"Martial Granduncle?"
One Sword Fox tilted her head, only then remembering that a few days ago, the old man next door had said her master had taken a young Dao companion.
As for whatever else he had said, she had forgotten it all.
Standing atop the ruins, One Sword Fox dangled Xiao Bai by the collar, cocking her head as she looked this Qi Refining little brat up and down...
Other than being handsome, did this guy have any other merits?
You've fallen, Master!
Her sword-like brows drew together slightly as the woman sighed like a cat.
"Master specifically called me out of prison just to save you?"
Xiao Bai's feet hung in empty air, yet his expression remained proud and lofty, as though he stood not by the collar in someone's grasp, but above the vault of heaven.
"Not merely to save me, but for the great cause of the righteous path."
"Now I finally understand why the Dao physicians dissected you."
Rarely finding a sense of superiority in someone's intellect, One Sword Fox raised a finger and tapped the side of her head.
"There's something wrong here."
Xiao Bai was suddenly a little bewildered.
Why wasn't the Modifier kicking in yet?
Evil woman, powerful, beautiful... Could it be that this woman was too bent, and needed straightening out before it would work?
"Don't underestimate Constable Xiao, One Sword Fox!"
A man's voice, deliberately forced into roughness, came from the collapsed Surveillance Room next door.
Qi Shan emerged from the ruins with a longsword in hand, not a speck of dust on him.
"This boy is a rare oddity with Balanced Five Elements Qi Refining! He is a swordsmanship prodigy even more outstanding than you!"
"Huh?"
One Sword Fox tilted her head. After thinking for a moment, she asked: