Clouds and Moon Shadow

The man was flustered by Gu Qingyue's strange fighting style. Without his weapon and unable to exert force due to his injured right shoulder, he quickly retreated, looking shocked.

He had never seen this fighting style before; the elbows and legs were incredibly powerful! The person in front of him was clearly just a thin, small boy, how could he be so skilled?

Of course, this was also due to his underestimation of his opponent. In addition, Gu Qingyue's skills were unpredictable, so it was not surprising that he was instantly defeated in his shock.

Gu Qingyue did not stop there. She knew the principle that if you don't kill a snake, it will bite back. She threw away her longsword and stepped forward with her bare hands. With a very strange movement, she was already behind her opponent in two moves. With a backhand push, she also dislocated her opponent's left arm with a crack.

The man screamed and fell to his knees, his forehead instantly covered in cold sweat.

Between fights with the masked man beside him, Mu Yun Chu, who had been keeping a close eye on the situation, was utterly shocked by what she saw.

He had heard Mu Bei say that Gu Qingyue's most powerful weapon was her dagger, but he never expected that the first time he saw her fight, her fist and leg techniques would be even more fierce and unpredictable. These were moves he had never seen before.

On the other side, the masked man, who was completely covered up, was also shocked by Gu Qingyue's methods. His pupils contracted, and he acted hastily. He thrust out his sword with his backhand to block Mu Yun Chu's attack.

The two engaged in battle again, but their moves were even more fierce and ruthless than before.

Just as Gu Qingyue was about to press her advantage, two long swords suddenly appeared beside her, forcing her to take a half-step back.

Just as they were about to step forward, they heard shouts coming from afar, "Kill!" Almost instantly, a group of men in black, wielding long swords, joined the fight.

The masked man was forced back two steps by Mu Yun Chu. Seeing the fighting around him, he knew he couldn't win. He immediately whistled, picked up the man who had been seriously injured by Gu Qing Yue, and rushed towards the dark cave not far away. Seeing this, the others also withdrew from the battle and ran away in an instant.

Mu Yun Chu raised her hand to stop the man in black who wanted to press his advantage.

"Getting to the mine is the priority," Mu Yun Chu ordered.

After saying that, he walked towards Gu Qingyue.

Gu Qingyue lifted her sleeve and looked at it. There was a large patch of blood on her sleeve, which was very glaring and made her feel very uncomfortable.

Although she had killed many people, she still couldn't get used to this sticky feeling.

"Are you injured?" Mu Yun Chu asked worriedly.

Mu Yun Chu was very curious about the boy's strange movements and combat power, which was no less than that of a master.

Who was his martial arts master?

“No, this isn’t mine,” Gu Qingyue said, pointing to the blood on her sleeve.

"Let's go," Mu Yun Chu knew that now was not the time to explore; finding the iron ore as soon as possible was the priority.

At the entrance of a quiet mountain cave, a group of people carrying long swords filed out very quickly.

One of them was wrapped up tightly, and he was carrying another person on his shoulder. Whether he was jostled because he was running too fast or bumped into the stone wall next to him, the man on his shoulder suddenly groaned, obviously because he had aggravated his wound.

Just as they emerged from the cave, thud! The injured man was thrown heavily to the ground by the masked man.

"Ah------," the injured man screamed.

"Xu San, stop pretending. Do you think I'll treat you differently because of this? You'd better give up those little schemes and you'll live a little longer," the masked man said disdainfully.

The man on the ground, Xu San, was panting heavily, covered in cold sweat, and ignored the masked man.

The masked man, already on the verge of exploding with rage after failing to complete his mission, felt a strange sense of pleasure rising within him upon seeing Xu San's miserable state.

"What? You're not convinced? You want to rebel? Think about your master's methods, or I won't save you later," the masked man said, giving a mocking look before turning and walking down the mountain.

The others exchanged a knowing glance, then lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Xu San closed his eyes, gave a self-deprecating smile, gritted his teeth, stood up, endured the excruciating pain in his right shoulder, and with a 'crack', pushed his left arm back into place, the pain making him tremble all over.

Seeing everyone walk away, he gritted his teeth and followed behind the group of people, walking shakily down the mountain.

Meanwhile, Mu Yun Chu and her group, following Uncle Qiu Qiu's directions, successfully arrived at a half-open gate. Indeed, as that person had said, the mine was enormous, and judging from the mining situation, it had been excavated for at least a year.

This is a huge cave. At the other end of the cave, there are piles of unprocessed iron ore that have been mined, and they are enormous in size.

After a thorough search, a semi-finished weapons cache was discovered not far from the mine, containing knives, forks, swords, and halberds. Infuriatingly, most of these were curved swords commonly used by the Nanzhao army. It seems these weapons were intended for the Nanzhao army.

Mu Yun Chu's expression was solemn, and the veins on his fists bulged. He never expected that the other party would be so bold as to mine iron ore and forge weapons for the Nanzhao people in the deep mountains not far from the Lizhou camp.

He immediately sent a message to General Gu, and half an hour later, Gu Yuanming arrived with a large troop of soldiers.

Looking at the two people whispering to each other not far away, Gu Qingyue felt that the young general looked somewhat familiar, with a strange sense of familiarity between his eyebrows and eyes.

Once everything was arranged, Mu Yun Chu and Gu Yuan Ming walked towards Gu Qing Yue.

"This is Young Master Qingyue, and this is General Gu, the Right Battalion Guerrilla General of the Lizhou Army." Mu Yun Chu formally introduced the two.

"Thanks to you this time, you deserve great credit for the iron mine. Tell me, what do you want? I can report it to the higher-ups," Gu Yuanming said, looking at the thin but spirited young man in front of him with great fondness.

"Huh?" Gu Qingyue was a little confused. Could she still ask for something?

Seeing Gu Qingyue's suddenly dazed expression, Mu Yun Chu raised her hand to cover her mouth and coughed, bringing Gu Qingyue back to her senses.

"No need, no need, I just stumbled upon this by chance, you're too kind." What a joke, this is the first living general she has ever seen in ancient times, and he's only about twenty years old, such a young general!

Gu Qingyue scrutinized General Gu before her. Hmm, like Mu Xiaoqi, he was tall and sturdy, and when he spoke, he exuded a gentle and refined air. However, his dark eyebrows slanted upwards to his temples, his nose was high and straight, and his eyes were as black as lacquer. Beneath his handsome appearance, he possessed a perfectly harmonious aura of coldness and ruthlessness. He was a handsome and extraordinary man, resolute and solemn, born for the battlefield.

By the time the soldiers had cleared out all the bandits from the mine, Gu Qingyue and her group walked out of the gate on the side of the prison cliff. It was almost noon.

Just as they reached the edge of the prison cliff, a guard in black rushed over.

He bowed to General Gu and Mu Yun Chu, then cupped his hands in greeting to Gu Qing Yue: "Young Master, we just interrogated Huang Daqian. They were indeed robbed by bandits at first, but were later rescued by Steward Qiu. They stayed at the iron mine in the back mountain to manage the miners' food and drink during work hours. The miners themselves were not under their jurisdiction, and they did not know that the cave leading this way led to the prison cliff of Tiger Peak Village." He paused, as if unsure how to continue.

The group exchanged glances.

"Speak freely," Mu Yun Chu gestured.

"Yes, Master. He said that Steward Qiu treats them quite well, but the person who usually comes to supervise the work is a woman, a relative of Steward Qiu, who is about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. However... he said that when the woman first arrived, she had a distinct Nanzhao accent."

In fact, Huang Daqian talked about the woman for almost half an hour, mainly about how beautiful she was, how curvaceous her figure was, and how charming her smile was. There was no need to report these things to his master.