Chu Xisheng was also sizing up Sword Qi and Xiao Heart Cang Haishi.
He was a handsome young man who looked about twenty-five or twenty-six, with an indifferent expression.
He stood tall and straight as a tree, strong and unbending. On his back were an azure-blue longsword and a crimson long flute.
What left the deepest impression on Chu Xisheng was his pair of eyes.
Cang Haishi's eyes had large whites and tiny pupils, looking rather like the listless, lifeless "dead-fish eyes" in Japanese anime.
With a single glance, Chu Xisheng saw that beneath that listless, lifeless appearance lay contempt for all things, disdain for everything, and indifference toward all the world contained.
Just as Chu Xisheng rested his hands on the Gold-and-Jade Twin Sabers and met his gaze without yielding an inch.
Sword Qi Cang Haishi withdrew his gaze and looked at Yan Guilai again.
"You wield that Heaven-Measuring Sword quite well. You do deserve the name 'Heaven-Regulating Earth-Rectifying.'"
He discovered that the relative positions and distance between himself and Chu Xisheng had been distorted beyond recognition.
Cang Haishi could still see Chu Xisheng, but his spiritual perception could no longer lock onto him.
Yan Guilai gave a derisive smile.
"No need for flattery. You, on the other hand, are every bit as arrogant as the rumors say. You actually dared attack our disciple. I cannot leave that unanswered. Take a sword strike from me!"
He swept his sleeve, and a streak of black sword light left its sheath with a clang.
Yan Guilai had long anticipated that, without the Blood-Yazi Illusion Ring, Chu Xisheng would become the target of many.
Yet he counterattacked without hesitation.
The people of their Formless Divine Sect had always believed in one principle.
-Land one punch to clear the way, and spare yourself