I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Li Mu took the bamboo slips and put them aside. He grabbed Zhang Hanrui's ankles and gently pulled her into his arms. He said with a wicked smile,

"Don't be angry now, I worked so hard just to open this ancient book."

Zhang Hanrui stared at Li Mu with her charming eyes, and said slowly,

"Yes, it's so hard on my sister."

Li Mu quickly begged for mercy and told Zhang Hanrui about the Lin family's ancient books, and mentioned Xu Doudou in passing.

After listening to this, Zhang Hanrui stared at Li Mu with a suspicious look on her face, teasing,

"That girl, I feel ashamed of myself when I see her. You, boy, don't even want her even though she's right here at my doorstep."

Hearing this, Li Mu immediately put on a gentlemanly demeanor and said,

"Miss Xu and I are just ordinary friends. How could I agree to something like that?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Hanrui snorted coldly.

"What about me? You used force on me..."

Hearing this, Li Mu quickly reached out to cover Zhang Hanrui's mouth and said flatteringly,

"I was wrong, I was also..."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhang Hanrui's eyes slowly narrowed and his eyes became dangerous.

Li Mu made a prompt decision and changed his tone to flatter.

"I am too obsessed with my sister's appearance. It's just that my sister is so beautiful, as graceful as a startled swan and as graceful as a swimming dragon."

A strange color flashed across Zhang Hanrui's eyes, and her expression was obviously moved.

"Xiao Shisan's mouth, ah..."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and touched Li Mu's cheek, muttering,

"His martial arts, his looks, and his literary talent are so graceful, like a startled swan, and so gentle, like a swimming dragon. It's so well said. Which girl wouldn't be moved?"

However, at this moment, Li Mu was blaming himself for speaking without restraint.

He could only remember four lines of the poem "Shen Shen of Luo River", and they were not connected. If Zhang Hanrui asked about it, he would have no choice but to knock on the door with his feet.

Fortunately, Zhang Hanrui quickly came back to her senses after she finished speaking, picked up the ancient book of the Lin family beside her, and said seriously,

"Do you believe what's written here?"

Li Mu did not answer directly, but fumbled in the pile of clothes beside him, took out another bamboo slip and handed it to Zhang Hanrui.

Zhang Hanrui frowned and asked,

"what is this?"

"Divinatory technique."

Zhang Hanrui looked up at Li Mu in astonishment, glanced at the two copper coins thrown in the corner, and asked,

"That divination technique?"

Li Mu nodded and motioned Zhang Hanrui to look quickly.

Zhang Hanrui closed the bamboo slips and said seriously,

"How can I watch this!"

Li Mu pretended to be angry.

"My sister is going to be distant with me."

However, Zhang Hanrui did not buy it. Li Mu never expected that this world would attach so much importance to the secret manuals of martial arts.

Finally, he told Zhang Hanrui about the strangeness of the divination technique.

Zhang Hanrui then began to read it with half belief and half doubt.

Seeing that Zhang Hanrui had finally finished reading, he looked at her with a smile on his face and asked,

"first sentence?"

Just as Zhang Hanrui was about to open her mouth, the expression on her face suddenly froze, and she was unable to come back to her senses for a long time.

Li Mu placed two bamboo slips in front of Zhang Hanrui and asked,

"Now, sister, do you believe what is written in the ancient books of the Lin family?"

Zhang Hanrui opened the bamboo slips again with a serious expression.

"Six hundred years ago, the human race lost their path to immortality due to a battle.

Nine powerful human beings, using their bodies as a medium, set up a barrier to guard the pure land of the human race. . . "

Zhang Hanrui nodded and looked at Li Mu.

"Do you think your divination skills were left over from six hundred years ago?"

Li Mu nodded, then shook his head, and simply swept the bamboo slips aside, hugged Zhang Hanrui in his arms,

"That's not the point, sister. Use your imagination."

Zhang Hanrui was a little angry when she saw Li Mu talking about serious matters and not being honest. Then she heard what Li Mu said and asked in confusion,

"It says here that humans could cultivate immortality before, but not now. This hexagram technique is your chance. I'm not envious, so you don't need to show off."

Li Mu frowned and thought, Zhang Hanrui is usually so smart, why doesn't she dare to think about it now?

I had no choice but to lay out the truth.

"Human race, why use the word human race? Battle, battle with whom? Battle of the human race, the opponent must not be human race."

Zhang Hanrui was stunned. Before she could digest what he said, Li Mu continued,

"Sister, aren't you curious about what the barrier set up by the nine masters is protecting against?"

After saying that, Zhang Hanrui was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked at Li Mu and said anxiously,

"Are you sure?"

Li Mu smiled and pecked Zhang Hanrui's red lips to calm her down before speaking.

"I'm just guessing. How would I know?"

Zhang Hanrui stared at Li Mu with burning eyes and nodded slightly. Although Li Mu said this, she felt that what Li Mu said was the truth.

There is no other reason, it's just a woman's intuition.

Li Mu stroked Zhang Hanrui's back with his hand, put his head close to Zhang Hanrui's ear, and breathed,

"I didn't have any goals before, but now I want to see the world outside the barrier. Sister, are you willing to come with me?"

Zhang Hanrui felt the heat beside her ears, looked at Li Mu's profile, and smiled.

"It's such an interesting thing, I'd like to."

. . . .

The next morning.

Zhang Hanrui saw Li Mu rushing towards her again, and she pressed her jade feet against Li Mu's chest, crying and aggrieved,

"How come you don't feel tired?"

Li Mu was stunned, looking at the sunlight coming through the gap in the carriage, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Sister, you are so charming. You should take a rest. I will catch the bus."

After saying that, he picked up his clothes and got out of the car.

Not long after, Zhang Hanrui, dressed in white and wearing a veil, also got out of the carriage.

"Sister, won't you take a break?"

Zhang Hanrui shook her head.

"The technique you practiced should not be ordinary. Such effects are really unheard of."

Although she hadn't slept all night, Zhang Hanrui didn't feel tired at all, and Li Mu probably felt the same.

Li Mu thought about it and said,

“He gave it all.”

Zhang Hanrui was stunned for a moment, her eyebrows furrowed in surprise, and her tone was slightly angry.

"Him? That beast?"

Li Mu nodded, signaling Zhang Hanrui to calm down, and said uncertainly,

"Actually, I think he might not be dead."

As soon as these words came out, Li Mu clearly felt Zhang Hanrui's body tremble beside him.

"Are you sure?"

Li Mu was afraid of hearing this, so he hesitated to express his guess. If asked if he was sure, how could he be sure?

After calming Zhang Hanrui down, Li Mu finally expressed his guess.

Including the pulse that he vaguely felt when he put on the original owner's clothes, the face-reading skills he got in the mountain village, and the bamboo slips given by the middle-aged Taoist priest.

And there was that brothel when I met Xu Doudou.

Li Mu found a copy of Hidden Edge Technique there at that time, and thought it was a dual cultivation technique that could be found everywhere. In a fit of excitement, he burned his own copy as well.

Now that I think about it, it was really weird everywhere.

"Pretend you don't know that the beast might be alive, and don't tell anyone about it."

Zhang Hanrui looked solemn and said seriously.

Li Mu nodded.

He understood what Zhang Hanrui meant. The original owner was able to give him these bamboo slips. With the speed at which his strength was improving, the original owner was probably about to ascend to heaven.

No matter what the original owner's plan was, since so many arrangements have been made, at least his life will not be lost for now.

His best option was to pretend he didn't know and slowly accumulate strength, so that when the situation turned against him, he would be able to protect himself or even fight back.

Then Li Mu looked at Zhang Hanrui again and deliberately asked,

"No revenge?"

Zhang Hanrui tapped Li Mu's brow unhappily.

"You are the most important."

After saying that, she put her arms around Li Mu, jumped onto the horse's back, and then waved her jade hand gently.

The carriage behind him suddenly broke into pieces.

She laughed sweetly,

"With Cinderella's speed, we can reach Prince Yan's Mansion in less than half an hour. Let's go back and give those little girls a surprise."