to do this?”

Liu Xianche said with a dignified expression: “Then you should work faster so that we can leave the mountain earlier.”

Liu Nanyuan, carrying a small basket on her back, said “oh” and quickly ran to continue collecting herbs.

She was determined not to waste this opportunity brought about by her elder brother’s good looks.

The disciples of Baihe Mountain Village also dug up herbs like crazy everywhere, endeavoring not to let their First Young Master be forced into marriage. In two months, sixty days, they collected hundreds of medicines and drew hundreds of illustrations. Then, under the leadership of their First Young Master, they respectfully said farewell to the people of the Scimitar Silver Moon Tribe. Because we have other things to do outside, we won’t stay as guests. Goodbye!

Their retreat was comparable to fleeing from a marriage.

Liu Nanyuan also ran with the team. As she ran, she thought, even Da-ge is like this. Sure enough, men are unreliable.

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