Ren Baqian stayed in the stronghold for a day and a half. Other than subduing the Black General, he also spent a day teaching the people in the stronghold how to make ice and smoke.
It wasn't because the weather was unbearably hot, but because food was difficult to preserve. It was difficult for the villagers to store food, and if they didn't catch enough prey in a few days, the entire village would starve.
This wasn't an isolated case. It wasn't just one or two villages, but the situation in most of the villages in the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
Relatively speaking, Shang Ping Village was closer to the Forest Pillar Screen and Ya City, so the situation was better.
It was said that the situation in the depths of the Sixty Thousand Mountains was better because the villages there were strong, and the prey there was also strong. The stronger the prey, the slower the energy dissipation in its body and the longer it could be preserved.
Only the weaker villages that were further away from Ya City had it the hardest.
Ren Baqian simply taught them the method of making ice, told them how to find saltpeter, and told them to dig ice cellars. This way, they could store more game that they hunted and take it out when their harvest was low.
The people of Shang Ping Village were shocked when they learned how to make ice and successfully made it.
They had heard from people that there was ice in the depths of the Sixty Thousand Mountains, but they only treated it as a strange story.
They didn't expect to be able to make something that emitted cold air.
Then, they were ecstatic.
With this thing, meat could be stored for a long time!
Everyone looked at Ren Baqian with a completely different attitude.
There was a trace of kindness in their eyes.
The thinking of these aboriginals was very simple.
Whoever had the biggest fist would be respected.
Whoever could give them a good life would also be respected.
Furthermore, Ren Baqian's current strength wasn't considered weak. Although he was still far from the empress, he was considered pretty good compared to the ordinary aboriginals. He immediately gained a lot of goodwill by teaching them the method of making ice.
Compared to the time he had spent in Lan City, a simple method of making ice here was enough to make everyone in the village look at him warmly.
The girls in the village also began to throw flirtatious glances at him!
Even though it was just a stronghold, the aboriginal women had strong and healthy bodies. Their skin was as smooth as satin, and their looks were above average, which made him rather happy.
Unfortunately, this situation only lasted for a moment before the team set off again.
After that, the empress, Ren Baqian, and the rest passed by dozens of villages. Other than Shang Ping Village, where they stayed for a longer period of time, they stayed at the other villages for at most one night or only for a short while. They stayed at the graveyard near the village for a short while, doing the same things and saying the same things as they did at Shang Ping Village.
The result was the same.
In every village, after the empress said those words to the graveyard's gravestones, the tree branches stuck into the water as if they were stuck into gravel. After her hands left, they didn't move at all.
That was the acknowledgment and answer of the deceased ancestors to the empress.
There were no soul-stirring promises, only tree branches standing in the water.
During this time, the crow general had finally recovered from its injuries. It behaved itself and didn't even try to escape.
It was just that when she looked at Ren Baqian, she always had a strange expression. It was as if there was a mixture of hatred and other emotions in her eyes. She didn't like him at all.
This puzzled Ren Baqian.
The one who hit it was the empress, and the one who saved it was Ren Baqian. In the end, when it saw the empress, it behaved itself and didn't like Ren Baqian.
Could it be that these ferocious beasts only recognized fists? Or did this crow general have masochistic tendencies and get a kick out of being beaten by the empress?
This made Ren Baqian ponder whether this crow general was a male or a female, and he looked at it strangely.
As a result, the crow general didn't like him at all.
However, under the empress's order, it had no choice but to carry Ren Baqian and become his mount.
This time, Ren Baqian's Alto was replaced by a Maserati. With a Cardinal Heaven mount, Ren Baqian was able to enjoy the thrill of causing chaos wherever he went.
Although this crow general wasn't a match for the empress, it could still be considered a tyrant in the periphery and central regions of the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
After traveling for 20 days in a row and covering a distance of more than 500 kilometers in a straight line, everyone finally passed through the periphery of the Sixty Thousand Mountains.
Ren Baqian landed behind the empress and looked up at her from time to time as she sat on Qi Shui. The empress had been a little quiet these past two days.
Although she never spoke much, there was something different about her.
This was especially true when he teased her.
However, the empress had been acting a little strange these past two days as if she had something on her mind.
It was said that one was timid when approaching home. However, Song Zhiwen, who said, "Feeling even more timid when approaching home and not daring to ask who is coming," had escaped from Lingnan and didn't know if his crime had brought disaster to his family, so he naturally felt timid when approaching home.
After that, this saying spread for a long time because people who had left home for a long time were afraid that their hometown was gone, and they panicked because they didn't know if their relatives and friends were dead or alive.
However, this didn't exist for the empress at all.
Not to mention returning home in glory, the empress shouldn't feel timid when approaching home.
For example, the empress hadn't said a word this morning.
Ren Baqian urged his mount forward to ride alongside the empress. However, no matter how hard he tried to urge the crow general to ride alongside Qishui, it didn't dare to do so no matter what.
It wasn't that the kirin had any power over the crow general.
It was just that the back of the crow general was a little high. It was nearly three meters off the ground and half a meter taller than the kirin. The empress had to raise her head to talk to Ren Baqian.
Then, the crow general suffered a kick!
It was sent flying more than 70 meters away and almost suffered another serious injury.
At that time, the crow general was about to cry. Was it my fault for being tall?
Seeing that the cowardly crow general didn't dare to go forward, Ren Baqian jumped onto Qi Shui's back.
He sat behind the empress and held her waist with both hands. He could feel the softness of her waist under the veil.
"It's hot!" The empress pushed his hands away.
"It's natural to feel cool when you're calm. Your Majesty, if you can't calm down, you'll naturally feel hot!" Ren Baqian unyieldingly placed his hands on her waist again.
He was already prepared to be elbowed down at any time.
However, it was indeed hot. He could feel the heat from the empress's body even though he was sitting behind her.
It would be strange if the two of them weren't feeling hot on such a hot day.
On the contrary, Qi Shui's body emitted a slight coolness that made people feel more comfortable.
Seeing that the empress wasn't reacting, Ren Baqian asked, "Do you have any thoughts, Your Majesty?"
"Mount Yulong is in front, and the Ya Family Village is above it!" the empress said.
The name of the first emperor was Ya Peng, and the Ya Family Village was the ancestor of the royal family.
"Your Majesty, you haven't been back for a long time, so you should be smiling more. I see that you're a little depressed. Is it related to the Ya Family Village?" Ren Baqian thought for a moment. It definitely wasn't related to a village, but to the people in the village.
"There's someone in the village right now, and I don't know how to face him," the empress said faintly.
Ren Baqian's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. Could it be that the empress had a childhood sweetheart?
Logically speaking … it wasn't impossible for the empress to have been here more than 10 years ago!
Fortunately, he was the victor and was about to pluck the most beautiful and precious flower in Dayao.
Otherwise, he would really be jealous.
Ren Baqian relaxed his tone and smiled as he asked, "Who could actually make Your Majesty feel so uneasy?"
"My brother!"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
