At Qingzhou's border, a maiden in a purple gauze dress rode her horse across the wilderness beside the official road.
Two calves, white as lotus roots, showed beneath her gauze skirt, dazzling in the sunlight.
The maiden's features were exquisite. Especially when she smiled with narrowed eyes, she resembled a tender flower bud.
Several black-clad riders followed behind her. Upon closer inspection, a Nine-Colored Lotus was embroidered upon the fronts of their robes.
"Move faster, all of you! Sect Master Grandpa promised me that as long as I snatch Qingzhou's Number One Swordsman's treasure this time, he'll let me play with the Red Lotus Blade for two years!"
The girl on horseback waved her riding crop, moving with incomparable speed. Her fluttering skirts swayed in the wind like a purple lotus dancing amid the breeze.
"Protector, wait for us!" someone behind her called out, revealing the Purple-Clad Maiden's identity.
Such a spirited and adorable young girl was actually a Lotus Protector of the Nine Lotus Sect!
Purple Lotus Protector's horse was exceptionally swift and clearly of extraordinary bloodline. It was a fine steed, leaving the people behind her far in the dust.
"Hm?"
The girl tugged on the reins and looked toward the two carriages approaching from not far away, narrowing her gemstone-like eyes.
On the foremost carriage, a round-headed little tiger lay sprawled across the roof, proudly surveying its surroundings.
"Wahaha! A little tiger!"
After seeing clearly, the Purple-Clad Maiden let out a sweet laugh and cracked her whip, heading straight for the carriages.
She was incredibly fast. In less than a moment, her horse had drawn close to the carriage.
The tiger cub on the roof watched the charging Purple-Clad Maiden with a wary face, trying to bare its fangs and frighten her away.
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