Chapter 578: Meeting

Lu Wushuang followed the humming sound, slowly stepped up the stairs, climbed over the ruins, and looked up from a height, seeing Li Miao from afar.

Because she heard the faint melancholy in Li Miao's singing, she did not make a sound to approach, but sat down cross-legged and watched Li Miao from afar.

The moonlight fell, and Li Miao leaned against the ruins, shaking a half-full wine pot, his eyes slightly closed, his fingers tapping slowly on his knees.

The wine cup opposite was empty, and the wooden mallet lay scattered beside the wooden fish, swaying gently with the breeze, rippling fine ripples in the pool of blood, as if the departed old monk were echoing his friend's tune.

The moonlight was like snow, condensing into a layer of bright frost on the blood.

Lu Wushuang watched Li Miao from afar, lost in thought.

She didn't know what had happened tonight, but she had some speculations. Seeing Li Miao, who had just finished a great battle, with his clothes torn, revealing his bulging and solid arms and chest, his bloodstains not yet dry, yet sitting alone in the ruins drinking to the moon, humming an off-key tune to an empty wine cup, she wanted to go up but didn't dare to approach.

After a while, she sighed.

"Too weak."

"I am too weak, unable to keep up with his pace, not even qualified to watch the battle. I don't know who his enemy is, nor do I know what I can do or say..."

"Brother An has already mastered the Heaven-Man Realm, while I am still complacent about reaching the peak... I, Lu Wushuang, will never do anything to cling to others!"

*Swish! *

Lu Wushuang flicked her sleeve and shook out her soft sword, raised her hand to let down her long hair, and with a flash of cold light, most of her long hair fell to the ground. She put away the short sword and tied up her broken hair while watching Li Miao.

"Heaven-Man! Before leaving Japan, I must master the Heaven-Man Realm! Next time, I will never be the weakling excluded from the battle by him!"

Lu Wushuang gritted her teeth and said in a low voice.

She had cut her hair to show her determination, not to prove anything with this vow, nor did she want to mention this thought to others. But before her voice fell, a smiling voice suddenly came from behind her.

"You want to master the Heaven-Man Realm?"

"You don't have to wait until you leave Japan; you can do it now."

The voice was pleasant and melodious, extremely close, as if it were right beside Lu Wushuang's ear, and the breath of the speaker sprayed on her ear, making her shudder in surprise!

Who! When did they come!

To be able to approach to this distance without her noticing meant that her life was already in the other party's hands!

"Who—"

Lu Wushuang just wanted to shout angrily and raised her hands to stab the soft sword behind her. But before she could make a move, a hand lightly tapped on the vital point on her back, freezing her movements.

"Don't shout, don't shout."

"Don't disturb Lord Li."

The person behind her smiled, walked to Lu Wushuang's side, and also looked down at Li Miao from afar, the smile in her words rising even higher.

"It's been two years, and Lord Li's style remains the same, which makes me very happy. But now he is mourning an old friend, so I will go and disturb him later."

She turned to look at Lu Wushuang.

"Miss Lu, right?"

"You should know me; I have no malice toward Lord Li, so don't speak loudly, don't disturb Lord Li... I am not kind to anyone other than Lord Li, you know that, right?"

Lu Wushuang's pupils trembled violently.

The moonlight fell, flowing on the triple plain robe worn by the person opposite. The outermost white garment was finely woven from Echizen silk, and the wide cuffs hung down like fresh snow covering the steps. The dark purple hakama hung down to the clogs, and the plain ties of the straw sandals were exposed at the ankles—this was the official attire of a priest of the Ise Grand Shrine.

And if this attire of the highest-ranking priest of the Ise Grand Shrine brought Lu Wushuang horror, then the beautiful face smiling under the pitch-black crown made Lu Wushuang almost unable to suppress the shock and fear in her heart.

"Ji... Ji..." ===== CHAPTER 579 =====