Chapter 136: Has Your Heart Ever Had Me?

  Chip felt like he was having a terrible day today. Two drunkards had come to bother him, and if it were any other day, as the trusted prince of the imperial family, his martial skills would be more than enough to handle them, even though he wasn't good at military strategy, but his personal strength was not something that these frontline generals could match.

  This fight is really ridiculous!

  Gren and Rour didn't make sense, after getting drunk, they just blindly surrounded Chip and fought fiercely. Chip tried his best to resist, with his strength, if it was one-on-one, he wouldn't be afraid, but against two people, he would be in a difficult situation. Fortunately, the two drunken men were somewhat disorganized after their big intoxication, but Chip knew the identities of the two men and didn't dare to use heavy hands. If he really hurt either of them, it would ultimately be his own misfortune - he was just a confidant of the crown prince, while the other two were core members of the Eagle faction. The royal family still had to rely on these Eagle faction members to fight against those military warlords.

  After fighting for half a day, Chip had several chances to escape but couldn't. He didn't dare hurt his opponent, nor did he want to be mysteriously injured by him.

  This commotion lasted for a moment and immediately attracted the attention of others.

  Suddenly, voices were heard from the back door, and several figures stumbled out.

  "Huh? Is someone fighting? What a strong aura!"

  "Huh? That person is General Ruru!"

  Among the several people who came out of the back door, a fat man surrounded by them, with a body shape and size that might be comparable to Ruhr's, was not someone else, but Guro, the president of the Lantis Trading Company whom Shaya met on his way to the capital. Next to Guro stood a man wearing a tight warrior's long robe, with a slender sword at his waist and an air of elegance all over his face, who was none other than Avfrecaht, the black-armored warrior of the Wolf Tooth Warrior Corps.

  After arriving in the imperial capital, Xia Ya parted ways with them and originally planned to settle down before sending someone to contact them. However, he was busy dealing with those who were harassing and provoking him, and later got busy with other things, which delayed his return.

  That ancient Luo was actually the leader of the Lantis people's intelligence scouts, and since he had gone to such great lengths to befriend Xia Ya on the road, he naturally wouldn't easily cut off this lead.

  This guy is a meticulous person, and instead of taking the initiative to find Xia Ya, he fixed his gaze on Afuleikate. On the way, Xia Ya joined the Wolf Tooth Warrior Team and helped them resist the ambush on the road, forming a deep bond. So even if Xia Ya doesn't look for him in the future, he will definitely be in contact with Afuleikate again. As long as he hangs on to Afuleikate here, he won't worry about not having the opportunity to get in touch with Xia Ya.

  So after arriving in the imperial capital, on the second day, Gu Luo sent someone to find the people of Wolf Fang Fifty Team at a guest house near the dock in the south of the city. Everyone had already gotten along on the road and had worked together to resist an ambush, and that ambush was purely aimed at Wolf Fang Fifty Team. Avfreka also owed Lantice a favor. Plus, with Gu Luo being so clever and taking the initiative to make friends, it was naturally done flawlessly, and the relationship between the two sides quickly became familiar over the past few days. Tonight, Gu Luo invited Avfreka out for drinks and coincidentally set the location at this brothel. After drinking until now, the wine was exhausted, and several people stumbled out of the back door, only planning to go to the backyard toilet to relieve themselves. As soon as they came out, they saw three figures in the backyard fighting together! Originally, this kind of brothel, when customers get drunk and make trouble, it's a common thing, not surprising at all. However, looking at the three people fighting in the backyard, they were all shining brightly, and their fighting spirit was high! Upon closer inspection, they were all high-level warriors! This was somewhat unusual.

  Gu Luo was still in shock, while Afuleijiate beside him had already fallen to the ground.

  He repaid Xia Ya's kindness, and Xia Ya was naturally grateful. On that day, at the city gate, he saw Lu Ru rushing to welcome Xia Ya. He knew that this fat general was Xia Ya's friend - since he was a friend of his benefactor, how could he stand by and do nothing while they were fighting?

  Afureka is a man of clear distinction between gratitude and resentment. Seeing the situation, he didn't hesitate, drew his long sword with a swoosh, and shouted: "General Ruru, I'm here to help you."

  Having said that, he plunged forward.

  His strength was a notch lower than those three people, but he was a mid-tier Dou Qi, and at this moment, he didn't hesitate at all, and directly joined the battle group.

  Chip was secretly bitter, and to his surprise, the opponent had another helper. The new guy's aura was ordinary, but his swordsmanship was surprisingly swift and strange. Afureikato knew that his strength wasn't on the same level as these people, so he simply used the Shadow Sword Technique to move around the periphery, occasionally making a sudden thrust from time to time.

  Chip was already sweating profusely, struggling to hold back the increasingly fierce attacks. Gu Luo, who was standing by and watching, saw that Chip in the middle was getting more and more dangerous, and suddenly a hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes.

  What a great opportunity!

  No matter why they fought, if we can take advantage of the opportunity to kill this Chip, the trusted aide of the crown prince, then the Eagle System will have a grudge against the Byzantine imperial family. In any case, it is beneficial and harmless to us Lantians.

  Kuroba's eyes flashed and his several attendants, who were all Lantis warriors, whispered in low tones; "Go think of a way to take out that guy who is being surrounded."

  Several Lantis warriors recalled, all drew out their personal weapons and surrounded them.

  Several Lantis warriors joined the battle, and with a few swift and deadly moves, Chip's soul flew away. The chaotic fight between Green and Rool was clearly just a drunken brawl, but these newcomers were different - they came straight for his vitals, clearly intent on killing him here...

  Chip was sweating bullets, his heart racing with anxiety. He had been persuaded by Adeline's pleading to sneak her out today, and in order to keep it a secret, he hadn't even brought a single attendant.

  Thought that with one's own strength and being in the imperial capital, there would be no danger. Who knew something like this would happen?

  So many people surrounded him alone, even if Qipu's own strength had already reached the ranks of a high-ranking warrior, he couldn't withstand it. He didn't have any weapons and in just a few exchanges, danger loomed everywhere. Ah, several cries rang out as his shoulder was slashed by a sword in the chaotic battle.

  Chip's heart was filled with a sudden fury, and immediately gave birth to a few points of despair.

  At this time, Green and Rour suddenly came to their senses as well. Although they were drunk and confused, the sudden appearance of so many helpers made them feel that something was not right. Seeing several people rushing over to join their side, the two men exchanged a glance and simultaneously jumped out of the fray. Rour glared and shouted: "Who are these bastards? I'm fighting for fun, what do you want to interfere for? Scram!"

  As he spoke, he reached out to grab a Lantis warrior. The Lantis warrior was pressed down on his shoulder by him, but without the order of his superior, he did not dare to fight back against Rul and was grabbed up by Rul and thrown out with a reverse hand.

  "Get out of here, all of you!"

  He targeted Afrecait, who was slightly stronger in martial arts than the other Lantis warriors. Gren immediately charged forward, swinging his fist. Afrecait didn't want to fight him and dodged backwards, but a faint golden aura struck his sword tip, causing it to hum loudly. Afrecait grunted, turned pale, and retreated several steps, keeping a safe distance away.

  Since Ruler didn't fight back, Afreeca also stopped voluntarily, but those Lantian warriors were different, they received orders to kill Chip here, and their hands became more ruthless.

  Chip no longer had Lul and Green by his side, the pressure suddenly eased, seeing that these new people were after his life, he no longer held back, launching a full counterattack, two consecutive heavy blows, the fighting energy shattered the opponent's short knife, then kicked one of the Lantis people in the abdomen, that person flew backward, spitting blood.

  Chip jumped out and was about to leave, when a Lantis warrior drew an arrow from his quiver, strung it on the bow and shot it at him. In the darkness, Chip heard the sound of the arrow piercing the air, and with a swift movement, he dodged backwards and swung his fist to deflect the incoming short arrow. His heart racing, he shouted loudly: "What?! This bow and arrow... Ah! You're Lantis people!!! Why are you ambushing me!!!"

  A few Lantis people hesitated, seeing that Chip had already retreated far away, and didn't know whether to continue chasing after him. On the other hand, Ruru and Glin, two drunkards standing beside them, who had been fighting for a while and were sweating profusely, suddenly became somewhat sober. As soon as Ruru heard "Lantis", he immediately jumped up violently: "Lantis people! Where are they!!!"

  In this war, the Byzantine military had already determined that there was secret support from the Lantis people among the invading forces of Odin, and naturally they were hostile to the Lantis people. At this moment, when Puchi spoke up, the fat man immediately became angry, turning around to glare at Guro and the others: "Ah! Is it you guys?!"

  After finishing speaking, the fatty suddenly pounced forward. Gu Luo was helpless, his martial skills were not good enough, he could only dodge backwards. Several of his subordinates immediately came back to block the fatty, while Green also hummed a sound: "Hit my friend, look for death!"

  The two men turned away from the concrete, but focused their attention on Guro and others. In an instant, Guro was caught off guard and could only instruct Lantis to barely hold on. The two high-ranking warriors were not to be underestimated, but fortunately, the fat man and Grin had only acted after drinking and did not intend to kill anyone, nor did they use their full strength.

  Scallion girl couldn't help but laugh and cry, took a look at these two drunkards, and felt relieved in her heart: It seems that it's not these two people who want to kill me, there must be some misunderstanding. However, those Lantis people just attacked themselves with obvious murderous intent, so it can't be a misunderstanding!

  Thinking of this, Xiao Tun's heart sank, and he immediately shouted: "General Lulu! Catch these people from Landis! They are not good people!" (What a childish line!)

  After finishing speaking, he turned around and went up.

  Afrakete was somewhat confused, helping Rouru to call out to Rouru yet turning around to attack his own people? He didn't dare to go and fight with Rouru, but seeing Puchi come up, he immediately blocked the way, holding his sword horizontally to attack the beast.

  This suddenly turned into a melee, but the situation was reversed. Puchi's strength far surpassed Afureika, and for a while, he forced Afureika to retreat step by step. Kuroro and others from Randis were also defeated by General Ruru.

  Gu Luo knew that it seemed he couldn't take advantage of the situation anymore. If they continued to entangle, they might even expose their own identities. He made a decisive decision and immediately shouted loudly: "General Rouru, we were just helping you out earlier, not bad people!"

  "We're Xia Ya's friends!"

  Lu Ru heard this and although his mind was a bit unclear, his hands involuntarily slowed down and stopped: "That little turtle's friend?"

  Gu Lao took advantage of the situation and retreated with his men, shouting loudly: "I've offended you! General, I'll come to your door another day to apologize! Avfrekat, let's go!"

  Afurekaite was already unable to support himself, and he could only barely dodge with the Shadow Sword Technique. As soon as he heard Guro's words, he immediately turned around and ran away. Puchi wanted to chase after him, but Ruru held him back and shouted: "That is our friend's friend! You still aren't satisfied with the beating you got?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, a fist flew over and Chip was gasping for breath, but could only retreat. He watched with his eyes wide open as Guro and the others ran to the gate of the courtyard, bowed their heads in respect to Ruru, then waved their hands, and everyone left together.

  "Bastard Ruhr! You bastard!" Chip stamped his foot and cursed loudly.

  Next to him, Green had already sobered up a bit, and with a stumble, he pushed open the door and stood aside, frowning at Chip, then looking out the door at the retreating figure of Lantis, feeling vaguely that something was off, but still not entirely clear-headed, couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

  Chirp scolded Ruhr's nose for a few sentences, and Ruhr was blown by the cold wind, shivering with pancreatic cancer. After taking a closer look, Cai said reluctantly: "Hey, you guy, seems a bit familiar."

  Chip let out a snort and pulled out a badge from his waist, waving it: "You drunken fathead. I'm Chip, the Chip by the side of the Crown Prince."

  Fatso walked a few steps closer, almost sticking his nose to Chip's face, and Chip asked if he had been drinking, as the smell of alcohol was overwhelming.

  "Ah, I knew it was Chip." Ruru laughed with a drunken expression: "I remember you. Huh, how did you end up here? When did you arrive?"

  The Chip gang's bloody vomit, I'm naturally entangled here by you this bastard.

  Since things have turned out this way, Chip's mind was preoccupied with Adeline upstairs. These few battles had delayed him for at least two hours, and he was anxious in his heart. He didn't want to get entangled with this fat man either. When the other woke up from his drunkenness, it wouldn't be too late to settle accounts later. Chip grunted, turned around and ran out of the door.

  Rour and Gulin looked at each other, both of them were stunned. The fat man rubbed his head, "My brain is a bit muddled just now, it seems that something is not right."

  Green also frowned, suddenly smiled: "Fight if you want to fight, who cares so much!"

  He burst out laughing: "I haven't had such a wonderful drunk in years! Refreshing!!"

  As he spoke, he grabbed Rourou's arm and said: "Come on! Let's go drink another hundred jugs!!"

  Chip hastened outside, had the carriage made ready at the back door, and then flew back into the house, running up the stairs with a wounded body, his clothes stained with blood, which inevitably attracted the attention of passersby. Several servants who saw Chip's appearance looked at him with strange expressions.

  Chip rushed upstairs to the room on the second floor, lifted the curtain and took a look. There was no one inside. Chip was shocked! If Edlin got lost, he couldn't bear the responsibility!

  His heart was racing with anxiety, and he was also in pain. His legs felt weak and his whole body was sweating. He leaned against the wall for support, almost falling over. He bit his lip hard, and suddenly his mind went blank!

  It was at this time that Chip was trapped in the backyard...

  The poor worm looked disheveled, with tears still hanging from the corners of his eyes. The damned toad next to him had already rolled over and was snoring loudly, lying sprawled out with one leg pressed against his own waist.

  The poor worm felt like its body was about to fall apart, with every part of it feeling weak and sore, in agony all over.

  This... this damn bastard, he... is simply a pig! A breeding pig!!

  Calm down, suddenly felt a chill on her body, touched her chest, smooth and shiny, made the poor worm tremble. She struggled to turn over and sat up, but immediately seemed to pull somewhere, ah, frowned, and on her face, in addition to pain, both cheeks seemed to have a layer of red glow.

  She pushed away the toad beside her, sat on the bed, thought of what had just happened, and couldn't help but feel sad. She looked at Xia Ya, who was sleeping soundly with a strong smell of alcohol, and Can Yin dropped a few tears.

  "You... you bastard..." The poor worm's hatred came from the heart, and he was about to hit him, but his hand fell on Xia Ya's face, his fingertips trembled, yet involuntarily softened, gently sliding over Xia Ya's cheek, tracing the contours of Xia Ya's face. The tender feelings in his heart surged up, how could he bear to be ruthless? For a moment, looking at Xia Ya's sleeping face, he was stunned.

  "Let's find a good craftsman to inlay a gold tooth. The owner of the wine shop in our town has two gold teeth, and every time he smiles, his mouth is full of golden light, it's really stylish."

  "When I was young, I would go up the mountain to chop firewood and bring a live rabbit with me. I'd break the rabbit's legs first, so if we encountered a wolf, I'd throw the rabbit down to distract the wolf and escape myself. So, taking you dragon hunting is the same principle."

  "Hey, what's with the cloth strip you've tied around my chest?"

  "Uh, for securing the cloth strip."

  "I know it's for fixing the cloth strip, but why did you tie it so strangely? What is this thing? It's tied so complicatedly and wasted a lot of cloth."

  "Bow."

  "What's the use of a bow tie?"

  "Wow, so beautiful."

  "We can form a troupe and make money in Wildfire Town! You're so ugly, you'd be perfect for playing the clown! And I can perform feats like breaking rocks on my chest and rolling on hot coals!"

  On that day, on the wildfire plain, Tu Jie's words suddenly jumped into her mind, and Edlin's heart was filled with tender feelings, full of melancholy as she gazed at Xia Ya. For a moment, whether it was love or hate in her heart, even she herself couldn't quite distinguish.

  "Never mind, it's all fate anyway, let's just say I owe you one, Edeline." The poor insect bit his lip and gazed at Xia Ya's familiar face, but suddenly leaned down and gently kissed Xia Ya's cheek.

  On the prairie, buy a house, raise a few horses, and then form a theater troupe to make money. Such a life must be very wonderful.

  "Hmm, maybe I can stay by this guy's side, watch him smile carelessly every day, listen to his nonsense, and see the silly things he does."

  He also held up the large shield and sat on his shoulders

  Adeline's heart was filled with anger and humiliation as she slowly got out of bed, her face flushing again from the pain. She glared fiercely at the man, looking around at the torn clothes on the floor and bed, before spotting the white-clad woman lying unconscious on the ground. She went over to remove the woman's outer garment and put it on herself, feeling slightly relieved. However, every movement still caused her pain, making her face flush again, and she couldn't help but silently curse the man multiple times in her heart.

  Finally done with all that, Adeline stood by the bed, quietly gazing at the soundly sleeping Toad. This guy was still so dishonest even when he slept, sprawled out in all directions, snoring away. A toad is a toad after all.

  "Hey, turtle." Adeline's eyes were filled with tenderness as she gazed at Xia Ya, her voice low and gentle. Although she knew Xia Ya wouldn't respond at that moment, she seemed to be pouring out her heart in a soft, murmuring tone, her words carrying a lingering affection that couldn't be wiped away.

  "Actually, I'm telling you, I'm a girl."

  "You're always bullying me, one of these days I'll get you back."

  "You say I'm ugly, but others clearly think I'm very pretty"

  "You, I heard you got promoted, but be careful of my brother"

  "You need to work harder, only when you've really made it can we be together, don't make me wait too long, or else"

  So softly and quietly, Adeline herself didn't know how much she had said, as if all the words that had been tangled in her heart for days and nights were suddenly poured out.

  At last, she stood up and looked at Xia Ya who was fast asleep. Her lips trembled: "I... I have to go now. You must take care of yourself. Don't come to a place like this again."

  After finishing speaking, she quietly gazed at Xia Ya on the bed, and two tears rolled down her cheeks.

  "Tortoise, Xia Ya, and another sentence I like you in your heart, has there ever been a poor worm?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, a gentle breeze blew by, and his figure had already disappeared.