Chapter 17: The Flying Ash Maiden

  The elder looked at Wen Renyi's face and endured again: "Good, good, if you win, the treatment will be the same as Su Yuhu."

  "It's great." Su Mo nodded in satisfaction and hooked his lips: "Don't go back on your word, Great Elder."

  "We'll talk after you win." The elder's face was expressionless as he flicked his sleeve and said, "You two can start competing now."

  "Great, finally get to see Yu Hou Shifu's martial arts competition again," exclaimed a few young men beside him with excited expressions.

  "I didn't expect that Su Mo would become a stepping stone for Shifu Sister Yu Hu, this time it's also considered Shifu Sister Yu Hu's debut battle. Before, I thought Shifu Sister Yu Hu's martial skills were very impressive, but unfortunately, her opponents were not strong enough. Let's guess how many moves Su Mo can exchange with her, I bet he can last thirty moves." Some other people said excitedly.

  "An opportunity is rare, why don't we all make a bet." Someone had already set up a simple betting table on the ground with branches.

  "For one or two silver coins, I bet she can take on fifteen moves."

  "I bet thirteen moves." "I bet twelve moves."

  "It's possible that Yu Hu Shi Jie will take down Su Mo with just one move." The crowd couldn't help but burst into laughter, their mocking voices filling the air.

  Among the laughter, flowers are swaying in the wind, changing with the clouds and mist, and the lake water is clear. Only then did Su Mo's lips curve into a faint smile, as if it was jade in stone, unassuming on the surface, but once cracked open, beauty would be revealed.

  The girl's figure slowly walked towards the crowd, her movements as smooth as water and ink, washing away all impurities. She stood calmly in front of everyone, her expression not angry at all. Her jade-like fingers reached into her collar and pulled out a snow-white silver ingot, and with a flick of her finger, it landed squarely on the gambling table with a "clang".

  Her red lips parted slightly as Su Mo said leisurely, "These are all fifty taels of silver. I bet that I will win the whole game."

  Everyone immediately looked at each other in dismay, staring at Su Mo with a strange expression, wondering where she got such great confidence. The two were fundamentally different in strength, and Su Mo was just a fourth-order warrior of the acquired realm, even weaker than Su Yu Hu by several levels. This trial was basically without suspense.

  Su Yu Hu raised her head, coldly staring at her, "Su Mo Tang sister, you always don't know how high the sky is. Since you're so arrogant, I don't mind giving you some lessons. If you lose, kneel down and apologize to me."

  "Oh?" Su Mo's dark eyes gazed at Su Yu Hu faintly, his perfect lips slightly raised.

  Su Yu Hu pulled out a long knife for women, reversing her usual gentle appearance, with internal force rapidly circulating inside her body.

  With a swift movement, the long knife hacked towards Su Mo fiercely.

  Su Mo smiled faintly and suddenly swung his sleeve, from which flew out two butterfly double knives, exceptionally light and agile.

  Su Yu Huo's knife flashed quickly, cutting down in a dazzling display of knife shadows. The long knife, emitting a fierce aura, brutally slashed onto Su Mo's Butterfly Blade, sending sparks flying and bursting into a brilliant light show.

  "Look at Yu Hu's moves, elegant and powerful, truly invincible."

  "Some also said: 'That's right, Su Mo was just boasting a moment ago, now he can only dodge.'"

  The old man was very pleased, shaking his head and saying: "Hear the public son, you see that Su Yu Hu with attack as defense, Su Mo Jie retreated step by step, Su Yu Hu took the initiative."

  He looked at the Great Elder with a piercing gaze, his sword-like eyebrows raised, and his tone was light, "But Su Yu Hu's attack didn't hit her once, that girl was in control, her calm and composed confidence is also a kind of strength."

  The old man pretended to be profound, relying on his age and seniority, saying: "I've heard that the young master's words are not quite right. In terms of understanding people, I still have more experience than you. After all, I've eaten more salt than you've had rice."

  Upon hearing this, Wen Renyu stood up with his hands behind his back and quietly watched the competition without saying a word.

  But Su Yu Hu's moves had already gone all out, she was eager to win, but didn't think that they were easily resolved by the opponent.

  Su Mo's expression was calm and composed, with a faint smile on her lips. Her movements were so agile that they made people gasp in amazement. Her figure was extremely lithe, and every gesture she made was as smooth and natural as a mountain stream. She was elegant, carefree, and at ease, without the slightest hint of panic. In contrast, Su Yu Huo was becoming increasingly anxious and flustered.

  Su Mo still walked with a calm pace, her figure swaying gently, and lightly laughed: "Su Yu Hu, your movements are too slow, if you admit defeat now it's not too late!"

  "How ridiculous, I am the legitimate daughter of the Su family's second house, an outstanding disciple of Mo Men, how can I admit defeat to you?" Su Yu Hu gritted her teeth and immediately raised her sleeve, one knife was executed again, one knife was not made, and another knife came fiercely horizontal.

  "It's not that I don't care about our fellow disciples' feelings." Su Mo waved her sleeve, and suddenly a dozen or so butterflies appeared beside her, fluttering around Su Yu Hu.

  "What a nasty thing! Scram!" Su Yuhu swung her sleeve in disgust, intending to brush it away.

  "This is Miss's mechanical puppet." Su Mo tapped his toes, and with a burst of speed, he appeared three zhang behind Su Yu Hu.

  Her figure bathed in the bright moonlight, a hint of cunning and cleverness flashed across her eyes, then she used her enchanting voice to remind gently: "Be extremely careful, my genius younger sister, this thing will explode."

  As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud "boom" and more than ten butterflies burst open.

  In an instant, "genius" Su Yuhu let out a shrill cry of despair and his body was blasted far away, rolling in the air like a top for over a dozen times.

  After falling to the ground, she spat out a mouthful of blood, then unbelievably raised her hand to touch her lips, only to find that two front teeth had fallen out. Her face was even more deathly pale and gruesome, her clothes were tattered, and several pieces of her charming bellyband had been exposed.

  At that moment, the unbearable pain and the double blow of losing her image and beauty struck, Su Yuhu did not get up to fight again, but instead fainted with a roll of her eyes.

  What's going on! The old man was shocked and his eyes widened, with a look of having seen a ghost.

  "This... how is this possible!" The men and women of the Mo Gate, who had just been mocking and ridiculing Su Mo, were all staring at Su Yu Hu, who was spitting blood and lying on the ground unable to get up, with faces full of incredulity.

  This is too fast! It's just a blink of an eye, and the outcome is already decided.

  Only to see Su Mo's feet pause slightly, with a hint of elegant smile on his lips, he patted the dust off his palm and let out a light sigh: "This is what they call a genius of the Mo School? How disappointing!"

  "Wait." The elder suddenly turned his head back, glaring at her venomously and shouted: "Su Mo, what kind of hidden weapon did you use just now? You're cheating!"

  "Is that a trick? These are just mechanical puppets." Su Mo spread out his hands, with a faintly elegant smile on the edge of his lips.

  "Puppet of the authorities? Our Mo School has always been orthodox, these tricks are simply despicable, you're really bringing shame to our Mo School..."

  "Great elder, I did remind her just now, what's the trick?" Su Mo's eyes were as bright and lustrous as amber, and he continued in a leisurely tone, "Everyone heard me say it would explode, didn't they?"

  "Hmph." The man in white suddenly smiled.

  "However, fellow disciples comparing notes is just a matter of touching upon the subject, merely honing skills. You and she are not only fellow disciples but also from the same clan, why did you strike with such ferocity? Your cunning and ruthless ways, disrespect for seniors, truly makes you a degenerate of our Mo School."

  At this moment, the elder saw that Mo Men's genius disciple was beaten into such a state, and his heart felt a pang of pain and regret.

  "The Great Elder misunderstood me, it was at the time when these butterflies appeared that everyone heard, I had already reminded Su Yu Hu to admit defeat earlier, but unfortunately the other party did not listen, she only has herself to blame. Su Mo's charming smile, her eyes gleaming with a hint of mischief: "Moreover, the mechanical puppet is entirely from the upper echelons, although people in Jianghu like to use knives and swords to compete, the real hidden door involves mechanics and artifact techniques, let alone the mechanical puppet being covered in array patterns and requiring spiritual energy to control, I just didn't control it well, and an accident happened temporarily."

  "The...". The elder was at a loss for words for a moment.

  "So, Su Mo asked the Great Elder, I wonder what cultivation you have achieved now?"

  " Innate Apex." The Great Elder did not know why Su Mo asked this kind of question.

  "How many of these mechanical puppets can you control at once?"

  "About seven or eight."

  "The great elder can barely control seven or eight, but I have to control over a dozen at the same time. It's inevitable that I'm a bit overwhelmed, isn't it?"

  "This...". The old man suddenly realized that he could only control seven or eight, while the other side could control so many, and his strength was much greater than his own. Was this woman perhaps the real genius?

  However, Great Elder, one cannot judge a person by appearance alone. Su Mozi stood quietly, her elegant face looking even more refined in the lamplight. With her gentle and melodious voice, she teased: "However, Great Elder should eat less salt from now on. If one consumes more salt than rice, it's said to easily lead to excessive yang energy, dryness of the lungs, and imbalance of the lesser yang fire, which might also affect the brain."

  She had a hidden meaning, and when the old man heard it, his face turned pale and then red, looking very unpleasant.

  But he soon realized that this woman could not only fight against people at the same time, but her divine consciousness could also be divided into countless ones. Whether it was manipulating mechanical puppets or listening to his conversation with Wen Renyue, this woman could even use multiple minds at once. She was indeed a genius among geniuses. It seemed that he had truly been blind to talent and let a precious gem be buried in dust, and he couldn't help but feel secretly ashamed.

  The next moment, Su Mo suddenly tapped her jade foot lightly and landed in front of the Zhongmo Sect disciples, stretching out her slender jade hand: "Hand it over."

  "What?" The crowd had not yet come back to their senses.

  "Golden bet." A hint of unspoken flirtation flashed in her eyes, revealing a captivating beauty that was beyond compare, and it actually made many young men present feel their hearts skip a beat.

  The crowd was stunned for a moment, and then slowly put all the gambling money into Su Mo's palm.

  They lost thoroughly this time, but they also lost convincingly.

  Su Mo took the money bag, her figure turned, elegant and beautiful, soft and elegant, and her mood was somewhat pleasant. Then she left without hesitation. Until now, everyone just knew that this woman's temperament was so free and easy.

  Who would have thought that just as she walked a short distance away, someone suddenly grabbed her wrist, and a cold voice faintly rang out, "Miss Su, it seems you've forgotten something?"

  Su Mo's feet paused for a moment, her eyebrows furrowed in thought, and then she turned back with a faint smile.

  "What's going on with Master Wen?"

  The man raised his thick eyelashes and looked at her with an inscrutable gaze, "Since you are my guest, that is to say, my person, tonight you will go to my place, I am ready to have a long conversation with you."

  "A long conversation with knees touching?" Su Mo was taken aback.

  "Follow me." The man turned his frosty eyes, slowly sweeping her with a glance. His white and handsome face still had no expression, suddenly turning around, the snow-white long gown fluttered in the clear wind like clouds, giving everyone an elegant and noble figure.

  Everyone thought Su Mo had good luck, even the elder looked at her with a complex expression, but Su Mo's wrist was gripped painfully by him, and in her heart, a ominous premonition arose.

  The man took her far away and suddenly gave her a cold glance.

  That one glance was extremely sharp and piercing.

  Digression

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