"Hyah!"
"Hyah!"
Cao Jinxing sat at the front of the carriage, driving without pause, as steady as Mount Tai.
With his Embroidered Uniform Guard Qianhu badge, he changed to fresh horses every thirty li, heading straight for Medicine King Valley in Tongchuan, Shaanxi!
To make the journey more comfortable for his cousin, Lu Jiaming had lined the carriage with thick, soft animal pelts. He had also chosen the most expensive translucent windowpanes, which kept out wind and rain while letting in plenty of light.
In such a short time, he had done all he possibly could, saving Cao Jinxing considerable trouble.
Cao Jinxing could have kept Huang Fangling from feeling even the slightest breeze, but that would have consumed too much true qi. If something unexpected happened, it could easily cause problems instead.
The two traveled at full speed, barely stopping except for essential supplies and calls of nature.
This stretch of the journey was grueling.
Cao Jinxing truly suffered. For four days and four nights, he neither slept nor dozed. An ordinary Tongyou practitioner would never have endured it, and even he struggled, but he had no choice. Xu Fuyang's meridian seal was growing less effective, and those scales had begun to grow again. The sight horrified him!
In a foul mood, he broke the legs of every mountain bandit and petty thief who blocked their way! Those who spoke disrespectfully were simply cut in two with a single stroke!
They were asking for death!
Fourteen behaved sensibly too. Causing trouble now would only upset him more, so even with Huang Fangling, whom Fourteen normally detested, Fourteen tried to be accommodating, allowing her to stroke and hold Fourteen to relieve her boredom, while inwardly grumbling:
*-I hear you're about to enter seclusion. Hahaha! I'll let you have your way