Hahahaha...
At once, everyone burst out laughing.
"What do you mean by that, miss?" Tang Wen asked, looking at her.
"The sect master just said it. You can only have me if you conquer me." Lan Yun'er looked at Tang Wen with brazen arrogance, her expression even brimming with intense contempt.
"What sort of conquering do you mean, miss? Are you asking me to fight you?" Tang Wen asked.
"You're no fool after all, my lord!" Lan Yun'er looked at Tang Wen haughtily.
"If you want a fight, I'll fight you. His Lordship is a man. It wouldn't be appropriate," Gu Hanyan said coldly, arching an eyebrow.
"You're no match for me!" Lan Yun'er said.
"How would you know without trying?" A hint of anger appeared on Gu Hanyan's face.
"Heh, Miss Gu, you really are no match for her," Ximen Taigao said.
"What makes you say that?" Gu Hanyan instantly grew furious, murderous intent surging from her.
"Didn't you exchange a palm strike with someone the day before yesterday, Miss Gu?" Ximen Taigao said.
"Was that someone you arranged?" Gu Hanyan asked, taken aback.
They had encountered an assassin during their covert investigation. It turned out the other party had deliberately arranged it.
"Hahaha, exactly. So Miss Gu has yet to enter the Fourth Rank. As for Lan Yun'er, to be frank with you, my lord, she entered the Fourth Rank long ago.
"Though she is only sixteen, she grew up beside the sea, eating the gall of great whales, drinking the blood of sea bears, gathering moonlight from the seabed, and seeking the essence of the sea's bounty.
"Her strength is inseparable from the ocean. It was the ocean that forged her proud martial prowess.
"To put it bluntly, in another five years, even I won't be her