Chapter 38 The Wolf is Coming

Li Yanran was eager to get an answer from her husband to prove that her choice was correct.

Compared to Li Yanran's helplessness, Chu Xiaxiong was more reserved. But his gaze towards Chu Ci lasted for a very long time.

Similarly, Chu Ci also felt as if he had been locked in a dark room for a long time. Until a loud "There is a wolf——"

Chu Ci suddenly woke up and opened his eyes, only to see that the men had spontaneously picked up sticks and surrounded the elderly, the weak, women and children.

It was already dark, but a group of gray figures could still be seen in the twilight. Chu Ci knew they were a pack of hungry and ferocious wolves. Accompanied by a terrifying howl, some timid children were frightened and cried, but their mouths were tightly covered by their mothers.

"Don't cry, it will attract wolves."

The child did not understand the meaning of his mother's words, but children are very sensitive and they could sense his mother's nervousness. Gradually, the child stopped crying.

However, the terror on everyone's faces remained unchanged, as the wolves on the opposite side gradually approached, gathered, and surrounded them. Then, they kept running and howling around the crowd, trying to find the weakest point in the crowd as a breakthrough point.

The people on the outermost edge clung to each other tightly, not daring to slack off even a little.

But the prolonged tension caused his muscles to cramp. Soon, the running wolf seized the opportunity and pounced. Its mouth opened wide, its gleaming fangs a particularly terrifying sight.

It is instinctive to retreat in the face of danger, and there is nothing wrong with that. But because he took a slight step backward, he brought greater disaster upon himself. Just as he had dodged the first wolf's attack, the second one pounced on him.

Chu Ci's scalp tingled when he read it.

Fortunately, the person next to him reacted quickly, smashing the wolf's head with a wooden stick. The wolf couldn't withstand the blow and flew backwards. However, the original team also had a gap.

A wolf seized the opportunity and pounced on the women and children inside. The target was Fan Jingheng, who was not far from Chu Ci. Chu Ci ignored the tingling scalp and grasped the ice arrow in his hand again. "Xing'er, aim."

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The ice arrow hit the wolf's eyes, and the huge impact pushed the wolf far away. With Xing'er's help, Chu Ci was very fast. One, two, three...

The pressure from the outside suddenly eased, and realizing that someone was helping them, everyone instantly erupted in astonishing courage and strength. With Chu Ci's cooperation, the wolves gradually fell behind, and the ground was stained red with blood.

However, they seemed unwilling to retreat just like that.

Wolves are intelligent animals. Logically, if they suffer heavy losses, they will choose to retreat. Chu Ci suddenly thought of something: "Someone is controlling these wolves——"

Sure enough, just as he finished speaking, a whistle was heard in the distance. The wolves immediately attacked like crazy, recklessly.

For a moment, shrill cries of pain echoed one after another, and many people were injured.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Chu Ci was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. This was the first time she felt so powerless since she came here.

Therefore, she did not notice that two figures took advantage of the chaos to sneak up on them. They were the secret guards who had been following them.

Fortunately, the opponent's strength was not high, and the secret guards captured him in just a few breaths. "If you don't want to die, tell those beasts to stop."

With the knife at his neck, he had no choice. The wolf's attack quickly ceased, and he retreated, disappearing deep into the forest.

At this time, everyone was injured.

The soldiers and men escorting the troops were particularly badly hurt, practically covered in blood. "No, we can't stay here any longer. Cover the bloody smell from the wounds with dirt and leave immediately."

Everyone understood the seriousness of the situation, and no one hesitated at this crucial moment. In just three minutes, everyone packed up and set off.

Meanwhile, to prevent the wolf pack's controller from causing further trouble, the secret guards removed his jaw and crippled his limbs. Time was running out, and there was no time to relay the message, so they threw the man into Chu Ci's carriage. "In a day at most, I'll have him taken away."

The exaggerated silver earrings and silver necklace, paired with a conical hat with feathers, and a brown loose robe, the patterns embroidered on the robe were not the style of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Instead, they looked like the national costumes of the men of Southern Xinjiang in the previous life.

However, she knew very little about this era and could only cast her gaze to the side of Fan Jingrui. "Husband, do you know who he is?"

Fan Jingrui did not hide it: "Judging from their attire, they must be unique to Southern Xinjiang. However, I've only heard that Southern Xinjiang is good at Gu magic, but I've never heard of beast taming techniques."

The answer was both expected and unexpected. The Southern Xinjiang people were nowhere to be found in the original book, yet now they were there, wanting everyone's life. "Has anyone in the Fan family ever offended the Southern Xinjiang people?"

Fan Jingrui shook his head. "Although Southern Xinjiang is a vassal state of the Great Zhou, it is isolated from the outside world. They basically do not communicate with the outside world, and even intermarriage with foreigners is taboo. Not to mention offending them, even seeing them is difficult. The reason I know about Southern Xinjiang's clothing is because of a medical book."

"Is it a medical book about the poisonous Gu in southern Xinjiang?" Chu Ci remembered some novels from his past life that mentioned that if Gu was cultivated to the highest level, it could turn clouds into rain and even communicate with heaven and earth. So, could there also be Gu poison that could bewitch people?

Chu Ci murmured softly. "Husband, do you think this person's appearance is related to Chu Ling'er?"

Although Chu Ci's voice was low, Fan Jingrui still heard it. "Chu Ling'er? Why do you have such an idea?"

Chu Ci shook his head. He couldn't say that this was just speculation based on the original book, could he? The point was, the plot was so broken that even his mother couldn't recognize it. "It's just a feeling."

Speaking of feelings, Fan Jingrui had a flash of inspiration. "Could it be that you and Chu Ling'er are also infected with a poison? Something like the mother-child poison?"

Although Chu Ci suspected that Chu Ling'er had a parasite in her body, he had never thought of himself. The thought of a parasite in his body made Chu Ci feel uncomfortable. "No way, I shouldn't be so unlucky, right?"

Fan Jingrui wanted to say that his wife was indeed unlucky, otherwise how could she have ended up in the Chu family? But seeing that Chu Ci had goosebumps, he stopped talking.

However, this made Chu Ci even more anxious. There were tens of thousands of items in the space, but none of them were related to poison.

As for this ready-made person in front of him, forgive Chu Ci for not being brave enough. It is difficult to guard against poison. If he doesn't have it, wouldn't he be walking into a trap? Chu Ci thought to himself.