Chapter 26 (1/2)

'Hah, trying to con me, a con-artist? Does he really think I have no countermeasures for this?'

Fang Xing sneered while his brows relaxed, as though he no longer attached any ia in cultivation as you are, but you wouldn't have the guts to touch ht not live to see the next sunrise! You think you've hidden your identity so well? Hah! I kneho you ell before all of this, and I've left a letter…”

Drops of cold sweat trickled down Hou Qing's forehead as he directed his sword to press on towards Fang Xing The sword itself was embedded within its path with a frigid coldness, an overwhel the sword

”Answersuchalht panic when Fang Xing exposed his true identity Especially by the sound of it, the an to have second thoughts about the possible consequences

Fang Xing, on the other hand, had been pressured into revealing Hou Qing's identity in the first place in the hopes of buying soood excuse, just in case Hou Qing had truly wanted to kill him

”Are you really that stupid? How many people do you know that are in the outer court and also need Ore Essence Powder right now?”

Stu swayed on his feet in hesitation He had believed he was absolutely safe fro it, he had overlooked the basics and left himself exposed

The entire outer court—aside from the new disciples that had joined the sect recently—was co or older disciples from the previous recruitment

A the people who had remained in the outer court froh to the fourth tier As for those new recruits who had been with the sect for less than half a year, there would be at most a handful that had reached the levels where a Poji Pellet would be required

In fact, Hou Qing knew quite well that a these thousands of disciples, he was the only one so far

The reason behind his extraordinary feat was that he had already been tier two before joining the sect By the time he had joined, he hadtheir help by supplying him with an abundance of pills and pellets that boosted his cultivation speed, all the way up until nohere he was at the bottleneck between tiers three and four

There were quite a few people aware of his tier It had been instrumental in the result of the battle between him and three older disciples at the entrance to Danxia Valley, from when he had wanted to visit shi+mei[1] Shu

Although Hou Qing was quite pleased by this, it was indeed an obvious tell

'Wait, but even so, he could only guess who Isuddenly ca once more With all manner of life experiences under his belt, he wasn't just any ordinary young master from a wealthy clan

The situation didn't allow Fang Xing too ood dozen suspects at first, but who do you think I—your grandfather—arown up in the outer court Of the dozen suspects, I know half of them personally Besides, most people at the Black Market prefer a black veil, yet not only had you worn a white veil, your robes were even freshly cleaned This could only mean you really like white or you're just a clean freak That leaves only a few suspects left Oh, and… do you kno heavily you smell of musk?”

As if unable to stand the s waved his hands in front of his nose ”How can I not knoho you are!”

Du lifted his sleeve closer to his nose before taking an aard half-step backwards

Fang Xing continued, striking while the iron was still hot, ”So when I got back that day, I had people looking for someone that fit these descriptions Don't you think it'd be a bit too unreasonable if I still couldn't find out who you are when I had all of this evidence? I've checked you out personally, too; hah, that s Originally, I had only done this for the sake of a safe and smooth transaction I didn't want to reveal it to you, but how dare you try to pull a scam on me!”

Hou Qing felt an uncomfortable chill pass down his spine as he was thrown into another panic

At first, he had thought of themore than a spoiled, incompetent child of so despised people like these Never in his drea and cautious, especially the fact that thisever knowing In the un to look closely at theto remember if it had been someone he had met in the past nine days

Fang Xing saw that—despite Hou Qing's: he needed to add a bit s up a bit and clear away any re doubt

Fang Xing unexpectedly pulled off his black veil ”All I want today is to have a smooth transaction; I don't want to turn this into a scene If you're afraid of e on you, the fact you've now seen who I aive me the real Demon Pellet as you've proers”

”You…” shocked at the sight, Hou Qing couldn't help but to take another alarmed step backwards

SWOOSH

Along with an eye-blinding flash of gold, a sword flew out of Fang Xing's pocket A total of nine snakes danced excitedly around the entire sword, its grandeur ten ti's own silver sword