Lu Mingshu followed Gao Xiang's direction and looked over, his gaze sank.
A group of people walked slowly from the inner palace, and the one at the head was Fu Shangqing, who was wearing the costume of the sect leader.
He walked side by side with a beautiful young woman, the young woman was holding a girl by the hand, and a boy followed him. The four of them look similar, handsome and beautiful, walking towards this side while talking, looking at each other and smiling from time to time.
Lu Mingshu sneered, what a happy family!
"It's really shameless," Gao Xiang said in a low voice, "Is it true that Jiuyao Palace is their Zhou family's private property?" He was still brooding over that matter, and he found Fu Mingtang particularly displeasing.
"Don't worry." Lu Mingshu said, "Does he show off as soon as he wants? It's still early!"
"Yes, we'll see!"
On the other side, Fu Shangqing's family sent Fu Mingtang over and greeted the elders.
The elder ordered his disciples to bring Fu Mingtang to the team.
Zhou Miaoru looked at Fu Mingtang, who was dressed in hunting clothes and looked like a little adult, with a face full of relief: "In a blink of an eye, Mingtang is so big. This spring hunting, I don't ask him for any ranking, as long as he comes back safely."
Fu Shangqing nodded in agreement.
Zhou Yinru walked over, and she hung the title of hall master on the door. This time, Spring Hunt specially asked for an errand to lead a group.
Hearing Zhou Miaoru's words, she snorted: "Sister, you are too unmotivated to say that. Mingtang is the master of the sect, so what if he doesn't take the first place?"
"Yes, Auntie is right." Fu Mingxi continued.
Zhou Miaoru lowered her head and glared at her daughter, angrily said: "Don't imitate your aunt, do your own thing well, what's yours is yours."
Zhou Yinru hated this kind of talk the most, as if she couldn't hold her breath: "Who am I wrong? Sister, don't forget, that wild girl will also go to the spring hunting this time. If Mingtang doesn't get the first place, Don't you want to make her laugh?"
Hearing this, Zhou Miaoru's expression darkened: "Yinru!"
Zhou Yinru wanted to say something else, but when she saw Zhou Miaoru's eyes, she stopped the voice.
Her elder sister never allowed her to mention that wild girl in front of her two children. Although Zhou Yinru scoffed at this, she dared not disobey her elder sister's wishes. No one knows better than her what this always gentle and kind sister looks like when she is ruthless.
However, telling her to do nothing is of course impossible, she will definitely try her best to let Mingtang get the first place—hmph, sister said that, isn't she looking forward to it in her heart? Otherwise, why did you ask her to participate in this spring hunt? I really don't know what's the point of such duplicity!
The coach of Lu Mingshu and Gao Xiang's team is called Wei Peng, he is in his mid-twenties, he doesn't seem to have a bad temper, and his personality is quite stable.
In addition, she also saw an acquaintance - Shao Zhengyang.
Shao Zhengyang is sixteen years old this year, and he is in the fourth year of Inner Breath Realm, which is the time to focus on experience. He was already tall, but he hadn't seen him in four years, and his height was about the same as an adult, but his figure was a little thin, giving him a youthful appearance.
Seeing Lu Mingshu and Gao Xiang, he nodded his head, but it made Lu Mingshu think for a while before he remembered him.
"...Have you remembered everything?" Wei Peng asked the newcomer after finishing the precautions.
Lu Mingshu mixed in with the newcomers, and followed suit: "Remember."
Wei Peng nodded: "Those who have a mount go to lead the mount by themselves, and those who don't have a mount come and get it, one for each of them."
Gao Xiang went to lead his wolf, but Lu Mingshu didn't move. Rather than using one with others, it is better to go with Gao Xiang. How familiar they are, Gao Xiang's wolf is also used to humping her.
The mount assigned by Jiuyao Palace is a bird called a big-billed crane. This kind of bird has fleshy wings but thick legs. It cannot fly, but it runs fast. Especially in the mountains and forests, cattle and sheep will be stuck by branches, but it will not.
The time was almost up, the elder gave an order, and each hall master led his group of people to set off in line.
Some young disciples who had not yet reached the Inner Breathing Realm stood on both sides of the road, looking at them eagerly, making the Inner Breathing Realm disciples who had just qualified to participate in the Spring Hunt proudly puff up their chests.
A group of people walked along the mountain road and slowly entered the depths of Jiuyao Mountain.
This day is basically a rush, Jiuyao Mountain has a vast terrain, and it will take a lot of time just to cross the mountains and ridges.
At noon, they took a short rest in the shade, drank some water and ate some dry food, and continued on their way.
This walk leads to dusk, when the sky is full of sunset clouds.
The team of more than two hundred people stopped and set up a tent in a valley.
Lu Mingshu had a good night's sleep, but Gao Xiang had two dark circles under his eyes the next day.
He yawned and asked, "How did you sleep?"
Lu Mingshu wondered, "Why can't I fall asleep?"
"Don't you feel excited and nervous?" The teacher has confessed many times that he must be alert at night, and if he is surrounded by fierce beasts, he must be able to join the battle at any time. Because of this, Gao Xiang didn't dare to sleep peacefully all night, just a light sleep.
It's not easy for Lu Mingshu to tell him, she has experienced this kind of situation a lot.
She traveled to another world for the first time three years ago, and she has traveled through it several times since then. In order to come back, he must either look for rare treasures or kill fierce beasts. After seeing a lot, he calms down.
On the day they set off, they kept drilling into the deep mountains. Today is different, and they started to go downhill.
At night they crossed a valley, stopped at a cliff, and pitched camp again.
Instructor Xi Weipeng called the team members and said: "This is Yaoxi. Tomorrow we will leave our mounts and go hunting in groups. Have a good rest tonight and start tomorrow. There is no tent for you to sleep in."
Everyone agreed. One of the girls asked, "Captain, will the elders come with us?"
"No." Wei Peng's answer shattered the girl's hope. "The elders are here to sit in charge. They will only be dispatched if something happens."
The girl was disappointed: "Then what should we do if we encounter danger?"
Wei Peng's eyes were sharp: "Do you think that spring hunting is a spring outing? Danger is a must! When encountering an enemy, we must find a way to defeat it ourselves, instead of placing our hopes on others!"
The girl was trained to bow her head by him.
Wei Peng began to assign tasks again. Their team has four inner breath realms, Lu Mingshu, Gao Xiang, Shao Zhengyang, and the girl Le Xiaoyi just now. Shao Zhengyang has already participated several times, so don't worry, it's the first time for Lu Mingshu and the three of them, so you need to take care of them more.
Although casualties are allowed, if the casualties are too large, the captain will also be responsible.
"I don't care who your disciples are or how old you are. To participate in spring hunting, you have to obey the command! The first priority is the group leader, the second priority is the captain, neither the group leader nor the captain is here. Advocate, understand?"
"Yes."
Wei Peng nodded: "Go and rest, everything is ready, there will be no mounts tomorrow, you have to rely on your own legs."
Everyone scattered.
This night, Lu Mingshu still had a good night's sleep, while Gao Xiang had two dark circles under his eyes.
Lu Mingshu was helpless: "Do you want to be so excited? If you don't have a good rest, what should you do if you don't have the energy?"
Gao Xiang had a bitter face: "I can't sleep, there's nothing I can do..."