Tang Dynasty Bandits

Chapter 141 Cave
Steaming hot spring water gushes out from the mountain, its snow-white waves mingling with the steam.

It was the underground river that Zhu Wen and Lan Suting had come out of together.

Zhu Wen released Tian Jun's delicate hand and suddenly began to take off his clothes.

Tian Jun looked bewildered.

"You take yours off too," Zhu Wen ordered curtly to Tian Jun.

"Why?" Tian Jun raised an eyebrow.

"Get into the hot spring, quick!" Zhu Wen had already taken off his outer and inner garments, and even removed his inner shirt, leaving only a silk tunic on his body, looking as if he was about to enter the hot spring to play in the water.

While Tian Jun was still hesitating, Zhu Wen had already plunged into the water.

Tian Jun gritted her teeth and finally took off her dress and placed it on the shore, leaving only her undergarments on her body.

She steadied herself in the rushing water and peered at Zhu Wen's bare upper body through the mist.

His chest skin was very fair, and unlike Meng Kai's muscular build, it formed a handsome and graceful line. His prominent and deep collarbones particularly attracted Tian Jun's attention.

With a life-or-death battle imminent, Tian Jun couldn't suppress her impulse and pressed her red lips to Zhu Wen's collarbone, giving him a kiss.

"The little girl couldn't hold back again?" Zhu Wen smiled, but the seriousness in his eyes was unmistakable.

Baihua Xiu is definitely a formidable opponent not to be underestimated.

Tian Jun snorted: "I think this part of your body is quite nice."

As he spoke, he scooped up a ball of hot water and forcefully threw it at Zhu Wen's face.

She is a very unique girl.

Zhu Wen also scooped up water and threw it at her. The two of them actually played in the hot river water that had just flowed out of the mountain, just like children.

After a short while, Tian Jun finally realized their situation: "Are we supposed to go to the other side?"

"Junmei, don't move yet."

After saying this, Zhu Wen put on wooden clogs on the opposite bank of the narrow river, ignoring his clothes and socks by the river, and walked several dozen steps, until he reached the deep grass where his footprints could no longer be seen, and then stepped back in his own footprints.

"Try doing it like me once."

Tian Jun frowned in thought, and after a moment it dawned on her: "You're trying to create the illusion that we're escaping by crossing the river..."

Zhu Wen nodded: "The hot spring can wash away the smell on our bodies. And the wooden clogs we wore in the Moon Palace, which we didn't change out of, can also be soaked in water a few times to remove the smell."

Tian Jun looked at the path they had come from and noticed that their footprints had crossed a mountain wall covered with vines: "After we retreated there following our footprints, we used the vines to shake off our pursuers?"

"No." Zhu Wen had already stepped back down to the foot of the mountain wall in his wooden clogs, and then lifted up the layers of vines to reveal a hole that required bending down to crawl through: "Zhizhen and I discovered this cave when we came to Mount Tai last time."

"So, you plan to wait until 'Baihuaxiu' follows our scent and footprints before ambushing her from behind inside the cave?" Tian Jun finally guessed correctly this time.

Zhu Wen was extremely satisfied with her progress: "You used to stick to me every day and steal the inspiration from my head, and now you're not so stupid anymore."

"Go to hell!" Tian Jun pretended to throw the spear at Zhu Wen.

"Good, maintain this momentum. When that self-important woman passes by, use a hundred times the force to plunge the spear into her back." Zhu Wen's expression suddenly became quite calm.

Then, carrying the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Sword, he bent down and went straight into the cave.

Tian Jun followed him inside and found that Zhu Wen had already lit a tinderbox and lit a small lamp inside the cave. The light from this lamp was just enough to make things visible inside the cave, but it was blocked by the vines at the cave entrance, making it impossible for people outside to see it.

The dim lighting created a mysterious atmosphere. Zhu Wen and Tian Jun looked at each other's figures, which were only covered by damp undergarments, and both felt a sense of allure.

Where their eyes met, it seemed as if they were about to be drawn into a thread.

Couples in love are more likely to fall in love during dangerous times.

The two gazed at each other, finding each other increasingly attractive, from face to figure.

"Shh." Zhu Wen pressed his ear to the ground inside the cave and then whispered, "I heard footsteps."

Tian Jun held her breath and gripped the spear tightly in her hand.

His left hand held a bamboo tube, hidden among the vines, to spy on the outside world.

The riverbank was about five zhang (approximately 10 meters) from the cave entrance. Tian Jun was confident that she wouldn't miss at that distance.

A wisp of fragrant breeze swept by, passing over the wet riverbank.

Although Zhu Wen and Tian Jun were inside the cave, they could still smell a faint fragrance.

This is impossible, because the vines have completely covered the entrance to the hole, with only a thin bamboo tube hidden inside for peeping.

Tian Jun suddenly felt her palms getting sweaty.

"Where have those two adorable little deer gone?" Baihuaxiu's soft, sweet, and mesmerizing voice suddenly rang out.

In her eyes, she was the hunter, while Zhu Wen and Tian Jun were just two fawns.

"Come out quickly, so we can give you a quick death..."

Zhu Wen suddenly grabbed Tian Jun's shoulder.

Tian Junru understood Zhu Wen's meaning as if they were telepathically connected.

Baihua Xiu was bluffing, trying to trick them into showing up.

As long as they remain calm, Baihua Xiu will believe that the two of them have indeed gone to the other side of the river.

Every breath that followed felt exceptionally long.

Zhu Wen and Tian Jun remained quietly inside the cave, not daring to make a sound.

Baihua sighed, suddenly lifted the hem of her skirt, and then, like a swallow, flew across the river.

Tian Jun gritted her teeth, suddenly pushed aside the vines, and her spear shot out like a bolt of blue lightning.

The spear was sharp and cold, carrying the absolute killing intent of her all-out attack.

Facing a formidable opponent like Baihuaxiu, this is their only chance.

Baihua Xiu's delicate body, which was soaring through the air, suddenly trembled.

She could feel the murderous intent coming from behind her.

But Tian Jun was confident that with the speed of her spear, her opponent should have no way to dodge it.

Tian Jun had already calculated the opponent's movement trajectory based on her experience.

The spear whistled through the air, piercing through Baihuaxiu's body.

Tian Jun let out a relieved cheer.

But her expression suddenly changed.

No blood spurted out.

It only pierced through the afterimage.

Baihua Xiu's figure inexplicably shifted two feet to the left in mid-air, losing her forward momentum and plunging into the hot river with a splash, her clothes instantly soaked.

This woman possesses a strange and unpredictable movement technique.

Tian Jun recalled the time when she had suffered at the hands of Shi Pu.

Baihua Xiu calmly got out of the river, picked up the spear that had been stuck in the sand on the opposite bank, and held it in her hand: "So they weren't deer, but two little rabbits who like to hide in their burrows!"

"Good girl, you've lost something, do you want me to return it to you? Although it's a powerful weapon, I wouldn't covet such a small thing..."

Baihua Xiu spoke in an extremely melodious tone, her slender fingers caressing the cold shaft of the spear; even this gesture alone exuded extreme charm.

There wasn't a trace of murderous intent in her eyes.

The difference between a sorceress and a witch is that a sorceress often manipulates men to kill, while a witch generally possesses greater power and can do it herself.

Baihua Xiu could certainly act like a demoness, but her power allowed her to become the Blood Hand Witch who could kill with a laugh at any time.

In her eyes, Zhu Wen and Tian Jun had already trapped themselves in a dead end with no way out.

(End of this chapter)