Ballad of the Desert

Updated: 2024-4-18

Status: Completed

Ballad of the Desert Novel Chapters

List of most recent chapters published for the Ballad of the Desert novel. A total of 40 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024

Latest Release: Chapter 41 : Epilogue: Shadow of Sorrow The different orders of mixing the ingredients for the “Seve
Epilogue: Shadow of Sorrow The different orders of mixing the ingredients for the “Seven Day Suffering” is all very hard to differentiate since the results are so similar. Despite it being hard, if there was enough time and he could study Huo Qu Bing’s po

41 Epilogue: Shadow of Sorrow The different orders of mixing the ingredients for the “Seven Day Suffering” is all very hard to differentiate since the results are so similar. Despite it being hard, if there was enough time and he could study Huo Qu Bing’s po 2024-4-21
40 Chapter 38: Carefree Huo Qu Bing was full speed ahead when it comes to war, but when it comes to seeing Yi Er, he’s constantly worried. He’s always fretting about something going wrong. Every time I ask, he goes through a list of possible dangers lurking. 2024-4-21
39 Chapter 37: Chance Encounter A hunting trip organized as a relaxing event concludes in the most devastating of ways. The Duke Li Gan was killed by rampaging deer, and Consort Li was so frightened by what happened she collapsed. Liu Che had no desire to co 2024-4-21
38 Chapter 36: Death Trap For the empty Prime Minister position left by Li Cai’s suicide, every faction works hard to push for their own candidate. Huo Qu Bing continues his usual stance at court of being cold and uninvolved. He goes to train the soldiers, p 2024-4-21
37 Chapter 35: Trust What Huo Qu Bing described as “just the usual wealth and power” turned out to be so vast it stuns the entire court and nation. With this victory, Emperor Wu of Han awards him wealth equal to five thousand eight hundred households. But th 2024-4-21
36 Chapter 34: Dangerous Plot The Northern desert battle has the Great General Wei commanding fifty thousand troops and departing from Ding Xiang, while Huo Qu Bing commands fifty thousand troops and departs from Dai Jun, along with fourteen thousand horses 2024-4-21
35 Chapter 33: Deadly Plot It felt like I was sleeping on clouds, light and airy, an indescribable feeling of comfort. I want to keep sleeping like this, but the tiny speck of alertness in my mind was telling me to wake up. I have to wake up no matter what. 2024-4-21
34 Chapter 32: Poisoned After sending Huo Qu Bing off in the morning, I move back to Hong Gu’s residence. Without him around, I can’t stand living at the Huo Estate. I’m a wife yet not a wife, I’m a guest yet not a guest. It’s just awkward for me to live the 2024-4-21
33 Chapter 31: Deployment Myabe because it is the Winter and it’s cold outside, but I’ve suddenly turned lazy and always eating. Sometimes I think of a delicious food and I can’t sleep at night wanting to eat it. Huo Qu Bing orders the kitchen to add a talen 2024-4-21
32 Chapter 30: Pa.s.sion Dance I have no idea how I managed to return home. My entire body feels empty and I’m so exhausted I just want to collapse. When I enter the room I discover that the ceramic appliances have all been swept on the floor. The entire flo 2024-4-21
31 Chapter 29: Sorrow My heart really hurts, so without considering the ramifications, I release a long howl to the moon. In a split second, all of Chang An breaks into a cacophony of dog barks and roosters crowing. In what was a dark house the lamplight is 2024-4-21
30 Chapter 28: Illness A few days have pa.s.sed and still Huo Qu Bing hasn’t shown up. Hong Gu, Xing Yen, and none of the maids understand what could have happened. Hong Gu tries to ask me but I refuse to say anything. I feel the mood is getting so tense and 2024-4-21
29 Chapter 27: An Argument Because I was convalescing, Huo Qu Bing rarely went back to his own estate so that he could spend as much time with me as possible. He’s here almost daily, and we both go out of our way to avoid discussing certain things. All we do 2024-4-21
28 Chapter 26: Angry Kiss A twenty year old Huo Qu Bing is the s.h.i.+niest star in Chang An. The vibe around him is as if following him will mean untold riches and an unlimited future, ready to be made a Duke or a General. Huo Qu Bing remains brash and arro 2024-4-21
27 Chapter 25: Emotional Turmoil I had been kneeling for a hour already and Li Yan still hasn’t said a word. I thought to myself that this impa.s.se can’t continue, so I bow my head to the floor “Your highness seeks to see me for what matter?” Li Yan’s coldn 2024-4-21
26 Chapter 24: Brilliant Smile “I won’t enter the city with you. I’ll go in first.” Huo Qu Bing thought and agreed “Fine. There is bound to be a lot of confusion upon entering the city, and I need to enter the Palace to see the Emperor first. Are you going b 2024-4-21
25 Chapter 23: Football “What are you thinking about?” Huo Qu Bing tenderly asked. I pulled back my gaze and lowered the carriage curtain, turning back to smile at him “I’m going to miss Brother Wolf.” Huo Qu Bing held my hand “We do need to thank Brother Wo 2024-4-21
24 Chapter 22: Fleeing Huo Qu Bing said “Ah” before asking “The Shan Yu of the Xiong Nu?” I nodded and he was silent for awhile before suddenly laughing “What an exhilarating day this turned out to be. I actually beat the Xiong Nu’s Shan Yu. Too bad we have 2024-4-21
23 Chapter 21: First Kiss Huo Qu Bing and I walked ahead, while Brother Wolf and Snow Lady followed behind me. Little Princess would sometimes run ahead to chase a b.u.t.terfly, run next to me to make me carry her, or mimic her parents and walk leisurely bes 2024-4-21
22 Chapter 20: Deflowered When I open my eyes again, I find myself in Huo Qu Bing’s embrace. In the dark night, with the vast desert, the only sounds are the horse hooves. I look at the two or three faint stars in the sky, my heart completely empty. Mischiev 2024-4-21
21 Chapter 19: Pigeon Souls The army is leaving after resting for two days. Huo Qu Bing and Gong Xun Aou discuss how to attack the Xiong Nu from both sides in tandem, while General Li Guang’s army brings up the rear. In the blue black sky, there isn’t a sing 2024-4-21
20 Chapter 18: Emotional Threads Li Cheng was moping, muttering under his breath “How could they say leave and leave so quickly? When I woke up the entire army base was empty.” I can see he’s in no mood to teach me to ride so I practiced by myself. I stopped 2024-4-21
19 Chapter 17: Kidnapping A pitch black sky blankets the earth, on the wide road there is just the sound of horse hooves reverberating. I sit in the carriage and stare towards the East, where the grand city of Chang An is becoming farther and farther from me 2024-4-21
18 Epilogue: Wis.h.i.+ng for Twin Stars In the dark night, she’s dressed in red, like a burning flame. Meng Jiu knew she was in a bad mood, because normally she disliked wearing vibrant colors. But when she’s in a bad mood, she’ll force herself to wear somet 2024-4-21
17 Chapter 16: Departure Fang Ru and Li Yan Nian are getting married and the house is merry with activity. The girls want to go crash the wedding night but I just smile and let them have fun. Hong Gu asks why I’m having Li Yan Nian move out, and I say it’s b 2024-4-21
16 Chapter 15: A Date Li Yan safely gives birth to a boy, which Emperor Wu of Han names Bo. He also greatly rewards Princess Pingyang, Li Yan Nian and Li Guang Li. At a time when the crown prince is not set, everyone in court is starting to speculate whether 2024-4-21
15 Chapter 14: Stargazing “Bam!” I slam my chopsticks on the table “What is this? A perfectly fine steamed bun, why are you putting weird things in it?” Hong Gu gave me an odd look and continued to eat her steamed bun “An acacia flower scented steamed bun is 2024-4-21
13 Chapter 12: Invitation The Fall arrives and the Han’s battle with the Xiong Nu ends. Even though the army commanded by the Great General Wei captured or killed tens of thousands of Xiong Nu, one of his subordinates the General Zhao Xin met the army led by 2024-4-21
12 Chapter 11: Handkerchief Delivery The city of Xu Fang is one of the Emperor’s tributaries at the border, so every time the Xiong Nu attacks Xu Fang, the entire Chang An city goes on high alert. When Emperor Wu of Han first ascended the throne, he vowed to 2024-4-21
11 Chapter 10: a.s.sa.s.sination I knock on the door, asking where Jiu Ye is? Xiao Feng tells me Jiu Ye is arranging his books in the study, and no one is allowed inside so I should wait outside for him. I ignore him and walk towards the study, which is the 2024-4-21
10 Chapter 9: Heart Song “Is your hand hurt?” Huo Qu Bing asks me. I shake my head and put my left hand behind my back. Huo Qu Bing shakes out his ermine cloak and sighs “What a shame. I just got this a few days ago from the Emperor, and wore it for the firs 2024-4-21
9 Chapter 9: Heart Song Normally I would send someone to Tian Xiang House to find out where Yi Zhi Xie went. But the normally thorough me did not do that, instead choosing to stay in and go out less. I practice my flute or play games with the girls. Am I pu 2024-4-21
8 Chapter 8: Shocking Encounter Outside is thunder and pouring rain, inside we sit and I stare at Li Yan “I’ve already met with the Princess, so in the shortest time necessary, you will have to do everything I ask.” She nods. I point to all the books and as 2024-4-21
7 Chapter 7: Background Ident.i.ty I’m playing with the inkbrush in my hand when Xiao Tao swoops in from outside and directly lands on my hand. I tried to pull back but the ink still spills on my sleeve. Xiao Qian lightly lands on the window and gives Xiao 2024-4-21
6 Chapter 6: Tipsy I wake up late so by the time I return to Luo Yu House the girls are practicing dance under the tutelage of Li Yan. Hong Gu mutters that if I didn’t show up soon, she’d be reporting a missing person to the authorities. We watch the dance, 2024-4-21
5 Chapter 5: Shadow in the Window On the 6th day of performing “Hua Yue Nong”, the prices have tripled and all the seats are sold out for days already. I’m paying the girls not only their wages, but also extra depending on their character performance on sta 2024-4-21
4 Chapter 4: Beauty When the carriage returns to Luo Yu House, my position has greatly changed. I am returning as the new head of this business. I was a.s.sured Hong Gu would be fine with it, and indeed she was, pleased that she was not punished and could s 2024-4-21
3 Chapter 3: Reunion I paid money in Dun Huang city to travel with a caravan of merchants going to Chang An. With everything I own in hand, I got on a carriage. Though the only thing worth anything is my Luo Lan outfit. Papa told me a lot about Chang An, an 2024-4-21
2 Chapter 2: First Meeting Brother Wolf gets up with the sun, his silver fur glistening in the light. He raises his head and lets out a long howl, the sound reverberating in the sky. I follow suit and let out a long howl, raising my hands high towards the s 2024-4-21
1 Chapter 1: The Past The days pa.s.s as fast as the nightly desert winds, a moment becomes a thousand miles. It was supposed to be a brief respite after being injured, but the gra.s.s on the plains have wilted three times already and the leaves in the Hu Y 2024-4-21