After getting the old master's affirmative reply, the matter of the Xuantie Wall was almost seventy to eighty percent settled, with only the specific design of the city wall left.

Ye Lingyue simply let Jin Wu Old Monster personally handle it, starting the drafting of the design.

A few days later, a complete draft of the new city wall was finished.

To enhance the defensive power of the city wall, Jin Wu Old Monster also proposed to set up some Hidden Weapon Ports on the new watchtower.

As for the hidden weapons for the Hidden Weapon Ports, Ye Lingyue decided to use Meteorite Iron to forge them.

After all, the large piece of meteorite iron she obtained from Black Valley last time had not yet been put to significant use.

Seeing Ye Lingyue casually take out hundreds of jin of Meteorite Iron, the scale of it made Jin Wu Old Monster enviously astounded.

Meanwhile, Lan Cai'er, who was on her way to Qi City, did not yet know that Ye Lingyue had already found a method to repair the city wall.

Counting the days, Lan Cai'er was still on the road; Ye Lingyue worried about her safety, so she simply released a Fanghe to search for Lan Cai'er's whereabouts.

The Xixia Plain is vast, sparsely populated, and the nearest cities are tens of miles apart.

Dan City is located on the outskirts of the plain, and the journey to Qi City in the center of the plain is also hundreds of miles long.

After leaving Dan City, Lan Cai'er galloped for a day.

That night, she chose a clearing in the forest as her campsite.

Just after feeding the horses and lighting the campfire, she heard a series of panicked screams from ahead.

Out on the open plain, and at night, Lan Cai'er's vigilance was extremely high.

She originally did not want to meddle in others' affairs, but the sounds grew more and more mournful, sounding like a woman's voice.

Moved by impulse, Lan Cai'er swiftly moved towards the source of the sound.

A few leaps later, a capsized carriage appeared ahead with several women and children calling for help on it, while the coachman had already passed away.

The carriage had stopped, a few military horses were surrounded by several Fifth Rank Iron Flower Leopards, on the brink of being preyed upon.

Inside the carriage, a woman clutched a baby, who was sucking his fingers, looking blankly around.

One of the Iron Flower Leopards raised its eyes, its golden pupils contracted, with a long trail of drool hanging from its mouth.

Whoosh, the Iron Flower Leopard crouched down and suddenly leaped onto the carriage, its paw reaching for the baby.

In the air, a swoosh of clothing friction was heard; Lan Cai'er burst out, her long leg fiercely delivering a side kick, instantly kicking the hundred jin heavy Iron Flower Leopard away.

Bang bang bang, following that, several swift and fierce leg shadows swept near the carriage, clearing the Iron Flower Leopards with fierce leg winds.

As the Iron Flower Leopard hit the ground, a figure suddenly swooped in front, with a long whip in hand that wrapped around an Iron Flower Leopard and fiercely smashed it against nearby rocks.

The brain matter of the Iron Flower Leopard burst out, its limbs twitched, and it died immediately.

The women and children on the carriage were so frightened that they couldn't even shout, each holding their breath, watching the savior who appeared out of nowhere.

Lan Cai'er's eyes flickered with a tyrannical air, staring intensely at the remaining beasts ahead.

Perhaps sensing that this female warrior was not to be trifled with, the Iron Flower Leopards turned their heads and quickly disappeared into the vast field.

"Excuse me, are you Eldest Miss Lan from the Lan Residence?"

Behind her, the terrified women and children clumsily climbed down from the coach and asked.

Lan Cai'er turned around and realized that she seemed to recognize these women and children.

Upon further questioning, Lan Cai'er learned that these were the family members of a soldier under her father Lan Yingwu.

As it turned out, in her childhood, this woman had once held Lan Cai'er, so she remembered Lan Cai'er's appearance.

Recently, the soldier had retired and happened to be traveling with his whole family through the Xixia Plain.

Little did they know, the Xixia Plain recently experienced frequent wild animal disturbances, and due to an animal attack, this woman and others were separated from their accompanying coach in the middle of their journey and ended up surrounded by a group of Iron Flower Leopards here.

Had they not encountered Lan Cai'er, the lives of their entire family would have been at risk.

Finding out they were her father's old subordinate's family, Lan Cai'er couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

"Eldest Miss Lan, please, can you help find my husband and our ten-year-old son who is still in that coach?" The beautiful woman, who recognized Lan Cai'er earlier, pleaded with tears in her eyes.

Lan Cai'er appeared troubled; it was a dark night, and the plain was vast and full of dangers; searching for someone was very difficult.

However, unable to resist the woman's pitiful pleas and considering she was her father's former subordinate, Lan Cai'er eventually agreed to help them.

She settled the woman and others at her camping site, ensuring them that the group of Iron Flower Leopards had just been driven away and wouldn't return soon, thus they should be safe staying there that night.

"Remember, if by early tomorrow I haven't returned, you must take the coach and head northeast. After about a day and a night, you will see a city called Dan City. My younger sister Ye Lingyue is the Master there; tell her that I sent you, and she will make sure you're settled well in the city." After saying this, Lan Cai'er took down one of her hairpins and handed it to the woman as a token.

After many thanks from the woman, Lan Cai'er then hurried the horse towards the direction mentioned earlier by the woman.

In the dark night, the roads became rugged and difficult, but fortunately, Lan Cai'er had good eyesight. After traveling a dozen miles, she dismounted and examined the footprints on the road.

Seeing a mess of horse and coach wheel tracks, Lan Cai'er confirmed the direction and continued her search.

After walking about one or two more miles, Lan Cai'er caught a fishy sweet scent in the wind.

Her pupils suddenly constricted; ahead, a coach was overturned.

Blood was all over the ground, still fresh, and several men's bodies were scattered alongside, marked by animal bites and signs of a fierce struggle before death.

"Damn it!" Lan Cai'er felt a surge of rage from within.

Just then, she heard a faint cry for help, quickly stepped forward and reached under the coach.

After touching a warm body, Lan Cai'er quickly crouched down.

She saw a ten-year-old boy, looking terrified and with eyes wide open; evidently, he had been hurriedly hidden under the coach during the animal attack.

He was too frightened to speak, but upon seeing Lan Cai'er, he burst into tears.

"Don't be afraid, I'll take you to your mother right now," Lan Cai'er barely finished speaking when she suddenly heard a whistling wind beside her ear.

A sense of crisis emerged, and she immediately hugged the boy tight and leaned back sharply, rolling to the ground.

In a matter of instants, a hunting fork whistled past, the chilling metallic shine grazing Lan Cai'er's cheek, leaving a burning pain.

"Put down my prey."

A domineering female voice sounded, under the escort of about ten Iron Flower Leopards and four or five Seventh-rank Lion Roar Beasts, a woman stood not far away.