She picked up the young prime minister while fleeing famine

"Heh, aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew? My name is Lin Shu, remember that, don't end up a confused ghost in the afterlife." Before Lin Shu finished speaking, he moved.

The two men had fierce looks and were covered in blood. Coupled with the little girl they were chasing, Lin Shu knew without a doubt that they had murdered someone.

Lin Shu would not hold back against someone like that.

However, Lin Shu subdued the two low-level thugs in just a few moves, killing one and injuring the other.

The one who was still alive was kept alive for interrogation purposes. In less than a quarter of an hour, Lin Shu learned what this so-called Tiger Lord was.

He's nothing but a thug who takes advantage of the war to rob and plunder everywhere, and later kidnaps children and women to sell into the remote mountains. This kind of person and his henchmen don't deserve to live.

After Lin Shu found out which hideouts the other party knew, he immediately slit their throats with a knife, having no intention of taking them back and locking them up; he was busy.

As for the hideout, once he sends a message back to the deputy city lord, someone will take care of it.

But when he turned around and met the little girl's helpless eyes, Lin Shu was a little worried. What should he do with this little girl?

Leaving her in this desolate wilderness is definitely not an option. Not to mention whether she can survive, it's estimated that Tiger Lord's side will send people out to capture her again soon.

Well then, since he was a good person, he decided to see it through to the end. Lin Shu lifted the little girl onto his horse and took her towards Yunzhou.

But he had no idea how panicked the little girl nestled in his arms was...

Meanwhile, Banxia and her group had entered the Ten Thousand Mountains. In order to have someone take care of the little girl's food and drink along the way, Liancheng Mote ordered Xiaohua to accompany them.

She wasn't very good at riding, so Shuanghua rode with her. It was noon, and everyone who had been traveling for half a day stopped to rest.

We planned to have lunch before continuing our journey, and lunch consisted of wild game that we hunted in the mountains.

Shuanghua helped out, and Xiaohua once again took out her various cooking utensils, determined to make sure that the young master and young lady could eat as well as they did at home even in the wild.

Autumn had arrived, and it might still feel a bit hot outside, but the forest was quite cool. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her while she was resting, Banxia darted into the forest again and headed straight for the century-old tree.

She absolutely loved this feeling. Wood-based energy was everywhere in the mountains and forests, and countless ancient trees provided her with energy. Banxia was so happy that she almost forgot about home and wanted to just go into seclusion here.

However, Banxia has only just reached level four, and her use of her special ability is not yet very stable. If she only focuses on absorbing energy to level up, it will definitely cause instability in her realm, which will do more harm than good.

Simply put, she has the ability but can't use it well. If she ends up dying suddenly like in her previous life, wouldn't that be a loss?

Banxia always felt that her wood-type ability was different from ordinary wood-type abilities, and of course, the difference was also very obvious.

At least others can use wood-based abilities to fight zombies, but she can't, even though she's now at level four and has gained the ability to absorb plant energy.

But that applies to living things, like the Gu worms she encountered in the water town. She didn't know how those Gu worms were raised, but the wood-elemental energy within them was so concentrated that she was able to absorb it.

But if it were a zombie, a lifeless species, Banxia would be outmatched and would have to resort to hand-to-hand combat.

Fortunately, she met a stubborn girl after transmigrating here and found a good master who taught her a lot of skills. Even if Banxia were thrown back to face zombies now, she would never be as helpless as she was before transmigrating.

With her mind a jumble of thoughts, Banxia quickly traversed the forest. In addition to absorbing energy, she would also stimulate the growth of any precious medicinal herbs she saw and harvest them.

Banxia still remembered her master's instructions: if she found any good medicinal herbs, she should bring them back to him.

Banxia's current fourth-level ability allows her to easily enhance the efficacy of medicinal herbs by several decades. Therefore, whenever she encounters a precious medicinal herb, she can directly induce its growth, obtain the seeds, and then harvest it.

In about half an hour, Banxia returned from the forest laden with her spoils. Just then, Xiaohua's meal was ready, and Shuanghua saw her young mistress come out and hurriedly brought her water to wash up.

Sigh, Shuanghua was quite worried looking at her young lady's lightning-fast speed.

The old lady sent her to take care of and protect the young lady, but she, a mere guard, couldn't even keep up with her. It's embarrassing to even talk about it.

"Miss, next time you go into the forest to gather herbs, will you take me with you?" Shuanghua tried to negotiate with her young mistress.

Otherwise, it would make her seem too useless; at least Xiaohua can help with cooking.

"Okay, I'll take you there during my lunch break tomorrow." Banxia agreed without hesitation.

The energy she absorbed today is enough for her to digest for two days, so she can take Shuanghua to dig for herbs tomorrow without any problem.

However, it cannot be used to accelerate the ripening of herbs.

Although Banxia had already collected many seeds of rare medicinal herbs, she still had to go into the forest to collect herbs as a formality, otherwise there would be no way to explain where she got so many good medicinal herbs.

Especially the Xuanzhi, which consumes a lot of herbs. Although her master never asked, Banxia knew that her master must suspect where she got the herbs from.

After all, finding even one or two Xuanzhi mushrooms is considered lucky, but she seems to have them like they're being sold wholesale, with as many as she wants.

Alas, it's not right to let her die without helping. If Banxia were truly that heartless, she wouldn't have been enslaved and died in her previous life.

However, thinking about some of her master's and the old-fashioned boy's behavior, Banxia felt very warm inside.

Even though they were unaware of their own abilities, they would cover for her and not pry into her secrets; that's what it means to treat someone with genuine sincerity.

Looking at the old-fashioned guy who was already sitting not far away, waiting for her to come over for dinner, she decided to just pretend she hadn't noticed something.

The group rode horses through the mountains for several days until they reached the river where they had temporarily stopped.

Upon seeing the river, Banxia ran over, scooped up some water, washed her face thoroughly, and even took off her shoes to soak her feet comfortably.

Although they brought a lot of water, water sources were hard to find in the mountains. Especially since they had a clear goal, they didn't look for water along the way. They hadn't been able to wash their faces and feet properly for several days, let alone take a bath. Banxia even felt like she was going to stink.

Shuanghua and Xiaohua followed closely behind Banxia, ​​standing there like gatekeepers, not allowing anyone to approach.

Shuanghua, in particular, crossed her arms and held her sword as usual, standing guard. The young lady was washing her feet, and those men couldn't be allowed to see her, lest it ruin her reputation.

With the two maids standing there, no one with a brain would dare to come and provoke them. Everyone got back to work, preparing to rest again tonight and set off for the valley tomorrow.

No one noticed Lian Chengmo standing not far away, looking at the riverbank. From his angle, he could only see the little girl's back as she sat there, but he could clearly see the huge rock floating in the river.

Thinking back to last summer when he had seen... Lian Chengmo felt a little uneasy.