A shooting star streaked across the sky. Mo Li watched from afar, a vague unease creeping into her heart. "I hope Mo Chen is safe and sound..."

Just then, the soldiers behind him stepped forward and said, "Young Master Mo, the lavender has been picked."

Mo Li nodded. "Let's go!"

——

Gu Yan of Heilong Mountain leisurely sipped his tea. Beside him, Gu Chengyan possessed another person's body and spoke with a resentful expression, "None of these barbarians are decent-looking. Even the women have dark, dry skin. They are truly ugly!"

Gu Yan put down his teacup and chuckled, "This is one of the reasons why I lead the barbarians. If two groups of people with different bloodlines and customs do not interact, they will never know that there are people in the world who are completely different from themselves."

Gu Chengyan curled his lip. "So you manipulated the Barbarian King and then started a war?"

"Heh, I wouldn't go so far as to manipulate an ordinary person. I'll just tell him that there are beautiful women outside the barbarian tribes, countless treasures and resources in those bustling cities, and an inexhaustible supply of delicacies and fine wines." Gu Yan squinted, recalling the day he finished speaking, and the barbarian king's eyes blazed with desire, and he couldn't help but sneer:

"Tell me, if he's unmoved by even these things and has no desires whatsoever, do you think he can still be a barbarian king?"

“But… in this way, it’s really hard to tell who’s right and who’s wrong between you two, master and disciple…” Gu Chengyan sighed and said.

For those who protect their homes, and for those who are willing to do anything to survive—who is right and who is wrong?

"If we don't know who's right and who's wrong, let's just wait and see how it ends!" Gu Yan smiled, his eyes narrowed. "I think now our only opponent is him!"

"Gu Liyan...you're clearly not leaving them a way out!"

"Leave him a way out? Ha, as long as he's willing to admit defeat, I'll give him a way out!" Gu Yan chuckled.

Gu Chengyan was about to say something when a scout ran in and reported, "Reporting to the Grand Strategist, the army at the foot of the mountain has already reached the summit."

Gu Yan squinted and asked, "How many people are coming?"

"There are fewer than three hundred, but the white-clad man leading them is so powerful that our army has no way to resist him."

"Less than three hundred? Heh." Gu Yan couldn't help but chuckle upon hearing this, turning to look at Gu Chengyan and saying, "Look, that little fox is provoking me!"

Gu Chengyan chuckled but said nothing, realizing he couldn't say anything more in favor of Mo Li for the moment.

Gu Yan smiled and said to the scout, "Cheng Yan, send word to have the five teams of superpowered individuals assemble. I want to see how much Xiao Li has improved since I last saw her!"

Gu Chengyan was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected Gu Yan to ask him to call the superpowered team. He could only reluctantly agree, "Yes."

After Gu Chengyan left the tent, he squinted at the scout and asked, "Have you captured the two people I asked you to bring back?"

"Reporting to the Grand Strategist, Hei Yan, the chieftain of Black Dragon Mountain, and Jin Mu Qingjiao are being guarded by Habi'er," the scout reported respectfully.

Gu Yan nodded. "Have you taken care of Xian'er's side as well?"

The scout nodded. "Yes, but their bodies aren't in the cage. I'm afraid they've already escaped..."

Gu Yan waved his hand and said, "That's alright, it's better if you escape! Go and bring Hei Yan and Qing'er here."

"Yes!" The scout left the tent.

Gu Yan smiled, his eyes narrowed. "Gu Liyan, my good disciple, perhaps you don't even know it now, but your best friend and your little lover are both in my hands..."

——

With his jade flute in hand, Mo Li charged forward, knocking unconscious all the barbarian soldiers who approached. Within a few breaths, most of the barbarian soldiers lay dead at his feet.

In an instant, only a few dozen barbarian soldiers remained in the surrounding area.

Turning around, Mo Li looked at his comrades who were already quite far behind him. He didn't see that they had suffered too many casualties, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If they could all return safely, he could give Wang Qiankun a satisfactory explanation.

But at that moment, to Mo Li's horror, he was suddenly surrounded by many experts with extraordinary auras.

"Everyone, be careful of your surroundings..." Mo Li hurriedly reminded.

Before the words were finished, a scream came from the farthest distance, followed by a chorus of agonizing screams—

"Who is it! Watch out—"

"Run! Run!"

"ah--"

"Is it a human or a ghost! Quick, run!"

Before Mo Li could turn around to provide support, a familiar voice spoke up, "By constantly looking ahead and behind, you can never protect everything! This is the lesson I'm teaching you today!"

Mo Li shuddered as he looked at Gu Yan emerging from the barbarian army.

It stems from the grief of separation, and from the poignant emotion of reuniting after a life-or-death experience; both are equally true.

It's also an unknown fear!

"Xiao Li, it's been a long time. You've grown up, but it seems your mind hasn't changed." Gu Yan looked into Mo Li's clear eyes and sighed.

He is still the same as he was in his childhood, unchanged in the slightest. He is soft-hearted when things happen, and easily swayed by emotions when dealing with people. What is even more fatal is that he is now willing to die for love and righteousness!

Gu Yan's biggest fear is teaching a disciple like this, and he happens to have both. Now, what's even more surprising is that Gu Changyuan has also reverted to his true nature because of him!

The most terrifying person is not a hero, but a strategist who knows how to win people's hearts. Gu Yan looked at Mo Li and realized that he had already become such a "person"!

"Master, Master..."

Tears welled up in Mo Li's eyes. Could this disheveled man who didn't care about his appearance at all really be his master? He could hardly believe it!

The fox king who always liked to comb his hair neatly, the white-robed hermit who never wanted to get his clothes dirty, the master who always thought of others and helped to bring about one beautiful marriage after another...

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