Chapter 147: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 147 Regret
"Thank you, Fairy Chen, for saving our lives!"
Everyone knelt down in unison, expressing heartfelt gratitude to Chen Xue. If it weren't for her, they would have perished inside.
Moreover, it was Chen Xue who had found the cave large enough to accommodate them all, rescuing them from the blizzard.
In short, Chen Xue had actually saved them many times over, more than they could count on one hand.
Some among them were falsely accused; in truth, their hearts were not bad, so they were very grateful to Chen Xue for saving them.
As for the others who had made mistakes, after experiencing exile, they had already repented. Besides, most of them weren't inherently malicious.
In short, those who were willing to kneel down and express gratitude to Chen Xue already harbored regrets in their hearts and were redeemable.
On the other hand, people like Zhang Yiquan stood out from the crowd, observing the Chen family with cold eyes.
Chen Xue hadn't expected such a reaction from everyone and was momentarily stunned. Truth be told, she didn't know many of these people and didn't particularly warm to them.
However, hearing their words of thanks couldn't help but stir her emotions. After all, it was a recognition of her efforts bearing fruit.
Master Chen and Xu Tian, among others, were also taken aback by the scene but quickly recovered, feeling somewhat gratified.
Knowing gratitude existed meant these people could still be saved.
"Alright, everyone, please rise!"
Chen Xue waved her hand, and everyone obediently stood up, wearing expressions of respect that she found somewhat unfamiliar.
"Cough, well, now that the blizzard has stopped, let's continue on our way!"
Naturally, no one objected. Even though they didn't want to leave before the insect swarm attack, they didn't want to stay in or near the cave now, knowing what Chen Xue had done to the swarm.
However, although everyone resumed their journey, they didn't forget about those few troublemakers.
Although they wanted to beat them to death, they didn't dare to act rashly. In the end, Xu Tian spoke up, assigning those individuals to labor, pushing carts and doing menial tasks. They had to serve everyone until tempers cooled.
Because they had strayed from the right direction again, everyone could only continue heading south, as Chen Xue had decided.
After all, surrounded by snowstorms, only Fairy Chen could discern the direction, even though all she had was a compass she had exchanged from the system.
In the cave, the insect swarm had directly contributed over ten thousand contribution points to her, while a compass cost less than ten points. Naturally, she wasn't stingy with such expenditures.
So, she had regretted that the swarm hadn't continued to appear, a feeling from the heart.
Moreover, she had also discovered another benefit of these insects: Xiao Qing had grown faster after eating so many.
Originally, its wingspan was barely half a meter, but now it was over a meter wide and could even carry a person.
However, Chen Xue was somewhat afraid of heights and hadn't dared to try.
In any case, she regretted not capturing some of those insects to raise in her space. Then she would have a steady stream of contribution points.
System: "............"
Am I getting bugged again!
She wanted to turn back to the cave now and capture some insects to raise in her space. But thinking of the times when she had fleeced the system, it would quickly fix this bug.
Therefore, she would probably turn around now to capture a batch of insects to raise, and the system would also fix this bug.
However, despite this, after this scene, Chen Xue became even more excited about the future journey to the Southern Barbarian region.
There, the jungles were dense, with more species and unknown creatures. Maybe she would encounter more creatures like the ones that could bug the system.
The journey thereafter went smoothly. Everyone became very well-behaved, and those who liked to cause trouble had already been punished, exhausted every day.
They were also watched by all the other prisoners, so if they slacked off, they would report it to Zhao Guang.
Zhao Guang was not a soft-hearted person. He was still angry about what happened in the cave, and he would certainly not miss an opportunity to vent his anger.
In short, these people had no time or energy to cause trouble. Seeing this scene, the others dared not cause trouble either.
Even Zhang Yiquan became much more low-key, realizing that the Chen family was becoming more and more powerful, and ordinary methods couldn't deal with them.
............
The crowd walked on the snowy ground, looking at the surrounding mountains, desolate and lonely, feeling a palpable sense of unease for some reason.
The peaks soared into the clouds, their summits covered in white snow, the sunlight sparkling on the snow, warming the people.
The gloom of experiencing the insect swarm in the cave had disappeared completely, and smiles appeared on everyone's faces.
"Great, finally feeling comfortable!"
"Yeah, it's been so long since we've seen the sun."
"But when can we get back to the official road!"
Walking among the mountains, surrounded by silence except for the sound of their footsteps, they felt uneasy.
Suddenly, everyone began chattering.
"Shh!"
Chen Xue sat in the carriage, opened the curtain to get some air, and saw the team walking in the valley, with towering mountains on both sides.
The peaks were covered in snowy white, dazzling in the sunlight. Normally, such scenery would be beautiful and uplifting, but Chen Xue's face darkened.
Suddenly, she heard everyone chattering, her expression growing even uglier. She was about to scold them loudly, but then thought of something and had to lower her voice.
"Quiet down!"
However, when she lowered her voice, only those near her could hear her; the others couldn't.
"Miss, leave it to me!"
Xie Yunshang's guards had already been won over by Chen Xue's magical means. Moreover, when they were sent by the general to protect Master Chen, they were prepared for hardship.
As a result, they found they didn't have to endure much hardship, at most just feeling a bit cold walking in the snowy fields.
But in reality, they didn't have to do anything at all, and the food they ate wasn't bad either.
They had thought it would be similar to what the prisoners were eating, at most a bit better, since they had eaten similarly when marching and fighting in the past.
But after following Chen Xue, they realized their expectations were wrong.
Meat every other day.
Even if the meat wasn't much, it was still meat!
In addition to meat, there were fruits, and sometimes even anti-cold soup.
They were starting to wonder if they were really escorting Master Chen into exile?
It felt more like they were accompanying the general on a leisure trip.
No, it was even more comfortable than traveling with the general.
At least they didn't have to do anything, and the food was better.
When they followed the general on a winter day, it was nothing like this. There wasn't any anti-cold soup, no stir-fried meat, or even the so-called barbecue.........
In short, they regretted not meeting Master Chen sooner. Ah, ah, ah, they couldn't think like that, otherwise they would feel sorry for the general.
But, that barbecue was so delicious!
PS: The backstage prompt, unconsciously achieving another achievement, 300,000 words, but although the word count has increased, the results have not improved. (﹏)
(End of this chapter)
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