?69: Chapter 56: The Youthful Spirit is like the Moonlight_2 69: Chapter 56: The Youthful Spirit is like the Moonlight_2 But the consumption was extremely strong.

    Li Guanyi gathered his many thoughts, looked towards Shaking Light, and said, “I need to go back, otherwise who knows what those two elders would do.”

    Shaking Light nodded, her voice calm:

    “I will wait here, you can come find me anytime.”

    Li Guanyi looked towards the assassin who had died violently, and said:

    “He died here, and the blood has splattered so much, it might not be suitable for living.”

    Shaking Light said, “Disciples of the Stargazing School live simply, only needing a place to shelter from the wind and rain and simple food; you don’t need to worry about me.”

    “Take his body away from here, and I can naturally handle the rest.”

    “Once you have cultivated the Entering Realm cultivation technique, please come here and join me in the secret realm.”

    Through their recent interactions, and the abilities Shaking Light had just displayed, which differed from those of typical martial artists, all carried a calm serenity, a transcendent and ethereal feeling.

    Li Guanyi believed in this silver-haired Stargazer, who possessed various mysterious abilities unlike those of martial artists.

    Dealing with the traces left by this blood was not a difficult task.

    Li Guanyi nodded, picked up the body.

    With one step, his Inner Qi circulated.

    Even without changing cultivation techniques, nor having cultivated the Entering Realm’s Qinggong.

    Merely relying on the transformation of his Inner Qi.

    His speed had increased by at least thirty percent compared to before.

    Li Guanyi nearly collided with the rock wall, hastily turning to avoid it.

    Shaking Light watched Li Guanyi leave, turned to look at the blood stains left by the assassin, and dug through her bag, finding a wooden bucket.

    She picked up the bucket, walked to the creek, and fetched water.

    Her sleeves were wide, accidentally getting wet.

    There were no ripples on Shaking Light’s face as she rolled up her sleeves.

    Picking up the bucket, the wide sleeves slid down again.

    The silver-haired Stargazer was quiet, folding her cuffs again.

    Lifting the bucket.

    The cuffs fell down.

    Shaking Light composed herself, sighed, snapped off one of her long silver hairs, then rolled up her sleeves and tied them with the hair, exposing her pale hands and wrists, and finally nodded in satisfaction.

    Picked up the water, turned around.

    Because it was so heavy, she walked a bit unsteadily.

    The water swayed in the bucket, causing Shaking Light’s body to sway increasingly more, her expressionless face then steadied as she took a deep breath and made a strenuous effort to lift her arms, splashing the water in the bucket onto the bloodstained walls and corners.

    The water flow washed away the bloodstains.

    Shaking Light pulled out a straight wooden stick used for roasting buns, tied with rags, dipped it in water, and started earnestly mopping the floor.

    Mopping, fetching water.

    Splash!

    Mop!

    Finally, Shaking Light looked at the difficult spot, pursed her lips.

    She chose to cover the spot with a rag, then moved her books to another corner, sighed with relief, patted her clothes, built a bonfire, knelt in front of it, and quietly read her book.

    Giving up.

    ......

    Within Guan Yi City, the Literary Meeting had not yet concluded, when Zu Wenyuan, renowned as the foremost mathematician in the realm, arrived.

    Many literati had completed their duties, but they did not leave.

    The All Schools indeed were not without fighting capabilities, but when two mighty martial artists fiercely clashed, they really had no opportunity to intervene; before the battle, they could weaken an opponent in various ways, possessing the ability to deter without combat.

    But when a true brawl began, they could only flee far away, cursing the coarse martial artists.

    Changsun Wuchou stepped out, seeing the quiet standing girl, and said, “Miss Xue.”

    Xue Shuangtao turned around, a slash wound on her neck, the blood although staunched was still seeping slightly; the bravery shown earlier, and then persuading the literati to interrogate the city-guarding general Lu Youxian about why he didn’t immediately go out to assist, all her decisions were decisive, Changsun Wuchou highly appreciated.

    The fierce tiger of the Xue Family was by no means a sheltered aristocratic lady.

    Changsun Wuchou comforted her:

    “The clash has ended, and I saw that the White Tiger Dharma Form was not heavily damaged.”

    “Elder Xue should be fine.”

    “If Elder Xue is safe, Li Xiaoyou should also be unharmed.”

    “The intense fight just now must have heavily suppressed the surrounding Primordial Qi, and although he is brave, it was difficult for him to break out, so he probably did not enter into the core area of the battle...”

    In the ultimate confrontation of martial artists, or when executing certain special moves, the Dharma Forms would manifest briefly, coated with Primordial Qi and flames.

    This was also why Changsun Wuchou couldn’t go to help Li Guanyi; as a traveling merchant, he possessed martial arts, but primarily followed the strategies of the Zongheng School, also cultivating a discipline from the merchant lineage among the All Schools.

    Eloquently capable, managing to tread among the Thirty-six Tribes of the Western Regions with his own abilities.

    Weaving strategies, utilizing special cultivation techniques and abilities, he interfered with the minds of rich merchants and nobility.

    Making it easier for him to achieve his goals was his forte.

    But such close-quarter combat, within a distance of ten steps, where every man is fiercely destructive, was not something he could manage; he sighed, thinking of the letter from the second miss, feeling somewhat headache-ridden.

    The second miss had anticipated trouble in Guan Yi City and asked him to protect that young man.

    But in such a situation, he was powerless.

    He could only later coordinate with Xue Shuangtao to dispatch soldiers from the city defense to assist.

    Changsun Wuchou felt Li Guanyi’s actions were somewhat foolish and impulsive, but thinking of his young age, he could not really say much.

    What seemed a flaw to him, a middle-aged man, might just be the most brilliant trait of a young person: youthful impetuosity, full of vigor and vitality.