Both were great Jiangnan clans, and they often crossed paths. Shen Biqun had once caught a distant glimpse of Li Qingluo by chance, though Li Qingluo had not seen her at the time.
Although she did not know who the White Lotus Holy Mother was, she recognized her as the madam of the Gusu Wang Family. She had heard that not long after Li Qingluo married into the Wang family, Master Wang had passed away early due to his frail health and chronic illnesses. She had then lived as a widow in Mantuo Mountain Villa for years. Because she was so stunningly beautiful, the ladies and young misses often gossiped and speculated about her behind her back. Still, Li Qingluo had always conducted herself properly, and no real scandals had ever been heard of.
But judging by this, she seemed to have an unclear relationship with Song Lang... At that thought, Shen Biqun felt strangely unsettled.
"Who is Old Knife Handle of Ghostly Villa?" Song Qingshu asked directly.
Li Qingluo shook her head. "No one knows who Old Knife Handle is."
Song Qingshu frowned. "How is that possible? He gave you such a mission this time, yet you never even met him?"
"He never shows himself," Li Qingluo replied. "Every time, he speaks to us from behind a wall or a screen. All we know is that he is a man."
"So mysterious?" Song Qingshu recalled that Old Knife Handle in Lu Xiaofeng had been Daoist Mu of Wudang, but that clearly was not the case in this world. Could it be Jia Sidao?
"Why did you join that damned Ghostly Villa?" Song Qingshu asked displeasedly.
Li Qingluo answered slowly, "Ghostly Villa was founded for only one purpose: dragon slaying."
"Dragon slaying?" Song Qingshu froze. "To kill Zhao Gou?"
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