Chapter 21

Under the moonlit sky, the stars were sparse.

Yang Guo, with a body full of injuries, leaped into the nearby thatched grass and hid himself. After sprinkling a lot of dirt on his wounds to cover the smell of blood, he lay on the ground, staring blankly at the figure of the Scarlet Snake Fairy, who was chasing down the main road.

"Hmm... The person is gone!"

On the main road, Li Mochou, dressed in a Taoist robe, held a long sword in one hand and a duster in the other. She landed on the ground, looked around, sniffed the air, turned around, and then pursued forward.

"Murong, you go that way, and Lingbo, you go this way. Yang Guo can't have gone far!"

After giving a brief instruction, Li Mochou's figure turned into a yellow blur and sped off in the direction she was pursuing.

"Yes, Master!"

Hong Lingbo, who had been busy settling the donkey and did not enter the inn with Lu Wushuang, was not very clear about what had happened inside. After hearing Li Mochou's instructions, she led her junior sister Lu Wushuang to pursue in their respective directions.

"..."

Lu Wushuang, with a worried look, glanced ahead, stomped her foot hard, and followed. She could only worry about Yang Guo's safety but could not offer any help. Her fear of the Scarlet Snake Fairy Li Mochou was too great.

In the grass.

Yang Guo, who had hastily treated his wounds and covered the smell of blood, let out a long sigh when he saw the three figures on the main road disappear. His eyes half-closed, he recalled the previous confrontation, still showing a look of indescribable fear.

What a sword!

It was an extremely terrifying long sword.

As a sword expert, Yang Guo naturally had an interest in swords. Even when he met any fellow practitioners, he would always take a look at their swords. He had a clear impression of the long sword in Li Mochou's hand.

That sword belonged to the Taoist named Yue Yuan.

That night, Yang Guo had noticed the long sword on the back of the Taoist. The question now was how the sword in Yue Yuan's hand ended up in Li Mochou's possession?

Yang Guo could not figure out the reason no matter how much he thought about it.

However, Yang Guo was certain that this sword was a divine weapon, capable of cutting hair and slicing through iron like butter. In the previous confrontation with Li Mochou, Yang Guo had only exchanged three moves with her.

The first move split the scabbard, the second move broke his own sword, and the third move left a sword mark on his chest. If he had not retreated quickly, Yang Guo would have been seriously injured and captured by the Scarlet Snake Fairy Li Mochou.

It should be noted that Yang Guo's skills were not bad. Besides the other techniques of the Ancient Tomb Sect, including the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra, he even knew the Nine Yin Manual. Although his power was not as strong as Li Mochou's due to the short time, his sword techniques were not inferior. In terms of sword skills, he was far ahead of Li Mochou.

But even so, Yang Guo was defeated by Li Mochou with ordinary Ancient Tomb Sect sword techniques.

The reason was simple: the long sword was too sharp.

In his life, he had never seen such a powerful sword. Even the imperial swords in the legends were not as formidable.

As a swordsman, Yang Guo naturally envied such a divine weapon.

However, thinking about it, Yang Guo could not help but blame Yue Yuan again. Clearly, he felt that he was completely dragged into this situation because of Yue Yuan. If Yue Yuan had not provoked Li Mochou, he would not have ended up like this.

"..."

Just as he was about to get up and leave the thatched grass, a sudden sound made Yang Guo crouch down again, holding his breath and looking back at the main road. He saw Li Mochou, who had been chasing ahead, return to the original spot, clearly making a feint.

How dangerous!

Seeing this, Yang Guo could not help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Hmm?"

"Is he not here?"

"Could it be that the Taoist saved Yang Guo?"

Standing on the main road, the Scarlet Snake Fairy Li Mochou muttered to herself, "There is a possibility. From their appearance in the inn, these two clearly know each other. Yue Yuan could have saved this brat Yang Guo."

"Hmm, but it's strange that my junior sister is not with Yang Guo. What happened?"

Li Mochou quickly analyzed the situation and shifted her thoughts to other aspects, starting to analyze the connections between Yang Guo, Xiaolongnü, and Yue Yuan.

"Or could Yue Yuan have done something to my junior sister?"

Finally, Li Mochou, recalling Yue Yuan's evaluation and their meeting in the afternoon, blushed involuntarily and felt a mix of shame and anger.

Although the Scarlet Snake Fairy Li Mochou did not have a love at first sight for Yue Yuan, she deeply remembered him. Of course, at the moment, it was just a mix of shame and anger.

Meanwhile, in the grass—

What did he do to his aunt?

Yang Guo, who had heard Li Mochou's words while hiding in the thatched grass, immediately misinterpreted the situation based on his previous issues with his aunt. Combined with Yue Yuan's betrayal, he immediately hated Yue Yuan in his heart.

Yue Yuan, who had already left, did not know that he had casually betrayed Yang Guo in the inn, as a way to repay Yang Guo for his previous betrayal. He did not expect that Li Mochou's richly meaningful words would end up betraying many people.

The Scarlet Snake Fairy Li Mochou, Xiaolongnü, Yang Guo, and even Yue Yuan himself were all implicated in these words, eventually even involving the Quanzhen Sect, Guo Jing, and Huang Rong. Of course, this was something that Yue Yuan, Li Mochou, Xiaolongnü, and Yang Guo could not foresee.

These words were like a domino effect, one after another, influencing the future.

On the road, Li Mochou waited for a while, but her two disciples, Hong Lingbo and Lu Wushuang, returned without any results. Both reported that they had found nothing.

In the end, the Scarlet Snake Fairy Li Mochou had Hong Lingbo return to the inn to retrieve her donkey, then led her two disciples along the main road and disappeared into the distance.

Under the moonlight.

Yang Guo, seeing the figures of Li Mochou and her disciples disappear from his sight, finally let out a long sigh, almost collapsing in the grass. Lying on the ground, he looked up at the bright moon, his eyes somewhat lost, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the small town.

Yue Yuan, who had already left, returned to the town with a graceful demeanor, walked back to the inn, and gave the innkeeper a brand new banknote, which the innkeeper considered a treasure. Yue Yuan compensated for the broken tables and chairs from the afternoon and booked a high-quality room for himself.

The most dangerous place is the safest place; no one would think he would return to the inn!

With a smile, Yue Yuan, led by the respectful waiter, went to his room to prepare for a bath. He was covered in dust and needed to wash it off.

In the room, the wooden tub was filled with scalding hot water!

And countless flowers!

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