Chapter 88

Lu Puxin laughed heartily: "This time, I'll let you see two at once. That should be enough for your entire life!"

Lu Shaohui also nodded. At this moment, a group of Eagle Guards who had been hiding far away walked over. People like Lu Yi and Lu Ruisi, who had looked at Lu Buqi with disdain, now only showed respect, the kind of respect for a strong person who dared to fight a seventh-rank spirit beast.

Those who had been harboring thoughts about Long Buli and Bu Hui hurriedly put those ideas aside. Without the strength, how could they even think about chasing girls?

As for Lu Shaohui's team of Eagle Guards, only four people remained. They looked like defeated soldiers, their faces dejected and tear-streaked. One of them was holding a corpse.

At this moment, Lu Puxin's smile faded: "Chenghua is dead... Where's Xiaoning?"

A female Eagle Guard with blood on her face sobbed in response: "Xiaoning... Xiaoning was swallowed by the snake..."

"What?" Lu Puxin was shocked: "Xiaoning is the Fourth Master's most beloved daughter... Now..."

Lu Shaohui's expression was bleak: "It's all my fault for being too careless. We noticed signs of a coiled mountain python yesterday, but this morning, I forgot to have Chenghua scout ahead... It was a surprise attack by the coiled mountain python, and no one reacted in time..."

A surprise attack by a seventh-rank spirit beast, even a Blood Boil Realm martial artist would find it hard to guard against, let alone a Bone Chime Realm martial artist, especially one in the early stage.

"Shaohui, what now..." While feeling conflicted for Lu Shaohui, Lu Puxin glanced at Lu Yi, feeling a chill.

Lu Yi seemed to understand the meaning in Lu Shaohui's eyes and weakly looked at Lu Buqi. Although he was arrogant, he wasn't stupid. He knew that if there had been a conflict earlier, he would have been the first to die, and none of their small team would have escaped.

Three martial artists as strong as Lu Puxin could easily wipe out their small team. But now, with twelve Eagle Guards, their strength was more balanced... This thought flashed through Lu Yi's mind, but he quickly suppressed it, remembering Lu Buqi's strange movements and fierce fighting style, which made him feel a chill.

He rubbed his face heavily, pulled off the headband with a sapphire stripe on his forehead, and his expression was like a bitter gourd: "With such a big loss, two people dead, our Blue Eagle Team can't continue hunting beasts..."

"Why don't you take the team back..." Lu Puxin said, then suddenly looked at Lu Buqi and changed his tone: "How about this, my Yellow Eagle Team won't hunt beasts either. We'll just do more training later... I'll go back with you, and the credit for recommending Buqi and the others will also go to you, hoping it can make up for the loss..."

Lu Shaohui's face brightened: "Puxin... Thanks. The old man might be easier to deal with, but the Fourth Master... Sigh, I've let him down. Whatever punishment he gives me, I'll accept it."

Lu Puxin smiled bitterly and comforted him: "Don't worry too much. No matter how angry the Fourth Master is, he won't be unreasonable enough to take your life."

Thus, Lu Buqi and the others followed the Lu family's Eagle Guard Camp on their "return journey." If nothing unexpected happened, they would be out of the Great Hong Mountain in about three days. This was something Lu Buqi hadn't expected. He had unknowingly successfully crossed the entire Great Hong Mountain.

Because two people they had been close to every day were suddenly gone, all the members of the Eagle Guard Camp were in low spirits. The deaths of Lu Chenghua and Lu Xiaoning, and their lives that would gradually be forgotten, were inevitably mentioned by different people in different ways during this time.

That night, when they found a suitable place to rest and started a bonfire to roast meat, Lu Buqi learned that the deceased Lu Chenghua and Lu Xiaoning were actually a young couple.

Lu Chenghua's position in the Blue Eagle Team was similar to Lu Ruisi's in the Yellow Eagle Team, both belonging to the scout category. In the past, he was always the first to be responsible for reconnaissance and vigilance every morning. However, after he and Lu Xiaoning confessed their love to each other, he became much more relaxed in this aspect, as his main duties now included tasks like "preparing a small amount of water for his lover to wash her face."

Lu Shaohui was not a particularly strict person, and Lu Chenghua was quite clever and well-liked by Lu Shaohui. Moreover, Lu Xiaoning was a direct-line lady, so he gradually gave fewer orders to Lu Chenghua... He was planning to select someone else to train as a new scout after returning.

It was this slight negligence that led to the death of a young lady in her prime, with good talent, who had broken through to the Bone Chime Realm at the age of eighteen.

One moment she was chatting and laughing with him, the next she was swallowed by the coiled mountain python. Lu Chenghua, in his shock and anger, naturally pursued the python with fury. After Lu Shaohui lured the python away, everyone else stayed far behind, but he chased after the python's tail and was inevitably killed by a single tail strike.

After hearing the story piecemeal, Lu Buqi sighed. Being able to be a pair of mandarin ducks in the netherworld was also a kind of blessing.

Long Buli pouted: "That Lu Chenghua was really reckless. He didn't need to be so eager for revenge..."

"The one in the situation is often confused. If you were in that situation and your loved one was killed, you would probably do the same," Lu Buqi said calmly.

Long Buli shook her head: "I wouldn't be so foolish before I had the ability."

Seeing the determined look on Long Buli's face, Lu Buqi knew she was a stubborn person, and there was no need to argue with her.

Bu Hui, however, said softly: "Actually, living with hatred is very tiring. That guy might be foolish, but being able to die with his loved one is also a kind of relief."

Lu Buqi was taken aback and looked at Bu Hui. He didn't expect that the inexperienced Bu Hui would have such a profound insight. Long Buli pinched Bu Hui's white, tender cheek: "You silly girl, what are you talking about? As long as you're alive, you can avenge your loved one. After avenging them, you can choose your own life or death, at least you'll have avenged the grudge, right?"

Bu Hui nodded heavily: "Sister, I understand!"

Seeing the two sisters seriously discussing this topic, Lu Buqi felt a sigh in his heart. A beautiful face flashed in his mind. Perhaps he was once her beloved. He died in her arms, and he didn't know what she was thinking...

"Hey, what are you thinking about?" Long Buli lightly patted Lu Buqi's shoulder.

Lu Buqi shook his head and stared at the fire, the image of his past self and the beautiful face gradually fading. He smiled with a sense of release: "Nothing, just thinking about whether I can find the answers I'm looking for in Hongshan County."

Long Buli was surprised: "What answers?"

Lu Buqi pinched his nose: "The answers a person should seek, to see what reasons led to their human rights being deprived."

"Them..." Long Buli's eyes widened in realization: "Ah... You asked me about my surname last time..."

"Keep it down!" Lu Buqi rolled his eyes and handed the roasted wild chicken leg to Long Buli: "Don't forget, we're three siblings. How can a brother ask his sister about her surname?"

Taking the chicken leg, Long Buli handed it to Bu Hui and then grinned: "Is a certain coward afraid that being a brother will shorten his life?"

Lu Buqi remained silent, leaving Long Buli to laugh triumphantly. The pink glow on her neck in the firelight made a few Eagle Guards, including Lu Yi and Lu Ruisi, swallow hard.

Lu Ruisi turned the venison in his hand and whispered to Lu Yi: "Young Master Yi, isn't she beautiful?"

Lu Yi nodded repeatedly: "Yiqiu is already very good, but compared to them, she falls short."

Lu Yiqiu, the young woman of the Yellow Eagle Team, looked at Lu Buqi awkwardly when she received the meat roasted by Lu Pengyi.

"Do you want to pursue one of them?" Lu Ruisi continued to whisper, full of temptation and revealing his restlessness.

Lu Yi rolled his eyes: "That's a given! But... what can we offer? Would they look at us?"

"You're a direct-line young master of the Lu family. How can you be so unambitious?" Lu Ruisi urged: "Don't you know about indirect strategies?"

Lu Yi's heart raced, his clear eyes shining with hope: "How?"

(2 chapters burst, around 5 PM, there will be another 2 chapters. Thank you all for your generous support!!)

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