Feeling the delicate hands wrapping around her back and the two soft things on her face, Chu Wuyao was a little dumbfounded.
She wanted to say something, but she stopped her words and unconsciously brushed her face on these two soft things.
"Boom!"
A loud explosion sound spread, waking her up.
Stretching her neck, she peeked from Xia Qianyue's shoulder and looked at the "place of explosion".
But found that even after the explosion sound, no explosion took place.
Instead, while Chu Xu was busy defending, the rough man's body became extremely thin and he ran away in a hurry.
His speed was extremely fast and he was followed by a red light that shone brilliantly.
Obviously, the rough man had used a secret skill in order to escape.
Chu Xu was busy controlling the silver sword and was temporarily unable to react, allowing him to escape.
By the time he reacted, the rough man had disappeared, causing an awkward expression to appear on his face.
He immediately realized that he had been tricked!
The rough man didn't intend to fight with him at all and planned to escape from the start.
Chu Xu felt endless shame wash over his body and guessed that his status in Xia Qianyue's eyes would inevitably be lowered.
"Junior sister, just now... I-", he tried to explain, but when he turned his head, he saw that his junior sister was not focused on him at all.
Her hands were still wrapping around a white-haired woman and she was hugging her tightly, as if she was afraid that the woman would run away.
It was only when she heard his words that she reluctantly let her go and stood up.
"Senior brother, what did you say?", Xia Qianyue asked but her right hand was still clutching Chu Wuyao's.
"No, nothing...", Chu Xu replied and shook his head.
"Senior brother, you should be more careful next time.", Xia Qianyue started lecturing him.
"Look! You almost hit her!", she said while pointing at Chu Wuyao.
Chu Xu looked at Chu Wuyao's appearance that was completely spotless, with not even a wrinkle on her clothes and became a little jealous when he saw his junior sister's concern.
"Junior sister, you've changed!", he complained inwardly.
Looking at the drama between the two fellow disciples, Chu Wuyao rolled her eyes.
"Cough, cough. Little sister, can you let my hand go?", she looked at Xia Qianyue and asked.
Xia Qianyue noticed that her hand was still holding Chu Wuyao's and her face turned red from embarrassment.
"Ye-yes... I-I'm sorry...", she let her hand go unwillingly and whispered in a low voice.
Feeling that her hand was finally free, Chu Wuyao was ready to leave this place.
She had a hunch that these two people were very troublesome.
It's totally not because of the jealously in Chu Xu's eyes, who looked as if Chu Wuyao had stolen his girlfriend.
"Okay, little sister, thank you for trying to save me."
"See you some other time!", she waved her hand and was about to walk away.
But a shout interrupted her steps.
"Wait! Sister, this city is currently very dangerous.", Xia Qianyue shouted and chased after her.
Seeing Chu Wuyao stop and looking at her, Xia Qianyue lowered her eyes and explain in a low voice.
"My senior brother and I have found traces of evil cultivators around the Waterflower City."
"After we investigated, we found that many mortals and cultivators have disappeared in the city in the last month."
"Obviously, there is an evil cultivator that is killing people."
"With your low strength, you might be targeted. You should stay with us so that we can protect you."
Her tone was filled with concern and it seemed that she was really afraid that something would happen to Chu Wuyao.
But the more she acted like this, the less Chu Wuyao trusted her.
She had been in this world for quite some time and had already seen this world's cruelty.
Now, when she saw Xia Qianyue caring so much about her for seemingly no reason, her first thought was not that she was kind, but that there was some conspiracy.
"Girl, you don't know. Me and my junior sister are both disciples of the Sword Palace."
"You don't have to worry. It's just that my junior sister is very kind and likes to help other people."
Xia Qianyue saw Chu Wuyao's worries, turned her head and winked at Chu Xu, who could only grit his teeth and introduce himself and his junior sister while trying to hide his jealousy.
"Look, do you see that guy over there? He was about to die but my junior sister saved him.", he pointed at the only other person remaining at the scene, Gu Erwu.
At this time, Gu Erwu's injuries had mostly healed and his eyes had opened, but he still didn't get up and lay on the ground.
"Oh, have you woken up?", Xia Qianyue exclaimed surprised and stepped closer.
Stretching her hand, she placed it on Gu Erwu's body and seemed to use a skill in order to check his condition.
A few seconds passed and she stood up, breathing a sigh of relief.
"He is fine. It's just that he is a little unlucky and will remain disabled for the rest of his life."
"We can only take him to his relatives and let them take care of him."
Her tone was happy, but sad at the same time.
"I heard that he has a sister, right? Let's take him to her."
Gu Erwu, who had just woken up, heard her words and his pupils dilated.
He tried to shake his head and say something, but he found that he could not move his body at all.
As he struggled, tears flowed out of his eyes and dripped on the ground.
"Don't worry. You'll be able to see your sister soon."
Xia Qianyue seemed to have misunderstood and gently comforted him.
"Let's go.", she waved her hand and motioned for Chu Xu to carry Gu Erwu.
"You can come with us too.", she smiled at Chu Wuyao and said.
Chu Wuyao, who was looking at Gu Erwu with ridicule, thought for a bit and decided to follow them.
She wanted to see what conspiracy this woman had.
It sounded dangerous, but if she left only to be targeted afterwards when she let her guard down, the situation would only be more dangerous..
Moreover, with her current strength, Chu Wuyao had some confidence.
Even if she couldn't fight against the two of them, it would not be an issue to escape.
With that in mind, she chose to follow them.
Soon, the four of them walked side by side in the streets of the Waterflower City.
Chu Xu was carrying Gu Erwu on his shoulder, while Xia Qianyue was pulling Chu Wuyao's hand and spoke about various topics with a smile.
After they asked for directions from a few passersby, the four of them finally arrived at Gu Erwu's sister's house.
"Knock! Knock!"
Xia Qianyue knocked on the wooden door and not long after, a woman opened the door slowly with a cautious expression.
The woman looked to be in her thirties and she should have been very beautiful, but there were various wounds all over her body, as if she had undergone some torture.
Her hair was messy and her face was withered, and she staggered as she moved.
In particular, the woman's wrists and ankles were purple, clearly bruised.
"Hello, what do you want?"
The woman opened the door and looked at them some fear when she saw their fine clothes.
Xia Qianyue saw this and smiled slightly.
Her smile seemed to be contagious, calming down the woman's fluctuating emotions.
"Big sister, an accident happened to your younger brother and he ended up disabled."
"We have to leave so we brought him here so that you can take care of him."
Her words had just finished when Chu Xu stepped forward and lowered Gu Erwu's body in front of the door.
"This?", the woman looked at her younger brother and wanted to say something, but Xia Qianyue interrupted her words.
"That's it. You don't have to thank us. Any other person would also do the same."
The three of them didn't stay any longer and hurriedly left, letting the two siblings alone.
Only Gu Erwu and his sister remained at this place.
Gu Erwu's body trembled as he tried to move when she saw his sister's weird smile.
However, despite his struggle, there was nothing he could do.
"Hahahahaha! Little Erwu, I didn't expect that one day you would end up like this.", Gu Erwu saw his sister laugh maniacally.
Amidst his pleading eyes, the woman slowly dragged him into the house and then closed the door behind her.
Soon, continuous stabbing sounds came from inside the house and a small pool of blood escaped from the lower gap of the door.