Chapter 24: Ruoxi’s kindness can never be repaid

An Ruojun’s beautiful eyes flashed with a smug look.

Compared to her earlier attempt to seduce the stinky brat, which had only left her feeling annoyed, this current situation was much more satisfying.

Mo Huaiyu stared at the two massive, evil forces before him.

They blocked half of her stunning face, but he could clearly see the mischievous glint in her beautiful eyes.

However, he would not yield to evil!

“This… this is just something I found by chance. The contents might even be fake,” he said.

An Ruojun was not fooled by Mo Huaiyu’s nonsense. Instead, she countered, “Oh? Is that so? Since it’s fake, I might as well destroy it.”

What?!

“Wait!”

Mo Huaiyu immediately threw his hand out in a desperate gesture.

It couldn’t be destroyed—his millions of Spirit Stones! His dream of becoming rich!

An Ruojun thought to herself, ‘Stinky brat, you think you can play tricks on me? Wait until you’re grown before trying that!’

“Since it’s fake, why do you care so much, little brat? Could it be… that it’s actually real?”

Her red lips possessed a moist, enticing luster, but the words coming from them were somewhat aggressive.

“If you don’t say ‘Sister Ruojun is the most beautiful’ ten times, I’ll destroy it right now!”

As she spoke, An Ruojun’s lips parted slightly, and she exhaled a small cluster of flames, making a move to incinerate the Treasure Map.

It definitely couldn’t be burned!

But right now, Mo Huaiyu had no way to snatch it back from An Ruojun.

Even if he fought with everything he had, he might not even be able to get close to her.

He hesitated.

Even the great Han Xin had once endured the humiliation of crawling between someone’s legs!

He would just swallow his pride today.

Even if An Ruojun made him crawl under her right now, he would endure it for the sake of his future.

As long as he got that Treasure Map, he would still be a man in the end!

As the youth’s lips began to tremble, An Ruojun’s eyes filled with anticipation.

The stinky brat was about to give in!

“Sister Ruoj—”

Before he could finish the sentence, *swish*, An Ruoxi suddenly moved.

She snatched Mo Huaiyu’s Treasure Map right out of her sister’s hand.

“Ruoxi, you…?!”

An Ruojun’s eyes widened in disbelief.

Her dearest younger sister had actually backstabbed her for the sake of a stinky brat!

An Ruoxi gazed at the Treasure Map in her hand.

Just moments ago, when Junior Brother Mo had opened his mouth and was about to say the word “Sister,” her heart had suddenly fluttered, and an indescribable emotion had swirled in her mind.

“Sister, you are not allowed to bully Junior Brother Mo,” An Ruoxi said, her eyes fixed on An Ruojun.

The impact of those words caused An Ruojun’s world to turn into a literal black-and-white scene.

It took a long time before she finally snapped out of it.

Her teeth ground together, making an audible creaking sound.

After glaring fiercely at the handsome youth standing behind her sister, An Ruojun let out a furious snort and stormed off.

I’m dead!

Mo Huaiyu sensed the look in An Ruojun’s eyes—it was as if she wanted to swallow him whole.

For this mission, he probably wouldn’t be able to leave Sister Ruoxi’s side.

Otherwise, An Ruojun would definitely look for an opportunity to get her revenge.

Speaking of which, he hadn’t expected Sister Ruoxi to actually snatch the Treasure Map back for him. After all, An Ruojun was her biological sister.

“Junior Brother Mo.”

An Ruoxi raised her fair hand, and the Treasure Map returned to Mo Huaiyu’s front.

“Thank you, Sister Ruoxi.”

Mo Huaiyu took the map and looked at her.

“Sister Ruoxi, you’re so good to me. If we find the treasure vault this time, I’ll definitely give you half!”

However, An Ruoxi gently shook her head.

“No need. This belongs to you, Junior Brother Mo. I won’t take what is yours.”

“Sister Ruoxi, don’t be so distant. What’s mine is yours, and what’s mine is… well, also yours,” Mo Huaiyu said, patting his chest.

He didn’t realize that his casual remark sent ripples through the depths of An Ruoxi’s heart.

In the near future, he would pay a corresponding price for these words.

He would lose his freedom and become a bird in a cage, never able to leave the lady’s sight.

—

Inside a certain secret room deep within the City Lord’s Mansion.

The dim lighting in the dark chamber wasn’t exactly useless, but it wasn’t far from it.

“I really didn’t expect the sect to send both the former and the current Hundred Flowers Fairy here. This is a great opportunity. If we capture the Hundred Flowers Fairy, we can go to the Demonic Path to claim the credit,” one figure said.

“Are we really going to defect to the Demonic Path?”

“What else can we do? Now that something this big has happened, I’ve managed to bribe the two experts from our sect to keep them quiet for now, but we will eventually be exposed. It’s better to plan our escape early.”

“True. We’ve made quite a few secret deals with the Demon Cult over the years. We used the excuse of cultivators getting killed by beasts in the Ten Thousand Monster Mountain Range to cover up the disappearances. But this time, too many have died, and they all died inside the city. The sect will definitely send more people to investigate.”

“Fortunately, we still have the treasure vault hidden outside the city. With all those cultivation resources, we can live well even after leaving the Yuling Sect.”

“By the way, Third Brother, you’re sure the Demon Cult doesn’t know about the vault, right?”

“Don’t worry, Eldest Brother. I wrote the location and the activation incantation on that piece of parchment… parchment…”

“Third Brother, what is it?”

“N-nothing… haha, the map is… it’s still right here with me…”

“Eh? Third Brother, why are you sweating so much?”

“Haha… Second Brother, I suddenly feel… a bit hot. It’s… it’s nothing.”

—

The next day.

Mo Huaiyu and his group arrived at the City Lord’s Mansion once again.

High above, the City Lord sat in the primary seat.

With a wave of his hand, several pieces of intelligence flew toward the group.

“Nephews, these are the pieces of intelligence we carefully organized last night. The remnants of the Demon Cult are likely hiding in these locations. I’ll have to trouble you all.”

“The City Lord is too polite. Eradicating the Demon Cult is our duty as members of the Orthodox Path.”

The one who spoke this time wasn’t the Captain, An Ruojun, but Zhao Long.

As for An Ruojun, she was still reeling from the shock of the previous day and had not yet recovered.

An Ruoxi reached out and caught a piece of intelligence.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the youth beside her rubbing his hands together, looking eager to try.

However, the intelligence was limited, and it was all gone before it could reach Mo Huaiyu.

Ah?!

Mo Huaiyu’s expression instantly soured.

He had been planning to use the excuse of eradicating the Demon Cult to head toward the location on his Treasure Map.

After all, if he just acted without reason, it would easily arouse the suspicion of the City Lord’s Mansion.

Especially after yesterday’s analysis, he didn’t exactly trust them.

“Junior Brother Mo, why don’t you come with me on my mission?”

Right then, An Ruoxi reached out to help him.

In that moment, in Mo Huaiyu’s eyes, Sister Ruoxi seemed to be glowing!

She was like a descending saint!

“Sister Ruoxi, I’m so touched I could almost pledge my body to you in marriage!”

Mo Huaiyu finally understood why women in the martial world would offer themselves to heroes.

He could never fully repay Sister Ruoxi’s kindness!

It was just a pity that he wasn’t a woman, and Sister Ruoxi wasn’t a man, so such a thing could never happen.