Li Xian held a sword in his left hand and a spear in his right as he continued along the mountain path. All was quiet and secluded, with only animal cries breaking the silence. Finding it dull, he teased the spear's jade and embraced the sword's waist while tempering his martial arts. He used the Mysterious Water Palm, its movements endlessly shifting, its Mystic Absorption flowing slowly and unceasingly. "Tell me in detail," he said with a smile. Ding Longxiang cursed inwardly, Pah, what a lecher! If he won't behave, cut his hands off!
Zhao Yingqiong shot him an angry glare. Furious, she hesitated to speak, thinking, Had I known he would use this palm technique like this, I never should have taught him! Ah... if this bastard keeps fooling around, I... might... She clenched her teeth, wishing to ignore him, but strange sensations kept rising, making composure impossible. After a while, Li Xian showed mercy and stopped his palm movements. Only then did she say, "Rumor has it that Jade City's former city lord, Jiang Tianming, claimed never to have married. He lived alone his entire life, with neither wife nor children, yet secretly had a lover named Mu Qinghong, a beauty on the Hundred Flowers Ranking. In their day, they would have made a perfect jade-matched pair. They often met in secret, but no one knew. Only after a great upheaval did word leak out. Thinking about it now, their meeting place may have been this island. It was probably abandoned completely after that martial uprising. Later, the Flower Cage Sect discovered it and quietly occupied it. The buildings, flowers, arrangements, and rocks on this island all show signs of renovation."
"Otherwise, why would this strange place stand apart from the city?" Li Xian said, nodding repeatedly. "Heroine