Chapter 1097 Return to Shanling Pass

"How long will it take us to get to Qingyuan County?" Xiang Yu'er asked Wu Fan while stroking Xiao Bai's soft fur.

"Let's not go to Qingyuan County for now." Wu Fan tried to control his body and replied to Xiang Yu'er: "Let's go to another place first."

At this time, Wu Fan and Xiang Yu'er were not walking, but riding on a beast that looked very similar to a horse.

Before, after Wu Fan and Xiang Yu'er left the cave, they came to find Xiao Bai and other three pets. When Xiang Yu'er saw Xiao Bai, she was slightly startled, and there seemed to be a look of reminiscence on her face.

What surprised Wu Fan was that Xiao Bai, who had only allowed himself to touch and no one else to touch, actually ran over to Xiang Yu'er very affectionately when he saw her, and jumped into Xiang Yu'er's arms, with a face full of enjoyment.

After realizing that Wu Fan was carrying Xiang Yu'er to use the fixed-point teleportation talisman, Wu Fan changed his mind about returning to Qingyuan County immediately and went to Shanling Pass, which was relatively close.

However, Shanling Pass is still some distance away from Tianshan Mountain. Wu Fan muttered casually that the distance is a bit far. Unexpectedly, Xiang Yuer tamed two wild beasts for the two of them to drive after hearing it.

Such a method of taming wild beasts really made Wu Fan envious.

"Well, can you teach me the method you just used to tame the wild beast?" Wu Fan looked at Xiang Yuer with expectation.

Since the pet system was established, Wu Fan had thought about the scene of leading a large army of pets to sweep across the plains one day. Unfortunately, he only has four pets so far. The main reason is that pets are too difficult to obtain. In addition to pet eggs, he can only make the beasts willingly submit to him and become his pets.

But this is difficult. Although he can defeat many monsters, it does not mean that he can make them submit. Those monsters would rather be killed by him than be his pets. Therefore, the number of his pet army is growing very slowly. Now seeing Xiang Yuer taming wild beasts so easily, he is naturally moved.

"No." Xiang Yu'er sat on the back of a wild beast called Leopard Horse, holding Xiao Bai, and replied lightly.

Leopard Horse's combat ability is not very strong, but it has high agility and runs fast, which is definitely one of the best choices as a mount.

However, even if the Leopard Horse runs very fast, Xiang Yu'er is very stable when sitting on its back, and her body does not even shake too much.

"Why not?" Wu Fan asked.

"Because you can't master it." Xiang Yu'er glanced at Wu Fan and said lightly: "Your strength is too weak."

Wu Fan...

Although Xiang Yu'er's words are unpleasant, they are true. Although Wu Fan already has the strength of the initial stage of Huajin, he is indeed not good enough in front of Xiang Yu'er.

With Leopard Horse as a mount, the two of them traveled very fast.

Before noon, they arrived at Shanling Pass.

"The Marshal is back!"

The soldiers on the top of the city saw Wu Fan from a distance, and hurriedly opened the city gate to let Wu Fan and Xiang Yu'er enter the pass.

Not long after Wu Fan took Xiang Yuer back to his residence inside the pass, Pei Yu and Mu Han, who had received the news, had already rushed over.

"Hello, Marshal." Pei Yu and Mu Han saluted Wu Fan.

Wu Fan nodded, pointed at Xiang Yuer, and said to Pei Yu: "Pei Yu, have someone arrange a place for her to live."

"Yes, Marshal." Pei Yu looked at Xiang Yuer and nodded in agreement.

Then, Xiang Yuer, led by the servants, went to her residence, and only Wu Fan and the other two were left in the hall.

"The woman just now is Xiang Yuer, Pei Yu, don't neglect her, and don't provoke her, she is not an ordinary person." Wu Fan reminded Pei Yu.

Xiang Yuer's temper is a little weird, but she is strong. If she is really provoked, she may even tear down the Shanling Pass.

"I understand." Pei Yu responded immediately.

Even if Wu Fan did not specifically explain, Pei Yu did not dare to neglect Xiang Yuer, after all, she was brought by Wu Fan.

Wu Fan nodded, and then asked about the things inside the pass.

Pei Yu quickly reported to Wu Fan what had happened inside Shanling Pass during the period since Wu Fan left.

In fact, it was nothing serious. The battle with the Black Water Kingdom had ended. During this period, Pei Yu had been busy with the aftermath of the battle, such as dealing with prisoners, rewarding meritorious soldiers, comforting the families of fallen soldiers, etc. There were many things to do, and Pei Yu was very busy recently.

"What does the Black Water Kingdom say about the prisoners?" Wu Fan asked Pei Yu.

"Yes." Pei Yu replied: "The Black Water Kingdom sent a message to redeem the captives, but since you were not here, I did not agree to it. Now the captives are staying in the city as laborers."

"Don't rush to agree to them." Wu Fan thought for a while and said: "The Black Water Kingdom is still in the same camp as the Shuiyue Kingdom. If we release all the captives now, there is no guarantee that they will not attack us again. It will be difficult for us to defeat them so easily next time."

"I understand." Pei Yu replied.

As a veteran who has guarded Shanling Pass for many years, Pei Yu naturally knows the grievances between them and the Black Water Kingdom. It is not good for them to release all the captives now. It is not that the captives cannot be released, but they cannot be released so quickly and so happily.

"What about the Shuiyue Kingdom? Is there any movement?" Wu Fan continued to ask.

The reason why the Black Water Kingdom attacked their Nanping Kingdom this time was because the Shuiyue Kingdom was behind it. Now that the Black Water Kingdom was defeated, the Shuiyue Kingdom should have a reaction.

"I have sent people to keep an eye on Shuiyue Kingdom." Pei Yu replied, "The emperor of Shuiyue Kingdom is very angry, and many people in the country are clamoring to send troops to teach us a lesson, but their emperor seems to have not made up his mind yet, and there is no sign of large-scale military assembly."

Wu Fan nodded and said, "Keep watching there. Shuiyue Kingdom is a superpower after all. It will be difficult for them to swallow their anger completely after suffering such a big loss this time."

Shuiyue Kingdom did not suffer a great loss in the previous war. Most of the people killed and captured were from the Black Water Kingdom. The Shuiyue Kingdom's army basically went back.

But Shuiyue Kingdom lost face in this war. After all, before the battle, they vowed to teach Nanping Kingdom a lesson. As a result, not only did they get a setback in front of Shanling Pass, the army fled back in disgrace, and a member of the royal family died. After this news spread, Shuiyue Kingdom was very embarrassed.

"I understand." Pei Yu replied.

As a superpower, Shuiyue Country failed to even break through the border when it clearly stated that it wanted to teach Nanping Country a lesson. This is really a shameful thing. It is very likely that Shuiyue Country will be angry and attack them personally.

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