Chapter 1697 - 628: Sect Hierarch (Still Ten Thousand Words~)_6
"Once I die, even if the Jingxin Hall Master doesn’t know the Nanhai Supreme came in person,
"he’ll still know I must have run into a mortal enemy.
"A little investigation, and it won’t be hard to find your traces.
"Moreover, even if we take ten thousand steps back and say the Jingxin Hall Master can’t beat you,
"those hidden In the dark, the experts Su, the Chief of the Escort doesn’t know about—once they make a move, I really don’t know how you plan to guard against them?
"Even if your martial arts are formidable, what about the friends and family around you?"
Hearing this, Su Mo’s expression couldn’t help turning a bit strange.
He casually said,
"In that case, I’ll find a nice place to hide Miss Xuan Yuan away.
"So your people will never find her."
"Oh?"
The Blood Lotus Sect Leader couldn’t help laughing aloud at this:
"Would Su, the Chief of the Escort really do something so ruthless?"
"...Whether I’d actually do such a thing, let’s leave that aside for now."
Su Mo sighed. "I don’t know if Sect Hierarch can see what’s happening outside from inside this bud?"
"What do you mean?"
The Blood Lotus Sect Leader was stunned.
Just then, there was a sudden splash.
A figure shot out of the Blood Pond, and at some point he’d already grasped a section of bamboo tube, which he now drove forward with all his strength, fiercely stabbing it into the bud.
The Blood Lotus Sect Leader could actually see the situation outside.
However, all her attention was on Su Mo, and on top of that, the person striking from behind was best at Concealing Breath and hiding his presence.
Though perhaps still inferior to Yu Lingxin,
at a moment like this, it was more than enough.
The Blood Lotus Sect Leader turned her head from inside the bud, just in time to hear a ripping sound. Half the bamboo tube had already pierced through the bud and into its interior.
A puff of smoke sprayed out from within. She froze for a second, then realized what it was, and her expression instantly turned furious:
"You bastard!!!"
A surge of blood-colored True Qi roared forth.
The person atop the bud was swept aside by this wave of True Qi, sent flying sideways and slamming hard into the wall.
He coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood; who knew how many bones had broken.
He struggled to his feet. Though his face showed pain, there was even more excitement.
This person was none other than Lin Xiao’er.
He was a rapist who had set the Blood Lotus Sect Leader as his target.
He’d used a Disguise, plotted in every way, and finally slipped into this place.
Yet before he could even make a move, his four limbs had already been run through by Longswords and nailed to the rock wall overhead.
As his body sagged down, his limbs were repeatedly sliced by those four Longswords.
During that chaotic battle just now, Little Situ had seen through the array core of the Blood Lotus Formation, and Su Mo directly used All Swords Return to the Root to Break Formation.
You have to know, aside from controlling the Ice Sword condensed from the blood of those Blood Lotus Sect Disciples,
those four swords on this man’s body also had to obey his command.
As a result, the man was finally freed.
But while he was a rapist, he certainly wasn’t a stupid one.
He knew that, never mind his current severely injured state— even if he were perfectly fine, trying to fight any of the people present, aside from that pale-faced girl in white, he probably couldn’t beat a single one of them.
So he chose to protect his own hide, lying by the Blood Pond and playing dead the whole time.
Yet the Blood Lotus Sect Leader—of all the things she could and couldn’t say—she just had to mention that she wasn’t wearing a single stitch right now.
If this had been an ordinary rapist, even if his heart was stirred, he probably wouldn’t have acted.
But was Lin Xiao’er an ordinary rapist?
If he were, he never would have chosen the Blood Lotus Sect Leader as his target.
The moment he heard that, he figured that even if it cost him his life, he had to at least feast his eyes.
On the spot, he began looking for the perfect opportunity.
When Su Mo was talking with the Blood Lotus Sect Leader, it was the chance of a lifetime.
He crept closer, took out the bamboo tube filled with a smoke made from Heaven and Earth Cloud Rain Powder, and quietly waited for the right moment.
The strange look on Su Mo’s face just now was precisely because he’d seen this man sneaking toward the bud.
And as soon as Su Mo finished speaking that last sentence, Lin Xiao’er suddenly moved.
Taking advantage of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader’s momentary daze, he landed his strike.
At the instant the Heaven and Earth Cloud Rain Powder’s smoke seeped into the bud,
Little Situ hurriedly took out two medicine pills, stuffing one into Xuanyuan Xiaoshan’s mouth and tossing the other to Fang Hongying.
Though Fang Hongying didn’t know why they had to do this,
seeing Little Situ’s anxious face, she quickly swallowed it as well.
And although Lin Xiao’er had been blown away by the Sect Leader’s True Qi from inside the bud, he’d already achieved his goal.
The saying "no regrets in death" was made exactly for a moment like this.
He only had to wait for the bud to open, revealing the true face of the Blood Lotus Sect Leader.
Heaven and Earth Cloud Rain Powder was a poison Lin Xiao’er had concocted himself.
Its toxicity was fierce and utterly out of the ordinary.
Though not as fearsome as the Wind of Xiao Lou in a Single Night from Nirvana’s Jile Heavenly Palace,
it was definitely not something that could be suppressed with Inner Strength.
The entire bud began trembling uncontrollably in an instant.
Petals unfurled one after another.
With each petal that opened, fresh blood flowed out through the gaps.
In just a few moments, all the petals had opened.
Revealing the person inside.
Lin Xiao’er’s eyes went round as coins.
Little Situ wanted to cover her own eyes and, while she was at it, also block Su Mo’s vision so he wouldn’t have to "wash his eyes" later.
But with just that quick glance, she realized—
This Blood Lotus Sect Leader, how was she "not wearing any clothes"?
She had a set of clothes dyed red with blood, properly and neatly worn; what she’d said before was complete nonsense.
Where the blood didn’t cover, you could clearly see her figure was as flat as could be, nothing worth seeing at all.
Lin Xiao’er’s expression froze on the spot:
"Th-this... why does this figure look like a man’s?"
Following the line of her body upward, he saw a broad square face, could be said to be dignified in its features.
At the corners of her mouth there was a stubble of bluish beard, seemingly unshaven for about two days, looking quite sharp.
Right now her face was flushed red, her entire being overwhelmed by the Heaven and Earth Cloud Rain Powder.
She was already barely able to control herself.
She let out low, indecent moans from her mouth.
But that voice was clearly that of a woman.
"This isn’t right...
"What’s going on?"
Lin Xiao’er muttered to himself,
"Where’s the Heavenly Fragrance and National Beauty?
"Where’s the Flower Face Moon Appearance?
"How is it a man?"
"...You—you’re the man!!"
The person in the petals, whose voice was unmistakably female, couldn’t help retorting when she heard Lin Xiao’er:
"Of course I’m a woman... and a peerless beauty besides. Y-you filthy man, how dare you use such a trick on me...
"You... how could I, this seat, possibly let you have your way.
"Behold as I..."
At this point, her shoulders hunched, both feet pointing stiffly downward, her teeth chattered, and she suddenly looked at Su Mo with a face full of pleading:
"Su, the Chief of the Escort... s-save... save this poor slave..."
This scene was something that, even with two lifetimes of experience, Su Mo had never imagined.
For a moment he actually felt a little like throwing up.
Little Situ and the others, however, watched with high spirits, their eyes full of curiosity.
Only Xuanyuan Xiaoshan, who was under her control, remained unmoved.
The Blood Lotus Sect Leader had always kept her face hidden behind a mask; when she’d put that mask on Su Mo’s face earlier, Xuanyuan Xiaoshan had already seen her true features.
Su Mo finally snapped back to his senses and quickly pulled the girls two steps back, in case he really did vomit.
Forcing down the discomfort in his chest, Su Mo said to Lin Xiao’er,
"Young Hero... after you."
When Lin Xiao’er heard this, some thought flashed through his mind, and he actually retched and threw up for real.
Just then, the Blood Lotus Sect Leader cast Su Mo a look full of grievance and suddenly spoke:
"Don’t hand me over to him... I—I know you must have a way to save me... if you... if you’re willing to save me...
"I’ll tell you how to break this Body Seizing Technique!"
Su Mo lightly waved his hand:
"Thank you for your kindness, Sect Hierarch, but that won’t be necessary... Sect Hierarch, take care."
The Blood Lotus Sect Leader’s eyes nearly split with rage:
"Not just that, I also... I can also tell you a colossal secret... about—about Third Young Master Dongmen!!"
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At the moment, we’re not too far off; still hopeful. I hope it hasn’t hurt your reading experience too much.
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