Journey Nine

The two children reset their stances.

This match immediately attracted many sailors and crew members, including Chief Administrator Su, to gather around. After waking up in the morning, everyone was energetic and had nothing to do to pass the time. Seeing something interesting, they swarmed over.

Wang Peng, Fatty Fei Pengzi, Qiu Ling, Little Jade Fox, and Rong Yan all gathered together to watch the excitement.

"Daring to bet with the lord, don't lose to the point where you have no pants to wear." Wang Peng shook his head speechlessly. Although he had never actually bet with Lin Xin, his intuition told him that once he went up against His Highness, he would only be the loser.

"The lord won't lose." Little Jade Fox's expression was firm.

"Why are you so sure? Little fox, no one in the world is omnipotent and always right. Even the lord may make a mistake, right? After all, it's not the lord personally taking action." Qiu Ling asked curiously.

Little Jade Fox shook her head and sighed.

"Because even if the lord loses, he will definitely not admit it..."

The group thought about it and, combined with Lin Xin's usual so-called image, felt it made so much sense that they were speechless.

While they were talking, the match had already begun.

Lin Xin stood on the side, his lips moving slightly, obviously directly using Voice Transmission to the little girl.

The woman beside him couldn't stand it and also moved her lips slightly, using Voice Transmission to her disciple, the little boy.

The two young boys and girls charged directly at each other.

The boy threw a side kick, his left fist ready to strike at any time, circles of Spirit Qi constantly surging on the surface of his fist. That wasn't from his own cultivation, but rather came with the gauntlet weapon he wore after reaching Heart Level. This was also a characteristic of Central Prefecture Heart Level.

"See? All his movements actually revolve around a small sphere in front of you. As long as your movement blocks that position, all his movements will collapse."

Lin Xin's Voice Transmission constantly drilled into the little girl's ears.

After the boy attacked, she stood still, only raising her right hand flat, her palm facing the opponent, as if she wasn't ready yet, or as if she wanted to rely solely on the strength of her own hand to stop the opponent.

But what surprised all the onlookers was that the boy's attacking fist actually automatically changed through a series of follow-up moves and hit the girl's palm on its own.

Pfft!

The two exchanged blows, each taking a step back.

The boy happened to be at a time when he couldn't exert his full strength, and he bumped into the other party's palm. Even he himself felt incredible, but that was the result.

The other party seemed to have seen through all his follow-up moves of the Cloud Piercing Palm. She just stood there quietly waiting, and he actually foolishly went up to meet her.

With ease, his original superior strength was leveled out, considered evenly matched.

"What's going on?!" The woman on the side was stunned. "Could it be an accident?"

But the other party's appearance clearly showed that she had completely seen through all the follow-up trajectories of the Cloud Piercing Palm and directly found the biggest flaw. Then, she used stillness to control movement and burst out with all her strength.

A solemn look gradually appeared on her face. She glanced at the still relaxed Lin Xin. She once again transmitted her voice in detail, drilling into the little boy's ears.

The boy nodded. Knowing that he had met an expert, his little face became serious.

His hands drew four consecutive circles, and then he suddenly leaped forward, his body drawing a semi-circular arc trajectory. He slammed a fist fiercely towards the girl.

"Zhao Yuegui!"

With a low shout, his fist lit up with white light, and then in an instant, his whole person blurred. Still in mid-air, his speed was actually much faster than it should have been, as if he had instantly accelerated forward in mid-air.

With those two accelerations, the little girl was caught off guard and started to panic. Only then did she realize that the other party hadn't used his full strength earlier.

"Right front, upward punch."

Suddenly, the voice from before entered her ears again.

Without hesitation, the little girl took a step forward and threw an uppercut to the upper right.

There was clearly nothing there, and she hesitated for a moment, but decided to punch anyway.

But what happened next left her completely stunned.

The empty space suddenly revealed the blurry figure of the boy, who threw a punch at her shoulder, hitting the exact same spot as before.

"Got him!"

Someone in the crowd provided sound effects.

The little boy jumped forward, right into the girl's punch, which landed squarely on his chest. He stumbled back more than ten steps before finally steadying himself, his face pale as he gasped for breath.

"She actually saw the flaw..." The woman was dumbfounded. The little girl's two movements just now were to remain still, letting her disciple run into her. The precision of the calculation and the difficulty were unimaginable!

The Cloud Piercing Palm is a genuine fourth-grade technique! Although it was partly because the little guy's skill wasn't enough and he hadn't mastered it, to be able to see the mystery so quickly and find the flaw in such a short time, that kind of insight...

It was simply terrifying!

"Do you believe me now?" Lin Xin smiled. "But I also apologize to you. I shouldn't have casually commented on other sects' martial arts. I hope you'll forgive my impropriety."

"Alright, alright, since Mr. Lin has apologized, let's just let it go this time. Both of you are honored guests on my ship. If there really is a conflict, it won't be good for me as the Chief Administrator."

Su Mu stepped forward to smooth things over. He knew that Wang Peng was a third-grade expert, and it was not surprising that Lin Xin, as the host, could see through a fourth-grade technique that was still at a low level, especially one that a child hadn't fully mastered.

The woman snorted coldly, feeling a little scared. The snort was just to save face. She left without a word, taking the somewhat dazed little boy with her.

The little girl withdrew her Inner Qi and ran to Lin Xin's side.

"Thank you for your help, sir."

She cupped her fist at Lin Xin.

"You're welcome, little one," Lin Xin said gently. "Your movements are very standard. Why are you traveling alone? Where are your parents?"

She looked no more than twelve or thirteen years old and should have relatives with her.

But he scanned the surroundings and couldn't see any of the girl's relatives standing up.

"My relatives are nearby, but they haven't shown up yet. They've gone to do something," the little girl replied cleverly, her eyes darting around.

The little one was as cute as a porcelain doll. She wore a white dress, her hair tied in two buns, with the rest of her black hair falling down her back to her waist. Her waist was so slender that you could grasp it in one hand. Just looking at her appearance, you could tell she was a beauty in the making.

"If it weren't for uncle helping Sha Sha, Sha Sha would have been bullied by that fierce woman."

"How did you get into a conflict with those two?" Lin Xin could tell at a glance that this little one wasn't as well-behaved as she seemed on the surface; she was just putting on a good show.

"Sha Sha is very good..." the girl said softly, adjusting her expression slightly to look like she was about to cry.

"They were being unreasonable and insisted on falsely accusing Sha Sha..." Her voice also lowered, her expression pitiful and unusually dejected.

"Sir."

At this moment, Wang Peng and the others also gathered around.

"Good morning."

"Good morning to you all too."

Lin Xin replied.

"You've been here so long, why didn't you come out to speak up for me? Everyone knows how to watch a show."

"Weren't we just watching the adults having fun?" The fatty added flatteringly.

"You have a good eye." Lin Xin laughed. "Tell me, what exactly happened just now?"

"We didn't see it clearly either. As soon as we got on deck, we saw that little boy grabbing this little girl and not letting go, and then the two sides started arguing. Then they started fighting," Wang Peng explained. "We were originally planning to come up for some fresh air and have breakfast."

The others nodded as well.

"It's all their fault!" The little girl pouted, on the verge of tears. "I didn't do anything, and they grabbed me and accused me. They didn't even give me a chance to explain. And they wanted to hit me!"

Lin Xin did smile and casually glanced at the girl's chest, turning his head with a meaningful look.

"Let's eat first. We can talk while we eat."

Su Mu also came over to find their group. As for the woman's side, a deputy administrator was arranged to appease her.

Accompanied by the Chief Administrator, the group went down to the second floor and sat down in the Peacock Hall to dine.

When the girl saw that it was actually Chief Administrator Su personally accompanying them, a hint of surprise and cunning flashed in her eyes. Knowing that she had latched onto a big fish, she immediately started calling them uncle, sister, and brother affectionately.

Lin Xin also saw through this little one's plan to freeload, but he didn't expose her. This little one's dress did look beautiful, but it was obviously not the most fitting, combined with his previous judgment.

He had some guesses in his mind.

Since he had nothing to do, he simply brought this little one to dine with him.

After everyone sat down, Su Mu smiled wryly and raised his glass to Lin Xin.

"Mr. Lin gave us a wonderful demonstration early in the morning, seeing through the Cloud Piercing Palm, a fourth-grade technique. It's truly eye-opening. Everyone, let's toast to Mr. Lin."

Besides Lin Xin and his group, and the little girl Sha Sha, there were also his two deputies at the head table, who naturally gave him face and took a sip.

"Miss Sha Sha, shouldn't you return that guest's belongings?" Lin Xin looked at the little girl with a smile that was not a smile, and said in a low voice.

Sha Sha was immediately stunned.

The others were also taken aback.

Su Mu looked at Sha Sha suspiciously, obviously not even knowing the cause and effect.

Seeing Wang Peng and the others looking over, he smiled wryly.

"Don't look at me, my people only saw her rush out, and then she was stopped by those two guests, and then they confronted each other. I don't know the cause."

He found that since meeting Lin Xin and his group, the number of times he had smiled wryly was more than all of this year combined.

Sha Sha, however, revealed a pitiful look, on the verge of tears. Her delicate little face was originally cute and well-behaved, looking like a pure and innocent little girl. At this time, coupled with her superb and realistic expression, even Lin Xin was somewhat deceived by her, feeling that he might have made a mistake.

"It was clearly my thing, but that little boy took a fancy to it, and then he wanted to grab me and bet with me, saying something... something about how as long as they won, I would hand over my treasure. But that was clearly my mother's last keepsake..."

The little one looked utterly pitiful, enough to tug at anyone's heartstrings.

"I'm sorry, Uncle, I lied... I came on the ship alone..."

She raised her small face and said softly.

Lin Xin couldn't help but soften his voice as well.

"Then what about your parents and family?"

"Them... it's better not to talk about it..." A trace of gloom and sorrow appeared on Sha Sha's face.

"Don't talk about your ass!!! I'm not dead yet!!" Before the words faded, a rough voice, full of anger, came from the front door.

"You little deadbeat, Sha Sha, you actually dare to curse your dad to die! See if I don't catch you and give you a good lesson!" (To be continued ~^~)