Before Zhan wWemei could reply a middle age man spoke.

"miss if you're going to serene lake city you can come with us. There's still enough space for the three of you in the last carriage since you don't have many with you. That is if you're okay with that" he said kindly with a smile while wiping the bead of sweat on his forehead.

"that would be great. Thank you, kind sir. Don't worry I would also be paying" Zhan Wemei exclaimed delightfully, the kids also curtsied to thank him.

Boss Jiang was flattered so he waves his hands good-naturedly. "you're so polite miss, just call me boss Jiang and don't worry about paying" he patted his chest with a laugh.

"Okay, boss Jiang" Zhan Wemei smiled and thank him once again.

Not long after several carriages left the small village, fifteen mercenaries are guarding the carriage so their journey was smooth sailing. They were men in their twenties and thirties, they were hired from serene lake city and were good people who got along with them.

Not long after they stop in a good location to camp.

Zhan wemei jump down the carriage first and brought her children down one by one.

She got along with boss Jiang as they shared the same carriage, they talk a lot along the way and she knew that he was a merchant that sold herbs and other stuff in the city. He would often come to the mountain village to buy and sell goods.

The coachmen feed the horses and the mercenaries secure the periphery before they assembled a tent. Since they would be guarding outside, they let Zhan Wemei and her kids use one of the tents after they eat and drink together. 

On their way, the spirit beasts were all scared of Zhan Wemei's aura so they didn't encounter any, at night though they started encircling their campsite. Her aura was withdrawn and she forgot about the spirit beasts as she never worries about getting attacked before.

"miss Zhan wakes up" one of the mercenaries quietly woke her up, they were surrounded by a pack of silver lightning wolves. The mercenaries were all trembling with fear because more than fifty wolves are eyeing them menacingly.

They weren't strong individually, however they are far too powerful for them to handle if there are more than fifty of them. They were slightly confused; silver lightning wolves usually have a pack of five to fifteen. If there are more than fifty, it could be imagined that their leader was exceptionally powerful.

"what's wrong?" Zhan wemei asked while rubbing her eyes sleepily.

"w-were surrounded by silver lightning wolves. I-I'm afraid we might not be able to see the day tomorrow. Boss Jiang called you over to bring the kids to safety" he explained in a trembling voice.

"what? Those punks actually dared to prey on us" she exclaimed in astonishment.

The mercenary guy thought she was scared silly so he said some comforting words that lack confidence.

"It's okay miss Zhan, we would buy time so you guys could find a safe place" he steeled himself trying to sound confident but his trembling body gave him away.