Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

Chapter 288: Unable to Remove the Poison

A Yudai River separates two different mountain ranges.

The mountains that are far away from each other seem near and far away, and two figures can be clearly seen standing on the top of the mountain.

Li Huaiqing was surrounded by guards and walked on the edge of the fields of the villagers in Nanzi. For the first time, his precious shoes were stained with mud.

Behind him was the setting orange sun, adding a touch of warm color to his plain clothes.

Squinting their eyes, Mo Jingchun was on the top of the opposite mountain with his back to them, just one step away from the cliff.

Lou Xiao's figure was blocked, Li Huaiqing gestured to take a few steps to see more clearly,

But I saw two figures moving on the opposite side.

He also didn't know what kind of expectations he had or what kind of ending he wanted to see with his own eyes.

If Lou Xiao really killed Mo Jingchun as he wished, then is she really the Lou Xiao in his mind?

Mo Jingchun took another step back, with half of his foot almost on the cliff at the top of the mountain.

Then the sunlight reflected by the sword shone, and Li Huaiqing's face turned sideways due to the stab. In just a moment, he saw Mo Jingchun falling from the top of the mountain opposite him.

Along with the flying wild lilies, it splashed water in the Yudai River and was not picked up again.

Li Huaiqing paused for a moment, his gaze shifting from the calm Yudai River to Lou Xiao's face on the top of the opposite mountain.

Although he couldn't see clearly, the chilling eyes were still looking at him.

"Why is she looking at me like that?" It was summer, so Li Huaiqing naturally didn't wear cool clothes like the villagers in Qieyue Village.

The long sleeves of the robe wrapped him tightly, but under her gaze, he felt his hair stand on end, and he didn't know why.

However, the guards around him immediately stood in front of him. They were all martial artists, so of course they knew what that look meant.

However, the guards didn't know how to explain it to the young master. The Duke of Zhenguo's martial arts were well known. Maybe they had seen it wrong?

They are separated by a river, how could she have the intention to kill him?

"Sir, this place is dangerous, let's go back." The guard could only persuade him dutifully.

No one dared to say anything bad about the Duke of Zhenguo.

Li Huaiqing hesitated for a moment, then looked at Lou Xiao again with a serious expression.

Until the figure of the high priest appeared behind Lou Xiao, she turned around and rushed towards the high priest, and her figure disappeared among the shadows of the trees.

"Go back."

Li Huaiqing frowned, feeling that something was not what he thought.

Lou Xiao will definitely look for him when she comes back. Then we can see what she thinks and whether the former King Zheng has left Nanzi.

He also had to eliminate Xiao Zhaoyang's thorns in Nanzi to ensure that Nanzi would never betray the court no matter what happened.

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With the sound of a bell from ancient times, a word fell into my ears.

"Are you awake?" The high priest stood in the greenery, his figure light as a floating god.

Lou Xiao lowered her head for a long time. There was still Mo Jingchun's blood on the sword. As she lowered the sword, the blood beads gathered and rolled into the mud along the tip of the sword and disappeared.

She blinked her drooping eyelashes and slowly raised her head to look at the high priest.

Then he looked back at the top of the mountain, where Mo Jingchun had just stood.

"It's over now, there's no going back."

The high priest's voice was somewhat cold. "Perhaps this is his fate, to be shattered into pieces and return to Mother Earth."

"Why didn't you stop me..." Lou Xiao's voice was very soft, with a bit of the fragility of a child, "I didn't intend to kill him."

"But you did it." The high priest pointed out the fact mercilessly.

"The numerous scars on his body, could it be that you rowed for fun?"

Lou Xiao seemed to be recalling what had just happened, holding his forehead with one hand, feeling very irritated.

“You know that’s not me! It’s not me! What’s wrong with me…”

Her emotions suddenly rose, she put away her sword and walked to the cliff to look down.

The Yudai River flows gently and without any ripples. There is neither Mo Jingchun's figure nor the large bunch of wild lilies on the water.

So peaceful as if nothing had ever happened.

Just as she was about to jump down to look for Mo Jingchun, the high priest stopped her with a word.

"Don't you understand by now that once you get emotional, you lose control.

If you jump down now, even if he is still alive, you will definitely kill him with one sword."

Lou Xiao froze for a while before speaking, "What should we do? He will die."

The high priest's old and desolate voice was somewhat cold.

"Everyone will die, and for him, this may be a relief."

This sentence made Lou Xiao angry again. She turned around suddenly and saw the ugly tree root mask of the high priest. She tried hard to control herself from arguing with him.

But the tone is still bad.

"You refused to let him return to Nanzi, but now you are willing to let him return to his hometown. Does this mean he must die before he can enter Qieyue Village?"

After she finished speaking, she felt that what she said was wrong, but the anger in her chest needed to be vented, so Lou Xiao continued to speak without thinking,

"When we came to Qieyue Village before, we were blocked not long after we got there. This time it was unusual, no one blocked us the whole way. Are you all just watching the show?

Even if he is a traitor to Qieyue Village, but speaking from a clear conscience, how can we blame him for what happened back then!"

No matter how much she said, the high priest remained unmoved and only said one sentence at the end:

"Don't run away. People from the Central Plains should take responsibility for their actions."

Lou Xiao instantly became weak and shrunken. Yes, it was clearly her who did it.

What right does she have to blame others?

It would be fine if she had completely lost her mind, but she knew very clearly that she had actually been very clear-headed.

She had all the memories of when she lost control, and even when she lost control, she never felt that there was anything wrong with what she did.

She seemed to have suddenly turned into a murderous puppet, without any emotions or deep thoughts.

At that time, there was only one thing in my mind, which was to kill, kill, kill.

Is she really out of control?

Or is there another person inside her body that is controlling her?

Lou Xiao was really afraid this time, even though he was facing his master's old friend and a strong senior.

Lou Xiao has never been afraid.

If we cannot control our bodies, what is the difference between being alive and being dead?

No, if it is controlled by someone else——

Lou Xiao put one hand on his pulse and asked the high priest,

"Is someone using the Gu in my body to control me? Is it Qieyue Village that wants to make a puppet?

Or do you want me to be someone else's loyal blade?"

As she spoke, Lou Xiao thought of the most unlikely possibility, but she immediately shook the thought off.

"What is going on? High Priest, please help me get rid of the poison. I don't want to cause more trouble."

"I can't help you." The high priest shook his head, ignoring Lou Xiao's incredulous and angry look.

"I won't allow anyone to remove the poison for you. It has to be in you."

Lou Xiao lowered her voice and it was hard to tell whether she was happy or angry. "Can't, or don't want to?"

There was a hint of red in her eyes, and she was eager to know the reason.