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Lu Wushuang carefully put the letter away from his body: "Don't worry, young master, I've got it."

"So I'm leaving now?" Lu Wushuang tried to keep her tone calm, but a hint of reluctance still came through her voice from the sixth floor.

"Let's go." Lin Yaoxie's answer was simple, and he sat down in a chair.

Lu Wushuang sighed, wanting to say something, but ultimately remained silent. She bowed to Lin Yaoxie, then turned and left.

When they opened the door, they were surprised to find Huang Rong standing right outside.

Huang Rong had arrived long ago and overheard most of the conversation between Lin Yaoxie and Lu Wushuang.

"Hello, Madam Guo." Lu Wushuang was a little surprised, but quickly regained her composure. Huang Rong had been taking good care of her these past few days.

"Are you going to Lin'an alone?" Huang Rong asked bluntly.

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Lu Wushuang nodded.

"Xiangyang is many days' journey from Lin'an. Aren't you afraid of being hunted down by your master and senior sister if you go alone?" Huang Rong frowned, her gaze passing over Lu Wushuang and looking at Lin Yaoxie: "Why don't you let your young master go with you?"

Lu Wushuang turned around and saw Lin Yaoxie still drinking tea inside the room, ignoring the conversation between the two people at the door.

"No need." Lu Wushuang turned around, showing her capable side: "I have already learned the Five Poisons Manual that my master was most wary of, and recently the young master taught me another divine skill. If I encounter Li Mochou again, I should be able to fight him."

Huang Rong shook her head: "Among the women of martial arts, Li Mochou and Xiaolongnu are as famous as me. In fact, during the years I was defending Xiangyang, I have become lax in my martial arts. If we were to compare, I would not be a match for Li Mochou. Miss Wushuang, you are indeed good, and your young master is a genius. But if you were to face Li Mochou alone now, you would have no chance of winning at all."

Lu Wushuang was well aware of this. She simply smiled and said, "So what? Li Mochou killed my whole family, so killing me now would be perfect. I, Lu Wushuang, may not be capable, but I'm still willing to fight to the death."

Huang Rong wanted to say something more, but just then, she heard a 'cooing' sound coming from inside the room.

The sound was like the croaking of a bullfrog, deep and resonant. At the same time, a tall figure walked over.

Chapter 86: A Imprisoned Heart

"Ouyang Feng?" Lu Wushuang and Huang Rong exclaimed in surprise, taking a few steps back into the courtyard.

Ouyang Feng remained standing in the same spot, looking down at the ground, his abdomen heaving, and he was still making gurgling sounds.

Huang Rong had long heard from Lu Wushuang that Lin Yaoxie had once fought a great battle with Ouyang Feng. After that battle, Ouyang Feng disappeared.

Although it had been more than ten or twenty years since Huang Rong had last met Ouyang Feng, she knew very well that the crazy Ouyang Feng would not stand still so quietly.

"Who are you?" Huang Rong stepped forward, shielding Lu Wushuang behind her. This smiling gesture filled Lu Wushuang with gratitude once again.

Ouyang Feng continued to coo without replying, not even lifting his eyelids, just standing there blankly in front of the door.

"Ahem..." Lin Yaoxie coughed lightly and sat down in the room: "He is Ouyang Feng, but he has lost consciousness and become my puppet."

"You've taken control of the old poison master?" Huang Rong asked, puzzled.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yaoxie did not answer, but turned his voice to Lu Wushuang: "Wushuang, don't worry. I will have Ouyang Feng protect you secretly. If your master really comes to cause you trouble, then she is out of luck."

Lu Wushuang was both shocked and frightened, but since she had been with Lin Yaoxie, when had she not been both shocked and frightened? Lin Yaoxie's realm had long been beyond her comprehension.

Lu Wushuang was only certain of one thing: Lin Yaoxie had not harmed her Zhixin, and that was enough for her.

It's okay if you don't understand now; you'll understand eventually. Even if you never understand, it's okay too; why should you understand everything in life?

"Yes, young master." Lu Wushuang replied, bid farewell to Huang Rong, and used his lightness skill to jump over the courtyard wall.

The living corpse Ouyang Feng, who had been standing blankly at the door, scurried out of the house with a croak, just like a big frog, and disappeared in a few leaps.

Huang Rong only came to her senses after the sounds of the guards and Beggars' Sect masters chasing after her disappeared from the mansion.

"Rong'er, aren't you coming in?" Lin Yaoxie's voice came over.

"What did you call me?" Huang Rong was startled and asked incredulously, "Are you sure you didn't call me by the wrong name?"

Lin Yaoxie's carefree voice echoed from inside the room: "Of course I didn't call you wrong. Do you expect me to call you 'Master's Wife'?"

"That's true." Thinking of Guo Jing, whose temperament had changed drastically while lying in bed, Huang Rong suddenly lost interest.

"Then come in, Rong'er," Lin Yaoxie repeated.

"Hmm." Huang Rong took a few steps forward, then seemed to be struck by lightning, and took a dozen steps back, as if realizing something: "I'd better talk about it in the courtyard."

Lin Yao chuckled wickedly, a laugh that sent chills down Huang Rong's spine, but after a while, she felt a little guilty.

Fortunately, Lin Yaoxie did not press the matter further, and his laughter became hearty, as if he was waiting for Huang Rong's next question.

Huang Rong's face flushed red again without her realizing it. She looked as ashamed as a young girl whose secrets had been exposed, but she still had to speak up.

"Lin, Lin the Demon. I've come today to ask you about my daughter, Fu'er." Huang Rong couldn't continue the questioning.

"She's fine, in a very safe place." Lin Yaoxie replied easily, "That place is very safe, and she will no longer be subjected to her father's perverted persecution."

Huang Rong blushed, her neck stiffening as she tried to retort, but after thinking for a moment, she didn't know how to respond, so she could only stomp her foot and let out a long sigh.

"As long as she's safe, that's all that matters. Lin Yaoxie, you have to promise me you'll take good care of her for the rest of your life and never let her suffer. Can you do that?"

"Of course I can do it." Lin Yaoxie answered readily, and even added, "This is not only my promise to Fu'er, but also my promise to you and to Rong'er."

"Me?" Huang Rong took two steps back, already pushed to the courtyard gate: "I don't need to, as long as you, Fu'er, are happy and healthy."

As she said this, tears streamed down Huang Rong's face. Was it for Guo Fu or for herself? Huang Rong couldn't understand.

"Rong'er, come with me too. The Song Dynasty is in decline, Guo Jing's dragon aura has left his body, and Xiangyang City will not be able to be saved sooner or later. There is no need for you to sacrifice yourself." Although they were separated by a courtyard, Shan Lin's words were as clear as before, each word falling into Huang Rong's ears.

"I know." Huang Rong tried to wipe away her tears, but she couldn't stop more tears from falling. "I know Xiangyang will fall sooner or later. But I can't leave. Even if it's not for Guo Jing, it's for the people of this city."

"Sigh, I see you're still doing this for Guo Jing." Lin Yaoxie's voice trembled slightly. "Fine. Since you still have feelings for Guo Jing, there's no point in me saying anything more. Rong'er, you need to know that Guo Jing is no longer the Guo Jing he once was. If he can do such despicable things to his own daughter, what else is he incapable of doing?"

Normally, Huang Rong should refute Lin Yaoxie's point of view at this point, but at this moment, she could only lower her head and twist her hands shyly, unable to say anything.

"You'll understand sooner or later, Rong'er. I have plenty of time to wait for you." Lin Yaoxie's voice grew increasingly ethereal: "I'm leaving now, but I'll be back soon. I believe that when we meet again, your state of mind will be completely different."

A gentle breeze blew by, completely silencing Lin Yaoxie's last whisper. Huang Rong stood alone at the courtyard gate. She knew that Junjie, who had lived in this house, was gone. And she, was she truly destined to be imprisoned in the Guo Mansion of Xiangyang City, growing old day by day?

...

On the official road leading to Lin'an City, Lu Wushuang walked briskly, carrying only a small bundle on her back.

Suddenly, a slow, deliberate bell jingle rang out, and Lu Wushuang stopped abruptly. Li Mochou had already arrived on her black donkey; there was no need for her to run anymore.

"Hey, isn't this my junior sister? Long time no see." The voice of Li Mochou's eldest disciple, Hong Lingbo, came first.

Soon, Hong Lingbo, dressed in red, descended from the air, wielding her long sword. As she landed, Li Mochou arrived from the nearby woods, riding a small black donkey.

Lu Wushuang glared coldly at Hong Lingbo and spat, "Pah, who's your junior sister? Don't be shameless."

Chapter 87: Unrivaled Warrior Against Mo Chou

Hong Lingbo wasn't particularly talented and didn't learn much kung fu, but he picked up her temper perfectly.

He angrily cursed, "You little bitch, you don't know what's good for you. Hand over the Five Poisons Manual right now!"

As he spoke, he thrust out his longsword and stabbed it towards Lu Wushuang's face in a flash.

Since following Lin Yaoxie, Lu Wushuang's martial arts skills have improved day by day. She has witnessed Lin Yaoxie's amazing skills, learned the Five Poisons Manual, learned the Jade Maiden Sword Technique from Xiaolongnu, and recently even practiced the Long Elephant Skill, which has greatly improved her skills.

If Lu Wushuang had encountered Hong Lingbo a few years ago, she would have only been able to feign compliance and compromise. But now, Hong Lingbo's swordsmanship seemed to her like a snail crawling.

Lu Wushuang dodged the incoming sword tip with a sidestep, then slapped Hong Lingbo's wrist with his right hand, using the power of the Long Elephant Skill. Although Lu Wushuang was only a beginner, his internal strength was already significantly improved.

Hong Lingbo felt a numbness in her wrist before Lu Wushuang snatched her longsword away.

Enraged by Hong Lingbo's past mistreatment of her, Lu Wushuang thrust her sword several times, aiming for Hong Lingbo's face. Each of these thrusts left a bright red bloodstain on the latter's face.

"Get lost!" Lu Wushuang couldn't bear to kill Hong Lingbo. After slashing Hong Lingbo's face a few times, she stopped.

Hong Lingbo cried out "Wow!" and turned to run towards Li Mochou, shouting, "Master, she..."

Li Mochou stopped her eldest disciple, holding a whisk in one hand and pointing the handle at Lu Wushuang: "Jade Maiden Sword Technique? Did you just use the Jade Maiden Sword Technique?"

Lu Wushuang then noticed that she had unintentionally used the sword technique that Xiaolongnu had taught her.

“That’s right.” Lu Wushuang’s confidence increased greatly after disfiguring Hong Lingbo’s face.

"Did that bitch Xiaolong teach you that?" Li Mochou was somewhat exasperated.

"Hmph, you're not allowed to talk about Sister Long like that," Lu Wushuang said.

She was Li Mochou's apprentice, and Xiaolongnu was Li Mochou's junior sister. According to this seniority, Xiaolongnu should be Lu Wushuang's senior aunt.

Lu Wushuang harbored a deep hatred for Li Mochou, who had wiped out her entire family, and had remained by Li Mochou's side out of necessity. Now, how could Lu Wushuang possibly continue to acknowledge her enemy as her father?

Lu Wushuang was aware of the relationship between Xiaolongnu and Lin Yaoxie. Therefore, it was only natural for her to call Xiaolongnu "elder sister" to Lin Yaoxie.

"Sister Long? How intimate!" Whenever Xiao Long was mentioned, Li Mochou couldn't help but get angry, especially when she thought about the possible ambiguous relationship between Lin Yaoxie and Xiao Long.

"Since you've learned the Jade Maiden Sword Technique of the Ancient Tomb Sect and the internal energy cultivation method from Lin Wuwang," Li Mochou said politely, still wary of Lin Yaoxie. "Well, we've been master and disciple for a while now, so let's have a spar."

"Let's have a competition!" Lu Wushuang didn't hesitate, twirling her sword and charging forward first.

"You think you can just take a few lousy tricks from some bastard and a bitch and then defy the Celestial Empire?" Li Mochou sneered, slapped the black donkey's belly with both legs, and her body suddenly flew out.

He fell to the ground, flicked his whisk, and thousands of silver threads descended upon Lu Wushuang's head.

Li Mochou moved too fast; one breath she was still on the black donkey, and the next she was already in mid-air.

Lu Wushuang quickly changed his move, thrusting his longsword diagonally upwards.

The longsword and the whisk became entangled, the whisk tightly coiled around the longsword like an octopus. In mid-air, Li Mochou used a twisting motion, and with a series of cracking sounds, the longsword shattered into pieces of scrap metal.

If it weren't for the fact that he had cultivated the Long Elephant Prajna Skill and had a certain foundation in internal energy, Lu Wushuang from a few days ago would have been sent flying five or six meters away just from that shock.

Seeing that Lu Wushuang only took half a step back and then swayed to her feet, Li Mochou was slightly surprised.

With a twist of his body in mid-air, he changed the angle of his whisk and lashed at Lu Wushuang again.

With his longsword gone, Lu Wushuang could no longer use the Jade Maiden Sword Technique. At this moment, his internal energy was surging and churning again. Li Mochou's attack was coming fiercely, and there was no way to dodge it. In a flash of inspiration, he suddenly raised his hands outward.

In an instant, countless thin black shadows shot out from the sleeves of her hands. They were none other than Li Mochou's most prized Five Poison Divine Needles, which she used to dominate the martial arts world.

The Five Poison Needles were the foundation of Li Mochou's survival, and even her most loyal disciple, Hong Lingbo, did not receive their instruction.

Lu Wushuang stole the Five Poisons Manual and later, with the help of Lin Yaoxie, mastered it. However, he shouldn't have been able to learn how to use the Five Poisons Divine Needle and its application.

As luck would have it, she happened to encounter Little Long Girl, and at Lin Yaoxie's request, Little Long Girl not only passed on the Jade Maiden Sword Technique to Lin Yaoxie, but also taught him how to prepare and launch the Jade Bee Needles.

By analogy, the Jade Bee Needle and the Five Poison Divine Needle are inherently related. Since Lu Wushuang has mastered the Five Poison Divine Skill, it's only natural that he would be able to concoct the Five Poison Divine Needle.

Seeing the jet-black gleam emanating from the flying needles hurtling towards her, even Li Mochou couldn't help but feel terrified.

The martial arts world claims there's no antidote for the Five Poison Divine Needle, which is obviously impossible. There is an antidote, but only the person who concocted the needles knows its ingredients. Moreover, the antidote's remarkable nature lies in the fact that even if you possess all the ingredients, if even one ingredient is added in the wrong order during preparation, the antidote will fail.