novelraw Chapter 169 - 117: Plum Blossoms Carry Frost, Killing Intent Lurks in Fragrance (Part 2)
Chapter 169 - 117: Plum Blossoms Carry Frost, Killing Intent Lurks in Fragrance (Part 2)
"Forget it, it’s probably not that person after all."
She pondered for a moment. The martial arts that person displayed today doesn’t seem to be in line with the Night Emperor’s style.
The Night Emperor is unrivaled in both sword and saber, and is rumored to possess an extremely skillful Flying Saber Art.
This person has deep inner power, with movements that exude a chilling aura, evidently more skilled in inner power.
They probably aren’t the same person...
Thinking further, if this person really were the Night Emperor, she wouldn’t have crashed into him so recklessly.
What kind of decent girl would blatantly offer herself as a pillow-buddy?
With this thought, she turned again to look at the elegant young lady:
"May I ask, honorable brother, what is your name?"
"My name is Tie..."
The word slipped out, but paused halfway before continuing:
"Tie Niu!"
"?"
Xia Wanshuang looked at the elegantly dressed young lady with an expression of ’Are you kidding me?’ Just looking at the way she dressed showed she was no ordinary person.
The name Tie Niu is common among country folk.
How could she have a connection with such a noble person?
It’s likely this person wasn’t speaking truthfully, and isn’t anything good. Immediately, she cupped her fists in salute:
"So it’s Brother Tie Niu, I’ve long heard of you.
"I have urgent matters... I must take my leave, farewell."
She turned and left, without delay.
The lady who claimed to be Tie Niu slapped her forehead, a bit annoyed:
"I promised to hide my identity and see the world.
"But how come I didn’t think of this name... Tie Niu, I can’t believe I said it."
But looking again in the direction Chu Qing had left, she squinted slightly, recalling what those two Luochun Manor disciples called Chu Qing earlier:
"Third Master... Could he be the Mad Saber?
"This is bad. If he joins Luochun Manor, wouldn’t Wen Fusheng gain another formidable warrior?
"In the future, expanding Iron Blood Hall could truly be as hard as ascending to the heavens... Would there be a chance to recruit him to Iron Blood Hall?"
Thinking of this, she hesitated slightly before pursuing in the direction Chu Qing left.
...
...
"Where is he?"
Chu Qing chased the beggar out of Luochun Manor, but the man had already disappeared from his sight. He relied on Tracking Art to find his way, yet reached here without finding any trace.
This surprised Chu Qing.
His Tracking Art was exceptional, and seldom wrong even when following traces.
The person not only avoided being caught, but also erased all traces during pursuit.
Such skill isn’t something ordinary people possess.
"Does Mad Beggar Ling Beichen really possess such abilities?
"Rumors said that he could predict his enemies’ moves, suddenly disappearing during pursuits.
"But those words are hard to believe... Someone with such skills, who dares to call him mad?
"Yet now, it seems possible after all.
"However, I haven’t seen that person’s face clearly, so I can’t be sure of his identity...
"If it’s not Ling Beichen, then who could it be? A master from the Celestial Evil Cult?
"It couldn’t be the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns, right?"
Chu Qing murmured a couple of phrases, haven’t heard any of the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns appeared here?
"Or did I simply choose the wrong direction?"
With thoughts swirling in his mind, he immediately changed direction to search.
But after searching twice around, he found nothing suspicious.
This made Chu Qing have to admit that he truly lost track.
"There are indeed capable people in this world..."
He sighed softly, then suddenly heard a sound akin to ’whimpering.’
Chu Qing furrowed his brows and listened closely, finding the sound akin to a wind howl or a cry, faintly echoing, eerily so amidst this deserted forest.
Tracing the source of the sound, he soon arrived at a rock wall.
Only then did he discover, the sound was indeed coming from the within the rock wall.
The rock wall was hollow, with a slit above.
Wind flowed from within, passing through the slit, creating the ’whimpering’ sound.
Chu Qing leaned closer to the slit to see inside, but it was blurred, unable to see what was inside.
Frowning slightly, Chu Qing decided to leave.
The slit in the rock wall was small, even if Bone Shrinking Skill was practiced to the level of Tong’Er, it would be impossible to squeeze inside.
After all, one cannot turn into paper...
Therefore, the person he was tracking could not possibly be hiding here.
"But what if?"
After taking a couple steps, Chu Qing suddenly turned back, his palm momentum instantly gathered, the Cyan Void Palm carried with it the astonishing Gang Wind, pulling nearby fallen leaves to revolve.
With a single arm motion, he was ready to imprint the palm onto the stone wall.
He didn’t know how thick the wall was, but his full-force palm strike wasn’t something ordinary rock could withstand.
Bang!!
A dull sound, Chu Qing’s palm hit the stone wall, seemingly causing the ground to shake.
Cracks spread from his palms to eight directions.
A crackling sound of shattering echoed from the stone wall, but it did not collapse.
Just as Chu Qing was about to strike again, his ears suddenly twitched:
"Someone’s fighting?"
No longer bothering with the stone wall, Chu Qing started towards the direction of the sound.
Chasing Star and Moon Step reached its peak, his figure weaving through the forest, moving so swiftly it almost left a shadow.
When his figure settled, he was already standing on a tree.
His gaze fell on a human figure flying upwards...
The person was dressed in elegant clothes, it was the girl disguised as a young man.
She was in mid-air, spewing blood from her mouth, with blood marks all over her body.
Plum blossoms fluttering in mid-air, when the elegant lady’s body settled, there was already another person below.
The person used their back as support, carrying the elegant lady, holding a plum blossom in each hand.
The plums wrapped in Shadowless Silk, the silk was bound around the elegant lady’s neck.
The elegant lady, held on the back of a black-clad person, struggled helplessly to break free from the silk, yet couldn’t escape.
The black person only needed a bit more strength, and the elegant lady would lose her life.
But at that moment, the black person seemed to notice something, looking up and meeting Chu Qing’s gaze.
This all seemed complex, but in fact, it was simply what Chu Qing saw at first glance, just when Chu Qing looked up, the elegant lady was already on the brink of death.
Immediately, he shouted:
"Stop!!"
Pressing his foot down, he rushed forward using Chasing Star and Moon.
The black-clad person’s eyes narrowed slightly, hands released, body turned, and with a flick, the elegant lady was thrown towards Chu Qing.
Chu Qing raised his hand, the Mingyu Scripture operated, and an invisible inner strength pulled the elegant lady, not only preventing her from hitting him but also spinning her to the side.
Fortunately, Chu Qing offset the force, when she landed she didn’t fall heavily, but seemed to be gently placed down.
Chu Qing, however, extended his hand, lunging at the black-clad person.
But his palm strike retracted halfway.
Soon, plum blossoms rained like a storm, Chu Qing’s sight blurred for a moment, and the black-clad person’s figure entirely vanished in front of him.
Chu Qing squinted his eyes slightly, reached out to lightly touch the void ahead.
Though it seemed empty, the fingers hooked gently, finding bloodstains on the fingertip.
In that moment, the person laid out an invisible net between two trees.
If someone bumped into it, the greater the force, the heavier the injury.
"This body technique... is Plum Blossoms Playing with Shadows."
Chu Qing reached out to catch a plum blossom petal drifting in mid-air:
"’Falling plum contains frost, hidden fragrance of danger’... is it the Flower Beauty from the Mirror of Sin Seventy-two Evil Extermination List?"
Turning to look at the elegant lady, Chu Qing frowned slightly, approaching and seeing her staring at him:
"...You... you really are nearby..."
"Did you come to find me?"
Chu Qing raised an eyebrow:
"How did you become enemies with that person?"
"...She seems to be rendezvousing with someone, which I happened upon."
The elegant lady spread her hands:
"She intended to kill me to silence me."
"I see, and you..."
As Chu Qing spoke, the elegant lady suddenly tilted her head, completely fainting away.