Chapter 314 No Turning Back (Part 1)

Just when Huo Luyu thought she was hallucinating because she was too nervous, the man walked slowly to her side and chuckled sincerely.

Huo Luyu felt his whole body stiff and cold. He subconsciously held his breath and dared not move.

The man glanced at Huo Luyu, placed ten taels of silver on the table, and said with a smile in the same eerie voice that Huo Luyu had heard the night the Huo Gang was attacked:

"The doctor's acupuncture skills are excellent. I will come back in seven days."

Huo Luyu's mind went blank, he felt dizzy and his body couldn't stop shaking.

She held her neck straight and didn't turn her head, trying hard to pretend to be an ordinary person buying medicine.

But she couldn't ignore the horror and fear in her heart.

Because she would never forget this voice even in her dreams.

And the crazy howling that chased them in the night sky, like a ghost haunting them—

The voice of Black Scale Cavalry General, Jiao Zuotai.

The old doctor was busy preparing medicine to reduce the fever. Without even looking up, he said, "You have an old illness. If you have time, it would be best if you come more often."

Jiao Zuotai didn't look at the old doctor, but just looked Huo Luyu up and down with a gloomy look, then laughed and turned to walk out.

The two young men in the yard immediately straightened their clothes, mounted their horses, and followed Jiao Zuotai away.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves gradually fading away, Huo Luyu finally let out a trembling breath. His legs instantly went weak and he fell to the ground. The old doctor was so frightened that he screamed and hurried over to support him.

He estimated that if he left at this time, he would most likely run into Jiao Zuotai and the other two. It would be better to wait for some time before leaving. Huo Luyu asked the old doctor to prepare an antidote for the Bungarus venom as soon as possible.

Half an hour later, the antidote was prepared and Huo Luyu felt much calmer.

She carefully recalled the scene of the attack in the border forest that year. There was flames rising into the sky and the scene was chaotic. She had never spoken to Jiao Zuotai face to face, nor had she met him clearly.

When Jiao Zuotai and Hua Jue were fighting, she had been hiding aside with Yun Chen on her back, and now she is disguised as a man.

Unless Jiao Zuotai had eagle eyes and a photographic memory, there was no way he could recognize her.

Thinking of this, Huo Luyu felt more at ease, but he still felt that it was not advisable to stay here for long. It would be bad if Jiao Zuotai and the other two came back.

She paid the old doctor and thanked him, carefully put the medicine in her pocket, and ran quickly towards the two big trees in the distance where the dragon in the water was tied.

Unexpectedly, before she got close, she could clearly see three black-armored war horses parked beside the two big trees.

Jiao Zuotai and the other two actually left and came back again.

They were either sitting or standing, just three or two steps away from the dragon in the water, watching her with great interest.

Like a wild beast sizing up its prey, calmly and even playfully, Jiao Zuotai tilted his head to look at Huo Luyu, his smile very mysterious.

In an instant, Huo Luyu felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. The blood in his body turned cold, and a feeling of fear and hopelessness filled his whole body.

She tried to remain calm, but she had no idea which leg she was moving with.

She knew she couldn't turn back, and she couldn't turn back. A human can't outrun a horse.

She walked slowly to the tree and tried her best to lead the water dragon with natural movements.

One of the two young Black Scale Cavalrymen whistled at Huo Luyu and shouted:

"Hello!"

Huo Luyu's hand trembled and the reins fell.

Another young Black Scale Cavalryman laughed and said:

"Look how scared you are to that girl!"

Jiao Zuotai next to him didn't say anything, but just kept polishing a brand new long sword.

Unlike ordinary swords, this sword is longer and heavier, with a black blade and a square head, making it more suitable for combat on the battlefield.

Jiao Zuotai looked at the long sword again and again, and said with satisfaction:

"Yes, it's beautiful after surgery."

Huo Luyu subconsciously looked in the direction of Jiao Zuotai's voice and seemed to see some bloodstains on the blade that had not been wiped clean.

Too close.

It's too close.

The distance was only two or three steps, so close that Jiao Zuotai could grab her by just leaning over and stretching out his hand.

It was so close that she could smell a strong smell of blood on Jiao Zuotai.

Under the three pairs of sinister gazes like hooks, Huo Luyu picked up the reins again, jumped on the horse, pretended to be indifferent, and walked in the opposite direction of the three people.

No one spoke anymore, but Huo Luyu could feel that Jiao Zuotai and the other two were staring at her back.

After walking an extremely long distance of ten feet, just when Huo Luyu wanted to disregard everything and ride his horse away.

Behind him, Jiao Zuotai laughed sinisterly and shouted:

"Girl, you left something behind!"

Huo Luyu turned her head and saw a black "thing" flying towards her quickly and hitting her arms with a "bang".

She subconsciously reached out to hold on, but was knocked off the horse by the force.

She hugged the furry and slippery thing, took a closer look, and screamed instantly.

"ah--"

A pair of dull eyes stared at her——

It was the head of the lame beggar.