Chapter Forty Eight.

After touring around Moon City the whole day Duan Xinyue is back to the tent. Du Yichen who was having a talk with General Fei is back too. He seems a bit more relieved than before.

"You seem quite relaxed today. Looks like the talk with General Fei went well."

"Yes. What about you? How was the tour in Moon City like?"

"Exhausting. I was alone so it was boring."

"You and your ego,you could have asked Master Lei to go with you."

"He's a boring person,"Duan Xinyue pouts.

"When you joined Ziran Sect you used to pester him, didn't you find him boring back then? Or something happened between you two that your relationship with him has gone astray?"

Duan Xinyue pauses for a while to think before replying,"Nothing happened between us."

"You're looking away. Something did happen."

"What could possibly happen between us?"

"Maybe you did something unethical like groping him,"Du Yichen smiles.

"I'm not that kind of person."

"But I can tell he likes you. He behaves like he owns you."

"Did he ever say that?"

"His expression says so."

"By the way,when are we going back?"Duan Xinyue asks changing the subject.

Before Du Yichen replies whooshing sounds of arrows being shot fills the air followed by the movement of the alert soldiers. Duan Xinyue and Du Yichen immediately dash out to find out what's going on. The arrows are being shot from outside and the ones shooting them are barely visible. The number of arrows keeps increasing every round they are shot. General Fei commands the soldiers to retreat a bit as he uses his telescope to see if he can see the location of the raiders. One moment of hesitation creates a chance for a group of about one hundred and fifty raiders to jump in through the wall.

The raiders are dressed in black attire with their faces covered by black cloth masks. Du Yichen is panicking not sure if they should join the fight.

"Duan Duan what should we do? I didn't carry my sword."

"I carried mine. Use my crossbow for your own defense. Do not shoot carelessly you might shoot the soldiers accidentally."

"Do you even know how to fight?"

"That's not important right now just do as I said."

"Be careful then."

Duan Xinyue uses his qinggong to fly to the small battlefield. The raiders are now using their swords to fight. They used the arrows to create a chance to enter the military camp. Lei Qiang and Hong Yi are also there fighting the raiders. Duan Xinyue locates where Lei Qiang is and joins him in slashing the raiders ruthlessly. In terms of ruthlessness Duan Xinyue takes the trophy. All these years he has been hiding his martial arts skills. He can make swift attacks than the rest of the team. After an hour of battling most of the raiders are lying on the ground; most of them with missing body parts.

"Be careful," Duan Xinyue warns Lei Qiang after one of the raiders slashes one of the sleeves of Lei Qiang's robes. Duan Xinyue slacks off for a second and one of the raider's sword scathes his upper arm a bit. Duan Xinyue turns around and slits the raider's throat mercilessly,"Go to hell!"He curses. Of all the raiders only one of them who is apparently their leader is left standing. His counterparts who are yet to die try to convince him to leave as early as possible thanking him in the process and wishing him a better life. The leader distracts them and tries to fly away using his qinggong but two consecutive arrows shot from the back penetrate into his body making him fall on his back and immediately becomes unconscious. Du Yichen has been lurking around waiting for the right opportunity to strike.

Since the raiders were quite skilled a few soldiers lose their lives while some of the soldiers are left injured heavily. Their fellow soldiers carry the injured ones to the infirmary as the dead ones await to be given their last respects the following day. Duan Xinyue sprinkles powder on the fresh wound whimpering in the process due to pain. He

makes a bandage by cutting a wide strand from his robes and ties it on the wound. He does this with his three friends watching him with compassion. Duan Xinyue prefers treating his own wounds by himself. Lei Qiang still cannot believe how Duan Xinyue's assassin aura from earlier quickly shifts into a gentle playful aura.

"Duan Duan let's go back to our tent."

"Isn't this our tent?"Duan Xinyue asks looking around innocently then smiles adorably before continuing,"Yeah right our tent isn't this neat."

Du Yichen chuckles at Duan Xinyue's comment.

"Spend the night here,"Lei Qiang speaks up unexpectedly.

"Huh?"Duan Xinyue and Du Yichen both exclaim in sync.

"Why should he spend the night here?"Du Yichen asks curiously and receives a threatening glare from Lei Qiang in response,"Yeah Duan Duan you should spend the night here."

Du Yichen drags Hong Yi outside and they leave.

"Lei-xiong why should I spend the night here?"

"Because I want you to,"Lei Qiang answers seriously.

"What kind of reason is that?"

"A selfish reason,"Lei Qiang replies boldly and walks out leaving Duan Xinyue confused about his actions.

'What does he mean by selfish reason?' A few minutes later Lei Qiang comes back carrying a pail containing clean water. He gets a clean towel and throws it in the water.

"What's the water for?"

"You should wipe the blood on the rest of your body parts."

"Right now? Is the water cold?"

"No, it's warm. I got it from General Fei's tent."

"Fine."

Duan Xinyue starts taking off his clothes without minding Lei Qiang's presence.

"What are you doing?"

"Taking off my clothes so I can wipe myself. If you think it's inconvenient for you,you can leave."

"Of course."

"Are you sure you don't want to take a look at my sexy body?"Duan Xinyue flirts and brags at the same time.

"I will take a look at it when the right time comes,"Lei Qiang replies boldly and walks out.

'When the right time comes? What does he mean by that?'