The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

Song Qingshu wore a mysterious expression and held a finger to his lips. "A secret makes a man a man!"

"Huh?" Wanyan Ping looked utterly baffled. "Brother-in-law, what kind of bird language was that?"

Song Qingshu could not help feeling intensely embarrassed. In a moment of smugness, he had let slip Vermouth's famous catchphrase from Detective Conan in his previous life—though he had made a slight alteration.

"Uh, what I meant was..." Song Qingshu deliberately paused, thoroughly whetting Wanyan Ping's curiosity before he finally said, "It's a secret."

Wanyan Ping was so angry that she nearly reached for her whip again, but curiosity ultimately won out. "Brother-in-law~" She deliberately drew out the last syllable, coquettishly pleading, "Tell me, tell me~"

Most of the time, Wanyan Ping appeared rather cold and aloof, so when she acted cute like a young girl, even Song Qingshu found it unbearable. "This is your brother-in-law's unique secret technique. I can't just tell anyone."

In truth, the principle behind it was worthless once exposed. He had shot down a sparrow with an empty bow not because his archery was superb, but because he knew nothing at all about archery, leaving him no choice but to resort to such a trick. When he had heard Wanyan Ping say that Tang Kuobian's archery was practically divine, he had known that shooting arrows would be unavoidable later. Nor could he perform too poorly, since the girl beside him was an expert archer who could tell his skill at a glance. So he had simply gone all in.

Of course, he had not truly reached any Realm of No Arrows. He merely wanted to intimidate Wanyan Ping and draw her attention, then secretly fire sword qi to knock the sparrow from the tree. He had to be grateful they were