After being treated by Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Spirit, Yi Wenjun quickly regained consciousness. He told Lu Xihua and the others that he had joined Yuzhang City's mining team. When the mining team returned, he and three other Famed Swordsmen had left the team and formed a separate team, wanting to adventure and train nearby.
However, they didn't expect to encounter a powerful Meteor Class Yuan Kou nearby. Yi Wenjun and the others weren't a match for the Meteor Class Yuan Kou at all. The three Famed Sword Rank sword bearers all died at the Yuan Kou's hands. Only Yi Wenjun, who had a treasure passed down from the Heaven Shrouding Sword Emperor, barely managed to escape. However, because of his heavy injuries, he fell into a coma. If Lu Xihua and the others hadn't saved him, he probably would have died here.
After learning of Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Spirit's goal, Yi Wenjun expressed his willingness to follow them to London. This way, they could take care of each other.
Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Spirit did not suspect anything and naturally agreed to let Yi Wenjun temporarily join the team.
Afterward, Yi Wenjun secretly told Lu Xihua that if she needed help, Yi Wenjun was willing to help her stall Mu Xue's Sword Spirit and create an opportunity for Lu Xihua to escape. She didn't want Lu Xihua to go to London and be humiliated by the people of London and the Dragon Lion Sword Emperor.
However, Lu Xihua politely refused. Lu Xihua was not stupid. He was only an Ancient Sword Rank swordsman. Even if she escaped the control of the Mu Xue Sword Spirit, where could she run to?
Moreover, about five out of ten Yuan Kou's they met along the way were stronger than Lu Xihua. Compared to dying at the hands of Yuan Kou, being humiliated in London was not a big deal. Therefore, Lu Xihua did not agree to Yi Wenjun's suggestion. However, Lu Xihua did not suspect that Yi Wenjun had bad intentions.
Later that afternoon, Yi Wenjun suddenly told Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Spirit that he had found a natural hot spring while adventuring nearby. The spring water was clear and emitted a strange fragrance. It was very good for the skin. He asked Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Spirit if they wanted to soak in the hot spring.
At that time, the sky was about to turn dark, and there was no time to continue on their journey. In addition, women were completely unable to resist the temptation of the hot spring, so the Sword Spirit Mu Xue agreed after a moment of hesitation.
Under Yi Wenjun's guidance, Lu Xihua and Mu Xue's Sword Spirit found a hot spring. This hot spring was just as Yi Wenjun had said, giving off a unique fragrance.
However, this hot spring was not big. It was about the size of half an ordinary swimming pool. If a man and two women were to soak in the hot spring at the same time, it would be very inconvenient.
At this moment, both Lu Xi and the Mu Xue Sword Spirit suddenly realized that they did not have their swimsuits with them.
Thus, Yi Wenjun very tactfully indicated that he had already soaked here many times before, so there was no need for him to do it again. He could wait on the shore, and at the same time, he could act as a lookout in case Yuan Kou suddenly appeared.
The Mu Xue Sword Spirit naturally had no objections. She had Yi Wenjun stand guard about a hundred meters away from the hot spring, while she, her treasured sword grade Sword Maiden, and Lu Xihua's treasured sword grade Winged Angel Sword took off their clothes and entered the water.
The reason why the Mu Xue Sword Maiden only let her treasured sword grade Sword Maiden soak in the hot spring, and not the higher ranked Famed sword grade and Spirit sword grade Sword Maidens, was because these two Sword Maidens were artificial, and their personalities were not complete. Whether they soaked in the hot spring or not was meaningless to them. Thus, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden simply put these Sword Maidens into her dimensional pocket.
This hot spring was indeed the best way to relieve fatigue in the world. Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Maiden had rushed for a long time, and after soaking in the hot spring, they felt their exhaustion disappear along with the hot spring. They would feel a little drowsy if they didn't go in, and the Mu Xue Sword Maiden directly fell asleep in the hot spring … Since Yi Wenjun was keeping watch, they were not worried that Yuan Kou would suddenly appear.
This soak lasted for four to five hours. When Mu Xue and Lu Xihua felt that their skin couldn't take it anymore, they hurriedly climbed out of the hot spring … It was only at this time that these two careless women were shocked to find that all the clothes they had left on the shore were gone.
The worst part was that the Mu Xue Sword Maiden had taken off her dimensional pocket out of habit when she bathed, and most of her Sword Maidens were directly placed in her dimensional pocket.
Apart from the treasured sword grade Sword Maiden that had soaked in the hot spring with her, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden had instantly lost all of her belongings.
Fortunately, Lu Xihua firmly remembered the important points that her master Guhan had taught her to always remember … One of them was that the sword wielder must always carry their personal terminal and dimensional pocket with them at all times. These two were things that the sword wielder absolutely could not lose.
Thus, Lu Xihua had always been soaking in the hot spring with her dimensional pocket. Fortunately, Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Maiden still had clothes to wear. Otherwise, the two of them would have to run around naked in the desert.
After they had put on their clothes, they immediately began to look for Yi Wenjun, who was in charge of watching over them, to ask him where their clothes had gone.
At that time, Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Maiden had never thought that Yi Wenjun might have betrayed humanity.
In the end, they searched around the hot spring for an entire day, but they still could not find any trace of Yi Wenjun. Even then, aside from a little suspicion, they still did not consider that Yi Wenjun had purposely disappeared. They suspected that Yi Wenjun had encountered some powerful Yuan Kou, and was taken away by Yuan Kou before he could warn them … Of course, the reason was very hard to explain. If this Yuan Kou was so powerful that he could take away Yi Wenjun, who was a Famed Sword level sword wielder, without anyone noticing, then why didn't he take Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Maiden as well?
Moreover, this Yuan Kou wouldn't sneakily take away Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Maiden's clothes!
Did Yuan Kou have any perverted fetishes?
The Mu Xue Sword Maiden was about to go crazy. It didn't matter if the other things were lost, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden didn't feel the pinch.
Only his Famed Sword Grade Sword Lady and Spirit Sword Grade Sword Lady were left. These were the lifeblood of a sword wielder. Losing these two Sword Ladies, the Mu Xue Sword Spirit would once again become a Treasure Sword Grade sword wielder. This was something that the Mu Xue Sword Spirit absolutely could not accept.
After discussing for a while, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden decided to directly head to the nearest Lan City ruins … That was the only gathering point nearby where human sword wielder would gather on a large scale. Perhaps they could find other human sword wielder and obtain their help.
There was another huge reason for heading to the Lan City ruins. After Lu Xihua opened his dimensional pocket, he helplessly told the Mu Xue Sword Maiden that there was less than a liter of pure water left in her dimensional pocket.
The Mu Xue Sword Maiden naturally grumbled about this at first, blaming Lu Xihua for not bringing enough water with him.
In the end, Lu Xihua could only helplessly say that she, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden, was worried that Lu Xihua would escape halfway, and forcibly took away all the pure water in Lu Xihua's dimensional pocket … The Mu Xue Sword Maiden felt that as long as there was no water in Lu Xihua's dimensional pocket, even if Lu Xihua escaped, he would die of thirst in the desert … It was for this reason that Lu Xihua's maglev flying car was also taken away by the Mu Xue Sword Maiden.
At this time, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden thoroughly understood the meaning of the words "reap what you sow". This was also the reason why they had to head to the Lan City ruins to seek help from other sword wielder.
After a long day of walking, Lu Xihua and the Mu Xue Sword Maiden finally arrived at the Lan City ruins. However, after walking around the ruins for a few hours, they could only come to an incomparably sad conclusion: there was currently no second batch of human sword wielder in the Lan City ruins.
At that time, the sky had already darkened, so they could only temporarily hide in the ruins that Guhan had found. They barely managed to survive the night by relying on some cooked food, instant noodles, dry bread, and fruits.
At this time, another advantage of Lu Xihua's personality showed itself. Lu Xihua liked to carry two items, or in other words, spare tires. This way, if something was damaged, Lu Xihua wouldn't be helpless … This was the reason why Gu Xuan Yuan found traces of two tents in the ruins. Actually, these two tents belonged to Lu Xihua, and he had lent one to the Mu Xue Sword Maiden at the last moment.
In the end, after that night, Lu Xihua's remaining liter of water was almost used up. Helpless, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden could only temporarily give up on the idea of looking for Yi Wenjun, and instead followed Lu Xihua to the water source near Lan City. They had to first find enough water to sustain their lives.
Lu Xihua was indeed worthy of being Guhan's disciple. Even the path of finding the oasis was the same as Guhan's plan. After experiencing more than ten failures and spending a night in the desert, Lu Xihua and the others finally found the oasis in the desert.
The moment they saw the oasis, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden impatiently ran over and fiercely drank a large mouthful of water to quench her incomparably parched lips.
Lu Xihua first drank the last bit of purified water in the sword bottle, then found a container and filled it with enough water for them to drink.
However, just as Lu Xihua put the water into his dimensional pocket, the Mu Xue Sword Maiden, who had rushed to drink the water from the oasis, suddenly fainted in front of Lu Xihua.
At this time, Lu Xihua realized that there might be a big problem with the water.
However, it was already too late. The Mu Xue Sword Maiden had already fainted. It was also at this time that the mastermind, Yi Wenjun, finally jumped out. The first thing he said was to tell Lu Xihua, "If you don't want the two of you to die here, then pass the position of Yuzhang City's Sword Pavilion Master to him."
It turned out that Yi Wenjun's ultimate goal was to become Yuzhang City's Sword Pavilion Master.