CHAPTER 474: CHAPTER 344: PRINCE FENG’S UNIQUE WAY OF PAMPERING

Upon seeing the carriage, the people of Daxia couldn’t help but feel invigorated.

These past few days, everyone had been traveling continuously. Even though they were all martial practitioners, the journey was unavoidably bumpy. Seeing the carriage, Princess Qing Bi was the happiest.

Being pampered all her life, had it not been for the presence of Xiahou Qi, she would have ordered Cong Lv to look for a carriage much earlier.

Now that she saw the carriage, she naturally wanted to requisition it immediately.

"Stop, I want to buy your carriage," Princess Qing Bi said joyfully, whipping her horse and riding forward.

However, upon reaching the front of the caravan, the owner of the caravan bowed.

"My old man’s carriage is not for sale. May I ask among you, is there Miss Ye Lingyue, Lan Cai’er, Aguduo, and Old Sir Jin Wu?"

Princess Qing Bi’s face fell. What did this mean? Was this caravan actually here to pick up Ye Lingyue?

"Miss Ye and her party should still be behind," Cong Lv stepped forward to urge Princess Qing Bi to keep moving.

Princess Qing Bi felt somewhat disheartened and could only continue on the journey.

Since they were unwilling to sell, she couldn’t force a sale.

Finally, they arrived at the city on the Beiqing Border, Frost Mountain City.

Everyone was utterly exhausted, and upon arriving at the best inn in Frost Mountain City, they inquired.

The inn had been booked for an entire month to accommodate only Ye Lingyue, Lan Cai’er, Aguduo, and Mr. Jin Wu.

Princess Qing Bi wanted to erupt in anger but was held back by Cong Lv.

Xiahou Qi looked meaningfully at Cong Lv, said no more, and along with the people of Daxia, found an ordinary inn.

When night fell...

"What does this mean? The best inn, the best restaurant, even the best carriage, all taken by someone else. It’s infuriating. If I find out who dares to get ahead of me and oppose me, I will not let her off," Princess Qing Bi was feeling extremely aggrieved.

Xiahou Qi’s expression grew increasingly solemn.

If he wasn’t guessing wrong, this was just the beginning.

He wasn’t foolish; this was Beiqing, where along the way, there are plentiful inns and city defenses. The one who could arrange comfortable carriages, inns, and restaurants in every city to host Ye Lingyue must be that person.

Cong Lv inwardly sighed.

It seemed that the news of Ye Lingyue heading to Beiqing had reached Feng Residence.

Along the way, all the arrangements must have been Feng Xun’s doing.

Unexpectedly, Feng Xun appeared gentle but once he became domineering, he was indeed ruthless.

Clearly, he was using this method to rebuke Princess Qing Bi for her unreasonable behavior towards Ye Lingyue.

Feng Xun, oh Feng Xun, I always thought you were cold and heartless.

It seems now, it’s just because you haven’t met someone who concerns you.

If he cares for someone, he might even wish to present the entire world before her.

However, all the elaborate arrangements made by Feng Xun were not enjoyed by Ye Lingyue.

As after leaving Moon City, Ye Lingyue did not follow the official road straight to Beiqing.

To some extent, Ye Lingyue was willing to part ways with Xiahou Qi and the others; it meant that she wasn’t restrained and could take a detour to the Ancient Forest.

"Sir, are you saying, you want to develop the Ancient Forest?"

Aguduo was surprised when he first heard this news, as were Lan Cai’er and Jin Wu Old Monster.

"Yes, I have been restricted by others for too long. I’ve heard that the Ancient Forest is vast, but because of the many Spiritual Beasts, it has never been developed. With Aguduo here, the Spiritual Beasts in the Ancient Forest won’t be a problem."

Ye Lingyue was not a loyalist to the emperor or the country; Daxia was her motherland, but due to Emperor Xia’s repeated indifference, Ye Lingyue was determined to break away from Daxia and claim a land of her own, tired of being controlled by imperial power.

Once she completed the mission in the Xixia Plain, Ye Lingyue decided she would resign from her official position in Daxia.

After learning about Ye Lingyue’s wish, Aguduo was the happiest of all.

A group of people thus deviated from the official road, took a shortcut, and headed towards the Ancient Forest.

Earlier on, Aguduo had already sent the Spiritual Beasts back to the Ancient Forest under the leadership of the Ninth-grade chalk elephant, worrying they might not adapt well to the forest life.

Three days later, after completely parting ways with Xiahou Qi and others, the vast Xixia Plain finally disappeared from sight.

Ahead, a dense forest appeared.

This ancient forest, located between the northwest of Daxia and the southeast of Beiqing, is also one of the oldest forests on the Qing Province Continent.

The forest was lush with trees, filled with bird songs and fragrances of flowers, rarely visited by humans; it could truly be considered a paradise on earth.

Upon reaching the Ancient Forest, Ye Lingyue couldn’t help but release Little Zhiyo and Little Wuya.

Both little creatures obviously liked it here too.

"Huahua, Houhou, Da Zi, I am back!"

Just at the entrance of the Ancient Forest, Aguduo, with a few light leaps, jumped like a spry monkey from the ground onto a large tree about ten meters high.

Her voice, full of vigor, carried through the wind.

Ye Lingyue and Lan Cai’er, watching Aguduo’s antics, all had smiles on their faces.

Since submitting to Ye Lingyue and coming to live in Moon City, Aguduo had tried her best to integrate into the lifestyle of Moon City, but the indelible mark of the Ancient Forest, etched into her blood and bones, could never be washed away.

Only in the Ancient Forest did she show her most straightforward and lovable side.

"Strange, why haven’t Ah Hua and Houhou come out?"

Aguduo wondered to herself.

Just then, a breeze blew through the forest.

Ye Lingyue furrowed her brows.

Aguduo also became tense because they both smelled blood in the wind.

"Not good!"

Aguduo, in great turmoil, dashed like lightning into the Ancient Forest.

"Master?" Old Sir Jin Wu and Lan Cai’er wanted to follow.

"You guys go check the periphery to see what happened; I’ll follow up and see." Ye Lingyue said, letting Little Wuya fly ahead, leading Little Zhiyo to track down Aguduo.

This was not Aguduo’s first departure from the Ancient Forest.

But it was undoubtedly the longest time she had been away from the Ancient Forest.

The deeper they went into the Ancient Forest, the grimmer Aguduo’s expression became.

The green grass was everywhere disrupted by messy hoof and wagon wheel tracks, trees were broken, and the ground had numerous small animal corpses.

Arrow marks and broken swords could be seen everywhere.

It was Poachers!

Fire seemed about to shoot from Aguduo’s eyes.

She hadn’t expected that her departure would give the poachers such an opportunity.

Amid her anger, Aguduo also realized that the scale of this poaching was far more severe than any before.

With a frightened and complex emotion, Aguduo began to follow the tracks of the horses and wagons.

Ahead in the forest, a faintly visible camp appeared.

Aguduo kicked the ground and landed on a nearby tree; her years of forest life had made her more familiar with this area than ever.

In the camp, a fire was burning.