Chapter 2 - 2 Glass Immortal Maiden

Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Glass Immortal Maiden

Cold, trembling...

In the darkness, Li Muyang was momentarily stunned but quickly regained consciousness.

Where am I now?

The moment he opened his eyes, Li Muyang realized his surroundings had changed.

He was no longer in the thatched hut of the Refinement Demon Sect's outer gate but was sitting in a slowly moving carriage on a mountain path.

The coachman, wearing a bamboo hat and humming a northwest-interior-style folk song, was driving the horses that pulled the wagon.

This was a vegetable delivery wagon, its completely open bed was loaded with vegetables and fruits, and there were also several large wine jars.

At this time, Li Muyang was sitting among these vegetables, his body moving up and down with the swaying of the carriage.

Have I traveled through time again?

Or is this... inside a game?

Li Muyang looked down at his hands and realized that his clothing had also changed.

He was now dressed in a dark black constable's uniform, with a long saber slung at his waist, a complete constable's outfit.

In the upper right corner of his field of vision was a conspicuous task bar.

[Please proceed to Horse Post Pavilion outside Loushan City and meet with Glass Immortal Maiden.]

Alright, it really is inside a game.

The realism of this game is quite high, huh.

Li Muyang curiously looked around, feeling the dry warm wind of the dusk among the mountains and gazing at the bare surrounding hills.

Soon, the coachman drove the carriage up a pass and turned back to Li Muyang.

"Constable, the Horse Post Pavilion is just ahead," said the coachman, his dark-skinned face wearing an enthusiastic smile, reminding Li Muyang.

Li Muyang then looked forward and sure enough, there was a two-story wooden building on the side of the mountain road ahead, likely an inn for resting; the stable outside had four horses and three wagons were parked.

It looked somewhat desolate.

Li Muyang got off the carriage, with his saber slung at his waist, and walked toward the inn.

The task bar said to meet Glass Immortal Maiden here, but where was she?

Li Muyang walked up the wooden steps, pushed open the inn's large doors and stepped inside.

However, the eerily empty inn was deathly silent, devoid of any people.

Instead, a faint scent of blood faintly wafted through the air.

Li Muyang, who had been herding sheep for half a month, was all too familiar with this stench.

He immediately stopped at the doorway, his right hand on his saber, his eyes warily scanning the empty inn, trying to find the source of the bloody scent. Suddenly, a blood-red dialogue box popped up in his vision.

But Li Muyang ignored him and sprinted directly up the steep mountain path.

The carriage, swaying and shaking like a rocking toy for children, would arrive too late at the Horse Post Pavilion; the Glass Immortal Maiden would be dead by then.

Li Muyang started running up the steep mountain trail. This body was more cultivated than his, but not by much. Li Muyang, eager to reach the Horse Post Pavilion quickly, activated time stop.

While time was stopped, the whole world lost its color, turning into monochrome black and white.

Li Muyang raced through the black-and-white world, and after four consecutive time stops, he finally climbed over the mountain pass and saw the Horse Post Pavilion by the roadside.

After running the entire way, Li Muyang was slightly out of breath. He stood by the roadside and took a deep breath to stabilize his breathing rhythm before he walked towards the inn with his waist knife.

Instead of activating time stop immediately, he cautiously approached the inn, remaining alert.

From his previous failure, the Glass Immortal Maiden should still be alive at this moment.

Indeed, when Li Muyang pushed open the inn's main door, the lobby he saw was completely different from last time.

It wasn't empty; there were several people scattered around, a manager in a fur cap was counting at the counter, and a smiling waiter came to greet him.

"Mr. Constable, are you stopping for a rest or staying overnight?"

The young waiter smiled brightly, but Li Muyang passed him and looked towards the northwestern corner of the lobby.

A light green dress outlined her exquisite curves, her skin as delicate and white as a freshly peeled egg, free from any freckles or wrinkles. Her face, without any makeup, still gave off the breathtaking essence of a celestial maiden in a painting.

She was sitting there quietly, her gaze indifferent as it swept over, giving a distinct aura of aloofness, signaling strangers to keep their distance.

The Glass Immortal Maiden...

Li Muyang recognized the identity of this celestial maiden in an instant.

Mainly because the huge health bar floating above her head made her strikingly conspicuous among the crowd.

"Glass Immortal Maiden Chu Qingxue"

The fact that the Glass Immortal Maiden had a health bar eliminated the possibility of Li Muyang misrecognizing her, which was convenient.

Li Muyang bypassed the waiter and walked towards the celestial maiden radiating an aura of 'no entry'.

But before Li Muyang could speak, the aloof-faced Glass Immortal Maiden glanced at him coldly.

"Are you the assistant sent by the Imperial Astronomical Bureau?"

Suspicion filled the Glass Immortal Maiden's eyes as she evidently deemed Li Muyang's strength insufficient.

But before Li Muyang could speak, the Glass Immortal Maiden had already indicated a seat, saying, "Sit first."

Despite her disdainful look and cold tone, the Glass Immortal Maiden didn't utter any criticisms against Li Muyang.

Li Muyang thus followed her invitation and sat down, quietly observing his surroundings.

There was definitely some danger lurking in this inn; if he hadn't arrived on time, within the next five minutes, the Glass Immortal Maiden would have been dead.

Now that he had arrived early, would the assassin still attempt to kill the Glass Immortal Maiden?