Miss Qin Cao!

Qin Cao's room was filled with a soothing fragrance.

Li Xian glanced around and saw that high-quality sandalwood incense had been lit all around the room.

"This young master looks quite unfamiliar."

Li Xian had only just sat down when a soft, honeyed voice came from the back room.

Qin Cao emerged at an unhurried pace, dressed in a gauzy, lightweight dress.

The woman was indeed beautiful. Every movement of hers was full of charm, and she possessed a very special allure that captivated men.

No wonder she drove so many lustful fools wild.

"That's right. This is my first time here," Li Xian said.

Qin Cao came to Li Xian's side and bent down to fill his cup.

"I see. I did wonder why I'd never seen you before, Young Master."

Now that she was close, Li Xian caught her scent again.

The smell of fish.

He was sure of it.

"Now I finally know why you've lit so much sandalwood in your room," Li Xian said, abruptly changing the subject.

Qin Cao's alluring face froze for a moment. "Why?"

"Because you're trying to cover up the fishy stench coming from your body!"

At those words, Qin Cao's expression changed.

"What did you say?!"

Li Xian smiled. "The people below said there was a demonic evil here. I didn't really believe them, but now it seems they were right."

Qin Cao's expression turned cold and vicious. "Nonsense! You insolent fool! I kindly invited you up here, and this is how you slander me? Someone, throw this lecher out!"

"Yes!"

Several maids, their faces as expressionless as corpses, closed in on him.

Li Xian remained perfectly calm. "The brothers from the Cao Gang who died were all killed by you, weren't they? Why did you kill them?"

"Shut up!" Qin Cao screamed, nearly mad with rage. "Get him out of here!"

"Yes!"

The maids lunged at Li Xian, clawing at him.

A thunderous crash rang out.

On the flower boat, the lustful fools hadn't even recovered from the shock of what had just happened when they heard the crash.

A figure was hurled from a second-floor cabin like a sack.

The figure slammed into the wall of the flower boat, sinking into it. Blood and flesh were a mangled mess; there was no chance of survival.

"What is..."

Before anyone could recover from the sudden turn of events, another scream came from upstairs.

"Ah!"

Then,

another figure was thrown out.

This one didn't get embedded in the wall, but looked just as wretched. A bowl-sized wound gushed blood from her body.

"Miss... Miss Qin Cao?"

Someone recognized her as the enchanting, breathtaking Miss Qin Cao.

But looking at her in such a pitiful state, everyone struggled to believe their eyes.

"Who was it? Who hurt Miss Qin Cao like this?!"

"It must've been that kid from just now!"

"Right, it was him! I could tell at a glance he was no good. Hurry and report this to the authorities—get the Demon Suppressing Division to deal with him!"

Tap, tap, tap...

Measured footsteps sounded. Everyone looked up and saw Li Xian appear on the second floor, his face cold.

His icy gaze swept over the crowd, and everyone shivered as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over them.

The people who had just been shouting fell silent at once.

"Take a good look at what this Qin Cao really is."

Confused, everyone turned to look.

Qin Cao's appearance had undergone a complete transformation. Her eyes bulged, and her lips had widened and puffed out into fish lips. Dark green scales covered her from head to toe, and even from this distance, they could smell the foul, fishy stench coming from her.

"A demonic evil! That's a demonic evil!"

"Miss Qin Cao is... a Fish Demon!"

"Oh, God! There's a demonic evil on the flower boat!"

The lustful fools immediately panicked, running for the exits while wailing and crying for their mothers and fathers.

Brother Xin saw the Fish Demon's ugly, vicious appearance and trembled so hard his knees knocked together. But Li Xian was watching from above, and he didn't dare run away with the others.

"Who... are you?"

The Fish Demon glared maliciously at Li Xian as he leapt down from the second floor, speaking with venom.

"I am the Cao Gang's newly appointed steward. My name is Li Xian!"

"Li Xian, I'll remember you!"

After spitting out those words, the Fish Demon leapt through a window of the flower boat.

Splash!

It fell into the river.

It was a Fish Demon. It was confident no one could catch it if it escaped through the water.

Seeing this, Brother Xin let out a long sigh of relief.

Steward Li had only just joined the Cao Gang, and his swimming skills weren't very good. Now that the Fish Demon had jumped into the river, there was no way he'd be foolish enough to chase after it.

Just then, a gust of wind suddenly swept past him.

Before he could react, he saw Li Xian leap into the water as well.

"Steward Li, get back here! You're not a good swimmer..." Brother Xin cried out.

But before he could finish, he saw Li Xian's figure moving through the water with the agility of a fish, turning and twisting like a Flood Dragon, without the slightest hindrance.

"Holy crap! When did Steward Li master the Dragon Body?" Brother Xin was so stunned he nearly bit his tongue off.

The highest realm of the Tide Turning Technique was called the Dragon Body.

That meant that once someone had mastered the technique, they could move through water like a Flood Dragon, with the power to turn rivers and seas upside down.

Brother Xin had practiced for fifteen years without reaching that realm, yet now he'd seen it in Li Xian, who had joined the gang just three days ago.

"Holy crap, this Steward Li is unbelievable. Just who is he? His talent for martial arts is terrifying—he's practically a monster," Brother Xin murmured in amazement.

Far away, waves surged across the river. Before long, they gradually settled.

With a splash,

Li Xian leapt out of the water.

Beneath the moonlight, he was soaked from head to toe, yet stood on the river's surface as if walking on level ground. In his right hand, he held a blood-soaked head.

It was the Fish Demon's head.

In that short time, Li Xian had already dealt with the Fish Demon underwater.

Everyone on the flower boat stared at Li Xian, dumbstruck, as though he were a heavenly being.

"This new steward from the Cao Gang is insanely awesome!"

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