"A woman?"
"What's wrong with being a woman?"
"Do you all like dressing up like this?"
"It saves trouble."
"True enough."
The Qin Family of Mist-Flow Island was less famous than the Fang Family of Penglai Island, but it was still one of the leading powers of the East Sea. Unlike the Fang Family, which specialized in palm techniques, the Qin Family was renowned for the qin and sword. Rumor had it that their ancestors had some connection to the Chess and Sword Music House...
The Chess and Sword Music House...
The Famous Qin Gathering?
Cao Jinxing saw the connection. That was most likely the reason, but he had no interest in probing further.
These disciples of major sects were all secret show-offs. There were plenty of ways to avoid trouble, yet they insisted on this lousy trick of stunning everyone before smoothing things over.
Even if he hadn't appeared today, Qin Xuanji surely had a way to leave. She was just showing off.
Of course, that attitude was understandable.
Keeping exceptional skills hidden was like wearing splendid clothes in the dark. Not just anyone could attain that level of restraint.
Qin Xuanji was young and looked as though she had only just left her island. It was perfectly normal.
Cao Jinxing breathed a sigh of relief.
At least one thing was true: she probably really didn't have any major enemies. If she did, the Qin Family wouldn't have let her leave so easily.
"How did you see through me?"
Cao Jinxing was a little puzzled. With the Hidden Origin Art concealing every trace of his aura, how could she have recognized him as an Embroidered Uniform Guard?
"That's a secret."
Qin Xuanji smiled without answering.
"You must have seen me before!"
Cao Jinxing spoke with certainty.
"No..."
Speechless, Qin