The night wind drifted gently, causing the forest leaves to rustle and sway. The assassins from Linlan Mountain had their magical techniques charged and ready, the silver light of their spells intermingling with the orange-yellow firelight among the trees.
However, the man and woman before them showed no panic whatsoever—in fact, their expressions even revealed a hint of anticipation. The woman was so leisurely that she blatantly placed the paper and pen in her hands neatly back into her robes and patted them down.
The several disciples exchanged glances, somewhat uncertain about what to do.
“Is it him?”
“The information we got from questioning the prisoners should be correct.” The lead disciple gritted his teeth. “Better to kill wrongly than let him escape. Attack!”
At his command, from the silver light formation that had accumulated power, several silver light arrows suddenly shot forth, charging straight toward Meng Ruji and Mu Sui’s hearts.
The moment the arrows moved, both Meng Ruji and Mu Sui reacted swiftly. Both shouted “Be careful!” in unison, but Mu Sui directly turned around to embrace Meng Ruji, clearly intending to use his own body to block the light arrows for her.
Mu Sui glanced sideways at the trajectory of all the light arrows, having already calculated that from his current position, he would only suffer what appeared to be frightening but ultimately superficial flesh wounds.
Meng Ruji, held in Mu Sui’s embrace, had her vision completely blocked by Mu Sui’s chest. She couldn’t see the positions of the light arrows coming from all directions, but her ears heard the sounds from around them.
She wasn’t idle either. Immediately, she hooked her foot below and kicked at Mu Sui’s hem, raised one hand to press on Mu Sui’s shoulder, and made a motion to press him down to the ground!
While Mu Sui had calculated the attacks from behind clearly, the assault from within his arms caught him somewhat off guard.
With a “bang,” Mu Sui was directly pressed to the ground by Meng Ruji. Meng Ruji sat astride him, leaning forward slightly, and the two of them dodged all the arrows of the first wave.
Mu Sui stared at Meng Ruji sitting on top of him, but saw that even though she was sitting perfectly steady, she insisted on pretending to be delicate as she fell forward against his chest. With one hand braced beside his ear and the other pressed against his chest, she gasped with poor acting skills, breathing against his ear:
“Oh my, I can’t hold on anymore!”
She made as if to press her lips against his mouth!
This woman!
Shameless!
Her scheming was written all over her face! Who couldn’t see what she was trying to do!
Mu Sui’s eyes widened slightly, as if facing a great enemy. He raised both hands, having to resist not only Meng Ruji but also his current “fate”—he didn’t want to kiss her!
He couldn’t kiss her!
If he kissed her, he’d be dragged away to get married!
Fortunately, the second wave of attacks was already close at hand!
Mu Sui’s hands directly passed through Meng Ruji’s waist, embracing her entire form and pulling her down forcefully. Meng Ruji was caught off guard and crashed into Mu Sui’s chest with a “thud,” directly producing a muffled “mm!” groan…
Mu Sui held Meng Ruji and rolled on the ground, dodging the incoming light arrows. Before the third wave of attacks could charge up, Mu Sui quickly flashed away while holding Meng Ruji, running to the back of the small broken wooden hut.
Meng Ruji didn’t want to come behind the wooden hut! The large bag of raw flour she had bought was still in front of the hut!
But now wasn’t the time to worry about that bag of flour.
Meng Ruji held back.
She turned to look at Mu Sui, only to see him with his back to her, breathing heavily and cold sweat beading on his forehead—he seemed quite frightened.
Well, that made sense. With his complete memory loss, where would he have seen such magical attacks before? Meng Ruji immediately rolled her eyes and hatched another plan. She took Mu Sui’s hand with one hand and touched his face with the other: “Little Sui.”
“Little Sui” looked at Meng Ruji as if he’d seen a ghost, with even more cold sweat on his forehead, but he immediately suppressed the shock on his face and cooperated: “Elder Sister.”
Meng Ruji looked at Mu Sui with sincere eyes: “With me here, don’t be afraid. I already consider you my future husband, and I will protect you well.”
Mu Sui’s expression was complex. Setting aside the matter of protection, he was still somewhat afraid of Meng Ruji’s current state.
What made Mu Sui even more afraid was that while the front was exploding with “crackling” sounds, Meng Ruji pulled out the marriage contract paper and pen from her robes again: “To make my protection more legitimate, why don’t you sign this first?”
Why don’t you listen to what you’re saying first?
Mu Sui had already cursed Meng Ruji thoroughly in his heart, but all his words became: “No, I want to protect you.”
Meng Ruji didn’t back down, practically shoving the paper and pen into Mu Sui’s face: “Either way is fine. If you sign the marriage contract, it’ll be more legitimate for you to protect me! From now on, you’ll be the only one who can protect me!”
Mu Sui’s hand instantly rose, directly grasping the pen that Meng Ruji handed over!
Mu Sui’s eyes widened, and just at that moment! As if sent by the heavens, a silver light directly penetrated the wall they were hiding behind, striking the rear end of the pen.
Mu Sui took the opportunity to let go, allowing the pen to break into two pieces and fall to the ground.
Mu Sui withdrew his hand, and as he pressed down on his right hand with his left hand again, he thought: Why not break this hand? A disobedient hand is better discarded!
Meng Ruji let out a cry of alarm and immediately crouched down to pick up her broken pen.
The pen had broken into two pieces, but it could still write. Meng Ruji was somewhat uncertain: “Can this still write when it’s broken? Would it still count if I wrote with it?”
Before Meng Ruji could get an answer, yet another wave of attacks—who knew which number—struck.
The increasingly powerful silver light arrows could now penetrate the small wooden hut. Dust and fragments of brick, stone, and wood from the hut were shattered by the attacks and scattered everywhere.
“Tsk…” Meng Ruji’s scheme having been interrupted, she finally focused her attention on the people from Linlan Mountain. I rather underestimated Linlan Mountain’s magical techniques. They look rigid and crude, only able to attack from a fixed position, but each attack is stronger than the last…”
Mu Sui glanced at the broken pen she had tucked back into her robes and temporarily breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that at this rate, the small broken wooden hut wouldn’t hold for much longer. If he ran away with Meng Ruji, they would soon be caught up by the Linlan Mountain people with their silver pearls, and then they’d face the same predicament.
So Mu Sui spoke up: “Elder Sister, if I could use the power of my Inner Core, I might be able to break this deadlock.”
Mu Sui stared at Meng Ruji, observing the expression on her face.
At this moment, making such a request was perfectly normal, but there was no guarantee that Meng Ruji wouldn’t become suspicious…
“Deadlock?” But Meng Ruji’s response was in a direction Mu Sui had never anticipated. “Not really.”