She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 180: Quit While You’re Ahead, Immortals Eating Peaches Picture

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: Quit While You’re Ahead, Immortals Eating Peaches Picture

When Constable Qian returned, he brought back a villager with him.

"This is the village head of this village, surnamed Bai."

Village Head Bai was advanced in years, his face etched with wrinkles, but his eyes were bright and sparkling. When he made eye contact with someone, he seemed especially sincere.

Yan Wanqing nodded toward Village Head Bai, "I trust the village head has been informed of the situation. I wonder if there’s any vacant room in the village that could accommodate the ladies for one night."

Village Head Bai had never heard of bringing a female companion along on a military march, but once he heard it was Dawei’s troops, he found it less strange.

He nodded with understanding, "We all know, our previous City Lord was just like that, traveling everywhere with his girls. They were as beautiful as fairies, like enchanting fox spirits, very beautiful indeed."

"City Lord?" Wanqing repeated the words, "Wasn’t he killed by Japanese pirates?"

"I’m talking about before that," Village Head Bai said with a smile.

He looked around, "There aren’t many vacant rooms in the village. There’s one that we had prepared for the City Lord before, I don’t know if you gentlemen would mind."

Li Chengyuan, listening on the side, wanted to refuse, for she had no desire to stay in a room meant for the deceased.

But Wanqing had already accepted the offer, "Having a place to stay is good enough, we naturally wouldn’t dream of complaining."

Li Chengyuan bit her lip, her eyes full of dissatisfaction.

However, this time she did not refute Yan Wanqing to his face, believing that if she truly annoyed him, he was capable of sending her back overnight.

Li Chengyuan decided to drop the matter.

Village Head Bai looked around, "Which one is the honored guest?"

"It’s me," Li Chengyuan stepped forward.

Village Head Bai sized up Li Chengyuan and then glanced at Yan Wanqing, who stood behind her.

The comparison in his eyes made Li Chengyuan instantly uncomfortable.

"Village head, please lead the way," Li Chengyuan said.

Village Head Bai nodded and turned to lead them. No one noticed that his sincere eyes suddenly flickered like an animal’s pupils.

When Li Chengyuan arrived at the accommodation, only Constable Qian and three other soldiers followed her.

As she pushed open the door, she was greeted by a waft of dust and hurriedly covered her nose with her hand.

The strong winds of the day had left a thick layer of dust visible on all the furniture inside.

In the past, she would have refused to stay in such a place.

But for tonight, she would make do.

If she wanted to keep up with the troops, she knew she couldn’t directly oppose Yan Wanqing.

Li Chengyuan dusted off the chair before sitting down. Two soldiers stood outside, while Constable Qian had already left, probably to report back to Wanqing.

"You two, come in and help me clean up. This place isn’t fit for living in its current state," Li Chengyuan directed the outside men as she herself took a basin and went out to fetch water to wash her face.

By the time the two men finished cleaning, Li Chengyuan had washed her face, revealing her porcelain white cheeks that dazzled the soldiers inside.

"What are you looking at? Standing there like idiots," Li Chengyuan asked teasingly, with a smile.

Her jesting caused the soldiers, with their dark faces, to turn red, and only then did she hold back her laughter, "That will do, you can go outside. This princess wishes to rest now. Make sure to protect me well tonight."

Seeing the two nodding hurriedly as they went out, Li Chengyuan couldn’t help but laugh until she bent over.

The bedding smelled musty and Li Chengyuan wouldn’t use it.

She decided to make do for the night by lying down on the writing desk.

Fortunately, the weather was hot, so she didn’t need a blanket.

Soon, she drifted into sleep.

In her dream, she was still struggling to keep up with the troops on horseback. Who would have thought that she, a modern-day woman who had only ever touched horses at the zoo, would be able to gallop thousands of kilometers in ancient times, riding continuously for over a month?

Li Chengyuan thought herself incredibly formidable. Smiling in her sleep, she entered deeper slumber.

Outside, the torrential rain finally poured down, dispelling the mugginess and heat from the air.

Meanwhile, Yan Wanqing put away his blueprints, massaged his shoulders and neck, and couldn’t help but yawn.

Chang Qiangu’s eyes flickered as he stepped forward, "Great Marshal Yan, do you need to rest?"

Yan Wanqing nodded, while she had not felt it in the past few days, tonight the rain brought a sourness and pain to the meridians and bones previously injured by Thousand Mechanism.

It wasn’t very painful, but it was difficult to endure the intermittent torment.

So Yan Wanqing felt quite uncomfortable today.

Seeing the traces of fatigue finally showing on their Great Marshal’s resolute face, Chang Qiangu felt a pang of distress.

He said, "Great Marshal Yan, when the village chief of Bai Village left, he handed me a key."

He took out the key, "There are too many people here, you won’t be able to sleep, Great Marshal. Why not go there to rest?"

Yan Wanqing looked at the key in his hand, knowing this was Chang Qiangu’s kind intention. She wanted to refuse, but then she would have to go back and forth with Chang Qiangu, pushing and pulling.

She found the thought very troublesome.

Chang Qiangu was good in every aspect, very meticulous.

But this back-and-forth was truly exhausting.

To refuse him would mean going back and forth a dozen times—who could stand that?

Yan Wanqing looked around, most of the soldiers were already asleep, and a few were sitting by the campfire, drinking tea, resting as well.

"Since it is your kind intention, then I shall not refuse," Yan Wanqing accepted the key.

Chang Qiangu was delighted and quickly stepped forward to lead the way, "This way, Great Marshal Yan."

He held up an umbrella, leading Yan Wanqing towards the dwelling.

This could only be described as a house composed of a cave and a thatched hut, close to the army encampment; the facilities inside were very simple and couldn’t be compared to those in Li Chengyuan’s place.

But it had the advantage of privacy.

Yan Wanqing wasn’t picky at all; after entering the house and looking around, she told Chang Qiangu to go back.

The stone bed was covered with soft thatch; she lay down and closed her eyes immediately, placing her long sword by her side.

But in just a moment, she opened her eyes again.

Her gaze fixed intently on a painting on the wall diagonally across from her.

It was an ordinary painting of an immortal eating peaches.

Yet, Yan Wanqing felt an indescribable malevolence from it.

She looked for a while; the room was dim and nothing specific could be discerned.

Perhaps she was overthinking it.

With that thought, Yan Wanqing closed her eyes once more.

Not until the room was filled with steady, rhythmic breathing did the eyes of the immortal eating peaches in the painting suddenly come to life.

Those eyes stared straight at Yan Wanqing lying on the stone bed.

There was greed in the eyes, but even more so, there was wariness.

After watching for a while, the eyes of the immortal returned to their previous state.

It was as if all that had happened was an illusion.

The wind and rain entered the dreams all night long, and when daylight came, the torrential rain showed no sign of stopping.

"Traveling in this kind of weather is very dangerous." Yan Wanqing had no choice but to yield to the will of the heavens, "If that’s the case, then we will continue to rest. Give the order, once the rain stops, we will continue on our way."

She thought of something and asked Chang Qiangu, "What about Princess Yaochi?"

Chang Qiangu pursed his lips, "She hasn’t woken up yet."

"Hmm, there’s no rush, since we’re not setting out right now," Yan Wanqing nodded. She planned to go back to the little stone house and take this opportunity to practice her skills.

However, she had not anticipated that when she came out, the outside had completely changed.

Li Chengyuan had actually been captured by the villagers.

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