After breakfast, Ye Jingtang did not linger in Cangdong Town. He set off with the three young women, galloping toward Shuofeng City.
With so many eyes along the road, Ye Jingtang had not dressed as a mysterious Azure Dragon Society assassin, wearing an ordinary wandering martial artist's outfit instead.
Although Hua Qingzhi had bravely taken a step forward last night, with two teammates joining them, she could hardly keep nestling in Ye Jingtang's arms. She sat on Yunli's horse when they departed.
Clip-clop, clip-clop...
The three swift horses traveled through the drizzle. Ye Jingtang noticed that Ice Lump beside him kept watching Little Yunli wandering about up ahead and asked curiously:
"What is it?"
Xue Baijin was dressed like an ordinary wandering martial artist, her bamboo hat pulled low enough to conceal half her face. At his question, she gathered her thoughts and said calmly:
"When we first ventured into the martial world, Ning'er wasn't very skilled, and I didn't have much spare money. The two of us traveled everywhere on one horse..."
Ye Jingtang looked up. Hua Qingzhi was gentle and reserved, while Zhe Yunli was highly skilled in martial arts. Riding across the wilderness on the same horse, they really did resemble Ning'er and Baijin. He smiled:
"Were you two like that back then too? Ning'er all quiet and gentle, while you were lively and restless, dragging her everywhere?"
Remembering the past, Xue Baijin felt a little nostalgic:
"Ning'er liked playing the chivalrous hero, but she couldn't beat anyone. Whenever she saw injustice, she drew her sword to help, then ended up being hunted down. Every single time, I had to clean up after her.
"After we married on Southern Skies Mountain and I had her look after Yunli, she slowly started acting like a Cult Leader's Wife.