Shen Leng stood on the edge of the woods and looked on as the surroundings got darker and darker, as he felt the cold winter night air. The chilly wind was like a dagger, yet it was not as sharp as that of words. Gu Le’s words stirred up a lot of emotions within Shen Leng, to the point that Shen Leng wondered whether all the struggles and hardships in this world could actually be exchanged for peace and stability.Hope.That word was filled with sadness.Shen Leng did not hate Gu Le’s extreme nature, however he felt that there was some chilliness behind it, that was a lot colder than the weather itself. “Gu Le.”“Yeah.”“What kind of person do you want yourself to be?” asked Shen Leng.Gu Le was silent for quite a long period of time, and yet he still had no answer. Whenever he thought of something, he could not seem to bring himself to say it. Luxurious clothes and good horses?

Li Xiaoran looked on as his men helped Yuan Zhidong get out of the blanket. The words on the blanket were akin to a knife that cut his pride. The wound that he had been hiding for so many years was cut open again just like that. It was so painful that it made his heart twitch. There were only two words on the blanket - ‘Xuan Ting’.Changan city had sixteen gates in total. That year, he was about to enter the city via Xuan Ting gate in the north, but was being stopped by Pei Tingshan and his troops right outside of it. “Capture them.”Li Xiaoran only said those four words in a cold voice. After that, he quickly walked back to his room. When he sat down, his hands and legs were still trembling uncontrollably.All the experts in his manor were dispatched. It would not be long before they scoured through the entire Dongchi county. The two words ‘Xuan Ting’ were Li Xiaoran’s sore spot. Even though he was ver

Meng Changan gestured to the Lang Jue people to stop talking. He looked at the elder and tried to speak as slow as he could, “Do the Heiwu troops normally stay inside most of the time?”“When the sky is starting to get dark, they won’t go out after that. During the day, at times, they will walk around nearby.”At this moment, the elder had calmed down a little. “Ning man, what exactly are you planning to do?”　Meng Changan was deep in thought for a while before he said, “If I leave with all of you, it’s impossible for the Heiwu people here to not be alerted. The only way is to kill them.”He said that in a calm voice, as though he was saying it was something trivial like wanting to eat when one was hungry, or wanting to drink when one was thirsty. However, there were 2,000 elite Heiwu troops at the border.The elder’s face turned pale. Immediately after he thought of something. “Did you come with the Ning army?”

The 52 cavalry managed to force at least 500 cavalry to retreat. After he had just completed such an impressive feat, Meng Changan did not seem to be excited. In contrast with his excited subordinates, he appeared to be too numb and apathetic. “Let’s go.”Meng Changan turned his horse around. “The Xiong troops wanted to stall us.”At a distance away, the Xiong cavalry realized that Meng Changan did not chase after them. They made one big round and went back. The sound of the hooves was akin to a muffled thunder.He glanced over and looked; the Lang Jue people who had been running frantically had not reached a distance that was safe enough. If the Xiong troops at the back were to pursue them, it would not take them long before they caught up. The Lang Jue people were defenseless and unable to fight. Being massacred would be their only fate. “Military officer, what if we can’t protect those Lang Jue people?”

Meng Changan could imagine the complacent look on Pei Xiao face at this very moment. The dozens of scouts who had been stripped of their weapons and armor were still tied up in the houses. All it would take was one fire to wipe out those Great Ning elite soldiers. Amongst them were soldiers who had entered Heiwu with Meng Changan for the seventh time. If nothing bad were to happen, Meng Changan would be able to complete the map and bring the hundreds of Lang Jue people back to Great Ning. That huge accomplishment itself was enough to change any one of their lives. 　Pei Xiao, who was holding onto the torch, was the demon that decided their fate. Meng Changan walked out of the courtyard, with his black cord sword in his left hand and the small hunting knife in his right hand. Pei Xiao’s soldiers were already in their formation, waiting for him in the open space. Clearly, Meng Changan was alone. However, in their eyes, that person was akin to