Taking a detour from the northwest direction of Chimera Tribe to Mirror Mountain Ghost Domain World, it was approximately over five hundred li.
Because everyone was on horseback, and even more than one horse each, so in a whole day they covered three hundred li, with only a little over two hundred li remaining to their destination.
After dark, Lanling ordered to make camp in a dense forest, and to set up defences.
No one lit a fire, they just ate dried meat and flatbread in the darkness.
Although everyone was very quiet, the more than one thousand foreign army soldiers were immersed in excitement and longing, talking to each other in low voices.
After being suppressed for so many years, they were finally going to be free, finally going to have their own tribe.
“As long as we can be masters of our own house, as long as we can have our own tribe, not be bullied by others, even if I die after only ten days or half a month, I am willing.”
The words of one foreign army brother resonated with everyone.
That’s right, as long as one can live with dignity, as long as one has one’s own tribe, even if one soon dies in battle, there are no regrets.
In the Chimera Tribe’s foreign army, there was no future, no inheritance.
The foreign army had existed for nearly twenty years, but there was almost not a single child.
Because the foreign army was not allowed to marry, not allowed to raise offspring, so Little Yaya became the foreign army’s only child, becoming everyone’s darling treasure.
At this moment, the little girl was nestled in Lanling’s embrace, while that little griffin beast was nestled in her embrace, one person and one beast, eating tender, delicious venison steaks, bite for bite.
The foreign army was very bitter, but this little girl had never suffered in terms of food and clothing.
Dina smiled and said: “Yaya, recently we just learned to sing a song, sing it for Papa.”
The little girl thought for a while, then nodded, and the griffin chick also waddled along after her.
Then, the little girl sang in the crowd, very properly, while singing and dancing.
Don’t mention it, whether it was the singing style or the dancing posture, it was all very proper.
Her voice was tender, her little face was pink and puffy, extremely cute.
Everyone around was quietly listening to her sing, watching her dance.
Lanling couldn’t understand the words she sang. Although the barbaric world had a relatively common language, there were also the languages of various tribes, hundreds and thousands, simply too many to count.
This song of the little girl was taught to her by a foreign army brother whose legs were broken.
This foreign army soldier was considered one of the oldest brothers who followed Suo Mo the longest. Over ten years ago, when he was in exile, he also had a daughter. Later his family was no more, he met Suo Mo, and thus became a member of Suo Mo’s team.
In a great battle roughly thirteen years ago, he lost both legs. It was Suo Mo’s blood that saved his life, but from then on he became disabled.
Although his feet were broken, his hands became increasingly dexterous.
As a man, he did all kinds of things, mending clothes, making hard furniture, repairing weapons, making shields, and so on.
After the little girl came to the foreign army, she was immediately attracted by the small figures he carved. And he was also attracted by the little girl, reminded of that daughter who was no longer here, who had been even younger back then.
Within these two months, he made more than ten various dolls for the little girl, even with eyes, hair, clothes, each one vividly lifelike.
Thus, this disabled foreign army veteran also became one of the little girl’s closest people, besides Suo Mo, Dina, and Lanling.
The general meaning of the song the little girl sang was very simple. It was about a little girl who was too engrossed in picking mushrooms in the wild, so much so that she forgot to go home, and thus was alone in the forest feeling afraid.
So, the little rabbit, the little deer, and the big pine tree sang one after another to comfort her not to be afraid, that they would accompany her.
The little rabbit led the way in front, fireflies illuminated for her, the big pine tree protected her from the side, and then the little girl successfully returned home.
This was a very warm and happy song. Listening to the little girl’s tender voice, all the foreign army brothers were still clapping at first, but later couldn’t help shedding tears.
Because the world in the lyrics was too beautiful, while reality was too cruel.
In the lyrics, the little girl had the big pine tree’s protection, the little rabbit leading the way, fireflies illuminating, and could still find the way home.
But in reality, they were homeless.
However, they too had happy homes from childhood, had parents, even had family.
But now they were alone. From over ten years ago, they began wandering, like rootless duckweed. Even in the Chimera Tribe, they were dependent on others, not knowing if they would survive from one morning to the next.
“We will soon have a home too, right?” Dina held back her tears, nestling against Lanling’s shoulder, speaking softly.
Lanling put his arm around her shoulder and said: “Right, we too will have our own home. Every brother here, as long as they live, I will let them take wives and have children.”
Duo Ning’s eye sockets were red, holding back tears.
A few months ago, she could still be considered a daughter of heaven, living in a castle on the mountaintop.
But now she too had almost nothing, every day sleeping outdoors and eating in the wind. Her brother was dead, her mother was dead too.
“Girl, compared to them, you are already much better.” Duo Duo said: “At least you still have a father.”
Duo Ning said: “Father, then what about us in the future?”
Duo Duo said: “One day, we will retake our Mustang Tribe, retake our home.”
Duo Ning said: “But, we only have less than one hundred people.”
Duo Duo fell silent. That’s right, they only had about a hundred people.
In the barbaric world, loyalty was very cheap. Most people followed the strong. He had lost so miserably. Even if he went back, the people of Mustang Tribe would no longer be loyal to him. They would only go to support their new master, Alfonso, chieftain of the Ankara Tribe.
“Chief Duo Duo, accompany me on a trip.” Lanling said.
Duo Duo said: “Where to?”
“Mustang Tribe.” Lanling said.
Duo Duo originally wanted to ask why, but for some reason, at this moment he didn’t want to ask anything. As long as there was something to do, not sitting here enduring pain was good enough.
Lanling said to Dina: “I will be gone a few hours. I will definitely return before dawn.”
Then, Lanling and Duo Duo rode griffin beasts, flying into the sky under cover of night, heading toward the original Mustang Tribe.
What was he going to do?
Same as before, send out false intelligence.
Only previously it was sent to Constantine, this time it was sent to Alfonso, chieftain of the Ankara Tribe.
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Constantine’s great camp!
“We must capture Lanling, tear him to pieces. We must capture every single person of the foreign army, execute them by lingchi!” Constantine had almost fallen into madness.
In the barbaric world, even if an ordinary man was cuckolded, he must go kill the adulterer.
Moreover, he was a chieftain, moreover Lanling had forcibly violated his wife.
If he didn’t kill Lanling, he, Constantine, would never be able to hold his head high in this life, let alone talk about expanding his hegemony. Even his own tribe’s people would look down on him.
But the key was, where had Lanling fled to leading the foreign army?
According to his analysis, Lanling had two directions.
One was Mustang Tribe, because in this rebellion, Duo Duo, the remaining evildoer of Mustang Tribe, had also participated.
So, they very likely would take advantage of Mustang Tribe’s emptiness to attack Mustang Tribe.
The other possibility was the Ghost Domain World.
It seemed Lanling could freely enter and exit the Ghost Domain World. Then would he bring the foreign army into the Ghost Domain World? One must know, this counted as the safest place, because it had an energy shield protecting it.
If Lanling was planning to attack Mustang Tribe, then Constantine must immediately lead the great army to pursue, attacking from behind.
But if Lanling’s target was inside the Ghost Domain World, then Constantine only needed to wait here at ease for the exhausted enemy.
“Nini, in your view, where will Lanling lead the foreign army?” Constantine asked.
At this moment, Ninian seemed to have completely changed into another person. Her gorgeous face was incomparably cold, her face was deathly pale as if without blood colour, in the tent she just stared at the ground.
She had never suffered such a huge blow!
After hearing her father’s words, Ninian thought for a while and said: “Reason tells me, he will go to attack Mustang Tribe. Intuition tells me, he will lead the foreign army into the Ghost Domain World.”
And just at this moment, a sound came from outside. It was actually Yang Gu.
“Chieftain, Yang Gu pays his respects.”
Constantine instinctively didn’t want to see him, because Yang Gu had experienced everything in Chimera Tribe, even seen his wife’s naked body.
His appearance was as if tearing open the wound on Constantine’s face once again.
“Enter.” Constantine said coldly.
After Yang Gu entered, he immediately presented a secret letter.
Constantine opened it and looked. It said: Lanling’s target, Mustang Tribe.
The signature’s special mark was that of a griffin knight squad leader.
Yang Gu said: “After Lanling led the foreign army to flee the tribe, I immediately dispatched five griffin knights to monitor from the air. An hour ago, one of our flying kites transmitted this secret letter.”
Constantine’s face twitched, and he said loudly: “The great army sets out, head toward Mustang Tribe, tear Lanling to pieces, annihilate the foreign army completely.”
“Yes!” Yang Gu was about to go out to transmit the order.
“Wait…” Ninian said shrilly: “Father, this is Lanling’s conspiracy.”
Constantine said: “Nini, didn’t you just say that Lanling’s first possibility was to attack Mustang Tribe?”
Ninian said: “Before there was this secret letter, I felt the two possibilities were split evenly, fifty-fifty. But now with this secret letter, I am certain Lanling’s target is definitely the Ghost Domain World. The so-called attack on Mustang Tribe is merely his conspiracy. He is a venomous snake, he is the most sinister and despicable person in this world.”
Yang Gu couldn’t help but look at Ninian in surprise.
This was too far from the Ninian in his impression. All elegance was gone, becoming so hysterical.
Constantine said: “Is it possible this letter was written by Lanling, or that Lanling coerced our griffin knight to write it?”
Yang Gu said: “I have seen the handwriting, very smooth and natural, without any trace of coercion. Moreover, this signature code was just set before departure, Lanling couldn’t possibly know.”
Ninian said loudly: “Believe me, Lanling’s target is the Ghost Domain World. Our great army waits here for him to come knocking on the door, then tear him to pieces, tear him to pieces!”
Constantine immediately fell into struggle.
One moment he felt Lanling had gone to attack Mustang Tribe, the next moment he felt Lanling’s target was the Ghost Domain World.
For a moment, completely unable to decide.
Suddenly, Yang Gu said: “Chieftain, if Lanling goes to attack Mustang Tribe, Alfonso will definitely also receive urgent secret letters.”
Constantine said: “Right, right!”
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Inside the Ankara Tribe’s central army tent!
“Ah… ah…”
Chieftain Alfonso roared madly, drawing his greatsword, destroying everything in the tent.
Don’t think that because Constantine had bad luck, Alfonso would gloat. He wasn’t that narrow-minded.
Because Lanling had used him, Alfonso, had used his Ankara Tribe.
In this conspiracy of Lanling’s, Alfonso was also a victim.
He himself didn’t get a single gold coin, yet in the end lost two to three thousand people. Not only that, he had also turned against Constantine prematurely.
The most unbearable thing was, Lanling had completely played him like a fool.
“Where is that Ah Mo?” Alfonso roared.
Female shaman Yin Ji said: “She ran. Our war with Chimera Tribe was too sudden. At that time it was a complete mess, so she took the opportunity to run.”
“I will tear Lanling to pieces, tear him to pieces…” Alfonso roared explosively: “He dares to use me!”
Female shaman Yin Ji remained silent.
This time Lanling not only toyed with Constantine, but also toyed with Alfonso.
And she, Yin Ji, was also toyed with.
Alfonso leading troops to seize gold coins, Alfonso continuously reinforcing troops, even the final war with Chimera Tribe, were mostly instigated by her.
“Where do you think Lanling will lead the foreign army?” Alfonso said.
Female shaman Yin Ji said: “Just now Constantine transmitted information, saying that in this rebellion of Lanling’s, there were remnants of Mustang Tribe participating behind the scenes, and Duo Duo and Duo Long even personally went out. Moreover, Constantine just received a secret letter, saying Lanling led the foreign army, and Duo Duo and others, to attack Mustang Tribe.”
“What?” Alfonso said shrilly: “In Mustang Tribe, we only have three thousand troops, and this tribe we just conquered less than two months ago. Immediately lead the army back to defend Mustang Tribe.”
Female shaman Yin Ji said: “I feel this is also Lanling’s conspiracy. His target is fundamentally not Mustang Tribe, but the Ghost Domain World.”
Alfonso said: “You mean, Lanling wants to lead the foreign army into the Ghost Domain World, using the energy shield’s protection to establish his own tribe?”
“Right.” Female shaman Yin Ji said: “This is my analysis of him, and my intuition.”
Alfonso said: “Lanling can freely enter and exit the Ghost Domain World, that doesn’t mean others can. Moreover, inside the Ghost Domain World, there are no birds or beasts. How would Lanling’s one thousand plus foreign army survive? Why would Duo Duo help him? They must have conspired together. He first helps Lanling rebel and break out of Chimera Tribe, then Lanling leads the foreign army to help him retake Mustang Tribe.”
Female shaman Yin Ji said: “No, not to mention that relying on a little over one thousand foreign soldiers to take down Mustang Tribe is empty talk. Even if they could take it down, then in the end would Lanling be chieftain, or would Duo Duo be chieftain? Is Lanling someone willing to bow his head?”
These words spoke to Alfonso’s heart.
A genius like Lanling, such a madman, how could he be willing to make wedding clothes for others?
How could he be willing to be loyal to Duo Duo? He definitely wanted to be chieftain himself.
Female shaman Yin Ji said: “So I conclude, that secret letter from Chimera Tribe saying Lanling would attack Mustang Tribe is a conspiracy, a conspiracy by Lanling to continue manipulating us.”
Then, Yin Ji’s beautiful eyes flashed with dazzling light, saying: “Chieftain, our great army doesn’t move, just outside the Ghost Domain World, waiting at ease for the exhausted enemy, waiting for the rabbit by the tree stump. Once Lanling and his foreign army appear, we immediately annihilate them completely.”
Alfonso’s face immediately turned uncertain.
Female shaman Yin Ji said: “Adoptive father, I guarantee with my life, Lanling’s target is definitely the Ghost Domain World. Our great army must not move, just stay here in ambush, capture them all in one net.”
Alfonso was again swayed to the point of wavering.
And just at this moment, an urgent sound came from outside.
“Chieftain, urgent report from Mustang Tribe, urgent report from Mustang Tribe… Lanling leads the foreign army to attack Mustang Tribe.”
A soldier rushed in waving a secret letter. This was a flying kite transmission just received from Mustang Tribe.
Alfonso was horrified, suddenly standing up and roaring: “The whole army sets out, at the fastest speed, return to Mustang Tribe!”
Female shaman Yin Ji said shrilly: “Adoptive father, chieftain, this is Lanling’s conspiracy, don’t be fooled. This is again his strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain. His goal is to draw away the great armies of both tribes. His target is the Ghost Domain World. I guarantee with my life, I guarantee with my life!”
Alfonso stared at female shaman Yin Ji, saying coldly: “Yin Ji, don’t forget, the reason I lost troops and generals, the reason I fell for Lanling’s evil trick, the reason I went to war with Constantine prematurely, to a great extent, was all because I listened to your words.”
Once these words came out, female shaman Yin Ji immediately stood frozen in place, unmoving for a long time.
An hour later, Alfonso’s surviving seven to eight thousand great army broke camp, returning to Mustang Tribe at the fastest speed.
And when Constantine saw this, he completely disregarded Ninian’s劝阻, leading all the great army to break camp, charging toward Mustang Tribe at the fastest speed.
Ninian said loudly: “Father, believe me, believe me! This is Lanling’s conspiracy. His target is definitely the Ghost Domain World. You should at least leave three thousand troops to block here.”
Constantine looked at Ninian and said: “Don’t forget, Alfonso moved his entire army. When he passes Chimera Tribe, what if he gets the idea to directly attack? What would we do?”
Instantly, Ninian was speechless.
At this moment, in her heart she was truly firmly convinced that Lanling’s target was definitely the Ghost Domain World.
What attack on Mustang Tribe, it was entirely his smokescreen, entirely his conspiracy.
But she had no way, she could only watch helplessly as the great armies of both tribes left, charging toward Mustang Tribe, clearing the way for Lanling to enter the Ghost Domain World.
Du Yan came behind Ninian, saying: “Nini, you are right. Lanling’s target is definitely the Ghost Domain World.”
“Scram…” Ninian turned around, her face almost ferocious, saying: “You foreign lowly dog bastard, you incompetent good-for-nothing, what qualifications do you have to speak with me? Why weren’t you killed by Lanling? Why didn’t you follow Lanling to die together!”
Ninian lost her previous tender affection, lost all elegance, pouring all her fury onto Du Yan, trampling his dignity with vicious words.
Instantly, Du Yan’s face turned deathly pale, almost unable to believe as he looked at Ninian.
“You, you…” Du Yan trembled, pointing at Ninian.
“What you, you?” Ninian said coldly: “You think I really liked you? I was just using you, just toying with you, that’s all. In my eyes, you are a clown, a good-for-nothing, a lowly bastard. You aren’t even fit to carry my shoes, yet you still want to marry me? Dream on, keep dreaming your daydreams!”
…
And so, Lanling used two secret letters, plus the mutual distrust between the two tribes, to move aside the two great armies blocking the Ghost Domain World.
Thus, his entry into the Ghost Domain World was completely unobstructed.
This was equivalent to Lanling fiercely slapping both Alfonso and Constantine across the face, then also taking a piss on their heads.
The next afternoon, Lanling led more than one thousand foreign soldiers, arriving outside the Ghost Domain World.
Home at last!
Lanling roared loudly: “Brothers, we are home! From now on, this is our home, this is our tribe!”