Chapter 45: The Soaked Little Dragon

After admiring her master’s big white legs, Mo Xiao didn’t look much more. Bai Yuan’s current expression was actually more interesting.

Smiling one moment, sad the next, and occasionally puffing up her cheeks. Who knew what her lousy master was thinking about.

“Master, check if your skirt is dry. Someone’s chased down here.”

Mo Xiao’s gaze sharpened as she looked upstream. The other party’s footsteps weren’t concealed at all.

“What!? Wait, I’ll put it on right away!”

Bai Yuan snapped awake and hurriedly stood up, not even bothering to cover herself. She grabbed the skirt with both hands.

It felt warm to the touch. Most of it was completely dry. Only the waist area at the top wasn’t dry, but that didn’t matter.

She quickly ducked behind the rock and pulled on the skirt, zipping it up. Only when she saw no one had come yet did she breathe a sigh of relief.

“Is it still those black-robed people? Who exactly are they?”

Bai Yuan asked quietly. From being attacked until now, she still didn’t understand how she’d offended those people.

“The people we saved earlier said they’re bandits raised by the city lord. They roam outside the city hunting spirit authors who leave. So when they saw us, they attacked.”

Mo Xiao explained briefly. Bai Yuan’s little face paled as she shrank behind the rock.

She couldn’t accept this fact at all. It wasn’t devouring spirits doing it—it was the city lord’s people.

“What do we do? We’ve killed quite a few of them, right? Will we be unable to return to the city?”

Bai Yuan snapped back from this cruel reality and quickly thought their outcome might not be good.

The other side had numbers on their side. Once they lay in ambush on the necessary path to the city gate, Mo Xiao alone wouldn’t be able to handle it.

“My lousy master isn’t stupid this time. Don’t worry. We won’t be unable to get back. I’ll just kill them all, won’t I?”

Mo Xiao held a longsword in her hand. Her eyes moved to the three black-robed people who’d just appeared, with three book spirits floating beside them.

“What!?”

Bai Yuan turned her head in shock toward the little dragon girl. This little thing had quite the killing intent. But why did it feel so reassuring?

Mo Xiao’s petite figure disappeared from her sight, a wisp of afterimage remaining in her eyes.

Suddenly she heard screams and cries of terror from afar. She narrowed her eyes and didn’t poke her head out to look.

This place wasn’t very concealed. She was afraid of being targeted and affecting Mo Xiao.

About a minute later, the sounds outside gradually subsided. Bai Yuan crouched in place with some worry, her small hand reaching for the crossbow.

Although she’d lost the light armor, she’d still brought the crossbow and arrows. At least she wouldn’t be completely helpless.

Light footsteps entered her ears. She pursed her lips, a trace of ruthlessness appearing in her eyes.

Her small body shot out from behind the rock, the crossbow aimed at the person about to appear. But her hands trembled and she didn’t actually shoot the arrow.

“Mo Xiao, are… are you okay? Awoo~ Blood… there’s so much blood on you.”

Bai Yuan quickly lowered the crossbow and ran over. Her hands trembled slightly as she cupped that cold, blood-covered little face.

“What are you doing~ Lousy master, let go. This isn’t my blood. It’s all other people’s.”

A faint smile appeared on Mo Xiao’s little face as she somewhat speechlessly smacked away her master’s small hand.

She was covered in blood right now, and Bai Yuan wasn’t even afraid of dirtying her own hands.

This was what happened when she didn’t use her time stop skill. In close combat, there was no way to completely avoid the blood.

After all, the other side’s rank was higher than hers. Against three book spirits, ranged attacks didn’t do enough damage. Close combat was still viable.

In the end, it was because her current rank was too low. Even with her rich experience from her previous life, she couldn’t completely bridge the huge gap caused by rank difference.

Being able to counter-kill without injury was already quite impressive. Wanting to ensure not a drop of blood touched her was too difficult.

“Wuu~ You worried me to death!”

Bai Yuan whimpered and wanted to hug her, but Mo Xiao blocked her with one hand. If she pounced over, the clothes she’d just washed would be wasted.

“Stupid master, have a little confidence in this dragon. They’re all small fry. Second-tier lousy fish. Not my match.”

Mo Xiao walked toward the stream. She needed to go into the water to gather stone slippery powder anyway, and she could wash the blood off herself.

That squad just now had probably coincidentally searched their way here. No other black-robed people’s traces had been found nearby.

They were spread out very loosely. It was possible they hadn’t discovered the several corpses Mo Xiao had left behind earlier.

Of course, it was also possible they had discovered them but didn’t care much.

“Does Master want to come down and play in the water? But Master isn’t wearing a swimsuit.”

Mo Xiao called back to the still-shaken Bai Yuan before entering the water. The stupid master really was clueless~

She was quite sharp in the dorm, but in the wilderness she was probably only this scared and dazed because she felt unsafe.

“Not going down. There are snakes in the water, right? Mo Xiao, be careful.”

Bai Yuan thought she was going to wash the blood off and reminded her quietly from the bank.

After reminding her, she ducked back beside the rock to secretly watch the ink-haired little loli enter the water. Standing on the bank was still too dangerous.

Those black-robed people’s corpses were still nearby. New black-robed people could appear at any time.

Gulp~

Bai Yuan subconsciously swallowed her saliva. After Mo Xiao entered the water, her gauze skirt was soaked and clung entirely to her body.

The water-soaked transparent gauze skirt revealed bits of fair, tender skin. She could even see a hint of cherry pink on Mo Xiao’s chest.

This little thing wasn’t even wearing a small undershirt inside, and she’d said she wasn’t going commando!

Bai Yuan’s little mouth hung slightly open. Saliva kept secreting in her mouth. That little Mo Xiao actually made her feel a bit dry-mouthed and thirsty.

Maybe she’d been in the wilderness too long and hadn’t had any water to drink yet.

“What’s this~ She really isn’t commando. But pure white suits her too.”

Bai Yuan pouted her little mouth, somewhat disappointed. She didn’t even know what she was disappointed about. Her heterochromatic eyes stayed locked on Mo Xiao’s petite body.

In the stream, Mo Xiao scooped up cool stream water and washed her little face. She didn’t notice that she’d already exposed herself and been seen completely by a certain little thing.

Only after washing her face did she realize her chest was wet from the water, and that touch of crimson was extremely conspicuous.

She froze for a moment, then turned her head and met a pair of heterochromatic eyes. A peach blush instantly rose on her pretty face. She quickly turned and swam her small body toward the depths of the stream.

She’d been seen completely by the stupid master! Awoo wuu~

Shame surged from her heart. Her little face was so hot it felt like it could boil the stream water.

Her eyes, carrying shame, searched for traces of stone slippery powder. This material usually attached to yuan-white pebbles at the bottom of streams.

It wasn’t very rare. Mo Xiao swam a short while, cutting down several electric eels that tried to discharge electricity, before finding a few yuan-white pebbles.

She went over and scraped them, then pulled back her finger and rubbed it, looking a few more times. Some crystalline powder sparkled on it. That was stone slippery powder.

Thinking of the stupid master on the bank, Mo Xiao didn’t waste time. She grabbed a few stones, stuffed them into her clothes, and quickly swam up.

Whoosh!

The sound of an arrow tearing through the air suddenly entered her ears. Mo Xiao’s expression changed drastically. Her body transformed into a tiny ink dragon and flew back to the bank at extreme speed.

Her dragon tail, flashing with cold light, slammed down ferociously on a brown bear. At the same time, her dragon claw pierced through another brown bear’s chest with a pfft, tearing out its heart.

Roar!

A dragon’s cry rang out on the bank. Dragon might, like tangible pressure, tore open the stream. A ring of shockwaves spread out from Mo Xiao’s body.

The brown bears surrounding them were instantly flung away. Bursting sounds erupted from their bodies. Crimson blood sprayed continuously from them, their flesh and blood exploding in an instant.

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