Reception

Gan Hongyu's father, Iron Masked Master, was the second chief of Lianyun Stockade, a towering black-market hero who dominated one region. He had settled in Shang Commandery and had ties with every sect and power there.

At the beginning of last month, her father had written to her, saying he had found her a marriage match—Xiang Yang. He had been visiting the Bashan Sword Sect when he learned from Cui Ming, whose cultivation had recently advanced greatly, that there was such an outstanding young man.

Gan Hongyu had not thought much of it at first. Only when she saw Xiang Yang—his golden hair spilling loose, his tall and sturdy frame, and looks that passed muster—did ripples finally stir in her heart. Since he was a young man her father valued, she naturally began to entertain certain thoughts.

Only now did Gan Hongyu completely make up her mind. She had to seize Xiang Yang firmly in her grasp. A husband as she wished for was truly hard to find even with a lantern in hand.

People of the martial world, especially heroines like Gan Hongyu who had grown up amid the black market since childhood, always placed martial prowess and potential first when judging a man's worth.

As for whether Xiang Yang would refuse, Gan Hongyu did not consider herself a beauty capable of toppling kingdoms, but she was still ravishingly lovely. Her father was moreover an Innate Expert who commanded one region, with Lianyun Stockade as backing. Who would refuse such a good fortune?

"Brother Ren, you flatter me. This Hidden Saber Art was indeed created after I drew inspiration from the Divine Saber Sect's saber canon and combined it with my own insights. It consists of a single move from beginning to end; it is crude and shallow, so