"I told you not to wander around. If this is really a bandit den, how do you want to die? Fortunately, these pits are new and haven't been filled with spikes yet. Otherwise, it would be hilarious if Yue Hongling, the second on the Qianlong List, died in them. Who knows if Chaos Chronicles will crash..."

Zhao Changhe was still sharp-minded, and he didn't let people see Yue Hongling crawling out of the pit. He drove everyone away before he managed to pull her up and gave her a scolding when they got back inside.

"Other bandit dens don't have pits all over the place like this! Besides, isn't this a bandit den? What do you mean by 'bandit queen'?" Yue Hongling gritted her teeth, ignoring the pain of the sword qi in her body and glared at him.

"Otherwise, what should I say? My house was robbed, and my men took down this woman who didn't know how to live or die?" Zhao Changhe said angrily, "My sister-in-law, you're injured and powerless. A group of people could kill you by poking you with a spear. If I don't call you my own, what should I call you?"

Yue Hongling was at a loss for words.

Indeed, there was no way to refute it. She could only say that she was his own. And his own person, a woman, in his house, could he say that she was just an ordinary friend? That would be too obvious, wouldn't it? It could only lead to a vague "Oh~" at best, and wouldn't that still make her a bandit queen...

"I didn't expect that the sword qi would cause such chaos with just one strike. I didn't know when I sneaked in earlier..." Yue Hongling's eyes were a little silly.

It's over, my reputation.

I shouldn't have come to this place.

Zhao Changhe glanced at her sideways, and his inherent impression of this woman was almost completely overturned in an instant. But surprisingly, he didn't feel too disappointed. Instead, he felt a little cute.

"Okay, okay, don't look so disappointed." Zhao Changhe handed her a glass of water. "Anyway, no one knows you're Yue Hongling now. If you don't want to go to the bonfire feast, just hide in the room and leave in a few days. Who knows who you are? At most, they'll think I brought a woman from the city back to play for a few days."

Yue Hongling's face was expressionless. "It would be comforting if you didn't say the last sentence."

If people imagine me as a woman from some rural area and you hid me in your room for a few days, then die.

Zhao Changhe laughed and cried, "Even if I hide you, what do you want me to do? My good sister-in-law?"

The teasing in his words was overflowing, as if he was saying, "How did I shout you as my sister-in-law when you're like this?"

Yue Hongling gritted her silver teeth in anger. "Get me a set of clothes from your village. I'll put on some makeup and go out to eat and drink with them. There are so many people in the world who look alike. Why do I have to be Yue Hongling? Can't I be Lin Hongyue?"

What about Luo Qi...

"Changing clothes and putting on makeup is feasible, but not for going out to drink. You're injured, don't be stubborn." Zhao Changhe stood up and patted her shoulder. "Putting on makeup is for you to move around normally, go out when you need to, and fight when you want to. You don't need to hide. That's not the Yue Hongling in my heart. That's it. I'll find you a set of clothes. The former soft clothes of someone who left without packing should fit you."

Looking at Zhao Changhe rummaging through the cabinet at the end of the bed, Yue Hongling's expression became even more strange.

The Yue Hongling in his heart...

What's that?

Soon, a set of clothes was thrown over, and there was even a faint fragrance. "Rest for a while. I'll go out and drink with them. After all, it's New Year's Eve. If the leader of the village is seen as not joining in the fun and just hiding in his room to play with women, it's not good."

You didn't play with any women!

How vulgar.Even though nothing happened, these bastards made it sound like something did.

Wait, whose clothes are these? Why do they smell like a woman?

He must be a crude and vulgar king of the mountains, who has played with women here before!

Yue Hongling held her head in pain, but she couldn't get angry as she watched Zhao Changhe walk away.

It's interesting how he has an imagined version of me in his mind. When the real me doesn't match up to it, he still defends his imagined image of me.

Never mind that, I need to use the bathroom. Yue Hongling looked around the room and quickly headed towards the toilet.

...

As night fell, the mountain stronghold was filled with bonfires and noise.

There weren't many people in the stronghold, only three or four hundred, but the scene of them drinking and making noise together was still impressive and lively.

The stronghold leader's house was much higher than the square. Yue Hongling put on her coat and went out, looking down at the noisy scene below.

There was a big flag on the side of the square that fluttered in the wind at night. You could vaguely make out the words on the flag: "Carry out justice for heaven."

Yue Hongling was interested in the flag and thought to herself that these four words were often an excuse for many bandits. However, she didn't seem to have any plans to carry out justice for heaven. She was going to follow her own path.

Her gaze wandered around the scene and quickly found Zhao Changhe. He was too eye-catching.

Zhao Changhe held a large jug of wine and drank with everyone, not refusing anyone who came. His voice was loud and could be accurately distinguished in the noisy scene.

"How can you call yourself a man if you can't handle just a few cups? Drink up, stop pretending!"

"A drinking competition? Good idea! You guys divide into teams, I'll offer a reward, the winner gets money, the loser drinks!"

"You don't like the title 'boss'? Then what do you want to be called? King of the Mountains? Don't be ridiculous...oh...leader? You might as well be called 'Monkey King'."

"When will you reach the second level of Xuan Guan? I don't know, who cares."

Yue Hongling also heard words related to herself, as if someone asked, "Boss, when Yue Hongling passed by earlier, is she still nearby? What if this powerful person comes to attack us?"

Zhao Changhe waved his hand. "It doesn't matter, I'll handle it!"

Yue Hongling: "..."

"Hey, boss, where's the big sister-in-law you keep hidden in your house? The more I think about it, the more she looks like Yue Hongling."

"How many dishes did you drink to get like this? If it really was Yue Hongling in my house, I would have gone in to play with her by now, instead of chatting with you idiots."

Yue Hongling: "..."

"Haha, that's right! I think the boss is also worthy of Yue Hongling. They'll definitely get together soon!"

Zhao Changhe, who had always been in control, was now a little overwhelmed. "Drink up, stop dreaming! If you can't handle it, go sit at the dog's table!"

Of course, he couldn't handle it. Who knows if Yue Hongling would hear these words? The senses of someone at the eighth level of Xuan Guan were not to be trifled with!

Then someone came up and said something even more tactless. "Boss, if you find Yue Hongling, what about Xia Shengnu...um..."

"Fuck..." Zhao Changhe's face turned red, not knowing how much of it was due to the alcohol and how much was due to his anxiety.Ling Xing reminded him, "Boss, you should drink less. Sister-in-law is still guarding the empty room... Yue Hongling, the Holy Maiden, is just a rumor, don't take it seriously."

Amidst the laughter, Zhao Changhe retreated in embarrassment. "Alright, I'm going back to take a look. I don't want to deal with you guys. Have fun."

As soon as he returned to the house, he saw Yue Hongling standing outside. Her beautiful eyes glanced over, and he didn't know how much embarrassment was contained in them.

Zhao Changhe almost wanted to run away, it seemed like she had heard everything... Speaking of which, the sword qi in her body wasn't always effective. If she really became angry and attacked, he wouldn't be her match...

Fortunately, Yue Hongling didn't coldly say, "Yue Hongling is really in your room, what are you planning to do?" That kind of question that left people at a loss for words. Instead, she suddenly smiled, "This pool is too shallow. I've looked through the entire mountain stronghold and found that you are the only one at Xuan Guan level one. I really don't understand. You clearly have great ambitions and aspirations, why are you content with hanging around here? Moreover, your path is completely different from that of the demonic sect. How can you stay here?"

Zhao Changhe sighed. This state of Yue Hongling was the Yue Hongling in his heart. He became happy and answered seriously, "For the short term, it's still suitable for me... Hmm, it's a safe place to start with? It's very suitable to practice against people at levels one and two around here... At my current level, rashly going out into the world, I don't know who I'll encounter and die at their hands. As for the demonic sect..."

He paused, then suddenly laughed, "Only some lowlifes have come to make trouble. There haven't been any true demonic practitioners or bounty hunters coming to provoke me, because I'm from the Blood God Sect... Not everyone dares to provoke the Blood God Sect."

"That's true..." Yue Hongling nodded, "You've only been practicing for less than two months, and your achievements are already remarkable... Maybe it's because your aura is too strong, people always feel like you're a famous master."

She furrowed her brows slightly, "Your luck is also strange... Now you're wanted by the government, which means you're not tolerated by the righteous path. If you rashly leave the demonic sect, the demonic sect won't tolerate you either. You'll have nowhere to go."

Zhao Changhe smiled. His path was indeed very difficult. He was like a prince, even if Tang Chancellor knew, he wouldn't dare to withdraw the wanted order. Otherwise, if it fell into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, it would only make things worse for him. The wanted order was likely to exist until he formally recognized his wild father.

If he didn't want to go down that path, like he was now, once he left the sect, he really wouldn't be tolerated by either the righteous or demonic path. It would be a difficult journey. This was one of the reasons why he had been hesitant to leave this small pool.

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Of course, if he had enough strength, it wouldn't be a problem.

"So..." Zhao Changhe suddenly laughed, "Can I learn martial arts from sister?"

Yue Hongling's gaze flickered.

The two looked at each other with complex expressions. Under the moonlight and amidst the noise, it was like a still picture.

After a long time, Yue Hongling also smiled, "Okay."