This Girl Is Beyond Saving

The moment she finished speaking, Di Xin'er thrust her sword at him.

"Wait!"

Xu Xiaoshou shoved a hand forward, stopping her charge. "As the saying goes, a gentleman uses his mouth, not his hands; if he uses his hands, he doesn't use a sword!"

"How about this? I won't use a sword, and neither will you. Let's go at it barehanded—have a little hand-to-hand combat." As he spoke, Xu Xiaoshou set the wooden sword from his back on the ground.

Hand-to-hand combat?

Di Xin'er frowned. She knew he did not mean it deliberately, so she went along with it. "I know you have a Ninth-Grade Spirit Sword called 'Hidden Pain.'"

Xu Xiaoshou chuckled and pulled Hidden Pain from his ring, placing it on the ground.

It was not that he wanted to cheat. Yesterday, he had practiced swordsmanship bitterly in the courtyard, and a wooden sword had clearly been more suitable, so he had kept it on his back until now.

"I know Senior Brother Xu's physical body is formidable, but I only know swordsmanship. Then let's fight!" Di Xin'er did not waste words as she thrust her sword at him.

Xu Xiaoshou nearly cursed aloud. This girl had tricked his sword away, then turned around and came for his life? Sure enough, women could not be trusted—big liars! He hurriedly dodged aside, yet for some reason, Di Xin'er's sword seemed incomparably slow to him, riddled with openings.

Your cultivation is too shallow. And you call yourself an Eighth Realm cultivator.

As he twisted aside, Xu Xiaoshou chopped a hand toward Di Xin'er's waist. Then the image of poking a hole in someone from the other day surfaced in his mind, and he immediately changed his palm into a fist.

Di Xin'er reacted swiftly. She withdrew her sword, held it horizontally, then flipped it, aiming the blade straight at his fist.

If Xu Xiaoshou drove that punch forward, it would definitely be split in two.

"Ah!"

The next moment, Di Xin'er felt something trip her beneath her feet and fell straight to the ground.

Xu Xiaoshou silently withdrew his left foot, suspicion flickering in his eyes.

Could Di Xin'er's Eighth Realm cultivation be fake? How was every one of her sword strikes within his expectations?

If Xu Xiaoshou picked up his sword and swept it across now, the battle would be settled. But how could he do that? It had not been easy to find a fight; naturally, he had to earn more Passive Value.

Di Xin'er seized the chance. Forgetting all about appearances, she rolled like a lazy donkey and escaped Xu Xiaoshou's attack range before rising with her sword in hand.

This Xu Xiaoshou was frighteningly formidable! That sudden kick had been a stroke of divine inspiration!

She had been careless! Watching Di Xin'er adjust her state, Xu Xiaoshou spoke again. "Think about it. Everything I said is true. I absolutely won't trick you."

"You don't know fist techniques, and I don't either. If we fight barehanded, it'll be fair!"

The spectators had already been buzzing after Xu Xiaoshou's single kick. Upon hearing this, the uproar grew even louder.

"Shameless!"

"This Xu Xiaoshou is unbelievably shameless. A sneak attack is one thing, but why does he keep wanting to fight Di Xin'er hand-to-hand?"

"Exactly! Does he not think about how strong his body is? How could Senior Sister Di possibly withstand it?"

"If it were me, I definitely wouldn't agree!"

Some female disciples blushed scarlet at the words. What kind of spectators were these? Every sentence was tiger-and-wolf talk.

Xu Xiaoshou evidently realized the problem as well and hurriedly added, "How about this? My physical body is strong, so I have a bit of an advantage. I'll give you one hand..."

Seeing Di Xin'er thrust at him again, he shouted, "Two hands, two hands!"

"I'll fight you with my feet. We'll go barehanded!"

"Shut up!"

Although Di Xin'er knew Xu Xiaoshou was deliberately provoking her, she truly could not endure it anymore. Such a vulgar and shameless person deserved to be run through with a sword.

Xu Xiaoshou did not even know why this girl had suddenly gotten so angry. But angry or not, could you at least make your swordsmanship more refined? Don't be so polite, alright?

There were so many openings that he did not even know where to strike first.

Xu Xiaoshou dodged again. This time, he did not attack, merely saying earnestly, "Think about it—hand-to-hand combat!"

Di Xin'er slashed out several times, her face red with fury. She had even cheered for Xu Xiaoshou before. Who would have thought he was this sort of person?

"Senior Brother Xu, be careful!"

After more than ten consecutive thrusts missed, Di Xin'er finally realized that Xu Xiaoshou knew some swordsmanship and movement techniques. She decided to use a spiritual technique!

A surging wave of spiritual energy blasted Xu Xiaoshou away. After Di Xin'er calmed herself, her sword suddenly slowed.

Xu Xiaoshou's expression grew even stranger. The White Cloud Sword Technique? This girl actually wanted to use the White Cloud Sword Technique against him?

Was this a joke? Xu Xiaoshou flipped through the air and touched Hidden Pain. Uh, he could not hurt her...

He picked up the wooden sword. As Di Xin'er swept out with Leisurely White Clouds, he arched through the air like a fish leaping from water, weaving through dozens of sword lights.

The spectators erupted.

"This Xu Xiaoshou has some skill! He could dodge that? I thought he would have to take it head-on!"

"The White Cloud Sword Technique... it seems Xu Xiaoshou knows it too. I heard he practiced it for three years. Maybe he knows the patterns of this move inside out?"

"Three years? This guy only managed to learn one move, Leisurely White Clouds, in three years!"

"Why is he holding a wooden sword? Doesn't he have a Ninth-Grade Spirit Sword?"

Everyone watched in astonishment as Xu Xiaoshou passed through the Sword Net without a scratch, shifting left and right beneath Di Xin'er's sword until he arrived before her.

Xu Xiaoshou hesitated, then chose to lightly tap her head with the wooden sword.

What he meant, of course, was that she had lost; if this were a spirit sword, she would already be dead. But the spectators did not see it that way. "Beast!"

"Xu Xiaoshou, stop!"

"Ah! Di Xin'er is mine!"

"Xu Xiaoshou, you damned bastard! A fight is a fight—what are you doing with that wooden sword?"

Xu Xiaoshou raised the wooden sword, deciding to give her another chance. Since hand-to-hand combat was not possible, he would provoke her into mocking him. That would earn him some Passive Value too.

"Not bad!"

Xu Xiaoshou held the wooden sword upside down. "But your Sword Net was rushed. You spread it all into one layer, and once someone breaks through it, you won't have the strength to follow up."

He looked down at her with an overbearing gaze. "This move, Leisurely White Clouds, still has room for improvement. Keep it up!"

He had refuted her in the field she excelled at most, with the most high-profile attitude possible.

That look down his nose, that attitude of pointing at mountains and rivers—he was the very picture of a great villain!

Who could endure that? Anyone would leap up in rage, curse him fiercely, refute him, and mock him, right?

Xu Xiaoshou felt that no one could possibly hold back after that performance. He was quite satisfied with his tone.

Unexpectedly, Di Xin'er had even forgotten about the sword resting atop her head and began pondering by herself.

What Xu Xiaoshou said made so much sense. Could it be that what he was best at was not hand-to-hand combat, but swordsmanship?

She had heard that he had practiced the White Cloud Sword Technique before as well? Xu Xiaoshou felt a little awkward. Seeing her standing there in a daze, he froze too. It felt wrong to take the wooden sword away, but wrong not to take it away as well.

Girl, we're fighting here. What enlightenment are you seeking?

Di Xin'er came back to herself and raised her head, lifting the wooden sword Xu Xiaoshou had placed there. She immediately realized something was wrong. Why had her old habit acted up again?

This was a battle. She could not think! Her cheeks reddened as she pulled away, a strange look in her eyes, as though she wanted to speak but hesitated.

Received gratitude, Passive Value +1.

Xu Xiaoshou: "..."

Was this girl really so innocent? Did she genuinely think he was guiding her?

"Again!" In the end, Di Xin'er still could not bring herself to say thanks. Shaking out sword flowers, she rushed toward him as though she meant to drag Xu Xiaoshou into a vortex of Sword Qi. "Second form of the White Cloud Sword Technique: Clouds Rolling and Unrolling!"

Xu Xiaoshou's eyes lit up. This was the sword move he had failed to learn in three years, yet now it seemed to have traces he could follow? He cautiously blended his sword into Di Xin'er's vortex, imitating her technique. Sword flowers trembled from his blade as he borrowed force against force, knocking aside every piercing sword shadow.

Di Xin'er froze. She watched as her sword was guided by his into stabbing toward the side, while Xu Xiaoshou's wooden sword rested on her shoulder. After a pause, it lightly tapped her somewhat chubby cheek.

Smack! The sound was not loud, yet everyone in the spectator stands involuntarily imagined it in their hearts, and all of them rose furiously to their feet.

"Beast!"

"Xu Xiaoshou, stealing my Senior Sister Di—you'll die a horrible death!"

"Take that sword away from her, or I'll hunt you to the ends of the earth!"

There were flower guardians standing on Di Xin'er's side, but there were naturally also young girls conquered by Xu Xiaoshou's two sword strikes.

"Ahhh, my heart has melted! Xu Xiaoshou, please tap me too!"

"Xu Xiaoshou, fight properly! I won't allow you to be so gentle!"

"Xu Xiaoshou, have you gone mad? Flirting with another woman right in front of me?"

Xu Xiaoshou felt very awkward. He wanted a grand battle too, but the wooden sword's attack power clearly would not allow it. This was the most he could do.

Other than tapping and touching, what attack power did it even have?

And if he switched to Hidden Pain, Di Xin'er clearly would not be able to take it!

What if that sword intent from last time emerged again and shredded a perfectly fine, pretty girl into chunks of flesh?

Di Xin'er's face burned crimson, but this time, she did not avoid his gaze. Instead, she stared at Xu Xiaoshou with blazing eyes.

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned. What did that mean? Did she want him to explain it?

He tested the waters. "This strike should have followed beneath the Sword Net from your previous strike. If you injure the enemy, you can use the force of your sword to press down and seize victory in one stroke."

"And if the enemy breaks through the Sword Net, you should withdraw your momentum and entangle them. Use this move, Clouds Rolling and Unrolling, to coil around their attack, link what came before to what follows, and prepare for the next sword strike?"

Heaven knew that he had only said it casually, yet she actually revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Received gratitude, Passive Value +1.

Xu Xiaoshou was speechless. He weighed whether he should continue earning this girl's Passive Value. Honestly, his conscience felt a little troubled.

Di Xin'er pulled away again and let out a delicate cry. "Third form: In the Clouds and Mist!"

Xu Xiaoshou hurriedly thrust his sword. This time, he used a little force, striking Di Xin'er's wrist just as she drew her sword. The sword in her hand fell at once.

Di Xin'er stared blankly at Xu Xiaoshou, grievance in her eyes.

"Ahem, ahem."

Xu Xiaoshou coughed dryly. This damn thing could not go on any longer. The look in this girl's eyes was already wrong. If they kept fighting, sparks of love might fly.

The wooden sword pressed against Di Xin'er's throat as he decided to strangle the budding feelings in the cradle.

"You lost!"

His tone carried lofty superiority, hoping it would arouse Di Xin'er's dislike.

Di Xin'er seemed to realize something. Her grievance turned into gratitude, and she beamed. "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother Xu. The breakout competition has a time limit, so I can only seek your instruction another day!"

Received gratitude, Passive Value +1.

Xu Xiaoshou: "..."

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