"Eldest Brother, I don't know whether you people can stand for it. I certainly can't. Anyone who dares challenge our Ghost-Shadow Sect had better— eh? Where did he go?"

Ning Chen was full of indignation, swelling with righteous anger, and just getting into his stride, when he looked up and found Xie Siyu gone.

He looked at Gu Yichun. "Where did he go?"

Gu Yichun pointed at the woods not far off.

Ning Chen turned his head and saw nothing but Xie Siyu's back.

"Rest easy, Younger Brother. After this the Dark Moon Tower can forget about keeping a footing in the jianghu."

With that, Xie Siyu walked into the woods and vanished.

The corner of Ning Chen's mouth curled up slightly, and he turned and crawled back into the carriage.

"Move out!"

Ning Chen said it lazily, his head pillowed on Yudie's leg.

Yudie gently pressed Ning Chen's temples for him.

Ning Chen simply swung his legs up across Zisu's.

Zisu glared at him, and pounded his legs lightly for him.

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes in comfort.

Zisu's smile was radiant. "Shall I put a few needles in you?"

Ning Chen: "???"

Zisu said, "It gets the blood and the breath moving and eases fatigue."

"Does it hurt?"

Zisu shook her head.

Ning Chen's interest was caught. "Go ahead, then."

Zisu opened her medicine chest and took out the silver needles.

"Ahh..."

All at once a ghastly scream came out of the carriage, and it startled Feng Qizheng so badly that the chicken bone dropped out of his mouth.

"Ning Chen, are you all right?"

"I'm fine!"

Inside the carriage, Ning Chen looked at Zisu with his teeth bared and his face screwed up. "Didn't you say it wouldn't hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt. I'm not the one being stuck."

Ning Chen: "......"

"Fine, fine, fine. So that's how we're playing it. Just wait and see whether I stick you tonight."

Five days later, Ning Chen was close to Xiuzhou.

On the road they had run into three attempts on his life... no. Four.

But from beginning to end…