Chapter 171 Mountain Goddess

Hua Jue didn't feel anything when he was on high alert along the way, but now that he was resting, he began to feel unbearable abdominal pain.

When he was talking to Huo Luyu, he felt dizzy and cold sweat broke out on his back, but he managed to stay put and not fall down.

He pressed his abdomen lightly and took a look. The wound was a deep cut made by the leader with the tip of his gun, and blood was oozing out of it.

If he had gone a few inches further, he would have been cut in half like a fish's belly.

He folded the blood-soaked cloth in his hand, wrung it hard, shook out the blood, and tied it around the wound again.

After completing this extremely simple action, he sat down against the tree exhausted. An unprecedented "life-threatening" feeling came over him, making him panic.

Since they became the guards of the Huo Gang, they had never encountered such a terrifying attack—

Or, to be more precise, a massacre.

The Huo Gang was no match for the regular army's armor and horses, and their vicious spear techniques. Although they didn't know who the enemy was, they were no match at all.

He carefully recalled the fight last night:

The Huo Gang had nearly 200 guards, and everyone was fighting desperately, but they were powerless to resist and were almost all killed.

The enemy's Black Scale Cavalry consisted of only fifty men, and not a single one was killed or injured.

Moreover, it was a lightning-fast attack, which took less than a quarter of an hour from the start to the end. It was so fast that it was outrageous, which shows how powerful it was.

Therefore, Hua Jue's words about rescue coming were just to comfort Huo Luyu.

He looked around. The cold gray morning light sprinkled on the dense layers of leaves, making it seem particularly cramped.

The scenery is the same everywhere, and there is no sunlight. I don’t know when I can get out.

The hope that Buyan and Ye Yan are still alive is very slim. Huo Gannian and Yun Chen both suffered severe injuries and burns. If they are not treated in time, they may not survive for long.

As for himself, there is a high possibility that he will die before Huo Gannian and Yun Chen.

Only Huo Luyu had no injuries on her body, but she didn't know any martial arts and had no idea how to survive in the wilderness, so she probably wouldn't survive for more than a few days.

The situation is not optimistic, but we absolutely cannot give up.

Hua Jue took deep breaths repeatedly, slowly stood up with the help of the tree, put on a relaxed expression again, walked back to Huo Luyu, and together with her, carried Huo Gannian and Yun Chen on their backs again.

Hua Jue chose a direction and began to lead the way with difficulty.

He was injured, and the forest was dense and difficult to walk through, so he didn't walk fast. But every time he walked a distance, he would stop and wait for Huo Luyu.

Huo Luyu followed behind with Yun Chen on her back. She was not as tall as Yun Chen, and when she carried Yun Chen on her back, Yun Chen's feet dragged on the ground.

Even so, she still had trouble carrying it and her legs were shaking.

For a young lady who had never even carried a bucket of water in her life, walking through the forest with an adult on her back was extremely difficult.

Huo Luyu gritted his teeth, his legs trembling with every step, but he did not stop.

The sweat on her forehead fell into her eyes, stinging them and making them hurt and itch, but she had no hands to wipe them away.

Looking back at Huo Luyu gritting his teeth and persevering, Hua Jue felt sorry for him and said:

"When we get back to Guying City, I'll have a delicious beef hotpot and a jar of the best black plum wine. You can also sleep for three days and three nights, then bathe and dress up when you get up, and find two maids to serve you."

This was obviously encouraging. Huo Luyu nodded vigorously and asked breathlessly:

"How long will it take before we can get out?"

"It's almost there," Hua Jue said. "If we're lucky, we might run into a hunter who lives deep in the mountains. Then we can have a good rest and eat, drink, and recuperate without having to wait until Guying City. Hunters often get injured while hunting, and they keep wound medicine. Young Master and Achen can get treatment, too."

"Well! Then let's hurry up and get on our way!"

"Remember, you must think auspiciously and say auspicious things. There are mountain gods in the mountains who will hear what you say and make it come true."

"Huo Chen, I'm not a child anymore, thank you."

"Don't believe it? Then when Achen wakes up, ask him. We've been doing our work outside these years, haven't we encountered many strange things? Ask him if there is a mountain god, and see what he says."

"Okay, then... please ask the mountain god to help us find a hunter family who can treat my brother and Yun Chen's injuries, and then we can return to Guying City safely. Oh, and please also ask the mountain god to bless the other guards to return safely."

Hua Jue, who was walking forward, was silent for a moment and said with a smile:

"The mountain god must have heard it. When he heard that this girl is so kind, he would not only fulfill your wish, but he might even choose you as his goddess!"

"Pah! I don't want to marry a mountain god!"

Hua Jue smirked: "I know, you want to marry Yun Chen!"

Huo Luyu was so embarrassed that he almost forgot that he was carrying Yun Chen on his back. He rushed over to hit Hua Jue.

The two of them were bickering all the way, chasing each other, and for a moment, they didn't feel the difficulty anymore.

I don’t know how long it took, but soon, the two of them ran out of energy from playing around, and they didn’t even have the energy to talk, so they began to walk on in silence.

As they were walking, Hua Jue in front suddenly fell to the ground and lost his voice.

"Huo Chen!" Huo Luyu hurried forward to check, but Yun Chen was still on her back. She was about to find a place to put Yun Chen down, but she heard a horse's soft cry not far away.

The sound was very small, but it instantly tensed Huo Luyu's nerves and he froze in place.

"Huo Chen, wake up..." Huo Luyu called softly.

Hua Jue fainted on the ground, motionless. On his back was the still unconscious Huo Gannian, and beneath him was blood slowly seeping into the soil.

Seeing that Hua Jue had no reaction, Huo Luyu was so anxious that she wanted to cry, and even lied to herself in her heart that the voice just now was just her illusion.

But soon, the sound of horse hooves rang out clearly, getting closer and closer, completely shattering Huo Luyu's "illusion".

She left Yun Chen behind, squatted on the ground in fear, curled up into a ball, and hid in the bushes with her head in her hands, as if she would be safe that way.

But she remembered Hua Jue's words again. Now, not only Yun Chen should be handed over to her, but also Huo Gannian and Huo Chen.

The lives of these three people depend on her, Huo Luyu.

Thinking of this, Huo Luyu held back her tears and forced herself to crawl out of the bushes.

Looking at the three people on the ground, she was panicked and didn't know which one to save first.

After hesitating for a moment, she first carried Yun Chen on her back and gently hid him in a patch of tall grass, and then carried Huo Gannian on her back.

Men are much heavier than women, and it took her all her strength to carry Yun Chen, not to mention that among the three of them, Huo Gannian was the tallest and heaviest.

She had no choice but to change "carrying" to "dragging" and dragged Huo Gannian into the grass little by little.

As the sound of horse hooves got closer, she became more and more nervous, and was so frightened that her head was dizzy.

She desperately tried to drag Hua Jue again, using almost all her strength, but she couldn't move him.

It was because she had used up too much energy dragging Huo Gannian just now.

However, the sound of horse hooves was very close, so close that she could clearly hear the sound of horse hooves breaking branches.

She felt like she was going crazy. She wanted to scream but couldn't, and she wanted to cry but couldn't.

She really wanted to find someone to help her, she really wanted to give up.

She forced herself to suppress the despair in her heart and grabbed Hua Jue's arm, pulling with all her strength.

A little bit, and a little bit more.

By the time she finally dragged Hua Jue into the grass, she was able to pass through the dense branches of the trees and vaguely see the black-scaled cavalry sitting high on their horses, their armor shining with a cold black light.

She quickly used a branch to sweep away the dragging marks on the ground, scattered fallen leaves, and then quickly jumped into the grass, curled up into a ball, not daring to move.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was approaching, and four or five black-scaled cavalrymen riding black horses appeared completely in Huo Luyu's sight.

A black-scale cavalryman walked to the place where Hua Jue had just fainted, stopped, and jumped off his horse.