Bai Sheng sensed that someone had returned to the small courtyard and hurriedly put away the Jade Abacus, pretending that he was still looking around.
"Hey, you over there. Are you White Tea?"
A man in green clothing walked over and sized up Bai Sheng.
"That's me. Who are you?"
Bai Sheng sized him up in turn. The man didn't look particularly strong. Bai Sheng figured he could knock him down in fewer than three moves.
"My name is Green Hibiscus. Did Zi Yue Ji bring you here? You don't look like much."
His words were full of impatience. Green Hibiscus felt that Bai Sheng was nothing special at all and nowhere near as impressive as Zi Yue Ji had claimed.
"Come on, spar with me!"
Green Hibiscus crooked his mouth into a grin and lashed out at Bai Sheng with a whip kick.
But Bai Sheng was faster. He raised both hands to block the attack, then seized Green Hibiscus and flung him away.
"Hmph!"
Green Hibiscus was thrown some distance away, but he still refused to give in. He continued attacking Bai Sheng, and a long blade appeared in his hand.
"You're the one who used a weapon first!"
Bai Sheng couldn't be bothered to play around with him anymore. He brought out Pandora and used the most primitive method possible to cut Green Hibiscus's long blade in half with the Scythe Blade.
"W-What?"
Green Hibiscus stared at Bai Sheng in disbelief. That long blade had been crafted by a renowned artisan from the Zhu Ming Xianzhou, yet it had been cut apart so easily.
"Then I won't hold back!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Green Hibiscus's body began to change. Ginkgo leaves continuously sprouted from him, while branches grew out of his flesh.
"This is... a