sbdcsierra Chapter 628 The Strongest Combat Power
Chapter 628 The Strongest Combat Power
Lu Yangyang is currently hiding not far from the back mountain of the Gu God Temple. If she goes down the mountain and takes a detour, it will only delay her. However, the back of the Gu God Temple is guarded by the Yuechuan King's army. She doesn't know if she can reach the Gu God Temple smoothly.
Without further ado, Lu Yangyang could only try her luck.
When she arrived at the Gu God Temple this morning, since there was still some time before the sacrificial ceremony, she and Yin Yueling scouted the area around the temple. She vaguely remembered that there was a narrow spot in the northeast corner with few guards due to its terrain.
Lu Yangyang observed the guards' movements, then quietly slipped to the northwest corner and climbed up the rugged rock face.
"who?"
Lu Yangyang had just climbed up when she heard a deep voice shout.
She hurriedly looked up and met Steward Jiang's gaze.
Manager Jiang looked at Lu Yangyang in shock: "Miss Lu, what are you doing here?"
Lu Yangyang never expected to meet Steward Jiang in this place. She thought... everyone in Yuechuan Palace was dead.
She looked behind Manager Jiang and saw that Manager Jiang was with several pregnant women, all of whom looked disheveled. One of them seemed to be about to give birth.
Lu Yangyang immediately understood what was going on.
These must be the women selected by the Yuechuan royal family members in Yuechuan Royal City to bear children.
Noticing Lu Yangyang's gaze, Manager Jiang's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously reached for his sleeve.
"Wait!" The moment Steward Jiang moved, Lu Yangyang knew he intended to silence her, and hurriedly said, "I won't report you! The area down the mountain is also filled with the Yuechuan King's army. The former Yuechuan King has already ordered the extermination of all Yuechuan citizens. Even if you kill me, you won't be able to escape! Besides..."
Lu Yangyang pointed to the woman who was about to give birth: "Her condition is very bad. If she had come any later, she might have died."
Manager Jiang followed her gaze to the woman lying on the ground, barely alive. A struggle flashed across her face, and after a moment, she suddenly knelt down on one knee, cupping her hands in a gesture of respect: "Miss Lu, I know you are a doctor. Please save her. They both drank the holy water, and the poison in that holy water is extremely potent. Even if the poison is neutralized, the fetuses in their wombs will surely die. I brought them to the royal city, but I never expected that it would still harm them in the end."
There were about a dozen women here, all of whom were holy maidens sent by various tribes affiliated with the Yuechuan Kingdom, in order to continue the bloodline of the Yuechuan royal family. Two of them were even Jiang's own tribesmen. When she drank the holy water and realized the purpose of the Yuechuan King, Jiang originally planned to end her life. However, when she looked at these people, she thought of her former self, and she simply couldn't bear to do it.
Despite her best efforts, she only managed to save a few people.
Lu Yangyang looked at where they were now and remembered the cave she had just seen. She immediately decided, "Manager Jiang, I can use golden needles to seal her acupoints and keep her safe for an hour. Now, please help me take them out of here and then to Tianchi in the east. There is a Doctor Wen there who can save them."
These girls are already vulnerable due to their pregnancy, and now they've been poisoned. Their condition is extremely dangerous and can't be delayed any longer.
But Lu Yangyang had to find Yin Yueling as soon as possible, as it concerned the lives of the people in the city, and there was no time to waste.
She arrived here in about 15 minutes. It's still not too late to send Steward Jiang to find Wen Qingqing and the others. With Wen Qingqing there, they will definitely be safe and sound.
Manager Jiang looked at the rugged and dangerous terrain behind Lu Yangyang, feeling conflicted. If Lu Yangyang went back on her word and took the opportunity to kill them, they might all perish here once they trusted her. But at this moment, if they didn't trust Lu Yangyang, these girls could only leave their fate to chance.
I can only take a gamble.
Manager Jiang gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, I believe you."
Lu Yangyang immediately took out a golden needle from her bosom and quickly inserted it into the girl's acupoints. A moment later, the girl opened her eyes and weakly said, "Thank...thank you."
Lu Yangyang carried her on her back: "Hang in there a little longer, you'll be alright."
Then he carried her on his back and climbed down that rugged mountain path again, taking her to the other side.
Seeing this, Manager Jiang did not sit idly by. Although she was older, she had cultivated for a lifetime and was not slow-witted. She immediately arranged for the girls to find sturdy vines, tie them together, and attach one end to a sturdy spot so that the girls could climb down.
With Lu Yangyang's help, and knowing that they couldn't afford to hesitate any longer, the girls forced themselves to climb over the steep rock face in order to survive.
After getting them all to safety, Lu Yangyang nodded to Steward Jiang: "That Doctor Wen is called Wen Qingqing. She's a girl who looks about my age. If anyone finds you, just say that I sent you to find Doctor Wen. They definitely won't hurt you. But this area isn't safe either, so you have to hurry."
Steward Jiang bowed deeply to Lu Yangyang again, then looked up at her and said, “Miss Lu has already helped us a great deal. You are going to find the new King of Yuechuan, right? I have nothing to repay you with for now, but having served the late king my whole life, I know a little about her thoughts. She despises the Yuechuan bloodline and does not want this filthy bloodline to continue to exist in the world, so you cannot stop the Yuechuan army. However, it is not without a chance to stop them. Yuechuan has always revered pythons as sacred messengers, and the natal Gu of every Yuechuan king has been a python, inseparable in life and death. To Yuechuan, pythons are the manifestation of the Gu God in the human world, and also Yuechuan's true strongest fighting force. They are hidden in these mountains and forests. I tested Yue Ling on the first day she entered the royal city, and she has the ability to command pythons. That is the true Yuechuan army. Taming them is equivalent to taming the Yuechuan army. I have said all I need to say. I am grateful for your efforts for Yuechuan.”
After saying that, she didn't linger any longer and left with the girls.
Watching Manager Jiang's departing figure, Lu Yangyang didn't linger. She turned around and climbed back up, discarding the vines she had just used. As she walked quickly toward the Gu God Temple, she pondered Manager Jiang's words.
As Steward Jiang instructed, the Yuechuan Royal Army had received orders from the previous Yuechuan King, Mingyue Li, to slaughter all the people of Yuechuan, and it was impossible for them to disobey the order.
Therefore, this is bound to be a bloody battle, and countless civilians will be sacrificed in this war.
Unfortunately, they are now outnumbered by several times. Although they have an advantage in combat experience, the Yuechuan Kingdom is skilled in using Gu magic, and their small force is no match for them.