Simultaneous travel: I am rampant in the domestic area

Chapter 161 Young man, are you willing to be my husband?
At three quarters past ten, white mist rose from the bathroom heated by the floor dragon, making it hazy.

Mu Nanzhi walked out of the bath and stepped barefoot on the fox fur carpet. Her toes were not nail polished, which was truly exquisite.

The undried water marks gathered into a stream at the collarbone, slid across the undulating curves and rolled down the butterfly bones, and condensed into clear amber at the waist. After the bath, Mu Nanzhi's whole body exuded a steaming heat. It was a pity that no one could appreciate the scene of this beauty coming out of the bath.

"Princess." The unfamiliar maid handed over a silk brocade skirt. Mu Nanzhi nodded expressionlessly and let the maid help her put it on. After arriving at the Zhenbei Palace, the maids she had previously brought with her were replaced, and now the one accompanying her was a new person arranged by the Zhenbei King.

Although this made Mu Nanzhi feel unhappy, she also knew in her heart that from the beginning to the end, her destiny was not in her own hands.

"Princess, the kitchen has prepared supper. Would you like to send it to your room now?" another maid asked as she trotted over from a distance.

"Okay." Mu Nanzhi touched her stomach. She was indeed a little hungry.

At first, she was in a bad mood during dinner and couldn't eat, but now her stomach was growling.

After passing through the circular archway, Mu Nanzhi returned to her room under the guidance of her maid. The room was simply decorated. Apart from the necessary dressing table, there were not many miscellaneous items. The food on the table was still steaming.

After sending the maids away, Mu Nanzhi stood in front of a bronze mirror as tall as a person, took out the Bodhi bracelet from the sachet and put it on again. Watching the light and shadow swaying on the mirror like water waves, she realized that she had once again turned into the old lady in her early thirties with mediocre features and ordinary temperament. Mu Nanzhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Only by doing this could she gain some sense of security.

At the door, Chu Xianglong, dressed in silver armor, led a team of soldiers on patrol and passed by her room.

"Russell." Mu Nanzhi came to the window and muttered in his heart.

At the corner at the end of the road, Chu Xianglong turned his head at the right time and exchanged glances with Mu Nanzhi. Suddenly, a floating scent of plants and trees emerged from the Bodhi bracelet, and at the same time, Russell's voice rang in Mu Nanzhi's ears.

"I'm here."

Just as Que Yongxiu said, the Zhenbei Palace was already tightly surrounded by three layers of enemies.

This is not only to protect Mu Nanzhi's safety, but more importantly, the Zhenbei Palace is the core of the Blood Spirit Array that constitutes the entire Chuzhou City.

It was just because Chu Xianglong was not considered the confidant of the King of Zhenbei, and he didn't even know about the massacre, so after Russell swallowed him, he still had to spend time looking for the location of the formation.

……

On the outskirts of Chuzhou, Russell and Li Miaozhen did not choose to travel along the official road, but instead took mountain paths, ridges, or directly crossed mountains and ridges.

It's not because of anything else, it's just because those who can settle down near the official road will naturally not be poor. The supplies that Li Miaozhen has on her body are probably not enough to help them.

Walking along the country roads also has its advantages. The scenery along the way is nice, with green mountains, green waters and white clouds.

Occasionally you can see green pines standing proudly on the cliffs, towering like a canopy, and you can also see wild flowers blooming on the roadside, simple and tenacious.

"Russell, when do you think Xingxiu will wake up?" Hongzao immediately asked as Li Miaozhen wiped the butterfly figurine that looked like a petrified butterfly after Xingxiu transformed into a cocoon with a towel.

Russell felt it for a while and replied, "If it's fast, it will be able to break out of the cocoon in half a month. If it's slow, it will probably take another half a year."

"So long?" Li Miaozhen was stunned. She thought it would be done in a few days.

"You think so." Russell laughed and said, "I am also extraordinary now. Juyang and Xingxiu are my companion spirit Gu after all. It is not surprising that they have undergone a fundamental transformation."

"You won't tell me that this little guy can become an extraordinary poisonous beast?" Li Miaozhen suddenly felt a bitter taste in her mouth.

Russell raised his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. The answer was self-evident. Li Miaozhen curled her lips in dissatisfaction.

The word "extraordinary" is so heavy. In the Dafeng Kyushu, the Western Desert, the Three Kingdoms in the Northeast, and the vast world overseas, there are more than tens of millions of practitioners. Among these tens of millions of people, there are only a few who are qualified to achieve extraordinary, and there are only a few extraordinary people in existence.

She watched over the birth of the two poisonous insects, Juyang and Xingxiu. They spent their days eating and sleeping, but in just a short time, they had become extraordinary poisonous beasts just by taking advantage of Russell's influence.

This is a pure win!
Li Miaozhen poked the Star Butterfly with her finger in envy and jealousy.

"Half a year... I don't know if there is even half a year left." Li Miaozhen felt even more depressed when she remembered that she might be captured by her master and taken back to Tianzong in half a year.

"Speaking of this, Miaozhen," Russell suggested, "have you ever considered leaving the Tianzong?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Miaozhen glared at Russell. This was a path she had never imagined. "I am the Saint of Tianzong! How could a Saint leave Tianzong?"

Neither able nor willing.

For Li Miaozhen, she experienced the world, lingered in it, and gained love in it, but no matter what, Tianzong was her home.

Russell just smiled when he heard this and did not refute. He was about to change the subject when he saw Li Miaozhen suddenly frown.

"What's wrong?" Russell asked.

"Look over there." Li Miaozhen pointed at the smoke drifting from the horizon and said, "It's only the beginning of the morning, how can there be such a thick cloud?"

"Go and see."

The two men galloped their horses and stopped less than ten miles away from Baiyi County. They were unexpectedly met by a group of cavalrymen wearing cloaks.

"Barbarians." Anger rose in Li Miaozhen's eyes. Although the masks covered their faces, their strong physiques were very different from those of ordinary people and their figures would not lie.

"Kill the men and take the women back." The barbarian cavalry was even more direct. The leading team leader stared at Li Miaozhen with greed, and the other twelve also smiled lewdly. Amidst laughter, they galloped towards him on horseback, with arrows piercing the air.

Why don't you take the man back and kill the woman? You are being sexist... Russell curled his lips and was about to take action when he saw Li Miaozhen rush out with an expressionless face as she stepped on the stirrup, and the flying sword automatically supported her feet.

She stretched out her arms, clenched them to the sides, and clenched them violently.

In an instant, the arrows changed their trajectory and reversed direction to shoot towards the barbarian cavalry.

The arrows flew through the enemy group like flying swords, bringing up a flash of blood every time they passed by.

The barbarian cavalrymen waved their long swords to resist, and arrows were constantly cut in half, and barbarian cavalrymen were constantly pierced through the throat and fell to the ground from their horses.

When all the arrows were shot down, only four people were left on horseback out of the thirteen-man cavalry team. But it was too late for them to rejoice, because Li Miaozhen had already arrived with his sword.

Li Miaozhen remained expressionless. He flipped in mid-air, and with a thud, the flying sword at his feet shot out, tracing a white line straight into the cavalry formation. Amidst the whistling sword energy, two more barbarian cavalrymen fell to the ground. Suddenly, the cavalry captain, left alone, glared wildly, his totems aglow with blood. He unexpectedly grabbed the swirling sword with his bare hands, his iron palm colliding with the blade, sending sparks flying.

Li Miaozhen, tapping his toes on the horse's back, looked coldly at the barbarian cavalry who were wrestling with the flying sword. As his Taoist robe fluttered, black flags flew out of the sachet and inserted into the ground. The temperature around him instantly became a little chilly.

At the same time, ghosts wailed out of the sachet one after another, rushing towards the cavalry captain and the horse he was riding.

The warhorse neighed in pain and fell to the ground with a thud. The barbarian general was dragged into the ground amid the howling of ghosts.

The soil closed up on its own, and soon there was no sound from underground.

"Damn it." After sheathing the sword, Li Miaozhen's turbulent emotions calmed down a little.

Without staying where they were, Li Miaozhen and Russell followed the horseshoe prints and soon they arrived at a village.

The stone tablet engraved with Baiyi County collapsed into rubble at the entrance of the village. The whole village was dead silent. The houses were burned down by the fire, leaving only ruins.

"Something's wrong. Why are there no bodies?" Li Miaozhen frowned as he looked at the burned village. The air was filled with a pungent smell of burning, but there was not a trace of blood. He looked around but didn't see a single body.

What did the barbarians want with the corpses? Li Miaozhen pondered, recalling her encounter with the barbarian cavalry. It didn't take long for her to find something wrong.

Although the cavalry team just now had a strong murderous aura, it was accumulated from a long period of fighting on the battlefield, and was not plagued by the blood and energy caused by recent killings.

So, before the cavalry arrived to plunder, there were no living people in the village.

But this isn’t right either.

Li Miaozhen overturned her own idea again. Although a fire almost burned everything, she could clearly feel the popularity surrounding the village as she had practiced Tianzong's martial arts since childhood.

Judging from this popularity, at least one day ago, there were still people living in the village.

"Russell, you are knowledgeable. Do you think there is any formation that can imprison the souls and blood of mortals, allowing them to survive like living people?" After thinking for a while, ruling out all natural factors and turning to the supernatural realm, Li Miaozhen had a flash of inspiration in his mind, as if he had grasped something, and asked hurriedly.

You've made progress, baby!

Surprise flashed in Russell's eyes. Li Miaozhen was able to guess this on her own. It seems that the "Mihua Elementary School Student's Travel Notes Adapted into a Fantasy Version" he gave her was of some use.

"Hehehe...you're truly worthy of being the Saint of the Heavenly Sect. With just this little clue, you've actually guessed the truth."

At this moment, a sweet laugh echoed over the ruins of Baiyi County.

Russell and Li Miaozhen looked around at the same time. In a moment, Russell quickly locked onto the location of the owner of the voice. In an instant, his physical speed broke through the sound barrier and landed in the mountains outside Baiyi County.

I saw a woman in a white dress sitting cross-legged on a rock under an old pine tree, her hair and skirt dancing in the wind, outlining an indescribable curve of her figure.

Her temperament is changeable, sometimes pure and beautiful, like a mountain elf; sometimes lazy and charming, a peerless beauty that captivates everyone.

The woman in the white dress was holding a six-tailed white fox in her arms, which was making a sharp, low cry and was well-behaved and docile.

"Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox? You are the princess of the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons. What are you doing in Chuzhou?" Russell walked up to the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox and asked curiously.

During this period of time, the Princess of Ten Thousand Demons should be searching all over Chuzhou with Xu Pingfeng for the place where the King of Zhenbei massacred the city. How could she appear here?

"It's the King of Ten Thousand Demons!" The six-tailed white fox corrected in a crisp, childish voice.

"Bai Ji." The Nine-Tailed Fox smiled faintly as it stroked the six-tailed white fox's soft fur. The little fox named Bai Ji raised her chin and squinted her eyes in comfort, like a puppy, twisting her body in the Nine-Tailed Fox's arms. "As for what I said, if I said I came for you, would you believe it?"

"Me?" Russell pointed at himself.

"That's right. The news that the young master defeated the Buddhist sect in the capital has spread throughout the land of Jiuzhou. I want to recruit you as my son-in-law and let you become the king of my Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons. Are you interested?" The nine-tailed fox said with a smile.

The sound of flying swords slashing across the sky was accompanied by angry shouts. Li Miaozhen also flew over on a sword and landed beside Russell. He raised his eyebrows and sneered at the Nine-tailed Sky Fox: "Where did this monster come from!"

"Master Li." The Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox nodded slightly to Li Miaozhen. His tone was not awkward at all, but rather teasing. "I've heard for a long time that the Saint and Young Master Luo are deeply in love. You don't need to worry too much about this matter. I have also studied Confucianism in my free time. If the Saint doesn't mind, I can be humble in front of outsiders."

"You!" Li Miaozhen was almost laughing at the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox's words. When did she ever say that she would share her Taoist partner with others? And you are so humble, who are you!?
"Your Majesty, please stop joking." Russell tugged at Li Miaozhen's sleeve and pulled her behind him. This fox was too powerful for Li Miaozhen to handle at this stage. "If there's nothing else, Miaozhen and I won't stay any longer."

"A boring man." The Nine-Tailed Fox's smile faded, and he straightened up, saying seriously, "You should be investigating the so-called bloody massacre of three thousand miles. I can tell you right away that it is indeed true."

"What did you mean when you said my guess was the truth?" Li Miaozhen asked.

"It was your idea that enlightened me." The Nine-Tailed Fox said, "Before, we have been searching for the place where the King of Zhenbei massacred the people, but we have never found it. Now that I think about it, it is indeed possible that it is as you said. He erased the memories of the people he killed and used a formation to stuff their blood, souls and spirits back into their bodies, creating the illusion that they had not been massacred."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Miaozhen was shocked. What did it mean that the King of Zhenbei massacred the people?
The Prince of Zhenbei is the Prince of Dafeng and the General of Chuzhou!

Before this, they had always thought that the King of Zhenbei had concealed the battle report of the Three Thousand Miles Blood Slaughter, but they had never put the blame of the Three Thousand Miles Blood Slaughter on the King of Zhenbei.

"Oh, I forgot you don't know yet." The Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox covered his mouth and chuckled, revealing the truth of the matter.

Ridiculous! How ridiculous!
After hearing what the Nine-tailed Sky Fox said, Li Miaozhen's head was buzzing, as if he had been hit on the head with a stick. The so-called bloody massacre of three thousand miles turned out to be a massacre carried out by the King of Zhenbei in Chuzhou in order to refine the blood pill and break through the third level of perfection.

"Ten days, we only have ten days." The Nine-Tailed Fox continued, "He is racing against time with us. Once his blood essence is refined, he will have devoured Mu Nanzhi's spiritual essence and will be promoted to the second rank in an instant. By then, everything will be too late."

"Why should we believe you?" Li Miaozhen asked.

"If you don't believe me, you should believe him." As he spoke, nine illusory fox tails stretched out from behind the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox. One of them brushed the ground, and a comatose man in black appeared on the ground.

"Prince Huai's secret agent." Li Miaozhen said in a deep voice as he looked at the man's attire.

Judging from the aura emanating from his body, this person is at the peak of the fourth rank. Among the Huai Wang spies, only the spies at the first level can reach this level.

"Aren't you curious why there are no bodies in Baiyi County?" The Nine-Tailed Fox pointed at the Emperor's spy and said, "It's because of this man. The barbarian cavalry also noticed something was wrong with the people in the county and wanted to take them back to the barbarian tribe, but this guy discovered them and destroyed the bodies before they could."

(End of this chapter)