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The woman in the green bag nodded vigorously at Fu Hai: "Yes, yes! You must protect me, and do everything you can to prevent her from taking me away."
It was clear that she had been genuinely terrified by the legend of the chivalrous heroine Ye Liuxiang since childhood. Fu Hai and Li Xianrui straightened their clothes.
Li Xianrui had to pull her hair up in two buns to cover her cat ears.
These cat ears are actually a manifestation of the yin energy drawn from the cat demon stone. If she suppresses them with her own power, she can make them disappear.
The problem is, she might have to go all out later, and she can't afford to be distracted by using her inner strength to suppress them. Fu Hai, through Xianrui's skirt, gently stroked the cat tail at the back of her neck.
Li Xianrui slapped his hand away, turned around and glared at him sharply... "Don't move." Fu Hai quickly withdrew his hand.
Li Xianrui, worthy of being a renowned and talented woman from a prestigious sect, calmed herself down and her eyes shone with brilliance.
Although Fu Lang said that the person outside might be the chivalrous woman Ye Liuxiang, since it couldn't be completely certain, they had to be prepared to fight to the death. Besides, even if it really was the legendary Ye Liuxiang, she knew nothing about this mysterious figure.
No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like a human; it's more like a monster. You can't tell if it's good or evil, and you don't know what its intentions are.
At this moment, Li Xianrui was as cold as ice, and her voice was as soft as a sword: "I will make the first move. The two of you follow closely behind and try not to let the monster outside find out."
The woman named Qingnang nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, I will use the fog barrier to help, and I will also have the little devils lead us."
Li Xianrui continued, "If the other side is hostile and doesn't intend for us to leave alive, I will use the Cat Demon Stone to control the Yin Cave and suppress them with all my might. Listen to my instructions and find the right opportunity to break through."
She turned to Fu Hai and whispered, "If it comes to that, don't look back. Use the path she opened to get out first." Although she was talking about the worst-case scenario, Fu Hai's heart still tightened.
He held Li Xianrui's hand: "Sister Xianrui, I will go out first, but you must be safe. Even if you can't come out with me, you must wait for me to find someone to rescue you."
If it really comes to that, besides reporting to the authorities, he must rush back and beg Sister Qiu Ying for help.
Li Xianrui, wielding a sharp sword, appeared as if a celestial being had descended to earth. Her mind was clear and insightful, reaching a state of perfect clarity regarding the sword.
The powerful resolve to ensure this devoted young man left alive, no matter what, propelled her spirit and energy to unprecedented heights. "Let's go!" she whispered.
Breaking through the barrier, the earth and rocks tumbled under the control of the Yin energy. The Yin Cave was already in a dilapidated state at this time.
Using the Yin energy that Qingnang Nu had previously infused, she controlled the broken Yin Cave, rapidly rotating it and rushing upwards. Suddenly, a bright, moon-like cold light pierced through the air and swept across her front.
Li Xianrui began to understand why Qingnang Nu, despite being able to control the Yin Cave, had no confidence in leaving.
The opponent's cultivation method and that of the Green Bag Woman belong to the same system. However, their levels are worlds apart.
One is in the sky and the other is on the ground.
When Qingnang Nu's Yin energy collided with the opponent, it was like a small witch meeting a great witch, utterly insignificant. Li Xianrui used her own Xuanhua Zhanbao Gong (Mysterious Flower Blooming Treasure Technique) to break through the moonlight and land on the ground.
At first glance, the monster appeared as a petite and delicate creature, its skirt worn inside out. Phosphorescent light flickered from the eye sockets of its snow-white skull, exuding an eerie aura.
The slender, long hand bones gripped the sword, its aura menacing, seemingly moving the shimmering, twisting moonlight. Although the monster's presence had been sensed earlier.
But witnessing it firsthand, Li Xianrui, seeing such a bizarre existence for the first time, still felt her scalp tingle.
"Senior Sister!" A joyful cry came from behind the White Bone Heroine. Two girls rushed over; it was Zhu Xiuhui and Zhao Xiangmei.
Seeing that her two junior sisters were safe and sound, Li Xianrui was overjoyed: "Xiuhui, Xiangmei, are you alright?"
Zhu Xiuhui and Zhao Xiangmei suddenly stopped, staring at the beautiful woman before them. "Who are you?"
Why did you transform into our senior sister's appearance? Where did you hide our senior sister?
The skeletal female warrior looked at her, phosphorescent light flickering in her empty eye sockets, seemingly carrying a hint of doubt. Li Xianrui coughed lightly, regaining her cold and aloof demeanor: "Are you two alright? And who is this?"
Zhu Xiuhui and Zhao Xiangmei felt as if they had indeed heard their senior sister meow.
But now she's reverted to her familiar, aloof and haughty demeanor. Was it just my imagination earlier?
Zhu Xiuhui introduced, "Senior Sister, this is Heroine Ye Liuxiang."
"She was just passing by when she sensed an aura here similar to that of the mastermind behind the Ganto serial murders a month ago. She came to investigate and just happened to rescue us."
Zhao Xiangmei breathed a sigh of relief: "We were also startled when we saw this Night Fragrance Heroine."
Li Xianrui already knew from Fu Lang and Qingnang Nu that this Night Fragrance Heroine was a legend in the martial arts world that had existed for almost a hundred years.
She then sheathed her sword, bowed, and said, "I am Ji Xianrui from the Painting Immortal Pavilion of Jade City Mountain. I am very grateful to Senior Ye for saving my two junior sisters. I have long admired your name, and I am extremely fortunate to meet you here today."
Zhu Xiuhui and Zhao Xiangmei looked curiously at the skeleton warrior who still sent chills down their spines. They then looked at their senior sister with admiration, thinking, "As expected of the senior sister, she must have heard of this skeleton warrior long ago?" Ye Liuxiang gently nodded her skull.
She noticed that although the senior sister of the Painting Immortal Pavilion was thanking her, she had a tense face, kept quiet, and spoke in a cold tone, appearing unwilling.
Ye Liuxiang has seen the coldness and warmth of human relationships. In the past, she has saved many people, but they were frightened and ran away when they saw her.
Even a month ago, when she helped the city's soldiers and civilians rid themselves of that thug, all that followed her were sighs of relief. Since the other party was so aloof and arrogant, she naturally didn't want to presume upon them.
After all, she was a young lady from a prestigious family, while he was just a monster feared by everyone. She said calmly, "I heard there are other people here?"
Li Xianrui tried her best to control herself, afraid that she might meow again if she wasn't careful. If she did, her two junior sisters would probably think that she had been possessed by a cat demon and would ask Senior Ye Liuxiang to dissect her on the spot.
She turned around and said in a cool, aloof tone, "You all come out too!"
With a snap, a wisp of white mist billowed out, and the eerie atmosphere dissipated. The two people behind them fell down!
Chapter 150 Xiaoye: Brother, what are you doing?
Fu Hai fell down along with the Qingnang woman.
The woman lay on the ground, and Fu Hai straddled her buttocks.
They really didn't fall in that position on purpose. Originally, Qingnang Nu was in front, and Fu Hai was behind.
The Green Pouch Girl supported them with invisible little ghosts, using the mist as cover. Li Xianrui didn't make a move; instead, she spoke to the monsters outside.
Qingnang Nu looked ahead, and Fu Hai, behind her, followed suit, crouching forward to try and see clearly if it was indeed Xiao Ye. If it was Xiao Ye, then they had to stop her and Xianrui from making a move no matter what.
Swords have no eyes; if you can stop them, you should do everything in your power to stop them. When he realized it was really Xiaoye, he was overjoyed.
Qingnang Nu happened to hear Li Xianrui's words, removed the mist barrier, lost her balance, and fell, resulting in this appearance. Qingnang Nu stretched out her hands and grabbed the ground.
Fu Hai straddled her back, pressing his hands against her lower back to steady her. Xiao Ye glared at them... "Brother, what are you doing?"
If I had known you were living such a glamorous life, I wouldn't have come to rescue you.
Li Xianrui saw this senior Ye Liuxiang, and the two men, Fu Lang and Qing Nang Nu, in strange poses.
This senior Ye Liuxiang, don't talk about being "expressionless"... she doesn't even have a face, so where would she get an expression?
Therefore, it was impossible to discern her attitude; all that was seen was a fleeting phosphorescent light within the eerie eye sockets. Li Xianrui said, "This is Young Master Fu Hai of the Dragon Claw Inn."
Xiaoye didn't want anyone to know about the relationship between "Ye Liuxiang" and her brother, fearing it would cause him trouble. She said calmly, "Is that so... Hmm, I think we met once a month ago."
Li Xianrui glanced back at Fu Lang and Qingnang Nu. She wasn't particularly happy to see them fall like that.
In addition, to maintain her image and lest she accidentally "meow," she coldly said, "Aren't you getting up?"
Even Zhu Xiuhui and Zhao Xiangmei felt that the young master had helped them many times along the way, and that he had even hugged and cuddled with Sister Tian when they were dealing with that zombie.
The senior sister's attitude now is truly ungrateful. Fu Hai got up.
She felt a tightness around her waist, fearing that the legendary heroine Ye Liuxiang would kill her, or at least take her navel, the Green Bag Girl. She clung tightly to his waist and hid behind him.
Xiaoye gritted her white teeth... What exactly is the relationship between this strange woman and her brother? In this situation, she couldn't very well ask her brother.
In addition, I heard from Zhu and Zhao that their brother had helped them a lot.
At this moment, the young lady of the Painting Immortal Pavilion was so indifferent to him; she disliked such an ungrateful woman. But regardless, as long as her brother was safe and sound, that was all that mattered.
“This Yin Cave is unstable,” Xiao Ye said. “Let’s leave here first, destroy the Yin Cave, and seal the entrances and exits to prevent the Yin energy and Qi of this place from leaking out.” Li Xianrui followed behind her with her two junior sisters.
She was astonished to find that this legendary immortal heroine sounded quite young, almost the same age as her junior sister. They had come out together after falling down one after the other.
The eastern sky was a hazy gray. Xiaoye turned around and slashed, drawing in the last rays of the fading moon and blasting it into the ground.
With a muffled thud, the earth and stones collapsed, sealing off the entire entrance.
"There are still a few people over there!" Xiao Ye glanced at the other side of the woods and said calmly, "I have no interest in your grudges; you can handle them yourselves."
They stood there, motionless.
"Thank you, Senior Ye!" Li Xianrui cupped her hands and stepped forward.
Fu Hai originally wanted to whisper something to Xiao Ye, but Qing Nang Nu hugged his waist, trembling, and pushed him to walk quickly.
When Li Xianrui arrived, she indeed saw the Jade-Faced Scholar, Peach Girl, Chen Ai Hu, the old man in brocade robes sitting in a wheelchair, the burly man, and the constable Lu Cheng'an.
Chen Ai Hu was actually holding a thin, short woman in his arms.
Peach Girl knelt on the ground, before whom lay a writhing, ugly male corpse. The corpse had a bald head and a skeletal, elongated body. They remained there, none daring to leave first.
Li Xianrui looked around, remembering that there should be another "mysterious girl in a pomegranate skirt who knows magic" here, but she didn't see her. Li Xianrui was as cold as ice, and opened her mouth.
The old man in the brocade robe suddenly said, "This matter has nothing to do with them; they were all invited by me."
"I will turn myself in. Whether you report me to the authorities or take me directly to Jade City Mountain, I don't care. The others are just doing things for money. Please let them go, Miss Li."
"I am the mastermind and culprit behind tonight's events!" the burly man retorted. "Mr. Zhao."
Mr. Zhao raised his hand and said, "It's alright! Regardless of the final outcome, this is the result I wanted." Li Xianrui had already realized that the old man in the brocade robe must be the mastermind.
She looked at the burly man and suddenly said, "Could this be the Third Master of the Golden Tiger in Daicheng?"
Tiger Master stood behind Old Master Zhao and said, "This man is just a rough fellow who hangs out in the underworld. I never thought that Miss Xianrui would know his lowly name."
Li Xianrui said calmly, "Who doesn't know that Third Master Hu is a man of great loyalty and righteousness among the outlaws? Everyone in the outlaws says that a single word from Third Master Hu is worth a whole basin of gold and silver."
"Even if I were to report this to the authorities here, given Third Master's connections in both the legitimate and underworld circles, and the various heroes he has made in the bandit world, I'm afraid he wouldn't even last two sentences in jail. Even if we forcibly take him to Jade City Mountain, it would be difficult to get him to his homeland along the way."
Tiger Master said, "Miss, you flatter me! Our men are of average strength. They only killed us here because of our meager connections in the martial world. You are a righteous person, while our men are outlaws. It is no pity that they died by your sword."
Li Xianrui said, "Third Master Hu has always been a shrewd figure in the underworld, but I am very curious about how much gold and silver this old Mr. Zhao spent to invite him to help him."
"If it weren't for you, I believe these people would never have been able to so easily track down my whereabouts and those of my three junior sisters, and set up such a trap. This price must have been quite high, right?"
Tiger Master sighed, "I didn't accept a single penny; it was just to repay a favor from back then." Li Xianrui nodded.
She knew that although Tiger Master was only at the eighth level of strength, if she reported him to the authorities today, he would probably be rescued from prison tonight, which would be pointless. "Since this Mr. Zhao is the mastermind, I naturally cannot let him go."
She said coolly, "But you all did participate tonight, whether for money or for friendship, I had to take action. However, if I let you go and don't pursue this matter further, wouldn't Third Master owe me a favor?"
Chapter 151 It's all fucking weird!
Tiger Master looked at Li Xianrui and was secretly amazed by the intelligence of this talented woman from the Painting Immortal Pavilion.
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