Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 248: Exploring the Way Ahead

Judging from the size of the wound, the beast must be quite big. However, apart from the Beast Mountain, where else in the world can you find such a terrifying beast?

Yingdan asked: "Xiaomu, what...what happened? Why did these horses die so tragically?"

Chu Xiaomu told everyone about his doubts, and everyone found it very strange.

Chu Xiaomu looked at the large patch of messy grass next to the horse's corpse and said worriedly, "Miss Jinglan said in the letter that there is danger. I think it's a serious matter."

Everyone hurriedly asked him what he had seen.

Chu Xiaomu said: "I'm afraid that evil spirits have broken into the camp, and there are quite a lot of them!"

Yingdan said doubtfully: "Evil spirits are powerful, but they are not easy to appear, let alone appear in large numbers. Xiaomu, did you see it wrong?"

Chu Xiaomu shook his head, climbed onto the horse's back, and said, "This place is not too far from the camp. To avoid any accidents, we should go and investigate before going over."

Zhou Weide asked: "How do you detect it?"

Chu Xiaomu thought for a while and said, "The camp is to our northwest, and it's still nearly a hundred miles away. There are too many people in our group, and it's easy to be discovered. To avoid accidents, I want to take one person to sneak over in the dark to see what's going on, and the rest of us will lead the horses to find a safe place to set up camp first."

Wu Sheng said: "Since there are so many evil spirits breaking into the camp, the grassland is empty. Where is there any safe place?"

Zhou Weide also agreed with Wu Sheng's opinion and said, "Why don't we lead the cavalry to charge over and trample all the monsters and evil spirits to death!"

Chu Xiaomu said: "If this method works, there will be more soldiers and horses in the camp, and Miss Jinglan will not have to write that letter to us." Zhou Weide was speechless.

After a discussion, they decided to follow Chu Xiaomu's arrangement for safety. Captain Chu Xiaomu led one person to the camp to get information, while the rest of the team led the horse team to the north for about 50 miles to set up camp and wait, which was about 40 miles due east of the Nanding Army camp. They agreed to meet Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan in three days. This place was not far from the Nanding Army camp. If they ran a little faster, they could run one or two round trips in a day. They agreed that three days was enough time.

Zhang Hou half-jokingly said, "Don't run back to Bicheng by yourselves, you two boys, and leave us here alone."

Chu Xiaomu said with a smile: "If I run back to Bicheng, you might as well kick me, Chu Xiaomu, out of the herdsmen team, and you, Houpi, will be the captain from now on."

Zhou Weide rolled his eyes and said, "I'm the first one to disagree with Houpier being the captain!"

Su Mishun said worriedly, "Brother Xiaomu, you won't really abandon us, right?"

Yingdan said, "Mishun, don't think too much. Xiaomu is just joking with them." Only then did Su Mishun feel relieved.

When it was their turn to follow Chu Xiaomu to the camp to investigate, everyone was vying to go. Chu Xiaomu finally decided that Yingdan should go with him, saying that his horse ran faster and it would be easier for him to escape if he encountered danger. In fact, Yingdan was the most careful and kind-hearted among the group, so Chu Xiaomu was willing to work with him.

After the discussion, Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan handed over most of the luggage they carried with them to others, and the two of them only took three days of dry food and traveled light. Chu Xiaomu carefully put the healing flower in his bag, and if he met Zhou Bo or Miss Jinglan, he could give it to them directly.

Chu Xiaomu told everyone to take good care of the horses again, and then he and Yingdan headed northwest to where the Nanding Army camp was. At that time, the dim sun was hanging in the south, and the north wind was as sharp as a knife. The two men and two horses galloped against the northwest wind.

After running less than four or five miles, Chu Xiaomu suddenly heard a light clattering sound behind him in addition to the hooves of the two horses. He couldn't help but look back out of curiosity. He saw a small black shadow chasing him at a high speed. It was the little black colt Qisheng.

The two were very surprised. They didn't expect the pony to chase them. Chu Xiaomu quickly stopped his horse and jumped off. Xiao Qisheng jumped into his arms, whining non-stop, as if he was aggrieved, "Don't you want me anymore? Why did you leave me alone?"

Chu Xiaomu gently stroked Xiao Qisheng's back, feeling touched and amused, and said, "It's too dangerous ahead, Qisheng, be obedient and go back."

Xiao Qisheng, however, went straight into Chu Xiaomu's arms and had no intention of going back.

Chu Xiaomu pretended to be angry and yelled at him, but Qisheng just ignored him and bit his trouser leg to stop him from leaving. The two were extremely helpless.

Yingdan said, "Qisheng refuses to go back, what should we do?"

Chu Xiaomu said, "We ran so fast but it was able to catch up. It's really fast." After thinking for a while, he said, "I can't do anything about it. It has to go with us."

Yingdan smiled and said, "Although it looks small, it is very clever. Maybe it can be of help."

Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "It's only a few months old. If it can really help us deal with evil spirits, that would be amazing."

When Xiao Qisheng heard this, he chirped a few times, as if to say, "Don't underestimate me, I'm very capable."

The three horses and the two men moved forward again. Chu Xiaomu wanted to see how fast Qisheng could run, so he secretly urged the horse to run faster. The horses' hooves were flying, and the hills on the grassland were rapidly retreating. The army horses could not run any faster. But little Qisheng was able to run side by side, without any sign of falling behind. Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan were both very surprised, thinking that Qisheng was found next to the dead Shenma. Could it be that he was really "born" by a male Shenma? What did Xiangli mean by "the birth of a Shenma" when he left?

By dusk, we were estimated to be only ten miles away from the Nanding Army camp. In summer or autumn, if the weather was sunny, we should be able to see the camp from this distance, but in this season, we could not see anything, only the vastness of the wilderness.

Chu Xiaomu slowed down and said, "We are not far from the camp. We will go there after dark."

Yingdan agreed, and the two dismounted and walked slowly, giving their mounts a rest. Qisheng, however, felt that he had not run enough, and continued to run around the two of them, jumping and hopping. Chu Xiaomu shouted at him several times but to no avail, thinking that this pony had a bad temper and it would be difficult to tame it in the future.

When they were about a mile away from the camp, it was already dark. Chu Xiaomu saw that it was still pitch black in the direction of the camp, and he became even more worried and scared.

Yingdan whispered, "Even if the evil spirits have taken over the camp, there should be lights after dark. Why can't we see any lights at all?"

Chu Xiaomu said, "Let's go over quietly and see what's going on." The two of them tied their two mounts to a bunch of hard grass and gently moved towards the camp.