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Chapter 347 Found traces
Soon, the nine people were divided into two groups, Chu Xiaomu, Zhou Weide, Zhou Weiyi, Su Mishun and Zhang Hou were on one side, and Wan Gang, Lin Zhen, Wu Sheng and Ling Weidou were on the other side.
Everyone felt sad and remained silent.
After a long while, Chu Xiaomu cleared his throat and said, "That's fine... Brother Xiaogang, Miss Jinglan said that you can't go back to Bicheng. You four had better go to Nanding Camp to find Zhou Zhongjun. Maybe it's safer there..."
Wangang said: "Xiaomu, what are you talking about? This won't do!"
At this time it was Chu Xiaomu's turn to be stunned. He didn't know what this honest Wan Gang meant or what he was planning.
Zhou Weide said impatiently, "Brother Xiaogang, we didn't force you to go find Bu Jianfeng if you didn't want to. It's up to you if you want to go back to Nanding Army. Why are you saying this is not okay now? What do you want to do? Just say it out loud!"
Wang Gang said: "What I mean is that we, the smaller group, should listen to the larger group. After all, we are a small team and should act together." Lin Zhen, Wu Sheng, and Ling Weidou also agreed.
Chu Xiaomu and the others were very happy and said no more. They roughly counted the dry food and water reserves in the camp and found that both were sufficient, so they decided to set off to Dongzhong Army early tomorrow morning.
The next morning, everyone got up early to pack their things. They packed their clothes, cloaks, dry food, water bags, fire starters, knives, etc. Several tents had been torn to pieces by wild beasts, so they simply abandoned them. There were not many personal belongings, so they were packed in a short time.
Chu Xiaomu carefully put the book "Return to the Stars" for practicing the Force that Yang Luo gave him into his arms, thinking that he would practice it diligently when he had free time. Although he hadn't seen any results yet, what if he could open up the Force one day?
Lin Zhen asked Chu Xiaomu where to find the Unseen Peak. Chu Xiaomu told him his idea, saying that he could only go to the Dongzhong Army to ask first. The Dongzhong camp was closer to this area, and there must be someone who had heard of it among the thousands of people there. If no one knew, he would have to find a way to go directly to the Beast Mountain to look for it. Yanzhua and his group suddenly appeared in Dongxi Village, so they should have come from the Black Miasma Ancient Road. Following their footprints, they should be able to find that road. If they pay more attention, they should be able to find the Unseen Peak. Even if the previous two methods don't work, you can still meet beast spirits in the Beast Mountain. They must know where the Unseen Peak is, and those who are easy to talk to may tell the truth.
The crowd had no better solution, so they had to follow this plan step by step. This was the first thing the nine of them had done completely according to their own ideas in the past year, so everyone felt relaxed and happy.
Before the group reached the place where the footprints of the Saudis were found, Su Mishun, who had sharp eyes, suddenly pointed to the right front not far away and whispered: "Look, what is that?"
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and saw a clump of reeds swaying, with two brown-haired wild animals seemingly hiding inside.
Su Mishun bent his bow and shot an arrow. One of them was hit by the arrow and screamed. Both of them fled along the foot of the hillside.
Zhou Weide shouted, "They should be two spotted deer. We'll have venison to eat tonight. Let's chase them!"
The crowd had been eating dry biscuits and dried mutton for two months and they couldn't wait to take a bite of the delicious and juicy roasted venison. With a "Yo-ho" sound, they urged their horses to chase after it.
Qisheng was even more impatient and jumped out at an extremely fast speed.
The two wild animals were running fast in the grass, and it was impossible to catch up with them. Most of their bodies were hidden in the grass, with only a little bit of their heads and backs showing. It was hard to tell whether they were deer or some other wild animals.
Su Mishun shot two more arrows, but the two wild animals were on guard and dodged one by one, so he failed to hit them. Su Mishun was careful about his remaining arrows, so he did not shoot again.
The two wild animals ran for a while, then turned and ran up the mountain. Qisheng chased them closely. With his speed, he could have easily caught up with them, but for some reason he did not rush over to hit or intercept them this time.
Seeing Qisheng catching up, everyone had no choice but to follow closely. It was still early in the morning, and it wouldn't take an hour or two to get to Dongzhong Army.
After climbing over two fairly large hills, the weeds on the hills gradually faded, revealing the upper half of the bodies of two wild animals. They had yellow-brown hair, big heads with pointed ears, hunched backs and curved necks. They were actually two bipedal animals that I had never seen before. One of them was shot in the right shoulder on the back, and although it bled a lot, it still ran very fast.
Lin Zhen's face changed color and he said, "They look like people from the Hoof Tribe." Their Baijun City was close to the West Sea. After going out to sea, they would go south for more than 20 days to reach the territory of the Hoof Tribe. Baijun City was a relatively wealthy city, and occasionally they could see people from the Hoof Tribe heading north. Although Lin Zhen had never seen them in person, he had heard of their appearance, so he could roughly guess what they looked like.
Chu Xiaomu frowned and said, "It seems that they are here to invade our Bicheng. We can't let them go. Chase them!" The nine men rode their horses at full speed and chased after them.
The two Hoofed Horses climbed over another ridge, ran diagonally down the mountain, and disappeared after turning a corner.
Everyone followed and looked around, and saw a deep ravine in front of them, with a huge stone across it, which looked like a natural bridge. Qisheng's figure flashed at the other end of the stone bridge, and he was obviously chasing after the people of the Hoof Tribe.
The terrain was dangerous, and everyone began to worry, fearing that they would encounter a large number of Sha people ahead. That would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth and seeking death. However, Qisheng had already followed, so Chu Xiaomu had to cross the bridge on horseback, and the other eight people had to follow.
As Zhang Hou, who was walking at the end, crossed the bridge, the ground suddenly began to shake slightly, followed by a loud rumbling sound that shook the earth. Everyone was shocked and looked back to see that the stone bridge had collapsed and was falling into the deep ravine with a huge force.
Zhang Hou was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. If he was a little slower, he would have fallen down like the boulder, and there would be no trace of his body left. It would be even more miserable than being bitten by Yin Sheng's teeth. Zhang Hou couldn't help but shiver, and hurriedly spurred his horse to a quick trot, squeezing in the middle of the nine people.
Chu Xiaomu and his companions gasped when they saw this sudden scene. Their way back was blocked, so it was impossible to go back. They had no choice but to chase after Qisheng and find a way back. As for whether they could catch the two Hoof tribe members, they didn't care and had to escape with them.
Chu Xiaomu chased them all the way, calling out Qisheng's name loudly. Qisheng would occasionally stop and wait, and when everyone got closer, he would run after the two Hoof Tribe members again, as if there was something in front of him that particularly attracted him.