Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 303 - 294: Surprised? The Thief You Can’t Catch!

Chapter 303: Chapter 294: Surprised? The Thief You Can’t Catch!

Hearing the analysis from the third brother, the second leader of the Icefield stroked his chin, then slapped his thigh and stood up: "Third brother’s analysis makes sense!"

"Big brother has been gone for so long. If he were really in danger, the Soul Lamp would have gone out long ago. It seems... big brother might be waiting for us to find him, to meet him."

Third brother nodded and said: "Let’s go, let’s go!"

"Let’s start now!"

He was already a bit impatient. If this trip goes smoothly, and they bring back the Divine Medicine with big brother, even the Saint Ancestor won’t say we didn’t contribute."

"Perhaps, before we go, we should inform the Saint Ancestor first?" The second leader of the Icefield frowned, looking worried.

"Second brother, there’s no need to tell. Bringing back the Divine Medicine will be a huge surprise for the Saint Ancestor!" The third leader of the Icefield replied with a smile.

.....

"Alright then."

"Let’s head out together!"

With that, two burly figures transformed into two streaks of dark light, dashing into a dark abyss in the void, following big brother’s tracks to a certain time and space.

.....

Above the River of Time, in the backyard vegetable garden, inside a large iron cage.

"Old Demon Yuan, wake up, wake up!"

"At your age, how can you still sleep?"

The Icefield Demon Lord shook the big black rat that was resting with its eyes closed.

"Don’t push me!" Old Demon Yuan opened his eyes, scolding the little yellow weasel standing before him. If his gaze could devour, the Icefield Demon Lord would have been consumed multiple times already.

"Didn’t you tell me a few days ago that the flow of time on the River of Time is different from the outside world?"

"A day on the River of Time, could be many years in the outside world."

"We’ve been trapped for so long."

"Calculating the time, my second and third brothers should be leading the Icefield Demon Realm’s army towards your Cyan Blue Demon Realm!"

"It’s also possible that, at this moment, your Cyan Blue Demon Realm has already become prisoners of the Icefield."

"Why aren’t you speaking?"

The Icefield Demon Lord, face-to-face with Old Demon Yuan, started a fight. Sometimes, battles between big shots are just this simple and childish, plain yet unadorned!

"You!"

Old Demon Yuan couldn’t hold back and was about to start a scuffle.

Bang—

The iron cage door opened, and the Little Brown Bear brought in two brown-yellow field mice.

When the Icefield Demon Lord saw these two field mice, he froze in place, wide-eyed.

"Se...second brother...thi...third brother?"

"Is...is it you?"

His voice stammered and trembled, unable to believe what was in front of him.

Hearing this, the two field mice nodded.

Confirming they were indeed his second and third brothers, the Icefield Demon Lord felt his brain was deprived of oxygen.

"Why did you come along?!"

"Why!"

Faced with the questioning from their brother, now a yellow weasel, the two field mice were utterly stunned, their minds blank, not knowing how to answer.

When they arrived at this Sacred Medicine Garden, finding themselves turned into field mice, their first reaction, like their brother, was overwhelming excitement. They began scurrying through the garden, stealing medicine, and had just started when a terrifying Little Brown Bear caught them. Then... they were locked in this cage, and finally, they met their also imprisoned big brother...

At that moment, they realized their big brother wasn’t dead, and the reason the Soul Lamp was still lit was because he was imprisoned!

Witnessing such a dramatic scene, Old Demon Yuan was initially stunned, then after confirming, burst into laughter: "Hahahahaha!"

Originally already severely deprived of oxygen, hearing the laughter from Old Demon Yuan, the Icefield Demon Lord was so enraged that he passed out on the spot.

"Big brother, big brother!"

The two field mice, seeing their brother faint, shouted anxiously.

...

"Old Luo, Old Luo, wake up, wake up!"

"At your age, how can you still sleep?"

Old Demon Yuan walked to the unconscious little yellow weasel and shook him awake, responding with the same words.

Hearing this, the Icefield Demon Lord was so angry that he was feeling unwell.

Seeing this, Old Demon Yuan felt overjoyed. For a long time, he had been feeling nauseated, and finally... he’d waited for this day!

Now, everyone was on the same playing field, facing the same plight.

The Icefield Demon Realm and the Cyan Blue Demon Realm were both left with just one old geezer about to kick the bucket, while the rest were little ones...

...

Now, the large iron cage was all quiet.

They were all prisoners, leaders of different realms, nothing much to communicate about, nothing worth exchanging.

That day, a slender, handsome man opened the wooden gate to the backyard and arrived at the entrance of the vegetable garden.

At this time, the "thieves" in the iron cage gazed at this man with fearful eyes through the gaps in the fence.

This man was the Guardian of the River of Time, the master of this Sacred Medicine Garden, a Supreme existence!

The Icefield Demon Lord and others, being the latest captives, saw this man for the first time. Upon seeing him, they finally realized...how bold they’d been to dare to steal from a vegetable garden of such a high-level being...

For this being, it was just an ordinary vegetable garden, but for them, it was a Sacred Medicine Garden!

That’s the disparity in identity and power, completely on different levels.

...

Perhaps this is the sorrow of the weak; for the weak, as long as they strive upwards and climb out of the well, they can see a vast world.

Unknown to them, when they crawl out of the well, they’ll find a gaping maw waiting, ready to make them its meal.

There’s a saying that’s brutally real: sometimes, not only is ascension a scam, even climbing higher to a certain point, you’ll discover it’s all a scam.

...

Su Mu, after arriving at the backyard,

the Groundhog, Little Brown Bear, Little Squirrel, Little Monkey, and Little Owl, these five garden guardians, stood neatly before him.

"What couldn’t you catch?"

"Take me to see."

Early that morning, Su Mu, preparing to go out for patrol, heard from Nannan that a very fast "thief" came to the garden, stole quite a bit of Great Medicine, and even the five guardians couldn’t catch it.

This conversation also reached the ears of the "thieves" imprisoned in the iron cage.

They all stood by the iron bars, looking out, wanting to see what kind of "thief" it was that even the five "Kings Yan" couldn’t catch, and required this man to personally intervene!

...

Not only were they curious, but Su Mu himself was also very curious.

Because ever since the five little ones were guarding the garden, nothing unusual had happened. No matter how tricky the "thief," they could catch it. The entire garden was meticulously organized by them, apart from when he sometimes came to pick vegetables for cooking, he basically didn’t need to come, let alone manage it.

They wouldn’t seek his help unless it was absolutely necessary.

Su Mu entered the garden and expanded his Divine Sense, instantly enveloping the entire garden.