" Lei Wujie, did you go the right way this time? It's already dark, and the snow is getting heavier!"
Qing Mo, Lei Wujie, and Xiao Se were still galloping on horseback. They had been traveling since daytime, but just like in the original story, they were led astray twice by Lei Wujie!
The first time they ran to the edge of a cliff, they almost fell in because they couldn't stop. The second time they ran so fast they couldn't find their way around. This time, Lei Wujie, who was sitting behind Qing Mo, felt a little embarrassed when he heard Qing Mo say this!
Lei Wujie then turned his head and saw a dilapidated manor ahead. He then said to Qing Mo and Xiao Se, "There's a dilapidated manor ahead. Shall we go in and spend the night there?"
After a long day's journey, let the horses rest!
Qing Mo immediately said, "Alright, let's go over and rest for a bit!"
Xiao Se maintained a blank expression throughout. He was a man of few words, and he listened to Qing Mo and Lei Wujie chatting all the way. Although he didn't say anything, he was quite helpless about Lei Wujie leading the wrong way!
When Qing Mo and the other two arrived at the entrance of the dilapidated manor, Qing Mo realized that this was the very place where the two young protagonists had just encountered Yueji and Minghou. Then, Qing Mo looked up at the plaque above the manor gate and realized that this place was called Returning Dragon Temple!
After entering the dilapidated manor, Qing Mo and the other two dismounted. Chasing Moon then glared angrily at Lei Wujie, who had given her wrong directions and caused her to wander around aimlessly all day. Chasing Moon then let out a heavy snort at Lei Wujie to express her displeasure.
Seeing that Chasing Moon was a little unhappy, Qing Mo touched her neck and then said to Lei Wujie, "Haha, serves you right for leading the way randomly! Chasing Moon is angry!"
Lei Wujie noticed that Chasing Moon was staring intently at him, so he quickly came over to pat Chasing Moon head. However, just as he raised his hand to touch her, Chasing Moon turned her head to the side, refusing to let Lei Wujie touch her!
Qing Mo and Xiao Se couldn't help but chuckle when they saw Lei Wujie being rejected by Chasing Moon. However, Lei Wujie was shameless. He hugged Chasing Moon's neck and gently stroked Chasing Moon for a while before she nuzzled his cheek, indicating that she had forgiven him!
Then Qing Mo and the other two walked into the dilapidated manor. Lei Wujie found a run-down courtyard, and as soon as he pushed open the door, he patted his arms and said, "This snow is too heavy. I wonder when it will stop!"
Xiao Se crossed his arms and ignored Lei Wujie's words. Then he said, "Let's start a fire first!"
Lei Wujie first checked the temperature inside the room, then said, "It's not cold in here!"
He poked at the fire that Tang Lian had just extinguished. Xiao Se and Qing Mo walked over to look at the still slightly reddening firewood. Xiao Se then asked, "Did someone just set a fire?"
While the three of them kept staring at the fire, Lei Wujie kept poking at it, and finally the flames reignited, and the temperature inside the house slowly began to warm up again!
Seeing that the firewood in the bonfire was still burning, Lei Wujie happily said, "Great! This is so convenient! I was worried that the grass would be too wet to light!"
Seeing this, Qing Mo smiled and shook his head slightly. Then he found a pillar, sat down cross-legged, took the Lethe from his back, and placed it horizontally in front of him!
Seeing Qing Mo sitting alone under the pillar, and then glancing at the horizontally placed Lethe, Lei Wujie, the talkative man, said to Qing Mo, "Hey~! Qing Mo, seeing that you carry a wooden sword with you, you must know some swordsmanship, right?"
Qing Mo nodded upon hearing this, then smiled and said, "I know a little bit of swordsmanship, but I carry this wooden sword mainly because I think it looks cool. Actually, I rarely use a sword!"
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Lei Wujie excitedly replied, "Then how about we spar sometime? To be honest, I've actually learned a little swordsmanship!"
Upon hearing Lei Wujie's words, Qing Mo immediately smiled and said, "Sure! I can play with you sometime!"
Qing Mo knew that Tang Lian was watching the three of them from the roof beam, but Qing Mo didn't plan to pay attention to him for the time being. Anyway, Tang Lian would naturally show up when Yueji and Minghou arrived later, so he continued to chat idly with Lei Wujie!
Meanwhile, Tang Lian was observing Qing Mo and the other two from the roof beam. He deduced from Lei Wujie's name that he came from Jiangnan, but when he looked at Qing Mo, he found that there didn't seem to be any famous sects or swordsmen in the martial arts world with the surname Qing!
Suddenly, Lei Wujie, who was still warming himself by the fire, sniffed the air and then looked at Qing Mo and Xiao Se, asking, "Can you smell anything?"
Qing Mo also smelled the scent in the air, then raised an eyebrow and said, "It smells like... the fragrance of some kind of flower!"
Hearing their conversation, Xiao Se, who was leaning against the side, also carefully smelled the fragrance in the air and said, "It's the scent of flowers, the scent of Rose!"
Lei Wujie immediately looked at Xiao Se and asked, " Rose? Will Rose bloom in this weather?"
Xiao Se immediately began to explain to the two of them, saying, "This is the scent of Rose dew. Rose dew comes from the Arab world, Champa, Java, and Hui countries!"
It can only be purchased at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion in Heavenly Revelation City!
Qing Mo then said, "So that's how it is. I never imagined that you, the Shopkeeper in this desolate place, would know so much!"
But I feel like the Rose is just so-so! I personally prefer the scent of lavender!
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Xiao Se immediately turned his head to the side. However, at this moment, a very gentle female voice came from outside the door. She said, "I never thought that I could meet such a discerning person in this desolate place!"
"That young master inside who said it smelled more like lavender, is this Rose dew not good enough for you?"
Upon hearing the sound, Lei Wujie opened the door first, followed closely by Qing Mo with Lethe and Xiao Se. The purple-clad woman who came into view had her chest slightly covered by white silk, and it trembled with each step she took!
The woman continued walking towards Qing Mo and the other two, saying as she went, "I begged the Hundred Flowers Pavilion for many days before she finally agreed to sell me this bottle, but I didn't expect you to smell it right away!"
Moreover, I thought Rose dew was already extremely rare, but I didn't expect that some young master would still think it wasn't anything special!
Before Xiao Se could speak, Qing Mo, holding the Lethe in his right hand and casually waving it in his left, said, "Actually, everyone has their own preferences. I happen to have a bottle of dew extracted from lavender here!"
The girl is so beautiful, and her purple eyeshadow and lip color are really lovely. I never expected to see such a beautiful sight so late at night!
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Yueji covered her mouth and chuckled. She looked at Qing Mo with curiosity, and then Xiao Se looked at Yueji and said, "The wind is high and the moon is cold. Would you like to come in and sit down, young lady?"
Yueji immediately replied, "No need!"
She then tossed a gold invitation to Qing Mo, who caught it. Qing Mo looked at the invitation in his hand, but before he could speak, Lei Wujie beside him seemed to have thought of something!
Lei Wujie then spoke up, "This, this is Yueji's invitation, which angered the Minghou to kill!"
After saying that, Minghou walked in from outside the door with the Golden Giant Blade. When Lei Wujie saw Minghou, he immediately shouted, "That's right, that's right! They are Yueji and Minghou, the top five assassin king duo on the assassin ranking list!"
Xiao Se looked at Lei Wujie speechlessly, then said, "So tell me, since they sent us invitations...?"
Lei Wujie immediately drew a line across his neck with his thumb, then exclaimed excitedly, "So they're going to kill us!"
Qing Mo immediately put his arm around Lei Wujie's shoulder, then shook his head and said, "They're going to kill us, why are you so excited? Sigh...!"
Yueji immediately said, "Actually, the invitation was meant for another friend inside, but our rule is that anyone who accepts the invitation must die!"
So, tonight, may the three of you also perish here?"
Qing Mo quickly said, "Wait a minute, actually I happen to have a bottle of that lavender essence water I mentioned earlier on me. How about we make a deal?"
I'm giving it to you, so you can just pretend I never came tonight?
After saying that, Qing Mo took out a bottle of lavender Perfume, about the size of an egg, contained in a glass ball, from his pocket. Even a woman as aloof as Yueji couldn't help but show a hint of liking when she saw Qing Mo Qingmo was holding!
However, after seeing the glass bottle in Qing Mo's hand, Xiao Se became increasingly curious about Qing Mo's identity. After all, someone as generous as him, who could casually produce something like Glaze bottle, shouldn't be unknown in the martial arts world!
At this moment, Tang Lian, who was still inside the house, burst out of the roof and stood in front of Qing Mo and the other two, saying that he had accepted the invitation but had not died. Yueji then said that it was precisely because Tang Lian had accepted the invitation and had not died that the two of them had come again to kill him!
Lei Wujie even went to Tang Lian's side to ask his name, but Yueji did tell Tang Lian his name. Just as Lei Wujie realized that the person in front of him was the chief disciple of the Snow Moon Sect, he started chattering again!
Upon seeing this, Minghou immediately swung his giant sword at Lei Wujie and Tang Lian. Tang Lian pushed Lei Wujie aside and then quickly dodged Minghou's attack by bending over!
Seeing this, Minghou immediately changed his moves. Following the force of the horizontal slash, he spun around with both hands holding the sword and then delivered a vertical slash to Tang Lian. Tang Lian quickly retreated several steps!
Upon seeing this, Minghou immediately leaped up, raised his Golden Giant Blade high in his right hand, and used the momentum of his fall to slash at Tang Lian again. The latter quickly dodged and began to retaliate, throwing several hidden weapons at Minghou, but Minghou also dodged them by jumping back!
After exchanging a few blows, the two retreated. Minghou immediately said that Tang Lian was injured, and Tang Lian replied that the poison in the other party's body had not been completely cured, otherwise she would not have been able to dodge that knife just now!
Yueji took two steps forward and then said to Tang Lian, " The Minghou is naturally quiet; he hates talkative people the most!"
However, you definitely won't be able to withstand the next blow!
Upon hearing this, Lei Wujie immediately stepped in front of Tang Lian and Yueji, indicating that he would take the next blow for them. After all, Senior Brother Tang Lian had just blocked a blow for him, and he wanted to do the same for Senior Brother Tang Lian!
When Yueji saw Lei Wujie appear on his own initiative, she immediately said, "Young brother, since you are also from Snow Moon City, then killing you won't be a wasted effort."
However, the Marquis of the Minghou doesn't draw his blade easily; try my sword first!
Before she could finish speaking, Yueji drew the sword from her waist. Seeing this, Xiao Se muttered, " Binding Garment Sword! Your weapons are quite a good match!"
Yueji said that not many people could see both the Golden Giant Blade and the Binding Garment Sword in one night. Just as Lei Wujie was extremely excited, Qing Mo spoke up, " Lei Wujie, you are no match for her. Let me handle it!"
After all, if she kills me now, who will compensate me?
Upon hearing Qing Mo's words, Lei Wujie quickly turned around and said, " Qing Mo, no! It's a rare opportunity for me to spar with such a master of the martial arts world!"
Qing Mo ignored Lei Wujie's complaints and directly took out Xiao Se's interest calculation method. If Lei Wujie did not listen to Qing Mo, then Qing Mo also planned to calculate interest for Lei Wujie, just like Xiao Se!
Lei Wujie immediately retreated to Qing Mo's side with a bitter face, staring at Qing Mo with a resentful look. However, Qing Mo ignored Lei Wujie's gaze and went straight to Yueji!
Then Qing Mo said to Yueji, "Sorry! That kid owes me money, and in order to get him to pay me back smoothly, it's my turn to play with you!"
Seeing that Qing Mo also had a sword in his hand, Yueji said, "It doesn't matter who comes, young master, draw your sword!"
Qing Mo held the still-sheathed Lethe in his left hand, and put his right hand behind him, saying, "It doesn't matter whether I draw the sword or not, let's leave it like this! Miss, you can make your move now!"
After Qing Mo finished speaking, Yueji no longer hesitated and thrust her sword straight at Qing Mo. However, Qing Mo maintained a calm and composed demeanor. With a casual wave of his left hand, he swung the scabbard of the Lethe sword, and Yueji's Binding Garment Sword was just wedged into the gap of the carved pattern on the scabbard!
Seeing this, Yueji flipped backward, intending to kick Qing Mo's chin. However, at this moment, the tip of the Binding Garment Sword was still stuck in the gap of the scabbard. Qing Mo turned around and flicked his left hand to the side. Yueji was still in mid-air and had not kicked Qing Mo, instantly lost her balance!
She was thrown to the side by Qing Mo, sword and all, and Yueji also took the opportunity to do two somersaults in the air. After landing, she quickly released the force she had exerted!
When she looked up to look at Qing Mo, she found that Qing Mo had already disappeared from sight. Then Yueji looked around for Qing Mo's figure, but suddenly something was draped over her shoulder!
Suddenly, Qing Mo appeared behind Yueji where she had landed. He draped the Lethe over Yueji's shoulder, leaving Yueji completely incredulous!
Everyone present was taken aback. They hadn't noticed when Qing Mo had gotten behind Yueji. He hadn't moved an inch, so how could he be so fast?
Qing Mo looked at Yueji in front of him, then smiled and said, "It seems I won by luck! Miss, would you like to continue?"
At this moment, Yueji seemed somewhat unwilling to admit defeat. She didn't move an inch and said in a clear, cold voice, "Young master is joking. Assassins don't distinguish between victory and defeat; there is only life and death!"
After saying that, Yueji quickly turned around and stabbed at Qing Mo, but Qing Mo dodged the attack by simply turning slightly to the side. Yueji took advantage of this moment to jump into the air and unleash her unique killing technique!
Under the moonlight, the Binding Garment Sword slowly disappeared, and Yueji also vanished into the moonlight like the Binding Garment Sword. Suddenly, Yueji appeared on the snow behind Qing Mo, just as she was about to raise her sword to slash Qing Mo's throat!
However, Qing Mo had already spotted her. He simply raised his hand and gently tapped Yueji's forehead, which had emerged from the snow, with the scabbard of his sword. Yueji immediately vanished without a trace!
Immediately, the moonlight scattered across the sky, shining on Qing Mo. Suddenly, a strange sense of desolation could be felt. However, several Yueji appeared in the courtyard in an instant, and three Yueji were standing on the roof, covering their mouths and chuckling at Qing Mo!
Several Yueji in the courtyard lunged at Qing Mo, but Qing Mo remained motionless, his gaze unchanged. He simply flicked his left hand with the < Lethe >, deflecting all the attacks from the afterimages of the Yueji before him!
Seeing this, everyone in the arena realized that Qing Mo was definitely a top expert. After all, he never made any unnecessary movements when he defended, and his body did not waver in the slightest. He completely neutralized Yueji's attacks with just a wooden sword that was not drawn from its sheath!