Chapter 113: Military Might on the Drill Ground (4)

Taking a big step into the courtyard, Gu Yun soon entered the room she had left before. The jade-white long sword was still hanging on the wall, shining with cold silver light all over. Gu Yun stood on tiptoe, and just as her hand reached toward Ice Lotus, a cold light flashed. Gu Yun was shocked and hurriedly dodged to the side. With a bang, the solid wood chair beside her was split in two.

Looking up, she saw that the person who came was nearly two meters tall, with a thick figure like a mountain, and he was wielding a double-edged halberd in his hand with great power. Gu Yun glanced at the broken wooden chair beside her and couldn't help but feel secretly shocked. This person's arm strength was so strong! To split such a thick solid wood chair into pieces with one blow like this—if she were hit by his halberd, her bones would definitely be shattered.

"Bold thief, how dare you come to the General's room to steal a sword!" Han Shu's loud voice made people's eardrums buzz.

Gu Yun took a step back and explained, "I didn't come to steal the sword."

Hearing Gu Yun's voice clearly, the man frowned tightly. He was preparing to go to the drill ground today to see how the new formation practiced by Deputy General Su was, but he unexpectedly discovered a small thief in night clothes darting into the General's courtyard. Following him in to see, as he expected, the thief wanted to steal the General's precious sword. However, he never expected that the small thief was actually a woman.

Pointing at Gu Yun, the man shouted loudly, "Still dare to quibble! Considering you are a woman, obediently surrender, and I can spare your life!"

Gu Yun scoffed with disdain, "What a joke!" He didn't ask right from wrong, attacked first, and was rude afterward, and now he was still spouting nonsense! Gu Yun's words angered the man. His face sank, and without a word, he raised the halberd in his hand and swung it toward Gu Yun again.

Knowing early on that he would attack again, Gu Yun had already moved her position while speaking just now. At this moment, she leaped up, held the cool scabbard of Ice Lotus with one hand, and held the hilt with the other, pulling it out gently. With a light sound like a dragon's chant, the brilliant white sword body was suddenly unsheathed.

She had admired this sword for a long time. Although it could not belong to her, it would be nice to fight side by side with it once!

Gu Yun's heart was joyful, and the sword in her hand seemed to have some response. Holding the hilt horizontally, she raised her arm, and the glossy white sword body met the halberd. A crisp and sharp collision sound rang out. Gu Yun first felt her arm sink, but soon this heaviness disappeared. The man's swing had a force definitely no less than Su Yu's saber, but she didn't feel any numbness or pain in her hand at all!

The man was shaken back several steps by a powerful force. At that moment just now, he felt a chill pass through the halberd and straight to his heart! Was it his illusion? The man was unwilling and swung the halberd again, attacking Gu Yun's chest. This time Gu Yun was prepared and dealt with it calmly. She raised the long sword to her chest and used a sweeping move, turning from passive to active. Where the long sword passed, a powerful icy chill invaded! What a strong sword aura! The man was shocked and hurriedly stood up and leaped backward, dodging in a sorry state. He didn't expect that the woman was so young and yet used such a good sword.

Gu Yun was also stunned. The long sword was wielded freely in her hand, flowing like water, and she could even feel its excitement! What was going on?

A pool of clear water, a spring of clear water, in front of a small quiet pond, a plain wooden pavilion stood to one side. In the pavilion, on a simple stone table, wine jars of different sizes were placed in a scattered manner. Two men sat opposite each other. The blue-clad man had no expression on his cold face, only focused on the wine cup in his hand. The red-clad man opposite him had skin as white as snow and ink-black hair, gently turning the wine cup, with a faint smile on his face, looking like someone who loved the mountains and rivers.

The two drank their own wine as if they didn't know each other. Until a long sword that was entirely crimson beside the blue-clad man emitted a dazzling silver light, and the sword body kept shaking. The red-clad man glanced at the restless long sword and smiled, "Crimson Snow seems a bit restless. It is protesting your laziness and negligence; it has been too long since you took it to the battlefield."

Su Ling's eagle eyes narrowed, and he replied in a low voice, "It's Ice Lotus." Crimson Snow only emits red light when there is danger or excitement. It only emits white light like this for one reason: Ice Lotus, which is connected to it, has had an unusual movement.

Ice Lotus? In the long, narrow, beautiful eyes like a fox, there was full of teasing. Mu Yi raised his thin lips and clicked his tongue, smiling, "Isn't it always hanging in your room? It has had an unusual movement, and you still don't hurry back! Your General's Mansion being ransacked is a small matter, but if Ice Lotus is gone, that's a big deal! Then see how you explain it to those old men at home."

The Su family has a very ridiculous tradition. It is said that Crimson Snow and Ice Lotus are a pair of ancient precious swords, one extremely Yang and one extremely Yin. The extremely Yang Crimson Snow sword has been with the eldest son of the Su family since the moment he was born. In the hearts of the Su family elders, only the person recognized by the extremely Yin Ice Lotus sword is qualified to become the eldest daughter-in-law of the Su family. From this, we can see the importance of Ice Lotus. If that sword is gone, Su Ling won't be able to find his destined wife!

Draining the wine in his cup, Su Ling sneered, "It's better if it's stolen!" His woman will choose for herself; when is it a sword's turn to control him?

Mu Yi whistled lightly and asked knowingly, "So you don't plan to go back?"

Of course he had to go back. Ice Lotus could not be touched by just anyone. With such an unusual movement, something must have happened in the General's Mansion! His tall body stood up suddenly. Mu Yi had long expected that Su Ling would not ignore the safety of the General's Mansion. He picked up the fine wine that had just been opened on the table, poured it for himself, and it seemed that this jar of fine wine could only be enjoyed by himself.

Just as he put down the wine jar, a pair of large hands suddenly took the wine jar and quickly plugged it with a wooden stopper.

"What are you doing?" Mu Yi suddenly had a bad premonition. Sure enough, Su Ling picked up Crimson Snow, hugged the wine jar, walked out of the pavilion, leaped up and stepped on the water, and placed the wine jar in a stone recess under the spring eye. "Wait for me to come back and drink." Leaving behind a sentence, he flew away gracefully.

Mu Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This kid was sure that he wouldn't get his clothes wet for a pot of wine, so he hid the fine wine in the water. This person is so cunning and so overbearing! After so many years, this personality has not changed, but has become more intense. He was waiting to see what kind of woman Su Ling would fall for!

Su Ren was walking outside the house and had already heard the sound of fighting coming from the room. He hurried in and couldn't help but be shocked by the scene before his eyes! What surprised him was not the mess in the room or the two people fighting, but that Ice Lotus was actually in Qing Mo's hands! Looking closely, Qing Mo's sword technique could not be called brilliant, but Ice Lotus seemed to be a part of her body, human and sword as one, exerting the greatest power of the sword and the person. The tall Han Shu was clearly no longer a match and was dodging in a sorry state.

Could it be that Qing Mo is the person chosen by Ice Lotus? Is it really her? Su Ren's deep eyes quietly stared at the petite and fierce woman. If it were her, it didn't seem bad.

A cold icy sword aura suddenly struck, shocking Su Ren into finally coming back to his senses. He laughed softly, "If you don't stop, this house will be torn down by you two."

Han Shu was already no match, and Gu Yun was just greedy for the sharpness of Ice Lotus. Now that Su Ren had spoken, Gu Yun also put away the long sword. Looking closely at the devastated room, Gu Yun was also a little embarrassed, but Su Ren looked completely indifferent, staring at the Ice Lotus in Gu Yun's hand, and smiled, "What do you think of this sword?"

Gu Yun praised with satisfaction, "Very fierce."

"Anything else?" Su Ren continued to ask.

Gu Yun looked at the clean white sword body of Ice Lotus and smiled, "Very beautiful."

"Don't you think it's cold?" Just standing beside it, Su Ren already felt a bone-chilling cold. Did she not feel it?

Cold?! Gu Yun gently stroked the long sword, and the cool feeling was very comfortable. She shook her head and replied amusingly, "Calling it cold is too exaggerated! At most, it can only be said to be a bit cool. It's just right for summer."

She only felt it was a bit cool! Su Ren sighed secretly. She was indeed the mistress chosen by Ice Lotus.

Glancing sideways at the tall and strong man standing aside, panting and still not forgetting to glare at him, Gu Yun asked, "Who is this brute?"

She called him a brute? Han Shu was about to explode, but a light sentence from Su Ren immediately left him dumbfounded.

"Sister-in-law, he is the vanguard under the eldest brother, Han Shu."

"Sister-in-law?" Han Shu froze there, his eyes almost popping out. The General is married? How come they didn't know?

"Su Ren, which nerve of yours is wrong?" Gu Yun's eyebrows were also twisted into a knot. When did she become his sister-in-law?

Su Ren replied with a sincere face, "You are the only woman the eldest brother has currently placed in the mansion. If you are not the General's wife, who is?" Most importantly, you are the mistress chosen by Ice Lotus. Who dares to say you are not the General's wife?!

"I have nothing to do with Su Ling. You'd better not spread rumors!"

Su Ren shrugged his shoulders and replied ambiguously, "This will have to wait for the eldest brother to come back and discuss it slowly. How would we outsiders understand the inside story?"

Damn it! Su Ren is definitely a man who fears that the world won't be in chaos! Taking a deep breath, Gu Yun told herself to be calm; it was useless to talk more about this with him. Placing the long sword on the only intact low table, Gu Yun didn't pick up his topic and directly stated what she wanted, "I need fifty thick hemp ropes ten zhang long, five hundred daggers. Have them ready before Mao hour tomorrow morning."

"Tomorrow morning?" Needed so urgently?

Gu Yun was already in a bad mood. Hearing his hesitation, she replied unceremoniously, "Does the entire Su Army not even have these basic reserves?"

"You—" Unable to stand her arrogant look, Han Shu was about to roar again, but his hand was intercepted by Su Ren. He only heard him smile politely, "We have them. They will definitely be delivered by Mao hour."

"Thank you." Thanking him without any sincerity, Gu Yun turned and was about to leave.

Su Ren's eyes swept over the Ice Lotus on the low table, a flash of light in his eyes. He called out to Gu Yun's back, "If you like this sword, take it and use it!"

Gu Yun stopped her steps but didn't turn around, only replying lightly, "A gentleman does not take what others love. I was just admiring it. Just make sure to deliver the things I want to the forest on time tomorrow."

Watching the back that left gracefully without any attachment, Su Ren was stunned. No one could remain unbewitched after witnessing the sharpness of Ice Lotus! Is she really so free and easy?

Seeing Su Ren being so respectful to Qing Mo, Han Shu somewhat believed that the arrogant woman was the General's wife. Thinking of what she said before leaving, Han Shu wondered, "What does she want so many ropes and daggers for?"

Su Ren replied casually, "She is competing with the third brother in training new recruits, with a half-month deadline."

"Using ropes and daggers to train troops?" Han Shu was stunned, and then burst into loud laughter, "Her martial arts are indeed not weak, but practicing martial arts and training troops are two different things. How could a woman know how to train troops?" Han Shu didn't take Gu Yun seriously. What he was more interested in now was what kind of treasure the silver-white sword was, to be so powerful.

Su Ren turned his head and happened to see Han Shu reaching out to grab Ice Lotus, and immediately roared, "Don't touch it!" Unfortunately, it was too late; Han Shu had already grabbed the scabbard.

"Ah—" After a scream, Ice Lotus fell to the ground with a bang.

"So cold! So cold!" Han Shu stared at his hand, which had already frozen red after just touching it, in disbelief. He looked at Su Ren blankly and asked in confusion, "Why was she fine when she held it?" She held it for a long time just now and even said it was just a bit cool!

Su Ren walked to the bed, folded the silk quilt into a thick cushion, walked to Ice Lotus and picked it up, and hung it back on the wall extremely quickly. Even so, he was still frozen stiff by the cold air. Gently rubbing his fingers, Su Ren replied lightly with an implication, "Perhaps—it's Heaven's will!"

With this unusual movement of Ice Lotus, Crimson Snow should have felt it. This was the first time he had hoped so much that the eldest brother would come back soon.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 114 =====