It would take more than ten days to walk to Zhuwan, the base of the Haining Navy. Emperor Qingning estimated that his legs would be worn out from walking.

Inside the cave, the damp rock walls were covered with moss. A few faint rays of light filtered through the cave entrance, illuminating the thick layer of bat droppings on the ground. Emperor Qingning frowned and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, but he still couldn't block out the pungent musty smell.

This environment is so different from his magnificent palace. It's so terrible.

He muttered, "Will living in a place like this make my condition worse?"

Zheng Qin fanned the medicine furnace and said comfortingly, "Your Majesty, although this place is simple, it is better than outside."

Emperor Qingning snorted coldly and glanced at the spider web hanging from the ceiling of the cave, where several fat spiders were crawling.

His clothes had already been soaked by the rain and were sticking to his body, making him feel very uncomfortable.

What made him even more irritated was that he kept hearing a buzzing sound in his ears and several unknown flying insects were circling above his head.

"Zheng Qin, is it really reliable to take the navy to that so-and-so American continent?"

Emperor Qingning's words were full of hidden meaning, and his tone was tentative: "The environment is so harsh now. I am really afraid that I will die on the road before I even reach the new world."

Zheng Qin nodded quickly. "Don't worry, Your Majesty! I was very careful and managed to get a map of the route to the New World. We can avoid the storm and have a smooth journey!"

With a backpack to guide you, you don’t have to worry about anything.

But, could it be that this suspicious emperor has begun to doubt himself?

Zheng Qin was speechless. It had come to this point, and this dog emperor was even more sensitive than a person in a sensitive period.

As he was speaking, there was a rustling sound suddenly coming from the cave entrance.

The two turned their heads at the same time and saw a huge wild boar shaking off the rain on its body and walking slowly in.

The boar was half a man's height, its tusks gleaming coldly in the lightning. It seemed unprepared to see anyone in the cave, its small eyes fixed on the two men.

Zheng Qin subconsciously took a step back and stepped on a centipede crawling on the ground. The insect immediately curled up, revealing its hideous mouthparts.

He swallowed his saliva, his voice trembling a little: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, let's change places?"

Before he could finish his words, the wild boar suddenly let out a low growl and rushed towards the two of them.

Zheng Qin reacted very quickly. To show his loyalty, he pushed Emperor Qingning away. However, he did not have time to dodge and was hit by the wild boar's tusks on his buttocks, causing a tear in his pants.

"ah!"

Zheng Qin cried out in pain and staggered backward.

Seeing this, Emperor Qingning used all his strength to pick up a stone from the ground and threw it at the wild boar. The wild boar felt the pain, turned around, and pushed Emperor Qingning to the ground.

The wild boar also knocked over the medicine jar, and all the medicinal materials fell to the ground before they were even prepared.

Emperor Qingning and his companions were in a terrible state and had to crawl out of the cave.

In the heavy rain, Emperor Qingning walked limping, holding his burning buttocks.

Zheng Qin was even worse off. His pants were torn by the wild boar's tusks, revealing half of his white buttocks, which were covered with a few wild boar hairs, making them very prickly.

"Your Majesty, let's find a place to rest."

Zheng Qin said with a sad face, slapping a few beetles that had crawled onto his body at some point. He only had one set of utensils for decocting medicine, and now even the medicine jar was gone.

Emperor Qingning gritted his teeth, a fierce look flashing in his eyes: "When I regroup, I will order the extermination of all the wild boars in this mountain!"

When he said this, he suddenly remembered that a few months ago a minister had reported that wild boars were rampant in the mountains near the outskirts of Beijing. They often came down the mountain to destroy the villagers' sheepfolds and cattle sheds and injure people. He suggested that Emperor Qingning send elite troops from Beijing to encircle and suppress the wild boars.

At that time, Emperor Qingning believed that sending his soldiers to encircle and suppress wild boars would really damage his reputation. Moreover, no matter how fierce the wild boars were, they could not run to the capital and hurt him, so he did not take it seriously. Instead, he blamed his ministers for being too idle.

I didn't expect that the cause I planted in the past would lead to the current result.

Emperor Qingning coughed violently, but the sound of his coughs was drowned out by the heavy rain.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the two figures were getting farther and farther away on the muddy mountain road.

Behind them, the wild boar was lying leisurely in the cave, enjoying the rare dryness and warmth. A few flying insects were circling around it but did not dare to approach.

Just this morning, a panda behaving strangely had a bucket of pig food placed in front of it, and told it to go and bump into two men it met in the mountains this afternoon, and said it would be rewarded with another bucket of pig food after the task was accomplished.

The pig food was so fragrant that the wild boar was reluctant to leave, so he did as he was told. Unexpectedly, he really met two men in the afternoon and went to the cave to take shelter from the rain. That panda was too amazing.

It lay there comfortably, waiting for the rain to stop before going to the foot of the mountain to ask the panda for pig food.

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As the sky darkened, Emperor Qingning, who was holding on, felt his vision go dark and his legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

He tried to force himself to continue on his way, but his body refused to obey him. After a dizzying spin, he fell heavily onto the muddy mountain road.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Zheng Qin panicked and rushed over to help Emperor Qingning up. The emperor's face was pale and his forehead was burning hot. It was obvious that he had been caught in the rain, caught a cold, and was too frightened. His body finally couldn't bear it.

Zheng Qin gritted his teeth, looked up at the dark sky, and then looked at the faint lights of the village at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, he really had the urge to abandon this useless man in the mountains and leave him alone, but there was no way. He still had to rely on the emperor to control the Haining Navy. He had to take people to Zhuwan. Even if the emperor had only one breath left, his plan would succeed.

“Let’s fight!”

Zheng Qin growled and carried Emperor Qingning on his back. The emperor's weight made it almost impossible for him to breathe, but he didn't dare stop, and struggled forward on the muddy mountain road, taking one deep step and one shallow step.

The rain flowed down his cheeks, mixed with sweat, blurring his vision.

Zheng Qin's pants were still stained with the stench of wild boar, and with every step he took, the wound on his buttocks stung. But he couldn't care less, so he gritted his teeth and moved down the mountain step by step.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Zheng Qin's legs grew numb, and the weight of Emperor Qingning on his back seemed to be growing heavier. Just as he was about to collapse, he finally saw the outline of a village.

"Help...Help!" Zheng Qin shouted with his last bit of strength and knocked on the door of the nearest house at the village entrance.

The family heard the noise outside the door and came out with a lantern. It was a middle-aged man with a kind face.

Zheng Qin quickly pulled out a silver ingot from his pocket and breathlessly said, "My dear brother, my master and I went hunting in the mountains and got separated from our servants. Unfortunately, we ran into a wild boar and finally escaped. My master got caught in the rain and caught a cold. I beg you to be kind and give us a place to stay and help me get a village doctor to see him."