Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2245: Chapter 2244: Bursting Out of the Earth

”Alright, as long as you don’t chicken out.” You Meng sneered grimly; even if he played with this woman and agreed to let her stay by his side in the future, it didn’t mean he wasn’t wary of her.

He was wary even of his own daughter, let alone a woman he was just toying with.

Zhu Ning noticed You Meng’s attitude, gritted her teeth, and cursed him quietly; this old fox was no good.

She was caught and refined into poison by Mother-in-law that day, thought she was doomed to die, but fortunately, You Meng saw her, and she had to submit to him to save her life.

She initially planned to find an opportunity to escape, but You Meng was cruel and suspicious of her, leaving her with no chance to flee.

So she decided not to escape; since she couldn’t get away, she would stay and avenge herself.

If Bai Ruozhu hadn’t driven her away, she wouldn’t have encountered such a situation and wouldn’t have been ruined by You Meng.

Before You Meng could revel in his success for long, Bai Ruozhu and their formation suddenly changed, and You Meng immediately sensed something was wrong because Bai Ruozhu had disappeared!

”Bring me the Western telescope!” he ordered his subordinates.

You Meng took the Western telescope and scanned around, eventually spotting Bai Ruozhu and their group’s trail; they had already attacked the Vermilion Bird Array Eye.

”Send someone to the Vermilion Bird Array Eye for reinforcement, and tell the other defenders to prepare; it might be a trick to draw attention away from the real threat.” You Meng said.

Just as You Meng finished speaking, his subordinates reported in horror, ”Chief, it’s bad news, the Vermilion Bird Needle Eye has been breached!”

”What? Where’s Yuan Licheng?” You Meng’s expression turned grim; how could it be so quick?

”He’s been captured alive,” the subordinate answered.

You Meng picked up the Western telescope again to check, and indeed saw that the Vermilion Bird Array Eye was deserted; Yuan Licheng was nowhere to be found.

”Damn it!”

How could it be so fast? Unless...

You Meng squinted his eyes, thinking, unless Yuan Licheng has betrayed us!

”Yuan Licheng, you’re doomed!” You Meng said through gritted teeth.

Meanwhile, Bai Ruozhu, Jiang Yichun, and Wei Hall combined forces to breach the Vermilion Bird Array Eye, and were about to kill Yuan Licheng when Fo Lanying suddenly appeared to block them.

”Don’t kill him, he’s helped me a lot.” Fo Lanying said awkwardly.

Yuan Licheng looked at Fo Lanying miserably, ”So it’s you who poisoned me, and I trusted you...”

”I’m sorry, but I must save the Jiuli Clan, your Quanrong Clan has acted so immorally.” Fo Lanying stated.

”What do you mean your Quanrong Clan? You’re a Quanrong person too!” Yuan Licheng said angrily.

”But my mother is Jiuli, I was born and raised in Jiuli, I am Jiuli.” Fo Lanying was somewhat irate, hating being referred to as Quanrong.

Bai Ruozhu and the others didn’t dare delay; Jiang Yichun grabbed Yuan Licheng and continued forward, Xiu Shao and others formed a formation to guard against changes around, and Fo Lanying followed behind them.

Unable to resist, Yuan Licheng focused his attention on Fo Lanying, ”Were you planning to use me from the start? You towards me...”

Bai Ruozhu sneakily glanced at the two; they seemed to have some sort of chemistry.

”Yes, I was using you, who told you your Quanrong Clan is so brutal and wicked?” Fo Lanying averted her gaze, a bit dodgy.

”Then why prevent them from killing me? You Meng won’t spare me, might as well die now and be done with it.” Yuan Licheng’s eyes were filled with despair.

”You think he won’t kill me? So you’re better off leaving.” Fo Lanying replied.

Yuan Licheng sneered, ”Where to?”

Bai Ruozhu and the others said nothing; having breached the Vermilion Bird Array Eye, the several Array Eyes couldn’t operate in synchronization, yet the underground fire mines remained, and although they’d grasped the pattern of these fire mines, caution was still necessary.

”There’re fire mines starting to appear here.” Xiu Shao pointed to the ground on one side.

Bai Ruozhu nodded, taking out drug powder and began scattering it on the ground.

”What’s this?” Fo Lanying asked curiously.

”Iron Dissolving Powder, don’t touch it, lest your skin rots away.” Bai Ruozhu explained, ”Once the drug seeps down, even if the fire mine isn’t fully disabled, its power is greatly diminished.”

”Such a thing exists, impressive.” Fo Lanying said enviously.

Bai Ruozhu chuckled, there had been none before, but she recently developed it.

Previously she used poison to destroy the Mechanical Puppets, yet such poison couldn’t rapidly permeate the soil, unable to ruin the fire mines, and Bai Ruozhu secretly researched, combining materials from the ”Poison Classic,” and finally concocted this poison.

Yuan Licheng glanced at Bai Ruozhu, sighed in disappointment, ”Even without breaching my Array Eye, you’d have a chance at breaking the formation, right?”

Bai Ruozhu nodded, ”But the speed would be much slower.”

Yuan Licheng opened his mouth, but said nothing further.

At this moment, Quanrong Clan people arrived, Bai Ruozhu and Fen Jizhi began attacking, instantly killing five Quanrong individuals.

”Brother Fen, save me!” A woman’s cry suddenly rang out, Fen Jizhi paused, seeing Mother-in-law grabbing Zhu Ning appeared.

”Stop, or I’ll kill her!” Mother-in-law’s remaining hand tightly squeezed Zhu Ning’s neck.

Fen Jizhi halted, Zhu Ning was his fellow clan member, and upon seeing her, a sense of guilt arose.

If he had stopped Zhu Ning that day, or sent someone to pursue her, perhaps she wouldn’t have been captured by Quanrong Clan, nor suffered so much.

He thought of Zhu Ning’s parents, both kind elders to him, how would he explain to them if Zhu Ning perished here?

”Release her, otherwise you die with her.” Fen Jizhi said through clenched teeth, aiming to save Zhu Ning but would not sit idly by.

Bai Ruozhu squinted at Zhu Ning caught by Mother-in-law, feeling uneasy; she’d only interacted with Zhu Ning once, and knew little of her, compounded by previous conflicts, making judgments difficult.

But Zhu Ning being caught by Mother-in-law and yet unscathed or poisoned, could it not seem suspicious?

Moreover, her immediate appeal for Fen Chengxiu’s rescue—shouldn’t Jiuli people be strong, self-reliant, and reluctant to burden their clan members?

”Haha, if you don’t save your clansmen, then watch her die!” Mother-in-law laughed wildly.

Fen Jizhi grew anxious, rushing forward, ”Wait, what do you require for her release?”

”Release Yuan Licheng, then withdraw! Or I assure you she dies immediately.” Mother-in-law loudly demanded.

”Hmph, quite the demand, don’t care about your clansman’s fate?” Bai Ruozhu sneered.

Mother-in-law scoffed, ”It’s up to you, traitors like him deserve death.”

Fen Jizhi and Xiu Shao exchanged glances, this was an unparalleled opportunity to break the Fire-Thunder Formation, miss it, and perhaps another chance won’t come, why retreat now?

Just when everyone’s focus turned to Mother-in-law, several Mechanical Puppets emerged from the earth behind Bai Ruozhu and their group...