Seeing Through

Zhang Qiaoyi turned around and asked: "Junior Sister He, how many people are there?"

He Ruoshui pursed his lips and frowned, pondered for a while, and said: "There are many people, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed..."

Li Muchan looked down with his void eyes, and saw more than twenty people lurking in the woods at the foot of the mountain a mile away, either sitting cross-legged on the ground or standing with their eyes narrowed.

These twenty-odd people either hold knives or carry swords, but they all wear green attire and blend in with the woods. If you don't look carefully, you can easily miss them.

They scattered lazily, as if there was no discipline, but Li Muchan could sense their aura, and each one of them had a life on their hands.

Li Muchan raised his head and said loudly: "Senior Sister Zhang, let me explore the way first."

Zhang Qiaoyi looked over, looked at him, and shook her head: "No need, sooner or later there will be a fight."

Li Muchan touched his mustache and said, "How about we take another route?"

"How to change the route?" Zhang Qiaoyi asked.

Li Muchan pointed to the west and said, "Go down here, then go around to the north. You should be able to avoid them by crossing this path, right?"

Xu Xiaorou glanced at him and hummed: "Why should we avoid it? I don't believe it. I really can't rush out!"

"Senior Sister Xu, with just three senior sisters, we can naturally rush over, but with three more of us as burdens, we will be distracted," Li Muchan said with a smile.

Lin Ping said dissatisfied: "Senior Brother Li, I am not a burden!"

He said and glanced at Zhao Yishan.

Zhao Yishan's face was full of shame and he smiled sheepishly.

Xu Xiaorou thought for a while, then turned to look at Zhang Qiaoyi: "Senior Sister Zhang, what should I do?"

Zhang Qiaoyi turned to He Ruoshui: "Junior Sister He, what do you think?"

Junior Sister He has a keen intuition about danger. This has nothing to do with her martial arts skills, but a strange talent that others admire but cannot learn.

He Ruoshui frowned and thought for a while: "In my opinion, just listen to Junior Brother Li... or change the path!"

Lin Ping said: "Senior Sister Zhang, I have an idea!"

"Oh——? If Junior Brother Lin has any ideas, please tell me!" Zhang Qiaoyi smiled.

Lin Ping said: "Let Senior Brother Li and Young Master Zhao stay, and the four of us will rush over. If anyone blocks the road, we will kill them all... I haven't seen anyone yet. I don't know if they are coming for us and they will run away."

Going out will really damage the prestige of our Xinghu Villa!"

Xu Xiaorou gave him a fierce look.

Li Muchan shook his head and smiled bitterly. Lin Ping's words were a slap in the face and were really inappropriate.

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Zhang Qiaoyi shook her head and said: "Junior brother Lin, although we Xinghu Xiaozhu disciples cannot lose our master's prestige, we cannot be arrogant and arrogant. Be careful and sail the boat for ten thousand years!"

"...Yes, Senior Sister Zhang taught me a lesson." Lin Ping helplessly clasped his fists, unable to hide his disapproval.

He is the eldest young master. He has been surrounded by people since he was a child, and he has always spoken loudly. Even his father rarely lectures him like this.

In the end, Zhang Qiaoyi listened to Li Muchan's suggestion, changed the route, turned west, went down the hillside, and entered a lush pine forest. The forest was dense and complicated, and there was no road.

Li Muchan was in front, slashing with his sword and cutting a path out. Xu Xiaorou followed him, looking around to guard against a sneak attack.

Li Muchan carried a blue water knife at his waist and wielded another long knife in his hand. It was quite sharp, hard and durable, and could chop down trees without damaging it.

He was reluctant to use the blue water knife, killing chickens with a bull's knife. Even if the blue water knife cuts iron like clay, it will inevitably cause losses when used to open roads, and it is really not suitable.

Although he didn't use his internal power, his divine power was astonishing. He swung his sword with a whirring sound, drawing out streaks of silver. The light of the sword was either strong or soft, and varied, and he could split the trees blocking the road with ease.

Xu Xiaorou looked on and said with a smile: "Junior brother Li, you are really strong!"

She saw Li Muchan's amazing power, and then praised: "You are touching the door with these Luoyang swords!"

Li Muchan waved his sword and said with a smile: "I hope senior sister can give me some advice!"

"Well, try cutting me with a knife!" Xu Xiaoju said.

The two walked at the front, followed by He Ruoshui, followed by Lin Ping and Zhao Yishan, with Zhang Qiaoyi behind them, about two feet away from each other.

Li Muchan suddenly slashed down with his sword. Xu Xiaorou swung his sword and turned it into dots of starlight. The swords met and made a crisp sound. Li Muchan took advantage of the situation and cut off a small tree with his sword, releasing the strange power from the sword.

Xu Xiaorou smiled and said: "That's right, there's something delicious about using it hard!"

Li Muchan shook his head and said: "This set of sword techniques is much more difficult than my Bishui Sword. Some of the subtle changes are beyond my ability. What's going on?"

Xu Xiaojudo: "That's because you don't have internal strength. Some subtleties require the cooperation of internal strength."

"Well, that's it!" Li Muchan suddenly realized.

Xu Xiaoju said: "Don't worry, you will be able to cultivate your internal strength soon when you get to the lake."

"Sister Xu, tell me about the lake." Li Muchan said.

"Okay." Xu Xiaorou nodded with a smile: "Our Xinghu rarely cares about external affairs, we are considered outsiders, but we can't help our disciples coming out of the lake, it's very messy."

"The owner of the lake is a woman, isn't she?" Li Muchan asked, waving his knife.

Xu Xiaorou nodded: "Yes, and she is a young and beautiful woman."

Li Muchan chuckled.

Xu Xiaorou rolled her eyes at him: "Junior brother Li, do you look down on women?"

Li Muchan hurriedly shook his head, and Xu Xiaorou hummed: "Although the Lake Master is young, he has great wisdom. He is a rare talent that is rare to see in a hundred years!"

Her eyes were shining as she looked to the north with an expression of admiration.

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After walking along the pine forest to the foot of the mountain, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, then stepped onto the official road and walked north. The official road was flat and wide, and the hooves of the ten horses became brisk.

After just a few steps, Zhao Yishan turned pale and was sweating. He said it was chest pain. He Ruoshui checked his pulse and found that it was nothing serious. Maybe he couldn't bear the bumps.

So everyone slowed down and walked slowly on horseback. Fortunately, it was not too far from Xu Lingcheng. They would arrive in the evening and separate from there.

The sun slowly sets in the west, and the figures become much longer.

Zhang Qiaoyi and He Ruoshui walked at the front, Zhao Yishan and Lin Ping followed, Li Muchan fell behind, and Xu Xiaorou followed him at the end.

The two of them were walking and talking, talking about Xinghu Xiaozhu.

Xu Xiaorou picked up some interesting anecdotes and talked about the structure of Xinghu Xiaozhu. There are more than a hundred disciples, divided into nine grades. Above the ninth grade disciples are the elders, a total of six people. In addition, they are the lake masters. All major events are controlled by the lake.

The Lord discusses with the elders and decides.

The disciples of the nine levels have different treatment but equal rights. They are not subordinate to each other and everyone is equal. They only obey the orders of the lake master and elders.

All the disciples’ martial arts were taught by the Lake Master himself.

He Ruoshui suddenly frowned, turned around, took a look, and whispered: "There is murderous intent behind you!"

"Hmm——?" Zhang Qiaoyi was startled, then said: "How could it be?"

He Ruoshui thought for a while: "I think they are catching up!"

"Still that group of people?" Zhang Qiaoyi asked.

He Ruoshui nodded slowly: "Based on my feeling, it should be that group of people!"

"These guys are determined to make things difficult for us!" Zhang Qiaoyi frowned and hummed.

The two of them were talking and slowly pulled the reins. The two horses stopped. Zhang Qiaoyi glanced at Zhao Yishan, frowned and thought for a while, and said: "Let Mr. Zhao and the two junior brothers go first, and let's block the way behind."

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"Okay." He Ruoshui nodded.

Lin Ping hurriedly said: "Senior Sister Zhang, Senior Sister He, let me stay. It's always better to have more people!"

Zhao Yishan also said: "Two heroines, how can I leave alone? I must advance and retreat with you!"

Zhang Qiaoyi shook her head and said: "Mr. Zhao, it's best for you to leave first. If we can't defeat you, you can escape as much as possible."

"No, no." Zhao Yishan shook his head with determination on his face.

Li Muchan and Xu Xiaorou approached, Zhang Qiaoyi said: "Junior Brother Li, you take Young Master Zhao and Junior Brother Lin away together!"

Li Muchan said: "Are they catching up?"

"Yeah." Zhang Qiaoyi nodded.

Li Muchan touched his mustache and frowned: "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be..."

"I can't control that much, you go first!" Zhang Qiaoyi waved her hand.

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"Nvxia Zhang, no matter what, Xiaosheng will not live alone!" Zhao Yishan said proudly.
To be continued...