"You're interested too?" Gu Hui asked.
Gu Xin shook her head. "Not interested. I was passing through Mount Hua on business, so I came up to watch the excitement."
Huang Yaoshi called out, "Why not come up and give it a try, miss?"
"Please continue. Don't mind me—I'm no match for any of you."
Gu Hui was deeply satisfied to hear the fellow spouting nonsense so casually.
By the end of the matches, Zhou Botong, Wang Chongyang, Lin Chaoying, Huang Yaoshi, Master Yideng, Hong Qigong, Ouyang Feng, Han Xiaoying, and Guo Jing had all been unable to gain the upper hand over one another. The Five Absolutes had become the Nine Absolutes.
The original Five Absolutes remained unchanged, with the later-added Central Rascal among them.
Han Xiaoying was the Sword Absolute, Guo Jing the Palm Absolute, while Lin Chaoying's Beauty Fist was dazzling beyond compare, earning her the title of Fist Absolute.
"And this young lady is?" After the contest ended, Lin Chaoying asked as she looked at Gu Xin, whose beauty was no less than her own.
Gu Hui curled his lip. "You're about the same age as this old girl. Don't let her youthful appearance fool you—she's already in her fifties.
She may well be the only person in tianxia to have cultivated the Formless Skill to great mastery."
Gu Xin said aggrievedly, "You really are something, old ancestor. No wonder you've been single for decades. Don't you know a girl's age is a forbidden subject?"
Then she smiled brightly. "Though you're half a disciple of our old ancestor, we should each address the other as we see fit. Otherwise, with such a troublesome old ancestor wandering about, I have no idea how many ancestors-level elders I'd end up with. It seems I should call you Sister."
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