Six thousand funeral flowers
As darkness fell and the night grew darker, even more people came to hunt down Yu Yangxian. However, unlike before, most of them were lone assassins from the martial arts world.
Today is a special day. Mi Yun looked up at the bright moon overhead, lowered her head slightly, and adjusted the edge of her straw hat with her hand.
Qingzhuxuan should be the territory of Su Yuanshan, the leader of the martial arts alliance. After all, she had been searching in the outside world for two years, so she was familiar with these places.
While things are in chaos here, let's go look for traces of the broken jade.
Mi Yun glanced at the situation below, then lightly touched the ground with her toes, urging the water ripples and moon shadows to leap over the eaves.
She left without a sound, but Yu Yangxian, who was in danger, suddenly looked up, and her originally calm eyes suddenly showed a fiery heat.
"Ripples on the water, moonlight reflected..."
She murmured, and Lin Yanzhi, who was beside her, was startled. His right arm had been slashed by the assassin who came to kill him. He knew that he could not be distracted at this time, but the desire in Yu Yangxian's tone just now was too strong, which surprised him, even though he was quite familiar with her.
Water Ripples and Moon Shadow? As he swung his sword toward the assassin's head, he pondered that Water Ripples and Moon Shadow was one of the top lightness skills in the martial arts world, most famous for its silence, but no martial artist dared to casually seek out the method to learn it.
This lightness skill originated from the Demonic Sect, which was at its peak thirty years ago but has now been expelled from the Central Plains.
Moon worship.
How could the Moon Worshippers suddenly appear in the Central Plains? Lin Yanzhi gripped his sword even tighter.
Since the disappearance of the leader of the Moon Worship Cult more than 30 years ago and the rise of a new leader, the Moon Worship Cult, although it had always been the highest-ranking sect in the previous dynasty, gradually split internally due to the disappearance of its former leader. A few years later, the Zhao dynasty was overthrown, and the current emperor, Gu Anmin, ascended the throne. The Moon Worship Cult then withdrew from the stage of the Central Plains and returned to the southern border.
Lin Yanzhi pulled the sword out of the last person's chest and turned his gaze to Yu Yangxian.
"Young Master Lin."
Yu Yangxian gently broke free from his embrace and took a step back.
Lin Yanzhi sensed her distance and immediately apologized, "I was in a hurry just now and I offended you. Qingzhu Pavilion is just ahead."
After he finished speaking, he smiled gently, "However, if Fairy Yu is available in the future, the Medical Valley will always have a room available for you."
Yu Yangxian smiled faintly and said, "Young Master is teasing me again."
Lin Yanzhi knew that Yu Yangxian was a quiet person, but looking at Su Yuanshan's residence, he sighed inwardly, "Qingzhuxuan is not a place where one can live in peace."
Seeing Su Yuanshan rushing over, Lin Yanzhi said, "Then you should rest early, young lady. I'll take my leave now."
He sheathed his sword, cupped his hands in a respectful gesture to Yu Yangxian, and disappeared from her sight quickly with light footsteps.
No, that's not how I feel right now.
Yu Yangxian shook her head. Although she knew someone was watching her from behind, she was still immersed in the moment when she felt the moon's reflection on the water.
"Yu'er, it's going to rain."
Su Yuanshan stood behind her.
"I will return to Yihuan Pavilion tomorrow."
Yu Yangxian turned around, her hair ornament trembling slightly, and her tone seemed somewhat urgent.
Su Yuanshan was taken aback, then frowned and said, "You are still free these past few days."
“I know.” Yu Yangxian’s eyes were firm: “But I must go back. The martial world is bound to be in chaos soon, and I need to make sure I get all the news as soon as possible.”
Yu Yangxian rarely showed such excitement. Su Yuanshan looked at her face.
The face beneath the veil was blurry; only the eyes were fully exposed on that fair cheek.
Her expression was calm, but her urgency at this moment made her eyes bright as clear water, and her cold indifference that kept people at a distance seemed to melt away a bit.
Su Yuanshan had no intention of stopping you: "Although I don't know what kind of obsession you have with that place, that you have the opportunity to leave but still choose to stay there, I can't persuade you otherwise. Just go back."
Thank you.
Yu Yangxian calmed down, but her gaze was still somewhat blank as she walked towards Qingzhu Pavilion.
Su Yuanshan turned around and looked at Yu Yangxian, who seemed slightly drunk but whose steps were graceful and elegant. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Yu Yangxian joined Yihuan Pavilion three years ago when she was only fifteen. The reason is unknown, but according to the information he found, she was knocked unconscious and sold into Yihuan Pavilion. The madam saw that she had an extraordinary temperament and was amazed by Yu Yangxian's dance after she woke up. She trained her to be the top courtesan. However, for some reason, Yu Yangxian had not yet received any customers, but her fame had already attracted countless princes and nobles. In order to make greater profits, the madam deliberately blurred her identity as a virgin, but in fact, she would push her out at any time when the time was right.
Su Yuanshan and other martial arts figures, as well as those noble scions, all have the ability to give Yu Yangxian a clear identity, either openly or secretly. Even if the madam dares to ask for an exorbitant price, wealthy merchants can afford it, noble families can make her close down, and martial arts figures can silence her completely, but the prerequisite is that Yu Yangxian herself wants to leave.
However, Yu Yangxian seemed not to care about any of this. Su Yuanshan sensed that she didn't even care about the innocence that the world cared about. She stayed here because she had things to do. She only focused on the things that were on her mind.
Su Yuanshan had investigated what her obsession was, but unfortunately, he had no clues. It must be related to her past. The madam refused to tell him about the person who sold her in. Since she dared not say, it was a clue. Yu Yangxian was probably involved with someone who was not an ordinary person. Su Yuanshan only learned a little about Yu Yangxian from an old beggar near Yihuan Pavilion.
When she was brought in, it must have been close to midnight. The old man came out in the middle of the night to look for his ignorant little apprentice who had sneaked out. He happened to run into a man in black whose lightness skill blended with the moonlight, as if he were walking on air. The elder of the Beggars' Sect kept praising him. But at the same time, he also noticed the gray-clad woman in the arms of the man in black.
The woman was now Yu Yangxian. The old man didn't have much of an impression of her face, not only because it was dark, but also because he didn't like recognizing faces. He was always squatting on the ground, and the first thing he noticed was people's attire and demeanor. So he was quite certain that Yu Yangxian must have been a young lady from a wealthy family in the past.
Su Yuanshan wasn't particularly surprised to hear the news, but what was strange was that since she was a young lady from a wealthy family, why had she fallen into prostitution and why had no one come looking for her?
The old man then fell silent, giving him a meaningful look.
He had a vague guess that perhaps her family had disowned her because of her condition, or perhaps... her entire family had been wiped out.
But how could there be no news of a massacre in the capital? Only the first possibility is most likely.
He looked up at the night sky, and just then, a light rain began to fall.
Su Yuanshan put aside his thoughts for the moment. These things couldn't be explained in a short time. Yu Yangxian was intelligent and never entertained any thought of escaping. Since she had been abducted but refused to leave, and given her otherworldly nature, he absolutely refused to believe that someone wasn't involved behind the scenes.
"Alliance Leader! Something terrible has happened! Miss Yu has been injured by villains!"
A maidservant rushed out of the mansion, panting, and said, "I had just fetched water to help Miss bathe when I entered her room and saw Shuxue lying on the ground! Before I could even react, Miss also collapsed on the ground!"
Upon hearing this, Su Yuanshan frowned and quickly walked to Qingzhu Pavilion.
Where is Biqin?
He entered the room, checked Yu Yangxian's pulse, and after confirming that she was alright, asked the person behind him.
Before the maid could arrive, a black figure appeared behind him and said mechanically, "Reporting to the Alliance Leader, Biqin's body has been found in the backyard. She was stabbed through the chest with a sword."
"Are there any signs of poisoning?"
He helped Yu Yangxian to the bed and carefully tucked her in.
The man in black replied, "No."
Su Yuanshan turned around, raised his chin, and asked, "Where is Yu'er's maid? What happened?"
The man in black added, "Although there are no clear signs, it seems he was injured by poison powder."
After saying that, Su Yuanshan waved his hand, and the man in black disappeared without a sound. At the same time, the little maid ran outside.
"grown ups."
She entered the house and greeted Su Yuanshan with a flustered air.
"Get up and settle Shuxue down."
Su Yuanshan looked at the books and snow on the ground and said.
The maidservant quickly got up and helped Shuxue up, asking, "Miss Yu..."
Su Yuanshan glanced at her quietly, and the little maid immediately fell silent and withdrew.
A short while later, Yu Yangxian slowly woke up, and Su Yuanshan, who was sitting by the couch, poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her.
Yu Yangxian took the tea, her expression remaining indifferent, as if she wasn't the one who had just been injured.
"Yu'er, do you remember the face of the person who injured you?"
Seeing that she had finished her tea, Su Yuanshan looked into her eyes and asked softly.
Yu Yangxian's hand froze.
"Young Master Su is joking. That man's face was covered, how would I know what he looks like?"
She held the cup, her expression unchanged.
Su Yuanshan didn't miss the moment her hand stiffened, and he narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Yu'er was attacked by that person after your maid was injured. Did you see the weapon that person used?"
"It must be some kind of poison." Yu Yangxian answered directly this time: "How is Shuxue's condition?"
Su Yuanshan said, "You just fainted. The maid who came to bathe you today found that you two were injured, so I asked her to take care of Shuxue."
"A maid?" Yu Yangxian looked at him with slight surprise: "I have already taken a bath and was preparing to rest."
The maid was a person in disguise, and she walked in front of him several times.
Upon hearing this, Su Yuanshan abruptly stood up and walked outside, leaving Yu Yangxian with only one sentence.
"Yu'er, rest well. I will send you back tomorrow."
Yu Yangxian lowered her eyes gently, her delicate hands playing with the jade cup, lost in thought.
Mi Yun squatted on a big tree, looking at Yi Huan Pavilion in the distance.
"Tu Xiao, it's been a long time. You're still as reckless as ever, leaving me speechless," Mi Yun said expressionlessly to the person below the tree, leaning against the trunk.
The girl under the tree emerged from the shadows, revealing a pretty face. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed the maid who had just delivered the message to the leader of the martial arts alliance.
However, the timid expression had vanished, and the mocking smile on his face could not be hidden.
Tu Xiao tore off her mask and laughed, "I just wanted to see how strong this martial arts alliance leader is. If even I can't detect it, what great use can he be?"
That's not necessarily true.
Mi Jun remained silent, seemingly too lazy to pay attention to her.
Today, she searched for the broken jade to no avail and intended to leave early, but she sensed two other people with the same aura in the Green Bamboo Pavilion.
One person was very skilled in martial arts, but not good at hiding. He provoked Yu Yangxian's little guard. After dealing with him, he realized something was wrong and left without getting involved in what happened next.
The other person was her fellow disciple, Tu Xiao. Her disguise skills were top-notch in the sect, but she lacked martial arts skills. After she used the sect's poison, Drunkenness, on the little maid, traces of her internal energy were still left behind. Just then, Su Yuanshan's guards arrived. Mi Yun personally dealt with Yu Yangxian and sealed Tu Xiao's martial arts, giving both of them time to prepare their escape route.
"I'll never forget the aura of that person today." Tu Xiao smiled, recalling the figure in the backyard. "I've been in the capital for so long, I'm most familiar with this kind of technique..."
Before she could finish speaking, Mi Yun suddenly jumped down from the tree and kicked her.
"Mind your own business and don't forget our true purpose."
Mi Yun glanced at her, stepped on the damp mud, and disappeared like a ghost.
"We've found 90% of the jade fragments, but we're still missing a few. We have some clues about each of them. In three months at most, we must return to the sect," Tu Xiaowei said softly to the moon, shielding her forehead from the rain.
There was no response.
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