Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 306 - 128: First Arrival

"Husband, this road is getting narrower..."

Li Yuan heard a woman’s soft murmur beside him.

He opened his eyes to the sight of a black carriage interior and slightly lowered his gaze to find Xiaozhao sleeping soundly on his right leg. Opposite him, adopted daughter Tang Nian was resting with her eyes closed.

This scene filled his heart with warmth and reassurance because these were the things he was protecting.

The one who spoke was the proprietress, Xue Ning.

Xue Ning was by his right side, shoulder to shoulder, and at some point, she had slightly turned her head, watching the outside cautiously.

Outside, the spring rain was like fine needles, and the smooth official road had turned muddy. The rapidly spinning carriage wheels were kicking up small splotches of deep black mud, flinging them far away.

By now, they had already exited Fujiang Path.

Li Yuan did not follow her gaze.

Because a somewhat transparent demon sparrow in the rain, along with nine ordinary birds, was flying in the surrounding spring rain, surveying the path for him.

Even with his eyes closed, he was constantly aware of his surroundings’ slightest movements.

Seeing the worry in his woman’s eyes, Li Yuan extended his left hand, wrapping it around her shoulders, gently pulling her into his embrace.

Xue Ning, in a crimson silk robe and white pants that elegantly fit her well-formed legs, thighs, and calves, had her pants’ hem neatly covering her ankles, showing a pair of slightly upturned embroidered shoes.

Her demeanor was dignified, her eyes full of experience; she was an intelligent, capable, and mature woman. Such women possessed a strong allure for men of all ages.

"Don’t worry, Lady Hall Master is a big figure; with her leading the way, nothing will go wrong." Li Yuan comforted softly, then drew Xue Ning into his arms.

His voice naturally could not be concealed from Gu Xuejian in the leading carriage.

Gu Xuejian remained calm, gently rubbing Xiao Ping’an’s head, while talking with him about the affairs of Divine Wood Hall.

The misty rain blurred the day, making it fleeting.

In the distance appeared a boundary marker.

The sign was blood-red, inscribed with the words "Lu Chang County."

The carriage in front stopped first, followed by the rear carriages, and the long line gradually halted.

Li Yuan gently woke the groggy Xiaozhao. The little girl looked up, sleepily asking, "Dad, are we there yet?"

Li Yuan said, "There’s still about half a month to go."

"How long is that?"

"Fifteen days. We’ve already covered more than half of our journey."

"Dad... I want to go home." The little girl pouted and murmured, her voice soon carrying a sob, "Dad, I miss home."

She started crying sorrowfully.

Large teardrops streamed from her beautiful "eyes," wetting her face, but they couldn’t wash away the yin makeup... because this makeup was personally done by Lady Yan, not even Sixth Grade Martial Artist’s Shadow Blood could remove it, let alone... the Fifth Grade.

These were truly beautiful big eyes.

Her mother couldn’t give her newborn daughter eyes, but when they parted, she had made up for it.

Yet, Xiaozhao cried exceptionally hard.

This scene had happened many times before.

Xue Ning reached out to hold the little girl, comforting her, "Yuantian Prefecture is a nice place; there’s much more good food and fun things to do than in Shanbao County. Xiaozhao, don’t cry."

"I don’t want to, I don’t want to! Boo hoo hoo..." Xiaozhao cried.

Li Yuan gently stroked her hair, then lifted his daughter, holding her up to lay on his chest, watching with her as the scenery outside the window gradually receded, and then said, "That’s the road we came from; later... we’ll return along this road."

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...

Half a month later.

Yuantian Prefecture.

Divine Wood Hall Inner City.

Along the way, Gu Xuejian had generally introduced it to Li Yuan.

The Divine Wood Hall Inner City is divided into three gates.

The area beyond the First Gate is the largest, bigger than two Shanbao Counties, housing twenty-five workshops where ordinary martial artists and merchants reside. The Hengwu Commerce Association, Baihua Winery, and Ningyu Commerce Association, which arrived in advance, all settled here.

Beyond the Second Gate, it’s about the size of a Shanbao County and contains two Sixth Grade Meat Fields and two Seventh Grade Meat Fields. The distribution of these fields leans towards the northwest, making housing prices in that direction quite high, with mostly martial artists and Outer Disciples of Divine Wood Hall residing there.

Beyond the Third Gate, it’s only half the size of a Shanbao County but is where Divine Wood Hall is located. Within Divine Wood Hall, there is one Fourth Grade Meat Field, two Fifth Grade Meat Fields, and three Sixth Grade Meat Fields. Cultivating here can yield twice the results with half the effort. However, residing here is reserved for Inner Sect Disciples of Divine Wood Hall, Direct Disciples, Elders, and Tributors... of course, their families can also settle here and enjoy the blessings.

By this time, the carriage had already passed through the Double Gate and was heading toward the Third Gate.

Gu Xuejian called Li Yuan over to the carriage and asked:

"Li Yuan, you’ve considered it along the way. Are you willing to become a Sixth Grade Honored Guest of our Divine Wood Hall?

If you do, you can receive one hundred and twenty pounds of Sixth Grade Demon Beast Meat and 20 taels of base Blood Gold every month.

As for duties, the sect will grant Blood Gold according to the mission difficulty, ranging from 20 taels of Blood Gold to a hundred taels.

In addition, your entire family can move into the Third Gate."

Li Yuan had thought this matter through a long time ago.

Honored guests, receiving tasks cannot refuse, and for this reason alone, he was unwilling.

He’d rather be a Wild Honored Guest than a stable Sect Honored Guest.

Apart from this, he didn’t want to bring Xiaozhao very close to the core of Divine Wood Hall.

Although he trusted Lady Yan’s yin makeup technique, Divine Wood Hall was a large power, and there was no guarantee that someone wouldn’t be able to see through it. If news that Xiaozhao was a Jade Remains got out, the consequences would be unthinkable.