The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

Huang Chenghe and the other three swaggered down the mountain. In fact, he had long noticed that people were watching him from all sides, but he could not be timid at this time.

They didn't walk fast, because they wanted to keep pace with Su Zinong. Su Zinong, however, with his swaying hips, found it difficult to walk quickly.

The best-case scenario is that Huang Chenghe and his three companions arrive at the mountain gate, drawing away all the enemies' attention, and then Su Zinong arrives at the mountain gate and quietly slips down the mountain.

"I'm so worried about you," Danfeng said, shaking Huang Chenghe's hand.

"Danfeng, calm down. Don't get too close to me, or you'll expose my identity," Huang Chenghe whispered.

"Oh." Danfeng immediately released Huang Chenghe's hand.

"You're my lucky star!" Huang Chenghe said happily. "When you shook it just now, I had an idea. I've got a plan."

"What method?" Bai Shaoyi asked first.

"It would be dangerous for me to rush out like this; I might get hacked to death by a hail of swords," Huang Chenghe said.

"Yes," Danfeng said anxiously, "then what should we do?"

"All we need to do is draw the enemy's attention away and then head to the safest place," Huang Chenghe said.

However, the other three still didn't understand.

"I'll keep you in suspense for now, just follow me when the time comes," Huang Chenghe said with a mysterious smile, full of confidence.

Looking at Huang Chenghe's smile, Danfeng felt inexplicably relieved.

Huang Chenghe and the other three swaggered to the mountain gate. When Huang Chenghe arrived at the gate, he spread his arms to block the other three. He neither went down the mountain nor moved. He just stood there looking left and right, sometimes looking at the sky and sometimes at the ground, but he just wouldn't leave.

The six-star cultivator responsible for greeting guests glanced at him but didn't tell him to leave. He just watched silently, a faint smile on his lips. Many other people from Thousand Peaks Mountain stood ready nearby.

Two groups of people stood two zhang outside the mountain gate, cultivators from Tianqi Mountain and Tianqing Mountain glaring angrily at each other. Their longswords were already half-drawn, ready to be used, waiting for Huang Chenghe to step out of the mountain gate before launching a group attack.

Su Zinong walked slowly from the right and had already approached the mountain gate.

To attract attention, Huang Chenghe stood there moving his hands and feet, as if he was preparing to leave.

Just as Su Zinong exited from the right, Huang Chenghe, fearing that the enemy would notice Su Zinong, quickly rushed to the left front.

Danfeng, Zhaoxia, and Bai Shaoyi were about to rush forward with Huang Chenghe when they saw him only run a few feet before turning back and running up the mountain. After running a few more feet, he stopped and turned back again. He only felt relieved when he saw that Su Zinong had successfully passed by and gone far away.

"The safest place is definitely in the mountains," Huang Chenghe said quietly.

"Indeed, it's incredibly skillful!" Danfeng exclaimed.

"Indeed cunning and treacherous!" Bai Shaoyi said.

Zhaoxia stretched her neck and stood on tiptoe to see if Su Zinong had already gone down the mountain and gone far away.

Huang Chenghe quickly pulled Chaoxia aside, telling her not to look ahead.

They judged that Su Zinong had gone far away and returned to a secluded place. Huang Chenghe took off his mask, removed the outer garment he was wearing that was Su Zinong, and swaggered out of the mountain gate. This time, no one stopped them. They just stared at them to see if Su Zinong was inside.

Although Su Zinong had left the mountain gate, he hadn't actually gone far. He was still worried that something might happen to Huang Chenghe, so he climbed to the top of a tall tree to keep an eye on him.

Seeing Huang Chenghe deliberately running back and forth at the mountain gate to attract the enemy's attention, Su Zinong thought to himself that this kid was a master of acting, with exceptional skills. When Huang Chenghe turned back and walked up the mountain, Su Zinong felt relieved, jumped down from the tree, and walked forward, using all his strength to move.

After walking ten miles south, a carriage came chasing from behind, and someone in the carriage waved and called out to Su Zinong.

Su Zinong was very wary, but seeing that the man seemed to have no ill intentions, he paused for a moment. When the carriage drew closer, he discovered that the person inside was none other than Miss Mo.

The carriage came swiftly, leaving shallow ruts, suggesting that she was the only person inside.

"You look so strange, aren't you afraid people will laugh at you?" Miss Mo said, then burst into laughter.

"Escaping is the priority; who cares about whether others laugh or not!" Su Zinong said.

"Get in the car quickly," Miss Mo called out.

Su Zinong jumped onto the carriage; even he couldn't stand his own makeup. He blamed Huang Chenghe for all his bad ideas.

"Why are you here?" Su Zinong asked casually.

“I’m free now that I’ve finished what my master told me to do. It’s lively here, so I came here to take a look. I figured you might come, so I came here to try my luck and ask you to treat my cold poison in the south,” Miss Mo said.

"I still don't know your name!" Su Zinong asked.

“My name is… Mo Xiaohua,” Miss Mo said.

"Xiao Hua? What a nice name!" Su Zinong said with a bright smile, secretly thinking: Who would believe such a name? It sounds like a fake name.

"Where do you want to go first?" Mo Xiaohua asked.

"Let's head south first," Su Zinong said.

***

Yellow River Villa.

Su Zinong knew that Huang Chenghe had not returned yet, but they had arranged to communicate through the Yellow River Villa.

Upon learning that Huang Chenghe and the others were out of danger, he left a message saying that he was safe and had somewhere to go, and that they would meet again later.

Su Zinong drained some blood and handed it to Mo Xiaohua.

"I don't know how to thank you enough," Mo Xiaohua said, tears welling up in her eyes. "I have no way to repay you except..."

"Hey, no need for thanks or repayment, just stop lying to me!" Su Zinong said.

“I have never lied to you,” Mo Xiaohua said.

“That’s a lie,” Su Zinong said.

Mo Xiaohua remained silent, ignoring Su Zinong.

Su Zinong felt that she seemed to have many secrets, and even her name could not be trusted.

Mo Xiaohua seemed to see through Su Zinong. She said, "Everyone has their own secrets. I didn't tell you because I thought it had little to do with you, but that doesn't mean I lied to you. I never intended to harm you."

"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore," Su Zinong said, though he at least believed in his heart that Mo Xiaohua wouldn't hurt him.

"Did you experience any recurrence of the poison later?" Su Zinong asked.

“The attacks were very frequent before; if I didn’t use the red spirit stone every five days, the cold poison would flare up. So when I went to Yixi’s house that time, I was already on the verge of death, and I had run out of red spirit stones,” Mo Xiaohua said.

"And then what happened? Did your condition improve after soaking in the hot spring?" Su Zinong asked.

"Of course it got better later. The hot spring where I practiced my martial arts was very effective, and I even drank your blood twice. I haven't had any flare-ups recently. So I really can't live without you. How could I bear to hurt you?" Mo Xiaohua smiled, her face as warm as a spring breeze.

"It's good that you don't harm me, but you can't survive by drinking my blood, can you?" Su Zinong said. "It's terrifying to think that you're a bloodthirsty person!"

"Hehe, I'm already related to you by blood, so what do you mean by family?" Mo Xiaohua probed wildly.

“Friends, we’re friends,” Su Zinong quickly said.

Mo Xiaohua was extremely dissatisfied with this answer, and after a while she asked, "Where are we going now?"

Su Zinong looked into the distance and said, "Mount Ling..."