While Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were recruiting soldiers in Yuhang Commandery, readying themselves to continue expanding their territory and winning an unprecedented achievement, all the while patiently waiting for a reply from the Song Clan, they had no idea that—
Their master Annie, the troublesome little girl widely recognized throughout the martial world as one of the Four Great Grandmasters, was currently hanging around near Jingling with the Holy Maiden of the Yin Kui Sect—in other words, the demonic woman Wanwan?
Ever since Annie had rescued and teased her that day, for some reason, Wanwan had shamelessly stuck by her for the past few days. She waited on Annie hand and foot during the day, and even slept in the same room at night. She didn't mind spreading out a bedroll on the floor, either, as though she really were meant to be a maidservant?
No one knew what Wanwan was scheming. After trying a few times to chase her off and getting nowhere, Annie simply stopped bothering and tacitly accepted her presence.
Perhaps, in Annie's mind, having a clever, pretty maid to pour tea, fetch water, wash her feet, and rub her back was better than dragging around those two dimwits, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling?
As for the little schemes Wanwan was plotting, Annie hadn't given them a moment's thought, much less asked about them.
But...
That night, in the dead of night, while Annie slept, Wanwan quietly pushed open the window of their inn room and soundlessly slipped out with her lightness skill.
?
Under the moonlight, the valley was as serene and lovely as a scene from a celestial paradise.
The pure, bright full moon shone down over the valley, lending everything a mysterious beauty.
But most eye-catching of all was the barefoot woman, her