Running into knights in a place like Xuanyuan Hill was as normal as running into a pack of country bumpkins who had struck it rich at an upscale establishment in the city. Aside from places like Lion Fortress, if one were to pick the city on the human-continent surface with the highest concentration of knights, Xuanyuan Hill would absolutely rank first.
Knights had keen senses for each other's aura. Almost at the same moment Bai Suxian recognized her "dear best friend" aboard the pleasure barge, those on the barge also spotted Bai Suxian and Zhang Tie's little boat.
At that moment, Zhang Tie and Bai Suxian stood at the bow, drinking in the wind, their robes fluttering. Together with their respective temperaments—one a woman among women, the other a man among men—the two standing side by side looked practically like immortals.
There were seven young people on that pleasure barge's deck: four men and three women. Apart from the woman in the center holding a pipa, who was not a knight, the other six were all Black Iron Knights. They were all young, yet every one of them carried an extraordinary air.
While Zhang Tie was sizing up the women on the pleasure barges and wondering which one was Fang Xinyi, Bai Suxian had already flown up from the little boat. Battle Qi surged violently around her as she, like a combative hen, tapped the surface of the water with her foot and strode across the waves, lunging straight for that pleasure barge.
Other than Saint-level knights, ordinary knights generally could not fly. Yet their combat power was not diminished; being able to tread through the Golden Water River like this was already incredibly impressive.
This girl was too fierce. Zhang Tie had not expected Bai Suxian to make a