Chapter 1247: Alone in the Forest, Yinzhen's Bet

After a while of letting their horses run wild, they unknowingly walked into a remote path.

The Nanyuan River has many lakes and swamps.

Before they knew it, Su Mingzhe brought Ruoxi to a desolate mountain area covered with weeds.

Su Mingzhe felt the girl in his arms tremble, and thought she was afraid of the cold, so he wrapped her tightly with his cloak and mobilized the energy of the [Burning Incense Jade Book] to make his own body hot and transfer his body temperature to the girl.

"Fourth Master...you're so hot!"

Ruoxi was wearing quite warm clothes, but her weak constitution, coupled with the quiet environment, made her feel scared uncontrollably, and she shivered several times.

Now being held in the man's arms, feeling the warmth coming from his body, she couldn't help but want to stay close to him for a while longer.

Su Mingzhe noticed Ruoxi's little movement, but he tightened his arms again and continued to practice the [Burning Incense Jade Book] mental method to maintain the heat supply.

He didn't know why, but when he was holding Ruoxi and practicing the [Burning Incense Jade Book] today, he felt particularly happy, and even his soul was much more active than usual.

This feeling is like... activating a cheat that accelerates spiritual practice.

Su Mingzhe had doubts and immediately began to communicate with the plane's heaven to ask what was going on.

Tiandao did not hide anything and explained the situation directly.

"Whether the traveler is traveling in a body or in a soul...they all have the power of reincarnation? Doesn't that mean I have the power too?"

Tiandao rolled his eyes after hearing Su Mingzhe's guess:

"You don't have the power of reincarnation!"

"The so-called traversers have their own reincarnation power. This situation only exists in planes of the same level..."

Su Mingzhe had a conversation with Tiandao and learned that although Ruoxi had the power of reincarnation, it was not of much help to him at the moment.

After all, his current cultivation level has reached the middle stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal.

Having reached this stage in cultivation, what one is pursuing is perfection.

While Su Mingzhe was communicating with Tiandao, Ruoxi quietly looked up at the man and saw that his eyes were vague and his mind was distracted. It was obvious that he was not hunting. She didn't know what the man was doing, so she immediately thought of something wrong:
"Is this stinky old man trying to take advantage of me on purpose?"

Come to think of it, this wasn't the first time that Ruoxi was carried by Su Mingzhe to ride a horse, so she wasn't shy at first.

However, the environment was becoming more and more remote, and the man's condition was not right. Ruoxi was a girl after all, and she was afraid that the man would turn into a beast, and she would suffer a great loss.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through her mind. Ruoxi quickly made up her mind, coughed lightly, and asked loudly:

"Fourth Master, where are we going?"

"Hunting!"

Su Mingzhe came back to his senses and noticed that the girl was acting strangely. He guessed the reason and immediately found it funny. However, in order to dispel her concerns, he still explained to her:

"It's winter now. If you take the main road, you can only encounter small animals like rabbits and elk. If you want to hunt fierce beasts like bears and tigers, you'd better take the small road. There are more chances!"

Ruoxi had never hunted before, so she didn't know whether what the man said was true or not, so she could only continue to ask:

"But, are we just going to search forward like this?"

Su Mingzhe nodded slightly and said with a smile:

"That's right. Today we are few in number, so we can only search slowly like this. If there were more of us, we could send people into the forest to drive them away. That would be more convenient!"

In order to dispel the girl's doubts, Su Mingzhe had to use his spiritual sense to lure a tiger to run in front of him.

At this time, the team of guards followed closely behind the two of them, completely pretending to be invisible.

Seeing the tiger appear, before the guards could even roar to warn, Su Mingzhe had already bent his bow, drawn his arrow, and shot.

Another arrow to the brain!
Several guards rushed over excitedly, checked and reported!

"Give two people a try and send this prey back!"

Su Mingzhe did not go back this time. After sending out two guards, he hugged Ruoxi and continued to move forward.

With this tiger as a basis, Ruoxi's doubts were temporarily dispelled.

In this way, the few people walked farther and farther away, and soon they had walked more than ten miles.

"Gululu...Gululu..."

A strange sound came from the cloak, and a layer of blush immediately floated on Ruoxi's pink face.

Su Mingzhe turned the girl's body over with concern.

The two looked at each other for a moment. Seeing the girl shyly lower her head, Su Mingzhe asked with concern: "Are you hungry?"

"Ok!"

"I have beef jerky and snacks here!"

Su Mingzhe took the food bag off the saddle, handed it to the girl, and then untied the water bag.

The man's gentle movements made Ruoxi a little obsessed:
"It is said in later generations that the future Emperor Yongzheng was acrimonious, harsh, and ungrateful. Before he ascended the throne, he was a 'lonely minister' and was also known as the 'cold-faced king'. This is completely different from the stinky old fourth that I met."

"When I went to the Zhen Beile Mansion for a banquet on the Double Ninth Festival, the atmosphere between the first wives, concubines, and concubines was much better than that of the Eighth Beile Mansion."

"Could it be that Yongzheng's bad reputation in later generations was because he offended scholars and was slandered and blackened by others?"

Su Mingzhe had no idea what Ruoxi was thinking. He just held the reins with both hands, hugged the girl, and continued to walk slowly along the path.

The guards who had escorted the tiger back before rushed back again.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe shot and killed another blind bear and five gray wolves.

Before I knew it, the road had come to an end!

The boundless reed marsh comes into view of everyone.

The north wind blew, and the reeds, more than one meter tall, swayed gently.

Faced with such a magnificent view of heaven and earth, everyone had different thoughts.

Ruoxi felt melancholy and thought of her modern parents and family.

Su Mingzhe, however, felt a bit like the loneliness of the world and the lonesome seeking to defeat the enemy.

The two of them were in a daze for a long time. Ruoxi came back to her senses and saw that the man was still in a daze. As a gust of cold wind blew, he shivered uncontrollably.

"Fourth Master, let's go back!"

"Go back!"

Su Mingzhe also felt a surge of emotions of 'invincibility' and 'loneliness' for a moment, and then he began to feel something.

When we went back, we went much faster.

Su Mingzhe also hunted a lot of prey along the way.

Back to the gate of the West Palace.

Su Mingzhe saw Yinsi and Yinzhi looking at him and Ruoxi with a forced smile on their faces.

Yinzhen was young and couldn't control his thoughts. When he saw Ruoxi and Su Mingzhe riding back together, his face turned purple:
"Ruoxi, why did you run away without saying a word? Do you know that my brother and I were almost worried to death about you..."

Faced with the sudden accusation, Ruoxi was a little caught off guard.

You know, before this, she was like everyone's happy pill in the Eight Kings Party. Everyone who saw her would greet her with a smile.

Even when she and Mingyu made a scene at the birthday party, no one blamed her.

As a result, today she was scolded by Yinzhen just because she went out horseback riding and hunting with Su Mingzhe.

Everyone present knew what was going on. It was simply that Yinzhen complained that Ruoxi and Su Mingzhe were getting too close, beyond the level of normal interaction.

"shut up!"

Yinsi scolded, and then explained to Su Mingzhe:

"Fourth brother, don't blame Fourteenth brother. It was really because your guards kept sending back tigers and blind bears that we were worried..."

"Eighth brother, you don't have to explain for Old Fourteen!"

Su Mingzhe is not a fool. He knows that Old Fourteen is not close to his brother, and he never expects to win him over.

However, Yinzhen dared to get angry in front of him, and Su Mingzhe did not tolerate him. He looked at him with contempt and said with a sneer on his face:
"I think it's just that the Fourteenth Brother can't stand losing. Seeing that I, the Fourth Brother, had hunted so many prey, he deliberately used Ruoxi to change the subject!"

Yinzhen really had such a smart face. When he was stimulated by Su Mingzhe's words, his face turned red and his neck became thick.
"Fourth brother, who said I can't afford to lose! My eighth brother and I didn't fight as much as you did, that's because we came back early. Let's continue the fight this afternoon. If I lose again... I'll let you do whatever you want!"

"Okay, let's make it a deal!"

Su Mingzhe deliberately provoked Ruoxi in order to exonerate her.

Now that Yinzhen had been fooled, Su Mingzhe took the opportunity to back down.

(End of this chapter)