"Achoo..."
At this moment, Ji Mo was strolling along a forest path and sneezed inexplicably.
He rubbed his nose and muttered, "Could someone be thinking of me?"
He never imagined that simply returning the golden token to Ying Tianbao and casually writing a few encouraging words in a letter would cause the latter to become as if injected with chicken blood, vowing to achieve something grand and spectacular.
In such a muddled way, Ying Tianbao, who was previously unambitious and a slacker, actually harbored a grand ambition to unify the various kingdoms.
Due to the Heavenly Demon Mark on his body, Ji Mo did not choose to take the official road on his way home, deliberately opting for desolate mountains and wilderness where human traces were scarce.
After days of traveling, Ji Mo was exhausted and weary.
Gazing into the distance, he spotted wisps of cooking smoke.
"There must be a village there. I can go ask for some water and rest."
Ji Mo walked towards the direction of the cooking smoke.
Not long after, a few thatched cottages appeared in his sight.
As he approached, he heard the lewd laughter of a man and the pleading cries of a woman from inside the house.
The scene inside the house was infuriating.
A man dressed as a hunter was laughing heartily, forcing himself towards a woman.
The woman was pure and beautiful, her clothes in disarray, clearly having struggled before, with several tears and rips.
Her fair jade legs and proud, high-set breasts were already exposed in large part.
"Don't come any closer."
The woman was forced into a corner, curled up into a ball, trembling.
Her innocent, melon-seed shaped face was pale and colorless, her large eyes filled with terrified tears, and she pleaded with her mouth.
Due to her trembling body, her ample bosom, which she couldn't control, heaved, seeming as if it would burst through her clothes at any moment.
This scene further ignited the beastly nature within the man.
"Little lady, don't be afraid. I will surely cherish you well."
The man gulped greedily, his pupils dilated, panting heavily, and lunged forward like a starving wolf.
"No..."
The woman struggled desperately, her small fists weakly pounding the man's chest.
"Little lady, dear brother will now let you experience the bliss of ascending to heaven..."
The man grabbed the woman's collar and tore it forcefully, opening his foul mouth to lick her.
"Beast!"
How could Ji Mo tolerate such a scene?
He rushed forward directly, intending to kill this dog who was worse than a beast.
As Ji Mo burst into the house, his charging body abruptly halted, and he looked at the scene before him in disbelief.
Blood gushed out like a fountain, blood mist swirled, and a thick smell of blood instantly filled the entire room.
The man's eyes were wide with rage and fear, and he fell heavily to the ground.
A bloody hole appeared in his chest, from which blood poured out.
As for the woman, there was no trace of panic on her face. Her eyes held a bloodthirsty excitement, and her fair hand was clutching a still-beating heart.
Indeed, beasts have no good end. Before he could let the woman experience bliss, he himself had gone to hell.
The woman's red lips parted slightly, about to put the heart into her mouth, but her action suddenly froze.
She saw Ji Mo, and Ji Mo was looking at her. Their eyes met, and both were startled.
"Demon..."
Ji Mo's heart was pounding. He had already seen the woman's fingernails like beastly claws and the canine teeth in her mouth.
Without a doubt, the woman before him was either a demon or a ghost.
His heart was racing, and he didn't know what to do.
The woman was equally flustered. When she was seducing the hunter, she was certain there was no one else within a ten-mile radius. She didn't know why someone would suddenly appear.
Moreover, Ji Mo had entered the house without triggering the defensive formations, which made her extremely wary of him.
The woman was clearly an experienced actress.
First, she appeared astonished, then fearful, and in the blink of an eye, she reverted to a pitiable, delicate appearance. "Young master, save me. This villain... he wanted to defile me. I was so scared..."
As she spoke, she dropped the heart in her hand in a panicked, helpless manner and moved towards Ji Mo with a show of weakness.
"Hold on, don't come any closer."
Ji Mo quickly stopped her, retreating a few steps strategically.
He really wanted to turn and run, but as a mere mortal, how could he outrun a monster? Thus, he could only force himself to remain calm and try to stall.
This world was truly too dangerous. He should have brought Wu Xiaoxiao with him.
Now, to survive, he could only rely on himself.
"Young master, I did this only to preserve my chastity. Otherwise, I would have suffered endless humiliation and been played with and killed by this beast."
Tears welled up in the woman's eyes, and large teardrops flowed down.
Coupled with her torn clothes and bloodstains, it was enough to evoke sympathy in anyone.
Ji Mo's scalp tingled. He had to admire the woman's acting skills, but couldn't she retract her canine teeth and claws before acting?
"Miss, I understand you. This fellow indeed deserved to die. Well done killing him." Ji Mo agreed.
Although the woman before him was a demoness, the hunter's earlier behavior was truly beastly. Therefore, Ji Mo did not subjectively categorize the woman before him as evil.
Of course, it would be best if she let him leave, and he would pretend none of this had happened.
The woman was somewhat surprised that Ji Mo would say such a thing. Her expression then became uncertain, clearly making a decision.
She sized up Ji Mo's eyes and realized for the first time that there was a man whose gaze remained so clear and transparent when facing her.
Of all the scoundrels she had encountered before, not one of them had failed to harbor evil intentions when looking at her, their eyes like hungry wolves, as if they wanted to devour her alive.
But the young man before her was truly different from other men. He looked straight ahead, his gaze pure, something she had never seen before.
"You can go. Leave here quickly, as far as possible."
The woman finally made her decision and let Ji Mo leave. After all, she did not wish to harm Ji Mo.
"Then I bid farewell." Ji Mo turned to leave.
"Go east. Absolutely do not go west. It is very dangerous there."
The woman couldn't help but kindly offer a reminder.
Going east might offer a chance of survival, but going west would surely lead to death.
Ji Mo nodded, turned, and walked out of the house.
But as soon as he stepped over the threshold, he looked up and saw a brilliant sword light.
Oh dear, I'm going to die.
Ji Mo couldn't understand why he was so unlucky. Just as he was about to escape the demoness's clutches, he encountered a terrifying attack.
"Finally found you. Let's see where you run this time."
Accompanied by a sharp cry, a sword light tens of meters long descended from the sky, crashing towards the thatched cottage.
Boom!
Sword energy surged, and the sharp sword intent sliced the few houses into ruins.
"Luo Mujin, you're a dog! Are you never going to stop?"
The woman escaped successfully before the house collapsed, her figure appearing a hundred meters away.
She glared at the figure in the sky, then turned to look at the ruins, her heart inexplicably aching.