Mo Xingyun came out of the secret passage.
Having lived through the assassination, he felt as if he had been born again.
His breathing was smoother than before, and the internal energy in his dantian was more abundant.
He thought for a long time.
He did not know who the assassin was, but since they knew his path so well, they had to be tied to the demonic cult.
He decided, for now, to carry out the Demon Queen’s order and intercept the people of the Immortal Palace.
As the only son of Holy Empress Ning Xuefei and her late husband Mo Xiubo, his identity was already the greatest taboo of the present lord of the Immortal Palace, Emperor Wei Wuyin.
He could be called the most wanted man in the Immortal Palace.
He must not show who he was under any circumstances.
His existence threatened the Emperor’s claim to legitimacy.
After all, if not for the Heavenly Star Rebellion, he would have been the rightful heir of the Immortal Palace, and a dual heir of both the Imperial Sword Sect and the Immortal Palace.
If the world knew he was still alive, remnants of the Imperial Sword Sect and the Immortal Palace resistance might well use him as the leader of a rebellion and attack the Immortal Palace.
So for many years Mo Xingyun had mostly followed the orders of the Evil Ancestor and the Demon Queen and hidden in Evil Moon Cave.
Even when he rarely came to the surface, he tried his best not to give himself away.
That the Demon Queen had sent him to assassinate people from the Immortal Palace was puzzling.
Was it a test?
Or was there another reason?
Added to the assassins who met him the moment he left the cave, he felt even more confused and restless.
“Do not overthink it.
Just focus on the present.” A cool voice suddenly rang in his mind.
A chill ran down his spine, then a surge of warmth.
He knew Long Yue was speaking to him through that tuft of black hair.
“Master?” he answered in his mind.
“Hmm.” Long Yue’s voice was weak.
“I can sense that your thoughts are very troubled, but do not be anxious.
The energy inside you has already woken, but your mind still needs tempering.”
“This disciple understands.
But right now…”
“For now, treat this as a trial.
Observe.
Judge.
Then… take action.” Her voice faded away.
He tried his best to calm himself.
With her guidance his anxiety lessened a great deal.
He decided not to think too much for now and to focus on intercepting the people from the Immortal Palace, to fulfill the Ancestor’s order.
After all, those people were Wei Wuyin’s lackeys, and Mo Xingyun hated them deeply.
He used his lightness skill to cross the mountains fast.
After the adventure in the lake he felt his internal strength had risen a level, and his lightness skill and footwork were much stronger.
In half a day he reached the ambush site.
It was noon.
The sun was blazing.
He was already far from Evil Moon Cave.
In the distance he could see mountains and lush forest.
The place was a mountain path halfway up a slope.
He hid himself, lying prone in the bushes by the road.
According to the Ancestor’s instructions, in about half an hour three people carrying Immortal Palace tokens would pass this path.
His task was to kill them on the spot.
“Ah Jiao, Ah Mei, do you think what that young man in the shop said about the mountain demon is true?
If it is, that would be so much fun!”
After he had waited about half an hour, he heard a charming woman’s voice and silvery laughter.
He looked up.
Three people on horseback were coming slowly from the western end of the path.
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The woman in front wore a bright, colorful green dress and rode a pure white horse.
She was an exceptionally beautiful young woman.
Her skin was fair.
Her figure was tall and slender.
Her nose was straight and delicate.
Her brows arched lightly.
Her eyes were large, with long lashes.
A pair of alluring red lips looked even more delicate against her white teeth.
Her long black hair flowed over her shoulders.
Beneath her fair neck, her beautiful dress showed a mature, full bust.
Her waist was slender, like a snake or a willow branch.
Below her waist were round, firm, full buttocks.
The hem of her skirt was a loose mid-length cut that reached above her knees and showed a small stretch of plump, snow-white thighs and shapely calves.
Her delicate legs caught the sunlight, as if they were covered in flesh-colored stockings.
Paired with light-colored high heels about five centimeters high, the skirt set off her shapely, charming, sweet girlish figure.
In particular her legs were exceptionally long and slender, which made her look very tall, though she did not yet have a fully mature woman’s weight of charm.
She held an alluring, sexy pull, and also a youthful, vivid beauty like a charming young girl.
Behind her were two young girls on horseback, but their looks and figures were far below hers, and their clothes looked like those of maids.
One maid, dressed in white, said with a smile, “Miss, the mountain demon is quite terrifying, isn’t it?
Just thinking about it is frightening.
What is fun about that?
Let us go back to the Immortal Palace as soon as we can, so the Holy Empress will not worry about you.”
The other maid, in pink, said in a mischievous way, “That is not necessarily so.
Think about it.
If we catch that mountain monster and stuff it into that lecherous shopkeeper’s place with those two young ladies, let us see if it scares him to death.
Hahaha!”
The beautiful girl in green grew excited too.
“Yes, yes, yes.
Ah Jiao is right.
Let us go to that mountain valley and find the mountain monster’s cave, catch it, and tell Father when we get back.
I bet he will be terrified.
It is so much fun!”
The three girls chattered without stop as they rode at an easy pace along the path.
Mo Xingyun, lying in the grass, saw that each of them wore a token at her waist.
It showed a cloud of mist rising above a ball of white flame — a clear mark of the Heavenly Star Immortal Palace.
“Those three must be the target,” he thought.
But he had never expected the people he was to ambush would be three beautiful young women, especially the one in green who led them.
She was graceful and beautiful, with a lovely figure and a lovely face, in the prime of her youth, like a flower in full bloom.
He was so caught that he stared at her face and could not look away.
His heart pounded for no clear reason, and he hesitated.
Just then several powerful arrows shot out from the hillside toward the three women on the path.
The three cried out in alarm and drew their weapons to defend themselves.
Unexpectedly the arrows were not aimed at them.
They struck their precious horses with perfect accuracy.
The three horses took several arrows, bled heavily, and collapsed with a loud neigh.
The three women used their agility to jump off.
At that moment several men in black leapt down from the hillside and surrounded them.
Mo Xingyun looked closely and realized this group of men in black were the assassins who had tried to kill him.
“Hehehe.
This was so easy!
You three girls are strolling around here at your leisure.
Why not come back to the mountain stronghold with us to sit and rest, and have some fun?
How about that?”
The leader of the men in black chuckled in a lewd way.
Fei Mo was a disciple of Cangli Dharma King, another venerable of the cult.
He was wicked and vicious.
Among the younger generation of cult disciples he was counted a master.
Though all subordinates of the cult fell under the Demon Queen, there were various branches beneath her.
In other words, the men in black who had tried to kill him were members of the demonic cult?
The group that attacked him before was clearly the same group that appeared now.
They all wore the same clothes.
“Is the demonic sect trying to get rid of me?” he wondered.
He had done nothing to betray the sect.
Why would he have offended them?
The girl in green brandished her gleaming longsword and glared at Fei Mo.
She said angrily, “Hmph!
You lot, how dare you kill my precious horse!
Now each of you leave behind an arm, and I will spare your lives!”
“Hahahaha!” Fei Mo laughed wildly, then said in a lewd voice, “All right.
Once you obediently come home with me, you can have as many of my arms as you want.
I also have one down there.
It is very thick and big.
I wonder if Miss would like it?”
With that the men in black began to chuckle in a dirty way.
The girl in green, enraged by their teasing, blushed deeply.
The girl in pink beside her said sharply, “Miss, why waste your breath on them?
They are just some bandits.
Let them taste our power!”
After saying that she brandished her sword and charged forward, using the Immortal Palace Sword Technique, and surprisingly she was evenly matched with one of the men in black.
Fei Mo and the black-clad men from the demonic sect wasted no more words.
They drew their weapons and attacked at once.
The three women used their swordsmanship.
The two sides fought hard.
“Wow, little girl.
The ladies from the Immortal Palace live up to their name.
They are hot and fiery.
I wonder if they are just as hot in bed.
Haha!”
While the cult members fought the girl in green they kept throwing out lewd, teasing lines with ease.
They were clearly still holding back their strength.
That enraged the girl in green.
She unleashed a series of deadly attacks.
Mo Xingyun watched the two sides tangle.
The Immortal Palace Sword Technique was indeed orthodox martial arts, and the body was well protected.
For the moment it could stand against the evil arts of the demonic sect.
But the three women were outnumbered and young, and their internal strength was probably shallow.
If this went on too long, things would likely go badly.
He looked up at the hillside and saw several men in black lying in ambush in the grass, holding bows and arrows.
It was clearly a backup plan they had prepared.
Some of them looked familiar.
They were his fellow disciples, about the same age as him.
It seemed the demonic cult had sent out quite a few groups this time, and he was probably only one of them.
Thinking about this, why had the Demon Queen sent only him to intercept and kill the girl from the Immortal Palace, and then arranged for so many cult disciples to come in batches?
What was her aim?
He could not understand it.
As the girl in green slowly lost ground, Fei Mo and the cult members hurled lewd words at her breasts and genitals while they used their swords, harassing her.
The girl was ashamed and angry, and furious.