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

Su Zinong waited in a town, agreeing to return by the next day.

He dared not wait in the town, but instead went out of town to a small hilltop with a wide view, so as not to stay in the town and fall into a trap to be surrounded by the Heavenly Demon Cult.

With nothing to do, I looked through the treasures left behind by Ouro.

The four spirit stones were similar to the Heavenly Spirit Stone and the Red and Yellow Spirit Stone, except that they were jet black and shiny.

The little black sword was truly sharp; with a light stroke, a piece of wood as thick as a bowl on the ground was sliced ​​in two with a "whoosh."

As for the Heavenly Demon Lesser Technique, he initially thought it inappropriate to peek at other people's techniques, but he couldn't resist his curiosity. He thought that as the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle." The Heavenly Demon Sect was a great enemy, and he had to carefully understand and study the enemy's techniques.

The following afternoon, Ou Ruo arrived as promised, much to Su Zinong's delight. After waiting for a long time, no one from the Heavenly Demon Sect remained behind her.

"You've arrived." Su Zinong smiled slightly.

“I’m so sorry to have kept you waiting, young master. I have two red spirit stones here as a gift for your journey north.” Ou Ruo took out two red spirit stones and handed them to Su Zinong.

“Oh, this is good, especially when we go to the snowy and icy places. Let’s each take one!” Su Zinong said, taking only one red spirit stone.

"You're so thoughtful of me! I still have some, please accept them all!" Ou Ruoyan smiled.

Su Zinong took the other red spirit stone, grinned, and said, "Thank you!" Then, with a snap, he pressed Ou Ruo's acupoint, sealing her true energy.

“Young master, you really don’t trust me? I’ve already come all this way. If I wasn’t sincere, why would I have come?” Ou Ruo said.

"You shouldn't have the heart to harm others, but you can't be without the heart to guard against them. From now on, you'll be by my side every day. I can't let you develop true energy. I'll have to be on guard against you every day, and I won't be able to eat or sleep peacefully." Su Zinong smiled apologetically.

"So you don't easily trust people, perhaps because you had a tough time when you were young," Ou Ruo said with a smile, seemingly not angry.

She also brought two mink coats, snow boots, and other winter gear.

Su Zinong returned only the little black sword to Ou Ruo, keeping the other two items.

The two found a spacious carriage, which Su Zinong paid for directly, and had Ou Ruo act as the driver.

"Does this apply to girls as well? Must we always retaliate in kind? You really don't know how to cherish women!" Ou Ruo glanced at her sideways.

“This is all done according to your principle of fairness. If it’s not done properly, you’ll always feel guilty. Keeping it bottled up inside will make you sick. I’m doing this for your own good.” Su Zinong was able to justify his words.

Ou Ruo did all the work, from catching the train and buying food to pouring water and tea and fetching bathwater.

She didn't complain at all, or if she did, it was just to start a conversation with Su Zinong. She didn't seem to have any dissatisfaction. In fact, she was very cooperative and would even ask if he was satisfied after she finished doing something, and if there was anything else to do.

For example, when they stayed at the inn that night, Ou Ruo made up Su Zinong's bed, tidied the blankets, and asked, "Do you need me to warm your bed?"

Without saying a word, Su Zinong picked up a broom and chased her out, while Ou Ruo was still grinning.

There are actually people like that.

Other people are one thing, but she's the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Demon Sect. Shouldn't someone like her be pampered and spoiled by the entire sect, with the temper of a spoiled princess? Why is she so unconventional? It's truly unexpected that she can be so docile. But just look at those Heavenly Demon Sect guards before; they were clearly terrified of Ou Ruo.

They arrived at Stone City that day. This place was already approaching the far north, and the population was beginning to dwindle; even those from the cultivation world were few and far between.

Ou Ruo asked, "Su Zinong, how long are you going to keep wearing this mask? We're almost at the far north, you won't see a single person even if you walk ten miles, why are you still wearing this rubbish?"

"Shh..." Su Zinong put a finger to his lips to make a shushing gesture, and whispered, "Better safe than sorry. Don't call me by my full name, it'll cause trouble!"

Su Zinong had a deep understanding of this, but Ou Ruo was unaware of it.

"You can get into trouble just by saying something casually. Just how much trouble do you have to cause?" Ou Ruo smiled sweetly.

"What's strange to you is commonplace to me. Just wait and see, it'll be effective immediately."

It won't be long.

The two drove the carriage into the woods and reached a bend. From behind a large tree, a long sword pierced through the air.

Su Zinong made a decisive move, throwing a thunderbolt bomb a foot in front of the enemy. With a loud bang, a plume of smoke rose, and the man was thrown backward.

Su Zinong and his companion hurriedly drove the carriage forward at breakneck speed, regardless of the man's fate.

"Wasn't it blown up? Why are you leaving?" Ou Ruo asked, puzzled.

"This is my first time using it, and I don't know where to throw it. The explosion is about ten feet away from that person; it will probably only hit him a little but not seriously injure him. His movement technique is superb, and his cultivation is above yours and mine," Su Zinong shouted.

"If I had known, I would have gone back to Devil City and gotten some of these things, like hidden weapons and poison gas. What else do you have to do with fun?" Ou Ruo asked, feeling quite curious.

“Of course there are more, but we can’t use them all at once. I won’t tell you yet,” Su Zinong said. “You are still my enemy for now.”

They had only walked two miles when the man in the blue clothes caught up with them.

Looking out from behind the carriage, Su Zinong saw that the man was not tall, but he had excellent agility and ran very fast. He appeared to be at the late stage of the fifth star cultivation level.

"Hurry up!" Su Zinong urged Ou Ruo, who then urged the horse forward, but the horse didn't know who to urge.

However, a person at the late stage of the fifth star can run faster than a horse, and this horse can even pull a cart.

In less than the time it takes to eat a meal, the man in blue had already reached ten paces behind the carriage, and Su Zinong was already prepared.

When the man in blue came within ten feet, Su Zinong threw out a powder packet and unleashed a burst of true energy from his left hand, scattering the poison powder in all directions.

As the man ran at top speed, the poison powder was upon him in the blink of an eye. He took a deep breath, pushed off with his right foot, and drifted to the left, avoiding the poison needle, but inhaled a small amount of the poison powder.

"You go first, I'll stop him!" Su Zinong said, then jumped off the carriage and thrust his sword at a spot a foot to the left of the man in blue.

The man in blue thought he was seeing things and rubbed his eyes. He'd been a little blinded by the lime, so his vision was indeed blurry, but he was certain Su Zinong was aiming for the empty space to his left. He was greatly surprised, unsure whether to block or not, whether to dodge or not. There was no need to dodge at all, because this sword couldn't possibly hit him.

Who knew that Su Zinong thrust his sword to the man's left side, and then slashed it to the right with force.

The man was startled and quickly jumped to the right to avoid the cut, but his left side was still slashed.

So weird.

The man in blue swung his sword, about to retaliate, but Su Zinong leaped backward several feet and ran further and further away, heading towards the carriage.

The man in blue hurriedly used his agility to give chase.

Su Zinong kept running, and when they were almost at the carriage, he urged Ou Ruo to push the horse as hard as he could.

Fortunately, the man in blue behind him had inhaled some poison powder and was also hit by Su Zinong's sword. Although the wound was not deep, blood was seeping out continuously, and he was not running as fast as he had at the beginning.

It wasn't until 15 minutes later that the man caught up with Su Zinong.

Su Zinong leaped to the left, separating from the carriage and walking to either side.

The man in blue hesitated for a moment, then turned left to chase after Su Zinong, after all, that was his enemy.

Having achieved his goal, Su Zinong ran as fast as he could, hoping not to implicate Ou Ruo.

What he didn't expect was that when Aurora saw him being chased to the left by the enemy, she immediately turned her horse around and rode over to the left...