CHAPTER 76: CHAPTER 76: I’M SORRY, ELDER SU!_1

Su Bei gazed upon eyes that were bright and full of spirit, eyes filled with tenderness. A smile like a gentle breeze graced his own face as he proclaimed, "Ah! My Sword Sect disciples suffered terribly at the hands of Dao Integration fiends while training at Mo City’s Unrepentant Cliff. This elder racked his brain to save you all!

"You are all outstanding! You are role models for my Sword Sect disciples!

"How many are there altogether? Is everyone here?"

Mo Youqian thought, Damn it.

Xiao Ruoching looked flustered.

Just at this moment, a Sword Sect Disciple suddenly spoke up, "Elder Su, Elder Xi’s third direct disciple also joined us on this mission.

"But it seems we haven’t seen him since we arrived at the Red Pavilion!

"That person is always very direct. By now, he’s probably already returned to the Sect..."

Su Bei thought carefully. He had some impression of Xi Qingyi’s third disciple: he looked like a monkey, with a contorted face.

But he seemed to have a Gifted Constitution. It was said that he might have a Sword Bone within him!

Then he shook his head, dismissing the concern. There should be nothing wrong! That fellow is quite proud. He has probably, as this disciple said, already returned to the Sword Sect.

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Behind Su Bei, a group of Sword Sect Disciples walked out of the Red Pavilion with imposing momentum.

The people outside gasped upon seeing this scene!

"HISS! So many tough guys!"

"HISS! Is the Sect having a team-building event in a brothel?"

"HISS! You have bad breath!"

Just as Su Bei, looking pleased with himself, was walking towards the Youjia Tavern, he suddenly heard a cry of surprise not far away.

"Elder... Su! Is it really you?"

Su Bei frowned and looked in the direction of the cry. There he saw Mo Xiaoqiang, the boy he had met in the tavern yesterday!

The system in his mind then frantically reminded Su Bei to look in the direction Mo Xiaoqiang indicated.

Instantly!

A tall female figure with exquisitely shaped eyebrows, wearing a moon-colored robe, stood quietly, her silver hair catching Su Bei’s eye.

Red! Red Fortune!!

Su Bei took a deep breath, his eyes showing an indescribable shock!

This! This is... this is definitely the second disciple I’ve been looking for!

Xiao Ruoching, by Su Bei’s side, had a complicated expression in her eyes as she looked at the woman not far away, her lips involuntarily revealing a hint of bitterness.

We meet again! Junior Sister. No wonder I found the name Mo Xiaoqiang so familiar. So it was indeed your brother...

Seeing Su Bei turn his head to look at him, Mo Xiaoqiang immediately scrambled to his feet and ran towards Su Bei!

"Elder Su! It really is you!"

"How did you come out of the brothel?"

"Elder Su..."

Su Bei’s brows were deeply furrowed as he looked at Mo Xiaoqiang in front of him, feeling as though a swarm of flies was buzzing around his ears.

Why didn’t I realize this guy was so talkative before?

Mo Xiaoqiang patted his wildly thumping chest, then straightened his back and said to Su Bei, "Elder Su, that one there, looking dazed, like her mind is a bit off—that’s my older sister!

"Well! Her talent is just a tiny bit better than mine...

"But as they say on the path of cultivation, destiny is what counts. Since Elder Su gave me that token, it means we are fated to be together!

"That malicious woman is trying to steal my opportunity. Elder Su, you mustn’t take in someone with such an indifferent heart..."

Su Bei let Mo Xiaoqiang babble on by his ear, his gaze fixed unwaveringly on the woman approaching with elegant steps.

Xiao Ruoching gently lifted her head. Seemingly catching a glimpse of the ardent look in her master’s eyes, her heart subconsciously gave a lurch!

Oh no! Is there truly no escape from the cycle of fate?

Mo Li took a deep breath, forcibly calming the tumultuous waves in her heart. Her cool eyes fixed on Su Bei. She pursed her thin lips and walked toward him. With a slight bow, her voice clear and bell-like, she said, "Mo City, Mo Family, Mo Li, greets Elder Su of the Sword Sect!"

Then, lifting her gaze again, she saw Xiao Ruoching standing behind Su Bei.

Their eyes met. In Mo Li’s gaze, gentle as a rippling autumn pond, a deeply buried warmth could be seen before she turned her head away from Xiao Ruoching’s eyes.

Indeed, in this life, Senior Sister, you’ve still become his disciple, haven’t you?

「Mo City, Youjia Tavern.」

Perhaps due to the early hour, the second floor appeared rather empty, with only a smattering of guests having breakfast.

After Su Bei and his group were seated, he looked at the siblings before him with an inscrutable expression.

Up close, Su Bei finally had the chance to carefully examine this woman named Mo Li.

She was dressed in a deep crimson and white moon robe. The gown featured an additional double-layered collar that wound from the bottom up to her shoulders.

Her three thousand strands of silver hair were elegantly styled, half cascading behind her head and half gracing her forehead, adorned with a slanted cherry blossom hairpin fashioned into a phoenix bun.

Her skin was as white as snow yet warm, her eyebrows like distant hills touched with kohl. Most striking were her lips, somewhat thin but vividly red, adding a touch of cool aloofness to her appearance.

Why do all the disciples I take on look so aloof? Now I have reason to suspect that this system has a thing for cool and aloof beauties!

Mo Li’s eyelashes fluttered gently as she saw Su Bei’s lips curve into a smile. She picked up the hot tea from the table and stood up to offer it to him.

"Elder Su! Please have some tea!"

Su Bei smiled and reached for the tea as well.

The next moment, he saw the woman in front of him seem to slip. Her body stumbled, and the bowl of scalding hot tea pitched directly, not a drop missing, toward his groin!

Su Bei sharply inhaled, hastily dodging backward. Even so, some of the scalding tea still splashed onto his trouser leg.

"Ah! I’m so sorry! I’m so sorry, Elder Su!"

"It was Mo Li who accidentally slipped!"

Mo Li looked down at the tea bowl with a tense face, appearing somewhat frazzled.

Su Bei smiled gently and didn’t seem to mind much.

After all, everyone slips from time to time... He said tenderly with a smile, "No harm done! More importantly, you didn’t get burned, did you?"

Mo Li lowered her head, a cold sneer tugging at the corner of her lips. When she looked up again, her face was filled with remorse, and she hurriedly rummaged through the small pouch at her waist for something.

"Elder Su, Mo Li has some paper here!"

"Let me find it! Huh? Where did I put it? Not this one!"

As she spoke, she inadvertently fumbled, and a small dagger flipped out of her hand, casually tumbling through the air.

Su Bei had just sat down when, the next moment, he saw the dagger hurtling straight for his groin again!

He twisted away in alarm, managing to catch the flying dagger between his fingers.

Because he hadn’t used any Spiritual Energy to defend himself in the sudden confusion, his finger was instantly cut open.

Su Bei was utterly dumbfounded!

What kind of luck is this today? If I didn’t know for a fact that I’d never met this woman before, I’d suspect she was doing this on purpose! No matter how bizarre her thinking is, she wouldn’t be aiming for my ’vitals’ with every move, would she?!

Seeing Su Bei’s injured finger, Mo Li’s face filled with panic. She looked at Su Bei and said hastily, "I’m sorry! Elder Su! I... I didn’t do it on purpose! Are... are you alright?

"That dagger is coated with an aphrodisiac!"