In an instant, a shock ran through Su Xiaoliu's mind. She felt that there was someone in the depths of her memory as familiar as him. This feeling quickly faded, and then she recognized him.
It was the young man in white from the flower boat last time. It seemed that the Heavenly Bestowed Sword, talked about by everyone, was still in his possession.
He probably wouldn't recognize her, right? That embarrassing encounter...
Although she thought so in her heart, she felt a bit guilty. Su Xiaoliu felt as if the veil on her face could be seen through. She averted her gaze and looked elsewhere.
Her diamond - shaped lips on her chin twitched slightly, and a fleeting look of shock flashed across.
"It's okay. Young Master Zhong, please come in quickly," said the alliance leader, standing up with a smile.
The young man in white bowed his head and then walked in, sitting down in the empty seat on Su Xiaoliu's right.
The alliance leader put his hands behind his back, looked around, and said, "Since everyone is here, let's begin. First of all, I'm honored to have invited all of you from far and wide. Secondly, for tomorrow's Jianghu Ping Shan Assembly, I hope all of you can play a stabilizing role."
Su Xiaoliu glanced at the alliance leader and thought to herself: Stabilizing role? Sounds nice. In fact, he just wants someone to stay behind and clean up the mess after the Ping Shan Assembly.
As soon as the alliance leader finished speaking, the man in the tattered jacket on the left immediately started to flatter, echoing, "How could we not help the alliance leader? We in the Jianghu are here to serve the alliance leader, willing to lay down our lives without hesitation."
Immediately afterwards, the others also joined in the chorus.
"That's right. I, Song Wu'an, have followed the alliance leader for so many years. This is nothing at all."
"Exactly..."
...
Su Xiaoliu found it funny watching them singing in harmony.
She accidentally caught a glimpse of the strange man with dark - blue eyes in the corner. He was raising his wine cup to cover half of his face.
Even so, Su Xiaoliu still noticed... he was looking at her!
Su Xiaoliu frowned and averted her gaze.
Who was this person? Why did he keep staring at her?
Su Xiaoliu looked at the young man in white sitting not far on her right. He was gently pursing his lips and lowering his eyes as if deep in thought.
Amid the noise, suddenly a figure in aqua - blue rushed over like a whirlwind.
With a "whoosh", the figure moved away.
As soon as Su Xiaoliu looked up, she saw a person reaching out his hand and charging towards her.
Caught off guard, Su Xiaoliu even forgot to react. She opened her mouth, but couldn't let out a single sound of help.
Everyone around stopped their actions and looked at the shadow moving as fast as lightning.
With a "swish", Su Xiaoliu felt her neck being tightly grabbed. In an instant, her breathing was cut off. It seemed as if her neck would break the next moment.
Su Xiaoliu couldn't make a sound at all. She could only stare in horror at those terrifying dark - blue eyes calmly staring into hers, as if trying to peek into the depths of her heart and pull out her true self...
In an instant, a cold sense of fear enveloped her deeply. She began to regret. If she hadn't agreed to Chang He back then, would she not have to face all this? No... if she hadn't left the old temple, she wouldn't have ended up in this situation.
No one could be someone else's substitute, because a substitute was something that shouldn't exist in the first place!
With a loud "bang", a chopstick was directly pressed against the neck of the man with dark - blue eyes.
At the same time, a hand grabbed the man's wrist.
The man with dark - blue eyes immediately stopped his actions.
The people below looked at the situation and didn't know what to say.
If the young man in white pushed the chopstick in his hand just a bit further, it could pierce the man's neck. And the alliance leader, who was holding the man's wrist, only needed to use a bit more force, and the man's wrist would break on the spot.
Under the white - veiled hat, the slightly pointed chin was gently raised, and a hint of coldness appeared on the rosy diamond - shaped lips.
The alliance leader stared quietly at the man with dark - blue eyes and said coldly, "Bold Nie Jing! Do you know what you're doing?"
The man with dark - blue eyes, called Nie Jing, showed no expression on his face, but his hand slowly withdrew from Su Xiaoliu's neck.
"It's impossible," his hoarse voice seemed to be talking to himself, but his eyes never left Su Xiaoliu for a moment.
Su Xiaoliu sat aside, barely breathing. Waves of burning pain came from her neck.
She thought she was almost killed.
"Ghost King Nie, a gentleman shouldn't bully a woman, let alone the alliance leader's wife," the young man in white chuckled, his red lips opening and closing.
Although Su Xiaoliu was in a daze, she still heard all the words clearly.
She looked at the young man in white and always felt that he was a bit different from the first time she saw him. It seemed that he was less patient and more irritable.
Gu Rongxue had already stood up. He looked at Su Xiaoliu with a worried face. Seeing that she was okay, his face showed a slight relief.
A low murmur of discussion rose from below.
"Protector Wang, Protector Chang," the alliance leader straightened up, glanced at Nie Jing, and shouted loudly.
The next moment, two dark shadows quickly flew in from outside the door and knelt down on the empty ground in the middle.
"Your subordinate is here."
The two voices sounded simultaneously.
"Watch Ghost King Nie, but don't be negligent in your service," the alliance leader said sternly.
"Yes." The two lowered their heads together, then stood up and took Nie Jing out.
The self - talking words of Nie Jing before he left still lingered in the main hall.
"It's impossible..."
Su Xiaoliu stared blankly at the empty doorway.
What exactly did that person want to say? Why did he want to kill her?
"Alliance Leader Zuo, who is this girl exactly?" Island Master Tang suddenly stood up, looking at Su Xiaoliu with half of her face covered, his face full of seriousness and confusion.
Everyone's gazes fell on Su Xiaoliu. In an instant, Su Xiaoliu felt as if she was about to be seen through.
The alliance leader looked down at Su Xiaoliu, then looked up at everyone. Meeting everyone's gazes, he slowly smiled and replied, "Everyone, take a look." After saying that, he raised his hand. His long sleeve brushed across Su Xiaoliu's cheek. When his sleeve fell, he was holding the veil in his hand.
Everyone was greatly shocked. Feeling it was disrespectful, they all lowered their heads.
"Miss Yun..."
"It's actually the Immortal Maiden!"
Su Xiaoliu slowly blinked her eyes. She looked up at the alliance leader and found a faint sneer on his lips.
Feeling a coolness on her face, Su Xiaoliu suddenly came to her senses. She instinctively wanted to reach out and cover her face, but found that the veil was already in the alliance leader's hands.
A burning gaze was cast over. Su Xiaoliu looked up. Through the white - veiled hat, she was stunned for a moment and quickly lowered her head.
The diamond - shaped lips on her chin showed an inexplicable smile. Through the white - veiled hat, her expression couldn't be seen clearly.
She wasn't Yun Ruo. Would he notice?
"So it's Miss Yun! I'm disrespectful, disrespectful," Island Master Tang quickly stood up and bowed his head to her.
Everyone was standing, but only the young man in white gently picked up the wine cup on the table, crossed one leg, and sat in his seat. Under the white - veiled hat, his diamond - shaped lips curved, and his gentle and pleasant voice said, "I think that Ghost King Nie must have gone crazy from his cultivation. He even dared to offend the Immortal Maiden. It's really inappropriate."