Chapter 25

So foolish!

How could I be so foolish!

They say Yang Guo is a fool, but it turns out I am the real fool!

Lu Wushuang looked completely listless, as if she had been trampled by a hundred or so big men, and she was already feeling like she wanted to die.

In front of her, Yue Yuan, dressed in gold, was riding a small donkey, leisurely enjoying the sunset, seemingly completely unaware of the limping disabled girl following behind him.

If there were other people here at this moment, they would certainly lecture Yue Yuan on moral issues.

I always thought that Taoists were easy to get along with and very reasonable...

But I didn't expect the Taoist in front of me to be so outrageous and bizarre. Think about it, someone who can almost call Li Mochou a flood in front of her face, and then turn around and sell out Yang Guo, how could he be easy to deal with?

Following Li Mochou in the江湖 (jianghu) for several years, Lu Wushuang thought she had seen the darkness of human nature, but deep down she still had hope for the future, filled with thoughts of revenge.

But after seeing Yue Yuan's actions in the afternoon, Lu Wushuang felt that her future was full of darkness.

"Ah!"

Limping along, following Yue Yuan, Lu Wushuang sighed again.

"Ah?"

Yue Yuan, riding on the donkey, clearly heard Lu Wushuang's sigh and turned his head, asking with a very puzzled and surprised tone, "Miss Wushuang, I've heard you sigh several times on this journey. I just counted, and this is already the tenth time!"

"Sighing like this, if others hear it, they will misunderstand and think I'm bullying a young girl! How embarrassing for my fellow jianghu members to see!"

His tone and expression were very serious, and Yue Yuan stared at Lu Wushuang.

Bullying?

You are already bullying me!

If you had any shame, I would have run away long ago. Otherwise, why would I leave the wolf's den only to enter the tiger's lair?

Lu Wushuang pouted and stared back at Yue Yuan, not planning to back down. She thought to herself that after he bullied those poor jianghu men in the afternoon and could even come up with the shameless 'Buddha is the Way,' he naturally had no psychological burden in bullying her!

Recalling his earlier actions, Lu Wushuang deeply regretted it. She thought that if she had run away earlier during their fight, it would have been much better, and she wouldn't be in this situation now.

After a while.

Under Yue Yuan's innocent gaze, Lu Wushuang once again gave in. After all, she was just a girl and didn't have as thick a skin as him. Her lips twitched, and she turned her head, complaining in a sulky tone, "Master Yue, I can't walk anymore!"

After saying that, she sat down on the spot, ready to roll on the ground in a tantrum.

"..."

Seeing Lu Wushuang, a girl, sit down on the dirty road without hesitation, Yue Yuan was taken aback and immediately stopped his donkey. He walked over to Lu Wushuang, squatted down, and frowned with a smile, "What, are you still thinking about running?"

"Hmph..."

Lu Wushuang glanced at Yue Yuan, coldly snorted, and turned her head again, saying in a huffy tone, "My legs are not good, I can't walk anymore. Unless Master Yue gives me a means of transportation!"

In other words, Lu Wushuang was interested in the donkey under Yue Yuan. Think about it, a man riding a donkey and a limping woman walking on the road, how does that look? It's not suitable at all!

As for running...

If she hadn't seen Yue Yuan's extremely high-level lightness skill at the inn and again admired his superb lightness skill, Lu Wushuang might still have the impulse to run. But after seeing his astonishing lightness skill and considering her own disability, Lu Wushuang immediately extinguished any thoughts of running.

Ha! Facing this luxurious Taoist in a golden robe, running was just a fantasy for Lu Wushuang.

Answering Yue Yuan's question, Lu Wushuang thought she wasn't that foolish.

Compared to the issue of running, what Lu Wushuang was more worried about was that the other party might also be interested in the 'Five Toxins Secret Manual' written by Li Mochou. But after seeing his superb lightness skill and martial arts, Lu Wushuang felt he might not be very interested, but she still had concerns and vigilance.

"Alright!" Yue Yuan pondered for a moment and nodded.

To Lu Wushuang's surprise, the golden-robed Taoist Yue Yuan agreed to her request, and she exclaimed, "What?"

"However..."

Sure enough, there was another issue. This turn of events meant that her previous thoughts were too optimistic. Was she too young? Lu Wushuang couldn't help but sigh inwardly upon hearing Yue Yuan's "However."

"However, you need to show me what you're hiding."

Yue Yuan's gaze finally fell on Lu Wushuang's chest. In the pavilion and on this journey, he had noticed that Lu Wushuang had been protecting her chest like a frightened bird, clearly indicating that there was something extremely important inside.

"Huh?"

Surprised and stunned, Lu Wushuang stared blankly at Yue Yuan.

"I mean..."

Seeing that Lu Wushuang seemed to be in a daze, Yue Yuan waved his hand in front of her eyes to bring her back to her senses and continued, "I mean, show me the 'Five Toxins Secret Manual' you stole from Li Mochou. Don't worry, I won't take your manual! I'm just interested in Li Mochou's poison skills!"

How could that be?!

How did this Taoist know that she had stolen Li Mochou's 'Five Toxins Secret Manual'?

Faced with Yue Yuan's question, Lu Wushuang was thoroughly shocked. In the pavilion, because the jianghu people had discovered outsiders, she and those surrounding her did not mention the 'Five Toxins Secret Manual.' Logically, Master Yue should not have known.

But...

How did he know?

Almost instinctively, Lu Wushuang leaped up from the ground, retreated several meters, and drew her curved knife, staring at Yue Yuan with extreme vigilance, "How did you know?"

"Uh..."

Yue Yuan looked at Lu Wushuang, who seemed to have a spring in her, and was still surprised. After hearing her question, he finally reacted and understood her shock. Of course, Yue Yuan couldn't directly tell her that he had read about it in a book. He stood up, shook his sleeves to remove the dust, and smiled, "Ha! Miss Wushuang, although it's my first time in the jianghu, I know more about jianghu affairs than you do!"

"Besides, Miss Wushuang, do you think your current three-legged cat skills can stop me from forcibly taking the manual?"

With one hand behind his back and the other holding a duster, Yue Yuan smiled gently, but his tone was very mild. However, to Lu Wushuang, it sounded like a giant beast suddenly opening its blood-stained mouth to bite her.

"Don't worry, if I really wanted to take it, I would have done so already!"

"What's yours is yours. I just want to study it. After all, I might have to deal with Li Mochou in the future, and if I'm not careful and get injured by her Ice Soul Needles, that would be tragic!"

"Besides, I'll return it to you later. And maybe I'll give you some compensation, teach you a decent lightness skill... You know, in the jianghu, the most important thing is to be able to cut people without being cut. A limping girl in the jianghu can't run fast, which would be very tragic!"

After saying this, Yue Yuan stood straight and smiled, waiting for Lu Wushuang's response.

"Um..."

Lu Wushuang stared straight at the dazzling golden Taoist in front of her. He had laid out his intentions and the potential rewards, leaving her to decide how to proceed.

In reality, for Lu Wushuang, there was only one choice!

After a long time.

Lu Wushuang finally made up her mind and gave a satisfactory answer.

Immediately, Yue Yuan smiled.

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