"Xue Ruoji?" Mo Bai muttered to himself, hearing the name reported by the other party, he could be sure that this was another unknown person, but Mo Bai did not relax at all in his heart, because he had been defeated by an unknown person before, and more importantly, the words of the little Taoist priest were still lingering in his ears at the moment...... Mo Bai looked at the other party with some pain, and pleaded: "I shouldn't have any grudges with Your Excellency, right?" Why do you have to challenge me? ”

After hearing this, Ji Ruoxue, who was riding on the elk, couldn't help but be a little speechless, and said in her heart: "He actually wants to challenge the reason, does he still need a reason to challenge the other party on the rivers and lakes?" Why didn't Master tell me...... Forget it, since Master asked me to challenge, then I'll tell you the truth! ”

After Ji Ruoxue made up her mind, she said seriously: "I was ordered by my master to challenge you, and I hope you can cooperate with me." ”

What Ji Ruoxue said was indeed true, at the beginning, Li Taibai said that her cultivation had reached a bottleneck, and let her come out to experience it on the rivers and lakes. And the explanation given to her at that time was that only the so-called top ten masters in the world were qualified to be her opponents, and they could barely be lucky enough to see the swordsmanship he taught. Moreover, when Ji Ruoxue left, Li Taibai told her that Mo Bai, a swordsman in Shuzhong, was in this Qingcheng and asked her to come to challenge. If it weren't for Ji Ruoxue's previous loss of way and delayed for a while, she should have come here before Mu Qiuhuang.

"Your master, who is your master?" Mo Bai couldn't help but ask.

"My master is ......" Ji Ruoxue said to her lips and suddenly stopped. I can't help but think that although I have now called Li Taibai a master, I have not held an apprenticeship ceremony in the 28th Classic, so the two should not be considered a master-apprentice relationship in the eyes of outsiders.

"I'm sorry I can't tell you my master's name." Ji Ruoxue said slightly apologetically.

While Ji Ruoxue was talking, she also went down from the elk to the ground. Slowly pulled out his sword, looked at Mo Bai and said, "Offended." ”

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After a not too fierce fight, Ji Ruoxue looked at Mo Bai a little apologetically, said "I'm sorry", and also took out the golden medicine that Li Taibai handed over to him before leaving, and handed it to Mo Bai. When she first entered the rivers and lakes, she was still full of curiosity and longing for the rivers and lakes, and the rivers and lakes were still very mysterious in her heart. The reason why she is sorry is because she feels that she took the lead in challenging without waiting for the other party to make a move, which is a very rude approach, and she accidentally hurt the other party.

And Mo Bai's shoulder, which was injured by Mu Qiuhuang before, also began to bleed again, and after slowly taking the golden medicine handed over by the other party, Mo Bai couldn't help but fall into deep thought. I don't know why? Seeing himself fail again, Mo Bai was not angry, but instead of feeling relieved. Because, he finally experienced the two bloody disasters today, and still saved his life.

For him, this is already very satisfying. At his age, his heart has already become extremely mature, and at the same time, he has lost the enthusiasm and courage he had when he first entered the rivers and lakes. If you put it more plainly, it is that he is actually very afraid of death. After seriously recalling today's two battles, Mo Bai felt deeply that he was actually not suitable for this era, although those two people looked young, and the true yuan cultivation was indeed inferior to himself, but the subtlety of the sword moves used by those two people was unheard of and unseen...... After thinking about it carefully, Mo Bai suddenly made a decision, he decided to quit this Jianghu. Because, he can't guarantee whether he will meet real masters in the future, let alone whether he will have such good luck today in the future?

Ji Ruoxue, who was riding on the elk, couldn't help but be a little excited when she recalled the competition just now. Because this is her first battle in the rivers and lakes, and the other party is still Mo Bai, a Shuzhong swordsman who ranks eighth among the top ten masters in the world, but even so, she still won, and she won very easily. The main point is just that

The first battle proved that her hard training for most of the year was not in vain. She clearly remembered that when she was fighting with the other party just now, the sword she subconsciously handed out could always block the opponent's sword just right, and she knew that this was all because of the inevitable result of stabbing the iron ring thousands of times...... She is now looking forward to the next trip to the rivers and lakes.

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Time goes back to today.

Mu Qiuhuang didn't know that when he was talking with Daoyan Patriarch Bingzhu last night, there was another person and a deer in the inn of Qingyunju, and he didn't know that this person was Ji Ruoxue, who he had always been full of curiosity and eager to see, and had a marriage contract with him.

I thought that the two would stagger over this, but I never thought that there was a saying called "There is a providence in the dark".

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When Mu Qiuhuang sent away Patriarch Daoyan, he followed Su Xiaoxiao to the stable and was about to lead the horse away, when suddenly, he was attracted by an elk in the stable.

"Look, Childe, what a beautiful elk!" Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but exclaim, and went to the corner to pull a handful of tender grass, ready to go forward to feed the elk.

For Su Xiaoxiao's characteristic, Mu Qiuhuang is no stranger. When he was in Fengling City before, Su Xiaoxiao saw rouge gouache and saw those exquisite jade objects, which was his expression. When she once said that she was having hysteria, she retorted that it was a common disease of all women in the world...... Women are always irresistible to all the good things in the world.

In fact, there is no need for Su Xiaoxiao's prompt, Mu Qiuhuang also saw the elk, but his focus is different from Su Xiaoxiao's. Su Xiaoxiao was attracted by the beauty of the elk because he saw the appearance of the elk. Mu Qiuhuang was impressed by the domineering spirit of the elk because he saw the overall scene in the stable.

There were six or seven horses and an elk tied to the stable, but at this time, this small stable was like a hierarchical court. And the elk stood in the highest position without question, like a king in the stables.

The stables were not wide, but the space in which the elk stood was not small, and it stood alone in a large area, leisurely eating the forage. And the next thing is that Mu Qiuhuang and the two good war horses that Su Xiaoxiao rode shared a trough, keeping a certain distance from the elk. The rest of the horses were crowded together from a distance, and they would rather get together to bear the crowd than come and stand in the open space beside the elk and the horses...... In addition, those horses were still snorting uneasily, occasionally cowering and peeking at the elk, this situation was not an exception for Mu Qiuhuang's two war horses.

"Childe, look, it's eating the grass I fed it...... Su Xiaoxiao said excitedly.

The elk seemed to sense Su's little mood, and after eating the grass she brought, he affectionately stuck out his tongue and licked it in the palm of her hand a few times.

"Childe, look, it's licking the palm of my hand." Su Xiaoxiao felt even more pleased, and at the same time went to the side and pulled back a handful of grass for the elk.

After the elk ate the grass that Su Xiaoxiao brought back this time, he turned his head affectionately and rubbed it on Su Xiaoxiao's body a few more times.

"Childe ......" Su Xiaoxiao called Mu Qiuhuang excitedly, and the elk showed her affection, as if she had received some favor.

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After Su Xiaoxiao went to pull a handful of grass and feed it to the elk, she was once again "favored" by the elk.

After repeating this several times, the elk went to the side and lay down, it no longer ate the grass that Su Xiaoxiao pulled back, nor did it show affection for Su Xiaoxiao, no matter how Su Xiaoxiao called and coaxed it, it always showed a look of love and ignorance for it...... Mu Qiuhuang, who had a full view of this scene, couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"Childe, why doesn't it eat grass anymore? And, no matter how much I call it, it doesn't respond? In the end, Su Xiaoxiao, who was powerless against the elk, sought help from Mu Qiuhuang.

"Because it's full." Mu Qiuhuang laughed.

"Childe, what are you laughing at?" Su asked in a little puzzlement.

"I'm laughing at you for being tricked by this elk." Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help laughing, and said: "It wanted to eat grass before, but unfortunately it couldn't reach it, so it showed affection to you, in fact, it was just to coax you and let you feed it grass!" When you keep pulling grass to feed it, it won't have to show affection to you! Because, you have lost your role in front of it......"

"Humph!" Su Xiaoxiao snorted, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Mu Qiuhuang's words.

Seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang smiled more happily, and continued: "Don't be angry, I'm not talking about you, I'm stating a fact. ”

"Humph!" Su Xiaoxiao once again expressed her dissatisfaction, and said: "Childe, if you want to do what you said, doesn't it mean that my IQ is not even as good as this elk?"

"Hmm!" Mu Qiuhuang nodded seriously.

"Childe, you ......" Su Xiao said with a little anger: "Childe, you have gone too far!" ”

Mu Qiuhuang smiled and continued to explain: "I'm really not kidding you, I really think this elk is not simple, it seems to be able to understand people's speech...... It's like the donkey that the "donkey keeper" raised. ”

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao looking at him with a confused face, Mu Qiuhuang also remembered that Su Xiaoxiao and Qingya Daoren had never met, so he had to continue to explain: "The Qingya Daoist on Wudang Mountain is called 'donkey raiser' by me, but in reality, he really raised a donkey......

"Oh." Su Xiaoxiao replied and continued: "Although I also believe that animals have spirits, I also believe that this elk's IQ will be as powerful as what you say, and it can understand human speech. If you want me to believe your word, Childe, unless you can get it back on its feet. ”

"What's so hard about that?" Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help but smile, walked to the stable, stared at the elk and said seriously: "Stand up, otherwise I will slaughter you." ”

Just as the two of them were expectantly preparing to see what would happen in the next scene, an anxious and angry voice suddenly came from behind: "Who is going to kill my little flower?" ”