The night of bloodshed passed, and the morning light shone on the ruined camp.
In the heavy atmosphere, everyone cleaned up the battlefield, packed up their goods, and set off again with a heavy heart.
However, this wolf group attack was only the beginning.
A few days later, they were attacked by the grey wolf group again.
The scale this time was even larger than the previous time. However, the caravan was fully prepared, and their losses were reduced compared to the previous time.
After repelling the grey wolves, the caravan had yet to catch their breath when they were attacked by the lightning wolf group three days later. Three frenzy lightning wolves and nine bold lightning wolves killed a total of fifteen Gu Masters. Finally, they left behind a ground of wolf corpses, with only one injured frenzy lightning wolf leading the remaining wolves to retreat.
Although many Gu Masters in the caravan wanted to take revenge, they did not have the strength to do so. They did not dare to enter Howling Moon Mountain, and could only watch as the wolf group retreated.
This attack made the leader and deputy leader of the caravan aware of the danger they were in. That night, they decided to quicken their pace and leave Howling Moon Mountain as soon as possible.
But even so, in the next half a month, they were still attacked by the wolf group frequently.
Grey wolves, lightning wolves, snow wolves, two-headed wolves, and even blood fanged wolf …
After leaving Howling Moon Mountain, everyone in the caravan heaved a sigh of relief.
After a period of peaceful days, when they entered White Tiger Mountain, they were attacked by a beast group again.
This time, it was the turtleback ape.
These white apes were huge and had shells on their backs, with clear turtle patterns on the shells. Although the ape group's attack did not cause many casualties, many goods were lost, causing many people to bleed in their hearts.
Fang Yuan's goods also met with misfortune. Of the dozen carriages, only less than half of the goods were left.
The caravan's morale plummeted. These people worked so hard to earn money. But these losses made many people's efforts futile.
"This trip was a waste."
"I did some calculations yesterday. In total, I only earned less than two thousand Primal Stones!"
"My side is worse, we have already lost thirty percent of our goods."
"No matter how bad it is, can it be worse than the Zhang clan? They have already lost a huge portion of their goods! "
"Sigh, if I knew this would happen, I would have stayed in the clan. Why would I take the risk and earn so little!"
…
Under such an atmosphere, five days later, a group of white tigers attacked.
The caravan suffered losses again.
Another seven days later, a group of flaming tigers attacked. The caravan camp was engulfed in flames, and large amounts of goods were burned.
Everyone's morale was at rock bottom, and many people had already lost everything.
Ten days later, just as they were cheering for leaving White Tiger Mountain, a Biao appeared.
Five tigers and one tiger, a tiger with wings. a tiger.
This tiger was like a tiger with wings.
A Biao was at least a Thousand Beast King. A tiger was at least a thousand beast king..
In order to resist this tiger, one of the deputy leaders of the caravan unfortunately lost his life.
The ferocious tail followed the caravan, continuously harassing them for hundreds of li. In the end, after some discussion, the caravan decided to abandon the rook to protect the general, and they abandoned nearly a hundred servants.
Most of these servants were disabled. They wailed and cursed, or cried and begged for mercy, but none of them could change their fates.
".,".... in.....
After leaving the White Tiger Mountain, the caravan took a good rest and reorganized. The leaders of the various families were generous with their rewards. Finally, their morale was boosted and their spirits were lifted.
The size of the caravan was reduced to less than half of its original size.
But after this cruel elimination and training, the caravan had the temperament of an elite.
"This is the most difficult time in my many years of doing business."
"These wild beasts, why are they attacking so frequently!"
"After this trip, I will retire."
"No matter what, we need to reevaluate the risk of this trade route …"
"The main reason is because these mountains are uninhabited. Without a village to guard and clean up, these wild beasts are growing without restraint."
Some sighed, some were disheartened, and some still had hope.
But bad luck seemed to be entangled with this caravan. In the following journey, not only were there attacks from all kinds of beasts, there were also many insects and wild Gu worms.
The caravan's numbers dwindled. People no longer cared about profits and losses. They started to feel the pressure of life and death.
Many goods were voluntarily abandoned in pursuit of speed.
The sunset filled the sky, and the setting sun was like blood.
The caravan passed through the forest. Everyone was silent, their expressions were tired and numb, and their morale was low.
Many of them were wrapped in bandages and had injuries of varying severity. On the bumpy mountain path, they moved forward step by step.
It had rained yesterday, and the mountain path was muddy and slippery.
A handcart loaded with goods had its right wheel stuck in the mud. The ostrich pulling the cart raised its neck and neighed. It tried its best to move, but it could not move.
At this time, two hands were placed on the back of the cart, and with a strong lift, the wheel was lifted out of the mud.
The one who did it was Fang Yuan.
He clapped his hands casually. The goods that weighed thousands of kilograms were not heavy in his hands.
However, even though the cart was out of the mud, the wheel was stuck and could not move.
Bai Ning Bing bent down and inspected the cart's wheel.
After being in the caravan for so long, she had learned many things to disguise her identity, and had completely assimilated into the caravan.
"What is this?" She stretched out her hand and touched the cart's axle, her eyes flashing with suspicion.
There seemed to be something hidden at the grinding point of the cart's axle. As the wheels moved forward, it was continuously ground into black powder.
This fine powder fell to the ground and could not be seen clearly.
Bai Ning Bing touched it with her hand. Her hand was covered in this fine powder, and when she rubbed it, the powder turned into a layer of grease.
"Oh, this is the oil powder I added to the wheel. It can lubricate it and make the cart move more smoothly." Fang Yuan walked over and took out a cotton handkerchief. He grabbed Bai Ning Bing's hand and wiped it clean.
Then, he squatted down and touched it with his hand. The wheel could move again.
"Let's go." He wiped off the oil powder in his hand and patted Bai Ning Bing's shoulder with a smile.
The two continued forward.
Bai Ning Bing walked slower and slower. The doubts in her heart rose, forming a thick and undispellable fog.
She felt that something was wrong.
"When did Fang Yuan make this oil powder? Why didn't I know … was it at the beginning, or at Mount Huang or Howling Moon Mountain? Strange … he had never cared about the caravan. He did not even frown when the caravan suffered so many losses. How could he be so meticulous and even notice a small problem like the cart's lubrication? Strange, strange! "
"Wait a minute!"
Suddenly, a lightning-fast thought flashed through Bai Ning Bing's mind.
In that instant, her body shook, and her pupils shrank to the size of a needle.
A possibility echoed in her mind like a voice in a deep valley.
She stopped on the spot, and her heart was filled with shock!
After a long time, an ostrich that had been walking past her suddenly cried out. This sound woke her up.
Fang Yuan's figure was already far away, and he was about to disappear into the crowd in front of him.
"This fellow …" Bai Ning Bing lowered her head. Under the shadow of the straw hat, her blue eyes shone with a cold light.
The sun had completely set, and the stars gradually appeared in the night sky.
The caravan stopped at a river bank and decided to camp here for the night.
However, just as they were halfway through setting up the camp, a group of Cold Jade Owlcats appeared near the camp.
"There's a herd of owlcats!"
"Stop your work immediately and form a defensive formation!"
"These damned beasts, I only had one bite of my dinner …"
The people cursed as they ran around. Benefiting from the previous ordeal and training, the caravan quickly formed three tight defensive lines.
The Cold Jade Owlcat had the body of a leopard, and was extremely agile. Its face was like an owl's. A pair of huge eyes took up almost half of its face, and shone with an eerie green light in the darkness.
The Owlcat King screeched in pain, and the owlcats swarmed towards the camp like a tide.
"Kill!" The Gu Masters at the frontline shouted.
At once, multicolored lights flashed, flames burned, rocks flew, lightning flashed …
Countless owlcats fell in the attack, but more and more came forward.
"Oh heavens, this is a large group of Cold Jade Owlcats." Someone shouted.
"Ah, save me!!" Somewhere in the defensive line could not hold on any longer, a Gu Master was pounced on by three owlcats. His screams stopped, and blood splattered.
"Quick, block that gap." Two Gu Masters were sent as reinforcements.
But it was useless, the gap was getting bigger, and the entire defensive line was affected.
"Retreat, retreat!" Without a choice, everyone retreated to the second defensive line. In the intense battle, the situation fell into a deadlock.
"Link the handcart and the carriages together, and stack the goods together to form a tall wall!"
After the second defensive line, the third defensive line was being built urgently.
Large numbers of servants were moving the goods, and were sweating profusely, no one could slack off.
Fang Yuan carried a huge wooden box, and Bai Ning Bing suddenly walked over and placed her hand on his other side.
On the surface, she seemed to be helping Fang Yuan, but in fact, she moved closer to Fang Yuan's ear and gritted her teeth: "You, you lured this group of Cold Jade Owlcats here, right?"
Fang Yuan seemed to be shocked: "Why do you say that?"
"Stop pretending. Those powders are very strange, I don't believe a person like you would be so kind as to consider these minor details! "Bai Ning Bing suppressed her voice.
"Hehehe, you finally found out." Fang Yuan did not deny it.
Bai Ning Bing could not help but grind her teeth. So the frequent attacks on the caravan were all because of Fang Yuan's' contributions'!
The two carried a wooden box, moving slowly. The people around them moved back and forth, shouting and shouting, all of their attention was focused on this ambush. No one paid attention to Fang and Bai's whispers.
"Why did you do this?" After a while of silence, Bai Ning Bing asked.
"Hehe." Fang Yuan laughed: "Guess?"
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