The Bark of Wang~~~ Bark!

"We can't beat them!"

This was Jiang Lin's first thought.

"Who the hell is this?"

This was Jiang Lin's second thought.

Why do I feel like I'm being targeted by some unknown force?

This was Jiang Lin's third thought.

"If all else fails, just use Resurrection Coin to escape."

This was Jiang Lin's last thought.

Before running away, Jiang Lin felt he couldn't waste his life! Even if he died, he would try to pluck a few of her hairs.

Although I still have tens of thousands of Resurrection Coin... the system also offers a service to purchase Resurrection Coin, but it's too expensive— Notoriety Points per Resurrection Coin! Isn't this outrageous...?

Jiang Lin a deep breath, raised his sword, and didn't even bother to use any healing potions, since he would be fully healed soon anyway.

"Master... my sister and I underestimated our enemy. Please give us another chance."

Behind the woman, the white fox sister spoke, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

"Don't embarrass yourselves. Come back with me later," the woman said calmly, without opening her mouth or turning her head, her eyes fixed on Jiang Lin.

The little white fox sister opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but her older sister held her little hand down.

"Yes, Master."

"Alright, get up and take care of yourself." The woman, whose back was to the white fox sisters, gestured with her arm out.

The white fox sisters slowly rose and stood behind the woman like maids, calmly circulating their inner Small World to heal themselves without any worry.

"Young lady, I think there's some misunderstanding between us." Looking at the veiled woman in front of him, whose name he didn't know, Jiang Lin felt he could get some information out of her.

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding do you think there is, Young Master Jiang?"

The woman's veil fluttered slightly, and it seemed as if the corners of her mouth were turning upwards.

"You injured my sect's disciples and made such vicious threats against them. Is this all a misunderstanding?"

"Young lady, you should speak with a conscience, but these two are going to kill me first."

"Oh? So what?"

"..."

Jiang Lin was speechless for a moment. No wonder Old Wang of East City always said not to reason with women. Sure enough, you can't reason with women.

It's like a girl telling you she has a stomachache, and you tell her to "drink more hot water," and then she gets angry.

Why are you angry? Isn't hot water delicious?

Sure enough, women are unpredictable.

"Young Master Jiang is truly rude." Just as Jiang Lin was still sighing, the woman's voice rang in Jiang Lin Heart-Lake again, "How can I not be reasonable? What does drinking more hot water have to do with a stomachache?"

"Wow, girl, you can read minds?" Jiang Lin clicked his tongue. What a hassle...

"I've known this since I was a child, so it's understandable that you find it troublesome, young master. However, I couldn't hear the few words and phrases you spoke in your mind earlier, which is truly unprecedented..."

[Huh? Can't hear me? That must be because the words "Resurrection Coin" and "system" are censored, as are any related statements about the system and Resurrection Coin.]

Jiang Lin breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, his trump card hadn't been revealed.

Jiang Lin took another deep breath, looked at the woman, Jiang Lin smiled:

"Girl, are you really leaving no way for people to survive?"

"A way out? Of course there is."

The woman in front of me placed her hands on her thighs and curtsied.

"Please, Young Master Jiang, come with me."

"Does this mean I won't be able to come back?"

The woman said calmly, "That should be true."

"Forget it then. I have elderly parents to care for and young children to raise; it's not suitable for me to elope with such beautiful girls as you."

That's the truth.

Jiang Lin slightly loosened his grip on the First Snow Sword. Above the dilapidated temple, the dark clouds that had partially obscured the bright moon dispersed, and moonlight poured down like a waterfall, penetrating the cracks in the temple's old roof and flowing into the First Snow.

With a light touch of Sword Body fingertips, the First Snow once again shone with a bright, clear light, like a lightsaber.

Since all his efforts are futile, he might as well use his last bit of mana to test this woman's true nature!

"Woof~~~"

As the woman landed, the husky, which had been hiding far behind a pillar, barked softly at Jiang Lin, as if to say, "Farewell, brother, I'll remember you!"

"That's courageous."

The woman remained motionless as she watched the First Snow continuously condense into ice crystals in Jiang Lin's hand.

This move was created by Jiang Lin based on the "Sun Moon Dual Cultivation" technique. It uses the moon as a guide and sword energy as frost. It is the strongest burst attack that Jiang Lin can unleash now, even if he uses all his mana. The inspiration and name are both taken from the character Hyōrinmaru from an anime.

"Dragon Hailstorm Frame!"

Jiang Lin silently recited in his heart, his thoughts falling like water droplets into Heart-Lake. The moment the Heart-Lake calmed, sword energy swept across the dilapidated temple and then condensed into a single line.

In an instant, Jiang Lin was no longer in place; he moved in a straight line, a white light streaking past.

Just as the Sword Body was about to pierce her chest, the woman clamped Jiang Lin's blade as if it were a leaf. At that moment, a huge cross-shaped ice pillar rapidly formed, enveloping the two of them, including the white fox sisters.

Just as the giant cross-shaped ice pillar was about to explode, the woman in the ice smiled slightly, as if she were smug, like a kind of inexplicable teasing. But to Jiang Lin, it seemed more like a sarcastic "You're really bad."

The next moment, the ice crystals shattered, and the scattered ice pieces transformed into a world reflecting the bright moonlight, like a mirror image.

"I'll come back to see you again later. As for this sword, well, keep it safe for now. But I've already reserved it."

The woman's figure, along with the white fox sisters, slowly disappeared.

"Woof woof!! Woof~~~ Woof!"

Jiang Lin seemed to hear the faint barking of a husky. In a daze, Jiang Lin suddenly opened his eyes.

The husky, carrying the empty bag of pig feed, kept patting Jiang Lin's hand with its little paws, as if to say, "Is there any more? I'm still hungry, Doggy..."

Jiang Lin stroked the dog's head, then looked up in a daze. There was no hole in the dilapidated temple that the woman had broken into.

There were no scratch marks on the ground caused by the white fox sisters, and there wasn't even a trace of sword energy or any signs of fighting inside the temple! All that could be heard was the faint sword-like sound emanating from First Snow's acupoints within Jiang Lin.

It turns out I had been living in an illusion without even realizing it...

With his eyes closed, Jiang Lin Spirit Focusing again to review the situation when a familiar voice came from outside the door...

"Senior sister, let's rest for a bit and enter the city tomorrow..."

Meanwhile, ten miles away, two White Fox Girl, their hands clasped in front of them, strolled through the mountains and forests behind the woman.

The woman stopped, turned her head to the side, and the maids stood on either side to clear her view.

Under the bright moonlight, a woman dressed in a white dress and wearing a light veil smiled gently. Her nine pure white fox tails spread out like flowers, swaying in the air, like a painting.

The hairpin on the woman's head in the painting is strange; it seems to be a bamboo skewer, like the kind used to string Sugar-coated Haws.