Well, he was a new Gu, and she hadn’t subdued him yet, so she had to be more tolerant. 

He slowly retracted his legs. 

Just as she was anxiously worrying, there was a loud “Bang!” and a crack was cut into the car door. 

With a “Whoosh,” a knife pierced through the crack and slashed down at the wooden latch. 

Yun Xinyue nervously muttered, hugging the long wooden plank tightly, “Here it comes, here it comes.” 

“Hiss, hiss—” 

The silver snake on his boots flicked its tongue. 

Lou Bozhou reached out and flicked it. 

It couldn’t restrain itself even before seeing a person. 

So pathetic. 

The snake shrank back aggrievedly, no longer daring to move, afraid that it would also be thrown out of the car. 

“When he rushes in later, I’ll push him out with the wooden board, and while he’s not getting up, I’ll jump down and knock him unconscious.” Yun Xinyue’s palms were sweating. “You find a chance to take his weapon.” 

She would act as the vanguard, and he would assist from the side? 

A novel look appeared in Lou Bozhou’s eyes, and he gave a faint “Mm” in agreement. 

Bang— 

Half of the door fell down, leaning to one side. 

Yun Xinyue’s heart jumped, and she aimed for an opportunity to jump up and crash into him with all her strength. 

The wooden board was long enough, and the other party’s knife couldn’t reach her, but after rushing out, she fell hard. 

Her ability was only enough to let her fall to the side when she fell, so she wouldn’t fall in a heap with the wooden board and the bad guy. 

A piercing pain came from her knee, but she didn’t care. After landing, she immediately climbed up to pick up the wooden board. 

“Ah—” 

The wooden board rotated three hundred and sixty degrees, giving the other party a resounding slap in the face. 

The bandit was severely injured, his neck tilted back, a line of blood spurted out, and his head was already dizzy. 

“Brother! Now’s your chance!” Yun Xinyue barely managed to steady herself. “Confiscate his weapon!” 

Lou Bozhou bent down, picked up the ordinary knife that had fallen on the ground, and casually threw it, stabbing it into the bandit’s heart. 

With a “Puff,” blood gurgled out. 

Yun Xinyue was so frightened by his swift movements that she trembled, almost dropping the wooden board in her arms and hitting her own foot. 

Lou Bozhou didn’t see it because he was behind her. 

He raised his eyes and scanned the guards in the distance who were fighting with the bandits, took out a light purple short flute from his body, and held it to his lips. 

The melodious and ethereal sound spread with the wind, echoing in the heavens and earth. 

Yun Xinyue, not understanding why he was playing the flute, held the wooden board and looked around vigilantly, afraid that there were still any fish that slipped through the net and came in past the outer guards. 

Soon. 

Under the empty moonlight, the branches and leaves of the dark forest in the distance swayed without wind, and a rustling sound surrounded them from all directions. 

“Wh-what’s that sound?” Yun Xinyue moved closer to Lou Bozhou. “It’s kind of scary.” 

Lou Bozhou glanced at her sideways, not stopping his playing. 

If she was afraid, she would come closer to him? 

The corners of his lips hooked up slightly, and the melodious flute sound became a bit sharper. 

Whoosh— 

The birds resting in the forest were startled. 

Yun Xinyue felt her heart tingle and her hair stand on end. 

She moved her feet again, getting a few steps closer to Lou Bozhou, not even noticing that her raised elbow was touching his sleeve. 

“Brother, did you make this sound?” Yun Xinyue swallowed, a little scared. “This… this is a normal place, there aren’t any ghosts or gods, right?” 

She felt like she had really strayed into the Journey to the West world. 

Wuwu. 

After the birds left, under the clear moonlight, a large number of dense insects came swaggering. 

The silver snake “hissed” and flicked its tongue, crawling down from his boots, sleeves, hair, and shoulders. 

Yun Xinyue, seeing the white long strips wriggling out of the corner of her eye, subconsciously dodged to the side, looking at the silver snake with red glowing eyes with lingering fear. 

What kind of snake was this, how could it be so strange? 

Was she really in Journey to the West? 

Buzz— 

The insects pounced on them from the side. 

Yun Xinyue quickly raised the wooden board in her hand to block them, moving closer to Lou Bozhou, her arm tightly pressed against his arm. 

The fingers gripping the wooden board were pressed white and were still trembling slightly. 

She didn’t even dare to look, turning her face away, closing her eyes, and burying herself in her raised arms. 

A large number of reddish insects flew past them and pounced on the bandits, enveloping them along with the silver snake. 

The bandits twisted and struggled frantically, even dropping their weapons, rolling on the ground, their screams echoing in the empty wilderness. 

The Xisui general and guards had never seen such methods before, and were frightened to take several steps back. 

Even the guards sent by the Nanling royal family had rarely seen this scene, and were equally frightened. 

Yun Xinyue, who secretly opened her eyes after hearing the sound of the insects moving away, was even more frozen in place. 

“Ah ah—” 

Amidst the screams, one of the bandits suddenly grabbed a knife on the ground and rushed towards Yun Xinyue, seemingly wanting to die together. 

Yun Xinyue clenched the wooden board in her hand, her ears ringing, her breathing slightly disturbed, staring at the other party’s movements. 

The situation was very critical, and she had to hit him in one blow. 

The sweat on her hands gradually spread, leaving a watermark on the dry wooden board. 

Closer, the bandit was only five or six steps away from her. 

Four, three, two… 

Puff— 

The knife that was about to stab Yun Xinyue was grabbed by Lou Bozhou with his bare hands. He stepped forward, reached out, and sent the dagger he was holding into the other party’s chest, stirring it around. 

Yun Xinyue, who was behind him, could clearly hear the sound of flesh stirring, and the small cracking sound of the sharp blade cutting through the meridians. 

With a “Thump,” the bandit fell down with a painful and ferocious expression, fought over by the red insects and silver snakes, and soon became a trampled rotten tomato. 

Lou Bozhou seemed completely indifferent to this, only looking at his bloody hands with some disgust, and casually shook them. 

He turned his head and looked at Yun Xinyue, who was standing there in a daze. 

The girl met his bloody half-beautiful face and a pair of indifferent and ruthless eyes, tightened the wooden board she was holding, and took two steps back in panic. 

Lou Bozhou’s eyes darkened, his eyelashes moved, and a few drops of blood fell, his expression clearly displeased, but he suddenly smiled for some reason. 

The smile could be called kind and gentle. 

It truly made the snow and moonlight pale in comparison. 

He turned sideways, leaned over, and asked softly— 

“Are you afraid of me?” 

Moonlit night, wilderness. 

The autumn wind blew Lou Bozhou’s clothes, lifting the series of silver ornaments hanging on his waist, and the thin, cicada-like silver ornaments collided, making bursts of crisp sounds. 

The clear white frost fell on the silver ornaments, reflecting rays of light like water waves, floating and flowing. 

The light fell on Lou Bozhou’s face, illuminating that beautiful face with a gentle smile, setting off his skin even more like a thin porcelain base, delicate and white. 

The young man was like an immortal from heaven. 

But— 

His eyes were too oppressive, a surging undercurrent that the superficial gentle smile could not hide. 

He approached step by step, and she retreated step by step, until she hit the carriage behind her. If the young man took another step, she would have nowhere to retreat. 

The snake perched on Lou Bozhou’s shoulder, sensing its master’s displeasure, climbed to the front, flicked its tongue at her, and revealed its cold fangs. 

Yun Xinyue trembled and raised the wooden board in her hand, as if she was in the carriage at that time, only revealing a pair of vigilant and fearful eyes. 

Lou Bozhou frowned, glanced at the snake on his shoulder, his pupils indifferent and without waves. 

The snake’s tongue was immediately retracted, and its body also shrank back into his collar, hiding. 

Oops, it seemed to have misunderstood its master’s meaning. 

Lou Bozhou stopped, glanced at Yun Xinyue, who was looking at him timidly, turned his toes, and walked towards the general guarding from the Nanling side. 

“Fufeng, clean up and return to the post.” 

“Yes!” 

He glanced sideways at the person huddled in the corner of the carriage, and flicked the silver snake that still dared to pop its head out to peek, “Stupid snake.” 

It didn’t even know what he wanted to do. 

The snake was aggrieved: “Hiss?” 

After retracting his finger, he stood in place watching everyone busy, and didn’t get into the carriage even after it started, his figure flashed, and he didn’t know where he went. 

Yun Xinyue, who had closed the car window again, only saw a black-purple afterimage flash by. 

To tell the truth, she was indeed a little afraid of the young man. 

Earlier in the cave, the light was dim, and she didn’t see clearly how the other party made his move, and she was more afraid of the snake. 

But just now, she saw with her own eyes that the other party summoned so many poisonous insects and snakes, personally sending the dagger into the chest of others, and could still smile and ask her if she was afraid… 

Having been born in a peaceful era, how could she not be afraid. 

But… 

The other party killed the bandits to save her. 

Yun Xinyue sighed in distress. 

Alas, should she find an opportunity to apologize and thank him again? 

Everyone around was busy, and she was embarrassed to stand there stupidly, so she also lent a hand, briefly putting aside the problem. 

Many of the guards from Xisui were injured and had already been sent to the post to recuperate. Only the leading general and twenty others came to find her to confirm her safety. 

“The princess has been frightened.” 

General Sha Xi knelt on one knee to plead guilty, and Yun Xinyue pulled him up. 

“This matter was an accident, you can’t be blamed. Thanks to your efforts to protect us along the way, we were able to successfully meet with the envoys from Nanling.” 

“This general is ashamed.” Sha Xi lowered his head. 

She had only completed her duties, and hadn’t done a good job. 

Yun Xinyue smiled and patted the other party’s shoulder, lifted her skirt and stepped on the footstool to get into the carriage, not saying anything more. 

The carriage rumbled and continued to move. 

Sitting in the carriage were two maids sent by the Miao Jiang side to take care of her—Chunying and Qiuchan. Yun Xinyue wanted to indirectly inquire about her fiancé from them. 

Unfortunately, the maids all said: “Princess, please don’t make things difficult for us. In our Nanling, everything about the Holy Son is a secret. Except for the Miao Jiang clan and the royal family, no one can pry into it. Violators will be executed.”