"That girl was so ruthless!"

With a flick of his hand, the man conjured up Xiaoxi's spirit talisman.

Xiaoxi felt that the voice was familiar. Wasn't it Xie Yujie's coal-mining uncle?

"You coal mine owner surnamed Zhou, are you sick? Why are you coming to my house in the middle of the night?" Xiaoxi's voice was very impolite.

"I treated you to a meal, and you left without saying goodbye. Of course I was worried about your safety, so I came along to check on you!"

Zhou Ye's voice was ambiguous, neither a genuine laugh nor a joke; it was hard to tell how much of it was real and how much was fake.

"Then I must thank you. Remember to close the window for me when you go out!"

Xiao Xi covered her head with the blanket, pretending to continue sleeping, but actually used the blanket as cover to quickly organize the talismans and magical artifacts for battle in her mind and storage pouch.

Two minutes later, Xiaoxi lifted the blanket, and sure enough, Zhou Ye was still there.

"Uncle Ye, what exactly are you trying to do?"

Haven't I taken good care of Xie Yujie? I always share my good food with him. Are you angry that I hit him on the stage today?

But the situation was very special back then. If I really used too much force, he would have collapsed on the stage and wouldn't have been able to get up.

Xiaoxi chattered on and on, but Zhou Ye remained silent, simply watching her with his back to the moonlight.

"Forget it, if you want to fight, go outside! My brother put a lot of effort into cleaning this room for me, don't break anything!"

Xiaoxi suppressed her anger, trying not to lose her composure.

She flipped over, jumped up, put on her slippers, and stepped onto the windowsill.

The window was big enough that she slipped past Zhou Ye and stepped out, only to find herself in mid-air.

Zhou Ye grabbed her by her pajamas. Luckily, she was wearing pajamas, or she would have been terribly embarrassed.

Facing the moonlight, Xiaoxi finally saw Zhou Ye's clear eyes looking down at her.

"You don't even understand your own situation? This is on the third floor!"

Xiaoxi: You talk as if you know my family so well.

Only then did she notice that Zhou Ye had changed into a casual Taoist robe, his hair completely loose, giving him a relaxed and elegant air.

Then Zhou Ye smiled and suddenly drew a sword. Xiao Xi thought he was going to kill her with the sword.

While she was still in shock, Zhou Ye lifted her onto the sword.

Flying on a sword?

With just this one move, Xiaoxi knew she had lost, because she didn't know how to fly with the crescent blade yet.

Shocked, Zhou Ye had already brought Xiao Xi to the lakeside.

"Let's begin, bring out everything you know!"

Xiao Xi steeled herself and took out her crescent blade to confront Zhou Ye.

To everyone's surprise, the crescent moon retreated first, failing to unleash its power under the moonlight and becoming nothing more than a piece of scrap metal, its purple edge completely unseen.

The crescent blade clearly dared not confront the sword in Zhou Ye's hand.

In the end, it was Zhou Ye who single-handedly mastered the art of swordsmanship.

He exuded a cold and noble aura, and the flowing light of the sword's twirling made the gems on the hilt shine even brighter in the moonlight.

Xiaoxi was stunned again, not wanting to use too many words to describe it. To say more would only boost the other's morale and diminish her own.

Hmph, he's just blatantly showing off.

Xiaoxi didn't want to look anymore and began to admire the moonlight on the lake.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is just two days away, and the silvery moonlight shines on the lake, creating a rather pleasant scene.

But she had no mood to appreciate the moonlight. She recalled how spirited she was when she was forging her first weapon, a small wooden spoon, by the lake.

As a result, the little wooden spoon that blocked the bullet disappeared after only a few months, which proved that his cultivation level was not high enough.

Xiao Xi couldn't help but feel anxious. Just who was Zhou Ye? Why couldn't she see through him? It was because her cultivation level was insufficient.

But it doesn't seem like he came to kill me, right? Otherwise, he would have had countless opportunities to strike.

Zhou Ye practiced his swordplay for a while, but Xiao Xi wasn't even looking at him.