The young girl looked in the direction from which the Ice Spear had flown, her shock yet to subside.
Out of the wind and snow ahead, two figures slowly emerged.
One of them was tall, dressed in long robes, and exuded a majestic aura that instantly captured the girl’s attention.
But when the girl saw her face clearly, she froze instantly, as if she were in a dream.
She rubbed her eyes in disbelief and looked again; the result told her that everything before her was not a dream.
“Are you alright?”
Yu Yi walked slowly up to the girl and reached out a hand to her.
The girl finally realized she had been sitting on the snow all this time, so she tremblingly took Yu Yi’s hand and stood up from the ground.
“Thank you both for saving my life.”
The girl brushed the snow off her backside and asked them, “Judging by your attire, you must be from out of town?”
Yu Yi nodded.
The girl spoke enthusiastically, “It has been a long time since outsiders came to Cangzhou. If you don’t mind, please let me repay you by arranging a place for you to stay.”
“Which family’s Miss are you?”
Su Cheng’s voice suddenly rang out, startling the girl.
She turned to see that Su Cheng had approached her at some point and was carefully sniffing the scent on her: “You’re using a top-quality sachet. In this frozen land of snow, no flowers grow, so it must have been specifically bought from elsewhere?”
“Now for it to still have such a fragrance, it must have been well-preserved on the way back to Cangzhou. Ordinary peddlers couldn’t achieve this; your family must have sent someone specifically to collect the goods. Is your family in business?”
A flash of surprise crossed the girl’s eyes, but she still nodded and replied, “Yes… my father is indeed a merchant and has business dealings with various provinces.”
Yu Yi sighed silently upon hearing this.
If this Su Cheng were on Blue Star, she would definitely be detective material.
“Then, what is your name?”
Su Cheng continued to ask.
Although her expression remained calm, she exerted a growing pressure on the girl.
“I… am called Yun Qianxue, a daughter of the Cloud Family, one of the Four Major Families of Cangzhou.”
The girl reported her identity.
“Oh, so you’re from the Cloud Family. Never mind then.”
After hearing this, Su Cheng lowered her guard slightly and seemed to lose interest in Yun Qianxue, asking nothing more.
She turned to Yu Yi and asked, “Master, what do you think?”
Yu Yi’s brows were furrowed, her mind heavy with thoughts.
After a long silence, she asked Yun Qianxue, “Where do you rank in your family?”
“…Rank? Oh, I am an only child.”
Yun Qianxue understood Yu Yi’s meaning and answered.
Yu Yi: “…”
Good grief, you’re that Yun Family Young Lady??
Yu Yi had never expected that after being in Cangzhou for less than half a day, before even seeing a shadow of the Ouyang Clan, she would run into that Yun Family Young Lady first??
Yu Yi looked closely at Yun Qianxue and found that she was around the same age as Chi Ming, no more than sixteen at most.
That means when the Cloud Family held the Martial Arts Marriage Tournament back then, it was to select a husband in advance, and that Eldest Young Master of the Ouyang Clan was frequently harassing a ten or at most eleven-year-old little girl?
Then he truly deserved to die.
At this moment, Yu Yi really wished she could have replaced the Original Host and stabbed that scum a few more times back then.
“This… big sister? Is there something on my face?”
Noticing that Yu Yi kept staring at her, Yun Qianxue’s face grew redder as she asked bashfully.
“No, please don’t mind me.”
After Yu Yi replied, she thought silently to herself, “She seems… not to recognize me anymore?”
It made sense; after all, she was just a child five years ago.
How could she remember the Original Host, whom she had only met once?
Something like waiting bitterly for five years probably doesn’t exist, right?
Moreover, just as Yu Yi thought, when she saw Yun Qianxue, no memories were triggered in her mind.
This meant the Original Host was only there for the Heart of the Firm Rock Jade at the time, completely ignoring this Yun Family Young Lady who admired her.
“As a Miss of one of the Four Major Families, why are you alone in this Mountain Forest, fighting this Demonic Creature?”
Su Cheng changed the subject, pointing at the Giant Bear pinned to the Rock Arm nearby.
“Demonic Creature?”
Yun Qianxue blinked, her long, slightly curled eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings.
Then she carefully approached the Giant Bear’s corpse and examined it closely, only then noticing that the blood flowing out of the bear faintly emitted a strange aura.
“This aura… is Demonic Qi?”
Yun Qianxue was somewhat surprised.
“It’s my first time seeing it. No wonder the wild beasts in the mountains have become increasingly violent in recent years; they were being eroded by Demonic Qi.”
“Hearing you say that, you seem to come to places like this often to hunt wild beasts?”
Yu Yi asked.
Yun Qianxue nodded.
“There were incidents of wild beasts attacking people before, but the other three families ignored them. I didn’t like that,” she said.
“So whenever I have time, I come to places like this to wander around, driving away beasts that try to go down the mountain to attack villages, and hunting them if necessary.”
“Although more and more people have moved away from Cangzhou in recent years, I seem to have gotten used to doing this. So even if there is no one left around who needs my protection, I will still come here to patrol as usual and clear away threats.”
She’s an unexpectedly kind and responsible child…
The feeling Yun Qianxue gave Yu Yi exceeded her expectations.
When mentioning a Miss, Yu Yi would think of all sorts of types, but she never imagined Yun Qianxue would be someone who held a spear to protect the safety of mountain villagers.
I wonder if those mountain villagers thanked Yun Qianxue, who had been silently protecting them, before they moved out of Cangzhou.
“However, my strength is still a bit weak,” Yun Qianxue said with lingering fear.
“If big sister hadn’t stepped in to save me just now, I’m afraid I would have died on the spot.”
“It was just a small effort, not worth mentioning.”
Yu Yi smiled faintly, then looked at the spear on the ground that had broken into two pieces and asked Yun Qianxue, “Is this spear very important to you?”
“Yes…”
Yun Qianxue’s face turned pink, and she replied with a look of longing, “Five years ago, a Hero used it to defeat a villain who threatened me; she saved me. Don’t worry, even though this spear is broken, I will find a way to fix it.”
Yu Yi’s brows knitted slightly upon hearing this.
Five years ago, a Hero defeated the villain who threatened Yun Qianxue.
No matter how you look at it, this is hinting at that Martial Arts Marriage Tournament, right?
The Hero must refer to the Original Host, and the villain must be that Eldest Young Master of the Ouyang Clan.
The Original Host used this spear to skewer that scum?
“If you don’t mind, I can help you repair this spear,” Yu Yi said seriously.
This spear is a meritorious veteran; it must be saved!
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