Si Mo Fan returned after settling Qiu Dong's matter. He looked at his wife, who was busy cleaning up after eating.
"Did you not leave any for me?"
"There are some left." Yan Xi smiled. "Are there some important matters to settle that you take so long?"
"Qiu Dong is a bit of a hassle." Si Mo Fan smiled bitterly. He didn't really like interacting with Qiu Dong if it was unnecessary because of that man's explosive personality. When Nan Hua had gone, he naturally reverted back to how he usually acted.
Yan Xi nodded. "Ah Bai will be going to the expansion this time. Where is he going?"
Si Mo Fan was stunned. It was then he realized that Nan Hua must have been the one making the arrangement when he was busy. He rubbed his forehead. "Zhang Xu Kingdom."
"Is it not too dangerous?" Yan Xi furrowed her eyebrows. The fact that Zhang Xu Kingdom would steep to the point of treachery was something that everyone knew. In fact, not many people wanted to visit Zhang Xu Kingdom because of this matter.
It was also because of this that the trade between other kingdoms in Zhang Xu Kingdom was less than the others. Unless they were prepared to be schemed or even be used, they wouldn't dare to step their legs there.
"It'll be fine. Si Bai have to learn how to fend for himself too. He couldn't possibly stay up in the mountain forever." Si Mo Fan shrugged. He knew very well that pampering his son would only make him weak, so he never pampered him.
Though, his wife was the one who instead did it.
"What is it?" Si Mo Fan didn't even turn around when he sensed movement from behind him. He knew that it was one of the few guards who were stationed around this area.
"The outer perimeter warning is on. There are a few intruders."
"Long Qian Xing, Young Commander Long from Fei Yang Kingdom."
Si Mo Fan stopped eating. He knew some basic information about Nan Hua because it was really impossible for him not to be curious about her. Though, he didn't try to pry too deep and only knew some surface information.
Long Qian Xing is Nan Hua's fiancée. A very talented and promising young commander who had shook the battlefield ever since he started. Of course, he was not the only one promising young commander, but he was one of the few eye catching ones.
"In that case, we should welcome him to find out his intention."
Si Mo Fan stood up and waved his hand to his wife, signaling for her to stay here and not to worry about him.
Yan Xi sighed and took the plates once more. She knew very well that her husband was busy and had to settle a lot of things. However, she couldn't help but be worried whenever he met with new people.
Under the cover of the leaves, Nan Hua silently left the area and headed down. She used different way compared to the one Si Mo Fan used and reached a tall tree that allowed her to look at the surroundings below.
From a distance away, she could see Long Qian Xing was coming with the other soldiers walking with him. It was clear that they already knew about Dark Moon Organization's base that was located in Xia Mountain. As for how they knew… it was not impossible to find after some digging here and there.
Nan Hua watched as the group of soldiers triggered traps by traps. They only managed to avoid half of it.
"Master… are you sure that you want to enter Xia Mountain?" the soldier was already beaten after nearly falling to his death.
Long Qian Xing nodded. When Fei Yang Kingdom tried to expand their territory, they would have to cross this mountains sooner or later. There was no way that he could possibly ignore the threat that was growing from here.
However, looking at how even the Wei Da Kingdom soldiers chose to enter through the border with Zhang Xu Kingdoms rather than using this mountain range, he could understand the reasons.
Just these traps alone were already very annoying.
"Master, be careful." Long Xu sensed several people approaching them.
Long Qian Xing stopped walking. He looked around him as the corner of his lips tugged up to form a mockery smile. "We're surrounded."
All this time, Long Qian Xing knew that his martial arts were pretty good because he was able to do many things. But coming to Xia Mountain, he realized that his presence detection skill was still lacking. When they kept their distance from him and hid their presence, he didn't detect them.
Only after they approached did he realize that there were a lot of people who were watching over his movement. At that time, it would already be too late to run away from the encirclement.
A man dressed in black clothes appeared before them. He looked at the group of people Long Qian Xing brought with him and asked in a hoarse voice, "What do you want, Long Qian Xing?"
Long Xu furrowed his eyebrows. If only they were not in the other party's territory, he would never allow them to be so disrespectful to his Master. However, he could only hold on when he saw that Long Qian Xing didn't even react to the impoliteness that these people showed to him.
Long Qian Xing's eyes deepened. "I'm here to meet your master."
"Why would my master wants to meet someone like you?" the man shook his head and pointed at Long Qian Xing. "Leave or we wouldn't be polite."