She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 188: Midnight Terror on the Wasteland

Chapter 188: Chapter 188: Midnight Terror on the Wasteland

It was not easy to get the annoying Princess Yaochi onto a horse, and Yan Wanqing had thought this would speed up their journey, but clearly, she had oversimplified things.

Along the way, Li Chengyuan would complain about sand getting into her eyes or feeling nauseated by the rapid bouncing pace; in any case, her various issues consistently slowed them down. By the time the sun set in a blood-red descent, they had covered only half the distance.

This way, they definitely wouldn’t make it.

At the moment, she had only a small squad of thirty people by her side.

If they encountered any large ferocious beasts, they would likely find it very difficult to escape, especially with Li Chengyuan acting as a burden.

The soldiers around her were filled with resentment towards Li Chengyuan at this moment, but this woman was completely oblivious.

She was lost in the beauty of the desert sunset.

"A lone smoke rises straight in the desert, the long river’s sunset is round," Li Chengyuan suddenly murmured.

Yan Wanqing was momentarily stunned.

Although the wind was strong, she had still heard it.

"Yan Wanqing, what do you think of these two lines of poetry by the Princess just now? Aren’t they very poetic?" Li Chengyuan spread her arms as if to embrace the sunset. "Only the Princess can compose such poetic lines."

Yan Wanqing unexpectedly responded, "Only these two lines?"

Li Chengyuan couldn’t remember what came next and coughed dryly, "Two lines are enough, don’t you know writing poetry is brain-draining!"

Yan Wanqing sneered inwardly.

Claiming someone else’s poem as her own creation and calling it brain-draining?

Brain-draining to recall the rest of the lines, perhaps.

Her younger sister, Yan Lingzhen, had recited this poem in front of her before because it was very poetic, so Yan Wanqing remembered it clearly and had asked her sister about the author at the time.

Her sister had said it was by a reclusive master, so she had then dismissed the idea of visiting him.

Now here was Li Chengyuan, shamelessly presenting someone else’s poem as her own.

Could it be that just because a master chooses to live reclusively, they could be so insulted?

The poem she previously claimed, "Seeing the waters of the Yellow River come from the sky," could also possibly have been stolen.

The odd feeling she had back then finally made sense.

A thief, yet regarded as a treasure by the Imperial Family, even granted the title of Princess and rewarded with lands.

If this were to be revealed, Li Chengyuan wouldn’t have enough lives to pay with her head.

The sun finally disappeared below the horizon, and the wilderness sank into dark silence.

At this moment, Li Chengyuan finally began to feel a bit afraid.

Above the desert where one couldn’t see their own hand in front of their face, they could not hold up torches while riding because the wind was too strong and would quickly extinguish them.

"Commander Yan, the nearest village is still two miles away, but now we’ve lost our direction," the soldiers relayed this message to Yan Wanqing.

Being lost in the desert, especially at night, was a fatal situation.

And it was Li Chengyuan, now titled Princess of Turquoise Pool, who had led them into this perilous situation.

The soldiers’ anger began to surge.

If it weren’t for Yan Wanqing holding them back, they would have already started cursing the Princess.

Yan Wanqing looked around; the wind and sand were picking up, and apart from the sound of the wind, there was complete silence.

"We stop here, everyone stop," Yan Wanqing ordered. "Everyone tie themselves with rope to prevent getting lost; if lost, you won’t be able to find your way back."

Everyone understood Yan Wanqing’s intent clearly; this time, because of genuine fear, Li Chengyuan also followed her lead and tied herself together with Yan Wanqing with a rope.

Although this woman was very irritating, Li Chengyuan had to admit that being with her felt safe.

So far, Yan Wanqing was the only person who could give her this feeling of security.

After tying up all the ropes, Yan Wanqing decided to take everyone to scout ahead.

"It’s only about two miles away, let’s try our luck. Staying out in the wilderness overnight would indeed be challenging," she said, not fully explaining herself but everyone understood clearly.

After spending a night out there, whether thirty people would survive the ordeal, not even three could be certain.

Yan Wanqing led the way, she mounted her horse, and the group moved forward at an extremely slow pace.

They couldn’t even see the stars anymore.

Lost and panicking, the group walked for another hour in the desert but still hadn’t reached their destination.

Yan Wanqing knew in her heart that if they had taken the correct direction, they definitely would have found it by now, but at the moment, it seemed they had taken the wrong direction.

She felt somewhat guilty.

"Ah—!" Suddenly, Li Chengyuan screamed, and Yan Wanqing immediately looked over, "What happened!"

"There’s a wolf!" Li Chengyuan pointed at a pair of green eyes in the distance and said.

As she spoke, her entire body was trembling.

It was a pack of lone wolves.

They appeared extremely gaunt, their malicious eyes sizing up their small group.

Li Chengyuan, having watched animal documentaries, knew that this was a scout sent by the pack.

Consequently, she immediately grabbed Yan Wanqing and said, "Go kill it! Wolves never act alone; we can’t let this one go back and bring the rest!"

"Don’t act recklessly!" Yan Wanqing always felt that the situation wasn’t so straightforward.

This lone wolf had appeared and was just staring at them from a distance, making no howling noises, perhaps it was also wary of them.

Seeing that Yan Wanqing did not move, Li Chengyuan became desperate.

"Why won’t you listen to me!"

Yan Wanqing remained silent, her eyes locked with the lone wolf, both sizing each other up.

At that moment, she hadn’t noticed that a frantic Li Chengyuan had already drawn a sword from the soldier next to her and thrown it directly at the lone wolf. The sword traced a faint white arc through the air and instantly penetrated the wolf’s body.

Yan Wanqing only saw the lone wolf fall to the ground, her unease grew stronger.

"It’s dead." Li Chengyuan had just breathed a sigh of relief.

The next second, the supposedly dead lone wolf suddenly leaped up like a streak of white lightning, about to vanish from their sight.

"Quick, kill it!" Li Chengyuan screamed.

Yan Wanqing had no choice but to kick up the scabbard that Li Chengyuan had discarded, using her Inner Strength to stab at the lone wolf.

In an instant, the scabbard pierced through the body of the lone wolf and then plunged into the wilderness.

"Aoow—"

Following a mournful howl, the body of the lone wolf leapt into the air and the next second crashed heavily to the ground.

It was completely lifeless.

Blood spread from the body of the lone wolf in all directions.

Yan Wanqing sternly reprimanded, "Who told you to act!"

"If we didn’t act, would you have waited for it to call the rest of the pack? If the wolf pack came, none of us would survive," Li Chengyuan said through clenched teeth. "You might want to die, but I don’t!"

"But do you realize that once the air is filled with the scent of blood, you know how many creatures even more terrifying than a wolf pack it will draw?" asked one of the handsome soldiers, unable to hold back anymore.

The wilderness wasn’t home to just wolves!

Yan Wanqing, with a serious expression, pulled Li Chengyuan up onto the horse.

"Let’s go, leave this place quickly!"

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