358 To the West
ChenMing shifted his body closer to BaiYing, it was quite cold tonight, even though their clothes were dry with their spiritual energy, still, the wind and cold air in the forest which was again bustling with some local animals made them all curl up next to the fire.
âAre you cold?â ChenMing asked pulling BaiYing into his arms, BaiYing nodded, he opened his palms to let the fire burn.
âIf Ying learns how to change the weather, Ying will change the weather to be warmerâ
ChenMing put his head behind BaiYing into his pillow, shifted the young manâs shoulders closer to him, hugging him tightly.
âHemh, at a time like this even the dragon god ErWang has no power here, this is the territory of another being, it is said that XiaoWu was the pet of the goddess who fell to earth and couldnât ascend to heaven because it had made a big mistake, so it couldnât help it, he must stay on earth to meditate until the time comes.â
BaiYing saw his brotherâs face, ChenMing is indeed smart and observant, itâs not strange that his older brother knows everything even if he only heard it once.
âLike old man ErWang, he also canât ascend to heaven because he has to accept his duty for a hundred years, em, that means we really canât ask old man ErWang for help, after allâ
ChenMing nodded.
âThatâs how it is, heh, XiaoWu, we donât know how vicious that creature really is, so if we meet him later, donât hesitate to attack him, otherwise, there could be more victims.â
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BaiYing raised his head, getting up.
âBut Brother, um, we donât know how ferocious XiaoWu is, what if he is docile, the hare is very cute, Ying canât bear itâ
âThen, what if that Crown Prince of yours has also been swallowed by him? Is he still cute?â ChenMing got up too.
âThatâs impossible brotherâ
The voices of the two made SuLang and GeLu who were in each perimeter of the guard turn their heads, the sky was already night instead of taking a rest the two people were still noisy since noon.
âWhat itâs impossible? If itâs impossible why didnât that person come out and meet you sooner?â
âMaybe because, um, they went on the wrong way, or, because something was left behind so they returned to YueYang, whatever it is, thereâs no way His Majesty was eaten by that creature, Big Brother said that by yourself yesterday?â
âBrother takes back my word, seeing the situation earlier, you didnât think, a small creature like a single-eyed worm is difficult for ordinary people to beat, imagine what about XiaoWu? Heâs a demigod mystical being, who can beat him other than you and ErWang?â
BaiYing held back, his eyes started to tear up, unable to win against ChenMingâs true words.
âThat, thatâs impossible, Brother is just lying, Itâs not true! Ying hates you!â
The young man couldnât contain his anger and emotion until he got up and ran towards the forest, ChenMing chasing after him.
âYingâer, where you going?â but he was too late, he had annoyed his brother and in an instant, he had disappeared in the dark. ChenMing withdrew his hand, he took a deep breath, what did he talking about? Because he was too emotional he made his little brother sad, this stupid ChenMing.
âErgghhâ
SuLang and GeLu looked at each other from a distance, both of them couldnât do anything, what just happened? SuLang thought who didnât follow and especially saw where BaiYing went.
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The wind was blowing cold, the sun had not yet appeared on the eastern horizon, but it was already dawn. The sky was still grey, with a chilly air wind that made a short mist cover the XiaoWu forest plains. All the soldiers had already woken up preparing their bodies with light exercises in the morning led by their commander. It was seen that SuLang joined the GeLu army to build his body, after a night of good quality sleep even for a very short time.
Seen in one of the tallest trees in the area, sat BaiYing who seemed to be awake since the night, he couldnât sleep, the bottom of his eyes was black and only looking straight into the distance, his very high position allowed him to see all areas in the XiaoWu forest which were indeed covered by dense trees.
The branches and leaves swayed, before long, the big trunk that he was sitting on swayed vigorously, ChenMing was seen crawling up with difficulty,
âThis kid, do you want to stay there? Donât want to come down all night, are you still angry with me?â Cautiously, ChenMing sat beside BaiYing, who ignored him. ChenMing shifted his brotherâs hand, looking at his face.
âYou didnât sleep all night? Look at those eyes of yours, so ugly, like a ghost.â
BaiYing was still annoyed, he didnât want to see his brotherâs face at all.
âYing still wants to be here, leave me aloneâ
âAre you sure you want to stay here? Em, Brother struggled to come up here, to inform you that we are roasting the jerky we brought from SuChou, if you donât want it, weâll eat it.â
ChenMing prepared to go downstairs, wanting to see how his bother reacted to hearing his favourite food, but, BaiYing still, didnât budge at all, ChenMing finally returned to his original position.
âAlright brother, my sweet cute XiaoYing, brothers apologize, after thinking all night, my words are a bit harsh, heh, since I donât want youâre hoping too much, we should at least think of the worst, heh, however, our enemy this time is not just Ordinary half-demon creatures, so we really have to think about the worst.â
ChenMing looked at his younger brotherâs face, which was still seriously looking ahead of him, his gaze was very sharp as if he had actually seen something or he was just annoyed and irritated by what he said.
âHeh brother, Brother already apologized, at least say something to me, I will do anything so you wonât angry anymore, you know, its be really excruciatingâ
âShut up brotherâ BaiYingâs voice, ChenMing was surprised his gentle brother could tell him to shut up,
âBrother why are you still angry, Brother...â
âI said be quiet brother, Ying is trying to hear somethingâ
ChenMing who had opened his mouth gaping stop his words followed BaiYingâs sharp gaze,
âEh, what are you listening to?â he asked.
There was silence for a moment when suddenly BaiYing grabbed ChenMingâs hand and led him down,
âOver there! West, Brother, I heard XiaoWuâs roar over thereâ BaiYing shouted excitedly.
ChenMing was overwhelmed when his younger brother pulled his hand and darted down from a very tall tree trying to hold his body, the distance was so high, would his brother want to kill both of them?
âNo brother, slow down!â
In an instant both of them were on the ground, BaiYing whose face was very serious shouted at GeLu and the others.
âGet ready weâre heading west!â BaiYing exclaimed,
GeLu and LiuHai who were practising turned their heads and nodded simultaneously.
âReady Your Majesty!â
ChenMing stuttered, overnight his little brother changed, he became like someone else, ChenMing thought pulling his shoulder,
âEh brotherâ he followed BaiYing to his horse.
Meanwhile, SuLang, even though he didnât understand what was happening, the Little Princeâs order was very important, everyone obeyed him and immediately got ready, including himself.
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Heeee!
The horse neighed loudly.
BaiYingâs group and others were already riding at high speed towards the east, BaiYing was leading the group, even though ChenMing was trying to match his run.
âXiaoYing!â suddenly the young man became so good at riding horses, XiaoHei matched BaiYingâs ability to ride.
Drap Drap Drap Drap!
They arrived at their destination, at least still far from where BaiYing was hearing XiaoWuâs voice that only he could hear, BaiYing pulled XiaoHeiâs reins to a quick stop because the road in front of them was already impossible to pass, let alone horses, even walking would be difficult.
Everyoneâs eyes went wide, ChenMing approached BaiYing holding his brotherâs horse bridle so he wouldnât run away, he gave a signal to GeLu and SuLang and others to be alert.
âThis, itâs so crazy.â
The road, or the rest of the way, split open upright standing in front of them, the ground in front of them raised here and there filled with potholes, from the looks of it, like the entrance and exit of a large mole.
âThis is ,,,,.â BaiYing couldnât believe his eyes.
ChenMing was alert, the area was too quiet, not even the sound of birds or anything could be heard at all. He turned to GeLu and SuLang who were approaching.
âYour Majestyâ
âLooks like we wonât be able to continue the journey by horse, even going through by foot looks difficult, what do you think?â Chen Ming asked.
GeLu looked at the surroundings, the road in front of them was shattered and deformed, it was likely that they were approaching the epicentre of the earthquake causing landslides and others, the area might be very dangerous.
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