Chapter 637: Chapter 409: Returning Home
Wei Ziang originally didn’t plan to wake up Xiaomi, but unexpectedly Xiaomi woke up by herself after a nap, tidied up all the books, and told Wei Ziang to go to sleep.
Wei Ziang was helpless and had to obediently comply.
When Xiaomi was on night watch, she was a bit bored, so after Wei Ziang fell asleep, she leisurely picked up a book to read.
Until the pitch-dark night, suddenly appeared a glimmer of light.
Xiaomi’s eyes lit up, quickly put away the book and ran outside, only to see a thin white line appear on the distant horizon, as if separating the earth and sky.
"Sunrise!"
Xiaomi’s eyes lit up, she turned to lift the tent flap: "Brother, you quickly... huh? Brother, you’re up, come out quickly to see the sunrise! It’s different from the sunrise at home!"
Wei Ziang woke up when Xiaomi went out; by now he was already dressed. Seeing Xiaomi so excited, he smiled and walked over.
"How is it different?"
He had seen the sunrise on the grassland many times and didn’t find it unusual, but at this moment, infected by Xiaomi’s emotion, he felt a sense of anticipation.
"The sunrise at home leaps from the mountains, fiery red, reflecting the surrounding mountain ranges, like a fairyland."
"But the grassland sunrise is different; look, at a glance it seems as if the sky and earth are split, clear qi rises to become the sky, and turbid qi sinks to become the land."
As if seeing the scene depicted in mythology, the moment the heavens and earth were split open.
Wei Ziang had never thought about this before; hearing it from Xiaomi now was quite wondrous, with images of the fairyland and the splitting of heaven and earth appearing in his mind.
"Indeed, it really is like that."
"Yo, you two kids are up so early."
The grandma from next door came out as well.
In just a few words, the entire grassland was illuminated by sunlight.
"Good morning Grandma, we are out to see the sunrise. It’s so magical — so late was dark, yet so early again it’s bright, and all at once it became bright."
Completely different from the brightness of home, which becomes brighter bit by bit.
"Haha, really? We’ve seen it our whole lives but never noticed this."
"By the way, kids, I’m going to fetch water. Are you coming?"
"We’re coming."
Xiaomi hurriedly grabbed a bucket, pulled Wei Ziang along, and went to fetch water with Grandma.
By now, most people in the tribe were up, some lighting cow dung to start cooking, some going to fetch water, and others heading to the ranch.
For breakfast, they ate barley flour with a big spoonful of beef sauce, which made Xiaomi feel very satisfied.
However, after breakfast, it was time for them to leave.
The leader had already ordered the cattle and sheep to be led out. After the transaction, one led a cow and sheep at the front, and the other properly drove them from behind.
It wasn’t until they were out of the tribe’s sight that Xiaomi couldn’t wait to store Liu Yang in the space.
The two then exchanged a smile and rode their horses relaxedly.
"Xiaomi, where do you want to go next?"
Xiaomi thought for a moment and released Ling’er: "Ling’er, help me look around to see if there are any foxes, wolves, and rabbits."
The rabbits in the space had been reproducing continuously, and blessed by Spiritual Energy, the rabbit colony had been growing well.
But Xiaomi still remembered about biodiversity; this should introduce some prairie rabbits to grow even better together with those in the space.
"Yes, Master."
Ling’er responded and flew away to help find wolves and foxes.
Only those two dared to be this audacious, leaving alone the foxes, they even dared to provoke wolves.
However, since they dared to do so, naturally, they had their means.
When the Spiritual Power was fully activated, not even the wolves could catch up with them.
Though it was short-lived, combining their power was enough.
When Ling’er located a wolf pack, they approached as much as possible, then Xiaomi activated Spiritual Power in her legs, ran directly to the wolf pack. Any wolf she touched was stored in the space.
When the Spiritual Power was almost depleted, she quickly escaped, and Wei Ziang, waiting not far away, similarly activated Spiritual Power in his legs, picked up Xiaomi and ran away at the fastest speed.
By the time the wolf pack realized what happened, their companions were fewer by a hundred or so, while the culprits had long since vanished.
The method was the same for catching foxes, but since foxes are not social animals, at most, they caught only three foxes at a time, one of which was still a cub.
Fortunately, by the time the agreed return home arrived, their harvest was considerable.
The only regret Xiaomi felt was seeing an eagle soar above from tens of thousands of feet in the sky over the grassland.
Unfortunately, they lacked the skill to capture it and didn’t have time for Xiaomi to find the eagle’s nest, so they returned home with regret.
Though the space had mountains, water, and even food for eagles, it was still too small, not very suitable for nurturing eagles.
On the afternoon of the fifth day, they found the direction and hurried non-stop towards Lishi City. When the horses tired, they switched to another one.
The horses Xiaomi bought on the road to Lishi City, had spent more than half a month in the space and became increasingly tall and robust, even faster.
While running around the grassland, they didn’t seem to cover much distance, but when returning, they changed horses twice, and finally arrived outside Lishi City under the dark night and high winds.
Xiaomi looked at the closed city gate and wanted to cry: "Overtime, didn’t return today, going back tomorrow certainly means getting scolded."
Especially by her mother, who had become quite proficient at pinching ears; her father never experienced it once, she bore it all by herself.
Wei Ziang had no solution either; the feeling of "a mountain appears to be closer than it is" was even more profound on the grassland. Clearly seeing a small hillside ahead, yet they ran for an hour before reaching below it.
Visually seemed not far, but only realized the true distance when traveling.
Looking around at the surroundings, there were many people outside the gate, most being caravans who came by but couldn’t enter the city, resting outside the gate.
He glanced at the tall city wall and vaguely saw an acquaintance.
But Wei Ziang didn’t make a fuss; he pulled Xiaomi’s reins, leading her to one side.
"It’s already late, can’t make it back now. Let’s make do outside for one night, tomorrow morning we’ll enter the city and explain the reason to father and mother."
Xiaomi sighed: "The main issue is that we didn’t say we were going out of the pass. Weren’t we supposed to be watching you train in the barracks? How can we explain the reason now?"
Wei Ziang, preparing to dismount, paused; he had forgotten this problem...
Returning to his senses, he continued to dismount: "We’ll talk tomorrow."
This round of scolding is inevitable; the most important thing is that next time they want to go out again, it will be difficult.
Xiaomi was also dejected; even before seeing her parents, her ears already felt pain.
The two found a patch of empty land at the edge of the crowd, leaned against the wall directly, and Wei Ziang let Xiaomi come over, then rested against him.