"Excuse me, miss. Could you please..."
Dongfang Huaizhu pursed her lips. Just as she was about to get up, she realized her disheveled clothes. She looked at Wangquan Baye and said, "Could you please turn your face away first?"
Hearing this, Wangquan Baye quickly turned around and hung his head with a bit of chagrin. "I'm sorry. It was my rudeness. Miss, your current appearance is indeed..."
Dongfang Huaizhu let out a soft chuckle. She recalled that when she first arrived in this world, Wangquan Baye was about to lead the Masked Group to the Outer Realm.
At that time, she bid farewell to him and reminded him of the danger in the Outer Realm. However, he was a man who would never turn back once he made up his mind. Even in that situation, he still came to the Dongfang Family.
She didn't know if it was the constraint of the plot or his true intention in his heart. But this intense love made her extremely envious.
Dongfang Huaizhu concealed the complexity in her eyes. While tidying up her clothes, she also sorted out her thoughts. Then she heard him say, "It's really embarrassing to make such a request to miss in this situation."
"To borrow a wisp of your hair?" she asked.
Wangquan Baye heaved a sigh of relief. "Exactly."
"What if I don't lend it?" Dongfang Huaizhu met his gaze. The corner of her lips lifted slightly, and she tilted her cheek a bit. A gust of wind blew through her hair.
The severed hair fell into Wangquan Baye's hand. It was hard to tell his expression under the mask, but his black eyes were clean and burning with passion. "Then I'll have to take it myself."
Dongfang Huaizhu looked at the wisp of hair and silently murmured, "A wisp of hair, a fragment of soul. Red cotton ties life to send to the beloved. A wisp of hair, a fragment of soul. A wisp of hair twines around the soul of my lord."
Wangquan Baye seemed to think of something too. The tips of his ears turned slightly red. He bowed to Dongfang Huaizhu and said, "I was rude today. I will surely make it up to you in the future!"
After saying that, he flew away on his sword. His figure was in a hurry as if there were floods and fierce beasts chasing after him.
Seeing this, Dongfang Huaizhu didn't stay any longer. She chased after him on her jade flute and quickly caught up with Wangquan Baye, flying side by side with him.
Wangquan Baye was slightly startled. He pursed his lips and said, "Miss, your magical power is remarkable. But the journey ahead of me is full of danger. Do you really want to follow me?"
"My younger sister and a servant were captured by the demons. I must get them back. I suppose you're also going after the demons. How about we go together?" Dongfang Huaizhu asked.
Why doesn't the plot come with a plain background and subtitles on it? Is it just for a sense of real experience? But the memories in her mind were really not good...
Especially in this dangerous land of the Southern Region.
Wangquan Baye paused for a moment upon hearing this. "Alright, but we should make three rules. First, you're not allowed to take action. Second, you must hold my sword scabbard and never let go. Third, you must not leave me within ten steps."
He held out the sword scabbard and looked straight into Dongfang Huaizhu's eyes. His pitch - black eyes were like the sea, making people unconsciously sink into them. Dongfang Huaizhu was slightly stunned. Then she heard a soft chuckle, and the sword scabbard had been stuffed into her hand. Her cheeks turned slightly red involuntarily.
She deliberately turned her head away as if nothing had happened. She cleared her throat and said, "I promise you. You should... be careful yourself."
"Okay."
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Deep in the forest, many laborers were gathered.
They were carrying tiles and bricks to build a new city gate that was not yet completed. In the sky above, there were strange - looking demons holding long whips and lashing at them.
Boom!
The fire shot straight into the sky and hit a demon that looked like a bat spirit holding a long whip in the air. It was charred all over, and the whip in its hand turned into ashes.
In the prison cell, roars were mixed with overwhelming flames, constantly attacking:
"Kidnapping underage beautiful girls!"
"Illegally imprisoning gentle and sweet little lolis!"
Dongfang Huaizhu:...
What a gentle and sweet little loli.
"Your younger sister?" Wangquan Baye asked.
Dongfang Huaizhu played with her hair and gave a dry laugh. "My younger sister is innocent and lovely. Usually, she is really gentle and sweet. But today... maybe she's a bit anxious."
"She is really innocent," Wangquan Baye said.
The bat spirits under the blue clouds questioned each other. "Didn't I tell you to use the hypnotic poisonous gas?!"
"I used it up long ago."
"The poisonous gas, smoke, and fog have all been used up..."
"Once this little ancestor spits fire, it seems that no demon poison works."
They looked at each other, then raised the white flag to surrender and served a table of delicious food. Dongfang Qinlan tore off a chicken leg with one hand and bit into a skewer with the other, looking at the bat spirits.
"You're not going to poison the food, are you?"
The bat spirits quickly replied:
"How... how dare we!"
"How did she know..."
Hearing this, one of the bat spirits slapped the head of the one who had let the cat out of the bag. Then he looked at Dongfang Qinlan, who was wolfing down the meat, in fear.
The heart that had been raised instantly dropped. But before he could burst into wild laughter, Dongfang Qinlan spat out fire and burned the roasted meat.
"Do you think you can stump this girl?"
Bat spirits:...
"Your ladyship is really skillful."
"There's no hope at all..."
Dongfang Qinlan glanced at them and snorted. She squinted her almond - shaped eyes and rolled her eyes slightly.
Above the clouds, a layer of poisonous smoke isolated an area.
Wangquan Baye looked back at the person beside him. "When the fight starts later, don't leave me within ten steps. Can you keep up?"
"Of course," Dongfang Huaizhu replied.
The corner of his lips under the mask lifted slightly. His cloud boots lightly stepped on the tip of the sword, and the sword was held in his palm. He pinched a magic seal with one hand and recited a spell with the other. "Hah!"
The momentum rose, and the clouds were broken.
Ten thousand rays of golden light broke through the clouds along with the sword light. The man wearing an extremely funny mask stood on the clouds. With his white clothes and black hair, he was unrestrained and unruly, standing on the clouds shining brightly.
Dongfang Huaizhu slightly opened her lips. Although she had seen this scene in the anime or comic, it was far less shocking than seeing it with her own eyes!
The sword of heaven and earth, the Wangquan Family.
Sure enough, he was amazing. This unrestrained young man in front of her deserved the name of the leader of the Masked Group!
The moment the poisonous barrier was split open, the little demons below noticed it and their faces changed greatly. Dongfang Huaizhu flew down with Wangquan Baye.
Her fair hands fluttered, and flames exploded. She fought side by side with Wangquan Baye, who was waving his long sword to kill the demons. They cooperated tacitly and fought heartily.
Just then, a cloud of poisonous gas came.
Wangquan Baye suddenly grabbed Dongfang Huaizhu's hand and stood beside her. He planted his sword in front of them.
Suddenly, a demon shouted, "It's a high - level Taoist master! Quick, use the demon poison formation!" Just as the demon poison formation was about to be activated, it was cut off by Wangquan Baye's sword. At the same time, half of the demon's hand was cut off.
Blood spattered everywhere, and the demon fell to the ground.
The poisonous fog that had been lingering in the jungle gradually dissipated. Wangquan Baye put his arm around Dongfang Huaizhu's slender waist and slowly landed on the ground with his long sword in his hand.
A gust of wind blew. Dongfang Huaizhu turned her head to look at Wangquan Baye and saw that he was already staring at her in a daze. When he saw her turn around, he was so scared that he raised his hands.
The tips of his ears were faintly red. "Miss, I didn't mean to offend you. I was just in a hurry just now, so I took liberties with you. I..."
Dongfang Huaizhu:...
Can you be more timid?