Blue Phoenix Chapter 54 – The Blushing Sleepyhead

Having burnt the corpses, Hui Yue and the group once more followed the road leading towards the capital. Everything which happened gave everyone a new sense of vigilance, and they expected more attacks to follow. While they did not observe every single stone on the road, they viewed any group they met along the way with hostility for they could possibly be enemies.

Walking down the dusty road the group, step by step, inched towards the capital. After six days of traveling, as the sun was setting in the western end of the cave, the city finally came into view in the distance.

Upon seeing the capital, energy sprouted within every member of the group. The capital city had inns, places where they could sleep in a proper bed and bathe in warm water. Although the food was decent on their travels, it could not compare to a good stew cooked by a proper chef.

“Tomorrow,” Xu Piao said, the longing evident within his voice as his eyes looked towards the city walls with excitement. “Tomorrow we will be in a proper city once again!”

Hearing those words said at dusk, everyone felt a joy that they had not felt for a long time. Conversation rose together with laughter as the group once more started moving, heading towards the distant city.

As dusk turned to night and when the moon was high in the sky, the group finally stopped. Like clockwork, everyone performed their tasks and helped set up camp and cook dinner. The atmosphere was no longer heavy and vigilant, but cheerful and light.

“It seems that we over-thought the situation,” Xu Piao said with a smile on his face as he looked at Hui Yue who was seated next to him eating Horned Snake soup which Sha Yun cooked for them.

After having finished the food and cleaned the dishes, snoring sounds soon filled the campsite. Hui Yue was seated atop of a boulder, his head resting in his palms while his legs were crossed. Thoughts of the battle against the mercenaries floated into his head. Although he had been deep in meditation throughout the entire battle, he managed to see the f

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