Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1262 - 1259_1

Xiao’er decided to tease the two sisters, pretending to be emotionless as she turned to Shangguan Xuanyi, "Who are these two? Where is my father?"

Yang Liu and Yang Mei tensed immediately, then laughed it off, "Princess, quit acting! It’s absolutely unconvincing!"

"What’s unconvincing about it?" Xiao’er couldn’t make sense of how they managed to see through her so soon!

"Because you walked out with our master!" If the princess was not the princess, their master would never walk side by side with her. So Yang Liu and Yang Mei were only startled for a second before realizing that Xiao’er was joking with them!

Xiao’er glared at Shangguan Xuanyi: It was you who gave us away!

Shangguan Xuanyi also felt wronged. He clearly did nothing wrong, he didn’t even say a word!

He took Xiao’er’s hand and told Yang Liu and Yang Mei, "If anyone asks for us, tell them that we’ve gone to find Gu Xuan."

After addressing the two, they proceeded towards the exit of the house.

Having only taken a few steps, Xiao’er suddenly thought of Li Guzi and suggested, "Brother Shangguan, let’s bring Mr. Li along."

Remembering Li Guzi’s high martial arts skills and how having him to deal with Gu Xuan would increase their odds of success, Shangguan Xuanyi asked Yang Liu to invite Li Guzi.

It was late at night, Li Guzi had already gone to bed. When he heard from Yang Liu that Prince Rui wanted him to help deal with Gu Xuan, he sprung up immediately.

Upon seeing Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi standing in the courtyard looking at the stars, he approached and eyed Xiao’er, "Is this Princess Rui or..." his own daughter?

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at Li Guzi, "I’m sorry to disappoint you."

Upon hearing this, Li Guzi gave an embarrassed laugh. As much as he yearned for his daughter’s recovery, if Princess Rui became his daughter, he also wouldn’t be used to it!

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"Princess Rui, how did you wake up?"

"Apparently, Gu Xuan’s attempt to fully control that soul and make it enter my body failed, and so I woke up!" She’s just guessing!

"Does that mean he hasn’t managed to control my daughter’s soul yet?"

"Possibly!" Xiao’er was even less certain about this.

"Let’s go!" Shangguan Xuanyi piped up at this point.

Li Guzi heard this and felt a sense a joy: If this is indeed the case, then there is still a possibility that his daughter will wake up! But then: "Hold on, are we going to confront Gu Xuan? Isn’t it unwise for Prince Rui to do so while still wounded? Gu Xuan’s martial arts skills are on par with mine! Now that we know where Gu Xuan is, we can await for your wounds to heal before acting. It’s best to be fully prepared before dealing with Gu Xuan!"

In such a rush, what if Gu Xuan slips away again! They would suffer a great loss!

"Gu Xuan is currently injured, this is when he’s most vulnerable, now is the best time to strike!" Xiao’er explained.

Wait a few more days, who knows what will happen! In the long nights, many dreams!

"But are...." aren’t they underestimating Gu Xuan too much? Prince Rui, who is grievously injured, really wants to confront him?

"There are no buts, it’s just a minor injury, no big deal! Let’s go!" Shangguan Xuanyi dropped this remark, pulled Xiao’er in closer, then performed Qinggong, a type of lightness skill, and started flying towards Hesong Ridge, which was thirty miles away.

A minor injury? He had clearly passed out from excessive blood loss! How is that a minor injury?!

However, Li Guzi didn’t have time to ponder too much, because after a few flashes of Shangguan Xuanyi, he had already flown far away. He did not look like a injured person at all.

He could only rush to keep up!

Then he sadly realised that he himself, making use of his lightness skill, could not keep up with an injured man and a young woman.

Li Guzi, was feeling rather upset!

He had been practicing martial arts for decades, and yet a young man who was injured was faster than him. How could he not be upset?!

But on second thoughts, the higher Prince Rui’s martial arts skills, the greater their odds of succeeding against Gu Xuan. Isn’t this better?

So, he wasn’t upset anymore!

As Shangguan Xuanyi was wounded, Xiao’er didn’t want him to carry her, lest his wounds worsen due to movement, thus delaying the healing process. She said, "Brother Shangguan, let me fly myself!"

After speaking, Xiao’er wriggled free from Shangguan Xuanyi’s hold, quickly performed her lightness skill and flew off.

Among the variety of martial arts, Xiao’er’s Qinggong is the best! It can be said to be the only one that can compete with Shangguan Xuanyi.

Seeing this, Shangguan Xuanyi quickly followed.

Li Guzi tried his best to keep up with them, but found their speed increased after Xiao’er left the embrace of Prince Rui!

Pity him, a man over fifty, with old arms and legs, following behind them, he ended up panting heavily!

It was still dark, the darkest time before dawn.

Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi quietly stopped before a stretch of wilderness.

Li Guzi stopped behind them, "Is Gu Xuan around here?"

Shangguan Xuanyi nodded, "Yes, let’s familiarize ourselves with the environment and find the entrance to the ancient tomb."

"Alright!" Li Guzi nodded.

The trio quietly moved through the mountains. It was just an ordinary mountainscape and had it not been for Bai Tian pointing it out, Xiao’er would never have guessed that there was an ancient tomb beneath.

The three of them arrived at a cave entrance, which was hidden behind tall wild grass. If one didn’t part the grass, they wouldn’t see there was an entrance here.

Shangguan Xuanyi said to Li Guzi:

"You guard here. If he tries to escape from here, do everything possible to stop him!"

Li Guzi nodded upon hearing this, "Don’t worry, although I cannot defeat Gu Xuan, I can still manage to stall him!"

"What if he uses bugs to bite you? Won’t you dodge?"

Xiao’er thought of Gu Xuan’s escape tactic - throwing bugs from a jar!

"If Gu Xuan is about to die, let him bite!" Li Guzi said nonchalantly.

His daughter was nearly controlled by him, if they didn’t kill him now, his daughter might not wake up for the rest of her life!

"You guard well! Otherwise, it won’t be just a matter of getting bit!" After saying this, Shangguan Xuanyi pushed aside the wild grass and led the way in.

This entrance was created by Gu Xuan, it wasn’t there originally.

Such a large ancient tomb like this could not be found from the outside, it can be said that there was originally no designed entrance. They didn’t know how Gu Xuan found out that there was an ancient tomb beneath the mountain.

Upon entering, it was extremely dark surroundings, making it almost impossible to see one’s own hand. But both Shangguan Xuanyi and Xiao’er had good night vision and quickly adapted to the darkness.

The two of them carefully proceeded.

Shangguan Xuanyi led the way, with Xiao’er following behind. Both of them reduced their breathing to be exceedingly light, making absolutely no sound.

A quarter of an hour later, Bai Tian alerted Xiao’er that Gu Xuan was just around the corner.