Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1578 - 1400: Stormy Night in Jianghu

Chapter 1578: Chapter 1400: Stormy Night in Jianghu

The person who had kidnapped her today was the junior Priest, a figure as enigmatic as a phantom, with Martial Arts skills so refined that they seemed almost supernatural. Likely because they had an insider, his abduction of Xia Dabao had been effortless.

"What are you doing here?" Xia Dabao asked.

The junior Priest looked at Xia Dabao, "People from the Chi Xia Tribe have come to demand her return."

"Of course, they’ll want her back. Kidnapping is the kind of thing where, if you want to keep it secret, you simply shouldn’t do it in the first place. Who do you think you’re fooling?"

Kidnapping?

The junior Priest felt that kidnapping in the Central Plains might hold a different meaning than it did here, but there was no time to explain now. He just grabbed Xia Dabao, "Come with me!"

"Where to?"

"To Wolf-Dog Bay!"

"..." What kind of godforsaken place is that?

While members of the Chi Xia Tribe and the Moon Shadow Clan were locked in a fierce struggle, the junior Priest had already taken Xia Dabao outside the clan’s territory. However, upon reaching this place, the junior Priest hesitated.

The Moon Shadow Clan Chief had intended for him to throw Xia Dabao into a ravine, but at the road’s junction, he felt reluctant.

Xia Dabao was neither a pig nor a dog; throwing her down there would mean certain death.

"Alright, stay here," the junior Priest said and handed a torch to Xia Dabao, then disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Hey..." Xia Dabao wanted to follow, but she was too weak to catch up.

All she could do was illuminate her surroundings with the torch.

And with this illumination, she got another scare.

Was this a wilderness?

Moreover, fog was everywhere, and it was pitch black. She couldn’t see clearly even a place as wide as an arm’s length, let alone a hundred miles.

Xia Dabao’s heart started to feel uneasy. In her current state, if anything were to happen, she would only be awaiting death. Instinctively, she called out a few times, "Is anyone there? Is anyone there?"

Then she heard some sparse sounds, akin to snakes slithering through grass, and suddenly she didn’t dare to shout anymore. She had to stagger forward, holding the torch high.

The fog was too thick; she couldn’t make out which direction to take.

Meanwhile, as the two clans continued their battle, Yun Xiao had already broken into the Chi Xia Tribe’s territory.

The tracking insect he held was the best nurtured within the Chi Xia Tribe. Following it, he had fought his way to the house where Xia Dabao had been imprisoned. However, the tracking insect only lingered there for a moment before flying off again.

He hurriedly followed it.

Thus, the chase continued all the way to the vicinity of Wolf-Dog Bay, but the tracking insect stopped and refused to move any further.

Yun Xiao recognized this place as Wolf-Dog Gully.

He frowned. They had actually brought Xia Dabao to this place?

With the tracking insect unwilling to proceed further, Yun Xiao could only rely on his instincts to blunder around the area.

Xia Dabao became increasingly fearful as she wandered about this area.

There were strange noises, and the path beneath her feet was uneven, threatening to cause her to stumble into the ravine at any moment.

Eventually, she decided not to walk any further, just sitting down on the ground, planning to endure the loneliness through the night.

She didn’t recognize the road anyway. If Lord King Yama decreed that she would die here tonight, she’d accept her fate.

Sitting down made her feel fearful. Apart from the torch in front of her, she couldn’t see anything clearly. It seemed as though she was the only one in the vast wilderness, a feeling of loneliness and helplessness spreading throughout her body.

Later, she began to sob quietly.

She thought of her parents, Axian, and Long Aixi, along with... Yun Xiao.

They say that when a person is about to die, they think of those they can’t bear to leave behind. It was natural to think of her parents and Axian, but she also thought of Long Aixi, the sunny and composed boy.

And Yun Xiao?

Probably because he was the only one who might come to save her.

She cried for a while, until she heard footsteps not too distant.