Chapter 17

In this world, all encounters are reunions after long separations;

In this world, all partings are the end of fated connections.

As the land temple, along with the bodies and heads of the Guo family, was engulfed in raging flames, Mu Canyang, no, Dugu Fu also parted ways with Guo Hu, Guo Xingxing, and the others.

Mu Canyang was already history, and there was no going back.

From today onward, he would be Dugu Fu, a clone of the once powerful Dugu Hong. Next, he would replicate his myths and legends.

"What kind of person is this! What kind of person is this!" Watching the solitary figure on horseback disappear into the darkness, Guo Xingxing stomped her foot in anger.

Guo Hu nodded in deep agreement: "Yes, who would have thought that the always seemingly honest Sixth Junior Brother would turn out to be an insider for the Immortals..."

Indeed, among these people, there was also an insider for the horseback and swordsmen.

As Guo Xingxing said, without an insider, Liu Er would have no ability to move the hundred-pound legacy stone to the Guo family's backyard.

However, her thinking was still somewhat naive. She only realized there might be an insider but didn't realize that the insider would certainly follow the enemy's most desired target, which was herself.

So, the moment he heard the news, Dugu Fu had to leave the land temple, regardless of the risk of exposing his identity.

Fortunately, the horseback and swordsmen came alone to claim all the benefits and didn't tell the others, giving everyone a chance to resist. Otherwise...

Since they knew there was an insider, it wasn't difficult to determine who it was after the battle.

Who wasn't injured fatally from start to finish? Who performed poorly in battle and often accidentally injured their own side? Who, at the critical moment of strangling the Immortals, didn't help but instead hindered?

Anyway, the traitorous Sixth Junior Brother was already engulfed in the flames of the land temple, becoming a sacrifice to the Guo family's victims, alive and well...

Hearing her brother's words, Guo Xingxing instinctively said, "I'm not talking about Sixth Junior Brother, I'm talking about that guy!"

"That guy? What about that guy? I think he's quite reasonable and sensible, actually."

"Reasonable and sensible?!" Guo Xingxing's large, clear eyes, already wide, became even wider, "One moment he says he wants to learn the Half-Step Collapse, the next he says he wants me to marry him, and he even took all the drops from the Immortals, along with many horses. Can he ride them all? Is this what you call reasonable and sensible?"

"Also, also, also, he said his surname is Dugu, and his name is Fu, who is his uncle? He's taking advantage!"

Speaking angrily, her chest heaved, and her nose almost spewed fire.

Miss Guo, she had never seen such a shameless, brazen, and unscrupulous person!

"Isn't that just asking for the sky and settling for the earth?" Guo Hu laughed, "He's better than those who pretend to be friendly on the surface but secretly complain and give you a hard time when you least expect it."

"But, but..." Guo Xingxing was不服气 (unconvinced), but thinking about what her brother said, it seemed... he was right, especially with the example of Sixth Junior Brother right in front of her.

Stomping her foot, she said, "You can't judge a person by their appearance. Who knows if he's also one thing in front of you and another behind your back?"

Guo Hu didn't argue further, turning away with a smile: A truly two-faced person wouldn't directly say what they want.

"Alright, alright, let's get going. There's still a long way to go..." He called out to the seven or eight survivors, and they quickly disappeared into the depths of the forest.

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Watching the figures supporting each other disappear in another direction, Dugu Fu sighed, holding a torch and making a unique mark on a nearby tree. He compared it to the rough and simple map he had obtained from the Guo family, chose a direction, and spurred his horse forward.

"Rumble..." The lead horse started, followed by the others, kicking up dust and making a thunderous noise in the dark forest.

Is this also a wise sword cutting through emotional ties?

While galloping, he looked back at the direction where the Guo family had disappeared and sighed again.

What nonsense about beautiful women being a source of disaster, or about love weakening a hero's resolve. He had always found these ideas absurd.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, would she really make someone lose their reason, even affect the rise and fall of a nation or the change of dynasties?

After tonight, he knew he was wrong.

It is indeed possible. Just because of a soft and gentle girl he had just met, he almost made a suicidal move...

Is this like an old house catching fire and burning even faster?

Thinking about it, it's almost incomprehensible, but he did it.

No wonder there's a song that says, "Women in the mountains are tigers!"

This time, he was lucky, as only one enemy came, and he was bound with pig's trotter knots, allowing him to take a chance. What about next time? The time after that?

So he left without hesitation, and before leaving, he did everything he could to offend Guo Xingxing, completely cutting off any thoughts of her.

First, he asked for the Half-Step Collapse boxing manual.

Of course, that was impossible!

"Impossible? Then how about a set of Xingyi Wuxing as a substitute? But this can't match the great favor I did for all of you. You should at least give me something extra."

"I think your sister is quite nice, well-mannered and proper. I'm also unmarried, so why don't she come with me?"

"What? No, tsk tsk tsk, this is a problem. What else do you have?"

"What? You saved my life too, so we're even? Regardless of whether you saved me or not, I might have been fine. Even if you did save me, I'm one person, and you are eight. How can that be the same?"

After a fierce debate and haggling, he took all the drops from the horseback and swordsmen.

Although it was just a few strength-enhancing and attribute-boosting martial arts fruits and some meteorite iron for forging weapons, in this relatively resource-poor low-tech world, it was a decent haul.

In addition, he took all the spare horses, a total of six.

Four from the four who died last night, and two from the horseback and swordsmen, who brought them as spares.

Six horses, in any world, would be a significant amount of wealth.

Although they were spare and not in use, he couldn't let them be used like the horseback and swordsmen to switch and speed up, right?

As for the map, food, water, weapons, and travel expenses, he also took a lot of these miscellaneous items.

He claimed it was to help reduce their burden. Guo Xingxing glared at him, wanting to push him down and beat him until he had a heavy burden...

He had thoroughly turned the soft and gentle girl from a fan to a detractor.

Fan to detractor? This phrase is quite ambiguous.

What the heck, why am I thinking about these messy things again... Dugu Fu shook his head hard, dispelling all these thoughts.

Don't think that just because he took care of the horseback and swordsmen, the whole thing is over. It's just the beginning, and there's still a lot to do!

After galloping for about half an hour, he arrived at the small village by the river on the map.

The eastern sky was already turning light, and the village was gradually coming to life.

Dugu Fu led a group of horses into the village and stopped an old farmer: "Sir, where is the village chief's house?"

"I am the village chief. What's the matter, young man?" The old farmer looked at Dugu Fu warily.

"That's great!" Dugu Fu's face lit up, "Old sir, I want to buy a boat, some fishing nets, some fabric, and need dozens of people to help me work, immediately, oh, you need to bring your own tools. I also need some ropes... I can trade one, no, two horses for these."

The old farmer sized up Dugu Fu, seeing that he didn't look like a bad person, and smiled with his toothless mouth: "Three horses! You have to give me one first."

"It's a deal!"

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