Chapter 236 The Great War Is Coming

This night, although Xia Qiu slept very late because of the game of intercepting Kong Ming's lamp at midnight, she also slept relatively more deeply than usual with the fatigue brought by daytime practice and staying up late.

It's early in the morning outside the window, but the sky is much darker than usual. It's rare to have such a cloudy day. Large dark clouds cover the sky on Bauhinia Island. In fact, it's past the usual time to get up, but she and Xiao Libai are still in their dreams.

Bang bang, a rapid knock on the door came from downstairs. Although she subconsciously heard it, her body couldn't get up at all. She turned over and fell asleep quickly. But then, there was another anxious knock on the door, which made her have to get up. She lifted the veil, put on her clothes, and staggered down the stairs.

Because I didn't wake up much, I tried several times to open the door. Standing outside is Ouyang Xueye. He looks extremely energetic. If it weren't for such obvious dark circles, it would be difficult to remind people that he hadn't slept all night. As soon as he saw Xia Qiu, he hurriedly said, "Get ready. You are leaving here today!"

"What?" Xia Qiu rubbed his eyes and looked at his expression carefully. Seeing that his eyes were bright and his face was serious, it could be seen that he was not joking with himself, so he continued to ask, "What about you? What about all the plans? Is it all in advance?!"

"Hmm! Because I'm afraid it's not good for us to drag on any longer. Do you remember the group of white bats who chased you in the realm of soul? They are likely to be under extraordinary control. If he lets those guys sneak into the infinite world, our chances of winning will be even smaller!"

"Do you have time to inform others of the temporary change of the plan?"

"I have sent Wuyou Shengtong to inform others, but I don't know how the weapons and supplies are prepared on the bear's side..." Ouyang Xueye's eyes flashed a trace of worry, and then continued to urge, " Hurry up, everyone on Bauhinia Island will leave at noon, and our army will eventually board. The hedge island closest to Xuanmiao Palace. It will be used as the main battlefield, but because the island is far away from the big waterfall, Jinshan and I will lead the people to escort you here in the middle of the hedge island, and the rest of the road will be completed by you and Xiao Libai!"

After listening to the arrangement of Ouyang Snow Night, Xia Qiu was already sleepless. She felt very guilty when she thought that he did not hesitate to delay the time to meet with the large army and to escort himself to a relatively strong place away from the Great Falls.

She knew that her strength was not enough to reassure Ouyang Xueye that she would act alone. They had reached the critical moment of the enemy, but she still became their burden. But she really didn't know how to persuade him to change his mind. After all, she had already understood that in such a tense situation, no one would be more thoughtful than Ouyang Xueye, so after hesitating for a moment, she had to nod and answer, "Okay!"

Back upstairs, she simply packed two clothes, carefully rolled up the letters that she still had time to recite, tied them with a rope, and put them together in a bag that she had sewed herself earlier under the guidance of the elk fairy. While packing up, she would look out of the window from time to time. The low dark clouds outside the window seemed to be on the top of her head, giving people a strong sense of oppression. The lake was calmer than she thought. At first glance, no one would have thought that a bloody storm was about to set off the world.

When she came to the platform with Xiao Libai carrying her bag, she found that her bow and quiver had already been wiped by the elk fairy and neatly placed aside. Seeing her coming down, Elk Fairy brought her a hot breakfast as usual. Looking at him calmly, she always had an illusion in a trance. This was just an ordinary morning in the infinite heaven, and it was still far from the moment she was about to leave, at least not today.

Elk Immortal brought the note left by Ouyang Xueye for her. He left first to complete some of the last preparations before the battle. When he left, he would return to Ziyunju to pick her up again. Elk Deer's cooking skills are as good as ever, but she just barely drinks a few mouthfuls of porridge and can't eat any more. Now she only feels that her hands and feet are cold, and her whole body is extremely uncomfortable. Although she felt that she had not experienced a hundred battles, she had also experienced life and death hardships. She didn't expect that she would still be so nervous at this moment.

At this time, there was a rumble from under the platform, which made her involuntarily put down her chopsticks and run to the edge of the platform. She looked down, and under the guidance of the eagles and dragonflies, the spirit horses on the grassland were running in the direction of the lake. She suddenly remembered that Ouyang Xueye said that these spirit horses would be responsible for going to Chizhao Island to pick up Xiong Nan and his dead souls. She didn't know that in this operation, the spirit horses also had other important responsibilities, that is, to transport the weapons and supplies prepared by the bear men to the hedge island.

In order to calm herself down, after dinner, Xia Qiu began to review the action of archery, and also tried to distract herself. When she focused on drawing arrows, building arrows, and buttoning strings, the whole set of movements, the cold feeling of hands and feet disappeared unconsciously.

The still dim sky made her unable to tell how long it had passed. It seemed that after a while, Ouyang Xueye came back from the outside. As soon as he saw her, he smiled and asked, "How are you ready, Xia Qiu?"

"It's all ready!" She nodded and answered.

"Then let's go! I'm afraid I'm going to ask you and Xiao Libai to give me a ride. Diao Yan and Dragonfly are temporarily responsible for guiding the work of the Lingma group.

"No problem!" Xia Qiu said and took Xiao Libai down from the table, touched its head and gently put it down. It changed into a huge shape, and then proudly shook the fluffy hair all over its body. She praised her bag, put an arrowhead on her back, and then flew to Xiaoli Bai's back. Then she turned her head and said to Ouyang Xueye, "Come up!"

So Ouyang Xueye also turned over and stepped into the position behind her and told the Elk Fairy, "Everything in Ziyunju will be handed over to you!"

The elk fairy nodded silently, but Xia Qiu saw tears flashing at the corners of his eyes. For each of them, this is a separation of life and death. In front of them is an unknown battle, a mysterious enemy, and an uncertain fate, but at the same time, this is the trial before Nirvana and the dawn after the darkness.

As she was thinking, the sky suddenly lit up. When layers of dark clouds spread in all directions, the sun shone on them again. I don't know why the rain didn't fall after all. Xia Qiu drove Xiao Libai away from the platform facing the sun and jumped into the air. Xiao Libai kept stepping up and rising higher with her and Ouyang Xueye.

Ouyang Xueye pointed forward and said, "Look, the others are there!"

Xia Qiu looked in the direction of his fingers and found a team waiting for them on the shore on the other side of the island, but there were only about a hundred souls. She asked puzzledly, "Aren't Jinshan and Chang Mingzi leading a total of 200 souls?"

"Naoko Naganaru has taken the lead in welcoming the bear man on Chizhao Island. The most important part of this battle is enough weapons and supplies, and all of this is on the ten search boat escorted by Xiong men." Ouyang Xueye explained.

Xia Qiu controlled Xiao Libai to reach the top of Jinshan's team, and Ouyang Xueye flew down from behind her and fell beside Jinshan. She saw Yu Chan in the team at a glance. Originally, she thought that Yu Chan was only responsible for contacting the dead souls who participated in the operation, but she didn't expect that she would also participate in the battle.

Today, she is still wearing a light yellow shirt, and she wears a fish scale-like silver armor, but her lower body wears white trousers made of the same luminous material as others. The trousers are connected to the boots and should be waterproof.

Seeing Xia Qiu in the air, she smiled and waved to her. She seemed to be as calm as Ouyang Xueye, which made Xia Qiu have to admire her. On the contrary, Jinshan's whole face is tight, and his expression and movements are not very natural.

Ouyang Xueye obviously found his strangeness. He directly patted his hand on his shoulder twice and asked, "Are you all right?"

"No... It's okay!"

"You also experienced a lot of battles before your death. Why are you nervous now?"

"Well, it's not because of the wasted time in the infinite heaven that made my whole body lazy and suddenly entered this state of tension. I'm not used to it." Jinshan sighed and answered truthfully.

"Don't worry, the fairy beast in the lake gave me a dream last night. It said that we will definitely win this time!"

Listening to Ouyang Xueye's words, Jinshan also relaxed a lot. Looking at his rough and heroic appearance, in fact, he was very persistently believing in things about luck or signs. He repeatedly said, "That's good, that's good!"

Xia Qiu, who also landed not far from them, knew that the so-called dream was fabricated by Ouyang Xueye. He couldn't help it for a moment, but he could only smile. As soon as they looked up, they found that Yu Chan was also making a grimace for themselves. The two looked at each other and smiled more happily.

Some of the other faces in the team, she met at Yu Chan's house last time, but most of them were still new faces, and the big head was not among them. She guessed that he was probably in Chang Mingzi's team, so she didn't think much about it. Originally, she wanted to ask Ouyang Xueye if the traitor had been caught today, but she had never found a chance, and now it was even more impossible to ask him.

Ouyang Xueye calculated the time again, and then nodded to Jinshan. Everyone knew that the time had come to go on the expedition. They turned over and rode their own spiritual horses. Ouyang Xueye still had to control Xiao Libai with Xia Qiu for the time being. Jinshan was the first to march in the direction of the lake, and everyone followed closely. According to the original plan, Ouyang Xueye and Xiaqiu temporarily lined up at the end of the line.

The last time at the bottom of the lake, Xia Qiu had seen the water quality of the spirit horses, but this was the first time she saw how they traveled on the water. Even if they are heavy, they are only half immersed in the water and swim with four legs at an alarming rate.

Xia Qiu tries to make Xiao Li Bai fly very low, almost on the lake. It is not very satisfied with the position at the end of the team. It always wants to find an opportunity to surpass the person in front of him, but as long as Xia Qiu stops it, it will slow down. Today, it seems to be much more obedient than usual. Maybe even it feels the tension at this moment.

They still haven't seen the shadow of the enemy on their side, but a thick smoke has risen on the lake far away from here. Under the thick smoke is a burning flame. Ouyang Xueye said to himself as if to himself, "It seems that Wuyou can do it!"