Once they found the right way, the rest would be smooth sailing.
They even had the time to wait for Ye Qing to finish bathing. As Cang Yang was leading a large group, they could not get rid of the small group of three who were traveling lightly. However, the next problem was how to save her from the thousands of soldiers and a Desolate Man expert. This was completely different from saving Tang Sanghua.
Ye Qing's bathing speed was not considered slow, but it was not fast either. Even if she was a little straightforward, she was still a woman. When she appeared in front of the two of them again, she had become refreshed and her body was emitting a natural fragrance. Her clothes seemed to have been washed and dried with the Primordial Qi. It was inevitable that there were some wrinkles and she looked more like a fairy than before.
"Fairy, we're just waiting for you." The target was right in front of them. Yan Li was relaxed and could not help but tease her.
"Humph." Ye Qing turned her face away proudly and chased after them first.
Sure enough, by noon, they had found the tracks of the main army. Li Rulong was a scout, so he was very good at finding the tracks of the enemy. He was the one who had found the pit, so when he volunteered to investigate the enemy's situation, Yan Li did not object.
Yan Li and Li Rulong carefully followed behind. After about two hours, Li Rulong came out from a thicket. His face was a little pale and his breathing was uneven. Once he came out, he said, "Cang Yang brought more than a thousand Desolate Men. They are all brave elites and there are probably more than ten Desolate Man warriors. They are scattered around the formation and formed a strong warning line. I tried many methods but I could not get close."
Ye Qing shouted again and said, "We're almost at the Lava tribe. What are they guarding against? Could it be that someone dares to attack them? "
Li Rulong smiled bitterly and said, "Since Cang Yang killed Salwa, many of the things he did cannot be explained. Among them, this is the most suspicious point. Rather than saying that he is guarding against something, it would be more accurate to say that he is protecting someone."
Ye Qing also felt something and stared at Yan Li and said, "Hey, are you hiding something from us?"
Seeing that Li Rulong and Ye Qing were both looking at him, it was as if they would not give up until they got the answer.
Forget about Li Rulong, he had seen Ye Qing's stubbornness before. It was impossible to fool her again, and he really couldn't find a reasonable excuse.
However, he still didn't explain.
Since he couldn't fool her, he chose to remain silent. At this time, it wasn't because hiding it was beneficial to him, but because of Cang Yang's actions, it made him gradually start to suspect something.
"If you don't explain it clearly, I'm afraid it will cause great inconvenience to the rescue operation." Li Rulong weighed his words carefully, as if he was afraid of making Yan Li unhappy.
Ye Qing wasn't so polite and bluntly said, "Actually, with the strength of the three of us, it's almost impossible to save them. It doesn't matter if you say it or not, I won't do something like a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Of course, if you tell us the truth, we can help you to the best of our abilities. "
Yan Li was thinking. Li Rulong was very strong, and Ye Qing wasn't bad either. Both of them were good helpers. If they could assist each other, it would undoubtedly add some chips to the rescue mission.
However, he still didn't want to tell them the truth in case they got too excited and failed to save him. Instead, they would alert the enemy.
He thought for a while and said, "I'm thinking if there's a possibility."
"What possibility?" Ye Qing asked.
Yan Li purposely lowered his voice and said, "Cang Yang took my maidservant to cover up the identity of the person they're escorting."
"Who is this person? Why would the deputy commander of the Desolate God army escort?" Ye Qing asked.
Yan Li vaguely said, "Maybe, maybe it's someone's special envoy."
Li Rulong heard this and his body shook. He said in shock, "You're saying that there's someone in Rong City colluding with the Desolate Man?"
Yan Li was shocked. He didn't know why Ye Futian had such a wild imagination and thought in that direction. However, he already had his suspicions, so he went with the flow and said, "It's just a suspicion."
"This is not a trivial matter," Ye Qing's face was solemn.
Li Rulong nodded heavily and fell into deep thought.
Seeing that both of them were serious, Yan Li almost laughed out loud. He thought for a while and said, "Since the person they're escorting is someone else, Cang Yang wouldn't pay too much attention to guarding my maidservant. It'll be relatively easy to save her."
Then, the three of them discussed the details of the rescue.
The first step was to determine the target's location. However, this was not difficult. The Desolate Man rarely used vehicles. Moreover, there was no need to use vehicles to transport a captive. Of course, they would walk.
The closer they got to the Lava Tribe, the thinner the forest became. Along the way, there was already red land. The lush scenery gradually disappeared and was replaced by a desolate highland.
Yan Li learned from Li Rulong that this red highland was the Taganla highland. The underground lava flow was constantly roasting the land, making it impossible to plant any plants. As there was a substance in the lava, it could help the Desolate Man cultivate more efficiently. Therefore, the Desolate Man liked to live near the crater of the volcano.
The Eagle Beak Cliff where the Lava Tribe was located was the place with the most craters in the entire Taganla region.
When the sun was about to set, Yan Li finally saw Ji Zhiyuan's figure on a highland. But unexpectedly, she was riding a horse.
To the Desolate Man, a warhorse was a luxury that was comparable to a treasure. Due to their living conditions, it was a severe test for the warhorse. Even if they were provided with breeding horses, they could not breed them on a large scale.
Therefore, to the Desolate Man, riding a horse was an extremely luxurious thing.
She rode on a horse and was sandwiched by two female Desolate Man. They followed the troop slowly. She did not look embarrassed and did not look like she was bullied.
Yan Li heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that Cang Yang was very protective of the fairer sex.
The leader of the troop, Cang Yang, also rode a horse and walked at the front of the troop. Yan Li did not dare to look at him. A strong person like her had very sharp senses.
Yan Li did not leave the highland either. Li Rulong was right. The sun was about to set. Cang Yang stopped not long after he brought his men and ordered them to set up camp.
Her men took out more than ten tents. Only the Desolate Man warriors under her and herself were qualified to sleep in the tents. The rest of her men could only sleep on the ground.
They took out the prey that they hunted today and roasted it on the fire. They immediately started chewing.
Unexpectedly, Ji Zhiyuan also got a tent. After she entered the tent, she did not come out again. No one went in to disturb her. It was as if she had been forgotten.
Cang Yang's tent was the busiest. There were human men coming in and out from time to time.
Yes, you did not see wrongly. Those men were dressed as slaves. They were probably Cang Yang's beloved slaves.
Yan Li had long heard that the Desolate Man were licentious. They often competed with the number and beauty of their beloved slaves. She did not expect the female Desolate Man to be the same.
The sky gradually darkened. It was too dark to see clearly at this distance. However, Yan Li had already noted down Ji Zhiyuan's position.
"How's your observation?" Ye Qing came back dragging a pile of pine wood.
"Almost done. We can take action after midnight," Yan Li said.
"Benefactor, remember not to fight in this rescue mission." Li Rulong also came back dragging a pile of pine wood. "No matter if we can save her or not, we must retreat immediately. Otherwise, we may all die here."
"I understand," Yan Li said.
As the night deepened, the noises in the Desolate Man's barracks gradually turned into undulating snoring. The joyful sounds in Cang Yang's barracks had also stopped.
Two Desolate Man teams were patrolling around the barracks. Yan Li lurked under the river bank. The soft soil under his feet and the surging waves of the Mother River were only three feet away from him. Water splashed from time to time. In the hot environment, the sudden coldness made him almost unable to think.
He held his breath and his lips were trembling. At this moment, he did not even know what he was doing.
What was it that drove him to come here?
Sometimes people would be driven by their instincts to take actions that were inexplicable. However, thinking about the meaning of this action was the most meaningless thing.
The crossing point of the two Desolate Man teams was very obvious. Yan Li took advantage of the gap when they crossed and rushed up like a cheetah. He hid all his aura and purposely fetched some water to clean himself to ensure that there was no extra smell.
He rushed into the barracks like a gray lightning. Without hesitation, he directly rushed into the tent where Ji Zhiyuan was.
The whole process was almost instantaneous.
Yan Li did not hesitate. The moment he rushed into the tent, he lowered his voice and said, "Stop, it's me …"
The piercingly cold murderous intent vanished into thin air.
Yan Li said in a low voice, "Stand up now. Let's leave immediately before the patrol team comes."
Ji Zhiyuan did not stand up. She sat there with a very complicated expression. There was an inexplicable feeling in her eyes, but it disappeared in a flash.
"What are you doing here?" she asked in a very calm and even a little cold tone.
In the dark, Yan Li could not see her expression, but only felt that her eyes suddenly became very cold.
"I came to save you," he said.
Ji Zhiyuan said lightly, "No one restricted my freedom. Otherwise, how could you sneak in? No matter what, they are also Cangyang's troops. The territory of the Desolate Man Valkyrie is not a place you can come as you please. If I want to leave, I can leave at any time. Are you really stupid, or do you think you can move me by playing tricks like this? "
"What do you mean?" Yan Li's heart gradually sank and an answer appeared in his mind.
Ji Zhiyuan said coldly, "Your value has already ended the moment Azhari died."
Yan Li's face turned pale, "What if I am not Azhari's opponent?"
Ji Zhiyuan said, "Then you will die."
Yan Li's body trembled, "This is my mission?"
Ji Zhiyuan said mockingly, "That's right. Your mission has been completed. When I return, you will naturally receive a share of the credit. Did you come here to prove your loyalty, or do you want to further win my favor? There are so many suspicious points, do you really think that I have been captured? I am sorry, I have overestimated your intelligence. It seems that I have to re-evaluate Yanshan Robber. "
Yan Li became silent.
It turned out that it was all his wishful thinking. It turned out that Zhang Zhidong did not harm him, it was all his imagination.
Perhaps it was like what Ji Zhiyuan said, he just wanted to show off in front of her, so he turned a blind eye to so many suspicious points.
He laughed at himself. In fact, if Zhang Zhidong was the mastermind, he would not have been able to walk out of Rong City alive. Li Rulong would not have been able to get in touch with him. Cang Yang would not have given Ji Zhiyuan a luxurious warhorse, nor would he have given her a tent, nor would he have kept her clean and tidy.
In this world, the only person who could capture Ji Zhiyuan was herself.
"As a loyal dog, you are qualified." Ji Zhiyuan suddenly became extremely mean, "If you are pursuing a woman, I advise you to give up as soon as possible and go back to where you came from!"
Yan Li did not know how long it had been since he felt humiliated. It was not that he had never been humiliated, but he could not feel humiliated by things that he did not care about.
Any man with a normal mind would not have the face to stay in this situation.
Yan Li turned around and left, his back showing arrogance and determination.
Only in this way could he find himself.
He was trying to find himself, but he forgot to calculate the time of the patrol outside the tent.
A leader of the Desolate happened to pass by the tent with his men. He held a torch and looked at Yan Li in a daze, as if he could not believe that a mere human dared to sneak in.
He wanted to tear this audacious human into a thousand pieces, so he raised his voice and roared, "Enemy attack!"
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