Chapter 755: That old fox (2/2)
He hadn’t cared much about Su Xiaoyu when she went missing, not because he was too busy with Celestial Mountain, but because it fell within his range of expectations. After the girl lost her memory and continued to remain at Han Yunxi’s side, he’d sent people to watch her movements ever since. South Ning was his territory, after all. It wasn’t so easy for a person to simply go missing. Su Xiaoyu was simply bait to meet a plot with a plot. He didn’t tell Han Yunxi the details because he was worried that she wouldn’t want to lose Su Xiaoyu. After all, the girl would certainly suffer in the hands of her captors, if not lose her life entirely.
“I’m afraid that old fox must be involved with Gu Beiyue’s poisoning as well,” the sword sect master muttered. “Yunxi’s trip this time will be dangerous. Your heart is even crueler than your master’s, hehe!”
Long Feiye didn’t reply. Actually, if he could make Han Yunxi stay, he would. He didn’t care if the commander-in-chief’s estate fell into chaos or even if his entire chessboard was ruined. He didn’t want Han Yunxi to risk herself, much less face the curses of the world alone. But even if he told her the truth about his plans, she would still return to South Ning fearlessly. This had nothing to do with him stopping her, or parting with her, or even his so-called cruelty. He simply had no means to keep her against her will. Han Yunxi had always been different from other women. She wasn’t afraid of trouble, nor would she hide behind a man’s back to take shelter from her problems.
He transferred all the shadow guards he could to look after her in secret. At the same time, he was monitoring and controlling Lockheart Courtyard and the Sword and Scripture Depositories. As long as those three factions stayed put, nothing in the world could overpower his shadow guard forces. He hoped that she would have a smooth journey home.
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At this moment, a white-haired Honored Elder flew out from the shadows to urge Long Feiye back. He was the one in charge of helping him curb his Lusbite Seal energy.
“Feiye, did you forget about the taboos of the Lustbite energy again?” the Honored Elder asked coldly.
Long Feiye and the sword sect master didn’t know much about the seal, but the Honored Elder had discovered it while healing his injuries. His comprehension on the subject far surpassed theirs. The Lustbite Seal’s ultimate taboo centered around “desire.” Thus, anyone who gave into his desires before unsealing or controlling the seal would lose all of their martial arts. The Lustbite energy itself had the ultimate taboo of “sentiment.” It was considered the highest level power in Cloud Realm Continent’s martial arts. Anyone who could control Lustbite energy would have no peer in the martial arts circles. But its energy was completely useless when the host was facing someone he loved.
In other words, if Han Yunxi ever turned her sword against him one day, his internal energy would completely dissipate when they fought. The so called ‘Lustbite’ meant that one could experience backlash from the ‘bite’ of one’s feelings. To put it plainly, if anyone wanted to kill him, their best bet was to send Han Yunxi to fight him face-on!
“I remember!” Long Feiye replied seriously. Thanks to these taboos, he probably had to curb his public displays of affection to Han Yunxi in the future. The old fox behind He Yilian must know something to have made the man stall for time in the ranking matches. If that fox knew about the Lustbite energy too, then Han Yunxi would be in even greater trouble.
Once again, Long Feiye looked into the distance. He suppressed the worries in his heart and followed the Honored Elder back up the mountain. It was going to be a long night…
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Han Yunxi sat in her carriage, telling herself to use this spare time to cultivate and familiarize herself with the functions of the level two poison storage system. But it was impossible for her to calm down. She couldn’t help but wonder what Long Feiye was doing right now.
Does the world have an antidote to cure the poison of lovesickness?
At the very least, Han Yunxi couldn’t think of one. Still, she soon ran out of time to pine for Long Feiye, because trouble hit her as soon as she left Celestial Mountain grounds. It wasn’t even light yet, but a bunch of righteous sects suddenly showed up to surround her carriage.
“News spreads fast! Looks like we can’t hide our whereabouts now,” Han Yunxi murmured.
“Mistress, you keep resting. It’s not a big deal!” Xu Donglin said seriously. He sat unmoving on the carriage, allowing the shadow guards accompanying them to deal with the threat.Long Feiye had naturally picked the cream of the crop amongst his top level experts. One man was enough to face off against ten others, so the group of fighters were quickly eliminated. The shadow guards wanted to silence them with death, but Han Yunxi stopped them.
“It’s impossible to hide our movements anyways. Spare their lives so we’re not the source of more gossip.”
Heaven knows how the medical academy would turn this against them if her group killed everyone who blocked their way home.
“Even if we don’t kill them, we should give them something to show we’re not to be trifled with!” Xu Donglin said, before lashing his whip at one of the injured.
As expected, news spread fast. Over three days of travel, Han Yunxi’s group met with 20 separate ambushes and attacks. Every four hours or so, someone else would try to target them. By now, she could recite their curses by heart. If it wasn’t “demoness” and “femme fatale,” then it was “scourge” and “hypocrite.” They accused her of opening Pill Fiend Pharmacy for ulterior motives, of using poisons to bewitch the Pill King into favoring her, etc…
If not the strength of Long Feiye’s shadow guards, Han Yunxi would have long died beneath their chaotic blades; if not for the strength of her own heart, she would have long drowned beneath their righteous spittle.
Everything passed more or less smoothly, but members of Carefree City surrounded her carriage on the fifth day. Unexpectedly...the entire city had turned out against her!