Chapter Thirty: Escaping

  The old woman walked away happily, Lu Xiaofeng was very happy, he thought he had come up with a good idea, but Li Yunfei knew that this person was actually Gong Sun's wife.

  The chestnut was still hot, hot and fragrant. Lu Xiaofeng was about to comfort himself. He peeled a chestnut and just put it in his mouth. Li Yunfei knocked the chestnut out of his hand.

  Lu Xiaofeng asked strangely: "Li Yunfei, what are you doing?!"

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "I have a feeling that something is off about this person selling chestnuts."

  "What's wrong?" asked Lu Xiaofeng.

  Li Yunfei smiled and said, "We've been looking for Mrs. Gong Sun all along, but she's good at disguising herself. The least suspicious person would be the old woman from just now. Moreover, that old woman's skirt was too long, covering her own feet. I'm a bit suspicious that the old woman might be Mrs. Gong Sun."

  Just then, the old woman emerged from the darkness. At this time, Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng discovered that in the dim eyes of the old woman, a sharp light like a knife was flashing. Such an old lady should not have such a light in her eyes.

  The old woman looked at Li Yunfei and the others, then looked at the chestnuts that had been knocked to the ground. A wry smile appeared on her dry mouth as she muttered: "Such good sugar-roasted chestnuts, one can kill thirty people, it would be a waste not to eat them."

  She walked over with a tottering gait, and Li Yunfei suddenly discovered that although her walk was old and decrepit, her footsteps were very light. The skirt she wore was very long, dragging all the way to the ground and covering her feet. Lu Xiaofeng also looked at her feet without speaking.

  The old woman suddenly laughed. Her laughter was like the tinkling of a silver bell, but even more pleasant to hear. She asked: "Why don't you eat my chestnuts? Is it that my chestnuts are not good to eat?"

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "I don't know if your chestnuts are good to eat, but I do know that if I ate them, I wouldn't see the sun tomorrow."

  The old woman smiled and said: "Good, Li Yunfei is indeed Li Yunfei. Impressive."

  Li Yunfei smiled and said: "How did you know I was Li Yunfei?"

  "Observing so carefully and being with Lu Xiaofeng who has four eyebrows, if it's not Li Yunfei then who is it."

  Li Yunfei smiled, just then the old woman pulled out a pair of short swords from her basket. The swords had bright red tassels tied to them. As soon as he saw the swords, the sword flashed and its blade was already at his throat. What quick hands, what a quick sword.

  Li Yunfeng swiftly drew his treasured sword, and the two instantly exchanged ten moves without stopping. Li Yunfeng had always thought that Xi Men Xue's and Ye Gu Cheng's swords were already the fastest in the world, but this Gong Sun Da Niang's sword was also incredibly fast.

  Li Yunfei was forced into a flurry of activity, this person's swordsmanship was surprisingly brilliant, and he couldn't believe that there were still such hidden masters in the world.

  In the past, there was a talented woman named Gong Sun, whose sword dance moved the four directions. The onlookers were as numerous as mountains, and their spirits were subdued. Heaven and earth seemed to be lowered for her sake.

  Shining like a divine archer shooting down the nine suns, soaring like a group of dragons dancing in the sky. Arriving like thunder and lightning gathering anger, departing like the ocean and rivers condensing clear light.

  Although there was no one watching the mountain, Li Yunfei's expression was gloomy. The sword energy overflowed, as if even the moonlight on this Mid-Autumn Festival night was overshadowed by it.

  Is this the sword dance that Gong Sun style taught its disciples back then?

  Li Yunfei's clothes had already been cut off by the sword energy. When there was no way to retreat, Lu Xiaofeng also came forward to help.

  But Gong Sun's swordsmanship was really too high, and Lu Xiaofeng was gradually forced to the trunk of the tree. Gong Sun's sword stabbed towards Lu Xiaofeng, and it seemed that he was about to kill Lu Xiaofeng. However, Gong Sun did not know Lu Xiaofeng's skills. Suddenly, Lu Xiaofeng slid his body and climbed up along the trunk of the tree. The sword stabbed into the trunk of the tree.

  At this critical moment, Li Yunfeng thrust his sword, which was faster than ever before. Madam Gongsun loosened her grip, and the sword stuck in the tree trunk.

  Lu Xiaofeng also attacked, Li Yunfei and Lu Xiaofeng joined forces to attack Gong Sun's wife. Gong Sun's wife saw this and flew away in an instant, flying out more than 15 meters.

  Li Yunfeng saw many people with excellent lightness skills, but this Grand Aunt Gongsun not only had high swordsmanship, but also extremely high lightness skills. She was really a formidable figure.

  However, Lu Xiaofeng's lightness skill was also very high. Lu Xiaofeng closely followed behind Gong Sun's wife, not falling back a single step. Li Yunfei had made rapid progress in his lightness skill since he learned the Phoenix Dance of Nine Days from Lu Xiaofeng, although he couldn't compare to Lu Xiaofeng ahead of him, but he also followed far behind.

  Just as Lu Xiaofeng was about to catch up with that Mrs. Gongsun, she suddenly fell down and cried out: "Save me! Save me!"

  In this world, there will always be people who like to take advantage of others. At this time, more than a dozen people suddenly appeared, some holding knives, some holding swords, and several holding stools. They surrounded Lu Xiaofeng, while Gong Sun's wife took the opportunity to run away.

  Those dozen or so people shouted: "You, chasing an old man's family, what are you going to do?"

  Just then, a man rushed out and slapped those people, scolding: "You few kids, what are you doing? Do you know who he is? He's the good friend of Snake King, Lu Xiaofeng."

  Lu Xiaofeng could be offended, but the Snake King couldn't. Those people were scared and rushed to Lu Xiaofeng's side to plead for mercy.

  Lu Xiaofeng watched as Gong Sun's wife had long since run away, and things were now settled. At this time, the man who rushed out ran to Lu Xiaofeng and said: "Snake King, we have already found where Xue Bing was kidnapped."

  "Where are you taking me?" Lu Xiaofeng asked urgently.

  The man took Lu Xiaofeng and Li Yunfei to their destination. He led the two into an alley, at the end of which was a small red door. The door was slightly ajar, with someone standing at the entrance, seemingly in a great hurry, rubbing his hands anxiously.

  Lu Xiaofeng rushed in, Li Yunfei followed behind him. There were two people inside the house, but they weren't Xue Bing, instead they were two men. One of them was surprisingly Jin Jiuling.

  Lu Xiaofeng was stunned and asked: "How is it you, Xue Bing?"

  Jin Jiuling didn't respond, but stretched out his hand, holding a piece of clothing. A soft and light white garment. This was Xue Bing's clothes, Lu Xiaofeng naturally recognized them. His face had already changed, Xue Bing's clothes were here, but the person wasn't. This garment certainly wouldn't have come by itself. She also wouldn't have taken off her own clothes and walked out naked. Lu Xiaofeng suddenly felt his legs go weak, took two steps back, fell onto a chair, and acid water surged up in his stomach.

  Jin Jiuling's face was also very heavy, hesitating, and finally asked: "Can you recognize that this is Xue Bing's clothes?"

  Lu Xiaofeng nodded, his expression very unsightly. But he still held onto hope and asked: "Since her clothes are here, she must have come here too. Have you seen her?"

  Jin Jiuling shook his head and said, "When we came, there was no one here."

  "How did you find this place?" asked Lu Xiaofeng.

  Jin Jiuling said: "Isn't this place what we've been looking for?"

  "Is it the snake king?"

  "This time, Jin Jiulian nodded and said: 'He is indeed your good friend. He has also done his best for you!'"

  "Since this morning, all the brothers under his command have been searching for Xue Bing on your behalf. Their method of searching is very effective because their brothers have infiltrated every corner of this city. Especially in tea houses, wine shops, inns, restaurants, and even street stalls selling boat noodles and roast goose rice. These are places where people gather the most and news spreads the fastest. They start by asking around these places if there have been any suspicious strangers recently. No matter who it is, they need to eat and sleep. If they can't find anything in the inns, they ask around again if there are any empty houses nearby that might be rented to a suspicious stranger. With three thousand city rascals asking about the same thing at the same time, of course, they will soon get some leads."

  Li Yunfei said: "Then how did you discover Xue Bing."

  Jin Jiulian said, "This afternoon, they asked about this matter and immediately sent someone to investigate. At that time, there seemed to be a woman's moaning sound in this room. The person who came to investigate did not dare to act rashly and went back to find more people. But when they returned, there was no one here."

  "Xue Jiuniang's clothes are still here, but she is nowhere to be seen. There can only be one explanation: the person who took her away knew that their trail had been discovered and immediately took her away. However, they found the white clothes on her body too eye-catching, so they changed her into a new set of clothes."

  "This place has only one bed and is inhabited by only one person. However, there are six or seven sets of different clothes. This can prove the matter."

  Lu Xiaofeng said: "This proves that this person must be skilled in disguise and changing appearances. At any time, he may appear with various different identities."