"Is anything the matter? Brother Tang Ji..."

  Hua Rou turned her head to look at Tang Ji, with a hint of embarrassment floating in her eyes.

  "I..." Tang Ji suddenly rubbed his hands together: "We are... friends."

  "Yeah, we're friends." Hua Rou responded vaguely, looking at him and waiting for the substantial conversation that followed, but Tang Ji let out a breath, as if relieved: "I don't want to lose you as a friend."

  Hua Rou was confused by his words and subconsciously added a sentence: "How can we lose each other? We will always be friends!"

  "Do you really think so?" Tang Ji's expression finally didn't seem so cold and hard anymore.

  "Of course." What else could he think? Hua Rou thought Tang Ji was a bit inexplicable, and at this time Tang Ji actually bent down to pick up the branch on the ground.

  "I won't go easy on you, but I can exchange blows with you once." As soon as Tang Ji's words fell, his eyes suddenly turned icy.

  Hua Rou was still in a daze, when Tang Ji had already thrust the branch forward. Even if Hua Rou wanted to retreat, it was too late. Tang Ji was too fast, and with just one move of the branch, he stabbed her in the waist.

  "I..." Hua Rou's good intentions were met with a rebuke, she had only just said one word... And besides, what was the point of this?!

  It was her particularly expressionless face that made Tang Ji feel embarrassed, so he retreated two steps and said: "Can we try again? You... are you ready to tell me?"

  Hua Rong suddenly realized that Tang Ji was giving her a chance to experience it.

  Although she didn't know why Tang Ji suddenly had a good heart and gave her an opportunity, the feeling of powerlessness at that moment gave Hua Rou the will to fight. She immediately discarded her puzzlement and doubts, took a deep breath, and started to make moves with her feet.

  Yu Huagong, Hua Rouzai and Mo Jun, after some time, had already mastered the moves, she naturally felt that facing Tang Ji was still possible to exchange two or three moves.

  "Come on!" Hua Rou's eyes stared at Tang Ji, uttering two words. The next second, Tang Ji suddenly flashed to the right, and Hua Rou's subconscious gaze followed him, her feet also taking a step forward. But who could have thought that Tang Ji's flash was just a fake move? He feigned a dodge and suddenly stabbed towards her!

  Hua Rou immediately retreated a step to prepare for the attack, but Tang Ji suddenly turned his body and slid to Hua Rou's side with his back, Hua Rou stared wide-eyed as the branch in her opponent's hand pointed at her own armpit.

  Hua Rou was taken aback, while Tang Ji suddenly sprang up and charged at Hua Rou, saying in a low voice: "A fatal move is always fast, accurate and ruthless. There's no room for assumptions."

  Tang Jian dropped his sleeves and was about to leave.

  "Wait!" Hua Rou shouted loudly: "Can't we try again? This time I'll definitely be able to block at least one of your moves."

  Tang Jing heard the words and tilted her head, gently tossing the flower as she measured him up and down before saying: "Alright, one more time. If you can block my move, from now on, every afternoon, I'll come to spar with you once."

  Hua Rou heard this and couldn't help but feel excited, nodding vigorously.

  "But if not, I won't accompany you." Tang Ji said as he bent down to pick up the branch. In this instant, Hua Rou took three steps back, her eyes vigilantly staring at Tang Ji, apparently afraid that he would be unable to react like the first time he made a move.

  Tang Jing picked up a branch and looked at it. He retreated more than ten feet away from the flower, his eyes gleaming with excitement: "Got it!"

  He raised his hand and flung the branch at Hua Rou, while at the same time, he pushed off the ground with his foot and flew forward in a pounce, clearly intent on catching the "sword" in mid-air and stabbing it straight into Hua Rou!

  This move is a double-headed move. If Hua Rou retreats, he will fly and grab the "sword" again, and Hua Rou will still be his prey. If Hua Rou does not retreat and comes forward to block the "sword", then he will fall within half a foot of Hua Rou's body, and with a reverse hand, he can strangle Hua Rou's neck or stab the sword into her spine.

  The branch swung towards Hua Rou, but she didn't retreat. Instead, she chose to charge forward. However, in the moment she leaped and grabbed onto the branch, she unexpectedly flipped her body and slid down.

  This was beyond Tang Ji's expectations, he struck empty air, while Hua Rou dodged smoothly and threw the branch in her hand at Tang Ji, then happily shouted: "I succeeded! I blocked an attack!"

  Tang Jing straightened up and looked at the branch in his hand, nodding: "You learn fast. I keep my word."

  Hua Rou was overjoyed when she heard the words, but Tang Jing walked up to Hua Rou and handed her the branch: "If you don't have a surefire way to kill your opponent, then don't give them a weapon."

  Tang Jing finished speaking and left, leaving Hua Rou holding the branch stunned for half a day before realizing he was criticizing himself for throwing the branch back earlier.

  "What are you doing?" Mu Junwu's voice suddenly sounded from behind, startling Hua Rou to shrink her body, stepping back with a sliding step, and subconsciously putting the branch in her hand behind her.

  "Bring it here!" he said, taking a step forward. Hua Rou hastily retreated again. The two of them exchanged blows, one pursuing and the other dodging, to avoid having the branch snatched away for about twenty moves. After that, the branch fell into Mu Junwu's hands.

  "Your footsteps are light and your breathing is steady, your inner strength has improved a lot!" Mu Junwu looked at Hua Rou with great surprise.

  He knew that Hua Rou's talent was exceptional, with a good foundation, otherwise she wouldn't have such high comprehension and rapid progress. However, the internal skill and mental method were the result of accumulation over time, not something that could be improved by just relying on comprehension and short-term effort.

  However, Hua Rou's changes were so real and tangible that Mu Junwu couldn't help but size her up, and upon doing so, he discovered that she seemed to have become even more beautiful.

  Smooth skin with a faint pink glow, a pair of big black eyes shining brightly.

  His upturned nose, his tender lips, were all familiar features, yet somehow nothing seemed to have changed.

  It's strange, what exactly has changed about her... to make her even more captivating?

  Admiring you, I am puzzled, looking at Hua Rou back and forth, the more I look, the more it makes Hua Rou's heart beat rapidly.

  Why is he looking at me like that? Could it be... that Mu Ge really came to steal the green and even stole that note?

  "Brother Mu... why are you looking at me like that?" Hua Rou's hands clenched her clothes, she was so nervous.

  "Flower Soft, have you learned a new inner skill?"

  Hua Rou was taken aback for a moment, then immediately nodded.

  "No wonder." Mu Jun nodded calmly and raised his branch: "Come on."

  Hua Rou hastened to suppress the conjecture in her heart and focused on exchanging blows with him.

  At this moment, Zi Hua, who had woken up in the poisonous house, muttered to himself as he walked into the cleaning room.

  "Lingling is also useless now, I have to sweep it myself, oh dear, what a smell!"

  The child covered her mouth with a look of disgust in the cleaning room, picking out tools. There were several brooms right in front of her, but they seemed too old and she looked down on them. As she glanced around, she saw something in the corner that caught her eye.

  The child rubbed his eyes and went to the corner, only to find that it was an old garment with grass ash and wood shavings stuck all over it, as well as specks of leftover food.

  "Ah, there's even a mouse hole..." Zi Hua muttered to himself as he prepared to leave, but at this moment something on the corner of his old clothes flashed and dazzled him.

  The child crouched down again, and she stretched out her hand to pull the garment down, then widened her eyes in astonishment.

  A few waistbands of the Tang Gate and a half-cut pearl flower appeared before her eyes.