The Remarkable Woman Xin Xi, Exchanging Blade Techniques

"Hall Master Kong, wait!"

Seeing that Kong Xuan was about to draw his blade, Shen Han hurriedly spoke up.

"What, do you have any last words?"

Under the dim light of the lantern, Kong Xuan actually stopped his movements. He stared into Shen Han's eyes with a playful expression. To him, killing Shen Han would only take a single move, and he didn't mind playing a game of cat and mouse.

"Hall Master Kong, is there any room for negotiation in this matter?"

Shen Han knew that with his current cultivation, he was no match for Kong Xuan, so he could only try to stall for time.

Kong Xuan sneered, "When you killed my disciple, did you ever think about this moment?"

"It is true that I acted without consideration. Why not give me a chance to make amends, Hall Master Kong?"

"Oh? Let's hear it."

"I am willing to join the Long Blade Sect and follow your lead, Hall Master Kong!"

"Hahaha!"

Kong Xuan couldn't stop laughing, "I have to say, your desire to survive is quite strong, but unfortunately, I'm not buying it!"

With that, he raised his long blade once again.

Clang!

It happened in the blink of an eye.

A crisp sound rang out, as if something had struck the back of the long blade.

The long blade trembled violently.

Kong Xuan felt his palm go slightly numb.

He immediately withdrew his blade and turned to the side, shouting into the dark woods, "Which friend is it? Why not show yourself?"

Shen Han was stunned.

He had been prepared to fight Kong Xuan to the death, but this unexpected event had occurred; something had flown out from the woods and knocked Kong Xuan's blade aside.

Clatter!

A carriage slowly drove out.

A faint, refreshing fragrance seemed to permeate the air around the carriage.

The person driving was a young girl in a floral dress. After stopping the carriage, she walked into the clearing in a few steps.

It's her!

Shen Han immediately recognized her.

This girl was the very same maid who had arrived late just as the auction was ending.

It was obvious that the person sitting inside the carriage must be that ethereal girl in the white dress!

"Was that little pebble just now thrown by you?"

Kong Xuan glared at this uninvited guest and snorted coldly.

The girl in the floral dress giggled, "That's right."

"What is your relationship with this brat?"

"We have never met."

"If that's the case, why did you intervene to save him?"

Kong Xuan tried his best to suppress his anger; he knew full well that the girl before him would not be easy to deal with.

The girl in the floral dress rolled her eyes at Kong Xuan, "Because my young miss has important matters to discuss with this young master."

"Your young miss?"

Hearing this, Kong Xuan looked toward the carriage ten yards away. The carriage remained motionless, which was quite eerie.

He still forced down his rage and asked indifferently, "May I ask for your young miss's name?"

The girl in the floral dress replied, "Sorry, that has nothing to do with you."

Her tone showed that she didn't take Kong Xuan seriously at all.

This was unbearable.

"Heh, I, Kong Xuan, have rarely traveled down the mountain in these years. It seems that the pugilistic world no longer cares about my reputation!"

Having been slighted time and again, Kong Xuan finally lost his patience.

He drew his blade once more and pointed it at the girl in the floral dress.

The next moment, he let out a roar and leaped forward, slashing directly at the girl's face.

Whoosh!

The girl in the floral dress remained unhurried. Her footwork was nimble and her movements ghostly; in the blink of an eye, she had flashed behind Kong Xuan.

"You dare to run?"

Kong Xuan missed his strike and prepared to unleash a second blade.

The girl in the floral skirt brushed off her hem, ignoring Kong Xuan entirely as she turned toward the carriage.

"Go to hell!"

Kong Xuan tried to raise his blade again, only to find that his arm had lost all its strength.

Drip!

The next instant, blood began to pour incessantly from his chest.

"What?"

He hurriedly looked down, only to see a fist-sized hole in his heart that had appeared out of nowhere.

"You, you, you..."

Kong Xuan's eyes were filled with terror.

He stared at the girl in the floral skirt, exerting every ounce of his strength, but he could not manage to utter a fourth word.

Boom!

The next moment, Kong Xuan's body collapsed to the ground, his blood staining the surrounding weeds as he died with his eyes wide open.

Shen Han was stunned.

He hadn't even seen how the girl in the floral skirt had attacked, yet Kong Xuan was already dead on the spot.

What kind of cultivation level did this maid have?

He was deeply shocked; if even the maid was this powerful, wouldn't the young lady in the carriage be even more terrifying?

"So noisy, wasting the young lady's time."

The floral-skirted maid didn't even glance at Kong Xuan's corpse, spitting out the words with disdain.

Shen Han dared not be negligent and immediately cupped his hands. "Thank you, miss, for saving my life."

"Don't thank me; if you want to thank someone, thank my young lady."

As she spoke, the floral-skirted maid pulled back the carriage curtain and helped someone out—it was indeed the girl in the white dress who had arrived late to the auction.

"Thank you, miss."

Shen Han hurriedly cupped his hands in a salute.

Although Kong Xuan was dead, he had no idea what the intentions of these two girls were.

But one thing was certain: his life was safe for the time being.

"Young master, there is no need for such formalities. I am well aware that his two disciples deserved to die, and that you were forced to act."

The girl in the white dress smiled and spoke calmly.

So, she had been watching me from the shadows all along... Shen Han pondered, and I didn't even notice.

"Miss, are you from one of the One Hall or Two Gangs?"

Shen Han asked again.

Experts of this caliber in Three Rivers County seemed to only come from those three top factions.

"Giggle."

The floral-skirted maid covered her mouth and laughed. "What One Hall or Two Gangs? We were just passing through Stone Snake Town to attend the auction."

And yet you were still late... Shen Han only dared to complain in his heart.

At this moment, the girl in the white dress spoke again: "My surname is Ning, my name is Ning Xinxee, and this is my maid, Yang Liu."

"So it is Miss Ning."

"Young master, at the Stone Snake Chamber of Commerce auction, you purchased a manual for the Ancient Sun Technique, did you not?"

Shen Han nodded. "Yes, though it is incomplete."

Ning Xinxee said calmly, "Would you mind taking it out for me to see?"

Do I have a choice? Shen Han did not hesitate, pulling out the Ancient Sun Technique manual and handing it to the maid, Yang Liu.

Yang Liu passed the manual to Ning Xinxee, bringing the lantern closer as she did so.

By the light of the lantern, Ning Xinxee flipped through it for a moment. "Indeed, this manual is missing quite a lot."

Shen Han did not understand her intentions, but at this moment, he could only wait patiently.

"Young master, I have a presumptuous request."

Ning Xinxee said softly.

Shen Han quickly replied, "Miss Ning, you saved my life; whatever you ask, I will comply."

Ning Xinxee said seriously, "I would like to borrow this Ancient Sun Technique manual for five days. I wonder if you would agree?"

Could I really say no? Shen Han smiled. "If Miss Ning wishes to see it, please, take it."

"Thank you."

Ning Xinxee gave Yang Liu a wink and added, "To compensate you, Young Master, I shall gift you a manual of blade techniques."

As she spoke, Yang Liu retrieved a scroll from the carriage.

Ning Xinxee personally placed the scroll into Shen Han's hands: "Please, Young Master, tell us your name and where you reside."

"I am Shen Han, a physician at Hanging Pot Medical Hall."

"Very well, then we shall part ways for now. In five days' time, I will certainly come to your door to return the Ancient Sun Technique manual!"

Soon, the two women climbed onto the carriage and vanished into the night.

Shen Han held the scroll, taking quite a while to collect his thoughts.

Everything that had just happened was simply unbelievable.

"Forget it, no point worrying about who that Ning Xinxee really is for now. I still haven't looted the bodies of Kong Xuan and the other two."

Shen Han tucked the scroll away and began to search the corpses.