Chapter 13: Innocently Kidnapped.

"Go find Fu Yibai."

Du Shaofu's brows twitched; he had to cultivate the technique as soon as possible. After stuffing the jade bottle and the two brocade boxes into his bosom, Du Shaofu decided to find Fu Yibai that very night to see if the old man knew where the Purple Qi Morning Sun Scripture was kept.

Leaving the room, Du Shaofu headed straight for the Martial Arts Pavilion. Although the Du family had guards and powerful individuals, Du Shaofu was still adept at navigating through the courtyards in the dark and directly reached the Martial Arts Pavilion.

"How can I still hear that flute music here? Where is it coming from?"

As soon as he arrived outside the Martial Arts Pavilion, Du Shaofu faintly heard the flute music he had been hearing frequently lately. The flute music was like a continuous stream of water, clear and cheerful like a pure brook. The melody then shifted, becoming melancholic and graceful, as if a young girl was pouring out her heart, missing her lover.

The flute music seemed to grow more sorrowful and louder, as if it was slowly approaching from a distance.

Although he found the faint flute music quite strange, Du Shaofu did not pay much attention to it and entered the Martial Arts Pavilion directly. Fu Yibai had always lived in a room behind the first floor of the Martial Arts Pavilion, but Du Shaofu rarely went there.

Du Shaofu entered Fu Yibai's room, which was very tidy because there was hardly anything in it, making it impossible to be messy. However, there was no sign of Fu Yibai.

"Where did he run off to in the middle of the night?"

The room was not large, and he could see everything at a glance. There was no sign of Fu Yibai.

"Chih."

There seemed to be a disturbance behind him. Du Shaofu immediately turned around and said, "Old Bai, where did you just go...?"

Before Du Shaofu could finish his sentence, his face froze. The person behind him was not Fu Yibai but a woman, a very beautiful woman. She looked to be in her forties, wearing a plain palace dress with a light blue sash that fluttered slightly, making her appear extremely simple and elegant, with a natural air of nobility that inspired a sense of reverence.

"Who are you?"

After being stunned for a moment, Du Shaofu immediately became alert. This beautiful woman was not from the Du family, and the Martial Arts Pavilion was a forbidden area of the Du family. The appearance of a stranger in the Du family's forbidden area at night made Du Shaofu cautious.

"Who are you to Fu Yibai?"

The woman in plain clothes, though dressed simply, exuded a natural nobility. Her clear, cold voice made Du Shaofu feel as if he could not refuse, and he immediately replied, "I am Fu Yibai's... friend."

Du Shaofu had originally wanted to say he was Fu Yibai's elder brother, but he had promised Fu Yibai to give him face in front of others, so he quickly changed his words to "friend."

"Are you his friend?" The woman in plain clothes looked at Du Shaofu, her eyes slightly wavering. Then, her dark lashes lowered, and her eyes revealed a gentle and elegant expression, with a slight ripple of emotion. She sighed, "He is indeed capable of doing such things."

"Big Sister, are you a friend of Old Bai?"

Du Shaofu asked, sensing from the woman's tone that she seemed to know Fu Yibai. However, he was puzzled as to when Fu Yibai had met such a refined person, and Fu Yibai had never mentioned her existence or anyone else besides himself.

The woman in plain clothes completely ignored Du Shaofu. Her eyes, like water, scanned Fu Yibai's room, then she smiled and said, "Since you are related to him, and he is hiding from me, I will have to take you away."

As she spoke, Du Shaofu did not see her make any movement, but suddenly the space around him seemed to solidify, making it impossible to move. Even the mystic energy in his body's meridians became stagnant. Then, a delicate hand landed on his shoulder.

"Hmm."

When the delicate hand landed on Du Shaofu's shoulder, the woman's eyes showed a hint of surprise. But then her figure flickered, and she disappeared from the room.

The full moon hung in the sky, with stars twinkling.

In mid-air, Du Shaofu was held by the woman in plain clothes. Despite the delicate hand seeming weak, his body was involuntarily lifted into the air, swiftly crossing the vast buildings of Stone City, and finally appearing in an endless mountain range.

The mountains stretched endlessly, with the moonlight casting a vast, dense forest. "A true powerhouse, an absolute powerhouse."

In mid-air, Du Shaofu's face was stung by the wind, but he could not help but be amazed. Floating in the air was a skill that even his uncles could not achieve. Only the legendary martial arts powerhouses had such enviable abilities.

In the dense forest, a mountain peak rose a thousand feet, with a towering peak and strange rocks. A massive cliff stood straight, piercing the mountain waist, resembling a dragon's head raised high.

The woman in plain clothes brought Du Shaofu to the mountain peak and released him. However, she lightly touched his chest, and Du Shaofu involuntarily opened his mouth. A pill-like object shot into his throat and finally fell into his stomach.

"Senior, what did you make me eat?"

Du Shaofu's face changed drastically. He tried to use his hand to remove the pill that had shot into his throat, but he could not, and it seemed to have already dissolved in his stomach.

The woman in plain clothes completely ignored Du Shaofu, taking a few light steps and sitting cross-legged on a clean green stone. Her eyes gazed at the distant mountains, lost in thought.

"Senior, I actually have no relation to that old man Fu Yibai. If you have a grudge with him, you might have taken the wrong person."

Du Shaofu originally thought this beautiful woman might be a friend of Fu Yibai, but now it seemed she had a deep-seated grudge against him. He silently cursed Fu Yibai's entire family, feeling that he had suffered an unjust fate.

The woman turned and looked at Du Shaofu, saying, "If you have no relation to him, then you are of no use. I might as well kill you now."

Her cold voice made Du Shaofu's heart tremble. His expression immediately changed, and he said, "Senior, I don't have much of a relationship with Old Bai, but we are life-and-death friends. We once shared a blanket and a pair of pants."

"As long as you don't try to run, you will live for now. However, if Fu Yibai does not come to save you, it will be hard to guarantee your safety," the woman said to Du Shaofu.

"Old Bai will definitely come. This place is far from Stone City. It will take him at least ten to fifteen days to get here. Let's wait a bit longer; Old Bai will definitely come."

Du Shaofu confidently told the woman, but he was already in tears inside. This place was likely outside Stone City, in the Savage Beast Mountains, where it was said that beasts ruled. Not to mention whether Fu Yibai would come to the Savage Beast Mountains, even if he did, the old man who only knew how to dig bird nests would hardly be able to save him from this powerful woman.

The woman glanced at Du Shaofu but did not speak. She shook her long sleeves, and a delicate hand held an ancient, elegant flute. She slightly parted her lips, and the flute music instantly sounded like celestial music.

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