At noon, everyone found a leeward slope for a short break. The steamed buns on everyone's backs were cold and hard, but there was nothing they could do about it. This was the only condition in the wilderness.
According to the soldiers, it was already good enough to have steamed buns to eat.
While they were eating their dry rations, someone suddenly complained, "How can we continue to advance in such terrible weather? That's so inhumane!"
"Then what can you do?" A soldier took a bite of a frozen steamed bun. "If we hadn't taken some steamed buns last night, we'd definitely have starved to death on the road today. We can't walk without eating in this weather."
"Hehe, you don't say. Seeing Liu Taiyu's current state, I feel quite relieved." Someone said, "The military's pay that was embezzled must have all gone into Liu Taiyu's pocket."
"I just don't think it's enough. Why didn't the Divine Arms officers just kick him to death?" a soldier said angrily.
"We're still dozens of kilometers away from the nearest Mt. Tantou. Further north, there's still Mt. Fengyi and Mt. Shuanglong. It's snowing so heavily, how long will it take for us to reach the end?" Someone said in despair, "And those bastards from the First Company are starting to monitor us. There's nowhere to run even if we want to."
"Forget it." Someone said, "Run? It'll take courage to walk into the mountains alone in this weather even if you want to die a quick death. There's still a chance of survival if you follow the main force, but you'll definitely die if you become a deserter. "
"Let me give you guys a suggestion." Someone chuckled. "Later, when we're on the road again, all of you can pretend to faint. As long as you faint, that idiot Chen Wudi will come and carry you. That'll save you a lot of time!"
But as soon as he said that, he felt a chill run down his back. He was already very cold, but now he was so cold that he wanted to shiver!
But when he turned around, he did not see anything!
That was strange. What was going on?
Ren Xiaosu was quietly cutting some cured meat for Chen Wudi and the students when he noticed Chen Wudi's depressed expression. "What's the matter, Wudi?"
Chen Wudi whispered, "Master, my clairvoyant ability has been restored."
Ren Xiaosu was taken aback. "Wudi, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven doesn't have clairvoyant …."
Chen Wudi explained, "The current version of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven."
"Mhm …" Ren Xiaosu nodded. Alright then, whatever you say about your version. Honestly speaking, Ren Xiaosu still did not know which version Chen Wudi belonged to.
It was amazing that he could patch himself …
"Master," Chen Wudi said dejectedly, "I don't want to help them anymore."
"What's wrong?" Ren Xiaosu asked curiously, "What did you hear?"
"They said that they'll pretend to faint when we get back on the road. That way, that idiot Chen Wudi will carry them away," Chen Wudi said.
After saying this, Ren Xiaosu narrowed his eyes slightly. "Who said that?"
Chen Wudi did not say who it was. "If I say it, Master, you're going to kill me."
"What's the big deal about killing a few people?" Ren Xiaosu sneered.
"Master," Chen Wudi said, "I just don't understand why some people in this world can be so evil."
"Evil people will be tortured by evil people." Ren Xiaosu looked at the private soldiers around him darkly. This was the first time in the past few days that he felt like killing someone so much.
When they got back on the road in the afternoon, Ren Xiaosu did not say a word as he walked among the troops. Suddenly, five people fell to the ground at the same time. Ren Xiaosu slowly walked up to them and accidentally stepped on the back of a person's hand. That person shuddered in pain but pretended to be unconscious and did not open his eyes.
Ren Xiaosu said to Li Qingzheng with a smile, "Get me a rope. We had some in our military backpacks."
"OK." Li Qingzheng did not know why Ren Xiaosu wanted a rope, but he still decisively got it for Ren Xiaosu.
Ren Xiaosu tied the calves of the five people on the ground to the rope and dragged them forward in the snow!
When one of the soldiers on the ground saw that something was wrong, he quickly got up to say that he had woken up. But as soon as he got up, he saw Ren Xiaosu kick him in the chest. That person coughed up a mouthful of blood on the spot!
As Ren Xiaosu stood in the snow, everyone turned around to look at his back. The snowflakes in the air swirled around him as he gave off a murderous aura.
He said calmly, "Did I give you permission to get up?"
Then someone on the ground got up and shouted, "We're going to get dragged to our deaths in the snow like this! Let's fight it out with him!"
But just as they were about to get up, they were kicked back into the snow by Ren Xiaosu. These people only felt that the kick on their chests was as hard as steel. Meanwhile, the onlookers could not even see how fast Ren Xiaosu's movements were. They only felt that it might be because the snow was too heavy that everyone was a little dazzled.
Ren Xiaosu turned around and grinned at the others. "You're all adults now. Walk your own path, understand?"
Chen Wudi stared blankly at Ren Xiaosu in the snow. "Master …"
The figure of a young man in the wilderness faced the wind and snow. He smiled at him and said, "Let me help you vent your anger."
Then he saw Ren Xiaosu dragging the five people behind him in the snow with a rope. Li Qingzheng came up to him and said, "I'll help you drag them."
Jiang Wu's eight students also came over. "Monitor, we'll help you drag them."
At this moment, no one in the group dared to plead for mercy for the five people. Those who knew what was going on knew that Ren Xiaosu had probably found out that the five of them were deliberately trying to take advantage of Chen Wudi.
Sometimes, there were some people who would stand out like a crane among a flock of chickens even in a crowd of tens of millions. Previously, Ren Xiaosu had not shown much of his strength, so everyone thought he was just a normal young man.
But at this moment, the ruthlessness in this young man's bones scared everyone.
They knew that Ren Xiaosu was planning to drag those five people to death in the snow!
When the Divine Arms officer at the front of the group saw this, he was a little dumbfounded. "It's said that there are many ruthless people in the Office of Special Investigations. I didn't believe it before, but I do now …."
Another Divine Arms officer muttered, "When the battle is over and we meet up with the others, we'll have to tell our comrades not to provoke the Office of Special Investigations. The people from the Office of Special Investigations are extremely cruel."
In fact, Ren Xiaosu had never verbally acknowledged their master-disciple relationship. After all, he did not teach Chen Wudi anything, and the process of him becoming his disciple was also very baffling.
But deep down, Ren Xiaosu liked it when Chen Wudi addressed him as master. Chen Wudi was like a clean crystal, pure and without any impurities. Who wouldn't like to get along with such a person?
Therefore, Ren Xiaosu had long since acknowledged their master-disciple relationship.
But today, Ren Xiaosu did not insist on standing up for Chen Wudi.
He just wanted to help Chen Wudi protect that last ray of light.
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