Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved-Chapter 675 - 640: First Update

"Miss Xing Yu, this way—"

The guard’s words were very polite. Xing Yu walked in the usual direction, but when she looked back, she saw several guards stealthily making their way toward their carriage.

Yin He quickly pulled Xing Yu by her side, signaling her not to look around and inadvertently alert the enemy.

"What’s wrong?" Xing Yu asked, somewhat unwillingly. How could she know what the others were up to if she didn’t keep an eye on them?

However, Xing Yu also slowly began to trust the young man’s words. Although she was slow to catch on, her intuition was still there. The guards’ gazes were meaningful, and their actions had become much more cautious.

"I feel a bit unwell, help me," Yin He said, covering his stomach with one hand and smoothly grabbing Xing Yu’s arm with the other.

"Oh," Xing Yu withdrew her gaze and obediently followed the young man into the cave.

At that time, there were not many guards inside the cave; they sat scattered around, some resting, some eating dry food, while guards outside the cave busied themselves in an orderly fashion.

"Miss Xing Yu, here is some roasted rabbit meat." The guard who had led them in brought over some roasted rabbit meat, two plump and fragrant legs.

"Thank you, big brother," Xing Yu nodded politely. The truth was, these people treated her well, even the food seemed to be of the highest quality.

The guard nodded slightly and then went back to his own business.

Xing Yu was about to eat the rabbit leg when the young man suddenly grabbed her wrist. She turned her head, puzzled. Couldn’t she eat? With freshly roasted rabbit legs available, she didn’t want to eat the dry rations.

"The rabbit legs have been tampered with," the young man whispered, nodding toward the cuts on the rabbit legs that were made stealthily. If it weren’t for their suspicions, they naturally wouldn’t have been suspicious, but now it was better to be safe than sorry.

Xing Yu could not simply put it down now, and turned to ask the young man.

"I don’t think we necessarily have to return to Nanzheng—," Xing Yu suddenly spoke up, and the young man looked at her, puzzled, not understanding her meaning at first. The next moment, when he did understand, he was even more confused.

"Why not return to Nanzheng?" The young man naturally wouldn’t agree. It was just a matter of time. As long as he entered the Sword Tree Forest and recovered, he wouldn’t be afraid of Nanmen Yu at all.

Seeing the young man’s reaction, Xing Yu felt somewhat disappointed but didn’t know what else to say. Although she was somewhat cognizant of the situation, when she looked into the young man’s determined and disdainful eyes, did Yin He like the Empress that much?

But why?

"If you go back to Nanzheng, you’ll be too big of a target," Xing Yu said in a low voice. "If we could survive in the Sword Tree Forest..."

"You wouldn’t want to stay in the Sword Tree Forest," the young man said without hesitation, turning away. He coughed as he stashed the two rabbit legs away, keeping an eye on the surroundings.

As the light of day slowly dimmed, the guards repeatedly hinted to their King that it was time to act and no need to wait until night. Nanmen Yu was still struggling to make up his mind.

"King, we can’t wait any longer. If we wait, we will leave the forest by tomorrow, and there will be no chance to act," the guard finally found Nanmen Yu and said anxiously.

Seeing that Nanmen Yu remained silent, the guard grew even more anxious. Perhaps the new King didn’t understand the importance of this young man to them.

"King, we have been searching for so many years and have never found the missing parts of the Spells. Now that we finally have a clue, we cannot wait any longer."

Nanmen Yu appeared moved.

"But this young man is very cunning. Are you sure you have a chance of success?" Nanmen Yu asked. At this moment, he did not fully understand, his knowledge limited to past impressions and a few words from these men. As for the real situation, he had not inquired in depth.

Moreover, these three men had never been his most trusted and reliable people.

These were the reasons for Nanmen Yu’s hesitation, but he did not imply distrust.

"This subordinate is willing to guarantee it with my life—" The guard immediately knelt down, and the two accompanying guards also knelt down immediately.

"This subordinate is also willing to stake my life on it."

Nanmen Yu watched silently. Originally, all this motivation came from a promise. Now, the one who had made that promise had left, leaving only his responsibility as a member of the Nanmen Royal Family.

Those who had followed him through life and death and struggled up to this point.

So, he needed to take care, no matter what the reason, leaving the Ghoul Ravine people alive would always be a trouble.

"Alright, proceed—"