640 Jueyin (1/2)

Tie Linglong was no fool. She might have fallen for it but she wouldn't be moved by just a good word or two. ”Why would you want to teach me the secret arts? I am a 'failure' of the Waning Moon Hall.”

The expression of any man, even the Dragon King who had a strong endurance, would change if the chain piercing through their ankles was pulled, but Han Wuxian's did not. Although she fell to the ground, she seemed to not have felt any pain and continued to wear a smile that looked even tender than before. ”I don't know how long I can live, so I'm always thinking of a way to pass down the most advanced secret arts of the Waning Moon Hall.”

”Even so, it's not my place to learn them. I've only joined the Waning Moon Hall for over a year and now I'm trying to escape. Where're the guards? They must all be qualified disciples.”

”They are too qualified to defy Lotus in any way, and even without that, they are afraid of my Psychotic Divine Drain and dare not to approach me.”

Tie Linglong vigilantly circled around Han Wuxian and also didn't want to walk closer to this Hall Leader. ”Lotus hasn't been a part of the Waning Moon Hall for too many years, has she? Why do all your disciples all listen to her instead of you?”

Han Wuxian tried to stand up but failed so she simply sat on the ground and supported herself with her right hand, her hair touching the ground. ”These guards are all new disciples. They used to be semi-finished products and wouldn't have qualified to graduate. More than half of them should have been eliminated but Lotus said that they were valuable people. Not only did she let them keep their lives, but she also taught them the higher level secret arts. So they all treat Lotus as a savior and naturally all listen to her.”

Tie Linglong frowned. According to her standards, Lotus was right to do so anyway. ”You are a bad person,” she said.

”What is a bad person?”

Tie Linglong was stunned. She had never carefully thought about this question. ”Bad people are bad people. They kill the innocent for no reason, rob other people's things, and bully the weak.”

”What's bad about being a bad person?”

”Uh, no one should be a bad person either way. If everyone becomes a bad guy, then the world will go to chaos.”

”A lot of things that shouldn't have happened happened. You are an orphan, aren't you? Your parents shouldn't have died but they died; you should have avenged them but you couldn't. And not everyone is qualified to be a bad person. With your current kung fu skills, I'm afraid you can't even do so if you want to kill people wantonly.” Han Wuxian had sharp eyes, and she had quickly figured out the general situation of the little girl.

Tie Linglong took several steps back, ”I can't win in an argument against you, but I won't learn your secret techniques.”

”Once you master this set of secret arts, you will be invincible and can kill whoever you want. It'll be as easy as winking for you to seek revenge.”

”Hee, do you think I'm still a young kid? If it is really so formidable, how were you defeated and imprisoned by Lotus?”

”The secret arts are like kung fu skills. Learning them doesn't mean that you can automatically make use of them after you master it. I am powerful and so is she. It depends on who can seize the moment and strike first. I was careless and Lotus seized the chance, and that was all. But if you are not powerful enough, it will be useless even if I give you the chance, isn't it?”

Tie Linglong suddenly found herself being led by the nose again. ”Lotus is very kind to me, so why would I sneak attack her?”

”She's kind to you now but that doesn't mean that she will be kind to you forever. What's the harm in mastering a secret technique? After all, It's up to you to use it or not.”

Tie Linglong was convinced. Perhaps she had been tempted from the very beginning but it felt a bit strange to her that a good thing would suddenly fall on her head. ”I can not save you and I do not want to save you.”

”It's not a swap. I'll teach you the secret arts of my own accord.”

”All right.” Tie Linglong revealed a childlike smile, seeing no danger in this at all.

If the Dragon King were here, he would tell her that a lot of martial arts could do harm if slightly changed; for example, a modified internal energy manual. Tie Linglong didn't know about the old scores of the Dragon King and Lotus so she naturally knew nothing about the possible pitfalls.

”I only have one small request.” Han Wuxian was well versed in the art of negotiation and had thus patiently waited for the other side's consent before offering terms.

”Ehh, you just said it wasn't a swap.”

”I'll pass the secret arts to you regardless if you agree to this or not.”

”Well … Go ahead.”

”Tell me more about — the Dragon King.”

When the name had first reached her ears, Han Wuxian was a bit confused but after a little thinking, she realized that this 'Dragon King' must have an unusual relationship with Lotus.

This was a request that Tie Linglong could accept. So she spent more than two hours retelling the deeds of the Dragon King, some of which she had been personally involved in and some of which was hearsay. She was elated at first but gradually became full of resentment as she talked. But she knew little about the relationship between the Dragon King and Lotus, so she could not speak anymore on it.

Han Wuxian learned more from her talking than just the information Tie Linglong had provided. ”No wonder,” she said. ”Lotus is particularly interested in records of Qi deviation because she's not just collecting the information for herself. Unfortunately, the Waning Moon Hall has little experience in this area.” Han Wuxian wore a faint smile even when she was lost in thought.

”But Lotus is with the Dragon King again. But to tell you the truth, I think that Sister Ru and the Dragon King are a bit more compatible …”

”Is the Dragon King a womanizer?”

”Of course not…” Tie Linglong let out a long sigh that did not match her age. ”But there's still some things he can't decide for himself, like marrying the princess of the Stone Kingdom.”

”Once you've learned my secret arts, you will be as powerful as Lotus, or even better than her. Then the Dragon King will accept you and listen to your advice.”

Tie Linglong nodded in earnest.

”You've heard of the Manual of Seven Secret Techniques, haven't you?”

”Of course, this is the most profound secret manual of the Waning Moon Hall. The Master Trainer has learned one of these techniques and always shows it off in front of us.”

”She learned the Seven Magical Tones, the weakest and the most useless of them all.”

”The Seven Rotations skill is the most powerful, isn't it?”

”It is very powerful but I didn't practice it and I'm guessing you also don't want to practice it.”

There was no need for any other reason except that Tie Linglong would never want to practice a secret art that Han Wuxian hadn't practiced.