61: Chapter 61 "Mountain... Demon..."

Just as the woman in white pulled Yingzi up, she felt a slight pain in her wrist, as if she had been bitten by an ant.

Frowning slightly, she looked down and saw that it was the little girl biting her wrist...

"Stop! If you bite again, I'll spank you!"

The woman in white spoke, then used her other hand to gently push Yingzi away.

At this moment, Yingzi's face was full of anger, her eyes filled with malice as she glared at her: "Did you take my brother away? You bad woman!"

"..."

The woman in white felt bewildered. "Who took your brother? What are you talking about? I saved you because I saw that you possess a True Qi Spiritual Root, and I intended to take you to cultivate so you could become a respected female warrior..."

Upon hearing this, the malice in Yingzi's eyes faded significantly, but she still glared at the woman: "It was you who took my brother. If you don't return my brother to me, I won't go with you!"

The woman in white thought this little girl was quite cunning and spoke with hidden meaning, so she asked her exactly what had happened. Yingzi told her the whole story of Su Fan being captured from beginning to end. At the end, she pointed at the woman and added: "My brother can fly, he can fly in the sky. He is so powerful that no ordinary person could catch him. It must have been you, this bad woman, who took him!"

The woman in white was amused and laughed. "You just want me to save your brother, why do you have to brag about him being so powerful? I'll go save him, just wait here!"

After speaking, the woman in white grabbed a sword in one hand, her body fluttering up like a light butterfly. With a light tap of her toes, like a dragonfly skimming the water, she flew up to the gatehouse of the county office in an instant.

"Wow! So amazing!!"

Yingzi stood on the roof, watching the woman's True Qi skills, and suddenly felt that her brother would definitely be saved, so she clapped her hands happily.

"Who goes there!?"

The county guards heard the commotion, became alert, drew their swords, and faced the enemy.

The woman in white drew her sword with a "shing" sound and was about to make a move when she looked down...

She saw a large group of warriors escorting a sedan chair passing through the street, quickly heading towards the county office.

"Eh? Grandmaster Realm?"

Instantly, like a gecko, she pressed herself against the pillar under the eaves of the gatehouse, not daring to move a muscle...

Although this sedan chair was an ordinary black one, the people carrying it and the guards were all experts above the Martial Master Realm, and the person inside the sedan had even reached the Great Grandmaster Realm...

She was only at the Grandmaster Realm. Seeing that she couldn't force it, she flew back to the roof where Yingzi was after the sedan entered the county office.

Yingzi was still waiting there. Seeing the woman in white return empty-handed, her face instantly filled with disappointment.

The woman in white said: "This small county office actually has an expert at the Grandmaster Realm. I can't save your brother today. I must depart for Yan today. I will entrust the matter of saving your brother to others. Come with me now."

"Will you really ask someone else to save my brother? You blinked when you were talking, you must be lying!" Yingzi said, looking into her eyes.

The woman in white was amused and laughed again. "Fine, fine, fine. At such a young age, to have this kind of insight, you are indeed a good seedling for the Dao of martial arts! It's not that I don't want to save your brother today; this is a tribulation in his fate, understand? Bah, why am I telling you all this! If you don't come with me today, I will kill you right now!"

"I won't go, I want my brother!"

Yingzi pouted, her little face showing a fierce expression.

"You're coming whether you want to or not!"

The woman in white scooped her up by the waist and was about to fly away with her, but Yingzi bit down hard on her waist, and her hands frantically slapped the woman's body...

"I won't go! I want my brother!"

"I won't go! I want my brother!"

After a flurry of slapping, Yingzi realized it was useless. She wiped the tear stains from her face with her hands, a sense of sadness and despair suddenly rising in her heart. She was afraid that she would never see her brother again in this lifetime...

She who used to dream of flying in the sky, now only wanted to see her brother one more time.

How she wished to return to those days when she dug for barnacles with her brother; that was the happiest moment of her life...

It's just that, I'm afraid, she could never go back.

She sobbed for a long time, as if her tears had gradually dried up...

Finally, as if Yingzi had figured something out, she bit her lip and said fiercely: "I want you to help me kill someone!"

The woman in white was slightly stunned, then chuckled: "That's simple. It's to kill that Young Beggar, right? I'll go kill him for you right now..."

...

At the end of an alley.

The Young Beggar was holding a porcelain bowl in his hands, tossing a few copper coins in the bowl, humming a little tune, and was just about to return to his nest when, at that moment, a blade of True Qi pierced his throat...

"Ugh!"

Looking at the woman in white and the little girl in front of him, the Young Beggar could not believe, even in death, that such a way of killing existed in the world.

"He's dead, let's go!"

After speaking, the woman in white prepared to take off with Yingzi.

At this moment, Yingzi suddenly drew the sword from her hand, held the sword with both hands with effort, walked to the dead Young Beggar, and directed it at his corpse...

"Let that teach you to hurt my brother!"

"Let that teach you to hurt my brother!"

As she spoke, the little girl stabbed the corpse again and again, a full eighteen times, before she exhausted her strength and stopped.

But her eyes were still bloodshot, as if she hadn't vented her anger yet.

"Alright, let's go..."

The woman in white didn't say anything else, she sheathed the sword, then pulled Yingzi up and flew off.

Brother, I will definitely come back to save you.

In the sky, Yingzi turned her head to look in the direction of the county office. Tears welled up in her eyes again. Finally, she hardened her heart and turned her head away, as if filled with endless unwillingness and reluctance. She reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes and never looked back again...

...

County office prison.

The jailer opened the cell door and said to Su Fan: "A distinguished guest has come today, looking for a servant who can read. It depends on whether you have the fate for it."

Su Fan was brought out, but he was still wearing shackles.

Along with him, a large group of prisoners were also brought out.

All the prisoners were barefoot and shackled. They were taken to a large courtyard, lined up, and were not allowed to make a sound, one by one walking forward slowly...

On the large courtyard, besides the long line of people, looking up at a platform above, one could see a middle-aged man dressed in brocade clothes and looking very noble, sitting on a tiger-skin armchair.

The middle-aged man's complexion was sickly pale, his sword-like eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and a glance from his star-like eyes seemed to carry a biting chill, giving people a feeling of aloofness and unapproachability.

"This distinguished guest, one can tell at a glance that his status is extraordinary..."

Su Fan calculated in his heart that he must try to be bought by this distinguished guest; at least that way, he wouldn't have to go mine.

He walked barefoot, slowly moving forward with the people in front of him. When he got to the front, he realized that everyone had been called to recognize characters.

At the very front, there was a table. A person dressed in black was writing, and a yamen runner was holding up a white paper, letting the prisoners line up to recognize the characters. Those who could recognize the characters on the white paper stood aside to wait, and those who could not recognize the characters were all taken back to the cell...

It would soon be Su Fan's turn; there were only two people in front of him. He saw the yamen runner holding up the white paper, and on the white paper was written the character " lofty".

"Mountain... Ghost..."

"What Mountain Ghost, next!"

The person in front of Su Fan just shook his head and was taken back to the cell.

Finally, it was Su Fan's turn.

He looked at the character; it was so familiar!

Just as he was about to open his mouth, he was suddenly stunned. What was this character pronounced?