A graceful woman in a lake-green gauze robe, her face veiled in white silk, stood before them.
"Junior Sister Hu!"
Miao Qingjie was overjoyed, but then his expression stiffened. He shook his head with a bitter smile. "You came quickly enough!"
"Is it bad that I came quickly?" the graceful woman asked with a soft laugh.
Leng Tieya recognized at once that this woman was Hu Yunni.
Hu Yunni, who Chu Liezhao's incarnation had crossed hands with several times before.
She was slender and supple, graceful and captivating. Her eyes were alluring yet languid, and whenever her gaze shifted, Flowing Light shimmered within them, stirring the soul.
Such a beauty was truly a heavenly gift, yet she was also Star Picking Cliff's foremost disciple.
Miao Qingjie hurriedly cast aside his despondency and pain, forcing a smile. "Junior Sister Hu, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Sun, Sun Changyue."
"Mr. Sun, a pleasure," Hu Yunni said, her beautiful eyes studying Leng Tieya.
Leng Tieya cupped his fists, neither warm nor cold. "Likewise."
Hu Yunni laughed softly. "Senior Brother Miao speaks very highly of Mr. Sun."
"Mr. Miao flatters me. My swordsmanship and movement technique are merely a little better than average. The rest is not worth mentioning."
"Your swordsmanship and movement technique are only a little better?" Hu Yunni giggled, laughing so hard her body trembled like flowers in the wind. "Interesting, interesting. Shall we compare notes?"
Her lovely eyes held a trace of scrutiny.
Her laughter was enchanting, but her gaze was clear and cold, her emotions without the slightest ripple.
Leng Tieya shook his head inwardly.
She was an exceedingly proud genius who simply did not hold him in her eyes.
She had no real intention of fighting him. She was merely saying it.
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