Eternal Saber-Chapter 296 - 20: Reunion with an Old Friend

"Lady Yun, the young man is full of vigor and looks quite handsome. Perhaps he came specifically to see your... charm."

Suddenly, someone in the main hall jeered and shouted.

"Hmph!"

Lady Yun glanced at the person, saying, "Being handsome is of no use if you think you don't have to pay!"

The hermits in the main hall were joking with Lady Yun, but she didn't seem to mind.

The originally quiet hall had gained some liveliness, with bursts of soft laughter and whispered conversations.

"Wu Ji, Liu Shou, take him out!"

Lady Yun tilted her head slightly towards Chen Tang and spoke softly.

"Got it!"

A thunderous response came suddenly from the direction of the kitchen.

The next moment, a bald man with a body like a small mountain walked out, shirtless, with muscles shining with oil, and eyes like copper bells. Every step he took made the floor of the Shadow Tower tremble slightly!

Chen Tang was already of a burly build, but this man was a whole head taller than him.

He finally understood why the kitchen's doorway was designed to be so tall.

"Wait!"

The bald giant, panting heavily, was about to approach Chen Tang when he was stopped by him.

"What?"

The bald man asked in a muffled voice, "Are you going out by yourself?"

"You're called Wu Ji?"

Chen Tang tentatively asked, then looked at the scrawny man beside Lady Yun and said, "You're called Liu Shou?"

The scrawny man smiled and nodded, asking, "Any advice?"

"Nothing much."

Chen Tang said, "It's just that hearing the names of you two brothers feels familiar. Back in my hometown, 'Five Ridges Six Beasts' is quite famous, renowned!"

"Boss lady, is he complimenting me?"

Wu Ji turned his head to look at Lady Yun, asking gruffly.

"What does it have to do with you!"

Lady Yun rolled her eyes, saying, "He's just stalling for time, trying to get chummy with you two!"

Liu Shou smiled and said, "Actually, if you just spend one Hidden Coin and ask the boss lady to introduce you as a hermit, you could immediately take on a task, and possibly earn it back quickly."

"Right now, there's a task here. If completed, it not only rewards a hundred thousand taels of silver but also six Hidden Coins."

Chen Tang said, "I've heard, it's said to be a Purgatory Level bounty, and it requires capturing alive."

"Yes."

Liu Shou nodded, "But don't worry, this person is severely injured and poisoned with Five Poison Powder, unable to exert even a tenth of their strength. Any Lower Concealment can subdue them. It all comes down to who has the luck to capture them alive."

"Moreover, this person is about to leave the Shadow Tower; everyone here and outside is waiting for her."

Chen Tang's heart was suddenly curious and asked, "Why must she be captured alive? Does she know some earth-shattering secret?"

Liu Shou smiled without speaking.

"Because she's too ugly!"

Wu Ji suddenly said.

Lady Yun couldn't help but roll her eyes again, saying, "With your sense of aesthetics, just don't speak!"

After a moment, Lady Yun said, "Because the client can't bear it. Haha, this woman indeed is very beautiful. It's a good thing I'm not a man, otherwise, I would also be captivated."

At this moment, the previously slightly noisy hall suddenly became silent as a grave!

"How beautiful can she be?"

What Lady Yun described seemed mysterious, and since Wu Ji just said she was too ugly, Chen Tang didn't know whom to believe, so he asked casually.

"See for yourself." 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Lady Yun slightly raised her head, indicating the direction of the stairway on the second floor.

Chen Tang turned his gaze.

He saw a woman in a light green long robe, covered in blood, slowly walking down the stairs.

The woman's face was pale, devoid of any color, yet it couldn't hide her stunning, flawless face and transcendental aura.

The hall was filled with the soft breaths of the many hermits.

The woman walked very slowly, using her hand to hold an ancient styled Long Sword. Each step seemed to carry considerable pain, her graceful body trembling slightly, the Jade Flute at her waist swaying gently.

Chen Tang's eyes first filled with astonishment, then quickly returned to calm, he sighed inwardly and turned his head away.

No wonder the client could not bear it.

This woman from the Divine Land is none other than the Jade Flute Fairy!

Back then, the Jade Flute Fairy and Song Wu had once helped him, blocking the pursuing soldiers, and then he heard nothing of them.

Chen Tang didn't expect to encounter her on Hermit Continent of the East Sea.

How did she end up here?

Lady Yun had been observing Chen Tang's reaction all along.

Seeing Chen Tang recover so quickly from the beauty of this woman, she couldn't help but show surprise.

This young man actually possesses such self-control?

Could I have misjudged him?

...

The Jade Flute Fairy slowly descended the stairs.

Every step was taken with almost all her strength.

The last bit of Inner Qi she had was barely enough to protect her Heart Meridian. With both internal and external injuries, even the simple act of descending stairs was extremely difficult and painful.

The Jade Flute Fairy could feel the unusual gazes from around her.

But she didn't care anymore.

She neither had the mind nor energy to care about those gazes.

As she reached the last step, her foot gave way and almost caused her to fall.

Someone nearby seemed to want to help her, but she ignored them, using the Night Rain Sword to support herself, standing slowly with the last of her strength.

After a brief rest, she took a deep breath and continued towards the Shadow Tower's door, her steps uneven.

She knew that once she stepped out of the Shadow Tower, every hermit could attack her!

"What a pity."

The Jade Flute Fairy looked at the Night Rain Sword in her hand.

She knew that she wouldn't survive today.

It's just a pity, the Night Rain Sword is the prized sword of the Ba Mountain Sword Sect, a relic of her mother, which now would fall with her in this foreign land.

In her mind, many faces flashed like a revolving lantern.

There were fellow disciples from her sect, many young geniuses defeated by her sword over the years, and those interesting people she met recently in Qian Country…

That ugly horse... and its owner.

It was said that they already... sigh.

The Jade Flute Fairy reached the door of the Shadow Tower and paused slightly, then forcefully pushed open the door.

Inside the hall, many hermits stood up, their eyes fixed on the Jade Flute Fairy's back, also heading toward the Shadow Tower door.

Meanwhile, the hermits outside the Shadow Tower heard the commotion and converged towards this place!

The Jade Flute Fairy glanced forward, a hint of mockery flashing in her eyes.

You really underestimate me, Ye Yushi, if you want to capture me alive!

The Jade Flute Fairy grasped the Jade Flute with her left hand, drew the Ancient Sword, and took a step forward. Just as she was about to fully leave the Shadow Tower, someone appeared in front of her, blocking her path.

It was a man as thin as a bamboo stick, his steps as light as duckweed.

This seemed to be the lackey beside the Shadow Tower's proprietress, called Liu Shou.

The Jade Flute Fairy frowned slightly, looking at him coldly without speaking.

The surrounding hermits showed confusion on their faces.

Liu Shou smiled slightly, "Fairy, no hurry, your reserved room isn't due yet."

"You've remembered wrongly."

The Jade Flute Fairy said calmly, unwilling to take such an advantage.

"No mistake."

Liu Shou smiled and said, "Someone just extended it for you for another day."