C8

"Since you know that you will be bringing her along, why don't you just return to the capital? First, we'll go to An Zhou. " Qi Jingluo asked again.

Qi Sumu answered, "It was Imperial Father's idea. He said that he wanted to know if she had the ability or not."

"Can't we go back to the palace and probe? It would be dangerous for her. " Qi Jingluo sounded a little worried.

"I cannot disobey royal father's orders, moreover, I will use my life to protect her." Qi Sumu's tone was firm.

I will use my life to protect her. Every single word was like a wooden gavel striking Su Jia'er's chest. Her heart was beating rapidly, and her deep voice echoed in her ears. She placed a hand on her heart. It seemed that her emotions were fluctuating?

More than three hundred years ago, someone had told her this, and he had died in front of her.

Qi Jingluo was surprised. "Are you serious, Brother Seven?"

"What do you think?"

Su Jia'er suppressed her emotions and told herself to be calm and collected.

She turned around to find a place to talk to him. She didn't want to listen to him any longer. She didn't like Qu Sumu. She didn't like people who couldn't see through her. She didn't like people who could cause her emotions to fluctuate.

It was like wanting to be a smooth sailing ship with a strong wind and waves coming at her. She hated the fluctuations of the ship and hated the feeling of the ship swaying.

Of the three people in her life who could affect her feelings, two of them were already dead, and only Xue Niang was left. Although Su Xiao Qi had followed her for ten years, there would come a day when he would leave her.

Su Jia'er's figure gradually disappeared into the forest. Behind a large tree, her black eyes stared at her back, but there was no emotion in those cold eyes. It was like an icehouse in December, completely devoid of life.

Su Jia'er regained her composure. She knew that she had always been like this, always being able to recover her composure quickly.

Qi Jingluo and Qi Sumu also came out of the forest. Qi Jingluo walked towards Su Jia'er, and was about to tell her that he was going back to the Lan Tomb first.

At this moment, a cold light flashed, and an arrow flew towards Qi Jingluo.

"Killers." Little Hai screamed.

Qi Jingluo waved his fan to block the arrow, and the Steel Cavalry immediately protected Qi Jingluo and Su Jia'er.

Su Jia'er was very calm. She looked at the direction the arrow had come from. It was a very hidden forest, and to be able to choose such a location, she must have been lying in ambush.

But why did he only attack now? Wasn't it better when Qi Jingluo and Qi Sumu were talking in the woods?

Hearing the rustling sounds coming from the surrounding leaves, Su Jia'er finally understood why they did not attack just now. It was because the other party was waiting for them, waiting for their reinforcements.

She pointed at the hidden jungle, "The archer is there, there's only one person."

Qi Sumu looked at Su Jia'er's calm face and a strange light flashed in her eyes. Normally, when a woman was in a situation like this, she would tremble in fear or hide behind someone else to be protected, but she could remain calm.

He retracted his gaze and took the bow from the hands of the Steel Cavalry. Then, he quickly pulled the bow towards the hidden jungle. With a flash of silver light, a blood-curdling screech could be heard as the jungle collapsed to the ground.

Fast, ruthless, and accurate. Su Jia'er glanced at Qi Sumu. This man was always hard for her to read, but she was surprised at the same time.

With a loud noise, dozens of men dressed in strange clothing surrounded Su Jia'er and the rest with curved swords in their hands.

Su Jia'er looked at the burly man's clothes. There were birds and beasts embroidered on the cloth, and a small hat with a red feather on top, and two silver rings on his ears. Both of his arms were marked with ancient language. Well, she frowned, this is from the Fatherless Land.

Thinking back on their journey, they seemed to have reached the border between the Great Jin Nation and Wu Sha Nation. The Great Jin Nation and the Wu Sha Nation were separated by a mountain, and the people from the Wu Sha Nation even purposely flipped over a mountain. Obviously, they came with a goal.

The red-haired man in the lead pointed at Qi Jingluo and said in his harsh Daxing language, "We only want him, you guys go."

Su Jia'er chuckled, it was quite the style of a fearless nation. Although they were tough and aggressive, they had a clear goal and did not want to hurt anyone.

Qi Jingluo shrugged his shoulders and came at him again. Even the other countries on the other side of the mountain were looking for him. It seemed that quite a number of people wanted what he had on him. But did these people know what they were carrying on their bodies?

"Impossible." Qi Sumu looked coldly at the red-haired man.

The red-haired man and Qi Sumu looked at each other. He was scared to the point that he was covered in cold sweat. This man's eyes were too terrifying! He was like a demon in hell, deathly still and horrifying. It was as if he could see himself becoming a pile of bones in his eyes.

Only after a long while did he regain his composure, but he no longer dared to look at Qi Sumu. "If you don't leave, then don't blame me for being impolite."

Just as he finished speaking, Qi Susu's sword was at his throat. "You're too long-winded."

Su Jia'er had seen countless deaths, countless ways of dying, but she had never seen one as quick as this.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Susu's sword had sliced through the red-haired man's throat, causing blood to spurt out. The red-haired man didn't even have time to scream as he fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.

The knocking sound made Su Jia'er's expression change. She looked at Qi Sumu's back. She couldn't see his expression, but he gave her a feeling, cold and emotionless.

But thinking about it, if he didn't kill him now, wouldn't he be waiting for death?

Seeing that the red-haired man had been killed, the rest of the people from the Wu Sha Empire glared at him angrily, as if they wanted to burn Su Jia'er and the rest to dust.

Qi Susu had angered them, and a fight had begun.

Su Xiaoyi took out the nine-section whip from his backpack and placed it behind Su Jia'er. "Young master, Xiaoyi will protect you."

"Protect yourself first."

Quickly scanning their surroundings, they knew that the Armoured Cavalry wouldn't be able to fend off these fearless humans, not to mention … She glanced at the rustling leaves in the distance.

Qi Sumu appeared in front of Su Jia'er and whispered in her ear, "Don't leave my protection zone."

Su Jia'er sat down on the box and leisurely stroked the hair behind her ears. "If you are willing to listen to my advice, then let's split up and run."

"Oh?" Qi Sumu kept her sword and raised her eyebrows at Su Jia'er, "Why are you running?"

At this moment, a person from the Wu Sha Nation brandished a curved blade and charged towards Qi Sumu. Qi Sumu stabbed the person with her sword and drew her sword. He glanced at the corpse on the ground, "You're courting death."

Su Jia'er looked at the corpse on the ground. It was a perfect sword art, slashing right through the heart. She calmly said, "Even if you can fight one against ten, can you fight one against a hundred?"

Hearing Su Jia'er's words, Qi Susu's gaze turned towards the forest in the distance. It was a large troop heading her way.

He looked away and asked Su Jia'er, "You don't seem to be afraid at all, nor do you feel any nervousness. If an ordinary girl were to meet with such a situation, I'm afraid she would already be frightened. "

Su Jia'er looked at the corpses on the ground coldly, "I am a woman who had been dissected and examined, how could I compare to an ordinary girl?"