The blind girl is called a saint with a sword!

The gatekeeper of the village was immediately surprised when he saw Lan Xiaogu: "Little Bone, weren't you going on a long trip? Why are you back today?"

Lan Xiaogu said, "I came back because I have important business to discuss with my second uncle. These people next to me are my friends, not outsiders. Please open the door, Brother Tongguan."

Without delay, the gatekeeper quickly opened the gate, shouting with a grin that Lan Xiaogu was back.

Many people suddenly emerged from the huge village.

Everyone was very enthusiastic towards Lan Xiaogu.

Jin Xueyi looked around and found that this village was different from any other village she had ever seen before. Not only were the houses beautifully built, but the people in the village were also dressed in beautiful clothes.

She suddenly remembered that Lan Xiaogu said her dream was to make money.

She suddenly realized that Lan Xiaogu clearly made a lot of money, but she herself seemed to never spend much money.

"Miss Lan, did you spend all the money you earned as an assassin over the years on the village?"

Lan Xiaogu didn't expect Jin Xueyi to ask this, but she still answered truthfully: "The village raised me, so it's only natural for me to repay the village."

Jin Xueyi said, "But you yourself... you're not dressed as well as them."

Lan Xiaogu said, "It's alright. I don't like pretty clothes anyway. Besides, they are all my family. I'm only happy when my family is happy."

Jin Xueyi thought of that night in the bamboo forest again.

After Su Zheqiu's death, Lan Xiaogu comforted her, and after mentioning her own background, she said that she was not pitiful at all, but rather very happy.

At that time, she believed it.

but……

Is it true happiness?

Are you really happy?

Jin Xueyi suddenly felt a sharp pain in her heart.

She wanted to say something, but there was already someone standing in front of her.

He was a middle-aged man with a pale face who, although he didn't look old, had a hunched back.

He stood at the entrance of a simple earthen building, dressed in the traditional clothing of the barbarians, with one sleeve empty.

Seeing him, Jin Xueyi was reminded of a candle flickering in the wind.

"Second uncle."

Lan Xiaogu revealed the man's identity.

Lan Tuisi nodded: "Since you've returned at this time, Xiao Gu, you must already know the truth."

Lan Xiaogu's expression was complicated: "Second Uncle, why?"

Lan Tuisi opened the door to the gatehouse: "If you still have some free time, you might as well come in and sit down, and listen to a story I tell you."

Lan Xiaogu looked at An Qingwan and Sikong Tingxue.

An Qingwan said, "I've always been very interested in stories."

Sikong Tingxue said, "Me too."

So the group followed Lan Tuisi into the house.

Lan Tuisi did not prepare tea. He knew that even if he did, An Qingwan and the others might not drink it, so why bother?

He sat down behind the table.

He tilted his head slightly upwards.

As he looked out the window, a strange light appeared on his pale face, a light that seemed to make him more than ten years younger and restore his former glory.

"Because of love, love is a poison. Even though more than ten years have passed, I still can't forget her."

Lan Tuisi sighed softly.

He stared at Lan Xiaogu.

"Your mother is a beauty, a beauty who can make hundreds or thousands of people in the martial arts world willing to die for her with just a smile, just like the goddess of Xiaoxiang beside you."

"But your mother was not only a beauty, but also a very clever one who knew how to use her beauty and body."

"She was originally just a maid in a wealthy family, but she was never content with that lowly status. She wanted to climb up, and she wanted to keep climbing up."

"So she later found me. At that time, I was one of the six phases of Jingren. I was young, highly skilled in martial arts, and had a promising future. I thought I could make her stop, until your father appeared."

“Your father was younger, more capable, and more handsome than me. Your mother quickly fell for him and abandoned me. Of course, your father couldn’t resist your mother’s charm. They got married and had you.”

"If it weren't for the Blood Hand Demon of Tianzhu Barbarians wanting to annex Jingren Barbarians, your father and mother might still be a happy couple now."

"When dealing with the Blood Hand Demon, your father's tendons were severed. If your mother couldn't bear it, how could she endure such poverty?"

"It just so happened that she met the young master of Moyu Valley at that time, and she abandoned you and your father, throwing herself into the arms of the young master of Moyu Valley."

"Your father was once a famous hero of Tiannan. How could he stand this insult? So he went to find your mother and the young master of Moyu Valley. Unfortunately, by then his martial arts had been mostly destroyed, and in the end he was beaten to death by the young master of Moyu Valley."

Lan Tuisi sighed again.

"Actually, it wasn't just your father who went to find your mother back then, it was me too. Your father was better than me in every way. I lost to him, and I accepted it wholeheartedly. But how could I accept the young master of Moyu Valley? But what could I do if I didn't accept it?"

“Your mother went to Sichuan and has been gone for more than ten years. She has never come back. I hate her, I hate that she abandoned your father, I hate that she abandoned me. But when I get to the end of my hatred, I find that I still miss her. If there were no love, how could I hate her?”

"However……"

"Not long ago, she came back. She still remembers me, and she still remembers the days we spent together. She asked me to kill the Goddess of Xiaoxiang for her. Xiao Gu, how could I refuse? How could I refuse?"

Lan Tuisi became more and more agitated as he spoke, and the more agitated he became, the more violently his body trembled.

He seemed to have gone mad, mad because of Lan Xiaogu's mother.

An Qingwan's brows furrowed into a deep frown.

Damn, what kind of ultimate simp is this?

Damn it, what kind of nine-tailed fox demon is Lan Xiaogu's mother?

boom!

Just as everyone was frowning at Lan Tuisi's madness, Lan Tuisi suddenly smashed the table in front of him with a palm.

There was a knife hidden under the table.

Hidden beneath the knife were hundreds or even thousands of poisonous insects.

"Kill you, and I will kill you all!"

The crazed Lan Tuisi awakened the poisonous insects, then drew his sword and stabbed it towards Lan Xiaogu's heart.

This strike was as fast as lightning.

This strike was unexpected.

As the blade drew ever closer, Lan Xiaogu was completely stunned.

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Lan Tuisi was absolutely confident that he could stab Lan Xiaogu with one blow.

Although he didn't teach Lan Xiaogu all her martial arts skills, he had watched her for over a decade, so how could he not know where Lan Xiaogu's weaknesses lay?

Moreover, this was no ordinary slash!

This strike was one he had been practicing diligently ever since his arm was severed by the Blood Hand Demon.

For over a decade, through more than five thousand days and nights, he practiced only two movements repeatedly—

Draw your sword and thrust forward!

This simple action has become extraordinary in his hands.

This knife.

It's Thunder!

It's a stunning rainbow!

It's a deadly hook and sickle!

Lan Tuisi believed that he had no reason not to believe that his knife could pierce Lan Xiaogu.

He wanted to subdue Lan Xiaogu and then use Lan Xiaogu's life to threaten An Qingwan, hoping that this might give him a chance to survive.

The chilling blade energy had already pierced into Lan Xiaogu's skin pores, and the condensed internal force on the blade tip was like a boulder, making it hard to breathe.

Just as the stunned Lan Xiaogu was about to have her heart pierced, she suddenly smiled, a smile she hadn't uttered since embarking on her journey back to the village.

Her smile was tinged with sadness, yet also with a sense of relief.

Lan Tuisi felt as if something was gripping his heart.

But it was too late for him to react.

This strike was a strike he had poured all his energy into; once it was made, there was no turning back.

Such was the power of the blade.

Life is like that.

For a swordsman, the sword is his life; every master swordsman should understand this principle.

At that critical moment, Lan Xiaogu's body shifted half a foot to the right.

This angle is as perfectly matched and ingenious as the long river and the setting sun.

Lan Tuisi could only watch helplessly as his knife pierced through Lan Xiaogu's armpit, missing its mark.

He was powerless.

He had used all his strength in that strike.

He watched as Lan Xiaogu extended her right hand, formed a fist, and struck him in the chest with lightning speed.

boom!

This punch was a force that pierced the heart.

It not only pierced through his body and his heart, but also punched a huge hole in the earthen wall behind him.

Lan Tuisi stared blankly at Lan Xiaogu, incredulous: "How could this be?"

Lan Xiaogu smiled sadly, "Most of my martial arts skills were taught by you. You understand my martial arts, so how could I not know the flaws in your martial arts?"

Lan Tuisi said, "You know that's not what I'm asking. How did you figure out I was going to ambush you? If you didn't know that, you definitely wouldn't have been able to dodge my attack."

Lan Xiaogu didn't say anything.

But Lan Tuisi was still eager to know the answer.

An Qingwan said, "Miss Lan doesn't understand you, and you don't understand Miss Lan either."

Lan Tuisi looked at An Qingwan with a blank expression.

An Qingwan said, “Miss Lan trusts you because she sees you as family. But you betrayed her trust by leaking information and tampering with her Gu worms. Since you don’t consider her family, how can she consider you family or trust you? From the moment your trust was gone, your attack was doomed to fail.”

Lan Xiaogu bit her lip tightly.

Lan Tuisi suddenly realized.

"Trust? So that's it. It's such a simple principle, yet I didn't see it clearly. But although my stab missed, my poison..."

An Qingwan laughed and said, "Are you trying to talk about your poisonous insects?"

Lan Tuisi quickly looked over and saw that Sikong Tingxue had condensed mist into water, while An Qingwan had condensed water into ice, freezing all his poisonous insects into ice shards in just a moment.

How relaxed, how carefree!

Lan Tuisi trembled violently, utterly terrified.

That's not even the most terrifying thing.

Sikong Tingxue suddenly asked, "Your internal energy cultivation method is the Moyu Heart Sutra from Moyu Valley. Who taught you that?"

Lan Tuisi remained silent.

Sikong Tingxue shouted, "Did Lan Xiaogu's mother teach you that?"