A Shi Li Ren collapsed just like that, with only a six or seven year old little girl by her side.
Although this place could not be called bustling with people coming and going, there would still be people passing by. Although A Shi Li Ren still wore her veil, her absolutely beautiful bearing and enchanting figure were enough to drive anyone mad.
So once a man with ill intentions passed by, the consequences would be completely unimaginable.
Suo Lun was burning with anxiety, yet his entire body was bound, unable to move, his mouth also tied up, unable to make any sound.
At this time, he could only count on Xiao Guai, that unreliable lion tiger beast.
When Suo Lun was captured by the Dark Society killers, the lion tiger beast had also obediently become a captive, obediently ridden by the Dark Society assassins, not showing the slightest resistance.
This idiot, where was there any hint of the king of beasts? Captured by people how many times, not even daring to bare its teeth.
However, Suo Lun could not shout with his mouth now, so he could only use spiritual power.
He found the direction of the lion tiger beast Xiao Guai, released a spiritual call, and said, “Xiao Guai, come over.”
If it were a human, someone with very strong spiritual power would be needed to sense Suo Lun’s call, but beasts were actually more sensitive in this regard. Most of the time when Suo Lun communicated with the lion tiger beast, he used spiritual power.
This was like horse racing on Earth, where the rider and his steed needed to achieve spiritual connection.
Sure enough, the enormous lion tiger beast Xiao Guai directly ran over, very arrogantly tearing off the carriage wall in one go, looking incomparably mighty.
Suo Lun was speechless. All the assassins were dead, and now you put on a show of being incomparably mighty.
Next, without Suo Lun’s instructions, the lion tiger beast directly used its claws to try to tear the ropes on Suo Lun’s body.
As a result, it found it completely could not tear them. Then it used its claws to cut, but found it still could not cut through.
Suo Lun was truly surprised. The lion tiger beast Xiao Guai’s claws were truly as sharp and hard as knives, yet they could not cut the ropes on his body. What on earth were these made of?
However, Xiao Guai was rather clever. It ran to the side of one of the Dragon Swordsman assassins and bit up one person’s sword.
The Dark Society was extremely wealthy. It could be said that a high level assassin of the Dark Society, the gold coins earned from successfully assassinating one target, were enough for him to live comfortably for a lifetime.
So, this kind of Dragon Swordsman level assassin would very likely possess a platinum sword.
Because platinum was soft, hard, and light, it was most suitable for making assassin swords.
The lion tiger beast Xiao Guai bit a platinum sword and returned to Suo Lun’s side, then little by little cut through the ropes on Suo Lun’s body.
It took a full minute of cutting before the ropes all over Suo Lun’s body were finally severed, restoring his freedom.
“Ao ao ao…” The lion tiger beast excitedly claimed credit.
“You fellow, when the enemy was here, you were more cowardly than anyone.” Suo Lun slapped its big head.
Then, Suo Lun picked up one of the Dragon Archer’s bows, plus two quivers of arrows.
Then, Suo Lun walked to A Shi Li Ren’s side and squatted down.
For some unknown reason, the moment he drew near her, he felt a chill, and his nostrils were filled with a mysterious and enchanting delicate fragrance.
Suo Lun extended his hand, intending to check her breathing.
“You are not allowed to touch auntie.” The little girl opened her two small hands, blocking Suo Lun.
Suo Lun tried to make his voice as gentle as possible, “Uncle is not a good person, uncle wants to help this auntie.”
The little girl looked at Suo Lun for a good while, then shook her head and said, “No, you are a bad person.”
Suo Lun’s heart was suddenly startled. A child’s eyesight is the most direct, and also the least likely to lie or deceive people. And this little girl before him actually said he was a bad person. Why was this?
Then, Suo Lun looked towards A Shi Li Ren.
She still wore her veil, her eyes tightly closed.
But merely her raised eyelashes, her dream like painted eyebrows, and her prominent jade nose bridge were already too beautiful to take in all at once.
It was truly impossible to imagine how beautiful the face beneath this veil would be.
Exotic beauties truly had a unique charm in their allure.
Moreover, after drawing near her, that natural delicate fragrance became even more enchanting, as if one sniff would make one intoxicated.
Without doubt, this was the whitest woman Suo Lun had ever seen, truly as white as snow.
However, at this time her brow seemed to show no sign of pain, only slightly furrowed.
Moreover, her firm and enchanting bosom also showed no obvious rise and fall. Suo Lun could hardly feel whether she was breathing or not.
He reached out to touch A Shi Li Ren’s neck artery, to feel whether her pulse was beating.
“You are not allowed to touch auntie.” The little girl forcefully slapped away Suo Lun’s hand.
“I came to help.” Suo Lun said, then embraced the little girl, allowing her to bite and struggle, while his right hand touched A Shi Li Ren’s carotid artery.
However…
Suo Lun’s hand had only just touched A Shi Li Ren’s neck skin, not even completely touching it.
Suddenly, his entire arm went numb, then a terrifying icy cold energy surged in.
“Hiss!” Then, Suo Lun’s entire right arm was instantly frozen, losing all sensation.
Suo Lun was incomparably shocked. Merely touching her once and it froze solid. This was too… terrifying.
The Demon Star quickly released a fiery force, melting the ice in his right arm.
It could be said that fortunately the Demon Star existed, otherwise Suo Lun’s right arm would have been ruined.
“Master, do not touch her. Just guard by her side.” The Demon Star said.
Suo Lun said, “What exactly is wrong with her? She was clearly fine, how could she suddenly faint?”
The Demon Star said, “She was born with the Dragon Yin Severed Meridian, extremely rare, one in hundreds of millions. Those with this bloodline are born with an extremely powerful yin cold energy that will backfire every so often. Supposedly those with this bloodline cannot live past sixteen years old. No one knows how she has lived until now, and her martial arts are actually so strong.”
Suo Lun thought to himself, “This is perhaps due to Jiang Shang. He is the world’s number one strongest person, perhaps capable of anything.”
Perhaps so, but at least A Shi Li Ren becoming Jiang Shang’s disciple must have had something to do with the Dragon Yin Severed Meridian.
Now, Suo Lun also finally understood why every time A Shi Li Ren appeared, the surrounding temperature would drop considerably.
Moreover, from the current situation, although A Shi Li Ren had successfully lived to thirty one years old, she clearly had not yet escaped the nightmare of the Dragon Yin Severed Meridian, which was why she had so suddenly fallen unconscious.
“Then approximately how long until she can wake up?” Suo Lun asked.
“Unknown, perhaps several hours, perhaps several days.” The Demon Star said, “But absolutely do not disrupt her body’s resistance to the yin cold energy, otherwise it will be very dangerous, so do not touch her.”
At that time Gao Ning Shi had found Suo Lun saying that three days later, the princess estate would be established. Now one and a half days had passed, and the distance to the royal capital Zhi Du was still very far.
If her coma lasted too long, Suo Lun would delay the establishment of the princess estate.
For Suo Lun, this was a matter of heaven shaking importance.
At present, this A Shi Li Ren could neither be touched nor moved.
But watching her lie here with only a little girl by her side was truly too dangerous.
No matter what, this A Shi Li Ren was his lifesaver, even though she had saved him indirectly.
So, with no other choice, Suo Lun could only sit cross legged by her side, guarding the unconscious A Shi Li Ren.
After guarding for a moment, Suo Lun also gathered the corpses of the thirteen Dark Society assassins, then burned them with one fire, completely destroying the bodies and erasing the evidence.
Then, he used fire to destroy all traces that A Shi Li Ren had left behind.
Because Suo Lun did not want the Dark Society to know these killers had died by A Shi Li Ren’s sword.
After doing all this, Suo Lun sat cross legged by the side again. And that little girl directly sat by A Shi Li Ren’s side, still holding her hand, actually forcefully staying awake, her big eyes full of vigilance staring at Suo Lun, as if he were an utterly evil bad person.
Strangely enough, this little girl holding A Shi Li Ren’s hand had nothing happen to her, while Suo Lun had not even touched her and nearly ruined his entire arm.
Time passed minute by minute.
One hour, two hours, three hours… half a day passed.
It grew dark, then it grew light again.
A Shi Li Ren still had not woken up, and that little girl still forcefully stayed awake, vigilantly staring at Suo Lun.
And just at this time, Suo Lun sensed a pair of eyes several hundred metres away, a pair of hidden eyes, observing all this.
After seeing the situation here, this scout directly left quickly.
Next time he came, he would bring countless men and horses.
Suo Lun drew his bow and nocked an arrow, directly shooting one arrow.
Several hundred metres distance, a hundred shots a hundred hits, that scout instantly died.
Although Suo Lun did not know whether this scout was friend or foe, better to kill wrongly than let go.
It seemed the little girl’s intuition was not wrong. Suo Lun was at least not a naturally good person.
After shooting this scout, Suo Lun thought there would be no more trouble, but clearly he was wrong.
Because two hours later, on the horizon not far ahead, appeared densely packed countless black dots, at least several hundred riders.
They were horse bandits!
This area was the border between the Yan Empire and the Angry Wave Kingdom, a mixed bag of fish and dragons, with the most numerous being horse bandits and robbers.
Clearly, there had been more than one scout just now, but the other scouts were beyond the range of Suo Lun’s spiritual power lock. After discovering the situation here, he immediately returned to the camp to report.
Then, the entire camp came out in full force, coming with at least one or two hundred riders.
Suo Lun shouted loudly, “May I ask, which heroes are you?”
“Sky Dragon Fort.” A vigorous voice rang out from the opposite side. He was very cunning, knowing Suo Lun’s archery was high, deliberately hiding in the crowd.
Suo Lun shouted loudly, “Great chief, how about this, I will pay one thousand gold coins, and you withdraw from here, what do you say?”
The horse bandit chief on the opposite side said, “What I want is not merely one thousand gold coins. I want everything, including that absolutely beautiful woman lying by your side.”
From so far away, and still wearing a veil, you can tell she is an absolutely beautiful woman?
However, one really could tell. Some people were born with an immortal aura. Even seeing just a strand of beautiful hair, one could sense this was a peerless beauty.
“Charge up, kill that pretty boy for me, surround that absolutely beautiful woman, no one is allowed to touch a single finger.” The horse bandit chief shouted loudly.
Instantly, two hundred horse bandits charged madly.
Suo Lun stood up, rapidly drawing his bow and nocking arrows.
“Sou sou sou sou sou sou sou…”
Terrifying continuous arrows, with only one person, yet shooting out the terror of an arrow rain.
At this distance, at this target, Suo Lun was completely accurate with every shot.
His arrows were like the god of death, rapidly claiming the lives of the horse bandits.
One arrow one person, even one arrow two people.
In a short minute, he killed dozens of people.
Instantly, all the horse bandits’ expressions changed dramatically, finally killed until their hearts turned cold, stopping their charging footsteps.
Suo Lun continued shooting, however…
He had no more arrows. His last arrow had also been shot out.
“Truly fucked by a dog.” Suo Lun cursed inwardly, then drew his platinum sword, holding his sword to protect A Shi Li Ren and the others behind him.
“That ghost grandson’s arrows are finished. Go up and tear him to pieces.”
Instantly, the remaining one hundred plus horse bandits charged over with howls, and also scattered in all directions, forming a circle to surround Suo Lun’s three people.
“He he he…”
Very quickly, one hundred horse bandits completely surrounded Suo Lun’s three people.
Suo Lun was an intermediate warrior. Using only his sword, he could probably kill a dozen or twenty horse bandits, but before him were several hundred.
Moreover, the horse bandit chiefs were several high level warriors.
So, this battle truly had very slim chances of survival.
Suo Lun could not help but say to the little girl behind him, “Little girl, I told you, uncle is a good person, right?”
At this time, the little girl finally nodded.
“Little girl, what is your name?” Suo Lun asked.
“A Nan.” The little girl said.
However, this was not a name. This was an impoverished family, so they had not given their daughter a name.
“A Nan, hold auntie’s hand tightly. Uncle can only do his best.” Suo Lun said.
“Hu hu hu hu…”
At this time, over a dozen horse bandits charged towards Suo Lun with howls, their curved blades fiercely slashing down.
“Shua…”
Suo Lun swung his sword to block.
“Sou sou sou sou…”
The first was killed, the second was killed…
Suo Lun brought an intermediate warrior swordsman’s martial arts to the extreme, the corpses around him growing more and more numerous.
One, two, three, five, ten, thirteen, fifteen, eighteen…
Twenty five…
This was still the first time he had killed so many enemies with a sword, killing until the horse bandits’ expressions completely changed.
Two hundred people had come out, yet Suo Lun alone had killed one third of them.
“Third brother, you go!” The horse bandit chief hid in the crowd and said.
Instantly, a ferocious warrior charged fiercely, mixed in among the other horse bandits.
“Ding…”
Suo Lun’s arm went numb, the platinum sword in his hand directly flying out.
This was a strength type high level warrior. If fighting one on one, he would die under Suo Lun’s sword.
But now, he had knocked Suo Lun’s sword flying.
Suo Lun lost his weapon, at this time almost losing his combat ability.
The next second.
“Shua shua shua shua shua…”
A great sword was placed against his neck.
Dozens of curved blades were aimed at his head. With one command, Suo Lun would become a pile of meat paste.
“Good pretty boy, you actually killed so many of my men.” The horse bandit chief said coldly, “Tear him to pieces, then take the beauty away.”
Instantly, countless swords and blades slashed towards Suo Lun’s head, about to tear him apart in an instant.
“Bang…” However, before these swords and blades could touch Suo Lun, they were suddenly frozen in mid air, then violently exploded and shattered.
Suo Lun only felt the surrounding temperature grow cool, then A Shi Li Ren slowly stood up.
She had finally woken up, at the moment when Suo Lun was about to be torn to pieces, she had finally woken up.
“A Nan, close your eyes.” A Shi Li Ren said, then with one hand picked her up.
The little girl directly closed her eyes, and even directly fell asleep.
A Shi Li Ren held the little girl with one hand, then walked out step by step.
“Ka cha, ka cha…”
Wherever she passed, all the horse bandits were instantly frozen solid, completely unable to move.
Wherever her footsteps fell, each step became ice.
She did not make a move, she did not even draw her Dragon Gold Sword, just like this walking before that horse bandit chief.
Her deep, absolutely beautiful eyes just quietly stared at that horse bandit chief.
Looking at these eyes like a vast ocean, like a starry sky, the horse bandit chief was stupefied, trembling as he rolled down from his horse’s back, directly kneeling prostrate on the ground, his forehead pressed to the ground motionless.
He had come for the beauty, but if he had known it was such a peerless beauty, he would certainly not have come.
Because facing such a woman, one glance and his self confidence was completely lost, his soul scattered, let alone any thoughts of profanity.
A Shi Li Ren still did not make a move, directly passing by this horse bandit chief.
“Ka cha…” This horse bandit chief also directly froze solid into ice.
Where A Shi Li Ren’s footsteps had passed, it was already dark blue and icy cold. Looking down from the sky, a great circle several dozen metres in diameter had been completely frozen over.
Over one hundred horse bandits within this great circle were also all frozen solid and motionless.
A Shi Li Ren turned her head, her icy cold, bright star like beautiful eyes glanced at Suo Lun, nodded, expressing her acknowledgement.
Although she still did not ask Suo Lun’s name, this was the first time she nodded to him, the first time she looked at him properly.
Suo Lun nodded back in courtesy.
“Sou…” A gust of wind blew past.
A Shi Li Ren held the little girl, directly floating away gracefully.
At the same time…
“Bang, bang, bang, bang…”
All the horse bandits frozen solid in ice, whether riding on horses or not, instantly exploded.
This scene was incomparably magnificent, incomparably brilliant.
Even killing people was filled with artistry.
Each person’s explosion was like a blue firework bursting open.
No blood, no disgusting internal organs. The entire person was instantly pulverised, turning into countless blue ice fragments, scattering across the ground.
A Shi Li Ren did not swing one sword, did not move one finger, and cleanly killed the remaining over one hundred horse bandits.
When he raised his head again, A Shi Li Ren had already disappeared.
In the air, only that enchanting and mysterious delicate fragrance remained.
The ground was covered with dark blue corpse fragments. What had just happened truly seemed like a dream, a dream of delicate fragrance.
The second encounter, yet still he had not seen her face.
What he saw was still her dark cold, brilliant, star like gaze.
Suo Lun looked towards the western direction where she had disappeared, then mounted the lion tiger beast, galloping towards the southwest royal capital Zhi Du.
…
At the evening of the day after, while the city gates had not yet closed, Suo Lun holding the king’s edict, entered the Angry Wave royal capital.
“Greetings, Count Suo Lun.” At the city gate, all the guarding soldiers uniformly knelt down, all citizens forbidden from entering or leaving.
This was the etiquette for a feudal lord entering the royal capital.
Suo Lun had just entered the royal capital gate when two eunuchs leading teams were already waiting here.
Seeing Suo Lun enter, the two eunuchs stepped forward to salute, respectively delivering invitations.
“Greetings, Count Suo Lun. The princess estate establishment banquet is about to begin. We respectfully invite my lord to attend.” This was the eunuch sent by Zhi Yan to welcome him.
“Greetings, Count Suo Lun. His Highness Zhi Li’s attendant Ling Ao and Miss Gui Qin Shao’s engagement banquet is about to begin. We respectfully invite my lord to attend.” This was the eunuch sent by Zhi Li.
Suo Lun received two invitations at once.
Did not Zhi Li send people to assassinate him? Why send an invitation again? How did he know he was not dead?
The alliance between Ling Ao and Gui Qin Shao was finally confirmed.