Soon, the young clerk packed all things up and handed over the package to Mo Li. He said, "Young Master, all these cost half a tael of silver."

"Keep the change." Mo Li took out one tael of silver from his pocket and walked out after taking over the packed food from the young clerk.

But the latter was stunned by that Mo Li paid half a tael more than he should. So he rushed to the door and said when looking at Mo Li, "Young Master, it's..."

Before he finished, Mo Li already ran out to jump onto his horse and rode out of town.

The young clerk first took a look at the money in his hand and then turned back to the shop.

He knew some customers were rich, but this was his first time to deal with such a generous one.

Mo Li mounted the horse and rode it to catch up with Shuo Ling.

In the meantime, Yang Zijin and her fellows had already arrived at the Arctic Mountain.

Everyone got off their carriages.

"Put up for the night here and let's go up the mountain tomorrow morning." Yan Luo walked forward and said.

Others nodded and started to make a fire there.

Runyu moved to Yan Wanchu and helped her tuck a wisp of hair behind her ear. He asked in a tender voice, "Are you cold?"

Yan Wanchu looked at him with a smile and shook her head.

Seeing that, Yang Zijin slightly lifted the corner of her mouth. She once thought Shuo Ling gave her as much love as Runyu gave to Yan Wanchu, but unexpectedly, she was proven wrong so quickly.

As she was lost in thought, Pei Moning walked to her and patted her on her shoulder, "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing. I'm happy for them. Having been apart for some years, they still managed to find each other at last and even their love hasn't faded." Yang Zijin turned around to explain to Pei Moning.

He frowned at her words and comforted her, "Don't be sad. When we get everything done here, I will go back with you to Shuo Ling's mansion and teach him a lesson for you!"

"No need. When I'm back to Dongling, I will draft a divorce letter to him. I detest unfaithful men like him!" said Yang Zijin who shook her head and looked at Pei Moning.

Just after Yang Zijin expressed her feelings, Pei Moning kept his eyes wide open and asked, "What? You want to divorce him?"

"Why can't I?" Yang Zijin asked Pei Moning who overreacted.

He took Yang Zijin to one side and whispered to her, "My dear sister, I've only heard of that men send the divorce letter to their wives, not the vice versa..."

"So what? I'll be the first woman to do so." Yang Zijin looked at him and said.

Yang Zijin spoke so loud that Pei Moning quickly put his hand before his mouth to tell her to lower her voice.

Jiang Wei who stood aside couldn't help glancing at them.

Pei Moning looked at Yang Zijin again and said, "Zijin..."

"Save it. I know what I should do." Yang Zijin interrupted him.

Seeing she was so determined, Pei Moning nodded, "All right, I'll support your every decision no matter what it is."

"Let's join them." Yang Zijin said while looking at other people sitting around the bonfire.

Pei Moning nodded and followed Yang Zijin to join other people.

It was near midnight when everybody fell asleep.

But right at this time,

Uncle Liu who slept soundly felt someone was staring at him all of a sudden.

During the period when he roamed around the world before, Uncle Liu usually took a rest and got some sleep at places he arrived, such as ravines, caves, and valleys, whenever he got tired. So it was inevitable to run into animals like snakes, rats, ants, insects, even foxes, and wolves.

Therefore, he always stayed alert when he was sleeping.

Uncle Liu slowly opened his eyes. As expected, he saw dozens of pairs of eyes right ahead. Snow wolves' white fur made them invisible in the snow. If they hadn't opened their eyes, no one would have detected them.

At the moment, rays of green light were reflected from their green eyes, which looked so terrifying.

Uncle Liu became nervous. Apparently, he was lying near a wolf den. How "lucky" he was to encounter such a huge problem!

Every time wolves came out to hunt for food, all of them would act together. So he knew there were also wolves behind him.

Uncle Liu frowned. He couldn't move now because wolves would all fly at him when they found out that he had no weapon.

Right at this time, one wolf ahead stretched its neck to howl, maybe because it got impatient for waiting for too long. "Howl―"

Its howl sounded rather clear and loud on this dark evening.

Subsequently, other wolves followed to howl.

"Howl― Howl―"

Uncle Liu knew that the first howling wolf was the king. It did so to probe into his next move.

Uncle Liu didn't dare to make any sound, but he knew those wolves would throw themselves at him soon if he didn't take any action now.

No, he needed a plan!

He turned to his package, in which he put paper igniters. However, he was not close to it. Wolves might already fling him to the ground before he lit the paper igniter.

At the thought, Uncle Liu suddenly remembered that he stored a tuft of grass called Delirium Grass he picked on his way in his medicine kit.

As its name suggested, the grass could make people lose their minds for some time. Perhaps, he could use it to deal with these wolves.

Also, he remembered he had a knife in the kit.

When he lured wolves to get close, he could rush his way out with the knife. When they realized what happened, they would already be drugged for the Delirium Grass would work on them. Then, he could kill the king. As long as it died, others would scatter away.

At the thought, Uncle Liu first tore off a piece of cloth and covered his face with it in case he would also be affected by the grass.

When he was ready, he slowly reached the medicine kit next to him, opened it gently, and took out the grass and the knife quickly.

As he expected, the wolf king loudly howled again when seeing what Uncle Liu did. "Howl―"

Soon, the wolf king pounced on him first.

Other wolves followed suit after that.

Uncle Liu held the Delirium Grass in one hand and the knife in another.

As the king jumped at him, he aimed the grass at its nose and the knife at its belly.

In the blink of an eye, the king reached him.

Uncle Liu dodged and waved his hand to spread the smell of the grass faster.

Meanwhile, he exerted all his strength to stab the wolf king in its belly with the knife.

Failing to catch his prey and being stabbed, the wolf king hit a pile of snow behind.

It was lying on the ground with its belly covered with blood rising and falling while foaming at the mouth.

Uncle Liu knew the grass was working.

Other wolves that were ready to attack him saw the lying king and couldn't help stopping and howling. "Howl― Howl―"

Right now, Uncle Liu aimed the knife at the king's neck since it lost its ability to fight back.

When the knife penetrated its neck, blood oozed out from it. Gradually, the blood tinted the snow red.

The wolf king was whining.

Uncle Liu, out of the corner of his eyes, saw wolves that tended to pounce on him also started to whine.

Their gleaming eyes were fixed on Uncle Liu and fear came over them.

Right at this time, Uncle Liu pulled the knife out from the wolf king's neck, leaving the blood pouring from the wound. Although his face was covered with blood, Uncle Liu didn't waste time cleaning it but stood up quickly.

Then, he walked to those wolves.

Seeing that, the latter uncontrollably stepped back.

Suddenly, one wolf howled. "Howl―"

Others followed and they turned around to scatter away.

Uncle Liu didn't feel relieved until they left.

He collapsed and sat on the ground in a cold sweat. Luckily, it was the wolf king that made a dive for him first. When it died, other wolves would become frightened because of losing their leader.

However, if it were other wolves attacking him first, the situation would be completely different. And he might have been torn apart by them a long time ago.

Uncle Liu stood up after a break and went back to where he lay down. He picked up the Delirium Grass and put it in his kit in case he would use it for other purposes.

He cleaned his knife with snow and tucked it under his waistband, where he could easily take the knife out when in danger.

Uncle Liu took a look at the breathless wolf king lying next to him and reached down to feel its fur.

Then, he took out the knife again, going to flay it.

Because its fur could protect him from the low temperature very well.

Although the wolf was dead, its body temperature hadn't completely gone down yet.

Uncle Liu peeled off the wolf's fur from its wound on the belly where he stabbed.

After a long while, he peeled off an intact wolf fur.

He rolled it up and put it in his package.

Spending much time and energy in it, Uncle Liu sighed, "I have to admit that I'm getting old now."

Afterward, he lay down and closed his eyes.

Now, he could finally go to sleep without any worries.

Because this was the safest place now.

Thinking of that, Uncle Liu gradually fell asleep.

The dawn was near.

At the foot of the mountain, Yang Zijin and her fellows got out of carriages.

Chu Tianming already asked people to unload things in their carriages.

Liu Ling who sat in the carriage said to Yan Lingjun, "Your Highness, it's time to go. We can't just wait here."

"Well, I need some more time." Yan Lingjun took a long breath and replied.

At this time, Chu Tianming walked to the carriage and said, "Mr. Liu, we've unloaded things in all carriages except for yours."

"Oh, I'll get off right away." Liu Ling responded.