Duan Yu circled and noticed a person wearing servant clothes strolling shortly in direction of him, turned to be the LaiFe-Er that he noticed a bit in the past on the opposite facet of the wall. He walked up nearer and bowed earlier than talking: “LaiFu-Er humbly got here following orders from the Madame to go together with sir to borrow the horse.” Duan Yu nodded: “Alright, sorry to bother you.”

So LaiFu-Er walked in entrance main the way in which as they made their method by the pine tree woods, turned north onto one other small path, and after strolling for one more 3 or 4 kilometers, they arrived in entrance of an enormous home. LaiFu-Er went up, took the ring on the door in hand, gently knocked twice, paused, then knocked 4 instances, and eventually he knocked 3 extra instances. That door cracked open just a bit. LaiFu-Er stood exterior the door and whispered with the doorman for some time. By now it was darkish, Duan Yu regarded up on the scattered stars within the sky; immediately his thoughts wandered to that cave and the Expensive Goddess that lived in it.

Instantly there got here from contained in the door a protracted and loud horse neigh, Duan Yu couldn’t assist however remark: “Wonderful horse! Wonderful certainly!” The door opened and a horse head poked out, the pair of horse eyes glowed at nighttime as they regarded round, clearly this was not an regular horse; with a pair extra hoof beats, the black horse had walked out of the door. The hoof beats had been touchdown very calmly on the bottom, the horse was skinny and slight however its legs had been lengthy because it had an air of proud vanity. A bit maid together with her hair down was main the horse out, within the darkness Duan Yu couldn’t see her face, however she appeared to be round 14 or 15.

LaiFu-Er spoke up: “Mr. Duan, Madame was nervous that you simply won’t get to DaLi in time, so we got here right here to borrow a horse from the Younger Miss right here. This horse’s leg energy is really wonderful, this Younger Miss right here is an effective pal with our Younger Miss as nicely, solely upon listening to that sir was going to save lots of Younger Miss did she allow us to borrow this horse, this actually is giving us an incredible quantity of face.” Duan Yu had seen numerous nice horses, he solely wanted to listen to its neigh to know that this horse was really one in 1,000,000, so he replied: “Many thanks!” He reached over to grabbed the reins. The little maid tenderly stroked the fur and mane of the horse whereas gently saying: “Now Black Rose, Younger Miss is letting this younger sir borrow you to experience for a bit, so that you higher be good and are available again quickly.” The black horse turned its head and gently rubbed in opposition to her arm, exhibiting a large amount of affection. The maid handed the reins over to Duan Yu and admonished: “Do not use whips on this horse, the higher you deal with it, the quicker it’s going to run.”

Duan Yu replied: “Alright!” He thought: “The horse’s title is Black Rose, so it is bought to be a mare.” So he stated: “Miss Black Rose, please forgive me for any rudeness of mine.” He bowed in direction of the horse as he stated this. The maid set free a bit of snigger and stated: “Fairly an attention-grabbing man you’re that is for positive. Hey, cautious, do not fall down.” Duan Yu nimbly hopped onto the horse’s again and turned to the maid: “Many because of the Younger Miss of the home!” The maid replied with amusing: “What? No thanks for me?” Duan Yu cupped his fist and stated: “Many because of my candy sister. After I return I will carry some scrumptious preserved fruits for you.” The maid replied: “No want for the fruits. Simply watch out and do not damage the horse.”

LaiFu-Er instructed: “Trip north from right here and you can find the freeway resulting in DaLi. Sir, please take care.” Duan Yu waved his hand, the horse began shifting her legs, after a couple of gallops he was already some 50 meters away.

Black Rose didn’t want any urging as she was flying within the night time, Duan Yu felt as if the bushes at his sides had been backing up as they sped previous him; what’s extra wonderful was that the again of the horse was unusually regular with out even the slightest of dips. He thought: “At this fee, I’m positive to achieve DaLi by tomorrow afternoon.”

Within the period of time to boil some tea, that they had already traveled greater than 5 kilometers; the cool breeze blew by the night time, bringing smells of grass and bushes to Duan Yu’s face. Duan Yu mused: “Galloping within the night time, one of many joys of life certainly.” However immediately there got here a shout from forward: “Bitch, cease!” A flash of blade being swung shot by the darkness as a sabre got here flying down. However the black horse was so quick that the sabre missed by a number of meters. Duan Yu turned his head and noticed 2 big males, one with a sabre in hand whereas one other had a spear, chasing after him. The two of them had been cursing profusely at him: “Bitch! Dressing up like a person! Suppose you possibly can idiot your outdated man?” In a blink of an eye fixed, the horse had left them method behind. Though the two males had been quick, quickly even their cursing couldn’t be heard anymore.

Duan Yu thought: “These 2 ruffians had been calling me ‘bitch’, and saying that I am ‘dressing up like a person’, what for? Oh I get it, they’re searching for Black Rose’s proprietor, so that they noticed the horse and did not hassle with testing the rider, such rudeness.” After galloping for a couple of extra kilometers, a thought immediately occurred to him: “Ai-Yo, this isn’t good! I used to be fortunate that this horse was quick to have the ability to escape their ambush. Looks as if that these 2 males’s kungfu aren’t that shabby, if the younger miss that lent me this horse got here strolling out with none precaution, she may be ambushed. I’ve to return and report this!” So he instantly pulled the horse to a cease and stated: “Black Rose, somebody desires to hurt your grasp, now we have to return and report that, to inform her to watch out and never depart the home.”

So he turned the horse round and began on the way in which again, when getting near the place the two males ambushed him, he urged: “Quicker, quicker!” Black Rose appeared to have understood him as she actually did choose up her velocity. However the 2 males had been gone. Duan Yu grew to become much more nervous: “Possibly the two of them went to assault that younger miss in the home, that might be even worse!” So he saved on urging “Quicker”, it was as if Black Rose’s hooves weren’t even touching the bottom anymore as they went flying again the way in which they got here.

Once they arrived again on the home, a pair of sticks immediately popped out of the bottom and swung in direction of the horse’s legs. Black Rose did not await Duan Yu to react and jumped over them herself, she then kicked her hind legs again and knocked down one of many males with a stick.

In a single flurry, Black Rose had arrived in entrance of the home, 4 or 5 males jumped out from the darkness and grabbed onto Black Rose’s reins. Duan Yu felt one thing gripping his proper arm as he was dragged down of the horse. Somebody demanded: “Boy, what are you doing right here? The place do you suppose you’re going?”

Duan Yu was grumbling to himself: “This cannot be good, not good in any respect, the complete home is surrounded, I’m wondering if they’ve executed something to the proprietor?” Feeling the grip on his proper arm tighten like a vise, a lot in order that the suitable facet of his physique was numb, he replied: “I am right here to see the grasp of this place, what do you suppose you’re doing, appearing this rudely?” One other voice, which was outdated and raspy, noticed: “This little bastard was using that bitch’s black horse, he should be a pal of that bitch, let him go in and we are able to wipe all of them out in a single strike.” Duan Yu’s thoughts was a multitude as he could not settle down: “That is known as asking for it. Properly, because it’s already like this, solely factor to do is to go in and hope for one of the best.” Feeling the grip on his proper arm loosen, he adjusted his clothes a bit and walked proper by the door.

He walked by a yard with roses planted on all sides of the stone path that brought on the entire place to permeate with a scrumptious perfume; the stone path twisted and turned by a spherical door as Duan Yu adopted the trail, seeing that there have been males positioned right here and there all alongside the trail for an ambush. Instantly he heard a lightweight cough from up above, he regarded up and noticed that there have been 7 or 8 males standing on high of the wall as nicely, the weapons of their arms flashed brilliantly within the night time; overwhelmed, he thought: “There cannot be that many males in the home, but so many enemies confirmed up, are they going to kill everybody for actual?” The boys had been watching him murderously by the darkness, a few of them had their arms on their weapons, making them much more threatening. Duan Yu may solely attempt to keep calm and pressure himself to smile again. The stone path led to an enormous parlor that had lamp mild shining by the rows of home windows. He walked as much as it and spoke in a loud voice: “I humbly request an viewers with the grasp of this place.”

A really raspy voice shouted again: “Who the hell is it? Get in right here now!”

Duan Yu was feeling a bit offended as he pushed open the door and walked in; he noticed round 17 or 18 folks within the parlor, some standing, some sitting. Within the center sat a lady sporting black, her again was going through in direction of the door so her face couldn’t be seen, her physique look slender and stylish, her shiny darkish black hair was executed within the type of a lady. Two outdated girls sat within the grand chair on the east facet, that they had nothing of their arms; the remainder of the women and men current all had weapons in hand. An individual was mendacity in entrance of the outdated girl that sat nearer to the door, blood was pouring out of his brow, clearly lifeless; this particular person occurs to be the person who led Duan Yu right here for the horse, LaiFu-Er. Duan Yu thought how well mannered and respectful this particular person handled himself and his horrible destiny of being immediately killed right here, which was partly attributable to himself, he felt horrible.

The outdated girl that sat farther from the door was quick in stature and had a head of white hair, she demanded in a raspy voice: “Hey boy! What are you doing right here?”

When Duan Yu pushed open the door and stepped in, he had already made up his thoughts: “Since I am in such mortal hazard, if I will escape then it truly is fortune of fortunes, however seeing the murderous appears on these folks, it will not assist a bit if I inform them what they wish to hear.” Now he was much more decided after seeing LaiFu-Er’s physique on the ground, so he held his head up excessive and stated: “Gramps had solely lived a pair extra years, why are you being so impolite and going ‘boy this’ or ‘boy that’ on a regular basis?”

That outdated girl’s face was quick and vast, crammed with wrinkles, and her white colour eye brows had been slanting downwards; the pair of eyes that she had narrowed to a crack immediately regarded murderous as she sized up Duan Yu a few instances. The outdated girl that sat nearer to the door shouted again: “Stinking boy, how dare you! Grandma Rui was truly addressing you herself, that is supplying you with numerous face already! Do you may have any thought who this gramps is? You may’t see Mount Tai if it was proper in entrance of you!” This outdated girl was very fats, her stomach caught out as if she was 7 or 8 months pregnant, solely a few of her hair was white and her face was ugly and ferocious, when she talked her voice was rougher than most males; she had a wide-bladed dagger on all sides of her hips, one of many daggers was lined with blood; clearly she was the one which killed LaiFu-Er.

When Duan Yu noticed this, he grew to become even angrier as he replied loudly: “Out of your accent I can see you’re from round right here, and but you dared to trigger hassle and kill right here in DaLi, it’s a must to know that despite the fact that DaLi is a small nation, it nonetheless has legal guidelines. As for who Grandma Rui is, I’ve no clue, however even when she’s the Queen Mother of the Nice Track she will be able to’t come right here to DaLi and kill as she pleases!”

The fats outdated girl was livid, she jumped up out of her chair and with a flick of her wrist, a dagger had appeared in every of her arms. She shouted: “Properly I simply occur to wish to kill you, what are you able to do about it? There is not a single first rate particular person in all of DaLi, they need to all be killed.” Duan Yu yawned and snickered: “Such great logic, humorous, very humorous!” The outdated girl took step ahead and the dagger in her left hand got here chopping down in direction of his brow.

“Dang”! An iron crutch got here out of nowhere and parried the dagger away; unexpectedly, it got here from Grandma Rui. She stated in a low voice: “Be affected person Grandma Ping, let’s discover out what we are able to after which we are able to nonetheless kill him!” She put her iron crutch again on the facet of the chair and turned in direction of Duan Yu: “Who’re you?” Duan Yu replied: “I’m a citizen of DaLi. This fats gramps right here stated that everybody in DaLi ought to die, then I suppose I am somebody who ought to die as nicely.” Grandma Ping was nonetheless livid: “Name me Grandma Ping, what’s with all these fats feedback?” Duan Yu snickered: “Why do not you check out your tummy, is it fats or not?”

Grandma Ping was furious: “You little bastard!” She swung her dagger laborious twice on the air in entrance of her. The sight and sound of these 2 swings made Duan Yu immediately get away in a chilly sweat in worry, however he was nonetheless capable of make his face appear like he did not care.

Grandma Rui noticed: “You look quite clear and refined, are you a pal of this little bitch?” She pointed in the back of the lady in again. Duan Yu replied: “I’ve by no means seen this younger miss earlier than in my life. However Grandma Rui, I urge you to be a bit extra tactful in your alternative of phrases and never simply come out cursing everybody. This younger miss is exhibiting numerous character to not make a fuss over this with you, however you do not come out very nicely anyway.” Grandma Rui replied: “Pei! How dare you inform me how you can behave! In the event you by no means met this bitch earlier than, then what are you doing right here?”

Duan Yu replied: “I am right here to offer her a message.” Grandma Rui requested: “What message?” Duan Yu sighed: “I am a step too late, so the message actually would not matter anymore.” Grandma Rui demanded severely: “What message? Inform me.” Duan Yu replied: “After I see the grasp of this place, I might mechanically say it, why would I inform you?” Grandma Rui faintly sneered for some time earlier than responding: “You wish to say it, then go forward and say it. A bit bit extra hesitation, then each of you’re going off to the nether world.” Duan Yu requested: “Who’s the grasp? I’ve thank the grasp for letting me borrow the horse.”

Simply as he completed saying this, everybody within the parlor’s eyes turned in direction of the lady in black sitting within the center.

Duan Yu was fairly stunned: “Can she be the grasp of this place? She’s a lady and is surrounded by so many highly effective enemies, this isn’t trying good.”

The lady slowly spoke up: “Letting you borrow the horse was giving another person face, no want so that you can thank me. What are you doing again right here and never off to save lots of her?” Despite the fact that she’s speaking, she didn’t flip round and her face was nonetheless going through inward.

Duan Yu replied: “I used to be using on Black Rose once I was ambushed on the trail by somebody who mistook me for Miss. They had been calling out some impolite names as nicely. I felt that this doesn’t appear proper and needed to come again and provides a message to Miss.”

The lady requested: “What message?” Her voice was clear and exquisite, however her tone of voice was chilly with out the slightest trace of heat and unspeakably uncomfortable to the ear. As if she didn’t look after something on the planet, as if she was crammed with hatred for everybody on the planet, as if she hoped to have the ability to kill everybody on the planet.

Feeling that she was being quite rude, Duan Yu wasn’t feeling all that nice inside. However figuring that since she had fallen into enemy arms and her life hung within the stability, he forgave her for appearing a bit of out of character. He truly felt a little bit of sympathy for her as he gently replied: “These 2 low-lives meant to hurt Miss, I used to be capable of keep away from their ambush due to the velocity of my experience. However I believed Miss won’t know that you’ve enemies coming, so I got here working again to report this and urge Miss to go away as quickly as attainable to keep away from the hazard. However alas, I used to be nonetheless too late, they’re already right here.”

The lady sneered: “What are you making an attempt to get on my good facet and pretending to care?” This made Duan Yu fairly indignant as he replied a lot louder than he wanted to: “I’ve by no means seen Miss earlier than in my life. However how may I not become involved once I know that Miss is at risk? How may Miss say ‘making an attempt to get on my good facet’?” The lady requested: “Have you learnt how I’m?” Duan Yu replied: “In no way.”

The lady commented: “I heard from LaiFu-Er that despite the fact that you do not know any kungfu, you truly dared to go up in opposition to and argue with Grasp of the Valley of 10,000 Calamities to his face. You bought some guts, now that you’re concerned on this mess, what do you intend to do?” Duan Yu was shocked for a second earlier than answering: “I had deliberate to go away as quickly as I report this matter to Miss and head straight dwelling.” When he bought to right here, he sighed: “But it surely appears like Miss is in grave hazard, and I am not a lot better off both. How did Miss turn into enemy with this lot anyway?”

The lady in black set free a snicker and stated: “What proper do it’s a must to ask me?” Duan Yu was shocked for a second once more and replied: “I should not ask about different folks’s non-public enterprise. Alright, I’ve instructed you what I needed, so I do not owe you something both.” The lady in black requested: “You did not suppose that you simply had been going to lose your life right here did you? Are you regretting coming again?” Noticing that she was clearly mocking him, Duan Yu replied, once more, a lot louder than he wanted to: “An actual man solely hopes to do the suitable factor when it comes to honor and friendship and takes penalties as they arrive, what’s there to remorse about?”

The lady in black humphed and replied: “With what little that you are able to do, you continue to name your self an actual man?” Duan Yu rebuked: “The measure of a person is just not in his kungfu talent. If one’s kungfu is one of the best on the planet, however his actions are despicable, then he doesn’t should be name an actual man both.” The lady in black sneered: “Hehe, you noticed one thing you did not like and got here again to inform me, seems you had been making an attempt to be an actual man. Too dangerous in a bit if you end up chopped to items by sabres, you most likely will not look an excessive amount of like an actual man.”

Grandma Ping immediately reduce in: “Little bitch, stop losing time! Rise up and struggle!” She banged her daggers collectively, making a piercing hum.

The lady in black coldly replied: “You’ve gotten already lived for therefore lengthy, what’s ready a pair extra minutes to die? How come that outdated bitch Wang from SuZhou would not come and kill me herself if she needed to however as a substitute ship you servants?”

Grandma Rui replied: “Even seeing a noble particular person like our Madame is out of the query for a bit of bitch such as you. If you understand what’s good for you, then simply go together with us and kowtow a few instances to Madame. Possibly Madame will likely be merciful and allow you to hold your life. Do not even take into consideration making an attempt to flee this time, you possibly can’t. The place’s your grasp?” The lady in black immediately shrieked: “My grasp is behind you!”

Grandma Rui, Grandma Ping, and the remainder of the folks had been all shocked as all of them spun round. There was no one there.

Seeing that everybody of them fell of it, Duan Yu busted out laughing. Grandma Ping angrily demanded: “What are you laughing at?” Duan Yu managed to get out in between his laughs: “Humorous, humorous!” Grandma Ping requested additional: “What’s humorous?” Duan Yu replied: “Haha, so humorous!” Grandma Ping requested once more: “What’s so humorous?” Duan Yu was nonetheless laughing: “Hehe, so humorous, so very humorous!” Grandma Ping requested but once more: “What’s so very humorous?” Grandma Rui reduce in: “Grandma Ping, simply ignore this little bastard!” Turning towards the lady in black, she continued: “Miss, you may have ran from simply south of the Yangtze all the way in which to DaLi, and now we have chased you all the way in which right here as nicely. Do you suppose we are able to presumably cease this? Even when each single one in all us dies by your hand, we nonetheless must one way or the other carry you again there. Go forward when you please!”

From her tone of voice, Duan Yu detected that GrandmaRui was quite terrified of this lady in black, he was secretly shocked.Wanting round on the different 17 or 18 folks within the parlor, he seen thatall of them had been holding their weapons tightly and her in anger,but none of them dared to make a transfer. Grandma Ping was clutchingher twin daggers tightly and had walked virtually as much as the lady’s again ona few events earlier than swiftly retreating.

The lady in black spoke up: “Ay! Messenger Boy,all these persons are combating me, any concepts what I ought to do?” DuanYu thought out loud: “Um, Black Rose is true exterior, when you can somehowbreak by them, you possibly can escape using on the horse. That horseis amazingly quick, there is no such thing as a method they will catch as much as you.” Thegirl in black requested: “Then how about your self?” Duan Yu replied severely:”I haven’t got something to do with them, no gratitude nor revenge is owedbetween us; you by no means know, possibly they would depart me alone.”

The lady in black snickered and stated: “If they’re thatreasonable, then they would not gang up on me like this. Your lifeis gone; if I can escape, bought any final needs that you prefer to for meto do for you?”

With a tinge of ache in his coronary heart, Duan Yu stated: “Yourgood pal, Miss Zhong, is captured by Divine Farmer Clan in No MeasureMountain. Her mom gave me this field to offer to my father and askhim to save lots of her. If… If… Miss can escape, then may you do thisfor me? I might be indescribably grateful.” As he was speaking,he walked up and held out the fragile field. When he bought to about1 meter behind her, he was immediately hit with a candy perfume, very muchlike orchid however not fairly and similiar musk however not. Though thefragrance wasn’t robust, it was refreshing and candy, he could not helpbut be dazed when he smelled it.

The lady in black nonetheless did not flip round and requested:”Zhong Ling may be very fairly, do you may have emotions for her?” Duan Yuimmediately replied: “No, no. Miss Zhong is so younger and so innocentand pure. How… how I can get that form of concepts?” The girlin black reached again together with her left arm and took the field out of his hand.Duan Yu seen that she was sporting a really skinny black glove in order that nota single little bit of her pores and skin was uncovered. He added: “My father livesin the town of DaLi, you solely want….” The lady reduce him off: “We are able to talkabout this later.” Placing the field inside her shirt, she suddenlysaid: “The outdated man named Zhu, get the hell out of my sight!” An oldman with white beard requested in a trembling voice: “What did you say?”The lady replied: “Get out of the parlor now, I do not wish to kill youtoday.” The outdated man pointed his sword at her and shouted: “What thehell are you saying?” His voice was nonetheless trembling, though itwas unclear if it was attributable to anger or by worry.

The lady in black replied: “You aren’t a servant of thatWang bitch, you simply bought dragged alongside by these 2 grandmas. Thisentire journey you may have been fairly good to me, these guys saved on tryingto take down my masks however you saved on getting in the way in which. Hmph, youcan truly be thought-about as not deserving to die. So get the hellout of my sight!” The outdated man’s face turned to a dust colour as thepoint of the sword in his hand slowly started to level decrease and decrease.

Duan Yu reduce in: “Miss, if you’d like him to go away, thenjust inform him so, no have to be so rude. You may anger thisgentleman named Zhu.” However to his shock, the outdated man with the surnameof Zhu hesitated for a bit after which regarded frightened for some time beforehe immediately dropped his sword, circled, and truly started to runoff together with his arms overlaying his face. Simply as he was about to pushthe parlor door open, Grandma Ping flicked her proper hand, and a daggercame flying out, hitting him smack in the course of his again. Theold man fell down and crawl a number of of meters extra on the bottom beforehe lastly stopped shifting.

Livid, Duan Yu shouted: “Hey, fats grandma, this oldgentleman was one in all you guys! Why did it’s a must to do this to him?”

Grandma Ping took out one other dagger from her waist withher proper hand and, with a dagger in each arms, stared on the lady inblack, as if she did not hear what Duan Yu stated in any respect. All of the peoplein that parlor had took a few steps ahead as they had been all preparedto pounce on the slightest provocation or command.

Seeing such a scene, Duan Yu was overwhelmed with indignationas he shouted: “All of you guys, what do you suppose you’re doing gangingup in opposition to a totally unarmed lady?” He charged up a couple of steps,bought between the lady and the others, and shouted: “Let’s have a look at which oneof you dares to do one thing now!” Despite the fact that he did not know a lickof kungfu, the sort of righteousness nonetheless carried fairly a mighty andintimidating air with it.

Seeing how fearless he was, Grandma Rui could not helpbut surprise if this younger man wasn’t pretending that he did not know anykungfu then he should have somebody very highly effective behind him. She wasfollowing her orders when she got here all the way in which from simply south of the Yangtzeto right here in DaLi to seize this lady in black, so she was unfamiliar withlocal customs or folks and didn’t wish to make any enemies. Soshe truly sounded very well mannered when she stated: “Why should sir meddle inthis matter?” Duan Yu replied: “That is proper, I will not permit you peopleto unfairly gang up on her.” Grandma Rui requested: “What sect or clandoes sir belong to? And what’s sir’s relationship with this littlebitch? Who’s order are you following, coming right here and getting inthe center of all this?”

Duan Yu shook his head: “I’ve by no means met this lady earlier than.However every part on this world nonetheless needs to be measure when it comes to motive.I urge everybody to cease all this nonsense when the time comes. Allthese folks ganging up in opposition to one single lady is not all that gloriousis it?” He then whispered: “Run Miss! I will try to cease themsomehow.”

The lady in black whispered again: “You might be giving yourlife away for me, positive you will not remorse it?” Duan Yu replied: “Noregrets of any sort.” The lady requested once more: “Aren’t you scared todie?” Duan Yu sighed: “After all I am scared, however… however….”

The lady in black immediately yelled: “You are not even strongenough to kill a rooster, why faux to be a hero?” She suddenlyflicked her proper arm as 2 colourful strips of fabric shot out and grabbeda maintain Duan Yu’s legs. Instantly seeing her attacking Duan Yu shockedGrandma Rui, Grandma Ping, and everybody else current. Whereas theywere nonetheless recovering from their shock, the lady in black flicked her leftarm repeatedly. “Dong”, “Feng”, “Bang” was all Duan Yu may hearas he thought he noticed folks fall down and the reflections off of bladesflashed into his eyes earlier than all of the candle-light within the parlor was putout and darkness descended. Then he felt himself flying.

All this variation got here too quick as he couldn’t make outwhere he was. However throughout him was screams: “Do not let her getaway!” “Be careful for her poison arrows!” “Let unfastened your daggers!Let unfastened your daggers!” What adopted was sounds of steel clankingbefore his physique immediately took off once more and there have been hoof beats.He was on the again of a horse, however his legs and arms had been tied up and hecouldn’t transfer. There was somebody leaning up in opposition to his again.There was a faint perfume within the air, the perfume that belonged tothe lady in black. The hoof beats had been mild and regular because the soundsof shouting bought additional and additional away. Black Rose was entirelyblack and the lady was sporting solely black, so they only disappeared inthe darkness of the night time; the one signal of them was the faint fragrancepermeating by the air, including a really feel of thriller to them.

After Black Rose ran for some time, the shouting may notbe heard anymore. Solely then did Duan Yu spoke up: “Miss, I did not expectyou to be so wonderful, can I get off now?” The lady humphed however didnot reply. Duan Yu’s legs and arms had been bounded very tightly andit felt as in the event that they had been getting tighter with each step Black Rose takes,inflicting an increasing number of ache. On high of that his foot was above hishead as he was mendacity sideways on the horse, making him feeling dazed andvery uncomfortable. He needed to converse up once more: “Miss, let me down!”

“Pa”! The lady immediately slapped him laborious on hischeek. Coldly, she commanded: “Shut up! Don’t speak unlessspoken to!” In anger, Duan Yu requested: “Why?” “Pa, Pa!”He was slapped twice extra, this time even tougher than the primary one, somuch in order that his proper ear was ringing.

Duan Yu shouted: “How dare you hit folks for no motive!Put me down, I do not wish to be with you!” Instantly his physique flewout once more and smack onto the bottom. However his legs and arms had been stilltied and the opposite finish was nonetheless within the lady’s arms. Duan Yu wasbeing pulled alongside the bottom by Black Rose.

The lady in black quietly give a bit of command and BlackRose slowed down a bit. She then requested: “Quit? Prepared toobey my instructions now?”

Duan Yu shouted again: “No! No method! By no means!Just a bit bit in the past I used to be about to die and I wasn’t even afraid then.This little torture from you, what have I… I….” He was goingto say “what have I bought to be terrified of?” However proper at that timehe simply occurred to be pulled into 2 little filth mounds on the highway; afterthose 2 little mounds, there was no method he may have completed his sentence.

The lady in black mocked: “How about now”? She gave the piece of fabric a pull and pulled him onto the horse once more. Lastly, Duan Yu was capable of say: “What have I bought to be terrified of? Nothing! I do not like being pulled round by you!” The lady humphed and replied: “How dare you speak in entrance of me? If I wish to torture you, then it will be to the purpose the place you do not know if you’re alive or lifeless anymore, nothing like this weak stuff!” She flicked her left arm and threw him again onto the bottom once more.

Livid, Duan Yu thought to himself: “So it turns on the market was a very good motive that these folks had been calling you ‘little bitch’!” He shouted at her: “In the event you do not cease now, then I will begin saying some disagreeable stuff!” The lady requested: “In the event you dare then go forward. I’ve been cursed at too many instances in my life to care.” Duan Yu seen a touch of unhappiness in what she stated, so he did not have the guts to make himself utter the phrases ‘little bitch’ which had been on the tip of his tongue.

After a bit of little bit of ready, the lady in black, noticing that he hadn’t stated something, spoke up: “Hmph! Figured you would not dare to curse at me!”

Duan Yu replied: “I pitied you and could not carry myself to curse at you, not like I used to be afraid or something!”

The lady gave a bit of command to induce the horse to run quicker and Black Rose started to gallop. Now Duan Yu was in for it, his face, arms, and legs had been simply lined with blood from cuts and scratches from rocks and stones on the trail by the point the lady shouted: “Quit?” Duan Yu shouted on the high of his lungs: “You evil witch!” The lady shouted again: “I’ve been a witch all alongside, no want so that you can remind me, did not you understand?”

Duan Yu yelled again: “I… I… was so… was so… so nicetowards you….” However immediately his hand ran smack right into a rock that wasjutting out of the bottom and he fainted. After who is aware of how a lot time,he immediately felt coolness round his head, inflicting him to get up andswallow a mouthful of water. He instantly closed his mouth however couldn’thelp however cough from the water, inflicting much more water to enter his mouthand nostril. Seems that he was nonetheless being pulled by the horse, solely thatthe lady seen that he had fainted and dragged him throughout a small creekso that the chilly water may wake him up. Fortunately this creek was rathernarrow and shortly he was out of it. Duan Yu was in torture, his cloths weresoaked by, the water he swallowed was making him really feel bloated, andthen his physique was lined with cuts. The lady spoke up: “Quit?” Duan Yuthought to himself: “There are literally this sort of unreasonable girl inthe world? It should be destined that I, Duan Yu, would undergo in her arms;if that’s the case, then there may be actually no have to say something extra toher.” The lady requested a number of extra time: “Quit? Had sufficient but?” Duan Yudid not reply in any respect and simply pretended as if he didn’t hear her. The girlbegan dropping her endurance: “Are you deaf? Why aren’t you answering me?”Duan Yu nonetheless didn’t reply. The lady pulled her horse to a cease andturned round to see if he was acutely aware. By now daybreak was drawing close to andthere had been hints of sunshine from the east. However her eyes had been big as theystared at him in anger: “Oh! So you’re acutely aware however had been pretending tobe lifeless! Properly if we’re going to struggle then let’s struggle honest and squareand see who’s extra highly effective!” She jumped down off her horse and, with alight little flick, grabbed a small department off a tree and smacked DuanYu’s face with it.

This was the primary time Duan Yu was nose to nose withher. Her face was completely lined with a black masks and all he may seewas her eyes, a pair of vibrant and glossy eyes. Duan Yu smiled and mused:“Properly in fact you’re extra highly effective. You might be an evil witch, like thereis anyone on the planet who’s extra highly effective?”

The lady spoke up: “Didn’t suppose you possibly can nonetheless smile!What are you smiling at?” Duan Yu made a face at her and smiled some extra.“Pa, Pa, Pa, Pa!” The lady smacked him 7 or 8 extra instances with the department.Duan Yu had already resigned to his destiny so he didn’t care anymore and,with all his may and energy, saved on smiling. Now the lady wasn’tholding something again and the branches had been hitting essentially the most painfulplaces on his physique, he virtually yelped a number of instances however one way or the other managed tohold all of it again in.

Seeing how cussed he was, the lady was even morefurious: “Alright, you want being a deaf-mute, then I’ll grant your wishand make you an actual deaf-mute!” She reached into her shirt and grabbed adagger out. The dagger was about 15 centimeters lengthy and regarded sharp andintimidating. She took a number of steps in direction of him, positioned the dagger by his leftear, and requested menacingly: “Did you hear what I stated? Do you wish to keepthis ear or not?” Seeing that Duan Yu was nonetheless not replying, a murderouslook immediately appeared in her eyes as she raised the dagger and introduced itdown towards his ear.

In a panic, Duan Yu shouted: “Hey, hey, hey! Are you forreal? This is able to make me go deaf in that ear, are you aware how you can curethat?” The lady replied: “Pei! I can kill folks and make them come backto life! Don’t imagine me? Then let’s give it a strive!” Duan Yu immediatelyreplied: “I imagine you, I imagine you! No have to strive it out.”

Seeing that he lastly spoke up, the lady felt as she has gained and determined to cease torturing him. So she picked him up and put him on to the again of the horse after which jumped on behind him. This time she truly put him together with his head up and foot down, giving him a bit of particular remedy. Despite the fact that he wasn’t the wrong way up anymore, his arms and legs had been nonetheless tightly bounded. However in comparison with the the wrong way up place he was in earlier, this was heaven, so he didn’t dare to say something to the lady in worry of upsetting her.

After travelling for greater than an hour, Duan Yu was beginning to get impatient about the truth that his arms had been nonetheless tied. However he couldn’t gesture to the lady as a result of his arms had been tied collectively, and he could not give you a acceptable gesture even when his arms had been free. So he needed to converse up: “I’ve to go, may miss please kindly untie me?” The lady replied: “Oh! So you aren’t a mute anymore are you? Why are you speaking to me now?” Duan Yu replied, fairly frankly: “I can not assist it and would not dare to disgrace miss. Miss smells so good, but when I proceed to turn into “Pungent”, would not that basically make this experience much less pleasant?” The lady couldn’t assist however set free a bit of peal of laughter. Figuring he has had sufficient, she reduce unfastened the rope that was tied round his arms and legs and commenced to stroll off.

After being tied up for therefore lengthy, Duan Yu’s legs and arms went numb a very long time in the past and he couldn’t transfer in any respect. All he may do for some time was roll round on the bottom earlier than he may lastly get up. After taking good care of his enterprise, he seen that Black Rose was simply standing there consuming grass, trying simply as tame and obedient as may be. He thought: “What are you ready for? Run!” So he secretly bought onto the saddle as Black Rose didn’t present in the slightest degree of resistance. With one jerk of the reins, the horse began to gallop northward.

Listening to hoofbeats, the lady got here chasing after them. However with Black Rose’s blazing velocity, the lady would not have been capable of chase them down regardless of how nice her Qing Gong was. Duan Yu circled, cupped his fist, and saluted: “Miss, we are going to meet once more!” Simply within the time he stated these phrases, Black Rose put one other 50 or so meters between them. The subsequent time he circled, the lady was already not in sight. Lastly escaping from the clutches of this devious lady, he couldn’t really feel any happier as he regularly urged on: “Good horsey, good horsey! Quicker, quicker!”

After working for a bit, Duan Yu calculated: “In order that’s a day wasted, am I nonetheless capable of save Miss Zhong in time? No alternative left however carry on working with out stopping for meals or sleep. Marvel if Black Rose may maintain up?” He was nonetheless pondering that query when immediately there got here a loud and clear whistle from behind.

When Black Rose heard the whistle, she instantly circled and began working again. Shocked, Duan Yu started to beg: “Good horsey, good horsey! Do not return!” He pulled on the reins as laborious as he may making an attempt to make Black Rose flip round. However even when her head was pulled virtually sideways, Black Rose was nonetheless working ahead, not listening to his instructions in any respect.

In a blink of an eye fixed, Black Rose had returned to the lady in black’s facet and stopped. Duan Yu wasn’t positive if he felt like crying or laughing as he simply sat there fully speechless with a peculiar expression on his face. Coldly, the lady stated: “I did not actually wish to kill you, however even when I do not rely the truth that you ran away by yourself, there may be nonetheless the truth that you stole my horse! How do you rely your self as an actual man?”

Duan Yu jumped off the horse and replied again with all of the aplomb of somebody who knew he was in the suitable: “I am not your slave, I can depart and go every time I would like, how may you name that ‘run away’? You lent me Black Rose earlier, I have never given her again but, so that may’t be counted as stealing both. If you wish to kill then go proper forward. ZenZi stated: ‘Reversing thyself, tens of millions of males cannot do, tis enlightenment!’ I got here again on my own, so in fact I am an actual man!”

The lady replied: “What are you speaking about? Even when you reverse thyself I am nonetheless going to poke a gap in you with my sword!” Clearly not understanding what he stated, she grabbed the deal with of her sword and pulled it out midway: “How dare you do this? Suppose I can not kill you? Is that why you’re being so hardheaded and combating me each step of the way in which?”

Duan Yu rebuked: “I’ve executed nothing incorrect in direction of Miss in my coronary heart, who’s the one being cussed and antagonistic right here?”

The lady stared at him with that icy stare of hers and Duan Yu stared again proper again at her with out the slightest trace of backing off in his stare. The two of them stood there watching one another for a very long time earlier than the lady lastly slammed her sword fully again into the sheath and commanded: “Go away! You may briefly hold that head of yours for me to take every time I really feel prefer it sooner or later.” Duan Yu had already figured that he was going to die and was massively stunned that she would let him go. Nonetheless in shock, he didn’t say one other phrase and began to limp off due to the numbness that was nonetheless in his legs.

After strolling for a number of dozen meters, he nonetheless didn’t hear any hoofbeats; so he circled and noticed that the lady was nonetheless standing there in a trance. He figured: “She’s most likely enthusiastic about how you can get me subsequent time, like what a cat does to a mouse. Solely when she had sufficient enjoyable with me will she lastly kill me. Alright, it is not like I can escape anyway, no matter occurs occurs.” Surprisingly, after strolling for a very long time, he nonetheless didn’t hear any hoofbeats.

After strolling by a number of forks within the highway, he started to really feel safer and safer. Due to that, he started to note the ache from all of the scratches and bumps on his physique. He mused: “Such bizarre moods that lady has, possibly it is as a result of her dad and mom died when she was little and he or she needed to endure all types of stuff in her life… possibly it is as a result of she is indescribably ugly, to the purpose that she couldn’t face others. Both method she is a tragic character. Ai-yo! That golden field that Madame Zhong gave me remains to be on her!” However he didn’t dare to even take into consideration going again and getting it from her, so he figured: “After I lastly meet father, I will simply promise him that I will be keen to be taught kungfu and, no doubt, father can be keen to go save Miss Zhong, even when my dad would not go himself, he would simply ship some folks to do it for her. That golden field actually would not have a lot use now that I give it some thought. Pity that I haven’t got a experience anymore, if I attempt to stroll to DaLi like this, extra seemingly than not I might simply die from that poison earlier than I even get there. Miss Zhong might be about to die from ready for me to go save her. When she sees that I hadn’t returned and her father didn’t come and save her, she would most likely determine that I did not ship my message to her. The least I ought to do is one way or the other make it again to No Measure Mountain and die together with her, that method a minimum of she would know that I didn’t betray her.”

Now that he made up his thoughts, he instantly regarded round to determine which course No Measure Mountain was and commenced strolling in that course. The banks of LanCang River had been desolate, he didn’t see or meet any indicators of human life for a number of kilometers. All the day he needed to resort to consuming wild fruits and sleeping in a ditch on the facet of a hill.

It was within the afternoon the following day when he crossed one other iron-chained bridge and crossed LanCang River once more. Afterwards he walked for one more 20 or so kilometers and eventually reached a bit of city. All the cash he had had been misplaced a very long time in the past, most likely when he fell down the cliff. Noticing that his clothes had been simply completely ruined and feeling very hungry, he immediately remembered that the piece of jade that was on his hat was useful, so he tore it down and went to the pawn store on the town. The pawn store was not a perfect place to trade jewellery, however this was the one first rate pawn store on the town. The shopkeeper didn’t deal with Duan Yu condescendingly as a result of he acted quite rich regardless of his appearence. Nonetheless, he didn’t perceive a factor about jade and was solely keen to supply 2 taels of silver for it. Duan Yu didn’t hassle with arguing and took his provide. He needed to go purchase some new garments, however there wasn’t a spot on the town that sells clothes so he discovered a bit of restaurant and ordered some meals.

As he sat down, he seen that each of his kneecaps had been protruding out of holes in his pants and that the back and front of his gown had been torn off; to not point out that there was a gap at the back of his pants, revealing a lot of his behind, which was feeling very chilly sitting on the bench. He mused: “That is actually fairly rude to be like this, finest to maintain this as quickly as attainable.” The waiter introduced the dishes to his desk and stated: “So sorry, however we have no meat or fish at present. Please forgive us, right here is a few vegetable and tofu to go down with the rice.” Duan Yu replied as he introduced the bowl of rice as much as his mouth: “It is alright, it is alright.” He had been sporting one of the best of garments and consuming one of the best of meals all his life. However as a result of he hadn’t eaten something for days, this little meal of rice and greens was among the finest he ever had in his life.

By the point he made it to the third bowl, he immediately heard somebody exterior saying: “Expensive, there’s a bit of restaurant right here, let’s examine what they’ve.” A lady replied with amusing: “What sort of look is that to offer me? Seems to be like you have not eaten in days.”

The voices had been surprisingly acquainted to Duan Yu earlier than he immediately realized that they belonged to Gan GuangHao of No Measure Mountain and his Sister Ge. Panicking, he instantly turned so he confronted inward, considering: “‘Expensive’? Hm, they should have gotten married. It is rather like that saying, this Brother Gan right here gained a spouse, now I will get it.”

Gan GuangHao laughed and replied: “Newly weds can by no means get sufficient of something, together with meals.” That Sister Ge laughed and replied in a lightweight voice: “Pei! You might be so dangerous! If we had been outdated, then we’d be full on a regular basis?” Her voice was crammed with tenderness. The two of them walked within the restaurant and sat down. Gan GuangHao shouted on the high of his lungs: “Waiter, carry some wine and rice, after which cook dinner us a dish of beef… eh!”

Duan Yu heard footsteps approaching from behind adopted by an enormous hand slapping him on the shoulder and turning him round. Instantly, he was staring straight at Gan GuangHao’s face and vice versa. Forcing a smile, Duan Yu stated: “Brother Gan, Sister Gan, congratulations. Want you 2 would dwell for a 100 years and develop outdated collectively, bringing the East and West Factions of No Measure Sword collectively as one.”

Gan GuangHao busted out laughing as he circled and shot a look at Sister Ge. Duan Yu adopted his eyesight and noticed that Sister Ge had an egg formed face with a few blemishes on her left cheek. She was considerably engaging, however the expression on her face was one in all homicide as she lowered her voice and instructed: “Resolve this, learn how he bought right here and are there anyone from No Measure Sword round right here?”

The smile on Gan GuangHao’s face instantly disappeared as he viciously demanded: “Did you hear what my expensive stated to you? Properly?” Duan Yu calculated: “If I simply make up some stuff, possibly I will scare the bejesus out of them they usually’ll runaway with out killing me.” So he stated: “There have been 4 elder disciples out of your sect hurriedly strolling by only a bit earlier with swords in hand. They had been heading east, as in the event that they had been chasing somebody or one thing.”

Gan GuangHao was shocked as he circled to Sister Ge: “Let’s go!” That Sister Ge stood up and made a chop movement together with her proper hand. Gan GuangHao nodded, pulled out his sword, and swung it down in direction of the center of Duan Yu’s head.

This transfer was so fast that despite the fact that Duan Yu, figuring out that issues weren’t trying up the second he noticed Sister Ge’s gesture, ducked as quickly as he noticed the gesture, he nonetheless couldn’t get out of the way in which. Simply because it regarded as if the blade was touching his pores and skin, there immediately got here a lightweight sound of one thing flying by the air as Gan GuangHao fell backwards, dropping the sword onto the bottom. One other sound adopted shortly and Sister Ge, who was midway out of the door when she heard Gan GuangHao’s groan, didn’t also have a likelihood to show earlier than collapsing onto the bottom. The two of them twitched round for a bit on the bottom earlier than changing into immobile. There was a small black arrow caught in Gan GuangHao’s throat and that Sister Ge was hit on the again of her head. As for these 2 mild sounds, they had been exactly the sound of the projectiles that the lady in black used final night time had made.

In shock and shock, Duan Yu circled, however there was no one behind him. Then he heard a slight horse neigh exterior and noticed that lady slowly approaching on the Black Rose.

Duan Yu shouted earlier than taking pictures out of the door: “Thanks a lot for saving me!” The lady didn’t even take a look at him as she and her horse saved on trotting alongside. Duan Yu added: “In the event you hadn’t shot out these 2 arrows, this head of mine would have been disconnected from my neck a very long time in the past.” The lady nonetheless didn’t reply.

The proprietor of that little restaurant got here working out shouting: “Mi… Mister, some… somebody has been killed!” Duan Yu immediately realized: “Ai-yo! I have never paid!” He was nearly to achieve for the silver when he seen that Black Rose was already a number of meters away, so he shouted: “There are some cash on the lifeless folks, they had been paying everybody as a result of they only married, simply take some!” He circled and went chasing after the lady.

Having the horse strolling slowly, the lady quickly was out of the city. Duan Yu, making an attempt to maintain up, spoke up: “Miss, why do not you be a very good particular person all the way in which to the top, you understand: “Ship Buddha all the way in which to the West.” Why do not you go save Miss Zhong with me?” The lady replied coldly: “Zhong Ling is my pal, I used to be going to go save her anyway. However what I hate most is folks begging me. You might be begging me to go save her, so I will not!” Duan Yu instantly tried to retract what he stated: “Alright, alright, I will not beg Miss to.” The lady replied: “However you already begged me.” Duan Yu replied: “What I simply stated did not rely.” The lady rebuked: “Hmph, an actual man cannot return on his phrases!”

Duan Yu thought to himself: “Earlier than I all the time known as myself an actual man in entrance of her, looks like she would not like that. Oh nicely, to save lots of Miss Zhong, I suppose I can not be an actual man anymore.” So he stated: “I am not an actual man, I… I am a small, pitiful bug who was saved by Miss.”

The lady set free a peal of laughter and sized him up for a bit earlier than saying: “Properly you’re fairly good in direction of that little satan. Final night time you had been keen to surrender your life to be an actual man, however now you had been keen to be a bit of bug. Hmph, I am not going!”

Panicking, Duan Yu requested: “Wh… What’s that for?” The lady replied: “My grasp instructed me that every one males on this world are evil, all they do is lie and never one in all them have good intentions of their hearts. So I should not pay attention or belief a single sentence from a person.” Duan Yu replied: “That is not all the time true, like… like….” He could not give you an instance on the spot, so he simply stated: “Like Miss’s father, now he should have been an incredible man!” The lady rebuked: “My grasp instructed me that my father was not a very good man.”

Duan Yu immediately seen that she had simply urged Black Rose to stroll quicker a lot in order that he was having a troublesome time maintaining, so he shouted: “Miss, please wait up!”

Instantly there was a flash of shadows and 4 figures jumped out from the woods on the facet of the highway, blocking the way in which. Black Rose instantly stopped and took 2 steps again. All 4 of them had been younger women, their clothes had been all jade inexperienced and each of them had a hook-like sword in every hand. The one within the center demanded: “You 2 are Gan GuangHao and Ge GuangPei of No Measure Sword, proper?”

Duan Yu replied: “No, by no means. Gan GuangHao and Miss… Mrs. Ge already… already….” The lady reduce him off: “Already? Already what? A pair of female and male, younger, touring collectively, you 2 are clearly working away or eloping. How may you not be these 2 traitors from No Measure Sword?” With amusing, Duan Yu replied: “Miss, that appears to be stretching it a bit do not you suppose? Ge GuangPei has some blemishes on her face, however Miss right here is fairly just like the flower and the moon. Huge, huge distinction.” The lady turned to the lady in black and demanded: “Take off your masks!”

The lady in black immediately shot out 4 arrows. “Zeng,” “Zeng!” Two of the ladies in inexperienced knocked the two of the arrows down with the hook-like sabre that they had in hand whereas the opposite 2 women had been hit and down onto the bottom. These 4 arrows got here out of nowhere, with out the slightest of warning, and had been flying at a tremendous velocity, but 2 of them nonetheless had been knocked out of the air. The lady in black instantly hopped off the horse. Together with her sword already pulled out by the point she landed, she stepped ahead together with her proper foot as quickly as her left foot landed and made 2 strikes, attacking the two women who had been nonetheless standing. The two women additionally jumped forth and commenced attacking, one in all them combating the lady in black whereas the opposite turned her sabre towards Duan Yu.

“Ai-yo!” Duan Yu screamed earlier than scrambling beneath Black Rose’s stomach. Not anticipating that he would pull such an unorthodox transfer, the lady was shocked for a break up second. Simply as she recovered as was on the brink of stab Duan Yu, a ache immediately shot up her again and he or she collapsed instantly. Turned out that the lady in black caught her with one other arrow in that little opening. However due to this little little bit of distraction attributable to taking pictures out one other arrow, the lady in black was additionally hit by the hook-like sabre on her left shoulder. With a loud tearing sound, the hook on the finish of the sabre hooked onto her sleeve and tore off half of the sleeve, revealing a snow-white shoulder. There was a half-meter lengthy reduce on her shoulder, which instantly started gushing blood.

The lady in black tried to counter together with her sword, however the lady in inexperienced’s kung fu was excellent and the dual hooked-sabres in her hand had been dancing as her strikes had been quick and intelligent. Quickly, the lady in black’s left leg was hit as nicely, tearing open her trouser leg. The lady in black countered by launching 2 extra arrows, each of which had been knocked down by the hooked-sabres. The lady in inexperienced demanded a number of instances: “Who’re you? Your sword strategies aren’t these of No Measure Sword’s, who’re you?” The lady in black didn’t reply as her strikes sped up. Instantly she set free a bit of yelp as her sword was caught in between hooks of the dual hooked-sabres. The lady in inexperienced turned her wrist, the lady in black couldn’t hold her grip on the sword as she needed to let go and instantly soar again in protection. The lady in inexperienced shortly adopted with a number of thrusts of her hooked-sabres, all of which had been dodged by the lady in black.

Duan Yu had began to panic a very long time in the past, however he could not do something besides look on. However now, seeing that the lady in black was in grave hazard, all coherent thought went out of his head as he grabbed a corpse that was mendacity on the bottom. Grabbing the abdomen of the physique with each arms, he turned it into an enormous battering ram and charged towards the lady in inexperienced.

Startled, the lady in inexperienced immediately seen that the factor that was coming at her was her sister’s head. As a wave of bitter unhappiness washed over her, she swung at Duan Yu’s face with the hooked-sabre in her proper hand. However with a complete corpse in between them, the transfer got here up about 1/4 of a meter quick. “Bang!” The pinnacle of the corpse hit her squarely within the chest, it was additionally at that exact second when a small arrow shot into her proper eye, inflicting her to break down onto the bottom.

Out of the nook of his eye, Duan Yu noticed that the lady was half-kneeling on her left knee, so he shouted: “Miss, are… are you alright?” He ran over and tried to assist her up. The lady slowly stood up and was instantly startled as a result of, in a panic, Duan Yu had forgotten to place down the corpse. So right here he was, working on the lady with a head of a corpse aimed straight at her chest. The lady gave the corpse a push on its head and, with a shout, Duan Yu fell backwards, the corpse neatly touchdown on high of him.

Seeing the peculiar place that Duan Yu was in, the lady couldn’t assist however set free a little bit of snigger. Then she started to fret, figuring out that she was in grave hazard only a second in the past. If she had not killed 2 of them utilizing shock proper off and gotten Duan Yu’s assist, she most likely could not even defeat one of many women. The place did these 4 women come from? How come their kungfu was so good? She turned to Duan Yu: “Hey, dummy, what are you doing with a corpse?”

Duan Yu bought again up and put down the corpse: “Horrible, simply horrible. Ay! So sorry. You took us for another person, all you needed to do was ask us politely and all of this may have been cleared up. However you needed to speak all that nonsense, inflicting Miss right here to get mad. Miss, truly you did not actually need to kill, would not it have been higher when you simply took your masks off and allow them to see?”

The lady angrily rebuked: “Shut up! I need not hearken to you! Who instructed them to name us e… elo… no matter!” Duan Yu replied: “Sure, sure in fact. They had been positively incorrect to recommend what they urged. However Miss, you did not have to kill them. Ah! You… you higher wrap your wounds up a bit of.” He simply caught a glimpse of her snow white thighs as a result of her pants had been ripped, not daring to take a look at it anymore, he instantly turned his head the opposite method.

Getting uninterested in listening to him telling her she shouldn’t have killed, the lady was nearly to slap him once more when he immediately talked about her wounds. Instantly she started to really feel the ache from her wounds on her arm and leg, fortunately the injuries weren’t deep and had been to not the bone. So she instantly utilized some blood-clotter and bandaged her wounds up utilizing fabric she tore from the corpse’s clothes. Duan Yu, in the meantime, moved all of the our bodies right into a pile of hay and stated: “I ought to dig a grave for you, however I haven’t got a hoe or a shovel. Ay! Misses had been so younger, though all of you are not that fairly, however you were not ugly both….”

Listening to him discuss their appears, the lady was reminded of one thing: “Hey! How are you aware that I haven’t got blemishes on my face and is fairly like a flower or the moon or no matter?” Duan Yu smiled: “After all, that goes with out saying.” The lady replied: “What do you imply in fact?” Duan Yu replied: “After all, signifies that it may solely be like that.” The lady rebuked: “No matter! You could not even dream of what I appear like, my face is roofed with pots and blemishes!” Duan Yu smiled: “Possibly, possibly not.”

The lady immediately realized that it may very well be an issue that her sleeve and pants had been ripped. So she took a gown off of one of many our bodies and put it on. “Ai-yo!” Duan Yu shouted as he immediately remembered the large holes he had on the again of his pants. How may he be travelling with a lady with a naked butt? He instantly start strolling backwards; ensuring he did not flip his butt in direction of the lady in black, he additionally took a gown off of a physique and put it on. The lady set free a peal of laughter. Duan Yu blushed a lot that even the bottom of his ear was purple enthusiastic about the outlet that was on his pants and what that meant.

The lady pulled out her arrows out from the our bodies and positioned them again inside her shirt, after which added a few kicks onto the physique of that lady that injured her.

Duan Yu urged: “Miss, your arrows seal up the sufferer’s throats as quickly because the poison enters the blood. Such highly effective and devious poison. I urge Miss to not use it ever once more except you don’t have any different alternative. To kill is in opposition to the way in which of heaven, if….” The lady reduce him off: “In the event you speak anymore nonsense, I will provide you with a style of this poison.” With a flick of her proper arm and a sound of arrow piercing the air, a poison arrow flew previous barely previous Duan Yu and caught into the bottom.

His face white as a sheet, Duan Yu dared not say a factor. The lady continued: “Let’s have a look at when you can nonetheless speak nonsense after the poison sealed up your throat!” She reached for one more arrow and flicked her arm once more. Duan Yu was scared out of his wits and docked.

With a bit of snigger, the lady put the arrow again into her shirt and gave him a imply trying stare: “You appear like a lady with this gown on. Put the hood up. That method if we run into anybody else, they would not say we’re el… which are a person and a girl.” Duan Yu nodded, took the bandana off his head, positioned it inside his shirt, put up the hood, and pulled it down over most of his face. The lady set free a hearty snigger on the sight.

Listening to her candy and harmless snigger, Duan Yu mused: “From her actions and expressions, you’ll determine that she’s youthful than me. Then why is she so merciless and murderous?” He regarded up and noticed that on the entrance of her gown was sewn a black vulture. The vulture had its head assist up excessive, trying very proud and highly effective, the very same vulture was on his gown as nicely. He shook his head and sighed: “Ladies truly having this on their robes quite than flowers or butterflies. Ay! Such demeanors.”

The lady shot him a glance: “Are you mocking me!” Duan Yu instantly replied: “No, no, by no means, I would not dare!” The lady probed additional: “So what’s your reply? ‘No’ or ‘Would not dare’?” Duan Yu replied: “I would not dare.” The lady nodded and didn’t ask any additional.

Duan Yu circled and requested her: “Are you damage dangerous? Do you wish to relaxation a bit?” The lady angrily replied: “After all it hurts! Let me take a few swipes on you and you’ll see for your self!” Duan Yu thought to himself: “Properly, epitome of bitchness.” The lady continued: “Are you actually nervous that my wounds are hurting? There is not a person on the planet that is this good. You simply need me to go save Zhong Ling as shortly as attainable, simply you can’t say it out loud. Heh, let’s go!” She walked to Black Rose’s facet and hopped on. Pointing northwest, she requested: “Sword Lake Palace of No Measure Mountain is in that course proper?” Duan Yu replied: “I suppose, looks like it.”

The two of them began to slowly stroll in that course. After some time, the lady immediately requested: “Who’s birthdate was that inside the golden field?” Duan Yu thought: “So you may have opened it up already.” “I do not know,” he replied. “It is Zhong Ling’s,” the lady stated. “Is not it?” Duan Yu answered: “I actually do not know.” The lady angrily demanded: “You might be nonetheless mendacity. Madame Zhong has already matched Zhong Ling to you hasn’t she? Inform me the reality!” Duan Yu, in a panic, replied: “No, she actually hasn’t. If I, Duan Yu, am mendacity, then I’ll die by your arrows this instantaneous.”

“So your title is Duan Yu?” Duan Yu replied: “Yeah, ‘Yu’ as in ‘ming yu’, famed title.” The lady snorted: “Hmph, is your fame any good? I do not suppose so.” Duan Yu replied with amusing: “Properly the ‘ming yu ting huai’, title is horrible, is that this one additionally.” The lady replied: “That is extra prefer it!” Duan Yu naturally requested: “So what’s Miss’s surname?” The lady rebuked: “Why ought to I inform you? You instructed me your title by yourself, I did not ask you.”

After one other lengthy stretch of silent strolling, the lady spoke up once more: “Afterward after we saved Zhong Ling, that little satan will certainly inform me my title, you aren’t allowed to listen to it!” Attempting laborious to not burst out laughing, Duan Yu replied: “Alright, I will not hear it.” The lady appeared to have felt that this matter was a bit laborious to perform, so she added: “Even when you did hear it, you aren’t allowed to recollect it!” Duan Yu supplied: “Alright, even when I do occur to recollect, I might strive my hardest to overlook it.” The lady rebuked: “Pei! You might be mendacity, suppose I can not inform?”

By means of all this speaking, the sky slowly turned darkish and shortly the moon rose from the east. The two of them hurried alongside the trail underneath the moonlight. Round 10, Duan Yu immediately noticed a bonfire within the mountainside going through them, on the base of the height simply north of the bonfire was a number of massive buildings. Recognizing that is the Sword Lake Palace, Duan Yu pointed on the bonfire and stated: “Divine Farmer Clan is true over there. Let’s sneak up on them, seize Zhong Ling and run. How about that?”

Coldly, the lady requested: “And the way precisely will we run away?” Duan Yu replied: “You and Zhong Ling would experience on Black Rose, there is no method that Divine Farmer Clan can catch as much as you.” The lady requested: “Then what about you?” Duan Yu replied: “I used to be compelled to take the Gut Fragmenter by the Divine Farmer Clan, SiKong Xuan instructed me that after 7 days the poison would get away and I might die. So I’ve to one way or the other get the treatment first earlier than I can run away.”

The lady noticed: “So that you had been poisoned by them. Then you have to be in a rush to get the treatment, why did you come again to ship me a message?” Duan Yu replied: “I figured that with Black Rose’s velocity, reporting that message would not take a lot time in any respect.” The lady was puzzled: “Are you actually that good? Or are you simply an fool?” Duan Yu laughed: “Largely seemingly half and half.”

The lady humphed at that comment and requested: “So how are you going to get the treatment?” Duan Yu thought out loud: “The unique settlement was the treatment of Lightning’s poison for the treatment for the Gut Fragmenter. They don’t seem to be going to get the treatment to Lightning’s poison, so it will be very troublesome to trick them into giving me the treatment for the Gut Fragmenter. Miss, do you may have any concepts?” The lady rebuked: “Solely males is aware of how you can trick folks, I do not know how you can. I will simply ask them easy handy over Zhong Ling and the treatment or else!”

A wave of coldness shot by Duan Yu’s coronary heart, figuring out that she’s most likely going to begin killing huge time once more, he thought: “It is best if… finest if….” However precisely was one of the best end result, he had no thought in any respect.

The two of them started strolling in direction of the fireplace. Once they bought to about 20 meters away from it, 2 males immediately jumped out of the darkness with a bag of medicine in hand, able to throw. Certainly one of them demanded: “Who’s it? What are you doing right here?”

The lady demanded in return: “The place’s SiKong Xuan? Inform him to return right here!”

Within the moonlight, the two males seen that the lady and Duan Yu had been each sporting a inexperienced gown with a black vulture on their chest. The two of them had been shocked and instantly kneeled down: “Sure, sure in fact! We didn’t know that Holy Emissaries from the Nimble Vulture Palace can be arriving, so… so sorry for getting in your method, please forgive us.” His voice was shaking, as if he was scared to loss of life.

Duan Yu was immensely puzzled: “What emissary from Nimble Vulture Peak?” Then he immediately understood: “Oh! That is proper! They’re considering we’re any person else as a result of now we have this inexperienced gown on!” Then he remembered that a number of days in the past again within the Sword Lake Palace Zhong Ling stated that she overheard SiKong Xuan speaking together with his underlings, saying one thing about following orders from Child Elder of Heaven Mountain of Nimble Vulture Palace to return and take over Sword Lake Palace of No Measure Mountain. “So it seems that Divine Farmer Clan is a subsidiary of Nimble Vulture Palace, no surprise these 2 males are so scared.”

After all, the lady didn’t perceive what is going on on, so she requested: “What Nim….” Afraid that she may expose the two of them, Duan Yu raised the pitch of his voice and stated: “Get SiKong Xuan right here now!” The two males replied: “Sure, sure, immediately!” They instantly stood up and took a few steps backwards earlier than lastly turning round and beginning to run towards the fireplace.

Duan Yu whispered to the lady: “Nimble Vulture Palace are their superiors.” He put up the face masks of the hood and lined the underside half of his face, leaving solely his eyes seen.

The lady was about to ask one thing else however was reduce off as a result of SiKong Xuan had hurried arrived and stated out loud: “Your humble servant SiKong Xuan welcome the Holy Emissaries. Please forgive us for not welcoming you earlier. How is the Child Elder? Might she dwell for 10,000 years!”

Duan Yu was considering to himself: “Who’s Child Elder? She is not the king or the mom of the king, so wishing her to dwell 10,000 years simply would not appear proper does it?” So he simply nodded and replied: “Rise up.” SiKong Xuan kowtowed twice extra earlier than standing again up. By this time there was an enormous crowd of individuals behind him, all of them within the Divine Farmer Clan.

{Word: in historical China, it was customized to bless the Emperor and solely the Emperor with a ten,000 yr life-span and another member of the royal household with a 1000 yr life-span. To want that upon anybody apart from royalty or to want a unique life-span to royalty was virtually treason.}

Duan Yu spoke up: “The place’s that lady from the Zhong household? Deliver her right here!” Two clan members did not even wait for his or her grasp to challenge the orders earlier than dashing in direction of the fireplace and carrying Zhong Ling over. Duan Yu ordered: “Untie her.” SiKong Xuan answered: “Sure, Miss.” He pulled out a dagger and reduce unfastened the rope round Zhong Ling’s arms and legs. Seeing her nonetheless doing very nicely and unhurt, Duan Yu may barely include himself as he needed to pressure himself to keep up the excessive pitch of his voice when he stated: “Zhong Ling, come right here.” Zhong Ling replied: “Who’re you?” SiKong Xuan shouted at her: “How dare you be so impolite in entrance of the Holy Emissaries? She instructed you to go over there!” Zhong Ling figured: “Who cares who the hell you’re, you instructed him to untie me and this outdated Goat Beard is so terrified of you, so there should not be a lot hurt in doing what you instructed me.” So she walked over to Duan Yu.

Duan Yu reached out together with her left hand, took her hand into his, and pulled her over to his facet. He squeezed her hand and made a gesture to her, however figuring that she most likely would not perceive, he turned to SiKong Xuan: “Hand over the treatment for Gut Fragmenter!”

SiKong Xuan wasn’t fairly positive what was occurring, however he nonetheless ordered: “Deliver my medication field! Hurry, hurry!” With a bit of pause, he instantly understood: “Ai-yo! That bastard named Duan should have gone and begged these emissaries, that is why they’re asking for the treatment.” When the medication field arrived, he opened it up and took out a small bottle. Holding it up respectfully, he stated: “This medication must be taken for 3 straight days, as soon as every day, and a couple of gram or so every time.” Completely satisfied past phrases, Duan Yu took it.

Zhong Ling immediately spoke up: “Hey, Goat Beard, bought any of the medication left? Do not forget that you promised Huge Brother Duan to treatment him? In the event you give all you bought to them, what would occur if my Huge Brother Duan comes with my dad?”

The lady in black could not stand this any longer and commanded: “Zhong Ling, be quiet! Your Huge Brother Duan will likely be simply superb!” Discovering her voice very acquainted, Zhong Ling turned in direction of her. When Zhong Ling laid her eyes on her masks, she instantly acknowledged her and uttered: “Ah, Mu….” However she realized quickly sufficient that one thing was occurring and put her hand over her mouth in time.

SiKong Xuan was fairly nervous in addition to he kneeled and stated: “Holy Emissaries, your servant had been bitten by this little lady’s toxic marten, please present some mercy.” Duan Yu figured that if he didn’t one way or the other treatment him then they’d have a struggle to the loss of life on their arms. So he turned to the lady in black and stated: “Sister, why do not you give him a few of Child Elder’s Treatment-All Elixir?” Listening to that there was a Treatment-All Elixir right here, SiKong Xuan couldn’t imagine his ears as he kowtowed loudly a number of instances all of the whereas saying: “Your humble servant will likely be eternally grateful for the mercy and benevolence of the Child Elder and the Holy Emissaries. There are a complete of 19 of us that has been bitten.”

The lady thought: “What’s he speaking about? ‘Treatment-All Elixir’? However since I am wounded on my leg and arm, it will be fairly troublesome to guard 2 folks now. So I suppose I will simply associate with this Duan man and play this Goat Beard for a bit.” So she reached into her shirt and took out a small bottle: “Put your hand out.” SiKong Xuan obeyed and lowered his head as nicely, not daring to take a look at the emissary straight. The lady poured a bit of little bit of some inexperienced powder in his hand and instructed: “Take some orally and every part must be alright then.” All of the whereas she was considering: “This perfume powder of mine did not come simply, cannot allow you to get an excessive amount of of that.”

As quickly as she opened the bottle, SiKong Xuan may odor a scrumptious and refreshing perfume. He had spent his whole life round medication and herbs, but he couldn’t make out what the powder was product of. By the point the powder was poured onto his hand, the odor had made him really feel all heat and fuzzy throughout. Figuring the Child Elder should be wonderful as this powder was, as anticipated, virtually magical in its results, he thanked them repeatedly, however with the powder in his hand, he couldn’t kowtow.

Seeing that every part had been completed and not using a hitch, Duan Yu stated: “Sister, let’s go!” Misplaced within the second, he truly forgot to masks his voice, however fortunately SiKong Xuan and his underlings didn’t discover.

SiKong Xuan reported: “Holy Emissaries, Zuo ZiMuo of No Measure Mountain truly dared to refuse our threats. Due to your servant’s wound and lack of arm, this matter was not resolved shortly and I’m ashamed. I’ll order my males to assault proper now and we are going to take over Sword Lake Palace. I humbly request that the Holy Emissaries to remain and observe the battle.”

Duan Yu replied: “No want. I feel there actually is not any have to assault this Sword Lake Palace anymore both, why do not you guys go dwelling?”

SiKong Xuan was shocked, as a result of he knew the Child Elder’s temperament very nicely. The nicer the emissaries she despatched are, the more serious the punishment because the emissary would virtually all the time speak sarcastically reverse of what they imply. Figuring that the emissary should be criticizing him for failing to perform his mission, he panicked: “I notice my fault, I notice my mistake, please forgive me! Might the Holy Emissary please say a few good issues on my behalf to the Child Elder? I urge of you!”

Afraid to say something extra, Duan Yu simply waved his hand considerably and, dragging Zhong Ling with him, started to stroll away. SiKong Xuan saved on his knees and spoke loudly: “The Divine Farmer Clan is honored to ship the Holy Emissaries on their method. Might the Child Elder dwell eternally!” The clan members behind him repeated altogether: “The Divine Farmer Clan is honored to ship the Holy Emissaries on their method. Might the Child Elder dwell eternally!” Already a number of meters away, Duan Yu thought the sight of all these males on their knees collectively had been fairly humorous and shouted again: “Might Mr. SiKong Xuan dwell eternally as nicely!”

To SiKong Xuan, that sentence was crammed with sarcasm and he virtually fainted from the shock. The two males behind him seen that their chief was shaking and instantly jumped as much as assist him fearing that he may drop a few of the “Treatment-All Elixir” in his arms.

Duan Yu and the two women walked for a number of dozen meters till they could not hear the Divine Farmer Clan anymore. Zhong Ling whistled repeatedly making an attempt to get her marten again however to no avail. So she turned to the lady in black: “Sister Mu, thanks and this different sister a lot, however I’ve to remain right here.”

The lady requested: “What for? Ready for that toxic marten of yours?” Zhong Ling replied: “No, I am ready for my Huge Brother Duan, he went to get my father right here to treatment these poisoned guys within the Divine Farmer Clan.” Turning to Duan Yu, she stated: “Sister, are you able to give me a few of the treatment for Gut Fragmenter?” The lady interrupted: “That Duan man will not be coming round right here once more.” In a panic, Zhong Ling replied: “No method, that may’t be. He stated he would! Even when my father will not come, Huge Brother Duan would nonetheless come again!” The lady retorted: “Hmph! Males solely know how you can lie, you should not imagine something he stated.” Zhong Ling started to smell a bit of: “Huge Brother Duan would nev… by no means deceive me.”

Duan Yu could not management himself any longer and, with amusing, took off his masks: “Miss Zhong, your Huge Brother Duan actually did not deceive you.”

Zhong Ling stared at him, rendered totally speechless, for a very long time earlier than lastly changing into overwhelmed with pleasure and jumped onto him together with her arms round his neck whereas screaming: “You did not deceive me, I knew you would not!”

The lady immediately grabbed her by the again of her collar, pulled her apart, and coldly commented: “Do not do this!” Zhong Ling was fairly stunned by that, however being as pleased as she was, she did not care. So she requested: “Sister Mu, how did you 2 meet?” The lady simply humphed and did not reply.

Nervous about SiKong Xuan come chasing up after discovering how ineffective the powder was, Duan Yu spoke up: “Why do not we get going? We are able to discuss on the way in which.” The lady in black climbed onto her horse and was out in entrance whereas Duan Yu briefly instructed Zhong Ling what had occurred, judiciously leaving out the half about how the lady tortured him and solely saying that she saved his life. After listening to the entire story, Zhong Ling yelled out to the lady: “Sister Mu, thanks a lot for saving Huge Brother Duan, I do not know if I can ever pay you again for that.” A bit peeved, the lady rebuked: “I saved him by my very own accord, what does it must do with you?” Zhong Ling caught her tongue out at Duan Yu and made a face at that comment.

The lady continued: “Hey, Duan Yu, I do know that little satan Zhong Ling goes to inform you my title, so I will inform you now. My title is Mu WanQing.” Duan Yu replied: “Ah, ‘Firewood is pure and flowery, pity to the pure willows.’ (Huo Mu Qing Hua, Wan Xi Qing Yang) Such a very good title and surname.” Mu WanQing replied: “Higher than your ‘one piece of wooden, horrible fame (Yi Duan Mu Tou, Ming Yu Ji Huai).'” Duan Yu burst out laughing at that remark.

{Duan Yu quoted a chunk of poetry that I am not too positive in regards to the that means of, so I simply form of went with the literal meanings of the phrase, sorry whether it is off. If you understand what it actually means, please e-mail me. Thanks.}

Zhong Ling grabbed Duan Yu’s left hand and gently stated: “Huge Brother Duan, you’re so good to me.” Duan Yu replied: “Solely factor is that it is a disgrace you can’t discover your marten.” Zhong Ling whistled a few extra instances earlier than replying: “No huge deal actually, after these dangerous guys depart, I will come again right here and search for him. Will you come and hold me firm?” Duan Yu nodded and replied: “After all!” Desirous about that jade statue in that cave, he added: “To any extent further I might come again right here now and again.” Livid, Mu WanQing reduce in: “I do not allow you to return again. If she wish to search for her marten, then let her come herself.” Duan Yu caught his tongue out at Zhong Ling and made a face. The two of them checked out one another and smiled.

The three of them didn’t speak for a protracted whereas and simply walked. After a number of kilometers, Mu WanQing immediately requested: “Zhong Ling, is your birthday the fifth of February?” She was nonetheless going through ahead on her horse, not even turning round. Zhong Ling answered: “Sure it’s! Sister Mu, how do you know?” Turning into livid, Mu WanQing shouted: “Nonetheless claiming that you simply aren’t mendacity Duan Yu?” With a jerk of the reins, she and Black Rose started to gallop away.

Instantly, there got here a low and faint whistle from the northwest that was adopted by 4 claps from the northeast nook. A row of silhouettes got here flying this manner from straight in entrance of them and stopped about 50 or so meters away from the three of them. A slight paused adopted earlier than a hoarse voice shouted: “Little Whore! The place do you suppose you’re working off to?” The voice belonged to none apart from Grandma Rui. Earlier than they may reply, somebody began to snicker from behind them. Duan Yu whipped his head round in panic and noticed the faint determine of Grandma Ping standing there with the daggers in her arms had been virtually glowing underneath the moonlight. There was a person to the left and proper of her. The person to her left had a face of white beard and an enormous shovel in his hand whereas the person to her proper was a comparatively younger man that carried a sword. Duan Yu form of remembered seeing these 2 males amongst those that had been current within the corridor the place he first met Mu WanQing.

Mu WanQing sneered: “You ghosts nonetheless have not disappeared but? Fairly an accomplishment for you guys, chasing me all the way in which right here.” Grandma Ping replied: “We’ll chase you to the top of the world if now we have to, you Little Whore!” A small sound got here from Mu WanQing as she shot out a small arrow. The swordsman’s eye-sight and coordination turned out to be wonderful as he knocked the arrow down together with his sword. Earlier than anybody else may react, Mu WanQing had launched herself off of her horse and was flying in direction of the white-bearded outdated man.

For a person as outdated as him, his response was extremely quick. With a flick of his proper hand, he swung the shovel at Mu WanQing. Nonetheless off the bottom, Mu WanQing pushed off the face of the shovel together with her left foot and flew again in direction of Grandma Ping. Grandma Ping held up her dagger to dam the strike. “Zeng!” The blade of her dagger had been sliced off by the sword, making a vibrant flash within the darkness. Grandma Rui instantly attacked Mu WanQing’s again in hopes of rescuing Grandma Ping. Not in a rush to kill Grandma Ping simply but, Mu WanQing rotated her sword sideways, pushed off of Grandma Ping’s shoulder with the flat facet of the sword, and gently flew off like a feather. Had it not for Grandma Rui’s intervention, she wouldn’t have rotated the sword and Grandma Ping would have been sliced in two.

That whole trade, with all of the sudden adjustments and reverses, took solely a few seconds. Despite the fact that she had simply barely escaped loss of life, Grandma Ping was not in the slightest degree scared as she instantly swung her dagger at Mu WanQing 3 extra instances, making Mu WanQing dodge and lose the initiative. On the identical time, Grandma Rui and a couple of different males charged up and attacked as nicely. The sword in Mu WanQing’s hand flashed repeatedly as she weaved her method amongst these 4 attackers. Standing a number of meters away was Zhong Ling, waving at Duan Yu incessantly: “Huge Brother Duan, come right here!” Duan Yu requested after he made his method over: “What?” Zhong Ling urged: “Let’s get out of right here!” Duan Yu replied: “They’re ganging up on Miss Mu, how may we depart similar to that?” Zhong Ling replied: “Sister Mu’s kungfu is actually superb, she may get out of this by herself with no downside in any respect.” Duan Yu shook his head: “She got here right here to save lots of your life, how may you simply depart her like this?” Zhong Ling stumped her foot and replied: “You fool! Like you possibly can assist her out by staying right here! Ay! If solely Lightning is right here!”

Right now, Mu WanQing was keeping off the 4 attackers with all her may. As a result of Grandma Rui’s iron employees and the outdated man’s iron shovel had been very noisy due to their size, Mu WanQing was paying very shut consideration to all of the sounds round her and heard this complete trade between Zhong Ling and Duan Yu.

Duan Yu continued: “Miss Zhong, why do not you allow first? I can not bear to incorrect Miss Mu in any method. Within the unlikely occasion that she’s overwhelmed, I may try to speak us out it.” Zhong Ling replied: “Different than simply giving that lifetime of yours away, you actually aren’t good for something right here. Go! Sister Mu will not be indignant at your for it.” Duan Yu replied: “If Miss Mu hadn’t saved me, I might have died a very long time in the past. There’s actually not a lot distinction in dying half a day earlier or later.” Annoyed, Zhong Ling grabbed his arm and began to stroll away: “You fool! I can not win arguing with you want this!”

Duan Yu shouted: “I do not wish to depart! I do not wish to depart!” However he wasn’t robust sufficient and was being dragged away.

Mu WanQing immediately shouted: “Zhong Ling, you get your self out of right here! Depart him right here!” Zhong Ling started to drag him even tougher. “Shoo!” A small arrow immediately shot into Zhong Ling’s hair and bought caught into one of many hair buns in her hair. Mu WanQing threatened: “In the event you do not let go, the following one goes straight in your eye!” Zhong Ling knew that she was the kind that might undergo with no matter she says; and though the two of them had been good pals, they nonetheless have not been collectively lengthy sufficient to ascertain any actual deep friendship. So she let go, figuring out that she was actually about to shoot at her eye.

Mu WanQing commanded additional: “Zhong Ling, go to your guardian’s place now! Go! In the event you wait in your Huge Brother Duan in any respect, then I will shoot 3 extra arrows at you!” She parried away a number of extra assaults as she stated this.

Not daring to disobey her, Zhong Ling turned to Duan Yu: “Huge Brother Duan, please watch out!” She then lined her face, turned, and disappeared into darkness.

After ordering Zhong Ling away, Mu WanQing went again to concentrating on keeping off the attackers. Feeling a faint ache on her leg the place she had been hooked, she immediately modified her combating type. This time the sword flashed by the darkness again and again like a meteor bathe, ever-changing and unpredictable. Instantly, the outdated man screamed in ache for he had been hit in his chest. Mu WanQing adopted that with 3 extra thrusts, forcing Grandma Rui and that swordsman to leap out of the combating circle. Then, spinning the blade of her sword round, she turned in direction of Grandma Ping. In a blink of an eye fixed, Grandma Ping had already been hit 3 instances. Ignoring the injuries, Grandma Ping continued to assault like a wild tiger. By now, the opposite 3 attackers had rejoined the struggle. Grandma Ping rolled to a cease at Mu WanQing’s foot and swung at her calf with the dagger in her proper hand. Mu WanQing gave her a pleasant kick, sending her rolling off. At this exact second, Grandma Rui’s iron employees got here flying in in direction of her brow. Mu WanQing hurriedly introduced her sword again, parried the employees away, and moved proper right into a thrust in direction of the middle of her foes.

Grandma Rui turned her physique sideways and introduced her employees again to guard herself. Mu WanQing set free a bit of sigh of reduction and was nearly begin one other assault when an enormous quantity of ache shot by her. Turned out that the outdated man, unable to raise his shovel after being injured, pulled out an iron spike, charged in, and was capable of stab it into her shoulder. Mu WanQing smacked him over her shoulders and just about flattened his whole face, killing him right away. However Grandma Rui had charged forth and commenced attacking once more. Grandma Ping screamed: “The Little Whore is damage, don’t fret about catching her life, simply kill her!”

Seeing that Mu WanQing was wounded, Duan Yu started to panic. So he, as he did final time, needed to run over and grabbed the outdated man’s corpse. However with the 4 fighters in the way in which, he couldn’t attain the corpse. In desperation, he ripped off the gown he had on and, wildly waving it, charged into the melee and was capable of cowl up Grandma Ping’s head. Shocked that she immediately misplaced her sight, she instantly reached together with her hand and tried to tear the fabric away. Nevertheless, in a panic, she had forgot that she was holding a dagger and was reduce face, inflicting her to squeal like a pig. Unable to seek out sufficient time to drag out the spike that is imbedded in her left shoulder, Mu WanQing, combating off the ache as a lot as she may, hurriedly swung at Grandma Rui twice, then turned and thrusted on the swordsman. These 3 strikes had been unbelievable as Grandma Rui’s proper cheek had been slashed as was the swordsman’s brow. Though the injuries had been innocent, the components that had been hit had been important. And so, in shock, each of them jumped again and felt their wounds with their arms to test on it.

Mu WanQing cursed to herself: “Rattling it! Ought to have killed them!” She took a deep breath and whistled. Black Rose arrived virtually instantaneously. She hopped onto the saddle, grabbed Duan Yu by his collar, and lifted him up as nicely. Black Rose started to gallop west as quick as she may.

They hadn’t even gone 100 meters when there immediately got here an enormous quantity of shouting behind the woods as a number of males got here charging out, blocking their method. The tall man within the center yelled: “Little Whore! Your outdated man here is been ready for you for a very long time now!” He reached up in an try and seize a maintain of Black Rose’s manes. Mu WanQing barely flicked her proper hand and three arrows shot out, hitting 3 males within the crowd. Making the most of the outdated man’s momentary shock, she pulled on the reins and Black Rose leapt over the top of the boys. The boys got here chasing after her, however, fearing her toxic arrows, they held their weapons out in entrance of them and saved getting additional and additional again. However they had been nonetheless cursing like loopy: “Whore! She ran away once more!” “Irrespective of the place you ran off to, we’ll nonetheless discover you and intestine you!” “Come on everybody! After her!”

Mu WanQing let Black Rose to run as she happy by the mountain and arrived hill lock. Seeing that there was a cliff in entrance of her, she had no alternative however to cease to try to discover one other method. No Measure Mountain’s paths twists and weaves their method up and down the mountain, making it very troublesome to navigate by them.

Instantly, there got here shouting from forward: “That horse is coming again round!” “This fashion!” “The Little Whore is again!” Due to her wound, Mu WanQing was in no situation to struggle. So she instantly stopped Black Rose and commenced to run to the suitable. This time she not had time to select a path and Black Rose was working by the wilderness. Fortunately, Black Rose was amazingly robust and agile and was capable of traverse by the rocky hillside with no downside in anyway. After galloping for a very long time, Black Rose immediately mis-stepped together with her entrance legs and bumped her right-front knee on a rock, inflicting her to limp and decelerate.

Nervous, Duan Yu urged: “Miss Mu, let me off. That method you will get away simpler and quicker with simply you using. They don’t have any enmities or quarrels with me, so it would not be a lot of an issue in the event that they caught me.” Mu WanQing replied: “Hmph! What are you aware? You might be from DaLi, they’d kill you as quickly as they catch you.” Duan Yu replied: “That is unusual, are they planning to kill everybody in DaLi? Miss, please hearken to me and escape by your self.”

Together with her left shoulder simply throbbing in ache, Mu WanQing had no endurance to hearken to Duan Yu ramble. So she shouted: “Shut up! Do not say one other phrase!” Duan Yu replied: “Alright, then may you let me sit behind you as a substitute?” Mu WanQing requested: “Why?” Duan Yu replied: “I left my gown over that fats grandma’s head.” Mu WanQing puzzled: “So?” Duan Yu answered: “There’s a number of holes on the again of my pants, sitting in entrance of miss with this naked… naked… in direction of miss… hehe. That is… simply too inappropriate.”

Barely capable of bear the ache on her shoulder, Mu WanQing grabbed his shoulders and, gritting her tooth, squeezed so laborious that his bones had been cracking and commanded: “Shut up!” Unable to deal with the ache, Duan Yu instantly complied: “Alright, alright, I will shut up.”