Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2229: Chapter 2228: Minefield Array

Yizi’s small face suddenly turned bright red, and she stammered, ”Oh, I understand.”

Seeing her like this, Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but smile, feeling a bit better. She realized she had been overly worried and not calm enough.

Not long after, Jianqi returned with a solemn expression and said, ”The Quanrong people are crazy. They’ve buried a large number of fire traps over a vast area ahead, seemingly according to some array. I’m afraid that triggering one could set off a chain reaction, and the power would be quite shocking.”

”If we trigger one, will they all explode?” Bai Ruozhu suddenly asked.

”I’m not sure. I don’t understand arrays,” Jianqi admitted.

”Then how about we capture a Quanrong person and throw them in to trigger all the fire traps? Would that work?” Bai Ruozhu thought about a minesweeper game she played in a previous life, where once the field was opened up, everything was clear.

Gao Zhou shook his head, ”They wouldn’t be that stupid. A large number of fire traps isn’t cheap, and once they explode, the Jiuli Clan people could charge out for a fierce counterattack.”

”Let’s try to find a way, but once we try, the Quanrong people will discover us, and we’ll have some trouble afterward,” Bai Ruozhu said.

”We can only try, but I’m afraid the Jiuli people don’t know the situation outside. If they come out, it could be a dead end,” Jiang Yichun said.

Bai Ruozhu was worried about this too. Jianqi clasped his fists, ”Master, let me go capture a Quanrong person.”

”No need, I’ll go myself,” Bai Ruozhu said firmly.

”No way!”

”No way!”

Jiang Yichun and Gao Zhou both opposed unanimously.

Bai Ruozhu smiled at them, ”Don’t underestimate me. Besides, I have life-saving skills, and it’s safer for me to go. Also, wherever there are Quanrong people, there shouldn’t be landmines. Otherwise, they wouldn’t want to blow themselves up first, right?”

”That’s still not okay. It’s too dangerous unless I go with you,” Jiang Yichun insisted firmly.

Bai Ruozhu thought it over and finally nodded in agreement. If they encountered danger, she could immediately take Jiang Yichun into the space.

Gao Deng stayed with Jianqi and Yizi at the original spot, while Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun headed south, trying to find a way around or spot the Quanrong people.

After walking for half a day, they still hadn’t seen any trace of the Quanrong people.

”They couldn’t possibly not be watching this area unless the destruction is too great and they’re hiding even farther away,” Jiang Yichun said in a low voice.

Bai Ruozhu nodded and pointed to a small mountain nearby, ”Let’s stealthily climb up the mountain. We’ll have a better view from up there.”

”Okay.”

The two of them were very cautious to avoid being exposed, so their pace was slow. It took them more than half an hour to reach the top of the small mountain.

Bai Ruozhu lay down in the grass and looked below. In the distance, the ground at the Jiuli entrance showed signs of having been dug up, revealing fresh earth.

”Wow, such a large area. Even if there’s a fire trap at a distance, it must be many,” Jiang Yichun remarked marveling.

Bai Ruozhu’s face turned serious, ”Do you think You Meng would come himself?”

”Uncertain, he shouldn’t have healed so quickly. I’ve heard there are many experts among the Quanrong Clan, so besides him, there must be others,” Jiang Yichun said.

The two were very close, and Jiang Yichun’s breath brushed against Bai Ruozhu’s ear, making her tense and her face flush pink.

Seeing her flushed cheeks, Jiang Yichun couldn’t resist leaning over to give her a peck.

”Stop messing around!” Bai Ruozhu said reproachfully, ”We’re on serious business now.”

Jiang Yichun chuckled softly, ”I wasn’t doing anything. Were you thinking about something?”

Bai Ruozhu’s face reddened even more. At such a moment, he still had the mind to tease her; how mischievous!

His lips curled up as he teased her for fun, knowing if he continued, she would truly get angry.

Suddenly, there was movement below. An old man carrying a medicine basket appeared, seemingly searching for something.

”Oh no, that old man is a herbalist, isn’t he?” Bai Ruozhu asked, worried.

Jiang Yichun also frowned, ”If he continues searching like that, he might trigger the fire traps.”

There wasn’t enough time to shout a warning or rush down the mountain. Bai Ruozhu feared the old man’s fate was grim.

Unwilling to watch, Bai Ruozhu suddenly thought of Xiaomao, who was fast and small, and could possibly knock the old man out with a light dose of poisonous insect poison, which was better than being blown to bits. Then she could save him once she got down.

With this thought, she released Xiaomao and instructed him to be careful.

Xiaomao dashed out quickly and soon the old man collapsed softly on the ground.

Bai Ruozhu breathed a sigh of relief, ”Safe for now.”

As they began to carefully make their way down, another sound came from below. Jiang Yichun gestured, and they hid again, watching the situation below.

An old woman dashed over, moving with agility, and the more Bai Ruozhu watched, the more concerned she became.

”Old man, what’s wrong?” The old woman went to help the old man up, tapping several points on his body.

The old man weakly opened his eyes, ”Someone... insect user.”

His voice was faint and didn’t reach Bai Ruozhu, but she guessed what he said from his lips.

She exchanged a glance with Jiang Yichun, and they both felt a chill. If they had rushed down to save the old man, they would have walked into a trap.

The old man wasn’t an ordinary herbalist; he was a Quanrong expert!

To recover so quickly from Xiaomao’s poisonous insect attack showed he had formidable inner strength.

The old woman was also an expert. Bai Ruozhu couldn’t determine her abilities, but intuition told her this woman might be even more formidable than the old man.

Perhaps they hadn’t intentionally lured anyone, but Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun’s presence caused a misunderstanding.

Not daring to speak, they stayed hidden in the grass, observing the two below. The old woman spread some drug powder around the area and the sky, trying to force out the insect that had bitten the old man, but they found neither a trace of Xiaomao nor any enemy.

Fortunately, Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun were far enough and at a higher elevation. With Xiaomao quickly returning to Bai Ruozhu’s space after achieving its goal, the old woman’s powder was wasted.

”Let’s go back first and remove the poisonous insect poison,” the old woman said to the old man, her voice strong and her manner clearly that of a Poison Master.

Bai Ruozhu felt intrigued. She hadn’t encountered many Poison Masters in Beiyu or the Capital City, and on this journey, she had come across her second. She sensed that this old woman might be more formidable than Chao Xiangman.

A sense of competitive spirit arose in her heart, anticipating a future duel with the old woman, where she could test the new poisons she’d learned from the ”Poison Classic.”