Chapter 41: The Resolve of the Young Lady

  Gu Yinghua glanced out of the Temple of the Heavenly Maiden, although the sun had just set, the sky was very dark, and in the distance came the barking of hunting dogs, one after another, the pursuing soldiers were almost there!

  If it weren't for the difficulty of traveling at night, perhaps the pursuing soldiers from the Pang family would have already reached the top of Kill Tiger Ridge. What Gu Yinghua didn't know was that after Ma Qianjun let go, the members of the Tianyi gang immediately scattered like birds and beasts. The damage they suffered while chasing and killing Gu Yinghua was much less than that of the Pang family, but Liu Suoyun's ferocity far exceeded their imagination.

  So far, the Pang family alone has lost more than 100 people, and the Tianyi Gang has also suffered losses of twenty or thirty people. As soon as the news that Ma Qianjun single-handedly killed his way into the Temple of the Heavenly Maiden spread, they all found excuses to retreat one after another. By the time Pang Tianshan came back to his senses, the entire Pang family was almost deaf and blind, and it was only with great difficulty that he managed to catch up with a few fugitives who were willing to risk their lives for money.

  These fugitives had only heard of the name of the Tian Nu Temple on Kill Tiger Ridge, and did not know its specific location, so they delayed their pursuit for half a day. They didn't even catch up with Ma Qianjun and Liu Suizhen's big fight, and now they are still circling around in the vicinity of Kill Tiger Ridge.

  The fierce barking of the hunting dog had been going on since it started, and instead of stopping, it became more intense. Liu Suoyun tried to get up, but as soon as he raised his body halfway, he fell back onto Gu Yinghua's soft thighs. He said anxiously: "Miss Gu, you'd better leave quickly! It's still possible now!"

  He didn't think the situation was so dire, and yet he couldn't even muster a bit of strength: "Don't mind me, you can still leave now!"

  "Call me Yinghua!" Gu Yinghua gave Liu Suoyun an unprecedented favor: "Miss will temporarily allow you to call me Yinghua at the right time, I promised you, I want to go to Yuanzhou with you..."

  "This is impossible, the night road is difficult to walk, with me as an extra burden, how can we get out!" Liu Suoyun immediately refused Gu Yinghua's kindness: "Yinghua, Miss Gu, promise me, take good care of yourself, leave now!"

  "This young lady has never gone back on her promise to others!" Gu Yinghua said proudly: "I just want to go to Yuanzhou with you, and then we'll part ways..."

  Gu Yinghua's tone carried a hint of sadness: "After parting ways, we each went our separate ways, pursuing our own paths, and from then on became strangers in a vast world!"

  Her expression became firm again: "But before that, I won't abandon the people below!"

  "Your current situation is that you can't move my...". Liu Suoyun suddenly understood something, he opened his mouth and said a sentence: "Sorry, let's go!"

  "Don't move!" Gu Yinghua had already helped Liu Suoyun up, and Liu Suoyun did not expect that her beautiful body would have such strength. Disregarding the bloodstains on Liu Suoyun's body, she supported him to the incense table in front of the Tian Nu statue: "Hide well, don't come out!"

  "Miss Gu, no, Yinghua! Sorry!" Liu Suoyun wanted to be stronger, but now it's his turn to be speechless: "Don't be too good to me!"

  "This young lady will always give you a little favor!" Gu Yinghua smiled sweetly, as if the pursuing soldiers all over the mountain didn't exist: "This Tian Nu Temple is indeed a treasure land, I'll borrow your Tian Lei Xing Dian Sword for now!"

  This smile was so sweet that it stunned Liu Suiyun, he had never thought that Gu Yinghua's smile would be so beautiful, and even gave him a suffocating feeling.

  Liu Suiyun had already understood that this young lady's smile would be forever etched in his heart, becoming a part of his life: "Miss Gu, don't..."

  Liu Suizhen's Tianlei Starfall Sword and his long knife had already been thrown away in the confrontation with Ma Qianjun. Taking advantage of the rising moonlight, Gu Yinghua quickly picked up Liu Suizhen's discarded Tianlei Starfall Sword: "A servant's sword is indeed inferior goods, I'll just have to make do with it!"

  Liu Suiyun didn't mind Gu Yinghua's joke, he lay under the incense table in front of the Tian Nu Shen image and suddenly thought of something, saying loudly: "Yinghua, your silk electric thunderbolt..."

  Gu Yinghua, who had just retrieved the Tianlei Starfall Sword, pressed a jade finger against Liu Suoyun's lips and declared in an overbearing tone: "When this young mistress is handling things, underlings don't need to speak out of turn!"

  Just as her casual pointing on the forehead could make Liu Su Yun have a drastic change, now this gentle press made Liu Su Yun feel a fragrance hitting his nose, and his whole mood unknowingly calmed down. Even with thousands of words to say, he couldn't utter any of them!

  This is Miss Gu!

  Liu Suiyun could only sigh in his heart, he could only consider how to help Gu Yinghua in his heart.

  Just as his mood had calmed down unknowingly due to Gu Yinghua's gentle words, a loud and coarse voice came from outside the temple: "I didn't expect Miss Gu to still have such an impressive demeanor, teaching her subordinates with such arrogance!"

  "Pang Tian Shan!" Gu Yinghua had already called out the other's name at the first moment: "You still have the nerve to see me! Are you not afraid that my master will take action?"

  Pang Tian Shan's figure has appeared in front of the temple, a middle-aged man with brocade robes and jade clothes, extremely majestic. He is followed by dozens of real masters: "The nun Wugou is a transcendent being, even a casual finger can wipe out small characters like us, but I'm afraid the nun lives in Lingjing Mountain and doesn't have time to clean up small ants like me!"

  Gu Yinghua was choked with anger, but she couldn't gain favor in front of Wu Xuan Shenni. With Wu Xuan Shenni's cultivation and status, it was unlikely that she would personally take action against the Pang family for a mere nominal disciple like her: "Pang Tian Shan, you mean to say that you're not afraid of my master!"

  "If I were afraid, would I have chased after Miss Gu for a thousand six hundred miles?" Pang Tian Shan said confidently: "Although the goddess is a great Buddha, there are also places where the Buddha's light cannot shine, let alone I have my own way to protect myself."

  Gu Yinghua was clever and immediately understood Pang Tian's meaning. She didn't care about the fierce barking of the dogs in front of her, and directly asked: "Your meaning is that someone instructed you to kill me this time? Who is it?"

  If he could entrust his will to Pang Tian Shan, a powerful and wealthy man who would not hesitate to pursue and kill Gu Ying Hua at all costs, even if it meant offending the innocent and noble nun, a great master of the Yuan Ying realm, then the person behind Pang Tian Shan must be unfathomably deep, at least a senior Jindan cultivator, otherwise Pang Tian Shan wouldn't have been so blind to who was more important.

  Pang Tian Shan shook his head and smiled without answering, ignoring the murderous intent in Gu Ying Hua's eyes: "Miss Gu, at this point, you're already powerless, why not just surrender? I'll keep you safe, absolutely no harm will come to you, after all, that person's intention is only towards you alone!"

  Gu Yinghua, however, gripped the Tianlei Sword tightly. This top-grade artifact had been modified by Liu Suoyun to have a sword within a sword, so Pang Tianshan still hadn't discovered that the short sword in Gu Yinghua's hand, which looked completely harmless, was actually the family heirloom of the House Master: "Miss Gu, what do you plan to do? Of course, that person also said something like, 'When alive, one must see people; when dead, one must see corpses!'"

  Gu Yinghua put down the Tianlei Starfall Sword, and took a look at the opposing camp in front of her. The formation set up by the Pang family in the Temple of the Heavenly Maiden was stunningly luxurious, with many cultivators in the middle to late stages of Qi Refining, as well as numerous martial artists in the Yuan Dragon and Lian Gu (Refined Bone) realms.

  Even in their best state, Liu Su and Huo Qian could still participate in the war, but they were powerless to counter the overwhelming advantage of the Pang family.

  Not to mention that there is also a foundation-building cultivator like Pang Tian Mountain, who can be compared with his own prime state, and can live up to 240 years old, summon the wind and rain, swallow mountains and rivers, and has absolute crushing combat power.

  No one knew better than her the terror of a Jiuzi Master, so she grasped the Tianlei Xuanjian with a trembling hand before saying: "Pang Tianshan, I have only one request!"

  Pang Tian Shan's face was still tense: "Say..."

  Gu Yinghua said in a loud voice: "I want you to swear with your heart!"

  Pang Tian Shan relaxed a bit: "I can consider it! Please don't worry, Miss Gu, I will definitely protect you and do my best to help you deal with that person beforehand."

  For cultivators, the Dao heart is sometimes a seemingly existing and non-existent thing. However, no one dares to underestimate the Dao heart, and making an oath with the Dao heart is the ultimate bond between fellow cultivators. No one dares to make fun of the Dao heart, after all, in a cultivator's lifetime, who knows how many tribulations they will face? Once the Dao heart goes wrong, it becomes a desperate situation where death is inevitable.

  Gu Yinghua put down the Tianlei Starfall Sword and said loudly: "This servant of mine is not worthy, I accidentally offended your esteemed household, but after all, he is a servant of my Gu family. As long as Master Pang is willing to swear an oath with his moral integrity, guaranteeing his safety in every way, I, Gu Yinghua, will put down this sword and follow Master Pang right now!"

  Pang Tian Shan shook his head: "No way, this Liu Suizhen has caused my Pang family to lose so many sons and brothers. Although it's said that he was devoted to protecting his master, I, Pang, can at most only prepare an extra thin coffin for him!"

  "I once promised him that I would go with him to Yuanzhou and then part ways. I have never gone back on my word to those under me..."

  As soon as she mentioned the two words "break up", Gu Yinghua felt particularly sad, and she gave a deep bow to Pang Tianshan: "I hope the host of the Pang family will be safe!"

  "No way!" Pang Tian Shan still said: "Kill Liu Suoyun!"

  The warriors around Pang Tian Mountain had already jumped out, some rushed towards Gu Yinghua, wanting to subdue this Miss Gu, while others used their hands and feet to rush towards the incense table, wanting to kill Liu Suoyun on the spot, who had caused the Pang family to lose countless disciples, and the cultivators were ready.

  Gu Yinghua immediately patted the Tianlei sword on her palm and said, "Alright... let's go to Yuanzhou together, then we'll part ways!"

  Her voice was so sweet, her smile was also generally sweet, and even the posture of holding a sword was sweet to the extreme. Several disciples of the Pang family who rushed up to subdue her were all empty-handed. She said sweetly in her mouth: "Before parting ways, at least let me treat you to a cup of sweet bean milk..."