Chapter 21: Captain Shang Yu

  At the foot of the mountain.

  "There are probably wild beasts on this mountain, and maybe even some ferocious ones. We need to be careful!" Officer Yu furrowed his brow, listening carefully to the various howls of the wild beasts.

  "Hmph... only a useless person like you would be so timid, if you're afraid then don't go up there!" Shangguan Jiancheng sneered, any opportunity to strike at Shangguan Yu he definitely wouldn't let slip.

  "Who is the rubbish cursing?" Shangguan Yu suddenly remembered a joke and looked at Shangguan Jiancheng with a half-smile.

  "Scold you!" Shangguan Jiancheng didn't understand for a moment and directly shouted loudly.

  "Oh...... Qin Shou, did you hear that? This good-for-nothing is scolding me!"

  "Haha…… Yeah, you were actually scolded by a waste, how embarrassing." Qin Shou covered his stomach and burst out laughing, he had never seen Shangguan Jiansheng so foolish before. Even Li Ruolan couldn't help but laugh, she found that both the waste and the beast were quite entertaining.

  "It's also, defeated general, not a waste is what! Qin Shou was a mouse when facing Li Ruolan, but he was a tiger when facing Shangguan Jiansheng. How could he defeat Shangguan Jiansheng? He just said so, anyway Shangguan Jiansheng couldn't beat him."

  "Hey!" Shangguan Jiancheng originally wanted to humiliate Xia Shangguan Yu, but unexpectedly ended up being humiliated instead. Seeing the smiles on everyone's faces, he was so angry that he almost wanted to kill all three of the Shangguan brothers. His face turned red and white, if not for considering Li Ruolan and Qin Shou's powerful strength, he would have erupted on the spot.

  "Well said, you're a waste of space anyway, can't let others say it?" Wu Ziming also joined in the excitement at the right time, and seeing Shangguan Jiansheng being ridiculed was naturally very satisfying. Moreover, his team's strength was much stronger than Shangguan Jiansheng's team.

  "Alright, you guys! Hmph, let's see how things go!" Shangguan Jiancheng also knew that if they were to clash now, he would definitely be at a disadvantage. He could only curse in his heart and wait until he got back to his father, where he would surely make these people pay the price.

  "Alright, since we've already split into three small groups, let's each act on our own. I don't want to be stabbed in the back at some point!" Shangguan Yu wasn't really a little kid after all; he had grudges with both Shangguan Jiancheng and Wu Ziming, so if they were together, something would definitely happen.

  "Alright, I agree!" Xiang Tianlang finally spoke up, without any extra words. After finishing speaking, Xiang Tianlang walked away, and Wu Ziming and the others quickly followed.

  "I hope you don't die on the road!" Officer Xiang Jian's gloomy gaze fell upon the three of them, trying his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

  "We'll be fine, just worry that you'll be dragged out by the beasts!" Qin Shou's verbal sparring skills were apparently much better than Shangguan Jincheng's. One sentence made both Shangguan Yu and Li Ruolan burst out laughing, and also made Shangguan Jincheng's face even darker.

  Luckily, two people beside pulled Ouyang Jiancheng away, otherwise it would have been another big fight now.

  "Alright, those who are leaving have left. Let's set off too!" The other two groups also went to the mountain top from different locations, and Shangguan Yu chose a different direction to go as well.

  "Hey, Upper Official Yu, why should I listen to you? Don't you think that both of you should be listening to me instead?" Li Ruolan had been a princess since she was young and was the emperor's darling, so naturally she wasn't used to listening to others.

  Li Ruolan's eyes rolled around and then looked at Qin Shou, "The minority follows the majority, you beast, who do you say you support?" In her opinion, Qin Shou was most afraid of her, so he would definitely listen to her.

  Shangguan Yu also shifted his gaze towards Qin Shou, he too wanted to know what choice Qin Shou would make.

  "You two don't look at me like that, a great man is invincible and cannot be humiliated. I think Xiaoyu is more suitable to be the captain, I support Xiaoyu!"

  Li Ruolan was surprised this time, and even Shangguan Yu looked at Qin Shou with a new gaze. Looking at Qin Shou's majestic appearance, both of them felt very strange in their hearts.

  But Qin Shou was muttering to himself, if the cat tells the mouse to go east then it goes east, and if it tells the mouse to go west then it goes west, isn't this mouse looking for death? With the same logic, if Li Ruolan becomes the team leader, how will he spend his future days?

  "The minority is subordinate to the majority, what else do you have to say, Princess Lan?"

  "No opinion then." Li Ruolan said in a low voice, but she glared fiercely at Qin Shou.

  "You two don't have to be like this, I'll make you both deputy captains. Let's hurry up and go, we must be the first to reach the top of the mountain!"

  The three men did not continue to talk and set off towards the top of the mountain.

  However, Shangguan Yu's heart was not calm, and he clearly saw Jiu Lao's behavior. What was in his body that made the unfathomable Jiu Lao injured? Jiu Lao said it was an old wound relapse, if Shangguan Yu believed him then he would be a fool. But he wasn't someone who liked to overthink things, so he just let it go. He shook his head and stopped thinking about the matter.

  "The princess is hungry, let's have a meal first!" After walking for some distance, Li Ruolan was the first to call out.

  "Alright, let's take a break. But Princess Lan, please clarify the current situation for us. What are you going to eat in this wilderness? This isn't the imperial palace, so forget about your princess identity for now!" Shangguan Yu couldn't stand Li Ruolan's princess-like attitude, although she was much better than the other princes and princesses, he still couldn't get used to it.

  "Oh, right... I remember now. But can we eat now?" Li Ruolan also didn't pursue the question further, in fact she wasn't fond of being called "Princess Ben" all day either.

  "This is just right, nowadays you look much more feminine than Mother Tiger's appearance!" Qin Shou cast an admiring glance at Shangguan Yu, in his opinion, Li Ruolan being able to do so was truly unthinkable!

  "Beast! Do you want to die or what?!" Li Ruolan clenched her fists, her teeth gritting with a cracking sound.

  "Cough, let's eat quickly, I'll go catch some rabbits back!" Qin Shou said as soon as he finished speaking, and then ran away in a flash. Li Ruolan looked at Qin Shou disappearing so quickly, and could only stomp her feet on the spot.

  "I'll go find some firewood, and we can roast rabbit meat to eat in a bit!" Shangguan Yu also walked away towards the distance, looking at Li Ruolan's state, she definitely couldn't do anything.

  Now only Li Ruolan was left, she looked at the place where the two disappeared, and suddenly smiled. She now felt that this experience had become fun, especially with these two teammates being more interesting than each other.

  "I'm back! I caught three rabbits, one for each of you!" Qin Shou ran back, still holding onto the three grey rabbits in his hands.

  "Are you sure you want to eat such a cute rabbit? How can you be so cruel?"

  "You can also choose not to eat, but don't cry about being hungry later!" Shangguan Yu knew that little girls were all like this. "Besides, in the imperial palace, you must have eaten various kinds of meat before, and those animals are also very cute. Moreover, powerful demons also eat humans, so it's nothing special."

  Shangguan Yu took over the three rabbits from Qin Shou's hands and walked to the riverbank to clean them up.

  "Monster, why don't you let go of the rabbit you want to eat? That rabbit is so cute!" Li Ruolan's threatening voice reached Qin Shou's ears.

  Qin Shou: "Nothing"

  "Everyone should take care of themselves and eat their own food. No one will treat you like a princess outside!" Shangguan Yu said to Li Ruolan.

  "Alright, not a single bit of tender loving care!" Li Ruolan muttered to herself as she started to tie up the rabbit. Shangguan Yu didn't know what to say either, Li Ruolan always managed to come out with those speechless words.

  "Hey, you beast, let's exchange our roasted rabbit meat!" Li Ruolan looked at the blackened rabbit in her hand and really couldn't bear to eat it. Qin Shou and Shangguan Yu's rabbit meat was all emitting a tempting fragrance, so she naturally turned to Qin Shou for help.

  "No way, I won't exchange it. That rabbit meat of yours isn't for human consumption!" Qin Shou was afraid of Li Ruolan, but he wasn't someone who would listen to whatever she said.

  "Remember, you're no longer a princess now, don't put on your princess airs!" Shangguan Yu said calmly.

  "You! Alright, can you two bear to see me starve? We're the closest teammates, and my hunger will affect our performance." Li Ruolan looked pitifully at Shangguan Yu since being tough didn't work.

  "A child can be taught," Li Ruolan almost blew up when she heard this sentence, fortunately Shangguan Yu quickly said, "I'll give you this rabbit to eat, I'll go catch another one!"

  "Xiao Yu, no need to be so troublesome, watch mine!" Qin Shou took a bite of rabbit meat, afraid that Li Ruolan would really snatch it from him.

  "I haven't had goose in a long time, let's have some today. This guy eats too fast, he finished the whole rabbit in an instant!" Qin Shou threw away the bone in his hand.

  Qin Shou took out a treasured bow, which couldn't be discerned what material it was made of, but it could be seen that it was a good bow. He also took out an arrow with a sharp tip, and the upper official feather could clearly feel the sharpness of the arrow cluster.

  "Ten thousand miles piercing the cloudy arrow, the arrow breaks through the clouds!" Qin Shou drew his bow to its fullest extent and shot at the clouds, in this moment, Qin Shou no longer had a hint of vulgarity.

  With a "thud", two large geese fell to the ground, with an arrow shaft still stuck in between them.

  "Beautiful, turning over and shooting upwards at the clouds, one arrow straight down on the double flying wings." Shangguan Yu also thought that Qin Shou's archery skills were quite good, it was hard to imagine that such a sloppy person would have such great archery skills.

  Li Ruolan watched all this from the side, Qin Shou's archery skills and Shangguan Yu's poem made her feel very surprised.

  "What's the big deal? I was always this awesome."

  A few people were joking and eating barbecue, living a carefree life. However, they didn't know that danger was slowly approaching them.

  Roar

  A loud roar echoed through the clouds, and also made Shangguan Yu and the other two vigilant. Just by listening to this roar, it was clear that this was an extremely fierce wild beast.

  "Everyone be careful, we estimate that we have encountered danger!"