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On the boundless wilderness, there were dozens of carriages being pulled by demon-beasts which sped along.
Behind the demon-beast carriages were thousands of cultivators riding on the back of the Ji Feng beasts. When the demon-beasts galloped, the smoky dust seemed to be splashing everywhere. But the cultivators on the demon-beastsâ back were as stable as a rock. They werenât disturbed by the strong wind.
A faint cough resounded from time to time in one of the fast-moving carriages, which soon dissipated into the howling wind.
Cultivators had good ears and sharp eyes. Even though the wind howled around them, they could still clearly hear the sound of coughing drifting in the wind.
From time to time, as if the faint sound of a sick man coughing blood. People couldnât help but care about it.
Ning Yu Zhou gently patted the lady in his arms. He couldnât help but frown when he felt her back was tightening while coughing.
The cough seemed severe this time. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief at the end of her cough, she even coughed up blood. Her deep red tinged with purple blood stood out on the white handkerchief.
Wen Qiao looked ill while leaning on his arms, her organs were burning like fire. The piercing pain in her veins used up all her energy and caused her to not notice her posture.
âOpen your mouth.â Ning Yu Zhou said.
Wen Qiao opened her mouth, and a spiritual elixir was fed into her mouth, and it melted immediately. The spiritual medicine liquid slid into her throat, and the pain from her organs was healed by warm spiritual energy and loosened her tighten heartstrings.
While she felt relaxed, she felt even more sleepy.
Ning Yu Zhou patted her and said gently, âYou can sleep. Iâm here.â
His gentle voice was like a spring breeze blowing by willows as it loosened her tensed nerves unconsciously.
Wen Qiao fell asleep in his arms.
Perhaps she wasnât feeling well, even though she was asleep, she was frowning.
Ning Yu Zhou looked at the person in his arms, his sight slipped over her facial features. Maybe it was because she was attacked by her disease before, her pale complexion was tinged with blue. Her frail body seemed thin while leaning in his arms, he could hardly feel her weight and faint breath.
After looking for a while, Ning Yu Zhou gently pulled out her blood-stained handkerchief to have a look. Then, he grabbed her wrist and put his fingers to feel her veins.
He lowered his eyes and gently put down her wrist.
In the demon-beast carriage nearby, the Fifth Prince Ning Ping Zhou was meditating silently.
Even though they were on the road, most of the cultivators wonât relax. As a practitioner of cultivation, they would strive for time to cultivate by meditating.
The Ninth Princess Ning Yao Zhu shared the same carriage with Ning Ping Zhou.
From time to time during the day, Ning Yao Zhu slightly twitched her mouth while she heard a cough from the beast-carriage nearby.
âA sick lady, why isnât she staying in the town to be rich and idle but following us?â Ning Yao Zhu canât understand the coupleâs behaviour and showed a contemptuous look, âI thought that there was only a mortal who was unable to cultivate coming with us, but I never thought that we have to bring diseased tuberculosis with us. At that time, wonât they need our protection?â
Ning Ping Zhou opened his eyes and said flatly, â The hidden bodyguards will protect them.â
âNo matter how strong the hidden bodyguards are, donât forget what kind of place that the Lin Tai Valley Hunt is!â
The Lin Tai Valley Hunt was situated in a mysterious region located in the northwest Tanglin Kingdom, and its origin was beyond examination. When the fog covered the entire Lin Tai Mountain, a flash of light would appear in the Lin Tai Valley in mid-May every three years. Meanwhile, the mysterious region of Lin Tai Valley would be open to the public for a month. After a month, the Lin Tai Valley would be closed when the fog around the Lin Tai Mountain had been cleared.
Nowadays, the Lin Tai Valley was controlled by the royal Ning family and a few aristocratic families. It had become the experiential training field for the young cultivators of the Tanglin Kingdom. All the young cultivators under the age of 25 could enter the Lin Tai Valley regardless of the rank of cultivation.
After all these years, the Lin Tai Valley had been explored by numerous cultivators of the Tanglin Kingdom. However, the environment of the Lin Tai Valley would change every three years. Since it had sufficient time to recuperate, and the resources were barely enough, the forces in the Tanglin Kingdom would use it as an experiential training field for the young cultivators of each family.
Since the environment in the Lin Tai Valley changes once every three years, there werenât any laws inside. The dangers were immeasurable, the young cultivators might even meet a fifth or sixth term demon-beast that would cause them to die.
Ning Ping Zhou was calm. Since Ning Yu Zhou wanted to go and Emperor Cheng Hao allowed him, his situation was none of their business.
Ning Yao Zhu was different from her brother, she was still angry and felt that Ning Yu Zhou was a troublemaker. Since he was a mortal who was unable to cultivate, shouldnât he know himself better and stay in the imperial town? In the end, the couple without any abilities needed to be protected by the well-trained hidden bodyguards sent by the Ning family. They were just making things harder!
The cough in the air gradually slowed down and didnât resound again for a long time.
Ning Yao Zhu couldnât help but ask again, âJust now her cough seemed severe, did she cough herself to death?â
âDonât talk nonsense!â Ning Ping Zhou reprimanded her and changed the topic, âIâve heard that our third brother would be coming to the Lin Tai Valley Hunt too.â
Ning Yao Zhu said surprisingly, âHeâs out of isolation? Why didnât we see him when we left earlier?â
âHe didnât leave with us. He immediately came when he was out.â
While talking about the Third Prince Ning Zhe Zhou, Ning Ping Zhouâs calm expression finally began to fluctuate, and Ning Yao Zhu started to become serious too.
The Third Prince Ning Zhe Zhou was the most talented cultivator in the Ning clanâs younger generation. He was fast in cultivation too. In this yearâs opening of Lin Tai Valley, the disciple of the Ning clan was led by him to do experiential training.
Although the Fifth Prince Ning Ping Zhou had good talent, he was always overwhelmed by the Third Prince. Even though they were disciples of the Ning family, they had an acute competition in their family, so Ning Ping Zhou also considered Ning Zhe Zhou as his target.
Ning Ping Zhou was supposed to lead the disciples of the Ning family. Who knew that when Ning Zhe Zhou was out of isolation, Emperor Cheng Hao changed his mind and decided to let Ning Zhe Zhou lead the team. Ning Yao Zhu was unhappy with it.
When they were resting in the camp at night, Ning Yao Zhu saw Wen Mei, one of the Wen twins. She pursed her lips with a hazy look.
Wen Mei was Ning Zhe Zhouâs fiancĂ©e. According to the sayings, their road of cultivation would be smooth when they became the couple who performed dual cultivation.
Wen Xian walked towards her and said with a smile, âAh Jiu, is the Fifth Prince leading the Ning familyâs disciple this time?â
She didnât know what should be said as Ning Yao Zhu was annoyed and thus she said with a harsh tone, âI donât know. Maybe it would be the third brother.â
Wen Xian was surprised and felt uncomfortable in her heart, âAh, the Third Prince. He is out of isolation?â
âDonât know how his rank is now? Before heâŠâŠâ
Ning Yao Zhu stopped her and said with a firm voice, âThe purpose youâre here is to talk about the third brother with me?â
How would Wen Xian not know that the Ning familyâs little princess was feeling angry? She needed to maintain a good relationship with Ning Yao Zhu, so she was unwilling to make her angry, she said immediately, âNo, Iâm here to find you and also visit my third sister. I heard that her cough was serious today.â
Ning Yao Zhu snorted. Neither Ning Zhe Zhou nor Ning Yu Zhou, she hated them. At the same time, she also disliked the Wen sisters who were involved with them.
So, she left immediately.
Wen Xian doesnât know who had offended the little princess of the Ning family, she doesnât want to have a bad relationship with her. Instead of visiting Wen Qiao, she immediately caught up with Ning Yao Zhu and cheered her up.
It was already late when Wen Qiao woke up. The procession took this opportunity to rest.
When she looked around, she found herself in a tent with a soft blanket under her body. She was sleeping under a warm blanket, so she couldnât feel the coldness of the night in the wilderness.
Ning Yu Zhou was sitting beside her, reading a book. At the moment she woke up, he immediately noticed it.
âAre you hungry?â Ning Yu Zhou asked while pouring her a cup of spiritual tea.
Wen Qiao had just woken up. She was muddled as she drank the spiritual tea fed by him.
After she was clear-headed, she blushed and struggled to get up. When she wanted to say something, she saw Ning Yu Zhou carrying out the spiritual rice porridge, which was kept in a warm food box, for her to eat.
âYouâve slept most of the day. Eat something first and go back to sleep later.â Ning Yu Zhou said. He put the food box on the table beside him and handed her a spoon.
Although she was hungry, she didnât have a good appetite. While looking at Ning Yu Zhou, she reluctantly agreed and silently drank porridge.
Since Lian Yue was a mortal, Wen Qiao didnât bring her to the Lin Tai Valley Hunt because it was better to stay in the Seventh Princeâs Palace. So now she had no maidservants to serve her, she had to do everything by herself. Luckily, Ning Yu Zhou took care of her. But she was ashamed that he had taken care of her too many times.
Ning Yu Zhou was gazing at her and said, âYour healthâŠâŠâ
âI was born with a frail vein, my organs could be affected by fire poison easily.â Wen Qiao said with a calm voice. This was also the diagnosis of the pharmacists.
Ning Yu Zhou thought that the red and purple blood-stained handkerchief looked like fire poison indeed. ButâŠâŠ
Wen Qiao didnât have a good appetite. After she forced herself to eat some, she threw away the spoon.
Ning Yu Zhou handed her another cup of spiritual tea to moisturize her throat and said, âIf youâre not feeling well, take a rest.â
Wen Qiao was ill. Her spiritual energy would be depleted every time the fire poison attacked her, and she could only lay in the bed just like a cripple who could do nothing, not to mention cultivating.
Soon, she once again fell asleep.
Ning Yu Zhou sat beside her to take care of her. He stared at her thoughtfully.
The next day, the procession set off before daybreak.
Many people saw the scene of Wen Qiao, who was asleep, being carried by Ning Yu Zhou to the beast-carriage. Although they didnât mention anything, the meaning in their eyes was obvious.
Ning Yu Zhou didnât care how the others thought. He got in the beast-carriage and lowered the curtains to block peopleâs sight.
The beast-carriage was surrounded by hidden bodyguards wearing black armour.
Wen Qiao was in a deep sleep. She vaguely felt that she was being moved by someone, but she couldnât open her eyes. She could only move along with him, and soon she fell asleep again.
So, she slept fitfully on the road. While she finally regained her consciousness, the procession had reached the Lin Tai Mountain.