Chapter 66: Overjoyed Beyond Expectation

  "What's going on? How is this possible? Are there others who know the exact location of the treasure?" Ross had been sulking for half a day, staring at Rain and the others, before finally speaking up.

  "Hmm, who knows?" Russ glared at Los and turned away, saying disdainfully.

  "Rus big brother, don't be like that. If Los wants to monopolize the treasure, he can just not tell us." Rain explained.

  "Alas..." Russ let out a long sigh and quickly walked towards the outside of the cave, completely ignoring the calls from others.

  "Damn it, Traien cheated me! I'm so angry...!" Ross suddenly realized and cursed, saying while furiously kicking the rocks under his feet.

  "Come on, Ross!" Dakot called out, then strode forward quickly, pulling him away in a hurried departure.

  The border pass along the coast of Xia Hai still maintains a level one alert, with Caesar's army stationed outside the city and a large number of troops gathered, but there has been no attack on the city. It seems as if they are waiting for something, or perhaps they have reached some sort of understanding with the Si Te family.

  Large-scale recruitment and grain collection activities are still being carried out, and the people are complaining endlessly. However, with the outbreak of civil war, who would care about their lives? Only the villagers near Luofeng Mountain lived relatively comfortably.

  After garrisoning Luo Feng Shan for over a month, Lein's heart was bleeding, and he quietly came to Luo Xia Village alone.

  "Halt, don't move, raise your hands." Just as Rain was absent-mindedly staring at the stone monument in front of Luoxia Village, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him, a tender and youthful female voice.

  "Haha, Sally? Is that you? Take a closer look and see who I am?" Rain laughed, slowly raising his hands, and suddenly turning around, startling the little girl holding a crossbow behind him.

  "Captain Laine? You, how did you come here?" The one holding the crossbow was Sally, her golden hair tied up, still in hunting attire. With a clatter, the crossbow fell to the ground as she ran over excitedly.

  Right after that, several figures emerged from the trees and nearby bushes, all of them chuckling to themselves as they quickly closed in around Lain, chattering away in a cacophony of sound.

  "Stop, stop, stop...... Is this your hospitality?" Lain heard these greetings from the little friends and was overwhelmed.

  "Hey, everyone misses you, it's been so long and you don't even come to visit us, have you forgotten about us?" Sally said with a hint of resentment, looking up at him.

  "Hehe, didn't I come over to see you guys? What are you doing? Are you hunting or...?" Reyn's puzzled eyes looked at Sally and the others, asking in confusion.

  "Hehe, this is the top secret in our village." Sally smiled mysteriously and didn't answer his question. Then she whispered to her companions for half a day, and then led Rayn towards the direction of Luoxia Village.

  When Lain arrived at Luoxia Village, the villagers all enthusiastically greeted him. Lain responded to each of them one by one, his heart filled with excitement and emotion, never expecting that he would be so welcomed in Luoxia Village.

  With a nervous heart, Lain finally arrived at the residence of Village Chief Emily, his lifeblood, and inexplicably came to this place. However, at this moment, he had a strange feeling in his heart, as if there were a pair of eyes staring at him from somewhere, making him feel uneasy all over.

  "Aunt Emily, Captain Rhyn has arrived!" Sally shouted loudly, then quickly ran into the courtyard, and the enthusiastic villagers also dispersed.

  A figure in the crowd that was gradually dispersing caught Rane's attention, but before he could regain his composure, the familiar figure had quickly disappeared.

  "Lai Ya? She..." Rains stood at the door, dazed and lost, staring blankly as the familiar figure gradually disappeared from his line of sight.

  "It's impossible, it can't be, how did she end up here? Alas... maybe I'm seeing things!" Reyn shook his head, sighing incessantly, and continued walking into the courtyard.

  At this time, Emily, dressed in a green dress, stood smiling at the door, nodded to Rain, and then beckoned to Rain, leading him into the room.

  "Captain Raine, what wind blows you here? You're now the son-in-law of General Robert, the commander of the border garrison. What brings you to this place?" Emily's smile disappeared, and she spoke in a calm tone.

  "Hmm......" Lain sighed, not knowing how to respond. Since she already knew about his marriage to Yulia, she should have some understanding of the recent events, but her question seemed to carry a different meaning. Was she mocking him? Or...

  Emily was still so beautiful, her black shiny hair was curled up, her face was rosy, and her clear and transparent black eyes were staring at him in a daze. Her long eyelashes were still slightly trembling, seemingly smiling but not quite, as if waiting for his response.

  "Captain Laine, have some water!" Sally said, placing a glass on the table.

  "Thanks, Sally!" Ryan said gratefully, temporarily avoiding Emily's question. He held his cup of water and drank slowly, his mind a mess at this moment. If he had known it would be like this, he might as well have stayed on the Broken Cliff Peak.

  "Renn, are you doing all right now?" Emily asked tactfully, her tone much softer.

  "Hehe, not bad!" Reyn said with a smile.

  "Captain Rynn, there are bandits lurking around the Cliff's Peak again. You..." Emily continued to ask, observing Rynn's expression change as she spoke.

  "Oh? Really?" Lain was stunned and looked up inquiringly.

  "Auntie, they're not robbers, they're heroes, they..." Sally said discontentedly.

  "Sally, you go out first." Emily said with a bit of anger, staring at Sally.

  "Hmph... Fine, I'm out of here!" Sally pouted, gave Aunt Emily a glance, stormed out, but quickly returned to greet Rayn with a smile, then glared at her aunt again before leaving in a huff.

  "Sally this child, really, now more and more do not understand things, alas......" Looking at Sally's distant back, Emily sighed and said helplessly.

  "Hmm..." Reyn laughed but didn't answer, still slowly sipping his water, as if only this could alleviate his current mood.

  "Renn, there's something I almost forgot to tell you, Layla is now in Luoxia Village, you..." Emily suddenly changed the subject and said calmly.

  With a "bang", the water cup fell uncontrollably to the ground, and Rain's body trembled, staring with both eyes, his whole person stunned.

  "What? Laya is here? Was that really Laya I just saw?" Rayn exclaimed excitedly, suddenly standing up from his chair.