Immortal Cultivation Method's First Real Battle

[Xue Yishu]: Daughter of the Changping County Magistrate

[Quest]: The runaway County Magistrate's daughter

[Requirements]: Help the runaway County Magistrate's daughter escape the yamen. Do not be captured by the servants dispatched by Xue Shan within seven days.

[Hint]: Bringing her back to the yamen will surely earn the favor of the County Magistrate's wife, but whether the County Magistrate himself will be pleased is unknown.

[Reward]: Xue Yishu Favorability +20%

[Reward]: To be determined

Su Mo clicked on the yellow exclamation mark.

The quest panel's content updated immediately.

A favorability progress bar also appeared above Xue Yishu's head.

Unlike Lin Moyin's hellish start.

Xue Yishu's favorability started at 5%! A positive number!

Su Mo figured it was because he was handsome.

He stared intently at the quest panel, trembling with excitement.

The reward wasn't great, just a +20% favorability.

Increasing the County Magistrate's daughter's favorability was useless, as it wouldn't make him the son-in-law of the County Magistrate's mansion.

It would be more like it if Xue Shan's favorability increased.

But that wasn't the key point!

The key point was that Su Mo had finally found a second NPC he could gain favor with!

All this time, Su Mo had worried that his Golden Finger was tied exclusively to Lin Moyin!

What if Lin Moyin's favorability couldn't be increased, or if she simply died?

Wouldn't the Golden Finger be useless then?

Unexpectedly, heaven hadn't closed off all paths.

Another NPC had suddenly appeared!

This meant there should be more "NPCs" in the future.

He wouldn't be stuck with Lin Moyin alone!

But before Su Mo could examine the quest details further.

A shout suddenly came from inside the wall: "The young lady is on the wall!"

"Quick!"

"Catch her!"

Xue Yishu, disguised as a scholar, was startled and instinctively flipped outwards.

Instantly, a cry of alarm escaped her as she lost her footing and fell.

Su Mo sensed trouble the moment her body tilted outwards.

He moved forward quickly.

He dashed to the wall with lightning speed, his large hand reaching out and narrowly catching the falling County Magistrate's daughter by the waist!

It was soft, and the feel was quite good.

His thumb was pressed twice by something of considerable size, the elasticity astonishing!

Seeing that he had crossed a distance of two to three zhang in an instant.

Su Mo was also very surprised.

This was by no means his normal performance level!

"Is it the strength and speed from the Yang Tian Jue?"

The County Magistrate's daughter, completely unaware she had been taken advantage of.

Her shock just subsiding, she lifted the hem of her robe and took off running.

She didn't get far before stopping again, looking back at Su Mo with a worried expression and saying, "You should run!"

"It'll be trouble if you get caught!"

She was naturally concerned that if the servants pursued them and saw Su Mo, they might suspect he was helping her escape, which would be disastrous!

She couldn't let him get into trouble after he kindly caught her!

Before she could finish speaking.

With a whoosh, a black figure shot out directly from the inner yamen.

It was a middle-aged man dressed as a servant.

Seeing Xue Yishu, he said in a deep voice, "Miss, you can't run away!"

"Please come back with me to see Madam. Don't make things difficult for me!"

Xue Yishu snorted, "I'm not going back!"

She then added, "I ran away on my own. It has nothing to do with him!"

She ran away at her fastest speed!

Su Mo...

Isn't this a case of protesting too much?

The family retainer sighed helplessly.

He was just about to chase after and apprehend the young lady.

A figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere, blocking his path.

And he looked at him with a smile.

"Brother, as the saying goes, a forced melon isn't sweet, but it quenches thirst... no, that's not right."

Su Mo said earnestly to the family retainer, "If she wants to leave, let her leave."

"After a few days... hmm, seven days, she'll realize her mistake and come home to apologize!"

Yan Dahu stared blankly at this clown who had appeared from nowhere.

However, seeing that the other party was six feet tall, handsome and refined, with fair and tender skin, he didn't dare to offend him easily, even though he was only wearing an ordinary cotton coat.

In this day and age, such height and appearance could only come from a wealthy family.

He frowned and said coldly, "Young man, this is the County Magistrate's family matter. Hurry up and move aside, don't meddle in other people's business!"

Su Mo smiled, "The County Magistrate also has to be reasonable, right?"

"Why don't you go back and ask the County Magistrate?"

Seeing that Xue Yishu had already run far away, Yan Dahu snorted and didn't bother to waste more words with Su Mo. He reached out his large hand to grab Su Mo's shoulder.

Su Mo saw him leap over the ten-foot-high wall and thought he was some martial arts master.

He didn't expect his attack to be not only slow but also soft and lacking in power.

Su Mo casually raised his hand to block.

The Demon Subduing Pestle at his waist was as reliable as ever, with its heat enhancement, his strength multiplied again and again!

Yan Dahu was immediately greatly alarmed.

He felt that the other party's move was as fast as lightning and his strength was astonishingly powerful.

The moment they touched, his wrist bone felt like it was about to crack from the pain!

He quickly retreated, his eyes fixed on Su Mo, and said coldly, "I didn't expect you to be a martial artist!"

"Good!"

"I, Yan, will have to see your skills!"

After speaking, he took a deep breath, circulated his internal energy throughout his body, splayed his fingers, and his stance resembled eagle claws.

He raised both eagle claws, crossing them in front of him in a bowing gesture.

His expression was extremely serious: "Tieshan County, Eagle Claw Sect, Wang family retainer, Yan Dahu!"

Su Mo looked at this guy with some confusion.

Was this the opening speech for a martial arts master's duel?

But he wasn't a wanderer of the jianghu, nor a martial arts master.

Also, wasn't this Xue Shan's family retainer? Why did he claim to be a Wang family retainer?

Did being a retainer bring him such pride that he needed to announce it specifically?

As he was pondering how to respond to the other party to appear more impressive.

Seeing that Su Mo was just staring at him with a strange look and saying nothing.

Yan Dahu became angry.

He couldn't help but raise his voice!

"Tieshan County, Eagle Claw Sect, First-Class Wang Family Retainer! Yan Dahu!"

Su Mo...

Yan Dahu got even angrier and said in a deep voice, "Speak!"

Su Mo felt that he was indeed quite impolite.

He thought to himself that it was hard to get by in the jianghu without a cool nickname, and his mind wandered to what the female hero Chen's nickname was.

Unfortunately, it seemed too late to come up with a nickname now, so he could only imitate the other party, forming a virtual salute, and said honestly, "Changping County, Fast Squad Fast Hand, Ping'an Ward Jiazi Alley, Su family head, Su Mo!"

Yan Dahu's anger increased by 100!

"You little brat, take this!"

He roared, his eagle claws extending.

His speed was more than double what it was before, accompanied by a whistling sound as he ferociously lunged at Su Mo!

Su Mo's eyes lit up.

Now this felt like a true martial arts master!

He seemed a bit more formidable than Zhong Sanyuan and Deng Tong, those two Squad Leaders.

He was on the same level as the Imperial Guard who had slain the dried corpses.

Su Mo couldn't help but feel excited.

In the Locust God Temple, he had personally witnessed the Imperial Guard display their might, slaughtering the dried corpses like something out of a zombie movie.

He had been utterly shocked at the time!

However, later on, he saw Lin Moyin use her flying sword to destroy the Corpse Oil Lamp.

His shock had quickly shifted targets.

The Yang Tian Jue only strengthened the body and boosted power, lacking the divine techniques and spells rumored to exist, which left him slightly disappointed.

But now, he realized that just the introductory level of Yang Tian Jue allowed him to spar with a martial arts master.

He felt the Yang Tian Jue was amazing again.

Su Mo let out a low shout.

He clenched his fists, took half a step forward, and smashed his fist, as large as a sand pot, directly towards Yan Dahu's claws.

There were no fancy techniques.

But the speed was ridiculously fast, and the force was excessively powerful!

Yan Dahu's eagle claws had been honed for twenty years, his mastery of the Eagle Claw technique was profound, so he naturally wasn't afraid of Su Mo.

He thought to himself, this kid is quite audacious.

Right now, it didn't matter if this opponent was some official's son, or some rich young master!

He was determined to teach him a lesson!

So he would know that there's always someone better, and there's always a higher heaven!