A Journey Through the Martial World After Transforming into a Loli

"My name is Ling Xue. I've just started my journey in the martial world. May I ask who you are, sister?"

"So it's Xiaoxue. My name is Xiao Lingsha. You can call me Lingsha."

Looking at the adorable little girl in front of her, Xiao Lingsha thought that if she had a younger sister like this, she would never bear to let her go out and wander the world alone. It was a pity that she was still hiding from her family, otherwise she would have taken her out with her.

I hadn't considered how I could guide people if I didn't have any money, but I figured Xiao Lingsha's family background probably wasn't bad either.

"Hey... a pot of liquor, cooked beef, boiled mutton, and three sesame seed cakes. Please enjoy your meal, gentlemen."

"The cooked beef here isn't very good, and the boiled mutton isn't authentic either, but it's still edible."

It was supposed to be mutton, but it was actually just some boiled lamb chops. The color of the chops on the plate didn't look very appealing, which made Lin Xueyi not really want to eat it.

But this time she had her own purpose. She looked expectantly at the woman sitting opposite her, waiting for her to take off her mask so she could see the young lady's true face.

Then she saw the other person place their hand on the mask, and then, to her expectant gaze, actually take off the mask. Lin Xueyi was speechless.

It turns out that this ghost mask can be removed separately below the nose. My expectant eyes instantly dimmed. Damn, you can do that?

Main text: Chapter 153 Ruins

"Little girl, thank you so much for your hospitality today. If we meet again in the future, I will treat you to a proper meal."

Xiao Lingsha ate the beef and mutton that she said tasted alright with gusto. Lin Xueyi couldn't bear to watch and poured her a glass of wine, which she then downed in one gulp.

"I said, have you not eaten for days? Why are you eating like this?"

She didn't want to complain, but she felt like she would die if she didn't, so Lin Xueyi still complained. Running away from home like this, she's quite a talent.

"Xiaoxue, you've been all alone the whole way. Aren't you scared?"

Xiao Lingsha drank the wine that Lin Xueyi had poured for her in one gulp, and after swallowing all the food in her mouth, she realized that she was still freeloading.

"By the way, there's a village called Sunlizhuang ahead. You can rest there today. Otherwise, given your pace, you probably won't be able to reach the more distant Hushu Town."

Lin Xueyi pursed her lips at Xiao Lingsha's words, but she still remembered them. She knew that she was really slow, but she couldn't bear to put down her horse and use her lightness skill to travel. She had finally gotten a sense of being a chivalrous hero, and it would be very inconvenient to use her lightness skill to travel.

Actually, Xiao Lingsha wasn't without doubts about Lin Xueyi's identity, but when she recalled seeing the little girl's nervous expression as she rode her horse past her, who would have thought that this little girl was the Grandmaster-level expert?

She swept all the food off the table in a flash, patted her belly contentedly, and leaned back in her chair, her lazy demeanor making Lin Xueyi laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at, you little girl? When you're out and about, wouldn't it be a shame if you didn't have some freedom? You're so reserved at home."

Seemingly remembering something, Xiao Lingsha quickly stood up, took out a jade pendant from her bosom, and placed it in front of Lin Xueyi. "Lingxue, this is my token. If you ever see my family in the future, just take out the token, and I guarantee they will treat you like royalty."

After speaking, he hurriedly jumped up from the chair and instantly appeared at the window of the small shop. In the blink of an eye, he had disappeared from the window.

The next second, two men in black appeared at the entrance of the shop. Judging from their build, they were probably the ones who had been chasing Xiao Lingsha. They were talking to someone inside the shop and soon came straight to Lin Xueyi.

A tall man glanced at the empty plates and cups on the table, then looked at the chair that had been pulled out.

"Miss, thank you for entertaining my young lady. We'll pay for the meal ourselves this time..."

"No need. I've already promised to treat her, so I'll pay the bill. You're going to pursue Sister Ling Sha, right? She's already gone."

Seeing the young girl calmly sipping her tea and speaking to him without even looking up, the tall man simply said "thank you" and hurriedly left.

Lin Xueyi sighed helplessly. These people were really strange. One gave her the jade pendant but didn't tell her where her family was. There was no place to look for them. They even said to enshrine her. Besides, she wasn't dead. What was the point of enshrining her?

Seemingly intimidated by the imposing presence of the two men in black, the waiter who had brought the dishes earlier hid far away to the side, not daring to come forward to clear the table. Seeing this, Lin Xueyi couldn't help but feel that she had originally thought that anarchy meant freedom, but looking at the situation now, where was the freedom for these ordinary people?

He placed a few pieces of silver on the table, considering the extra as some compensation for their emotional distress. He then slung his small bundle over his shoulder and left the little tea shop.

Sitting on her horse, Lin Xueyi suddenly realized that she had forgotten to replenish her food after her hasty departure. Ah, before, there had always been people around her, either Su Mengsha or Old Zhang. Later, Old Zhang left and Ye Qin'er came, so she hadn't paid much attention to such things. Now that she was alone, she was always so forgetful. This gave the usually confident Lin Xueyi a very bad feeling.

Taking out the map she had bought in the small town, Lin Xueyi pointed to the line showing the official road and slowly moved along it, muttering something to herself.

"This place, um, this should be Sunlizhuang. It doesn't seem too far on the map, but the direction from Sunlizhuang to the town Xiao Lingsha mentioned seems a bit off."

Lin Xueyi carefully examined the area and discovered that Hushu Town was located to the west, while the mountains where Xiaoyao City was situated were to the east. Perhaps she hadn't even considered that her goal was to find Xiaoyao City hidden among the mountains.

Regardless, she still needed to go to Sunlizhuang first to rest and recuperate. It would be best to buy water and dry food. After careful consideration, she realized that neither Hushu Town nor Luoshan Town on the other side was too far away. She also didn't know if there were any small tea shops similar to the ones she had seen before along the way, so she needed to make some preparations.

Thinking of Xiao Lingsha, whom she had met before, Lin Xueyi guessed she would never see her again in this lifetime. After all, she didn't even know where Xiao Lingsha came from. To be honest, Lin Xueyi was somewhat disappointed that she hadn't seen Xiao Lingsha's true face.

However, that beauty mark left a very deep impression on Lin Xueyi, and judging from her mouth, as long as her eyes and nose weren't crooked, she should be a rare beauty.

Imagining what the young lady looked like in his mind, he rode his horse toward Sunlizhuang. However, before he even arrived, he could already see wisps of smoke rising from the chimneys in the distance.

"Ha, you're starting to cook so early? I didn't expect the cooking times here to be different from other places."

The young girl on horseback looked at the black smoke in the distance and couldn't help but say this before continuing forward. However, as she got closer, she also sensed that something was wrong.

The black smoke there didn't look like cooking smoke, and the biggest problem was that she hadn't seen a single pedestrian along the way. What on earth had happened there?

The girl, surprised and somewhat uneasy, took off from her horse and rushed towards Sunlizhuang. However, she saw the ruins before she even arrived.

A fire destroyed the entire village, but Lin Xueyi didn't see anyone inside, not even a single corpse. It was as if there were only empty houses here before, and no one lived here.

Standing in the middle, looking at the ruins, Lin Xueyi frowned deeply. What on earth had happened? The village had been burned down, and everyone inside had disappeared.

"Tsk tsk, little girl, we meet again. Are you wondering what's going on here? Here, don't say I'm keeping you in suspense, take this."

The woman in the blue dress he had seen before reappeared before. She casually tossed him a note.

"Go find out for yourself what exactly happened here."

Main text: Chapter 154 Hu Xianyao

After leaving a note, the woman in green disappeared from sight. Lin Xueyi looked at the note in her hand; it only had two words on it: bandits.

"Mountain bandits? This is a plain, how could there be any mountain bandits?" They found a relatively clean spot, had Lin Xueyi sit down, spread out the map, and carefully examined the surrounding environment.

Although Xiaoyao City is surrounded by mountains, there are no mountains or even hills nearby. So how could there be bandits, and how could they be so ruthless as to slaughter the entire village?

Since Lin Xueyi had not found the villagers' bodies, she could only assume that the people here had been murdered and their bodies moved to other places. Although it was illogical, she could only assume this for the time being.

"Who is it?"

While Lin Xueyi was still pondering where these bandits came from, a loud shout rang in her ears, which annoyed her. She had heard someone approaching, but they were still some distance away, yet someone suddenly shouted to scare her. Wasn't that just being frightening?

"Who are you? Why are you here?"

The clothes looked familiar; Lin Xueyi had seen them on Jiang Wudie and the others before. They were disciples of the Six Doors, so she probably knew about what had happened here and had come to investigate.

"My name is Lin... Ling Xue, I'm just passing by."

Looking sadly at the scorched earth, she could imagine the scene of the honest and law-abiding people who lived here being killed by bandits who suddenly broke in, while they were still completely unaware of what was happening.

The man with the long sword on his back looked at the sorrowful little girl. He figured she must be feeling terrible seeing all this ruin. With that thought in mind, Hu Xianyao gently patted the girl's slender shoulder.

"Ling Xue, little girl, are you all here by yourself?"

He had no doubts about Lin Xueyi. Of course, if it were just her, he wouldn't believe that a young girl could burn this place to such an extent.

After seeing Lin Xueyi nod, Hu Xianyao realized that he had really made a mountain out of a molehill, but as a constable, he also had to be suspicious of all suspicious discoveries.

For example, in this ruin, a little girl sits here blankly, not knowing what she is doing.

"Little girl, you're just passing by, who are you?"

"I just wanted to stay here temporarily. Before coming here, someone in the teahouse over there said that I could rest here in Sunlizhuang and then set off again tomorrow. But when I arrived, I found that this place had become like this."

He kept pointing with his finger as he spoke, and Hu Xianyao seemed to understand him quite well, nodding from time to time.

"Hmm, I understand that, but are you traveling alone all by yourself?"

Hu Xianyao found it strange that such a young girl was out training. Would her sect be so at ease with her? Not everyone is like that grandmaster named Lin Xueyi, who stands at the top of the martial arts world at such a young age.

"Um, sir, look, this is what a lady left for me. Do you think there's anything you can think of?"

Lin Xueyi didn't know the man, but she believed he couldn't be a bad person, especially the righteousness in his eyes, which no bad person could possess.

"Uncle??? Uncle??? I'm only in my early twenties, how am I an uncle?"

Lin Xueyi tilted her head and looked at the man who seemed to have been hit by something. In his twenties? Who are you kidding? He looks like he's 40 and no one would doubt it. How big is your face to say you're in your twenties?

Thinking this to herself, but seeing how sad he was, Lin Xueyi decided not to rub salt into his wounds.

"Uh... um..."

"Ahem, my name is Hu Xianyao. You can call me Senior Hu or Brother Hu. I am a disciple of the Six Doors in Liaoshan City."

"Liaoshan City? Ah, I know." Lin Xueyi opened the map and looked at it carefully. Liaoshan City should be in the direction of the mountains where Xiaoyao City is located, and it is also a city she will pass through.

Behind Liaoshan City, after passing through two small towns and one large city, you can reach the entrance to that mountain range.

Watching Lin Xueyi hurriedly open the map, Hu Xianyao went to another place to carefully observe the village that had been burned to ashes.

“Strange, there is no fighting scene here. If they were ordinary bandits, these people would definitely fight back. But if they are not bandits, then who are they?”

Although Lin Xueyi showed him the note, its contents only made him more confused. It wasn't that he doubted Lin Xueyi's motives, but rather that he wondered what the purpose of the woman in green she mentioned was in giving this note with clues to a young girl. It simply didn't make sense.

If she was to be delivered to the Six Doors, then she should have been told exactly where she was to be delivered. Nothing was said or explained. What was this woman's purpose? Moreover, the sign said "bandits," but the situation here clearly wasn't something a simple bandit could do.

"oops."

Just as Hu Xianyao was investigating, he heard a startled scream coming from Ling Xue, also known as Lin Xueyi. The next second, he was already running to the source of the sound.

Looking at the ruins of a house that Lin Xueyi was staring at with surprise, she noticed that this place was distinctly different from the others. The smell was also pungent.

The next second, Lin Xueyi lifted the collapsed rubble and found corpses burned to a crisp inside. Even though Lin Xueyi had killed people before, she couldn't help but run to the side and vomit after seeing this scene.

She had killed some scumbags before, but when she saw this scene, Lin Xueyi felt that her previous acts of killing people were acts of kindness.

"These people are all elderly. It seems that those people took away all the young people in this village and locked all the elderly in this house. After they left, someone set fire to the house and killed all the elderly here."

Having witnessed many such incidents, Hu Xianyao did not run to the side like Lin Xueyi, but instead carefully observed the corpses.

"Why did those people do this? They just arrested people, why did they have to kill them?"

Suppressing her discomfort, Lin Xueyi took out some water to rinse her mouth and wiped her lips, but her eyes never looked at that room again.

"Killing them to silence them, it seems these people have been here more than once. The people here must know them, which is why they were so ruthless."

"No matter who it is, I must find out who they are. I will beat these scoundrels who are causing chaos in the martial arts world to death."

Chapter 155 The Strange Woman in Green

The incident in Sunlizhuang completely ruined Lin Xueyi's good mood, leaving her feeling very unhappy throughout the journey.

Even after Hu Xianyao helped her find her horse, it didn't lift her spirits. Hu Xianyao could tell the young girl was heavy-hearted. Such things didn't happen often in the martial arts world; after all, few forces would target a small village. What they were fighting over was precisely the resources produced by these villages.