889 Allies (1/2)

Multiple figures flickered through the forest of peach trees. There seemed to be a large number of them, but only one person stepped out of the darkness.

Han Wuxian loosened her hair and leaped over to them, giving off the aura of a fairy from a mural. The smile on her face was so tender that it seemed like it could melt all of the snow around them. ”Dragon King, I've come to help. Which one should we kill first? The dumb guy or the traitor?”

Upon seeing the Hall Leader, Han Fen was nearly scared to death. She involuntarily took a step closer to the Dragon King, but soon reluctantly turned around, walked back to Wild Horse, stopped at a position about seven or eight steps away from him, and started playing with the sword in her hand with her head down.

The mysterious voice was not afraid at all, and flatly said, ”Han Wuxian, you're in the wrong place. This is the Essence Pavilion's turf.”

Han Wuxian looked around. ”This place is not too bad. The Essence Pavilion has sharp eyes. From now on, this place belongs to the Barren Sect.”

That voice leered. Wild Horse slightly raised his head with a twisted look on his face, which was still in perfect synchronization with that voice. Only, there was no smile on his face at all. ”You've come just in time. You may replace Han Fen and demonstrate Immortal Peng's swordsmanship to the Dragon King.”

Han Fen didn't seem to have heard this great news. She still restlessly stood where she was. If she had had the choice, then she would have run as far away as she could have.

Han Wuxian looked at the Dragon King, ”This man is useless, isn't he? I don't dare disobey your rules and take any unruly actions, Dragon King.”

Han Wuxian had left the army camp and come here to besiege the Gui Garden without prior consent, which was obvious disobedience. However, Gu Shenwei pretended to not know about it. ”Please show us your excellent skills, Hall Leader Han.”

After knowing that Lotus had absorbed the internal energy that had been stored in Han Xuan's body for many years, Han Wuxian had been horrified for some time. But surprisingly, she had suddenly become audacious tonight, which deepened Gu Shenwei's suspicion that something had happened to Lotus.

Wild Horse had prepared himself, but Han Wuxian didn't start the fight immediately. She called out in a tender voice, ”Come out, baby. Watch mommy kick villain's ass.”

Han Xuan walked over to them from among the flickering figures in the distance. Her eyes were somewhat glazed over, but they were fixed upon Han Wuxian, as if she was afraid that Han Wuxian would suddenly disappear. ”Mommy, baby's coming.”

When this came from the mouth of a woman nearly thirty years old, and with an infantile tone at that, these intimate and cheesy words became extremely eerie, but Han Wuxian seemed to enjoy them very much. With an even more tender smile, she held Han Xuan's hand and pecked at her cheek.

Han Fen couldn't help but say in a quivering voice, ”Han Xuan, wake up. Do you still remember me?”

Han Xuan glanced at her, and then moved her eyes back to the face of Han Wuxian. ”You're Han Fen. We're close friends. Of course I remember you. You see, this is my mommy. Isn't she beautiful? I'm so happy.”

”The Hall Leader's your mother? This… This… ” Han Fen cast a look in the Dragon King's direction.

”Han Xuan.” Gu Shenwei took a step forward as he asked, ”When you were young, did this woman visit you often in Gulping Wind Gorge?”

Han Xuan had once said that a mysterious woman used to visit her often and teach her kung fu when she was young.

Han Fen hurried nodded. ”Yes, yes. Han Xuan, it can't have been Hall Leader who used to go there to see you.”

”Mommy gave birth to me secretly, and she didn't dare to let others know about it, so she sent someone else to see me. But her smell… Ah, I can tell that she's my mommy just by taking one sniff of her. I can't be wrong.”

Han Wuxian pecked Han Xuan's cheek again. ”Sweetie, every time I sent someone to see you, I had her take one of my clothes with them, and it had my odor on it.”

Han Xuan had a unique nose which enabled her to detect disciples of the Waning Moon Hall hiding in the dark. Gu Shenwei had thought that she had been born with it, but it turned out that the reason why she could do this was because Han Wuxian had trained her to do so.

Han Fen became anxious. ”Han Xuan, you moron. Come back to me at once. Hall Leader is not your mommy. Look at you. You two are not alike at all. Hall Leader is so beautiful, but you're so ugly. How could you possibly be her daughter?”

Calling people ”morons” and telling them that they were ”ugly” was not a smart way to persuade them to change their minds. Han Xuan's face darkened. As if acting cute, she said, ”Mommy, I don't want to be Han Fen's friend any more. Chase her away.”

Han Xuan's behavior was clearly abnormal. But Gu Shenwei just stood to the side. Apart from that remark that he had made previously, there was nothing else he could do.

Han Wuxian stroked Han Xuan's head. ”I'll chase her away later, but she's still useful to us right now. Mommy's going to strike a villain down first. Look at this ugly guy. Isn't he a villain?”

Han Xuan turned her head aside and glanced at Wild Horse, nodding. ”He is a villain. He was very mean to me. And he wouldn't let me go out of the house.”

That mysterious voice sounded a little impatient. ”Start fighting, Han Wuxian. Don't keep the Dragon King waiting too long.”

Han Wuxian held her ”daughter's” hand, ”The Dragon King's a very patient man, and he never becomes anxious. But you, Immortal… what's your name again? Call the Master Commander out. It's been a long time. I really miss her.”

”The Master Commander's a good person.” Han Xuan still had some of her senses left. ”She's good to me. She trusts me and let me serve Lady Shaomin.”

”No, no.” Han Wuxian's smile became slightly less bright. ”You're Han Wuxian's daughter. From now on you won't have to serve anybody. I'll have a lot of people serve you.”

”But I like serving the lady,” Han Xuan regained part of her original stubborn tone. ”Both Lady Shaomin and Lady Mingzhen are adorable people. Alas, without me around, they might not be able to eat.”

The smile on Han Wuxian's face slightly froze, ”Since you like them so much, then I'll invite them over to play with you.”

Han Xuan nodded happily, her face full of extreme happiness. Standing not far away from them, Han Fen felt a chill creep down her spine.

Wild Horse had been closing in on her. He couldn't wait any longer and had decided to make the first move.

Han Wuxian and Han Xuan were staring at each other, displaying the love between a mother and a daughter, as if there were nobody else around.

This trick didn't work on Wild Horse. He struck out with the first sword blow.