The Empress's Gigolo

Chapter 775: Invasion of the Herdsmen

The light wasn’t strong, but the countless flowers made it seem as if there weren’t any dark corners in this valley.

The brilliance of countless colors shone brightly, forming an extremely resplendent picture.

“Your Majesty, it’s so beautiful here!” Qing Yuan and Hong Luan followed behind, full of praise and happiness.

These girls always succumbed to such beautiful scenery.

“This is simply a valley of resplendence!” Ren Baqian exclaimed before casually taking a photo of the scene.

This valley had been discovered by the winged cavalry and was described as strange, yet beautiful. In the evening, Ren Baqian and the empress specially came here for a visit.

He felt as if he was looking at the world from Avatar.

There were various types of brightly colored plants that grew in this valley.

A lot of flying insects flew around and little beasts occasionally popped up among the flowers.

Ren Baqian watched as a fuchsia bloomed slowly before swallowing a flying insect that was attracted to it.

Even though it was beautiful here, it was full of danger for those insects.

As the empress strolled in the forest, there were flowers beside her feet that radiated in the dark. Her eyes reflected the various colors, and her face looked extremely delighted.

“This place shall be called the Valley of Resplendence!” The empress immediately decided on a name for the valley.

Near them was a one meter long lizard with camouflaging colors on its body. It shot out its long tongue and pulled a flying bug into its mouth. It curiously looked at them before focusing on its targets again.

“It would be wonderful if we built a house here and enjoyed such beautiful scenery every night!” Ren Baqian exclaimed.

He was very moved by the scenery in this valley.

Beauty would always be admired, and no one was indifferent.

Taking an excursion in this valley was like going on an adventure in a beautiful painting. The one meter tall fuchsias shone brightly with little white flowers glowing as decorative shrubs. There were also trees with branches that hung down like willows.

Filming this painting would produce a captivating movie.

Even at midnight, all of them were reluctant to leave.

“If Your Majesty likes it, we can come back again tomorrow.” Ren Baqian smiled.

This valley was about two hours away from the kadsura coccinea forest. The entrance to the valley was small and blocked by trees, which was why no one had ever discovered it before.

“Okay!” The empress nodded.

Qing Yuan and Hong Luan were very happy to hear that they would be coming back tomorrow.

The next day, Ren Baqian and the empress brought along Qing Yuan, Hong Luan, and a dozen bodyguards and headed to the valley again.

However, after just an hour’s journey, they saw an unforgettable view.

Numerous glowing green spots floated in the air like a layer of shining light muslin that covered the sky. They changed the color of the sky in the distance.

“Those are…” With a pretty doubtful expression, Ren Baqian carefully watched as the green muslin moved toward them.

Subsequently, he seemed to realize something. His face immediately changed after he took the binoculars out of his bag and gazed ahead.

“Your Majesty, those are jade-waisted slaves! They are everywhere! There are at least 100,000 of them, and they are coming at us!”

Ren Baqian refused to believe that these jade-waisted slaves were merely passing by.

According to their direction of flight, these butterflies had to be coming for them.

After hearing what he said, Qing Yuan, Hong Luan, and the winged cavalry warriors’ faces immediately changed.

“Retreat!” A chill emitted from the empress’s body.

Everyone got on their mounts and hurried back to the kadsura coccinea forest.

“Your Majesty, we will never be able to withstand the onslaught of so many of those demonic butterflies. Besides, they are moving faster than we are! We can’t outrun their pursuit!” Ren Baqian shouted at the empress as the oncoming wind blew upon his face.

“We simply have to persevere until daylight!” she replied.

“They are under the control of a herdsman. There is also the possibility of an expert like Liu Sheng. We must find a place to hide, guard the passage, and persevere until day!” Ren Baqian shouted.

“Your mount moves faster—hurry back and tell everyone to evacuate,” the empress responded.

In fact, Qishui was pretty fast as well, but the empress naturally wouldn’t leave the others behind just to get ahead faster.

“Be careful, Your Majesty!” Knowing that the situation was urgent, he shouted back at her and urged the crow general to speed up without further ado.

A row of wooden houses had already been built not far away from the kadsura coccinea forest.

At present, there were quite a number of bonfires set up. Except for the winged cavalry warriors on night watch, the others were all sitting around the bonfires and passing around a wooden tube. Everyone took a few puffs, and they all looked intoxicated.

Scorpion pipes!

These aboriginals were really into drugs!

In addition to the aroma of the scorpion smoldering in the tube, the scorpion’s venom emitted a gas that stimulated the brain after it was heated by the fire. The greater the toxicity of these scorpions, the greater the effect of intoxication. After the winged cavalry warriors took a few puffs, even they felt as if their bodies were as light as feathers.

This was a very common form of recreation for them.

After Ren Baqian found out that this thing wasn’t addictive and had almost no side effects, he didn’t mind it any longer and would also take a few puffs at times.

At this moment, when he returned from afar and saw that everyone was indulging in such leisurely activities, he immediately let out a long whistle.

Everyone quivered and stood up from the ground, looking into the darkness.

“Get ready to evacuate immediately!” Ren Baqian shouted.

Everyone’s faces changed dramatically.

There were 300 winged cavalry warriors under the command of the empress, yet they actually had to evacuate immediately? What kind of danger were they facing?

“Sir Ren, where’s Her Majesty?” someone immediately shouted in response.

“Her Majesty is behind me and rushing over. I came back first to inform you. Leave everything behind, prepare your mounts, and get ready. We will leave once she arrives!”

After Ren Baqian’s words, everyone broke into chaos as they picked up their weapons and rushed to their mounts.

Ren Baqian asked, “Does anyone know if there are any caves around the area that can fit all of us? It’ll be good if the entrance can only accommodate one or two people entering at a time!”

“Sir Ren, there are two caves! Our brothers found them when they were searching for food!” someone immediately shouted.

“Where are they and how far are they?”

“One of them is an hour’s journey to the east, whereas the other one is also an hour away, but to the northeast. The latter is slightly larger and has a spring inside, but its entrance is also wider.”

“How wide is it?”

“Three people can pass in one go and it’s about four meters tall!”

“The cave to the northeast it is. Lead the way later! Bring along all the pesticide as well!” Ren Baqian ordered as the aboriginals scrambled around.

“Sir Ren, what exactly happened?” one of them asked after he was done preparing.

“The herdsmen are invading again, this time with more than 100,000 jade-waisted slaves!” Ren Baqian looked extremely displeased.

Everyone reacted the same way when they heard what he said.

They could barely withstand 10,000 jade-waisted slaves.

Factoring in Ren Baqian’s pesticide, they could barely handle 20,000 of them.

However, it was impossible for them to withstand the onslaught of 100,000.

When the number of jade-waisted slaves reached a certain amount, there would be a qualitative change. Everything that stood before them would be flushed away.

Like intestinal worms, one of them would be crushed easily. However, when large numbers of them came together, even the most fearsome beasts would have to run for their lives.

Plus, these butterflies were countless times more dangerous than intestinal worms

“Sir Ren, you should leave with Her Majesty later. Your mounts are faster. We’ll obstruct them!” one of the winged cavalry warriors shouted.

“That’s right!” everyone immediately echoed.

“Stop that nonsense!” Ren Baqian scolded.

He and the empress would definitely be able to get away, but how would she possibly be able to do such a thing?

If she could, she wouldn’t be the empress anymore.

Shortly after, the empress and the others arrived.

Subsequently, a green radiance followed them like rising waters.

“Your Majesty, there is a cave an hour’s journey to the northeast that can accommodate everyone!” Ren Baqian shouted.

“Your Majesty, we will obstruct them. Leave with Sir Ren!”

“I’m the empress!” she replied coldly. “Everyone will listen to me! Head northeast!”

The chaotic clamor of hooves rang out as she led the 300 winged cavalry warriors and rode toward the northeast.

“If things don’t turn out well, head back to Earth and return after seven days! These jade-waisted slaves aren’t enough to deal with me!” the empress said to Ren Baqian as they rode.

He immediately laughed and shouted, “I’ll naturally retreat together with you, Your Majesty! Without you, this world would lose all its meaning, and my days ahead would be torture!”

After hearing what he said, she looked at him and spoke no further.

This sentence was enough!