Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2843: Chapter 2844: Ambushed Midway

"Otherwise, should I go take a look?" Jiang Yichun said.

"Alright, have Jianqi go take care of Yizi. Yizi’s array was breached, she must have suffered backlash. It’s been hard work for her this time," Bai Ruozhu said apologetically.

"You should worry about yourself first," Jiang Yichun said helplessly.

Bai Ruozhu saw him out, and he hurried to the room where Zhu Ning was detained, just in time to bump into Muyu who was heading out.

"Master, look at her bellyband, it’s so strange," Muyu said as he hid behind Jiang Yichun. Jiang Yichun was somewhat speechless; he remembered Muyu used to be at the front, but now he indeed had a wife and kids.

Jiang Yichun got a bit closer and saw clearly, feeling his hair stand on end, "Poisonous Insect?"

Jianqi shook his head, "It shouldn’t be. Otherwise, the master would have sensed it earlier."

That’s true, with Furball there, Bai Ruozhu wouldn’t fail to sense a poisonous insect on Zhu Ning; probably some other sinister art.

"Should we cut off her head?" Jianqi thought for a moment and asked.

"No!" Jiang Yichun said anxiously, "Ruozhu said her neck hurts; if we cut it off, it might get worse."

Jianqi also looked troubled. Jiang Yichun recalled Bai Ruozhu’s instruction and hurriedly told Jianqi, "Just now Yizi’s array was breached, she suffered backlash. Ruozhu asked you to take care of her first."

As soon as the words were spoken, Jianqi had already dashed out.

What to do now? We can’t just leave it be, right?

Right, Jiang Yichun suddenly thought of a method. He condensed the moisture in the air, pressing it down onto Zhu Ning, slowly turning it into ice.

"Keep an eye on it, I’ll be back soon," he said to Muyu.

"Alright."

Jiang Yichun rushed back to Bai Ruozhu’s room, "Ruozhu, how are you feeling now?"

In the Space, Bai Ruozhu felt much better, hardly feeling any neck pain.

She tried coming out of the Space, and the pain became a bit clearer but still bearable.

"Better. What’s the situation now?" she asked.

"Her bellyband is very strange, constantly wriggling; I froze it with ice, and it seems to work," Jiang Yichun didn’t dare delay for a moment, "We leave immediately, taking her back to Beiyu City. I’ll keep freezing her along the way. You first bear it for a few days, mother will surely find a way to resolve it."

"Alright, it’s just that it’ll be hard on you." Bai Ruozhu, seeing the dark circles under his eyes, touched his face tenderly.

He grabbed her hand, kissing it, "I’ll go keep watch, you tidy up first."

Bai Ruozhu had nothing much to pack. Only Yizi needed to heal. She went to check on Yizi, arranging for Jianqi to stay and take care of her, planning to return to Beiyu City once Yizi was better.

"Master, you and Yizi can stay in the horse carriage," Jianqi said worriedly, "Besides, she’ll definitely blame me when she wakes up."

"Just say it was my order. You take good care of her," Bai Ruozhu patted his shoulder, "Beiyu City still has Achun’s parents. My safety is not a concern."

Jianqi could only agree.

At dawn, as the city gate just opened, Bai Ruozhu and their convoy left Liuri City.

Jiang Yichun, worried that Bai Ruozhu being too close to Zhu Ning would be dangerous, arranged for her horse carriage at the front of the convoy, placing Zhu Ning’s at the rear, so he had to run back and forth to watch over it, indeed quite hard work.

The journey was mostly smooth, but Jiang Yichun’s face grew increasingly grim, unable to rest at night as he had to monitor the freezing on Zhu Ning, immediately using water vapor to refreeze whenever it melted.

During this, he only napped a bit while Muyu kept watch, but as soon as the ice melted, Muyu had to wake him again.

With just half a day’s journey left to reach Beiyu City, Bai Ruozhu felt heartache seeing him like this, simply telling him to stop running back and forth; she was in no danger here.

As the convoy reached a canyon, suddenly the sound of urgent hoofbeats came from afar. Although this was an official road, everyone’s heart involuntarily tightened.

Sure enough, several Turkic people charged forward, scattering the convoy from the middle.

Behind them, King Qing’an rode fine horses, dashing toward the horse carriage where Zhu Ning was.

"Courting death!" Jiang Yichun leaped out to engage him, only for King Qing’an to shout fiercely. A wolf head phantom appeared above him, forcing Jiang Yichun back a few steps.

Bai Ruozhu jumped off the horse carriage, releasing Xiaohui and mounting it, "Xiaohui, let’s go."

The black leopard’s speed was faster than the Turkic fine horses; it rushed to Jiang Yichun’s side, carrying Bai Ruozhu to meet King Qing’an’s attack.

"A black panther, it’s you!" King Qing’an’s eyes lit up, "I can add another panther soul."

"Dream on." Bai Ruozhu scattered some poison, then urged Furball to launch a sneak attack from hiding.

Howl! A wolf’s howl sounded, the wolf head phantom reappeared, Bai Ruozhu felt a powerful impact, nearly bouncing off Xiaohui’s back.

No wonder Achun suffered a loss, coupled with his mental fatigue, it was really too much.

"Achun, you keep an eye on the person in the carriage, I’ll handle him," Bai Ruozhu said.

Jiang Yichun hesitated, but the ice on Zhu Ning’s chest was nearly melting time.

"Be careful," he thought for a moment but still got into the horse carriage.

King Qing’an laughed, "Your man goes to watch another woman, disregarding your life. What use is such a man? Better follow me, offer your black panther, and I’ll make you my concubine."

"Pah!" Bai Ruozhu spat, "With your scruffy, messy appearance, I wouldn’t even want you as a servant. If you don’t want to die, roll back to your Turkic lands."

"You dare insult me? I’ll make you beg for mercy under my body!" King Qing’an roared, charging at her.

Behind, Furball flapped its wings, King Qing’an’s movements slowed, freezing him and the surrounding Turkic people in the illusory realm.

"Father, I raised Xiaohui, I can’t bear to kill it." The boy knelt on the ground, a swollen handprint on one side of his face.

"Useless! If you don’t personally kill it, how can you possess the wolf soul? Without a wolf soul, you’ll be condemned to mediocrity, never becoming a king—you’ll be nothing but a failure!" the middle-aged Turkic man shouted viciously.

"Change to another wolf, I don’t want Xiaohui," the boy said.

The Turkic man sneered, "Only a wolf you’ve raised can become your wolf soul. It’s like giving it a more permanent life form, and you’re still unwilling? Do you want to be bullied forever, unable to hold your head high?"

Ultimately persuaded, the boy slowly approached the wolf he had personally raised. The wolf was drugged, not unconscious but weakened, unable to get up.

It looked at the sharp dagger in the boy’s hand, tears streaming from its eyes.

But the boy’s knife still dropped. The Turkic man chanted a lengthy spell, and the wolf’s phantom slowly merged into the boy’s body.