Chapter 1167 - 1169: Why didn’t I See a Single Wild Chicken_1
"Mu Shaoling, what should we do? Are we really trapped here?" Commandery Princess Dongyang idly tore off a large leaf from a tree and used it as a fan.
Mu Shaoling shook his head honestly, "I don’t know."
"Then if we can’t get out, are we going to stay here forever?" Commandery Princess Dongyang asked again. She couldn’t help feeling a little sad inside; if she couldn’t return, would she never see her father again, or her mother, her brothers, and Yang Chuxia?
"Regretting it now? I told you not to come in the first place, whose fault is that?" Mu Shaoling leaned against a tree trunk, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, completely devoid of his usual celestial physician’s demeanor.
Looking at his tattered clothes, one could hardly tell what they originally looked like. Still calling him a celestial physician? If one ignored his face, they might believe he was a beggar.
"Pfft, if this commandery princess hadn’t come, you’d have died long ago!"
Commandery Princess Dongyang rolled her eyes in annoyance. Then she added, "Do you think those people outside are searching for us or not? How can they be so clueless? They should have found us by now after searching island by island for so long, shouldn’t they? We have been here for a month, right?"
"What one month, it’s been at least two months," Mu Shaoling said speechlessly. Only the devil knew what those people were up to. Nevertheless, he didn’t think no one would be looking for him, at least Baili wouldn’t, and neither would his father.
"What’s the rush? They will find us eventually; it’s just a matter of time."
"Oh," Commandery Princess Dongyang nodded upon hearing this, then unceremoniously crouched on the ground and began digging in the dirt with a stick.
Cough cough, okay, these two really are bored enough to dig in the dirt.
"It’s almost noon, what are we going to eat today?" After a while, Commandery Princess Dongyang asked with longing in her eyes. She really wanted some rice. On this island, they were either eating wild fruits or catching fish from the sea, or grilling some shrimps and crabs. Oh heavens, she felt like life was even harder than when she was in the tribe.
"What else could we eat? We’re having grilled fish for lunch." Saying that, Mu Shaoling prepared to head to the seaside.
But he was pulled back by Commandery Princess Dongyang. Meeting Mu Shaoling’s inquiring gaze, Dongyang heh-hehed, "Let’s go check out that small forest? I think there must be something delicious there. Last time I saw a wild chicken flying inside."
"Are you sure you want to go?" Mu Shaoling touched his forehead. Who was it that walked halfway last time and then didn’t want to go any further? She kept claiming it was dirty there. Dirty my foot! That tiny, run-down forest couldn’t hide anything.
"Mhm, definitely going, I won’t back out halfway this time." Saying this, she dragged Mu Shaoling towards the little forest, but as soon as she entered, Commandery Princess Dongyang felt her hair stand on end.
She couldn’t help rubbing her arms, and she also shivered subconsciously.
"How come I don’t see a single wild chicken?" As they walked, she muttered, "I clearly saw wild chickens at the edge of the forest last time. I really want to eat wild chicken meat. I never want to eat fish again..."
"Shut up, you talk too much. If there was something, you’ve scared it off," Mu Shaoling said impatiently, shooting her an irritable glance.
"Oh," reprimanded by Mu Shaoling, Commandery Princess Dongyang quickly covered her mouth and threw a foolish smile at him when he looked back at her. It was so naive that Mu Shaoling couldn’t bear to look straight at her. Ridiculous!
A bit later, both of them continued further into the forest. However, as they walked, Mu Shaoling noticed Commandery Princess Dongyang nudging him again and again.
"What’s the matter?"
"There, look there!" Following the direction Commandery Princess Dongyang pointed towards, they spotted a python coiling in the distance, red with black spots and very thick, roughly as thick as a person’s thigh at a glance.