The Secret to Picking Up Girls

Zhang Yuze nodded and glanced at the time; it was already morning. He felt a little ashamed, as he seemed to have played too excessively with Fifth Sister last night, resulting in a poor night's sleep.

Suddenly, Zhang Yuze thought of something and asked Xuan Ling, "Xuan Ling, was this treasure map hard-earned by your Emei Sect? Is your Emei Sect willing to hand it over?"

Xuan Ling looked at Zhang Yuze and smiled softly, saying, "Big brother, you can rest assured about that. Although I don't have much say in the Emei Sect, I am still the sect leader, and I have that much authority. Besides, I can just secretly take the treasure map for you. Only I can see that treasure map in the entire Emei Sect, so I think it shouldn't be too difficult!"

Zhang Yuze thought about it and nodded slightly, seeming to agree.

The three of them entered the mountain together. Mount Emei is a national tourist attraction, and the scenery along the way was indeed captivating.

However, they didn't know that at this moment, the Emei Sect was encountering a major problem.

Upon reaching the Emei Sect's protective mountain array, Xuan Ling's expression turned somewhat grim.

Zhang Yuze noticed that Xuan Ling's face seemed a little pale and couldn't help but ask, "Xuan Ling, what's wrong?"

Xuan Ling frowned, a look of surprise on her face, and said, "Why can't I sense the energy of our Emei Sect's protective array? The protective mountain array needs energy to activate, but this time, I can't feel the existence of that energy."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuze carefully sensed it and nodded, saying to Xuan Ling, "It seems so. Could it be that the protective mountain array is broken?" However, this thought was immediately rejected by Zhang Yuze himself. The Emei Sect's protective mountain array was the guardian of the Emei Sect, so how could it break? If not, then it must be due to human intervention.

Wu Xinyu closed her eyes and carefully sensed for a moment. Then, her expression turned serious as she said to Zhang Yuze, "Not good, there's a murderous aura within the Emei Sect."

"What?" Xuan Ling and Zhang Yuze were both taken aback. A murderous aura meant that the Emei Sect had encountered enemies?

Zhang Yuze, Xuan Ling, and Wu Xinyu rushed into the Emei Sect. At this time, some members of the Emei Sect were dead or injured, but there were still sounds of fighting, so the situation shouldn't be too bad.

They saw three masked men in black fighting with dozens of Emei Sect disciples. Although the number of enemies was far less than the number of Emei Sect disciples, the difference in strength could not be compensated for by numbers. One of the masked men in black let out a strange cackle and flew into the air, exuding a terrifying aura.

Seeing this, Xuan Ling was immediately enraged. She had only been away from Mount Emei for a short time, and Emei had suffered such great devastation. This made her, who was kind by nature, extremely angry.

"Ice Soul Profound Art!" Xuan Ling spun around in place, and streams of icy energy continuously gathered towards her body.

An ice cone shot straight towards the black-clothed man in the air. The temperature within a hundred meters instantly dropped by nearly a hundred degrees, making the entire space somewhat white and misty.

The masked man in black instantly felt extreme danger. He didn't expect Xuan Ling, Zhang Yuze, Wu Xinyu, and others to arrive at this time, which caught him somewhat off guard.

The masked man naturally knew the power of the Ice Soul Profound Art and quickly circulated the true essence within his body to resist it with all his might. However, his strength was still somewhat inferior to Xuan Ling's, and he found it difficult to withstand this attack from Xuan Ling.

"Boom!" The masked man in black was sent flying through the air. However, this man was very clever. Seeing the strength of the newcomers, he knew that things were not going well and immediately fled away, disappearing from everyone's sight. The other two men in black, seeing this, were about to escape, but Wu Xinyu would not let them leave so easily. She instantly appeared behind the two men in black and struck them with a palm.

With a "Boom!" Wu Xinyu's palm heavily struck the backs of the two masked men in black.

With a "Bang!" the bodies of the two masked men in black fell heavily from the air.

With a "Thud!" they crashed to the ground.

Because Zhang Yuze indicated that he wanted them alive, Wu Xinyu did not attack them again.

Zhang Yuze came to the two men in black with a solemn expression and asked them, "Speak, who exactly sent you here?" Zhang Yuze's voice was extremely stern.

One of the men in black looked at Zhang Yuze, snorted, and turned his head away, refusing to speak.

Zhang Yuze frowned tightly at the sight of these two men in black and said somewhat displeased, "What? You won't speak? If you don't speak, you'll die."

Just as Zhang Yuze finished speaking, red blood slowly flowed from the mouths of the two men in black, and they fell backward, dying just like that.

Zhang Yuze was extremely depressed. Why did they die before he could even do anything to them?

Wu Xinyu walked up to Xuan Ling and comforted her, saying, "Xuan Ling, don't feel sad. Actually, this has nothing to do with you. If I'm not mistaken, it should be that the people of Heavenly Gate know that you are not in Emei now, so they wanted to take this opportunity to attack Emei. Their purpose, I think, is nothing more than to seize the treasure map in your Emei's hands. If we hadn't come back early this time, I'm afraid things would have been even worse."

Hearing this, Xuan Ling nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that keeping this treasure map in our Emei is really not a good thing. I will hand this treasure map to big brother later."

At this moment, a female disciple of the Emei Sect, who looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, came to Xuan Ling and looked at her, saying, "Sect leader."

Xuan Ling quickly looked at the female disciple and asked, "Jingxuan, how is it? What are the casualties?"

The female disciple named Jingxuan said to Xuan Ling somewhat sadly, "Sect leader, about nine disciples have died, and more than forty have been injured, but most of them are not very serious."

Hearing that not many disciples had actually died, Xuan Ling was finally relieved. She said to the female disciple named Jingxuan, "Okay, you go down first and let Xuanhui handle the aftermath."

"Yes... Sect leader." The female disciple nodded and retreated.

In another hidden room, Xuan Ling handed the treasure map in her hand to Zhang Yuze. She said to him somewhat sadly, "Big brother, this time, I can't accompany you. Emei has had this incident, and as the sect leader, I can't leave."

Seeing that Xuan Ling's expression was somewhat dim, Zhang Yuze's heart also felt a little unbearable, and he said to her, "Xuan Ling, don't worry, I will come to see you after I have dealt with everything."

Hearing Zhang Yuze say this, Xuan Ling's face lit up, and she said to him, "Big brother, is what you said true?"

Zhang Yuze smiled and nodded, saying to Xuan Ling, "Of course, when have I ever lied to you?"

Hearing this, Xuan Ling became happy and said to Zhang Yuze joyfully, "That's good, big brother, let's make a pinky promise!"

Zhang Yuze smiled and stretched out his finger, hooking it together with Xuan Ling's. They hooked it a few times.

Zhang Yuze did not choose to stay in the Emei Sect, but left overnight. After all, there was not much time left, and there were still two treasure maps to obtain. Although he also saw the incomparable love on Xuan Ling's face, Zhang Yuze still hardened his heart. After all, the affairs of his previous life were more important to him. He could no longer indulge in romantic feelings.

In Mount Emei, Wu Xinyu and Zhang Yuze flew halfway, and the two sat down to rest on an open hillside. A bright moon hung in the sky, making the surrounding scenery somewhat hazy.

Looking at Zhang Yuze's appearance, as if he was thinking about something, Wu Xinyu said to him with a smile that was not a smile, "What are you thinking about? Are you still reluctant to part with someone?"

Zhang Yuze was stunned for a moment, walked to a large rock, and looked at the round moon in the sky. He said somewhat helplessly, "You say, when are we humans the happiest?"

Wu Xinyu was stunned for a moment, lowered her head, pondered slightly, and said to Zhang Yuze in a serious tone, "In my opinion, the happiest time for a person is when they are with the person they love the most forever."

Zhang Yuze was silent for a while, turned his head, looked at Wu Xinyu, and asked, "Then, are you and him... together?"

Wu Xinyu gently brushed the bangs in front of her forehead and said lightly, "I don't know what will happen to me and him in the future, but as long as I can be with him, I feel very happy. I don't ask for forever, but I hope to have had it. Maybe I can't be with him every moment, but at least when I am with him, I am very happy."