[Book 2] The Evil Prince and his Precious Wife: The Sly Lady

Chapter 239: Entering the Mysterious Forest of Traps

Chapter 239

General Zhang narrowed his eyes. Despite his warm exhortations, in the end, he could only tell Murong Xue to be careful.

The general knew his soldiers were neither skillful enough in martial arts nor familiar with the traps in the forest. Thus, even if they went inside, they could do nothing to help. They might even add to the chaos instead. Thus, it would be better to let Murong Xue go alone. If she came across danger, she could avoid it or come out as quickly as possible.

Murong Xue nodded and assured General Zhang, “I know!” Then she took Ouyang Shaochen’s hand and slowly walked into the forest of traps.

Inside the forest there were tall trees, overgrown weeds, twisted roots and gnarled branches everywhere. Murong Xue moved forward step by step cautiously. It was in summer, but in the forest it was chilly, without sunshine or wind. The silence around her was terrifying…

"Ah!" A scream rang in their ears. Murong Xue looked ahead, only to see Wu Hen seven or eight meters away with a severe bleeding gash on the back of his hand. From his scarlet blood, there seemed to be indistinct black smoke coming out...

Murong Xue narrowed her eyes, stepped forward, took out the antidote powder and sprinkled it on the back of his hand while asking, "What happened?"

"I was accidentally scratched by a branch, and that's all." Wu Hen responded with an understatement.

Murong Xue's cold gaze swept over the lifeless trees, as well as their branches and leaves. She then narrowed her eyes, and sensed that the air had been poisoned. Even the branches and leaves of the plants were poisoned as well. So, she warned, "This is a poisonous forest. Be careful when you walk. Never touch anything!"

"Sure!"  Wu Hen nodded and went on striding forward, continuing to explore the road ahead. They had walked forward for more than 10 meters when his tall body suddenly sank, and half of his legs got stuck in the thick mud!

"This is indeed a forest of countless traps, which made it extremely difficult for soldiers to defend themselves. Thus, it should not be regarded as a humiliation that 300,000 of our soldiers are trapped here!"  Wu Hen sighed in a low voice. He tried hard to pull out his feet, but the harder he tried, the deeper he sank. The thick mud clung onto him layer after layer, and in the blink of an eye, the mud had reached his knees...

Murong Xue's eyes narrowed slightly as she hurried up to Wu Hen, saying "Wu Hen, stay still. The mud here is special. The more you struggle, the deeper you will sink ..."

Wu Hen was stunned and stopped struggling immediately. He looked up at Murong Xue and asked, “Then what can I do?”

Murong Xue looked around but didn’t find anything useful. All of a sudden, she unsheathed the soft sword on her waist and stretched it out to Wu Hen, saying, “Hold the tip of the sword. I’ll pull you out!”

“All right!” Wu Hen nodded and grasped the tip of the sword.

Just when Murong Xue was ready to pull, she saw Ouyang Shaochen holding her wrist. In a blink of an eye, he pulled Wu Hen out of the mud and flung him onto the hard ground nearby.

Wu Hen lightly fell onto the ground. Looking at the knee-depth mud stained on his trousers, he could not help but gasp, "The mud here is really terrifying!"