It was late at night.
Gu Qingshan and Mountain Girl followed the stream toward the Red Brick House.
Along the way, they ran into some more people. Every one of them was overjoyed to see Mountain Girl, eager for her to point them in the right direction.
Mountain Girl didn't mind, so she showed them the way.
But all those delays ate up quite a bit of time.
To avoid being mistaken for Old Man Who Points the Way again, Mountain Girl temporarily returned to her original appearance.
Unfortunately, while no one asked for directions anymore, they ran into another kind of trouble.
"Little miss, you're so pretty. Why are you following that sickly weakling?"
"Yeah, beautiful, come with us."
"Heh, you two look like a couple. If you don't want him to die, you'd better come with us."
Several burly men stood beside the stream, leering at them.
Mountain Girl looked at Gu Qingshan.
"Kill them," Gu Qingshan said coolly.
"Yes, young master."
The Six Realms God Mountain Sword became a blur, vanishing in a flash of night.
Swallows Return!
Star Mark!
Moon Slash!
Painted Shadow!
Mountain Girl appeared dozens of yards away, wrapped around the long sword, and alighted gracefully above the stream.
Behind her, pale moonlight Sword Aura bloomed in the darkness like a ghostly orchid.
The men didn't even have time to react before their hands and feet were severed, and they fell into the stream.
Only then did they let out earth-shaking screams.
Gu Qingshan walked past them without expression and headed toward Mountain Girl.
"Why didn't you kill them outright?" he asked.
Mountain Girl said, "I wanted to give them some time to reflect."
Gu Qingshan nodded and asked no more.
The two continued toward the Red Brick House, leaving the screams behind them