639 Hall Leader (2/2)
Tie Linglong killed the man who was alone with her in the room and didn't let him lay a finger on her. She was only fifteen or sixteen years old and couldn't accept such dirty training. She wouldn't even think about it.
The Master Trainer no longer explained and only coldly told this disciple, ”One month, you only have one month.”
Within ten days, Tie Linglong decided to run away. She was the only disciple who refused to join the training and worried that she might be influenced. Over forty female disciples were competing to see who could go from shyness to euphoria to apathy at the end of the day.
The protection of the Waning Moon Hall wasn't tight. Tie Linglong successfully escaped but became lost in the boundless desert.
She couldn't find her way but she did find a woman.
It was three days after she had left the headquarters of the Waning Moon Hall. With the experience she had gained from more than a year's worth of training, she followed a hidden stream of water to a low bushy spot.
Lying in the shade, she decided to take a nap but unknowingly slept till midnight before she suddenly opened her eyes and saw a cold round moon and a tall, beautiful woman standing in the moonlight.
The woman's long hair fell down to her knees like a waterfall, and she was carefully combing it through with her fingers.
Tie Linglong was attracted and walked over half-awake, asking, ”Who are you? A fairy?”
”My name is Wuxian. How can I be a fairy?”
”Wuxian (No fairy),” Tie Linglong repeated in a low voice. Unknowingly, she wasn't alert towards this woman at all as if all her training had been in vain. ”You are… the Hall Leader?”
”I used to be.”
”You still are?”
”I'm a prisoner now.”
Tie Linglong was perplexed. She looked around and found that there were no guards and no walls, only a stout growth of low, prickly plants that couldn't stop anyone.
Han Wuxian lifted up the corner of her dress and exposed her ankle. A thin chain ran through it and disappeared into the sand, the other end of which was probably fixed to some weight.
Tie Linglong's acceptance of cruelty had indeed improved so she wasn't particularly alarmed, but was confused. ”Does Lotus… the Master Commander know of this?”
”She's the one who put me in captivity.” Han Wuxian's voice was full of motherly gentleness. Tie Linglong took a step forward again.
”Why?” This was the word she said most in the Waning Moon Hall.
”No asking why.” Han Wuxian gave the standard answer and then added a few words. ”I wanted her to be a real disciple of the Waning Moon Hall, but she didn't want that. So one day, about a year and ten months ago, she stabbed me when I was unprepared. Her sword technique is very good and I wasn't able to block it, so I became a prisoner.”
”But… She still calls you the Hall Leader.”
”Lotus is very smart. She was afraid that the disciples would become disobedient so she claimed that I entered closed-door cultivation and then she took control of the Waning Moon Hall as the Master Commander. She must have changed a lot of the rules? I heard that the Waning Moon Hall accepts all kinds of disciples now and even allowed some who failed to pass the test survive. Lotus wants to build her own powerbase so she wouldn't have to lead under my banner anymore.”
”That's why. So, is this your cell? I don't think I saw anyone during the day.”
”No, today is the fifteenth day of the month. I have to come out to practice my kung fu or I'll die. Lotus doesn't want me to die.”
”Why?” Tie Linglong took another step forward.
”She took my Blood Coagulation Pill and has to make an antidote with the blood in my body. The antidote can only last three to five years. So if she wants to live, she has to keep me alive.”
”You have the antidote that can cure her thoroughly, don't you?”
”Of course. I'm the only one who knows about it. For this reason, many of my old disciples will come to my rescue.”
Tie Linglong nodded and suddenly remembered one thing, ”Lotus… Was it because she also didn't want to do that kind of… training?”
Han Wuxian smilingly shook her head, her long hair flashing like a flowing black satin strip. ”She doesn't need 'that kind of training.' She's an expert in indifference and indulgence. I think most of this is natural for her. She just doesn't want to be controlled by others. This is the strange part. As a servant killer of Golden Roc Castle, she actually doesn't want to be controlled by others. I made a mistake exactly at this point.”
”The Dragon King.”
”What?” Han Wuxian was obviously hearing the name for the first time.
Tie Linglong knew who had influenced Lotus's character of being unwilling to be controlled by others. She took another step forward, trying to tell the story of the Dragon King.
Han Wuxian casually held her shoulder, and her voice was still as gentle as the doting mother. ”Little girl, you are a failure of the Waning Moon Hall, so why not let me use you to practice my kung fu?”
”Okay,” said Tie Linglong softly. Then she suddenly raised her foot and the chain buried in the underground followed, flying into the air.
Han Wuxian cried out and loosened Tie Linglong, falling to the ground, her long hair covering the whole face.
Tie Linglong jumped aside, ”No wonder no one is looking at you. You are so bad.”
Han Wuxian smoothed away her long hair and revealed a beautiful smiling face. ”So you are a clever little girl. Do you want to learn some formidable secret arts? I can teach you.”