“Is the place where you live far from here?” Ning Cheng asked again, after a period of time to adapt, Ning Cheng could already see vaguely that the place he was in was a stone cave.
An Yi hurriedly said, “It’s very far, I’ve searched many places without finding the Heavenly Fragrance Lucidum, the further I go the further I get, now it’s an estimated distance of five or six days from where I live.”
“What is the Heavenly Fragrant Lucid Ganoderma?” Ning Cheng didn’t have the slightest idea about these spirit herbs.
“Heavenly Fragrance Lucid Ganoderma is a Grade 3 Spiritual Herb that I heard can prolong life for 12 years, I want to find this Spiritual Herb to prolong my master’s life. My master has said that she will say goodbye to me when she wakes up from this retreat. I am very worried about my master, and without him, I don’t know where I am going ……” An Yi’s voice got lower and lower, and she was about to cry at the end.
Ning Cheng was somewhat speechless, although he did not know anything about Spiritual Herbs, he knew that a Grade 3 Spiritual Herb was definitely a very high ranking existence. If An Yi could casually find the Heavenly Fragrance Liu Zhi like this, then all the people had come out to look for it, could they not wait for her?
Thinking of this, Ning Cheng comforted, “I think the main thing for you now is to stay by Master’s side, that Grade 3 Spiritual Herb should not be so easy to find. Besides since this spirit herb is called Heavenly Fragrance Liu Zhi, it would definitely emit fragrance, would this spirit herb wait for you to search for it?”
“It’s not.” An Yi hurriedly refuted Ning Cheng’s words, “The Heavenly Fragrant Lucid Chi only emits fragrance after it has been picked, if you don’t move it, it will have no smell, don’t believe me, take a look at this.” An Yi said as she handed Ning Cheng a somewhat thick booklet.
Ning Cheng didn’t know anything about spiritual herbs, so now that he received An Yi’s booklet, he hurriedly put it away and said, “An Yi, it’s too dark to read it now, so I’ll lend you this book for a few days first, and then I’ll return it to you when you return, okay?”
“Sure.” After An Yi finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and hurriedly asked, “Ning Cheng, you’re coming with me?”
Ning Cheng felt his body regain some strength and immediately said, “Of course, not only do I want to go with you, but I want to go now. When the day dawns, we might not be able to leave.”
Ning Cheng was not just An Yi, he was sure that Gu Yiming would not let him go, as long as Gu Yiming knew that he had killed Gu Fei, then he would definitely unite with the Cang Qin Kingdom to come and surround him. Not to mention that the Ning family was destroyed by default by the Cang Qin Kingdom, even if the Ning family was not destroyed by default by the Cang Qin Kingdom, with Gu Yiming and the Gu family’s status, it would be easy to find someone in the Cang Qin Kingdom to blockade this place.
“Those people who are after you won’t necessarily be able to find this place. I’ve stayed here for two nights and it’s safe.” An Yi was not without any brains at all, in her opinion, this place was filled with mountains, it was absolutely impossible for the people who were after Ning Cheng to find this place.
Ning Cheng had to say in truth, “An Yi, I am not a bad person, and the one who wants to kill me is not an ordinary person. It is the king of the Cang Qin Kingdom who wants to kill me, so he has sent his army to find me, if we stay here, we will only die.”
An Yi nodded, “Well, I’m sure you’re not a bad person. Then I’ll do as you say, how do you think we should go?”
“We’ll go to where you live first.” When Ning Cheng saw that An Yi had agreed to his words, he immediately stood up and said. He planned to send An Yi back first before he went to the Mango Sea by himself.
An Yi was really a bit too innocent, not to mention that a person had to come out whimsically to look for some Heavenly Fragrance Lucid Chi, even if she found it, it would be strange if she could bring it back. It would be hard not to be coveted if a scented spiritual herb was placed on one’s person.
“My master has been in seclusion for seven or eight days, he should be coming out soon, I also need to go back early, only that I didn’t find the Heavenly Fragrance Liu Zhi.” An Yi’s tone was downcast, obviously gripped by the fact that she hadn’t found the Heavenly Fragrance Liu Zhi.
“Let’s go, don’t dwell on that.” Ning Cheng stood up first and greeted An Yi. An Yi followed closely behind Ning Cheng and temporarily put aside the matter of the Heavenly Fragrance Liu Zhi.
This place was really just like An Yi had said, there were continuous mountain ranges everywhere, one after another. Although Ning Cheng was seriously injured, he had already gotten much better under An Yi’s treatment, and with the fact that he was a cultivator at the third level of Qi gathering, his walking speed was not slow.
An Yi was also at the third level of Qi gathering, plus she had already walked once, so her speed was also fast. The two of them ran through the night and by the time it was dawn, they were already very far away from the cave where they had stored themselves in the first place.
“Let me carry you.” Seeing Ning Cheng covered in blood and exhausted, An Yi said with some worry.
Ning Cheng waved his hand and said, “No, your speed will definitely slow down if you carry me, I think you should go first. When we are really intercepted later, you will also suffer from me.”
An Yi looked at Ning Cheng with some confusion and asked, “You’re saying that we haven’t escaped to a safe place yet?”
Ning Cheng nodded somewhat heavily, he was sure that it was not safe yet. With the power of the Cang Qin Kingdom, this distance he had fled was still far from within the control of the Cang Qin Kingdom. Originally, he had thought that if he could see an immense forest along the way, he would hide in it, but now it seemed that he was not going to think about it. There were mountains all along the way, but they were not as safe as the woods, although they could also hide from people.
“Then let’s run away again.” Anyi said hurriedly.
Ning Cheng shook his head, “It’s useless, even if we are allowed to escape for another night. And we won’t be able to escape at full speed in this condition.”
After a pause, Ning Cheng took out the Spiritual Herb Booklet that he had taken from An Yi earlier and handed it to An Yi, then said, “An Yi, you have a kind heart, if your master goes, you should not leave your dwelling easily. It’s better to give you this book, in case I get caught, it’s too bad that this book is taken away by those b*****ds.”
“No……” An Yi hastily pushed it away, she was not familiar with Ning Cheng, but Ning Cheng’s words surprisingly gave her an indescribable feeling of affection.
“Tapping ……” A sharp sound of horse hooves interrupted Ning Cheng’s movement, and Ning Cheng’s first reaction was to pull An Yi along to escape.
But he was too tired, and the sound of the horse’s hooves was too fast, in just a short time, it had already arrived at Ning Cheng’s side.
“Young Master Ning ……” A familiar voice came, Ning Cheng immediately recognised who the person driving the cart was, this person’s face was covered in scars, it was the father of the child he had saved in the first place.
“It’s you?” Ning Cheng also asked with some surprise, and then thought of what this person was doing here early in the morning with a horse-drawn carriage?
After this middle-aged man saw the bloodstains on Ning Cheng’s body, he immediately understood what was going on and hurriedly stopped the carriage and said, “Young Master Ning, I’ve already heard about you at the out-of-town post ahead. You should hurry and change into a set of clothes, then take my carriage and I will take you away.”
Ning Cheng’s heart was warmed, after he had saved that little boy back then, this middle-aged man was so terrified that he did not even say a word of thanks. Now that he was really in trouble, people didn’t hesitate to help out, knowing that this was a way to get caught and get killed. The phrase “no words of thanks for a great kindness” was not spoken by this middle-aged man, it was embodied by his actions.
“This is too dangerous, I will go to the mountains to hide. Once you are caught in your car, you will also be killed.” Ning Cheng still politely refused the middle-aged man’s kind offer.
When this middle-aged man saw Ning Cheng’s refusal, he hurriedly and eagerly said, “You are my child’s savior, you are my family’s benefactor. How can you say even words?”
After saying that, the middle-aged man directly took out a set of clothes from the front of the carriage and handed them to Ning Cheng, “Your Grace, change into clean clothes first, your clothes smell too much of blood.”
Ning Cheng gratefully took the clothes and asked, “What are you going to so early in the morning?”
“I go to Dingbi Town every month, there are many adventurers there who have returned from the Mango Sea and they bring a large amount of beast skins and all sorts of things with them. Because many of the animal carts cannot go directly to Cangler City, they all stop in Dimbey Town. The adventurers would hire our wagons and return to Cangler City. A few of the carriage drivers and I knew that the road here was closer, so we went this way, but I didn’t expect to meet you.” The middle-aged man rubbed his hands together and said with a grateful tone.
“Wait ……” Ning Cheng’s mind flashed with lightning, and then he asked eagerly, “You said that this place is not far from the Dingbi Town stage? Also, you pa*sed a stage when you came just now?”
The middle-aged man immediately said gruffly, “Yes, I came from that post station in front of me, and it was only three hours, so even if I were to reach the Dingbi post station, it would only take a day at most.”
Ning Cheng’s heart sank, he didn’t expect that he and An Yi had turned around all night and were still wandering between two post stations, what was the point of escaping? This An Yi was also too childish to be searching for third grade spirit herbs between two post stations, if this matter was told, he could simply go and act in a skit.
Seeing Ning Cheng fall silent, the middle-aged man hurriedly said, “There will be another carriage coming soon, Your Grace, get on my carriage, I will take you out of this place by another very remote road and bypa*s the Dingbi Town post.
Ning Cheng knew that this was not the time to hesitate, and he hurriedly changed his clothes. An Yi also knew at this point that she seemed to have taken the wrong path, and somewhat embarra*sed, she took Ning Cheng’s clothes and burned them with a fireball.
When that middle-aged man saw that An Yi could actually cast a fireball technique, his eyes showed even more respect.
After Ning Cheng and Anyi got on the carriage, the man immediately rushed up the carriage and left quickly. Ten minutes later, this carriage turned a corner and went in through a narrow mountain range path.
Another half hour later, after it had become light, the carriage had entered an even more remote mountain trail, with mountains stretching on both sides, and even the sun was blocked by this continuous mountain range. The man driving the carriage was so skilled that the carriage even went faster and faster. He must have travelled this winding path countless times before.
Ning Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that he should be on the right path this time. In a place like this, surrounded by mountains everywhere, it would be too difficult to walk out without someone who knew the way well to lead the way.
“This big brother, may I ask what your name is? It’s thanks to you this time.” Although Ning Cheng knew that he was still in danger, he was still grateful to this middle-aged man who was driving the cart.