Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

The snow was still falling.

There was no one in the Cold Fragrance Cottage.

Jiang Fengyue waited quietly inside the house. He always understood one principle: if you want to accomplish something, you must have patience.

After a long wait, someone finally pushed the door open and came in. As soon as the person entered, he saw Jiang Fengyue standing in the room and was so frightened that he took several steps back.

"Check-in!"

"Signing in with Lin Xian'er successfully, information obtained regarding the location of the Plum Blossom Thief's wealth hiding place."

Jiang Fengyue sneered inwardly; he would never let Lin Xian'er get away with it.

Lin Xian'er didn't see Jiang Fengyue's face; what she saw first was the sword in Jiang Fengyue's hand, the sword that You Longsheng had just given him.

Lin Xian'er thought the visitor was You Longsheng and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

She complained, "You Longsheng, you've come all this way, but why are you carrying a sword? Are you afraid I'll harm you?"

She casually lay down on a large chair, revealing a charming smile, and said softly, "Don't you know that my body and soul already belong to you?"

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "I don't know, because I'm not You Longsheng."

Upon hearing Jiang Fengyue's voice, Lin Xian'er nearly jumped off her chair in fright.

Under the dim light, she finally saw Jiang Fengyue's face clearly.

She exclaimed in surprise, "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"

Jiang Fengyue laughed and said, "Who am I? Would you believe me if I said I'm the Plum Blossom Thief?"

Lin Xian'er frowned and said, "How could you...?"

She realized her slip of the tongue and didn't continue.

Jiang Fengyue sneered, "Of course I can't be the Plum Blossom Thief, because there's only one Plum Blossom Thief, and that's you, Lin Xian'er."

Lin Xian'er frowned slightly, then smiled sweetly and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, young master? How could Xian'er, a delicate woman, be the Plum Blossom Thief?"

Jiang Fengyue said coldly, "Qiu Du is dead."

Lin Xian'er seemed to have anticipated this outcome, and said softly, "He has a strange temperament and has bothered me time and time again, but I have ignored him. He has offended the young master, so it is not unjust for him to die."

Jiang Fengyue played with the sword in her hand. The moonlight shone on the sword, making the blade appear even more chilling.

Lin Xian'er asked softly, "How did You Longsheng's sword end up in your hands?"

Jiang Fengyue drew her sword and walked step by step toward Lin Xian'er, slowly saying, "It's because he was defeated by me."

Lin Xian'er smiled sweetly, stood up, and went to greet Jiang Fengyue, placing her hand on his shoulder.

Lin Xian'er said softly, "So you are also a remarkable person, young master. I just don't know..."

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Fengyue had already shaken off the hand on her shoulder and said coldly, "Get out."

Startled by the shout, Lin Xian'er collapsed to the ground, and Jiang Fengyue's sword was already closer to her.

Lin Xian'er said in a trembling voice, "I can give you anything you want, whether it's wealth or my body."

Jiang Fengyue sighed, "It's a pity I have no interest in any of these things."

Lin Xian'er suddenly shouted towards the door, "Li Tanhua, save me!"

Jiang Fengyue looked up and saw Li Xunhuan standing at the door. She didn't know if he had just arrived or had been there for some time.

Li Xunhuan frowned and asked, "It's you?"

He stared coldly at Lin Xian'er. He had already witnessed Lin Xian'er's "gentleness" and "purity," and he recognized her as the mysterious woman who had forced him to exchange for the "golden silk armor" that day.

Li Xunhuan sighed deeply, closed his eyes, and refused to look at Lin Xian'er again.

Lin Xian'er had moved away from Jiang Fengyue and come to Li Xunhuan's side, softly asking, "Why did you close your eyes? Don't you want to see me?"

Li Xunhuan smiled and said, "I was just recalling the day I saw you beside Lady Rose's body."

Lin Xian'er sighed softly, "I had hoped you wouldn't recognize me, but it seems that hope is slim."

Li Xunhuan said, "If I were to forget you so quickly, wouldn't you be very disappointed?"

Lin Xian'er smiled sweetly and said, "But you weren't surprised when you saw me. Did you already know who I was?"

Li Xunhuan said, "Perhaps it's because there aren't many women in the martial arts world who can be called beauties."

Lin Xian'er said, "You haven't heard of me? I've heard of you since I was very young. When I found out that this was where you used to live, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep."

Jiang Fengyue almost burst out laughing, simply because Lin Xian'er's acting was so clumsy.

Jiang Fengyue sneered, "You can't sleep because there are usually other people in this room. If there were one more person in the room, it wouldn't be easy for you to fall asleep."

Li Xunhuan was still coldly watching Lin Xian'er.

Lin Xian'er stamped her foot, bit her lip, and said, "Li Tanhua, don't listen to his nonsense. Apart from him breaking in here today to attack me, no one else has come into this house."

Li Xunhuan said calmly, "This is your place now. It's none of my business who you want to come here."

Lin Xian'er bit her lip hard and said, "You all believe that You Longsheng, Qiu Du, and the others must have come in, right?"

Her eyes were red as she said, "I never let them in, so they had to wait in the plum grove. If I had let them in, Qiu Du and Qin Zhong wouldn't have died."

Li Xunhuan frowned and said, "If that's the case, why don't you let them in?"

Lin Xian'er bit her lip and said, "This is your place, and I don't want them to come in and ruin the scent you left behind."

Li Xunhuan said coldly, "I've already said that this place is yours, and it has nothing to do with me."

Lin Xian'er's face flushed slightly, and she lowered her head, saying, "Don't you understand what I mean?"

Jiang Fengyue looked at Lin Xian'er with a smile, as if watching a good show.

Lin Xian'er felt a little uneasy under Jiang Fengyue's gaze.

She moved even closer to Li Xunhuan, almost throwing herself into his arms.

Lin Xian'er feigned shock and said in a trembling voice, "Li Tanhua, you must stand up for me! This man not only broke into your Cold Fragrance Abode, but also threatened me with a sword. Xian'er almost lost her innocence."

Li Xunhuan smiled and looked at Lin Xian'er, saying, "What do you want me to do?"

Lin Xian'er rolled her eyes, bit her lip, and said, "I don't want to see this person again. I'm afraid he'll do something outrageous to me again."

Li Xunhuan said, "You mean you want me to kill him?"

Lin Xian'er nodded slightly.

Li Xunhuan laughed and said, "I'm really sorry, but I, Li Xunhuan, would never do something like killing my savior."

Jiang Fengyue slowly walked to the door, still smiling as she looked at Lin Xian'er.

Lin Xian'er exclaimed, "You...!"

Jiang Fengyue patted Li Xunhuan on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. Even the most beautiful woman will get boring after looking at her for so long."

After saying this, he slowly walked outside, his voice carrying to Lin Xian'er's ears: "Don't worry, I will definitely not let you die too easily."

Lin Xian'er was so frightened that she was trembling all over.

Li Xunhuan glanced at her one last time, sighed, and turned to leave.