Chapter 1667 - 621: Inn_3
Anyone who gossiped loosely or harbored improper thoughts about that girl—
He killed them all, cutting down every last one.
Because of this he provoked many who wanted to slay the demon and uphold justice, but he ignored them; whoever came, he killed.
Back then his martial arts were extraordinary; he truly slaughtered until rivers of blood flowed.
It was only when the City Lord of Four direction City intervened and mediated that this matter finally came to an end.
After that, this man resettled within Four direction City.
But he never again opened an escort agency.
At his age, he naturally ought to marry and have children; thus the Chen Family was born.
Only, all his life, there was always someone hidden in his heart.
In the end, before he died, he instructed his descendants to bury him together with that girl, as well as his first wife.
Some said he was absurd, others said he loved too deeply.
But those of the previous generation are already long gone; no matter how the later generations comment, it changes nothing.
Yet because of this episode, the Chen Family has always been courteous toward escort agencies.
Sharing the same city with Yulong Escort Agency, they took even greater care of it.
As for the last household, the Cheng Family, there’s even less to say.
After what happened with the Xing Family, Su Mo now suspected that under the Cheng Family’s estate, there might also be an underground palace.
Of the three great families, the Cheng Family’s power is now the weakest, and from the surface, both the Chen Family and the Liu Family are very much worth befriending.
Su Mo pored over the information on these three aristocratic families again while leading his people to temporarily lodge at an inn.
After that he began throwing around large amounts of silver, making friends.
Only these matters were not handled by Su Mo himself.
He now stayed in the shadows; all affairs were run by Old Ma, Chen Dinghai, and Yin Xiaoyu at the front.
Old Ma was now dressed up as a wealthy patriarch.
Chen Dinghai served as his housekeeper.
Along the way, Yin Xiaoyu had a tooth roughly patched up thanks to a little trick by Little Situ.
Now when he smiled, his mouth was no longer a dark, hollow gap.
Instead it gleamed golden, exuding a gaudy, jewel-like flash.
With those three "putting on a show" at the front, Yang Xiaoyun and Wei Ziyi did not show themselves in public.
In just a few days, they had straightened out the entire situation in Four direction City.
The three families sat high above, the City Lord kept to himself, and besides them there were still a few small gangs in the city.
But none were worth paying much attention to.
After several banquets, they gained a deeper understanding of the three families.
On this basis, Old Ma was made to deliberately cultivate ties, and progress was good.
Before long, they purchased a residence to serve as their base.
The residence was not small, and naturally the price was not cheap.
Fortunately, Su Mo now had a vast family fortune and didn’t care about such an expense.
Once they had the compound, under cover of night they brought into the city the White Tiger, who had been wandering outside alone, as well as Xiao Dao Ren and Shu Jing, who were following behind White Tiger.
The two of them now were almost no longer recognizable as human.
White Tiger could not appear before people, so the two of them had no choice but to camp out in the wild day and night.
At first, they didn’t feel it was anything.
Later, they began to find it unbearable.
But with Su Mo’s orders on them, unbearable or not, they had to bear it.
Now suddenly showing up before others, they truly left Yin Xiaoyu dumbfounded.
Looking at these two with tangled hair and filth all over, like savages from the deep mountains, he really couldn’t connect them to his own subordinates.
Especially Shu Jing.
After all, Xiao Dao Ren was a man; being a bit slovenly didn’t matter.
But Shu Jing was a girl...
Now she’d been made into some kind of wild woman, which even Yin Xiaoyu couldn’t bear to see.
Su Mo cast them a glance and also felt a bit embarrassed:
"All right, all right, the bitter days are over for now. White Tiger will stay in the inner residence from now on; it’ll be easier for you to attend to it.
"I’ll allow that you don’t have to follow it every waking moment; you can take turns resting."
When Shu Jing and Xiao Dao Ren heard this, they felt as though Su Mo had granted them heavenly grace.
They immediately flipped over and knelt, repeatedly expressing their gratitude:
"Many thanks, young master!!"
Su Mo sighed, waved his hand, and told them to go rest first.
He himself went over to White Tiger, patted its big head:
"From now on you’ll stay in this residence and keep watch. When night is deep and the streets are empty, you can go out of the city for a stroll with someone accompanying you.
"But you must be back before dawn."
White Tiger didn’t respond, merely kept nudging Su Mo’s hand with its head.
In just a moment, Su Mo’s palm was covered in white fur...
Su Mo rubbed his hand and rolled the fur into a tuft:
"You’re shedding; stop rubbing."
"Awoo..."
White Tiger let out a sound from deep in its throat and flopped weakly onto the ground.
Seeing this, Su Mo smiled, and then heard Yang Xiaoyun say:
"You’re not taking it with you this time?"
"No need."
Su Mo shook his head: "That man, Third Jing Dongmen Yong... is a bit strange; I can’t quite describe it. Better to leave White Tiger here so I can feel more at ease."
"Mm."
Yang Xiaoyun nodded lightly:
"But as the saying goes, an open spear is easy to dodge, a hidden arrow is hard to guard against.
"Even though you can avoid poison, you mustn’t be careless.
"For this trip, let Little Situ go along with you."
Su Mo listened; though it made sense,
He couldn’t help but feel Yang Xiaoyun had some other intention in saying this.
He tilted his head and sized her up; seeing no ripples on Yang Xiaoyun’s face, he could only nod in the end:
"All right, but Little Situ has to make some preparations in this courtyard first."
"Mm."
"Also, that woman named Dong Cuilan—I’ll bring her along this time too."
Su Mo rubbed his chin:
"If we really find the Blood Lotus Sect’s base at Bai Ye Lake on Dingchan Mountain, we’ll send her to the Lotus World she wants to go to."
"..."
Yang Xiaoyun hesitated a little.
But after thinking for a moment, she still nodded:
"That’s fine. After all, we’re going to the Blood Lotus Sect; having her will make some things easier.
"So when do you plan to set out?"
"The sooner the better. Once Little Situ has made some arrangements in this courtyard, we’ll depart at once."
Though it sounded troublesome, Little Situ’s hands and feet were quick.
After one night, early the next morning, Su Mo and Little Situ disguised themselves, took Dong Cuilan, and left Four direction City, heading toward Dingchan Mountain.
Unlike when they came, this time they were after speed.
Su Mo held Little Situ’s hand with one hand and gripped Dong Cuilan’s shoulder with the other.
With the Wind God Step unleashed beneath his feet, in the blink of an eye they had already left Four direction City far behind.
In a single day’s time, they had covered nearly half the journey.
The sky was visibly darkening.
Su Mo could run all day with no problem, but Little Situ couldn’t go without rest.
He swept his gaze around, planning to push on a bit more, reach another walled city, and find an inn to rest.
He hadn’t expected that out here in the desolate wilderness, there would actually be an inn.
He looked up, and over the inn’s gate were four big characters: Wilderness Inn.
"Truly lives up to its name..."
Su Mo nodded slightly, but he had no intention of staying in such a roadside inn.
He was just about to lead Little Situ and Dong Cuilan away when a thunderous crash sounded; the inn’s main doors were smashed apart from within.
A man in a green robe rolled out the doorway like a gourd, his head smashed and bleeding.
As he scrambled in panic, there was a sharp hum; a sword flashed toward him like a flying streak.
The one who drew her sword was a woman in Blood Clothes, scarlet and eye-catching, her gaze filled with murderous intent.
"The Blood Lotus Sect?"
Su Mo’s brows knit slightly as he halted his steps.