Chapter 424 The winds of the grasslands and the Eternal Heaven, come and witness.
Just as Huali slung the pickaxe over her shoulder, Chief Steward Ao had already spurred himself on a rocket and shot off with a "whoosh".
Shen Yu found it amusing and took long strides to follow.
King Pear rubbed his hands together with an air of importance, ready to get started, but suddenly remembered something and turned to look at him:
"Young master, are my ten mines located in this area?"
Shen Yu shook his head and pointed to a hill deeper in the mining area where the spiritual energy was more concentrated. "Your mine is over there, the core vein, and it's of even higher quality."
"This is the outer area, which can be considered a public area."
He thought Huali was afraid of digging in the wrong place, and was about to explain when he saw her smile slyly, "Okay, okay, then I'm relieved."
"Digging for your own stuff is never as satisfying as digging for free stuff, Mr. Ao, let's get moving!"
Shen Yu: "......" He knew it.
Bang bang bang—
It took three attempts to embed the pickaxe tip into the crevice of the rock. With a slight exertion of her wrist, the spiritual energy attached to the rock quietly seeped in like a wedge.
With a "crack," a large chunk of grayish-brown rock crumbled off.
The raw stone has a rough texture and is covered with a layer of natural dust on the surface, but the cross-section is filled with a milky white glow, making it look like a treasure.
This is practically a scene from a jade gambling site.
Huali picked it up and blew on it with care, becoming even more excited, and then she just kept going.
Do not refrain from doing something just because the reward is small.
Without the young master, who would let her come to the mining area to work?
Hua Li was digging around happily, while Shen Yu stood a few steps away with his arms crossed, his gaze quietly fixed on her.
Even in disguise, the young master's tall and straight figure and his unique, refined temperament still made him stand out in the crowd.
Before long, a tall, slender grassland girl walked over. She had long braided hair, healthy honey-colored skin, and tools hanging from her waist, and her steps were brisk.
He handed the leather water pouch to Shen Yu with an air of familiarity, saying, "I haven't seen you before. Are you new here? Try my mare's milk wine; it's perfect for relieving fatigue."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yu turned her head and glanced at her.
That one glance allowed the other person to see his entire appearance, and a look of amazement flashed in their eyes.
She noticed him from the very beginning.
This person was standing in the noisy mine, yet there seemed to be an invisible barrier surrounding him. His back and profile alone attracted many eyes.
"No need, thank you." Shen Yu's gaze lingered for only a moment before shifting away distantly.
The grassland girl composed herself and was about to say something more, but the other party didn't give her a chance at all.
Shen Yu stepped aside, her refusal clean and decisive:
"It's taken."
She stood there, stunned, watching the young man walk straight to the girl who was working hard but couldn't find a way to do it, and bend down to brush the dust off the girl's skirt.
Huali was sweating profusely from her work. When she saw the young master coming over, she looked up and asked, "Was that person your friend? He seemed quite straightforward."
Shen Yu lifted her eyelids, glanced at her, and said nothing.
Huali: "?" Why are you unhappy again?
The young master stared at the little piece of wood in front of him. Recalling the two cold showers this morning and the table full of kidney-tonifying ingredients, he suddenly ground his back teeth, leaned down without warning, and bit Huali's cheek, his teeth grinding slightly, like a wolf cub that had been provoked.
"Eh—!" Karin cried out in pain, covering her face and jumping back. "What are you doing?"
Shen Yu straightened up, licked the tip of her teeth with her tongue, crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, "I'm helping you wake up, so you don't be unaware that your treasure is being coveted."
His words were pointed, and he stared intently at Huali.
To everyone's surprise, Huali was taken aback at first, then immediately looked down and pointed to the pile of raw stones that she had painstakingly dug out, which were shimmering with spiritual light, at her feet, "No, they're all right here."
Shen Yu: "......"
The young master was almost laughing in anger.
A vein throbbed on his forehead, and unable to contain himself any longer, he stepped forward to bite her again.
This time, Hua Li wasn't going to tolerate him. She threw the raw stone into her Qiankun bag, rolled up her sleeves, and said, "You want to fight, huh?"
Shen Yu: "I..."
Before the young master could even argue, Huali lunged at him.
Shen Yu instinctively dodged to the side, but because they were too close, she was hit squarely in the face.
The two of them immediately fell onto the soft grass and wrestled together.
The familiar feeling instantly transported Huali back to when they first met, and she immediately opened her mouth to bite back. Shen Yu hissed, "Are you a dog?!"
"I belong to you!"
"let go!"
"You loosen your grip first!"
*
"Do you think Huali knows what she'll face when she comes back?" Tang Wanwan asked, sitting next to Xia Ge as they looked at the trending topics on Xianbo.
"He probably doesn't know." Brother Shrimp shook his head. "I originally thought Shen Yu was too young to be cunning. But now it seems he's the most shrewd of them all."
"Others have to use deception and trickery to take Karin away, but he used a simple tactic of retreating to advance, and made Karin come to him on his own initiative."
"And Changliu, neither of them is any good."
Shrimp Bro was furious when he saw this trending topic.
#Shen Yuhuali's wedding is imminent
#Canglan Prefecture Discusses Wedding Ceremony
#Tokens of Love
#A Timeline Recap of Shen Yuhuali's Love Story
#Canglanzhou
Look at this! Is this something a human being would do? They're just rich and have no sense of morality.
Xianbo should be banned.
Beside her, Zhao Heng quickly scrolled through the page, clicking on the entry, and saw the exact same "99 blessings" comment.
Zhao Heng tilted her head and thought for a moment, then casually followed the formation and made a "99".
"Zhaozhao!!"
The next second, Tang Wanwan's voice, even more chilling than a female ghost's, floated up from behind him, "What are you doing?"
Zhao Heng quickly put away the communication stone, looked at the Buddhist supporters in front of her, and then at the little bird supporters behind her. Her ahoge (a single hair sticking up) stood up and she said, "Wanwan, I'm hungry."
Tang Wanwan pointed at him warningly: "If I find out you've switched sides, your deluxe seafood set meal will be gone forever."
Zhao Heng blinked her green eyes and said firmly, "I'm on Hua Li's side."
He sides with whoever Huali is on good terms with.
"That's more like it." Tang Wanwan ordered the dishes to be served while using her financial power to remove the trending topic from the search results.
This can't go on. None of those four vixens are easy to deal with. She has to find a way to help Lian Zhuo. She must protect her boyfriend!
*
As dusk fell, the dark blue sky slowly unfolded at the edge of the grassland.
In the distance, busy people are moving about in the deepening twilight, carrying firewood and preparing to light a bonfire.
Laughter and chatter could be heard coming from afar.
Having had their fun, Huali and Shenyu sat side by side on a soft grassy slope a little further away.
Shen Yu pulled out two bright red sea buckthorn berries, glistening with water droplets, and kept one in his mouth while casually stuffing the other into Hua Li's mouth.
The sweet and sour juice burst in my mouth, instantly quenching my thirst from playing around and bickering.
Karin squinted her eyes contentedly, like a cat whose fur had been stroked, and nudged the person next to her lightly with her elbow, "At least you have some conscience."
As Shen Yu gazed at the last warm orange glow of the sunset, he let out a lazy hum in response.
Huali stretched, letting the wind blowing from the sky ripple across the grass, lifting the stray hairs on her forehead and Shen Yu's hair ribbon.
Before long, a huge bonfire was lit on the open plain by everyone working together. The red flames were first scattered, and then they burst into flames with a "whoosh".
Then, the melodious and profound sound of the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) drifted over on the evening breeze.
The music, like the heartbeat of the grassland, carries an ancient lament and a boundless passion, which, together with the low humming and crisp laughter below, forms a unique prelude to the night.
The aroma of roasted meat wafting over made Huali's stomach rumble.
Cultivating immortality, how could she be hungry? She was just craving something.
Just as Shen Yu was about to take her downstairs, a loud voice came first:
"Hey—! You two lovers on the hill! Don't just stand there! Come down and join the fun!"
The miners were warm and hospitable, and immediately waved when they heard this. Not only them, but more and more people kept joining in from a distance.
Hua Li pulled Chen Yu down the slope, instantly acquiring two sizzling skewers of lamb. Everyone gathered around the campfire, and Hua Li found a place to sit down, casually asking the uncle next to her:
"Uncle, what festival is it today? It's so lively."
"No holiday, but even better than a holiday!" The uncle took a bite of meat skewer. "Today is a great day for General Shen from Canglan Prefecture. I heard he and his fiancée have officially become engaged. These are all gifts from the Shen family. Let's all celebrate together!"
Huali smiled and said, "Congratulations, congratulations."
Shen Yu: "......"
Three, two, one.
"Huh? Wait a minute!" Karin realized, "Who did you just say?"
"The young general of the Shen family."
Huali: "...?"
Seeing her strange silence, the uncle glared at her. "You don't even know him? Shen Yu! The Eternal Heaven of our grasslands! He became famous at a young age, and followed General Shen to defeat the Xuan Tie Cavalry. He's just over a hundred years old now and has already reached the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm!"
Seeing that the other person was getting more and more excited, Huali immediately said, "Heroes emerge from among the young, heroes emerge from among the young, huh?"
She turned to look at Shen Yu, whose lips were curved in a smile and who remained silent, her eyes widening as she lowered her voice:
"You knew all along, didn't you? You deliberately brought me to your own banquet! This must have been a trick by Changliu."
As soon as Huali finished speaking, the melodious horsehead fiddle bow turned, and the tune instantly became enthusiastic and joyful, like the rapid clapping of horses' hooves striking the earth.
The young men and women who had been waiting for a long time cheered and rushed to the center of the field, surrounding the blazing bonfire, their skirts and robes fluttering in the firelight.
Huali's attention was drawn, and she gazed at the lively and jubilant scene with sparkling eyes.
"Not Changliu."
Shen Yu's voice was not loud and was drowned out by the noise.
It was him.
He wanted the wind on the grassland, the bonfire, and the Eternal Heaven to all come and witness it.
His relationship with Huali was not a private vow, nor an internal family agreement, but a deep-seated cherishing and protection that he regarded as his own life.
Huali rested her chin on her hand, her eyes crinkling as she watched the joyful dance in the arena, her toes unconsciously tapping lightly to the rhythm of the morin khuur (horsehead fiddle).
The leaping flames cast a warm glow on her fair face, and her eyes revealed a beauty quite different from that of a grassland girl.
Her unique charisma quickly attracted the attention of everyone on the field.
Then several grassland girls dressed in skirts gathered around her, laughing and joking, and grabbed her arms without saying a word, saying, "Come on, dance with us!"
Huali was taken aback at first, then immediately nodded generously.
"good!"
She turned to look at Shen Yu, the young general leaning against the ground, his hand casually resting on his bent knee, and gently raising his chin.
The morin khuur (horsehead fiddle) became vibrant once again.
Surrounded by her, Huali also began to move.
Her dance is completely different from the grand, powerful dances of women from the grasslands. Her wrists turn like lotus flowers, and her waist twists lightly like a clear spring under the moon.
Yet, in the glow of the campfire, they traced a clear and joyful path.
This novel and vibrant dance quickly attracted the attention of most people.
Many young men watched with shining eyes and couldn't help but whistle loudly.
Huali, without any shyness, looked in the direction of the voice and returned a bright, generous, and unreserved smile.
Shen Yu looked at the brightest star in the night sky. It shone with its own light, dazzling and captivating, attracting everyone and firmly settling in his heart.
The young general tilted his head back and drank the mare's milk wine in the bowl in one gulp.
The spicy and mellow liquid slid down his throat, but it was nothing compared to the scene before him, which made him even more intoxicated.
The bonfire was blazing, and the lively atmosphere reached its peak.
Several bold young men exchanged eager glances, their straightforwardness and enthusiasm characteristic of grassland youths, and stepped to the beat of a powerful drum as they approached Huali.
His gaze was intense, fixed on her without any attempt to conceal it.
Shen Yu's proud expression suddenly darkened.
The knuckles holding the wine bowl twitched slightly—
But Karin was faster than him.
After a thoroughly enjoyable dance, she immediately looked at the young master, her gaze piercing through the crowd to lock onto him.
Their eyes met, and the most dazzling girl in the crowd, under everyone's gaze, ran towards Shen Yu without hesitation.
Her skirt fluttered, stirring up a gentle breeze.
Amidst the astonished, understanding, and dejected gazes of the crowd, Xiao cannonball rushed into Shen Yu's arms, wrapped her arms around his neck, and amidst the deafening cheers, she planted a firm kiss on Shen Yu's lips.
"Young master, did I dance well?"
Shen Yu was stunned by her sudden initiative, and the jealousy and gloom in his heart were instantly washed away by love.
The ice in the boy's eyes thawed, revealing not only joy but also a possessiveness as deep as the night sky and a burning desire that was about to burst forth.
It's a surging, overwhelming urge to completely possess someone you've been chosen by.
Shen Yu's ears turned bright red, and with a sudden burst of strength, he lifted Hua Li up by the waist and spun her around nimbly.
"Beautiful, unmatched in the world."
As soon as he finished speaking, a clear whistle escaped from Chen Yu's lips.
To everyone's astonishment, a silver streak of light swooped down and precisely swept past them.
Holding Huali in her arms, Shen Yu leaped and landed steadily on the back of the celestial horse.
"Hold on tight!"
The young general gave a low shout, wrapped one arm tightly around her waist, and gripped the reins with the other.
The heavenly horse understood, let out a high-pitched neigh, its four hooves touched the air, its wings spread, and in an instant it transformed into an arrow released from a bow, galloping towards the more vast and tranquil heart of the grassland.
The night wind whistled in their ears as Huali clung tightly to Shenyu's neck, their only sounds being their rapid heartbeats and intertwined breaths.
The heavenly horse galloped away like lightning, riding the moon.
After an unknown amount of time, I ducked down and landed in a sea of grass that was knee-deep.
Shen Yu, holding Hua Li, tumbled down onto the soft, thick meadow.
Beneath them was a dense sea of grass that smelled of sunshine.
Above us was a vast, boundless, inky blue sky.
The pasture swayed in the night breeze, like the whispers of the Eternal Heaven, gently enveloping them.
At this moment, the world was silent, with only the sound of the wind, the rustling of the grass, and the beating of our hearts like drums.
Shen Yu hovered above, looking at Hua Li, his eyes reflecting the deep night behind him.
Without a word, he bent down.
She went to meet her.
The moment their lips touched again was no longer the crisp touch by the campfire, but a plundering and lingering sensation that swept everything away.
The rich, pungent aroma of mare's milk wine wafts through the air.
Huali wrapped her arms around Shenyu's neck, responding awkwardly yet bravely.
Heaven and earth, green sea, wind and waves, eternal heaven.
Against this pristine and magnificent backdrop, all restraint and pretense are stripped away...
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