Chapter 261 (2/2)

‘Who could have sealed him at that time?’ She didn’t hear about anyone who lived longer than the Ancestor. ‘Could it be a hermit living in a godforsaken place?’

Ning Xuemo felt that there weren’t many unknown but powerful hermits in this world. It just made her remember that time when she got acquainted with people from the Jiang Hu in her world; some love to be boastful; others were passing chivalrous heroes helping a master, while a few among them preferred to be low-key despite possessing real skill. Those people never revealed their true nature in front of people and often had an obscure or unknown reputation in the Jiang Hu. For example, the monk sweeping the floor in “Demigods and Semi-Devils”.

‘Forget it! The situation already developed to this point.’ There was no use regretting her slip of tongue. ‘Carpe Diem…’

“Your Excellency, we’ve been conversing for quite some time and could be regarded as brought together by fate. May I ask you for your honorifics?” Ning Xuemo wanted to fish out his name so it will be more convenient for her to investigate his identity when she returned home.

The red clothed man raised an eyebrow. He wore a gentle smile, while spouting poisonous words, “Little kid, do you think you are qualified to know my name?” He obviously didn’t care much about a tiny and insignificant human like her.

‘Arrogant jerk!’

When the conversation becomes disagreeable, saying more would only be a waste of breath. Ning Xuemo didn’t speak to him again. She patted the little qilin’s horn while saying, “Little Apple, let’s go up.” She turned around and jumped on the little qilin’s back.

“Leave behind the Blackwave Zither!” The red clothed man coldly reminded her.

“Wait until we reach the surface, then I will give it back.” Ning Xuemo tightly held onto the guqin.

Although that red clothed evildoer already swore, she wouldn’t feel relieved until she returned to the surface. If she gave it back to him at this moment, God knows what kind of trouble he could brew!

“Little girl, you’re too cautious! I wish later you will not regret the decisions you made today…” The red clothed man’s smile was somewhat restrained with his arms crossed. He stepped aside from the exit tunnel. “You want me to send you both out or are you going to do it yourself?”

[1] Dugu Qiubai is a character that could be found in name as a legendary undefeated swordman in three of Jin Yong’s novels. His name literally means “The Loner Who Seeks Defeat”. For more informations, click here.