"Ahhhhh! You bastards!"
A loud cry echoed throughout the valley.
"He woke up pretty soon."
A few mountains away, Ye Tian Yun and the other mission members were now back on the track.
"That was expected. I didn't hit him hard enough." Jun Xie replied.
"How long does the anti-pain pill's effect last?" Xiao Ming asked.
"About three hours. Might stretch a bit longer, but that's based on his luck."
"Three hours… then that guy will start feeling that pain after about half an hour."
"Indeed."
"What if he meets someone and gets rescued? Even though we can't kill him, we could have arranged something to kill him." Xiao Ming remarked.
Ye Tian Yun shook his head and replied, "That would have just wasted our time. Don't bother about that guy anymore."
"Think of it like this - imagine you suddenly meet a guy who has legs on shoulders and arms on waist? Will you help him or run for your life?"
Xiao Ming shrugged, "I will help him."
Ye Tian Yun let out a sigh, "That's why you're the biggest dumbass."
"A normal human will just run away - life is more important than being a good samaritan."
Xiao Ming smirked, "A normal person wouldn't come in this forest."
Ye Tian Yun nodded, "Point. However, a dumbass, too, wouldn't come here. You, my friend, are an exception."
Xiao Ming gritted his teeth, but instead of replying to Ye Tian Yun, he turned towards Yuan Shuchun and said, "What do you think, Senior Sister? I say we should turn around and get that guy's head."
Yuan Shuchun gestured him to stop and said, "Forget about that guy now. We need to get to the nearest town as soon as possible and get our hands on newer carriages. We will discuss things later."
Xiao Ming shrugged and didn't say anything else.
Ye Tian Yun gave a slight frown but didn't speak his mind.
The whole ambush had given the entire mission a big setback.
A few hours ago, there were twelve of them, but now, only seven of them were alive.
On top of that, they had lost their carriages and also the Ferghana horses - this meant they had to now walk on foot unless they could get their hands on a good caravan.
While they had lost four disciples, the fifth person they lost was Pan De, who drove the last carriage.
'No one from that carriage survived.'
Ye Tian Yun couldn't help but frown.
There were a total of three carriages, with four people in each.
The last carriage was thoroughly destroyed, and everyone in it was killed.
The other casualty was the disciple who was guarding Fu Kai's carriage.
It was the same carriage in which Jun Xie and Ye Tian Yun were sitting inside.
"That was a lucky escape."
Ye Tian Yun couldn't help but let out a sigh.
Just a few hours ago, their carriage was at last, and he was the one who was sitting outside.
Now, everyone in the last carriage was killed, and they had also lost the disciple guarding the carriage.
Surprisingly, Fu Kai was unhurt.
Even more weird was that no one from Yuan Shuchun's carriage was killed.
"I am not going to believe if anyone says that the attackers missed Yuan Shuchun's carriage."
The arrows didn't rain on her carriage at all - they were directed more towards her Ferghana horses.
Ye Tian Yun had a hunch that there was more to this than a simple ambush.
'Also, why didn't Peak Master Duan come out?'
'Isn't he close to Yuan Shuchun? And if the ambushers wanted to kill her… he should have shown himself. His aura alone would have made the enemy retreat.'
Ye Tian Yun felt that he was missing something.
'It's in front of me, but I just can't see it. What am I missing?'
Ye Tian Yun let out a frown and asked, 'System, the pill you gave me, does it really work?'
Ye Tian Yun was talking about the pill that he had put in Mo Da's mouth, which had made Mo Da spill the truth.
It was something like a truth serum.
But it was real, and it worked.
[Yes, Host. It worked perfectly fine.]
"So, Mo Da was speaking the truth? Is his master King Xin? But why would he spare Yuan Shuchun and her caravan? What is going on…"
[Insufficient Fate Points.]
'Nevermind.'
Ye Tian Yun had taken the pill from the system when Xiao Ming had attacked Mo Da by slashing his limbs.
At first, Ye Tian Yun didn't wish to use it. He wanted to wait for a longer time.
However, seeing the dedication and will to remain silent, Ye Tian Yun felt like he had no other choice.
Therefore, he revealed the pill to everyone by shoving it into Mo Da's mouth.
'The pill worked, then Mo Da was telling the truth.'
'If King Xin was protecting Yuan Shuchun, then there must be something that I am unaware of. But still, what am I missing?'
"What's that?"
Just as Ye Tian Yun was contemplating, someone called out.
Everyone came to a halt and looked at the source of the voice - it was Qing Shen, and he was pointing his finger somewhere.
To be more precise, he was pointing at a nearby mountain. However, one thing to note was that there was smoke coming out from behind it!
"There could be people there!"
Everyone nodded.
"Should we get to them?"
"How far is the next town?"
"There's still time for that, but we can take some supplies from these people. Let's get to them."
"What if they are hostile to us?" Fu Kai asked.
"We will just kill them." Yuan Shuchun replied and headed towards the rising smoke.
Ye Tian Yun narrowed his eyes and followed behind.
Just as he took the first step, he suddenly had a question pop up in his mind - 'What if the target of the enemy was indeed the last carriage? And they attacked it but didn't know that we had switched places after leaving the meeting with the Crown Prince.'