Chapter 16: The Man in Black

The sky was high and the clouds were light, a bright moon was embedded in the vast sky, and a few sparse stars flickered brightly and dimly.

During the day, there is an endless stream of people coming and going, all kinds of shouts and shouts one after another, and the lively and noisy market street is silent at the moment.

If there is a sound, it is the rustle of small grains of sand rolling on the roof and the sound of the small canvas flag in front of the shop fluttering in the air when the wind blows by occasionally.

Moonlight shone through the windows and fell onto the floor of the room. Leng Yue sat cross-legged on her knees, her palms naturally placed on her knees, and her white slender fingers gently pressed against the aqua blue clothes. A portable sword reclined on the edge of the bed.

Syllable......

Suddenly, the sound of roof tiles cracking. Leng Yue, who was meditating on the bed with her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes, her eyelids raised and stared at the roof.

Bang Bang ......

Several sounds as minor as the previous one came from the roof. Leng Yue immediately grabbed the sword beside the bed and walked quickly towards the room.

Bai Yu had been paying attention to Leng Yue's every move, and saw her hurriedly walking out of the inn through the gap in the window. So, Bai Yu quietly followed him and left the room.

A gust of wind blew, and dark clouds slowly blocked out the moonlight. The shadows of the pavilions, buildings and small stalls on the ground gradually blurred due to the dim light.

A black figure carrying a woman on his shoulder was moving quickly on the roof, when suddenly a man appeared in front of him blocking his way, and he stopped.

"Put people down for me!" Leng Yue said coldly to the man in black.

The breeze blew, and the black hair and light gauze fluttered in the night sky. Holding a three-foot long sword, slim and elegant, heroic and cool under the moonlight, showing seven points of chivalry and three points of tenderness.

"Hmph, it seems that those two useless things during the day have not solved you, and you are really a trouble. Let me do it myself now. ”

The person who spoke was dressed in a black night coat, and his face was covered by a strip of black cloth.

"It turns out that you sent those two people during the day!Who are you?Why did you send someone to kill me?" Leng Yue was full of puzzlement, after all, it was the first time she came to Black Rock City, and she had never had a holiday with anyone.

"It's just that you're too nosy!"

During Leng Yue's questioning, he gently placed the woman on his shoulder on the roof beam, and then stood up and said gloomily.

The man in black took the lead in drawing his sword, and with a slash in the air, a scimitar sword qi that emitted silver light instantly shot towards the cold moon.

Leng Yue unhurriedly swung the long sword in his hand from the bottom up, and an erected crescent sword qi emitting cyan light also shot forward.

In the end, the two sword qi, one silver and one green, met in a cross shape in the middle of the roof.

As soon as the two sword qi came into contact, they immediately made a blasting sound, and then disappeared.

The two of them soared forward at the same time, and two long swords collided with each other two meters above the roof, sometimes emitting dazzling sword qi light. The two of them did not distinguish the winner in their weapons, and after a slap of each other, they both landed lightly on the roof beam that was only more than 20 centimeters wide.

The man in black stabbed forward with a sharp sword in his hand, and Leng Yue jumped upwards and spun in the air to avoid the attack. At this time, Leng Yue had already circled the back of the man in black and took advantage of the situation to stab the man in black in the back.

The man in black immediately turned around when he saw that there was no one in front of him, the sharp sword was only ten centimeters away from his heart, and there was a horror in his eyes, and he hurriedly blocked the sword horizontally in front of his chest.

Leng Yue volleyed backwards and kicked directly at the chest of the man in black.

The man in black took a few steps back, clutched his chest and stabilized his figure, a mouthful of sweet liquid just surged up his throat and was forced down.

Although he was defeated, he still had no intention of leaving. The moonlight flowing from the dark clouds shone on the blade of the sword, and the cold light shone brightly.

Suddenly, the man in black ran forward a few steps and jumped upward, extremely fast, leaving two phantoms in the air as he moved, looking like three people swinging their swords in the air at the same time.

Three sword qi emitting silver light attacked Leng Yue from the left and right directions and the middle at the same time.

"I didn't expect him to make such a delicate sword move!" a hint of surprise appeared on Leng Yue's white and cold face.

She also swung the long sword in her hand at an extremely fast speed, and although she had dissolved all three sword qi, the man in black had already attacked from the front.

The tip of the sword was only a few centimeters away from Leng Yue's body, and Leng Yue naturally avoided it. At the moment of crisis when Leng Yue was almost pierced by a sword, a white crescent sword qi that was even more powerful and faster than any of them rushed straight from the side.

Whew.

The sword qi was so fast that it made a sound of breaking wind.

The man in black felt the pressure of the sword, and immediately gave up the perfect opportunity to kill Leng Yue, turned around and raised his long sword to slash from top to bottom.

Where could the sword qi of the man in black resist the sword aura of the other party's white light, as soon as it came into contact, it was devoured by the other party with a devastating force, and finally hit the chest of the man in black.

The man in black fell directly from the roof and spurted blood from the ground, and hurriedly struggled to get up and slipped into the alley of the street to escape.

Under the moonlight, the person who came by flashing was wearing a white robe, eight feet tall, standing with a sword, it was the white feather who had followed Leng Yue out of his room just now.

He looked at the people fleeing in embarrassment below and didn't mean to chase after him, and only when the man in black disappeared into the dark alley did he turn around and walk towards Leng Yue.

"Miss Leng Yue, are you alright?" asked Bai Yu softly.

"Bai Yu, why are you here?" this was the first time Leng Yue called his name.

"Oh......! I heard a fight in the inn just now, so I came out to take a look, but I didn't expect it to be you. Being asked like this, Bai Yu was a little stuttering at first, but his reaction was quite fast.

"Let's see if there's anything wrong with that little girl first!" said the weak-hearted Bai Yu pointed to the woman lying on the beam of the roof in order to divert the topic.

"Hmm. ”

Leng Yue replied simply. When she turned around, Bai Yu patted her chest and exhaled deeply with a look of joy.

"Girl, girl!" Leng Yue gently shook the shoulder of the woman who was still asleep.

"Otherwise, I'll take her back to the inn to rest at the nearby Yixuanlou Inn. Bai Yu looked very calm and made this very reasonable suggestion.

"You also live in Yixuan Building?" Leng Yue asked curiously.

"Well, what's wrong?" Bai Yu asked stupidly.

"I'm staying at the inn tonight. Leng Yue replied calmly.

"It seems that we are really quite fateful, in this case, it will be more convenient to take this girl to the inn to rest. Although Bai Yu was nervous and excited in his heart, he still forcibly adjusted his emotions and maintained his usual tone of speech.

"Hmm!" Leng Yue nodded, "That can only trouble you to carry her over, give me your sword, and I'll hold it for you." ”

"Thank you. Bai Yu handed his sword to Leng Yue and thanked him casually.

"Why are you sweating so much?" When Leng Yue took the sword, she saw crystal clear beads of sweat on the back of Bai Yu's hands and forehead under the moonlight.

"Yes...... It could be that it's too hot. As he spoke, he picked up the woman lying on the roof beam, wiped her sweaty palms while Leng Yue was not paying attention, and muttered: "It turns out that lying feels so uncomfortable!"

"What did you say?" Leng Yue thought that Bai Yu was talking to her, but because her voice was too small to hear clearly, she asked.

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Let's go. With that, he took the woman in his arms and swept away in the direction of the inn.

At this moment, no one knew how much he wished in his heart that he was holding the person behind him in his arms......

They took the girl back to the inn and told her to rest on the bed in Cold Moon's room. Leng Yue sat on the edge of the bed and took care of her carefully, while Bai Yu stood quietly beside her.

After a while, the girl's eyelids on the bed slowly opened a little, and the long eyelashes covered the thin slit of the eye, and in the haze she saw two unfamiliar faces.

She opened her eyes and sat up, her hands clutching the quilt over her, and she curled up in horror into the corner of the bed.

"Don't catch me, please don't catch me!" she shrank in the corner of the bed, not daring to lift her head, but cried out in great fear.

"Don't be afraid, girl. We just got you back from the man who captured you. Leng Yue said softly to the girl.

At this time, she was less of her usual coldness and more kind of caring for the weak, and all these differences were collected by another person.

"Girl, do you know why the man in black wanted to arrest you?" Seeing that the girl's mood gradually stabilized, Bai Yu also asked softly.

"I don't know. Although he knew that Leng Yue and Bai Yu were not bad people, they were still a little scared, so they still shrank aside and replied timidly.

Bai Yu saw that the little girl had not completely gotten rid of her fear, so she turned to Leng Yue and said, "Leng Yue girl, I see that she was quite frightened just now, otherwise let her rest first." I'll talk about that tomorrow. ”

"Well, that's fine. Leng Yue also understood, so she whispered to the little girl: "You can sleep well here tonight, and we will send you home tomorrow." ”

The girl didn't speak, just nodded timidly. Leng Yue got up from the side of the bed and walked out of the room with Bai Yu.