A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 432 Both sides suffer losses

“Take the mountain path!”

"I want to take the main road!"

At a fork in the road, Honghua and Lao Zhou argued again about the choice of road. This was their third argument in the past half month. The first two times, because they were in the territory of Jingsong, Honghua could still accommodate them, but now they entered Xiyue Country and could be discovered by the Shadow Gate at any time, so it was safest to take the mountain road away from the crowd.

But Lao Zhou didn't know why, so he couldn't guess Honghua's thoughts. He couldn't understand why they had to take the rugged mountain road instead of the nice flat road. Thunderstorms have been frequent recently, and there are tea stalls on the road where people can rest and take shelter from the rain at any time, which is much safer than the mountain road.

"I listened to you the last two times. Can't you just walk back to the mountain path today?" Honghua put her hands on her hips and glared at the man in front of her who always made her furious.

"No, I'm old and my legs can't walk easily, I can't walk on the mountain path!" Seeing Honghua angry, Lao Zhou was contented instead. He continued to hold his head high and snorted like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

“You…”

Honghua was so angry that she gnashed her teeth and was about to curse but was stopped by Lao Zhou:

"What do you mean by me? Are you begging me? If Madam is not willing, then please ask someone else!"

After Lao Zhou finished speaking, he turned around and pretended to leave angrily. Seeing this, Honghua hurried forward, grabbed his sleeve, and said with an apologetic smile:

"It was me, Honghua, who was impatient. Mr. Zhou is very generous and you shouldn't bother with Honghua."

Although she looked tender and affectionate at this moment, she had cursed Lao Zhou thousands of times in her heart.

Since the other party was showing such weakness, Lao Zhou also took advantage of the situation and jumped on the horse with a magnanimous attitude. Then he curled his lips and said to Honghua: "Let's go. We have to get to the next resting place before dark."

"How about this, Mr. Zhou? You take the main road and I'll take the mountain road. We'll meet outside the next city." Ran Honghua remained unmoved. After hesitating for a moment, she decided to take a step back and smiled at Lao Zhou.

"Go separately? Aren't you afraid that I will go away and ignore you?" Old Zhou, who was pulling the reins of the horse, looked back at Honghua and said with a smile.

"Mr. Zhou is a man of his word. Honghua trusts you. Besides, with Mr. Zhou's skills, I can't stop you if you want to leave." Honghua smiled charmingly. After spending more than ten days with him, although she still disliked the smell of alcohol on this man, her opinion of his character had changed.

"Hmph!" The woman's face began to change from gloomy to bright again. Old Zhou couldn't help but shudder in his heart. Without saying anything more, he just snorted coldly and whipped his horse and went away.

"Damn drunkard!" Watching Lao Zhou leave, Honghua's face turned cold and he cursed in a low voice, then he led the horse and walked up the mountain path.

"Wait, that woman was a bit strange today. Why did she insist on taking the mountain path when she knew there would be frequent thunderstorms these days? What is she trying to do?" After riding his horse for a mile or two, Lao Zhou suddenly became suspicious. He muttered to himself as he tightened the reins and looked back. The beautiful figure in black gauze was long gone. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, so he ran back.

At this time, Honghua had been leading the horse for a while on the mountain path. In the hot summer weather, the mountains without wind were as hot as a steamer. After finally walking up the hillside, he finally felt the cool summer breeze. Honghua wiped the sweat from his face and jumped on the horse's back to continue on his way.

"Who is leading a horse up a hill in such hot weather? This woman has always been eccentric, how could she be so stupid? She must have some hidden agenda. Now that I'm traveling with her, I can't let her cause trouble and involve me!" Old Zhou also followed behind, leading a horse. He was sweating profusely after climbing a section of the mountain road. Just as he was taking off his hat and muttering to himself, he heard a rustling sound among the grass and trees on the top of the hillside, and a few dark shadows flashed by.

Lao Zhou immediately hid behind a tree vigilantly. When he saw that there was no movement, he hurriedly led the horse up the hillside.

Fortunately, the road ahead was flat. Honghua rode her horse leisurely through the mountains and forests. She didn't have to endure the stench of Lao Zhou's alcohol or listen to his sarcastic mumblings. She felt refreshed.

Suddenly, rustling sounds were heard all around. Honghua's expression froze and she immediately tightened the reins. The brown horse under her also stopped and shook its tail as if it was a little uneasy.

Whoosh, two hidden arrows came from the left and right. Honghua quickly flipped backwards and jumped off the horse. The arrows from both sides collided in the air, creating some sparks, and then each penetrated two small trees. At the same time, about a dozen men in black holding bows and crossbows rushed out from the bushes and surrounded Honghua from a distance.

"Madam Honghua, long time no see!" A lazy and deep laughter sounded slowly, and Youmei, the head of Yingmen, also jumped down from the tree and appeared in front of Honghua. Although his tone was calm, the murderous aura around him was cold and terrifying.

"Wheesh..." The brown horse shook its head and tail even more anxiously between the two men.

"As expected of you, you are the Shadow Clan. No matter how careful I am, I still couldn't escape your eyes." The arrival of the Shadow Clan made Honghua disheartened. A sneer appeared on the corner of her mouth, and the poisonous scorpion hidden in her sleeve was already ready to move.

"Hand over the things, perhaps I will be kind enough to leave your body intact." Now that the relationship had fallen out, Youmei was in no mood to be hypocritical with the other party, so he opened his mouth with cold threats.

"Things? What things? The Lord of Youmei has given me a lot of things!" Honghua was not afraid at all. Instead, she looked charming and acted coquettishly towards the other party.

"Stop playing crazy and stupid in front of me. If you don't hand over the things today, I will make you live a life worse than death!" There was impatience in Youmei's cold voice. The sharp eyes under the black veil were always on guard against Honghua's two hanging hands.

"How could I possibly carry such an important thing with me?" Honghua glanced coldly at the shadow warriors in the distance who were pointing bows and crossbows at her, then spread her hands and smiled helplessly.

"Really?" Youmei clenched his hands into fists behind his back, and it was obvious that he had lost his patience.

"I left the list at Sanxiu Pharmacy. Before I came out, I asked Sister Si Yao to give the list to the prince if I couldn't get back safely before the Frost Descent. " Honghua remained fearless and continued to sneer as he stared at Youmei in front of him.

"What did you say?" Youmei was shocked and angry when he heard it. The bones of his fists creaked as he clenched them. After a long silence, he snorted again: "Do you think I dare not touch you like this?"

"Even if the list really falls into the hands of the clan leader, what does you, the leader of the Shadow Sect, have to fear? Anyway, my Poison Insect Valley has been persecuted by you and has become a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to kill. I didn't expect to survive from your Shadow Sect today." Honghua was ready to die, and her charming eyes once again revealed the resentment like a ghost from hell. The last time she looked like this was when she faced her vicious master.

"How could the master of the Poison Insect Valley be willing to wait for death?" Seeing that the woman was not as cunning and sophistry as usual, Youmei knew that she was gambling, gambling that he dared not kill her.

"Since I can't escape death anyway, why bother struggling? I've been rolling around in a smelly mud ditch for half my life, and I feel it's meaningless. Now I have to thank Youmei for helping me settle the grudges in this world." Honghua smiled faintly and uttered a half-true and half-false last words in a joking tone.

"Want to die? I won't do as you wish." Youmei said in a cold voice, then raised his right hand slightly, looked around and warned: "Leave someone alive!"

Papapa

Just as he finished his words, five or six shadow warriors in the distance were suddenly hit on the back of their heads by stones flying from nowhere. They all dropped their bows and crossbows and fainted on the ground.

Everyone was looking around for the attackers, and there were a few more whooshing sounds, and the shadow warriors on the other side were also hit by several hidden arrows. They all dropped their crossbows and fell to the ground, groaning in pain.

After dealing with the shadow warriors surrounding him, Lao Zhou came to Hong Hua with a crossbow in his hand, and grumbled in a disdainful manner: "You are the leader of the Poison Insect Valley after all, is this all you can do? Usually you are not so..."

"careful!"

Before Lao Zhou could finish his words, Youmei leaped up and slapped him quickly. Honghua, who was still on guard, pushed Lao Zhou away hastily and stretched out his right palm to receive the attack. In an instant, he was knocked several feet away by the opponent's powerful internal force.

"Despicable! Despicable!" Old Zhou's face was filled with anger. He threw down the crossbow in his hand and raised his fists to attack Youmei.

"Despicable? Didn't you just sneak attack my people? Besides, the most despicable person here is the master of the Poisonous Insect Valley?" Youmei dodged Lao Zhou's attack, then raised the hand that had just taken over from Honghua and said with gritted teeth.

Only then did Lao Zhou see that the other person's entire hand was black and purple, obviously he was poisoned.

"If you hadn't attacked me by surprise, how could you have been stung by my poisonous scorpion?" At this time, Honghua had stood up, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, staggered forward and sneered at Youmei.

"Please give me the antidote, Madam Honghua!" Youmei was furious, but the poison in his hands spread very quickly. He couldn't force the woman to death at the moment, so he had to speak politely.

Honghua glanced at Lao Zhou, and although she was unwilling to give up, she still threw the antidote out. After all, if she didn't give him the antidote, Youmei would be so angry that he would kill them all before the poison took effect. She could die, but Lao Zhou couldn't get into trouble. He had done her a favor, and she had to rely on him to go to the desert to find medicine.

"This scorpion's poison is extremely powerful. The antidote can only protect your heart meridian. As for the poison in your body, you have to use your internal energy to force it out for 49 consecutive days."

After getting the antidote, Youmei couldn't wait to drink it all. After listening to Honghua's next words, he turned around and left without hesitation, and soon disappeared into the forest.

Honghua was seriously injured by Youmei's palm, so after Youmei left, she fainted again despite trying hard to hold on. Seeing this, Lao Zhou hurriedly caught her.