Although Tu Nian and Chu Qiurong only knew the approximate direction of the girl's departure, a search talisman and the lost peace locket were enough to point her in the direction.
However, following the guidance of the search talisman, the two came all the way from the long street to the suburbs, and finally arrived under a stone bridge by the river, but the talisman suddenly went out.
As the light of the search talisman dissipated, the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness. Fortunately, Chu Qiurong was prepared and quickly made a light gesture in her hand.
Glancing around, he couldn't help but ask doubtfully, "Junior Sister, are you sure you drew this talisman correctly?"
The search symbol went out, meaning they had arrived at the place they were looking for. However, looking around, apart from the two of them, there were only a few lonely dead trees. There was no girl or man to be seen.
“That shouldn’t be the case.”
Tu Nian was also puzzled. He frowned and took out a similar talisman and stuck it on the peace locket. "Master watched me draw this talisman, and he didn't say I was wrong at that time."
As a result, the two of them waited for a long time with eyes wide open, but they didn't see Fu Liang.
Feeling a faint gaze from the side, Tu Nian grinned awkwardly, "Maybe, the person is in the river, who knows?"
She was just joking, but before she finished speaking, she felt a chill on her neck, and then a gentle, almost moaning sound rang in her ear.
"What a heartless young man! You haven't even touched me, yet you're thinking of letting me sink in that cold water?"
Almost at the same time, Chu Qiurong held a long sword and pointed it precisely at the source of the sound, pressing it against the man's throat. A cold light flashed, illuminating his face.
"Is it you?"
The sword light highlighted the pretty face of the red girl, and there was a hidden danger in her charming eyes.
Lifting her fiery red lips, she exhaled like orchid, "Swords have no eyes, young master, please be careful."
After she said this in such a meaningful way, Chu Qiurong saw the dagger on Tu Nian's neck, and her face suddenly darkened.
"You're looking for death!"
Chu Qiurong was burning with rage, and the spiritual power in her body surged out, bringing with it a tremendous momentum.
"Oh, Nascent Soul cultivation."
Feeling the overwhelming pressure from him, Miss Hong couldn't help but feel a little surprised, and her attention was distracted. Tu Nian took advantage of this opportunity and secretly reached out to the mustard seed, intending to take out a Vajra Talisman and run away.
However, when she had only extended her hand halfway, Chu Qiurong's momentum suddenly dissipated. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, she had to stop.
After taking a breath, she looked at Chu Qiurong in confusion.
Looking into Miss Hong's slightly provocative eyes, Chu Qiurong stared at the barely perceptible purple within them, her face solemn, "Wuwangfa...you are from the Misty Rain Pavilion."
Tu Nian's body suddenly stiffened.
Misty Rain Pavilion.
In the original novel, among the three sects and seven schools, there are three schools that only accept women. Apart from Danyang and Baihua among the seven schools, there is the Yanyu Pavilion among these three schools.
Different from Danyang and Baihua who are proficient in medicine and save the world, all the people from Yanyu Pavilion are powerful assassins. They are active all over the world and they do not care about good or evil, but only care about money.
There are even rumors that people in the Misty Rain Pavilion hunt each other for rewards. As long as the price is high, they will ruthlessly cut the throats of their fellow disciples and take the reward. They can be called modern-day "money-giving monks."
Moreover, the Wuwang method they practiced made them light and calm, which was most suitable for hiding and escaping. It could be said that as long as they encountered an enemy whose cultivation was not strong enough to kill them instantly, they could seize the opportunity to escape.
Since Tu Nian could not feel the fluctuation of Hong Girl's spiritual power, it meant that she was at least in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, the same level as Xu Ziqiao.
To put it bluntly, given the current situation, she could easily kill Tu Nian with one knife and then escape right under Chu Qiurong's nose.
Those strong men who chased her are probably in the river now.
Thinking of this, Tu Nian withdrew his hand that was about to reach into the mustard seed with his back of the clothes wet, and his calves couldn't help but become weak.
She couldn't help but feel fortunate that she was slow.
What's the difference between competing in speed with an assassin in close combat and directly hitting the dagger with your neck?
Tu Nian's movement of withdrawing his hand was so gentle that Miss Hong didn't notice it. She said slowly, "I wanted to praise you for your good eyesight, but your appearance just now really scared me."
Her eyes flickered as she looked at Chu Qiurong, a smile on her face. "But as the saying goes, one should return a favor. Since you have shown me your skills, it would be inappropriate for me not to repay you."
As she spoke, her slender fingertips trembled slightly, moving the dagger in her palm.
As a talisman practitioner, Tu Nian was destined to have no connection with the way of body refining. If he did not have talismans with him, once someone got close to him, he would be at the mercy of others.
As the red girl moved, she could clearly feel a chill across her neck, followed by a tingling sensation.
"stop!"
Seeing the horrific bloodstain on Tu Nian's neck, Chu Qiurong's heart almost jumped out of his stomach. He put away his sword without thinking and said in a deep voice: "I was reckless just now. I apologize to you. As long as you are willing to release him, we can discuss anything you want."
"Sir, you have such a fine sword in your hand, but you want me to release the person first. This is not acceptable."
Lifting Tu Nian's face with the hilt of the knife, the red girl lowered her eyes and leaned on her shoulder with interest. "But if the two gentlemen are willing to tell me the truth, I don't want to get stained with blood today."
Finally, the dagger wasn't pointed at him. Tu Nian took a deep breath and tried to sound calm. "Young lady, please ask us anything. We will tell you everything we know."
Raising her hand and pinching her cheek, the red girl said lightly, "That's the best way, and it saves us trouble. By the way, I have to say something up front: women can't stand men lying the most, so you two should be careful with what you say."
Tu Nian couldn't help but shudder at the sound of her warm breath on his ear. Miss Hong laughed at him and said, "Come on, no more jokes. Sir, tell me, who is your master from, and how did you know where I am?"
Tu Nian was stunned by the question. When she reacted, she realized that she had probably misunderstood something. "So the girl is like this because she thinks we have some ulterior motive?"
The red girl didn't answer, but just moved the dagger. "Sir, there's no need to worry about these things. Just answer my questions."
Seeing her like this, Tu Nian guessed something and said with a bit of amusement, "We are from the Snow Valley. We came here just on the way. We chased the girl and just wanted to be a hero to save the beauty..."
Before she could finish, the dagger on her neck suddenly tightened. The charming eyes of the red girl enlarged in the corners of her eyes, looking at her with dissatisfaction, "Like I said, I can't stand men lying."
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