After the master and apprentice finished eating, Tianquan was dragged by Yaoguang to look at the armor hanging next to each of their bunks, which was also silver.

Feiyan tidied up the things on the table, and Quan Jinghuai, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, quickly moved closer to Hong Xiaoduo.

"Huh?" Hong Xiaoduo looked at him, puzzled.

Quan Jinghuai winked at the bird's nest and whispered, "That, the secret technique?"

Oh, I thought you could hold back from asking. Hong Xiaoduo didn't panic when she heard this, and even couldn't help but laugh and nod.

Hearing that she indeed said so, Quan Jinghuai didn't press for details. He carefully took out the remaining iron lump from the brocade pouch at his waist: "I've used one. I'll return this one to you for safekeeping."

When he returned, he saw that Tianquan had already returned the other two to her, so he felt that he should give her the one he had left.

"Alright, it's safer to keep it here. I'll get it for you when you need it again." Hong Xiaoduo casually took it and stuffed it into her sleeve in front of him, actually putting it back into the ammunition depot in her space.

"By the way, how effective was it?" Hong Xiaoduo asked, wanting to know so she would be prepared if she needed to use it later.

Her question surprised Quan Jinghuai: "You...haven't used it before?"

Hong Xiaoduo shook her head: "No, you know my abilities, it's just that I've never had a chance to use them."

"You haven't even used it yourself, yet you dare to? You're just letting us use it directly. Tianquan is only nine years old. Are you really that comfortable with that?" Quan Jinghuai blurted out.

"Isn't it because I know the enemy is despicable and shameless, using poison and such? Besides, I naturally trust you. You've always been quite reliable, haven't you?" Hong Xiaoduo said matter-of-factly.

Moreover, she was telling the truth. No matter what she said, whether it was Brother Quan, Fei Yan, or the seven children including Tian Shu, no one paid her any attention; they all took her words to heart.

So even though the grenade was a dangerous item, she would still take it out and let them use it.

Her answer, along with her confident tone and expression, left Quan Jinghuai speechless. This feeling of being trusted by her made him thank God once again for meeting her, for becoming her brother and sister, for becoming her family!

Furthermore, the reason she gave him and Tianquan such a powerful iron lump was not only because of trust, but also because she was concerned about their safety and wanted to give it to them for self-defense and to protect their lives.

"It's very powerful and has a formidable destructive force, but the exact number of enemies injured is still unclear. They should send someone to check it out after daybreak."

"Xiaoduo, you know that secret technique, how come you couldn't see the scene back then?" Quan Jinghuai said, glancing again in the direction of the bird's nest.

"Oh, there's a time limit when I use secret techniques, and I need to rest too," Hong Xiaoduo said casually, without any hesitation.

In fact, because they were unsure of the grenade's power and were afraid that the drone would be damaged if it got too close, they remotely controlled it to fly further away. It circled around the area of ​​several dozen miles and saw the enemy troops that had been blocking Dou Suyi's back. Seeing that the situation was not right, the troops actually withdrew and retreated towards Yunwu Kingdom.

Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Hong Xiaoduo simply remotely controlled Que'er to return.

"Alright, big brother, get some rest. Oh, and remember to apply that ointment again," Hong Xiaoduo urged, pointing to the wound on his cheek.

"Okay." Quan Jinghuai replied, watching her get up and walk towards her bunk. But as she moved, the sleeves stuffed with iron lumps didn't seem to have any weight at all.

Could it be that there's something else hidden in her sleeve? Never mind, never mind, I won't ponder these things anymore. I can't figure out any of these secrets about her anyway.

The lights were turned off inside the tent, and it became quiet.

Quan Jinghuai closed his eyes, his mind filled with the scene in the mountain valley after he lost that iron lump, and he could almost smell the burning smell of human flesh in his breath.

Tianquan was also wide awake, his mind filled with images of his father and mother, imagining how they would react once they found out he was their son.

My father and mother are both military generals who protect our country. Although I am young, I am still able to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy. I am not so bad, am I? My mother and master both say that I am a good child. My father and mother should like me and not be disappointed!

Hong Xiaoduo was a little sleepy. After lying down, she thought about a question: the enemy troops who withdrew from the mountain pass would surely exaggerate what happened there in order to shirk responsibility.

When the enemy general attacks again, will he use some other deadly weapon?

She asked Commandant Lü, and the distance between the enemy camp and this place was a bit beyond the range of the drone.

Forget it, thinking about it is pointless. I might as well conserve my energy and figure out a way to deal with it when the time comes.

The next day, just as dawn broke, Hong Xiaoduo woke up, still half asleep, but it wasn't the right time or place for her to sleep in.

Looking around, she realized that she was still the last person to get up.

Feiyan and the others had their bedding neatly folded and had already washed up and gone out.

As soon as Hong Xiaoduo finished washing up and stepped out of the tent, she saw Tian Shu and Tian Quan Yao Guang feeding the horses, Brother Quan sitting outside the tent wiping his sword, and Fei Yan rummaging through something by Xiao Hui's carriage.

Not seeing Tianxuan, Tianji, and Yuheng, Hong Xiaoduo guessed that the three of them should be helping out in the kitchen.

Last night, when Tianxuan was in the kitchen and offered to help, some of the cooks reportedly laughed and said that the young master could just wait to eat.

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