"Hey, if you want to fight, then fight. If you don't want to fight, then surrender. What's with all this dawdling?" Yun Qingran took a few steps back, looking at the man angrily.
"Little girl, you are truly a very interesting person. It's a pity he can't be with you." The ordinary-looking man shook his head, his hands behind his back, as he looked at Yun Qingran's angry expression.
Yun Qingran: ? ! !
"What do you mean? Who can't be with me?" Yun Qingran was very puzzled.
What romantic entanglements have I gotten myself into? After thinking for a long time, I denied it to myself. No, I've always had the desire but not the courage to do anything, and I haven't messed with anyone.
"Little girl, we will meet again." After saying this, the man turned and flew away.
Just as he was about to take off, someone suddenly grabbed the back of his collar. He turned around and saw Yun Qingran.
"If you can come and go as you please, wouldn't I lose face?" Yun Qingran grabbed the collar of the man flying in the air.
The man remained relaxed. He spun in mid-air and crashed headlong into Yun Qingran. Too close to dodge or avoid, Yun Qingran had no choice but to release the man's grip.
After Yun Qingran loosened his collar, the man took the opportunity to fly away.
"Hey, hey." After chasing for a couple of steps, the other person disappeared without a trace. Yun Qingran could only stop and stomp her foot angrily.
Returning to the Zhen'an Marquis's residence with a belly full of anger, he saw Xuanling harassing Bicao.
"If you harass an innocent woman again, I'll break your third leg." Yun Qingran glared at Xuan Ling with eyes as sharp as knives.
This guy, judging from his appearance and demeanor, seems to have the air of a celestial being, but he's actually just a lewd Taoist priest who flirts with anyone he can, from eighty to eighteen.
I really don't know whether it's a good thing or a bad thing to win him over and make him my subordinate.
Upon hearing this, Xuanling quickly covered his private parts with both hands, then chuckled ingratiatingly at Yun Qingran, "Who made our young lady angry? Tell me, and I'll avenge you."
“Someone whose martial arts skills are superior to mine.” Yun Qingran looked at him with a smile in her eyes.
"Um... my martial arts are better than yours!" Xuanling looked troubled. She couldn't even beat the young lady herself, and she even had her hand cut off. If she was stronger than her, then she definitely couldn't beat her.
"Let's go, let's avenge me." Yun Qingran made a move to leave.
"Hey, Miss, a gentleman uses words, not fists. How about we call it quits?" Xuanling grabbed Yun Qingran's hand and chuckled.
"Hmph." Yun Qingran snorted, then said, "Like a sparrow laying a duck egg—talking big."
Xuanling: ...
“Young Miss, although I can’t beat him by myself, I have a few brothers in the underworld. Tell me who it is, and I’ll bring my brothers to beat him up.” Xuanling decided he had to regain his face.
“I don’t know either.” Yun Qingran shook her head solemnly. “I saw obvious glue marks on his neck. He must have been wearing a human skin mask. I can only roughly guess that he is a middle-aged or elderly man.”
The man called her "little girl," even though he was over twenty years old. He must be quite old, at least middle-aged.
“Middle-aged and elderly men, that’s a bit too broad a range,” Xuanling said, scratching the back of his head.
"Oh right, he seems to have a tattoo on his back." Yun Qingran suddenly remembered that when the man was about to fly away, she rushed up and grabbed the back of his collar, where there was a tattoo pattern.
"Miss, do you remember what that tattoo looked like?" Xuanling asked.
"I don't remember it very clearly, I can only remember the general shape." The pattern was very intricate, and she only glanced at it.
“Miss, please draw it so I can take a look. Maybe I recognize it,” Xuanling said.
Many gangs in the martial arts world tattoo their members. Having tattoos on your body likely means you belong to a particular gang.
Tattoos are usually gang insignia. Having been in the underworld for so many years, he knows many gang tattoos, so he might be able to tell that person's identity from them.
"Mm." Yun Qingran nodded, then asked Bicao to get paper and pen.
Bi Cao brought out paper and pen, and Yun Qingran roughly drew the tattoo design based on her memory.
“This…” Xuanling picked up the drawn pattern, her expression somewhat solemn.
"Do you recognize this pattern?" Yun Qingran asked Xuanling.
"This pattern looks like the symbol of the Heavenly Demon Sect." Xuanling looked at the pattern, his lewd and playful expression disappearing, and he became serious.
"What is the Heavenly Demon Sect?" Yun Qingran asked.
"In the martial arts world, there are many gangs, but these gangs are actually not respectable and are all suppressed by the imperial court. However, there is one gang, and that gang is the Heavenly Demon Sect."
Xuanling paused for a moment and continued, "The Heavenly Demon Sect is mysterious and unpredictable, with countless experts. I heard that ten years ago, four countries joined forces to suppress it, but they did not completely wipe it out. A few years later, it sprang up again."
"So impressive!" Yun Qingran clicked her tongue. This small gang, which even a four-nation coalition couldn't wipe out, was no small feat.
“I’ve been in the martial world for so many years and I’ve never had any contact with them. I only recognized their mark by chance. Miss, how did you offend the Heavenly Demon Sect?” Xuanling looked at Yun Qingran with curiosity.
"I don't know. My principle has always been 'If you don't offend me, I won't offend you.' How would I know when I offended this Heavenly Demon Sect?" Yun Qingran said, expressing her innocence.
It's strange, but I always seem to be the one who gets into trouble!
"Jade Emperor, Buddha, please bless me and stop me from encountering these messy things. Amen!" Yun Qingran clasped her hands together and bowed.
“Miss, don’t worry too much. Maybe that person was just passing by and got itchy fingers when he saw you, so he started a fight with you. He was probably just teasing you.” Xuanling comforted Yun Qingran.
Yun Qingran gave a wry smile. That person was clearly there to test her, not just passing by and itching to tease her.
"I'll make two more smoke bombs now." Yun Qingran was very worried about her safety, and the more self-defense items she had, the better.
After making a few smoke bombs and refining some hemostatic and healing items, Yun Qingran remembered that she had bought gifts for Jun Yanyan and Jun An'an. So she changed her clothes, took the gifts, and went to the Northern Cold Prince's Mansion.
The guards of the Northern Cold Prince's Palace saw her and immediately let her pass respectfully.
Upon arriving at the Northern Cold Prince's mansion, Yun Qingran sensed that something was amiss. Many people were rushing in and out, and numerous guards were flying around.
"Miss Yun, you've arrived." She happened to run into Pei Chen while walking in the courtyard.
"Yes, I've come to give gifts to Yan Yan and An An." Yun Qingran nodded, then asked him, "Pei Chen, has something happened?"
"Something tricky has happened." Pei Chen rubbed his hands and nodded.
"What is it?" Yun Qingran asked.
"There's something unusual happening in Yao County." Pei Chen sighed softly, somewhat annoyed.
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