Chapter Fifty-Seven: Fighting

After a few of them had some water, Wu Meng put the remaining talisman water (uh, talisman water? Well, it's correct—it's water produced by the water ball talisman) into a bamboo tube to save for tomorrow's use.
“Let’s rest here; it’s almost dawn. Ling Shan, you’ll keep watch, and don’t fall asleep like you did just now.” Wu Rui said, glancing at the system’s time.
“Don’t worry, I won’t. You all can sleep peacefully.” Thinking of the recent peril, Ling Shan couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
“You guys go to sleep, I'll keep watch with Ling Shan,” Luo Wenxu said as he sat down next to Ling Shan.
“I'm not tired either,” Song Zhi Yan replied, feeling restless and having no intention of sleeping.
“Since you all aren’t sleeping, I’ll keep you company too.” Urey sat down beside them and turned to Umo, saying, “Sister, you should take a rest. You must be tired after all that fighting and running.”
“Well, since you all are on night watch, I'll just meditate to recover my spiritual energy.” Wu Meng didn't say more, walked to a nearby empty space, took out a mat, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.
Seeing this scene, Ji Hao and the others were somewhat surprised that this woman so naturally went off to rest by herself.
Wang Xuan and Qin Donglai exchanged glances, both having heard the unspoken words of Urei. It seemed that their previous experience was not as simple as they had claimed it to be an attack.
Ji Hao: Indeed, what my third uncle said is very true. Women, including girls, are all self-righteous and self-centered, disregarding the lives of others. Hmm, must stay away from them.
While sitting in meditation, U Meng felt someone watching him. He opened his eyes, glanced at the person across from him, and then closed his eyes again, thinking it's just a few little kids, not worth paying attention to.
This meditation lasted until dawn.
When the sun rose above the horizon, U Meng exhaled a breath of turbid air, opened his eyes, and stood up. He glanced at the bonfire that had been lit the night before, now extinguished, while Wu Rui and the other four were already practicing their punches.
```htmlAs for Ji Hao and the others, they have already disappeared without a trace.
Wu Meng, seeing this, also walked over to Wu Rui and the others to start practicing punches. After finishing the punches, they had a simple breakfast and continued on their journey.```
“Where are we going now?” Song Zhiyin asked. They had completed both tasks and could leave once the time was up.
“Let’s head back. But we can take our time; we just need to be back at the meeting spot before this afternoon,” Wu Rui said after thinking for a moment.
Others expressed no objections.
The road ahead was as smooth as yesterday's daytime, and the training turned into an outing.
Of course, it would have been even smoother if they hadn't encountered Ulu and Mu Zihun.
Because there was no danger anymore, Umeng started to walk and gather herbs to enrich her herb garden. While gathering, she suddenly bumped into a wall of flesh with a “bang!”
```html“Ouch!” My forehead! Umo covered her forehead that was hurt from the collision and looked up to see Ling Shan. “Ling Shan, why did you stop?”
“对不起，对不起，乌萌姐，我没注意到你。”凌山看见被自己撞疼的乌萌，顿时手忙脚乱起来。
“It's nothing.” Wu Meng shook her head, “But why are you stuck here?”
“Oh.” Ling Shan pointed at the people in front, his gaze a bit dazed, thinking about how they had clumsily struggled against the vine wolf last night, and to his surprise, a girl their age possessed such elegant swordsmanship.
乌萌顺着凌山的手指看了过去，确实一群熟人。没错，他们就是以乌璐和木芷珺为首的敌对势力。和上次不同的是，这次她们都动起了刀枪。
Wu Meng watched the situation with some speechlessness, "Why are they fighting again?" Didn't they say that reincarnators are supposed to be low-key? Why does Wu Lu always have to get into a fight with that crazy girl Mu Zhi Jun wherever she goes?
Is this crazy girl your rival from a past life?
“Urei, go talk to her,” Umo pushed Urei beside her.
“I don't think so,” Urei hesitated. This woman fights harder than men, and they all have sharp swords. What if something goes wrong? You know how unpredictable swords can be.
“Don't worry about that, that's your second sister. If she finds out you were watching her fight, you're definitely done for. Go on now.” Wu Meng gave Wu Rui a push, sending him out.
Wu Rui glanced back at the fierce-eyed Wu Meng and could only steel himself to step forward. However, when he reached the scene where Wu Lu and Le Zheng were sparring, he stood there, unsure of where to place his hands.
Eh? Why isn't it Mu Zhijun? Of course, Mu Zhijun is the delicate girl, and her good friend Le Zheng would never let Mu Zhijun get hurt, so she fought instead of Mu Zhijun against Wu Lu.
At this moment, Lezheng's sword swung toward him, startling him to quickly step back a few paces. Before he could steady himself, another sword strike came, and by the time he wanted to retreat, it was already too late. Urey thought he was about to meet his end.
```htmlIn a critical moment, a sword blocked Le Zheng's attack, and it turned out to be Wu Lu. "Wu Rui! Get away."
"Le Zheng, your opponent is me. Do not harm the innocent."```
“Hmph! Is he your younger brother? Trying to take us on with a two versus one, huh? Come on!” Le Zhen exclaimed with a clear voice that really didn’t suit making threats. In truth, the more she fought, the more terrified she became. She had started practicing swordsmanship at the age of five, and three years had passed since then, but her sword techniques had barely reached the minor completion stage.
```htmlWhy does that bumpkin Wu Lu have such high swordsmanship?
“Oh.” Wu Rui, feeling apprehensive, quickly retreated back to the spectator area.
“What are you getting so close for? Don't you know that blades have no eyes?” Wu Meng thought Wu Rui was really dim; is the intelligence of all transmigrators this low?```
No, it was a few individual time travelers who almost got themselves in trouble.
"Sister, didn't you tell me to go over?" Wu Rui looked a bit wronged.
"I told you to go over to mediate, not to go over and get yourself killed." Wu Meng glared at Wu Rui, gripping her Tang dao tightly, holding back the impulse to stab Wu Rui herself.
Urei shrank his neck, afraid to refute, worried that his older sister might do something as extreme as righteous indignation against family.
'System, am I really useless?'
'Host, have you finally admitted it? Haha, this is truly a cause for celebration.'
‘Am I really that bad?’ Urey felt a bit frustrated and disheartened, even his golden finger seemed to look down on him.
‘Host, it's really great that you can recognize your shortcomings now. Let's start with your past life. Although you had good writing skills, you weren’t willing to put in the effort, and the novels you wrote could only barely sustain your livelihood, even though…’
Wurei, feeling like crying, realized that he was so useless.
Meanwhile, Wumeng, who was listening to the conversation between the master and servant, which they thought no one could hear, found it somewhat amusing, but ultimately managed to hold back a laugh.
“Forget it, let's just watch here.”
“Huh? Sister, aren’t we going to break up the fight?” Urey said, looking confused.
“Not for now. Didn't you see they aren't really trying to hurt each other? They’re probably just sparring.” Umeng replied. Since it’s not serious, they won’t really hurt anyone. It’s better not to get involved, to avoid any accidental injuries.
What do you mean I should go break up the fight? Urei thinks women are fickle, especially his elder sister.
Umeng's eyes are fixed on the two people fighting, oh no, I mean two groups of people, completely ignoring Urei.
As for why there are two groups of people? Of course, the leaders are fighting fiercely above, while the juniors are punching and kicking below.
Not sure how long it has been, U-Meng's eyes got dazzled, and without seeing anything clearly, all she could see was the dazzling flashes of swords and blades.
“Hey, is this ever going to end?” The impatient U Meng strode quickly to where U Lu and Le Zheng were fighting fiercely, brandishing a Tang sword and waving her hand to disperse them.
“Le Zheng!”
“Wu Lu!”
"Big sister!"