Time Travel: The Best Doctor in Ancient Times

Chapter 771: Chapter 604: Even I, Gu Changsheng, Can’t Do It

In the deep mountains shrouded in darkness, a hunched and petite figure moved swiftly and ceaselessly as if walking on flat ground!

Clutching a slender figure in front, and carrying a little meat bun on the back…

A grandfather in the front, and a grandson behind!

“Um… Old Handsome Guy, are you really my grandpa? Really the father of my mother?” the little meat bun asked once more, still not giving up hope.

“You’ve asked that question thirty-two times already!” Granny Wu Shan’s icy voice came through, her eyes betraying her worry as she looked at the person unconscious in her arms.

“Believe me, I can ask thirty-eight times!” Upon hearing this, the little meat bun huffed through his nose, arrogantly retorting, still remembering how the old lady had scared him with a skeleton!

Silence!

Granny Wu Shan couldn’t be bothered with the never-resting little tyke anymore!

“Granny, are you Old Handsome Guy’s wet nurse? Is he really my grandpa?” Unable to wake the unconscious Old Handsome Guy, the little meat bun decided to take an indirect approach.

Just like before, silence!

Granny Wu Shan had evidently made up her mind to ignore him!

Feeling bored, the little meat bun pouted and laid his head on her emaciated shoulder, soon yawning and falling into a deep sleep!

After tirelessly digging holes and escaping with a pounding heart, followed by more tireless hours dragging an adult from the Great Swamp Mountain, he was truly exhausted beyond words!

What does it mean to be so skilled that it emboldens you?

Granny Wu Shan was the embodiment of that saying!

Even carrying two people, her pace didn’t slow in the least; on the contrary, her speed was quite impressive!

Because she was taking the mountain paths! The main paths!

Along the way, they encountered several groups of Gu women searching for escapees, and Granny Wu Shan effortlessly dispatched them all without exception!

The little meat bun occasionally woke up, gazing in awe as Granny Wu Shan summoned skeletons and ghosts, resting on her shoulder without a hint of fear, only admiration remained.

So awesome!

Unbelievably awesome!

After another day’s journey, Wuchang Taitian in Granny Wu Shan’s arms finally woke up again and, grabbing at Granny Wu Shan, he said, “Granny, we’ve taken the wrong path. I still have unfulfilled wishes, we cannot return to Bashu yet… ”

“No!” Granny Wu Shan said immediately and without hesitation, rejecting the idea.

“Granny, take me to Heluo City, let me see her one last time, my time…” With those words hanging in the air, Wuchang Taitian dared not finish his sentence. His world-weary eyes fixed on the vast starry sky, he spoke again, “More than thirty years, Ruoshui and I have waited more than thirty years, and we’ve finally reached this day. In three days, we shall meet again. Granny, please grant me this…”

That one plea! Instantly broke through to Granny Wu Shan, accompanied by her long sigh.

She paused mid-step, then turned around and headed in the direction leading to Heluo City!

The little meat bun lay on her shoulder, his little face wrinkling into a bun as he counted on his fingers this way and that, but he couldn’t quite make sense of the thirty years mentioned by his Old Handsome Guy!

If he couldn’t understand it, he wouldn’t dwell on it! Anyway, it seems, according to Old Handsome Guy, he was about to meet his mother soon!

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Dark clouds loomed over the city on the verge of collapse, a mountain storm imminent with winds howling through the building!

In front of Heluo City, Gu Changsheng looked at the crowded heads atop the city walls, his expression harsh, the corner of his mouth curling into a mocking smile, “One million! One million strong army! Is this the Southern Border’s last stand? The one million strong army under the Three Palaces?”

Had he not seen it with his own eyes, even Gu Changsheng would not have believed that the Southwest, always apart from the Central Plains, had as many as one million brave soldiers!

Aside from the border guards and various city garrisons, it appeared the Southern Border Hinterland’s Great Swamp Mountain could actually muster one million brave soldiers!

This force was by no means inferior to, no, it was even greater than the army of each of the Four Kingdoms of the Central Plains!

“Reporting to my lord, the Three Palaces have an extraordinary position in the Southern Border, and this one million strong army is the elite force of the Three Palaces guarding the Great Swamp Mountain!” Hongfu Su stepped forward, bowing and respectfully reporting.

“Guarding the Great Swamp Mountain? Ridiculous!” Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng scoffed, “More than twenty years ago, when Xiangka usurped the throne, where was this one million strong army to protect the Great Swamp Mountain? Or should I say, did this one million strong army add fuel to Xiangka Tianji’s rebellion?”

“My lord…” Startled by his words, Hongfu Su immediately fell to her knees.

“Three Palaces! Well played, Three Palaces! Whether you aided Xiangka Tianji more than two decades ago or not, today, since you dare to obstruct my path, I shall not let you go!” Gu Changsheng grit his teeth as he looked at the crowded heads of Heluo City, speaking with a chilling tone, “Are you certain that all the troops on Great Swamp Mountain have already left their nest?”

Upon hearing this, Hongfu Su immediately looked up, “To report to my lord, the one million strong soldiers under the Three Palaces are the Southern Border’s last resort, not to be deployed except in times of national crisis. Now that the one million strong army has been mobilized, then surely on Great Swamp Mountain, there should only be the guards and maids remaining. Combined, Three Palaces Peak and Witch Gu Peak have no more than seventy thousand men!”