Chapter 5: Mistaken for a Female Demon

  The first ray of sunlight in the morning shines through the dense forest and onto the woman's skin as white as jade, making the dense red marks on her skin somewhat eye-catching. Romance novels updated at 151+ Reading Network.

  "Umm..." The moist sensation on her face kept disturbing Qilin, but she still didn't want to open her eyes. She reached out and pressed the fluffy wolf head into her chest, finding a comfortable position to fall asleep again. However, the guy in her arms seemed uncooperative, restlessly twisting his head and even started nibbling on her shoulder, making Qilin itch. "Little White, stop messing around, I'm so sleepy."

  Qilin pushed away Xiao Bai, put her hand on her forehead, and reluctantly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was several wolf heads, each wolf curiously looking at her, including Xiao Bai. Qilin stiffly curled the corners of her mouth, why did she have a feeling like she had done something wrong and got caught red-handed?

  What's wrong?!

  Qilin suddenly sat up, and one of the wolves dodged too late, its chin was heavily bumped, and it howled in pain. Qilin casually rubbed the wolf's head a few times, trying hard to recall last night's events. Some fragmented scenes flashed through her mind quickly, enough to make Qilin feel like she had been struck by thunder, leaving her feeling stunned and dizzy, with a buzzing sound in her ears and a blank mind. The pack of wolves looked at Qilin in confusion, thinking they were late. Qilin was angry, and some of the wolves lay down on the ground, looking up at Qilin with a pitiful expression.

  What has she done? What did she do with a strange man? She actually did that kind of thing with a strange man!! Is it possible that such a lowly impulse is hidden in her bones?

  Xiao Bai curiously stared at Qi Lin, but found that Qi Lin's gaze was still fixed on the white stone. From the moment she stood up, it had been like this. She also looked at the white stone horizontally and vertically several times, sniffed it several times, except for a faint smell of blood, there was nothing else.

  Qilin stared quietly at the only discordant blood red on the white stone, as if mocking her randomness. She had to admit that even though she was initially pointed by the acupuncture point, restricting her movement, being forced, but later she could move, could refuse, could resist, yet she was immersed in the beauty of love, and even took the initiative to meet that black-clothed man.

  "Haha? Haha?" Qilin looked at that touch of red and couldn't help but mock herself. That man had magic, making her lose herself. Although she was cold in nature, she was still a normal person, and her physical needs often exceeded her imagination. She thought to herself, "Let's just consider it a spring dream, a momentary indulgence." Having thought it through, Qilin lifted her hand and slapped her own face several times, startling the wolves who all turned to look at her. Qilin smiled brightly and said, "Let's go, let's head home."

  "Ao wu?" The wolf pack looked at me and I looked at them, but none of us knew what had happened to Qilin. However, seeing that Qilin's mood had improved, they also started howling along with her.

  Qilin jumped onto Xiaobai's back, looked back at the stone, and silently memorized the geographical location of this place. Then left.

  She knew that she might not see that person again, but... Looking at her intact clothes, Qilin's burden was a little less, at least, he helped her put on her clothes. In her mind, she vaguely remembered that when she experienced the most painful thing in her life for the first time, that person seemed to have said something in her ear.

  Take it easy

  Take it easy. For Zilin born in the 21st century, she understands that a man can comfort a woman in such a situation, and how much he needs to care about her to spare this concern.

  If this person is still around, maybe... Haha, nothing can be changed. Qilin weakly lies on top of Xiaobai, what is she thinking? Everything is messed up. For a stranger who left nothing behind, she actually has expectations? Too naive, too ridiculous. They have no possibility.

  If this is just an acquaintance and we will never meet again, then let it become a dream that disappears with the wind.

  Most of the wolf pack left, and the little wolf that was catching fish in the water also hurried to catch up. However, it slipped and fell, got back up again, shook off the water on its body, and continued to chase after them with a wagging tail. But somehow, it felt like there were other scents around, so it stopped to take a closer look. Just then, it heard the calls of the other wolves, so it gave up and left with a flourish.

  "Big brother, let's go, shall we?" A trembling voice weakly came out from the bushes.

  "It's all gone."

  "Big brother, what's that? How is that girl together with the pack of wolves?" The man slightly lifted his head, touched the mud on his face, and patted the person in front of him "Could she be a monster?"

  "I think so." Another man carefully looked around, making sure the wolf pack wouldn't return, before slowly emerging from the bushes and walking to the white rock where Qilin had just sat. He took a look and saw that the rock was smooth and glossy, except for one spot with a few faint red marks. He thought that the girl must have seen this too, but what did it mean? However, no matter how long he looked, he couldn't figure it out. "Second brother, let's hurry back. This place often has wolf packs roaming around. Once the mud dries off, the wolves will quickly pick up our scent."

  But why?

  "Let's go and talk about it later." The big brother pulled his younger brother, who still wanted to take a closer look, away quickly. They were originally hunters from the foot of the mountain and often hunted in this area, but they had never ventured in like today with just two people. Although they had covered themselves with mud, after going through such turmoil, the mud on their bodies would soon fall off. Even if there were more doubts, they could only leave and talk about it later.

  However, at this time, Qin Xiao was at the foot of White Tiger Mountain.

  His clothes were tightly bound around his waist with a belt, a long sword was inserted upright at an angle one step away from him, and there were two jars of wine. His feet were trampling on the weeds mixed with mud and sand, the strong wind blew against his body, the sunlight shone on his body, but he was cold inside and out like a piece of ice.

  Qin Xiao stood quietly, not knowing how long had passed. He slowly raised his head, lifted his icy face and looked at the giant stone in front of him, on which was engraved "White Tiger Mountain".

  He came alone to the White Tiger Mountain outside the city gate today. The White Tiger Mountain is the largest mountain in the western part of Fenghuang Country, with abundant prey, but it has also been occupied by wolf packs, so it is also known as Canglang Mountain. Originally, he had only heard that the wolves on this mountain were ferocious and that going deeper was dangerous, but he didn't believe it - how could humans not be able to defeat these beasts?

  He never thought that his momentary arrogance would become a sharp blade that would bury his subordinates.

  Damn it. Damn it all.

  Qin Xuan stared at the forest as still as dead water, its calm exterior was just a disguise for the danger lurking inside. He wouldn't make the same mistake again. Absolutely not.

  He lifted a jar of wine, opened the red lid, and the aroma immediately reached his mouth and nose. Qin Xiao raised the wine jug and said, "I, Qin Xiao, make an oath here that my brothers will fight to protect my life with their lives, and I will not live in ignominy. In the future, I will personally sweep away White Tiger Mountain and use the wolf's blood on this mountain to pay respects to the spirits of my brothers in heaven."

  After finishing speaking, Qin Xiao poured the wine from the left to the right. Then he picked up another wine jug, opened the lid, and drank it down with a refreshing gulp.

  Wine flowed out of the corner of his mouth, wave after wave, as if it would never stop. The collar was already soaked, and the wine in the wine jar was finally finished. Qin Xiao threw the wine jar to the side, and it shattered with a loud crash.

  Clang

  Qin Xiao quickly drew out his long sword and began practicing his swordplay on the side.

  Where the sword's edge reaches, it must cut off branches and remove grass. Qin Xiao sometimes flies to the top of the tree, sometimes flips over in mid-air, and the sword body reflects a few rays of light, but can't match the fierce killing intent in Qin Xiao's eyes.

  Finally, Qin Xiao put the sword behind his back, and his forehead was already covered with fine sweat. Qin Xiao's lips were slightly pale, and the sleeve on the left side was stained with a piece of blood.

  "Big brother, slow down."

  Qin Xiao's ears moved, and he raised his long sword again. With a flying body, he jumped into the forest, catching sight of two muddy men stumbling over to run towards him. He leaped into the air, landing in front of the two muddy men, his long sword pressing against their throats.

  Blocked by Qin Xiao who suddenly appeared, with a long sword pressed against their throats, the two were frightened and fell to their knees begging for mercy.

  "Spare our lives, great hero! We're just hunters from the foot of the mountain. We haven't done anything wrong, great hero, spare our lives!" The two were so frightened that they lost their souls and scattered their spirits, desperately knocking their heads until blood appeared on their foreheads after just a few knocks.

  Qin Xiao saw that they were not martial artists, and many hunters lived at the foot of Baitu Mountain. He was clear about this, but he still said coldly, "It's not even two incense sticks since dawn, and you've come out from here. Are you trying to fool me?"

  "General?" The two men looked at each other, then back at Qin Xiao, who was majestic and elegant, with clear eyebrows and eyes. They were even more frightened and stuttered. "G-general spare my life, I'm just a hunter. My wife is about to give birth today, and I wanted to go hunting in the mountains to supplement her body. I thought there would be many wild rabbits in the morning, but I didn't expect to chase a rabbit into the mountains. I had no choice but to apply mud to get rid of the smell and prevent the wolf pack from attacking. Everything I said is true, please spare my life, General."

  "Yes, yes, yes. I'll follow Big Brother to go hunting." As he spoke, he knocked his head heavily again, and the scenes he had just seen flashed through his mind, giving him a good scare.

  Qin Xiao saw that the two men were sincere in their words, but one of them had a slightly evasive expression, and he said again, "Then have you seen anything? Tell me the truth."

  "The little man saw nothing."

  "The little man saw it???"

  "What did you see?" Qin's sharp glance suggested that the two must have seen something, could it be last night's assassin? "Speak."

  "Yes, I saw a girl." The man muttered, carefully watching Qin Xiao's expression. Although his face was covered with mud and only his eyes were visible, the man still habitually wiped the sweat from his brow.

  "Miss?" Qin Xiao's eyebrows furrowed, the assassin was clearly a man, how could there be a girl in the mountains? Was she an accomplice? But there were many ferocious wolves in the mountains, cruel and brutal, he had seen it with his own eyes, how could a girl possibly be safe inside? "Dare to deceive General, don't want to live?"

  "What the little man said is absolutely true." The two of them bowed their heads again, thinking carefully about what they had just seen, and said, "That girl was wearing a snow-white wolf skin cloak, probably seventeen or eighteen years old."

  "There's also a pack of wolves beside her, and among them is a snow wolf that's four or five feet tall. The girl is sitting on the back of the snow wolf, with the other wolves following her. She doesn't seem like a human, but rather a wolf in disguise." The man spoke with conviction, waving his hands to emphasize the point. "I previously heard colleagues mention that there are often women's voices in these mountains, and I thought they were just fooling us. But now that my brother and I have seen it with our own eyes, it seems it's true after all."

  Qin Xiao looked towards the depths of the forest, where the fog was thick and it was impossible to see clearly. The words of these two hunters were weak and false, and they wouldn't be able to describe it so vividly if it were true. So, was this girl really a wolf demon in disguise, or was she connected to last night's assassin?

  None of that matters. Qin Xiao raised the corner of his mouth, as if he had let out a breath of air, and coldly said, "This general will temporarily believe you, until this general investigates and spares your lives."

  "Thank you, General." The two men were pardoned and hastily kowtowed in gratitude.

  Qin Xiao ignored the two of them, turned around and prepared to leave, but suddenly stopped, pulled out a silver ingot from his waist, threw it on the ground, and then jumped out of the forest in one leap.

  "Big brother, what's this? It's silver!" One of the men picked up the silver on the ground, his eyes wide with excitement. "The general is giving us silver."

  "The elder looked at the direction Qin Xiao was leaving with gratitude, and secretly decided in his heart that after his wife gave birth safely, he would definitely go to the General's Mansion to repay this general."

  Wait, what's this general's name again?