Martial Arts Escort System: I Got A Maxed Level Divine Technique From The Beginning

Chapter 157: Chapter 120: Disappearance_3

Su Mo glanced over and saw someone selling candied haws in the middle of the street.

His eyes lit up, and he told Yang Xiaoyun to wait for him while he went to buy two sticks.

By the time he turned around, Yang Xiaoyun had disappeared.

Searching around, he saw her standing behind a few women, peeping curiously into their midst.

These women, obviously already married, ventured out together, guarding their stall rigorously as if the merchandise was not to be glanced at by outsiders.

Yang Xiaoyun stood on her tiptoes to look, yet they didn’t notice her.

At that moment, Su Mo approached, “Here, what are you looking at?”

Yang Xiaoyun carelessly took the candied haw, took a bite, and her eyes brightened, “Not bad, different from the ones in Luoxia City. Oh, I’m just curious because they are so tightly huddled. Turns out, they are just buying some wood, nothing worth making a fuss over.”

“Wood…”

Su Mo paused, glanced back, and couldn’t help but laugh, pulling Yang Xiaoyun to leave.

Yang Xiaoyun, not understanding his intentions, looked back and saw one of the women, evidently having heard their conversation, turning around with hands on hips, ready to scold them.

But before she could speak, Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun had already dashed away, leaving her to swallow back her words, stirring a great annoyance within herself.

After running out for a whole street, Yang Xiaoyun couldn’t help but ask: “Why the rush? Is there something mysterious about what they were buying? But it looked just like some dark wood sticks to me, perhaps for adding to the stove at home? Though they didn’t seem easy to burn.”

Seeing her clueless expression, Su Mo couldn’t help but tap lightly on her forehead.

Yang Xiaoyun felt the pain and looked at Su Mo somewhat aggrieved, puzzled about what she did wrong, and couldn’t help but pout:

“Xiao Mo, now that your martial arts are superior, you surely look down on me, a weak girl, right? Constantly bullying me, shouting at me, and now you even dare to hit me…”

“Who told you to be so foolish?”

Su Mo, helpless, said, “That thing… it’s not wood sticks, it’s deer antler. Well, never mind, let’s not talk about it.”

“Deer antler, I see.”

Yang Xiaoyun nodded repeatedly: “Were they buying deer antlers for medicinal purposes? But the antlers didn’t look of high quality and had a peculiar shape, definitely not for kindling fire.”

“Yes, that’s exactly it.”

Su Mo sighed in relief, but his heart remained silent for a long while, this bizarre place indeed sold anything.

These women dared to buy openly on the street, perhaps influenced by the bold nature of the Northern Territory people.

For the rest of the day, Su Mo spent his time dragging Yang Xiaoyun around the Five Directions Gathering.

Although they didn’t buy much, they bought a wolf skin jacket for Uncle Fu, as the season was turning to winter and it was just right.

Su Mo thought of bringing something for Yang Yizhi as well, but Yang Xiaoyun waved her hand off: “Iron Blood Escort Agency has everything, and even if I bought him something, he wouldn’t appreciate it.”

Su Mo reflected for a moment then shook his head: “Whether he appreciates it is his business, whether we buy it is a matter of our intention, you can’t generalize.”

Yang Xiaoyun fell silent and let Su Mo be.

Eventually, the two carefully picked out a jade pendant made from Xuanbing Jade, a specialty of the Northern Territory.

Clear and bright with excellent water texture, it was carefully selected by Yang Xiaoyun herself after much effort.

They packed the items in a Brocade Box as the sky gradually darkened.

The two walked back to the inn together, and the people from the escort agency and the Guard Team had mostly returned, all stood up and greeted Su Mo and Yang Xiaoyun.

Su Mo glanced at them, a slight raise of his eyebrows: “Where’s Chief Liu?”

While speaking, he subconsciously looked up at the second floor, but the room was quiet. With Su Mo’s keen hearing, he naturally knew the person was not sleeping in the room.

The members of the Guard Team looked at each other, asking one another, but finally… none saw where Liu Mo was.

“Could he still be in that place of debauchery?”

“Surely not, for a whole day and night?”

“I’ve never seen Chief Liu capable of that…”

“It’s all behind closed doors, you’d see nothing.”

Their conversation gradually grew indiscreet.

This was considering there were women in the escort team and with Yang Xiaoyun present, otherwise, they might have said who knows what.

Su Mo’s frown deepened, feeling something wasn’t quite right.

He immediately had Xiao Chuan take a few people from the Guard Team to check if Liu Mo was indeed at that place of debauchery all this time.

Yet, in less than the time it took for one incense stick to burn, Xiao Chuan hurried back with a few others.

“Chief, something’s not right!”

Xiao Chuan rushed forward: “Chief Liu isn’t there, and even, I asked the old brothel keeper, and last night, Chief Liu didn’t go there either.”

“…”

Su Mo’s eyebrows slightly raised: “What about the others?”

“I had them to check other places.”

“Okay.”

Su Mo nodded, suddenly eyeing the members of the Guard Team.

Now, most of these people’s faces held confusion and apprehension.

Although Su Mo’s prestige gradually reached its peak during this trip, their leader was still Liu Mo.

Now with Liu Mo’s whereabouts unknown, what should they do?

Su Mo thought for a moment and asked: “Does your Chief Liu know anyone in the Five Directions Gathering?”

The crowd looked at each other, but they all shook their heads.

“Alright, there’s no need to panic.”

Su Mo stated: “Let’s send a few people to check with Shopkeeper Cheng, see if he’s there.”

“Alright.”

A few people immediately took action.

Suddenly, someone spoke quietly: “Chief, could Chief Liu have gone to Heavenly Blade Sect?”

“Hm?”

Su Mo looked at this person: “Why do you say that?”

This person, not young, now smacked his lips and said: “Previously, I accompanied Chief Liu along this route twice, and I noticed that every time we reached the Five Directions Gathering, he would always ascend to a higher vantage point, looking in the direction of Heavenly Blade Sect. That gaze… always had an indescribable feeling, just makes one feel… quite unnerved.”

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