The Gusu Mistake - Chapter 35

“What…?” Uninvited guests suddenly appeared, looking menacing. Jiang Yilan couldn’t help but put her hands on her hips. “Looks like I was right, someone was waiting for us as soon as we got ashore!”

Yuan Ruo held her sword in front of her and demanded to know who they were. “Who are you people?”

No one answered. A man in black just raised his hand and gave a signal, and the others swarmed forward without a moment’s hesitation.

With no other choice, the two of them had to fight.

Jiang Yilan drew her sleeve dagger and immediately killed one of the charging men in black. Together with Yuan Ruo, they quickly took out more than half of the mob.

“Your skills aren’t that great!” After more than half of the men were dead, the rest, along with the leader, hesitated and didn’t dare to advance.

“Young master?” one of the leader’s men asked him, “What should we do?”

“Retreat!” The man didn’t hesitate, throwing a handful of some kind of powder before running off.

Jiang Yilan and Yuan Ruo instinctively dodged the powder. By the time it cleared and they gave chase, the men had already vanished.

“They got away again!” Jiang Yilan angrily put her sleeve dagger away, then her eyes lit up. “Wait, that voice… it’s familiar!”

“What?” Yuan Ruo put her sword away and asked Jiang Yilan, “What’s familiar? Did you recognize something?”

Jiang Yilan held her forehead. “It’s familiar, but I just can’t remember. I’ve definitely heard it somewhere before!”

“Don’t rush it, think about it slowly!” Yuan Ruo didn’t want to pressure Jiang Yilan and just wanted her to take a moment. “Let’s go change our clothes first. This…” Yuan Ruo spread her hands and looked herself over. “It’s really uncomfortable to wear. It was even cumbersome when we were fighting!”

“Huh?” Jiang Yilan blinked as she looked at Yuan Ruo. “But why do I think you look good in this? Much better than the men’s clothes you wore before!”

Yuan Ruo couldn’t help but smile. “You like seeing me wear this?”

“Of course!” Jiang Yilan spun around. “Look, I’m wearing one too. Although it’s a little cumbersome, I have to say, Sister An Zhi’s clothes are really beautiful!”

Yuan Ruo’s smile faded. “You call her ‘sister’? You like her?”

“Of course!” Jiang Yilan recalled An Zhi’s appearance and demeanor. “She’s beautiful and gentle, and she can fly. Maybe she’s…”

“A demon!” Yuan Ruo interrupted Jiang Yilan. “I’ve seen someone who can fly before. She was a snake spirit, and her cultivation was probably over a thousand years!”

“A thousand years?” Jiang Yilan’s mouth dropped open in shock. “Doesn’t that make her like an immortal?”

Yuan Ruo said, “She hasn’t become an immortal yet, but she’s not far from ascension!”

“So that means…” Jiang Yilan was deep in thought. “Sister An Zhi is also…?”

“I don’t know!” Yuan Ruo lowered her eyes, a little unhappy. “But she’s definitely different from us. She won’t have anything to do with mortals!”

“Hmm!” Jiang Yilan nodded. “I think so too. With a fairy like her, what mortal could be worthy of her?”

“…” Yuan Ruo looked confused. “Aren’t you interested in her?”

Jiang Yilan was puzzled. “Interested in what?”

“Nothing!” Knowing that Jiang Yilan wasn’t interested in An Zhi, Yuan Ruo became happy again. “Alright, let’s go. Let’s find a place to change our clothes!”

Jiang Yilan pouted. “Do we really have to change?”

“If you want to wear it, then wear it!” Yuan Ruo said. “But for me, it’s really cumbersome, so it’s better to change.”

“Then don’t change back to men’s clothes!” Jiang Yilan said. “We’ve been chased several times, and they seem to already know who we are. There’s no need to disguise ourselves anymore!”

Yuan Ruo thought for a moment. “Hmm, you’re right, there’s no need.”

“In my opinion,” Jiang Yilan said, “as long as we walk around openly and proudly, we don’t have to worry about them not coming. It doesn’t seem like they’re afraid of us finding out the truth about your brother’s death. It’s more like they just want us dead, especially you!”

“Indeed!” Yuan Ruo agreed wholeheartedly. “All this time I’ve been in disguise, I guess I was just fooling myself.”

Jiang Yilan fawned over Yuan Ruo. “So let’s wear women’s clothes! They look good!”

Yuan Ruo looked at Jiang Yilan. “You really think I look good in women’s clothes?”

Jiang Yilan nodded. “Yes! You look great!”

Yuan Ruo chuckled. “Okay, then I’ll change.”

The two of them took some effort to find a tailor shop, bought new clothes, and changed. When they got to a secluded place, Yuan Ruo suggested getting rid of the clothes they had just taken off, but Jiang Yilan was hesitant.

“She gave them to us out of kindness. Isn’t it a little bad to just throw them away?”

“She lives in a place called the ‘Cemetery of Fallen Bodhisattvas’!” Yuan Ruo said. “Do you think we can go there a second time?”

“This…” Jiang Yilan was speechless. “You’re right.”

“Alright, let’s not keep useless things!” Yuan Ruo held up the clothes wrapped in a cloth, ready to throw them away, but then she suddenly noticed something was wrong. She opened the package and saw that the plain gauze clothes had all turned into leaves. “What…”

“We really met a fairy!” Jiang Yilan took the leaves, one by one, and played with them. “Clothes turning into leaves!”

Compared to Jiang Yilan’s excitement, Yuan Ruo suddenly became worried. “When did such a person appear in the mortal world? I don’t know if she’s good or evil.”

“Hmm?” Jiang Yilan asked Yuan Ruo, “What did you say?”

“Nothing!” Yuan Ruo didn’t want Jiang Yilan to worry, so she didn’t continue. “Alright, we should go.”

Jiang Yilan asked, “Where to?”

Yuan Ruo said, “Since our identities have already been exposed, and the Jingbo Sect is a fabrication, there’s no point in wasting any more time here. We should go back and make a new plan.”

Jiang Yilan also became serious. “Who do you think is the murderer?”

“I don’t know!” Yuan Ruo thought for a moment. “I didn’t want to before, but since the Jingbo Sect is a fabrication, I might have no choice but to start with my second brother.”

“I told you, we should have started with him long ago. He…” Jiang Yilan stopped herself halfway through, looking at Yuan Ruo’s expression. “…He is your biological brother, you…”

“Let’s go!” Yuan Ruo didn’t respond to Jiang Yilan’s words. Her expression was somber as she walked ahead.

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